Abstract:
Systems and methods compress data and control data compression in borehole communication. The systems and methods convert original data collected by a sensor from a first domain into a second domain, wherein the original data is associated with one or more properties of an underground formation. A predetermined number of significant coefficients is selected from components of the second domain, wherein the predetermined number of significant coefficients are components of the second domain with largest amplitudes. The selected predetermined number of significant coefficients is quantized via an quantization technique and the selected predetermined number of significant coefficients is encoded into compressed data via an encoder.
Abstract:
Systems and methods compress data and control data compression in borehole communication. The systems and methods convert original data collected by a sensor from a first domain into a second domain, wherein the original data is associated with one or more properties of an underground formation. A predetermined number of significant coefficients is selected from components of the second domain, wherein the predetermined number of significant coefficients are components of the second domain with largest amplitudes. The selected predetermined number of significant coefficients is quantized via an quantization technique and the selected predetermined number of significant coefficients is encoded into compressed data via an encoder.
Abstract:
This invention describes methods to compute coronary physiology indexes using a high precision registration model, which consists of acquiring coronary angiography images of coronary vessels, performing intravascular imaging, and registering the coronary angiography images with intravascular images to create a high precision registration model, based upon which the coronary flow, fractional flow reserve (FFR) and index of microcirculation resistance (IMR) can be computed. The methods described in this invention to compute coronary flow, FFR, IMR are based on both coronary angiography and intravascular images, and the accuracy is better than those derived from coronary angiography alone or intravascular imaging alone, and have high practical values.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for producing a drug product comprising a combination of highly purified collagenase I and collagenase II from Clostridium histolyticum. The method utilizes an improved medium for the cultivation of Clostridium histolyticum which includes a non-meat-derived (i.e., non-mammalian) peptone or vegetable peptone. The method includes one or more of: (1) reducing glucose content in the meat-free or vegetable-derived media; and (2) increasing the salt concentration in the meat-free or vegetable-derived media. Also provided is a drug product which includes collagenase I and collagenase II at an optimized fixed mass ratio, and which has a purity of greater than at least 95%.
Abstract:
Methods for synthesis of thermoelectric materials are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of fabricating a thermoelectric material includes generating a plurality of nanoparticles from a starting material comprising one or more chalcogens and one or more transition metals; and consolidating the nanoparticles under elevated pressure and temperature, wherein the nanoparticles are heated and cooled at a controlled rate.
Abstract:
A method is provided for efficiently transferring records related to places of interest between two communicating vehicles in a V2V system without initially having to transfer full text records. A determination is made as to whether information stored in a memory of the vehicle is redundant with the respect to the other vehicle. A query request is transmitted from a first vehicle to a second vehicle containing specifics as to what records the first vehicle is seeking. Data satisfying the query request represented by global unique index numbers is hashed to determine the similarity between the data of the two communicating vehicles. The similarity is used to determine whether a full filtered set of global unique index numbers should be transferred to the second vehicle for determining which records are not duplicate records. Thereafter, the second vehicle wirelessly transmits to the first vehicle the non-overlapping data that satisfies the query request.
Abstract:
An apparatus for processing spread spectrum signals digitized at a predetermined sampling frequency. The apparatus includes an intermediate frequency signal preprocessing unit, a plurality of parallel block integrators. The intermediate frequency signal preprocessing unit is capable of generating pre-integration results based on an input signal and local reference signals at a predetermined rate. The pre-integration results produced by the intermediate frequency signal preprocessing unit are grouped into sets of pre-integration results. Each set of the pre-integration results contains a predetermined number of pre-integration results. The plurality of parallel block integrators is in communication with the intermediate frequency signal preprocessing unit. Each of the block integrators is capable of receiving, in succession, sets of a predetermined number of pre-integration results, and for each set of predetermined number of pre-integration results, each of the block integrators is capable of performing a plurality of partial correlations based on the set of the predetermined number of pre-integration results and a plurality of shifted segments of a pseudorandom noise code until a next set of pre-integration results are received by the block integrator.
Abstract:
A method for processing spread spectrum signals through a two step integration process in a circuit having an intermediate frequency signal preprocessing unit and a plurality of block integrators, wherein the circuit receiving a digitized signal, a local reference signal, and a pseudorandom noise code. The method includes generating a plurality of data streams by the intermediate frequency signal preprocessing unit using the digitized signal and the reference signal, receiving at each block integrator a data stream from the plurality of data streams and the pseudorandom noise code, performing a predetermined number of partial correlations at each block integrator using hybrid correlation technique based on the data stream and the pseudorandom noise code to obtain a predetermined number of partial correlation results, and computing a predetermined number of complete correlation results based on the predetermined number of partial correlation results. Each data stream is generated every predetermined time period.
Abstract:
A Global Positioning System (GPS) updates an internal map database in real-time. The system has a module for collecting environmental data, a module for processing environmental data, and a module for conducting environmental data. The collecting module receives position data real-time and judges its usability. The processing module can transform the received data's format, so that the data format will be compatible with the system format. The module for conducting environmental data can insert received data and compare data to be inserted with existing system data to judge whether the GPS data should be updated. The goal of updating the system map database on the GPS in real-time is thus accomplished by the three modules.
Abstract:
A method for determining which of a plurality of data connectivity pipes will be used to transmit data for one or more applications operating on a vehicle. The method identifies which of the applications are active at a particular point in time and identifies a number of available configurations based on the number of applications that are active and the number of the data pipes that are available to transmit the data for the application. The method identifies a plurality of performance metrics for each configuration and determines an optimal performance value for each performance metric from all of the configurations. The method then determines an overall utility function for each configuration that is based on its performance metrics and the optimal performance value and selects a data pipe for each application that is active based on a maximum overall utility function from each application's available overall utility functions.