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7627456 |
Dynamically tasking one or more surveillance resources
In one embodiment, a system for dynamically tasking one or more surveillance resources includes a first logical layer identifying a collection requirement (CR) and a second logical layer...
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7627438 |
Observer based Q-control imaging methods for atomic force microscopy
An observer based Q control method for a cantilever in an atomic force microscopy is provided that provides for a “dual” Q behavior such that a particular effective Q is achieved when a sample...
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7623978 |
Damage assessment of a wafer using optical metrology
A method of assessing damage of a dual damascene structure includes obtaining a wafer after the wafer has been processed using a dual damascene process. A first damage-assessment procedure is...
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7620522 |
Diagnostic device for at least one pneumatic valve actuator arrangement
A diagnostic device for at least one pneumatic valve actuator arrangement, comprises a pressure sensor, a volumetric flow sensor, a control means for producing control signals for the valve...
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7620521 |
Dynamic weight sensing and classification of vehicular occupants
Arrangement and method for classifying an occupying item in a seat includes at least one force sensor arranged to measure the force applied to the seat at time intervals, and a processor coupled to...
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7610176 |
Technique for collecting information about computing devices
A computing device is provided on which device analysis information is generated. The device analysis information may be generated from the use of diagnostic and monitoring applications and code....
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7599811 |
Sensor for lithographic apparatus and method of obtaining measurements of lithographic apparatus
A sensor arrangement may be used to measure properties, such as optical properties, of a device arranged to process substrates. The sensor arrangement includes a substrate having the following: a...
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7593827 |
USB transducer for measurement signals
A USB transducer includes: an input section which receives a measurement signal from a measuring device; a controller which converts measurement data into digital data and further converts the...
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7580810 |
Method for determining a measuring point in time for a field device and corresponding field device in which a measuring point in time has been determined
A method and apparatus for determining a measuring point in time (t M ), at which a measured value is to be produced by a field device of process automation technology, wherein the field device...
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7580808 |
Onboard trip computer for emissions subject to reduction credits
Methods and a system are provided for monitoring and processing the emissions footprint of one or more vehicles. An embodiment of an onboard vehicle method involves the collection of vehicle data...
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7574320 |
Remote monitoring system
A remote monitoring system is disclosed. In one such embodiment, a system may comprise a first measuring unit disposed within a structure, a first processor disposed in operative communication with...
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7565257 |
System for optimal alignment of a bearing seal on a shaft of a gas turbine
A method for substantially aligning a bearing seal on a shaft of a turbine engine. The method including measuring characteristics of the subject shaft, measuring characteristics of a plurality of...
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7565250 |
Method and system for analyzing reactions using an information system
A method and system for determining the quantity of an analyte initially present in a chemical and or biological reaction as well as a computer implemented method and system to automate portions of...
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7565140 |
Device, system and method of processing received wireless signals
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, apparatus and system of processing received wireless signals. The apparatus, according to some demonstrative embodiments of the invention, may...
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7561981 |
Multiple independent measurements of events from multiple measurement setups entered at a single time
A method and apparatus for making multiple independent measurements of events from multiple measurement setups entered at a single time. A measurement instrument receives N measurement setups to...
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7558691 |
Method for determining a characteristic of a sensor arrangement
A method is disclosed for determining a characteristic of a sensor arrangement having at least one measuring sensor and at least one reference sensor for recording the same physical variable, and...
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7548835 |
Method and system for integrated inertial stabilization mechanism
The present invention provides a method and system for an innovative design of the automatic stabilization and pointing control of a device based on the MEMS technology, which is small enough and...
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7542879 |
Virtual sensor based control system and method
A method for a virtual sensor system corresponding to a target physical sensor is provided. The method may include selecting a plurality of measured parameters provided by a set of physical sensors...
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7542867 |
Measurement system with modular measurement modules that convey interface information
System and method for measurement, DAQ, and control operations which uses small form-factor measurement modules or cartridges with a re-configurable carrier unit, sensors, and a computer system to...
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7542147 |
Data age compensation with avalanche photodiode
A method is disclosed including conditioning a measurement signal from an interferometer, said conditioning characterized by one or more conditioning parameters; measuring a plurality of values for...
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7539593 |
Self-validated measurement systems
Sensor data may be received from multiple sensors configured to sense properties of a process control system. The sensor data may include sensed values and uncertainty data corresponding to the...
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7536270 |
Service providing system, disappointment judging system, and disappointment judging method
A response content determination section determines a response content in response to a request from a user which is received by an input section, and an output section outputs the response...
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7536269 |
Network-based system for configuring a system using software programs generated based on a user specification
A system and method for online configuration of a measurement system. The user may access a server over a network and specify a desired task, e.g., a measurement task, and receive programs and/or...
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7535411 |
System and method for detecting drifts in calibrated tracking systems
A method and system for detecting drift in calibrated tracking systems used to locate features with respect to one or more coordinate systems allows medical devices to be accurately tracked within...
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7535408 |
Apparatus and methods for detection of multiple targets within radar resolution cell
A method and apparatus is operative for multiple target detection in a radar system which employs a radar waveform of two or more frequency diverse subpulses. The apparatus adds coherent processing...
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7533313 |
Method and apparatus for identifying outlier data
A method for converting data includes generating a first data vector of data measurements related to processing of at least one workpiece. Each element of the first data vector is associated with...
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7529640 |
Method of calculating an angle of inclination and apparatus with a three-axis acceleration sensor
A sensor apparatus for calculating an angle of inclination includes a three-axis acceleration sensors used for sensing acceleration and resolving the acceleration into a first acceleration...
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7529638 |
Method of calculating twist angle in wire-like structure, apparatus for the same, and program for the same
A method which can correctly calculate a twist angle in a wire harness, an apparatus for the method, and a program for the method are provided. In the invention, a shape obtained by deforming a...
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7529636 |
Enabling safe use of high power laser for laser marking in a free space environment
The present invention discloses a marking system ( 102 ) which detects an identifying feature ( 112 ) on an item ( 110 ) in a field of view ( 114 ), and creates a mark or annotation ( 204, 208 ) on...
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7526535 |
Network-based system for configuring a programmable hardware element in a modeling system using hardware configuration programs determined based on a user specification
A system and method for online configuration of a measurement system. The user may access a server over a network and specify a desired task, e.g., a measurement task, and receive programs and/or...
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7523252 |
Data control apparatus functioning as a USB mass storage device
A data control apparatus has a user interface section, an operation control section which operates based on an instruction from the user interface section, a USB device interface section which is...
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7516048 |
Externalized metric calculation engine
Calculating, detecting, observing, and validating operating characteristics, conditions, and metrics, especially quality of service metrics, of a system. The quality of service metrics are reported...
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7515283 |
Parallel profile determination in optical metrology
In processing requests for wafer structure profile determination from optical metrology measurements, a plurality of measured diffraction signal of a plurality of structures formed on one or more...
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7512512 |
Configuring programmable hardware on a device to communicate with cards based on ID information of the cards
System and method for measurement, DAQ, and control operations which uses small form-factor measurement modules or cartridges with a re-configurable carrier unit, sensors, and a computer system to...
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7512511 |
Improvised explosive device countermeasures
A method and system for mitigating the effectiveness of IEDs are disclosed. The method can include detecting IEDs by sensing the presence of a non-linear electronic component of an IED. The...
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7506282 |
Apparatus and methods for predicting and/or calibrating memory yields
An apparatus and methods for predicting and/or for calibrating memory yields due to process defects and/or device variations, including determining a model of a memory cell, identifying a subset of...
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7505863 |
Interferometric iterative technique with bandwidth and numerical-aperture dependency
An interferometric intensity equation includes parameters that depend on bandwidth and numerical aperture. An error function based on the difference between actual intensities produced by...
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7502846 |
Monitoring service with inter-enterprise contextual analysis
Methods and apparatuses for receiving data associated with one or more system metrics, contextually analyzing that data in view of prior received data of other computer systems of different...
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7502709 |
Dynamic metrology sampling for a dual damascene process
A method of monitoring a dual damascene procedure that includes calculating a pre-processing confidence map for a damascene process, the pre-processing confidence map including confidence data for...
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7499832 |
Control unit that manages the usage of electrical devices
A control unit is disclosed for controlling the usage of an electrical device, such as a television. The control unit maintains a plurality of time accounts for a plurality of users. The control...
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7499825 |
Printed digital physiological data system and method
Various methods related to encoding and retrieving physiological data, such as digital ECG data, via a set of binary data are provided. In one embodiment, the set of binary data may be generated...
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7499824 |
Graphical user interface for easily configuring measurement applications
System and method for using a graphical user interface (GUI) to generate a measurement task specification (MTS) for performing a measurement task. The measurement task includes measurement and/or...
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7496477 |
System and method for efficient and collective adjustment of sensor reporting ranges for long-lived queries
A system and method for providing energy-efficient support of continuous aggregate queries in a sensor network by efficiently orchestrating the collection and transmission of data gathered by a...
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7496468 |
Apparatus for determining a number of data transmissions in sensor network and method using the same
An apparatus and method of determining a number of data transmissions in a sensor network are provided. More particularly, an apparatus for determining a number of data transmissions preferably...
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7496461 |
Parameters calibrating system and method for optical disc drive
A parameters calibrating system is used for computing an optimal parameters value set for an optical disc drive. The parameters calibrating system includes a measuring apparatus, an input terminal,...
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7493232 |
Device and method for monitoring hydration status
The invention relates to a device and method that provide an individualized guideline for fluid replacement during normal activity or inactivity. Preferred embodiments calculate the user's fluid...
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7493227 |
Method for determining the complex scattering function of an optical coherence tomography sample
A method determines the complex scattering function of a portion of a sample under analysis. The method includes providing a magnitude spectrum of a complex spatial Fourier transform of a complex...
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7493224 |
Event tracing with time stamp compression and history buffer based compression
An improved method, apparatus, and computer instructions for generating trace data. In response to detecting a trace event, a determination is made as to whether identifiers for the trace event...
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7490010 |
Data collection method, substrate processing apparatus, and substrate processing system
When measurement data collected with a specific sampling cycle by MCs from measuring instrument units are stored into a data storage apparatus, a sampling controller adjusts the sampling cycle to a...
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7489813 |
Method and system for detecting the three-dimensional shape of an object
The invention relates to a method for detecting the three-dimensional shape of an object ( 2 ) during which an object ( 2 ) provided with photogrammetrically evaluable marks ( 4 ) is placed on a...
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