Abstract: An approach for forecasting local weather patterns. The approach includes a method that includes receiving, by at least one computing device, images that include weather related information. The method includes analyzing, by the at least one computing device, the images to determine particular types of weather phenomena. The method includes analyzing, by the at least one computing device, the images to determine a motion of the particular types of weather phenomena. The method includes determining, by the at least one computing device, a weather forecast based on the analyzed images and the motion of the particular types of weather phenomena.

Abstract: Imaging or measurement methods and systems including methods and systems for finding the three-dimensional orientation and position of multiple dipole-like particles and single molecules, methods and systems for generating helical beams and helical spread functions, and methods and systems for super-resolution and super-localization of dense arrays of emitters.

Abstract: Methods and systems for building a calibration database. A method may comprise hanging a logging tool in air, determining a raw response from the logging tool, decoupling a Zxx component and a Zzz component from the raw response, creating a modeled component from the Zxx component and the Zzz component, calculating an offset from the modeled component, interpolating the offset, modeling a response from the logging tool with the offset, or entering the response into a database. A system may comprise a logging tool, a conveyance, and an information handling system. A calibration system may comprise a crane, a logging tool, and an information handling system.

Abstract: A method for synchronizing list-mode data of single events in a PET imaging includes: acquiring list-mode data of single events of each independent detector module, calculating a probability density of time intervals between occurrences of single events in detector module and setting initial parameters, determining detection starting time difference of each detector module with iterative peak searching and graded time window, and performing synchronization correction and coincidence discrimination on the single event data in each detector module based on the detection starting time difference. A system for synchronizing list-mode data of single events in a PET imaging includes: a data acquisition and frequency difference compensation module, an initial parameter setting module, a coarse time scale coincidence module, a fine time scale coincidence module and a data synchronization correction and coincidence discrimination module.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for a wide dynamic range current measurement with consumption event analysis are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes analyzing a plurality of a set of input data characteristics from a device under test. The method also includes totalizing the set of input data characteristics. The method also includes determining whether at least one of the plurality of the set of input data characteristics occurs above a quiescent level. Further, the method includes establishing an event in response to determining that at least one of the plurality of the set of input data characteristics occurs above the quiescent level. The method also includes creating a summary statistic based on the plurality of the set of input data characteristics. Further, the method includes storing the summary statistic and the event as a result.

Abstract: A battery pack monitoring apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a voltage measurement system configured to couple to opposed ends of each of a plurality of blocks of a battery pack and to measure voltages thereof, the blocks being coupled in series by interconnects each having an interconnect resistance. The voltage measurement system is configured to derive an internal resistance of each of the plurality of blocks based upon the voltages of the opposed ends of each of the plurality of blocks and based upon a measurement of current of the battery pack and derive the interconnect resistance of each of the interconnects based upon the voltages of the opposed ends of each of the plurality of blocks and based upon the measurement of current.

Abstract: A failure diagnosis device applicable to a mechanical device provided with motors independent of One another as sources to drive motion axes, respectively, and configured to acquire a moving position of each motion axis and a disturbance torque value applied to the motion axis every predetermined period, and to diagnose a failure of the mechanical device, includes a failure diagnosis unit configured to diagnose the motion axis as a failure when the disturbance torque value is larger than a predetermined failure determination threshold, and a re-determination unit configured to conduct re-determination of the failure on the motion axis, which is diagnosed as the failure by the failure diagnosis unit, based on a previous maintenance record and a previous inspection result.

Abstract: Determining a vertical location of a hand-held computing device. At least some of the example embodiments are computer-implemented methods including: generating an estimate of expected vertical location based on items of beacon data received from beacons by a radio receiver of the hand-held computing device, generating an error covariance of the estimate of expected vertical location based on the items of beacon data, calculating a level normalized change based on measurements of barometric pressure by a pressure sensor of the hand-held computing device, calculating the vertical location of the hand-held computing device based on the level normalized change, the error covariance of the estimate of expected vertical location, and the estimate of expected vertical location, and activating a relevant map for a level comprising the vertical location and displaying the vertical location on a display device of the hand-held computing device.

Abstract: A compound-weight time-series data calculator creates a compound spectrum matrix based on standard mass spectra of various compounds stored in a standard mass spectrum library. Then, the calculator determines, in the form of a linear regression model, the relationship of the matrix, a measured vector based on the data acquired at one measurement time point, and a compound weight vector at the measurement time point, and estimates the unknown weight vector by a minimum norm estimation in which a regularizer is introduced. A compound-weight time-series graph creator creates a compound-weight time-series graph showing a temporal change in weight for each target compound, based on the compound weight vector obtained at the measurement time points within a specified time range. A peak which appears on this graph is used for the quantitative determination of the compound or determination on the presence or absence of the compound.

Abstract: Operational configuration and temperature compensation methods are provided for bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator devices suitable for operating with liquids. Temperature compensation methods dispense with a need for temperature sensing, instead utilizing a relationship between (i) change in frequency of a BAW resonator at a phase with adequate sensitivity and (ii) change in frequency of a phase that is correlated to temperature. Operational configuration methods include determination of an initial phase response of a BAW resonator in which temperature coefficient of frequency is zero, followed by comparison of sensitivity to a level of detection threshold for a phenomenon of interest.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods of calculating and mitigating time delays for electric power system samples received by remote data acquisition unit (RDAU), digitized, and transmitted to a receiving intelligent electronic device (IED). The IED may calculate time delays for various RDAUs, and establish wait windows for certain protection operations based on the samples needed for the protection operation and the calculated time delays for the various RDAUs. The IED may detect and report system or time signal anomalies based on changes to the calculated time delays from particular RDAUs.

Abstract: Disclosed is a downhole vibration and impact data recording method, comprising: performing analog-to-digital conversion on analog data, outputting digital format data obtained at a sampling rate f1, and performing sampling storage processing and analysis storage processing on the same. The sampling storage processing includes outputting the digital format data obtained at a sampling rate fn through multiple samplings; storing the same continuously into a storage module. The analysis storage processing includes: buffering the digital format data obtained at the sampling rate f1 into a memory; analyzing the same to determine whether an impact event occurs, and if yes, storing the current data in the memory into the storage module, and then jumping back to the buffering step; otherwise, jumping directly back to the buffering step. With the above method, the amount of data storage can be effectively reduced, while the characteristics of the vibration and impact data can be analyzed.

Abstract: A method for monitoring an aircraft engine vane wheel (22), which includes: acquiring at least one time signal relative to moments when the vane wheel blades (23) pass in front of a sensor (21); determining a common flight phase of the aircraft; for each flight in a series of flights of the aircraft, correlating at least part of each time signal with a predetermined flight phase; and for each blade (23), each flight, and each predetermined flight phase, measuring the mean position (24C), the so-called “balance position”, of the top of the blade. The invention also relates to a device for implementing such a method. One advantage of the invention is providing a diagnosis of the blades using a small number of sensors and low computing power.

Abstract: The display element manufacturing apparatus has a transporting part, which transports a substrate in a first direction, a first alignment system, which detects fiducial marks, a second alignment system, which is arranged at a prescribed distance from the first alignment system in the first direction and detects fiducial marks, calculating parts, which detect the fiducial marks and calculate the expansion/contraction of the substrate in the first direction or the transport speed of the substrate, and a processing part, which processes a prescribed position of the substrate based on at least one of the expansion/contraction of the substrate in the first direction or the transport speed of the substrate and the fiducial marks.

Abstract: A sensor power management arrangement includes a signal processing circuit configured to receive signal from a sensor, to test the signal against at least one criterion, and to pass the signal for further processing in response to the signal passing the at least one criterion. In this way, only signals that are of a sufficient importance or significance will consume the maximum amount of processing energy and through processing by later processes or circuitry. Should a signal from a sensor not be strong enough or meet other criteria, power will not be wasted in preparing that signal for provision to the microcontroller or microprocessor. Additional flexibility in the sensor power management can be realized by adjusting the criteria against which the sensor signal is compared based on a status of the sensor apparatus.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a processor that outputs information regarding a difference between left and right strokes in swimming on the basis of data which is output from a sensor mounted on the body of a user during swimming.

Abstract: A measuring process unit for executing a measuring process of, in correspondence with a plurality of combinations obtained by respectively combining a plurality of connection terminals Tx and a plurality of connection terminals Ty, and in respect of the connection terminals Tx, Ty corresponding to each of the combinations, supplying an AC voltage SA to the connection terminals Ty by means of an AC current source 2 and detecting electric current flowing in the connection terminals Tx by means of an ammeter 3, to thereby acquire currents corresponding to each of the combinations; and a calculating unit for executing a calculating process of, based on the size of the currents detected by the ammeter 3 in the measuring process and on information indicating the currents' phases, calculating capacitance and resistance values corresponding to each of the combinations.

Abstract: For triaxial magnetic detection data sequentially acquired as data points in a triaxial coordinate system, an offset calculation unit 30 calculates virtual data points P1?-P6? by evenly parallel-translating each of data points P1-P7 so that a reference data point P7, for example, arbitrarily chosen from the data points P1-P7 coincides with an origin point O. A virtual offset point C? for which the sum of the distances between the virtual data points P1?-P6? and a curved surface H1 passing through the origin point O is minimized is then calculated. An offset value C for the magnetic detection data is then calculated by parallel-translating the virtual offset point C? so as to restore the parallel-translated portion.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for determining a constituent and/or concentration of a solid dissolved in a liquid. In one embodiment, a method is provided to interrogate and identify a liquid in a medical container.

Abstract: A vibration testing system (VTS) including a vibration testing apparatus, which includes a power amplifier operatively coupled to an electrodynamic shaker. The shaker includes a vibrateable armature mechanically coupled to a payload support structure. A data logger measures and records respective values of operational parameters of the shaker over time during mechanical excitation of the payload. A controller of the VTS reads and processes logged values of the operational parameters and determines an accumulated number of armature force cycles based on the recorded values of the operational parameters. The controller computes a remaining service-life or a consumed service life of the electrodynamic shaker based on the accumulated number of armature force cycles and a predetermined service-life of the vibration testing apparatus. The controller indicates on a display of the VTS the remaining service-life or the consumed service life of the vibration testing apparatus.