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| 7941288 | Chemical agent detection A chemical agent detector with a a lesser demand sensor, a greater demand sensor, an inlet; and a manifold; and methods associated therewith. The manifold is positioned between the inlet and the sensors, and includes a first intake associated with the lesser demand ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7359816 | Sensor calibration method and apparatus A calibration system for an inertial sensor includes a calibration module for processing an output value produced by the inertial sensor, the output value related to a detected movement of an object, wherein the calibration module calculates an offset value from a p... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7343254 | Resolver digital converter In a resolver digital converter comprising a resolver, a resolver digital conversion part, and an excitation signal generation part, the resolver digital converter for inputting an excitation signal generated in the excitation signal generation part to the resolver ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343262 | Self-propelled harvesting machine and operating method therefor A method of operating a self-propelled harvesting machine includes continuously separating a crop-material flow into a useful-material flow and a remaining-material flow, in a separating step of the machine, capturing at least a portion of the useful-material flow f... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7299155 | Method and apparatus for decomposing and verifying configurable hardware The present invention includes a method and apparatus for decomposing and verifying configurable hardware. In one embodiment, the method includes automatically decomposing a set of one or more units at a first level of a configurable hardware system design hierarchy... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7289047 | Decoding variable length codes while using optimal resources In one aspect, code-words of variable lengths are decoded using a multi-stage decoding approach, with different stages being of different sizes (and thus accepting input data of corresponding number of bits). According to another aspect, the same bit positions are u... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275007 | Method for zero correction of a measuring device Method for zero correction of a measuring device, in particular a flowmeter, wherein a number of zero settings are carried out with the device and/or process in different states. In the case of each of these zero settings, a set of device and/or system parameters is... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7263452 | Resolver-to-digital converting apparatus, method and program A resolver-to-digital converting apparatus calculates a resolver rotational angle from two-phase sampling values that are the result of sampling two-phase output signals, which are obtained from a single-phase-excited, two-phase output resolver, at peak timings of a... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7212935 | Method for in-system auto zeroing of a torque sensor in an automatic transmission drive train The invention relates to torque sensors or more particularly to automotive torque sensors which measure the torque transmitted at one or more positions within an automotive power train. The invention provides a method for zeroing an automotive power train torque sen... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7138585 | Scale with message display Disclosed is a bath scale for measuring a user's weight having a weight display and a message display driven by a detection-and-display system adapted to provide through the message display one or more substantially non-deductive messages to the user of the bath sca... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7123175 | Angle detection apparatus computing phase differences between first and second phase angles A resolver use angle detection IC subjected to a phase lock operation so as to follow not an angle θ(t) for detection, but a phase angle ωot±θ(t) having an offset of a frequency ωot in the phase lock units. For this reason, when the excitation frequency ωot is... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114368 | Apparatus and method for verifying the volume of liquid dispensed by a liquid-dispensing mechanism An apparatus for improving the procedure for quantifying the volume of liquid dispensed by a liquid-dispensing mechanism of an analytical instrument. The apparatus of this invention comprises (a) at least one weigh cup; (b) at least one standard mass; (c) at least o... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7110445 | Oversampled clip-shaping The present invention provides an apparatus, system and method of peak-to-average reduction of an oversampled signal for a digital communication system. Peak detection 504 and width measurement 504 are advantageously combined in which a peak portion or... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7089133 | Method and circuit for providing a system level reset function for an electronic device A method and circuit provide a system level reset function for an electronic device. An initial reset function is provided under a low voltage condition of supply voltage, such as occur upon first energizing the electronic device. A tunable reset function is also pr... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7000114 | Apparatus to create and/or verify digital signatures having a secure time element and an identifier of the apparatus In a signature creating apparatus, a clock generates a time stamp and in which time can be set only by a computer installed in a certificate authority center. Further, connecting sections connects an apparatus ID for specifying an apparatus and the time stamp and pe... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6975969 | Device for error recognition in a digital signal evaluation unit A device for signal evaluation is described, in particular for knock recognition in an internal combustion engine, in which the signals forwarded by sensors are evaluated digitally and error recognition is carried out that performs two different test functions, wher... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6975951 | Meter apparatus and method for phase angle compensation employing linear interpolation of digital signals A method compensates for phase differences between sampled values of first and second AC waveforms. The method employs a phase angle compensation factor and sequentially samples a plurality of values of each of the waveforms. For a positive compensation factor, seco... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6966223 | Vehicle speed display apparatus A vehicle speed display apparatus capable of displaying an accurate vehicle speed in either 2WD mode or in 4WD mode. A vehicle speed calculating unit 51 calculates the vehicle speed, according to the output from a wheel rotational speed sensor 22. A 2W... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964187 | Vacuum sensor An apparatus and method for measuring the vapor or gas content of a vacuum chamber (1) by a vapor sensor (21) located in the fore-line of a vacuum system is provide. The gas or vapor content is determined by first providing a zero condition for the sen... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6925401 | Method and apparatus for correcting resolver output A resolver output correction device receives sine output signal and cosine output signal from a resolver. Each of the sine output signal and the cosine output signal has an offset error and a gain differential error due to a secular variation. The correction device ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6915200 | Abnormality determining device for longitudinal acceleration sensor for vehicle and method thereof An abnormality determining device for a longitudinal acceleration sensor for a vehicle has: a first acceleration estimating unit based on a wheel speed; a second acceleration estimating unit based on the throttle angle; a determination-permission deciding unit for s... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6907364 | Methods and apparatus for deriving thermal flux data for processing a workpiece Presented are methods, systems, and apparatus for deriving heat flux information and using heat flux information for a workpiece used in temperature sensitive processes. ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6904379 | Thermal air flowmeter A thermal type air flowmeter arranges a temperature-dependent heating resistance element in an air flow path and measures the air flow rate from the output of a gauge circuit containing the heating resistance element. A calculation circuit in the flowmeter is provid... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6889154 | Method and apparatus for calibrating data-dependent noise prediction Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method of calibrating the parameters of a Viterbi detector 138 in which each branch metric is calculated based on noise statistics that depend on the signal hypothesis corresponding to the branch. An offline algorithm for ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6708106 | Throttle valve opened amount calculator A calculator for calculating an opened amount of a throttle valve with high accuracy regardless of voltage fluctuation and noise. The calculator includes a valve sensor for detecting the opened amount of the throttle valve to generate a detection voltage. A memory s... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6662129 | System for detecting a sensor error If a difference between a value evaluated by prorating a sum of an average value of a signal outputted from a signal processing portion within a second predetermined time before a start of a pseudo drive and an average value of the signal outputted from t... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6615637 | Method of zero adjustment of a load cell for detecting back pressure of a screw in an electric injection molding machine A screw is incorporated into a heating barrel. A ball screw is connected to a rear end portion of the screw through a load cell, and a servomotor for injection is connected to the ball screw. First, the heating barrel is retreated and separated from a mol... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6609075 | Method and apparatus for baseline correction in x-ray and nuclear spectroscopy systems Techniques for measuring the baseline of the energy filter in nuclear and other spectrometers that filter pulses output by a preamplifier to measure the energy of events occurring in a detector connected to the preamplifier. These spectrometers capture th... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6496742 | Classifying apparatus designed in particular for odor recognition A classification apparatus, notably for uses in recognition or characterisation of odors, comprises a plurality of sensors for generating raw data representing a plurality of instances of a plurality of different classes; and a processing unit for process... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6467329 | Neutral point voltage adjuster of torque sensor The present invention provides a neutral point voltage adjuster of a torque sensor which comprises: a pair of coils having inductances changing mutually in a reverse direction in accordance with a torque; and a differential amplifier means inputting first... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6434847 | Methods and apparatus for determining the location of a shaft within a vessel Apparatus and methods for measuring the amount by which the centerline of a shaft disposed in a vessel is offset from the central vertical axis of the vessel, and for measuring the height of such shaft above the inside bottom of the vessel. Apparatus incl... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6347541 | Two-point calibration of a longitudinal acceleration sensor A method of calibrating an acceleration sensor by utilizing a two point analysis involves positioning the acceleration sensor at a first angle, measuring a first output voltage and positioning the sensor at a second angle and measuring a second output vol... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6311539 | Method for calibrating an edge detection system in a friction drive apparatus A friction drive apparatus includes an edge detection system for determining a lateral position of a strip material advancing in a longitudinal direction. The edge detection system includes a first sensor and a second sensor for monitoring the lateral pos... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6285958 | Electronic circuit for automatic compensation of a sensor output signal An electronic circuit dynamically compensates a sensor output signal subject to varying conditions. In particular, the circuitry dynamically determines the DC offset level of an incoming sensor analog output signal. The DC amplitude or offset level varies... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6249753 | Sensor signal conditioner with calibration A sensor system is disclosed. The system comprises a sensor for sensing an input between a first, minimum sensor input value and a second, maximum sensor input value. The sensor generates a sensor output signal relative to the sensor input value. The sens... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6243661 | Coating thickness gauge A coating thickness gauge is provided with a facility to store one or more zero offset values and to automatically subtract a chosen zero offset value from a measured coating thickness value. The gauge may be used to conveniently determine the thickness o... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6237394 | Apparatus and method for correcting drift in a sensor A method of correcting drift in a sensor includes the step of identifying a calibration command. A nominal zero pressure sensor drift correction factor for the sensor is identified by relying upon a calibration voltage value and a calibration temperature ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6170345 | Device for positioning a measuring sensor The device is constructed to position a measuring sensor, especially a sensor head at an angle to a sensor shaft, precisely at the point of measurement and in the direction of a fluid flowing in a test tube, in which there is an adjuster through which the... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6131074 | Apparatus for calibrating a programmable comparator A calibration apparatus for a programmable comparator is provided which does not need circuits for offset adjustment and gain adjustment or high precision parts makes possible inexpensive construction of the apparatus itself, and at the same has a wide ad... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6080938 | Method and apparatus for resetting a product scale of a retail checkout terminal A method of resetting a product scale of a retail checkout terminal includes the step of detecting absence of an item on the product scale. The method also includes the step of generating an absence signal in response to the detecting step. The method fur... | 06/27/2000 |
