Patents Examined by Herng-der Day
  • Patent number: 8521491
    Abstract: A method and corresponding apparatus provide correction of chemical images collected with a germanium hemisphere ATR microscope. A model is developed for rays passing through a simulated germanium (Ge) hemisphere attenuated total reflection (ATR) microscope. The model determines a data set for rays reaching the detector plane. Movement of the hemisphere is simulated along a first axis between each data set determination. A calculated background spectrum is produced by multiplying the percentage of rays by a background spectrum to produce a calculated background spectrum. A real Ge hemisphere ATR microscope having parameters that substantially match those of the simulated Ge hemisphere microscope is then used to collect a chemical image of a sample that is in contact with the Ge hemisphere. The collected image is then corrected to produce a corrected chemical image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments LLC
    Inventors: Francis J. Deck, Koichi Nishikida, Federico Izzia
  • Patent number: 8521504
    Abstract: The invention relates to managing registers during a binary translation mode in a virtual computing system. A set of registers is saved to memory before beginning to execute a series of blocks of translated code, and the contents of the set of registers are restored from memory later. A status register is maintained for tracking the status of each register within the set, the status indicating whether the contents are valid and whether the contents are saved in memory. Before the execution of each block, a determination is made as to whether the actions taken within the block relative to the registers are compatible with the current status of the registers. If the actions are not compatible, additional registers are saved to memory or restored from memory, so that the translation block can be executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoxin Chen, Sahil Rihan
  • Patent number: 8515719
    Abstract: In an apparatus anomaly monitoring system, a model creation module (2) creates an ensemble of models formed of predictive models of an objective variable (Y) for each explanatory variable (X) based on regression analysis with using a plurality of state data items (DS) measured from an apparatus (1) to be a target. With using this, a monitoring execution module (3) monitors a state of the apparatus (1) to detect the anomaly. More particularly, the explanatory variables (X) are categorized into a collinearity item (XA) and an independency item (XB) to create an individual model for each of the collinearity items (XA) with using the collinearity item (XA) and the independency item (XB). With using the ensemble of these models, a predicted value of the objective variable (Y), an error span between the predicted value and a measurement value, an ensemble error span, and others are computed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Tamaki, Toshiharu Miwa
  • Patent number: 8489370
    Abstract: Computer device for simulating a set of objects in interaction and corresponding method. A computer device for simulating a set of objects in interaction comprises: a memory (8) with a tree representation of the objects, each node being associated with dynamic, geometric and interaction data dependent on the data of the child nodes and local interaction data for certain nodes, a simulation controller (4), for actuating repeatedly: + a distributor (10) of interaction data, with a mechanism for interaction updating which scans the tree representation and updates an item of interaction data of a node as a function of the local interaction data of its child nodes, + a mechanism for updating the dynamic data (12) which scans the tree representation and operates as a function of the geometric interaction data concerned, + a mechanism for updating the geometric data (14) which scans the tree representation for nodes subject to interaction and operates as a function of the dynamic data updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: INRIA Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique
    Inventors: Stéphane Redon, Romain Rossi
  • Patent number: 8489382
    Abstract: A system receives a model, internals associated with a target processor, and code information associated with the target processor, and obtains a bit-true model simulation for the target processor based on the model, the target processor internals, and the target processor code information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: The Mathworks, Inc.
    Inventor: David Koh
  • Patent number: 8484001
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for pre-operative planning of orthopedic surgical procedures. The pre operative planning includes the steps of image acquisition, calibration scaling and registration, fracture reduction or matching of prosthesis, application of fixation elements and creating of planning reports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Voyant Health Ltd.
    Inventors: Zeev Glozman, Meron Liram, Doron Norman
  • Patent number: 8484003
    Abstract: Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to process measurements of wires vibrating in fluids are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a downhole assembly and a surface assembly. The downhole assembly including a sensor to measure a waveform representative of a motion of a wire vibrating within a fluid at a downhole location in a wellbore, a waveform modeler to compute a model parameter from the measured waveform, and a first telemetry module to transmit the computed model parameter to a surface location. The surface assembly including a second telemetry module to receive the computed model parameter from the downhole assembly, and a viscosity analyzer to estimate a viscosity of the fluid from the computed model parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kai Hsu, Christopher Harrison, Matthew T. Sullivan, Michael Stangeland, Anthony Smits, Anthony Robert Holmes Goodwin
  • Patent number: 8457936
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for simulating a steady state condition for an unknown variable in a system are provided. One apparatus includes a processor and memory configured to store a model of the system, and first and second predictions modules. The model is configured to receive a plurality of fixed inputs representing known variables for the model, the first prediction module is configured to generate an open loop prediction for the unknown variable based on the fixed inputs, and the second prediction module is configured to generate a closed loop prediction for the unknown variable based on the open loop prediction. A method includes the steps of receiving a plurality of fixed inputs in the system model, generating an open loop prediction for the unknown variable based on the plurality of fixed inputs, and generating a closed loop prediction for the unknown variable based on the open loop prediction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Oswald George Harris
  • Patent number: 8433549
    Abstract: A method for calculating multi-directional composites in FEM simulations for designing a high pressure tank. The method starts by reading data for the simulation including fiber orientation and composite material properties. Then, for every FEM element, the method calculates the stiffness of directional plies and converts the calculated stiffness into a local coordinate system for each ply. The method then calculates the stiffness of packets of fiber orientations as a layer set-up. The method then calculates engineering constants for the layer set-up and the equivalents for the stress limit for the layer set-up. The method then uses the engineering constants to calculate the stresses on the FEM elements and determines whether the calculated stress is above a predetermined stress limit for each element. If the calculated stress is above the stress limit, then the algorithm switches to a complex calculation of stress that calculates the stress for each ply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Güll, Stephan Fell, Valentin Schultheis
  • Patent number: 8428929
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for secure server system management. A payload containing system software and/or firmware updates is distributed in an on-demand, secure I/O operation. The I/O operation is performed via a secured communication channel inaccessible by the server operating system to an emulated USB drive. The secure communication channel can be established for the I/O operation only after authenticating the recipient of the payload, and the payload can be protected from access by a potentially-infected server operating system. Furthermore, the payload can be delivered on demand rather than relying on a BIOS update schedule, and the payload can be delivered at speeds of a write operation to a USB drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Palsamy Sakthikumar, Michael A. Rothman, Vincent J. Zimmer, Robert C. Swanson, Mallik Bulusu
  • Patent number: 8428927
    Abstract: A simulation method includes obtaining an execution log generated while a predetermined processing is executed by simulating a series of operations in a test model that is a modeled version of a test target device by causing a predetermined processing to be executed in the test model, extracting a processing unit log constituted by a predetermined processing unit from the execution log obtained in the obtaining, and simulating an operation in which processing corresponding to the processing unit log extracted in the extracting is executed in a test model in which a part of function of the test target device is modified, the operation being simulated on the basis of a setting condition set by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Noriyasu Nakayama, Nobukazu Koizumi, Tomoki Kato, Naoki Yuzawa, Hiroyuki Hieda, Satoshi Hiramoto
  • Patent number: 8417500
    Abstract: The invention concerns a sensor simulation system. The simulation system (1) comprises a generator (3) that generates a digital signal by direct digital frequency synthesis, based on the following parameters: a frequency, an amplitude, a phase and amplitude shift; a digital/analog converter (4), and a means (6) that modulates the signal received from said converter (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Gilles Mazeau, Christophe Vlacich
  • Patent number: 8380480
    Abstract: A non-transitory, computer-readable recording medium stores therein a program causing a computer to execute calculating, using respective standard deviations of first delay distributions of delay variation independent to each element included in a path among parallel paths in a circuit, standard deviation of a first delay distribution of the path when modeled as a series circuit; correcting the standard deviation of the first delay distribution for each element, using the calculated standard deviation of the first delay distribution of the path and a standard deviation of a first delay distribution of the path obtained by a statistical delay analysis on the circuit; obtaining a correlation distribution representing a correlation between delay and leak current of the circuit by executing, using the corrected standard deviation of the first delay distribution for each element, correlation analysis between delay and leak current of the target circuit; and outputting the obtained correlation distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Katsumi Homma
  • Patent number: 8340952
    Abstract: A set of instructions executable at an integrated circuit is partitioned into multiple instruction blocks. A first and second instruction block are executed multiple times, including a first execution and a second execution. The first execution of the first instruction block is associated with a first set of executions, and the first execution of the second instruction block is associated with a second set of executions. A first amount of energy consumption representative of a member of the first set of executions is determined, and a second amount of energy consumption representative of a member of the second set of executions is determined. The first amount of energy is assigned to each member of the first set, and the second amount of energy is assigned to each member of the second set, and used to determine a total amount of energy consumption associated with execution of the set of instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Puneet Sharma, James C. Holt, Kamal S. Khouri, Hassan Al Sukhni
  • Patent number: 8311794
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for performing testing on executable logic includes providing, in a test framework, an instance of at least one object that is associated with an object-processing framework. The test framework has at least one interface that is common with the object-processing framework. The method includes calling a logic portion that is to be tested, the logic portion being called with at least one test parameter received from a user. The method includes recording a result of an operation that is performed as the logic portion causes the at least one object in the test framework to be accessed using the at least one interface. Also a related computer program product and graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Henrik Saterdag, Renzo Colle, Daniel Zoch
  • Patent number: 8301427
    Abstract: A method of representing and using fractures in a model of a subterranean reservoir is described including the partitioning the fracture network into a discretely modeled part and a remaining statistically described part from a statistical description of all fractures, the determination of the correlation effects caused by fractures with dimensions exceeding dimension of the local grid cells and the determination of petrophysical properties while allowing for arbitrary distribution of fracture orientations, with all three aspects being combinable to improve the modeling of fractures and the simulation of fractured reservoirs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Laurent Arnaud Souche, Josselin Kherroubi, Matthieu Jean Rotschi
  • Patent number: 8290752
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for designing an automotive vehicle, wherein an automotive module is an automotive vehicle part (1, 2) or a group of automotive vehicle parts, comprising: the step of modeling the automotive modules; the step of mapping the automotive module models; the step of integrating, in a modeling assembly, the links (3) between the automotive modules, which is realized directly between the modules and neither between their models nor between their mappings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Peugeot Citroen Automobiles SA
    Inventors: Jeremy Walter-Martin, Bruno Hazet, Celine Godard, Jerome Mortain, Laurent Houillon
  • Patent number: 8285532
    Abstract: To provide a simplified subterranean model of a subterranean structure, a first grid size for the simplified subterranean model is selected, where the first grid size is coarser than a second grid size associated with a detailed subterranean model. The simplified subterranean model is populated with subterranean properties according to the selected first grid size, where multiple realizations of the simplified subterranean model are provided for different sets of values of the subterranean properties. The realizations of the simplified subterranean model are ranked based on comparing outputs of simulations of the realizations with measured data associated with the subterranean structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Georg Zangl, Radek Pecher, Anthony J. Fitzpatrick
  • Patent number: 8275583
    Abstract: A system and method for interactively optimizing shipping density of racked parts by a user is provided. The system includes a user computer system, a communications network, a remotely located computer system, a data storage device a computer-generated model of a component part; a computer-generated model of a container for transporting the component part and an executable shipping density optimization software program. The methodology includes the steps of the user selecting the component part model and container. The methodology also includes the steps of analyzing the shipping density of component parts within the container. The methodology further includes the steps of identifying a bottleneck feature and modifying the bottleneck feature and determining the optimized density of the modified component parts in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Velmurugan Devarajan, Sergio Angotti, Jennifer Taverna, Dimitar Petrov Filev
  • Patent number: 8265918
    Abstract: Co-simulation platforms generally include a software-based system and a hardware-based system in which different portions of the circuit design are either simulated in a software-based system or emulated on a hardware-based system. Before a model of circuit design can be co-simulated, the circuit design must be transformed and configured into a form that can execute and interface with a specific hardware-based system. The embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system, and article of manufacture for co-simulation of a portion of a circuit design and achieve an advance in the art by improving co-simulation configuration and setup and providing co-simulation adjustment capabilities during runtime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: Hem C. Neema, Chi Bun Chan, Kumar Deepak, Nabeel Shirazi