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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8437983 | Method for determining definite clock and node apparatus A clock determination method executed by a first one of apparatuses included in a system includes receiving a list including first definite clock values of respective apparatuses, the list being circulated among the apparatuses; determining the first clock value of ... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8407221 | Generalized notion of similarities between uncertain time series Embodiments of the invention related to a method and system for finding a distance between a plurality of time series, wherein each individual time series in the plurality of time series including a data, wherein the data is uncertain, and using such distance comput... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8346505 | Method and apparatus for analyzing time series data The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for determining which one or more time series parameters of a plurality of time series parameters relating to operation of a system are correlated with a first operation state of the system. According to the... | 01/01/2013 |
| 8265902 | Circuit for measuring a time interval using a high-speed serial receiver A circuit measures a time interval between a first event and a second event. One or more activity inputs receive a respective signal indicating the first and second events. For each activity input, a respective high-speed serial receiver includes a sampling circuit ... | 09/11/2012 |
| 8224621 | Sensing apparatus and method A method for the determination of the time of flight of a signal transmitted between a transmitter (42, 44) and a receiver (44, 42). In one form, the method involves transmitting a first signal and a second signal having a waveform modification introdu... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8185347 | Outlier correction with a median method A method and apparatus, including computer program products, for determining characteristic parameters on the basis of a series of m values, H_1, H_2, . . . , H_m, over time. The values are descriptive for a predetermined process, and the series has linear character... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8108177 | Hang timer for determining time of flight of an object The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems and methods for detecting, calculating, and displaying the time-of-flight or hang-time of a moving and jumping object such as a skier or snowboarder by using at least one accelerometer secured within a small wea... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8069009 | Physical quantity detection circuit and physical quantity sensor device A physical quantity detection circuit (12) is used for a physical quantity sensor (10) that outputs a sensor signal according to a physical quantity given externally. A sampling phase adjustment circuit (100) adjusts the phase of a sampling cloc... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8041537 | Clock duty cycle measurement with charge pump without using reference clock calibration Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for clock duty cycle measurement. A clock signal and a complement of the clock signal are provided to a charge pump during first and second predetermined timing windows. A charge pump is operable to generate ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7933740 | Systems and methods for structural clustering of time sequences Arrangements and methods for performing structural clustering between different time series. Time series data relating to a plurality of time series is accepted, structural features relating to the time series data are ascertained, and at least one distance between ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7890294 | Systems for structural clustering of time sequences Arrangements are provided for performing structural clustering between different time series. Time series data relating to a plurality of time series is accepted, structural features relating to the time series data are ascertained, and at least one distance between... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7865331 | Estimating a time offset between stationary clocks Time synchronization of two clocks is disclosed herein, such as two stationary clocks. A global time signal from a global time reference or common time source can be used to calculate a common view based clock offset between the two clocks. In parallel, a network ba... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7818141 | Vibration dosimeter and method for determining the daily vibration exposure The invention relates to a vibration dosimeter (2) and a method for determining the daily vibrational loading of persons who are exposed to mechanical oscillations at their place of work due to the operation of a work means and in particular of a manually ope... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7818142 | Method and apparatus for predictive, context-aware, and networked exposure time monitoring A method and apparatus for predictive, context-aware, and networked exposure time monitoring. The method may include storing (320), in a memory, personal information including skin phototype and sun protection factor information, obtaining (330) contex... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7797129 | Processing data to maintain an estimate of a running median A method, apparatus and software are disclosed for simulating a running median value for a set of input data values, and for simulating a selected percentile value other than the median. A current estimated value is compared to an input data value. If the input data... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7783451 | Arrangement and method for ascertaining whether a set of measurements is acceptable for use in determining a time of flight of signals First and second devices (7, 8) are configured to transmit and receive signals wirelessly and have first and second clocks respectively for determining signal transmission and arrival times. The first device transmits first and second signals (9, 10) a... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7774161 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for performing differential media time calculation and display Methods, systems, and computer program products for performing differential media time calculation and display are provided. A method includes determining a time of media origination, determining a current time, and calculating a differential media time as a differe... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7774162 | Electronic timer and system LSI A system LSI including a semiconductor chip which receives power from a power supply, and an electronic timer which measures a time from an interruption of power supplying to the semiconductor chip to a resumption of power supplying to the semiconductor chip. ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7643964 | Method, system and apparatus for measuring an idle value of a central processing unit In a method, system and apparatus for measuring an idle value of a Central Processing Unit (CPU) in an embedded system, the CPU increments a hardware counter in accordance with clock signals. The CPU also increments an idle counter during a predetermined period of t... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7630857 | Environmental information aggregating apparatus and method An environmental information aggregating apparatus for transmitting information on an environmental aspect having a stratum structure to an external apparatus, includes: a storage unit for storing, in correspondence with an aspect identifier for identifying the envi... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7593831 | Method and apparatus for testing delay lines Disclosed is a circuit for testing a delay module. An output of a ring oscillator formed with the delay module is transmitted to a counter. The counter generates a plurality of counts, each count associated with a setting of control lines of the delay module. One of... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7565261 | Generating an alert to indicate stale data A method for indicating stale data whereby a receiving system receives images and sync messages from a sending system and computes a time difference between a current time and a time a last sync message was received from the sending system. If such a time difference... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7529641 | Mixed signal display for a measurement instrument A mixed signal measurement instrument provides for the display of both analog and logic signal waveforms using a “no dead time” architecture. For a logic signal all trigger events are detected, the logic signal is sampled at a high rate to produce a sampled logi... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7499832 | Control unit that manages the usage of electrical devices A control unit is disclosed for controlling the usage of an electrical device, such as a television. The control unit maintains a plurality of time accounts for a plurality of users. The control unit, responsive to receiving a request to operate the electrical devic... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499831 | Timing closure monitoring circuit and method An integrated circuit 1 comprises a timing closure monitoring circuit 2. The timing closure monitoring circuit 2 comprises a duplicate path 19, having the same characteristics as a logic path 3 being monitored. The duplicate path | 03/03/2009 |
| 7483810 | Real time event logging system A method for monitoring a system operating in real-time includes monitoring the system for a triggering event or events, recording data about the system to a first memory in real time prior to and/or for a set time subsequent to when the triggering event occurs, and... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7478011 | Method and system for measuring signal characteristics of data signals transmitted between integrated circuit chips Data signals received in an integrated circuit are coupled to a receiver and to an on-chip data acquisition system which takes measurement samples of the data signal in response to a measurement request. The measurement request is synchronized with an asynchronous s... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7454310 | Method for calculating business process durations Provided is a system and method for calculating a time duration for a process or portion of a process. A timing interval based upon a single business process view can function regardless of multiple execution process paths. The claimed subject matter separates the b... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7437265 | Designing time-based measurement/control system A method for designing a measurement/control system that enables a system designer to explicitly specify the portions of a measurement/control system that are subject to a set of time constraints and the portions of the measurement/control system that are not direct... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437266 | Time-series data analyzing apparatus A time-series data analyzing apparatus which extracts a composite factor time-series pattern from time-series data. The apparatus includes a dividing device which divides the time-series data into pattern generation time-series data and pattern inspection time-serie... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430493 | Method, system and program for correcting time of event trace data To provide a method of correcting time of event trace data which is capable of correcting a deviation in starting time for collection of trace data. A difference in clock running rate between machines is obtained as a clock skew value by carrying out communications ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430492 | Device and method for controlling the state of an energy accumulator The invention concerns a device and method for checking the state of an accumulator with energy reserve that is connected to a fluid system. According to the invention, the fluid system is first of all pressurized and this fluid is maintained at an operating pressur... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428472 | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot A device supported by a user while the user is in locomotion on foot during an outing may monitor a performance parameter of the user. The performance parameter may comprise a pace and/or a speed of the user. Prior to the outing, the device may be configured to spec... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428471 | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot A user in locomotion on foot during an outing may identify a grade of a surface with at least one device supported by the user. A performance parameter of the user may be determined with the device based upon the grade of the surface, which may be based upon a measu... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423937 | Time converter A digital time converter with an embodiment including a coarse measuring circuit and a fine measuring circuit. The fine measuring circuit allows an accurate determination of the temporal position of an event inside a period of the time base, by interpolation or aver... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424390 | Method to evaluate whether a time delay is better than a time limit A method for testing the time delay error ratio ER of a device against a maximal allowable time delay error ratio ERlimit with an early pass and/or early fail criterion, whereby the early pass and/or early fail criterion is allowed to be wrong only by a s... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424374 | Flow transport analysis method and system A method and system for analyzing flow of a substance in a sewer system determines a first flow velocity at a first location and a second flow velocity at a second location. Using a processor, the travel time between the two locations is determined using only the fl... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7411867 | Stable composite clock Apparatus and method for producing a composite clock signal with optimized stability characteristics from individual clocks which have different stabilities or variances. The composite clock signal includes weighted individual clock signals. In a first (PPN) case, a... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7398180 | Vehicle technician time clock tool A vehicle technician time clock tool comprises a computer-implemented interface to a database, wherein the database contains vehicle service task-related information and time-related information, the vehicle service task-related information and time-related informat... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395175 | Digital data recording apparatus, sampling data identification method thereof, and program for identifying sampling data A digital data recording apparatus, which can record the exact acquisition time of data, a sampling data identification method thereof, and a program for identifying sampling data, are provided. A CPU 11 reads out the program of a first conversion formula. Th... | 07/01/2008 |
