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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
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| 8405379 | System and method for the analysis of DNA sequences in biological fluids A method for detecting electromagnetic waves derived from bacterial DNA, comprising extracting and purifying nucleic acids from a sample; diluting the extracted purified nucleic acids in an aqueous solvent; measuring a low frequency electromagnetic emission over tim... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8212547 | System and method for on-chip duty cycle measurement An apparatus and method for measuring the duty cycle of a clock signal, the apparatus having a first multi-tap delay module, a second multi-tap delay module, and a multi-element detecting module, the input terminal of the first multi-tap delay module and the input t... | 07/03/2012 |
| 8207727 | RF circuit analysis An analysis circuit for analysing the RF response of an RF circuit, includes a voltage controlled oscillator (12), wherein a signal derived from voltage controlled oscillator output is applied as input to the RF circuit (10). A first mixer (18) ... | 06/26/2012 |
| 8183852 | Method and apparatus for determining AC voltage waveform anomalies A method and apparatus for determining AC voltage waveform anomalies. The apparatus comprises a threshold generator for generating at least one time-variant threshold based on information regarding an AC voltage waveform. The apparatus further comprises a threshold ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179117 | Pulse detection device and pulse detection method A pulse detection device detects a pulse signal having an intermediate potential in a predefined period. Furthermore, the pulse detection device includes a signal fixing section that fixes the intermediate potential of the pulse signal at a low level or a high level... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8120349 | Waveform measuring apparatus wherein the peak-to-peak amplitude is measured A waveform measuring apparatus includes: a digital filter for removing a large-amplitude changing component from an input signal and for outputting a resultant output signal with a small-amplitude noise component left therein; a window generating section for receivi... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8044655 | Pulse measurement apparatus and method An embodiment of the invention is directed to a pulse measuring system that measures a characteristic of an input pulse under test, particularly the pulse shape of a single-shot, nano-second duration, high shape-contrast optical or electrical pulse. An exemplary sys... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8008905 | Waveform observing apparatus There is provided a waveform observing apparatus with a reduced depth in such a manner that the waveform observing apparatus is one including a terminal board, connecting wiring extending from external equipment, a memory for receiving measured data through the term... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7855545 | Sinusoidal modulated signal clarification tool using various oscillator systems A sinusoidal modulated signal and noise are applied to a system consisting of two oscillators of the so-called General Type, which can be, but are not limited to, the Van der Pol type, Rotator type, Tracking Force type, Linear type, or any other type of oscillator. ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7816904 | Modulation signature trigger A trigger generator and trigger method are provided for determining whether or not a signal under test matches a modulation signature. The modulation signature may be provided as a magnitude signature, a phase signature or both. When the magnitude values, phase valu... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7741829 | Subsystems and methods for use in patch clamp systems Subsystems and methods for use in patch clamp systems are provided. For example, in certain embodiments, compensation circuitry is used to compensate for non-idealities present in the patch clamp system. The accuracy of this compensation may be verified by employing... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7439722 | Method and device for graphically illustrating the filling of a cigarette A method for analyzing the filling of a cigarette by using a sinusoidal mathematical model representing the density of tobacco along the longitudinal axis of the cigarette and by conducting experimental measurements of density and of moisture at a plurality of point... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7414387 | Waveform measuring apparatus and method thereof A waveform measuring apparatus includes: a digital filter for removing a large-amplitude changing component from an input signal and for outputting a resultant output signal with a small-amplitude noise component left therein; a window generating section for receivi... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7401007 | Method, computer program and apparatus for extracting large size signal data samples with an automatically adjusted decimation ratio A method for rapidly extracting data file samples with an a signal monitor and an automatically adjusted decimation ratio is provided to solve the long-standing problems caused by large data files and small buffers by reducing a large data segment to a smaller, more... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7373263 | Analog-type measurements for a logic analyzer A logic analyzer that performs analog-type measurements on digital data includes circuitry in its acquisition system that is programmable to search through acquired data to detect analog-type signal characteristics. In a first embodiment, the logic analyzer includes... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7332916 | On-chip signal waveform measurement apparatus for measuring signal waveforms at detection points on IC chip An on-chip signal waveform measurement apparatus mounted on an IC chip measures signal waveforms at detection points on the IC chip. A reference voltage generator successively generates reference voltages different from each other based on a predetermined timing sig... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7298128 | Method of detecting RF powder delivered to a load and complex impedance of the load Methods and systems of detecting one or more characteristics of a load are disclosed. One or more characteristics of a first signal may be detected at the output of a Radio Frequency (RF) power generator. The first signal may have a fundamental frequency. The one or... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7285962 | Method and apparatus for evaluating susceptibility to common mode noise in a computer system A system for injecting noise signals onto power generated by a power source comprising: a voltage source; a device under test having a power input in operable communication with the noise introduction apparatus; and a noise introduction apparatus interposed between ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279845 | Plasma processing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for processing a target substance by using atmospheric-pressure plasma produced by a composite waveform generated by superimposing a high-frequency sine wave and a high-frequency square wave at the same or substantially the same frequency and ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7254168 | Method for decomposing timing jitter on arbitrary serial data sequences A method and apparatus for decomposing timing jitter on arbitrary serial data sequences. Specifically, in one embodiment according to the present invention, a method is provided of decomposing timing jitter on a signal under test (SUT) comprising an arbitrary serial... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7236899 | Micro-magnetization analysis program, method, and apparatus A micro-magnetization analysis program, method, and apparatus which can analyze transitional change of a micro-magnetization state while one of a plurality of magnetic substances such as a recording medium and a recording head is moved in an arbitrary direction. An ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235979 | Apparatus and method for measuring loop insertion loss single-endedly The system and method of determining insertion loss of a telephone line under test (LUT) determines a first insertion loss as a function of plurality of different equivalent circuit values of the LUT determined at a plurality of different frequencies of a first set ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7215098 | Electrical generating system having capacitative control of alternator regulation The invention provides an electrical generating system comprising an AC electrical generator (G) having an output, and a capacitor arrangement (Ca) provided at the output of the generator and arranged so as to offset a drop of voltage from no-load to full-load occur... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7180442 | Target indentification method using cepstral coefficients A method of identifying an unknown target comprising creating a density function of cepstral coefficients for a known target; receiving a signal from the unknown target; transforming the signal from a time spectrum to a frequency spectrum using a Fourier transform; ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7154277 | Method and apparatus for detecting faults in AC to AC, or DC to AC power conversion equipments when the equipment is in a high impedance mode A system for use in ac to ac or dc to ac power conversion equipment to detect faults in an inverter when the inverter is in a high impedance mode. The system detects ground faults or cross wiring conditions by converting the inverter outputs to digital signals and e... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7116114 | Power supply noise measuring device According to one embodiment, a signal from a power supply line is caused to pass through a high pass filter, and a first signal is generated by adding a voltage-divided signal to the signal. In addition, a second signal obtained by adding the voltage-divided signal ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113879 | Using vector network analyzer for aligning of time domain data A method of using a vector network analyzer (VNA) for coordinated Voltage Standing-Wave Ratio (VSWR) and Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) measurement includes configuring the VNA for identifying discontinuities correlated to a VSWR lobe. In some embodiments, the meth... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7107162 | Determining an operational limit of a power transmission line In a method, computer program and system for determining an operational limit of a power transmission line, time-stamped current phasor information and voltage phasor information for a first end and a second end of the line are determined, an ohmic resistance of the... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7088111 | Enhanced isolation level between sampling channels in a vector network analyzer A system and method for providing improved isolation between sampling channels in a vector network analyzer and sampling circuit. A vector network analyzer sampling channel includes a non-linear transmission line, an isolation device, a band-pass filter, and a sampl... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7072804 | Digital trigger filter for a real time digital oscilloscope A real time DSO is equipped with a Digital Trigger Filter that performs high frequency rejection, low frequency rejection, AC and DC triggering. The Digital Trigger Filter includes first and second digitally implemented IIR (Infinite Input Response) Filters. A digit... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7061219 | Independent measurement of complicated transfer functions A first test signal from a test signal source is provided to a spectrum analyzer to produce first measurement data. The test signal source is expressed by a first transfer function G(w) and the spectrum analyzer is expressed by second transfer function F(w). A secon... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7043423 | Low bit-rate audio coding systems and methods that use expanding quantizers with arithmetic coding The perceived quality of an audio signals obtained from very low bit-rate audio coding system is improved by using expanding quantizers and arithmetic coding in a transmitter and using complementary compression and arithmetic decoding in a receiver. An expanding qua... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039471 | Method and device for calculating the steady-state time point of a controller A device for calculating the steady state behavior of a controller includes an amount generating unit for generating the amount of deviation of the regulator, a first threshold value calculation unit that detects whether the amount of deviation of the regulator has ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7027940 | Stepped sine wave frequency response measurement system A low cost, low power and lightweight swept sine wave analysis system that is affordable to engineers, university laboratories and students, providing accurate magnitude and phase response measurements over a wide bandwidth is described. An analog mixer mixes a loca... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026966 | Digital-to-analog converter comprising an integrated test circuit In a digital-to-analog converter including an integrated test circuit, a digital input and an analog output, a comparator (5) capable of being connected with the analog output (4) and including a connection (7) for a reference voltage source, a ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6998833 | System and method for determining S-parameters using a load A system and method can be utilized to determine S-parameters of a network. In one embodiment a system includes an S-parameter calculator that computes the S-parameters of the network based on waveform parameters determined from single port measurements. At least on... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6993439 | Motor based condition monitoring A method of analyzing the condition of a motor driven rotating system using a current waveform produced by the motor. The motor position is initially identified from the current waveform produced by the motor and more particularly, a step of identifying the segment ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993417 | System for energy sensing analysis and feedback A system is described where the existing proliferation of standard electrical junction boxes in a typical home or building implement a form of “Bio-Feedback for Home Energy”, increasing user awareness and enabling more effective and efficient energy usage. Energ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993440 | System and method for waveform classification and characterization using multidimensional higher-order statistics A receiver exploits unique higher order statistics of temporally dependent waveforms to classify, characterize, identify (fingerprint) and intercept a waveform within the field of view of the receiver. The method uses 4th-order non zero lag auto cumulants... | 01/31/2006 |
| 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 |
