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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175833 | System and method for multi-axis simulation A multi-axis fatigue testing device includes a multiple input, multiple output mechanical linkage driven by a plurality of actuators and a controller operating each of the plurality of actuators in real time and in synchronization to produce user-defined multiple fa... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7983867 | Multi-gain data processing Systems and methods of processing data generated using multi-gain detectors are disclosed. These systems and methods include separate gain images and separate offset images associated with each dynamic range of a multi-gain detector. These images are applied to mult... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7974803 | Method and apparatus for calibrating wood testing machine This improved method of calibrating wood testing machines includes improved test bars, shim and software to direct the operator through the steps of calibration, storing interim results and calculating new calibration factors based on values read when the test bars ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7962303 | Distortion evaluating apparatus and distortion evaluating method A distortion evaluating apparatus which can quantitatively evaluate distortion in a measurement object surface is provided. A distortion evaluating apparatus evaluates distortion based on three-dimensional measurement data obtained from a measurement object surface.... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7809518 | Method of calibrating an instrument, a self-calibrating instrument and a system including the instrument An instrument including a device, a transducer and a calibration module is disclosed. The device produces a reference time and/or a reference frequency. The transducer converts the reference time and/or the reference frequency to a reference signal. The calibration ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7698082 | Real time error determination for inertial instruments First and second inertial instruments have parallel sense axes and produce respective first and second output signals using associated first and second scale factors. Bias errors are estimated using the change in state of sign of the first and second scale factors. ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7373266 | Sensor calibration using selectively disconnected temperature Calibration of a sensor circuit that includes a sensor, a temperature measurement circuit and a signal processing path. The sensor senses a physical parameter to be measured and generates an electrical sensor output signal representing the physical parameter. The te... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7337650 | System and method for aligning sensors on a vehicle A vehicle sensor system consisting of video, radar, ultrasonic or laser sensors, oriented to obtain a 360 degree view around the vehicle for the purpose of developing a situation or scene awareness. The sensors may or may not have overlapping field of views, or supp... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7319418 | Sensor with multiplex data output A method of transmitting data from a sensor (1) to a receiver (4) in which each original data word is split in positional fashion into at least two separate short data words (MSN, LSN). The separate short data words (MSN, LSN) are each converted by dig... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7266466 | Watermark time scale searching Method and apparatus are described for compensating for a linear time scale change in a received signal, so as to correctly rescale the frame sequence of the received signal. Firstly, an initial estimate of the sequence of symbols is extracted from the received sign... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7231312 | Physical quantity detecting method and sensor device A physical quantity is detected by approximating a relationship between an output of a sensor and the physical quantity to be determined by the sensor by setting as coefficients of a quadratic equation a temperature characteristic of non-linearity of the sensor to t... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230737 | Image processing method and apparatus An image processing method for inputting a color image signal and correcting the color image signal according to an observation condition, comprising the steps of: judging whether or not the input color image signal represents achromatic color; and controlling the c... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7212944 | Inertial measurement unit using rotatable MEMS sensors A MEM inertial sensor (e.g. accelerometer, gyroscope) having integral rotational means for providing static and dynamic bias compensation is disclosed. A bias compensated MEM inertial sensor is described comprising a MEM inertial sense element disposed on a rotatabl... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7193162 | Method for assessing the operation of a conveying apparatus The present invention is directed to an apparatus and method for measuring the weight of material such as rock, earth, wood, pulp, grain, gravel, sand, ore, cement etc. being processed or moved by an apparatus such as a conveyor, apron conveyor or bucket elevator dr... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7180798 | Semiconductor physical quantity sensing device A semiconductor physical quantity sensing device to perform electrical trimming at low cost by using a CMOS manufacturing process and a small number of terminals. The semiconductor physical quantity sensing device includes a wheatstone bridge circuit, which is a sen... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7130752 | Measuring-instrument remote-calibration system and measuring-instrument remote-calibration method In a measuring-instrument remote-calibration system and measuring-instrument remote-calibration method, a measuring standard quantity is converted into a parameter adapted for communication, or based on measuring standard quantity, a parameter adapted for communicat... | 10/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7106067 | Calibration plug for invasive and non-invasive electrodeless conductivity sensors and methods of using the same calibration plug A calibration plug provides resistance simulation for calibrating toroidal conductivity sensors. This calibration plug includes a resistive element of predetermined electrical resistance coupled in series between electrical leads which may be engaged with a circuit ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7079280 | Color conversion definition creating method and color conversion definition creating program storage medium To create a color conversion definition defining an association between a color in an arbitrary gamut and a color in a color in a target gamut, there are provided a definition creating step of creating a first color conversion defining an association between a color... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7066004 | Inertial measurement unit using rotatable MEMS sensors A MEM inertial sensor (e.g. accelerometer, gyroscope) having integral rotational means for providing static and dynamic bias compensation is disclosed. A bias compensated MEM inertial sensor is described comprising a MEM inertial sense element disposed on a rotatabl... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7058800 | System for defining internal variables by selecting and confirming the selected valve is within a defined range of values A method and apparatus for governing the internal operation of an instrument. The apparatus comprises device for storing a value, device for changing the value and a device for attaching to another item that need to be notified of a change of the value. The value is... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7043385 | Method of achieving high color fidelity in a digital image capture device and a capture device incorporating same A method for calibration of digital image capture devices is presented. This simplified method provides a calibration based on the human visual perception of the colors input into the device using simple test targets, measurement devices, and software with a minimum... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7023578 | Printer image processing system with customized tone reproduction curves A customized tone reproduction curve is created by the operation of an independent processor system associated with the image processor for a full color printer. Data for the customized tone curves is entered through a customizing interface according to the discreti... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7006765 | Optical network monitor An optical network monitor and a method for monitoring the optical signals of an optical network including a spectrograph that includes a detector array, a processor and outputs. The network monitor receives an optical input signal which includes individual channels... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7003417 | Multiple calibration ranges stored in a process transmitter Process variable transmitters, and method for calibrating such device, are disclosed that support calibrating, within a single transmitter device, multiple operating ranges such that a transmitter can switch from a first calibration correction definition associated ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6999863 | Variation manager for crash sensing algorithms A method is disclosed for managing variation in acceleration values obtained from a vehicle acceleration sensor for use in on-board computer based crash evaluation algorithm. Sources contributing to the variation are identified and a determination is made of the mag... | 02/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6954710 | Method and monitoring system for monitoring at least one subscriber line A method for signaling to a central facility a fault of at least one subscriber line connected to a switching center via a respective connection line having a UK0 interface includes permanently activating the at least one subscriber line using the switchi... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6948387 | Clamp calibration apparatus and method The invention provides an apparatus and method to calibrate a clamp, such as a wire clamp, which is suitable for use with a wire-bonding machine for semiconductor devices. A contact means is arranged to be contacted by an arm of the clamping device and a sensing mec... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6910804 | Resistive temperature device (RTD) module with improved noise immunity An RTD system includes multiple pluralities of RTDs and RTD bank assembly to which each plurality of RTDs are connected. Each RTD bank assembly includes a current source for the RTDs connected thereto, a multiplexer switching system for switching the current source ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6816801 | Direct data bus instrument A system and method for displaying monitored measurements of an apparatus on an instrument including a data bus interface, a data bus, and a plurality of instruments. The data bus interface is coupled to a data bus of the apparatus, which contains measurement data m... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6778924 | Self-calibrating inertial measurement system method and apparatus A system for testing inertial measurement devices on a multi-axis rate table without having to utilize slip rings to transfer signals between the inertial measurement devices and remote processors by incorporating a processor internal to the inertial measurement dev... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6766263 | Method of color capture calibration for digital capture devices A system and method for calibration of digital image capture devices is presented that allows the further development of e-commerce by ensuring that the digital image accurately represents the colors of the captured image. This simplified method provides a calibrati... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6646446 | Method and apparatus for fault detection in a resistive bridge sensor A full Wheatstone bridge sensor has conditioning electronics of an ASIC connected thereto. Two independently controlled diagnostic switches (S1, S2) in the ASIC are commonly connected to one of the bridge output nodes. The first diagnostic switch connects... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6542838 | System and method for performing autoranging in a measurement device A system and method that configures a measurement device to a correct measurement range. The system and method implements an autoranging technique, preferably in software, that automatically determines a measurement range based on a measurement. Once an i... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6512991 | Method and apparatus for reducing deposition variation by modeling post-clean chamber performance A method for reducing deposition thickness variation in a processing tool comprises storing a post-clean performance model of the processing tool; receiving at least one of a showerhead age and a tool idle time associated with the processing tool as an in... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6427129 | Measuring assembly The measuring assembly comprises a sensor module containing at least one sensor and an analog/digital converter for digitizing the analog measurement signal furnished by the sensor as well as an analyzer module with means for digitally processing the digi... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6408684 | Detection device for apparatus for analysis A detection device for an apparatus for carrying out analysis such as a chromatograph includes not only a detector for outputting detection signals but also a stabilization judging unit for measuring drift and noise of these detection signals over time an... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6002990 | Dynamic wavelength calibration for spectrographic analyzer A novel process is disclosed for continually or periodically correcting gas spectrometer measurements for wavelength calibration drift without interrupting the gas measurement process. The spectrometer employs certain calibration vectors for use in obtain... | 12/14/1999 |
