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From the way they move, you'd never know these synchronized swimmers are also senior citizens.
The 41 men and women of the Honeys and Bears, ranging in age from 62 to 100 years old, are members of Manhattan's only 50-and-over synchronized swimming team. Despite the fact that many of them have walkers and wheelchairs, arthritis and asthma, these swimmers practice at the Hansborough Recreation Center up to three times a week for more than an hour and a half on end.
Their seniority, they say, is merely an afterthought.
"Age is just a number," said Lettice Graham, 90, who has been with the team since 1986.
Graham is no slouch when it comes to being active; she frequently does yoga, line dancing and runs competitive track. But she credits swimming with keeping her healthy in her later years.
"It's the best exercise in the world," Graham said. "It keeps me out of the doctor's office."
Donning the uniform of black bathing suits, red swim caps and, for some, goggles and nose plugs, the Honeys and Bears performed Monday one of their approximately 40 choreographed routines - "The Pyramid" - before a sizable crowd of city officials and visitors.
As the name suggests, it began with a 10-person pyramid of female swimmers doing the backstroke in unison as another group of adjacent Honeys and Bears held hands and slowly spun around the placid waters. Coach Oliver Footé nervously paced the pool's outer edges, following his swimmers' moves with extreme attentiveness to detail.
Footé, 63, is a cross between a classical symphony conductor and a football coach - gentle but intense, cautiously directing every little stroke with his fingers while he shouts at his swimmers when they miss a step.
Footé, who has coached the team for 19 years, aptly describes himself as a "bulldog and angel mixed together."
"It's pretty difficult," he said of managing his senior swimmers, "but I enjoy every minute of it."
The Honeys and Bears group was established in 1979 with fewer than a dozen members. But every year its members actively recruit new swimmers to join, like Joyce Clarke.
The 62-year-old Clarke had never performed with the team before Monday's show. In fact, she didn't even know how to swim before joining the Honeys and Bears more than a year ago - she had "only the desire" to learn, she said.
Today, Clarke is a dedicated teammate and synchronized swimming enthusiast.
"Winter, snow, cold, I'm coming from Brooklyn to swim with the team," she said. "It's absolutely, positively worth it."
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It's still unclear the exact role that PEO's will play over the next few years as they are not specifically addressed under the "Healthcare Reform" legislation. As it stands today, PEO's will act as INSURANCE EXCHANGES and facilitate the "Essential Health Benefits" requirement for Health Insurance for Employers who are choosing to continue to offer Health Insurance to their employees as an employee benefit thus complying with the new Federal Law requiring ALL EMPLOYERS to offer Health Insurance to FTE ( Full Time Eligible or Equivalent employees. The New law states that any employee that works over 30 hours per week on average now qualifies for this provision and employers face penalties if they do not comply.
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Festival of History: Featuring period camps ranging from Rome to the Renaissance, costumed interpreters bring history to life at the Festival of History! Visitors are guaranteed an action packed weekend as history is revisited before their eyes!
From thrilling jousting competition to hair-raising demonstrations of military might join us as we take a journey back through time and discover some of the most exciting and fascinating events in European history.
Programs range from storytelling and talks on topics from warfare and chivalry to weaving cloth and making soap; hands on history such as spinning, embroidery, archery, sword practice, singing, dancing, games, pottery making and more. A blacksmith forges hot metal, an archer makes arrows for an army, all guaranteed to inform and enthrall. A Sword Master instructs all on the art of the sword, the Hundred Years War soldiers pass the time with backgammon, and Scotts demonstrate crafts and describe 16th century life. All of this surrounds the centerpiece of the weekend, a 2 day, 6 event 15th century tournament that will test the mettle and stamina of man and horse.
A wealth of activities for all ages and interests promises to make this an unforgettable weekend for the whole family. If you are only going to one event this summer, make it the Festival of History at the Tournament of the Phoenix!


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Ing. Ivo Herman
Ing. Ivo Herman
PhD student • ivo [dot] herman [at] fel [dot] cvut [dot] cz
Ivo is a doctoral student supervised by Michael Šebek since September 2012. He got his Ing. (MSc) degree at Brno University of Technology in 2012 for his work on sensorless control of electric motors supervised by Pavel Václavek. Ivo's doctoral research is focused on control theory for distributed and networked systems.
Mainly he does research in a scaling in distributed control, especially in vehicular platoons. He tries to find the limitations imposed by the graph topology, regardless of what model of the agent is used.
Phone suffix:7466
Address:Karlovo náměstí 13/E, room 8.
Participant of the following projects:
"On the necessity of symmetric positional coupling for string stability", IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, vol. PP, issue 99: IEEE, pp. 1-10, In Press. Abstract
"Scaling in bidirectional platoons with dynamic controllers and proportional asymmetry", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 62, issue 4: IEEE, pp. 2034-2040, July, 2017. Abstract
"A travelling wave approach to a multi-agent system with a path-graph topology", System and Control Letters, vol. 99: Elsevier, pp. 90-98, January, 2017. Abstract
"Disturbance scaling in bidirectional vehicle platoons with different asymmetry in position and velocity coupling", Automatica, vol. 82: Elsevier, pp. 13-20, August, 2017. Abstract
"Vehicular platooning experiments using autonomous slot cars", 20th IFAC World Congress, Toulouse, France, July, 2017. Abstract
"Transients of platoons with asymmetric and different Laplacians", Systems & Control Letters, vol. 91, pp. 28-35, May, 2016. Abstract
"Scaling of H-infinity Norm in Symmetric Bidirectional Platoons", 6th IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems (NecSys 2016), Tokio, Japan, IFAC, pp. 91-96, September, 2016. Abstract
"Optimal distributed control with application to asymmetric vehicular platoons", 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Las Vegas, USA, IEEE, pp. 4340-4345, December, 2016.
"Nonzero bound on Fiedler eigenvalue causes exponential growth of H-infinity norm of vehicular platoon", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 60, issue 8, pp. 2248 - 2253 , August, 2015. Abstract
"Stability of a Circular System with Multiple Asymmetric Laplacians", 5th IFAC Workshop on Estimation and Control of Networked Systems (NecSys), Philadelphia, PA, USA, IFAC, pp. 162-167, September, 2015. Abstract
"Travelling waves in a multi-agent system with general graph topology", 5th IFAC Workshop on Estimation and Control of Networked Systems (NecSys), Philadelphia, PA, USA, pp. 82-87, September, 2015. Abstract
"Harmonic instability of asymmetric bidirectional control of a vehicular platoon", American Control Conference (ACC) 2014, Portland, Oregon, June, 2014.
"Zeros of transfer functions in networked control with higher-order dynamics", 19th IFAC World Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, pp. 9177-9182, August, 2014.
"Refinement of a bidirectional platooning controller by wave absorption at the leader", 2014 European Control Conference (ECC), Strasbourg, France, pp. 2845 - 2850 , June, 2014. Abstract
"Two-sided wave-absorbing control of a heterogenous vehicular platoon", 19th IFAC World Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, pp. 8091-8096, August, 2014. Abstract
"Wave-absorbing vehicular platoon controller", European Journal of Control, vol. 20, pp. 237-248, July, 2014. Abstract
"PDdE-based analysis of vehicular platoons with spatio-temporal decoupling", 4th IFAC NecSys Workshop, Koblenz, Germany, 9, 2013.
"AC Drive Observability Analysis", Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 60, no. 8, pp. 3047-3059, August, 2013.
"Load torque and moment of inertia observability analysis for alternating current drive sensorless control", IECON 2012 - 38th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Montreal, October, 2012. Abstract


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Supervise customs workers and activities at a port.
What does a Customs Port Director do?
Every time a person, package, or entire shipment crosses into the United States-whether by air, land, or sea-it must be inspected. Customs Inspectors search for illegal substances and violations of the law. And the Customs Port Director directs these Officials and all other employees, as well as all activities that take place within his or her port of call.
This is a huge undertaking. Whether you work as a Customs Port Director in San Diego, Seattle, or Florida, there's a constant influx of cargo and passengers flowing through the area. Each box, crate, or suitcase has the potential to contain a bomb or other terrorist device. If you're the Customs Port Director, your crew carefully inspects these items using detectors, x-ray machines, and physical searches. Your goal is twofold: one is to process items and passengers as efficiently as possible, and the second is to confiscate any illegal items. These items range from non-native fruits to weapons to drugs. And as for the passengers, your job is to keep a sharp lookout for illegal immigrants.
As you can see, you've got your hands full. But you get a lot of help because you maintain a competent staff who are well-versed in procedures and customs laws. You all work for the federal government-the Department of Homeland Security, to be precise. Employees such as Import Specialists, Customs Brokerage Entry Writers, and Agriculture Specialists each play a key role in your success. So you communicate with them often, keep track of violations, understand budgetary factors, and process reports about the activities.


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Editor's Note: The following column is designed to help answer residents' questions about the Kenai Peninsula Borough and its government.
What is the Central Emergency Service Area? How big is it?
Answer: The Central Emergency Ser-vice Area (CES) is a borough-operated special service area that provides a full range of emergency services. It provides structural and wildland fire response, emergency medical responses at the basic and advanced life support (paramedic) levels, search and rescue responses, water rescue responses, fire education and fire investigation services, fire code enforcement and public assistance. Services are provided 24-hours per day, 365 days per year. Each member of the fire station paid staff works a 24-hour shift at one of three manned fire
stations (Soldotna, Sterling and K-Beach Road at Mile 13.) The fire station on Mackey Lake Road is unmanned at this time, but serves as the department training center. CES services are provided by a combination of paid staffing and volunteer staffing. There are 23 paid positions; there are 24 volunteers.
The service area boundary starts at Mile 58 of the Sterling Highway (upper Skilak Lake Road) and includes all roads down to Mile 103.5 (Irish Hills Road). Also included in the service area are all of K-Beach Road, all of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and the Spur Highway from the "Y" in Soldotna to Strawberry Road, with some exceptions. The department averages four calls for assistance per day.
All of the fire service areas are actively seeking additional volunteers.They will provide you training and safety equipment. If interested, call CES at 262-4792.
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|39th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 66
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|Method For Hydraulically Filling A Clutch Without Using A Calibration Routine - Disclosed is a method for hydraulically filling a clutch without using a calibration routine. The clutch comprises a spring and a clutch cavity, and the spring and the clutch cavity are positioned inside of the clutch. A valve is associated with the clutch and is configured for allowing a fluid to flow to and from the clutch cavity. The method comprises the step of sending a wakeup current to a valve. The wakeup current is sent to the valve for allowing the fluid to substantially fill the clutch cavity. Still further, the method comprises the step of determining whether the spring is compressed and, also, determining whether a speed ratio of the powertrain is unknown. Further yet, the method comprises the step of sending a ramped hold current that rises relatively gradually to the valve if the spring is compressed and if the speed ratio is unknown.
|Continuously variable transmission clutch anti-autoengagement in multi-clutch vehicle transmission arrangement - A machine is described that includes an engine, a multi-clutch transmission and a controller. The controller is configured with computer-executable instructions for managing operation of the multi-clutch transmission to avoid autoengagement of a disengaged clutch. The computer-executable instructions configure the controller to receive sensor signals indicative of current operating status of the machine; determine, based upon the sensor signals, a configured minimum engine speed needed to avoid autoengagement of the disengaged clutch; and conditionally increase an engine speed based upon a comparison of the configured minimum engine speed and a sensed current engine speed. The machine includes a continuously variable transmission coupled to the multi-clutch transmission, and the controller is configured to adjust the continuously variable transmission ratio to counter the engine speed increase and thus maintain a current clutch output speed when increasing the engine speed to avoid autoengagement of a disengaged clutch.
|METHOD FOR DETERMINING CLUTCH COEFFICIENTS OF FRICTION AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CLUTCH CONTACT POINTS - A method wherein the first and second threshold values of the characteristic are a threshold value of the clutch temperature, or of the speed of rotation at the particular input shaft of the clutch, or of the speed of the engine, or of the slip speed at the clutch, or of the clutch torque hysteresis, or of the oil volume flow in a wet clutch, or of the actuator speed or of the actuator position.
|Method and Device for Autonomous Braking of a Vehicle Following Collision - A method of controlling a vehicle braking system, includes: (i) detecting whether a collision has occurred; (ii) detecting whether a predetermined condition follows the collision; (iii) determining whether a driver has applied the brakes; and (iv) when a driver has not applied the brakes, autonomously initiating braking.
|Optimal Fusion Of Electric Park Brake And Hydraulic Brake Sub-System Functions To Control Vehicle Direction - A method, for controlling direction of a vehicle as desired in connection with operation of an autonomous driving maneuver using selectively, independently and/or in combination, multiple electrical park brakes (EPBs) and multiple hydraulic brakes (HBs). The method includes determining a total brake force needed for redirecting the vehicle in a pre-determined manner, and determining whether an applicable EPB can provide the total brake force needed. The method further includes providing, if it is determined that the applicable EPB can provide the total brake force needed, a brake command instructing the applicable EPB to apply the total brake force. The method also includes determining, if it is determined that the EPB is alone insufficient, an optimal fusion of the EPBs and the HBs, including two front and two rear HBs, two rear EPBs, and in some embodiments, also two front EPBs.
|METHOD FOR ACTUATING A RETARDER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method of actuating a retarder of a motor vehicle, for example a hydrodynamic retarder of a commercial vehicle, in which during overrun operation the driver uses an operating element to call for a braking action by the retarder. To implement the method simply, conveniently and inexpensively, the accelerator pedal of the motor vehicle is used as the operating element for demanding a braking action by the retarder. In such manner that when the torque of the drive engine of the motor vehicle becomes negative due to overrun operation, the braking action demand is signaled by at least partially releasing the accelerator pedal.
|BRAKING SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR BRAKING A VEHICLE IN THE CASE OF ABRUPT CHANGES IN THE FRICTION COEFFICIENT - A brake device is described for braking the wheels of a vehicle. The brake device includes at least one brake master cylinder, a brake booster, a wheel brake, a return pump, using which a hydraulic fluid may be pumped back from the wheel brake in the direction of brake master cylinder. A sensor system for detecting an abrupt negative change in the friction coefficient of the roadway is provided. An arrangement is provided according to which the boost of the brake booster is set to a smaller value if a braking maneuver has been detected on a roadway having an abrupt negative change in the friction coefficient than in the case of a braking maneuver on a roadway without an abrupt negative change in the friction coefficient.
|MULTI-SURFACE MODEL-BASED TRACKING - Systems and methods for detecting a vehicle. One system includes a controller. The controller is configured to receive images from a camera mounted on a first vehicle, identify a surface of a second vehicle located around the first vehicle based on the images, and generate a three-dimensional model associated with the second vehicle. The model includes a first plane and a second plane approximately perpendicular to the first plane. The first plane of the model is associated with the identified surface of the second vehicle. The controller is further configured to track a position of the second vehicle using the three-dimensional model after the identified surface falls at least partially outside of a field-of-view of the at least one camera.
|PREDICTION OF DRIVER-SPECIFIC CRUISE SPEED USING DYNAMIC MODELING - A controller for predicting cruising speeds of a vehicle includes a processor and an extracting unit to extract feature data from segments of a prior trajectory of the vehicle, the feature data including cruising speeds of the vehicle and predictive feature data. The controller also includes a model generator to generate a probabilistic model associating the predictive feature data with the cruising speeds of the vehicle and a predicting unit to predict a cruising speed of the vehicle for a target segment, which is an upcoming cruising segment of the vehicle, by conditioning the probabilistic model on real-time predictive feature data of segments of a current trajectory.
|EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An engine control system for a vehicle includes a flowrate module, first and second mass fraction calculating modules, and an actuator control module. The flowrate module determines a mass flowrate of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) to an engine. The first mass fraction calculating module, based on the mass flowrate of EGR, determines a first mass fraction of recirculated exhaust gas relative of a first gas charge for a first combustion event of the engine. The second mass fraction calculating module determines a second mass fraction of recirculated exhaust gas of a second gas charge for a second combustion event of the engine based on an average of the first mass fraction and one or more other values of the first mass fraction determined for other combustion events, respectively. The actuator control module selectively adjusts an engine operating parameter based on the second mass fraction.
|FUEL SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS - Methods and systems are provided for detecting a fuel system leak. One or more of a boost pressure from a compressor and vacuum from an intake manifold is sequentially applied on a fuel tank. A leak is detected based on a subsequent change in fuel tank pressure.
|METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE TEMPERATURE OF AN IGNITION COIL - A method for determining the temperature of an ignition coil (
|METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENGINE AIR CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for conditioning a throttle command so that, on average, a difference between an actual airflow rate and a commanded airflow rate is substantially zero. A commanded throttle position is modified with a correction factor to also reduce a throttle angle error. By reducing engine air disturbances, engine performance is improved.
|INTER-CYLINDER AIR-FUEL RATIO IMBALANCE DETECTION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An air-fuel ratio imbalance detection apparatus includes an air-fuel ratio sensor that is arranged in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine and that includes an electrode and a diffusion layer provided on the electrode; an estimating unit configured to estimate or detect an output variation amount that is an amount of variation in an output of the air-fuel ratio sensor due to an influence of a pressure pulsation of exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine; and a determination unit configured to determine whether there is an air-fuel ratio imbalance among cylinders of the internal combustion engine, on the basis of the output variation amount and a determination value based on the output of the air-fuel ratio sensor.
|FUEL-BASED INJECTION CONTROL - Systems and methods of operating an engine with a varying fuel composition. In one example, a split injection is performed during engine cranking with at least some fuel injected in the intake stroke and some fuel injected in the compression stroke. Further, a split ratio of the injection is adjusted based on the alcohol content of the injected fuel.
|Estimating a Fuel Leakage Quantity of an Injection Valve During a Shut-Down Time of a Motor Vehicle - A method is disclosed for estimating a fuel leakage quantity which enters from a leaking injection valve during a shut-down time of a motor vehicle into an intake tract or into a cylinder of an internal combustion engine of the motor vehicle and is added to a fuel mixture to be combusted during a starting process. The method may include: measuring a first start index characteristic of a starting behavior of the engine during a first starting process; determining a first injected fuel quantity during the first starting process; measuring a second start index characteristic of a starting behavior of the engine during a second starting process; determining a second injected fuel quantity during the second starting process; and estimating the fuel leakage quantity based on the measured first start index, the determined first injected fuel quantity, the measured second start index and the determined second injected fuel quantity.
|VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - When a state in which fuel supply to a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine is cut is recovered, since a vehicle control device starts the fuel supply by controlling the internal combustion engine at the time that a requested driving force that is being requested becomes the same as an actual driving force that is being actually generated, the vehicle control device can appropriately start the fuel supply when the fuel cut state is recovered. When, for example, the deviation between the requested driving force and the actual driving force becomes within a preset and predetermined range, as the time at which the requested driving force that is being requested becomes the same as the actual driving force that is being actually generated, the vehicle control device starts the fuel supply.
|CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A control device for a vehicle includes a drive system that outputs a driving force for a vehicle. The control device further includes an accelerator operation section which operates an accelerator, and a control section that is configured to control the driving force output by the drive system, in accordance with an operation amount of the accelerator operated by the accelerator operation section. The control section is configured to start the drive system if a change in the operation amount of the accelerator is detected.
|METHOD FOR REVERSIBLY CODING AN ENGINE CONTROLLER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE IN MANIPULATION-PROOF FASHION, AND ENGINE CONTROLLER - A reversible, manipulation-proof method encodes an engine controller for a motor vehicle, which is designed for use in motor vehicles with different operating characteristics. At least one first operating characteristic is defined in invariant form for the motor vehicle, with which method during commissioning of the engine controller the first operating characteristic is stored in the engine controller during and/or after an authentication process in such a way that it can only be changed during and/or after a further authentication process.
|Estimating Incident Duration - A method, an apparatus and an article of manufacture for incident duration prediction. The method includes obtaining incident data for at least one traffic-related incident in a selected geographic area, obtaining traffic data for the selected geographic area, spatially and temporally associating the at least one traffic-related incident with the traffic data to generate incident duration data for the at least one traffic-related incident, and predicting incident duration of at least one additional traffic-related incident based on the incident duration data for the at least one traffic-related incident.
|COLLABORATIVE NEAR-MISS ACCIDENT REPORTING - Illustrative embodiments include a method, system, and computer program product for collaborative near-miss accident reporting. A computer receives, from a source among several sources, data relating to a near-miss accident. The computer determines whether the data relating to the near-miss accident is indicative of an event whose information should be distributed. The computer distributes, responsive to the determining being affirmative, near-miss accident information corresponding to the data relating to the near-miss accident.
|TRAFFIC INFORMATION CREATING DEVICE, TRAFFIC INFORMATION CREATING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Devices, methods, and programs determine whether a vehicle has exited a link based on map information. If so, the devices, methods, and programs acquire a travel traffic congestion level of the exited link based on travel information within the exited link, and determine whether the travel traffic congestion level of the exited link coincides with a distributed traffic congestion level at a time when the vehicle exited. If not, the devices, methods, and programs determine whether the traffic information has been updated and the distributed traffic congestion level has been changed within the exited link, and if so, acquire a distribution time rate of each distributed traffic congestion level within the exited link. The devices, methods, and programs determine a traffic congestion level of the exited link based on the distribution time rate of each acquired distributed traffic congestion level and the travel traffic congestion level of the exited link.
|TRAFFIC INFORMATION CREATING DEVICE, TRAFFIC INFORMATION CREATING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Devices, methods, and programs access map information including link information related to links that constitute a road, acquire a current location of a vehicle at unit time intervals, and acquire traffic information, which includes a distributed traffic congestion level of each link at predetermined time intervals. Each time the vehicle exits a link, the devices, methods, and programs sequentially store the exited link in an exited link train based on the map information. If the traffic information has been received, the devices, methods, and program store the distributed traffic congestion level included in the received traffic information as a traffic congestion level in association with a portion of the exited link train within a range from the current location at a received time point when the traffic information has been received to a location that is a predetermined distance behind the current location at the received time point.
|Traffic Congestion Prediction Method And Traffic Congestion Prediction Device - Provided is a traffic congestion prediction method which is able to perform a prediction process using floating information with higher accuracy. The traffic congestion prediction method includes: a step of receiving information by a prediction device; a step of predicting a route of each floating car based on the current position information and destination information received; a step of calculating, for the each floating car, a first passing time group which is a set of respective passing times at a plurality of predetermined spots on the route predicted; a step of calculating the number of existing floating cars per link based on the first passing time group, if any of a plurality of floating cars exists on the link at a predetermined time; and a step of calculating a second passing time group by use of the number of existing floating cars and a predetermined calculation technique.
|Method for Calculating Fuel Consumption During Driving and Driving Fuel Consumption Calculation System - A method for calculating fuel consumption during driving includes the steps of collecting a plurality of driving data, identifying the driving data to generate a plurality of driving movements, and obtaining fuel consumption by performing a calculating process based on the driving movements and a plurality of data stored in a driving movement fuel consumption database. Furthermore, a driving fuel consumption calculation system is also disclosed herein.
|System and Method for Gauging Safe Towing Parameters - A system for determining the tongue weight and total weight of a towed vehicle and other parameters includes a drawbar transducer in one embodiment, a receiver hitch transducer in another embodiment, and a trailer tongue transducer in a further embodiment. Strain gauges are strategically located on the transducer and information regarding the towed vehicle are sent to a display. In one embodiment, a portable display unit, smartphone or the like has a receiver for receiving transmitted data from the transducer reflective of the towed vehicle measured and calculated parameter so that a user can view the tongue weight in practically real time as well as other parameters relating to loading and towing. In this manner, the user can adjust the contents of the towed vehicle to achieve proper tongue weight without the necessity of going back and forth between the trailer and the transducer. A method is also disclosed for determining a safe towing condition based on the trailer tongue weight, trailer pulling force, acceleration during towing, calculated trailer weight, and other factors.
|SYSTEM OF DETERMINING INFORMATION ABOUT A PATH OR A ROAD VEHICLE - A method of determining information relating to a path of a road vehicle, the method comprising a step a):
|COMMUNICATION BASED VEHICLE-PEDESTRIAN COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM - A system for detecting a pedestrian is provided. The system includes a base and a mast extending from the base, and a plurality of sensors mounted on the mast, the plurality of sensors for detecting objects and pedestrians within a predetermined range, and wherein the sensors include a GPS antenna, at least one camera, an alert mechanism, a radio with an integrated directional antenna, and a short range communication antenna. A path predicting circuit is in communication with a system vehicle and the pedestrian detection system. The path predicting circuit processes information from the system vehicle and pedestrian detection system to predict the path of the system vehicle and detected objects. The path predicting circuit is in communication with a path collision circuit and the predicted paths are mapped on the path collision circuit so as to determine if the system vehicle may possibly collide with a detected object.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING BASED ON ROUTE BIAS - An approach is provided for sensing based on route bias. The goal processor processes and/or facilitates a processing of one or more geo-routes, one or more location anchors, or a combination thereof associated with one or more devices to determine proximity information of the one or more devices to one or more sensing goals. The goal processor causes, at least in part, a selection of at least a subset of the one or more devices to participate in the one or more sensing goals based, at least in part, on the proximity information.
|SYSTEM FOR INDOOR GUIDANCE WITH MOBILITY ASSISTANCE - An indoor guidance system for a blind or visually impaired person. The system uses a mobile device (Smartphone, tablet, etc.) to provide maps and visual and voice guidance to assist individuals in navigating through indoor locations. Special maps are transmitted to the mobile device upon entering the facility, or downloaded in advance. The software and maps provide assistance to the user, to guide them through the facility. The system uses a combination of GPS and other technologies (Bluetooth, infrared, Wi-Fi, RFID, etc.) to provide extremely detailed and accurate location information to the user.
|Methods and Computer Program Products for Identifying Prospective Routes for Physical Activities - We have disclosed methods and computer program products for identifying prospective routes for an individual to traverse during a physical activity. The methods may include a server computer system receiving data describing the physical activity from a remote computing device, a server computer system identifying a prospective route in response to receiving data, and a server computer system transmitting data describing a map of a prospective route to a remote computing device for display of the map at the remote computing device in response to identifying the prospective route.
|OPTICAL OBSERVATION DEVICE FOR TARGET ACQUISITION AND NAVIGATION - An optical observation device for target acquisition and navigation having at least one objective, which is to be turned toward the object to be observed, and at least one ocular, which is to be turned toward the eye of the observer, in a housing, wherein the housing has at least one image reversal system, means for range finding, for location/position determination, for determination of the compass direction, and for displaying data, is distinguished in that an integrated target acquisition module having optoelectronic rangefinder, a GPS position determination, an electronic compass direction determination, and a microcomputer unit for calculating and storing distance and location coordinates of a targeted destination, io an integrated navigation module having a display screen, which is arranged externally on the housing, and actuating elements, which are arranged on the housing, for activating functions of the target acquisition and navigation module are provided.
|System and Method for Determining a Uniform External Magnetic Field - A processing apparatus, optionally integrated into a device having a plurality of sensors including a magnetometer, generates navigational state estimates for the device. The processing apparatus has a magnetometer-assisted mode of operation in which measurements from the magnetometer are used to estimate the navigational state and an alternate mode of operation in which the navigational state of the device is estimated without measurements from the magnetometer. For a respective time period, the processing apparatus operates in the alternate mode of operation. During the respective time period, the processing apparatus collects a plurality of magnetometer measurements and determines whether they meet measurement-consistency requirements. If the measurements meet the measurement-consistency requirements, the processing apparatus transitions to the magnetometer-assisted mode of operation. If the measurements do not meet the measurement-consistency requirements, the processing apparatus continues to operate in the alternate mode of operation.
|USER INTERACTIVE ACTUAL TIME NETWORKED SURVEY SYSTEM - A method for providing user interactive actual time networked surveying is disclosed. In one embodiment, a network connection is established between a survey instrument and a central computing device. In addition, a user session is established with the central computing device. Survey measurement data obtained with the survey instrument is transmitted to the central computing device. In addition, correction data from a virtual reference station (VRS) is received at the central computing device. The user session is allowed to direct the processing of the received survey measurement data including one or more real time kinematic calculations at the central computing device. The output of the processing of the received survey measurement data is provided to one or more authorized devices having a connection to the central computing device, the output provided in a concrete and tangible format.
|Method and Apparatus for Reducing Location Coordinate String Length - The International Address System identifies a location with a combination of 10 alpha/numeric digits and does not need the input of the numeral zero or cardinal directions (i.e., north, south, east, west) to determine the location with a minimum accuracy of 129 square feet. The system utilizes a radix greater than 10 to improve accuracy without adding digits to accommodate existing displays. Such a system may be employed in hardware, software, or both, of a navigation system.
|OBJECT GUIDING METHOD, MOBILE VIEWING SYSTEM AND AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM - An augmented reality system having a server and a mobile viewing is provided. The mobile viewing system registers that the mobile viewing system enters a building at the server. Several wireless access points are disposed in the building, and the mobile viewing system is connected to some of the wireless access points. The mobile viewing system receives a request message from the server and captures an image via an image capture module according to the request message. The server obtains a location of the mobile viewing system according to the connected wireless access points and the image captured, and generates an object guiding message or an object indicating message according to the location of the mobile viewing system. The mobile viewing system displays the object guiding message or the object indicating message on the viewing unit.
|Position Information Sharing Method and Positioning Device and System - Embodiments of the present invention provide a position information sharing method and a positioning device and system. The position information sharing method includes sending a position query request to a first positioning device or a positioning server. The position query request carries a first positioning device identifier. Position information of the first positioning device is received. The position information is sent by the first positioning device or the positioning server according to the position query request. The position information of the first positioning device can be displayed.
|Navigation System and Method - A navigation system includes a memory in which information concerning road sections and information concerning time-dependent traffic restrictions are stored such that time-dependent traffic restrictions are assigned to a portion of the road sections. A route computation process is set up such that, when computing a route, the memory is accessed in order to compute a route based on information concerning road sections and based on information concerning time-dependent traffic restrictions. When computing the route, information concerning time-dependent traffic restrictions for a first portion of the road sections, to which information concerning a time-dependent traffic restriction is assigned, is taken into account and, information concerning time-dependent traffic restrictions for a second portion of the road sections, to which information concerning a time-dependent traffic restriction is assigned, is not taken into account.
|APPARATUS FOR FAST PATH SEARCH BY LEARNING HEURISTIC FUNCTION AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for fast path search using learning of a heuristic function according to the present invention. An apparatus for fast path search according to the present invention includes: an input unit to receive destination information from a user, and to receive a search request for a path to the received destination information; a location recognizing unit to obtain current location information of the user when the search request for the path is received; and a control unit to search a map for a path from a start node corresponding to the current location information to a destination node corresponding to the destination information using a heuristic evaluation function.
|ESTIMATION OF ROADWAY TRAVEL INFORMATION BASED ON HISTORICAL TRAVEL DATA - A system for navigation along a desired route on a desired future date may include a map interface operable to display a traffic condition and a travel time received via a communication network, and an automobile navigation network communicatively coupled to the communication network. The automobile navigation network may estimate the traffic condition and the travel time for travel along the desired route on the desired future date based on historical travel information, current traffic information and current weather information. Information regarding the estimated travel conditions may be automatically communicated to the map interface. The traffic condition may include geographic location information and/or route information. The historical travel information may include historical traffic information.
|Schematic Maps - Systems and methods for preparing and presenting schematic maps, which are maps that present information in a format that presents only information that is most relevant to a given situation in order to provide a simple and clear representation sufficient to aid a user in guidance or orientation. The schematic maps as described herein can be formatted based on the attributes of a display on which they are presented so that the map layout and presentation can be optimized for the particular display. The schematic maps can be "distorted" to better illustrate important maps areas in greater detail and using a relatively larger display area while deemphasizing less important map areas by illustrating them in less detail and using a relatively smaller display area, and thus the schematic maps can be devoid of adherence to a particular scale.
|Method for Outputting Navigation Instructions - A method is provided for outputting navigation instructions in a motor vehicle having a navigation system and a head-up display. Graphical navigation instructions are output in at least three instruction categories which differ substantially in terms of the graphical level of detail of the particular navigation instruction, the instruction category being selected based on the distance between the motor vehicle and an action point for the navigation maneuver. Navigation instructions in the category for short distances include a perspective lane-exact representation of a map section relevant to the navigation maneuver in the head-up display, a first driving line which is proposed by the navigation system is depicted in the map section in a lane-exact manner by way of a first graphical line object and an alternative second driving line is also depicted in a lane-exact manner by way of a second graphical line object differing from the first line object.
|Navigation Methods and Systems - The invention relates to a method of controlling the display of points of interest (POI) by a navigation device comprising a display and a processor. The method involves associating each of one or more predefined geographic areas respectively with one or more points of interest (POI), and associating each predefined geographic area with at least one display criterion specifying a condition to be met in order for the one or more points of interest associated with the area to be displayed by a navigation apparatus. In use the processor of the navigation apparatus selects the one or more points of interest associated with a predefined geographic area for display by the navigation device when the at least one display criterion associated with the predefined area and a location criterion with respect to the predefined geographic area are all met. The display criterion may be a requirement that the current time is within a particular range of hours, or that the apparatus is in a given state of operation e.g. holiday mode. The location criterion may require that the current location of the apparatus is within a given range of the predefined area.
|Systems and Methods for In-Vehicle Navigated Shopping - Systems and methods to provide a navigated-shopping service are discussed. In an example, a method for navigated-shopping can include receiving a destination location, accessing a route to the destination, displaying the route with indications of a plurality of items for purchase, receiving selection of a selected item, and purchasing the selected item. The plurality of items for purchase can be within a predefined distance of at least one point along the route. The selection of the selected item can include selection of a retail location of a plurality of retail locations along the route.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOMMENDING CONTENT BASED ON A TRAVEL ROUTE - An approach for recommending one or more content items for consumption during travel based on one or more travel times associated with one or more travel routes is described. A content item recommendation platform determines one or more travel routes associated with at least one device, at least one user of the at least one device, or a combination thereof. The content item recommendation platform further causes, at least in part, a recommendation of one or more content items based, at least in part, on one or more travel times associated with the one or more travel routes.
|Reverse Natural Guidance - The disclosed embodiments relate to recognition of navigation and/or guidance related information within an expressed conversational narrative between a provider of the narrative and a receiver thereof. The recognized navigation and/or guidance related information is then converted into navigation data which may be used to present a navigation route and/or guidance information related thereto to the receiver.
|LOG INVERSION METHOD FOR NUCLEAR LOG DATA OF EARTH FORMATIONS - Inverting nuclear log data for a geological formation surrounding a borehole involves acquiring nuclear log data for a borehole portion using a moveable nuclear logging tool and acquiring additional log data for the borehole portion using another logging device with superior resolution. Boundaries between adjacent zones are identified that exhibit an attribute of the geological formation to a detectably contrasting degree. From pre-acquired data describing one or more characteristics of the nuclear logging tool, a modelled log of the attributes is generated over the borehole portion, and a zone response is calculated from the pre-acquired data for each zone by using the boundaries to define an initial measure of the depth of each zone and ascribing a value of the attribute in dependence on the depth of each zone. The attribute of each zone is then calculated by deconvolving the nuclear log data using the zone response to minimize the difference between the nuclear log data and the convolution of the zone response and the attribute.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONFIGURING DRILLING TOOLS UTILIZING A CRITICAL DEPTH OF CUT CONTROL CURVE - According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of determining a critical depth of cut of a drill bit comprises selecting a radial swath associated with an area of a bit face of a drill bit. The method further comprises identifying a plurality of cutting elements disposed on the bit face that each include at least a portion located within the radial swath. The method also comprises identifying a depth of cut controller (DOCC) disposed on the bit face and configured to control a depth of cut of the portions of the plurality of cutting elements located within the radial swath. The method additionally comprises calculating a critical depth of cut associated with the radial swath and DOCC based on a depth of cut associated with each portion of the plurality of cutting elements located within the radial swath and controlled by the DOCC.
|METHODS FOR ESTIMATING MISSING REAL-TIME DATA FOR INTELLIGENT FIELDS - Methods for managing an intelligent field, are provided. An exemplary method can include, for example, the steps of receiving well instrument data, processing the data, detecting a missing or faulty data period, applying a rule set and logics, estimating values for the missing or faulty data, validating the estimated values, and inserting the data in the data period.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING 4D SEISMIC DATA - A system and method for determining a 4D difference from 4D seismic data including receiving a baseline seismic dataset and a monitor seismic dataset; identifying a 4D signal present in the monitor seismic dataset to create a 4D monitor dataset and a signal in the baseline seismic dataset which matches the monitor seismic dataset to create a baseline matching signal dataset; differencing the baseline matching signal dataset and the baseline seismic dataset to create a 4D baseline dataset; and differencing the 4D baseline dataset and the 4D monitor dataset to create a 4D difference dataset. In an embodiment, a multi-scale, multi-directional transform is used to identify the 4D signal present in the monitor seismic dataset and the signal in the baseline seismic dataset which matches the monitor seismic dataset.
|SURPRISAL DATA REDUCTION OF GENETIC DATA FOR TRANSMISSION, STORAGE, AND ANALYSIS - A method, computer product, and computer system of reducing an amount of data representing a genetic sequence of an organism, comprising: a computer comparing nucleotides of the genetic sequence of the organism to nucleotides from a reference genome, to find differences where nucleotides of the genetic sequence of the organism which are different from the nucleotides of the reference genome; the computer using the differences to create and store surprisal data in a repository, the surprisal data comprising a starting location of the differences within the reference genome, and the nucleotides from the genetic sequence of the organism which are different from the nucleotides of the reference genome, discarding sequences of nucleotides that are the same in the genetic sequence of the organism and the reference genome.
|PROCESSING TECHNIQUE FOR AN IMPEDANCE BIOSENSOR - A system for determining impedance includes receiving a time varying voltage signal from a biosensor and receiving a time varying current signal from the biosensor. The time varying voltage signal and the time varying current signal are transformed to a domain that represents complex impedance values. Calculating parameters based upon the impedance values in a manner suitable to automatically select a first endpoint of an analysis aperture in a region of interest.
|ABSENTMINDED STATE DETERMINATION APPARATUS - An absentminded state determination apparatus includes: a data obtaining element for obtaining a time series data of a physiological characteristic value of a participant, wherein a fluctuation component is overlapped on the time series data, and depends on a state of the participant including normal and absentminded states; a detection element for detecting reflecting portions of the time series data, which reflect on the fluctuation component; a counting element for counting the number of the reflecting portions of the time series data in a determination time period between a determination time and a certain past time; and a determination element for determining according to the number of the reflecting portions at the determination time whether the participant is in the absentminded state. The determination time period has a predetermined time width from the certain past time to the determination time.
|DIAGNOSIS OF LYMPHOID MALIGNANCIES AND MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE DETECTION - Methods are described for diagnosis of a lymphoid hematological malignancy in a subject prior to treatment, and for detecting minimal residual disease (MRD) in the subject after treatment for the malignancy, by high throughput quantitative sequencing (HTS) of multiple unique adaptive immune receptor (TCR or Ig) encoding DNA molecules that have been amplified from DNA isolated from blood samples or other lymphoid cell-containing samples. Amplification employs oligonucleotide primer sets designed to amplify CDR3-encoding sequences within substantially all possible human VDJ or VJ combinations. Disease-characteristic adaptive immune receptor clonotypes occur, prior to treatment, at a relative frequency of at least 15-30% of rearranged receptor CDR3-encoding gene regions. Following treatment, persistence of at least one such clonotype at a detectable frequency of at least 10
|NON-RESISTIVE CONTACT ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZING THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF OBJECTS OR SYSTEMS - Methods and systems for sensing properties of an object or entity utilize non-resistive contact sensors alone or in combination with other sensors. The sensor data is utilized for detecting and visualizing properties of one or more biological or non-biological objects or entities.
|IDENTIFYING A DE NOVO FETAL MUTATION FROM A MATERNAL BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE - Systems, methods, and apparatus for determining at least a portion of fetal genome are provided. DNA fragments from a maternal sample (maternal and fetal DNA) can be analyzed to identify alleles at certain loci. The amounts of DNA fragments of the respective alleles at these loci can be analyzed together to determine relative amounts of the haplotypes for these loci and determine which haplotypes have been inherited from the parental genomes. Loci where the parents are a specific combination of homozygous and heterozygous can be analyzed to determine regions of the fetal genome. Reference haplotypes common in the population can be used along with the analysis of the DNA fragments of the maternal sample to determine the maternal and paternal genomes. Determination of mutations, a fractional fetal DNA concentration in a maternal sample, and a proportion of coverage of a sequencing of the maternal sample can also be provided.
|PARTICLE BEAM THERAPY SYSTEM - The objective is to eliminate the effect of the hysteresis of a scanning electromagnet and resume high-accuracy beam irradiation from an irradiation position where it has been interrupted, even in the case where emergency-stop processing is performed during therapy. There are provided an irradiation management apparatus that controls a scanning electromagnet; and an interlock information inputting device that generates an interlock signal for stopping irradiation of the charged particle beam, when a contingency occurs. When irradiation of the charged particle beam is resumed, the irradiation management apparatus performs idle operation in which the scanning electromagnet is controlled, with the charged particle beam unirradiated, from a start step, which is situated prior to a stop step and is different from the initial step in actual irradiation, to the stop step, and then irradiates the charged particle beam from the desired irradiation position coordinates corresponding to the stop step.
|Method and Apparatus for Providing Data Processing and Control in a Medical Communication System - Methods and apparatus for providing data processing and control for use in a medical communication system are provided.
|GENETIC VARIANTS AS MARKERS FOR USE IN DIAGNOSIS, PROGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF EOSINOPHILIA, ASTHMA, AND MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION - Polymorphic variants (e.g., certain alleles of polymorphic markers) that have been found to be associated with high blood eosinophil counts, conditions causative of eosinophilia (e.g., asthma, myocardial infarction), and/or hypertension are provided herein. Such polymorphic markers are useful for diagnostic purposes, such as in methods of determining a susceptility, and for prognostic purposes, including methods of predicting prognosis and methods of assessing an individual for probability of a response to a therapeutic agent, as further described herein. Further applications utilize the polymorphic markers of the invention include, screening methods and genotyping methods. The invention furthermore provides related kits, computer-readable medium, and apparatus.
|SUBSTANCE IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND MASS SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM USED FOR THE SAME METHOD - An identification probability estimation model, which shows the relationship between the S/N ratios of MS
|REMOTE VEHICLE EMISSIONS SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIFFERENTIATING WATER FROM HYDROCARBONS - Water droplets in exhaust gas that is, or was, analyzed by a remote emissions sensing system are detected. The detection may be made using measurements generally captured by the remote emissions sensing system during typical operation. As such, the detection may be applied "on site" as remote emissions sensing analysis is ongoing, or may be applied post hoc from data previously acquired by a remote emissions sensing system. The detection may be implemented without requiring additional sensors, more sophisticated sensors, and/or other additional or more sophisticated equipment being included in the remote emissions sensing system.
|HEALTH MONITORING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DRIVES - In an exemplary method for condition monitoring of electric and mechanical drives, measurement data in a condition monitoring system of electric drives is collected at least from one electric drive. The measurement data is pre-treated, a frequency spectrum is created from the pre-treated measurement data with the Fast Fourier Transform transformation, and a detected vibration frequency and vibration amplitude are recorded from the frequency spectrum. The detected vibration frequency and vibration amplitude is compared to at least one detected vibration frequency and vibration amplitude successive in time. In the comparison, detrimental changes in vibration frequency and vibration amplitude are defined, and the detrimental changes are indicated.
|System and Method for Predicting a Force Applied to a Surface by a Body During a Movement - According to one embodiment, a system includes at least one memory and at least one processor. The processor receives information that includes a position or motion of one or more points of a body during a movement. Based at least on the position or motion of the one or more points of the body during the movement, the processor calculates a first one or more curves indicative of a first force between a surface and at least a first portion of the body, and calculates a second one or more curves indicative of a second force between the surface and at least a second portion of the body. The processor further predicts a force applied to the surface by the body during the movement by combining the first and second one or more curves.
|METHOD OF CALIBRATING MULTI COMPONENT FORCE DETECTOR PROVIDED IN ROLLING RESISTANCE TESTING MACHINE - A crosstalk correction coefficient of a multi component force detector provided in a rolling resistance testing machine is calibrated. A method of calibrating a multi component force detector provided in a rolling resistance testing machine including a spindle shaft to which a tire is attached, a running drum with a simulation road surface on which the tire is pressed, and a rotation torque meter provided in a rotation shaft of the running drum; in which, in performing a process of calculating a force acting on the tire from a measurement value of the multi component force detector by using a crosstalk correction coefficient that corrects an influence of crosstalk occurring in the multi component force detector, the crosstalk correction coefficient is calibrated by using a rolling test data including a rotation torque measured by the rotation torque meter and a force measured by the multi component force detector.
|STRESS FACTOR DRIVEN MAINTENANCE AND SCHEDULING - In one aspect, embodiments of a method of using one or more stress factors to determine whether or when to perform a maintenance activity are described. One embodiment of the method comprises identifying one or more maintenance activities for a system; associating one or more stress factors to each of the identified one or more maintenance activities for the system; determining a value for each of the one or more associated one or more stress factors; and determining, using a computing device, whether to schedule one of the one or more maintenance activities for the system based on the determined value of each of the one or more stress factors associated with the one of the one or more maintenance activities.
|HYDRAULIC ACCUMULATOR HEALTH DIAGNOSIS - A system to diagnose a health of a hydraulic accumulator is provided. The hydraulic accumulator includes a first fluid chamber, a second fluid chamber, and a separator. The hydraulic accumulator has an associated pre-charge pressure. The system further includes a pressure sensor, a fluid source, a data processor, and a comparator. The pressure sensor and the fluid source are connected to the first fluid chamber. The data processor is configured to determine a first and second rate of pressure changes, and a transition pressure between the first and second rates. The approximate pre-charge pressure is determined based on the transition pressure. The comparator is configured to compare at least one of the determined pre charge pressure and the frictional forces with a pre-determined threshold range of pre-charge pressure and the frictional forces associated with the hydraulic accumulator to diagnose the health of the hydraulic accumulator.
|Method and Apparatus for Measuring Apparent Viscosity of a Non-Newtonian Fluid - Method and apparatus are disclosed for measuring an apparent viscosity of a non-Newtonian fluid. The method and apparatus involves calculating a power-law number n relating a shear stress of the fluid to a shear rate of the fluid, and then calculating an estimated apparent viscosity η
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LEAK DETECTION IN HORIZONTAL CYLINDRICAL STORAGE TANKS - A storage tank leak detection system for detecting and measuring very small leaks in large horizontal cylindrical storage tanks. Embodiments include two highly precise quartz crystal type pressure transducers held at a constant temperature. A bubbler to achieve access to the hydrostatic pressure at the tank bottom and just below the liquid surface. First transducer and bubbler are used to measure fluid mass while second transducer and bubbler are used to measure fluid density then used in combination with data correction and regression techniques to yield a storage tank leak detection system for use in horizontal cylindrically shaped tanks with an extremely low leak detection threshold.
|TANK OVERFLOW PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A tank overflow protection system and method for measuring process temperature and pressure utilizing one or more piezoresistive pressure transmitters. The piezoresistive pressure transmitter includes a differential pressure sensor and a temperature sensor. Data from the piezoresistive pressure transmitters can be digitally communicated via a cable. The pressure transmitters convert signals indicative of temperature and pressure to a digital value and transmit the signals to a main processor printed wire assembly for final compensation, diagnostics, and transmission to a distributed control system. A differential pressure can be calculated by subtracting two digital pressure measurement values. The temperature measurement can be employed to calculate any changes in density for a user-defined reference value.
|ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT AND DETERMINATION OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC TEXTURE WITH RESPECT TO POSITION - A technique and device (
|SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNAL SELECTION AND FAULT DETECTION - A signal selection and fault detection system is provided. The system includes four input equalization circuits each configured to receive an input signal from an associated sensor, wherein the input signal is indicative of a parameter measured by the associated sensor, and output an equalized signal based on the received input signal. The system further includes a five-input output selection circuit coupled to the four input equalization circuits, the five-input output selection circuit configured to receive an equalized signal from each of the four input equalization circuits, receive a previous frame output signal, and select an output signal from the four equalized signals and the previous frame output signal.
|CLOCK FAILURE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND TIMING CONTROLLER OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INCLUDING THE CLOCK FAILURE DETECTION APPARATUS - Embodiments of the invention relate to a clock failure detection apparatus and method, and a timing controller of a liquid crystal display including the clock failure detection apparatus, and more particularly to a clock failure detection apparatus and method, by which a failed driving state of a liquid crystal display can be accurately and reliably detected and determined by monitoring a low voltage differential signaling (LVDS) clock using a clock of an oscillator for generating clocks of a predetermined frequency in a timing controller of the liquid crystal display when a clock failure is detected in operation of the liquid crystal display, and a timing controller including the clock failure detection apparatus.
|POWER USAGE MONITORING OF POWER FEED CIRCUITS USING POWER DISTRIBUTION UNITS - A method of monitoring power usage includes 1) accessing power usage data for power distribution unit infeeds of a plurality of power distribution units; 2) accessing stored circuit descriptions describing interconnections of the power distribution unit infeeds to a number of power feed circuits; 3) transforming the plurality of power distribution units into a power usage monitor for monitoring power usage of the power feed circuits by aggregating at least some of the power usage data based on the interconnections of the power distribution unit infeeds to the number of power feed circuits; and 4) outputting representations of the aggregated power usage data.
|IMPEDANCE ANALYZING DEVICE - An impedance analyzing device, adapted to a testee comprising an electrode or at least one battery cell, includes a signal capturing unit, a signal adjusting unit, a signal analyzing unit, a processing unit, and a power source supply unit providing a variable-frequency voltage signal to the testee. The signal adjusting unit receiving and adjusts a variable-frequency voltage signal and the current signal to generate an adjusted variable-frequency voltage signal and an adjusted current signal. The signal capturing unit captures a current signal generated by the testee in response to the variable-frequency voltage signal. The signal analyzing unit receives and analyzes the adjusted variable-frequency voltage signal and the adjusted current signal in frequency domain to obtain a frequency domain parameter and/or a time domain parameter. The processing unit receives the frequency domain parameter and/or the time domain parameter to obtain an impedance variation characteristic of the testee.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSING MULTIPLE INPUT OBJECTS WITH GRADIENT SENSOR DEVICES - A processing system for an input device includes a transmitter module including transmitter circuitry, a receiver module, and a determination module. The transmitter module is configured to drive the transmitter electrode with a first drive signal to produce a first voltage gradient across the transmitter electrode, wherein the first voltage gradient is non-linear. The receiver module is configured to receive a first resulting signal with a receiver electrode, the resulting signal comprising effects of the first voltage gradient. The determination module is configured to determine positional information for a plurality input objects located simultaneously within a sensing region along the transmitter electrode based on the first resulting signal.
|Magnetic-Field Direction Measuring Apparatus, Rotation Angle Measuring Apparatus, and Magnetic-Field Measuring Apparatus - The magnetic-field direction measuring apparatus includes a substantially rectangular rotation angle measuring chip, and a first magnetic field sensor and a second magnetic field sensor disposed substantially on a circumference centered around a predetermined point on a surface of the rotation angle measuring chip serving as a circle center point, the first magnetic field sensor detecting a magnetic component in a first direction, the second magnetic field sensor detecting a magnetic component in a second direction different from the first direction. The first magnetic field sensor and the second magnetic field sensor are positioned line-symmetrically with respect to a straight line on the surface of the substrate which is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the rotation angle measuring chip or a transverse direction of the rotation angle measuring chip and which serves as an axis of symmetry.
|Alternating Current Input Voltage Detection Circuit - An alternating current input voltage detection circuit comprises: a first voltage waveform detection circuit that detects a voltage waveform of one alternating current input terminal of the diode rectification circuit, based on a reference potential of the device; a second voltage waveform detection circuit that detects a voltage waveform of the other alternating current input terminal of the diode rectification circuit, based on the reference potential of the device, and a voltage waveform generation circuit that: calculates a first detection voltage waveform, which is output from the first voltage waveform detection circuit, and a second detection voltage waveform, which is output from the second voltage waveform detection circuit; generates a voltage waveform signal, in which waveform distortions generated in the first detection voltage waveform and the second detection voltage waveform are eliminated; and outputs the voltage waveform signal as the voltage detection signal.
|INTELLIGENT VISUALISATION IN THE MONITORING OF PROCESS AND/OR SYSTEM VARIABLES - The disclosure relates to a method and system for intelligent visualization in the monitoring of process and/or system data used in technical processes and in the operation of technical systems. The behavior of signals in the past is analyzed and used for a future optimized visualization. Continuously running online algorithms support the system operator by detecting and correspondingly highlighting deviations from the historically observed signal patterns.
|Signal Processing Method and Associated Apparatus - A signal processing apparatus for receiving a spectral line of an original signal includes a starting point determining module, a searching module and a symbol rate determining module. The starting point determining module finds a maximum energy in the spectral line and determines at least one search starting point according to the maximum energy. From the at least one search starting point, the searching module searches along the spectral line towards a region with a lower energy for at least one minimum energy satisfying a predetermined condition. The symbol rate determining module determines a symbol rate of the original signal according to the at least one minimum energy.
|ESTIMATING DELAY DETERIORATION DUE TO DEVICE DEGRADATION IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - A method for estimating delay deterioration in an integrated circuit comprising estimating degradation in at least one characteristic of each device defined within the integrated circuit using voltages and logic values monitored during a simulation of the digital circuit. Generating an end-of-life netlist in which the at least one device characteristic of each device has been modified to reflect the estimated degradation or estimating a change in timing delay of each device directly from the estimated degradation of the at least one characteristic of each device. Performing a timing analysis using the estimated change in timing delay of each device to determine circuit path delays. The timing analysis being static or statistical.
|CALIBRATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR 3D POSITION/DIRECTION ESTIMATION SYSTEM - Provided is a calibration apparatus and method of a three-dimensional (3D) position and direction estimation system. The calibration apparatus may receive inertia information and intensity information during a predetermined period of time, may calculate distances between a transmitter and the respective receivers, and may calibrate a signal attenuation characteristic of each receiver using the distances between the transmitter and the respective receivers.
|Self-Calibrating Single Track Absolute Rotary Encoder - A rotary encoder includes a single read-head and a circular scale. The encoder is self-calibrated by acquiring calibration samples with the read-head for rotational angles of the circular scale, and estimating spatial frequency and spatial distortion parameters of the encoder from the calibration samples.
|METHOD FOR MEASURING A ROTARY AXIS OF A MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM - The present disclosure includes a method for use on a machine tool system having a controller, three linear axes of motion and at least one rotary axis, for determining the orientation of the rotary axis relative to the linear axes, including mounting a sphere to a system component that rotates about the rotary axis, rotating the component to move the sphere to at least three positions about the rotary axis, measuring a center of the sphere at each of the positions by using the controller to move a probe mounted to a spindle of the system into contact with the sphere, computing, using the controller, a plane fitting the center measurements, and computing, using the controller, a vector normal to the plane passing through a center of rotation of an arc lying in the plane and fitting the center measurements, the vector corresponding to the orientation of the rotary axis.
|FLOW METER CALIBRATION SYSTEM - A method to calibrate a flow meter includes passing a predetermined volume of fluid through a flow meter for calibration and determining a time duration of calibration from a start time to a stop time. One or more characteristics of the flow rate of the fluid is measured with the flow meter during the time duration and a plurality of time stamped measurements based on the one or more measured flow rate characteristics are generated. The flow meter is then calibrated based on the start time, the stop time, and the plurality of time stamped measurements.
|CALIBRATION OF FLOWMETERS - There is described herein a method for calibrating gas flowmeters comprising only one calibration procedure performed at the device level. The step of calibrating the differential pressure sensor itself may be omitted, and the design of the sensor may therefore be simplified by eliminating the sensor conditioner and instead using a microcontroller on the device for signal processing. This is done by a two-point calibration procedure with the use of three correction coefficients to compensate for the variability of flow tubes and pressure sensors.
|METHODS OF CONSTRUCTING DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS WITH FOCUSING CONTROLLED SENSITIVITY - A method for constructing data acquisition systems with focusing controlled sensitivity, capable of resolving physical parameters of the targeted area of a medium under investigation. The sensors of a data acquisition system may measure different physical fields and signals, generated by natural or artificial sources, including seismic, electromagnetic, gravity and/or magnetic fields, and/or optical, radio, low and high frequency radiation signals. A sensitivity of the data acquisition system to the parameters of the examined medium may be calculated. A priori integrated sensitivity, having maximum values within desirable parts of the examined medium, may be selected. The parameters of the optimal transformation of the original data acquisition system into a new one with integrated sensitivity closely duplicating the preselected sensitivity may be determined. This optimal transformation may be applied to the sensors of the original data acquisition system to construct a new data acquisition system with focusing controlled sensitivity.
|MOVEMENT MONITORING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Systems and methods are disclosed that monitor movement of a person, or of a vehicle ridden by the person, to determine speed, distance traveled and/or airtime of the person or vehicle. Accelerometer-based sensors, pressure sensors or Doppler sensors may be employed in these systems and methods. A liquid crystal display may attach to the person to display speed, distance traveled and/or airtime.
|Determination of a Magnetic Resonance System Activation Sequence - A method and a control sequence determination device for the determination of a magnetic resonance system activation sequence including at least one high-frequency pulse sequence to be transmitted by a magnetic resonance system are provided. A current B
|TEMPERATURE BASED LOCATION DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An exemplary method of determining location information includes sensing a temperature of an object or person in a sensing field of at least one temperature sensor at each of a plurality of measurement periods. A relationship between the sensed temperature at a first one of the measurement periods and the sensed temperature at a second, later one of the measurement periods is determined. A determination is made from the determined relationship whether the object or person moved relative to the temperature sensor during a time from the first one of the measurement periods to the second one of the measurement periods.
|NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, MOVEMENT SITUATION DETERMINING METHOD, AND MOVEMENT SITUATION DETERMINING DEVICE - A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a movement situation determining program for causing a computer to function as a two-axial direction correlation value calculating portion that calculates a correlation value indicating a relationship between motions in two axial directions of a plurality of axial directions on the basis of information obtained by detecting motions of a moving target in the plurality of axial directions, and a movement situation determining portion that determines a movement situation of the moving target on the basis of the correlation value.
|METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING AND CHECKING PARKING PLACES OF A PARKING ARRANGEMENT - Method and system for automatically detecting and checking the use of parking places of a parking arrangement, which is provided with a parking network and a central computer, the parking places being each provided with an electronic parking sensor module, which has an identification code and a vehicle sensor for detecting vehicles in the respective parking places, wherein use is made of electronic license devices, carried along with the vehicles and each having a unique identification number and motion sensor means, which can determine at what time a vehicle comes to a standstill, and wherein information about said time together with the identification number is transmitted to the central computer, which can compare said time with times at which the parking places become occupied, to determine in which parking place the vehicle is parked.
|Managing Power Consumption of a Device with a Gyroscope - A processing apparatus having one or more processors and memory generates navigational state estimates for a device having a gyroscope. The processing apparatus has a gyroscope-assisted mode of operation in which measurements from the gyroscope are used to estimate the navigational states and an alternate mode of operation in which measurements from other sensors are used to estimate the navigational state of the device. For a first time period and a subsequent transition time period, the processing apparatus estimates the navigational state of the device without sensor measurements from the gyroscope. At an end of the transition time period, the processing apparatus starts to use measurements from the gyroscope to estimate the navigational state of the device. For a second time period, after the transition time period, the processing apparatus estimates the navigational state of the device using sensor measurements from the gyroscope.
|PROCESS FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF THE ROTOR OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE - A process for determining the position, in particular the angular position, of the rotor of an electric machine in relation to the stator. A first measured value of the position is determined according to a first method. Another measured value is simultaneously determined according to at least one other measurement method, and a mean value for the position of the rotor is determined from the measured values. Preferably, the mean value is determined taking into account weighting factors that take into consideration different spreads of the measured values.
|METHOD FOR PROVIDING A LOCATION SEARCH SERVICE AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for performing a location search in an electronic device includes estimating a current location of the electronic device, measuring an altitude of the electronic device, searching for an altitude of a topographic feature corresponding to the estimated current location, comparing the searched altitude and the measured altitude to determine whether the electronic device is located at the topographic feature, and determining the current location of the electronic device according to the determination result.
|DIFFRACTION FIELDS FOR GUIDING AN OBJECT TO A TARGET - An object moving towards a target with a velocity can be accurately estimated and targeted based on keeping the object within a field of diffraction, the object being disturbed by effects caused by noise.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS - An apparatus arranged to analyze a structure, the apparatus comprising: a control unit; a light source arranged to irradiate a target area of the structure; and a light detector in communication with said control unit, and arranged to detect said irradiated light from said light source after interaction with the target area, said control unit arranged to: transform amplitudes of the detected light to the optical thickness domain, said transform comprising a bilinear transform; determine morphological information of the target area responsive to said performed transform. The determined morphological information is optionally displayed within a three dimensional view of the target area.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PERFORMANCE RECOMMENDATIONS DURING DATA MIGRATION - Computer-implemented methods for providing performance recommendations during data migration comprising collecting user data and a plurality of running parameters from a user computer, analyzing the plurality of running parameters of the user computer; and suggesting performance recommendations on the basis of the analyzed parameters.
|DATA CENTER INTEGRATED PIPING SOLUTION FOR HIGH-DENSITY-COOLING - A method and a computer program product for generating a data center component layout includes inputting data for a data center component layout into a computer having a processor for executing a software program tool embodied therein. The processor executes the steps of the software program tool including the following steps. The method includes generating a component layout for a data center having a plurality of components. The components include heat generating units, and the data center has data center parameters including data center dimensions, and data center square footage. The method includes calculating cooling system requirements for the component layout in the data center. The method further includes generating a cooling system layout for the components of the data center, and generating a data center component layout design including the positioning of the component and positioning of the cooling system.
|Boundary System Designer for Wireless Aircraft Networks - An aircraft design system comprising a components database having designs for components configured for use in an aircraft, a materials database having materials selected for desired types of wireless signal propagation, and a boundary designer. The boundary designer is configured to identify a configuration for wireless networks in the aircraft. The boundary designer is further configured to select a number of boundaries for the wireless networks that provide a desired propagation of wireless signals for the wireless networks. The boundary designer is further configured to select a configuration for a number of the components from the designs in the components database and select a number of materials for the number of the components to form the number of boundaries for the wireless networks.
|ONE-PASS STATISTICAL COMPUTATIONS - Some embodiments of the invention employ algorithms enabling the calculation of one or more statistical moments in a single pass of a dataset. For example, some embodiments may apply algorithms for calculating statistical moments to a dataset using a map-reduce framework, whereby an input dataset is partitioned into multiple shards, a separate map process is used to apply an algorithm enabling calculation of one or more statistical moments in a single scan to each shard, and one or more reduce processes consolidate the results generated by the map processes to calculate the one or more statistical moments across the entire dataset. In other embodiments of the invention, a map-reduce framework may be employed to apply algorithms enabling calculation of a covariance between data elements expressed in a dataset, instead of or in addition to one or more statistical moments.


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Name: Kazutoshi Nishizawa
Nationality: Japan
After grdauating in mechanical engineering Nishizawa landed a job with the elite Honda Research & Development Division at its headquarters in Wako, just outside Tokyo. He immediately went to work on engine development programmes and in 1982 was appointed project leader for Honda's F1 engine development programme. This led to him working as chief engineer with the Williams team in 1987, when Nelson Piquet and Nigel Mansell dominated the World Championship and in 1988 he was switched to Team Lotus.
For 1989 Nishizawa left the sport and went to work as project leader on a variety of advanced vehicles, notably low emission vehicle development. He was recalled to Formula 1 in 1992 as part of the team which developed the normally-aspirated V12 engine but in 1993 was sent to the United States to assist the development of the CART engines. This led to his appointment as manager of Motor Sports Development and in 1999 he was appointed technical director of Honda Racing Development, to oversee the new Honda F1 programme.