1908 results about "Simulation based" patented technology

A system to assist an individual in developing a therapy in diabetes treatment of a patient includes a user interface control module, a simulation engine, a charting and display module. The user interface control module receives an input related to the patient and captures a current time of the simulation. The simulation engine receives the input, generates a plurality of blood glucose readings for the patient up to the current time of the simulation based on the input, and to transfers the plurality of blood glucose readings. The charting and display module receives the plurality of blood glucose readings and display the plurality of blood glucose readings. The simulation engine receives patient parameters from a patient parameter library based on a selected patient model.

A wearable system with a gestural interface for wearing on, for instance, the wrist of a user. The system comprises an ultrasonic transceiver array structure and may comprise a pico projector display element for displaying an image on a surface. User anatomical feature inputs are received in the form of ultrasound signals representative of a spatio-temporal cross-section of the wrist of the user by articulating wrist, finger and hand postures, which articulations are translated into gestures. Inputs from inertial and other sensors are used by the system as part of the anatomical feature posture identification method and device. Gestures are recognized using a mathematically-modeled, simulation-based set of biological metrics of tissue objects, which gestures are converted to executable computer instructions. Embodiments of the system disclosed herein may also be used to monitor biometric and health data over computer networks or using onboard systems.

Methods for simulation of heat transport phenomena applicable to the design of a near-field microwave ablation device, the design of such a device based on simulation and a patient planning and monitoring station using simulated thermal ablation of tissue are provided.

A system for enabling multiple types of end user devices to access an Internet-based application, the system comprising: an AMI component communicating with the application; a DMI component communicating with the devices; a broker module communicating with the DMI component and with the AMI component, wherein the DMI component converts end data received from the broker module into a format suitable for the devices; the DMI component transmits replies to prompts from the broker module based on an end user's input into the devices; the broker module emulates a sequence of events and decisions followed by the application; the broker module requests application data from the AMI component based on the broker module emulating the application; the AMI component receives requests from the broker module and transmits replies to the requests to the broker module based on original data from the application, the broker module transmits end date to the DMI component, the end data being based on at least one factor chosen from the group comprising: the broker module's emulation of the application; and application data received from the AMI component.

In accordance with the present invention, computer implemented methods and systems are provided that allow an application to automatically recover from software failures and attacks. Using one or more sensors, failures may be detected in the application. In response to detecting the failure, the portion of the application's code that caused the failure is isolated. Using the input vectors that caused the failure, information regarding the failure (e.g., the type of failure), a core dump file (e.g., stack trace), etc., an emulator-based vaccine that repairs the failure is constructed. In response to verifying that the vaccine repaired the failure, the application is automatically updated with the emulator-based vaccine without user intervention. Application community features that efficiently use the resources available in software monoculture is also provided. An application community may be defined that includes a plurality of devices and the application's code may be divided into smaller portions of code, which are assigned to each of the plurality of devices for monitoring. Each device also notifies the other devices of the failure.

A method of controlling energy consumption in a building. The method includes receiving occupant request data comprising a plurality of requests, wherein each of the plurality of requests corresponds to one of a plurality of zones in the building wherein the occupant request data is received via a cloud computing resource. The method also includes receiving weather data comprising at least one of current weather measurement data and weather forecast data wherein the weather data is received via a cloud computing resource. In addition, a facility management rule is received via a cloud computing resource. Further, the method includes generating a plurality of output control signals via cloud computing resource, wherein each of the plurality of output control signals is based on one of a plurality of requests and predicted occupant schedules, energy price data and the facility management rule. The control signals are generated by using simulation-based model predictive control method to determine a set of optimized control signals based on optimized energy use or optimized energy cost. The optimized control signals are transmitted to controllers.

A method of producing liquid hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon-bearing rock in situ in a geological formation begins with exploring the formation by drilling a plurality of boreholes into the formation and taking core samples of the hydrocarbon-bearing rock and at least one overburden layer. Electrical parameters of the hydrocarbon-bearing rock and the overburden layer are determined, as well as a roughness of a boundary between the hydrocarbon-bearing rock and the at least one overburden layer. These electrical parameters are used to construct a computer model of a portion of the hydrocarbon-bearing rock and at least one overburden layer, the computer model based upon modeling the formation as a rough-walled waveguide. This computer model is used to simulate propagation of radio frequency energy within the hydrocarbon-bearing rock, including simulation of radio frequency wave confinement within the hydrocarbon-bearing rock, at several frequencies and temperatures. A frequency for retorting is selected based upon simulation results. Radio frequency couplers are installed into at least one borehole in the hydrocarbon-bearing rock and driven with radio frequency energy to heat the hydrocarbon-bearing rock. As the rock heats, it releases carbon compounds and these are collected.

A method of optimizing a drilling tool assembly including inputting well data into an optimization system, the optimization system having an experience data set and an artificial neural network. The method further including comparing the well data to the experience data set and developing an initial drilling tool assembly based on the comparing the well data to the experience data, wherein the drilling tool assembly is developed using the artificial neural network. Additionally, the method including simulating the initial drilling tool assembly in the optimization system and creating result data in the optimization system based on the simulating.

A video game includes: (i) a graphic user interface that presents a user a simulation of real-life events; (ii) a content database containing a collection of actual photos and videos of real-life events; (iii) a simulation engine that, presents a plurality of possible actions to the user, receives a selection of at least one of the actions from the user, identifies at least one photo or video in the database that is associated with the user-selected action, and presents the user with a result in response to the selection, wherein the result includes the identified photo or video; (iv) a content update module that receives updated photo or video content from one or more content distributors, creates an association element for the updated content and an available action in the game, and includes the updated content and association element in the content database; and (v) a scoring module.

A method includes: a) producing initial scheduling plans based on requests related to tasks to be performed within a time period by a remote sensing satellite; wherein each initial scheduling plan schedules respective tasks, which do not conflict with each other in time and in using satellite resources; and each task is scheduled in at least one of the initial scheduling plans; b) applying a genetic-algorithm-based processing to the initial scheduling plans to produce a genetic-algorithm-based scheduling plan which is for mission objectives, and complies with constraints related to the satellite resources, to the tasks, and to the time period; and c) applying a simulated-annealing-based processing to the genetic-algorithm-based scheduling plan to produce a simulated-annealing-based scheduling plan that fits the mission objectives, complies with the constraints, and in which a larger number of tasks is scheduled than in the genetic-algorithm-based scheduling plan.

A host for a virtual machine is selected by first electronically receiving (i) a virtual-machine allocation request for resources in a cluster of servers upon which a plurality of virtual machines are executing and (ii) performance data related to the execution of the plurality of virtual machines. The effect of executing a new virtual machine associated with the request on each server using on the gathered performance data is simulated, and a server is selected based on a result of the simulation; the new virtual machine is caused to execute on the selected server.

The present disclosure provides a fast approximate as well as exact hierarchical network storage and retrieval system and method for encoding and indexing graphs or networks as well as for identifying substructure matches or analogs within graph data. Cognitive Memory encodes graphs via generalized combinatorial maps and a new quantum-inspired Q-Hashing algorithm to summarize local structures of the graph along with a contraction and graph property calculation to build an index data structure called the Cognitive Signature for property based, analog based or structure or sub-structure based search. The system and method of the present invention is ideally suited to store and index all or parts or substructures or analogs of graphs as well as dynamically changing graphs such as traffic graphs or flows and motion picture sequences of graphs. The system and method has the advantage that properties of the Cognitive Signature of the graph can be used in correlations to the properties of the underlying data making the system ideal for semantic indexing of massive scale graph data sets.

A stationary exercise cycle includes a simulation system for simulating real-world terrain based on environmental and other real-world conditions. Using topographical or other data, an actual location can be simulated. The exercise cycle may include a resistance mechanism that is adjusted based on changes in simulated slope, and by amounts simulating actual frictional and gravitational forces. The simulated speed of the rider, as well as speed and direction of a simulated wind, are used to determine a simulated air speed. Based on the simulated air speed, the simulation system determines the simulated air resistance hindering the rider, and changes reflective of the simulated air resistance are made by the resistance mechanism. The stationary exercise cycle takes into account actual or approximate physical information of the user in determining the real-world conditions that are simulated, including the height, weight, shape, and/or rising position of the rider.

A testing tool for verifying a reliability of robot software components is provided, and more particularly, a simulation-based interface testing automation system and method that may automatically perform a test for functions and performance of an interface with respect to robot software components are provided. Thus, it is possible to efficiently perform a test for an interface of robot software components. In particular, it is possible to automatically generate test cases required for testing, to perform a test in various languages, and to perform a test suitable for a robot.

A method of planning a patient-specific cardiac procedure according to an embodiment of the current invention includes receiving three-dimensional imaging data of a patient's heart, simulating at least one of electrophysiological or electromechanical activity of at least a portion of the patient's heart using the three-dimensional imaging data, and planning the patient-specific cardiac procedure based on the simulating. The cardiac procedure is for providing a preselected alteration of at least one of electrophysiological or electromechanical behavior of the patient's heart.

A method and system for patient-specific computational modeling and simulation for coupled hemodynamic analysis of cerebral vessels is disclosed. An anatomical model of a cerebral vessel is extracted from 3D medical image data. The anatomical model of the cerebral vessel includes an inner wall and an outer wall of the cerebral vessel. Blood flow in the cerebral vessel and deformation of the cerebral vessel wall are simulated using coupled computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and computational solid mechanics (CSM) simulations based on the anatomical model of the cerebral vessel.

An exercise system includes a simulation system simulating real-world terrain based on environmental and other real-world conditions. Using topographical or other data, an actual location can be simulated. The exercise system may include a speed, incline or other mechanisms that can be adjusted based on changes in simulated slope, and by amounts simulating actual air resistance due to movement, wind, or both. The simulated speed of the person, as well as speed and direction of simulated wind, are used to determine a simulated air speed. Based on the simulated air speed, the simulation system determines the simulated air resistance that would affect the person under real-world conditions, and changes reflective of the simulated air resistance are made to operating parameters of the exercise system. Simulation may occur by causing the user of the exercise system to expend about the same effort as if performing the exercise in the real-world conditions.