Patents Examined by Shambhavi Patel
  • Patent number: 8296108
    Abstract: A time series data analyzer includes a segment condition input section, an analysis condition input section, and an optimum condition deriving section for analyzing all segments based on the segment conditions and analysis conditions inputted in the respective input sections, under all analysis conditions by a maximum entropy method and a nonlinear least squares method. The time series data analyzer derives the optimum segment length and the optimum lag value in correspondence to selected results, and an analysis execution section executes analysis by the maximum entropy method by setting the optimum analysis conditions derived as described above. The trending of the spectrum of electroencephalogram data is used as an indicator of the state of the subject based on the findings that the spectrum of electroencephalogram data is an exponential spectrum and the gradient changes depending on the state of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Yugen Kaisha Suwa Torasuto
    Inventor: Yukio Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8280699
    Abstract: A molecular simulation method that acquires physical properties or physical quantities of a predetermined shape using simulation, including arranging atoms in the predetermined shape, acquiring interatomic potential based on positions of the arranged atoms, and carrying out a molecular dynamics calculation based on the acquired interatomic potential, and acquiring the physical properties or the physical quantities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiji Ichishima, Yoshitaka Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 8275590
    Abstract: A user may simulate wearing real-wearable items, such as virtual garments and accessories. A virtual-outfitting interface may be provided for presentation to the user. An item-search/selection portion within the virtual-outfitting interface may be provided. The item-search/selection portion may depict one or more virtual-wearable items corresponding to one or more real-wearable items. The user may be allowed to select at least one virtual-wearable item from the item-search/selection portion. A main display portion within the virtual-outfitting interface may be provided. The main display portion may include a composite video feed that incorporates a video feed of the user and the selected at least one virtual-wearable item such that the user appears to be wearing the selected at least one virtual-wearable item in the main display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Zugara, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Szymczyk, Aaron Von Hungen, Blake Callens, Hans Forsman, Jack Benoff
  • Patent number: 8275589
    Abstract: An efficient and cost-effective technique is provided to perform modeling of a reservoir in a subterranean structure. A compartment model of fluid compartments in a reservoir is generated, and based on the compartment model and a geomechanical model of the subterranean structure, movement of a ground surface due to volumetric change of the compartments is calculated. Satellite measurements of the ground surface are received over time, where the received satellite measurements of the ground surface over time indicate movement of the ground surface. The movement of the ground surface indicated by the received satellite measurements is compared with the calculated movement, and based on the comparing, one or more properties of the geomechanical model are adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Bernard Andre Montaron, Kamal Babour, George Zangl, Rutger Gras, Andrew Pearce
  • Patent number: 8275598
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, system and computer program product are presented for managing an Effective-to-Real Address Table (ERAT) and a Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) during test verification in a simulated densely threaded Network On a Chip (NOC). The ERAT and TLB are stripped out of the computer simulation before executing a test program. When the test program experiences an inevitable ERAT-miss and/or TLB-miss, an interrupt handler walks a page table until the requisite page for re-populating the ERAT and TLB is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Anatoli S. Andreev, Olaf K. Hendrickson, John M. Ludden, Richard D. Peterson, Elena Tsanko
  • Patent number: 8275597
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method comprises creating a simulation model for a column of bit cells in a memory, simulating the simulation model to generate a result; and displaying the result for a user. Each of the bit cells in the column is coupled to a different wordline, and the simulation model comprises one or more linear elements in place of a nonlinear element in each bit cell that is coupled to an inactive wordline. The one or more linear elements approximate a behavior of the nonlinear element while the wordline is inactive. A computer accessible storage medium storing a simulator that implements the method is contemplated, and the simulator itself is also contemplated, in various embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Chanhee Oh, John F. Croix, Curtis L. Ratzlaff, Ramon D. Acosta
  • Patent number: 8271254
    Abstract: A simulation model of BT instability of a transistor in a semiconductor integrated circuit, wherein a bias condition of at least one terminal among the drain terminal, the source terminal and the substrate terminal of the transistor is set up as an independent bias condition from other terminals; and then a model parameter of the transistor is changed in the set bias condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akinari Kinoshita, Tomoyuki Ishizu
  • Patent number: 8265919
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for emulating a mass storage device and a file system of a mass storage device. In a first aspect, a human-portable data processing device that includes one or more data processors that perform operations in accordance with machine-readable instructions, an incoming message classifier configured to classify an incoming read command according to an address of the data requested by the incoming read command, and an emulation data generation component connected to respond to the classification of the incoming read command by the incoming message classifier to generate emulation data emulating that which would have been read by the incoming read command were the human-portable data processing device a mass storage device; and a bus controller configured to respond to the incoming read command with the emulation data generated by the emulation data generation component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Baptiste Maurice Queru, Christopher L. Tate
  • Patent number: 8265910
    Abstract: Methods and systems for modeling and displaying magnetic field intensities during Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) are described, particularly methods and system for modeling and displaying TMS using overlapping magnetic fields to stimulate deep brain regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Cervel Neurotech, Inc.
    Inventors: David J. Mishelevich, M. Bret Schneider
  • Patent number: 8260583
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer readable medium for identifying wall features in an object model represented in a CAD system. A method includes loading an object model in a CAD system and receiving a selection of a first face of the object model by the CAD system. The method includes finding candidate wall faces by the CAD system and storing the candidate wall faces in a candidate list, and designating at least one candidate wall face in the candidate list as a counterpart face to the first face. The method includes storing the first face and the counterpart faces as a wall of the object model. Some methods include removing at least one second face from the candidate list based on an exclusion rule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Mawby, Victor Hambridge
  • Patent number: 8249839
    Abstract: A method for building a magnetic bead mathematical model includes defining component elements of the model of the magnetic bead, building the model of the magnetic bead, obtaining a characteristic curve of an impedance of a magnetic bead in a standard magnetic bead specification of the magnetic bead, ascertaining parameters of the component elements, simulating the model of the magnetic bead, and comparing the characteristic curve with the characteristic curve in the standard magnetic bead specification, to further optimize the mode of the magnetic bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Guang-Feng Ou
  • Patent number: 8244505
    Abstract: A method of predicting a nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission rate of a non-continuous, natural gas-fired boiler is presented. The method includes: calculating a correlation of the NOx emission rate to a measured fuel flow rate and a sampled oxygen (O2) concentration based on a plurality of sampled NOx emission concentrations, measured fuel flow rates, and sampled (O2) concentrations during operation of the non-continuous, natural gas-fired boiler using a computing device; calculating a predicted NOx emission rate based on the correlation with the measured fuel flow rate and the sampled O2 concentration using the computing device; and providing the predicted NOx emission rate for use by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christopher Damien Headley, Brian Stephen Noel
  • Patent number: 8224636
    Abstract: A method and mechanism for implementing a general purpose scripting language that supports parallel execution is described. In one approach, parallel execution is provided in a seamless and high-level approach rather than requiring or expecting a user to have low-level programming expertise with parallel processing languages/functions. Also described is a system and method for performing circuit simulation. The present approach provides methods and systems that create reusable and independent measurements for use with circuit simulators. Also disclosed are parallelizable measurements having looping constructs that can be run without interference between parallel iterations. Reusability is enhanced by having parameterized measurements. Revisions and history of the operating parameters of circuit designs subject to simulation are tracked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth S. Kundert
  • Patent number: 8190407
    Abstract: A method for evaluating a device during circuit simulation includes receiving a first request including a first input value; and mapping the first input value to a first space in a table. The table is configured to store one or more table entries. A table entry includes an input value and a stored value. The stored value is obtained as a function of the input value from an analytical device model used to characterize the device during circuit simulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Oracle America, Inc.
    Inventor: Alexander Korobkov
  • Patent number: 8190409
    Abstract: A communication network is simulated with a simulator with object based architecture in which each object represents the model of a network device. The simulated network is capable of corresponding to a plurality of different systems, such as, GSM, GPRS, UMTS, WLAN, fixed networks. At the simulator level, the physical devices of the network are subdivided into a first set of devices completely independent of the system that regulates the operation of the network, the operation of the devices of the first set thus being independent of the system, a second set of devices which depend on the system under consideration, the operation of the devices included in the second set thus being specific for the system under consideration, and a third set of devices for the inter-work between the first set and second set, the devices of the third set being able to interact with the devices independent of the system under consideration and with the devices which do depend on the system under consideration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Barbaresi, Paolo Goria, Enrico Zucca
  • Patent number: 8190406
    Abstract: A complex solver that is able to solve a diverse variety of model analytics. Upon identifying the various input variable(s) and output variable(s) of the model variables, if a straight forward solve is not to be performed, it is determined whether the model analytics is to be inverted such that a forward solve can be performed. For instance, it might not be known generally, or at least to the solver, how to invert a particular equation of other model analytics. If the model analytics is to be inverted, the model analytics is inverted, and the forward solve is performed. On the other hand, if the inversion of the model analytics is not to be performed, then a numerical analysis solve is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Brian C. Beckman, David G. Green, Vijay Mital, Darryl E. Rubin, Olivier Colle
  • Patent number: 8190412
    Abstract: A method of stimulating a deformable object comprises modeling deformable elasticity for the object by defining an actual shape and a goal shape and pulling points in the goal shape towards corresponding points in the goal shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventors: Matthias Heinz Muller-Fischer, Bruno Heinz Heidelberger, Matthias Teschner, Markus Gross
  • Patent number: 8126685
    Abstract: A system for real-time optimization of power resources on an electrical system is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, an analytics server, a control element and a client terminal. The data acquisition component is communicatively connected to a sensor configured to acquire real-time data output from the electrical system. The analytics server is communicatively connected to the data acquisition component and is comprised of a virtual system modeling engine, an analytics engine and a power flow optimization engine. The virtual system modeling engine is configured to generate predicted data output for the electrical system utilizing a virtual system model of the electrical system. The control element is interfaced with an electrical system component and communicatively connected to the analytics server. The client terminal is communicatively connected to the analytics server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: EDSA Micro Corporation
    Inventor: Adib Nasle
  • Patent number: 8108191
    Abstract: Apparatus to exercise electrical motor drivers by electrically simulating a geared electric or electrical motor by providing an electronic load for the power signals that are applied to it. Current levels in the load are monitored in real-time using gate array logic and digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms to determine torque, acceleration, velocity and/or position data of the motor and gear train. Motor and gear train positional signals are generated and fed back to the motor driver device to close the servo loop. Control algorithms within the gate array and DSP accurately simulate the motor inertia and act to simulate a physical motor under varying load conditions. A control interface modifies critical motor parameters such as inertia, losses, gear ratio, and loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Testing Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter F. Britch
  • Patent number: 8099274
    Abstract: An article of manufacture, method and system are provided for facilitating input/output (I/O) processing of at least one guest processing system. The article of manufacture includes at least one computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code logic to facilitate the I/O processing of the at least one guest processing system. The computer-readable program code logic when executing performing the following: emulating on a native system an I/O architecture for the at least one guest processing system, the emulating including: providing multiple device managers for a plurality of I/O devices of the I/O architecture; providing at least one communications adapter process interfacing the multiple device managers to the at least one network driver process; and wherein the multiple device managers translate I/O messages in at least one guest processing system format to messages in native system format for processing by the at least one communications adapter process, thereby facilitating I/O processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Theodore J. Bohizic, Richard T. Brandle, Ping T. Chan, Michael S. Cirulli, Paul M. Gioquindo, Ying-Yeung Li, Stephen R. Valley