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7620534 |
Sound enabling computerized system for real time reservoir model calibration using field surveillance data
A computer-based system generates digital and audio responses to changes in fluid and rock properties of a producing hydrocarbon reservoir for surveillance analysis. The system calibrates observed...
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7607351 |
Acoustic impact detection and monitoring system
A system is disclosed for detecting and locating harmful impacts to pipelines using sensors placed along the pipeline. The exact spacing of sensors is site specific and is set with the goal of...
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7596458 |
Tracking vibrations in a pipeline network
Tracking vibrations on a pipeline network includes installing multiple vibration recorders on the pipeline network, with each recorder including a sensor, a timer, a processor, and a digital...
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7584065 |
Doppler ultrasonic flowmeter, and processor and method thereof with quantization error correction
In a Doppler ultrasonic flowmeter, to obtain a precise flow rate a flow rate calculation equation that corrects a quantization error occurring to a spatial resolution is used. An ultrasonic...
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7567182 |
Acoustic fire sensing system
The acoustic sound of water flowing to/from activated sprinkler heads is used to identify fire location in a region(s). Acoustic transducers, such as microphones, can be located in the vicinity of...
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7546198 |
Dynamic noise-reduction baselining for real-time spectral analysis of internal combustion engine knock
A real-time, dynamic method for creating a body of cycle-and-cylinder-specific noise-reduction baseline data useable in conjunction with analyzing the engine-knock behavior of a subject internal...
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7523676 |
Ultrasonic flow rate measurement method and system
A method of determining the flow rate of a fluid in a conduit. Ultrasonic energy is directed through the conduit along multiple paths. The ultrasonic energy is detected and measured using a range...
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7511711 |
Method for locating an impact on a surface and device therefor
Apparatus and methods for locating an impact point on a surface of an object. The object is provided with an acoustic sensor that senses the impact from the acoustic waves that are generated when...
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7496456 |
3D ultrasonographic device
A three-dimensional ultrasonic inspection apparatus includes: a sensing device for ultrasonic inspection including an ultrasonic sensor as a transducer, in which a plurality of piezoelectric...
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7484815 |
Brake device of motorcycle
To enable a trouble diagnosis of braking-input-side pressure sensors even in a state where a braking input side and a braking output side are interrupted from each other. In a brake device of a...
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7444246 |
System and method for determining fluctuating pressure loading on a component in a reactor steam dome
A system and method for accurately estimating the fluctuating pressure loads on components, such as steam dryers, within a BWR steam dome using pressure time history measurements made on components...
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7444245 |
Field device for determining and/or monitoring a process variable
Field device for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium in a container. The field device includes: at least one mechanically oscillatable unit connected with the...
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7426852 |
Submersible meter for measuring a parameter of gas hold-up of a fluid
A submersible meter is provided that measures the speed of sound propagating in an aerated fluid to determine any one of a plurality of parameters of the fluid, such as the gas holdup of the fluid...
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7421350 |
Meter electronics and method for detecting a residual material in a flow meter assembly
A meter electronics and method for detecting a residual material in a flow meter assembly are provided according to the invention. The meter electronics includes a processing system adapted to...
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7398166 |
Method and apparatus for the measurement of the acoustic impedance
A probe located in an area to be measured has an acoustic stimulator, (e.g., a loudspeaker and a microphone). The stimulator sends acoustic signals to the microphone where the signals are...
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7386352 |
Modular sensor network node
A distributed wireless sensor network node is disclosed. The wireless sensor network node includes a plurality of sensor modules coupled to a system bus and configured to sense a parameter. The...
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7376522 |
Method and system for determining the direction of fluid flow
In an exemplary implementation of a method and system for determining the direction of fluid flow, one or more sound transducers are positioned in proximity to a conduit, each such sound transducer...
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7363174 |
Apparatus and method for measuring a fluid flow rate profile using acoustic doppler effect
An apparatus and method for measuring a flow velocity profile of fluid traveling in a pipe or conduit uses an ultrasonic wave transmitted from an ultrasonic wave transducer mounted at an angle on...
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7343253 |
Coriolis mode processing techniques
Flowmeters are described in which a sensor signal received from a sensor that is attached to vibratable flowtube, so as to determine properties of a fluid within the flowtube, contains a drive...
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7343252 |
Method, system and apparatus for passively monitoring the maintenance and distribution of fluid products to heavy work vehicles
A method and apparatus for passively monitoring the distribution of fuel and lubrication fluids to track vehicles and other heavy duty work equipment, such as bulldozers, draglines, scrapers,...
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7319934 |
Method and device for determining the acoustic parameters of fluids in a resonator device
A method for determining acoustic parameters of a liquid ( 1 ) in a resonator arrangement having a resonator chamber ( 2 ) includes the following steps: acoustic excitation of the liquid in the...
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7305309 |
Transmission measuring system with high time resolution
A transmission measuring system includes a subject for transmission measurement for outputting, in response to a start signal for measurement from a central processing unit, an output signal...
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7274996 |
Method and system for monitoring fluid flow
A method and system for monitoring fluid flow, such as fluid flow through pipelines or similar conduits for delivering natural gas, crude oil, and other similar liquid or gas energy commodities,...
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7254494 |
Ultrasonic signal processing method and applications thereof
An ultrasonic signal processing method for improving the signal-to-noise ratio in ultrasonic measurements comprises the transmission of a predefined timed sequence of a number of ultrasonic burst...
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7248985 |
Acoustic signature testing for electronic, electromechanical, and mechanical equipment
A method for testing a unit is described where the unit includes one or more of electrical, electronic, mechanical, and electromechanical components. The described method includes applying at least...
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7225081 |
Application specific integrated circuitry for controlling analysis of a fluid
A circuit chip is disclosed. The circuit chip includes analog-to-digital processing circuitry that is capable of interfacing with a sensor and host electronics. The analog-to-digital processing...
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7200493 |
Method for screening crystallization or amorphous stage conditions for molecules
A system and a method for screening of nucleation tendency of a molecule, such as a macromolecule, based on acoustic, electrostatic or hybrid acoustic/electrostatic levitation of a droplet for...
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7114373 |
Fluid monitoring
An apparatus for measuring the viscosity and temperature of a fluid, for example an engine oil, comprises a transducer, which is arranged to vibrate when provided with a drive signal to produce an...
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7113876 |
Technique and electronic circuitry for quantifying a transient signal using threshold-crossing counting to track signal amplitude
Circuitry adapted for carrying out associated techniques for: (a) calculating a damping factor, e.g., a damping ratio represented by ζ, or a quality factor Q, where ζ≈1/2Q, for a transient...
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7107851 |
Processing data, for improved, accuracy, from device for measuring speed of sound in a gas
A method, used in connection with a pulse-echo type sensor for determining the speed of sound in a gas, for improving the accuracy of speed of sound measurements. The sensor operates on the...
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7079958 |
Method for operating a process-measuring device
The process measuring device includes a flow sensor having a measuring tube, a sensor arrangement for producing a measurement signal, and an evaluation and operating circuit. The method serves to...
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6983208 |
Method and apparatus for combined measurements of concentration, distribution and flow velocity of suspended solids
A remote sensor and associated data processor, performs concurrent analysis of backscattered signals from a multi-beam acoustic Doppler emitter/receiver positioned against the inside wall of a...
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6963810 |
Method and system for locating critical flow feature indicators in three dimensional flow regimes
A method for locating two dimensional critical flow features on a surface of a three dimensional body immersed in a fluid stream is presented. The method includes applying a hot film sensor array...
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6957157 |
Tracking vibrations in a pipeline network
Tracking vibrations on a pipeline network includes installing multiple vibration recorders on the pipeline network, with each recorder including a sensor, a timer, a processor, and a digital...
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6940409 |
Fluid flow detector
A method and apparatus for monitoring fluid flow in a pipe or at an exit of the pipe and detecting a fault. The system includes an acoustic generator which is activated by the fluid flowing in the...
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6934017 |
Method and device for detection of information on optical elements, particularly for monitoring a laser arrangement
A method for detection of information on at least one optical element for monitoring an equipment, in which an electromagnetic radiation is shaped or guided by the at least one optical element,...
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6931945 |
Doppler ultrasonic flowmeter
A Doppler type ultrasonic flowmeter has an ultrasonic transmitting means for emitting ultrasonic pulses from an ultrasonic transducer into a fluid pipe, a flow velocity profile measuring means for...
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6928369 |
Ultrasonic current meter
The present invention provides a small, low power consumption ultrasonic flow velocity meter. The burst signal generation section 110 generates two kinds of burst signals with a phase difference...
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6898547 |
Rotor assembly system and method
A system is disclosed for use in assembling a plurality of rotatable elements in the assembly of a turbine engine. The system includes an initialization unit, a measurement unit, and a processing...
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6895362 |
Active broken rail detection system and method
A system to monitor the integrity of a railway track is provided. The system comprises a mechanical signal source and a correlation detector. The mechanical signal source coupled to the railway...
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6853951 |
Methods and systems for analyzing the degradation and failure of mechanical systems
Methods and systems for identifying, understanding, and predicting the degradation and failure of mechanical systems are disclosed. The methods include measuring and quantifying stressors that are...
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6839644 |
Plumbing supply monitoring, modeling and sizing system and method
A system for monitoring a plumbing system having a plurality of fixtures includes a sensor vibrationally coupled to the plumbing system and a processor. The sensor detects a vibration produced by...
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6834241 |
Programmable coriolis flow meter electronics for outputting information over a single output port
Flow meter electronics are described for providing a flow rate of a material flowing through a flow meter sensor of a Coriolis flow meter. The flow meter electronics comprise a processing system...
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6820016 |
Leak detection apparatus and method
An apparatus and method for detecting a leak in a pipe, the apparatus comprising a sensor ( 11 ) located at a pipe ( 7 ), configured to detect a signal from the pipe, converter means to convert the...
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6751568 |
Method for testing characteristics of oscillators
The invention provides a method for testing oscillators in which cracks and chips on oscillator chips that may possibly have an effect on the oscillation characteristics can be detected...
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6748812 |
Flow rate measuring apparatus
A flow rate measuring apparatus includes: flow rate detection section 2 and 3 provided in a fluid flow path 1 ; a measuring section 10 for measuring an output from the flow rate detection...
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6745136 |
Pipe inspection systems and methods
A method for inspecting pipe, the method, in at least certain aspects, including detecting an inspection parameter in at least a first part of a pipe, the pipe having a length, a hollow body, an...
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6721668 |
Vibration exciting apparatus and vibration testing apparatus for structure using same
The testing performs a vibration excitation testing of a part of the structure, performs a numerical calculus of vibration response of the other parts of the structure, and calculates the vibration...
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6694279 |
Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for determining structural motion using mode selective filtering
Movement of a structure, such a conduit of a Coriolis mass flowmeter, is estimated. A plurality of motion signals representing motion of the structure are mode selective filtered to generate a...
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6691073 |
Adaptive state space signal separation, discrimination and recovery
This invention unifies a set of statistical signal processing, neuromorphic systems, and microelectronic implementation techniques for blind separation and recovery of mixed signals. A set of...
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