407 results about "Process measurement" patented technology

The present invention provides an adaptive process control and profit depiction system which is responsive to both process measurement input signals, economic inputs, and physical environment inputs. The process control system features an interactive optimization modeling system for determining manipulated process variables (also known as setpoints). These manipulated process variables are used to position mechanisms which control attributes of a manufacturing system, such as a valve controlling the temperature of a coolant or a valve controlling the flow rate in a steam line.

A system and method for creating and managing a business process integration solution comprises modeling a business strategy including elements representing business measurements and initiatives according to defined business goals and objectives of an entity; modeling business operations of the entity in terms of business process elements including process tasks, artifact flows and artifact repositories, and business commitment elements including incorporating key performance indicators; mapping elements of the strategy model with artifact and process elements of the operations model; and, measuring business performance and comparing performance measurements against the key performance indicators. The business strategy and operation model process elements may be continuously refined over a solution development lifecycle as a result of process measurements and comparing. A business level modeling language is further implemented for formally representing the business operations.

The present invention relates to a system for performing and monitoring minimally invasive interventions with an x-ray unit, in which at least one x-ray source and one x-ray detector can traverse a circular track through an angle range, an ECG recording unit, an imaging catheter, a mapping unit with a mapping catheter and an ablation unit with an ablation catheter. The system comprises a control and evaluation unit with interfaces for the units and catheters, which enable an exchange of data with the control and evaluation unit. The control and evaluation unit is designed for processing measurement or image data which it receives from the catheters and units, and for controlling the catheters and units for the capture of the measurement or image data. The workflow from the examination through to the therapy, particularly with regard to the treatment of tachycardial arrhythmias, is covered completely and continuously by the proposed system.

Disclosed are systems and methods for on-line monitoring of operation of a process in connection with process measurements indicative of the operation of the process. In some cases, the operation of the process is simulated to generate model data indicative of a simulated representation of the operation of the process and based on the process measurements. A multivariate statistical analysis of the operation of the process is implemented based on the model data and the process measurements. The output data from the multivariate statistical analysis may then be evaluated during the operation of the process to enable the on-line monitoring of the process involving, for instance, fault detection via classification analysis of the output data.

A method and an arrangement for producing a workpiece using additive manufacturing techniques involve in-process measurement in order to determine individual characteristics of one or more workpiece layers. In particular, dimensional and/or geometrical characteristics of a workpiece layer are measured before the next workpiece layer is produced. Advantageously, the measurement results are fed back into the production process in order to increase accuracy and precision of the production process.

A method and device or monitoring parameters in a process reduces power consumption and bandwidth requirements in the transmission of the monitored parameter to for example, a monitoring application. In particular, new monitoring parameter values are only transmitted if the difference between a measured or calculated parameter value and the most recently transmitted value exceeds a limit, since the last communication of the parameter or if the time since the last communication of the parameter exceeds a preset refresh period. The determination as to whether to transmit the parameter can be applied to engineering unit values or raw values.

A device for monitoring a physiological parameter of a person includes a sensor device for measuring a physiological parameter associated with the person; a processor for processing measurements of the physiological parameter generated by the sensor device; a transcutaneous member coupled between the sensor device and the processor, including a penetrating member at a distal end thereof for piercing the skin of the person; a housing containing the sensor device, the transcutaneous member and the processor, the housing including an exit port for receiving the distal end of the transcutaneous member upon injection of the distal end into the person and means for securing a first wall of the housing to the skin of the person; and an injection activation device including a driving mechanism contacting the transcutaneous member for driving the penetrating member from a first position within the housing, through the exit port to a second position, external to the housing and into the skin of the person.

The invention relates to a system for distributed or dispersed measurement of axial and bending deformations of a structure including at least one threadlike device (10) equipped for the distributed or dispersed measurement of these axial and bending deformations, and means for processing measurement signals generated by said device, in which each device includes a cylindrical reinforcement (11) supporting, at its periphery, at least three optical fibres (12) locally parallel to the axis of the reinforcement, and in which the processing means implement means for spectral or time division multiplexing of signals coming from optical fibres.

A method for identifying features in the Earth's subsurface below a body of water using transient controlled source electromagnetic measurements includes acquiring a plurality of transient controlled source electromagnetic measurements. Each measurement represents a different value of an acquisition parameter. Each measurement is indexed with respect to a time at which an electric measuring current source is switched. The plurality of measurements is processed in a seismic trace display format, in which each trace corresponds to the measurement acquired for a value of the acquisition parameter. A subsurface feature is identified from the processed measurements.

A method of using multivariate optical computing in real-time to collect instantaneous data about a process stream includes installing an optical analysis system proximate a process line, the process line being configured to move a material past a window of the optical analysis system; illuminating a portion of the material with a light from the optical analysis system; directing the light carrying information about the portion through at least one multivariate optical element in the optical analysis system to produce an instantaneous measurement result about the portion; and continuously averaging the instantaneous measurement result over a period of time to determine an overall measurement signal of the material.

A method of configuring power tool electronics in a hand-held power tool (10) having sensor means (20) for acquiring measurement data, a control unit (50) for processing measurement data and for controlling power tool functions, and a data transmission unit (30), includes transmitting data between the data transmission unit (30) and an evaluation location (62) by means of a mobile wireless network, with the power tool electronics being awakened from a quiescent mode (70) and activated at a time stored as a time parameter in a control program, retrieving a configuration file provided by the evaluation location (62) by the data transmission unit (30) via the mobile wireless network, and checking the response received from the mobile wireless network to determine whether or not it contains a new configuration file. If a configuration file was received, the parameters contained in the configuration file are implemented (77) in the control program for the power tool electronics. The power tool electronics is then returned to the quiescent mode (70) again.

The invention discloses measurement processing method and device. The measurement processing method comprises the step that the user equipment processes measurement on a neighbor cell according to a measuring value of reference signal reception power (RSRP) and/or a measuring value of reference signal reception quality (RSRQ) of a service cell. The invention ensures that the neighbor cells, particularly household base station cells, can be effectively opened/closed, avoids unnecessary measurement, reduces the power consumption of the UE, reduces the expense of hollow signaling, effectively ensures favorable service experience for users, reduces the resource load of macro cells and benefits both the network and the users to the maximum extent.

Disclosed are systems and methods for collecting, processing and displaying medical measurement data in human-readable and machine-readable formats. The system may collect medical measurement data using one or more sensors. The system may then analyze the collected measurement data as well as various characteristics of the available display device. Based on these characteristics, the system may select an optimum barcode format for displaying the measurement data. The system may then convert the measurement data into the selected barcode format and display the measurement data in the selected barcode format and an alphanumeric format on the display device. The barcoded measurement data may then be scanned by a scanning device and transmitted to a computer system for storage and further analysis.

A method and system are provided that minimize wafer or package level test time without adversely impacting yields in downstream manufacturing processes or degrading outgoing quality levels. The method provides optimization by determining, a priority, the most effective set of tests for a given lot or wafer. The invention implements a method using a processor-based system involving the integration of multiple sources of data that include: historical and realtime, product specific and lot specific, from wafer fabrication data (i.e., process measurements, defect inspections, and parametric testing), product qualification test results, physical failure analysis results and manufacturing functional test results. These various forms of data are used to determine an optimal set of tests to run using a test application sequence, on a given product to optimize test time with minimum risk to yield or product quality.

The present invention is directed to a spectrometer in which the electrical and optical components are connected to one another in a compact construction. A minimal expenditure on assembly and adjustment is achieved through a small quantity of individual parts. The compact spectrometer comprises an entrance slit, an imaging grating, one or more detector elements in rows or matrices, and elements of a controlling and evaluating unit. The detector elements and the entrance slit are arranged on a shared support, the elements of the controlling and evaluating unit being arranged on the free surfaces of the support. The entrance slit and the detector elements and the imaging spherical grating recessed into the spectrometer housing are arranged symmetric to an imaginary center axis of the support. Due to its compact size and the minimized expenditure on adjustment and assembly for its manufacture, the spectrometer according to the invention has applications ranging from routine laboratory analysis to special tasks in process measurement technique and quality control in manufacturing processes.

This invention discloses one method and device to improve time zone signals frequency stability measurement, which comprises the following steps: reference time signals are processed through DDS technique to get stable and accurate circle signals; expending measurement frequency signals range to get better reference signals and signals to be tested at fine time measurement; using DDS unit to process measurement frequency signals; when circle sample time singles come, according to fine time measurement module minimum resolution rate to test signals to be tested with reference time signals minimum phase difference to make the meter work to fulfill frequency signal measurement.

A process measurement instrument adapted for wireless communication, comprising a measurement unit (7) arranged to determine a measurement value of a process variable, a memory (21) arranged to store a current measurement value of the process variable, a wireless communication unit (8), arranged to access the current measurement value and communicate the current measurement value over a wireless communication channel according to a protocol with intermittently active communication, and arbitration logic (22), in communication with the measurement unit and the wireless communication unit, and arranged to ensure that active periods of the measurement unit occur when the wireless communication is inactive.

The measurement unit and communication unit are thus able to share information via the common memory, e.g. by sequential read/write access. This avoids the need for simultaneous activity. The invention can be especially advantageous when the instrument is powered by an internal power store, such as a battery, and extend the lifetime of such a power store.

An apparatus, method and computer-readable medium for obtaining a resistivity image of an earth formation. The apparatus includes a downhole assembly configured to be conveyed in a borehole penetrating the earth formation; a plurality of sensor electrodes on the downhole assembly, each of the plurality of sensor electrodes having a different capacitance to a wall of the borehole; and at least one processor configured to: (i) process measurements using each of the sensor electrodes; (ii) process a subset of the measurements substantially unaffected by the different capacitances to produce an image of the borehole wall; and (iii) record the image on a suitable medium.

A RFID transceiver interrogates RFID tags located on process components and provides identification data stored on the RFID tags to a process measurement device coupled to the process components. Based on the identification data received, the process measurement device configures itself to interpret data provided by the process components. Proper configuration allows the process measurement device to provide meaningful process data to a control room.

A non contact measurement system for in-process measurement of a work piece to is described. There is provided a sensor chassis that includes one or more contour sensors for capturing the profile of a work piece and outputting coordinate values describing one or more points representative of the profile of the work piece.