Abstract: A game system encouraging a user to have an appropriate sleep habit is provided. For example, a game program causes a processor to execute: a first step of accepting designation of a first time frame that is a target for taking sleep from a user; a second step of setting a second time frame not coinciding with the first time frame in relation with the designated first time frame; a third step of acquiring first information about sleep taken by the user; and a fourth step of performing game control on the basis of the first information, in which, in the fourth step, the game control is performed in accordance with whether or not sleep is taken in the second time frame regardless of whether a result of sleep of the user is appropriate for the first time frame on the basis of the first information.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a resource scheduling method comprising: receiving data to be processed collected by a sensor in an Internet of Things system; determining a processing priority of the data to be processed; predicting, according to the determined processing priority, a computing resource amount and duration required for processing the data to be processed; and scheduling a computing resource of an edge computing device in the IoT system according to the predicted computing resource amount and duration to process the data to be processed.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a measurement taken by a sensor at a current measurement instant, a measurement instant and a measurement forming a measurement point. The method includes: determining a threshold on the basis of measurement points that temporally precede the current measurement point in a collection window; when a slope of a straight line that runs through the current measurement point and the measurement point that immediately precedes it is higher than the threshold, transmitting the measurement upon expiry of a waiting time that corresponds to the minimum time interval between two successive measurement instants in the collection window; when the slope is lower than the threshold, transmitting the measurement upon expiry of a waiting time that corresponds to the maximum time interval between two successive measurement instants in the collection window.

Abstract: A clock generation circuit, equidistant four-phase signal generation method and memory are provided. The circuit includes: a four-phase clock generation circuit for receiving an internal clock signal and complementary clock signal of a memory to which the clock generation circuit belongs, configured to generate a first, second, third and fourth clock signals with the same cycle; a signal delay circuit configured to perform signal delay on the first clock signal, second clock signal, third clock signal and fourth clock signal respectively based on the delay command, herein the delays of the first clock signal, second clock signal, third clock signal and fourth clock signal are different; a signal loading circuit configured to generate a first indication signal and second indication signal; and a test circuit configured to perform a duty cycle test based on the first indication signal and second indication signal to acquire equidistant parallel clock signals.

Abstract: A pump monitoring system for use in wellbore operations includes a strain gauge that can be positioned on a fluid end of a pump and at least one pressure transducer to measure relative pressure. A computing device can be connected to the strain gauge and the pressure transducers. The computing device executes programming instructions to identify failures of specific valves by correlating the strain signal to an actual pressure associated with the specific valve in the pump section. The processor then determines whether a pump pressure corresponds to the actual pressure associated with the specific valve, and if so, displays an indication that the specific valve in the pump section has failed.

Abstract: A computing system for real-time analyzing meeting conversations using artificial intelligence (AI) is configured to establish a meeting communication channel that facilitates a meeting among multiple client systems. Each of the multiple client systems corresponds to a meeting participant. In response to receiving communication from the multiple client systems, the computing system analyzes currently received communication via an AI engine while the meeting remains active. The currently received communication is communication received within a rolling time window ending at a current time. Based on the analysis, the computing system identifies an agenda item that has a highest correlation with the currently received communication or a task that is assigned to at least one of the participants, and causes, in substantially real time, at least one of the plurality of the client systems to display the agenda item or add the task to a task list.

Abstract: Described herein is a dose monitoring device configured to couple with one or more medication delivery instruments to capture, record and/or process dosing events or events of delivering a medication dose. The dose monitoring device may include electronics such as a sensor, a clock module and a temperature module related to monitoring the time of dosing events.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical package for carrying a pharmaceutical container includes a first housing and a second housing in the first housing. The second housing defines a compartment sized and shaped to receive and carry the pharmaceutical container. A gas chamber is disposed between the first and second housings. The gas chamber is configured to hold a gas in an inflated state of the gas chamber. A passage extends from the first housing to the second housing and defines a passageway extending there-between to allow the pharmaceutical container to be positioned in the compartment of the second housing by moving the pharmaceutical container through the passageway. One or more supports are connected to and extending between the first housing and the second housing. The one or more supports secure and hold the second housing in the first housing.

Abstract: A printer includes a main power supply switch to drive a controller, and a sub-power supply switch to enable printing on a recording medium. The controller includes a memory that stores a turn-on frequency of turning on of the sub-power supply per a unit time in a predetermined period of a predetermined first duration, a calculator that calculates a sum of the turn-on frequency in a predetermined second duration for each of predetermined second durations starting at different start times, in the predetermined period, a specifier that specifies, as a specified start time, a start time of the predetermined second duration for which the sum calculated by the calculator is at a maximum, and a cleaner that performs a cleaning operation of discharging ink from at least the nozzles at the specified start time.

Abstract: To suitably determine a measurement cycle at which to measure cracks that occur in structures formed from concrete or the like.

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: A pump monitoring and notification system for a hydraulic pump includes an accelerometer and a controller. The accelerometer is associated with the hydraulic pump and is disposed relative to the hydraulic pump to generate acceleration data indicative of acceleration of the hydraulic pump. The controller is configured to access a fault threshold, access a time threshold, and determine an acceleration of the accelerometer based upon the acceleration data from the accelerometer. The controller is further configured to determine an RMS average of the acceleration of the accelerometer based upon the acceleration of the hydraulic pump, compare the RMS average of the acceleration of the accelerometer to the fault threshold, and generate an alert signal when the RMS average of the acceleration of the accelerometer exceeds the fault threshold for a time period exceeding the time threshold.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for ensuring data integrity and security for communications over a wide area network in smart power systems are provided. These can be particularly helpful in sub station-to-sub station and sub station-to-control-center communications, for example when a fast and secure method is required to transfer critical messages over the network such as generic object oriented substation event messages. In addition to guaranteeing data integrity, methods and apparatuses provide reliable security algorithms based on the concept of sequence hopping.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus for inputting minutes data comprises an input unit which inputs the minutes data, a designation unit which designates, among a plurality of object images displayed on a display screen, at least one object images to be stored together with the minutes data, and a determination unit which determines, based on the minutes data input by the input unit, the plurality of object images to be displayed on the display screen.

Abstract: A method to generate a personalized exercise program includes: receiving, at a processor, user information of a user generating, using the processor, personalized metabolic equivalent of task (MET) information based on the user information; calculating, using the processor, a target exercise amount based on a cumulative activity amount in a daily life of the user; and generating, using the processor, a personalized exercise program based on the personalized MET information and the target exercise amount.

Abstract: The present invention provides a blood glucose system for treating a glucose metabolic disorder. The system includes a dosing device having a counter for generating a count and memory for storing dose quantities and counts, a blood glucose measuring device having memory for storing blood glucose measurements and measurement times, and a data processor for receiving data from the dosing device and blood glucose measuring device and converting counts to actual times. The data processor synchronizes the counts with the measurement times using a time standard.

Abstract: Assigning a given computer to a computer group of a set of computer groups. Software components installed on the given computer are scanned, resulting in a list of discovered software components of the given computer. In addition, for each computer group of the set of computer groups, a list of software components most frequently installed on the computers of the computer group is obtained. For each computer group, the list is compared with the list of discovered software components and, based on the comparison, a likelihood that the given computer belongs to the computer group is computed. In case only one of the likelihoods exceeds a threshold, the given computer is assigned to the respective computer group for which the likelihood exceeds the threshold.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a sound processing device, a sound processing method, and a program, which can collect a desired sound. A sound processing device includes: a sound collection unit configured to collect a sound; an application unit configured to apply a predetermined filter to a signal of the sound collected by the sound collection unit; a selection unit configured to select a filter coefficient of the filter applied by the application unit; and a correction unit configured to correct the signal from the application unit. The selection unit selects the filter coefficient on the basis of the signal of the sound collected by the sound collection unit. The selection unit creates, on the basis of the signal of the sound collected by the sound collection unit, a histogram which associates a direction where the sound occurs and a strength of the sound and selects the filter coefficient on the basis of the histogram. The present technology can be applied to a sound processing device.

Abstract: A method and system are provided. The method includes collecting, from a plurality of phasor measurement units, a plurality of synchronized phasor measurements from different portions of a power system. The method further includes estimating, by a controller, oscillation modes of the plurality of synchronized phasor measurements. Each estimated oscillation mode specifies, for each of the plurality of synchronized phasor measurements, two or more of an amplitude, a phase, a frequency, and damping coefficients. The method also includes performing, by the controller, a modal analysis of the oscillation modes of the plurality of synchronized phasor measurements to identify critical modes based on critical mode identifying criteria. The method additionally includes constructing, by the controller based on the critical modes, a power system oscillation dampening control signal for controlling a grid-scale storage portion of the power system to dampen one or more oscillations of the power system at any given time.

Abstract: An intelligent electronic device (IED) having a gain control unit adapted to selectively regulate operating ranges of output signals of a sensing circuit of the device is described. In one embodiment, the IED is a digital electric power and energy meter, which operating ranges for supply voltages and supply currents of electrical services may be adjusted to match pre-determined ranges for input signals of a data acquisition system or a data processing module of the meter.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a processor configured to record exercise history information relating to an exercise performed by a user of the electronic device, and a memory configured to store the exercise history information, wherein the processor is configured to record the exercise history information continuously if an exercise application of the electronic device is unintentionally terminated, and retrieve the stored exercise history information when the exercise application is restarted.

Abstract: The present technique relates particularly to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program which can improve sleep efficiency. The information processing device according to one aspect of the present technique has: an acquisition unit which acquires information which indicates an action schedule of a user; and a first determination unit which determines whether the user needs to wake up or sleep, and determines the degree of necessity of waking up when determining that the user needs to wake up and the degree of necessity of sleeping when determining the user needs to sleep, according to the action schedule of the user. The present technique is applicable to a mobile device such as a mobile telephone, a PDA and a digital camera.

Abstract: A method for managing a network queue memory includes receiving sensor information about the network queue memory, predicting a memory failure in the network queue memory based on the sensor information, and outputting a notification through a plurality of nodes forming a network and using the network queue memory, the notification configuring communications between the nodes.

Abstract: Methods and systems for deriving metrics for service and/or computer (e.g., server) utilization and stability from instrumentation of applications showing Poisson characteristics are disclosed. Such methods and systems may be further applied to automatically act upon the conditions indicated by the derived metrics, for example, to provision additional virtual server resource(s) in a cloud-based system.

Abstract: An integrated circuit 2 has data processing circuitry processing a data signal passing along a data path 14. Clocked circuitry coupled to the data processing circuitry serves to regulate passage of the data signal along the data path. The data signal is supplied at a data signal voltage amplitude and the clock signal is supplied at a different clock signal voltage amplitude. The clock signal voltage amplitude is higher than the data signal voltage amplitude. A separate clock signal power supply grid 12 is provided in addition to the data power supply grid 10.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting cavitation in a reciprocating positive displacement pump. Fluid pressure proximate the pump's suction manifold is compared to a predetermined pressure that would be conducive to cavitation. If the detected pressure approximates the predetermined pressure, the presence of cavitation is confirmed via correlation of increased vibration.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus for inputting minutes data comprises an input unit which inputs the minutes data, a designation unit which designates, among a plurality of object images displayed on a display screen, at least one object images to be stored together with the minutes data, and a determination unit which determines, based on the minutes data input by the input unit, the plurality of object images to be displayed on the display screen.

Abstract: A combination cooler and audio system device is described which is configured to insulate foods and beverages while simultaneously emitting audio from at least one onboard speaker. The device is equipped with a Bluetooth radio configured to interface with an audio device such as a cell phone or Mp3 player over conventional Bluetooth wireless frequencies. The device also has a wireless remote control, storage drawer, and solar powered lighting.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention disclose a method and apparatus for detecting the statuses of energy source consumption devices, relate to the field of energy source auditing and are intended to improve the efficiency and accuracy of detecting the statuses of the energy source consumption devices.

Abstract: A medication reminder device is provided. The device includes a housing that defines a recess for receiving a container. A diaphragm overlies the recess in the housing and is positioned for contact with a container positioned within the recess. The device includes a power supply and a switch that is connected to the power supply that responds to a presence of the container within the recess. A signal generator is connected to the power supply for activation when the container is present in the recess and emits a signal at a predetermined interval after activation.

Abstract: A probe card assembly can include a wireless link to an external verifier (e.g., debugger). The wireless link can interface to a boundary scan interface of a controller on the probe card assembly. The wireless link can allow for verification of the probe card assembly while it is installed within a prober.

Abstract: A maintenance operation instance collection apparatus includes: a storage unit that includes a maintenance operation instance database in which operation information obtained from a device via a sensor and maintenance information on a measure to deal with the operation information corresponding thereto are stored in association with each other; and a control unit that receives an input of new operation information, receives an input of new maintenance information, searches the maintenance operation instance database using the newly-received maintenance information as a search key, acquires searched operation information, compares the newly-received operation information to the acquired operation information, determines whether or not the newly-received operation information is close to the acquired operation information in such a degree of satisfying a prescribed criterion, and, if the newly-received operation information is not determined to be close to the acquired operation information, prompts a re-input

Abstract: A drug delivery system comprising a controller adapted to detect when a given user-actuated operation being part of the expelling of an amount of drug is performed, record detected operations as a function of time, and estimate, based on recorded operations, time parameters for the detected operations, thereby providing time parameters for a medical regimen on which the detected operations are assumed to be based upon.

Abstract: Smoking cessation lighter is configured for lighting cigarettes for a smoker, and learning software is provided for monitoring smoking behavior of a smoker during a first data collection period and guiding a smoker's smoking cessation by directing the smoker when the smoker is to smoke a cigarette based on data collected during the first data collection period. The learning software monitors user behavior and collects data during use of the lighter by the smoker after the initial data collection period in order to analyze and further guide the smoker based on the smoker's cheating behavior, the smoker's behavior of lighting a cigarette for a friend, and the smoker's behavior of skipping use of the lighter at a time when the smoker has been directed to light a cigarette by the lighter.

Abstract: A cluster tool may be operated on the basis of an enhanced sequencing regime in which the supply of substrates is controlled such that a planned time of maintenance is reached for two or more process chambers simultaneously. Consequently, the occurrence of non-correlated sequential down times of various process chambers may be significantly reduced, thereby enhancing throughput and availability of complex cluster tools.

Abstract: The present technique relates particularly to an information processing device, an information processing method, and a program which can improve sleep efficiency. The information processing device according to one aspect of the present technique has: an acquisition unit which acquires information which indicates an action schedule of a user; and a first determination unit which determines whether the user needs to wake up or sleep, and determines the degree of necessity of waking up when determining that the user needs to wake up and the degree of necessity of sleeping when determining the user needs to sleep, according to the action schedule of the user. The present technique is applicable to a mobile device such as a mobile telephone, a PDA and a digital camera.

Abstract: A method of estimating the time of flight of a burst signal includes: receiving the burst signal; determining the slope of the phase characteristic of the Fourier transform of the received burst signal; and estimating the time-of-flight of the burst signal from the slope of the phase characteristic of the Fourier transform of the received burst signal.

Abstract: Provided are a decoding apparatus, a decoding method and a receiving apparatus for decoding in a system supporting an OFDM/OFDMA scheme. The decoding method includes the steps of: receiving phase-modulated signal; performing subcarrier demodulation on the received signal and generating correlation metrics; generating decoding metrics using the correlation metrics; and determining a payload using the largest metric of the decoding metrics and at least one of an average metric and the second largest metric of the decoding metrics.

Abstract: An elevator device having a computer system associated therewith for determining a risk of failure in the elevator device and for determining an inspection schedule to mitigate the risk. The computer system includes a module for determining an acceptable risk score, a module for determining an inspection schedule based on said risk score, a module for determining an increase in risk score proportional to a time elapsed since an expected inspection in the inspection schedule if the expected inspection has been missed, a module for determining a tolerance within the inspection schedule based on the increased risk, and a module for specifying an inspection schedule and an inspection tolerance based on the determined schedule and the determined tolerance.

Abstract: Status monitoring of a wind turbine is automatically performed, and evaluation of that status is quantitatively performed according to an appropriate criterion. Provided is a wind turbine monitoring device including a first storage unit in which a diagnostic data file is stored; a second storage unit in which a normal data file is stored; a diagnostics setting unit that that extracts and sets a plurality of datasets to be used in diagnosis from the first storage unit and that extracts and sets a plurality of datasets to be used in diagnosis from the second storage unit; an index-value calculating unit that calculates status index values representing the status of the wind turbine using a statistical calculation method, on the basis of the set datasets in the diagnostic data file and the datasets in the reference data file; a fault determining unit that evaluates the status of the wind turbine on the basis of the status index values; and a notification unit that notifies the result of this evaluation.

Abstract: A system and method are provided to associate a medication name with an infusion pump and to communicate that association to a patient data management system (“PDMS”) for display and monitoring. In the case where the infusion pump does not contain a library of selectable medical fluid names that includes the name of the medical fluid to be infused, a separate computer will display a list of medical fluid names for the infusion pump and the operator may select the name of the medical fluid for that infusion pump. The computer will then continually associate that medical fluid name with that infusion pump and communicate the association to the PDMS. In the case where the infusion pump is capable of accepting an upload of new medical fluid names, the computer will upload an abbreviated list of fluid names so as not to overburden the computer with the transfer of large amounts of data.

Abstract: In one embodiment, one or more electronic devices access energy-consumption data at each of a plurality of electricity-consuming devices, the energy-consumption data at each of the electricity-consuming devices indicating for each of a plurality of past pre-determined time periods an aggregate energy usage by the electricity-consuming device over the past pre-determined time period, an energy-measurement unit at the electricity-consuming device having measured and recorded the aggregate energy usage by the electricity-consuming device for each of the past pre-determined time periods for later access, each of the energy-measurement units having a substantially unique identifier (ID), each of the electricity-consuming devices having its own one of the energy-measurement units; and based on the energy-consumption data, determine one or more energy-consumption patterns across the electricity-consuming devices over at least the past pre-determined time periods.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention have the technical effect of determining when to test an overspeed protection system of a powerplant machine. As described herein, embodiments of the present invention may be applied to a wide variety of powerplant machines, each comprising a shaft. After determining that test of the overspeed protection system should be performed, embodiments of the present invention may allow for a variety of methods to test the overspeed protection system.

Abstract: Every off-line response card to be registered comprises a card ID identifying the off-line card uniquely. In the registering process the card ID of a first off-line response card is read and a virtual user ID associated with the card ID of the first off-line response card is obtained. Afterwards, the obtained virtual user ID, for example, can be associated with card IDs of any subsequent off-line response card.

Abstract: A method for issuing alert signals as a reminder to perform a recurring act. The method comprises providing a device with a programmable electronic circuit, an electrical power source, a control switch, and an alert body controlled by the electronic circuit, programming the device with a signaling pattern, determining a first alert time based at least in part on the signaling pattern, issuing a first signal from the alert body, issuing a second signal from the alert body at the first alert time, the second signal being different from the first signal, and determining a next alert time upon activation of the control switch, wherein the next alert time is based at least in part on the signaling pattern and the time elapsed between the first alert time and activation of the control switch.

Abstract: A method includes defining a hierarchy associated with a test system including a plurality of test units for testing integrated circuit devices. At least some of the test units have a plurality of sockets. The hierarchy includes a first level including a first plurality of entities each associated with one of the sockets and at least a second level including a second plurality of entities each associated with a grouping of the sockets. State data associated with operational states of the sockets is received. A set of state metrics is generated for each entity at each level of the hierarchy based on the state data. Each set of state metrics identifies time spent in the operational states.

Abstract: Media monitoring and measurement systems and methods are disclosed. Some embodiments of the present invention provide a media measurement system and method that utilizes audience data to enhance content identifications. Some embodiments analyze media player log data to enhance content identification. Other embodiments of the present invention analyze sample sequence data to enhance content identifications. Other embodiments analyze sequence data to enhance content identification and/or to establish channel identification. Yet other embodiments provide a system and method in which sample construction and selection parameters are adjusted based upon identification results. Yet other embodiments provide a method in which play-altering activity of an audience member is deduced from content offset values of identifications corresponding to captured samples.

Abstract: Data analysis systems and related methods. An implementation of a method of determining a relationship between a variable of interest and one or more process variables represented by a corresponding plurality of tags may include accessing a data historian including historical data including a variable of interest and a plurality of tags. The method may include defining a plurality of bins, retrieving historical data corresponding with the plurality of bins using the data historian, filtering the historical data for each of the plurality of bins using one or more filters to produce filtered historical data, generating an output display using the filtered historical data for the variable of interest and each of the plurality of tags, and determining which of the plurality of tags correlate with the variable of interest using the output display. The output display may include an overlay CUSUM chart and a correlation plot.

Abstract: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for identifying an interval for performing a maintenance task. The process retrieves scheduled maintenance data and un-scheduled in-service maintenance data for a given apparatus type. The process maps the un-scheduled in-service maintenance data to the scheduled maintenance data for the given apparatus type to form mapped maintenance data. The process performs a statistical analysis on the mapped maintenance data. The process identifies an optimal interval for performing the maintenance task based on a result of the statistical analysis to form a recommended maintenance interval.

Abstract: The invention refers to a system of recording the activities carried out by an individual person during specific time intervals. This system will normally be on an electronic device, but the initial method of recording may be paper-based. This system involves recording activity and associated attributes as a function of time on a grid, using lines to define the activity recorded in each grid interval. The invention is an intuitive data entry system, principally but not exclusively via touchscreen. The system will preferably be deployed on a handheld digital device with touchscreen entry capability. The activity recording system may also record values, attributes or files associated with specific time intervals. It may generate charts, tables, alerts and reminders. It may synchronize with other devices and applications and may import or export data from them.