Abstract: Extending the spatial coverage of a reference pressure network. Particular embodiments described herein include machines that initially determine that an estimated position of a mobile device resides outside a coverage area of a network of reference pressure sensors. Reference-level pressures corresponding to reference pressure sensors of the network are determined using measurements of pressure from the network of reference pressure sensors. A pressure pattern for a region that includes the estimated position and an area not included in the coverage area of the network is determined using reference-level pressures that were not determined using measurements of pressure from the network of reference pressure sensors. The reference-level pressures corresponding to reference pressure sensors of the network and the pressure pattern are used to determine a reference-level pressure value for use in calibrating a pressure sensor of the mobile device or for use in estimating an altitude of the mobile device.

Abstract: A diagnostic system for a resolve of a motor and a method of diagnosing the resolver. The diagnostic system includes an x-phase winding, a y-phase winding, and a processor. The x-phase winding generates an x-phase voltage and the y-phase winding generates a y-phase voltage. The processor obtains the x-phase voltage and the y-phase voltage, determines an adaptive cosine envelope from the x-phase voltage and an adaptive sine envelope from the y-phase voltage, determines an adaptive magnitude from the adaptive sine envelope and the adaptive cosine envelope, determines a magnitude average based on the adaptive magnitude, determines a fault of the resolver when a ratio of the adaptive magnitude and the magnitude average is greater than a threshold, and transmits a signal based on the fault.

Abstract: A method of managing a battery is disclosed. The method is capable of efficiently managing a battery by measuring a state of charge (SOC) and an energy storage amount of the battery within a short time. A battery management system and an electric vehicle charging system having the battery management system are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a system for improving the state of health (SoH) of rechargeable batteries. The method comprises receiving a plurality of battery parameters during charging of a battery and estimating model parameters of the battery using a mathematical model. The method also comprises comparing the estimated model parameters of the battery and the received battery parameters to determine degradation parameters of the battery in real-time, determining new charging current profile of the battery based on the degradation parameters of the battery, and applying the determined new charging current profile to the battery for improving the SoH of the battery.

Abstract: Certain disclosed method embodiments concern performing a stalk puncture test to determine force and displacement data. Plant features, such as rind thickness, stalk radius, stalk diameter, section modulus and/or integrative puncture score, primarily applicable to corn, sorghum, sunflower, wheat or rice, can be calculated using the force and displacement data. The calculated plant features are used to select plants for selective breeding to produce lodging-resistant crop hybrids. The present invention also provides embodiments of a hand-held puncture device that can be used to practice disclosed method embodiments.

Abstract: This invention provides a monitoring system (10) including a detection unit (11) that detects that a detection value relating to a power storage system satisfies a condition; an identification unit (12) that identifies a type of fault occurring in the power storage system in accordance with the detection of the detection unit (11); and a decision unit (13) that decides an operation continuable time of the power storage system after the type of fault is identified, on the basis of the type of fault.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving downhole logging data for a porous media. A pore size distribution index may be estimated based upon, at least in part, nuclear magnetic resonance data (NMR) from the downhole logging data of the porous media. A relative permeability and capillary pressure curve may be generated with a feasible region of solutions based upon, at least in part, the pore size distribution index.

Abstract: Systems and processes are provided to detect an improper external power supply including a battery having a battery current output, a power supply for receiving an external voltage and an external current from an external power supply and for generating a control signal in response to receiving the external voltage, a processor operative to determine a first polarity of the battery current output at a first time in response to the control signal, to generate an error indicator in response to the first polarity being indicative of a discharging battery, and a display operative to display a user warning indicative of an improper external power supply in response to the error indicator.

Abstract: In order to estimate states of health of batteries storing electrical energy significantly indicated by battery capacity and battery internal resistance, by which the estimation of states of health of batteries, deteriorated over time usage, is automated and carried out without a need of any specific test such as a capacity test and the usage of data out of normal operation, it is proposed to collect data from normal operation of a battery storing electrical energy relating to battery-internal physical properties such as a terminal direct current IDC, a terminal direct voltage UDV and a battery cell temperature T due to battery measurements and the determination or estimation, based on this data and a battery model, of a model parameter by solving an optimization-/model parameter estimation-problem and minimizing a difference between the battery model and the battery measurements.

Abstract: A reanalysis ensemble service includes a plurality of conversion utilities, each conversion utility configured to convert a specific one of a plurality of disparate climate reanalysis datasets from different sources to common format files that are temporally and spatially registered, a data analytics platform for storing and operating on the different sourced common format files, a service interface for mapping service requests to analytic operations performed on the different sourced common format files by the data analytics platform, and a services library that dynamically creates data objects from one or more of the different sourced common format files in response to the analytic operations, and delivers the data objects to the service interface.

Abstract: A system, device, and method for predicting an active set of compounds that bind to a biomolecular target is disclosed. The system and device contain modules allowing for the prediction of an active set of compounds. A core identification module can identify the core of an initial lead compound. A core hopping module is used to identify potential lead compounds having different cores compared to the core of an initial lead compound. A scoring module can use computational techniques to calculate the relative binding free energy of each identified potential lead compound. An activity prediction module can use the relative binding free energy calculations to predict an active set of compounds that bind to the biomolecular target. Empirical analysis can be used to inform the accuracy and completeness of the predicted active set of compounds.

Abstract: A machine control device includes an imaging control unit that controls an imaging device to capture two images at two different imaging positions; an imaging position information acquiring unit that acquires positional information of two imaging positions; a measurement distance restoring unit that restores a measurement distance of an object based on two images, distance information between two imaging positions, and a parameter of the imaging device, by using a stereo camera method; a measurement precision calculating unit that calculates a measurement precision of the measurement distance of the object based on two images, the distance information between two imaging positions, and the parameter of the imaging device; an area specifying unit that specifies a partial area of the object as a specified area; and a measurement precision determining unit that determines whether the measurement precision of the object satisfies a predetermined precision in the specified area.

Abstract: A machine control device includes: an imaging control unit that controls the imaging device to capture two images at two different imaging positions; an imaging position information acquiring unit that acquires positional information of the two imaging positions; a measurement distance restoring unit that restores a measurement distance of the object based on two images, distance information between two imaging positions, and a parameter of the imaging device by using a stereo camera method; and a predetermined precision position calculating unit that calculates distance information between the two imaging positions at which the measurement precision of the object satisfies a predetermined precision based on the two images, the measurement distance of the object, and the parameter of the imaging device, in which the machine control device controls the position and orientation of the imaging device based on the distance information between the two imaging positions, and changes two imaging positions.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for implementing acoustic logging and determining wellbore material characteristics. In some embodiments, a method may include determining a polar differential signal for each of one or more pairs of azimuthally offset acoustic measurements within a wellbore. A reference azimuth is identified based, at least in part, on comparing the polar differential signals to a modeled bonding differential signal within a target response window. The method further includes determining differences between an acoustic measurement at the reference azimuth and acoustic measurements at one or more other azimuths and determining a wellbore material condition based, at least in part, on the determined differences.

Abstract: ECU evaluates high-rate degradation of a lithium-ion battery, using a score and an in-plane score. The score is an index for evaluating unevenness in salt concentration of an electrode body in a lamination direction of the electrode body. The in-plane score is an index for evaluating unevenness in salt concentration of the electrode body in an in-plane direction of the electrode body. For each computing cycle, ECU calculates a current score, and calculates a current in-plane score based on an SOC (State Of Charge) of the lithium-ion battery. When the absolute value of an in-plane integrated score is beyond a reference value, ECU evaluates the high-rate degradation based on the current score, the current in-plane score, and a degradation score which is obtained by integrating previous scores beyond a deadband. When the absolute value is below the reference value, ECU evaluates the high-rate degradation, based on the degradation score.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus capable of measuring an insulation resistance of a battery, and according to the apparatus capable of measuring the insulation resistance of the present invention. A voltage measurement unit may measure a voltage with respect to a potential of a negative terminal of a battery rather than the ground, and thus parameters requiring a high precision may be measured using one device, thereby reducing cost, and, because a first sensing substrate and a second sensing substrate are separated, different potentials may be used as the ground, thereby securing a better insulation performance between the first sensing substrate that is an HV side and the second sensing substrate that is an LV side.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for dynamic load simulation, wherein loads are specified by target signals and applied to a test object by a parallel kinematic excitation unit via an end effector, including the following operations: measuring loads at a contact point (200), comparing the measured loads with the target signals (300), and determining target pressures (400) for individual actuators of the parallel kinematic excitation unit for applying the target signals by use of a control algorithm (Fq,ref). This provides a method for dynamic load simulation that reduces the time and cost expenditure compared to previously known methods and at the same time enables hardware-in-the-loop simulations to be used.

Abstract: A method of identifying a type of plumbing system of a building is provided. The method includes determining a spectral energy ratio as a function of first pressure data acquired during a first time period in which a water flow through a plumbing system of a building is below a threshold. The method also includes determining a multimodal test value as a function of second pressure data acquired during a second time period that includes at least some time during which the water flow through the plumbing system is greater than or equal to the threshold. Further, the method includes identifying a type of the plumbing system of the building as a function of the spectral energy ratio and the multimodal test value.

Abstract: A system and approach for profiling a building in terms of healthy indoor air quality. A health of the building may be defined and then measured. The process of defining and measuring may be continuous. With an enablement of artificial intelligence, a healthy building operation advisor service may support the process.

Abstract: Data objects of a geospatial data set are arranged in a low-discrepancy sequence spanning over a pre-defined interval, and assigned to N computing units based on in which sub-interval within the pre-defined interval the point, to which the data object belongs, falls. A subset of the data objects that have been distributed over the N computing units is subjected to processing operations by computer readable instructions loaded on each of the N computing units.