335 results about "Design phase" patented technology

A method for enabling collaboration between individuals to design, construct and maintain a building. The method comprises providing a network based computer system including at least one server and multiple clients. The multiple clients allow respective individuals to interact with the server. The server includes a machine-readable storage, which is encoded with software for execution by a CPU for allowing individuals at the respective clients to create, execute and manage projects associated with at least one of a design phase, construction phase and maintenance phase of the building. Each project comprises one or more events that are related to time. The method also comprises storing in the machine-readable storage events as they occur during execution of each project to create a building project database spanning at least the design phase and the construction phase and optionally the maintenance phase of the building.

An application of rate gyros and accelerometers allows electronic measurement of the motion of a rigid or semi-rigid body, such as a body associated with sporting equipment including a fly rod during casting, a baseball bat, a tennis racquet or a golf club during swinging. For instance, data can be collected by one gyro according to the present invention is extremely useful in analyzing the motion of a fly rod during fly casting instruction, and can also be used during the research, development and design phases of fly casting equipment including fly rods and fly lines. Similarly, data collected by three gyros and three accelerometers is extremely useful in analyzing the three dimensional motion of other sporting equipment such as baseball bats, tennis racquets and golf clubs. This data can be used to support instruction as well as design of the sporting equipment.

Impact on parametric performance of physical design choices for transistors is scored for on-current and off-current of the transistors. The impact of the design parameters are incorporated into parameters that measure predicted shift in mean on-current and mean off-current and parameters that measure predicted increase in deviations in the distribution of on-current and the off-current. Statistics may be taken at a cell level, a block level, or a chip level to optimize a chip design in a design phase, or to predict changes in parametric yield during manufacturing or after a depressed parametric yield is observed. Further, parametric yield and current level may be predicted region by region and compared with observed thermal emission to pinpoint any anomaly region in a chip to facilitate detection and correction in any mistakes in chip design.

A method of designing an integrated circuit is provided in which the design layout is optimized using a process model until the design constraints are satisfied by the image contours simulated by the process model. The process model used in the design phase need not be as accurate as the lithographic model used in preparing the lithographic mask layout during data prep. The resulting image contours are then included with the modified, optimized design layout to the data prep process, in which the mask layout is optimized using the lithographic process model, for example, including RET and OPC. The mask layout optimization matches the images simulated by the lithographic process model with the image contours generated during the design phase, which ensures that the design and manufacturability constraints specified by the designer are satisfied by the optimized mask layout.

This invention relates to the Life Cycle Management System for distributed Intelligent Electronic Devices (IED) starting from the design phase to the end of service phase. Hence, it caters to the needs from installation via engineering, installation / commissioning phases, until asset management and remote service support of the devices during the operational phase The increasing decentralization of the involved components via networks, especially via the Internet, is a key criterion and needs to be addressed by the life cycle management. The added value for the customer grows disproportionately with the degree of integration of multiple independent software components into a complex and often highly distributed control system. The architecture of today's control systems must be sufficiently flexible to allow customers to regard their plant components from various locations. Additionally, the stability, security and maintainability of such a system is strongly dependent on the homogeneity and interoperability of all involved components.

Performance of quality assurance for a computer application development proceeds in a series of phases. Each of the phases in the QA life cycle corresponds to one or more phases in a computer application development life cycle. For example, in one embodiment, the quality assurance life cycle includes four phases—a test strategy phase, a test planning phase, a test execution phase and a rollout phase. Each phase of the QA life cycle has entrance and exit criteria. The phase can be entered when the entrance criteria have been met. When the exit criteria are met, the phase causes a gate to be closed to allow the software development life cycle to proceed to the next phase. In one embodiment, the software life cycle includes six phases—a requirements phase, a design phase, a code / unit test phase, a system test phase, a pre-production test phase and a production test phase.

Method for planning and performing dental treatments comprising: an acquisition phase of a set of data relating to the position, to the conformation and to the dimension of at least one site inside the oral cavity of a patient who has to undergo a dental treatment and relating to the conformation of at least one portion of the patient's face; a design phase of a virtual prototype of at least one dental prosthesis that can be fitted at the site during the treatment, starting from the set of data and by means of a software program implemented on a computer; a determination phase, by means of the software program and starting from the set of data and from the virtual prototype of the dental prosthesis, of at least one virtual model suitable for visually reproducing the portion of the face following the fitting of the dental prosthesis; a preparation phase of the site by means of a dental instrument, with the assistance of the software and starting from the virtual prototype of the dental prosthesis and from the virtual model, before the installation and the manufacture of said dental prosthesis.

A process for applying digitally printed applique” indicia which results in decorative and identification elements for decoration and identification when applied to uniforms, fashion, “basic” and performance apparel, swimwear and intimate apparel as well as other textile products, the elements being an alternative to direct embroidery, embroidered emblems, thermo-transfer films, silk screen or sublimated printing. The production process includes the following phases (FIGS. 3A-C): a design phase (1); a separation phase (2); a printing phase (3); an optional traditional embroidery phase (4); and an etching / cutting phase (5). The process can incorporate embroidered elements but has the benefit of reducing or eliminating portions of stitching and or extra applique layers in the emblem. The resulting product has superior care and durability characteristics to screen printing and heat transfers as the image is more wash fast and can be ironed. The heat or pressure transfer capability can allow much faster customization of finished garments.

A digital design system and method are provided for re-programmable hardware platforms, such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and other re-programmable system designs. The design system and method bridge the gap between what has previously been a development and prototyping platform used during the design phase of an electronic design system (EDS) project, and commercially viable re-programmable product platforms to replace non-programmable platforms, such as discrete processors and ASICs.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for supporting the development of a parallel / distributed application, wherein the development process comprises a design phase, an implementation phase and a test phase. A script language can be provided in the design phase for representing elements of a connectivity graph and the connectivity between them. In the implementation phase, modules can be provided for implementing functionality of the application, executors can be provided for defining a type of execution for the modules, and process-instances can be provided for distributing the application over several computing devices. In the test phase, abstraction levels can be provided for monitoring and testing the application.

The present invention relates to antenna architectures and methods on re-configurable multi-element antennas via feed re-positioning for various optimized radiation contours, including beam forming (or shaping) and / or null steering on contoured beams, spot beams, and orthogonal beams. The feed re-positioning techniques can also be used in radiation pattern optimization processing during antennas designing phases for fixed beams. The techniques are applicable for satellite communications. For satellite antennas, the beam shaping capability via element repositioning can be utilized for (1) optimized geometries on satellite antennas for given desired coverage areas, (2) re-optimizing radiation contours for reconfigurable antenna on board satellites in operation, (3) additional flexibility for satellite antennas using ground based beam forming (GBBF). As to satellite ground terminals, the same techniques are applicable for both fixed and mobile satellite terminals featuring either single beam or multiple beams. For fixed terminals, are applicable for terrestrial based communications; such as retrofitting existing antennas eliminating interference radiations coming from fixed or slow varying directions.

A method of designing an integrated circuit is provided in which the design layout is optimized using a process model until the design constraints are satisfied by the image contours simulated by the process model. The process model used in the design phase need not be as accurate as the lithographic model used in preparing the lithographic mask layout during data prep. The resulting image contours are then included with the modified, optimized design layout to the data prep process, in which the mask layout is optimized using the lithographic process model, for example, including RET and OPC. The mask layout optimization matches the images simulated by the lithographic process model with the image contours generated during the design phase, which ensures that the design and manufacturability constraints specified by the designer are satisfied by the optimized mask layout.

A Mass Custom Manufacturing System and methods are provided. A single master file is created for a restoration (or multiple restorations for a single patient) from a scan. Copings / cores, abutments and other companion pieces are designed using the master file through a deconstruction method allowing for simultaneous CAM of those pieces. A centralized system controls design and manufacturing, allowing the system to “learn” from feedback from the CAM operations of prior pieces and incorporate such feedback into the design phase.

A graphical user interface (GUI) provides a design engineer the capability of automatically inserting scan logic and test logic into a design. The graphical user interface includes a scan insertion option for a design engineer to invoke a scan insertion tool to check the design for testability. The graphical user interface also permits the design engineer to invoke a test generation tool such as an automatic test pattern generator (ATPG) tool to check the design for fault coverage. The graphical user interface, which can serve as a front end for a design framework, enables a design engineer to efficiently increase testability while still in a design phase.

The invention discloses a method for measuring the phase center of an antenna, which is based on moving reference points. The method provided by the invention mainly solves the measuring problems of manual operation and artificial judgment. The method includes the following steps: in the measuring system, a measured antenna is adjusted to face an original antenna and is taken as the zero point of a measuring angle; the horizontal direction and the vertical direction of a two-dimensional translation device are controlled to reset and taken as the datum reference point of the phase center test; related parameter information is input and all moving shafts are controlled automatically, thereby collecting the amplitude and phase data of the measured antenna; the horizontal deviation and the longitudinal deviation of the phase center can be worked out by using the least square method and then can be determined whether the deviation of the phase center meets the deviation requirements of the designed phase center of the antenna; if not, the reference point of the antenna can be changed by automatically adjusting the horizontal coordinate and the vertical coordinate of the two-dimensional translation device according to the deviation value; the test can be repeated again and again until the horizontal deviation and the longitudinal deviation meet the requirements; and the final changed reference point can be taken as the phase center of the measured antenna. The method provided by the invention can automatically and accurately measure the phase center of an antenna.

Simulation and analysis of conceptual flight vehicles in an early design phase is conducted in a framework for evaluating performance and control effectiveness that is captured by multiple design parameters modeling the effects of control and disturbance moments and forces acting upon a conceptual flight vehicle along a specified trajectory. Characteristics of multiple types of flight vehicle effectors are modeled as a system and adjusted in such a framework to converge to a controllable air frame configuration for conceptual flight vehicle under static design considerations prior to performing dynamic analyses and control system simulations.

The invention provides a 3D (three-dimensional) printing based processing technique of an automobile styling concept model and belongs to the field of automobile styling concept design. The technique includes the steps of 1, performing three-dimensional model reconstruction based on an image / draft; 2, performing 3D printing oriented model structural optimization; 3, performing 3D printing oriented solid modeling; 4, generating a support structure; and 5, performing 3D printing. The technique has the advantages that quick expression of an automobile solid model from an automobile image / draft is achieved, model processing cost is lowered at the premise of quickly implementing a personalized solid model, processing efficiency is improved, operating is simple, and the technique is reliably applied to the automobile concept design phase for automobile styling engineers.

The invention discloses a structural finite-element parametric modeling method applicable to a grating-configuration rudder surface. According to the method, a mapping transformation method based on a finite element model and a parametric approach to achieving conversion from two-dimensional mesh parameterization division to three-dimensional appearance expansion are adopted. The method includes the steps of specifically conducting two-dimensional plane projection on the grating-configuration rudder surface, extracting characteristic parameters, and conducting two-dimensional parameterization division; building a mapping relation between a two-dimensional finite element mesh and a three-dimensional finite element mesh, designing a numbering rule for finite element mesh points, and achieving conversion from the two-dimensional mesh to the three-dimensional appearance expansion; by means of a high-level computer language program, implementing the structural finite-element parametric modeling procedures for the grating-configuration rudder surface. By using the method, in a conceptual design phase or a preliminary design phase, the structural modeling efficiency can be greatly increased, the costs of time and manpower are low, parameters of self-compiled programs can be adjusted quickly, analysis applicability is high, the obtained model is applicable to analytical calculation of structural vibration, structural dynamics and the like, and the method is applicable to grating-configuration rudder surfaces and grating-configuration airfoils.

The invention discloses a method for analyzing the fatigue life of a steering knuckle, comprising the following steps: 1) obtaining the fatigue load of the steering knuckle; 2) carrying out uniaxial tensile material test on the use material; 3) if the fatigue load is under the static load condition, the elastic-plastic finite element analysis method is adopted to solve the problem; or, if it is the actual pavement load spectrum, the elastic-plastic finite element analysis is carried out on the points exceeding the yield strength by elastic finite element method and linear superposition method,and the modified stress-strain results are obtained. 4) analyzing the biaxiality of the obtained stress response in time domain to determine the load state of the steering knuckle; 5) calculating thedamage accumulation and life of steering knuckle. The present invention solves the problem of time-consuming finite element solution under the input of actual pavement load spectrum, at the same time, the stress and strain of the material entering the plastic phase are considered, so that the result is more accurate, and fatigue analysis is carried out by combining the static load condition or the single channel static load condition, and more references are provided in the design phase.

A power converter control system having a phase tracker that is designed and configured to estimate the phase of the voltage on the power network that will be on the network when network recovers from a fault on the network. Such a power converter control system allows a power-network-connected power source to ride-through a fault event and continue supplying power thereto at the designed phase and frequency. In one embodiment, the phase tracker provides this estimate by having a response time slow enough that the voltage drop or sag caused by the fault substantially does not affect the control system. In another embodiment, the phase detector is designed and configured to freeze the frequency of its output upon detection of a fault event on the power network.

The invention discloses a multi-sense unequal-radius wireless sensor network route implementing method includes a design phase and an implementation phase. The design phase includes a zoning phase, a cluster head selecting and cluster forming phase, a multi-hop route setting phase and a stable communication phase. The multi-sense unequal-radius wireless sensor network route implementing method has beneficial effects of reducing node communication cost effectively and balancing network energy consumption. Energy consumption of different nodes is balanced and energy conservation during a working process is achieved, which are attributed to a though of double cluster head and non-balancing clustering. The clustering radiuses are comparatively large and the scales of clusters are comparatively large in zones away from Sink nodes. Two cluster heads can be used for sharing energy consumption of data collection and communication. The clustering radiuses are comparatively small in zones adjacent to the Sink nodes and clusters in the zones adjacent to the Sink nodesare more than those in the zones away from the Sink nodes. Therefore, transceiving energy consumption due to inter-cluster multi-hop can be shared by the clusters of a large number and energy consumption in the network can be balanced well. By using the method provided by the invention, network energy consumption can be balanced well and network service lifetime of the network can be prolonged.

A semiconductor memory device comprises a memory-cell array for storing data, a peripheral circuit for carrying out an operation to read out or write data from or into the memory-cell array, read clock generation circuits (111, 113 and 115) each used for generating a read clock signal to be supplied to the peripheral circuit in the operation to read out data from the memory-cell array, write clock generation circuits (112, 114 and 116) each used for generating a write clock signal to be supplied to the peripheral circuit in the operation to write data into the memory-cell array. Since the pulse widths of the clock signals in read and writes are adjusted individually, margin insufficiencies of the pulse widths can be evaluated and results of the evaluation can be fed back to a design phase for, among other purposes, correction of a layout.

A method for enabling collaboration between individuals to design, construct and maintain a building. The method comprises providing a network based computer system including at least one server and multiple clients. The multiple clients allow respective individuals to interact with the server. The server includes a machine-readable storage, which is encoded with software for execution by a CPU for allowing individuals at the respective clients to create, execute and manage projects associated with at least one of a design phase, construction phase and maintenance phase of the building. Each project comprises one or more events that are related to time. The method also comprises storing in the machine-readable storage events as they occur during execution of each project to create a building project database spanning at least the design phase and the construction phase and optionally the maintenance phase of the building.

A process for applying digitally printed applique indicia which results in decorative and identification elements for decoration and identification when applied to uniforms, fashion, ''basic'' and performance apparel, swimwear and intimate apparel as well as other textile products, the elements being an alternative to direct embroidery, embroidered emblems, thermo-transfer films, silk screen or sublimated printing. The production process includes the following phases (Figs. 3A-C): a design phase (1); a separation phase (2); a printing phase (3); an optional traditional embroidery phase (4); and an etching / cutting phase (5). The process can incorporate embroidered elements but has the benefit of reducing or eliminating portions of stitching and or extra applique layers in the emblem. The resulting product has superior care and durability characteristics to screen printing and heat transfers as the image is more wash fast and can be ironed. The heat or pressure transfer capability can allow much faster customization of finished garments.

A digital design system and method are provided for re-programmable hardware platforms, such as field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and other re-programmable system designs. The design system and method bridge the gap between what has previously been a development and prototyping platform used during the design phase of an electronic design system (EDS) project, and commercially viable re-programmable product platforms to replace non-programmable platforms, such as discrete processors and ASICs.

A method for designing a logic circuit and a CAD program which allow a logic circuit with desired performance to be designed in a short period of time by suppressing the elongation of a logic design period for achieving a circuit area, an operating speed, power consumption, and the like as target specifications are provided at low cost. Shorter-period and lower-cost design is accomplished by allowing a user to use a high-performance logic synthesis CAD program at no charge if he only checks circuit characteristics resulting from synthesis and collecting a fee if the user is satisfied with the resulting circuit characteristics and intends to use a gate level logic circuit. In a design phase which receives a register transfer level or operation level logic circuit and synthesizes a gate level logic circuit, desired circuit characteristics are obtainable in a short period of time at low cost.

A method and system of the present invention determines the performance values of components of a flow by taking the interactions between the components into account, and visualizes the performance values on a graphical user interface during a flow design phase. Thus, interactions between the components of the flow become transparent to the user and bottlenecks can be identified immediately.