Patents Examined by Thai Phan
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Patent number: 10002226Abstract: The disclosure includes a system, method and tangible memory for providing a graphical display output including a virtual roadway system for testing an automobile design. The method may include importing a set of roadway realism data. The method may include receiving a mobility input and an accessibility input. The method may include determining a plurality of roadway inputs based on the set of roadway realism data, the mobility input and the accessibility input. The method may include inputting the plurality of roadway inputs into a plurality of fields. The method may include generating a graphical display output including the virtual environment which includes the virtual roadway system. The graphical display output may be generated based on the plurality of roadway inputs. The method may include providing the graphical display output to a client.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Inventors: BaekGyu Kim, Shinichi Shiraishi
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Patent number: 9971855Abstract: A method for determining and or monitoring at least one process- and/or system specific parameter in automation technology. An oscillatable system is provided, which interacts with a medium located in a container, wherein the oscillatable system is excited to oscillate via a real input signal, wherein the real output signal of the oscillatable system is ascertained, wherein the real output signal is digitized and a real output sequence yu(k) is produced. The real input signal is digitized and a digital input sequence (u(k)) is produced, wherein the digital input sequence (u(k)) is fed to a function block (model), which provides at least one mathematical model of the oscillatable system in interaction with the medium. The mathematical model is defined by a number of process- and/or system specific parameters, wherein via the mathematical model a virtual output sequence (ym(k)) is produced, wherein the virtual output sequence ym(k) is compared with the real output sequence yu(k).Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KGInventors: Tobias Brengartner, Gerd Bechtel, Michael Siegel
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Patent number: 9971678Abstract: A system and methods to emulate an application executing in real time in a mobile device. The mobile device is emulated in real time using a model running on a processor extrinsic to the mobile device. The model is based on characteristics indicative of performance of the mobile device. The application is executed in real time within the model and the application executing in the model is monitored to determine resource utilization information by the application for the mobile device. The resource utilization information for the mobile device is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2014Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: WAPP TECH CORP.Inventor: Donavan Paul Poulin
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Patent number: 9953111Abstract: Systems and techniques for processing three-dimensional (3D) data are presented. Captured three-dimensional (3D) data associated with a 3D model of an architectural environment is received and at least a portion of the captured 3D data associated with a flat surface is identified. Furthermore, missing data associated with the portion of the captured 3D data is identified and additional 3D data for the missing data is generated based on other data associated with the portion of the captured 3D data.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2014Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: Matterport, Inc.Inventors: Matthew Tschudy Bell, David Alan Gausebeck, Daniel Ford, Gregory William Coombe
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Patent number: 9946820Abstract: In a method and a computer-readable storage medium for creating a simulation environment for a simulation system of a medical imaging device by a server unit, as well as a server unit and a simulation system for implementing such a method, after reading in an event protocol of the medical imaging device, a determination of a software configuration of the medical imaging device takes place with the use of the event protocol and a determination of a memory image that corresponds to the software configuration of the medical imaging device. The determined memory image can be transferred to the simulation system and the read-in event protocol transferred to the simulation system.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Maart Hoff, Marcus Wuebbe
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Patent number: 9922147Abstract: Roughly described, a method for determining characteristics of a body by simulation, useful in analyzing semiconductor devices, includes imposing a Delaunay mesh on a simulated body to be modeled, determining a system of node equations describing generation and flux of a set of at least a first physical quantity at each node in the mesh, and numerically solving the system of node equations to identify the physical quantities in the set at each node in the mesh, where the flux of the first physical quantity in the body, as represented in the node equations, is anisotropic. The method does not impose any limitation on the geometry of the device, on mesh elements, or on the orientation of the anisotropy.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: SYNOPSYS, INC.Inventors: Eugeny Lyumkis, Urs von Matt, Vadim Koltyzhenkov
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Patent number: 9910943Abstract: This application discloses a computing system to implement a design verification tool and simulate a circuit design with a test bench. The computing system can correlate transactions captured during simulation of a circuit design to distributed states for multiple components in the circuit design. The computing system can identify at least a portion of the distributed states for the multiple components correspond to system level coverage events. The computing system can generate a graphical presentation to illustrate the portion of the distributed states for the multiple components in the circuit design that correspond to system level coverage events.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Mentor Graphics CorporationInventors: Andreas Meyer, Gustav Bjorkman, Avidan Efody
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Patent number: 9898562Abstract: This application discloses a computing system to implement a design verification tool and simulate a circuit design with a test bench. The computing system can identify multiple components in the circuit design to combine for distributed state coverage analysis based, at least in part, on data transactions generated during the simulation of the circuit design. The computing system can correlate information captured during simulation that corresponds to the identified components. The correlated information can identify at least one distributed state coverage event for the test bench. The computing system can generate a distributed state coverage metric based on the correlated information corresponding to the identified components. The computing system can prompt presentation of the correlated information a display window, which can graphically show how a test bench exercised the identified components during simulation.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Mentor Graphics CorporationInventors: Andreas Meyer, Gustav Bjorkman, Avidan Efody
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Patent number: 9890617Abstract: A method and system are provided for exploration, production and development of hydrocarbons. The method involves analyzing a sample for a geochemical signature, which includes a multiply substituted isotopologue signature and/or a position specific isotope signature. Then, historical temperatures are determined based on the signature. The historical temperature is used to define generation timing, which is used to develop or refine an exploration, development, or production strategy.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research CompanyInventors: Michael Lawson, Brian K. Peterson, Cara L. Davis, Michael J. Formolo, Isolde Belien, Lori L. Summa, Robert J. Pottorf, John M. Eiler
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Patent number: 9890616Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for designing a horizontal well in a hydrocarbon field having naturally fractured reservoir integrates workflows from multiple oilfield related disciplines, including a geophysics workflow, geomechanics workflow, and completion and production workflow to achieve an a dynamic and integrated solution.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Landmark Graphics CorporationInventors: Luis A. Pabon, Daniel A. Revilla, Libertad Sanchez
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Patent number: 9870438Abstract: The invention concerns a computerized method for producing a two-dimensional plant model of a modular production plant for producing a chemical product, the production plant comprising at least two processing modules, which can be connected to one another for production purposes, and at least one processing container in which the processing modules can be accommodated at least partially, as required, wherein, for each processing container, a common two-dimensional container model (2) of its the base area (3) and of the base area (3) of a container environment at least partially surrounding the processing container and of predefinable size being generated, wherein, for each processing module, a two-dimensional module model (5) of its base area is generated, wherein the container model (2) and the module model (5) are divided into fields (1, 4) which are of equal size and preferably square, there being assigned to each field (4) of a module model (5) a module property concerning the occupancy of the particularType: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignees: BAYER TECHNOLOGY SERVICES GMBH, BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Lars Frye, Dietmar Günther, Nicolai Krasberg
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Patent number: 9864353Abstract: Flow balancing includes selecting, for each down hole flow control valve of a well, a transformed well performance curve corresponding to a first down hole flow control valve pressure to obtain transformed well performance curves. The well includes a lateral including the down hole flow control valves. Using a constraint set that includes a balancing condition for the lateral, a network optimization analysis is performed on the transformed well performance curves to generate a set of choke positions corresponding to each down hole flow control valve. Network modeling of the well is performed based on the set of choke positions to obtain a second down hole flow control valve pressure for each down hole flow control valve. Using the set of choke positions, a field operation is performed for the well based on the second down hole flow control valve pressure being within a threshold difference of the first down hole flow control valve pressure for each down hole flow control valve.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Trevor Graham Tonkin, Varma Gottumukkala, Vadim Blekhman
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Patent number: 9852268Abstract: A data processing method for determining six parameters of a contact position of a joint which connects two bones, comprising the steps of acquiring a plurality of sample contact position datasets, each dataset comprising six parameters, acquiring a subset of n of the parameters of the contact position as an input parameter dataset, selecting at least two of the sample contact position datasets based on the input parameter dataset and determining the m=6?n remaining parameters of the contact position based on the at least two selected sample contact position datasets.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2011Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Brainlab AGInventor: Hubert Gotte
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Patent number: 9852236Abstract: A modeling application is provided with at least one repetition object type for creating at least one repetition instance of at least one repetitive article in a model, wherein the repetition object type is provided to be used for creating one or more repetition objects, a repetition object comprising at least one finite geometry definition surface definition that defines a geometry definition surface and its location in the model, and guide information. One or more repetition instances of a repetitive article are determined using of the at least one geometry definition surface and the guide information.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Tekla CorporationInventors: Elja Kontturi, Jukka Suomi, Teemu Heikkonen, Ragnar Wessman
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Patent number: 9824168Abstract: A magnetization analysis apparatus includes a processor configured to execute a process. The process includes: first calculating, using a magnetization vector of each of elements obtained by mesh division in which a magnetic substance is divided into a plurality of meshes and a magnetization vector of an element adjacent to each element, intermediate magnetization that is a magnetization vector at the halfway point between each element and an element adjacent to each element; second calculating an effective magnetic field using the intermediate magnetization calculated at the first calculating; and third calculating a magnetization vector of each element after a unit time based on the effective magnetic field calculated at the second calculating.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Atsushi Furuya, Tadashi Ataka, Koichi Shimizu
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Patent number: 9824166Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for utilizing parallel adaptive rectangular decomposition (ARD) to perform acoustic simulations are disclosed herein. According to one method, the method includes assigning, to each of a plurality of processors in a central processing unit (CPU) cluster, ARD processing responsibilities associated with one or more of a plurality of partitions of an acoustic space and determining, by each processor, pressure field data corresponding to the one or more assigned partitions. The method further includes transferring, by each processor, the pressure field data to at least one remote processor that is assigned to a partition that shares an interface with at least one partition assigned to the transferring processor and receiving, by each processor from the at least one remote processor, forcing term values that have been derived by the at least one remote processor using the pressure field data.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILLInventors: Nicolas Manuel Morales, Ravish Mehra, Dinesh Manocha
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Patent number: 9824167Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for result caching to improve the statistical efficiency of a composite model comprising a first component model and at least one other component model. The method comprises developing at least one metamodel for at least one component model of the composite model, computing a re-use factor that maximizes an asymptotic efficiency measure based on the metamodel, determining a number of executions to run for the composite model, and determining a number of executions to run for the first component model based on the re-use factor and the number of executions to run for the composite model. The number of executions to run for the first component model is fewer than the number of executions to run for the composite model. Each output generated from each execution of the first component model is cached and provided as input to another component model.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventor: Peter J. Haas
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Patent number: 9817926Abstract: Meshfree model containing a number of particles to represent a structure made of brittle material is defined. At each non-initial solution cycle of a numerical simulation using the meshfree model based on damage mechanics, the following operations are performed: (a) determining one or more damage zones in the structure from simulated structural responses obtained in immediate prior solution cycle; (b) dividing the particles into a first group representing the damage zones and a second group representing the remaining of the meshfree model; (c) applying a meshfree regularization scheme by modifying each particle's strain field of the first group with a morphing function that ensures a homogeneous jump condition along respective borders of the damage zones; and (e) obtaining simulated structural behaviors of the structure using a meshfree stabilization scheme that applies to all of the particle's strain field. Each damage zone represents a crack that can grow over time.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2015Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Livermore Software Technology Corp.Inventor: Cheng-Tang Wu
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Patent number: 9811610Abstract: Methods to automatically recognize bevel features and bevel chains in inner bounding loops and outer bounding loops of walls and bends in sheet metal models or on solid models are disclosed, which may be used for computer aided design, manufacturing, DFX, costing, etc. Recognition methods of various types of bevels and classification of bevels as V-bevel, inverted V-bevel, Y-bevel, inverted Y-bevel, X-bevel, K-bevel, generic bevels and different types of vertex bevels are disclosed. Bevel chain recognition methods that assemble the same type of bevels into bevel chains and identify the bevel chains as tangential bevel chains, non-tangential bevel chains and mixed bevel chains based on the connectivity between the bevels are disclosed. Methods to generate bevel profiles that may be used for feature recreation, feature suppression, or tool path generation for cutting features for manufacturing are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: HCL Technologies LimitedInventors: Thoguluva Ramamoorthy Kannan, Romesh Agrawal
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Patent number: 9805147Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an EMC design technique of a device including an electronic device mounted therein for implementing noise amount analysis of a system in which individual electronic devices are combined. A housing model is acquired, component models are selected and acquire, the acquired component models are connected using a wire, the acquired component models are arranged in the acquired housing model, the arranged component models connected using the wire is driven to generate electromagnetic noise from the component models and the wire, the generated electromagnetic noise is propagated in the housing model to calculate a noise amount, and an output process of outputting data of the calculated noise amount is performed. Thus, even in the system in which a plurality of electronic devices are combined, electromagnetic noise analysis of the system can be easily performed, and a noise reduction design can be supported.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2013Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Funato, Takashi Suga, Yoshiyuki Tsuchie, Satoshi Nakamura