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US-8,112,226 |
Telephone or other portable device with inertial sensor At least one inertial sensor is configured to sense movement of a telephone (or other portable device such as a personal digital assistant, portable computer,... |
US-8,112,162 |
System level function block engine A function block engine, a block execution list and a parameter and/or variable storage space being resident in a memory supporting the engine. The function... |
US-8,111,879 |
Face and iris imaging system and method A duplex camera with common face and iris imaging optics locates an iris in a scene and images the iris without requiring multiple camera alignment or a rapid... |
US-8,111,619 |
Apparatus and method for routing data in wireless networks A method includes identifying, at a first wireless node, routing costs associated with routing data to a destination through multiple paths in a wireless... |
US-8,111,186 |
Systems and methods for infering hail and lightning using an airborne
weather radar volumetric buffer A weather radar system for improving output of potential lightning and hail weather conditions. An exemplary system includes a processor that receives and... |
US-8,110,945 |
Power stealing circuitry for a control device A power stealing circuit for stealing power to operate a control device is disclosed. In one illustrative embodiment, power may be periodically or... |
US-8,109,735 |
Cooled component with a featured surface and related manufacturing method An improved type of cooled component is disclosed. The cooled components, such as turbine airfoils and combustors, have a base metal structural member,... |
US-8,109,715 |
Variable nozzle turbocharger There is provided a turbocharger with a variable nozzle assembly having a plurality of cambered vanes positioned annularly around a turbine wheel, each vane... |
US-8,109,711 |
Tethered autonomous air vehicle with wind turbines A wind turbine energy conversion device that can take advantage of the higher speed and more persistent winds at higher altitudes is hereinafter disclosed. The... |
US-8,109,289 |
System and method for decentralized balancing of hydronic networks A method includes associating a plurality of valve balancing units with a plurality of valves in a hydronic network. The method also includes adjusting a... |
US-8,109,255 |
Engine controller A system for controlling fuel to an engine to minimize emissions in an exhaust of the engine. There may be a controller connected to an actuator, for example a... |
US-8,108,853 |
Apparatus and method for allowing a fail-back to a prior software release
in a process control system A method includes receiving a request to install a software release, where the software release is to be installed on a first device and/or a second device. The... |
US-8,108,790 |
Apparatus and method for visualization of control techniques in a process
control system Various graphical displays used for visualization of control techniques in a process control system can be provided to an operator. For example, a graphical... |
US-8,108,745 |
On-device constrained random verification for device development A method of functionally verifying a device under test having at least one processor and at least one memory is disclosed. The method includes creating... |
US-8,108,721 |
Architecture and method for hardware-assisted processor checkpointing and
rollback A method to enable an adaptive fault tolerance in a data system is provided. The method includes communicatively coupling a radiation hardened hardware element... |
US-8,108,684 |
Method and system for controlling a security system using near field
communication A security system control system using a host object with a near field communication device and a target object with a near field communication device. The... |
US-8,108,200 |
System and method for accessing and configuring field devices in a process
control system using distributed... A system includes a client and an interface component. The client includes (i) a device manager associated with a field device in a process control system and... |
US-8,108,188 |
Enumerated linear programming for optimal strategies One embodiment is directed to an approach to solving a leader-follower problem in which a leader has a set of leader actions and a follower has a set of... |
US-8,108,171 |
Systems and methods for calibration of gyroscopes and a magnetic compass Calibration systems and methods simultaneously calibrate a magnetic compass and gyroscopes. An exemplary embodiment rotates the field calibration system. Based... |
US-8,108,133 |
Vehicle position keeping system Vehicle position keeping systems and methods. The system reduces vehicle congestion by maintaining a position of a first vehicle relative to a second vehicle,... |
US-8,108,095 |
Apparatus and method for troubleshooting a computer system An apparatus for troubleshooting a computer system of a vehicle is disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus for accumulating information pertaining to a... |
US-8,108,074 |
Apparatus and method for optimizing operation of sugar dryers A method includes determining how to adjust one or more manipulated variables using at least one model. The one or more manipulated variables are associated... |
US-8,107,989 |
Apparatus and method for transmit power control in a wireless network A method includes repeatedly transmitting messages from a first wireless node at a transmit power. The method also includes receiving feedback from a second... |
US-8,107,812 |
Dynamic range measurement and calculation of optical keyless entry sensor An optical keyless entry sensor system and method includes an optical sensor in association with a mirror that reflects light transmitted from the optical... |
US-8,107,740 |
Apparatus and method for efficient indexing and querying of images in
security systems and other systems A method includes receiving one or more query images and identifying multiple features associated with an object or an activity using the one or more query... |
US-8,107,511 |
Apparatus and method for intelligent frequency-hopping discovery and
synchronization A process control system or other system includes multiple nodes that communicate using frequency-hopping patterns. Each node may operate using its own... |
US-8,107,412 |
Gatelink startup controlled by ACARS CMU Methods and apparatus' for operating a communication system between an aircraft and a communication center are provided. One method includes using an aircraft... |
US-8,107,390 |
Apparatus and method for deterministic latency-controlled communications
in process control systems A method includes obtaining a data message having data associated with a process system and mapping the data message to one of multiple classifications. The... |
US-8,107,387 |
Method to operate a wireless network having a predictable and stable
performance A method for operating a wireless network having a predicable and stable network performance. The method includes controlling output distribution of nodes in... |
US-8,106,822 |
System and method for GNSS position aided signal acquisition A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) device, such as the Global Positioning System (GPS) device, uses satellite orbital position information from almanac... |
US-8,106,800 |
Self-calibrating signal reconstruction system An approach for calibrating a signal reconstruction system. A signal may be input to a low-pass filter. An output of the filter may be converted to a digital... |
US-8,106,388 |
Quantum dot solar cell with rigid bridge molecule A solar cell including a quantum dot, an electron conductor, and a rigid bridge molecule disposed between the quantum dot and the electron conductor. The rigid... |
US-8,106,116 |
Pre-fiber gel compositions and materials, methods of manufacture and uses
thereof A pre-fiber gel material is described herein that includes: a) at least one amide-based and/or polyamide-based composition; and b) at least one lactam gelling... |
US-8,105,844 |
Apparatus and method of using porous material for antigen separation,
identification, and quantification with... An apparatus includes a porous membrane for retaining antigens from a sample as the sample passes through the membrane. The apparatus also includes a first... |
US-8,105,511 |
Method of manufacturing a carbon-carbon brake disc A method of manufacturing a carbon-carbon brake disc uses a restraint fixture (12) that includes a preform retention region configured to limit contracting... |
US-8,105,475 |
Apparatus and method for determining the composition of a material being
examined A method includes identifying first data associated with cyclic voltammetry measurements of a material being examined. The cyclic voltammetry measurements... |
US-8,105,018 |
Decoupler devices to prevent backdrive in air turbine starters An air turbine starter for starting an engine includes a housing, and a flow path communicating a flow of gas therethrough; a turbine member; a clutch; and a... |
US-8,104,707 |
X-vane configuration in a ducted-fan aerial vehicle Disclosed herein is a propulsion system, which may be implemented in an air-vehicle, such as a ducted-fan organic air-vehicle. The propulsion system comprises... |
US-8,104,340 |
Flow sensing device including a tapered flow channel A fluid flow sensing device can include a tapered fluid flow channel formed into a main channel defining a fluid flow tube as an alternate fluid flow path. A... |
US-8,104,339 |
Systems and methods for determining air data parameters Systems and methods determine at least one air data parameter, such as an angle of attack (AOA), an angle of sideslip (AOS), a total pressure (p.sub.t), and/or... |
US-8,104,288 |
Effusion cooling techniques for combustors in engine assemblies A combustor for an engine assembly includes a cylindrical wall forming a combustion chamber in which an air and fuel mixture is combusted; and a plurality of... |
US-8,104,264 |
Low minimum impulse bit propellant gas thruster A gas thruster is configured to supply thrust over a relatively wide range, from a relatively low value to a relatively high thrust value, and exhibits... |
US-8,103,934 |
High speed memory error detection and correction using interleaved (8,4)
LBCs Methods and systems are disclosed for the detection and correction of memory errors using code words with a quantity, divisible by 4, of data bits, with an... |
US-8,103,214 |
System and method for adapting a loop powered field instrument for use in
a wireless network A system and method are disclosed for adapting a loop powered wired field instrument for use in a wireless network of wireless field instruments without... |
US-8,103,140 |
Interferometric fiber optic gyroscope with silicon optical bench front-end Method and apparatus are provided for a silicon substrate optical system for use in an interferometric fiber optic gyroscope (IFOG). A silicon substrate of the... |
US-8,103,090 |
Behavior and pattern analysis using multiple category learning A video processing system is configured to receive training video samples from a plurality of video sensing devices. The training video samples are sets of pair... |
US-8,103,056 |
Method for target geo-referencing using video analytics A method to geo-reference a target between subsystems of a targeting system is provided. The method includes receiving a target image formed at a sender... |
US-8,103,007 |
System and method of detecting speech intelligibility of audio
announcement systems in noisy and reverberant spaces A system and method to detect and remediate unacceptable levels of speech intelligibility evaluates received test audio transmitted across and received in a... |
US-8,102,261 |
Microwave ranging sensor A method for detecting an intruder in a protected space that uses a microwave frequency sensor to determine an accurate distance measurement to the intruder.... |
US-8,102,259 |
Fluorescent light immunity through synchronous sampling A system and method for reducing interference caused by fluorescent light on alarm system components using synchronous sampling is provided. The system... |