Author: claimsbot

1. An apparatus comprising:
a fuel sequence controller configured for use with a fuel injector having an injector configuration modeled by a body pressure characteristic that includes a rail pressure and an injection rate shape, the fuel sequence controller structured to determine the body pressure characteristic corresponding to the injector configuration by operating upon the rail pressure and the injection rate shape, the fuel sequence controller further structured to determine an estimate of the injected fuel quantity delivered from the fuel injector at the determined body pressure characteristic, wherein the body pressure characteristic includes a pressure within a body of the fuel injector.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the body pressure characteristic further includes one or more of a drain flow shape, an injector capacitance, a damping ratio, and a natural frequency of the body of the fuel injector.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the injector configuration includes a multipulse injection sequence in which each pulse has a command on-time and off-time.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the fuel sequence controller is further structured to adjust the command on-time and off-time of one or more pulses of the injector configuration to adjust the injected fuel quantity.
5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the fuel sequence controller is further structured to adjust a centroid of one or more pulses of the injector configuration.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, where the body pressure characteristic is one of a mathematical relationship, a regression equation, an adaptive table, and a combination thereof.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the estimate of the injected fuel quantity is a function of operating parameters that include at least one of a fuel pressure value, a fuel pressure rate, a fuel temperature value, andor an injector commanded on-time.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the fuel sequence controller is further structured to determine a body pressure characteristic rate corresponding to the injector configuration by operating upon the rail pressure and the injection rate shape.
9. A system comprising:
an internal combustion engine including a common fuel rail and at least one common rail fuel injector, the fuel injector capable of a multipulse fuel injection sequence;
a means for modeling the fuel injector fuel quantity delivered from the multipulse fuel injection sequence of the fuel injector as a function of a rail pressure of the fuel rail; and
a means for updating the model of the fuel injector fuel quantity andor diagnosing the fuel injector in response to a current operating condition and a command fueling quantity.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein the means for modeling the fuel injector fuel quantity delivered includes an injector body pressure estimate.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the injector body pressure estimate includes the rail pressure.
12. The system of claim 10, wherein the injector body pressure estimate includes a stored injection relationship.
13. The system of claim 9, wherein the means for updating the model of the fuel injector fuel quantity includes adjusting a timing of one or more fueling commands of the multipulse fuel injection sequence.
14. The system of claim 9, wherein the means for updating the model of the fuel injector fuel quantity includes adjusting a centroid of one or more pulses of the multipulse fuel injection sequence.
15. A method, comprising:
defining an injector body pressure model for a fuel injector that includes a rail pressure;
applying the injector body pressure model to a preceding pulse of a multipulse injection sequence of the fuel injector to determine the body pressure at a command on-time of a latter pulse;
determining a fueling outcome of the multipulse injection sequence of the injector; and
updating at least one of a plurality of fuel command parameters in response to the fueling outcome.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the injector body pressure model further includes one or more of an injection rate shape, drain flow shape, an injector capacitance, a damping ratio, and a natural frequency of the body of the fuel injector.
17. The method of claim 15, the method further comprising:
interpreting an injection rate shape and the rail pressure and to calculate a body pressure at a command value to determine the fueling outcome of the multipulse injection fueling sequence of the injector;
determining an injection deviation value in response to the fueling outcome; and
updating an injector characteristic in response to the injection deviation value and the body pressure, wherein the injector characteristic includes an injection rate shape, a start of injection delay, an end of injection delay, a peak injection rate, a time from start of injection to peak injection, a time from start of injection rate drop to end of injection, an opening rate shape slope, andor a closing rate shape slope.
18. The method of claim 15, wherein the fueling outcome includes a total injected fuel quantity delivered from the fuel injector during the multipulse injection sequence.
19. The method of claim 17, wherein the estimate of the injected fuel quantity is further a function of operating parameters that include at least one of rail pressure, body pressure, commanded on-time, operating speed, and temperature.
20. The method of claim 15, wherein the fuel command parameters include a command on-time and off-time of each pulse of the multipulse injection sequence.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method of conducting a game feature on a gaming machine controlled by a processor, the method comprising:
receiving a wager from a player;
receiving a selection of at least one of a plurality of different revealed indicia, each of the plurality of different revealed indicia having a predetermined relation with indicia borne by each one of a plurality of subsequently displayed selectable game elements having initially concealed indicia; and
receiving successive selections from the plurality of selectable game elements having initially concealed indicia until a selected game element reveals an indicia having a predefined bonus-limiting association with the selected revealed indicia.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of receiving successive selections of a plurality of selectable game elements includes receiving the selections until the selected revealed indicia is superseded by the indicia revealed by a selected game element.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the selected revealed indicia is superseded by a first indicia initially concealed by the selectable game elements, supersedes a second indicia initially concealed by the selectable game elements, and is equivalent to a third indicia initially concealed by the selectable game elements.
4. The method of claim 1, further including providing an award for each selected game element that reveals an indicia having a predefined non-bonus-limiting association with the selected revealed indicia.
5. The method of claim 2, further including providing an award for each selected game element that reveals an indicia that is superseded by the selected revealed indicia.
6. The method of claim 1, further including advancing to a different phase of the game feature when the selected game element reveals an indicia having the predefined association with the selected revealed indicia.
7. The method of claim 1, further including ending the game feature when the selected game element reveals an indicia having the predefined bonus-limiting association with the selected revealed indicia.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of receiving a selection of at least one of the revealed indicia is performed by the player.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of receiving successive selections of the selectable game elements is performed by the player.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of receiving successive selections of the selectable game elements is performed by the processor.
11. The method of claim 3, wherein the revealed indicia include a rock indicia, a paper indicia, and a scissors indicia, and wherein each selectable game element reveals respective indicia upon selection, the indicia being selected from a group consisting of rock indicia, paper indicia, scissors indicia, and other indicia, the rock indicia being superseded by the paper indicia, superseding the scissors indicia, and being equivalent to the rock indicia, the paper indicia being superseded by the scissors indicia, superseding the rock indicia, and being equivalent to the scissors indicia, the scissors indicia being superseded by the rock indicia, superseding the paper indicia, and being equivalent to the scissors indicia.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving step comprises receiving successive selections of a plurality of selectable game elements until a selected game element reveals an indicia different from the selected bonus limiting indicia and having a predefined association with the selected bonus limiting indicia.

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, using a processor, data to be displayed across at least two hingedly coupled display devices;
determining, using a processor, the display mode of the data, the display mode being selected from the group consisting of an occluded mode and a non-occluded mode;
in the occluded mode, processing, using a processor, the data to occlude pixels of the data based upon the determined display mode, the pixels being occluded at a location where a physical separation exists between the at least two hingedly coupled display devices; and
displaying, using the at least two hingedly coupled display devices, the data according to the display mode determined.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a user interface allowing the user to select the display mode, wherein the determining the display mode comprises accepting the user input into the user interface.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the display mode comprises identifying a type of the data to be displayed across the at least two display devices.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the type of the data is selected from the group consisting of: text, video, map, picture, and application.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the display mode comprises determining the preferred display mode of data with a specific type based on previous user selections of the display mode of data.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the processing comprises forming an adjusted image.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the processing further comprises adjusting the image alignment across the physical separation.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
detecting a display device type; and
determining the size of the physical separation using predetermined characteristics of the detected display device type.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a user interface allowing the user to manually adjust the size of the physical separation.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying comprises displaying, in the non-occluded mode, all pixels of the data.
11. A system, comprising:
at least two hingedly coupled display devices;
one or more processors operatively coupled to at least one of the at least two display devices; and
a memory storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to:
receive data to be displayed across the at least two hingedly coupled display devices;
determine the display mode of the data, the display mode being selected from the group consisting of an occluded mode and a non-occluded mode;
in the occluded mode, process the data to occlude pixels of the data based upon the determined display mode, the pixels being occluded at a location where a physical separation exists between the at least two hingedly coupled display devices; and
display, using the at least two hingedly coupled display devices, the data according to the display mode determined.
12. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to display a user interface allowing the user to select the display mode, wherein the determining the display mode comprises accepting the user input into the user interface.
13. The system of claim 11, wherein to determine the display mode comprises identifying a type of the data to be displayed across the at least two hingedly coupled display devices.
14. The system of claim 13, wherein the type of the data is selected from the group consisting of: text, video, map, picture, and application.
15. The system of claim 11, wherein to determine the display mode comprises determining the preferred display mode of data with a specific type based on previous user selections of the display mode of data.
16. The system of claim 11, wherein to process comprises forming an adjusted image.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein to process further comprises adjusting the image ensuring alignment across the physical separation.
18. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:
detect a display device type; and
determine the size of the physical separation using predetermined characteristics of the detected display device type.
19. The system of claim 11, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to display a user interface allowing the user to manually adjust the size of the physical separation.
20. A computer program product, comprising:
a storage device having code stored therewith, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:
code that receives, using a processor, data to be displayed across at least two hingedly coupled display devices;
code that determines, using a processor, the display mode of the data, the display mode being selected from the group consisting of an occluded mode and a non-occluded mode;
code that in the occluded mode, processes, using a processor, the data to occlude pixels of the data based upon the determined display mode, the pixels being occluded at a location where a physical separation exists between the at least two hingedly coupled display devices; and
code that displays, using the at least two hingedly coupled display devices, the data according to the display mode determined.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for identifying a hub in a communication network having a plurality of hubs connecting communication terminals to a switching system and using a time-slot-oriented data format formed from a periodic sequence of channel-oriented information segments for data transmission between the communication terminals via the hubs and the switching system, said method comprising:
associating each of the hubs with an unambiguous address in the communication network;
requesting the address of a respective hub by the switching system via a request message addressed to one of the communication terminals connected to the respective hub; and
transmitting by the respective hub the address of the respective hub via the communication network to the switching system in an agreed information segment upon the request.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request is made during a message transmission from the switching system to the communication terminal.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the request is made during a message transmission from the communication terminal to the switching system.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the address is transmitted in a monitor channel transmitting configuration information of the time-slot-oriented data format.
5. The method of claim 4, further comprising the step of:
indicating the request by transmitting an agreed bit combination in a signaling channel of the time-slot-oriented data format.
6. The method of claim 4, further comprising the step of: indicating the request by a simplified protocol being transmitted in the signaling channel or a monitor channel, which transmits configuration information concerning the time-slot-oriented data format.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the time-slot-oriented data format is a standardized Integrated Services Digital Network Oriented Modular Interface data format.
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of: indicating the request by bits transmitted via monitor status channels of the Integrated Services Digital Network Oriented Modular Interface data format to the hub being identical.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the address length is one of, one byte and an integral multiple thereof.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein a data transmission via the communication network takes place on the basis of the ATM data format.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein a bi-directional conversion is made between the time-slot-oriented data format and the ATM data format for transmitting data via the communication network by the switching system and the hub.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the bi-directional conversion between the time-slot-oriented data format and the ATM data format takes place in accordance with a first ATM adaptation layer AAL-Type 1.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the bi-directional conversion between the time-slot-oriented data format and the ATM data format takes place in accordance with a second ATM adaptation layer AAL-Type 2.