449 results about "Instrument Data" patented technology

A computer-implemented method to establish contract specifications using designations and/or standardized specifications. The specifications may be for a contract with a payout that is related to the dispersion of instrument data, such as financial instrument data. In one aspect, the method to establish contract specifications may be useful in hedging against volatility fluctuations and for directly trading dispersion-based products. In another aspect, an electronic system facilitates the trading of standardized dispersion-based contracts.

A system for automatic calibration of instruments (S) having varying cross-sectional dimensions within a predetermined range and having detectable elements (110, 112, 113, 114) thereon for computer-aided surgery, comprising a calibration base (C) having detectable elements (43, 44, 46, 48) secured thereto for detecting a position and an orientation thereof in space by sensors (204) connected to a position calculator (202). The calibration base is adapted to receive and to releasably secure a working shaft (100) of any of the instruments (S) and provides an abutting surface (14) for a tip (102) thereof in such a way that a position and orientation of the tip (102) of the instrument (S) secured therein is calculable when working shaft cross-section dimensions thereof are known. The position calculator (202) receives instrument data (214) and calibration data (218) from an operator through a user interface (206) and stores the instrument data (214) and calibration data (218) for subsequent calibrations.

A system is disclosed for activating an electrosurgical instrument. The system includes an electrosurgical assembly, a control assembly, and an activation device. The electrosurgical assembly includes an electrosurgical instrument and a driver circuit operatively coupled to the electrosurgical instrument. A controller circuit, a safety circuit, and a latch circuit are included within the control assembly and interface between-the electrosurgical assembly and an activation device. Instrument data and supervisory monitoring data originate in the electrosurgical assembly, and they are communicated to the controller circuit and the safety circuit. The electrical cooperation among the controller circuit, safety circuit, and latch circuit enables a user to selectively use the instrument in an “on/off” mode or in a “continuous” mode upon actuation of the same activation switch.

An instrument system that includes an elongate body, a first optical fiber, a second optical fiber, and a controller is provided. The first optical fiber is operatively coupled to the elongate body and has a first strain sensor provided on the first optical fiber. The second optical fiber is operatively coupled to the elongate body and has a second strain sensor provided on the second optical fiber. The controller is operatively coupled to the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber and is adapted to receive a first signal from the first strain sensor and a second signal from the second strain sensor and to compare the first signal with the second signal.

A percussion instrument data generating system can include a plurality of capacitance sensors coupled to the at least a first surface. A controller section can includes a plurality of switches for selectively connecting each capacitance sensor to a sense node. A capacitance sense circuit can be coupled to the common sense node and can measures a capacitance presented at the common sense node. An encoder section that generates a position value for a sensed input event based that varies according to which capacitance sensor detects the input event.

The invention relates to a real-time panoramic stitching method and a real-time panoramic stitching system for unmanned aerial vehicle images. The method comprises the following steps: shooting an aerial photography area to acquire the image of each exposure point by a camera; acquiring corresponding GPS data and attitude instrument data from a GPS (Global Positioning System) and an attitude instrument respectively; performing synchronization and real-time calculation the acquired GPS data and attitude instrument data, and calculating elements of the exterior orientation of the image shot by the camera at a preset exposure time; mapping the images which are acquired at the corresponding exposure points and are preprocessed to a panoramic image according to the elements of the exterior orientation of the camera at the preset exposure time to obtain a real-time panoramic image. According to the real-time panoramic stitching method and the real-time panoramic stitching system for the unmanned aerial vehicle images, panoramic stitching is performed on the images in real time by acquiring the image data, positioning instrument data and the GPS data, synchronizing the positioning instrument data and the GPS data and quickly calculating the positioning instrument data and the GPS data; compared with the conventional aerial photograph measurement process, time-consuming links, such as aerial triangulation, are avoided, and the data processing speed is greatly improved.

A computer-implemented analytical and reporting system includes an input device, a database and a processor. The input device is operative for inputting analytical data results of a test sample. The database includes an analysis methodology data section, an instrument data section and a forms data section. The processor is operative for receiving from the input device the analytical data results of the test sample. The processor is also operative for receiving from the database analysis methodology data of at least one analysis method, instrument data of at least one analytical instrument and forms data of a desired analytical report form. The processor is also operative for processing the analytical data results and the instrument data using the analysis methodology data and is operative for generating an analytical report produced on the desired analytical report form depicting final analytical results based on the analysis method and the analytical instrument.

The present invention relates generally to a system of components, comprising an integrated architecture, which supports calibration of financial models, and the structuring, pricing, mark-to-market valuation, simulation, risk management, and reporting of a variety of credit instruments subject to both credit and market risk (e.g., interest rate, foreign exchange risk). Detailed instrument complexities may be accommodated, by modeling the underlying economic behavior driving the exercise of embedded options and other structural features of credit instruments by implementing detailed economic behavioral models. In one aspect of the present invention, the system comprises a database for storing credit instrument data, a first calibration engine for generating calibration parameters from the credit instrument data, a second pricing engine adapted to calculate the net present values and valuation metrics for the credit instruments by modeling the underlying economic behavior driving the exercise of embedded options and other structural features of the credit instruments, a third engine for performing simulation-based computations, a fourth risk engine for computing risk and reward metrics, and a report generator for generating reports for use in managing risk.

The well test system has a net oil computer NOC that captures and stores information from disparate well instrumentation devices, measures produced oil, water, and gas quantities based on the information and controls well processes based on the quantity measurements. The NOC includes operational software that collects instrumentation data from a plurality of wells. Configuration software downloads user programmable configuration information to the NOC, which enables the NOC to record data from a wide variety of flow devices, water test meters, or the like. User programmable alarms are included. A plurality of controllers can control processes associated with individual wells. A wireless communication system electronically sends data and test results to cell phones, radio devices, and the like. A daily test data log provides a historical database, which is analyzed to formulate “Data Confidence” information for each well. The net oil computer is operable with two-phase or three-phase separators.

A satellite navigation automatic driving system of a high-speed seedling transplanter is composed of an RTK-GPS, an attitude instrument, odometers, a rotation angle sensor, an electronic control steering wheel, a GPS data forwarding electronic control unit (ECU), an attitude instrument data forwarding electronic control unit (ECU), an odometer electronic control unit (ECU), a steering wheel electronic control unit (ECU), an embedded navigation computer EGC and the like. A traditional manual steering wheel is replaced by the electronic control steering wheel; the RTK-GPS and the attitude instrument are arranged at the center of a cross-over support on a seedling disc support; the odometers are arranged on walking reducers of left and right wheels; the rotation angle sensor is arranged at a steering mechanism of the bottom of a main reducer; each electronic control unit (ECU) is arranged near the sensor; the EGC is mounted at one side of the seedling disc support; the EGC is connected with the ECUs through a serial communication network; the EGC includes a man-machine interface as well as pre-data processing, attitude estimation and driving control modules; in seedling transplanting, a target point method is adopted to realize tracking automatic driving; and in corner turning, a method in which attitudes are adjusted around a corner turning center is adopted to realize automatic driving. With the satellite navigation automatic driving system adopted, the seedling transplanter can be driven by a computer, and therefore, onboard operation personnel can be reduced to only one seedling supplementing worker.

An apparatus and a method for distorting add-on graphics to be composited with a streaming video feed comprising, receiving a streaming video feed captured using a real camera, said streaming video feed including an image frame taken from a particular view point and a particular field of view, said real camera introducing image distortions into the image frame, measuring a plurality of camera instrumentation data corresponding to at least said view point, said field of view, and a distortion parameters corresponding to the image distortions of the image frame, creating a virtual camera, setting the virtual view point and the virtual field of view of the virtual camera using the plurality of camera instrumentation data, generating add-on graphics having a size and an insertion position within the image frame based on the virtual camera, creating a distortion grid, distorting the add-on graphics to match the image distortions of the image frame, and compositing the distorted add-on graphics with the image frame of the streaming video feed.

The invention relates to a robot inspection system and inspection method for a cold region transformer substation, and belongs to the robot inspection field for a transformer substation. The robot inspection system and inspection method for a cold region transformer substation solve the problem that an existing manual inspection mode for a transformer substation is low in efficiency and bad in the detection quality. The robot inspection system for a cold region transformer substation comprises a main control system, a motion control system, a sensing detection system, a wireless communication system and a failure warning system, wherein the main control system is used for task scheduling of an inspection robot, and is also used for receiving an environment perception signal, orientation data, temperature data, environmental images and pointer instrument images, and sends a motion control signal according to the environment perception signal and the orientation data; by means of comparison between the collected temperature data and a set temperature threshold, when the collected temperature data exceeds the set temperature threshold, an warning control signal is transmitted; the images in a failure type model base are matched with the received environmental images; and if the matching is successful, the instrument data of the transformer substation can be read according to the received pointer instrument images. The robot inspection system and inspection method for a cold region transformer substation are used for inspection of a transformer substation.

A method of tracking a medical instrument. The method includes using a processing system to receive indicating data from a scanning device, the indicating data being indicative of a unique identifier and being determined when the scanning device is used to scan the instrument. The processing system uses the identifier to obtain instrument data associated with the instrument from a database, before interacting with the instrument data to either record one or more events performed with the instrument or determine one or more events performed with the instrument.

A requirements database and test generator generates tests for functional and field testing and generates requirements documentation, user manuals, operational procedures, instrument data sheets, instrument indices, instrument loop diagrams, validation reports, and test reports, including exception and passing reports. A portable process control simulator system which provides control system users with scenarios that mirror field operation as defined.

A method and apparatus for providing instrumentation data to an instrumentation data source from within a managed code environment is provided. A decoupled provider is provided that executes partially in managed code and partially in unmanaged code. The decoupled provider facilitates communication with an instrumentation data source. The decoupled provider also dynamically registers schema for managed code objects to be instrumented at run-time. The decoupled provider also receives and processes requests from the instrumentation data source to retrieve instance data for managed code objects, to write properties on managed code objects, and to execute methods on managed code objects.

An instrumentation client API is provided within a managed code runtime environment for accessing instrumentation data that resides outside of the managed code runtime environment. The instrumentation client API provides access to instrumentation data in a manner that is consistent with the classes and models provided by the runtime environment, raises exceptions in a manner that is compatible with the runtime environment, and is secure. The instrumentation client API wraps, or translates, calls to and from an instrumentation data source external to the runtime environment. The API interacts with an interface provided by the instrumentation data source to provide functionality and connectivity that is not otherwise provided by the instrumentation data source. The API also provides access to instrumentation data in a manner that is consistent with the models and classes provided by the runtime platform. The classes defined by the API return collections and exceptions in a way that is consistent with the managed code runtime platform.

The invention provides a pointer-type instrument recognition method based on machine vision, comprising: 1) a raw image is collected and uploaded; 2) image information is subjected to preprocessing and a binarized image is obtained; 3) a scale contour is extracted, a scale circle is fitted and expanded, and special point positions are obtained; 4) a pointer is extracted and a pointer contour is obtained; 5) the pointer is thinned; 6) a reference point is determined; 7) a pointer straight line segment is fitted; 8) a reading is read; and 9) a database table of instrument data is designed. The method utilizes the machine vision technology to replace the manual reading of the pointer-type instrument. Through a series of image processing and calculation of the instrument image, the instrument is read more accurately to realize automated instrument reading. The method is high in accuracy, high in efficiency, and widely applicable.

A flexible system for collecting and reporting instrumentation metrics relating to performance of a software product. Computing devices that execute the software product receive a manifest that specifies the manner in which instrumentation metrics are collected and reported, including what instrumentation metrics are collected. Based on the manifest, an instrumentation metrics client associated with a software product may retrieve instrumentation data from a software product or other sources. The metrics client may then generate one or more instrumentation metrics, based on the instrumentation data, in accordance with instructions in the manifest. The metrics client may then take one or more actions based on the instrumentation metrics and the manifest, such as reporting the information to an instrumentation metrics server for aggregation and analysis by the metrics server or performing escalation actions that can modify the metrics collected and reported.

The present invention provides a portable reactivity meter for carrying out full measuring range automatic monitoring on the reactor signal, and a reactivity correction method. According to the present invention, the reactor signal input portion supports USB data communication, is connected with a computer through USB, and can flexibly support online measurement and offline treatment on the reactivity; the portable reactivity meter is provided with a high-precision micro-current measurement unit, the neutron detector current value is read through an industrial-grade high-precision electrometer, the bus communication circuit is matched to form the micro-current measurement channel of the reactivity meter, and the current mature micro-current measurement technology is integrated into the reactivity meter so as to produce the intrinsic improvement effect on the precision and the stability of the reactivity meter; and with the system adopting the image value to recognize the non-intrusive read nuclear instrument display value, the disadvantages of the hardware intervention, time-saving and easy mistake during human reading in the previous nuclear instrument data acquiring way are overcome, and the nuclear instrument display value can be recognized as the data only requiring the camera so as to achieve the real-time collection and sharing of the important data.

The invention provides an on-line monitoring system of a transformer winding. The on-line monitoring system of the transformer winding is used for accomplishing 24-way voltage and current signal conditioning, data acquisition, signal processing, reactance calculation and communication with a backstage control cabinet of the transformer winding based on a computer real-time data acquisition system. The 24-way voltage and current signal conditioning comprises 12-way voltage connection and conditioning and 12-way current connection and conditioning. Three American national instrument data acquisition cards PCI 6220 are used for synchronously collecting all signals in data acquisition. The on-line monitoring system of the transformer winding has the advantages of being capable of monitoring deformation of a winding by calculating short-circuit reactance of the winding of a main transformer of the converting station on line and in real time, providing important reference for maintenance of the converting station, applicable to field application, and being capable of being actually used in long-term operation, capable of providing rich monitoring functions which comprise input and output of effective values of voltage and current, wave form data, tendency charts of the reactance and the like, capable of providing flexible inquiry statistics based on designs of databases, and capable of enabling a user to review historical operation through rich and various data display forms.