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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8010312 | Medium density measuring system A measuring system includes at least one temperature sensor placed at a temperature measuring point, to deliver at least one temperature measurement signal influenced by the local temperature of a medium to be measured. At least one pressure sensor is placed at a pr... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7904271 | Method and system for determining catalyst activity The present invention relates to a method for determining activity of a catalyst in a polymerization process, said polymerization process comprising the steps of feeding a catalyst and a diluent into a storage vessel, to form a concentrated settled catalyst, feeding... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7835882 | Method of analysis and an analyzer The present invention provides a method of online analysis of mineral waste content of a slurry in a mineral separation process, said method including the steps of: measuring the density of said slurry (10); measuring the concentration of solids in said slurr... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7684952 | Determining density contrast at subsurface interface Method for subsurface exploration. In one implementation, the method may include receiving a gamma value at a subsurface interface, wherein the gamma value is a ratio of Vp/Vs at the subsurface interface. Vp is the average P wave velocity and Vs is the average S wav... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7676344 | Apparatus and method for determining a characteristic ratio and a parameter affecting the characterisitic ratio of a multiphase fluid mixture An apparatus and method is presented for controlling the quality of a mass density measurement of a multiphase fluid mixture including a plurality of fluid fractions and a plurality of constituting elements. The method includes the steps of: submitting a measuring p... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7613585 | Method and system for defining material properties hierarchically in finite element analysis A system, method and software product for defining material properties hierarchically in a finite element analysis of a structure is disclosed. As a material type is created, the type is checked whether it is a root material type. If so, all of the material properti... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7478008 | System and method for the non-destructive assessment of the quantitative spatial distribution of components of a medical device A method and system for the non-destructive analysis of medical devices uses a confocal Raman microscope and other non-destructive analytical tools to assess the spatial distribution of components of an object such as the distribution of an active pharmaceutical ing... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7444245 | Field device for determining and/or monitoring a process variable Field device for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium in a container. The field device includes: at least one mechanically oscillatable unit connected with the container via a process connection; and at least one driver/receiver un... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7432453 | Apparatus and method for providing spatially-selective on-line mass or volume measurements of manufactured articles This invention relates to a method and apparatus for mass and/or volume measurements of manufactured articles. More particularly, this invention relates to a method and apparatus for mass and/or volume measurements that can be performed on-line in a part manufacturi... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7339525 | Land-based local ranging signal methods and systems To provide sub-meter accuracy in a local positioning system, ranging signals with a high modulation rate of code, such as 30 MHz, or more are transmitted. Code phase measurements may be used to obtain the accuracy without requiring relative motion or real time kinem... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339526 | Synchronizing ranging signals in an asynchronous ranging or position system In a local positioning system, the land-based transmitters include free running oscillators or oscillators free of clock synchronization with any remote oscillator. A reference receiver receives the ranging signals from different transmitters and generates timing of... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334450 | Water cut measurement with improved correction for density Methods of correcting on-line analyzer measurements of the content of a first component, e.g., water, in a multiple-component fluid, e.g., petroleum, are provided. The first component content measurements in a flowing multiple-component fluid may be taken using an o... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7308379 | Methods and systems for estimating density of a material in a mixing process A density observer for estimating an actual density of a material with a proportional integral controller responsive to a density error determined by subtracting a feedback estimated density from a sensed density. A method of estimating a density of a material by de... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7247584 | System and method for selectively increasing surface temperature of an object A system and method for selectively increasing the thermal effect of a radiant energy source to the surface of an object relative to the substrate is described in the context of rapid thermal processing of semiconductor wafers, and apparatus produced therefrom. A ra... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7226239 | System for measuring material properties from a moving construction vehicle A system is for sensing a property of a material mat from a construction vehicle. The system includes a sensor for sensing the material property and a positioning mechanism connected with the vehicle and with the sensor. The mechanism displaces the sensor between fi... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222058 | Method of modeling and sizing a heat exchanger A method of modeling a heat exchanger is disclosed and comprises assigning input temperatures, assumed output temperatures, and a set of flow rates, inputting the parameters into a set of equations arranged to calculate a heat transfer coefficient, inputting paramet... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7194892 | Method and device for monitoring wire staples applied to print products by a wire-stitching machine A method and apparatus are provided for monitoring the wire-stitching on print products in a wire-stitching machine. The wire-stitching includes wire staples having ends to be closed. The wire-stitching machine includes a measuring device operative to measure a dens... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191062 | Method and system of forecasting compaction performance The present invention is associated with a system and method of managing a compaction process. The method may include establishing a soil characteristic and establishing a machine performance characteristic in response to the soil characteristic. The machine perform... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7168885 | Control system and method for a vibratory mechanism A method is provided for controlling a vibratory mechanism. The method includes sensing a vibratory amplitude of the vibratory mechanism and determining a decoupling point of the vibratory mechanism. An output signal is generated based on the determination of the de... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7146280 | Startup and operational techniques for a digital flowmeter Startup and operational techniques for a digital flowmeter are described. The techniques select an optimal mode of operation for the digital flowmeter, depending on a current environment of the flowmeter. For example, during a startup operation of the flowmeter, the... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7136761 | Digital flowmeter A controller for a flowmeter includes an input module operable to receive a sensor signal from a sensor connected to a vibratable flowtube. The sensor signal is related to a fluid flow through the flowtube. The controller also includes a signal processing system ope... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136777 | Coriolis mass flowmeter and method for operating a coriolis mass flowmeter A Coriolis mass flowmeter incorporates at least one measuring tube, at least one oscillator for the excitation of the measuring tube and at least one oscillation detector for registering the oscillations of the measuring tube, with an activator serving to energize t... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7108030 | Lineal optimization gang/edger for cutting cants and flitches A combination gang saw and edger system cuts both cants and flitches into boards. Cants and flitches are fed singly, lengthwise into the system on an infeed conveyor. On the conveyor, the cant or flitch is scanned to produce a lengthwise cross-sectional profile. An ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7093228 | Method and system for classifying an integrated circuit for optical proximity correction A method and system for performing optical proximity correction (OPC) on an integrated circuit (IC) chip design is disclosed. The system and method of the present invention includes dividing the IC chip into a plurality of local task regions, identifying congruent l... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7066007 | Systems and methods for predicting the bending stiffness of wood products Generally described, a bending stiffness predicting system 20 includes a density measurement sub-system 24 and a sound wave velocity measurement sub-system 28. From the measurements of both density and speed of sound through the wood product rec... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7050959 | Dynamic thermal management for integrated circuits The present invention provides for dynamic thermal management of integrated circuits, including memory modules, within a computer system. The thermal management methodology described herein closely couples software operation to hardware operation of the computer sys... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7032449 | Measurement of fluid properties in vessel and sensor for same A sensor for measuring properties of a fluid in a vessel, includes a sensor mount adapted to mount within a wall of a vessel; a sensor body extending substantially vertically from the sensor mount; and a plurality of sensors spaced vertically along the sensor body, ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7026260 | Method of manufacturing semiconductor device using thermal treatment that features lower speed wafer rotation at low temperatures and higher speed wafer rotation at high temperatures A technique capable of preventing breakage of a semiconductor wafer in a single-wafer RTP apparatus is provided. Open-loop control is made in a temperature rising process, in which the temperature of the semiconductor wafer is 500° C. or lower, and a revolution spe... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7000467 | Method, system and program product for monitoring rate of volume change of coolant within a cooling system Method, system and program product are provided for monitoring coolant within a cooling system designed to provide system coolant to one or more electronics subsystems. The monitoring technique includes employing at least one pressure transducer to obtain multiple p... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6973821 | Compaction quality assurance based upon quantifying compactor interaction with base material In most construction processes, some quality assurance compaction test must be performed on a base material before further construction can take place on or relative to the compacted base material. In order to avoid costly downtime associated with waiting for a qual... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6963819 | Micropattern measuring method, micropattern measuring apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium on which a micropattern measuring program is recorded A micropattern measuring method discloses herein includes acquiring an image of a micropattern including plural layers; extracting a rough outline of the micropattern in the image as a sequence of points including plural points; dividing the plural points composing ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6950760 | Startup and operational techniques for a digital flowmeter Startup and operational techniques for a digital flowmeter are described. The techniques select an optimal mode of operation for the digital flowmeter, depending on a current environment of the flowmeter. For example, during a startup operation of the flowmeter, the... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6931347 | Safety stock determination The invention is directed to a method for assigning to a set of products a set of corresponding continuous demand densities. In a conversion step for each product its demand time series is converted into a discrete demand density. In a normalization step the discret... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6917887 | Digital flowmeter A flowmeter includes a vibratable conduit, a driver connected to the conduit and operable to impart motion to the conduit, and a sensor connected to the conduit and operable to sense the motion of the conduit. A control and measurement system is connected to the dri... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6915216 | Measurement device incorporating a locating device and a portable handheld computer device and associated apparatus, system and method A system adapted to determine a property of a paving-related material is provided. Such a system comprises a central computing system housing database, such as a geographic information system (GIS). A measuring device for selectively and directly measuring the prope... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6872895 | Apparatus and method for providing spatially-selective on-line mass or volume measurements of manufactured articles This invention relates to a method and apparatus for mass and/or volume measurements of manufactured articles. More particularly, this invention relates to a method and apparatus for mass and/or volume measurements that can be performed on-line in a part manufacturi... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6847898 | Real time determination of gas solubility and related parameters in manufacturing processes Methods and apparatuses for determining entrained and/or dissolved gas content of gas-liquid mixtures. Data generated is used to control the True (air-free) or Apparent (air-containing) Density or Entrained Air content of liquids within optimum ranges, e.g. in paper... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6687643 | In-situ sensor system and method for data acquisition in liquids An in-situ sensor system and method which measures the density of a liquid accurately with pressure sensors by measuring pressure in the liquid at two separate positions defined by a fixed distance. The fixed distance is known accurately to at least the n... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6615643 | Systems and methods for determining the absorption and specific gravity properties of compacted and loose material including fine and coarse aggregates Methods, systems, and computer program products determine absorption, specific gravity, and/or porosity of construction materials undergoing analysis corresponding to different measurements of material samples divided from a "parent" construction material... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6551019 | Device for checking the compaction for vibration compaction devices A device for checking the compaction, in particular, of black top pavement in street and roadway construction, using a vibration roller drum that is provided with a compaction checking device is provided. In the compaction of black top pavement, the measu... | 04/22/2003 |
