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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8073651 | Time acquisition apparatus and radio wave clock A received waveform memory 22 stores one (1) frame of received waveform data acquired by sampling a signal including a time code with a predetermined sampling period, where each sample is represented by a plurality of bits. Correlation value calculating secti... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7925469 | Sensor web A Sensor Web formed of a number of different sensor pods. Each of the sensor pods include a clock which is synchronized with a master clock so that all of the sensor pods in the Web have a synchronized clock. The synchronization is carried out by first using a coars... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7912674 | Method for processing a chronological sequence of measurements of a time dependent parameter A method for processing a chronological sequence of measurements of a time dependent parameter measured in or on a human body, in particular of a physiological glucose concentration, and a system thereof are disclosed. A database stores a plurality of chronological ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7711517 | System and method for testing the accuracy of real time clocks A method for testing the accuracy of real time clocks is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: setting test parameters for testing the accuracy of real time clocks (RTCs), the test parameters comprising a test time length, a test time sampling interval, and a... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7627451 | Movement and event systems and associated methods The invention provides a smart sensor (10) in the form of an adhesive bandage (32). The sensor (12) sticks to people and objects and wirelessly communicates with remote receivers (24). Internal detectors (12) sense conditions assoc... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7623985 | Method and apparatus for a web based punch clock/time clock A system and method for building GUI screen screens for a time keeping and expense tracking system includes a time keeping and expense tracking (TKET) server that includes computer instructions that define logic for building GUI screen screens according to user defi... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7580810 | Method for determining a measuring point in time for a field device and corresponding field device in which a measuring point in time has been determined A method and apparatus for determining a measuring point in time (tM), at which a measured value is to be produced by a field device of process automation technology, wherein the field device communicates its measured values at certain communication point... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7558697 | Calendar for electronic device A calendar for an electronic device includes suitable programming so that the calendar is displayed on two or more electronic devices, such as computers. Programming of the calendar is operable so that when someone at one of the electronic devices alters a calendar ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7474984 | Racecourse lap counter and racecourse for radio controlled vehicles A combination of a racecourse and a plurality of racing vehicles where the racecourse has a predefined path defined by at least one gate. This gate further includes a unique identifier. Each of the plurality of racing vehicles has a sensor capable of detecting the u... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7447608 | Method and apparatus for a collaborative meeting room system A method and apparatus for a collaborative meeting room system. In response to user input, an electronic device starts a meeting timer to begin timing a meeting at which a previously-created meeting agenda is used. The electronic device causes a projection device to... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7415382 | Surveillance system and method having an adaptive sequential probability fault detection test System and method providing surveillance of an asset such as a process and/or apparatus by providing training and surveillance procedures that numerically fit a probability density function to an observed residual error signal distribution that is correlative to nor... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7403866 | High-resolution, timer-efficient sliding window Detection of whether more than a number N of events have occurred within a duration of time defined by a sliding time window includes performing an event detection procedure in response to each occurrence of an event. The event detection procedure includes associati... | 07/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7395181 | Motion tracking system Tracking a motion of a body by obtaining two types of measurements associated with the motion of the body, one of the types including acoustic measurement. An estimate of either an orientation or a position of the body is updated based on one of the two types of mea... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7373557 | Performance monitor for data processing systems A portable scalable performance monitoring system is provided for monitoring the performance of one or more data processing systems in real time. The portable scalable performance monitoring system may include data capture and control mechanisms such as data samplin... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373346 | Methods and apparatus for improved security services An apparatus and method for providing and/or obtaining security services includes a database of information which relates to security services provided for at least one client. A computer that is Internet accessible hosts the database. The database includes security... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370319 | System and method for regulating execution of computer software A method for regulating execution of an application program includes a process for preparing the application and a process for executing the application. The preparation process divides the application program into related segments and encrypts instructions of at le... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7356678 | Security measures in a partitionable computing system Methods and apparatus in a partitionable computing system. The system can include a computer readable medium comprising instructions configured to move an element of a first partition to a second partition. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7343255 | Dual source real time clock synchronization system and method A dual source real time clock (RTC) synchronization system and method for implementation within automatic meter reading (AMR) systems that provide system-wide device time synchronization. In one embodiment, a microcontroller-implemented RTC counts elapsed seconds fr... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7330730 | Portable terminal A portable terminal (e.g., portable telephone) is constituted using a geomagnetic sensor for detecting an azimuth, and a GPS receiver for detecting a present position thereof. A direction of a prescribed place (e.g., Mecca) is calculated based on the azimuth informa... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330803 | High resolution time interval measurement apparatus and method A time interval measurement apparatus and method counts the total number of full clock time periods between two measurement signals. Clock fractional time periods are generated between each of the two measurement signals and the next leading edge of a full clock tim... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324068 | Chained image display apparatus having mutual examining function A chained image display apparatus having a mutual examining function where a plurality of image display apparatuses, controlled by a central control unit and connected in series, recognize interruption of power to an image display apparatus and correspondingly notif... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324389 | Non-volatile memory with redundancy data buffered in remote buffer circuits A memory has defective locations in its user portion replaceable by redundant locations in a redundant portion. Data latches in column circuits of user and redundant portions allow data sensed from or to be written to a memory to be exchanged with a data bus. A remo... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321837 | Synchronization and calibration of clocks for a medical device and calibrated clock Apparatus and method support the synchronization and calibration of a plurality of clocks in a medical device system that may provide treatment to a patient with a nervous system disorder. The plurality of clocks, which may be located at different components of the ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7317941 | Time syncrhonization of data A device external to an implantable medical device (IMD) is provided with an accurate reference clock. The programmer receives time data from the IMD and compares that data to time data from the reference clock. Based on this comparison, the programmer determines ho... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7308372 | Phase jitter measurement circuit A method, an apparatus, and a system for phase jitter measurement circuits are described herein. ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7289016 | Portable timer apparatus, home system and method of timing for an object A home system includes a server having a first wireless communication port, and a plurality of devices, such as sensors. Each one of the devices includes a corresponding second wireless communication port. One or more of the devices is a timer/reminder sensor device... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283568 | Methods, systems and computer program products for synchronizing clocks of nodes on a computer network Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for synchronizing clocks in a computer network. A first node clock is synchronized to a second node clock by establishing an initial value of a virtual second node clock at the first node. The initial value... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7265518 | Method of automatically cutting off power in case of low battery voltage in mobile electronic unit A method for automatically cutting off power in case of a low battery voltage in a mobile electronic unit is provided. The method comprises (a) cutting off the power of the mobile electronic unit when a battery voltage is detected in a first check section during a b... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263035 | Early auto-on mobile communications device Apparatuses and methods for starting a mobile communications device are disclosed. The mobile communications device is operated by a device user. The device includes an output device for emitting a sensible signal. An input device receives user input from the device... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260242 | Spatial surface prior information reflectance estimation (SPIRE) algorithms A new class of algorithms has been developed to estimate spectral reflectance in remote sensing imagery. These algorithms are called Surface Prior Information Reflectance Estimation (SPIRE) algorithms and estimate surface spectral reflectance using prior spatial and... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7246033 | Pedometer for pets An exercise monitoring pedometer for pets is directed toward measuring a pet's exercise over some, period of time, such as a day or week or month. The pet pedometer includes a solid state three-axis accelerometer, a signal processing unit, a CPU, a memory chip and a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7233877 | System health monitoring Monitoring the health of a system module can be carried out during state transitioning, for example when starting or stopping a system module. A monitor module can be operationally connected to the system module. The system module can output a status signal for pred... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225105 | Extending width of performance monitor counters A performance monitor includes at least one Monitor Mode Control Register (MMCR) and plural Performance Control Monitors (PMCs). Each PMC is controlled by the MMCR to pair or group the PMCs so that the overflow from one PMC can be directed to its pair/group. By coup... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225193 | Method and apparatus for retrieving event data related to an activity A method and apparatus that processes time series, event and/or activity data of a process according to a data structure is disclosed. The data structure defines one or more activities that frame the time series, event and/or activity data. Each activity and each ev... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225110 | Extending width of performance monitor counters A performance monitor includes at least one Monitor Mode Control Register (MMCR) and plural Performance Control Monitors (PMCs). Each PMC is controlled by the MMCR to pair or group the PMCs so that the overflow from one PMC can be directed to its pair/group. By coup... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7212987 | System and method for planning a design project, coordinating project resources and tools and monitoring project progress A method and structure for coordinating resources to complete a design project prioritizes tasks to create a project plan, automatically notifies resources of task responsibilities and associated due dates based on the project plan through the use of encryption keys... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7203479 | Using a mobile station for productivity tracking A system and method for tracking productivity using a portable communication device such as a mobile station. The mobile station includes a memory storage unit for storing information related to project profiles. When a communication activity is initiated a timer is... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7194385 | Performance level setting of a data processing system A target processor performance level is calculated from a utilisation history of a processor in performance of a plurality of processing tasks. The method comprises calculating a task work value indicating processor utilisation in performing a given processing task ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185022 | Work data management system and work data management method A work data management system is provided with terminals through which to input work data, a database, and a server. The terminals, the database, and the server are connected to a network. The server is provided with a Web server and a Web application. The database ... | 02/27/2007 |
