380 results about "Multiple indicator" patented technology

A system, method and computer program for creating and valuing financial instruments (including but not limited to futures, forwards, call options, put options, swaps, “swaptions”, and “op-swaps”) linked to published real estate indices. The present invention will be referred to in this application as a real estate index linked financial instrument, and is defined as a financial instrument whose value changes based on movements in underlying indices based on real estate prices. These indices are published by sovereign governments, government-chartered agencies and departments (such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Office of Management and Budget, and the Treasury Department in the U.S.), non-governmental organizations, commercial banks, investment banks, realty agencies and many other organizations. The instruments can be written, with a published index number from any real estate index or indices as the initial value upon which the financial instrument's terms are based. The predicted future value of the real estate index or indices will change in response to market buy/sell demand based on investor expectations of the predicted future value of the real estate index or indices related to one or more real estate index linked financial instrument(s). Thus, the predicted future value of the index or indices will change in response to the market demand as investors offer to buy and/or sell real estate index linked financial instruments which will be listed on securities exchanges and electronic commerce networks (ECNs) as well as over the counter (OTC) and in private transactions. Each predicted future index value will change based on the investor expectation of how strong demand will be for the underlying real estate market upon which each index or indices are based. Thus, the present invention gives investors a means of taking or adjusting positions upon price movements in local, city, regional, state, national, or multinational/international real estate markets. It is important to note that real estate index linked financial instruments can be created either in standardized contract sizes that can be traded on futures, options or other securities exchanges, ECNs and/or OTC, or can be customized to meet the specifications of a transactional counterparty which wishes to speculate on movements in local, city, regional, state, national, or multinational/international real estate prices. Such instruments may also be created from a plurality of indices, thus allowing an investor to package movements from several different real estate indices into a single financial instrument. Such instruments may also involve a combination of real estate index linked financial instruments, either with each other or with other financial instruments in a combination containing at least one real estate index linked financial instrument.

A method and system allowing a user to interrogate external financial data quickly and efficiently and to drill up or drill down and across multiple graphical displays (“maps”) of information. Maps offer multiple dimensional filtration functionality enabling a comparison between different investment strategies. External financial data is received and calculations can be performed on the external financial data to generate one or more indicators. Internal financial data is calculated from one or more of the external financial data and the indicators. Filters are applied to the external and internal financial data, and the indicators. The filtered data is used to generate maps of certain data usually plotted against external and internal financial data or indicators. Icons are generated adding another dimension to the map without adding an additional axis of data. Further “depth” to a map can be added by generating a sub-map or a historical movement map.

Some embodiments provide a meta touch interface (MTI) with multiple position indicators with each position indicator operating as a separate pointing tool that can be activated (i) using taps on a touchpad or other touch sensitive surface or (ii) by pressing certain keyboard keys. The MT pointer allows for adjacent UI elements to be selected without having to reposition the MT pointer for each selection or activation. Some embodiments provide a multi-device UI that comprises at least two UIs, wherein the first UI is presented on an essentially horizontal plane that is aligned with operational focus and the second UI that is presented on an essentially vertical plane that is aligned with visual focus of the user. Some embodiments provide a precision pointer that includes an adjustable magnified region to better present underlying on-screen content, thereby allowing the user to more precisely position the pointer.

Systems and methods provide for detecting respiration disturbances and changes in respiration disturbances, preferably by detecting variability in one or more respiration parameters. Respiration rate variability is determined for a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, including disease/disorder detection, diagnosis, treatment, and therapy titration. Systems and methods provide for generating a footprint, such as a two- or three-dimensional histogram, representative of a patient's respiration parameter variability, and generating one or more indices representative of quantitative measurements of the footprint.

Described herein are fetal and/or maternal monitoring devices, systems and methods using UWB medical radar. These devices and systems may include a UWB sensor providing high-resolution and reliable simultaneous monitoring of multiple indicators of fetal and/or maternal health, such as fetal heart rate, fetal heart rate variability, fetal respiration, fetal gross body movement, maternal contractions, maternal heart rate, maternal respiration, and other derivative parameters during virtually all stages of pregnancy and during delivery. The sensor allows novel collection of physiological data using a single sensor or multiple sensors to develop individual and aggregate normal motion indices for use in determining when departure from normal motion index is indicative of fetal or maternal distress.

A method and apparatus for measuring a blood analyte concentration using an inexpensive, low precision sensor device is provided. One embodiment of the method includes obtaining energy absorption measurement data through a body part of an individual. A plurality of indicator variables are subsequently calculated from the energy absorption measurement data. An indicator variable from the plurality of indicator variables having the highest correlation to blood glucose level is determined, and a first optical term based on the indicator variable with the highest correlation to blood glucose level is allocated to form a regression analysis equation. An estimated value of the blood analyte concentration using the regression analysis equation is calculated.

Described herein are fetal and/or maternal monitoring devices, systems and methods using UWB medical radar. These devices and systems may include a UWB sensor providing high-resolution and reliable simultaneous monitoring of multiple indicators of fetal and/or maternal health, such as fetal heart rate, fetal heart rate variability, fetal respiration, fetal gross body movement, maternal contractions, maternal heart rate, maternal respiration, and other derivative parameters during virtually all stages of pregnancy and during delivery. The sensor allows novel collection of physiological data using a single sensor or multiple sensors to develop individual and aggregate normal motion indices for use in determining when departure from normal motion index is indicative of fetal or maternal distress.

System and methods for scheduling OFDM frames are provided. Each packet is assigned to a frame bucket, this amounting to a temporary decision of when to transmit the packet. Each packet is marked with one or more metrics. The metrics are used to sort packets and make scheduling decisions. Packets are analyzed to determine their suitability for MIMO transmission.

A computer-implemented apparatus or method, or a software product, for generating a composite quantitative comparison of drug products based on multiple attributes of them. A set of name-attribute similarity scores are generated based on similarities among the names of selected target and reference drugs. A set of product-attribute similarity scores are generated based on similarities among product attributes of the selected target and reference drugs. A target drug confusability score is generated based on the confusability of the target drug as compared to a population of other drugs. The composite quantitative comparison is generated based on a composite of the name-attribute and product-attribute similarity scores, and the target confusability score. A set of one or more severity of confusion scores may also be included in the composite quantitative comparison. These scores are based on one or more indicators of the severity of the consequences to a patient of confusing the target and reference drugs so that, for example, the wrong drug is administered to the patient, or the correct drug is incorrectly administered. The name-attribute similarity scores may be generated based on orthographic, phonetic, and/or phonological analysis. The product-attribute similarity scores may be generated based on the drugs'strengths, indications, dosages, administration routes, manufacturers, pharmacological categories, storage requirements, colors, shapes, legal standing, trademark description, and/or other attributes. The composite quantitative comparison may include severity-weighted similarity scores or both similarity scores and severity of confusion scores. The severity of confusion indicators may include a therapeutic index and/or a contraindication index.

A dashboard application can enable a user to quickly view data (and, in a particular aspect, data from one or more business applications) in an efficient manner. The dashboard application can be used to view data about one or metrics that reflect the performance of a business, as derived from data maintained (perhaps in an associated data store) by the business application(s). The dashboard application may be configurable by a user to allow the user to select one or more dimensions of the data in order to filter and/or categorize the data for display.

An intelligent voice message status indication device for a single line of a telephone network includes a controller that responds to caller-ID signals to detect whether a mailbox contains a message, responds to a call-waiting signal to break communication with the voicemail system during message retrieval to capture an incoming call, and toggles multiple indicators associated with respective sub-mailboxes on a single line. The message waiting indicators may include respective unique audio, as well as respective unique, visual indication of message presence in one or more mailboxes. The voicemail servers of the network may be correspondingly partitioned to host multiple mailboxes and to provide unique outbound caller IDs to identify a mailbox having a message.

The invention discloses a spectral image-based meat quality visual non-contact detection method. By means of spatial distribution information and spectral characteristic information which are contained in a spectral image and reflect the characteristics of an object to be detected, multiple indexes of meat quality (such as water content, water activity, volatile basic nitrogen, meat color, microorganism counts, acid value and pH value) are respectively or comprehensively evaluated, and evaluation results are given in an image mode according to spatial distribution conditions of specific indexes in the object to be detected. The method can be used for quick and non-contact inspection of meat production, processing, storage, transportation and marketing links, inspection results are accurate and objective, and the expression mode is intuitive, so that a guarantee means for supervising the production and marketing quality safety of meat is provided.

The invention relates to a method and system for indicating customer information having a computer, software executing on the computer for assigning each customer of a plurality of customers a unique customer identifier, software executing on the computer for determining an overall score for each customer based on criteria selected from the group consisting of a recent product purchase score, a frequency score, a monetary score, and combinations thereof, and software executing on the computer for displaying a plurality of indicators, each indicator representing a level of return for a product. The invention also includes a gauge directed to at least one indicator of the plurality of indicators, software executing on the computer for calculating returns for the product, and software executing on the computer for automatically adjusting the gauge based on the calculated returns for the product.

A de-duplication storage system which uses multiple indices is described. A first group of one or more indices may be stored in random access memory (RAM) or another type of fast storage. A second group of one or more indices may be stored on one or more disk drives or another type of storage where large amounts of data can be stored inexpensively. The first group of indices may be used when adding new files to the de-duplication storage system in order to determine whether the file segments of the new files are already stored. The second group of indices may be used when restoring files in order to lookup the segments of the files.

A routing system and method are provided which use a composite cost in identifying routes. This allows a simple way of identifying the best route taking multiple metrics into account for each link simultaneously. The system allows for the inclusion of pruning constraints, and allows for various objectives such as bin packing or load balancing to be achieved.

A method implemented by computer for optimizing the cruising trajectory of an aircraft comprises the steps consisting in receiving the parameters of a reference trajectory, the trajectory comprising one or more plateaus and the transitions between these plateaus, the transitions being ascending or descending; and determining, in response to a request received in the course of the flight, at least one candidate alternative trajectory; and determining one or more indicators associated with the candidate alternative trajectory such as determined. Developments comprise the optional display of at least one indicator, indicators associated with the fuel consumption, with a difference in flight time or with the operational cost of the flight of the aircraft, the use of ratios of indicators, the inhibition of descending transitions, particular plateau length transitions as well as economical modes of transition. System aspects are described, comprising avionic or non-avionic means.

A generation unit generates data of a plurality of images whose scan time is different on the basis of an output of the probe. A calculation unit calculates a plurality of index values related to pressure of the probe against the tested body on the basis of a physical quantity changing with the strength of the pressure. A specifying unit specifies a first image, which corresponds to a first index value of the plurality of calculated index values, and a second image, which corresponds to a second index value, among the plurality of generated images. A display unit displays the specified first and second images side by side.

The invention provides intelligent environmental noise and vibration monitoring device and method. The device and method are characterized in that equivalent traffic flow and vehicle speed and other parameters of the road traffic in the monitoring period can be converted by a recommending device or system while the environmental noise and the road traffic noise indexes can be measured through the general sound level meter or a statistic analyzing device and a plurality of index values of the noise are measured; therefore, the field investigation of the road traffic noise can be performed conveniently; meanwhile, an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) embedded system can be used for continuously expanding other synchronous detection functions of the environmental noise, so as to realize an intelligent system.

An improved accelerator and brake indicators for vehicles. Visual indicators of braking, coasting and acceleration are visible from the front, sides and rear of a vehicle. Such indicators may be used on any type of vehicle including cars, trucks, trailers, airplanes, motorcycles, bicycles, toy vehicles, etc. An accelerator indicator may be blue, green or any other color. An external accelerator indicator is not visible to an operator, and does not interfere with nighttime operation of vehicles. One or more indicator hues are chosen so as to be esthetically pleasing. Indicator design and placement are also chosen so as to be esthetically pleasing. Indicators are suitable for installation into any existing or future style of motor vehicle. Indicators may be positioned upon a motor vehicle in conventional and non-conventional locations. Preferentially, accelerator, brake, and running indicators comprise a housing including a reflective shell and one or more translucent lenses forming a sealed enclosure, a connector or socket, a removable light bulb or light emitting element, a means to electrically connect a socket to the brake light electrical system, and a means to electrically connect a socket to a sensor attached to the accelerator system of a motor vehicle.