|
Match
|
Document |
Document Title |
|
|
7103499 |
3-D selection and manipulation with a multiple dimension haptic interface
Systems and methods provide a user the ability to select three-dimensional virtual objects in a three-dimensional modeling environment using two-dimensional representations of the objects. In broad...
|
|
|
7099796 |
Multi-sensor information fusion technique
The invention is a method and system for aggregating quantitative data and qualitative information from a plurality of sensors, each sensor having a plurality of associated sensor uncertainties, to...
|
|
|
7096148 |
Magnetic tracking system
The present invention provides an electromagnetic tracking system that includes a field generator and a field sensor arranged to generate and detect, respectively, an electromagnetic field. Both...
|
|
|
7092841 |
Method for determining the absolute position of a movable component
A first acceleration sensor is arranged on a vehicle body for detecting an acceleration signal of the vehicle body and a second acceleration sensor is arranged on a wheel-side axle part for...
|
|
|
7092840 |
High temperature resonant transmission line sensor and methods
A position sensing system uses a resonant transmission line having a moveable dielectric as a position sensor. The system includes circuitry that supplies a drive signal to the resonant...
|
|
|
7085664 |
Method and device for axis control for machine tools and the like
A method for controlling the axes of motors, for machine tools and the like, including the steps of: calculating, from a sequence of relative position data of each axis and of actuation states at...
|
|
|
7085672 |
Surveying apparatus with network communications
A surveying apparatus is provided that includes devices for measuring a range and angle of a point, a processor for processing results of a location survey from the range and angle measurements, a...
|
|
|
7085650 |
System and method of geospatially mapping topological regions and displaying their attributes
A geographical information system and a method are disclosed for geospatially mapping a least one parcel polygon within a geographical region and for displaying at least one specific attribute of...
|
|
|
7085678 |
Portable apparatus with performance monitoring and audio entertainment features
A portable apparatus ( 10 ) providing both substantially automated performance monitoring and audio entertainment features. In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus ( 10 ) broadly comprises a...
|
|
|
7082378 |
Displacement sensing by comparing matrices of pointwise measurements
Determining a displacement of a substantially rigid item relative to a frame of reference between a first time and a second time is described. At the first time, a first set of pointwise...
|
|
|
7076361 |
Engine crankshaft position recognition and tracking method applicable to cam and crankshaft signals with arbitrary patterns
A method and system for providing data representing crankshaft position. For each rising edge of the crankshaft signal, a position value and a factor value are stored in a look-up table. Cam and...
|
|
|
7075292 |
Apparatus for determining free piston position and an apparatus for controlling free piston position
An apparatus for determining position of a free piston used in such as hydraulic compressor, which has no mechanical connection with crank shaft, and an apparatus for controlling reciprocating...
|
|
|
7069173 |
System and method for determining an angular position of a rotor and a radial position of the rotor
A system and a method for determining an angular position of a rotor and a radial position of the rotor are provided. The rotor has either a slot or a protrusion on the rotor. The rotor is centered...
|
|
|
7065462 |
Vehicle wheel alignment by rotating vision sensor
Apparatus and methods are provided for measuring vehicle wheel alignment characteristics. According to one embodiment, during a first measurement cycle, spatial coordinates of multiple points on...
|
|
|
7058537 |
Method and device for detecting a rotational speed comprising an estimation of a measured value at low rotational speeds
An apparatus and a method with which a more-precise indication of an rpm is possible even if a position signal continues to be absent. To that end, a counter state of a counter is evaluated and is...
|
|
|
7055367 |
Calibration of a probe
A method of calibrating an analogue probe ( 10 ) having a stylus ( 12 ) with a workpiece-contacting tip ( 14 ) or a non-contact probe ( 26 ). A calibration artefact such as a calibration sphere (...
|
|
|
7058538 |
Method for determining the instant of reaching of the stroke end position in the deactivation phase of a movable element having shutter function forming part of a solenoid valve
A method for determining the stroke end instant of the shutter during the deactivation phase of an electro-valve. The method comprises the following steps: assessment of nominal deactivation time...
|
|
|
7050928 |
Relative range camera calibration
Method and system for measuring a relative position and orientation of range cameras using a movement of an object within a scene. In general, the method and system determine the relative pose...
|
|
|
7050927 |
Capacitance touch slider
A device for detecting the position of a human finger or other object on a touch-sensitive scrolling pad. Dual independent oscillators may be used to generate two pulse trains at frequencies...
|
|
|
7050930 |
Portable coordinate measurement machine with integrated line laser scanner
A portable coordinate measurement machine comprises an articulated arm having jointed arm segments. The arm includes a measurement probe having an integrated line laser scanner rotatably mounted...
|
|
|
7050926 |
Method of surveying a track
In a method of surveying a track ( 9 ), a first or mobile measuring vehicle ( 1 ) and a second or stationary measuring vehicle ( 2 ) are placed at a distance apart from one another on a track...
|
|
|
7043396 |
Methods for measuring alignment in customized vehicles
A method and apparatus for guiding an operator in the alignment of the wheels of an automotive vehicle which has been either modified from a original manufacturer configuration, or for which no...
|
|
|
7039547 |
Method and apparatus for localizing biomagnetic signals
A method for locating an object relative to an array of magnetic sensors in an environment in which there is present a noise signal having a fundamental frequency f NOISE , includes generating one...
|
|
|
7039546 |
Position information estimation device, method thereof, and program
Signals from a plurality of sources are observed by a plurality of sensors disposed in two dimensions, and the observed signals are subject to a short-time Fourier transform, from which frequency...
|
|
|
7035760 |
Information processing method and information processing apparatus
There is disclosed an information processing apparatus which easily acquires calibration information required to transform the measured value of a position and orientation sensor into the position...
|
|
|
7035757 |
Three-dimensional position calibration of audio sensors and actuators on a distributed computing platform
A first computing device transmitting a wireless signal to a second and third computing devices, the signal requesting an actuator of the second computing device generate an acoustic signal to be...
|
|
|
7035759 |
Position detecting method and apparatus
A position detecting method includes the steps of forming an image of a mark on a sensor, performing a first process that processes a raw signal obtained from the sensor with plural parameters,...
|
|
|
7035758 |
Inspection system and method of inspection utilizing data acquisition and spatial correlation
A method and apparatus for inspecting the outer surfaces of a building, structure, or vessel without placing at risk either people or large mechanical structures, or people and property at or near...
|
|
|
7031876 |
Procedure and device for data transmission between a processing unit and several position measuring instruments
A procedure for data transmission between a processing unit and a plurality of position measuring instruments, which are connected to one another in a linear bus topology. Generating a position...
|
|
|
7031875 |
Pointing systems for addressing objects
Systems are arranged to provide a user information which relates to objects of interest. A user may point a hand held device toward an object to address it. The device determines which objects are...
|
|
|
7024782 |
Electronic device compass operable irrespective of localized magnetic field
An electronic device ( 10 ). The device comprises means ( 14 ) for displaying a compass directional bearing. The device also comprises means ( 18, 26 , CAM) for determining the compass directional...
|
|
|
7024333 |
Coordinate measuring apparatus
A coordinate measuring apparatus includes probe pin(s) fixed to a probe head displaceable in coordinates. The probe pin includes probe shafts having respective ends to which probe balls are...
|
|
|
7024331 |
Tag tracking
A position determining system in which a mobile tag having an unknown position is tracked in space over time. In use, the mobile tag either transmits or receives signals including a pair of tones...
|
|
|
7024311 |
COMPUTER-AIDED METHOD FOR THE PROVISION, IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF MOLECULES CAPABLE OF EXHIBITING A DESIRED BEHAVIOR, MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR, AND MOLECULES OBTAINED BY SAID METHOD
The present invention is concerned with a computer-aided method for the provision, identification and description of molecules exhibiting a desired behaviour, more particularly in the...
|
|
|
7020576 |
Back EMF actuator control
A control system for estimating the approximate relative position of an electric linear actuator on a surface maintenance machine. The control system includes device for selectively coupling the...
|
|
|
7020575 |
Method and device for determining position
A position measuring device including a detector unit that generates position-dependent scanning signals and a transmitting unit that transmits instantaneous values of the position-dependent...
|
|
|
7012509 |
Device for detecting a running surface for vehicle and vehicle using same
The invention concerns a device for detecting a running surface for vehicle, comprising a plurality of sensors designed to be oriented towards the running surface to determine modifications...
|
|
|
7013234 |
Simplified construction site layout method and apparatus
A method and apparatus which enables an individual user to determine corners and other points of interest in a construction site layout. Basic trigonometric calculations are made based on a...
|
|
|
7013233 |
Method and device for the detection of the movement of an element
The invention proposes a method for detecting the motion of an element relative to a sensor device, in which signals ( 7 to 15 ) are evaluated as a function of a pulse generator ( 1 ) that is...
|
|
|
7009360 |
Method for controlling SRM switching angle by analog encoder system
Disclosed is a method for controlling an SRM (Switched Reluctance Motor) switching angle by an analog encoder system that can perform a precise control of the switching angle of the SRM by...
|
|
|
7008802 |
Method and apparatus to correct water drift
A method and apparatus is provided for determining workpiece drift from its nominal or intended position. The apparatus includes two proportionate sensors, each of which gives an output reading...
|
|
|
7006944 |
Method for determining poses of sensors
A method determines poses of a sensors distributed in an environment. A signal of the environment is acquired by each sensor. Features in each signal that correspond to the features in at least one...
|
|
|
6999893 |
Position detecting device and position detecting method
A position detection method for detecting the position of marks comprises the following steps: a step for detecting first information relating to the position of the mark by detecting light from...
|
|
|
6999896 |
Identical object determination method and apparatus and displacement correction method and apparatus
An identical object determination method of determining whether or not objects are detected by a plurality of sensors identical has a determining a relative position and speed thereof, a...
|
|
|
6999635 |
Method of reducing background noise by tracking character skew
A method of reducing background noise during optical character recognition includes conducting a first recognition pass over image data at a sequence of character positions to frame and recognize a...
|
|
|
6997556 |
Method for detecting, evaluating, and analyzing look sequences
In a method for detecting, evaluating, and analyzing look sequences of a test person using a look detection system, the field of view of the test person is detected by a first camera, which is...
|
|
|
6996494 |
Position measuring device and a method for operating a position measuring device
A position measuring device having a scanning element assigned to a periodic measuring graduation, the scanning element moves relative to the measuring graduation so as to scan the measuring...
|
|
|
6996495 |
Capacitive motor sensor
A capacitive motion sensor includes a primary plate including a primary pattern replicated periodically, a secondary plate including a plurality of pattern regions with an insulated region inserted...
|
|
|
6993450 |
Position and orientation determination method and apparatus and storage medium
A position and orientation determination apparatus for identifying a parameter indicating the position and orientation of image sensing apparatus which performs image sensing on actual space where...
|
|
|
6990428 |
Radiolocation using path loss data
A method, an apparatus, and a carrier medium to determine the location of a wireless station (a client station of a wireless network or a potential rogue access point). The method includes...
|