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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190372 | Sensor device for and a method of sensing magnetic particles A sensor device for sensing magnetic particles, the sensor device including a substrate and a sensing unit provided on and/or in and/or near the substrate. The sensing unit is configured to sense a detection signal indicative of the presence of the magnetic particle... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8180583 | Methods and systems to determine a context of a device Methods and systems for determining that a device is currently within a given context are described. A device may include multiple sensors coupled to the device. A sensor utility value combining a rate of power consumption for a sensor and an accuracy score indicati... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175828 | Evaluation apparatus, evaluation method, program, recording medium and electronic device Provided is an evaluation apparatus that evaluates a characteristic of a propagation apparatus propagating a signal, comprising an output signal measuring section that measures a probability density function expressing a probability density distribution of jitter of... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175839 | Wireless interface for a plurality of transducers A wireless interface system can interface with any one of a plurality of transducers of different types, such as pressure sensors, temperature sensors, or current probes. In the system, transducers employ substantially identical connectors with a common connecting s... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175823 | Probing analog signals A device, comprising a monitoring slicer adapted to repeatedly sample an internal analog signal to provide a sequence of digital outputs indicating a result of a comparison of the level of the internal analog signal to a reference voltage and an operative unit adapt... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170809 | Guided waves for nondestructive testing of pipes A method for the nondestructive testing of pipeline, and internal or external coatings, using guided ultrasonic waves excited from the inside or outside diameter, wherein at least two transducers are employed to send and receive ultrasound, wherein a data normalizat... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170821 | Automatic signal identifying method and automatic signal skew measurement method In order to automatically measure a signal skew between a first test signal and a second test signal by using an oscilloscope, a method is provided by the present invention. The method includes: capturing a band center of the first test signal; capturing a first sam... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165833 | Wireless sensor network systems, method for placing a plurality of sensor nodes in wireless sensor network system, and methods for computing sensing energy consumption per area of a plurality of sensor nodes A wireless sensor network system, a method for placing a plurality of sensor nodes in a wireless sensor network, and a method for computing sensing energy consumption per area of a plurality of sensor node are disclosed. The wireless sensor network system includes a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8155913 | Photonic-based cross-correlation homodyne detection with low phase noise In one aspect, this document provides an implementation of a system for characterizing an oscillator. This system includes an input port that receives an oscillation signal from an oscillator under test; an input port signal splitter that splits the received oscilla... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155914 | Measuring phase noise in radio frequency, microwave or millimeter signals based on photonic delay Techniques and devices for measuring phase noise in radio frequency (RF), microwave, or millimeter signals based on photonic delay. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150642 | Secondary battery deterioration judging device and backup power supply A secondary battery deterioration judging device is provided with an overdischarge detecting section for detecting the overdischarge of a secondary battery, the deterioration of which is to be judged, a computing section for integrating a value indicating the deteri... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145452 | Serial interface amplitude selection for a disk drive in an unknown interconnect environment A disk drive including a method for determining an amplitude for signal transmission over an interconnect is disclosed. The drive includes a processor that is coupled to a signal measurement circuit and is under the control of a program in conjunction with the signa... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140287 | Dimensional measurement probe A probe for measuring the dimensions of objects on a coordinate positioning machine such as a machine tool has a workpiece-contacting stylus. This is suspended via a sensor mechanism, including strain gauges which provide an output when the stylus contacts a workpie... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140273 | Program product to screen for longitudinal-seam anomalies Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, program product and methods to detect crack-like features in pipeline welds using magnetic flux leakage data and pattern recognition. A screening process, for example, does not affect or change how survey data is... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135548 | Method, system and computer program product for real-time detection of sensitivity decline in analyte sensors A computer implemented method for receiving a plurality of analyte sensor related signals, determining a probability of signal attenuation associated with the received plurality of analyte sensor related signals, verifying the presence of signal attenuation when the... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135562 | System, method and medium calibrating gyrosensors of mobile robots Provided are a system, method and medium calibrating a gyrosensor of a mobile robot. The system includes a camera to obtain image data of a fixed environment, a rotation angle calculation unit to calculate a plurality of angular velocities of a mobile robot based on... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131496 | Method for characterizing hiding of coating compositions and apparatus used therefor The present invention is directed to an apparatus and a method that characterizes the hiding of coating compositions, such as automotive OEM and refinishes paints. The method is directed to sequentially storing in a computing device hiding data obtained by measuring... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126657 | Method and apparatus for the calculation of coal ash fusion values The IT and FT values for coal and coke samples can be accurately predicted by applying equations to determined ST and HT temperatures. For reducing atmospheres, the equations are IT=C1×ST−C2×HT+C3 and FT=C4×HT−C | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121819 | Deriving values of parameters in electrical machines An electrical drive system includes an electrical machine controlled by an electronic controller and requires control signals representing quantities associated with the operation of the electrical machine. These signals may represent, for example, rotor position an... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121800 | Capacitative node measurement in a capacitative matrix pressure inducer A method and system for measuring the distribution of pressure forces over a selected area includes a sensor having an array of pressure sensing capacitance nodes formed by intersecting rows and columns, where measured capacitance of a node is compared to a fixed va... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116997 | Battery-capacity supervisory control device and method thereof A battery-capacity supervisory control device includes a DC current/DC voltage detecting loop, a microprocessor and a display unit. The DC current/DC voltage detecting loop is connected between a battery and a power inverter for detecting a first voltage value befor... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8108173 | Compensating for system delay and/or extraneous illumination in analyte analyzation A sensor that determines information related to a gaseous analyte in a body of fluid. The sensor comprises an emitter, a luminescable medium, a radiation sensor, and a processor. The emitter emits electromagnetic radiation having an oscillating intensity. The lumine... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108179 | End of life prediction of flash memory Disclosed are a method, electronic device, and computer readable medium for determining an end-of-life stage of the flash memory. The method includes detecting at least one life cycle event associated with a flash memory residing on an electronic device. A counter t... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108176 | Method and apparatus for verifying two dimensional mark quality A method and system for applying a two dimensional mark on a first surface of a component and assessing mark quality, the method including the steps of positioning a component with a first surface at a first station, applying a two dimensional mark to the first surf... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108168 | Managing non-destructive evaluation data A method, apparatus and program product manage non-destructive evaluation (“NDE”) data. NDE data and inspection information for at least a portion of an asset are received and at least one alignment algorithm to align the NDE data to a simulated model of the at ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108180 | End of life prediction of flash memory Disclosed are a method, electronic device, and computer readable medium for determining an end-of-life stage of the flash memory. The method includes detecting at least one life cycle event associated with a flash memory residing on an electronic device. A counter t... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103476 | Abnormal simulation signal analysis methods and abnormal signal simulation analysis module for 4˜20mA instrumental system The present invention relates to a negative pulse transient signal analysis methods and negative pulse transient signal analysis module for a PC base simulation equivalent circuit capable of grasping and improving error causes through an abnormal signal analysis aft... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103459 | Safety clothing Safety clothing (1) for persons in dangerous situations is provided including at least one device (3) for generating light and/or at least one device for generating sound and/or at least one mechanical device for generating a warning stimulus, which is... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099252 | Self-test power management unit Systems and methods are disclosed for a self-testing power management unit (PMU) in an electronic device. Self-testing may enable the testing of PMU power supply outputs while reducing the need for test points to conserve circuit board real estate. In one embodiment... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099244 | Method, a computer program and a computer system for determination whether a subject has an increased risk for acquiring a disease A method, a computer program and a computer system are described for determining whether a subject has an increased risk for acquiring a disease, said method comprising selecting at least one disease, for example using a user interface wherein in a field 23 | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095327 | Power supply apparatus for operation A power supply apparatus for operation for outputting power to a surgical instrument includes a temperature detection section for detecting a temperature of the surgical instrument, and an abnormality detection section for detecting an abnormality of the surgical in... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090552 | Sensor fusion using self evaluating process sensors A measurement processing system is disclosed for fusing measurement data from a set of independent self-validating (SEVA™) process sensors monitoring the same real-time measurand in order to generate a combined best estimate for the value, uncertainty and measurem... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090554 | Torque testing system and method An exemplary torque testing system includes a first screwdriver, a second screwdriver, a height measuring device, and a processor. The first screwdriver turns the first structure into the second structure using a maximum torque until the depth of the first structure... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086416 | Auto-synchronous power gauge According to one exemplary embodiment, an auto-synchronous power gauge for measuring total charge consumed from a power source of an electronic device includes an analog to digital converter for sampling a signal corresponding to current drawn from the power source,... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082121 | Information processing device, information processing method, and information storage medium An information processing device acquires an output value in accordance with a state in which an operating device is held, acquires the output value in accordance with a predetermined first holding state of the operating device as a first reference value, acquires t... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082110 | Low perfusion signal processing systems and methods In some embodiments, systems and methods for identifying a low perfusion condition are provided by transforming a signal using a wavelet transform to generate a scalogram. A pulse band and adjacent marker regions in the scalogram are identified. Characteristics of t... | 12/20/2011 |
| 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 |
| 8069012 | Sampling sufficiency testing Sampling sufficiency determinations are performed using probability calculations and statistical analysis during a testing process of a population of items. For example, an auditing or reviewing process may involve testing a predetermined sample set of items from th... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8069006 | System for positioning a wire using sensor information A system for determining coordinates for nodes on a wire secured to tow lines of a floating vessel for analyzing geological formations is provided. The system can include sensors in communication with a processor to determine the coordinates of nodes and provide azi... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8060319 | Acoustic structural integrity monitoring system and method A method and system for detecting structural damage in a structure by detecting acoustic emissions from damage in a structure to obtain acoustic emission data, and processing the acoustic emission data in accordance with a model characterising acoustic paths. The mo... | 11/15/2011 |
