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7512501 Defect inspecting apparatus for semiconductor wafer  
A defect inspecting apparatus comprising: an inspection region dividing section which divides a defect inspection region of a wafer on which a circuit pattern is formed into a plurality of...
7509227 High-speed digital multiplexer  
A high-speed digital multiplexer is disclosed, The multiplexer includes a plurality of input pins for receiving a plurality of digital input signals ad switching circuitry coupled to the input...
7509231 Measuring and displaying performance, earned value and/or risk  
Disclosed is an aspect of a computer program that when executed by one or more processors causes the processors to perform steps related to measuring and displaying measures. The steps include:...
7509233 Diagnostics for identifying a malfunctioning component in an air compressor system onboard a locomotive  
A method and computer program product for identifying one or more malfunctions in a locomotive air compressing system is provided. Some of the malfunctions may be correctable onboard a locomotive,...
7505871 Diagnosis and troubleshooting for above-ground well systems  
Systems and methods for diagnosing faults in well servicing operations and determining appropriate remedial action to remedy such faults.
7505876 Systems and methods for simultaneous summarization of data cube streams  
In an exemplary embodiment, some of the main aspects of the present invention are the following: (i) Data model: We introduce tensor streams to deal with large collections of multi-aspect streams;...
7505875 Monitor system, and monitor device and data collecting device therefor  
A monitor system is formed with a programmable controller for executing a user program, a data collecting unit connected to the programmable controller for collecting variable data of the...
7505874 Method for establishing a sensor network  
The present invention relates to a method for establishing a sensor network having multiple sensor nodes, sensor nodes being able to connect to one another to transmit sensor data to a central...
7502716 Closed-loop diagnostic method  
Problem diagnostics may be obtained from components that log messages using a unique component identifier which is provided within each message so as to enable routing of callbacks to the component...
7502720 Method and device for using a multi-channel measurement signal in source modelling  
A method for interpreting the current distribution of an object being measured using basis vector components calculated from the measured signals. The components in question have been so selected...
7502699 System and method for monitoring power in a front end rectifier power system  
A system and method for determining power use in a system are disclosed. Briefly described, one embodiment of a method comprises metering power flow into a metered front end rectifier system using...
7499835 Variable indication estimator  
A variable indication estimator which determines an output value representative of a set of input data. For example, the estimator can reduce input data to estimates of a desired signal, select a...
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...
7499836 Apparatus for and methods of detecting combustion ignition  
A remote sensor for detection of the initiation of combustion includes a broad-band sensor, associated signal processing and an interface to the user. The sensor uses the signature formed by the...
7496482 Signal separation method, signal separation device and recording medium  
A method and a device for signal separation. First, values of signals observed by M sensors are transformed into frequency domain values, and these frequency domain values are used to calculate...
7496453 Classification of herbal medicines using wavelet transform  
An efficient, effective and reliable method for authentication of herbal medicines (HMs) based on a novel wavelet-enhanced automated three-dimensional chromatograms classification system. The...
7496480 Sweep manager for signal analysis  
System and method for specifying a signal analysis function. First user input is received, e.g., to a graphical user interface (GUI), indicating a parameter for a first operation implementing at...
7496481 Sensor adaptors and methods  
An electronic adaptor assembly and method having a conversion circuit coupled to an input and configured for receiving an input characteristic of an input device coupled to the input and generating...
7493225 Method for calibrating mass spectrometry (MS) and other instrument systems and for processing MS and other data  
A method for obtaining at least one calibration filter for a Mass Spectrometry (MS) instrument system. Measured isotope peak cluster data in a mass spectral range is obtained for a given...
7493231 Process for determining the actual position of a rotation axis of a transportation mechanism  
Determination of the actual position of the rotation axis of a transportation mechanism relative to a reference axis, in particular relative to gravity, is performed with at least one inclination...
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...
7490025 Integrated circuit with self-proofreading function, measuring device using the same and method for self-recording parameter  
An integrated circuit (IC) with a self-proofreading function includes a micro control unit (MCU) and a one-time programmable (OTP) memory connected with the MCU. The OTP memory includes an...
7487067 Signal-driven recovery of a digital pulse stream  
Provided is a method and system for signal-driven recovery of a digital pulse stream. The method includes receiving initial parameters including the base characteristics of a pulse signal, the...
7487068 Interference eliminating method in adaptive array system and array processing device  
The present invention relates to an interference eliminating method in an adaptive array system, and an array processing device using the interference eliminating method. A predetermined array...
7487069 Method for generating a control output for a position control loop  
A method for optically detecting the position of a moveable test object ( 10 ), especially a mirror or reflector, in which a measuring beam ( 6 ) produced by a light source ( 2 ) is reflected by...
7483815 Predictive monitoring method and system  
A method for monitoring a data processing system is proposed. The method involves the measuring of state parameters of the system. Indicators of the performance of the system are then inferred from...
7483816 Length-of-the-curve stress metric for improved characterization of computer system reliability  
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system that characterizes the reliability of a computer system. The system first collects samples of a performance parameter from the computer system....
7483811 Optimizing bandwidth and power in wireless networks of smart sensors  
A system that uses statistical techniques to selectively transmit data from a sensor. During operation, the system receives a sequence of quantized values from the sensor. The system then...
7480590 Performance adder for tracking occurrence of events within a circuit  
A performance adder for providing a running total of performance values within an integrated circuit chip. The performance adder is triggered by various performance events as determined through...
7480589 Method and system for displaying signal envelope information for an RF signal  
Digitally sampled real or sampled and down-converted complex data representing an RF signal are received. One or more statistical computations are calculated for each group of N data values. The...
7477997 Method for ascertaining interferants in small liquid samples in an automated clinical analyzer  
A liquid aspiration method which includes a method for determining the quality of the aspirated sample through mathematical analysis of the standard deviation of the residuals of the linear...
7478019 Multiple tool and structure analysis  
Measurement data sets for optical metrology systems can be processed in parallel using Multiple Tool and Structure Analysis (MTSA). In an MTSA procedure, at least one parameter that is common to...
7474972 Bandwidth multiplication for a test and measurement instrument using non-periodic functions for mixing  
An acquisition apparatus for a test and measurement instrument including a splitter configured to split an input signal into a plurality of split signals, a plurality of oscillators, each...
7474985 Method and system for detecting changes in data  
A adaptive recursive method for detecting statistically significant changes in data performs steps that include: determining a mean and standard deviation for incoming data; flagging non-conforming...
7472042 Surface profile measuring method  
A surface profile measuring method using a broad bandwidth light source illuminating a sample surface and a reference surface through a splitter is provided. By changing a distance between the...
7472033 Apparatus for controlling semiconductor chip characteristics  
Apparatus including functional components of circuitry defined on a semiconductor chip, the functional components including a component having modifiable operating characteristics, a performance...
7472041 Method and apparatus for accommodating device and/or signal mismatch in a sensor array  
Noise discrimination in signals from a plurality of sensors is conducted by enhancing the phase difference in the signals such that off-axis pick-up is suppressed while on-axis pick-up is enhanced....
7469197 Measurement data collection method and portable information device  
A data collection unit ( 37 ) collects measurement data which satisfies a data collection condition designated by an application ( 33 ) and stores the measurement data in a temporary storage area (...
7467069 Method and apparatus for extracting information from an array of hazardous material sensors  
Information may be extracted from an array of relatively low sensitivity hazardous material sensors deployed, for example within a population center, by collecting identification information, such...
7467068 Method and apparatus for detecting dependability vulnerabilities  
The present invention is a method and an apparatus for detecting dependability vulnerabilities in production IT environments. In one embodiment, a method for detecting a dependability vulnerability...
7464005 Electromagnetic emissions stimulation and detection system  
A system and method for detecting and identifying electronic devices based on their unintended electromagnetic emissions (“UEE”) signals is presented. During device classification, UEE signals...
7463995 Systems and methods for detecting suction valve closure  
This invention relates generally to the application of an algorithm to calculate a line that intersects a dynamic pressure waveform at two points. These points represent the point immediately prior...
7464003 System and method for change detection of information or type of data  
A method is provided of determining the how information from any information system changes over time. WebPages A through WebPages Z with nodes A through Z, are located, where A through Z are...
7460963 Device and method for health monitoring of an area of a structural element, and structure adapted for health monitoring of an area of a structural element of said structure  
Device for health monitoring of a structure comprising a dielectric material of permittivity ε r , comprising a source of electromagnetic radiation, generating an electric field in the structure a...
7460972 Methods and systems for performing real-time wireless temperature measurement for semiconductor substrates  
A monitor device includes a substrate and a plurality of temperature sensors disposed in the substrate. The monitor device also includes a processor coupled to the substrate and adapted to receive...
7460983 Signal analysis system and calibration method  
A method and apparatus adapted to calibrate a signal path of a signal analysis system such that loading effects of the system are substantially removed from measurements of a device under test. A...
7457722 Correlation of application instance life cycle events in performance monitoring  
A system and method for performance monitoring including instance life cycle event monitoring is disclosed. A performance monitoring system may correlate performance data to application instance...
7456399 Calibrating multiple photoelectron spectroscopy systems  
A method comprising obtaining a first set of spectral data for a first sample film measured by a first system, extracting intensities for one or more elemental species associated with the first...
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...
7457713 Determination method for a position signal  
Two sensors scan a measuring scale, which can be displaced in relation to the sensors and comprises a plurality of equidistant measuring gradation, and deliver corresponding measuring signals. The...