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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8112252 | Control system and methods of verifying operation of at least one wind turbine sensor A method of verifying operation of at least one wind turbine sensor includes dynamically defining a neighborhood of neighbor wind turbines for a first wind turbine, each neighbor wind turbine including at least one sensor. The method also includes receiving data fro... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8086423 | Intelligent integrated diagnostics A diagnostic tools and methods are disclosed. The diagnostic tool is configured or operable to nominate a commonly connected component in a target system as being faulty if more than a pre-determined number of active components connected to the commonly connected co... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086422 | Method for analyzing defect data and inspection apparatus and review system The distribution states of defects are analyzed on the basis of the coordinates of defects detected by an inspection apparatus to classify them into a distribution feature category, or any one of repetitive defect, congestion defect, linear distribution defect, ring... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082123 | Interactive diagnostics having graphical playback and solution implementation capabilities A system(s) and method(s) that facilitates diagnosing a HMI system and automatically applying a solution to correct and/or update the HMI system. According to a feature is an interactive diagnosis system for an human machine interface (HMI) system. The interactive d... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082124 | Method and system for diagnosing abnormal plasma discharge Provided are a data obtaining section (21) that obtains a time-series data fluctuating in accordance with the plasma conditions, a translation error calculation section (24) that calculates a determinism providing an indicator of whether the time-serie... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078429 | Diagnosis agent for remote plant diagnosis The present invention discloses a plant diagnostic system for diagnosing a problem with the plant. The plant diagnostic system can include an agent-based plant diagnostic network that has an adaptive global agent located in a central facility, a plant expert agent l... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8069014 | Methods and systems for high confidence utilization of datasets Methods and systems for high-confidence utilization of datasets are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes selecting a metric for determining substantially optimal combination of true positives and false positives in a data set, applying an optimization t... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8055475 | Diagnostic systems and methods The present invention relates to systems and methods for diagnosing undesirable events or the lack of desirable events representing product or process malfunctions. One aspect of the invention includes a method for determining a cause of a malfunction event in a pro... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055474 | Diagnostic systems and methods The present invention relates to systems and methods for diagnosing undesirable events or the lack of desirable events representing product or process malfunctions. One aspect of the invention includes a method for determining a cause of a malfunction event in a pro... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050890 | System and method for assessing and indicating the health of components A system and method for visualization of the components of an enterprise system and the rendering of information about the health or status of the enterprise system, its components, and/or its subcomponents. The invention uses a combination of color codes or other i... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046193 | Determining process condition in substrate processing module A sensor network collects time-series data from a process tool and supplies the data to an analysis system where pattern analysis techniques are used to identify structures and to monitor subsequent data based on analysis instructions or a composite model. Time-seri... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041541 | Methods and apparatus for data analysis A method and apparatus for data analysis according to various aspects of the present invention is configured to automatically identify a characteristic of a fabrication process for components based on test data for the components. ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041542 | Method and apparatus for equipment health monitoring The present invention provides for monitoring the health of a system. In one embodiment, a method includes storing benchmark data in a memory, storing a second plurality of system data indicative of system conditions during system operations, determining from the se... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036854 | Communication of a diagnostic signal and a functional signal by an integrated circuit An integrated circuit 300 includes a functional circuit 310 and a diagnostic circuit 330. The integrated circuit includes a signal interface controller 320 operable to monitor a signal associated with at least one of the functional circui... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036855 | Failure diagnosis apparatus for homogeneous charge compression ignition engine A failure diagnosis apparatus for a homogeneous charge compression ignition engine having combustion modes switchable between HCCI combustion, performed together with internal EGR, and SI combustion. The engine includes an intake variable valve mechanism and an exha... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027807 | DSL diagnosis expert system and method The present invention relates to diagnostic analysis of DSL circuits. In particular, it relates to methods and devices that use a rule base and automated test initiation, with excellent reduction in test technician involvement in trouble shooting, reduced truck roll... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8019570 | System and method for continuous online safety and reliability monitoring A system and method for managing a plurality of instrumented function components is disclosed. In one embodiment, operating information about the plurality of instrumented function components is received from an online safety availability application and status info... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014974 | System and method for analyzing and reporting machine operating parameters A system and method for analyzing and providing exception-based reports for machine data. The machine data is relayed to a remote system for automated analysis based on tests and parameters defined by an owner. If any exceptions are detected in the data based on the... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010319 | Light management system having networked intelligent luminaire managers A network operation center for a light management system having networked intelligent luminaire managers. A plurality of networked luminaire managers, each collocated with a respective luminaire, monitor the status of their respective luminaires. The luminaire manag... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005644 | Application transaction analysis A system provides network application transaction analysis. An analysis tool, when executed by a processor, measures an application transaction metric and calculates a historical system average and a historical application average associated with the application tra... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7996182 | Water heater monitor/diagnostic display apparatus A water heater is provided with monitor/diagnostic display apparatus that selectively provides a user with visual or other type of indicia of the overall efficiency of the water heater. The apparatus includes a monitoring unit that may be mounted on the water heater... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991586 | Device for transmitting measured values A device for transmitting measured values having a sensor module including miniaturized components and an evaluation unit, in which the sensor module has connections for different sensors, one or more sensors are connected to the sensor module, and the sensor detect... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991585 | 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 g... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991587 | Method and apparatus for modeling responses of a material to various inputs A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for testing a material. A signal is sent into the material using the transmitter. The signal has a frequency range that falls within a selected frequency range to form a transmitted signal. A... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991582 | Process device with diagnostic annunciation A process device for coupling to a two-wire process control loop—includes diagnostic circuitry configured to identify a failure or reduced level of performance or provide a prediction of a future failure or reduced level of performance. An output coupled to the tw... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991584 | System and method for testing a fan interface of a motherboard A system for testing a fan interface on a motherboard is provided. A fan simulator receives a PWM signal from a fan interface of the motherboard, converts the PWM signal to a TACH signal and outputs the TACH signal to a computer via a fan connector. A difference bet... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991583 | Diagnosis in automotive applications A system and method for constructing a diagnosis function for mapping a symptom of a fault in an electromechanical system onto the fault by simulating the electromechanical system in at least a fault mode and a node fault mode, and learning a classifier function fro... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987071 | Remote passive detection of failed power lines and estimation of power line current and power flow A method and apparatus of performing power line sensing is presented. The method and apparatus includes a three-axial vector magnetic sensor for detecting a magnetic field radiated from a power line. An active isolation system is used to determine the effects of noi... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7987072 | Defect analyzer The present invention provides methods, devices, and systems for analyzing defects in an object such as a semiconductor wafer. In one embodiment, it provides a method of characterizing defects in semiconductor wafers during fabrication in a semiconductor fabrication... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7974815 | Embedded system for diagnostics and prognostics of conduits An apparatus providing a means for assessment of the integrity of insulated conduits, harnesses, cables, pipelines and other interconnection systems constructed with integral sensitized media, discrete sensors, and electronics providing a means for transforming sens... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970583 | Degraded actuator detection An actuator control system is disclosed that includes an actuator continuously movable between multiple positions. The controller is configured to command the actuator to a desired actuator position and to apply the command to an actuator model. The controller is co... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970582 | Diagnosis system for at least one technical system The invention relates to a diagnosis system comprising a detection unit for detecting measuring data, a storage unit for storing measuring data, a diagnosis unit for classifying the operational states of the technical system and at least one server unit which is at ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7953576 | Apparatus to predict fan wear-out and impending failure and method of manufacturing the same An apparatus for predicting fan wear-out and impending failure and a method of manufacturing the same. One embodiment provides for (1) a lookup table containing expected fan speeds at given duty cycles; and (2) a processor for comparing a measured fan speed at a giv... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949496 | Analysis system An apparatus for analyzing the condition of a machine having a rotating shaft, comprising: at least one input for receiving measurement data from a sensor for surveying a measuring point of the machine, the measurement data being dependent on rotation of the shaft; ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949495 | Process variable transmitter with diagnostics A process variable transmitter with diagnostics based on power spectral density (PSD) analysis of a process variable sensor signal is provided. In one embodiment, the process variable transmitter is a pressure transmitter and the diagnostics are used to diagnose imp... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945426 | Method to improve requirements, design manufacturing, and transportation in mass manufacturing industries through analysis of defect data A computer-implemented method of optimizing at least one of a design, production and testing process in a mass manufacturing process includes steps of: collecting error data relating to a product; classifying the error data into categories of symptoms; mapping the s... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945424 | Disk drive emulator and method of use thereof A disk drive emulator for testing a test slot of a disk drive testing system includes an emulator housing, a testing circuit housed in the emulator housing, and an interface connector disposed on the emulator housing and in electrical communication with the testing ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945425 | In-flight detection of wing flap free wheeling skew A method for detecting freewheeling skew failures in the wing flaps of an aircraft includes measuring the outputs of flap skew sensors when the aircraft is in flight (IF) and the flaps are extended to a selected position, and when the aircraft is next on the ground ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7933742 | Abnormality diagnosing method for sound or vibration and abnormality diagnosing apparatus for sound or vibration A noise detection signal detected at an evaluation point is filtered by a low pass filter, so that an evaluation waveform signal is extracted. A real signal mother wavelet of complex type is derived from the extracted evaluation waveform signal. Using this mother wa... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933743 | Determining overall network health and stability A network health analyzer that analyzes health of a computer network may be implemented in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. A network profile having an issue profile and one or more benchmarks appropriate for the network is determined. A set o... | 04/26/2011 |
