241 results about "Instrument Datum" patented technology

A system, method, and computer program to reduce incorrectly declined transactions and improve risk calculation accuracy by reducing error probability during fraud detection. The tool first receives at least one data element as well as transaction account data and / or financial transaction instrument data. Then a customer is determined from a first record associated with the transaction account data and / or financial transaction instrument data. A record search is performed to identify at least one additional record associated with the customer. Finally, the data element is compared to the information contained in the additional record to create a comparison result that verifies a customer address. The comparison result may be used as an input to transaction risk calculations. The comparison result may also be provided to a merchant system and / or merchant for use in a decision-making process, for example, to verify customer identity.

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.

A wireless power and data connector includes a socket and a plug. The socket has a power port for connecting to a wired power transmission line, a data port for connecting to a wired data communication line, a wireless power transmitter, and a wireless data transceiver. The plug includes a power port for connecting to a wired instrument power transmission line, a data port for connecting to a wired instrument data communication line, a wireless power receiver, and a wireless data transceiver. The socket has a concave portion and the plug has a convex region shaped such that the convex region of the plug removably fits within the concave region of the socket. The wireless power transmitter and wireless power receiver transmit power from the socket to the plug using magnetically coupled resonant tank circuits.

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 mechanism for encoding and reporting instrumented data is disclosed that requires less storage space and incurs less processor overhead than other methods of the prior art. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, a bit vector in shared memory corresponds to nodes of a program's control-flow graph that have been instrumented, and the contents of the vector indicate which of these nodes have executed; in addition, character strings in shared memory indicate what file, class, and method each node belongs to. A process that executes concurrently with those of the program under test transmits instrumented data from the shared memory to a database. The illustrative embodiment enables efficient, rapid reporting and storage of instrumented data, and is therefore especially well-suited for run-time analysis of real-time concurrent systems.

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.

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.

A system, method, and computer program to reduce incorrectly declined transactions and improve risk calculation accuracy by reducing error probability during fraud detection. The tool first receives at least one postal address as well as transaction account data and / or financial transaction instrument data. Then a customer is determined from a first customer record associated with the transaction account data and / or financial transaction instrument data. A record search is performed to identify at least one additional customer record associated with the customer. Finally, the postal address is compared to the information contained in the additional record to create a comparison result that verifies the submitted postal address. The comparison result may be used as an input to transaction risk calculations. The comparison result may also be provided to a merchant system and / or merchant for use in a decision-making process, for example, to verify customer identity.

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.

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.

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.

There is described herein a method for detecting anomalies in an infrastructure, the method comprising: providing a computationally-intelligent analysis model to model a behaviour of at least one detection instrument in said infrastructure; inputting control instrument data into said analysis model, said control instrument data being provided by control instruments in said infrastructure; outputting an estimated behaviour for said at least one detection instrument from said analysis model; comparing actual data from said at least one detection instrument to said estimated behaviour and generating a set of residuals representing a difference between said actual data and said estimated behaviour; and identifying anomalies when said residuals exceed a predetermined threshold.

A method for personalizing a presentation instrument for an account holder while the account holder is present is described. The method includes transmitting to a server computer a request to personalize a presentation instrument for an account holder who has a financial account with a financial institution. The request includes the account holder's name and background information indicating a background to be placed onto the presentation instrument. The method further includes receiving, at the server computer from the financial institution, presentation instrument data to be included on the presentation instrument. The presentation instrument data comprises an account number and an expiration date. Further, the method includes transmitting from the server computer through a financial institution network, personalization information usable by a printer to place printed personalization information onto a blank presentation instrument, and to electronically store account information onto the blank presentation instrument while the account holder is present.

The invention relates to an aircraft-carried wireless repeater apparatus for wireless remote measurement instrument data transmission, so that a problem that it is difficult to transmit a wireless signal under the circumstance of rugged topography. An aircraft is utilized to establish a wireless repeater (WR) at high altitude, wherein the WR is used for wireless data communication and transmission of a wireless remote measurement data acquisition instrument, so that barrier-free visibility between a central control operation system (CCOS) of the instrument and the WR as well as between the WR and a wireless acquisition station (WAS) is realized and thus the obstacle go-through capability of the wireless remote measurement instrument is enhanced. The WR is hung below the aircraft that also provides power for the WR; and an instrument vehicle is equipped with the CCOS. Moreover, the aircraft that carries the WR includes a helicopter, an airship or a fixed-wing aircraft. According to the invention, the provided apparatus enables barrier-free visibility between the CCOS of the instrument and the WR as well as between the WR and the WAS to be realized and enables the obstacle go-through capability of the wireless remote measurement instrument to be enhanced.

A method for calibrating vehicle speed measurer includes receiving GPS positioning data by GPS receiver and obtaining instrument data by said speed measurer, judging whether GPS positioning data and instrument data are in accordance to speed calibration model or not, revising speed factor originally set in said speed measurer to obtain new speed factor and storing it then using product of this new speed factor and instrument data as true speed of vehicle if it is or otherwise re-receiving GPS positioning data and instrument data.

The invention discloses an instrument image automatic identification method based on OpenCV. The instrument image automatic identification method comprises the following steps: reading an instrument image collected by a camera, carrying out template matching, carrying out template matching on a known template and an existing image, comparing each pixel point of an input image with the template, calculating one value for each pixel point, recording the level of similarity after the pixel points are compared with the template, selecting the points mostly approaching the template, and selecting a mode corresponding to the template so as to carry out further identification; and reading instrument data, carrying out simple image processing on the image, then entering respective reading passages to carry out reading identification, and finally displaying reading. According to the instrument image automatic identification method, reading on an instrument can be quickly and accurately identified, and the identified result has relatively high stability, accuracy and repeatability.

The invention provides a near drill motor cable logging data transmission devices, used in the past geological drilling bits of data transmission system. Its characters are: the downhole instrument data output interface in measuring short section is connected with data transmission conducting wires, which is connected with the data transmission wires inside of shell through the shell of measuring short section; shell motor of the data transmission wires are connected with the bypass valve housing data transmission wires; bypass valve shell of the data transmission wires are connected with the receiver mouth of MWD data receiving system. The measuring short section and the motor and bypass valve thread are connected by thread. After the connection a short section measurement, and the bypass valve motor housing data transmission wires achieve docking and conduction. The effect is: nearly bit of this invention can be transmitted to the MWD data logging system, and then from MWD system uploads the data to ground receiving device upload system. This invention provides cable channel for bit data transmission and overcome the complexity of the radio transmission interference conditions and poor reliability deficiencies.

An account management system allows a prepaid account provider to link a prepaid account to a purchaser of the prepaid instrument used to access the prepaid account. The system uses a prepaid instrument identifier and purchase data collected during the purchase of the prepaid instrument to create the linkage. The purchase data includes information identifying the purchaser, such as the purchaser's account number or name, the purchasing instrument used, the value placed on the prepaid instrument, value-added services requested by the purchaser, and transaction details such as the place and time of purchase. Using the linked prepaid instrument data and purchase data, the prepaid account provider extracts the purchased value from the purchaser's account, opens a prepaid account that is associated with the purchaser and the prepaid instrument, and deposits the purchased value into the prepaid account. The prepaid account provider may track the expenditure of funds from the prepaid account and provide value-added tracking services to the purchaser. The funds remain associated with the purchaser after being deposited in the prepaid account.

The invention claims the protection of a pointer instrument reading recognition method of a substation inspection robot. The method includes the steps of taking a photo using preset parking of a robot at an instrument to be recognized, roughly positioning the position of the instrument, then performing edge detection for the region, next, performing circle detection using fast Hough transform to determine the position of a dial plate, extracting the dial plate region for multi-angle Gabor filtering to calculate the direction of a pointer, and calculating the reading of the instrument on that basis. The method has the characteristics of low pre-processing requirement, fewer steps, strong robustness for illumination, shadows and other interference, and high accuracy of reading instrument data.

The invention relates to a voice tone quality similarity measurement method for a musical instrument under tone quality migration. The method comprises the steps: firstly calculating logarithmic Mel-spectrum characteristics of sufficient and balanced musical instrument data set audio, obtaining a characteristic matrix, training a deep convolution neural network model through the musical instrumentdata, and obtaining a trained deep convolution neural network model; secondly calculating and obtaining the logarithmic Mel-spectrum characteristics of insufficient and imbalanced voice audio data set through the same method; thirdly carrying out the fine tuning of the trained deep convolution neural network model through a fine tuning method based on the transfer learning, and obtaining a voicetone representation model, wherein the output of the model is a voice tone vector; finally achieving the measurement of the similarity of voice tones through calculating the cosine similarity of tonevectors.

The invention relates to a multifunctional remote quality control device for water quality. The multifunctional remote quality control device comprises a standard solution system, an automatic sampling system, an automatic sample remaining system, a remote water quality monitoring system and a control system. The device can provide standard samples with various concentrations for a water quality analyzing instrument to carry out standard sample checking; the automatic sampling system can be used for providing water quality samples meeting related requirements to the water quality analyzing instrument and can be used for delaying to remain a water sample. When a monitoring result exceeds the standard and an instruction of an upper computer is received, a water quality online analyzer is automatically used for carrying out the standard sample checking and judging whether instrument data is accurate or not; the water sample which is remained by delaying or the water sample which is remained in a sample remaining container can be provided; the water quality analyzing instrument is automatically controlled to test again; the multifunctional remote quality control device for the water quality has the functions of automatically sampling, automatically remaining the samples and the like.

The invention discloses a novel electronic music generation method, belonging to the technical field of electronic music. The method determines the order signal according to the acceleration or angle speed generated from the check of the instruction, and reads the corresponding authentic music instrument data and makes voices from the pre-stored authentic music instrument sound database according to the order signal and the preset corresponding relationship, thus triggering electronic music with the acceleration or angle speed signals. As a novel electronic music generation method, the invention is novel and interesting. The invention can be used in electronic music instruments and electronic tools.