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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7403855 | Method and apparatus for tracking individual plants while growing and/or after harvest An apparatus and method of tracking individual plants growing and/or taken from a growing location, such as a field, growing bed, plot or greenhouse. Machine-readable data related to selected individual plants is maintained in close association with corresponding pl... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7340374 | Determining fleet matching problem and root cause issue for measurement system Methods, systems and program products are disclosed for determining whether a measurement system under test (MSUT) matches a fleet including at least one other measurement system. The invention implements realistic parameters for analyzing a matching problem includi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337065 | Methods for atmospheric correction of solar-wavelength hyperspectral imagery over land This invention discloses several improved methods of correcting for atmospheric effects on a remote image of the Earth's surface taken from above, wherein the image comprises a number of simultaneously acquired images of the same scene, each including a large number... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337082 | Digital measurement instrument for acquiring measurement and time values A measurement instrument includes a measurement value acquiring portion for acquiring a measurement value in a predetermined period, and a measurement timing acquiring portion for acquiring measurement timing information. The measurement timing information is a meas... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7295939 | Hardware implementation of the pseudo-spectral time-domain method A computer hardware configuration for performing the pseudo-spectral time-domain (PSTD) method on data. The hardware configuration includes a forward fast Fourier transform (FFT) unit that calculates a forward fast Fourier transform (FFT) from the data, and a comple... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7266460 | NOx software sensor Methods and apparatus for determining the NOx content in a combustion flue gas. Several parameters of the combustion process are measured in the combustion furnace. These parameters are then input to a neural network, which then, based upon the input data, generates... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257517 | Detection apparatus, detection system, portable device, and machine readable medium A detection apparatus that detects an exercise history of a user in a swimming pool includes: a plurality of receiving units operable to receive user identifying information for identifying the user from a portable device retained by the user; a recording unit opera... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257499 | Method and apparatus for determining a frequency for the sampling of an analog signal In a method and an apparatus for determining a frequency for the sampling of an analog signal, which is provided to a digital screen for representing an image on the same, at least two areas succeeding in line direction will be established in the image to be display... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251579 | Method, system, and software for calculating a multi factor temperature index A method, system, and software for calculating a multi factor temperature index includes determining the values of at least two weather related parameters. The multi factor temperature index is calculated using the calculated values of the two weather related parame... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249000 | Fluid monitoring systems and methods with data communication to interested parties Various sensor unit configurations are disclosed within the context of a fluid quality monitoring system. The distribution of sensor units can be accomplished using existing product distribution channels to sell, distribute and install sensor units so that a fluid d... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246018 | Interpolator testing circuit An interpolator testing system and method comprises an interpolator that includes a phase shift module. The phase shift module receives a reference clock signal and generates M clock signals having phase shifts in increments of 360/M degrees relative to the referenc... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239969 | System and method of generating test signals with injected data-dependent jitter (DDJ) A system and related method for generating a test signal with controllable amounts of signal jitter includes a pattern generator, a programmable arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) and a phase modulator. The pattern generator is configured to generate a data signal c... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7222041 | High-speed digital multiplexer A high-speed digital multiplexer is disclosed. The multiplexer includes a plurality of input pins for receiving a plurality of digital input signals and switching circuitry coupled to the input pins. The switching circuitry has respective outputs coupled to a common... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7222021 | Operator guiding system A base station is installed in a predetermined area where a large number of target points are studded around the station. When the operator moves a mobile station around the base station, display means is provided for both or either of the base station that guides t... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7206705 | Method and apparatus for balancing capacitors in a capacitor bank A method and apparatus are for balancing capacitors in a capacitor bank. Three voltage levels are produced by a reference voltage source, to monitor the state of charge of the capacitors. The capacitor voltage on each capacitor is determined and is compared with the... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200529 | Automatic configuration of function blocks in a signal analysis system System and method for specifying a signal analysis function. User input is received specifying a first operation implementing at least a portion of a signal analysis function. Prior operations input by the user are programmatically analyzed to determine and assign a... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197412 | Method and integrated circuit for use by a handheld multiple function device A method for use in a multifunction handheld device includes receiving a first plurality of digitally formatted files from a host device when coupled to the host device via a host interface. A selected one of the first plurality of digitally formatted files is playe... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7188043 | Boundary scan analysis A circuit testing approach involves the generation of boundary scan information using test vectors to identify characteristics of a circuit design and a boundary scan implementation therefor. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, test vectors ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7158900 | Pulse output function for programmable logic controller At least one exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a method comprising obtaining a first frequency and a second frequency. The method also comprises creating a table of values comprising a plurality of target frequencies intermediate to the first an... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155354 | Apparatus for and methods of analyzing the spectral signature of a dynamic event A method of analyzing the spectral signature of a point-like dynamic source event in order to approximate the location of the source event within a predetermined field of view is implemented by a spectral analysis system including (i) a data processing system; (ii) ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149636 | Method and apparatus for non-obtrusive power profiling Systems and methods for improved power profiling of embedded applications are presented. These inventions provide the ability to unobtrusively measure the power consumption of an embedded application as the application is executing on its target hardware. The unobtr... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7089128 | Control circuit of a DC fan motor for start with high voltage and high rotational speed with low voltage A control circuit of a DC fan motor for start with high voltage and high rotational speed with low voltage at least includes an input unit, an output unit, a control unit and a comparator. The input unit is connected to the comparison unit and the control unit for t... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085657 | Signal processing unit for a pressure switch or the like A signal processing unit for a pressure switch or the like, comprising a sensor element, such as a strain gauge bridge, to supply an analog electrical signal that corresponds to a pressure; a signal processing unit which is connected downstream of the sensor element... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7072769 | Extracorporeal blood processing information management system A blood component collection system with manipulation and optimization capabilities. In one embodiment, process parameters are derived from an input/configured predetermined blood component yield and which is based upon the maximization of at least one process param... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7054791 | Method for monitoring a device used to guide an energy source such as a handling device A method for monitoring a handling device (12) that is used to guide an energy source (14), wherein the energy source that applies energy to a work piece (16, 18) is moved at a speed V inside a protective cabinet (22). To allow the energy... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7006933 | Semiconductor module for outputting power loss A switching semiconductor device (11) provided in a semiconductor module (10) includes a plurality of switching semiconductor elements. A loss calculating section (12) calculates a power loss generated in the switching semiconductor device (1... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7003414 | Monitoring system and method implementing failure time spectrum scan A channel plan with a corresponding test plan are implemented in connection with a plurality of nodes that communicate signals. The channel plan has one or more predefined specifications for each of one or more signal channels on each of the nodes. The channel plan ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003419 | Card for testing functions of card interface A card for testing functions of the card interface of an electronic device is provided. The testing card includes a converting circuit, a latch circuit, a data processor, a signal generator, an oscillation combination circuit, and a reset circuit is provided. The co... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003438 | Apparatus for correcting for the effects of laser noise Adaptive noise reduction techniques used in devices that pass light from a laser through a quantum medium such as a rubidium vapor cell. A CPT frequency standard that employs the techniques has a first channel in which the laser light passes through the quantum medi... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6985830 | Method of measuring the probability of failure caused only by defects, method of measuring defect limited yield, and system using the same A method of calculating a probability of failures caused only by defects, a method of calculating a defect limited yield using the classification of pattern parameters extracted only from the defects, and a system for calculating the probability of failure and the d... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6978210 | Method for automated management of hydrocarbon gathering systems The invention is a method for automated management of hydrocarbon gathering systems. Measurement data is automatically collected from automated measurement and control devices that are located in a hydrocarbon production system The data that is collected is compared... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6970790 | Method and apparatus for analysis of molecular combination based on computational estimation of electrostatic affinity using basis expansions A method and apparatus for analysis of molecular combinations featuring two or more molecular subsets is described. The computational method estimates the electrostatic affinity of the system via utilization of a basis expansion representing charge density and elect... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6963822 | Method and apparatus for separation, analysis and evaluation of data Waveform diagrams of cholesterol and triglyceride, for example, obtained by electrophoresis are overlappedly displayed (superimposed). To compare or overlappedly display two waveform diagrams, one unit of absolute concentration is related to one unit of waveform siz... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6947842 | Normalized and animated inundation maps Methods and systems for normalizing flood warnings and potential flood levels across multiple river gauges by converting localized flood stage levels to a datum-based normalized value are disclosed. The normalized flood levels can then be used to plot flood levels f... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947857 | Optical sequence time domain reflectometry during data transmission A method and system for performing sequence time domain reflectometry over a communication channel to determine the location of line anomalies in the communication channel is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system generates a sequence signal and transmits the sequ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947858 | Methods and apparatus for analyzing flutter test data using damped sine curve fitting Methods and apparatus for analyzing flutter test data using damped sine curve fitting. In one embodiment, a plurality of data points are read, with each data point representing an amplitude versus a test time. A number “N” of damped sine waves to fit to the plur... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6941236 | Apparatus and methods for analyzing graphs A plurality of hardware cells are defined, wherein at least a given one of the hardware cells corresponds to sets of vertices from a graph having vertices and edges interconnecting the vertices, and each of the sets are from a corresponding one of a number of portio... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6925417 | METHOD OF PREDICTING ESTRUS AND DELIVERY DATE OF COW, SWINE, HORSE OR THE LIKE BY ANALYSIS OF FREQUENCY VALUES AND DISCOVERING DISEASE OF COW, SWINE, HORSE OR THE LIKE, AS WELL AS ATTACHABLE APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING ESTRUS AND DELIVERY DATE AND DISCOVERING DISEASE, WHICH IS USED FOR SUCH METHOD A method and apparatus for predicting the estrus and the delivery date of a cow, a swine, a horse or the like and discovering diseases such as fasciolisasis and ovarian tumor thereof by analysis of values from an attachable vibrograph attached to a leg portion, a ne... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6912465 | System and method for determining downhole clock drift Techniques are presented for determining the drift of a clock adapted for subsurface disposal. Seismic signals are transmitted through the subsurface medium from an uphole location at selected times, acoustic signals associated with the transmitted seismic signals a... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6892151 | Methods and apparatus for determining whether electronic devices are communicatively compatible A computer-implemented method of quickly determining whether two or more electronic devices are communicatively compatible is described. The method includes reading a plurality of input parameter data associated with a first electronic device and a plurality of outp... | 05/10/2005 |
