Abstract: A training method and a training apparatus for a neutral network for image recognition are provided. The method includes: representing a sample image as a point set in a high-dimensional space, a size of the high-dimensional space being a size of space domain of the sample image multiplied by a size of intensity domain of the sample image; generating a first random perturbation matrix having a same size as the high-dimensional space; smoothing the first random perturbation matrix; perturbing the point set in the high-dimensional space using the smoothed first random perturbation matrix to obtain a perturbed point set; and training the neutral network using the perturbed point set as a new sample. With the training method and the training apparatus, classification performance of a conventional convolutional neural network is improved, thereby generating more training samples, reducing influence of overfitting, and enhancing generalization performance of the convolutional neural network.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for computing real-time athletic performance parameters that characterize an athlete's activity while participating in a sport. A system includes a performance measuring unit that is, for example, attached to an article of clothing of an athlete and that monitors movement and activity while the athlete participates in the sport. The performance measuring unit can include multiple types of activity-based sensors (e.g., an accelerometer, a magnetometer, and/or a gyroscope) that are configured to collect sensor data reflective of positional changes of the performance measuring unit. The computing unit of the performance measuring unit processes the collected sensor data in real-time using specified techniques to identify the occurrence of “events,” which refer to a particular time periods during which the collected sensor data are associated with movements of interest (e.g., movements associated with a high intensity action).

Abstract: Items in a sequence are associated with items in a set of items to be visited, such as data objects stored by a data storage system. A scheduling algorithm schedules visitation of the items in a manner that is stateless, so that items can be removed or added to the set without affecting previously scheduled visitations of the remaining items. The scheduling algorithm also spreads visitations among the items in a manner that prevents visitations from being focused on clusters of the items.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for estimating uneven wear in the tire shoulder with high accuracy using a fewer number of sensors are provided. An uneven tire wear estimating apparatus includes an acceleration sensor (11) disposed on an inner surface of a tire tread for measuring radial acceleration, an acceleration waveform extracting means (12) for extracting an acceleration waveform in a post-trailing-end domain from output signals of the acceleration sensor, means for calculating a vibration level ? of an uneven wear measured band and a vibration level ? of a reference band from the extracted acceleration waveform, an uneven wear determination index calculating means (16) for calculating an uneven wear determination index ?, which is an index for determining au uneven wear, from the vibration level ? and the vibration level ?, and a determining means (18) for determining whether an uneven wear is occurring in an edge of the tire shoulder from the value of the uneven wear determination index ?.

Abstract: Implementations are disclosed herein that relate to three-dimensional scene reconstruction. An example provides a computing device comprising a logic machine and a storage machine holding instructions executable by the logic machine to receive a two-dimensional dataset comprising two-dimensional image data of a physical scene, normalize the two-dimensional dataset, classify one or more objects in the two-dimensional dataset, reconstruct one or more depth values associated with the two-dimensional dataset, and construct a three-dimensional mesh of the physical scene based on the one or more classified objects and the one or more depth values. The instructions may be further executable to filter the three-dimensional mesh, and output the three-dimensional mesh.

Abstract: A radio communication apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive information controlling a timing at which an access request for accessing an access destination over a network is to be executed. The radio communication apparatus also includes a control unit configured to control execution of the access request with a timing controlled based at least in part on the information. An associated method, medium and an information processing apparatus are also described.

Abstract: A method for determining a deviation value of a health parameter, in particular a capacity or efficiency parameter, of at least one component of a gas turbine. A pressure value and temperature value at a measuring point of the component is measured. A corrected pressure value is determined based on a predetermined pressure correction factor of the component. A corrected temperature value is determined based on a predetermined temperature correction factor of the component. An estimated actual value of the health parameter of the component is determined based on the corrected pressure value, the corrected temperature value and measured shaft speed. A nominal value of the health parameter of the component which is predicted based on at least one predetermined input parameter is determined. Finally, a deviation value of a health parameter is determined by comparing the estimated actual value and the nominal value.

Abstract: A real-time diagnostic and fault detection system and method for a gas turbine engine under test in a test cell is disclosed. Sensor data from instrumentation coupled to the gas turbine engine are processed, using a physics-based component level aero-thermal model, to calculate a plurality of engine parameters at a plurality of non-instrumented locations within the gas turbine engine. The plurality of engine parameters are processed to detect when a fault exists and, when a fault does exist, an image is rendered that indicates at least a mostly likely cause for the fault and one or more corrective actions that can be taken to correct the fault. The model is also used to generate projections of engine performance at one or more selected test conditions, and to prognosticate, based on the projections, as to whether the gas turbine engine will actually pass at the one or more selected test conditions.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for analyzing temporal text data. Particularly, the present application provides a method and system for analyzing temporal text data, comprises taking temporal text data as an input from voluminous data sources; implementing text analysis on the input data for information extraction and determination of top concepts; sending the analyzed text to a shared file system for storage purpose; clustering the analyzed text as per frequency distribution of top users, concepts and tag clouds and presenting the results in the form of a visualization dashboard.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method comprises determining, in received yield data, one or more passes, each pass including a plurality of observations. For each pass of the one or more passes, one or more discrete derivatives are determined, and based on the one or more discrete derivatives first outlier data is generated. First filtered data is generated by removing the first outlier data from the yield data. Furthermore, for each observation in the yield data, a plurality of nearest neighbor observations is determined, and used to determine a plurality of absolute differences in yield values. Based on the plurality of absolute differences, second outlier data is determined. Second filtered data is generated by removing the second outlier data from the first filtered data. Using a presentation layer of a computer system, a graphical representation of the second filtered data is generated and displayed on the computing system.

Abstract: An imaging device includes: a control unit configured to control an output of an irradiation signal including an irradiation code used for control of a pattern of emission of irradiation light and an output of a reference signal including a reference code indicating a pattern used for detection of a correlation with reception light including reflection light of the irradiation light; and an imaging element configured to output a pixel signal indicating a correlation between the reception light and the reference signal, wherein one of the irradiation code and the reference code is a code in which weighted adding of a plurality of unit codes, in which a phase of a basic code having an impulse cross-correlation with the other code is shifted for a different shift amount, is performed.

Abstract: A method includes determining whether transformer phases should be permuted. The method includes, responsive to a determination that the transformer phases should be permuted, permuting the transformer phases, based on historical aging information of transformer input phases, to cause transformer input phases with higher ages to be connected to transformer output phases with lower output loads and transformer input phases with lower ages to be connected to transformer output phases with higher output loads. Multiple apparatus and program products are also disclosed.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for pairing users for electronic communications over a network. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided for pairing users that request a chat encounter or other form of electronic communication. The operations of the method include receiving a request from a first user and calculating a plurality of pairing scores, each pairing score based on a collaborative filtering score. The method further includes selecting a second user based on the plurality of pairing scores and pairing the first user with the second user to enable electronic communications.

Abstract: Technology related to tools for supporting multi-language software programs is disclosed. In one example of the disclosed technology, a method can be used for testing a user interface of a software product. The method can include receiving a test recording captured using a first build of the software product targeted to a first language. A localized language file corresponding to a second language can be received. The test recording can be played back on a second build of the software product targeted to the second language. The playing back can include finding an equivalent under-test user interface element to a recorded user interface element of the test recording using a hierarchical search of properties in the localized language file. Additionally, the playing back can include performing a recorded action of the test recording on the equivalent under-test user interface element.

Abstract: A method and system for monitoring a biomedical signal employ a sensor module configured to output a continuous electrical signal by sensing the biomedical signal, a memory configured to store reference data, a transmitter configured to transmit output data via a wireless channel, and a data processing unit configured to determine whether to transmit input data via the transmitter as the output data, based on the input data, which is generated from the continuous electrical signal, and the reference data.

Abstract: Methods for generating encoded audio programs indicative of N channels of discontinuity-corrected, encoded audio content, including by applying discontinuity correction values to multi-channel audio content, and for rendering such a program (e.g., to generate a discontinuity-corrected M-channel mix of content indicated by the program). Other aspects are systems or devices (e.g., encoders or decoders, or rendering systems) configured to implement any of the methods.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for determining properties of process streams, in particular, hydrocarbon processing streams. The systems, methods, and apparatuses frequently, for example, substantially in real-time, determine measurements for the properties of the process stream. The systems, methods, and apparatuses provide features that allow such properties of process streams to be accurately measured even as process conditions and other parameters that affect process operations change. More specifically, an analyzer having a measurement device configured to detect one or more independent variables of a process stream, a model configured to determine one or more analyzer measurements from the one or more independent variables, and a procedure to adjust the model using a corresponding primary measurement is disclosed.

Abstract: A complex event processing system comprises one or more rule engines configured to receive information from a source system via a message broker. Multiple rule engines may be used in parallel, with the same/different rules deployed. According to an embodiment, a rule engine may include a manager component, a proxy component, a reasoner component, and a working memory. The manager and proxy serve as interfaces with the message broker to allow asynchronous communication with a provider storing state information. The reasoner is configured to execute rules based upon occurrence of events in the source system. Embodiments may be particularly suited to implementing a gamification platform including a business entity provider, with an existing business source system (e.g. CRM, ERP).

Abstract: The present invention provides a method, an apparatus, and a system for time synchronization of an xDSL. The method includes: transmitting, by a customer premises equipment, a first symbol to a central office equipment, and obtaining time Ts2 indicating the moment that the first symbol is transmitted; receiving, by the CPE, a second symbol transmitted by the CO, and obtaining time Ts1 indicating the moment that the second symbol is received; obtaining, by the CPE obtains time Tm2 indicating the moment that the first symbol is received by the CO and time Tm1 indicating the moment that the second symbol is transmitted by the CO; the CPE calculates an offset between a clock of the CPE and a clock of the CO according to Ts1, Ts2, Tm1 and Tm2; and the CPE adjusts the clock of the CPE according to the offset to achieve synchronization.

Abstract: A module includes: a first filter connected between an antenna terminal and a first terminal and allowing a signal in a first frequency band from 2.4 to 2.5 GHz to pass therethrough; a second filter connected between the antenna terminal and a second terminal and allowing a signal in a second frequency band from 5.0 to 6.0 GHz to pass therethrough; a switch selecting and connecting a first or second port to the antenna; a third filter connected between the first port and a third terminal and allowing a signal in a third frequency band between the first and second frequency bands to pass therethrough; and a fourth filter connected between the second port and a fourth terminal and allowing a signal in a fourth frequency band that is between the first and second frequency bands and partially overlaps or is continuous with the third frequency band to pass therethrough.

Abstract: A method of providing data relating to an electrical device to a client device having a certain, known pixel resolution includes receiving raw waveform data generated by a metering device in response to an event related to operation of the electrical device, the raw waveform data having a total number of data points and a waveform cycle time associated therewith, determining whether the raw waveform data should be decimated based on the total number of data points and the pixel resolution, responsive to determining that the raw waveform data should be decimated, generating decimated waveform data from the raw waveform data using the pixel resolution and the waveform cycle time. And sending the decimated waveform data to the client device.

Abstract: A system for gravity measurement includes one or more atom sources, two or more laser beams, and a polarizing beamsplitter and a retro-reflection prism assembly. The one or more atom sources is to provide three ensembles of atoms. The two or more laser beams is to cool or interrogate the three ensembles of atoms. The polarizing beamsplitter and the retro-reflection prism assembly are in a racetrack configuration. The racetrack configuration routes the two or more laser beams in opposing directions around a loop topology, intersecting the three ensembles of atoms with appropriate polarizations chosen for cooling or interferometer interrogation. The three ensembles of atoms are positioned coaxially when interrogated.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette comprises at least one touch sensor, a microprocessor, and a light-emitting module. A control method comprises when a user touches the touch sensor, the touch sensor is triggered to generate an electric signal and transmit the electric signal to the microprocessor; the microprocessor controls the light-emitting module to emit a light on the basis of the electric signal transmitted by the touch sensor. The electronic cigarette light emission control method facilitates the user to find and use the electronic cigarette in the dark. Illumination with the light emitted by the electronic cigarette facilitates the user to walk in the dark, and, additionally, it facilitates the user to learn the power level of the electronic cigarette, while power saving is allowed by decreasing the intensity of light emission gradually.

Abstract: A control system for an autonomous vehicle includes at least one controller. The controller is programmed to receive first sensor readings from a first group of sensors, provide a first sensor fusion output based on the first sensor readings, the first sensor fusion output including a first detected state of a detected object, receive second sensor readings from a second group of sensors, and provide a second sensor fusion output based on the second sensor readings, the second sensor fusion output including a second detected state of the detected object. The controller is additionally programmed to, in response to the first detected state being outside a predetermined range of the second detected state, generate a diagnostic signal.

Abstract: An information processing method and apparatus relate to the field of mobile communications technologies, which are used to resolve a technical problem that no better network planning method is available. A user target throughput (UTT) for a user terminal and a grid throughput ability (GTA) of a grid in which the user terminal is located are determined such that whether a GAP area exists in the grid is determined. This determining manner not only considers user experience, but also makes reference to real service features of a network. Conducting network planning in this manner can make network planning more appropriate and make user experience better.

Abstract: A semiconductor device that is novel, is capable of high-speed operation, consumes low power, or occupies a small area is provided. The semiconductor device includes a memory portion, a control circuit, and a plurality of wirings. The memory portion includes a plurality of memory circuits. The memory circuit includes a memory cell. The memory cell is electrically connected to a wiring. A first signal that indicates the amount of data that are written to or read from the memory portion is supplied to the control circuit. The control circuit has the function of controlling the number of the wirings to which a second signal for selecting the memory cell is simultaneously supplied on the basis of the first signal.

Abstract: A device uses gated retro-reflectors to transmit uplink data in a visible light communication (VLC) system. The gated retro-reflector includes a retro-reflector and a gating shutter between the retro-reflector and a VLC light source. A light sensor receives VLC data at regular intervals in which a light pulse received during one of the intervals represents a first downloaded symbol and absence of a light pulse during another one of the intervals represents a second downloaded symbol. A controller controls the gating shutter to send uplink data from the device responsive to each received VLC light pulse. The controller opens the gating shutter during the reception of a VLC light pulse to upload a first uploaded symbol and closes the gating shutter during the reception of a VLC light pulse to upload a second uploaded symbol.

Abstract: Systems and methods may detect a condition with respect to a first device and generate a distress signal if the condition satisfies one or more safety criteria that are relevant to a second device. Additionally, the distress signal may be broadcasted, wherein the distress signal bypasses one or more application controls of the first device and has a transmission range that is restricted to a local area. In one example, one or more local preventive actions may be triggered, via the application control(s), based on the distress signal.

Abstract: A personal voltage detection system comprises a garment to be worn by a user and carrying a plurality of electric field sensors each facing a different direction. Each sensor comprises a transducer sensing electric field in transmitting a wireless signal representing field strength for an associated direction. An alert device is in operative communication with the plurality of sensors and comprises a control configured to monitor field strength for each sensor and determine existence of an alarm condition responsive to field strength being above a pre-select level and to generate an alarm signal indicating the associated direction of the alarm condition.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to automated methods and systems for calculating hard thresholds used to monitor time-series data generated by data-generating entity. The methods are based on determining a cumulative distribution that characterizes the probability that data values of time-series data generated by the data-generating entity violate a hard threshold. The hard threshold is calculated as an inverse of the cumulative distribution based on a user defined risk confidence level. The hard threshold may then be used to generate alerts when time-series data generated later by the data-generating entity violate the hard threshold.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a program that receives, from a first sensor, a first set of sensor data that the first sensor detects from a first set of signal-transmitting devices. The program receives, from a second sensor, a second set of sensor data that the second sensor detects from a second set of signal-transmitting devices. The program processes the first set of sensor data to determine a first set of potential locations and a corresponding first set of location metrics associated with the first set of potential locations. The program processes the second set of sensor data to determine a second set of potential locations and a corresponding second set of location metrics associated with the second set of potential locations. The program identifies a location from the first and second sets of potential locations as a location of the device based on the first and second sets of location metrics.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a synchronous semiconductor device is disclosed According to this embodiment, the synchronous semiconductor device includes a pulse width detection circuit to provide detection information responsive to a plurality of delay amounts being different from one another and at least one of a high pulse width and a low pulse width of a first clock signal. The detection information representing relationships in size between each of the plurality of delay amounts and the at least one of the high pulse width and the low pulse width of the first clock signal. A delay line control circuit coupled to the pulse width detection circuit and the delay line. The delay line control circuit configured to change a delay amount of the delay line by a step size determined responsive, at least in part, to the detection information.

Abstract: In an embodiment, speech is recorded and converted to digital text based on a shared vocabulary dictionary. During the session, voice recognition errors, that is, speech that could not be automatically identified (if any exists), are identified by the system and associated with digital text. When text for the voice recognition error is identified (e.g., by an editor), the shared vocabulary dictionary is updated (so that that particular voice recognition error will not occur again), thereby improving the performance of the system for all users that use the shared vocabulary dictionary. The identification of voice recognitions errors and the updated of the vocabulary dictionary are performed on an ongoing basis, so that the performance of the system for all users continually improves.

Abstract: An analysis method includes: acquiring a photoelectron spectrum and an X-ray-excited Auger spectrum, the photoelectron spectrum being obtained by detecting photoelectrons emitted from a specimen by irradiating the specimen with X-rays, and the X-ray-excited Auger spectrum being obtained by detecting Auger electrons emitted from the specimen by irradiating the specimen with X-rays; calculating a quantitative value of each element included in the specimen based on the photoelectron spectrum; and performing a curve fitting process on the X-ray-excited Auger spectrum by using an electron beam-excited Auger electron standard spectrum, and calculating a quantitative value of an analysis target element in each chemical bonding state included in the specimen.

Abstract: A method for configuring a high-speed serial bus parameter, including sending an application signal from a transmit end of a high-speed serial bus to a receive end of the high-speed serial bus, searching a parameter configuration table for a high-speed serial bus parameter that matches all of a frequency of the application signal, a loss of the application signal on the high-speed serial bus, and a material type of a wiring board of the high-speed serial bus, and configuring the high-speed serial bus according to the high-speed serial bus parameter. According to the method, a problem involving configuration of a high-speed serial bus parameter when a transmitted signal is compensated may be solved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a technology enabling a normal access by controlling a read access through an arbiter in a circuit for controlling an access to memory to which clock signals are input through two ports, respectively for a read access to a single port memory. The present invention includes an arbiter that generates an internal clock signal through a state transition among a first state for generating a first clock signal, a second state for generating a second clock signal, a standby state and a neutral state when generating the internal clock signal for reading data from the memory on the basis of the first clock signal and the second clock signal, and a read end signal that is supplied from the memory.

Abstract: A testing device is provided. The testing device comprises a signal generating unit configured to generate a first number of signals based on a number of receiving components of a device under test, and at least one noise generating unit, each configured to generate noise and to apply the noise to the first number of signals, such that one of a preset total noise power and a preset signal-to-noise ratio is achieved at a reference point associated with the device under test. The testing device is configured to output a second number of signals to the device under test, wherein the second number of signals corresponds to one of the first number of signals and the first number of signals with the applied noise.

Abstract: Methods and systems for recovering corrupted/degraded images using approximations obtained from an ensemble of multiple sparse models are disclosed. Sparse models may represent images parsimoniously using elementary patterns from a “dictionary” matrix. Various embodiments of the present disclosure involve simple and computationally efficient dictionary design approach along with low-complexity reconstruction procedure that may use a parallel-friendly table-lookup process. Multiple dictionaries in an ensemble model may be inferred sequentially using greedy forward-selection approach and can incorporate bagging/boosting strategies, taking into account application-specific degradation. Recovery performance obtained using the proposed approaches with image super resolution and compressive recovery can be comparable to or better than existing sparse modeling based approaches, at reduced computational complexity.

Abstract: A yaw rate sensor (10) includes a movable mass structure (12) and a drive component (13) which is suitable for setting the movable mass structure (12) in motion (14), and an analysis component (15) which is suitable for detecting a response (40) of the movable mass structure (12) to a yaw rate (?). A method for functional testing of a yaw rate sensor (10) includes the following steps: driving a movable mass structure (12), feeding a test signal (42) into a quadrature control loop (44) at a feed point (48) of the quadrature control loop (44), feeding back a deflection (40) of the movable mass structure (12), detecting a measure of the feedback of the movable mass structure (12), and reading out the response signal (47) from the quadrature control loop (44).

Abstract: The measurement system having multiple sensors for sensing the same physical magnitude comprises at least one set of n redundant sensors or of models representing the same physical magnitude in order to deliver n measurement signals, a fusion unit for performing fusion that is the result of multiplexing the n measurement signals in order to deliver a single multiplexed output signal resulting from the fusion of the n measurement signals, and a reconditioned UKF receiving the multiplexed output signal to output a signal constituting the best estimate of the measurement of the physical magnitude after rejecting signals representative of a sensor failure.

Abstract: A method and apparatus to detect anomalies in the conductors of leads attached to implantable medical devices based on the dynamical electrical changes these anomalies cause. In one embodiment, impedance is measured for weak input signals of different applied frequencies, and a conductor anomaly is detected based on differences in impedance measured at different frequencies. In another embodiment, a transient input signal is applied to the conductor, and an anomaly is identified based on parameters related to the time course of the voltage or current response, which is altered by anomaly-related changes in capacitance and inductance, even if resistance is unchanged. The method may be implemented in the implantable medical device or in a programmer used for testing leads.

Abstract: A system and method for adjusting a clock signal of a seismic data acquisition system. The system includes a data acquisition device having an oscillator that generates a clock signal; a clock adjustment module that receives a time reference signal and the clock signal and outputs an adjusted clock signal; and an analog-to-digital convertor configured to transform analog data into digital data having a sampling rate (FDATA). A sampling frequency (fADC) of the analog-to-digital convertor is selected to be at least twice the sampling rate (FDATA).

Abstract: An apparatus having processing circuitry configured to execute applications involving access to memory may include a CPU and a cache controller. The CPU may be configured to access cache memory for execution of an application. The cache controller may be configured to provide an interface between the CPU and the cache memory. The cache controller may include a bitmask to enable the cache controller to employ a two-level data structure to identify memory exploits using hardware. The two-level data structure may include a page level protection mechanism, and a sub-page level protection mechanism.

Abstract: A system and method include receiving a set of sampled measurements for each of multiple sensors, wherein the sampled measurements are at irregular intervals or different rates, re-sampling the sampled measurements of each of the multiple sensors at a higher rate than one of the sensor's set of sampled measurements, and synchronizing the sampled measurements of each of the multiple sensors.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to providing voltage via a power distribution system. A computing device receives delivered voltage information from metering devices metering power distributed to sites by a controller. The computing device determines a number of metering devices to use to generate a control signal to control operation of the controller. The number can be determined based on the delivered voltage information for each site. The computing device selects, based on the delivered voltage information, at least the determined number of metering devices to form a subset of metering devices for a subset of sites. The computing device uses the delivered voltage information of the subset of metering devices to generate the control signal. The control signal can control operation of the at least one controller distributing power to the plurality of sites.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a user scheduling and beamformer design method, apparatus, and storage medium for multi-user MIMO downlink based on two-stage beamforming or single-stage beamforming. The user scheduling and beamformer design method includes 1) a two-step feedback approach, 2) the use of orthonormal reference beam vectors, 3) computation of the angle between the user's channel vector and each of the orthonormal reference beam vectors, 4) first-step feedback of the reference beam index to which the user's channel vector's angle is less than a certain threshold and feedback of the user's channel vector's norm, 5) selection of roughly orthogonal users with large channel norm based on the use of reference beam vectors and the channel norm feedback, 6) second-step feedback of the channel state information (CSI) from the scheduled users, 7) design of multi-user downlink beamformer for the scheduled users based on the second-step feedback of the CSI of the scheduled users.

Abstract: One aspect relates to a layered structure with a substrate, a first layer over the substrate, and a second layer over the first layer. The substrate and the second layer are an electrically conductive material and the first layer is an insulating material or the substrate and the second layer are insulating material and the first layer is electrically conductive material. At least one of the first and second layers comprises an electrically conductive polymer.

Abstract: Reference intervals are established and/or validated based on existing clinical data and exclusion criteria, such as diagnosis coding. A Reference Interval Test Engine is designed to statistically analyze large volumes of existing clinical lab test results to establish and evaluate reference intervals for specific population subgroups and/or to provide other applications.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for identifying surrounding vehicles is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor that measures position coordinates of a first surrounding vehicle and a yaw rate and a speed of a subject vehicle and a V2V communication unit that receives a coordinate history and a speed from the plurality of surrounding vehicles. Additionally, a controller generates a traveling trajectory and a speed pattern as first identification information by applying accumulated behaviors of the subject vehicle to the position coordinates of the first surrounding vehicle and calculate each traveling trajectory and speed pattern as n-th identification information based on the coordinate history and the speed received via the V2V communication unit.

Abstract: Prediction techniques are presented for predicting a current value of a performance measurement using historic performance measurement data and recent performance measurement data, which may not reflect the current conditions. A daily trend in a series of performance measurements is obtained. The daily trend comprises a set of data points at different times of day, wherein each data point represents an average value of the performance measurements at a corresponding time of day over a plurality of days. One or more recent performance measurements over a recent time interval are also obtained. A current value of the performance measurements is predicted, based on the daily trend and the recent performance measurements.