Abstract: A per-chip equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) circuit sensor resides in an integrated circuit. The per-chip EOT circuit sensor determines electrical characteristics of the integrated circuit. The measured electrical characteristics include leakage current. The determined electrical characteristics are used to determine physical attributes of the integrated circuit. The physical attributes, including EOT, are used in a reliability model to predict per-chip failure rate.

Abstract: Electric meters are connected by an electricity supply network to a data concentrator with which the meters communicate by powerline. A method for reading information from meters is based on a classification of the meters in a plurality of classes. A first class, read first, groups together meters that haven't been read in a last execution of the method. The other classes group together the meters according to a rate of response to requests for information coming from the concentrator. The classes grouping together the meters that have the lowest response rates are read last. In each class, each meter is classified according to information representing a topology of the network having an influence on the failure risk of the transmissions of information by the meter. The concentrator accounts for the classification of the meters when the meters in the network are read to reduce occurrences of periods of contention.

Abstract: A sensor controller for a sensor module includes at least one interface configured to obtain sensor information from the sensor module and to transmit a sensor signal to a sensor signal receiver. The sensor controller further includes a control module configured to control the interface. The sensor controller is further configured to obtain the sensor information from the sensor module. The sensor controller is further configured to generate the sensor signal based on the sensor information. The sensor controller is further configured to transmit the sensor signal to the sensor signal receiver. The sensor signal includes two signal edges indicating a pre-determined synchronization time interval. The sensor signal further includes at least one data signal portion located between the two signal edges.

Abstract: Perception sensors of a vehicle can be used for various operating functions of the vehicle. A computing device may receive sensor data from the perception sensors, and may calibrate the perception sensors using the sensor data, to enable effective operation of the vehicle. To calibrate the sensors, the computing device may project the sensor data into a voxel space, and determine a voxel score comprising an occupancy score and a residual value for each voxel. The computing device may then adjust an estimated position and/or orientation of the sensors, and associated sensor data, from at least one perception sensor to minimize the voxel score. The computing device may calibrate the sensor using the adjustments corresponding to the minimized voxel score. Additionally, the computing device may be configured to calculate an error in a position associated with the vehicle by calibrating data corresponding to a same point captured at different times.

Abstract: A method for automatic diagnosis of a mechanical system of a group of mechanical systems sharing mechanical characteristics includes obtaining data relating to a vibration. The vibration-related data is acquired by a portable communications device configured to communicate with a remote processor. The processor automatically diagnoses the mechanical system by applying a relationship to the obtained vibration-related data. The relationship is based on sets of vibration-related data previously obtained from the mechanical systems. Each set of vibration-related data relates to vibrations of a mechanical system. The relationship is further based on sets of operation data previously obtained for mechanical systems of the group. Each set of operation data indicates a previous state of operation of a mechanical system. Each of the previous states of operation is associated with at least one of the previously obtained sets of vibration-related data.

Abstract: A system includes an electromagnetic logging tool that transmits an electromagnetic signal as the tool is conveyed along a borehole through a formation. The system further includes a processing system that measures a first signal level in response to the tool being at a first measured depth, determines a first conductance based on the first signal level, measures a second signal level in response to the tool being at a second measured depth greater than the first measured depth, the second measured depth and the first measured depth defining a formation interval there between, determines a second conductance based on the second signal level, and assigns a uniform resistivity value to the formation interval based on the first conductance and the second conductance.

Abstract: A system to provide on-demand fetching of sequential sets of seismic data to local memory from slower storage mediums prior to performing computing operations, such as horizon auto-tracking, amplitude extraction and seismic attribute generation. As a result, the performance of the storage infrastructure (e.g., hard drives, storage filer “file server” over network, etc.) is maximized and the local memory/cache speed is fully utilized to deliver optimal system performance even when working with large seismic datasets that exceed the storage capacity of the local memory.

Abstract: An optical system for providing crosswind aim point correction for a sniper rifles and similar weapons comprising an optical transmitter, an optical receiver, a display device and a processor. The optical transmitter produces a collimated laser beam for illuminating a spot on the target. The optical receiver receives optical signals transmitted by the optical transmitter and scattered back from the target and converts the optical signals into time varying electrical signals. The processor processes the time varying electrical signals to determine a path weighted average crosswind. The processor is equipped with software that permits it to calculate the path-weighted average crosswind utilizing at least three different methods.

Abstract: An information-processing method is provided, including a step of specifying first data clusters to which the first data each belongs and second data clusters to which the second data each belongs; a step of extracting the first data belonging to one of the first data clusters and the second data acquired at a corresponding time as correspondent data; a step of totalizing the number of pieces of correspondent data included in each of the second data clusters and calculating a total value for each cluster for the second data; and a step of specifying the second data clusters which are transition destinations of the correspondent data in a subsequent time and counting the number of pieces of transition destination data which is the correspondent data transitioning from each of the second data clusters which are transition sources to the second data clusters which are the transition destinations.

Abstract: In an inertial sensor that includes an angular rate detection circuit having a structure synchronized with a resonant frequency of an angular rate detection element, an object thereof is to realize an angle output having high accuracy with less integration error in an integration circuit for detecting an angle. The inertial sensor includes an angular rate detection element chip C1 that has a mechanical structure for angular rate detection; and a signal processing LSI chip C2 that is angular rate detection circuit for detecting an angular rate from the angular rate detection element chip C1. The signal processing LSI chip C2 calculates an angle by sampling a signal obtained from the angular rate detection element chip C1 at a discrete time synchronized with a drive frequency of the angular rate detection element chip C1.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to detect anomalous formation resistivity values within measured formation resistivity data, based on mud resistivity associated with a borehole in a geological formation, the measured formation resistivity data comprising the anomalous formation resistivity values and acceptable formation resistivity values. Additional activity may include transforming the anomalous formation resistivity values into corrected formation resistivity values, inverting the corrected formation resistivity values and the acceptable formation resistivity values to provide true resistivity values for a geological formation, and operating a controlled device according to the true resistivity values for the geological formation. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.

Abstract: In a method for error detection and monitoring an electronically closed-loop or open-loop controlled machine part, operating parameters and monitoring parameters of machine parts are recorded and stored. A comparison group of comparable machine parts and comparable operating parameters is determined based on the recorded and stored operating parameters and a machine part to be compared. A statistical analysis procedure is used for creating a threshold value based on the determined comparison group, and for detecting a variance of at least one state or at least one of the monitoring parameters based on the threshold value. The variance is assigned to the machine part.

Abstract: Estimating a battery state of health (SOH) is described. The state of heath is estimated by obtaining a partial charge or discharge capacity of a target battery in a state of charge (SOC) interval of each of a plurality of SOCs. First dV/dSOC data is separately calculated for each SOC in an mth preset battery capacity based on the mth preset battery capacity and the partial charge or discharge capacity in the SOC interval of each SOC. A smallest overall dV/dSOC data deviation is determined from all overall dV/dSOC data deviations corresponding to M preset battery capacities. A preset battery capacity is determined corresponding to the smallest overall dV/dSOC data deviation as a retention capacity of an aged target battery. The retention capacity of the aged target battery is divided by a retention capacity of the target battery in a new battery state, to obtain the SOH estimate of the target battery.

Abstract: A system and method for processing photoplethysmography (PPG) signals in a vehicle. The system and method include determining a plurality of consistent PPG waveform signals based on a plurality of PPG waveform signals and electronically aggregating the plurality of consistent PPG waveform signals into a PPG measurement signal. The system and method also include determining a plurality of noise waveform signals based on a plurality of pressure measurement signals and electronically aggregating the plurality of noise waveform signals into a motion artifacts measurement signal. The system and method further include processing a refined PPG signal to suppress motion artifacts from the PPG measurement signal by filtering a segment of the PPG measurement signal that is attributed to the motion artifacts represented within the motion artifacts measurement signal.

Abstract: A supply amount change prediction component takes into account a decrease in full-charge capacity due to battery deterioration to predict a future amount of power supplied by a plurality of batteries, and a surplus calculator calculates the surplus of the power supply amount with respect to the power demand.

Abstract: A determination of the free water level for a hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir is provided that accounts for the different classified rock types (that is, facies) in the reservoir. The free water level for each unique combination of facies is determined using a least squares minimization between a reference bulk volume of oil (Bvolog) determined from well logs a bulk volume of oil (Bvocalc) calculated from a saturation height function for each of the facies present in the reservoir. Systems and process for determining the free water level are provided.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for measuring effective utilization of a service practitioner for ticket resolution via a wearable device are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes determining one or more keywords related to multiple information technology action item categories; matching the determined keywords to a set of keystroke data, wherein the keystroke data are captured (i) by a remote device associated with an information technology action item practitioner (ii) over a fixed duration of time; computing, based on said matching the amount of the fixed duration of time spent by the information technology action item practitioner attempting to resolve an information technology action item from among the multiple categories; and outputting the computed amount of time to at least one user.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can be configured to perform receiving a notification of a maintenance event associated with a resource. The method includes retrieving historic maintenance data in relation to the resource with which the fault is associated, the maintenance information originating from a time period preceding the time of the maintenance event. The method includes identifying at least a portion of the retrieved historic maintenance data as being indicative of the maintenance event. The method also includes causing the portion of the retrieved historic maintenance data identified as being indicative of the maintenance event to be stored as a precursor signal of the maintenance event. The method also includes causing future maintenance data received from a plurality of resources related to the resource with which the maintenance event is associated to be monitored to predict a future occurrence of the maintenance event in the plurality of resources.

Abstract: The present invention includes a threshold value calculation unit that calculates a normal range that is a range of values that are taken when a steam trap is in a normal state, by using a predetermined calculation reference, based at least on state values with normal determination results, from among state values that have been stored in the storage unit during a predetermined period. A determination unit can perform predictive determination to determine whether the steam trap is in a normal state or a state that indicates an inclination toward a bad state and is highly likely to change to a bad state, by determining whether or not the state values are in the normal range, and the threshold value calculation unit performs accuracy determination to determine the accuracy of the predictive determination based on the results of the predictive determination regarding the state values stored in the storage unit, and adjusts the calculation reference based on the result of accuracy determination.

Abstract: A method (710) can include receiving data for fractures associated with a geologic environment (712); performing stress inversion, based at least in part on a portion of the data and assignment of different mechanical fracture types to different populations of the fractures, to recover tectonic stress (716); and outputting the tectonic stress (720).