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| 20120041705 | Method and Apparatus for the Corrected Radiometric Measurement of Object Points on Surfaces of Astronomical Bodies The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for air-borne or space-borne radiometric measurement of object points imn present in an object scene on the surface of a astronomical body. According to the invention, a corrected recording of image points B<... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041702 | MOVING STATE DETECTING DEVICE To accurately calculate an attached angle of an accelerometer and accurately correct an acceleration that is obtained from the accelerometer: a frequency analyzing module of an acceleration corrector divides a sensor coordinate system acceleration into a bias frequency ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041704 | NOISE DETECTION AND AVOIDANCE A process variable transmitter includes a sensor drive controller that outputs a sensor drive signal that is used to drive a sensor that senses a process variable. The sensor drive controller changes the frequency of the sensor drive signal to avoid frequencies and asso... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120025528 | MAGNETOSTRICTIVE SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD A magnetostriction-based sensor system for sensing force on a wind turbine rotor shaft having multiple localized magnetized domains sensitive to magnetostriction. The sensor system includes at least two sets of first and second magnetometers. The signals from the at lea... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120016616 | FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CORRECTING METHOD, FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CALCULATING METHOD, AND FLUORESCENCE INTENSITY CALCULATING APPARATUS A fluorescence intensity calculating apparatus, includes: a measuring section configured to receive fluorescences generated from plural fluorescent dyes excited by radiating a light to a microparticle multiply-labeled with the plural fluorescent dyes having fluorescence... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120010842 | Self-Calibration Procedure For Optical Polarimeters A procedure for self-calibration of an optical polarimeter has been developed that eliminates the need for “known” input signals to be used. The self-calibration data is then taken by moving a polarization controller between several random and unknown states of pola... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120010841 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING AN ON-LINE APPEARANCE SENSOR SYSTEM A system, apparatus and method are provided for adjusting an on-line appearance sensor system (OnLASS) for color and other appearance characteristic(s) of a web product produced during a production run of a web production system. The OnLASS is calibrated and its setting... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110320158 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A MEASURING DEVICE IN PROCESS ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGY A method for adjusting a measuring device in process analysis technology, in which the measuring device is arranged remotely from a reference measuring device performing reference measurements, wherein measured values of the measuring device are compared to the referenc... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110320157 | SELF-CORRECTING ELECTRONIC SENSOR A temperature sensing circuit is described providing a low power temperature sensing system. The temperature sensing circuit provides a digital method for determining the temperature by analyzing the change in electrical response characteristics of a circuit device.... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110313705 | GAIT MONITOR Vertical centre of mass movement measuring apparatus comprising an inertial sensing device, for producing outputs relating to rotation and acceleration in its local frame of reference and configured for fastening to the back of an animal, preferably a person, a memory a... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313706 | INDUSTRIAL MACHINE According to an exemplary embodiment, an industrial machine includes: a movement mechanism configured to move along a specific axis direction; a controller configured to control the movement mechanism; and an angle detector configured to detect an angle of the movement ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110307208 | Sensor system Disclosed is a method for adjusting a sensor signal and a corresponding sensor system comprising a sensor for providing a sensor signal representative of a measure other than temperature, dynamic components of the sensor signal being dependent on temperature. In additio... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110301900 | GYRO ZERO TURN RATE OFFSET CORRECTION OVER TEMPERATURE IN A PERSONAL MOBILE DEVICE A personal mobile device housing contains a display screen, a wireless telephony communications transceiver, and a battery charger interface. A temperature sensor and a gyro sensor whose zero turn rate output contains an offset are also included. A lookup table has gyro... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110301904 | METHOD FOR COMPENSATING A MEASURED VALUE OFFSET In a method for determining an offset of measured values of a multiaxial directional sensor using a superposed signal, a large number of multiaxial measured values are recorded first. Measured values, which are recorded in different orientations of the directional senso... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110301901 | CALIBRATION FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL MOTION SENSOR An electronic device can include an inertial measurement unit (IMU) operative to monitor the movement of the electronic device. The IMU used in the device can be inaccurate due to the manufacturing process used to construct the IMU and to incorporate the IMU in the elec... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110301902 | INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT CALIBRATION SYSTEM An electronic device can include an inertial measurement unit (IMU) operative to monitor the movement of the electronic device. The IMU used in the device can be inaccurate due to the manufacturing process used to construct the IMU and to incorporate the IMU in the elec... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110301903 | SENSOR CALIBRATION IN AN RFID TAG A sensor, electrically connected to transponder, is calibrated in an environment of operational use of the transponder. The calibrating uses as a reference a value of a parameter representative of the environment.... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110295541 | Systems and Methods for Performing Optical Spectroscopy Using a Self-Calibrating Fiber Optic Probe Systems and methods for performing optical spectroscopy using a self-calibrating fiber optic probe are disclosed. One self-calibrating fiber optic probe includes a sensing channel for transmitting illumination light to a specimen and for collecting spectral data of the ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110288806 | CALIBRATION OF A PROFILE MEASURING SYSTEM A method for calibrating a measuring system, which system comprises a structured light source, optics and a sensor. The light source is adapted to produce a light plane or sheet and the optics is located between the light plane and the sensor. The method is performed in... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110282614 | CALIBRATION APPARATUS FOR CHEMICAL SENSOR A calibration apparatus for a chemical sensor may include a conversion calculation unit that acquires a measurement value of a calibration solution that is measured by the chemical sensor and calculates a conversion calculation output, a calibration sensitivity extracti... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282613 | CHARACTERIZATION OF A MODEL-BASED SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE SENSING DEVICE What is disclosed is a novel system and method for quickly characterizing a reflectance sensing device without measuring the full set of characterization color patch training samples currently used in manufacturing and characterizing individual sensors. In accordance wi... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110276299 | REFERENCE WAFER FOR CALIBRATION OF DARK-FIELD INSPECTION APPARATUS,METHOD OF MANUFACTURING REFERENCE WAFER FOR CALIBRATION OF DARK-FIELD INSPECTION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CALIBRATING DARK-FIELD INSPECTION APPARATUS, DARK-FIELD INSPECTION APPARATUS, AND A WAFER INSPECTION METHOD A technology capable of ensuring measurement results of a dark-field inspection apparatus up to a microscopic area is provided. A dark-field inspection apparatus is calibrated using a bulk wafer as a reference wafer, the bulk wafer having microroughness of an irregular ... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110270564 | AUTO-CALIBRATING WHEEL BALANCER FORCE TRANSDUCER A method and apparatus for carrying out auto-calibration of one or more piezoelectric elements in a force transducer assembly of a vehicle wheel balancing system. Output electrical signals from the piezoelectric transducers in response to application of a known imbalanc... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110264394 | Smart Connector A measurement system includes a preexisting sensor, a transducer module installed in the pre-existing sensor including a memory storing information for identifying and operating the transducer, and a control device for communicating with the memory, the control device i... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110264393 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A THREE-AXIS ACCELEROMETER An integrated calibration system and process for a three-axis (X, Y, Z) accelerometer estimates Z-axis bias, Z-axis bias drift and determines X, Y, and Z-axes error sources based on measurements taken when the accelerometer is static, i.e., sensing only the earth's grav... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110258988 | NOx SENSOR VALUE CORRECTING DEVICE AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM To provide a NOx sensor value correcting device with improved precision in detecting NOx concentrations and an internal combustion engine exhaust purification system equipped with this sensor value correcting device. A... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110251816 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL CALIBRATION OF AN ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTICS SYSTEM The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for three dimensional calibration of an on-board diagnostics system. In one embodiment, the present invention is a method for calibrating an on-board diagnostic system for an automobile including the steps of gener... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110251817 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE IMPEDANCE VARIATIONS IN A SKIN/ELECTRODE INTERFACE The present invention relates to a system for measuring the impedance of a skin/electrode interface and selectively modifying the system gain of the monitoring circuit to compensate for errors introduced by variations in the skin/electrode impedance. More particularly, ... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110246118 | Methods for Calibrating a Fluorometer Some embodiments provide methods for calibrating a fluorometer in order to account for one or more optical properties of a water sample affecting fluorescence measurements. In some cases one or more calibration solutions are prepared with sample water from a specific fi... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110238354 | RADIATION IMAGING DEVICE Correction by moire elimination is carried out with high precision in an environment where relative misalignment among the focal point, the grid, and the X-ray flat panel detector may occur. A part of each of two signal regions of interest is masked by an X-ray plate, a... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110238355 | CALIBRATION DEVICE In a calibration device, a calibration matrix calculation processing part (104) estimates a calibration matrix (M) by using an orthogonal vector stored in an orthogonal vector storage part (103b) and an array mode vector (a(θ)) stored in an array m... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110238353 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHECKING A MEASURING DEVICE A measuring device includes a method used to calibrate the measuring device before the measuring device is operational. If an output voltage of the measuring device is not in a standard voltage range, the output voltage is adjusted. If a calibration status is a successf... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110231140 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING ANALYTE SENSOR DATA Systems and methods for processing sensor analyte data, including initiating calibration, updating calibration, evaluating clinical acceptability of reference and sensor analyte data, and evaluating the quality of sensor calibration. During initial calibration, the anal... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231142 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING ANALYTE SENSOR DATA Systems and methods for processing sensor analyte data, including initiating calibration, updating calibration, evaluating clinical acceptability of reference and sensor analyte data, and evaluating the quality of sensor calibration. During initial calibration, the anal... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231141 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING ANALYTE SENSOR DATA Systems and methods for processing sensor analyte data, including initiating calibration, updating calibration, evaluating clinical acceptability of reference and sensor analyte data, and evaluating the quality of sensor calibration. During initial calibration, the anal... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231138 | METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE NEUTRON MULTIPLICITY COUNTER DEAD TIME PARAMETER A method is provided for simplifying the calibration of neutron multiplicity counters. The method includes multiplicity counter dead time correction algorithms that preclude the need for extended calibration steps with known radiation sources. The algorithms include app... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231139 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR An information processor includes: a contact sensing unit that senses contact; a capacitance sensing unit that senses capacitance; a capacitance offset information storage unit that stores offset capacitance information; a contact state change determining unit that obta... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110218414 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING ANALYTE SENSOR DATA The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for processing sensor data, including calculating a rate of change of sensor data and/or determinin... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110208461 | MEASUREMENT CORRECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF A measurement correcting system including a field measuring unit and a processing unit is provided. The field measuring unit simultaneously senses a first signal to be measured and a second signal to be measured which have opposite polarities and substantially the same ... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110208462 | System and method for instrument correction using transmission efficiency A system and method for providing an instrument response correction based on transmission efficiency. Test data may be acquired at a first operating point. A look-up table may be searched to determine an instrument response correction. This look-up table may comprise a ... | 08/25/2011 |
