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A system including methods and apparatus for treatment of a medical disorder such as obstructive sleep apnea or congestive heart failure. The system involves applying separate and independent gains to flow rates of pressurized gas delivered to a patient during inspiratory and expiratory phases of a respiratory cycle to deliver the pressurized gas in proportion to the respective gains during inspiration and expiration. A base pressure may be applied in addition to the gain-modified pressures and an elevated pressure profile may be employed to assist or control inspiration. The system may be fully automated responsive to feedback provided by a flow sensor that determines the estimated patient flow rate. A leak computer can be included to instantaneously calculate gas leakage from the system. The system may be utilized in connection with conventional continuous positive airway pressure (bi-level PAP) equipment to effect various beneficial treatment applications.

A system including methods and apparatus for treatment of a medical disorder such as obstructive sleep apnea or congestive heart failure. The system involves applying a gain to flow rate of pressurized gas delivered to a patient during inspiratory and / or expiratory phases of a respiratory cycle to deliver the pressurized gas in proportion to the respective gains during inspiration and / or expiration. A base pressure may be applied in addition to the gain-modified pressures and an elevated pressure profile may be employed to assist or control inspiration. The system may be fully automated responsive to feedback provided by a flow sensor that determines the estimated patient flow rate. A leak computer can be included to instantaneously calculate gas leakage from the system. The system may be utilized in connection with conventional continuous positive airway pressure treatments, such as CPAP or bi-level positive airway pressure equipment to effect various beneficial treatment applications.

A system including methods and apparatus for treatment of a medical disorder such as obstructive sleep apnea or congestive heart failure. The system involves applying a gain to flow rate of pressurized gas delivered to a patient during inspiratory and / or expiratory phases of a respiratory cycle to deliver the pressurized gas in proportion to the respective gains during inspiration and / or expiration. A base pressure may be applied in addition to the gain-modified pressures and an elevated pressure profile may be employed to assist or control inspiration. The system may be fully automated responsive to feedback provided by a flow sensor that determines the estimated patient flow rate. A leak computer can be included to instantaneously calculate gas leakage from the system. The system may be utilized in connection with conventional continuous positive airway pressure treatments, such as CPAP or bi-level positive airway pressure equipment to effect various beneficial treatment applications.

The invention relates to a microsampler puncturing system for collecting a body fluid from a body part, comprising a sample collection unit having a piercing element, and a puncturing instrument having a drive, by which a sample collection unit is movable on a movement path for piercing the piercing element into the skin of the body part and withdraw it again by means of a piercing and retraction movement, a setting device for setting the puncturing depth of the piercing wound to be generated, and a control device for controlling the piercing and retraction movement having the following sequentially executed movement phases: a forward phase (V), in which the piercing element is pierced up to a defined puncturing depth (dm), a retraction phase (R1), in which the piercing element is partially retracted by a retraction distance (Δd) and is decelerated toward the end of the retraction phase (R1), so that it remains projecting into the skin at a defined residual puncturing depth (dr), and a collecting phase (S), in which the piercing element projects into the skin and a body fluid sample is absorbed by the sample collection unit. The setting device is adapted for the defined puncturing depth is settable independently of the chronological mean <dr> of the defined residual puncturing depth (dr), with reference to the collecting phase.

Systems, methods, and a computer readable medium for performing auto exposure (AE) techniques that are beneficial in variable lighting conditions—and particularly applicable to handheld and / or mobile videoconferencing applications—are disclosed herein. Handheld and / or mobile videoconferencing applications—unlike their fixed camera counterparts—are often exposed to a wide variety of rapidly changing lighting and scene conditions, and thus face a difficult trade-off between adjusting exposure parameter values too frequently or not frequently enough. In personal electronic devices executing such handheld and / or mobile videoconferencing applications, it may be desirable to: use a small, centered, and center-weighted exposure metering region; set a relatively low brightness target value; and adjust the camera's exposure parameter values according to a distance-dependent convergence speed function. The use of such techniques, in conjunction with a relatively large stability region, may also improve the quality of a video encoder's temporal predictions—and thus video quality—in videoconferencing applications.

The invention discloses an estimation method of state of charge (SOC) of a power battery. The method comprises the following steps: estimating the SOC estimated value SOC2 of the power battery by an electricity accumulative method; taking a Sigma-point Kalman filter (SPKF) as a basic estimation tool, taking a dual-RC circuit battery model as a time and measurement update engine of the SPKF, and estimating the SOC estimated value SOC1 of the power battery by a Kalman filter method; and obtaining the final SOC estimated value SOC based on the SOC estimated value SOC2 by the electricity accumulative method and the SOC estimated value SOC1 by the Kalman filter method by utilizing a weighted average method. Correspondingly, the invention further discloses an estimation system of the SOC of thepower battery. The invention has the advantages of high SOC estimation accuracy, stable operation and the like, and is convenient in real-time estimation, thus being applicable to pure electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles in need of the power battery.

A system for operating a barrier system such as a garage door, gate or fence. A DC motor is connected to and operates a barrier drive. A power amplifier is configured to receive power signals from a power supply and to output modulated DC signals to the DC motor. A controller implements an intelligent closed-loop motion control algorithm to control the power amplifier according to a non-linear motion profile. A feedback sensor provides status signals to the controller to determine position or speed of the barrier.

A unified communication repeater for wireless communication repeats signals between a network and communication terminals via a wireless line. The unified communication repeater precisely and stably prevents oscillation generation during bidirectional signal repeating, and minimizes radiation patterns serving as signal interference between a receiver antenna and a transmitter antenna for the bidirectional signal repeating.

The invention discloses a nonlinear self-adaption control method of near-space hypersonic vehicle (NHV), which belongs to a flight control method in the technical field of aerospace. The control method mainly comprises three control law parts: a nominal nonlinear generalized predictive control law (NGPC), a B-spline recursive functional linkage network (BRFLN) self-adaption control law, and a robust control law of gain self-adaption adjustment. The invention integrates the simplicity of the NGPC method and the effectiveness of dynamic uncertainty of the BRFLN learning, targets the immeasurable dynamic uncertainty and fast interference of an attitude system in the flight of the NHV, brings favorable learning effect, and realizes the nonlinear accurate control to the attitude angle.

There is provided a switching power supply device of hysteresis current mode control system which assures excellent response characteristic for change of output current and reduction of power consumption. In a switching regulator of hysteresis current mode control system, a sense resistor connected in series to a coil is eliminated, a serially connected resistor and a capacitor are connected in parallel to a coil in place of such sense resistor. Thereby, a potential of a connection node of these resistor and capacitor is inputted to a comparator circuit having the hysteresis characteristic for comparison with the reference voltage. Accordingly, a switch may be controlled for ON and OFF states.

Systems and methods for use with haptic devices. A control system for haptic devices determines a first course of action based on a user's motion. Prior to implementing the first course of action, the control system determines if the first course of action would lead to instability in the haptic device which could cause an unsafe situation such as failure of its components. If the first course of action would lead to instability, the control device determines a second course of action that would not lead to instability and implements this second course of action. To assist in this second course of action and to prevent potential oscillation in the haptic device, the control system also selectively dampens a projected action of the haptic device. A haptic device using such a control system is also disclosed.

There is provided a repeating system for cancellation of a feedback interference signal, including: a PA (Power Amplifier) for power-amplifying an output signal; a feedback ICS (Interference Cancellation System) for canceling a feedback interference signal and detecting a residual error; a pre-distorter for compensating for an error of the PA by applying pre-distortion and compensating for the residual error by using information on the residual error detected by the feedback ICS to linearize the characteristic of the PA; and a control unit for controlling the feedback ICS and the pre-distorter.

Vehicular pneumatic tire having an asymmetric tread formed in relation to a circumference of a running surface and process of making vehicular pneumatic tire. The vehicular pneumatic tire includes an outside region that includes an outside shoulder block row and an outside circumferential groove, an inside region that includes an inside shoulder block row and an inside circumferential groove, and a center region that is laterally delimited by the outside circumferential groove and the inside circumferential groove. A plurality of transverse grooves are arranged within the inside shoulder block row, and the plurality of transverse grooves further are arranged to extend into the center region. No more than about one-half of the plurality of transverse grooves are arranged to at least nearly entirely traverse the center region and are oriented to form an angle to a circumferential equator line of no more than approximately 30° over at least one-third of their longitudinal extensions. The process includes forming an outside region to include an outside shoulder block row and an outside circumferential groove, forming an inside region to include an inside shoulder block row and an inside circumferential groove, and laterally delimiting a center region with the outside circumferential groove and the inside circumferential groove. The process further includes arranging a plurality of transverse grooves within the inside shoulder block row and to extend into the center region. No more than one half of the plurality of transverse grooves are arranged to at least nearly entirely traverse the center region and are oriented to form an angle to a circumferential equator line of no more than approximately 30° over at least one-third of their longitudinal extensions.

A method for reducing oscillation of a feedback signal in a hearing aid and hearing aid configured according to the present method is provided. The method includes the steps of determining the phase of the feedback signal over a feedback path of the hearing aid and shifting only the phase of the feedback signal a predetermined amount, without modification of other signal characteristics, to achieve a non-zero net phase of the feedback signal over the feedback path such that oscillation of the signal is prevented. In one embodiment of the present method, the step of determining the phase may be performed at the time of fitting of the hearing aid to a patient. In another embodiment of the present method, the method includes the step of periodically determining the phase of the feedback signal over the feedback path such that the phase shifting may be performed based on the periodically determined phase.

By using the leakage of an RF signal, transmitted power is controlled without using a signal distributor such as a directional coupler. The RF signal is leaked due to a parasitic capacitance between the source (or drain) terminal and the gate terminal of an FET constituting a transmission-side FET switching circuit of an RF switching circuit.

An insulation structure of rotary electrical machinery which electrically insulates teeth of a stator from a winding wound on the teeth includes: an insulator made from hard insulation material, disposed on both axial ends of the teeth, and having a side wall disposed along a side surface of the teeth crossing to a circumferential direction thereof, and a high-heat-conductive electrical-insulation resin sheet disposed along the side surface of the teeth and insulating the teeth from the winding, wherein an axial end portion of the high-heat-conductive electrical-insulation resin sheet is disposed between the side wall of the insulator and the side surface of the teeth and is stacked on the side wall in a prescribed axial extent.

A digital audio processor (20) for a digital audio receiver (21) having an improved automute sequence is disclosed. The digital audio processor (20) includes automute detection circuitry (42) that monitors the amplitude of digital audio signals before and after the application of digital filters by digital audio processing circuitry (20d). The amplitude of the input signals are compared against a first threshold level, while the amplitude of the output signals are compared against a second threshold level. In response to the amplitude of the input signals for all of the audio channels (44) falling below the first threshold for a selected time period, a gain stage (50) in each channel ramps down the volume to a mute level, and pulse-width-modulation circuitry (54) is disabled. If the output signal amplitude falls below a second threshold for a channel, the pulse-width-modulation circuitry (54) for that channel is disabled. Hysteresis for the input signal amplitude is preferably added into the automute exit determination.

An engine valve actuation system is provided. The engine valve actuation system includes an intake valve that is moveable between a first position to prevent a flow of fluid and a second position to allow a flow of fluid. A cam assembly is configured to move the intake valve between the first position and the second position. A fluid actuator is configured to selectively prevent the intake valve from moving to the first position. A source of fluid is in fluid communication with the fluid actuator. A directional control valve is configured to control a flow of fluid between the source of fluid and the fluid actuator. A fluid passageway connects the directional control valve with the fluid actuator. An accumulator is in fluid communication with the fluid passageway. A restricted orifice is disposed between the accumulator and the fluid passageway to restrict a flow of fluid between the accumulator and the fluid passageway.

A system for operating a barrier system such as a garage door, gate or fence. A DC motor is connected to and operates a barrier drive. A power amplifier is configured to receive power signals from a power supply and to output modulated DC signals to the DC motor. A controller implements an intelligent closed-loop motion control algorithm to control the power amplifier according to a non-linear motion profile. A feedback sensor provides status signals to the controller to determine position or speed of the barrier.

Disclosed is a control device capable of ending strong field control based on a voltage index, such as a modulation factor. A voltage waveform control unit performs PWM control when a voltage index indicating the magnitude of voltage command values with respect to a DC voltage is less than a predetermined square wave threshold value, and performs square wave control when the voltage index is equal to or greater than the threshold. A field adjusting unit performs strong field control on the condition that the voltage index is equal to or greater than a predetermined strong field threshold value less than the square wave threshold value. A mode control unit ends the strong field control when a rotational speed is less than a rotational speed threshold value determined on the basis of a target torque and the DC voltage.

A vibration-decoupling arrangement for supporting a percussion unit (2) in a hand-held percussion power tool includes a spring (4) arranged between the percussion unit (2) and a tool housing (3) and preloaded against an engagement point (P) in the housing (3) for preventing vibrations of the percussion unit (2) from being transmitted to the housing (3), and two axially spaced, flexurally deformable, articulated arms (5a, 5b) secured in the housing (3) for supporting the percussion unit (2) in the housing (3), with the arms (5a, 5b) being secured in the housing (3) with a possibility of a limited axial displacement and without any slip motion relative to the housing.

A Coriolis mass flowmeter with a measuring tube through which a medium can flow, at least one actuator and at least one sensor, wherein the measuring tube is bent between its input and output ends into a first winding and a second winding, the first winding and the second winding merging into one another at a transitional section of the measuring tube. The first winding and the second winding run in parallel winding planes and wherein the first winding and the second winding can be excited to oscillation by the actuator and the oscillations detected by the sensor. The Coriolis mass flowmeter is comparably insensitive to the coupling of external oscillations in that oscillating sections of the first winding and the second winding are bent into a V shape that opens in a direction toward the transitional section of the measuring tube.

The invention discloses a reactive-power control method of a wind power field, which is suitable for performing reactive-power coordinated control on a wind power field variable-speed constant-frequency wind power generating set and a reactive-power compensation device. The control method comprises the steps that: reactive-power requirements of the wind power field are calculated, and a correspondent allocation method is adopted according to the valid reactive-power power capacities of the reactive-power compensation device and the wind power generating set. Due to the adoption of the controlmethod, the reactive-power power adjusting capacity of the variable-speed constant-frequency wind power generating set can be adequately played, the coordinated control of multiple reactive power sources can be realized, and the oscillation situation caused by the adjustment can be avoided. When an electric power system has malfunctions, the reactive power adjustment is locked, so the system over-voltage caused by the excessive reactive power of the system after the malfunction is removed can be prevented. When the reactive power capacity of the wind power field is insufficient to maintain the voltage of an interconnected point, a prompting signal is transmitted, the active power of the wind power field is limited, and the coordination of the active power and the reactive power can be realized.

The invention discloses an explicit congestion control method based on bandwidth estimation in a high-bandwidth delay network, which comprises the following steps of: calculating the current available bandwidth of a network by a TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) sender through observing an ACK (Acknowledgement Character) receiving interval, loading a router by a packet header ECN (Explicit Congestion Notification) 2bits information feedback network, carrying out network state judgment by the sender through explicit feedback information and estimated available bandwidth values, and adjusting a congestion mechanism according to a judgment result. The congestion is judged by combining end-to-end feedback and router explicit feedback, i.e. finer congestion information is given by using the bandwidth estimation values based on the explicit feedback of coarseness, thus an algorithm ensures high congestion feedback precision while reducing the explicit feedback overhead and improving the protocol popularization, and improves the efficiency and the convergence rate of the protocol.

A cluster recovery and maintenance technique for use in a server cluster having plural nodes implementing a server tier in a client-server computing architecture. A first group of N active nodes each run a software stack comprising a cluster management tier and a cluster application tier that actively provides services on behalf of client applications running in a client application tier. A second group of M spare nodes each run a software stack comprising a cluster management tier and a cluster application tier that does not actively provide services on behalf of client applications. First and second zones in the cluster are determined in response to an active node membership change involving active nodes departing from or being added to the first group as a result of an active node failing or becoming unreachable or as a result of a maintenance operation involving an active node.

A current-mode controlled switching regulator and control method therefor. The switching regulator includes input and output terminals, a switching device to switch in accordance with a control signal, an inductor to store charge from an input voltage at the input terminal based on the switching device, a rectifying device to discharge the charge stored in the inductor, an error amplifier to amplify a voltage difference between a divided voltage generated by dividing an output voltage at the output terminal and a predetermined reference voltage, a slope voltage generator to generate and output a slope voltage having a slope angle corresponding to the input voltage, and a switching controller to compare a voltage output from the error amplifier with the slope voltage, generate a pulse signal with a duty cycle corresponding to a comparison result, and control the switching of the switching device according to the pulse signal.

The invention relates to an over-voltage and over-current hardware protection circuit which mates with a main circuit of which the power is supplied by a DC power supply; the protection circuit comprises a current signal detection unit, a voltage signal detection unit, a comparison unit, a trigger flip-flop unit and a blocking protection unit; the current signal detection unit samples, rectifies,amplifies and compares the working current of the main circuit so as to output a first level signal; the voltage signal detection unit samples, filters, amplifies and compares the working voltage of the main circuit so as to output a second level signal; the comparison unit outputs a trigger signal when the first level signal or the second level signal is low level; the trigger flip-flop unit flip-flops the trigger signal so as to produce and output a driving signal; and the blocking protection unit controls to cut off the main circuit when receiving the driving signal so as to cut off the DCpower supply. The invention also relates to a DC power supply circuit. When the main circuit fails, the over-voltage and over-current hardware protection circuit can quickly respond in microsecond, so that the DC power supply and the main circuit are quickly cut off so as to protect power devices in the main circuit.