Patents Examined by Kibrom Gebresilassie
  • Patent number: 8600708
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for, in a computing system, perturbing an initial three-dimensional (3D) geological model using a 3D vector field. A coherent 3D vector field including 3D vectors may be generated where each 3D vector of the 3D vector field is associated with a node of the initial 3D geological model and has a magnitude within a range of uncertainty of the node of the initial 3D geological model associated therewith. The coherent 3D vector field may be applied to the initial 3D geological model associated therewith to generate an perturbed 3D model. The perturbed 3D model may differ from the initial 3D geological model by a displacement defined by the 3D vector field associated with nodes having uncertain values. The perturbed 3D model may be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignees: Paradigm Sciences Ltd.
    Inventors: Jean-Laurent Mallet, Anne-Laure Tertois
  • Patent number: 8589125
    Abstract: The invention relates to a product design support system for supporting product design business so as to design and develop a product in a short time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Hatsuo Mori, Hirotaka Kure
  • Patent number: 8577661
    Abstract: A system for filtering and interpreting real-time sensory data from an electrical system is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a power analytics server and a client terminal. The data acquisition component acquires real-time data output from the electrical system. The power analytics server is comprised of a virtual system modeling engine, an analytics engine, and a decision engine. The virtual system modeling engine generates predicted data output for the electrical system. The analytics engine monitors real-time data output and predicted data output of the electrical system. The decision engine compares the real-time data output against the predicted data output to filter out and interpret indicia of electrical system health and performance. The client terminal is communicatively connected to the power analytics server and configured to display the filtered and interpreted indicia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Power Analytics Corporation
    Inventor: Adib Nasle
  • Patent number: 8571847
    Abstract: A processor-implemented method for improving efficiency of a static core turn-off in a multi-core processor with variation, the method comprising: conducting via a simulation a turn-off analysis of the multi-core processor at the multi-core processor's design stage, wherein the turn-off analysis of the multi-core processor at the multi-core processor's design stage includes a first output corresponding to a first multi-core processor core to turn off; conducting a turn-off analysis of the multi-core processor at the multi-core processor's testing stage, wherein the turn-off analysis of the multi-core processor at the multi-core processor's testing stage includes a second output corresponding to a second multi-core processor core to turn off; comparing the first output and the second output to determine if the first output is referring to the same core to turn off as the second output; outputting a third output corresponding to the first multi-core processor core if the first output and the second output are b
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
  • Patent number: 8521484
    Abstract: Methods and systems for matching a computed curve to a target curve to enable realistic engineering simulations are disclosed. Discrepancies between computed curve and the target curve are measured, and based on the discrepancies, decisions on how to adjust parametric inputs can be made to achieve an optimal result of simulation. Optimization of parameter identification is achieved by adjusting the parametric inputs of a simulation model such that the discrepancy between the two curves is minimized. Because the points on the two curves to be matched are paired, matching of any two open curves, including hysteretic curves, can be handled. Curves that are complete set apart in their original coordinates can be merged to a common coordinate system for parameter identification without the computational instability problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Livermore Software Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Nielen Stander
  • Patent number: 8515727
    Abstract: A computer program product stored including machine executable instructions stored on machine readable media, the instructions configured for performing automatic logic build processes and implementing autonomic quality checking, by implementing a method including: providing a model repository for holding at least one component; updating the model repository with at least one component; creating a tag for each sub-component of a selected component of the model repository; associating each tag with a latest version of each respective sub-component; and issuing a component submit notice to identify at least one of a dependency and a priority between selected components. A system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew A. Adams, Khary J. Alexander, Matthew G. Pardini
  • Patent number: 8510084
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method including a momentum refreshment process and a conservative dynamics process, wherein the refreshment process including carrying out an operation of mixing the collective momentum vector with a noise vector and carrying out an acceptance/rejection (acceptance and rejection) operation; the dynamics process including applying a multiple time stepping conservative dynamics operation to a current state, in which calculations corresponding to more slowly varying energy parts undergo an averaging procedure and are carried out at a larger time step than calculations corresponding to more quickly varying energy parts; and carrying out an acceptance/rejection operation based on an approximation of the system energy expressed using shadow Hamiltonians and include accepting a current state or returning a replacement state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Elena Vitalievna Akhmatskaya, Sebastian Reich
  • Patent number: 8467998
    Abstract: A computer-aided method for predicting particle uptake by a surface of an object moving in a flow current. The method includes preparing a discrete model of the object and the surrounding flow, including a projection area for projecting the particles formed by a mesh of cells with an identical size, and a mesh of cells of the surface. The method also includes simulating the projection of particles with a different size from the projection area on the surface, both the density Di of projected particles and their size distribution being identical for the cell. The method further includes obtaining for each cell of the surface the local uptake efficiency parameter by dividing the density Df of particles impacting against the cell by the density Di of particles projected from the projection area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.
    Inventors: José Antonio Aparicio Durán, José Manuel Alonso Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 8457933
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for predicting the cooling load for efficient operation of a heat accumulation system by obtaining a prediction function regarding outdoor air temperature and specific humidity from meteorological office data, predicting the outdoor air temperature and specific humidity by using the prediction function and the highest and lowest temperatures of the weather forecast, and predicting the cooling load based on the sensible heat load coefficient, outdoor air coefficient, sensible heat load constant, and latent heat load constant, which are obtained from the building design data. The cooling load can be predicted without using a complicated mathematical model and with no reference to past operation data regarding the target building, but solely based on four air-conditioning design values of the building and the highest and lowest temperatures of the next day, which can be easily obtained from the weather forecast of the meteorological office.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignees: The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University, Gagyotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Yeon Yoo, Je-Myo Lee, Kyu-Hyun Han
  • Patent number: 8452573
    Abstract: An emission estimation apparatus running a program configured to perform a method of calculating the amount of carbon generated during the life span of a structure by displaying a graphical user interface stored in the memory of the apparatus which is configured to gather structural information pertaining of the structure, receiving structural information from the graphical user interface into the memory of the apparatus which includes information pertaining to the size, types of material used in the structure and structural aspects of the structure, generating an estimated amount of carbon generated from the use of each type of material to construct the structure and the labor used to construct the structure based on the structural information received by the processor, estimating, by the processor, the types and amounts of material and labor required to repair the structure after a destructive event occurs based on a calculated probability and magnitude of a destructive event occurring, generating an estima
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
    Inventors: Mark Sarkisian, Geoffrey Brunn, Moshen Nasr, Lindsay Hu
  • Patent number: 8442804
    Abstract: A computer implemented method for generating a section cut in a model of a part. A location on the part is identified. An axis system is created at the location in the model of the part, wherein the axis system has an axis that is normal to a surface at the location in the model of the part. Section cuts intersecting the surface and plies below the surface are created. A plurality of sampling points on the surface is identified based on the section cuts. Core sampling is preformed using the plurality of sampling points to generate sampled data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jamie A. Kessel, Phillip J. Fisher, Paul J. Shirron, Donald M. Mullins
  • Patent number: 8438003
    Abstract: A method of improved simulator processing is provided. The method according to the current invention includes grouping frequently accessed data into one set id to improve memory hierarchy performance. The method further includes simulating predication in a non-predicated architecture to improve CPU performance. The simulated predication includes pseudo-predicated implementation of read-operation vector element access pseudo-predicated implementation of write-operation vector element access, and predicated implementation of multi-way branches with assignment statements having a same left-hand-side (lhs). The method further includes determining a selection path in a multi-sensitive “always” block to reduce taken branches. The multi-sensitive “always” block selection path determination includes generating instance-specific code to save port allocation storage, and generating inlined instance-specific code to combine sensitive actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Rakesh Agarwal, Oana Baltaretu
  • Patent number: 8428923
    Abstract: A method is disclosed including simulating a hydraulic fracture in an Earth formation, the formation including a multilayered reservoir, wherein a mesh overlays the hydraulic fracture thereby defining a plurality of fracture elements. The method further includes calculating and determining an influence coefficient matrix having spatially related indices, wherein the spatially related indices relate influence coefficient matrix elements to corresponding fracture elements. The mesh overlays the hydraulic fracture in more than one layer of the multilayered reservoir. In one embodiment, the method is executed on a program storage device readable by a machine tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable to perform the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Eduard Siebrits, Anthony Peirce
  • Patent number: 8423328
    Abstract: Methods for modeling a random variable with spatially inhomogenous statistical correlation versus distance, standard deviation, and mean by spatial interpolation with statistical corrections. The method includes assigning statistically independent random variable to a set of seed points in a coordinate frame and defining a plurality of test points at respective spatial locations in the coordinate frame. A equation for a random variable is determined for each of the test points by spatial interpolation from one or more of the random variable assigned to the seed points. The method further includes adjusting the equation of the random variable at each of the test point with respective correction factor equations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John M. Cohn, Ulrich A. Finkler, David J. Hathaway, Jeffrey G. Hemmett, Fook-Luen Heng, Jason D Hibbeler, Gie Lee, Wayne H. Woods, Jr., Cole E. Zemke
  • Patent number: 8423323
    Abstract: Methods and systems for designing new products such as perfumes comprise having existing products in a product field rated according to product attributes; assigning each of the existing products a location in a multi-dimensional space according to the ratings; locating the existing products in a second multi-dimensional space; choosing reference products, which sample the second space, from among the existing products; having a consumer survey of the reference products conducted; creating a map of consumer responses in the second multi-dimensional space; and designing the new product based on the map of consumer responses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Icosystem Corporation
    Inventor: Eric Bonabeau
  • Patent number: 8407038
    Abstract: A method for simulating a telecommunications network through objects that model respective network devices provides for simulating through the objects, the supply of network services according to respective quality of service profiles, by selectively identifying at least one quality of service profile, and dynamically configuring the objects to simulate the supply of the service corresponding to the selectively identified quality of service profile. In the simulation of networks having mobile terminals, the quality of service profile preferably has parameters chosen from traffic class, maximum transfer time of a data unit, guaranteed transfer speed for data transmitted by mobile terminal toward the network, maximum transfer speed for data transmitted from mobile terminal toward the network, guaranteed transfer speed for data transmitted by the network toward mobile terminal, and maximum transfer speed for data transmitted by the network toward mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Simone Bizzarri, Paolo Goria
  • Patent number: 8401827
    Abstract: A processing device and a method for processing structure data representing a physical structure are disclosed to obtain information about physical properties of the physical structure faster and with high quality and accuracy. The processing device for processing structure data representing a physical structure comprises an obtainer module for obtaining structure data representing a physical structure; a parts defining module for subdividing said structure data into at least two parts including a connection part and a material part; a meshing module for generating a mesh model approximating said physical structure by transforming said connection part and said material part into mesh elements having different sizes, wherein the mesh element sizes of said connection part are smaller than the mesh element sizes of said material part; and a processing module for processing said mesh model to estimate physical properties of said physical structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: DAA Draexlmaier Automotive of America LLC
    Inventor: Manoj Kumar Patnala
  • Patent number: 8392164
    Abstract: A method for evaluating an underground reservoir production scheme accounting for uncertainties is disclosed having applications, for example, to the development of petroleum reservoirs. Flow simulator input parameters characterizing the reservoir and the production scheme are selected. An approximate analytical model allowing the reservoir responses to be predicted is constructed. A desired degree of accuracy Dp is defined, this degree of accuracy Dp measuring the difference between the responses of the model and those of the simulator. The degree of accuracy Dp(M) of the predictions of the model is calculated. Simulations are selected which are performed, pertinent for adjustment of the model. The simulations are carried out for each response simulated by the simulator and the analytical model is adjusted by means of an approximation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: IFP
    Inventors: Daniel Busby, Mathieu Feraille, Thomas Romary, Samir Touzani
  • Patent number: 8386228
    Abstract: Provided is a microcomputer simulator capable of quickly dealing with change of a target microcomputer to thereby enable a speedy development of software. The microcomputer simulator is a microcomputer simulator for simulating a microcomputer including therein a CPU and a peripheral circuit of the CPU, and includes a mother board including a CPU for executing application software to be processed by the CPU provided in the microcomputer, and an IO board for executing, at an FPGA thereof, processing of the peripheral circuit provided in the microcomputer and IO processing executed by the CPU provided in the microcomputer. The FPGA includes a common memory portion so that the microcomputer simulator updates data stored in the common memory portion through a communication bus provided between the mother board 10 and the IO board, and causes data to be exchanged between the CPU provided in the mother board and the FPGA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited
    Inventors: Atsushi Yamanaka, Masahiro Maekawa, Kohichi Kanoh, Takashi Higuchi
  • Patent number: 8364460
    Abstract: Intelligent monitoring systems and methods for virtual environments are disclosed that understand various components of a virtual infrastructure and how the components interact to provide improved performance analysis to users. In certain examples, a monitoring system assesses the performance of virtual machine(s) in the context of the overall performance of the physical server(s) and the environment in which the virtual machine(s) are running. For instance, the monitoring system can track performance metrics over a determined period of time to view changes to the allocation of resources to virtual machines and their location(s) on physical platforms. Moreover, monitoring systems can utilize past performance information from separate virtual environments to project a performance impact resulting from the migration of a virtual machine from one physical platform to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Quest Software, Inc.
    Inventors: John Andrew Ostermeyer, James Michael Hofer, Mark Steven Childers, Michael Hugh Condy