Method and device for decoding Reed-Solomon (RS) code

The embodiments of the invention disclose a method and a device for decoding an RS code, the method comprising: receiving bit reliability information of the RS code output by a channel, performing a hard decision on the bit reliability information to obtain a hard-decision result value sequence; determining a type of an error of the hard-decision result value sequence according to an initial check array corresponding to an encoding mode of the RS code; according to preset corresponding relationships between types of errors of the hard-decision result value sequence and error-correcting modes capable of correcting the errors, determining an error-correcting mode corresponding to the type of the error of the hard-decision result value sequence, and performing a bit error correction on the hard-decision result value sequence according to the determined error-correcting mode; outputting the hard-decision result value sequence after the bit error correction as a decoding result.

METHOD FOR THE RECOGNITION OF A MOVING PEDESTRIAN

A method for the recognition of a moving pedestrian by means of a radar sensor system includes the steps of transmitting a primary radar signal into an observation space and of receiving a secondary radar signal reflected by the moving pedestrian. The secondary radar signal is processed, wherein the processing of the secondary radar signal includes the steps of generating a Micro-Doppler spectro-gram of the secondary radar signal, determining, based on the Micro-Doppler spectrogram, an observed bulk speed of the moving pedestrian, determining, based on the Micro-Doppler spectrogram, at least one gait cycle parameter of the moving pedestrian and determining, based on the determined observed bulk speed and the determined gait cycle parameter, an illumination angle between a moving direction of the moving pedestrian and the line of sight.

LINEAR VIBRATION MOTOR

The present disclosure provides a linear vibration motor, including a substrate having an accommodation space, a vibration system accommodated in the accommodation space, an elastic member fixing and suspending the vibration system in the accommodation space, and a driving system fixed on the substrate and driving the vibration system to vibrate in a direction perpendicular to a horizontal direction. The vibration system includes a magnet; the driving system includes an iron core fixed on the substrate, a first coil and a second coil that are sleeved over and fixed on the iron core and that are stacked with each other, and an auxiliary magnet covering an end of the iron core.

Single Phase Brushless Motor And Electric Apparatus

A single phase brushless motor and an electric apparatus are provided. The motor includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a stator core and windings. The stator core includes a yoke and at least two teeth. The tooth includes a tooth body and a tooth tip. The tooth tip includes first and second pole shoes. The rotor is received in a space defined between the first pole shoes and the second pole shoes. Each tooth forms a positioning groove facing the rotor between the first pole shoe and the second pole shoe. The first and second pole shoes are symmetrical about a central line of the tooth body and the positioning groove deviates toward the first pole shoe, such that the rotor startup capability in one direction is greater than the rotor startup capability in an opposite direction. The single phase motor has a larger startup torque with enhanced startup capability.

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Electrode plate processing device

An electrode plate processing device is provided. The electrode plate processing device includes: an electrode plate conveying mechanism configured to convey an electrode plate; a cutting mechanism disposed opposite to the electrode plate and configured to cut the electrode plate to form a tab; and a waste adsorption mechanism disposed downstream of the cutting mechanism along a conveying direction of the electrode plate. The waste adsorption mechanism includes an active driving roller, a driven support roller, and a conveyer belt that is coupled to the active driving roller and the driven support roller in a transmission way. The conveyer belt is driven by the active driving roller to rotate and configured to provide an adsorption force to a waste edge produced during the cutting of the electrode plate so as to adsorb the waste edge.

EARLY STOP METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TURBO DECODING

In one embodiment, device for early stopping in turbo decoding includes a processor configured to receive a block of data to be decoded, compare hard decision bits resulting from decoding iterations and compare a minimum value of log likelihood ratio (LLR) of decoded bits against a threshold. The processor configured to match hard-decisions with previous iteration results. The processor may be configured to set an early stop rule after the matching hard-decisions with previous iteration results is matched. The processor may be configured to set an early stop rule when the minimum reliability of the output bits exceeds the threshold.

Method and Apparatus for Controlling Power Consumption of Terminal, and Storage Medium

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for controlling the power consumption of a terminal, and a storage medium. The method comprises: obtaining a temperature of the terminal; and in response to the temperature being greater than a first temperature threshold, controlling the terminal to switch from a dual-connection mode to a single-connection mode based on a power consumption adjustment strategy; wherein the terminal supports the dual-connection mode; the terminal is configured to communicate with a first base station and to communicate with a second base station in the dual connection mode; the first base station is a primary base station, and the second base station is a secondary base station.

Pre registration/pre authentication in wireless networks

A system and method is provided to manage wireless network mobility and wireless network resources. In one aspect of the invention, network equipment acquires samples associated with time that past user devices stayed in the coverage range of the network equipment and estimates a time that a user device currently stays in the cell based on the acquired samples. In another aspect, pre-authentication and pre-registration of the user device in another network are performed based on the estimated time. In yet another aspect, network resources reserved for the user device are released based on the estimated time.

Manageability Extension Mechanism for System Firmware

A method and system to manage an extension mechanism for firmware is described. A firmware binary file is stored in an extension area of a storage device of a computer system. The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) of the computer system is modified to access the stored firmware binary file stored in the extension area. In one embodiment, the computer system is Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) compliant.

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VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DEVICE

In a video encoding method, a to-be-encoded video is obtained. The video includes at least two video frames arranged in sequence. A quantization parameter and a quantization parameter threshold of an ith video frame is calculated, where i is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2. A coding resolution of the ith video frame is determined according to the quantization parameter and the quantization parameter threshold. The coding resolution is a first coding resolution in a case that the ith video frame is sampled, and the coding resolution is a second coding resolution in a case that the ith video frame is downsampled. Then the ith video frame is encoded at the coding resolution.

Method and device for pulse density modulation

A pulse density modulator unit transforms an N-bit input signal representing an input value, into an output digital signal having a digital pulse density which is a linear function of the input value. The pulse density modulator unit includes a first pulse density modulator which produces a binary signal representing a multiplication factor as a pulse density. It further includes a combination module which receives the input signal, the binary signal from the first pulse density modulator and an offset control signal. The combination module produces a combined signal which, on average, represents the product of the input signal and the amplification control signal, offset by an amount dependent upon the offset control signal. A second pulse generator uses the combined signal to generate the output digital signal. The combination module may be a selector.

Zr-Based Amorphous Alloy

A Zr-based amorphous alloy is provided; the formula of the Zr-based amorphous alloy is (Zr,Hf,Nb)aCubTicAldRee, where a, b, c, d, and e are corresponding atomic percent content of elements in the Zr-based amorphous alloy, 40a65, 20b50, 0.1c10, 5d15, 0.05e5, a+b+c+d+e100, Re is one or a combination of plural ones selected from a group of elements La, Ce, Po, Ho, Er, Nd, Gd, Dy, Sc, Eu, Tm, Tb, Pr, Sm, Yb, and Lu, or Re is combined of Y and one or a combination of plural ones selected from a group of elements La, Ce, Po, Ho, Er, Nd, Gd, Dy, Sc, Eu, Tm, Tb, Pr, Sm, Yb, and Lu.

Display, electronic device and teach pendant for robot

The present disclosure relates to a display, an electronic device and a teach pendant for a robot. The display comprises a top cover, a bottom cover and a display module. The display module comprises a glass plate and a base. The glass plate is provided with a display screen component at one side. The base is provided with a bracket thereon. The glass plate is bonded to the bracket, such that the display screen component is received in an opening enclosed by the bracket. The base comprises a bonding portion disposed outside the bracket for bonding the top cover and the bottom cover. The glass plate is positioned in an opening of the top cover, and a top surface of the glass plate is flush with a top surface of the top cover. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a flat display.

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING AMBIENT NOISE BASED ON ANNOYANCE PERCEPTION AND MODELING FOR HEARING-IMPAIRED LISTENERS

Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods for annoyance perception and modeling for hearing-impaired listeners. One aspect of the present subject matter includes a method for improving noise cancellation for a wearer of a hearing assistance device having an adaptive filter. In various embodiments, the method includes calculating an annoyance measure or other perceptual measure based on a residual signal in an ear of the wearer, the wearer's hearing loss, and the wearer's preference. A spectral weighting function is estimated based on a ratio of the annoyance measure or other perceptual measure and spectral energy. The spectral weighting function is incorporated into a cost function for an update of the adaptive filter. The method includes minimizing the annoyance or other perceptual measure based cost function to achieve perceptually motivated adaptive noise cancellation, in various embodiments.

NEURAL NETWORK-DRIVEN FEEDBACK CANCELLATION

Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods for neural network-driven feedback cancellation for hearing assistance devices. Various embodiments include a method of signal processing an input signal in a hearing assistance device to mitigate entrainment, the hearing assistance device including a receiver and a microphone. The method includes performing neural network processing to identify acoustic features in a plurality of audio signals and predict target outputs for the plurality of audio signals, and using the trained neural network to control acoustic feedback cancellation of the input signal.

BACKFLOW DETECTION FOR CENTRIFUGAL BLOOD PUMP

A centrifugal pump system for a cardiac assist device employs a disc-shaped impeller having an outer circumference adapted to be rotatably driven in a pumping direction. A pump housing has a pumping chamber receiving the impeller, wherein the pumping chamber defines an outlet volute having a separation edge spaced from the outer circumference to provide a limited backflow path coinciding with the pumping direction. A motor drives the impeller in response to a voltage provided to the motor. A current sensor measures current flow within the motor in response to the voltage. A controller estimates a pump flow rate in response to a predetermined relation between the measured current and the pump flow rate, wherein the predetermined relation includes a positive slope from a predetermined backflow rate to a zero pump flow rate.

VIBRATION MOTOR

A vibration motor includes a housing, and a stator, a vibrator, and an elastic support component elastically supporting the vibrator that are accommodated in the housing. The housing includes a top wall, a bottom wall disposed opposite the top wall and a side wall, the stator includes a first coil, a second coil and an iron core disposed corresponding to the coil, the first the coil and the second coil are sleeved over the iron core respectively from two ends of the iron core, the vibrator is sleeved around the stator and spaced from the stator, the elastic support component supports the vibrator to axially vibrate, the top wall is provided with a through hole running through the top wall, the first coil is provided with a coil lead wire, and the coil lead wire extends from the through hole to the exterior of the housing.

Process for production of DFMB derivatives

A process for the production of a compound of formula (III) which comprises a step of reacting a compound of formula (I) with an excess amount of a compound of formula (II) in absence of aromatic solvent, wherein n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; X is NH, O or S; each R1group may be the same or different, and is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, alkyl, carbonyl, carboxyl, carboxylic acid ester, amido, cyano, halogenated aliphatic, nitro, and amino; and R2group is selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, Cl, F, Br, amino, and alkoxy.

Communication method, device, and system

The present invention discloses a communication method, including: sending, by a user equipment, a request message to a micro network node, so that the micro network node sends an indication message to a macro network node; receiving an uplink resource (UG) sent according to the indication message by the macro network node; and sending uplink signaling or uplink data to the macro network node according to the uplink resource (UG). Embodiments of the present invention further provide a corresponding device and system. In technical solutions of the present invention, the micro network node participates in accessing the user equipment to a network, so that a UE can rapidly access the network, which reduces an access delay of the UE.

Common cathode laser driving circuit

A method (700) for biasing a tunable laser (310) during burst-on and burst-off states through a common-cathode laser driving circuit (400) includes delivering a bias current (IBS) to an anode of a gain-section diode (402) having a shared substrate with the laser, and receiving a burst mode signal indicative of a burst-on state or aburst-off state. When the burst mode signal (330) is indicative of the burst-off state, the method includes sinking a sink current (IsINK) away from the anode of the gain-section diode (402). The sink current is less than the bias current delivered to the anode of the gain-section diode (402). When the burst mode signal (330) transitions to be indicative of the burst-on state from the burst-off state, the method includes ceasing the sinking of the sink current away from the anode of the gain-section diode, and delivering an overshoot current (Iover) to the anode of the gain-section diode to accelerate heating of the gain-section diode(402).

APPLICATIONS AND/OR SITUATION RESPONSIVE UTILIZATION OF SILENT PERIODS

A mobile apparatus is disclosed that includes: a plurality of network interfaces; a processor; the mobile being configured to monitor applications running on it, including real time or non real time nature of said applications; the mobile being configured to monitor its operating situation, including moving or non moving status; and the mobile being configured to control processes of the mobile during silent periods based on one or more of its application awareness and its operating situation awareness.

N-Substituted Imidazopyridine c-Kit Inhibitors

Compounds represented by Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or N-oxide thereof, are useful in the treatment of cancer.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FILTERING CHANNEL ESTIMATION RESULT IN ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING

The invention provides a method and device for filtering orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) channel estimate result, to solve the problems in the prior art that for channel estimate result filtering the realization is complex or the performance is poor. By embodiments the following method is described: transforming time domain synchronous symbols received by the terminal equipment to frequency domain synchronous symbols; computing frequency domain impulse response sequences based on the frequency domain synchronous symbols; adjusting least mean square (LMS) adaptive filter coefficients based on the frequency domain impulse response sequences; obtaining coefficients of the data symbol channel estimate result frequency domain filter based on the coefficients obtained from said adjusting; filtering the OFDM channel estimate result by using the data symbol channel estimate result frequency domain filter. The corresponding device is disclosed by the embodiments. There is less ...

Cooling system and method for cooling superconducting magnet devices

A cooling system and method for cooling superconducting magnet coils are provided. One magnet system for a superconducting magnet device includes a cooling system having at least one coil support shell, a plurality of superconducting magnet coils supported by the at least one coil support shell and a plurality of cooling tubes thermally coupled to the at least one coil support shell. The magnet system also includes a cryorefrigerator system fluidly coupled with the plurality of cooling tubes forming a closed circulation cooling system.

Method, terminal, base station, and system for adjusting control parameters

The present invention discloses a method for adjusting control parameters. The method includes: when a terminal fails to be handed over from a source cell to a target cell, or when the terminal is handed over from a source cell to a target cell successfully and a radio link connection failure occurs on a radio link established between the terminal and the target cell, reestablishing, by the terminal, a radio link with a reestablished cell; and sending, by the terminal, a report message to a base station of the reestablished cell, where the report message carries moving speed information of the terminal and/or size information of the target cell.

Arranging binary code based on call graph partitioning

Mechanisms are provided for arranging binary code to reduce instruction cache conflict misses. These mechanisms generate a call graph of a portion of code. Nodes and edges in the call graph are weighted to generate a weighted call graph. The weighted call graph is then partitioned according to the weights, affinities between nodes of the call graph, and the size of cache lines in an instruction cache of the data processing system, so that binary code associated with one or more subsets of nodes in the call graph are combined into individual cache lines based on the partitioning. The binary code corresponding to the partitioned call graph is then output for execution in a computing device.

Single Phase Brushless Motor and Electric Apparatus Having the Same

A single phase brushless motor and a power tool and a car window lifer employing the motor are provided. The motor includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a stator core and windings. The stator core includes a yoke and teeth extending inward from the yoke. The tooth includes a tooth tip. The tooth tip includes a first pole shoe and a second pole shoe. The tooth tip forms a positioning groove facing the rotor between the first and second pole shoes. The rotor is received in a space defined between the first and second pole shoes. The rotor comprises multiple permanent magnetic poles arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotor. The first and second pole shoes are symmetrical about a central line of the tooth body, such that the rotor startup capability in one direction is greater than the rotor startup capability in an opposite direction.

Neural network-driven frequency translation

Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods for neural network-driven frequency translation for hearing assistance devices. Various embodiments include a method of signal processing an input signal in a hearing assistance device, the hearing assistance device including a receiver and a microphone. The method includes performing neural network processing to train a processor to identify acoustic features in a plurality of audio signals and predict target outputs for the plurality of audio signals, and using the trained processor to control frequency translation of the input signal.

EAR-WORN ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CONDUCTING AND MONITORING MENTAL EXERCISES

An ear-worn electronic device includes a right ear device comprising a first processor and a left ear device comprising a second processor communicatively coupled to the first processor. A physiologic sensor module comprises one or more physiologic sensors configured to sense at least one physiologic parameter from a wearer. A motion sensor module comprises one or more sensors configured to sense movement of the wearer. The first and second processors are coupled to the physiologic and motion sensor modules. The first and second processors are configured to produce a three-dimensional virtual sound environment comprising relaxing sounds, generate verbal instructions within the three-dimensional virtual sound environment that guide the wearer through a predetermined mental exercise that promotes wearer relaxation, and generate verbal commentary that assesses wearer compliance with the predetermined mental exercise in response to one or both of the sensed movement and the at least one physiologic ...

OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE BASED ON BEHAVIORAL AND SITUATIONAL SIGNALS

Variety of approaches to optimize performance based on behavioral and situational signals are described. A productivity service initiates operations to optimize performance upon receiving a behavioral signal and/or a situational signal associated with a user. The behavioral signal and/or the situational signal are analyzed to infer a usage pattern associated with a component of an application. Next, a failure of the usage pattern is detected in a comparison to an utility threshold. In response, the application is instructed to interrupt an execution of the component.

Methods of using tungsten carbide catalysts in preparation of ethylene glycol

Tungsten carbide catalysts are used in preparation of ethylene glycol by hydrogenating degradation of cellulose. The catalyst includes tungsten carbide as main catalytic active component, added with small amount of one or more transition metals such as nickel, cobalt, iron, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, platinum, and copper as the second metal, supported on one or more porous complex supports such as active carbon, alumina, silica, titanium dioxide, silicon carbide, zirconium oxide, for conversion of cellulose to ethylene glycol. The catalyst realizes high efficiency, high selectivity, and high yield in the conversion of cellulose to ethylene glycol at the temperature of 120-300° C., hydrogen pressure of 1-10 MPa, and hydrothermal conditions. Compared to the existing industrial synthetic method of ethylene glycol using ethylene as feedstock, the invention has the advantages of using renewable raw material resources, environment friendly process, and excellent atom economy ...

METHOD OF PREPARING ETHYLENE GLYCOL CELLULOSE

A method for preparing ethylene glycol from cellulose uses the cellulose as the feed for the reaction. The cellulose conversion is performed over catalysts which are composed of the metallic state, carbides, nitrides, or phosiphides of molybdenum or tungsten, and metallic cobalt, nickel, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, iridium, and platinum of the group 8, 9, or 10 transition metals. The catalytic conversion of cellulose is conducted at 120 to 300° C. and hydrogen pressure 1 to 12 MPa under the hydrothermal conditions to achieve the high efficiency, high selectivity, and high yield of ethylene glycol. Compared to the existing method of preparing ethylene glycol from ethylene, the method, using the renewable raw material for the reaction, is friendly to the environment, and has high atom economy.

System for providing mobile power

The present invention discloses a system for providing mobile power, in which all equipment required for the mobile power are integrated on three transport vehicles, which can be combined for transport as a whole, greatly reducing the connection time required for field operations, with flexible combinations and wider applicability. An exhaust system can be flexibly connected to the side or the top. An air intake system, a gas turbine engine and a generator are connected at the same axial direction, avoiding unnecessary elbows, with small intake pressure losses and a stable flow direction.

Anti-interference switch signal transmission circuit

Structural layout of primary loop of nuclear reactor coolant system

Common cathode laser driving circuit

DETECTING AND EVICTING MALICIOUS VEHICLES IN A VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

A method, computer program product and computer system maintain a list that includes identifiers of vehicles determined by the processor of a detective vehicle to have an innocent status. The processor selects, for each sub-period of a predefined time period, a target vehicle from a plurality of vehicles, where the detective vehicle communicates either directly or indirectly with each vehicle of the plurality and accepts communications from the plurality, where a portion of the plurality of vehicles and the detective vehicle are within a vehicle-to-vehicle communication range, and where vehicle-to-vehicle communication does not utilize infrastructure network connectivity. The processor obtains, over a vehicle-to-vehicle communication or a network connection, messages regarding a status of the target vehicle. The processor determines the status of the target vehicle, where the status is one of: malicious or innocent. The processor notifies the vehicles associated with the identifiers on ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDOVER PREPARATION

The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for handover preparation. The method includes: receiving, by a DeNB, a first handover request message sent by an RN; obtaining, by the DeNB, the first target cell identifier, and instructing a base station to which the first target cell belongs to perform handover preparation in the first target cell; receiving, by the DeNB, a second handover request message sent by the RN; and when a base station to which the second target cell belongs is different from the base station to which the first target cell belongs, instructing, by the DeNB, the base station to which the second target cell belongs to perform handover preparation in the second target cell. Embodiments of the present invention further disclose corresponding apparatuses. 1. A method for handover preparation , comprising:receiving, by a donor base station (DeNB), a first handover request message sent by a relay station (RN), wherein the first handover request message carries a first target cell identifier and a first user equipment (UE) identifier, wherein the first target cell identifier is used for identifying a first target cell;obtaining, by the DeNB, the first target cell identifier, and instructing a base station to which the first target cell belongs to perform handover preparation in the first target cell;receiving, by the DeNB, a second handover request message sent by the RN, wherein the second handover request message carries a second target cell identifier and a second UE identifier, wherein the second target cell identifier is used for identifying a second target cell; andobtaining, by the DeNB, the second target cell identifier, and when a base station to which the second target cell belongs is different from the base station to which the first target cell belongs, instructing, by the DeNB, the base station to which the second target cell belongs to perform handover preparation in the second target cell.2. The method according to claim 1 ...

Embedded IC test circuits and methods

A self-testing transceiver having an on-chip power detection capability is provided. The self-testing transceiver can include a semiconductor substrate and a transmitter having a high-power amplifier disposed on the substrate. The self-testing transceiver also can include a receiver disposed on the substrate for selectively coupling to an antenna. The self-testing transceiver can further include at least one power detector disposed on the semiconductor substrate for determining a power such as an RMS and/or peak-power of a signal at an internal node of the self-testing transceiver. Additionally, the self-testing transceiver can include a loopback circuit disposed on the substrate.

Spent FCC catalyst based coagulating and flocculating agent and method for making it

The proposed coagulating and flocculating agent and the method for making it provide an efficient and economically attractive means for cleaning liquids, particularly water, and waste water and sludge. The spent FCC catalyst based coagulating and flocculating agent is a mineral material comprising polymeric aluminum chloride (PAC) [Al2(OH)nCl6-n]m, n<5, m<10, hydrated ferric chloride [FeCl3·6H2O] and extracted spent FCC catalyst. Furthermore, polymeric aluminum chloride and hydrated ferric chloride are evenly distributed inside the inter pores and outside surface of spent FCC catalyst, this unique feature of the proposed coagulating and flocculating agent leads to an excellent water treatment efficiency. In addition, the method of making it eventually convert spent FCC catalyst, currently being treated as semi-hazardous wastes produced by FCC process, into an environmental friendly new product without any byproduct in the making process.

Method for handoff in multimedia wireless networks

A method for time series-based localized predictive resource reservation for handoff in multimedia wireless networks models the amount of network resources R(t) necessary to handoff a mobile terminal in a wireless IP network as an ARIMA (p,1,q) process. An ARIMA (p,1,q) process is a Weiner process wherein the future value of a stochastic variable depends only on its present value. The ARIMA (p,1,q) process includes an autocorrelation component, wherein the future value of a stochastic variable is based on its correlation to past values, and a moving average component that filters error measurements in past variable observations. Each wireless IP base station determines its own ARIMA (p,1,q) model and uses its model to locally predict the amount of network resources R(t) it needs to reserve for the handoff of mobile terminals.

Method and system for dynamically assigning IP addresses in wireless networks

A method is provided for IP-based wireless networks to support dynamic assignment of IP addresses to wireless mobile stations without broadcasting messages over the air and without modifications to standard IP for dynamic IP address assignment. When a mobile station enters a new cell, it sends a request to the base station for a new IP address. At the base station, DHCP proxy servers intercept and process broadcast DHCP messages so they are transmitted only to the address server and are blocked from being sent to the other base stations in the wired IP Network for broadcast to other mobile stations. When the address server creates a server-to-client message with the requested address and places it on the wired IP Network, DHCP proxy servers at the base stations convert the broadcast DHCP messages to unicast messages for transport over the air to only those mobile stations that are currently requesting new IP addresses or verifying their current IP addresses. The conversion is based on information ...

Startup control of devices

Controlled startup of devices is based on dynamic statistical predictions. Timely startup of onboard associated vehicle devices is based on dynamic statistical predictions and driver proximity to the vehicle. An apparatus for timely startup includes an interface operatively coupled with a power consuming device and control logic coupled with the interface. The control logic is operable in a first mode to perform processing for determining a presence of a first condition of the vehicle, and to selectively activate the power consuming device of the vehicle, via the interface, responsive to determining the presence of the first condition. The control logic is operable in a second mode to suspend, via the interface, the processing for determining the presence of the first condition of the vehicle. The control logic selectively transitions between the first and second modes in accordance with a stochastic modeling of the presence of the first condition over time.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INTELLIGENTLY GUIDING A USER TO RIDE ELEVATOR/ESCALATOR

The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for intelligently guiding a user to ride an elevator/escalator in a building complex such as a shopping mall. Based on a current location and floor level of a user in the building complex and a target floor and location, and a 3D model of the building complex, either an elevator path or escalator path may be automatically and intelligently selected from possible paths.

Linear vibration motor

The present disclosure provides a linear vibration motor, including: a base having an accommodating space, a vibration system accommodated in the accommodating space, an elastic member configured to fix and suspend the vibration system in the accommodating space, and a drive system fixed on the base. The vibration system includes an annular magnetic steel unit fixed on the elastic member. The drive system includes a first coil and a second coil that are fixed on the base and stacked together. The magnetic steel unit surrounds both the first coil and the second coil and is disposed separately from the first coil and second coil. An orthogonal projection of the magnetic steel unit in a direction towards the drive system at least partially falls in the first coil and the second coil, respectively. Compared with related technologies, the linear vibration motor of the present disclosure has better vibration performance.

EAR-WORN ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCORPORATING ANNOYANCE MODEL DRIVEN SELECTIVE ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL

A system comprises an ear-worn electronic device configured to be worn by a wearer. The ear-worn electronic device comprises a processor and memory coupled to the processor. The memory is configured to store an annoying sound dictionary representative of a plurality of annoying sounds pre-identified by the wearer. A microphone is coupled to the processor and configured to monitor an acoustic environment of the wearer. A speaker or a receiver is coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to identify different background noises present in the acoustic environment, determine which of the background noises correspond to one or more of the plurality of annoying sounds, and attenuate the one or more annoying sounds in an output signal provided to the speaker or receiver.

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System and Methods to Perform Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Operations in Vehicle Networks using One-Way Communications Infrastructure

A set of certificate management methods designed to significantly reduce or eliminate reliance on infrastructure network connectivity after vehicles are sold uses techniques to support certificate management operations in order to reduce the frequency which vehicles need to communicate with the Certificate Authorities (CAs) and the amount of data that needs to be exchanged between vehicles and the CA. These methods include, for example, approaches to use one-way communications and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications to replace expired certificates, approaches to use one-way communications and V2V communications to replace revoked certificates, and use of a small subset of vehicles as proxies to help retrieve and distribute Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) and replacement certificates. The combination of these techniques leads to solutions that can eliminate the need for roadside infrastructure networks completely.

Optimizing performance based on behavioral and situational signals

Variety of approaches to optimize performance based on behavioral and situational signals are described. A productivity service initiates operations to optimize performance upon receiving a behavioral signal and/or a situational signal associated with a user. The behavioral signal and/or the situational signal are analyzed to infer a usage pattern associated with a component of an application. Next, a failure of the usage pattern is detected in a comparison to an utility threshold. In response, the application is instructed to interrupt an execution of the component.

Robotic article collation and metering assembly

An article metering assembly for forming of an article group from a downstream most end portion of a bulk flow of conveyed articles is generally provided. The assembly, in one embodiment, is characterized by a robotic arm, a linkage assembly, and an end effector operatively united with the robotic arm and the linkage assembly such that the end effector is fixedly orientated relative to and overhead of the bulk flow of articles throughout a robotic arm motion cycle. Alternately, the assembly is characterized by a robotic arm in operative combination with an end effector, the end effector selectively oriented in relation to articles of a bulk flow of article during travel about its travel path in furtherance of forming an article group from above.

IMPLANT COATING AND DRYING DEVICE

The present invention proposes an implant coating and drying device, including a chip sorter, a slide maker, a coating pool, a tablet pipe, a tablet conveying device, and a drying device. The chip sorter is connected to the slide maker, the shape of the coating pool is a circular arc. The coating pool is filled with coating solution. The inlet of the tablet pipe is connected with the slide maker, and the outlet of the tablet pipe is connected with the drying device, the tablet conveying device is used to deliver the implant tablet within the tablet pipe. The present invention proposes an implant coating and drying device, which has the advantages of simple structure and convenient operation, and avoids the defect of the prior art that the implant tablets adhere to each other, the coating is damaged, and the release degree of the implant tablet cannot be stabilized. The present invention proposes the implant coating and drying device is suitable for mass production.

RADIO ACCESS CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM

Embodiments of the present invention provide a radio access control method. The method includes that a terminal device receives access control information sent by an access network device, wherein the access control information indicates a barred service type and a barred data transmission attribute to the terminal device; and the terminal device determines whether to send a radio resource control (RRC) connection request to the access network device based on the barred service type and the barred data transmission attribute; wherein the data transmission attribute comprises a transmission scheme type, the transmission scheme type is used to indicate a transmission scheme used by the terminal device for transmitting service data used by the terminal device. Thereby improving network resource utilization.

Techniques for increasing processing capability in hear aids

The signal processing functions of a hearing aid as described above necessarily cause some delay between the time the audio signal is received by the microphone or wireless receiver and the time that the audio is actually produced by the output transducer. In some situations, signal processing incorporating longer delays may be better able to improve signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) or other functional parameters for a hearing aid wearer, but a balance should be struck between these positive effects of delay and other negative effects. The techniques described herein address the problem of balancing the positive and negative effects of delay.

Virtual metrology method for ESC temperature estimation using thermal control elements

A temperature controller for a substrate support in a substrate processing system includes memory that stores a first model correlating temperatures of a plurality of first thermal control elements (TCEs) arranged in the substrate support and first temperature responses of the substrate support. The first temperature responses correspond to locations on a surface of the substrate support. A temperature estimation module calculates resistances of the first TCEs, determines, based on the calculated resistances, the temperatures of the first TCEs, and estimates, using the stored first model and the determined temperatures of the first TCEs, an actual temperature response of the substrate support. The temperature controller is configured to control the first TCEs based on the actual temperature response of the substrate support.

PREPARATION METHOD OF 5-[[2(R)-[1(R)-[3,5-BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHYL) PHENYL]ETHOXY]-3(S)-4-FLUOROPHENYL-4-MORPHOLINYL]METHYL]-1,2-DIHYDRO-3H-1,2,4-TRIAZOLE-3-ONE

Disclosed is a synthesis method of a compound of formula 1,5-[[2(R)-[1(R)-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethoxyl]-3(S)-4-fluorophenyl-4-morpholinyl]methyl]-1,2-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazole-3-one (i.e. aprepitant), which comprises cyclizing a compound of formula 4 in a solvent, wherein R is C-Calkyl. The intermediate for preparing aprepitant is also disclosed. The present method is especially suitable for industrial production of aprepitant. 2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein R is selected from methyl claim 1 , ethyl and t-butyl.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the alcohol is C-Cfatty alcohol claim 1 , preferably selected from methanol claim 1 , ethanol claim 1 , propanol claim 1 , n-butanol claim 1 , t-butanol and propanediol; the ester is an organic acid ester claim 1 , preferably selected from ethyl acetate claim 1 , methyl acetate claim 1 , ethyl formate and t-butyl acetate; and the ether is selected from tetrahydrofuran claim 1 , dioxane and 3-methyl tetrahydrofuran.4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the solvent is alcohol claim 1 , water or alcohol-water mixed solvent.5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the solvent is ethanol-water mixed solvent.6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the volume ratio of the ethanol-water mixed solvent is 1:0.1 to 1:100.7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the solvent is the ether-water mixed solvent claim 1 , preferably a tetrahydrofuran-water mixed solvent with a volume ratio of 1:0.1 to 1:100.8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the cyclization reaction is performed under the action of an inorganic base.9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the temperature of the cyclization reaction is 60 to 100° C.11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the inorganic base is selected from KHCO claim 8 , KCO claim 8 , NaCO claim 8 , NaHCO claim 8 , KOH claim 8 , NaOH and CsCO.12. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the inorganic base is KOH or NaOH.13. The method ...

Linear motor

Provided is a linear motor, including a housing having a receiving space; a vibrator and a stator received therein; an elastic member suspending the vibrator in the housing; and a circuit board. The housing includes a bottom cover and a shell covering the bottom cover and enclosing the receiving space together with the bottom cover. The stator includes an iron core fixed in the housing, a yoke sleeved on the iron core, and first and second coils provided on two sides of the yoke. The second coil is provided between the yoke and the bottom cover. The circuit board is fixed to the bottom cover. The vibrator includes a magnet spaced apart from the stator. The iron core is provided with a groove formed by recessing inwardly from a surface thereof. A coil lead of the first coil passes through the groove to be electrically connected to the circuit board.

METHOD FOR MEASURING SHAFTING MECHANICAL FATIGUE OF TURBINE GENERATOR SET

A method for measuring mechanical fatigue in shafts forming part of a turbine generator set, which involves determining a lumped mass model of a turbine generator set and its parameters; calculating a model frequency and a mode shape of the turbine generator set; acquiring an angular velocity change at a machine end; calculating a torque at a calculating section of shafting based on the model frequency, a mode shape curve and an equivalent rigidity of the lumped mass model, so as to obtain a torque-time history curve at the calculating section of the shafting; calculating a fatigue damage accumulative value for a dangerous section of a set shafting under a certain malfunction or disturbance, that is, the shafting mechanical fatigue of the turbine generator set.

HEARING DEVICE INCLUDING IMAGE SENSOR

Various embodiments of a hearing device including an image sensor are disclosed. The hearing device can include a housing, a user sensory interface connected to the housing, an image sensor connected to the housing, and an acoustic sensor connected to the housing. The device can also include a processor that is adapted to process image data from the image sensor to identify an image object, process acoustic data from the acoustic sensor, and determine a spatial location of the image object based upon at least one of the processed image data and the processed acoustic data. The processor can also be adapted to provide the spatial location to the user sensory interface, which can provide a sensory stimulus to the user that is representative of the spatial location of the image object.

Reducing Cache Pollution of a Software Controlled Cache

Reducing cache pollution of a software controlled cache is provided. A request is received to prefetch data into the software controlled cache. A first designator is set for a first cache access to a first value. If there is the second cache access to prefetch, a determination is made as to whether data associated with the second cache access exists in the software controlled cache. If the data is in the software controlled cache, a determination is made as to whether a second value of a second designator is greater than the first value of the first cache access. If the second value fails to be greater than the first value, the position of the first cache access and the second cache access in a cache line is swapped. The first value is decremented by a predetermined amount and the second value is replaced to equal the first value.

Continuous catalytic generation of polyols from cellulose with recycle

A catalytic process for generating at least one polyol from a feedstock comprising cellulose is performed in a continuous manner. The process involves, contacting, continuously, hydrogen, water, and a feedstock comprising cellulose, with a catalyst to generate an effluent stream comprising at least one polyol, water, hydrogen, and at least one co-product. The water, hydrogen, and at least one co-product are separated from the effluent stream and recycled to the reaction zone. The polyol is recovered from the effluent stream.

Apparatus for blanking a charged particle beam

A beam blanking unit (1) comprises first and second blanking plates (2, 3) mounted to a support plate (15). A stopper (4) is mechanically and electrically connected to the first blanking plate (2).

Wavelength drift suppression for burst-mode tunable EML transmitter

A method (900) includes delivering a first bias current (IGAIN) to an anode of gain-section diode (590a) and delivering a second bias current (IPH) to an anode of a phase-section diode (590b). The method also includes receiving a burst mode signal (514) indicative of a burst-on state or a burst-on state, and sinking a first sink current (ISINK) away from the first bias current when the burst mode signal is indicative of the burst-off state. When the burst mode signal transitions to be indicative of the burst-on state from the burst-off state, the method also includes sinking a second sink current away from the second bias current at the anode of the phase-section diode and ceasing the sinking of the first sink current away from the first bias current at the anode of the gain section diode.

Deviation-correcting method and apparatus for double-sided coating

The present application provides a deviation-correcting method and apparatus for double-sided coating, and relates to the technical field of manufacturing of batteries. The method includes: acquiring a first distance between an edge of a coating area on a first surface of an electrode plate substrate and an edge of the electrode plate substrate from a deviation-correcting cross section; acquiring a second distance between an edge of a coating area on a second surface of the electrode plate substrate and the edge of the electrode plate substrate from the deviation-correcting cross section; determining edge deviation information of the coating areas; determining a first deviation-adjusting range; and in a case that a first intersection is present in the first deviation-correcting range, determining a deviation-correcting quantity of the electrode plate substrate. According to the method, the problem of the deviation of the coating areas in the coating process can be improved.

Turbine-generator shaft torsional vibration protection method and device

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EARLY STOP ALGORITHM OF TURBO DECODING

Methods and apparatus for early stop algorithm of turbo decoding are disclosed. An example method comprises of combination of comparing of hard decisions of soft outputs of the current iteration and the previous iteration and comparing the minimum log likelihood results against a threshold. The decoding iteration is stopped once the hard decisions are matched and the minimum soft decoding result exceeds a threshold.

Method and device for character area identification

A method and a device for area identification are provided in the disclosure. The method includes: binarizing a text area including a row of characters; calculating a histogram in a vertical direction of the binarized text area, wherein the histogram includes abscissas of pixels in each column and corresponding accumulated values of foreground color pixels of the pixels in each column; and identifying a character area of each of one or more characters in the text area according to distribution information of the accumulated values.

Temporary paper money storage device and control method thereof

A banknote temporary storage device includes: a timing unit, configured to obtain a time period between a time when the front end of a banknote enters into a first sensor and a time when the back end of the banknote leaves the first sensor; a calculating unit, configured to calculate a width of the banknote based on the time period, calculate a bump radius based on the width, and determine a condition of generating a bump on the storage coiling block; a detecting unit, configured to detect whether the condition of generating a bump on the storage coiling block is met, based on a real-time radius; and an interval control unit, configured to change an interval between banknotes on the storage coiling block in a pre-set control manner to eliminate a bump, in a case that the condition is met.

SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET COIL SUPPORT WITH COOLING AND METHOD FOR COIL-COOLING

A superconducting magnet coil support with cooling and a method for coil cooling are provided. One superconducting coil support arrangement includes a superconducting coil and at least one support beam supporting the superconducting coil and defining a tank for storing a cooling fluid therein. The superconducting coil support arrangement further includes a plurality of cooling tubes coupled to the superconducting coil and connected to the at least one support beam, wherein the plurality of cooling tubes are configured to transfer the cooling fluid therethrough. 1. A superconducting coil support arrangement comprising:a superconducting coil;at least one support beam supporting the superconducting coil and defining a tank for storing a cooling fluid therein; anda plurality of cooling tubes coupled to the superconducting coil and connected to the at least one support beam, the plurality of cooling tubes configured to transfer the cooling fluid therethrough.2. The superconducting coil support arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the superconducting coil comprises a plurality of coils and wherein the plurality of cooling tubes are coupled to an outer circumference of the plurality of coils.3. The superconducting coil support arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the cooling fluid comprises helium and further comprising a plurality of a support beams claim 1 , wherein at least one of the support beams defines a liquid helium tank and at least one of the support beams defines a helium gas tank.4. The superconducting coil support arrangement of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of pre-cooling tubes separate from the cooling tubes and having a cooling fluid flowing therethrough.5. The superconducting coil support arrangement of claim 4 , wherein the cooling fluid in the plurality of cooling tubes is liquid helium and the cooling fluid in the pre-cooling tubes is a non-helium liquid.6. The superconducting coil support arrangement of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of pre- ...

DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TRANSMISSION RATES

Apparatus, methods and logic for vehicles to determine vehicle to vehicle (V2V) safety message transmission rates for transmitting V2V safety messages based on how frequently the vehicles actually need to exchange safety messages, including factors such as vehicle velocities, distances among vehicles, and on how quickly the inter-vehicle distances are closing up. The determined V2V safety message transmission rates are selectively dynamically adjusted in accordance with detected significant changes in one or more of the inter-vehicle distances or inter-vehicle speeds. To avoid needless frequent changes to the transmission rate, statistical modeling techniques including hypothesis testing and sequential change detection are selectively used to more accurately detect significant changes in inter-vehicle distances or inter-vehicle speeds that warrant a change to the message transmission rate.

Computer Analysis and Runtime Coherency Checking

Compiler analysis and runtime coherency checking for reducing coherency problems is provided. Source code is analyzed to identify at least one of a plurality of loops that contains a memory reference. A determination is made as to whether the memory reference is an access to a global memory that should be handled by at least one of a software controlled cache or a direct buffer. A determination is made as to whether there is a data dependence between the memory reference and at least one reference from at least one of other direct buffers or other software controlled caches in response to an indication that the memory reference is an access to the global memory that should be handled by either the software controlled cache or the direct buffer. A direct buffer transformation is applied to the memory reference in response to a negative indication of the data dependence.

Cryogenic system and method for superconducting magnets and MRI with a fully closed-loop cooling path

A cryogenic system for a superconducting magnet comprises a closed-loop cooling path. The closed-loop cooling path comprises a magnet cooling tube thermally coupled to the superconducting magnet. The magnet cooling tube comprises a cryogen flow passage. The closed-loop cooling tube further comprises a re-condenser is fluidly coupled to the magnet cooling tube through tube sections and a liquid cryogen container fluidly coupled between the magnet cooling tube and the re-condenser. At least one gas tank is fluidly coupled to the magnet cooling tube through a connection tube.

Set of earphones and charging case

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING TEMPERATURE TRANSITION IN AN ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK

A system for controlling a substrate temperature in a substrate processing system includes a substrate support device, a controller, a temperature sensor, and a thermal control element (TCE). The controller is configured to, during a first period, control the TCE to adjust the temperature of the substrate support device to a temperature value based on a temperature difference between the substrate temperature before the substrate is loaded onto the substrate support device and a desired temperature for the substrate support device. The temperature value is not equal to the desired temperature. The substrate is loaded onto the substrate support device after the first period begins and before the temperature of the substrate support device returns to the desired temperature. The controller is further configured to, during a second period following the first period, control the temperature of the substrate support device to the desired temperature for the substrate support device.

VARIANT OF D-PSICOSE 3-EPIMERASE AND USES THEREOF

The present invention relates to an improved variant of a D-psicose 3-epimerase and its uses.

Permanent magnet brushless motor

A permanent magnet brushless motor has a stator and a rotor. The stator has a yoke and s teeth extending from the yoke, forming a stator core, where s is an integer greater than four. Coils of a stator winding are wound about the teeth. The rotor has a shaft, a rotor core fixed to the shaft and a permanent magnet mounted to the rotor core. The permanent magnet forms p magnetic poles, where p is an even number greater than 2 but less than s. Each section of the permanent magnet corresponding to a respective magnetic pole is divided into n equal parts by n−1 magnet grooves, where n is an integer greater than 1 and p*n is an integral multiple of s. The magnet grooves significantly increase the detent torque of the motor.

Supporting differentiated secure communications among heterogeneous electronic devices

A gateway apparatus supports differentiated secure communications among heterogeneous electronic devices. A communication port communicates via communication networks of different types with two or more associated devices having diverse secure communication capabilities. The gateway logic selectively authenticates the associated devices for group membership into a Secure Communication Group (SCG), and selectively communicates Secure Communication Group Keys (SCGKs) to the devices having the diverse secure communication capabilities for selectively generating session keys locally by the associated devices for mutual secure communication in accordance with the group membership of the associated devices in the SCG.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING STANDARDIZATION USING DEEP LEARNING

A computer-implemented method for transforming magnetic resonance (MR) imaging across multiple vendors is provided. The method comprises: obtaining a training dataset, wherein the training dataset comprises a paired dataset and an un-paired dataset, and wherein the training dataset comprises image data acquired using two or more MR imaging devices; training a deep network model using the training dataset; obtaining an input MR image; and transforming the input MR image to a target image style using the deep network model.

User Interface (UI) Display Control Method, Electronic Device, and Storage Medium

Disclosed are a user interface (UI) display control method and apparatus. The method comprises: determining a data packet size of a data packet to be transmitted when a data packet transmission instruction is received; determining a transmission policy for the data packet to be transmitted according to the data packet size; determining a network identifier adapted to the transmission policy; and displaying the network identifier on a user interface (UI). The present application is beneficial to improve the comprehensiveness and accuracy of a network identifier of an electronic device in a data packet transmission scenario.

Charged particle beam system

In the embodiment a charged particle beam system includes a main chamber, an exchange chamber, an x-y positioning stage housed in the main chamber, a substrate-supporting structure supported by or provided by said stage and moveable in first and second perpendicular directions of travel between limits which define a field of travel and a substrate handling device housed inside the main chamber for loading and unloading a substrate into and out of the main chamber, the device comprising a bar and a side member for supporting the substance to one side of the bar. A method of loading a substrate in a charged particle beam system is also disclosed.

Data transfer optimized software cache for irregular memory references

Mechanisms are provided for optimizing irregular memory references in computer code. These mechanisms may parse the computer code to identify memory references in the computer code. These mechanisms may further classify the memory references in the computer code as either regular memory references or irregular memory references. Moreover, the mechanisms may transform the computer code, by a compiler, to generate transformed computer code in which irregular memory references access a storage of a software cache of a data processing system through a transactional cache mechanism of the software cache.

Real-time automatic loop-shaping for a disc drive servo control system

An apparatus and method for improving servo loop performance in a disc drive storage system are provided. The servo loop includes a voice coil motor actuator that moves the head in response to a received servo control signal. A sensor, located in the head, senses servo information located on the disc and produces a servo signal therefrom. The servo signal is combined with a reference signal to produce a position error signal. A servo controller receives the position error signal and responsively produces the servo control signal. The servo controller includes a drive signal generator that receives the position error signal and responsively produces a driving energy signal. A vibration damping circuit receives the driving energy signal and responsively produces the servo control signal. A real-time adaptive loop shaping circuit, included in the servo loop, detects vibrations in the position error signal and responsively adjusts at least one parameter of a transfer function of the vibration ...

Video encoding method and apparatus, video decoding method and apparatus, computer device, and storage medium

This application relates to a video encoding method performed at a computer device. The computer device obtains a current encoding block to be encoded in a current video frame, the current encoding block having a width and a height different from the width. The computer device determines, within the current video frame, target reference pixels corresponding to the current encoding block, a target quantity corresponding to the target reference pixels being the e-th power of one of the width and the height under a target numeral system, e being a positive integer, the target numeral system being a numeral system used for calculating a predicted value of the current encoding block. After obtaining a predicted value corresponding to the current encoding block according to the target reference pixels, the computer device performs video encoding on the current encoding block according to the predicted value, to obtain encoded data.

Ear-wearable device shell modeling

A computing device is described that obtains a representation of a target ear canal of a user. Using a machine-learned model that has been trained based at least in part on representations of previously fabricated ear-wearable devices, the computing device generates a representation of an ear-wearable device for the target ear canal.

Structural layout of primary loop of nuclear reactor coolant system

The present invention provides a structural layout of the primary loop of nuclear reactor coolant system including: a reactor building having a raft base plate defining an upper surface 34; a pressure vessel 30 located above the raft base plate; at least one steam generator; at least one primary coolant pump; and primary coolant pipes connecting the pressure vessel, the steam generator and the primary coolant pump to form a primary loop, wherein a pressurizer is also assembled to the primary coolant pipe. The attitude difference L between a centre of the primary coolant pipe 32 connected to the pressure vessel and the upper surface of the raft base plate is 9.7 metres to 10.8 metres, most preferably 10.4 metres. Due to the sink arrangement of the primary loop, the seismic acceleration of the reactor fuel assembly is improved to a level no less than of 0.3g without significant modification to the structure of the reactor fuel assembly itself.

Cryogenic cooling system with wicking structure

Resource reconfiguration method, base station, and user equipment

This application discloses a resource reconfiguration method, a base station, and a user equipment. The method includes: receiving, by a primary base station, a first message, where the first message is used to request to reconfigure, for a user equipment, a resource corresponding to a secondary base station; and initiating, by the primary base station, reconfiguration of the resource corresponding to the secondary base station for the user equipment. By means of this application, the resource corresponding to the secondary base station can be reconfigured for the user equipment in a case in which the secondary base station does not provide a reconfiguration function.

Coil Former

A coil former (1) comprising a plurality of ceramic plates (2) arranged to form a laminate (3) between first and second ends (4, 5), each plate having an opening therein such that when the plates are arranged in the laminate, a passage (7) is defined between the first and second ends.

Fixed point FIR filter with adaptive truncation and clipping and wireless mobile station using same

A fixed point finite impulse response (FIR) filter comprising: 1) an input stage for receiving an input signal as a sequence of input samples comprising: i) delay elements connected in series for receiving and shifting N sequential input samples; ii) multipliers, each multiplier receiving a selected one of the N sequential input samples from the delay elements and multiplying the selected input sample by a corresponding coefficient to produce an intermediate product; and iii) a summer for receiving and adding N intermediate products from the multipliers to produce an output sum signal comprising a sequence of output sum samples; and 2) an output stage for truncating k least significant bits (LSBs) from each of the output sum samples, wherein k is a variable number.

Compiler implemented software cache method in which non-aliased explicitly fetched data are excluded

A compiler implemented software cache is provided in which non-aliased explicitly fetched data are excluded are provided. With the mechanisms of the illustrative embodiments, a compiler uses a forward data flow analysis to prove that there is no alias between the cached data and explicitly fetched data. Explicitly fetched data that has no alias in the cached data are excluded from the software cache. Explicitly fetched data that has aliases in the cached data are allowed to be stored in the software cache. In this way, there is no runtime overhead to maintain the correctness of the two copies of data. Moreover, the number of lines of the software cache that must be protected from eviction is decreased. This leads to a decrease in the amount of computation cycles required by the cache miss handler when evicting cache lines during cache miss handling.

STABLE RASAGILINE COMPOSITION

The present invention provides a stable composition of rasagiline comprising an effective dosage of rasagiline or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts and an antioxidant used as a stabilizer. The dosage forms of the composition are pharmaceutically common transdermal-drug delivery dosage form and mucoadhesive delivery dosage form, such as patch, gel, ointment, cream, cataplasm, film, spray and solution, etc. The composition can be used to prevent or treat mental disorders. 1. A stable rasagiline composition , comprising rasagiline or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof together with a pharmaceutically acceptable antioxidant , wherein the composition is a transdermal of mucosal preparation.2. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of the antioxidant is 0.01% to 1% based on the total weight of the composition.3. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of rasagiline or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is 0.1% to 40% based on the total weight of the composition.4. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the antioxidant is one or more selected from the group consisting of tocopherol or an ester thereof claim 1 , ascorbyl palmitate claim 1 , ascorbic acid claim 1 , butylated hydroxyl toluene claim 1 , butylated hydroxy anisole or propyl gallate claim 1 , citric acid or a salt thereof claim 1 , preferably claim 1 , the antioxidant is one or more selected from the group consisting of ascorbyl palmitate claim 1 , ascorbic acid claim 1 , butylated hydroxyl toluene claim 1 , butylated hydroxy anisole and butylated hydroxy propyl gallate.5. (canceled)6. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the transdermal preparation is a transdermal patch claim 1 , cataplasm claim 1 , emulsion claim 1 , cream claim 1 , gel or spray claim 1 , preferably a transdermal patch.7. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the mucosal preparation is a film or spray.8. The composition according to claim 1 , further comprises ...

Composite soft underlayer including negative anisotropy material

An apparatus may include a composite soft underlayer and a perpendicular magnetic recording layer overlying the composite soft underlayer. The composite soft underlayer may include a growth template layer, a negative magnetic anisotropy layer overlying the growth template layer, and a magnetically soft layer overlying the negative magnetic anisotropy layer. In some embodiments, the negative magnetic anisotropy layer includes a plurality of grains, and substantially all the grains have negative magnetic anisotropy along an axis substantially perpendicular to a major plane of the composite soft underlayer. In some embodiments, the negative magnetic anisotropy layer includes a thickness of less than or equal to about 3 nm.

Reducing power consumption of Wi-Fi enabled mobile devices

A system and method for maximizing the standby time of mobile communication devices that have WiFi or other high energy-consuming network interfaces, by predicting in real time actionable silent periods (ASPs) of the interface and shutting the interface down during these ASPs. Standby times are significantly increased, resulting in longer periods of operation before battery charging is required, while keeping minimal the probabilities of missing incoming data packets when the interface is turned off.

Peer-to-peer mobility management in heterogeneous IPV4 networks

Peer-to-peer mobility management in heterogeneous IP networks provides a peer-to-peer mobility module operable to intercept a data packet received at a communication protocol layer of an Internet Protocol communication stack. A translation table may be stored on memory device. The translation table stores real address of one or more network interfaces and a corresponding virtual address. The peer-to-peer mobility module may be further operable to modify the intercepted data packet using the real address and virtual address stored on the translation table.

Printer control method, an apparatus and a printer using the method

A printer control method includes the following steps: setting triggering conditions for executing functional items and for startup a configuration menu; executing a functional item if the key information had fulfilled the triggering condition for executing the functional item; and launching a configuration menu if the key information had fulfilled the triggering conditions for startup the configuration menu. By setting the triggering conditions for executing functional items and for startup a configuration menu, then determining whether the key information has fulfilled the triggering conditions for executing functional items and for startup a configuration menu, the printer directly executes the functional item as long as the key information has fulfilled the triggering condition for executing the functional item. When the printer is powered on, it skips the step of launching the configuration menu, operates conveniently and saves paper.

Base-pad for a polishing pad

The invention is directed to a base-pad for placement under a polishing pad for use with a polishing fluid during a polishing operation, the base-pad having a layer with vertical elongated pores that absorb polishing fluid and that confine absorbed polishing fluid from transport laterally in the base-pad. Micropores in the layer are impermeable to the polishing fluid and permeable to gasses.

Method and apparatus for customizing 3-dimensional effects of stereo content

A method and system for adjustable 3-dimensional content are described in which a viewer can adjust the depth range according to the viewer's own visual comfort level and/or viewing preference. The depth change is achieved by shifting the left and right images of stereoscopic content image pairs so that corresponding pixels in the shifted left and right images of a stereoscopic pair exhibit a new horizontal disparity sufficient to achieve the desired depth change. By shifting the left and right images in an image pair, content objects in the scene can appear closer to, or farther away from the viewer than those same objects in the un-shifted image pair. This technique achieves a viewer controlled customization of the sensation of depth in the stereoscopic 3-dimensional content.

Clustering Method and System

The present disclosure discloses a method and system for clustering. The method includes: vectorizing a plurality of readable files to obtain a plurality of file vectors corresponding to the multiple readable files; extracting a total characteristic vector based on the file vectors; and clustering the readable files based on a ranking result of a respective similarity degree between the total characteristic vector and each of the file vectors. The present disclosure also provides a method and system for clustering webpages. An application of the methods or systems described in the present disclosure reduces the number of times of comparison of similarity degrees between file vectors, and further reduces the resulting burden on system resources. This advantageously results in reduced usage of CPU and memory, reduced run time of clustering and improved performance of clustering.

PRE REGISTRATION/PRE AUTHENTICATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS

A system and method is provided to manage wireless network mobility and wireless network resources. In one aspect of the invention, network equipment acquires samples associated with time that past user devices stayed in the coverage range of the network equipment and estimates a time that a user device currently stays in the cell based on the acquired samples. In another aspect, pre-authentication and pre-registration of the user device in another network are performed based on the estimated time. In yet another aspect, network resources reserved for the user device are released based on the estimated time.

PAGING METHOD, LOCATION UPDATE METHOD AND DEVICE

A paging method may reduce signaling overhead of system paging and save system paging resources. The method includes: receiving, by an eNodeB, a paging message, where the paging message carries a tracking area identity; paging a user equipment if the tracking area identity in the paging message is the tracking area identity of the eNodeB; and instructing a relay to page. A location update method is also disclosed, which reduces signaling load produced by location update. The method includes: generating, by a relay, a system message, where the system message includes a tracking area identity of the relay; and broadcasting the system message, and triggering a user equipment in a cell of the relay to initiate a location update request. The embodiments of the present invention disclose an eNodeB, a relay, a communication system. 1. A paging method , wherein the method comprises:receiving, by an eNodeB, a paging message, wherein the paging message carries a tracking area identity;paging, by the eNodeB, a user equipment if the tracking area identity in the paging message is the tracking area identity of the eNodeB; andinstructing, by the eNodeB, a relay to page the user equipment if the tracking area identity in the paging message is the tracking area identity of the relay of the eNodeB.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the eNodeB receives the paging message claim 1 , the method further comprises:forwarding, by the eNodeB, a location update request message of the user equipment;wherein the tracking area identity in the location update request message is the tracking area identity of the eNodeB when the user equipment camps on a cell of the eNodeB; andthe tracking area identity in the location update request message is the tracking area identity of the relay when the user equipment camps on a cell of the relay.3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the location update request message comprises an access domain message.4. The method according to ...

Brushless motor

A brushless motor has a stator and a rotor rotatably installed inside of the stator. The stator includes a stator core with teeth protruding inwardly and windings wound on the teeth. The rotor includes a shaft, a rotor core fixed on the shaft, and a ring magnet fixed to the circumferential outer surface of the rotor core. The magnet includes a plurality of magnetic poles radially magnetized so that north poles and south poles are arranged alternately in the circumferential direction. Boundary lines between magnetic poles are skewed by an angle relative to an axis of the shaft.

SOC HARDWARE ENGINES FOR MULTI-RATE NOTCH FILTERS

A hard disk drive that includes a disk with servo bits. The hard disk drive also includes a central processing unit that performs a servo routine using the servo bits, and a separate a notch hardware engine that is utilize by the central processing unit to perform a notch filter function in the servo routine. Off-loading the notch filter function onto a hardware engine reduces the overhead on the central processing unit when performing a servo routine. Utilizing the notch hardware engine can improve the speed of the central processing unit by a factor of 10×. 1. A hard disk drive , comprising:a disk that includes servo bits;a head coupled to said disk;an actuator arm coupled to said head;a voice coil motor coupled to said actuator arm;a central processing unit that performs a servo routine using said servo bits; and,a notch hardware engine that is utilize by said central processing unit to perform a notch filter function in said servo routine.2. The hard disk drive of claim 1 , wherein said central processing unit and said notch hardware engine are on board a same chip.3. The hard disk drive of claim 1 , wherein said notch hardware engine performs a notch filter function for more than one notch.4. The hard disk drive of claim 1 , wherein said notch hardware engine generates a central processing unit interrupt after performing the notch filter function.5. The hard disk drive of claim 1 , wherein said notch hardware engine is an ASIC with add and multiplication elements.6. A circuit for a hard disk drive that has a central processing unit claim 1 , comprising:a notch hardware engine that is utilize by the central processing unit to perform a notch filter function in a servo routine.7. The circuit of claim 6 , wherein said notch hardware engine performs a notch filter function for more than one notch.8. The circuit of claim 6 , wherein said notch hardware engine generates a central processing unit interrupt after performing the notch filter function.9. The circuit of ...

Composite soft underlayer including negative anisotropy material

An apparatus may include a composite soft underlayer and a perpendicular magnetic recording layer overlying the composite soft underlayer. The composite soft underlayer may include a growth template layer, a negative magnetic anisotropy layer overlying the growth template layer, and a magnetically soft layer overlying the negative magnetic anisotropy layer. In some embodiments, the negative magnetic anisotropy layer includes a plurality of grains, and substantially all the grains have negative magnetic anisotropy along an axis substantially perpendicular to a major plane of the composite soft underlayer. In some embodiments, the negative magnetic anisotropy layer includes a thickness of less than or equal to about 3 nm

6,6-Bicyclic Ring Substituted Heterobicyclic Protein Kinase Inhibitors

Compounds of the formula 1250-. (canceled)253. The process of claim 252 , wherein Eand Eare both H.254. The process of claim 253 , wherein Ais Br.256. The compound of claim 255 , which is 2-phenyl-7-(4 claim 255 ,4 claim 255 ,5 claim 255 ,5-tetramethyl[1 claim 255 ,3 claim 255 ,2]dioxaborolan-2-yl)quinoline.258. The process of claim 257 , wherein Ais Br.260. The process of claim 259 , wherein Eand Eare both H. This application claims the benefit of U.S. Application No. 60/559,250 filed 2 Apr. 2004.The present invention is directed to novel heterobicyclic compounds, their salts, and compositions comprising them. In particular, the present invention is directed to novel heterobicyclic compounds that inhibit the activity of tyrosine kinase enzymes in animals, including humans, for the treatment and/or prevention of various diseases and conditions such as cancer.Protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) are enzymes that catalyse the phosphorylation of specific tyrosine residues in various cellular proteins involved in regulation of cell proliferation, activation, or differentiation (Schlessinger and Ulrich, 19929:383-391). Aberrant, excessive, or uncontrolled PTK activity has been shown to result in uncontrolled cell growth and has been observed in diseases such as benign and malignant proliferative disorders, as well as having been observed in diseases resulting from an inappropriate activation of the immune system (e.g., autoimmune disorders), allograft rejection, and graft vs. host disease. In addition, endothelial-cell specific receptor PTKs such as KDR and Tie-2 mediate the angiogenic process, and are thus involved in supporting the progression of cancers and other diseases involving inappropriate vascularization (e.g., diabetic retinopathy, choroidal neovascularization due to age-related macular degeneration, psoriasis, arthritis, retinopathy of prematurity, infantile hemangiomas).Tyrosine kinases can be of the receptor-type (having extracellular, transmembrane and ...

Autocalibrating parallel imaging reconstruction method from arbitrary k-space sampling with reduced noise

A computer implemented method for magnetic resonance imaging is provided. A 3D Fourier Transform acquisition is performed with two phase encode directions, wherein phase code locations are chosen so that a total number of phase encodes is less than a Nyquist rate, and closest distances between phase encode locations takes on a multiplicity of values. Readout signals are received through a multi-channel array of a plurality of receivers. An autocalibrating parallel imaging interpolation is performed and a noise correlation is generated. The noise correlation is used to weight a data consistency term of a compressed sensing iterative reconstruction. An image is created from the autocalibration parallel imaging using the weighted data consistency term. The image is displayed.

Handover Control Method, Apparatuses and Communication System

A handover control method, apparatuses and a communication system are disclosed. In embodiments of the present invention, a control base station (DeNB) of a Relay node is identified according to an established relation between the Relay node and the Control base station, and therefore, a handover request message can be routed to the correct DeNB and finally sent to the RN, and a User Equipment can normally hand over to a cell controlled by the Relay node. 1. A handover control method , comprising:obtaining an identity of a relay node corresponding to a handover target cell of a user equipment;obtaining an identity of control base station corresponding to the relay node according to the identity of the relay node; andsending a handover control request to the control base station according to the identity of control base station, so that the control base station notifies the relay node of performing access control for the user equipment.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the identity of the relay node corresponding to the handover target cell of the User equipment comprises:receiving, by an base station, a target cell measurement report sent by the user equipment, wherein the target cell measurement report comprises a target cell identity; andobtaining, by the base station, the identity of the relay node corresponding to a target cell according to the target cell identity.3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the obtaining the identity of control base station corresponding to the relay node according to the identity of the relay node comprises:searching, by the base station, a stored routing table according to the identity of the relay node, so as to obtain the identity of control base station corresponding to the relay node.4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the method further comprises:receiving, by the base station, an update message sent from the control base station if a new relay node is added under the control base ...

System and Method for Managing a Battery

A method for managing a battery with multiple battery cells is disclosed. The method includes monitoring parameters of the battery cells by an information acquisition unit. Parameters of the battery cells include individual cell voltages. The method further includes selecting, by a controller one of multiple charging modes in which the battery cells are charged according to the cell voltages. The charging modes include a constant current charging mode, a constant voltage charging mode, and a pulse charging mode. 1. A method for managing a battery composed of a plurality of battery cells , said method comprising:monitoring parameters of said battery cells by an information acquisition unit, wherein said parameters comprise cell voltages; andselecting, by a controller, one of a plurality of charging modes in which said battery cells are charged according to said cell voltages, wherein said charging modes comprises a constant current charging mode, a constant voltage charging mode, and a pulse charging mode.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:switching to said constant voltage charging mode if the summation of said cell voltages is equal to or greater than a first predetermined voltage in said constant current charging mode.3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:switching to said pulse charging mode if one of said cell voltages is equal to or greater than a second predetermined voltage in said constant voltage charging mode.4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:switching to said pulse charging mode if the summation of said cell voltages is less than a first predetermined voltage and one of said cell voltages is equal to or greater than a second predetermined voltage in said constant current charging mode.5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:stopping said pulse charging mode if one of said cell voltages is equal to or greater than a predetermined voltage and the pulse width of a charging current is less than a predetermined width in ...

Prediction of cost and income estimates associated with a bid ranking model

Prediction of cost and income estimates associated with a bid ranking model is disclosed, including: receiving a search keyword estimate prediction request, wherein the request comprises a search keyword, a bid price associated with the search keyword, and a prediction period; determining an average click through rate associated with the search keyword associated with the prediction period for a ranking position; determining a traffic value associated with the search keyword associated with the prediction period; determining an average cost per click associated with the search keyword associated with the prediction period for the ranking position; determining a number of impressions associated with the search keyword for the ranking position; and determining a cost estimate and an income estimate associated with the search keyword associated with the prediction period.

BATTERY CHARGING MANAGEMENT

A battery charging management apparatus includes an information obtaining unit and a controlling unit coupled to the information obtaining unit. The information obtaining unit obtains parameter information for temperature of a battery during a charging process performed by a charger for the battery. The controlling unit controls the charger to charge the battery based on the parameter information of the battery, so that operation of the charger conforms to a charging rule corresponding to the charging process. The controlling unit decreases a charging signal of the charger by a predetermined decrement if the temperature of the battery increases by a predefined increment. 1. A method for managing charging of a battery , said method comprising:obtaining parameter information for temperature of said battery during a charging process performed by a charger for said battery; andcontrolling said charger to charge said battery based on said parameter information, so that operation of said charger conforms to a charging rule corresponding to said charging process, wherein said controlling comprises decreasing a charging signal of said charger by a predetermined decrement if said temperature increases by a predefined increment.2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said charging signal comprises a charging voltage of said charger.3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said charging signal comprises a charging current of said charger.4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said controlling further comprises:controlling said charger to terminate charging said battery if said temperature of said battery is greater than a predetermined maximum charging temperature; anddecreasing said charging signal of said charger by said predetermined decrement in response to said predefined increment if said temperature of said battery is less than said predetermined maximum charging temperature.5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:monitoring an output ...

SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE SETTINGS USING DETECTED SOUND ENVIRONMENT

The present subject matter provides method and apparatus for hearing assistance devices, and more particularly to a system for evaluating hearing assistance device settings using detected sound environment. Various examples of a hearing assistance device and method using actual use and hypothetical use logs are provided. Such logs provide a dispenser or audiologist the ability to see how a device is operating with actual settings and how the device would have operated had hypothetical settings been used instead. In various examples, the system allows for collection of statistical information about actual and hypothetical use which can assist in parameter setting determinations for a specific user. The settings may be tailored to that user's commonly experienced sound environment. Wireless communications of usage logs is discussed. Additional method and apparatus can be found in the specification and as provided by the attached claims and their equivalents. 110-. (canceled)11. A method , comprising:saving an actual usage log in a hearing assistance device;saving a hypothetical usage log in the hearing assistance device; andtransferring at least portion of information from the actual usage log or the hypothetical usage log to a second device.12. The method of claim 11 , comprising:comparing information in the actual usage log to information in the hypothetical usage log; andchanging one or more actual usage parameters based on the comparing.13. The method of claim 11 , comprising:saving a second set of hypothetical usage log information in the hearing assistance device.14. The method of claim 13 , comprising:comparing information in the second hypothetical usage log to information in the actual usage log.15. The method of claim 14 , comprising:comparing information in the second hypothetical usage log to information in the hypothetical usage log.16. The method of claim 14 , comprising:changing one or more actual usage parameters based on the comparing of information ...

Ethernet Switch Ring (ESR) Protection Method And Transit Node

The present invention discloses an Ethernet Switch Ring (ESR) protection method, for introducing the pre-up state for the transit node, comprising, after the loop failure is recovered, the transit node on the loop will enter the pre-up state if not receiving the loop failure protocol message within the set time; and when the transit node is in the pre-up state and the loop is failed again, i.e., the transit node receives the loop failure protocol message in the pre-up state, the transit node opens the master and slave ports and refreshes the MAC address. Correspondingly, the present invention further discloses an ESR transit node. Since the pre-up state is introduced for the transit node and the transit node controls whether to open the recovered failed port by itself, the unsmooth flow caused by the master node which cannot notify the recovered failed port to open is avoided, and the ring network protection capability and user experience can be improved. 1. An ethernet switch ring (ESR) protection method , introducing a transitional pre-up state for transit nodes , and comprising:after a loop failure is recovered, a transit node on the loop entering the pre-up state if not receiving a loop failure protocol message within a set time; andwhen the transit node is in the pre-up state and the loop is failed again, i.e., the transit node receives the loop failure protocol message in the pre-up state, the transit node opening a master port and a slave port and refreshing a MAC address.2. The ESR protection method according to claim 1 , wherein when the loop failure occurs claim 1 , the method further comprises:the failed transit node that detects the loop failure periodically sending the loop failure protocol message to other nodes on the loop;a master node switching the loop state to a down state and sending a loop failure update protocol message to each transit node after receiving the loop failure protocol message from the failed node; andthe transit nodes updating the ...

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND PRESENTING VOICE REFERENCE RECORDINGS

An automated method and system are described for obtaining and sharing references and testimonials for individuals and companies. A voice sharing system is provided which obtains and shares voice reference recordings from reference granters for a reference requester. Reference receivers can then listen to a voice reference recording by selecting an icon on a web page. A reference requester can be an individual who needs references as part of an employment search. A reference requester may alternatively be a company needing a testimonial about their products or services. 1. A computer implemented method for voice storage comprising:defining a reference object for which a reference is to be provided;receiving a voice recording, which is for the reference, from a reference granter;associating the voice recording with the reference object;generating an icon corresponding to the voice recording;associating the icon with the voice recording; anddisplaying the icon on a webpage that is viewable to a reference receiver.2. The method according to further comprising obtaining a code input to identify the reference granter.3. The method according to wherein the reference object is one of an individual claim 1 , a specialty of the individual claim 1 , a company claim 1 , a service of the company claim 1 , and a product of the company.4. The method according to further comprising receiving a video recording with the voice recording.56-. (canceled)7. The method according to wherein a voice reference submission record can be deleted claim 1 , but is not modifiable claim 1 , by the reference granter and a reference requester.8. The method according to wherein the reference receiver is a different party from the reference granter and a reference requester.9. The method according to further comprising playing the voice recording to the reference receiver when the icon is selected.10. The method according to wherein the playing of the voice recording requires a password be entered in ...

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTION IN CELL RANDOM ACCESS

A method and a device for detection in cell random access are provided. The method includes: extending an original format used for a random access procedure to change a CP range defined by the original format; in the process of extracting a time-domain signal of a random access channel, extracting and splitting input data into time-domain antenna data in the original format and time-domain antenna data in an enhanced format, and performing signal extraction processing on the time-domain antenna data in the original format and the time-domain antenna data in the enhanced format respectively; and in the process of detection, detecting the time-domain antenna data in the original format and the time-domain antenna data in the enhanced format after the signal extraction processing to obtain detection information. The method can improve the performance of a BS and reduce the network construction costs without affecting an MS. 1. A method for detection in cell random access , wherein the method comprises:in a Long Term Evolution LTE protocol, extending an original format used for a random access procedure to change a cyclic prefix range defined by the original format, to obtain an enhanced format used for the random access procedure;in a process of extracting a time-domain signal of a random access channel, extracting and splitting input data into time-domain antenna data in the original format and time-domain antenna data in the enhanced format, and performing signal extraction processing on the time-domain antenna data in the original format and the time-domain antenna data in the enhanced format respectively; andin a process of detection, detecting the time-domain antenna data in the original format and the time-domain antenna data in the enhanced format after the signal extraction processing to obtain detection information.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the extending the original format used for the random access procedure to change the cyclic prefix ...

Method and Device for Decoding Reed-Solomon (RS) Code

The embodiments of the invention disclose a method and a device for decoding an RS code, the method comprising: receiving bit reliability information of the RS code output by a channel, performing a hard decision on the bit reliability information to obtain a hard-decision result value sequence; determining a type of an error of the hard-decision result value sequence according to an initial check array corresponding to an encoding mode of the RS code; according to preset corresponding relationships between types of errors of the hard-decision result value sequence and error-correcting modes capable of correcting the errors, determining an error-correcting mode corresponding to the type of the error of the hard-decision result value sequence, and performing a bit error correction on the hard-decision result value sequence according to the determined error-correcting mode; outputting the hard-decision result value sequence after the bit error correction as a decoding result. 1. A method for decoding an RS (Reed-Solomon) code , the method comprising:receiving bit reliability information of the RS code output by a channel; and performing a hard decision on the received bit reliability information to obtain a hard-decision result value sequence;determining a type of an error of the hard-decision result value sequence according to an initial check array corresponding to an encoding mode of the RS code;according to preset corresponding relationships between types of errors of the hard-decision result value sequence and error-correcting modes capable of correcting the errors, determining an error-correcting mode corresponding to the type of the error of the hard-decision result value sequence, and performing a bit error correction on the hard-decision result value sequence according to the determined error-correcting mode;outputting the hard-decision result value sequence after the bit error correction as a decoding result.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein claim ...

MOLECULAR SIEVE

A molecular sieve including a basic skeleton of a molecular sieve and magnesium and phosphorus compounds as functional materials supported on the inner surface of the basic skeleton. A method of preparation of a modified molecular sieve including (1) dissolving a magnesium salt in water to obtain a magnesium salt solution; (2) dissolving phosphoric acid in water to obtain a phosphoric acid solution; (3) adding a molecular sieve to the magnesium salt solution, stirring, standing, drying for dehydration, and baking; and (4) adding a modified molecular sieve with supported magnesium compounds obtained from the step (3) to the phosphoric acid solution, stirring, standing, drying for dehydration, and baking to obtain a modified molecular sieve. The modified molecular sieve has high selectivity for ammonia nitrogen in wastewater. 1. A molecular sieve , comprising:a) a basic skeleton of a molecular sieve; andb) magnesium and phosphorus compounds as functional materials supported on the inner surface of the basic skeleton.2. The molecular sieve of claim 1 , wherein the molecular sieve as described in a) is a mesoporous molecular sieve claim 1 , in which a pore diameter is within 1.5-10 nm claim 1 , BET specific surface area is greater than 600 m/g claim 1 , and relative crystalline is more than 90%.3. The molecular sieve of claim 1 , wherein the functional materials as described in b) are magnesium and phosphorus compounds claim 1 , in which the magnesium compounds are magnesium oxide claim 1 , magnesium carbonate claim 1 , magnesium phosphate claim 1 , magnesium nitrate claim 1 , or a mixture thereof; the phosphorus compounds are phosphorus pentoxide claim 1 , magnesium phosphate claim 1 , or a mixture thereof; the weight percentage content of magnesium in the molecular sieve is 5-25% and phosphorus is 5-20%.4. A method of preparation of a molecular sieve claim 1 , comprising the following steps:a) dissolving a magnesium salt into water to obtain 1-5 mol/L of a magnesium ...

Methods for preparing ethylene glycol from polyhydroxy compounds

This invention provides methods for producing ethylene glycol from polyhydroxy compounds such as cellulose, starch, hemicellulose, glucose, sucrose, fructose, fructan, xylose and soluble xylooligosaccharides. The methods uses polyhydroxy compounds as the reactant, a composite catalyst having active components comprising one or more transition metals of Groups 8, 9, or 10, including iron, cobalt, nickel, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, iridium, and platinum, as well as tungsten oxide, tungsten sulfide, tungsten hydroxide, tungsten chloride, tungsten bronze oxide, tungsten acid, tungstate, metatungstate acid, metatungstate, paratungstate acid, paratungstate, peroxotungstic acid, pertungstate, heteropoly acid containing tungsten. Reacting at a temperature of 120-300° C. and a hydrogen pressure of 1-13 MPa under hydrothermal conditions to accomplish one-step catalytic conversion. It realizes efficient, highly selective, high yield preparation of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol from polyhydroxy compounds. The advantage of processes disclosed in this invention include renewable raw material and high atom economy. At the same time, compared with other technologies that converts biomass raw materials into polyols, methods disclosed herein enjoy advantages including simple reaction process, high yield of targeted products, as well as easy preparation and low cost for the catalysts.

ANALYSIS OF THIRD PARTY NETWORKS

A method of analyzing customer behavior, where customers are engaged in customer-to-customer transactions in the third-party network, includes the transformation of data representing the customer-to-customer transactions from a data representation to a network representation, and then analyzing the network representation. The network representation includes a set of nodes and a set of links where each node represents a customer and each link represents a transaction between two of the customers. 131-. (canceled)32. A method of monitoring activity in a network , comprising:monitoring a plurality of transactions that occur at least partially in a second network;storing, in a computer program memory, a plurality of nodes, wherein each node comprises data indicative of a participant in one or more of the transactions; andstoring, in the computer program memory, a plurality of links, wherein each link is associated with two nodes, and each link comprises data indicative of a measurement associated with the transaction between the participants associated with the same two nodes.33. The method of claim 32 , wherein each transaction comprises a transaction between two parties.34. The method of claim 32 , wherein each transaction comprises a transfer of funds.35. The method of claim 32 , wherein the data indicative of a measurement comprises a customer ID or an account ID.36. The method of claim 32 , wherein the data indicative of a measurement comprises a measure of transaction value claim 32 , a measure of funds claim 32 , a measure of time claim 32 , a measure of distance between the participants associated with the nodes claim 32 , or a measure of transaction frequency.37. The method of claim 32 , further comprising analyzing the links to identify at least one group transaction pattern.38. The method of claim 37 , further comprising detecting a link that deviates from the at least one group transaction pattern.39. The method of claim 37 , further comprising detecting a ...

MESOPOROUS CARBON SUPPORTED TUNGSTEN CARBIDE CATALYSTS, PREPARATION AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF

A supported tungsten carbide catalyst comprises tungsten carbide as its active component and a mesoporous carbon as its support, wherein tungsten carbide is highly dispersed on the surface and in the channels of the mesoporous carbon, and the content of tungsten element is in the range from 30% to 42% by mass based on the mesoporous carbon. This catalyst can be prepared by impregnation process. This catalyst can be used for the direct catalytic conversion of cellulose to ethylene glycol under the hydrothermal conditions and at a temperature of 245° C. and the hydrogen pressure of 6 MPa with high reactivity, selectivity and stability. 1. A mesoporous carbon supported tungsten carbide catalyst: the mesoporous carbon is the support, which has high surface area and pore volume;', 'the tungsten carbide catalysts are dispersed on the surface or in the channels of carbon support;', 'the metal component of W accounts for between 1 and 80 wt % of the catalyst, and particularly between 30 and 42 wt %;, 'wherein'}2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the metal component of Ni promoter accounts for between 0.1 and 30 wt % of the catalyst claim 1 , and particularly between 2 and 5 wt %.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the supports are amorphous mesoporous carbon MC claim 1 , MC—R claim 1 , and ordered mesoporous carbon CMK-3 claim 1 , CMK-8.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the support are synthesized by nanocasting method; the hard templates are commercial silica sol claim 1 , or silica sol with diameter of 5-100 nm claim 1 , ordered SBA-15 and KIT-6; the carbon precursors are sucrose claim 1 , phenolic resin claim 1 , mesophase pitch claim 1 , furfur alcohol claim 1 , or a mixture thereof; 1 g of hard template was impregnated with 0.1-10 g of carbon precursor claim 1 , heated at 40-350° C. for more than 0.5 hour claim 1 , and carbonized at 400-1000° C. in inert atmosphere for more than 0.5 hour claim 1 , the hard template was removed by HF or NaOH solution claim 1 , the ...

Network Interface and Detection Module to Enable Network Communication within Information Handling Systems

A network interface module can include a housing including a first cavity configured to receive a first network plug having a first dimension. The housing also includes a second cavity within the first cavity, and configured to receive a second network plug having a second dimension that is less than the first dimension. The network interface module can also include a network detection circuit coupled to a first terminal within the housing. 1. A network interface module comprising:a housing including a first cavity configured to receive a first network plug having a first dimension, and a second cavity within the first cavity configured to receive a second network plug having a second dimension that is less than the first dimension; anda network detection circuit coupled to a first terminal within the housing, the network detection circuit operable to enable a first network type from a plurality of network types in response to an operating state of the first terminal.2. The network interface module of claim 1 , further comprising:the network detection circuit operable to receive an input signal from the first terminal, the input signal of a first network type;the network detection circuit operable to output a first enable signal in response to receiving the input signal of a first network type from the first network plug; andthe network detection circuit operable to output a second enable signal in response to not receiving the input signal of a first network type from the first network plug.3. The network interface module of claim 1 , further comprising:the network detection circuit operably coupled to a network selection circuit via a first enable terminal; andthe network selection circuit operable to switch processing of signal data between a first network and a second network in response to receiving an enable selection signal from the network detection circuit.4. The network interface module of claim 1 , further comprising:the first terminal aligned along a ...

COOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOLING SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET DEVICES

A cooling system and method for cooling superconducting magnet coils are provided. One magnet system for a superconducting magnet device includes a cooling system having at least one coil support shell, a plurality of superconducting magnet coils supported by the at least one coil support shell and a plurality of cooling tubes thermally coupled to the at least one coil support shell. The magnet system also includes a cryorefrigerator system fluidly coupled with the plurality of cooling tubes forming a closed circulation cooling system. 1. A magnet system for a superconducting magnet device , the magnet system comprising:at least one coil support shell;a plurality of superconducting magnet coils supported by the at least one coil support shell;a plurality of cooling tubes thermally coupled to the at least one coil support shell; anda cryorefrigerator system fluidly coupled with the plurality of cooling tubes forming a closed circulation cooling system.2. The magnet system of claim 1 , wherein the cryorefrigerator system comprises a non-venting system.3. The magnet system of claim 1 , wherein the cryorefrigerator system comprises a vent having a venting pressure higher than a normal boil-off venting level.4. The magnet system of claim 1 , wherein the cryorefrigerator system comprises at least one Helium gas tank.5. The magnet system of claim 4 , wherein the Helium gas tank stores less than about 300 liters of Helium gas at about 30 atmosphere (atm).6. The magnet system of claim 4 , wherein the Helium gas tank is toroidal shaped and surrounds the at least one coil support shell.7. The magnet system of claim 1 , wherein the cryorefrigerator system comprises at least one liquid Helium tank.8. The magnet system of claim 7 , wherein the liquid Helium tank stores about 10 liters of liquid Helium.9. The magnet system of claim 7 , wherein the liquid Helium tank comprises a hermetically sealed inlet port.10. The magnet system of claim 1 , further comprising a thermal shield ...

Binary Rewriting in Software Instruction Cache

Mechanisms are provided for dynamically rewriting branch instructions in a portion of code. The mechanisms execute a branch instruction in the portion of code. The mechanisms determine if a target instruction of the branch instruction, to which the branch instruction branches, is present in an instruction cache associated with the processor. Moreover, the mechanisms directly branch execution of the portion of code to the target instruction in the instruction cache, without intervention from an instruction cache runtime system, in response to a determination that the target instruction is present in the instruction cache. In addition, the mechanisms redirect execution of the portion of code to the instruction cache runtime system in response to a determination that the target instruction cannot be determined to be present in the instruction cache.

Dynamically Rewriting Branch Instructions in Response to Cache Line Eviction

Mechanisms are provided for evicting cache lines from an instruction cache of the data processing system. The mechanisms store, for a portion of code in a current cache line, a linked list of call sites that directly or indirectly target the portion of code in the current cache line. A determination is made as to whether the current cache line is to be evicted from the instruction cache. The linked list of call sites is processed to identify one or more rewritten branch instructions having associated branch stubs, that either directly or indirectly target the portion of code in the current cache line. In addition, the one or more rewritten branch instructions are rewritten to restore the one or more rewritten branch instructions to an original state based on information in the associated branch stubs. 1. A method , in a data processing system for evicting cache lines from an instruction cache of the data processing system , comprising:storing, by a processor of the data processing system, for a portion of code in a current cache line, a linked list of call sites that directly or indirectly target the portion of code in the current cache line;determining, by the processor, that the current cache line is to be evicted from the instruction cache; andprocessing, by the processor, the linked list of call sites to identify one or more rewritten branch instructions having associated branch stubs, that either directly or indirectly target the portion of code in the current cache line; and rewriting, by the processor, the one or more rewritten branch instructions to restore the one or more rewritten branch instructions to an original state based on information in the associated branch stubs.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the linked list is stored in an extended portion of the branch stubs of the one or more rewritten branch instructions.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the extended portion of the branch stubs includes a previous pointer pointing to a previous entry in ...

CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME FOR TREATING NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS-CONTAINING WASTEWATER

A continuous flow reactor, including a cylindrical coagulation crystallizer, a funnel type protective baffle for static settling, and a conical static settler. A lower end surface of the cylindrical coagulation crystallizer is connected with an upper end surface of the conical static settler, and the funnel type protective baffle for static settling is connected with an inner wall of the cylindrical coagulation crystallizer. 2. The continuous flow reactor of claim 1 , further comprising an inclined plate settling zone claim 1 , whereina wall-attached inclined plate settler is arranged in the inclined plate settling zone;a side surface of the wall-attached inclined plate settler is connected with an outer side surface of the cylindrical coagulation crystallizer; andan opening with a rectangular mapping surface is formed at a lower part of the cylindrical coagulation crystallizer and communicated with the wall-attached inclined plate settler.3. The continuous flow reactor of claim 2 , whereina cylindrical influent protector with a sawtooth slot is installed at an upper part of the cylindrical coagulation crystallizer; anda lower part of the cylindrical influent protector with the sawtooth slot is connected with the upper part of the cylindrical coagulation crystallizer.4. The continuous flow reactor of claim 3 , whereina wall-attached effluent protector with a sawtooth slot is installed at an upper part of the wall-attached inclined plate settler;a side surface of the wall-attached effluent protector with the sawtooth slot is connected with the outer side surface of the cylindrical coagulation crystallizer; andan upper part of the wall-attached inclined plate settler is connected with a lower part of the wall-attached effluent protector with the sawtooth slot.5. The continuous flow reactor of claim 1 , wherein a water inlet pipe claim 1 , a magnesium source feed pipe claim 1 , a mechanical agitator or an aeration pipe claim 1 , a dynamic pH monitor claim 1 , and a pH ...

SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC RECEPTION ENHANCEMENT OF HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICES

Method and apparatus for automatic reception enhancement of hearing assistance devices. The present subject matter relates to methods and apparatus for automatic reception enhancement in hearing assistance devices. It provides a power estimation scheme that is reliable against both steady and transient input. It provides a TSM estimation scheme that is effective and efficient both in terms of storage size and computational efficiency. The embodiments employing a decision tree provide a weight factor between the omnidirectional and compensated directional signal. The resulting decision logic improves speech intelligibility when talking under noisy conditions. The decision logic also improves listening comfort when exposed to noise. Additional method and apparatus can be found in the specification and as provided by the attached claims and their equivalents. 1an omnidirectional microphone having a first reception profile;a directional microphone having a second reception profile;an omni input adapted to receive digital samples representative of signals received by the omnidirectional microphone;a directional input adapted to receive digital samples representative of signals received by the directional microphone;a mixing module connected to the omni input, the mixing module providing a mixing ratio for a block of digital samples, α(k);a compensation filter connected to the directional input and the mixing module, the compensation filter adapted to output a third reception profile which substantially matches the first reception profile;a first multiplier receiving the omni input and a signal value of (1−α(k)) from the mixing module;a second multiplier receiving the directional input and a signal value of α(k) from the mixing module; anda summing stage adding outputs of the first multiplier and the second multiplier,{'sub': 'c', 'claim-text': {'br': None, 'i': s', 'n,k', 'k', 's', 'n,k', 'k', 's', 'n,k, 'sub': c', 'O', 'D, '()=(1−α())*()+α()(),'}, 'wherein the output ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTINGUISHING A 3D IMAGE FROM A 2D IMAGE AND FOR IDENTIFYING THE PRESENCE OF A 3D IMAGE FORMAT BY IMAGE DIFFERENCE DETERMINATION

A method identifies the presence of a three-dimensional (3D) image format in received image through the use of image difference determination. The received image is sampled using a candidate 3D format to generate two sub-images from the received image. When the candidate 3D format is a non-blended 3D format, these sub-images are compared to determine whether these sub-images are similar with respect to structure. If the sub-images are not similar, a new 3D format is selected and the method is repeated. If the sub-images are similar, an image difference is computed between the two sub-images to form an edge map. Thicknesses are computed for the edges in the edge map. The thickness and uniformity distribution of the edges are then used to determine whether the format is 2D or 3D and, if 3D, which of the 3D formats was used for the received image. 1. A method for identifying the presence of a three-dimensional (3D) image format in a received image , the method comprising:generating first and second sub-images from the received image using a sampling method corresponding to a candidate 3D format selected from a plurality of 3D formats;computing an image difference between the first and second sub-images to generate an edge map having a plurality of edges; andcomputing a thickness for each edge in the plurality of edges;wherein, if the thicknesses for the plurality of edges are uniformly distributed and less than or equal to a threshold, determining whether each 3D format of the plurality of 3D formats has been selected as a candidate 3D format; andif all 3D formats in the plurality of 3D formats have been selected, identifying the received image as a two-dimensional (2D) format; andif all 3D formats in the plurality of 3D formats have not been selected, selecting as the candidate 3D format a 3D format not previously selected from the plurality of 3D formats and repeating the generating and computing steps using the not previously selected 3D format; andwherein, if the ...

Prefetching Irregular Data References for Software Controlled Caches

Prefetching irregular memory references into a software controlled cache is provided. A compiler analyzes source code to identify at least one of a plurality of loops that contain an irregular memory reference. The compiler determines if the irregular memory reference within the at least one loop is a candidate for optimization. Responsive to an indication that the irregular memory reference may be optimized, the compiler determines if the irregular memory reference is valid for prefetching. Responsive to an indication that the irregular memory reference is valid for prefetching, a store statement for an address of the irregular memory reference is inserted into the at least one loop. A runtime library call is inserted into a prefetch runtime library for the irregular memory reference. Data associated with the irregular memory reference is prefetched into the software controlled cache when the runtime library call is invoked. 1. A method , in a data processing system , for prefetching irregular memory references into a software controlled cache , the method comprising:receiving source code that is to be compiled;analyzing the source code to identify at least one of a plurality of loops that contain an irregular memory reference;determining if the irregular memory reference within the at least one of the plurality of loops is a candidate for optimization;responsive to an indication that the irregular memory reference may be optimized, determining if the irregular memory reference is valid for prefetching;responsive to an indication that the irregular memory reference is valid for prefetching, inserting a store statement for an address of the irregular memory reference into the at least one of the plurality of loops; andinserting a runtime library call into a prefetch runtime library for the irregular memory reference, wherein data associated with the irregular memory reference is prefetched into the software controlled cache when the runtime library call is invoked.2 ...

METHODS OF USING TUNGSTEN CARBIDE CATALYSTS IN PREPARATION OF ETHYLENE GLYCOL

Tungsten carbide catalysts are used in preparation of ethylene glycol by hydrogenating degradation of cellulose. The catalyst includes tungsten carbide as main catalytic active component, added with small amount of one or more transition metals such as nickel, cobalt, iron, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, platinum, and copper as the second metal, supported on one or more porous complex supports such as active carbon, alumina, silica, titanium dioxide, silicon carbide, zirconium oxide, for conversion of cellulose to ethylene glycol. The catalyst realizes high efficiency, high selectivity, and high yield in the conversion of cellulose to ethylene glycol at the temperature of 120-300° C., hydrogen pressure of 1-10 MPa, and hydrothermal conditions. Compared to the existing industrial synthetic method of ethylene glycol using ethylene as feedstock, the invention has the advantages of using renewable raw material resources, environment friendly process, and excellent atom economy. 1. A method of catalytic degradation of cellulose , comprising:obtaining a mixture comprising cellulose, water, and a catalyst;placing the mixture in a reactor filled with hydrogen; andkeeping the mixture at an elevated temperature for a certain reaction time,{'sub': 'x', 'wherein the catalyst has a formula A-WC/B, in which component A represents one or more metallic elements chosen from nickel, cobalt, iron, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, platinum, and copper, and WxC represents tungsten carbide, wherein 1≦x≦2, and'}component B is a porous support chosen from active carbon, alumina, silica, titanium oxide, silicon carbide, zirconium oxide, and mixtures thereof.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a total loading of A-WxC in said catalyst is 2-85 wt % claim 1 , in which the loading of component A is 0.05-30 wt % and the loading of tungsten is 1-80 wt %.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the loading of tungsten is 10-60 wt % and the loading of component A is 0.1-5 ...

Decoding method and device for concatenated code

Disclosed are a decoding method and device for concatenated code, for the decoding of concatenated code composed of low density parity code (LDPC) and Reed-Solomon (RS) code. The method includes: carrying out LDPC soft decision iterative decoding on bit de-interleaved data flow, and carrying out check decision on LDPC codeword obtained from decoding by using a check matrix; carrying out de-byte-interleave on an information bit of the LDPC codeword obtained from decoding and converting check information of the LDPC codeword into puncturing information of RS codeword; selecting a decoding mode according to the puncturing information of the RS codeword to carry out RS decoding. By way of the solution of the present invention, the RS decoding performance can be improved without increasing the computation complexity, thus greatly improving the receiving performance of the CMMB terminal as compared to the conventional method.

Secure and seamless wan-lan roaming

Systems and methods are described for secure and seamless roaming between internal and external networks. Double and triple tunnels may be used to connect a mobile node to a correspondent host. A mobile node may include the ability to connect to two networks simultaneously to enable seamless roaming between networks.

REMOTE CONTROL OF HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICES

The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus of communicating instructions to a hearing assistance device, such as a hearing aid. In various embodiments instructions are formed using tones sent to the hearing assistance device. The instructions can be used to control the operation of the hearing assistance device. The signals may include dual tone multifunction signals or other nonstandard signals. Various detection processes are provided which include but are not limited to using a modified complex Goertzel algorithm to detect tones. The remote device can be a standard device or can be modified to provide the proper signals. The following techniques can be applied to hearing assistance devices including, but not limited to completely-in-the-canal devices, in-the-canal devices, behind-the-ear devices, receiver-in-canal devices, and implanted devices, such as cochlear implants. 1. A hearing aid , comprising:a telecoil to receive a signal; anda programmable processor in communication with the telecoil, the programmable processor configured to perform program instructions for a Goertzel process for detection of information encoded in the signal at predetermined tone frequencies of interest, the information including a control message, the programmable processor programmed to perform a control process based on the control message, the processor further adapted to perform hearing aid processing.2. The hearing aid of claim 1 , wherein the Goertzel process is adapted to process subband information in subbands including the predetermined tone frequencies of interest.3. The hearing aid of claim 1 , wherein the Goertzel process is adapted to process subband information to obtain the information encoded in the signal.4. The hearing aid of claim 1 , wherein the Goertzel process is adapted to decode information sent as dual tone multi-function signals for use in controlling the hearing aid.5. The hearing aid of claim 4 , wherein the processor is programmed to ...

REDUCING CHROMATIC ABERRATION

At least one implementation reduces chromatic aberration by aligning pixel in a color channel according to displacement from corresponding pixels in another color channel. In one particular implementation, a feature is calculated for a first block of pixels in a first color channel of an image. The feature is calculated for a second block of pixels in a second color channel of the image. Displacement is estimated between the first color channel and the second color channel by comparing the feature for the first block and the feature for the second block. At least a portion of the first color channel is aligned with at least a portion of the second color channel based on the estimated displacement. 1. A method comprising:calculating a feature for a first block of pixels in a first color channel of an image, the feature for the first block being independent of pixel values in a second color channel of the image;calculating the feature for a second block of pixels in a second color channel of the image, the feature for the second block being independent of pixel values in the first color channel;estimating displacement between the first color channel and the second color channel by comparing the feature for the first block and the feature for the second block; andaligning at least a portion of the first color channel with at least a portion of the second color channel based on the estimated displacement.2. The method of wherein the first block is associated with a given pixel location in the first color channel.3. (canceled)4. (canceled)5. The method of wherein the second block is associated with a displaced pixel location in the second color channel.6. The method of wherein estimating displacement is for the given pixel location.7. The method of wherein aligning comprises aligning the given pixel location and the displaced pixel location.8. The method of wherein the feature is a substantially color-channel-invariant feature.9. The method of wherein the feature is ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINING 3D TEXT WITH 3D CONTENT

A method and system are defined for best positioning text in a 3D manner into associated 3D content by determining parallax information from the 3D content and by using such parallax information together with one or more requirements supplied by a user or producer for best positioning text in a 3D manner into associated 3D content. The determination of text position can be performed in real-time on the arriving image content stream as an on-line operation or in a non-real time mode on the entirety of the image content as an off-line operation. 1. A method for combining text with three-dimensional (3D) image content wherein a resulting image is capable of being displayed by a 3D display device , the method comprising:receiving both said 3D image content including at least one 3D image and text associated with said at least one 3D image, wherein the at least one 3D image includes a first view and a second view;extracting parallax information from said at least one 3D image;determining a position for the text in said first view; anddetermining a position for the text in said second view, wherein the position in said second view is offset relative to the position in the first view of the corresponding 3D image by an amount based, at least in part, on said parallax information.2. The method as defined in claim 1 , further comprising:receiving at least one requirement for identifying a desired placement of the text relative to the 3D image content; andwherein said amount of offset for said position of the text in said second view is also based, at least in part, on both said parallax information and said at least one requirement.3. The method as defined in claim 1 , further comprising:processing said first and second views of the at least one 3D image content, having the text positioned therein for each view, to display a combination of the text and related 3D image content on said 3D display device.4. The method as defined in claim 2 , further comprising:storing said ...

POLYMER EXPANDED PARTICLE, EXPANDED TONER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYMER EXPANDED PARTICLE AND EXPANDED TONER

A polymer expanded particle and an expanded toner having small pores, and a production method thereof are provided. A polymer expanded particle comprises micropores having an average pore diameter of less than 50 μm. An expanded toner comprises micropores having an average pore diameter of 1 μm to less than 3 μm, wherein volume average particle diameter is 5 μm to less than 15 μm. A method for producing a polymer expanded particle comprises a first step for mixing specific polymer particles with high pressure gas or supercritical fluid, to prepare a mixture, a second step for impregnating with the high pressure gas or the supercritical fluid to the inside of the polymer particles, and a third step for reducing pressure and temperature of the mixture, to form the polymer expanded particle, wherein the pressure and temperature in the third step is reduced for 5 minutes or less from a state of 20 MPa or greater and 60° C. or greater to a state of less than 1 MPa and less than 30° C., respectively. 1. A polymer expanded particle comprising micropores having an average pore diameter of less than 50 μm.2. A polymer expanded particle comprising micropores having an average pore diameter of less than 3 μm.3. The polymer expanded particle according to claim 2 , wherein volume average particle diameter is less than 15 μm.4. A expanded toner comprising micropores having an average pore diameter of 50 nm to less than 3 μm claim 2 , wherein volume average particle diameter is 5 μm to less than 15 μm.5. The expanded toner according to claim 4 , wherein an average pore diameter of the micropores is 50 nm to 1 μm claim 4 ,6. The expanded toner according to claim 4 , wherein specific gravity is less than 0.9.7. A method for producing a polymer expanded particle comprising:a first step for mixing polymer particles selected from a group of polyolefine, polyolefine copolymer, cyclic olefin, cyclic olefin copolymer resin, polystyrene, polystyrene copolymer, acrylic resin, polycarbonate, ...

Useful halophilic, thermostable and ionic liquids tolerant cellulases

The present invention provides for an isolated or recombinant polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 70% identity with the amino acid sequence of a cellulase, such as Hu-CBH1, wherein said amino acid sequence has a halophilic thermostable and/or thermophilic cellobiohydrolase (CBH) activity. In some embodiments, the polypeptide has a CBH activity that is resistant to up to about 20% of ionic liquids. The present invention also provides for compositions comprising and methods using the isolated or recombinant polypeptide. 1Halorhabdus utahensis. An isolated or recombinant polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 70% identity with the amino acid sequence of a cellulase , wherein said amino acid sequence has a halophilic thermostable or thermophilic cellobiohydrolase (CBH) activity.2. The polypeptide of claim 1 , wherein the CBH activity is resistant to up to about 20% of ionic liquids.3. A composition comprising the isolated or recombinant polypeptide of and optionally a salt claim 1 , an ionic liquid (IL) claim 1 , or an alkaline pH.4. The composition of claim 3 , further comprising a biomass comprising a cellulose capable of being cleaved by the polypeptide to produce cellobioses.5Halorhabdus utahensis. A method of hydrolyzing a cellulose claim 3 , comprising: (a) providing a composition comprising an isolated or recombinant polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 70% identity with the amino acid sequence of a cellulase claim 3 , wherein said amino acid sequence has a halophilic thermostable or thermophilic cellobiohydrolase (CBH) activity claim 3 , and the CBH activity is resistant to up to about 20% of ionic liquids claim 3 , a suitable salt concentration claim 3 , an ionic liquid and a cellulose claim 3 , and (b) incubating the composition for a suitable length of time claim 3 , such that the cellulose is hydrolyzed by the polypeptide.6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the composition comprises a ...

COIL COMPRESSION FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL AUTOCALIBRATING PARALLEL IMAGING WITH CARTESIAN SAMPLING

A three dimensional image, in a phased array magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is provided. Three dimensional k-space data within an auto calibration signal (ACS) region and outside the ACS region are acquired. The k-space data within the ACS region are converted into hybrid space ACS data. Compression matrices and alignment matrices of the compression matrices for the hybrid space ACS data are found along a readout direction. Alignment matrices are multiplied to the compression matrices to achieve the properly-aligned compression matrices along the readout direction. All k-space data are converted into hybrid space. The properly-aligned compression matrices are applied to the hybrid space data to provide compressed data with fewer channels. The compressed data are used to form a three dimensional image. 1. A computer implemented method for providing a three dimensional image , in a phased array magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system , comprising:acquiring three dimensional k-space data within an autocalibration signal (ACS) region and outside the ACS region;converting the k-space data within the ACS region into hybrid space ACS data;finding compression matrices for the hybrid space ACS data along a readout direction;finding alignment matrices of the compression matrices along the readout direction;multiplying alignment matrices to the compression matrices to achieve the properly-aligned compression matrices along the readout direction;converting the k-space data into hybrid space data;applying the properly-aligned compression matrices to the hybrid space data to provide compressed data with fewer channels; andusing the compressed data to form a three dimensional image.2. The computer implemented method claim 1 , as recited in claim 1 , wherein within the ACS region the k-space data is fully sampled and wherein outside of the ACS region the k-space data is fully sampled in the readout direction but under sampled in both phase encoding directions.3. The ...

METHOD FOR BIOSENSOR USAGE WITH PRESSURE COMPENSATION

A biosensor is described which can obtain physiological data from an individual. The biosensor may collect electrodermal activity, skin temperature, and other information. The biosensor may be attached to the body through the use of a garment which may be fastened in multiple locations on the human body. The biosensor includes compensation for electrodermal activity measurements based on the amount of pressure applied to the electrodes that are in contact with the skin. As pressure is increased the electrodermal activity values typically increase. By compensating for the influence that pressure changes have on electrodermal activity, more accurate analysis of physiology and therefore mental state analysis may be performed. 1. A processor-implemented method for measuring physiology comprising:capturing electrodermal activity readings from a body to which electrodes are in contact with skin;collecting pressure information on an amount of pressure applied to the electrodes, which are in contact with the skin; andcompensating the electrodermal activity readings based on the pressure information which was collected.2. The method according to wherein the pressure information is collected using one or more of force sensitive resistors claim 1 , piezoelectric devices claim 1 , piezoelectric polymers claim 1 , pressure sensitive materials claim 1 , and pressure sensitive gels.3. The method according to wherein the compensating is accomplished using one or more of circuitry claim 1 , a processor claim 1 , software claim 1 , and firmware.4. The method according to wherein the compensating is accomplished real time as the electrodermal activity readings are captured.5. The method according to further comprising correcting electrodermal activity evaluations based on temperature of the skin.6. The method according to further comprising correcting electrodermal activity evaluations based on sensed humidity.7. The method according to further comprising evaluating skin temperature.8 ...

CRYOGENIC COOLING SYSTEM WITH WICKING STRUCTURE

A cryogenic cooling system includes a chamber defined by an outer wall and an inner wall, the chamber housing at least one component to be cooled; a wicking structure in thermal contact with one of the outer wall and the inner wall of the chamber; and a delivery system in a spaced apart relationship with the chamber and fluidly connected to the wicking structure for transporting a working fluid to and from the wicking structure. Also provided is a magnetic resonance imaging system including the cryogenic cooling system. 1. A cryogenic cooling system comprising:a chamber defined by an outer wall and an inner wall, the chamber housing at least one component to be cooled;a wicking structure in thermal contact with one of the outer wall and the inner wall of the chamber; anda delivery system in a spaced apart relationship with the chamber and fluidly connected to the wicking structure for transporting a working fluid to and from the wicking structure.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the wicking structure comprises sintered particles.3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the wicking structure has a pore size of less than about 100 nanometers.4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the wicking structure has a pore size in a range from about 100 nanometers to about 1 micrometers.5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the wicking structure has a thermal conductivity in a range from about 0.1 W/mk to about 400 w/mK.6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the wicking structure comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of: stainless steel claim 1 , aluminum claim 1 , copper claim 1 , silica claim 1 , oxides of transition metals claim 1 , a ceramic claim 1 , a polymer claim 1 , or any combination thereof.7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the wicking structure comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of: stainless steel claim 1 , aluminum claim 1 , copper claim 1 , AlN claim 1 , BN claim 1 , silica claim 1 , a polymer claim 1 , or any ...

Method and Apparatus for Foreground Object Detection

The present invention utilizes depth images captured by a depth camera to detect foreground/background. In one embodiment, the method comprises establishing a single background distribution model, updating the background distribution model if a new depth value for the pixel can be represented by the background distribution model, skipping update of the background distribution model if the pixel is before the background, and replacing the background distribution model if the pixel is behind the background. In case that the background distribution model does not exist initially, a new background distribution model is created. In one embodiment of the present invention, the non-meaningful pixels are handled. In another embodiment, fluctuation of the depth value due to noise is handled by using a candidate background distribution model. In yet another embodiment, the noise for pixels around object edges is handled by using a mixture of two background distribution models. 1. A method of foreground object detection for a pixel from depth images comprising:receiving a depth value for the pixel from the depth images;updating a first background distribution model according to the depth value and labeling an indication of the pixel as first background if the pixel can be represented by the first background distribution model;processing alternative background model if the pixel is behind the first background;labeling the indication of the pixel as foreground if the pixel is before the first background; andproviding the indication of the pixel.2. The method of detecting foreground objects of claim 1 , wherein the pixel can be represented by the first background distribution model if the depth value is within a range covering a first value associated with the first background distribution model.3. The method of detecting foreground objects of claim 2 , wherein the first background distribution model conforms to a Gaussian distribution model having a mean and a standard deviation ...

Method and Apparatus for customizing 3-dimensional effects of stereo content

A method and system for adjustable 3-dimensional content are described in which a viewer can adjust the depth range according to the viewer's own visual comfort level and/or viewing preference. The depth change is achieved by shifting the left and right images of stereoscopic content image pairs so that corresponding pixels in the shifted left and right images of a stereoscopic pair exhibit a new horizontal disparity sufficient to achieve the desired depth change. By shifting the left and right images in an image pair, content objects in the scene can appear closer to, or farther away from the viewer than those same objects in the un-shifted image pair. This technique achieves a viewer controlled customization of the sensation of depth in the stereo-scopic 3-dimensional content. 1. A method for presenting stereoscopic content having a plurality of stereoscopic image pairs , the method comprising:receiving at least a first stereoscopic image pair having a first view and a second view, the first and second views including at least a pair of corresponding pixels separated by a first horizontal disparity;adjusting, in response to a control signal, sizes of the first and second views by a scale factor and the first horizontal disparity to a second horizontal disparity to produce adjusted first and second views.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting of the first horizontal disparity comprises:determining a shift parameter based, at least in part, on the control signal, the shift parameter including a first view shift parameter and a second view shift parameter;shifting horizontally the first and second views by respective amounts related to the first and second view shift parameters, wherein the pair of corresponding pixels in the shifted first and second views exhibit the second horizontal disparity.3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the adjusting of the sizes of the first and second views further comprises:determining the scale factor based ...

System and Method for Charging of Battery

A battery charging system for charging a battery with a plurality of battery cells. The battery charging system includes a battery charger and a battery management unit. The battery management unit includes a plurality of balancing circuits for controlling charging of each battery cell. The battery charging system can charge the battery in different stages depending on the voltage of each battery cell. 1. A battery charging system , for charging a battery with multiple battery cells , comprising:a battery charger for outputting a charging current; anda battery management unit, in communication with the battery charger, for monitoring conditions of each battery cell during a battery charging operation and transmitting the conditions to the battery charger,wherein the battery management unit further comprising a plurality of balancing circuits, each balancing circuit having a by-pass circuit with a balancing switch, each balancing circuit being independently controlled by the battery management unit.2. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the battery charger further comprising:a power factor correction unit for connecting to a voltage source;a zero voltage switch unit for outputting a charging current; anda microcontroller for receiving the conditions and for controlling the zero voltage switch unit and the battery management unit.3. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the by-pass circuit for a balancing circuit is established when the balancing switch for the corresponding balancing circuit is closed.4. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the battery charger is configured to operate in four stages.5. The control system of claim 4 , wherein the four stages comprises constant charging current stage claim 4 , constant charging voltage stage claim 4 , floating charging voltage stage claim 4 , and partial constant charging current stage.6. The control system of claim 5 , wherein claim 5 , during the constant charging current stage claim 5 , the battery ...

HEAT AND COLD SOURCES OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY INDEPENDENT CONTROL AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM

The present invention discloses heat and cold sources of a THIC air conditioning system, comprising: a compressor (), a first condenser () and a second condenser (), which are connected successively; a first expansion valve () and a second expansion valve () respectively connected to the second condenser (); a first evaporator () and a second evaporator () respectively connected to the compressor (); the first evaporator () is connected to the first expansion valve () to form a first cycle branch; the second evaporator () is connected to the second expansion valve () to form a second cycle branch; the first cycle branch and the second cycle branch which are connected in parallel connect the second condenser () and the compressor (). The heat and cold sources of the THIC air conditioning system of the present invention have a relatively high refrigeration efficiency so as to significantly reduce energy consumption and protect atmospheric environment. 1123453671647531. Heat and cold sources of the temperature and humidity independent control air conditioning system , comprising: a compressor () , a first condenser () and a second condenser () , which are connected successively; a first expansion valve () and a second expansion valve () respectively connected to the second condenser (); a first evaporator () and a second evaporator () respectively connected to the compressor (); the first evaporator () is connected to the first expansion valve () to form a first cycle branch; the second evaporator () is connected to the second expansion valve () to form a second cycle branch; the first cycle branch and the second cycle branch which are connected in parallel connect the second condenser () and the compressor ().21. The heat and cold sources of claim 1 , wherein the compressor () is a centrifugal compressor.346. The heat and cold sources of claim 1 , wherein claim 1 , the first expansion valve () is further used for adjusting the temperature of the outlet chilled water ...

HARD DISK DRIVE SYSTEM WITH OFF TRACK DETECTION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF

A method of manufacture of a hard disk drive system includes: providing a base circuit board having a shock sensor and vibration sensors thereon; electrically connecting translational shock detect circuitry directly to the shock sensor for transmission of a translational shock signal; electrically connecting rapid off track shock detection circuitry to the vibration sensors for transmission of a rotation based shock signal; and electrically connecting shock aggregation circuitry to the translational shock signal and the rotation based shock signal for transmission of a composite shock indicator. 1. A method of manufacture of a hard disk drive system comprising:providing a base circuit board having a shock sensor and vibration sensors thereon;electrically connecting translational shock detect circuitry directly to the shock sensor for transmission of a translational shock signal;electrically connecting rapid off track shock detection circuitry to the vibration sensors for transmission of a rotation based shock signal; andelectrically connecting shock aggregation circuitry to the translational shock signal and the rotation based shock signal for transmission of a composite shock indicator.2. The method as claimed in wherein electrically connecting the rapid off track shock detection circuitry includes electrically connecting a high pass filter of the rapid off track shock detection circuitry to the vibration sensors.3. The method as claimed in further comprising electrically connecting rotational vibration sensor circuitry between the vibration sensors and the rapid off track shock detection circuitry.4. The method as claimed in wherein electrically connecting the rapid off track shock detection circuitry includes electrically connecting a rotational vibration gain amplifier of the rapid off track shock detection circuitry directly to a high pass filter for optimum signal sensitivity.5. The method as claimed in wherein electrically connecting the rapid off track shock ...

Method of coating an inorganic substrate with a stable organic layer

A method for coating a metallic or inorganic substrate is described, such as metal or glass supports, with an organic layer comprising conjugated diene phosphinate or phosphonate compounds.

Long-Range Barcode Labeling-Sequencing

Methods for sequencing single large DNA molecules by clonal multiple displacement amplification using barcoded primers. Sequences are binned based on barcode sequences and sequenced using a microdroplet-based method for sequencing large polynucleotide templates to enable assembly of haplotype-resolved complex genomes and metagenomes.

COLOR CALIBRATION AND COMPENSATION FOR 3D DISPLAY SYSTEMS

A method and system for calibration and compensation of color in a three dimensional display system includes user calibration of individual color channels using a multiplicity of grey screens while viewing with three dimensional glasses. Look-up tables are generated to ease conversion of input pixels to color corrected pixels to pre-distort the color of the pixels being driven by the three dimensional display system. Input pixels are then converted using the look-up tables and color corrected frames are displayed to a user. The pre-distortion effect allows a user to perceive colors in the three dimensional system as intended with the distortions caused by the viewing glasses and other aspects of the three dimensional display system. 1. A method performed by an apparatus for color correction of a three dimensional display device , the method comprising:(a) generating a pixel of a grey color having separate pixel color channels having substantially equal color intensity values for each of the pixel color channels;(b) displaying a plurality of the pixel on the display device;(c) receiving adjusted color intensity values for the pixel color channels;(d) calculating corrected color intensity values for the pixel color channels using the adjusted color intensity values and the pixel color intensity values; and(e) generating look-up tables to convert the pixel color intensity values to the corrected color intensity values.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein step (c) comprises receiving adjusted color intensity values for two color of three color channels of the pixel color channels.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:(f) performing steps (a) through (e) repetitively for a multiplicity of different colors of grey.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the pixel of a grey color is used by the apparatus for display of a three dimensional color image.5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the pixel of a grey color is used by the apparatus for display of a two dimensional ...

METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING AMBIENT NOISE BASED ON ANNOYANCE PERCEPTION AND MODELING FOR HEARING-IMPAIRED LISTENERS

Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods for annoyance perception and modeling for hearing-impaired listeners. One aspect of the present subject matter includes a method for improving noise cancellation for a wearer of a hearing assistance device having an adaptive filter. In various embodiments, the method includes calculating an annoyance measure or other perceptual measure based on a residual signal in an ear of the wearer, the wearer's hearing loss, and the wearer's preference. A spectral weighting function is estimated based on a ratio of the annoyance measure or other perceptual measure and spectral energy. The spectral weighting function is incorporated into a cost function for an update of the adaptive filter. The method includes minimizing the annoyance or other perceptual measure based cost function to achieve perceptually motivated adaptive noise cancellation, in various embodiments. 1. A method for improving noise cancellation for a wearer of a hearing assistance device having an adaptive filter , the method comprising:calculating an annoyance measure based on a residual signal in an ear of the wearer, the wearer's hearing loss, and the wearer's preference;estimating a spectral weighting function based on a ratio of the annoyance measure and spectral energy; andincorporating the spectral weighting function into a cost function for an update of the adaptive filter.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising minimizing the annoyance based cost function to achieve perceptually motivated adaptive noise cancellation.3. The method of claim 1 , comprising updating the cost function based on input noise.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein updating the cost function includes updating the cost function during run-time.5. The method of claim 3 , wherein updating the cost function includes using a noise type classifier.6. The method of claim 3 , wherein updating the cost function includes updating the cost function adaptively.7. The method of ...

CO2 Separation Using A Solid K-Fe Sorbent

A sorbent for COwherein KCOis supported on FeOOH. 1. A sorbent for CO , comprising KCOsupported on FeOOH.2. A method of forming a sorbent for CO , comprising the steps of combining FeOOH with a solution of KCO , stirring to coat the FeOOH with the KCOand drying.3. A method of removing COfrom a gas stream , comprising the step of passing the gas stream over a sorbent comprising KCOsupported on FeOOH. This application claims priority to U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 61/492,066, filed Jun. 1, 2011, and incorporates the same herein in its entirety by this reference.The invention relates generally to sorbents and, more specifically, to an inexpensive K—Fe-based sorbent developed using KCOand nanoporous FeOOH.People are increasingly concerned about the climate changes we have experienced; including the increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, rising sea levels, and widespread melting of ice caps and glaciers. Rising global temperatures could lead to many disasters including severe weather events, drought and flooding, and thus food supply shortfalls, lack of water security, deterioration of ecosystems, and spread of vector-borne diseases.The main greenhouse gases associated with climate changes are carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and some halogenated compounds. The quantity of COemitted to the atmosphere due to human activities is much greater than those of other greenhouse gases. As a result, COmakes the greatest contribution to the greenhouse effect despite its low unit globe warming potential. According to the latest analyses of the data from the global greenhouse gas monitoring network of World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the global concentration of COin the atmosphere reached a new high level in 2009, 386.8 ppm, which is ˜38% higher than those in pre-industrial times.Net COemission reductions could be achieved by reducing energy consumption through increasing energy conversion efficiency, switching to less carbon-intensive fuels, and ...

Predicting A User Behavior Number of a Word

The present disclosure introduces a method, an apparatus and memory of predicting a user behavior number of a word for reducing the amount and the complexity of operation, saving the consumption of the equipment, and improving the accuracy and reliability of predictions. In an embodiment, a historical data sequence of the user behavior number of a word is converted from a time domain to a frequency domain. Based on the converted frequency domain, each estimated cycle and its effect rate value of the historical data sequence are ascertained. If the historical data sequence is stable, an average value of user behavior numbers of some historical data points before a prediction point is calculated as a user behavior number of the prediction point. Otherwise, the user behavior number is calculated based on a selected main cycle and a selected singularity. 1. A method of predicting a user behavior number of a word , the method comprising:converting a historical data sequence of the user behavior numbers associated with the word from a time domain to a frequency domain;ascertaining one or more estimated cycles of the historical data sequence, and an effect rate value of each of the one or more estimated cycles based on the frequency domain of the historical data sequence;determining whether the historical data sequence is stable based on the each of one or more estimated cycles and the effect rate value of the each of the one or more estimated cycles;if the historical data sequence is stable, calculating the user behavior number of a prediction point based on an average value of the user behavior numbers of the historical data sequence before the prediction point; and selecting a main cycle and a singularity of the historical data sequence based on the one or more estimated cycles and the effect rate value of each of the one or more estimated cycles, and', 'calculating the user behavior number of a prediction point based on the selected main cycle and the selected ...

METHOD OF PRESENTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTENT WITH DISPARITY ADJUSTMENTS

Visual discomfort from depth jumps in 3D video content is reduced or avoided by detecting the occurrence of a depth jump and by Input video changing the disparity of a group of received image frames including the frames at the depth jump in order to adjust the perceived depth in a smooth transition across the group of image frames from a first disparity value to a second disparity value. Depth jumps may be detected, for instance, when content is switched from one 3D shot to another 3D shot. 1. A method for presenting stereoscopic content comprising a plurality of sequential stereoscopic image pairs , each image pair including a first view and a second view , the method comprising:detecting an occurrence of a depth jump between a first and a second image pairs of the plurality of image pairs, the first and second image pairs being consecutive pairs characterized respectively by a first disparity and a second disparity with the first image pair preceding the second image pair; andchanging respective disparities for at least the first and second image pairs, a third image pair preceding the first image pair, and a fourth image pair after the second image pair for use in presenting the stereoscopic content;wherein, after changing the respective disparities, any two consecutive image pairs appearing between the third and fourth image pairs has a disparity difference that is less than a difference between the first disparity and the second disparity.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the changing is performed incrementally and wherein each disparity change from one image pair to a next sequential image pair claim 1 , all preceding the depth jump claim 1 , is based at least in part on a disparity range for the first image pair.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein each disparity change from one image pair to a next sequential image pair claim 2 , all following the depth jump claim 2 , is based at least in part on a disparity range for the second image pair.4. The method of ...

METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING MESSAGE

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, an apparatus, and a system for processing a message. The present invention relates to the field of wireless communications, and can increase the connection reestablishment success rate in a wireless communication system using an RN. The method for processing a message includes: receiving a handover request message A from an SeNB; parsing the handover request message A to obtain identity information of a reestablished cell controlled by an RN and user equipment context information prepared for the reestablished cell; and sending a first message to the RN according to the identity information of the reestablished cell, where the first message includes the user equipment context information prepared for the reestablished cell, where the user equipment context information provides a basis for the RN to prepare a connection. The present invention is mainly applicable to handover and reestablishment in a wireless communication system. 1. A method for processing a message , comprising:receiving a handover request message A from a source base station;parsing the handover request message A to obtain identity information of a reestablished cell controlled by a relay node and user equipment context information prepared for the reestablished cell; andsending a first message to the relay node according to the identity information of the reestablished cell, wherein the first message comprises the user equipment context information prepared for the reestablished cell, wherein the user equipment context information provides a basis for the relay node to prepare a connection.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:the handover request message A comprises user equipment context information prepared for a target cell controlled by a donor base station, the identity information of the reestablished cell controlled by the relay node, and the user equipment context information prepared for the reestablished cell; anda ...

DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DATA MATCHING AND DEVICE AND METHOD FOR NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION

The present invention discloses a device and method for data matching and a device and method for network intrusion detection. The method for data matching includes: searching in a regular expression set one or more complex regular expressions causing a sharp increase in number of states generated based on a regular expression during interaction; constructing a corresponding simplified expression for each complex regular expression; compiling a simplified state machine; compiling one or more substate machines, wherein each of the one or more substate machines is compiled based on a corresponding one of the one or more complex regular expressions; and matching data based on the simplified state machine and the one or more substate machines. The present invention further discloses a device for data matching employing the method for data matching and a device and method for intrusion detection employing the device and method for data matching. 1. A method for data matching based on regular expression for matching data based on a regular expression set comprising one or more regular expressions , comprising steps of:searching in the regular expression set for one or more complex regular expressions which cause a sharp increase in the number of states generated based on the regular expression during interaction;constructing a corresponding simplified expression for each of the one or more searched-out complex regular expressions;compiling a simplified state machine based on the constructed simplified expression and remaining regular expressions in the regular expression set except for the one or more searched-out complex regular expressions;compiling one or more substate machines, wherein each of the one or more substate machines is compiled based on a corresponding one of the one or more complex regular expressions; andmatching data based on the simplified state machine and the one or more substate machines.2. The method for data matching according to claim 1 , wherein: ...

System, Method, Control Device and Program for Vehicle Collision Avoidance Using Cellular Communication

Avoiding vehicle collisions using an in-vehicle device is provided. The method comprises receiving a connection request from an in-vehicle device within a moving vehicle when the moving vehicle is within a selected distance from a traffic intersection, establishing connection with the in-vehicle device within a moving vehicle via a serving base station, receiving position information from the in-vehicle device within a moving vehicle corresponding to a position of the moving vehicle, receiving control information for a traffic light at the traffic intersection from a traffic management center and relaying the control information for the traffic light to the in-vehicle device within a moving vehicle. A warning is issued based upon a vehicle speed, a location and a position relative to a traffic intersection. A warning is also issued based upon multiple vehicles speed, relative locations to each other and each position relative to a traffic intersection. 1. A method of avoiding vehicle collisions comprising:receiving a connection request from an in-vehicle device within a moving vehicle when the moving vehicle is within a selected distance from a traffic intersection;establishing connection with the in-vehicle device within a moving vehicle via a serving base station;receiving position information from the in-vehicle device within a moving vehicle corresponding to a position of the moving vehicle;receiving control information for a traffic light at the traffic intersection from a traffic management center; andrelaying the control information for the traffic light to the in-vehicle device within a moving vehicle.2. The method of avoiding vehicle collisions according to claim 1 , wherein the position information is periodically received once a connection is established.3. The method of avoiding vehicle collisions according to claim 2 , further comprising:determining a speed of the moving vehicle based upon the periodically received position information;determining if a ...

HANDOVER METHOD AND SYSTEM IN RELAY NETWORK, RELAY NODE, CONTROL BASE STATION AND BASE STATION

Embodiments of the present invention provide a handover method and system in a relay network, a relay node, a control base station and a base station. The method includes: receiving, by a relay node, a first area identifier that identifies the relay node; sending a system information broadcast message carrying the first area identifier to a terminal in a coverage area; receiving a handover request message forwarded by a control base station; and performing, according to the handover request message, a control operation of accessing the relay node on the terminal. The first area identifier that identifies the relay node is allocated to the relay node, so that the terminal in the relay network can be normally handed over from the base station to the relay node. 1. A handover method in a relay network , comprising:sending, by a control base station, a response message to a relay node according to a received interface setup request message, wherein the response message carries a first area identifier that identifies the relay node and is allocated to the relay node; andreceiving a handover request message sent by a mobility management entity, and forwarding the handover request message to the relay node, so that the relay node performs, according to the handover request message, a control operation of accessing the relay node on a terminal.2. The handover method in the relay network according to claim 1 , wherein the allocated first area identifier is a first evolved universal terrestrial radio access network cell global identifier ECGI carried in the response message claim 1 , and the first ECGI comprises an identifier of the control base station.3. The handover method in the relay network according to claim 1 , wherein the allocated first area identifier is a first tracking area identity carried in the response message claim 1 , and the first tracking area identity is corresponding to an identifier of the control base station.4. The handover method in the relay ...

DEVICE FOR MOUNTING LED LAMP TUBE

A device for mounting an LED lamp tube is provided. The device includes two mounting base, each of which includes a mounting socket, a rotary member and a connection member. The rotary member is received in a cavity defined in the mounting socket, and is rotatable with respect to the mounting socket, and remains static with respect to the mounting socket when not being rotated. The rotary member defines a pair of mounting holes for insertion of pins of the LED lamp tube thereinto. A first connection portion is formed on one end of the mounting socket. A second connection portion is formed on one end of the connection member, the second connection portion is configured for engaging with the first connection portion, to latchingly connect the connection member to the mounting socket, and retain the rotary member in the cavity of the mounting socket. 1. A device for mounting an LED lamp tube , the LED lamp tube comprising a tubular lamp body and a pair of end caps attached to opposite end portions of the lamp body , each end cap comprising a pair of pins; the device comprising a first mounting base and a second mounting base configured for receiving opposite end portions of the LED lamp tube , each of the first mounting base and the second mounting base comprising:a mounting socket including a cavity defined therein and a first connection portion arranged at one end thereof;a rotary member received in the cavity of the mounting socket, and being rotatable with respect to the mounting socket under a pressure applied thereto, and remaining stationary with respect to the mounting socket when the pressure is removed; the rotary member defining a pair of mounting holes for insertion of the pins of the LED lamp tube thereinto; anda connection member, wherein a second connection portion is formed on one end of the connection member, the second connection portion is configured for engaging with the first connection portion, to latchingly connect the connection member to the ...

REAL EAR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM USING THIN TUBE

An embodiment of a hearing assistance apparatus for performing a Real Ear Measurement (REM), comprises a hearing assistance device housing, a microphone within the housing, an earhook connected to the housing, and a flexible tube. The house has a first opening for guiding sound into the housing to the microphone. The housing and the connected earhook form an interface, where the earhook has a shape to provide a slot near the interface of the housing and the earhook. The tube guides sound, and has a first end and a second end. The first end of the flexible tube and the slot of the earhook cooperate to retain the first end of the flexible tube in the slot of the earhook and flush with the housing to provide a sound-tight connection with the first opening. 1. A method for performing a Real Ear Measurement (REM) for a user's canal using a hearing assistance apparatus with a receiver , a microphone , and a sound tube , comprising:presenting a periodic signal to the receiver to provide a calibrated sound in the user's ear canal;using the microphone and the sound tube to capture a plurality of samples from the sound in the ear canal for each desired frequency;producing a real-ear coupler difference (RECD) using the plurality of samples and a coupler response; andstoring the RECD in memory of the hearing assistance device.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transforming the samples into a frequency domain claim 1 , and checking for bad capture for each sample.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transforming the samples into a frequency domain claim 1 , and checking for body movements.4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transforming the samples into a frequency domain claim 1 , and generating an average on the samples.5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:transforming the samples into a frequency domain;checking for temporal variations for each sample while in the frequency domain to find clean samples; andgenerating an average using ...

Returning estimated value of search keywords of entire account

Techniques for returning estimated value of search keywords of an entire account include, for the entire account, obtaining one or more selected search keywords and their respective forecast periods and parameter settings. An estimated value of a respective search keyword in the respective forecast period is forecasted. Based on stored historical data and parameter settings of the respective search keyword, the estimated value of the respective search keyword is modified to obtain a modified estimated value. The modified estimated value of each search keyword is added up to generate an estimated value of the entire account. The estimated value of the entire account is returned to a client terminal from which the entire account is logged in. The present disclosure modifies the respective search keyword's estimated value so that the estimated value of the entire account satisfies the expected value of the client.

METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING VIEW ORDER OF IMAGE FRAMES OF STEREO IMAGE PAIR ACCORDING TO IMAGE CHARACTERISTICS AND RELATED MACHINE READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF

A method for identifying an actual view order of image frames of a stereo image pair includes at least the following steps: receiving the image frames; obtaining image characteristics by analyzing the image frames according to an assumed view order; and identifying the actual view order by checking the image characteristics. In addition, a machine readable medium storing a program code is provided. The program causes a processor to perform at least the following steps for identifying an actual view order of image frames of a stereo image pair when executed by the processor: receiving the image frames; obtaining image characteristics by analyzing the image frames according to an assumed view order; and identifying the actual view order by checking the image characteristics. 1. A method for identifying an actual view order of image frames of a stereo image pair , comprising:receiving the image frames;obtaining image characteristics by analyzing the image frames according to an assumed view order; andidentifying the actual view order by checking the image characteristics.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of obtaining the image characteristics comprises:selecting a plurality of feature point correspondence pairs from the image frames; andcomputing parallax values of the feature point correspondence pairs to generate the image characteristics.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the step of identifying the actual view order comprises:referring to the parallax values to count positive parallax values, negative parallax values and zero parallax values, and respectively obtaining a first representative value, a second representative value and a third representative value; andverifying the assumed view order to determine the actual view order according to the first representative value, the second representative value and the third representative value.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first representative value indicates a percentage of the positive parallax ...

Region growing method for depth map/color image

An exemplary region growing method include at least the following steps: selecting a seed point of a current frame as an initial growing point of a region in the current frame; determining a background confidence value at a neighboring pixel around the seed point; and utilizing a processing unit for checking if the neighboring pixel is allowed to be included in the region according to at least the background confidence value.

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS BEARING AT LEAST ONE PHOSPHONATE OR PHOSPHINATE GROUP, PREPARATION METHOD AND USES THEREOF

An aromatic compound bearing at least a phosphonate or phosphinate group on the aromatic ring is described. Further described, is the process by which the aromatic compound is prepared, reacted with a reagent of formula (I) or (II) constituted of a diene backbone and bearing a phosphonate or phosphinate group on one of the double bonds, in the presence of a Lewis acid. 2. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reagent corresponds to the formula (I) or (II) in which Rand Rrepresent hydrogen or methyl.3. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reagent corresponds to the formula (I) or (II) in which Rrepresents a linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an electron-donating group.4. The process as claimed in claim 3 ,{'sub': 3', '3', '1', '3, 'wherein the reagent corresponds to the formula (I) or (II) in which Rrepresents (I) or (II) in which Rrepresents a C-Calkyl group, a methoxy or ethoxy group, an amino group, a dimethyl or diethylamino group.'}5. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reagent corresponds to the formula (I) or (II) in which R claim 1 , Rand Rrepresent a linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms claim 1 , or metals selected from the group consisting of alkali metal or alkaline earth metal.7. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the aromatic compound corresponds to formula (III) in which A is the residue of a cyclic compound.8. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the aromatic compound corresponding to formula (III) carries at least one electron-donating group on the aromatic ring.9. The process as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the aromatic compound corresponds to formula (III) in which A represents an aromatic nucleus.10. The process as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the aromatic compound corresponds to formula (III) in which A represents the residue of furan claim 7 , pyridine or thiophene; benzofuran or benzopyridine methylenedioxybenzene; 1 claim 7 ,8- ...

Battery Testing System and Control Method for Battery Testing System

Embodiments of the invention provide a battery testing system. The battery testing system includes a charger, a discharging unit, and a switch board. The switch board receives a first control signal from the control unit and controls the charger according to the first control signal, receives a first monitoring signal from the charger indicating a charging status of the battery and controls the control unit according to the first monitoring signal, receives a second control signal from the control unit and controls the discharging unit according to the control signal, and receives a second monitoring signal from the discharging unit indicating a discharging status of the battery and controls the control unit according to the second monitoring signal. The control unit is electrically isolated from the discharging unit and the charger by the switch board. Different charging/discharging equipments can be employed to test the battery. 1. A battery testing system comprising:a charger that is operable for charging a battery under control of a control unit;a discharging unit that is operable for discharging said battery under control of said control unit; anda switch board that receives a first control signal from said control unit and controls said charger according to said first control signal, that receives a first monitoring signal from said charger indicating a charging status of said battery and controls said control unit according to said first monitoring signal, that receives a second control signal from said control unit and controls said discharging unit according to said second control signal, and that receives a second monitoring signal from said discharging unit indicating a discharging status of said battery and controls said control unit according to said second monitoring signal,wherein said control unit is electrically isolated from said discharging unit and said charger by said switch board.2. The battery testing system of claim 1 , wherein said charger ...

Method and Device for Releasing Context-Related Resource of User Equipment

In a method for releasing the context-related resource of the user equipment includes a source intermediate node receives a control message. The control message carries an identifier of a user equipment handed over to a target access network node. The source intermediate node releases a context-related resource of the user equipment corresponding to the identifier of the user equipment. 1. A method for releasing a context-related resource of a user equipment , the method comprising:receiving, by a source intermediate node, a control message, wherein the control message carries an identifier of a user equipment handed over to a target access network node; andreleasing, by the source intermediate node, a context-related resource of the user equipment corresponding to the identifier of the user equipment.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the control message comprises a user equipment context release request message or a reset message.3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein claim 2 , before the releasing the method further comprises:sending, by the source intermediate node, the user equipment context release message or reset message to a core network node; andreceiving, by the source intermediate node, a user equipment context release command message or reset acknowledgement message sent by the core network node.4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein claim 3 , after receiving claim 3 , of the user equipment context release command message or reset acknowledgement message and before the releasing claim 3 , the method further comprises:sending, by the source intermediate node, the user equipment context release command message or reset message to the source access network node; andreceiving, by the source intermediate node, a user equipment context release completion message or reset acknowledgement message sent by the source access network node.5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein claim 4 , after the releasing claim 4 , the method further ...

System and Methods to Perform Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Operations in Vehicle Networks using One-Way Communications Infrastructure

A set of certificate management methods designed to significantly reduce or eliminate reliance on infrastructure network connectivity after vehicles are sold uses techniques to support certificate management operations in order to reduce the frequency which vehicles need to communicate with the Certificate Authorities (CAs) and the amount of data that needs to be exchanged between vehicles and the CA. These methods include, for example, approaches to use one-way communications and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications to replace expired certificates, approaches to use one-way communications and V2V communications to replace revoked certificates, and use of a small subset of vehicles as proxies to help retrieve and distribute Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) and replacement certificates. The combination of these techniques leads to solutions that can eliminate the need for roadside infrastructure networks completely. 1. A method for using one-way communications to support Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) operations including for distributing certificate revocation lists (CRL) , replacing expired certificates , and replacing revoked certificates , comprising one-way infrastructure-to-vehicle communication.2. A method for using CRL seeding to distribute CRL to vehicles , comprising the steps of:sending the latest CRL to a subset of vehicles (“seeded vehicles”) via one-way infrastructure-to-vehicle communication channels; anddistributing by the seeded vehicles to other vehicles via vehicle-to-vehicle communication channels,wherein the said seeded vehicles include trusted vehicles such capable of obtaining CRLs from the certificate authority (CA) in a timely fashion.3. A method for using one-way radio or satellite broadcast to distribute CRLs to vehicles , comprising the steps of:piggy-backing a CRL on existing one-way radio broadcast services;receiving the CRL in vehicles including satellite radio receivers,wherein the latest CRL is periodically broadcast to all ...

CNG DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH CRYOCOOLER AND METHOD OF SUPPLYING PURIFIED CNG

A fuel gas delivery system is provided. The fuel gas delivery system includes a feed line configured to provide a natural gas stream and a cryocooler fluidly coupled to the feed line. The cryocooler is configured to condense the natural gas to provide a liquefied natural gas (LNG) stream and to freeze impurities contained in the natural gas stream. The frozen impurities are separated from said LNG stream. A first heat exchanger is fluidly coupled to the cryocooler and the first heat exchanger is configured to vaporize at least a portion of the LNG stream to provide compressed natural gas. A delivery line is configured to supply the compressed natural gas to an end user and a removal line is configured to remove the impurities from the fuel gas delivery system. 1. A fuel gas delivery system is disclosed comprising:a feed line configured to provide a natural gas stream;a cryocooler fluidly coupled to said feed line, said cryocooler configured to condense the natural gas to provide a liquefied natural gas (LNG) stream and to freeze impurities contained in the natural gas stream, wherein the frozen impurities are separated from the LNG stream;a first heat exchanger fluidly coupled to said cryocooler, said first heat exchanger configured to vaporize at least a portion of the LNG stream to provide compressed natural gas;a delivery line configured to supply the compressed natural gas to an end user;and a removal line configured to remove the frozen impurities from said fuel gas delivery system.2. The fuel gas delivery system of claim 1 , wherein said system is configured to remove the frozen impurities during a regeneration mode claim 1 , wherein during the regeneration mode claim 1 , said system is depressurized and/or warmed to warm the impurities to at least one of a gas and a liquid for delivery to the removal line.3. The fuel gas delivery system of claim 1 , further comprising a buffer tank fluidly coupled to said delivery line claim 1 , wherein said buffer tank is ...

Systems and Methods for Parallel Dual-Mode Turbo Decoders

According to some embodiments, a turbo decoder configured for High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) and Long Term Evolution (LTE) is provided, comprising: a plurality of maximum a posteriori (MAP) engines; a plurality of extrinsic memory banks accessible by a MAP engine of the plurality of MAP engines; and wherein when the turbo decoder is operating in HSDPA mode the plurality of extrinsic memory banks is configured such that during a first half of a decoding iteration, the MAP engine is able to read a first dataset from and write second dataset to the plurality of extrinsic memory banks in natural row and column order, and during a second half of the decoding iteration, the MAP engine is able to read a third dataset from and write a fourth dataset to the plurality of extrinsic memory banks in a predetermined row and column order in accordance with an interleaver table using a read column buffer and a write column buffer. 129-. (canceled)30. A system , comprising:a computing module; anda turbo decoder, includinga plurality of maximum a posteriori (MAP) engines;a plurality of extrinsic memory banks accessible by a MAP engine of the plurality of MAP engines; andwherein the plurality of extrinsic memory banks is configured such that during a first half of a decoding iteration, the MAP engine is able to read a first dataset from and write second dataset to the plurality of extrinsic memory banks in natural row and column order, and during a second half of the decoding iteration, the MAP engine is able to read a third dataset from and write a fourth dataset to the plurality of extrinsic memory banks in a predetermined row and column order in accordance with an interleaver table.311. The turbo decoder of claim , further comprising an interleaver address generator that provides the predetermined row and column order as a plurality of memory addresses for the extrinsic memory banks.321. The turbo decoder of claim , further comprising a read column buffer , wherein during the ...

ADAPTIVE HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE USING PLURAL ENVIRONMENT DETECTION AND CLASSIFICAITON

Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for adaptive hearing assistance devices using plural environment detection and classification. One aspect of the present subject matter includes a method of operating a hearing assistance device for a wearer. Acoustic inputs are received and a plurality of acoustic environments are determined by performing signal processing in parallel based on the received acoustic inputs. According to various embodiments, an audiological parameter of the hearing assistance device is adjusted based the determined plurality of acoustic environments. 1. A method of operating a hearing assistance device for a wearer , the method comprising:receiving acoustic inputs using the hearing assistance device;determining a plurality of acoustic environments by performing signal processing in parallel based on the received acoustic inputs; andadjusting an audiological parameter of the hearing assistance device based the determined plurality of acoustic environments using hearing assistance electronics.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving acoustic inputs includes using a series of detectors.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining a plurality of acoustic environments includes determining whether the acoustic inputs include speech.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining a plurality of acoustic environments includes determining whether the acoustic inputs include noise.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining a plurality of acoustic environments includes determining whether the acoustic inputs include wind.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining a plurality of acoustic environments includes concurrently determining whether the acoustic inputs include speech claim 1 , wind and noise.7. The method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting an audiological parameter of the hearing assistance device includes adjusting frequency dependent gain information.8. The method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting an audiological ...

BALANCE CHARGING DETECTOR

A balance charging detector is configured to detect a balance charging condition for a battery. The balance charging detector includes a controller and a comparing module. The controller is configured to monitor a status of the battery, access battery parameters for the battery that correspond to the status, and generate a group of balance charging parameters based on the battery parameters. The comparing module is configured to set a balance charging flag based on a comparison of the group of balance charging parameters and a set of thresholds. A balance charging signal can be generated if the balance charging flag is set to indicate presence of a condition to perform a balance charging of the battery. 1. A balance charging detector comprising:a controller operable for monitoring a status of a battery, for accessing a plurality of battery parameters for said battery that correspond to said status, and for generating a group of balance charging parameters based on said battery parameters; anda comparing module coupled to said controller, and operable for setting a balance charging flag based on a comparison of said group of balance charging parameters and a set of thresholds,wherein a balance charging signal is generated if said balance charging flag is set to indicate presence of a condition to perform a balance charging of said battery.2. The balance charging detector of claim 1 , further comprising:a monitoring unit coupled to said comparing module and operable for monitoring said balance charging flag and for outputting said balance charging signal if said balance charging flag is set when a charger is connected to said battery.3. The balance charging detector of claim 1 , wherein said controller is operable for generating a plurality of groups of balance charging parameters based on said battery parameters claim 1 , and wherein said comparing module is operable for setting a plurality of balance charging flags based on a comparison of said groups of parameters ...

Method to estimate the sound pressure level at eardrum using measurements away from the eardrum

A method for measuring sound pressure at a tympanic membrane of a wearer's ear including a high frequency range with a hearing assistance device. The hearing assistance device comprises a processor connected to a sensor in the ear canal. The device provides a measure of the sound pressure level at the tympanic membrane of the wearer using a null frequency and a null Q measured at a distant position away from the tympanic membrane. The method does not require a precise knowledge of the ear canal, nor does it require an elaborate calibration step. In various embodiments, the present approach works at low and high frequencies.

SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC RECEPTION ENHANCEMENT OF HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICES

Method and apparatus for automatic reception enhancement of hearing assistance devices. The present subject matter relates to methods and apparatus for automatic reception enhancement in hearing assistance devices. It provides a power estimation scheme that is reliable against both steady and transient input. It provides a TSM estimation scheme that is effective and efficient both in terms of storage size and computational efficiency. The embodiments employing a decision tree provide a weight factor between the omnidirectional and compensated directional signal. The resulting decision logic improves speech intelligibility when talking under noisy conditions. The decision logic also improves listening comfort when exposed to noise. Additional method and apparatus can be found in the specification and as provided by the attached claims and their equivalents. 1. (canceled)2. An apparatus , comprising:a first microphone input configured to receive a first microphone signal with a first reception profile over a frequency range;a second microphone input configured to receive a second microphone signal with a second reception profile over the frequency range;a compensation filter connected to the second microphone input and configured to output the second microphone signal with a third reception profile which substantially matches the first reception profile;a mixing module connected to the first microphone input to receive the first microphone signal with the first reception profile and connected to compensation filter to receive the second microphone signal with the third reception profile, the mixing module configured to provide a mixing ratio (α(k)), for the first microphone signal with the first reception profile and the second microphone signal with the third reception profile based on relative signal strength and nature of the received signals; receive the first microphone signal with the first reception profile over the frequency range;', 'receive a first signal ...

Methods and apparatus for improving speech understanding in a large crowd

Methods and devices are described for improves speech understanding by hearing aid users in crowded environments. In one embodiment, a hearing aid wearer's speech signal is extracted using the microphone or microphones in the hearing aid. The hearing aid is configured to wirelessly transmit the extracted speech signals to a central processing station that enhances the extracted speech signals received from all registered hearing aids. The central processing station processes the received speech signals individually based on provided hearing losses mixes the signals based on the provided preferences, wirelessly transmits the mixed signal to each registered hearing aid for play back.

Washing Method for Washing Machine and a Washing Machine

A washing machine contains a wash tub, an impeller and a motor. Clothing is put into the tub and the load is detected. Water is added until the water level is below or equal to the load height. To begin washing, the impeller drives the clothing to overturn, resulting in generating three types of water flows: agitating flow, enhancing flow and balancing flow. At first, the agitating flow breaks the balance of the load to disperse clothing, then the enhancing flow overturns clothing for washing. Finally, the balancing flow maintains the circulation path for the load balance overturning. Single sequential control or repeatedly alternating cycle control of the three types of water flows can be adopted for washing. The invention can save water, improve washing efficiency and avoid intertwining of clothing, characterized by full-range, thorough, repeated and efficient washing. 1. A washing method for washing machine which contains a wash tub and an impeller arranged on the bottom of the wash tub , wherein , the washing method comprises:putting the clothing into the wash tub;detecting a load, and inflooding water according to a capacity of the load;washing, that different water flows generated by controlling rotation-stop ratio of the impeller perform single sequential coordination or repeatedly alternating cycle coordination, so as to break the balance of the load to disperse the clothing, and realize even overturn and washing, and keep the load evenly overturning.2. The washing method for washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein claim 1 ,during washing, three types of water flows are generated by controlling rotation-stop ratio of the impeller: agitating flow, enhancing flow, and balancing flow; at first,the agitating flow breaks the balance of the load to disperse the clothing,then the enhancing flow overturns the clothing for washing,at last, the balancing flow maintains the circulation path for the load evenly overturning;the agitating flow, the enhancing flow, ...

Heat transfer apparatus and method

A method is provided for heat transfer from a surface to a fluid. The method includes directing a first fluid flow towards the surface in a first direction and directing a second fluid flow towards the surface in a second direction. The first and second fluid flows cooperate to cool the surface.

Feruloyl Esterase and Application thereof

The disclosure discloses a feruloyl esterase and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of microorganisms. The disclosure provides a feruloyl esterase with an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 and specific enzyme activity as high as 519 U/g. The disclosure provides a recombinant which uses as a host, expresses a gene encoding the feruloyl esterase with an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, and can be used for producing the feruloyl esterase with a high yield. The process specifically includes inoculating a fermentation culture medium with the recombinant for fermentation for 14 hours, and the enzyme activity of the feruloyl esterase in a cell disruption supernatant can be as high as 82.53 U/mL. 1. A feruloyl esterase , having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.2. A microbial cell claim 1 , expressing the feruloyl esterase according to claim 1 , by carrying a gene encoding the feruloyl esterase claim 1 , or a recombinant plasmid of the gene encoding the feruloyl esterase.3. The microbial cell according to claim 2 , wherein the nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding the feruloyl esterase is set forth in SEQ ID NO:3.4. The microbial cell according to claim 3 , wherein an expression vector of the recombinant plasmid is a pMA5 plasmid claim 3 , a pUB plasmid or a pTSC plasmid.5Bacillus pumilusBacillus subtilis.. The microbial cell according to claim 4 , wherein the microbial cell is or6Bacillus subtilisBacillus subtilisBacillus subtilisBacillus subtilisBacillus subtilis. The microbial cell according to claim 5 , wherein the is 168 claim 5 , WB800 claim 5 , WB600 or 1A751.7. A method for using the feruloyl esterase of for producing ferulic acid claim 1 , wherein the method comprises first adding the feruloyl esterase into a reaction system containing a ferulic acid ester compound for a reaction to obtain a reaction solution claim 1 , and then separating ferulic acid from the reaction solution;or, the method comprises first ...

REACTION DEVICE FOR PREPARING LIGHT OLEFINS FROM METHANOL AND/OR DIMETHYL ETHER

A reaction device for preparing light olefins from methanol and/or dimethyl ether, and more specifically relates to a reaction device for preparing light olefins from methanol and/or dimethyl ether, which mainly comprises a dense phase fluidized bed reactor (), a cyclone separator (), a stripper (), a lift pipe (), a dense phase fluidized bed regenerator (), a cyclone separator (), a stripper (), and a lift pipe (), wherein the dense phase fluidized bed reactor () is separated into n (n≧2) secondary reaction zones by a material flow controller (), and the dense phase fluidized bed regenerator () is separated into m (m≧2) secondary regeneration zones by the material flow controller (). 1. A reaction device for preparing light olefins from methanol and/or dimethyl ether comprising a dense phase fluidized bed reactor , a cyclone separator , a stripper , a lift pipe , a dense phase fluidized bed regenerator , a cyclone separator , a stripper , and a lift pipe; wherein a feeding line for reactor is connected to the bottom of the dense phase fluidized bed reactor; a part of the stripper is in the dense phase fluidized bed reactor , and the remaining part thereof is below the dense phase fluidized bed reactor; the bottom of the lift pipe is connected to the bottom of the stripper , and the top of the lift pipe is connected to the dense phase fluidized bed regenerator; a feeding line for regenerator is connected to the bottom of the dense phase fluidized bed regenerator; a part of the stripper is in the dense phase fluidized bed regenerator , and the remaining part thereof is below the dense phase fluidized bed regenerator; the bottom of the lift pipe is connected to the bottom of the stripper , and the top of the lift pipe is connected to the dense phase fluidized bed reactor , wherein a material flow controller is provided in the dense phase fluidized bed reactor and/or the dense phase fluidized bed regenerator , and the dense phase fluidized bed reactor is separated into ...

METHOD FOR HOISTING AND TRANSPORTING ASSEMBLIES IN UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

A method for hoisting and transporting assemblies in an underground nuclear power plant, the method including: 1) pouring concrete onto a reactor cavern to form a rock anchor beam; hoisting a circular bridge crane to the reactor cavern through a hoist shaft on a top of the reactor cavern; mounting the circular bridge crane on the rock anchor beam by using a truck crane; 2) installing a containment cylinder and a track beam of a polar crane in the reactor cavern using the circular bridge crane; hoisting a gantry crane on one end of a polar crane girder and sending the polar crane girder to the reactor cavern; hoisting the other end of the polar crane girder using the circular bridge crane; allowing the polar crane girder to be horizontal; and mounting the polar crane girder on the track beam. 1. A method for hoisting and transporting assemblies in an underground nuclear power plant , the method comprising:1) pouring concrete onto a reactor cavern to form a rock anchor beam; hoisting a circular bridge crane to the reactor cavern through a hoist shaft on a top of the reactor cavern; mounting the circular bridge crane on the rock anchor beam by using a truck crane;2) installing a containment cylinder and a track beam of a polar crane in the reactor cavern using the circular bridge crane; hoisting a gantry crane on one end of a polar crane girder and sending the polar crane girder through the hoist shaft to the reactor cavern; hoisting the other end of the polar crane girder using the circular bridge crane; allowing the polar crane girder to be horizontal under a combined effect of the gantry crane and the circular bridge crane; and mounting the polar crane girder on the track beam;3) employing the track beam and the polar crane girder as supporting points of an assembly jig of a steel lining on a containment dome, and hoisting processed pieces of the steel lining to the reactor cavern through the hoist shaft; soldering and assembling the pieces on the assembly jig; and4 ...

RADIO ACCESS CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM

Embodiments of the present invention provide a radio access control method. The method includes that a terminal device receives access control information sent by an access network device, wherein the access control information indicates a barred service type and a barred data transmission attribute to the terminal device; and the terminal device determines whether to send a radio resource control (RRC) connection request to the access network device based on the barred service type and the barred data transmission attribute; wherein the data transmission attribute comprises a transmission scheme type, the transmission scheme type is used to indicate a transmission scheme used by the terminal device for transmitting service data used by the terminal device. Thereby improving network resource utilization. 1. A radio access control method , the method comprising:sending, by a terminal device, a radio resource control (RRC) connection request message to an access network device, the RRC connection request message having a service type and a data transmission attribute, the data transmission attribute comprising at least one of a transmission scheme type or a Radio Access Technology (RAT) type, the transmission scheme type indicating a transmission scheme used by the terminal device for transmitting service data used by the terminal device, and the RAT type indicating a radio access technology used by the terminal device;receiving, by the terminal device, access control information from the access network device, the access control information indicating a barred service type and a barred data transmission attribute, the service type belongs to the barred service type, and the data transmission attribute belongs to the barred data transmission attribute; anddetermining, by the terminal device, based on the barred service type and the barred data transmission attribute, whether to send a second RRC connection request message to the access network device.2. The method ...

NUMBER WHEELS READ-OUT BASED ON AN INDUCTANCE VALUE

An apparatus includes a rotatable element, a coil nearby to the rotatable element, and a conversion unit coupled to the coil. More specifically, the rotatable element is configured to represent a count, wherein the rotatable element includes an outer edge that comprises a plurality of numbers indicating successive increment of a count, and each number is deposited within a conductive layer. The conductive layer associated for the numbers include different sizes. The coil is configured to generate an inductance value for each number based on the size of the conductive layer associated with each number, and the conversion unit is configured to convert the generated inductance value to a digital value. 1. An apparatus , comprising:a rotatable element configured to represent a count, wherein the rotatable element includes an outer edge that comprises a plurality of numbers indicating successive increment of a count, and each number is deposited within a conductive layer, the conductive layer being of different sizes for each number;a coil nearby to the rotatable element to generate an inductance value for each number based on the size of the conductive layer associated with each number; anda conversion unit coupled to the coil to convert the generated inductance value to a digital value.2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a control unit coupled to the conversion unit and configured to generate a digital number based on the digital value.3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the size of the conductive layer for each number is proportional to the number associated with that layer.4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer is of different shapes for each number on the rotatable element.5. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of coils and a plurality of rotatable elements claim 1 , each coil corresponding to different rotatable element and configured to generate an inductance value specific to the corresponding rotatable ...

Highly Efficient Method for Synthesizing Difructose Anhydride III

The invention discloses a high-efficiency synthesis method of difructose anhydride III. The method comprises the following steps: firstly converting sucrose into inulin by using inulosucrase without separating polysaccharide, and then converting inulin by using inulin fructotransferase to synthesize the functional disaccharide difructose anhydride III. The method has the advantages of simple process and high efficiency, and a conversion rate of synthesizing inulin into difructose anhydride III can reach 40%-54%. In order to obtain purer difructose anhydride III, yeast is utilized to remove small molecule monosaccharides in a reaction solution, and the finally obtained purer difructose anhydride III can be easily separated and purified. Thus, the method has broad market application prospects. 1. A method of synthesizing with high efficiency difructose anhydride III , comprising firstly converting sucrose into inulin by using inulosucrase without separating polysaccharide , and then converting inulin by using inulin fructotransferase to synthesize the functional disaccharide difructose anhydride III; wherein an amino acid sequence of the inulosucrase is set forth in SEQ ID NO. 1.2. The method of claim 1 , characterized in that a process for converting sucrose into inulin comprises: completely dissolving the sucrose in water claim 1 , controlling concentration to be at 300-500 g/l claim 1 , regulating a pH value to be at 5.0-6.0 claim 1 , controlling temperature to be at 20-30° C. claim 1 , adding inulosucrase with an amount of 1-15 U/g claim 1 , and performing thermostatic reaction for 25-60 minutes.3. The method of claim 1 , characterized in that a process for converting sucrose into inulin is as follows: the added amount of the inulosucrase is controlled to be at 5-15 U/g claim 1 , pH is controlled to be at 5.0-6.0 claim 1 , the temperature is controlled to be at 20-30 DEG C. claim 1 , and the thermostatic reaction lasts for 30-60 minutes.4. The method of claim 1 , ...

ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR USED FOR TRANSMITTING HIGH FREQUENCY SIGNALS

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion, the tongue portion defines a first surface and a second surface disposed oppositely. A first terminal module is retained in the insulative housing and exposed on the first surface. And a shielding member is embedded in the tongue portion of the insulative housing and located between the first surface and the second surface. The first terminal module defines at least one grounding contact, the grounding contact defines a connecting portion projecting toward and contacting with the shielding member. 1. An electrical connector , comprising:an insulative housing defining a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion, the tongue portion defining a first surface and a second surface disposed oppositely;a first terminal module retained in the insulative housing and exposed on the first surface; anda shielding member embedded in the tongue portion of the insulative housing and located between the first surface and the second surface; whereinthe first terminal module defines at least one grounding contact, the grounding contact defines a connecting portion projecting toward and contacting with the shielding member.2. The electrical connector as described in claim 1 , wherein the connecting portion is formed by the grounding contact bent toward the shielding member claim 1 , the insulative housing defines at least one through-holes and the connecting portion is running through the corresponding through-hole and contacting with the shielding member.3. The electrical connector as described in claim 1 , wherein the first terminal module is arranged on the first surface of the tongue portion in a longitudinal direction and defines a free end located in front thereof and a contacting portion located between the connecting portion and the free end claim 1 , the width of the contacting portion in the ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING SEARCH RESULTS

A method for acquiring search results is disclosed. The method includes: acquiring face information of a user by face recognition, when detecting that a search event is started in a terminal; sending a search request to a search server according to the face information and a search query of the search event; and receiving user-related search results determined by the search server through a search based on the face information and the search query. 1. A method for acquiring search results , comprising:acquiring face information of a user by face recognition, when detecting that a search event is started in a terminal;sending a search request to a search server according to the face information and a search query of the search event; andreceiving user-related search results determined by the search server through a search based on the face information and the search query.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the acquiring face information of a user by face recognition comprises:determining whether a time interval between a first time when the search event is started and a second time when a previous search event is started is greater than a predetermined time period; andacquiring the face information of the user by face recognition if the time interval is greater than the predetermined time period.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sending a search request to a search server comprises:acquiring a searching-range identification, the searching-range identification including one or more of a device identification, a cloud service account, an application account, a location identification, or a network identification; andsending the search request to the search server according to the searching-range identification, the face information, and the search query of the search event.4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:after sending the search request to the search server according to the face information and the search query of the ...

Process for production of DFMB derivatives

A process for the production of a compound of formula (III) which comprises a step of reacting a compound of formula (I) with an excess amount of a compound of formula (II) in absence of aromatic solvent, wherein n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; X is NH, O or S; each R 1 group may be the same or different, and is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, alkyl, carbonyl, carboxyl, carboxylic acid ester, amido, cyano, halogenated aliphatic, nitro, and amino; and R 2 group is selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, Cl, F, Br, amino, and alkoxy.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUBSTRATE SUPPORT FEED-FORWARD TEMPERATURE CONTROL BASED ON RF POWER

A temperature controller is provided and includes interfaces, a compensation controller, summers, and a second controller. An interface receives a bias power signal and a plasma signal. The bias power signal indicates a bias RF power level of a RF generator. The plasma signal indicates a plasma RF power level of another RF generator. Another interface receives a temperature signal indicating a temperature of a substrate support. The compensation controller generates a compensation value based on a bias feed-forward transfer function and the bias RF power level and another compensation value based on a plasma feed-forward transfer function and the plasma RF power level. A summer generates an error signal based on a set point and the temperature. The second controller generates a control signal based on the error signal. Another summer controls an actuator to adjust the temperature based on the compensation values and the control signal. 1. A temperature controller for a substrate support in a substrate processing system , the temperature controller comprising:a first interface configured to receive a bias power signal and a plasma signal, wherein the bias power signal indicates a bias radio frequency (RF) power level of a first RF generator for the substrate support, and wherein the plasma signal indicates a plasma RF power level of a second RF generator;a second interface configured to receive a temperature signal, wherein the temperature signal indicates a temperature of the substrate support;a compensation controller configured to generate (i) a first compensation value based on a bias feed-forward transfer function and the bias RF power level, and (ii) a second compensation value based on a plasma feed-forward transfer function and the plasma RF power level;a first summer configured to generate an error signal based on a set point temperature and the temperature of the substrate support;a second controller configured to generate a control signal based on the ...

METHOD FOR REDUCING TEMPERATURE TRANSITION IN AN ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK

A method for controlling a substrate temperature in a substrate processing system includes determining a temperature difference between the substrate temperature before the substrate is loaded onto a substrate support device and a desired temperature for the substrate support device and, during a first period, controlling a thermal control element to adjust the temperature of the substrate support device to a temperature value based on the temperature difference. The temperature value is not equal to the desired temperature for the substrate support device. The method further includes loading the substrate onto the substrate support device after the first period begins and before the temperature of the substrate support device returns to the desired temperature and, during a second period that follows the first period, controlling the temperature of the substrate support device to the desired temperature for the substrate support device. 1. A method for controlling a substrate temperature in a substrate processing system , the method comprising:determining a temperature difference between the substrate temperature before the substrate is loaded onto a substrate support device and a desired temperature for the substrate support device;during a first period, controlling a thermal control element (TCE) to adjust the temperature of the substrate support device to a temperature value based on the temperature difference, the temperature value not equal to the desired temperature for the substrate support device;loading the substrate onto the substrate support device after the first period begins and before the temperature of the substrate support device reaches the desired temperature; andduring a second period that follows the first period, controlling the temperature of the substrate support device to the desired temperature for the substrate support device.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the temperature value is greater than the desired temperature.3. The method of ...

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACQUIRING IRIS IMAGE

A method for acquiring an iris image is provided. The method includes: acquiring an image including an eye of a person; identifying a position of an eyeball in the image; determining a parameter for photographing an iris based on the position of the eyeball; and capturing the iris image based on the parameter. 1. A method for acquiring an iris image , comprising:acquiring an image including an eye of a person;identifying a position of an eyeball in the image;determining a parameter for photographing an iris based on the position of the eyeball; andcapturing the iris image based on the parameter.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein identifying the position of the eyeball comprises:identifying a position of the eye in the image; andidentifying a position of a center of the eyeball and a radius of the eyeball based on the position of the eye.3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein identifying the position of the eye in the image comprises:identifying a region in the image containing the eye based on an AdaBoost algorithm.4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the position of the center of the eyeball and the radius of the eyeball are identified by performing a radial symmetry transform (RST) in the region.5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the parameter for capturing the iris image comprises:acquiring a predetermined eyeball radius; anddetermining a focal point and a focal length for capturing a near-infrared iris image based on a position of a center of the eyeball and the predetermined eyeball radius.6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein acquiring the image comprises:photographing the eye of the person to obtain the image.7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the iris image is a near-infrared image claim 1 , and the parameter is used for capturing the near-infrared image.8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the image is acquired by using a visible light camera claim 1 , and the iris image is captured by ...

SINGLE PHASE MOTOR AND ROTOR THEREOF

A single phase motor includes an excitation part and an armature part. The excitation part includes N magnets that result in 2N magnetic poles being formed on the excitation part, and the armature part includes 2N tooth portions forming 2N pole portions, where N is an integer greater than one. The present invention further provides a rotor for the single phase motor. The present invention allows each magnet to be fully used, reduces the number of the magnets used in the single phase phase and the workload during motor assembly, as well as reduces the motor fabriction cost. 1. A single phase motor comprising:an armature part comprising 2N tooth portions forming 2N pole portions, where N is an integer greater than one; andan excitation part comprising N magnets that result in 2N magnetic poles being formed on the excitation part.2. The single phase motor of claim 1 , wherein the armature part further comprises 2N coils wound around the 2N tooth portions claim 1 , respectively.3. The single phase motor of claim 1 , wherein the armature part further comprises N coils wound around N of the tooth portions claim 1 , each tooth portion with coil is located between two tooth portions without coil.4. The single phase motor of claim 1 , wherein the armature part comprises a stator claim 1 , the excitation part comprises a rotor rotatable relative to the stator claim 1 , and the stator comprises the 2N tooth portions extending toward the rotor.5. The single phase motor of claim 4 , wherein the rotor is a surface mounted permanent magnet rotor and comprises a rotor core claim 4 , and the N magnets are arranged on a circumferential surface of the rotor core at even intervals.6. The single phase motor of claim 5 , wherein N grooves are defined in the circumferential surface of the rotor core and arranged at even intervals claim 5 , and the N magnets are affixed to or mounted in the grooves claim 5 , respectively.7. The single phase motor of claim 6 , wherein each groove is an arc ...

LAYERED METAL OXIDE FIELD EFFECT MATERIAL AND ITS APPLICATION

A layered metal oxide field effect material forms a heterojunction from metal oxides with different band gaps, and defines a band gap difference (ΔE)≥1 eV. Band bending is generated at the interface of the heterojunction, such that a potential barrier is formed on the side with the larger band gap and a triangular potential well is formed on the side with the smaller band gap, and under the induction of a gate electric field, a polarized charge is generated at the interface of the heterojunction, and a large number of carriers are accumulated. Therefore, the present layered metal oxide field effect material has high carrier mobility higher than 10cm/V·s, and overcomes the problem that the carrier mobility of a conventional metal oxide field effect material is low, it is required to fabricate the metal oxide field effect material into a crystal phase structure with a relatively high cost, and even that a substrate thereof with a crystal phase structure is required. 1. A layered metal oxide field effect material with a sandwich structure which sequentially comprises a first surface layer , a core layer and a second surface layer , the core layer being a metal oxide layer with a wide band gap , the first surface layer and the second surface layer being metal oxide layers with narrow band gaps; wherein , the band gap of the metal oxide in the core layer is ≥3 eV , the band gaps of the metal oxides in the first surface layer and the second surface layer are independently ≤3 eV , and the difference between the band gap of the metal oxide in the core layer and the band gap of the metal oxide in the first surface layer is ≥1 eV.2. The layered metal oxide field effect material according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the layered metal oxide field effect material is ≤30 nm.3. The layered metal oxide field effect material according to claim 1 , wherein the thicknesses of the first surface layer claim 1 , the second surface layer and the core layer are independently ≤10 ...

LAYERED METAL OXIDE FIELD EFFECT ELECTRODE

A layered metal oxide field effect electrode includes multiple metal strips and layered metal oxide films. The band gap width of the first thin metal oxide film material is less than 3 eV; the band gap width of the second thin metal oxide film material is greater than 3 eV; the band gap width of the third thin metal oxide film material is less than 3 eV; the difference between the band gap width of the second thin metal oxide film material and the band gap width of the first thin metal oxide film material is greater than 1 eV; the difference between the band gap width of the second thin metal oxide film material and the band gap width of the third thin metal oxide film material is greater than 1 eV; and the thicknesses of the first thin metal oxide film, the second thin metal oxide film, and the third thin metal oxide film are each smaller than or equal to 10 nm. The layered metal oxide field effect electrode has the advantages of high light transmittance and a good field conduction performance. 1. A layered metal oxide field effect electrode , comprising:multiple metal strips and thin layered metal oxide films;the thin layered metal oxide films comprise a first thin metal oxide film, a second thin metal oxide film, and a third thin metal oxide film;The lower surface of the second thin metal oxide film is disposed on the upper surface of the first thin metal oxide film; the lower surface of the third thin metal oxide film is disposed on the upper surface of the second thin metal oxide film; the multiple metal strips are arranged on the lower surface of the first thin metal oxide film; and there is a gap between two adjacent ones of the metal strips;the band gap width of the first thin metal oxide film material is less than 3 eV; the band gap width of the second thin metal oxide film material is greater than 3 eV; the band gap width of the third thin metal oxide film material is less than 3 eV; the difference between the band gap width of the second thin metal oxide ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAVEL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT

Systems and methods for determining positioning of a scanner moving along a section of a pipe, may include: an encoder and a counter measuring distance traveled by the scanner along a plurality of scan lines along a length of the section of the pipe; measuring acceleration and angular velocity of the scanner around a portion of the circumference of the pipe between successive scan lines; computing an angle of rotation of the scanner around the portion of the circumference of the pipe between successive scan lines, and determining a distance traveled around the portion of the circumference of the pipe between first and second scan lines using the computed angle of rotation. The process may further include determining a position of the device using the distance traveled measurements from the counter and the fusion circuit. 1. A positioning device for a scanner , comprising:an encoder to detect movement the scanner along scan lines parallel to a first axis of an object being scanned;a counter configured to count encoder pulses from the encoder and configured to compute distance traveled by the scanner along a first scan line;an inertial measurement unit comprising a 3-axis accelerometer and a gyroscope; anda fusion circuit configured receive acceleration and angular velocity from the 3-axis accelerometer and gyroscope, respectively, use the received acceleration and angular velocity to compute an angle of rotation of the scanner along a second axis of the object being scanned that is perpendicular to the first axis, and to use the computed angle of rotation to determine a distance traveled along the second axis between first and second scan lines.2. The positioning device of claim 1 , wherein the encoder is an optical or magnetic encoder.3. The positioning device of claim 1 , further comprising a processor to correlate scanner position measured using information from the counter and the fusion circuit with scan data obtained by the scanner during scanning.4. The ...

DEZOCINE ANALOGUE

Disclosed in the present disclosure is a Dezocine analogue, and particularly disclosed are compounds represented by formula (I), (II) and (III), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof. 2. The compound claim 1 , the pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof according to claim 1 , wherein Ris selected from H claim 1 , F claim 1 , Cl claim 1 , Br claim 1 , I claim 1 , CN claim 1 , OH claim 1 , NH claim 1 , or the group consisting of Calkyl or heteroalkyl claim 1 , 3-5 membered cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl claim 1 , and 5-6 membered aryl or heteroaryl claim 1 , each of which is optionally substituted by 1 claim 1 , 2 claim 1 , or 3 R; and claim 1 , when X is CH claim 1 , Ris not H.5. The compound claim 1 , the pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof according to claim 1 , wherein each of Rand Ris independently selected from H claim 1 , F claim 1 , Cl claim 1 , Br claim 1 , I claim 1 , CN claim 1 , OH claim 1 , NH claim 1 , or the group consisting of Calkyl or heteroalkyl claim 1 , 3-5 membered cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl and 5-6 membered aryl or heteroaryl claim 1 , each of which is optionally substituted by 1 claim 1 , 2 claim 1 , or 3 R.14. A method for treating pain in a subject in need thereof claim 1 , comprising: administering an effective amount of the compound claim 1 , the pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof according to to the subject. This application is a National Stage of International Application No. PCT/CN2017/070126, filed on Jan. 4, 2017, and published in Chinese as WO2017/118375 A1 on Jul. 13, 2017. This application claims the priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201610003868.6, filed on Jan. 4, 2016. The entire disclosures of the above applications are incorporated herein by reference.Disclosed in the present disclosure is a Dezocine analogue, and particularly disclosed are compounds represented by formula (I), (II) and (III), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof. ...

Arranging Binary Code Based on Call Graph Partitioning

Mechanisms are provided for arranging binary code to reduce instruction cache conflict misses. These mechanisms generate a call graph of a portion of code. Nodes and edges in the call graph are weighted to generate a weighted call graph. The weighted call graph is then partitioned according to the weights, affinities between nodes of the call graph, and the size of cache lines in an instruction cache of the data processing system, so that binary code associated with one or more subsets of nodes in the call graph are combined into individual cache lines based on the partitioning. The binary code corresponding to the partitioned call graph is then output for execution in a computing device. 1. A method , in a data processing system , for arranging binary code to reduce instruction cache conflict misses , comprising:generating, by a processor of the data processing system executing a compiler, a call graph of a portion of code;weighting, by the compiler, nodes and edges in the call graph to generate a weighted call graph;partitioning, by the compiler, the weighted call graph according to the weights, affinities between nodes of the call graph, and the size of cache lines in an instruction cache of the data processing system, so that binary code associated with one or more subsets of nodes in the call graph are combined into individual cache lines based on the partitioning; andoutputting, by the compiler, the binary code corresponding to the partitioned call graph for execution in a computing device, wherein partitioning the weighted call graph comprises performing the following operations iteratively until an edge having a maximum weight cannot be selected from unprocessed edges of the weighted call graph:selecting an edge from the unprocessed edges of the weighted call graph that has a maximum weight of the weights of the unprocessed edges; andprocessing nodes of the selected edge.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each node in the call graph is weighted according to ...

TESTING PROBE, TESTING DEVICE AND TESTING METHOD

The present disclosure provides in some embodiments a testing probe, including a probe holder, and a probe body at least partially extending into an interior of the probe holder and capable of moving relative to the probe holder. The probe body is configured to be electrically connected to the probe holder within a first travel distance relative to the probe holder so as to output a testing signal, and configured to be electrically disconnected from the probe holder within a second travel distance relative to the probe holder. 1. A testing probe , comprising a probe holder , and a probe body at least partially extending into an interior of the probe holder and capable of moving relative to the probe holder , wherein the probe body is configured to be electrically connected to the probe holder within a first travel distance relative to the probe holder so as to output a testing signal , and configured to be electrically disconnected from the probe holder within a second travel distance relative to the probe holder.2. The testing probe according to claim 1 , wherein the probe holder comprises a channel configured to receive the probe body and provided at one end with an opening; andthe probe body comprises a first signal transmission member arranged within the channel of the probe holder, a second signal transmission member arranged on an end of the first signal transmission member adjacent to the opening and extending beyond the probe holder through the opening, and a probe head arranged on an end of the second signal transmission member away from the first signal transmission member.3. The testing probe according to claim 2 , wherein the first signal transmission member is insulated from the probe holder; andthe second signal transmission member is configured to be electrically connected to a portion of an inner wall of the channel at the opening within the first travel distance and insulated from the portion of the inner wall of the channel at the opening within ...

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PUSHING INFORMATION

A method of pushing information is provided. According to an example, a search server obtains a natural search list including a first threshold number of natural search materials and a first evaluation score of each of the natural search materials by invoking a natural search service to perform a search operation on a search word, obtains a push information list including a second threshold number of push materials and a second evaluation score of each of the push materials by invoking a push information search service to perform a search operation on a search word, integrates the first evaluation score and the second evaluation score of a material existing in the natural search list and the push information list at the same time, re-ranks the natural search materials according to integrated evaluation scores, and pushes re-ranked natural search materials. 1. A method of pushing information , comprising:obtaining a natural search list by invoking a natural search service to perform a search operation on a search word, wherein the natural search list comprises a first threshold number of natural search materials and a first evaluation score of each of the natural search materials;obtaining a push information list by invoking a push information search service to perform the search operation on the search word, wherein the push information list comprises a second threshold number of push materials and a second evaluation score of each of the push materials;obtaining an integrated evaluation score of each of the natural search materials in the natural search list by integrating the first evaluation score and the second evaluation score of a material existing in the natural search list and the push information list at the same time;re-ranking the natural search materials in the natural search list according to the integrated evaluation scores; andpushing re-ranked natural search materials.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein obtaining the natural search list by ...

Configuration Method, Network Device, and User Equipment

Embodiments relate to the communications field, and provide a configuration method, a network device, and user equipment, so as to correctly configure different types of radio bearers and correctly configure a MAC entity. The method includes determining, by the network device, a configuration type and generating a first message according to the configuration type. The method also includes sending the first message to the user equipment. The method embodiment is used to configure a radio bearer. 1. A user equipment , comprising:a processor; and receive a first message sent by a network device, wherein the first message instructs the user equipment to configure a radio bearer or to configure a Medium Access Control (MAC) entity corresponding to a secondary cell group;', 'determine a configuration type according to the first message, wherein the configuration type instructs the user equipment to perform an operation on the radio bearer or on the MAC entity corresponding to the secondary cell group; and', 'configure the radio bearer or the MAC entity according to the configuration type., 'a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for execution by the processor, the program including instructions to2. The user equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to:determine that the configuration type is establishing a second-type radio bearer in response to the first message comprising a second radio bearer establishment and modification list, the second radio bearer establishment and modification list comprising identity information of the radio bearer, and the identity information of the radio bearer not being in a current configuration of the user equipment.3. The user equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to:determine that the configuration type is establishing a third-type radio bearer in response to the first message comprising a first radio bearer ...

COMMUNICATION METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM

The present disclosure describes a communication method, including: sending, by a user equipment (UE), a request message to a micro network node, so that the micro network node sends an indication message to a macro network node; receiving an uplink resource sent according to the indication message by the macro network node; and sending uplink signaling or uplink data to the macro network node according to the uplink resource. The present disclosure further describes a corresponding device and system. The micro network node participates in accessing the user equipment (UE) to a network so that a UE can rapidly access the network and reduce access delay. 1. A communication method , comprising:receiving, by user equipment (UE), configuration information sent by a first network node, wherein the configuration information; andsending, by the UE, uplink information to a second network node according to the configuration information, wherein the uplink information comprises uplink signaling and/or uplink data.2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:receiving, by the UE, downlink information sent by the first network node and downlink information sent by the second network node; anddeleting, by the UE, duplicate information in the downlink information sent by the first network node and in the downlink information sent by the second network node, wherein downlink information sent by the first network node comprises downlink signaling and/or downlink data, and downlink information sent by the second network node comprises downlink signaling and/or downlink data.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:the configuration information comprises an identity of a cell controlled by the second network node and an identity of a radio bearer (RB) of the UE; and 'sending, by using a default logical channel and through a cell corresponding to the identity of the cell controlled by the second network node, the uplink information to the second network node, wherein ...

Cell identification method and apparatus

Embodiments of the present invention provide a cell identification method and apparatus. The cell identification method includes: sending, by a first network node, first information to user equipment and a second network node, where the first information is used to instruct the user equipment and the second network node to perform interaction to determine second information, the second information is used to indicate a to-be-identified cell, and the to-be-identified cell is a cell of the second network node; and receiving, by the first network node, the second information from the user equipment or the second network node, and identifying the to-be-identified cell according to the second information. By applying the foregoing technical solutions, a cell can be accurately identified, power consumption of a second network node can be reduced, and interference to a system can be further reduced.

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CROP STRAW FIBER BOARD

A method of manufacturing crop straw fiber board includes the following steps: (1) mashing and choosing the straws with the length of 10-40 mm and the moisture content of 20%-30% as raw materials; (2) sending the raw materials into a digester () to digest and soften the straws; (3) sending the raw materials into a defiberator () and grinding to obtain straw fibers; (4) sending the straw fibers into a liquid applying system to mix with the adhesive, then drying with hot wind; (5) paving the straw fibers, then pre-pressing to obtain a plate blank with the thickness of 30-180 mm; (6) sending the plate blank into No. 1 hot press () to dehydrate; (7) sending the plate blank to No. 2 hot press () to adhere the plate blank; (8) sending the plate blank to No. 3 cold press () to shape the plate blank; (9) trimming and sanding the plate blank to obtain the fiberboard. Any crop straws could be used for the method. 1. A method of manufacturing crop straw fiber board , wherein the method comprises:(1) mashing straws and choosing the straws which have a length of 10 mm to 40 mm and moisture content of 20% to 30% as raw materials;(2) sending the raw materials into a digester to digest and soften the raw materials;(3) sending the raw materials into a defiberator to grind the raw materials and obtain straw fibers;(4) sending the straw fibers into a liquid applying system to mix the straw fibers with an adhesive and drying the straw fibers with hot wind, wherein the adhesive is formaldehyde-free artificial board adhesive;(5) continuing paving the straw fibers, then pre-pressing the straw fibers to obtain a plate blank with thickness of 30 mm to 180 mm;(6) sending the plate blank into a first hot press to dehydrate the plate blank by hot pressing;(7) sending the plate blank sent from the first hot press into a second hot press to adhere the plate blank by hot-pressing;(8) sending the plate blank from the second hot press into a cold press to shape the plate blank by cold-pressing; and ...