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7627452 Method and device for predicting a failure frequency  
A device and a method for predicting the mean time period between two failures of a technical system, for example a manufacturing system or an assembly system for motor vehicle components. The...
7623974 System and method for detecting onset of structural failure  
A system for detecting the onset of structural failure in a structural element subject to a mechanical load comprises a metering array, a signal processor, and an output processor. The metering...
7613590 Modular microprocessor-based power tool system  
A power tool system and method of using the same is provided. The system can include a programmable microprocessor device including at least one input mechanism, and a memory having instructions...
7613585 Method and system for defining material properties hierarchically in finite element analysis  
A system, method and software product for defining material properties hierarchically in a finite element analysis of a structure is disclosed. As a material type is created, the type is checked...
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....
7610158 Measuring device and method for measuring the arching of an elongate body  
The present invention relates to a measuring device for measuring the arching of an elongate body. The measuring device includes an anvil member against which the elongate body is intended to be...
7603478 Displaying routing information for a measurement system  
Computer-implemented system and method for presenting routing information in a measurement system. A meta-routing tool receives user input specifying a device, then retrieves a topography...
7596456 Method and apparatus for cassette integrity testing using a wafer sorter  
A system and methods for the evaluation of the integrity of a wafer cassette and the disposition thereof are based upon evaluation of wafer measurement data obtained using a wafer sorter cassette...
7590495 Inverse method to calculate material properties using a non-resonant technique  
A method for calculating material properties of a material includes determining a dilatational wavespeed and a shear wave speed. The dilatational wavespeed is determined by conducting vertical...
7584060 Inverse method to calculate material properties using an insertion loss test  
A method for calculating material properties of a material includes conducting two insertion loss tests of the material having a single thickness and a double thickness. These tests are conducted...
7580800 Tools for evaluating and reporting canopy integrity  
A set of tools is provided for inspecting and obtaining critical data concerning the support structure of a canopy on support columns. The data obtained is entered into a computer programmed to...
7577548 Integrated framework for diagnosis and prognosis of components  
Described is a system for diagnosis and prognosis of a component. The system is configured to receive a signal from a component. The signal is representative of a current health observation of the...
7571057 System and method for monitoring degradation  
A degradation monitoring system including: a machine; a sensor affixed to the machine, the sensors measuring a operational parameters of the machine; a set of filters receptive of information about...
7567872 Film forming condition determination method, film forming method, and film structure manufacturing method  
Among a plurality of parameters concerning a film forming condition, different parameter values are set for one parameter and the same predetermined values are set for other parameters to...
7556103 Tightening tool and tightening tool management system  
A fastening tool with a clutch for shutting off transmission of torque, capable of self-diagnosing fastening torque of a screw or the like at low cost without using expensive elements such as a...
7546224 Method for assessing the integrity of a structure  
A method for assessing the integrity of a structure, comprising the steps of: i) collecting data relating to the initial dimensions of the structure, ii) creating a computer model of the structure,...
7546211 Condition detection apparatus, condition detection method, condition detection program, information recording medium therefor, and condition display apparatus, condition display method, condition display program, information recording medium therefor  
A condition detection apparatus comprising an AE sensor 1 that detects AE waves, which elastically-occur when a plurality of balls included in an LM system self-rotate and revolve within a...
7529632 Driving force calculating device, driving force calculating method, power assisting device, driving force calculating program, and computer-readable storage medium  
A driving force calculating device ( 1 ) includes: a setting information acquiring section ( 23 ) which acquires (a) muscle specifying information that specifies a target muscle, which is a muscle...
7526409 Automatic performance statistical comparison between two periods  
A technique for automatically generating a report comprising normalized differences in performance statistics between two separate periods. In one embodiment of the invention, database performance...
7523615 Telemetry system  
A method for predicting bearing failure of a differential bearing including an inner race, an outer race, and a plurality of rolling elements positioned between the inner and outer race, the method...
7518813 Methods and structure for detecting anomalous events in a disk drive using VGA variance  
Methods and structures for detecting touchdown of the read/write head on its recording surface or for detecting other read signal amplitude modulations as proportional to variance of the value of...
7516022 Method and system for assessing quality of spot welds  
A system and method for assessing the quality of spot weld joints between pieces of metal includes an ultrasound transducer probing a spot weld joint. The ultrasound transducer transmits ultrasonic...
7515899 Distributed grid computing method utilizing processing cycles of mobile phones  
Additional computing power is captured using the idle processing power of mobile phones incorporated into a grid computing system, wherein the system is capable of pushing projects out to available...
7509238 Computer program for water treatment data management  
A computer program for operating a computer to perform various steps. In one step, the program causes the computer to display to a user of the computer a first hierarchical level representative of...
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.
7505852 Probabilistic stress wave analysis system and method  
A statistical process, and system for implementing the process, is described for the analysis of stress waves generated in operating machinery or equipment. This technique is called Probabilistic...
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...
7499811 System and method for measuring surface appearance of a surface  
The embodiments described herein include a system and method for measuring a surface appearance of a surface. An appearance sensor is positionable about a surface and is configured to measure the...
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...
7496454 High mast inspection system, equipment and method  
An inspection system for removably mounting to a platform movable in relation to a generally upright mast for inspection of the mast has a mounting support assembly removably fixable to the...
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...
7493220 Method and system for vibration signal processing  
The present invention relates to a vibration signal processing method and system that can be used to account for situations where impact or impulse events are hidden in a normal vibration reading...
7487051 Evaluating method of the fracture toughness using the continuous indentation method  
The present invention relates to a method of evaluating the fracture toughness of a material using the continuous indentation technique. In the method of this invention, the stress coefficient,...
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....
7483808 System and method for measuring machine rolling resistance  
A method of measuring rolling resistance of a machine is disclosed. The method may include determining a drive axle torque value of the machine and calculating a total effective grade value using...
7474760 Contactless measuring of position and orientation  
The invention relates to a method and device for contactless or touch-free measurement of a tool by imaging. A processor makes calculations based on image points on the tool, imaged onto an imaging...
7463994 Method and device for detecting surface state of work piece  
A work piece 1 mounted on a movable table 22 is rotated while adjusting cutting depths of a grinding wheel 23 by means of feed motor so as to perform cylindrical grinding. During the...
7460964 Force vector reconstruction method using optical tactile sensor  
The invention relates to a technique for reducing computation time for force vector calculation. A force vector reconstruction method that uses an optical tactile sensor, comprises a step for...
7427916 Method for inspecting and monitoring building, structure, or facilities accompanying them  
A method for performing maintenance inspection and monitoring of various structures and facilities by arranging a sensor on a moving portion of the facility of a building or a portion where wiring...
7424403 Low power vibration sensor and wireless transmitter system  
A low power vibration sensor and wireless transmitter system has one or more sensors that sense parameters of a machine including vibration and produces dynamic signals representing the sensed...
7421349 Bearing fault signature detection  
A device, and method, detects the presence of developing faults in rolling element bearings. Detection is accomplished by measuring the vibration of the apparatus in which the bearing is operating...
7415363 High resolution torque measurement on a rotating shaft with movement compensation  
An apparatus for determining the torque imposed on a rotatable shaft. The shaft has at least four paired probes, paired horizontal probes and paired vertical probes. The horizontal probes are...
7398131 Method and system for concrete quality control based on the concrete's maturity  
Method and system for controlling and monitoring the quality of concrete based on the concrete's maturity. Various embodiments of the present invention are discussed. First, Enhanced Maturity...
7392097 Automated attraction and ride maintenance verification system  
A system for preventative maintenance of a ride or an attraction component at a venue. A validator establishes the identity of the ride or attraction component and a controller monitors the use of...
7386408 Parallel kinematic machine, calibration method of parallel kinematic machine, and calibration program product  
A parallel kinematic machine has a parallel kinematic mechanism including an end effecter and a parallel link mechanism. A numerical control device controls a position and orientation of the end...
7383156 Apparatus for inspecting wafer surface, method for inspecting wafer surface, apparatus for judging defective wafer, method for judging defective wafer, and apparatus for processing information on wafer surface  
It is possible to inspect scratches and staining on a wafer surface on the basis of an LPD map obtained from a particle counter 11 , by providing a means 21 for detecting aggregation of...
7379825 Multifunctional electronic device for a mechanical seal and control and management process realised by such device  
A multifunctional electronic device for checking and managing the operating and diagnostic conditions of a mechanical seal. A method of controlling and managing the operating and diagnostic...
7376519 Method for reducing the computation resources required for determining damage in structural health management system  
A method for determining damage in a structural health monitoring system comprising a plurality of sensors distributed across a structure is disclosed. The method includes decomposing the plurality...
7353140 Methods for monitoring and controlling boiler flames  
The current invention provides a method and apparatus, which uses symbol sequence techniques, temporal irreversibility, and/or cluster analysis to monitor the operating state of individual burner...
7317992 Method and apparatus for inspecting dovetail edgebreak contour  
A method and tooling for inspecting a contour of an edge of a cutout formed in a disk, each cutout fixedly receiving a turbine blade. A first device receives the disk containing the cutouts. A...
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