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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7403858 | Method for detecting an occurrence zone of a mantle diapir finger location The invention covers the mining industry. Detection method of the occurrence zone of the mantle substance diapir finger consisting in that that geological observation are carried out in riftzones banked up by diapirs of the abnormal mantle and places of location of ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7392155 | Distance calculation device and calculation program It is intended to accurately calculate the distance between a movable body and a subject on the basis of various quantities of state, such as the azimuth angle between the movable body and the subject, velocity, and yaw rate. A calculation device includes a unit for... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7379830 | Period determination of a periodic NRZ signal A method and apparatus for determining the period Tp of a signal representing a digitally modulated waveform using NRZ coding with a discrete/integer number of a clock periods between signal transitions, where a periodic sequence of logic “1s” and log... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379818 | Correction of cross-component induction measurements for misalignment using comparison of the XY formation response A misalignment angle between the transmitter and receiver antenna of a multicomponent induction logging tool are estimated from quadrature component signals at multiple frequencies. A transmitter antenna having a first axial direction on a logging tool is excited at... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376524 | Transition-density based time measurement method A transition-density based data timing measurement method uses an estimated transition density (TD) value for an acquired data signal together with edge crossing times to estimate a data period for the acquired data signal. The estimated data period is used for symb... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373251 | Method for predicting quantitative values of a rock or fluid property in a reservoir using seismic data A method is provided for predicting a value of a designated rock or fluid property in a subterranean geologic volume. A first predicted value of the designated rock or fluid property is also assigned to a volume of a multi-dimensional, multi-scale model. A first pre... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363194 | Control and evaluation system for a compound sensor A control/evaluation system for a set of sensors, in particular in motor vehicles, has a plurality of areas, each of which has at least one controller and a plurality of sensor devices connected thereto; the controllers may be connected to each other for a common ap... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356410 | Method for the detection and exploration of subterranean hydrocarbon deposits by receivers of acoustic waves in a frequency range from 0.2 to 30 Hz The invention relates to a method for the detection and exploration of subterranean hydrocarbon deposits by receivers of acoustic waves in a frequency range from 0.2-30 Hz arranged at or near the surface, whereby, according to the invention, acoustic signals are rec... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355409 | Systems and methods useful for detecting presence and / or location of various materials The present invention provides systems and methods which can be employed to locate or detect presence of various materials, including nonferrous metals. These systems include new and useful sensors, circuits, systems and devices which power and/or interoperate with ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356414 | Seismic image deformation method for improved interpretation The present invention is a method of geometric deformation of a seismic image for interpretation. The method includes selecting a geologic layer represented in the seismic image determining by stratigraphic modeling a mean topographic depositional surface for said l... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353113 | System, method and computer program product for aquatic environment assessment A system, method and computer program product are provided for assessing aquatic environments. Initially, the user measures biological, geomorphological and physiological parameters, quantitatively, semi-quantitatively and qualitatively in the field, guided by the c... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353128 | Measurement system optimization Optimizing a measurement system under test (MSUT) is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes selecting a first set of adjustable parameters of the MSUT that affect a quality metric for the MSUT, calculating the quality metric over a range of values of each a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346469 | System and method for sensor data validation In accordance with an implementation of the present technique, a method for processing data is disclosed. The method involves analyzing consistency of sensor readings obtained from a plurality of sensors monitoring a device, where each sensor reading is indicative o... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346466 | Geomagnetic sensor and geomagnetic sensor correction method, temperature sensor and temperature sensor correction method, geomagnetism detection device A magnetism detection device includes a geomagnetism detection element for detecting geomagnetism of each transverse axial component and a nonvolatile memory element of a thermal metamorphic type for storing one piece or a plurality of pieces of correction data for ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346460 | Downhole PV tests for bubble point pressure The present invention provides an objective bubble point pressure determination method enables new applications of downhole PV (Pressure Volume) test results such as in situ measurement of the bubble point pressure for use as a quality control parameter for sampling... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346455 | Wellbore evaluation system and method A wellbore evaluation system evaluates mechanical wear and corrosion to components of a well system including a production tubing string positionable in a well and a sucker rod string movable within the production tubing string. A deviation sensor determines a devia... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346461 | System and method of analyzing vibrations and identifying failure signatures in the vibrations An apparatus, computer program product and method of analyzing structures. Intrinsic Mode Functions (IMFs) are extracted from the data and the most energetic IMF is selected. A spline is fit to the envelope for the selected IMF. The spline derivative is determined. ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346454 | Method and apparatus for improved depth matching of borehole images or core images A method for depth matching borehole images and/or core section images is disclosed wherein signals from sensors at different levels on a logging tool are converted into an averaged signal representing the average bed signal at the center of the borehole at each of ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343245 | Method of processing seismic data to extract and portray AVO information A method of seismic analysis is disclosed for extracting information relating to lithology, porosity, fluids, and AVO types and/or displaying the extracted information. In one possible embodiment, AVO points are plotted and a distance and/or angle is utilized for ex... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343257 | Method and system for device-independent determination of coordinates of a point displayed by means of a microscope A method for non-instrument-dependent determination of coordinates of a point imaged using a microscope includes determining, at object-related reference coordinates of at least one imaged reference point in a DICOM coordinate system, corresponding first instrument ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340345 | Method and circuit arrangement for determining a quality level of phase signals The present invention relates to a method and a circuit arrangement for evaluating phase signals for determining an angle or a path of a linearly or rotationally displaced component, whereby a number (N) of measured phase values (α), produced by scanning at ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340364 | Test apparatus, and control method There is provided a test apparatus that tests a device under test. The test apparatus includes a control processor that executes a test program for testing the device under test, a test unit that is connected to the device under test and tests the device under test ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337069 | Method of simulating the sedimentary deposition in a basin respecting the thicknesses of the sedimentary sequences The method of the invention allows, by means of an iterative inversion algorithm, prediction of the spatial distribution of the lithologic composition of sediments deposited in a sedimentary basin during a geologic time interval, and the temporal evolution of the de... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337078 | System and method for remote asset monitoring A system and method for remotely monitoring conditions at a location and for controlling devices at the location. The inventive system includes: a data link in communication with an electronically readable instrument, the data link having a transceiver configured fo... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337068 | Global classification of sonic logs A method of determining the sonic slowness of a formation traversed by a borehole comprising generating tracks from sonic waveform peaks received at a plurality of depths wherein the peaks that are not classified prior to tracking is set forth. A method for generati... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337083 | Process for identification of the direction of rotation of two periodic electrical signals at the same frequency A process and apparatus for identification of the direction of rotation of two periodic electrical signals present on two electrical conductors, particularly of a three-phase power system. In this process, the signals are sampled from two conductors by two wires of ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337067 | System and method for attaching drilling information to three-dimensional visualizations of earth models A system and method for perceiving drilling learning through visualization is provided. In one embodiment using three-dimensional visualization of the earth model as a foundation, a new IT development strategy focuses on perceiving “Drilling Learning” by an intu... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333892 | Method of determining multiphase flow parameters of a porous medium taking account of the local heterogeneity A method with application for evaluation or production of a reservoir for determining multiphase flow parameters of a porous medium such as a rock, from the interpretation of displacement experiments. From an injection experiment on a rock sample, the saturation pro... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330801 | Signal separation using rank deficient matrices A communications device includes an antenna array for receiving different summations of source signals from a plurality of signal sources, a receiver coupled to the antenna array for receiving the different summations of source signals, and a signal separation proce... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324914 | Timing closure for system on a chip using voltage drop based standard delay formats A timing closure analysis associated with SoCs uses voltage drop based standard delay formats (SDFs). Static timing analysis (STA) is implemented using multiple SDFs, one for each mode (ATPG Test, BIST Test, Functional) as contrasted with doing STA with only one wor... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321835 | Method for improving the mode of operation of a matrix converter A method for operating a matrix converter in which m phases of a generator generating alternating voltage with n (n | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319937 | System and method for programming measuring equipment offline A computer-based method for programming measuring equipment offline is provided. The method includes the steps of: setting a format for all output measuring dimensions of a product; receiving nominal scales and tolerances corresponding to the measuring dimensions; i... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318008 | Method and system for estimating spare parts costs According to one embodiment of the present invention, an electronic method for estimating a quantity of spare parts needed for a machine is disclosed. The machine includes a number of replaceable part populations. The method includes receiving (1) life data for a nu... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315790 | System, and method for quantifying voltage anomalies A system and method of quantifying voltage anomalies may be used to quantify low frequency voltage transients such as the type caused by power factor correction (PFC) or similar events. The system and method of quantifying voltage anomalies receives sampled voltage ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315795 | Performance analyzing method using hardware A performance analyzing method for an information processing system includes a logic called “hardware monitor” for CPU performance profiling, CPU performance information collectable by the monitor, a CPU performance information collecting program to collect the ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313481 | Methods and devices for analyzing and controlling the propagation of waves in a borehole generated by water hammer A method for simulating water-hammer waves in a borehole is used to estimate formation parameters such as porosity and permeability, and to design completion strings. The simulation method uses a model that has a plurality of layers, at least one of the layers inclu... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313492 | Method and device for increasing the dynamic range and measuring accuracy of a measuring device for spectrum and/or network analysis A method and a device for increasing the dynamic range and measuring accuracy of a measuring device for spectrum and/or network analysis images a high-frequency electronic signal within a frequency range into at least two spectra through a first frequency translatio... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310586 | Metal detector with data transfer A metal detector adapted to generate a transmit search signal and to receive a receive search signal, and to analyse such received search signal, wherein the detector is adapted to allow a selection of operating parameters for each of these functions, said selection... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310579 | Method for generating a reservoir model on flexible grid A method having application notably to the development of petroleum reservoirs for fast generation of a geostatistical reservoir model on flexible grid, representative of a porous heterogeneous medium. A flexible grid best discretizing the medium is first generated.... | 12/18/2007 |
