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7627450 Movement distance measuring apparatus and method  
An apparatus and method for determining a location of a movement distance measuring apparatus are provided. The apparatus and method determine whether the movement distance measuring apparatus is...
7620518 Distance measuring device an method for testing the operation of a distance measuring system  
A distance measuring device for measuring a distance of a vehicle to an obstacle and a method for testing the operation of a distance measuring system. Two measuring systems are provided, each...
7617071 Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot  
A user in locomotion during an outing may support at least one device to automatically measure amounts of time taken by the user to complete one or more distance intervals. The user device may...
7616217 Dynamic exploration of electronic maps  
A mapping engine receives map data from a map server and displays electronic maps. The mapping engine also receives one or more templates that specify metrics to show with the map. The templates...
7596467 Pedometer that avoids step-counting errors when switching between different display modes  
A pedometer measures the walk of a person and has an operating portion operated by the person to change the display mode. When operation of the operating portion is detected, a CPU proceeds to a...
7595482 Standard component for length measurement, method for producing the same, and electron beam metrology system using the same  
A standard component for length measurement includes a first diffraction grating and a second diffraction grating. Each of components of the second diffraction grating is disposed between...
7561048 Methods and system for reduced attenuation in tracking objects using RF technology  
A method and system for a Radio Frequency (RF)-based identification, tracking and locating of objects. The method and system use a narrow bandwidth signal in VHF of lower frequency range, which...
7555401 Sensorless measurement of positioning travel, especially on an electromotively operated parking brake  
The invention relates to a method for establishing the position of an actuating unit which is operated by an electric motor, in which a motor speed is determined from a motor model, the speed is...
7548829 Hand-held pulse laser distance measuring device  
A hand-held pulse laser distance measuring device ( 1 ) with an algorithm ( 3 ) which controls a microcontroller ( 2 ) and which serves to calculate the distance (X) to a measurement object ( 4 )...
7532998 Cable length detection apparatus and method for a keyboarding video mouse switch  
A cable length detection apparatus is provided to detect the length of a cable having at least three pairs of wires for transmitting video signals. The cable length detection apparatus has a signal...
7532110 Air spring distance indicating system and method  
A distance indicating system includes a transmitting portion, a transceiver spaced a distance from the transmitting portion, and a receiving portion supported in spaced relation to the transceiver....
7529153 Positional information detecting method and device  
In a positional information detecting device, a tone-burst signal propagating unit causes a tone-burst signal to propagate through a path. The tone-burst signal is composed of a continuous wave...
7525089 Method of measuring a critical dimension of a semiconductor device and a related apparatus  
A method and apparatus for measuring a critical dimension (CD) are provided. Image data of a measurement pattern are generated. The measurement pattern may include a first surface and a second...
7505865 Velocity detection, position detection and navigation system  
As an embodiment of the present invention, in a navigation system using an acceleration sensor, when position information cannot be obtained from a GPS processing section, a velocity detecting unit...
7502711 Error compensation method for a 3D camera  
A method for determining a distance value d in a scene from an output of a four-tap 3D imager sensor is disclosed wherein said distance value d is determined based on the charge accumulated in a...
7502703 Calibration of the fundamental and harmonic once-around velocity variations of encoded wheels  
A method of calibrating once-around and harmonic errors of encoded nips is provided. An encoder with an index pulse is used to measure the velocity and rotation of the driven wheel or idler. The...
7499815 Machine radial stack gap generation and clearance management system and method  
A system and method for readily generating radial clearance data for a radial clearance between locations on at least two parts in a rotating machine includes rendering an image of a cross section...
7475581 Method of increasing the control precision of the path of a product in a levelling machine with interlocking rollers, and levelling installation used to implement same  
A method of increasing control precision of a path of a product in a leveling machine including: a fixed support cage; two leveling assemblies with parallel rollers, which are placed above and...
7457721 Method and apparatus for measuring small displacement  
Without using an interferometer, small displacement and/or three-dimensional shape of an object is detected in a noncontact way with high accuracy using pseudo-phase information calculated from...
7451060 Method of producing aerial photograph data  
A method of producing aerial photograph data is provided which is capable of positively utilizing stored photograph data and an image of a desired object included in a photographed image. The...
7430490 Capturing and rendering geometric details  
A method and system for implementing capturing and rendering geometric details for mesostructure surfaces is described herein. A mesostructure distance function is defined as a function of a given...
7418363 Micropattern measuring method, micropattern measuring apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium on which a micropattern measuring program is recorded  
A micropattern measuring method disclosed herein includes acquiring an image of a micropattern including plural layers; extracting a rough outline of the micropattern in the image as a sequence of...
7414528 Apparatus and method for improving ski jump safety  
An apparatus and method for the improving of ski jump safety comprises a first detector for detecting a skier entering a jump site, wherein the first detector produces a first signal, a second...
7409256 Footwear measurement and footwear manufacture systems and methods  
Foot measurement and footwear manufacture systems and methods. A three-dimensional foot frame of a foot and pressure data corresponding to a bottom of the foot are measured, and a first and a...
7392155 Distance calculation device and calculation program  
It is intended to accurately calculate the distance between a movable body and a subject on the basis of various quantities of state, such as the azimuth angle between the movable body and the...
7389200 Incremental encoding and decoding apparatus and method  
An incremental encoding and decoding apparatus and method are provided. The incremental encoding and decoding apparatus comprises current converters, which respectively receive the pair of analog...
7388968 Method and device for length measurement of packaging webs  
The present invention concerns a method and a device for absolute measurement of a print repeat length and/or at least one package length of a moving packaging web ( 1 ) in line with a printing...
7349820 Method and device for determining the position of at least one point of reflection on an obstacle  
The invention relates to a method for determining the position (x, y) of at least one point of reflection (R 1-2 ) on an obstacle. According to traditional methods of this kind a first distance (r...
7333913 Clearance measurement system and method of operation  
A clearance measurement system is provided. The clearance measurement system includes a reference geometry disposed on a first object having an otherwise continuous surface geometry and a sensor...
7333911 Method for operating a position-measuring device and position-measuring device  
In a method for operating a positional measurement device and a corresponding positional measurement device, the device includes a signal generation unit configured to generate positional data and...
7286955 Ship proximity measurement display system including the remotely viewable billboard and bridge display with data communication and attachment framing  
This invention allows personnel located on two different structures, such as two ships, to continually monitor the separation distance between the two structures, with all of the necessary...
7283926 Counter circuits and distance estimation methods  
Counting circuits applied to distance estimation for ultra wideband (UWB) application, in which a first counting unit generates a sequence of pseudo-random number series not including zero, a first...
7280938 Method for determining a negative sequence component  
The invention relates to a method for determining properties of a negative sequence component of a space vector quantity in an electrical network. The method according to the invention includes the...
7275014 Distributed graph layout for sensor node networks  
Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method, comprising: in a sensor node network comprising a plurality of sensor nodes, each sensor node from the plurality of sensor nodes having location...
7248994 Digital method and apparatus for sensing position with a linear variable differential transformer  
An apparatus and method for determining a linear position from a linear variable differential transformer (LVDT) including a primary coil driven by an excitation signal, and two secondary coils...
7246032 Multimode electronic calipers having ratiometric mode and simplified user interface  
A multimode electronic measuring instrument is provided that includes a ratiometric mode of operation. During the ratiometric mode, a desired dimension is established as a stored reference...
7209858 Precision position determining method  
A method for generating a surface profile of a microstructure. The profile is processed to determine positions of at least two edges and an approximate center point of the profiled surface....
7197425 Road surface state estimating system and road surface state measuring apparatus  
Provided is a road surface state estimating system for carrying out measuring along a plurality of measuring lines on a paved road surface, which improves the reliability of texture estimation of...
7158690 Enhancing the resolution of measurement systems employing image capturing systems to measure lengths  
Two scales having unequal pitches are used to measure lengths with a greater resolution than that offered by an image capturing system operating alone. In an embodiment, the different pitches are...
7155364 Measuring instrument  
A measuring instrument ( 1 ) has an arm ( 4 ) having a detector at a distal end thereof, and an arm guide ( 53 ) supporting the arm ( 4 ) in a manner movable in the axial direction thereof, the...
7152467 Parallel seismic depth testing using a cone penetrometer  
A parallel seismic tester utilizing a cone penetrometer to test the depth of a foundation or the like comprises three important elements: the cone penetrometer which houses a receiver, an impactor...
7123997 Gap adjustment apparatus and gap adjustment method for adjusting gap between two objects  
A first stage and a second stage are disposed to face each other. A first object is fixed on the first stage. A first displacement sensor attached on the first stage is used to measure a distance...
7120524 System for measuring points on a vehicle during damage repair  
A carriage moves back and forth under a vehicle and three cameras or laser fixed along one axis pivot in a common plane, utilizing two cameras at time to locate a target fixed to a reference point...
7106247 Radar level gauge with antenna arrangement for improved radar level gauging  
The present invention relates to a radar level gauge ( 1 ) comprising an antenna ( 2 ), a tank sealing ( 3 ), an electronics unit ( 4 ) and a waveguide feed ( 5 ) between the electronics unit ( 4 )...
7103500 Apparatus and method for distance measurement with controlled modulation of emitted pulses  
Pulse transit time-based method for distance measurement employs a complex multi-parametric modulation of emitted pulses with adaptive control of the parameters of modulation. An evaluation of the...
7098645 Method and device for cable length measurement based on reflected phase shifts  
An offline phase of a cable length measuring method involves a determination of a plurality of preset frequency test signals for facilitating the length measurement of the cable based on a maximum...
7085673 Displacement estimation system and method  
A displacement estimation system including a data acquisition system and a processing system is provided. The data acquisition system is configured to capture a first frame from a first substrate...
7079974 System and method for detecting an object using pulsed light  
A system and method for detecting an object is provided. The method includes emitting a light pulse. The method further includes receiving a reflection of the light pulse. The method further...
7065851 Fiducial calibration method for measuring a workpiece  
Fiducial calibration systems and methods for precisely and accurately manufacturing a part from a workpiece, inspecting or measuring a part, and/or assembling a plurality of manufactured parts...
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...
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