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An encoder comprises an input for inputting frames of an audio signal in a frequency band, an analysis filter dividing the frequency band into lower and higher frequency bands, a first encoding block for encoding the audio signals of the lower frequency band, a second encoding block for encoding the audio signals of the higher frequency band, and a mode selector for selecting an operating mode for the encoder among at least a first mode where signals only on the lower frequency band are encoded, and a second mode where signals on both the lower and higher frequency band are encoded. The encoder has a scaler to gradually change the encoding properties of the second encoding block in connection with a change in the operating mode of the encoder. The invention also relates to a device, a decoder, a method, a module, a computer program product, and a signal.

A cardiac rhythm management system is capable of treating irregular ventricular heart contractions, such as during atrial tachyarrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation. A first indicated pacing interval is computed based at least partially on a most recent V—V interval duration between ventricular beats and a previous value of the first indicated pacing interval. Pacing therapy is provided based on either the first indicated pacing interval or also based on a second indicated pacing interval, such as a sensor-indicated pacing interval. A weighted averager such as an infinite impulse response (IIR) filter adjusts the first indicated pacing interval for sensed beats and differently adjusts the first indicated pacing interval for paced beats. The system regularizes ventricular rhythms by pacing the ventricle, but inhibits pacing when the ventricular rhythms are stable.

The Direct Electric Resistance Liquid Heater comprises a liquid heating chamber containing a plurality of electrodes. The electrodes are spaced apart to create a plurality of channels through which the liquid to be heated passes. The electrodes are each connected to a power supply by one or more switches. A controller controls the switches based upon data received from a temperature sensor, sensing the temperature of the liquid, and / or an electric current sensor, sensing the current utilized by the liquid heater. Selection of the number and spacing of the electrodes, and the number of switches, provides the controller with various current levels options to apply to the liquid to be heated. The current levels available due to the number and spacing of the electrodes and the number of switches, span the range from minimum current to maximum current such that the controller can incrementally increase or decrease the current applied to the liquid to be heated without disrupting other users of the same power source.

The invention relates to a local discharge detecting system of a sulfur hexafluoride gas-insulating and fully-enclosed combined electric apparatus. A central control unit thereof is connected with anultrahigh frequency signal receiver and an ultrasonic receiver; if the ultrahigh frequency signal and the ultrasonic wave are measured to have continuous correlation, the position of the ultrasonic receiver on the outer wall of a gas insulating switch device is moved for a plurality of times, a time difference of maximum amplitude occurring in an amplitude characteristic print of the ultrahigh frequency signal and maximum amplitude occurring in an amplitude characteristic print of the ultrasonic wave on all the detecting positions is recorded so as to calculate the distance of a discharge point and all the detecting positions; and then the position of insulation defect in the gas insulating switch device is calculated according to the overall size of the insulating switch device.

In a vehicle having a hydraulic power transmitting device equipped with a lock-up clutch on an output side of the engine, a control apparatus for controlling the lock-up clutch is provided which includes a lock-up clutch control unit that places the lock-up clutch in a slipping state when the vehicle is started so that torque received from the engine is transmitted to a later-stage transmission via the lock-up clutch as well as the hydraulic power transmitting device.

The Direct Electric Resistance Liquid Heater comprises a liquid heating chamber containing a plurality of electrodes. The electrodes are spaced apart to create a plurality of channels through which the liquid to be heated passes. The electrodes are each connected to a power supply by one or more switches. A controller controls the switches based upon data received from a temperature sensor, sensing the temperature of the liquid, and / or an electric current sensor, sensing the current utilized by the liquid heater. Selection of the number and spacing of the electrodes, and the number of switches, provides the controller with various current levels options to apply to the liquid to be heated. The current levels available due to the number and spacing of the electrodes and the number of switches, span the range from minimum current to maximum current such that the controller can incrementally increase or decrease the current applied to the liquid to be heated without disrupting other users of the same power source.

The present invention provides a display apparatus and a display control method capable of improving display quality of an image. The display apparatus is provided with an LED backlight (3) that illuminates each of a plurality of divided areas of a screen, a moved amount detection unit (7) that detects a moved amount of an input image in each of the divided areas, an area luminance determination unit (6) that determines a reference luminance value for each of the divided areas, an area luminance time change control unit (8) that determines a luminance control time required to reach the reference luminance value for each of the image areas, according to the moved amount, and an LED backlight drive circuit (4) that drives the LED backlight (3) based on the luminance control time for each of the image areas determined by the area luminance time change control unit (8).

Disclosed is a control device capable of ending strong field control in a structure that performs strong field control and square wave control on the basis of a voltage index, such as a modulation factor. A voltage waveform control unit performs PWM control when a voltage index is less than a threshold, and performs square wave control when the voltage index is equal to or greater than the threshold value. A field adjusting unit performs strong field control when 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 field adjustment command value is equal to or greater than an adjustment command threshold value determined on the basis of a target torque and a voltage / speed ratio in a direction in which field flux is strengthened.

There is provided a matrix converter apparatus including both functions of outputting a step up voltage and outputting a step down voltage. In a matrix converter apparatus for directly connecting respective phases of a three phase alternating current power source (1) and respective phases of an output side by a bidirectional switch constituted by IGBT transistors or the like connected reversely in parallel therewith, controlling to output an alternating current power source voltage by a PWM control based on an output voltage instruction, and outputting an arbitrary direct current or alternating current voltage, respective reactors (61), (62), (63) inserted to be connected between the respective phases of the polyphase alternating current power source 1 and the bidirectional switches are included, and by controlling to ON / OFF the bidirectional switches, terminals of two or more of the reactors on a side of the bidirectional switch are shortcircuited, and thereafter opened to thereby step up an output voltage of the matrix converter apparatus. Further, when the terminals are switched from being shortcircuited to being opened, conduction paths of currents flowing in the respective reactors which have been shortcircuited are ensured by controlling to ON / OFF the bidirectional switch group (5) and a capacitor group (7).

The present invention provides a balloon control device for an endscopic apparatus, which supplies and sucks a fluid to and from either a balloon mounted to an inserting section of the endscopic apparatus or a balloon mounted to an insertion assisting tool covering the inserting section for assisting the insertion of the inserting section, comprising a buffering section in a tube path through which a fluid flows so as to buffer a change in pressure of the fluid, in order to control an inner pressure of a balloon by reducing a difference between a pressure in the balloon and a pressure in a tube path.

A brake control apparatus for controlling brakes of a vehicle having wheels, the apparatus including a stopped-state detecting portion which detects, based on a speed of at least one of the wheels detected by at least one wheel-speed sensor, a stopped state of the vehicle; an operation-force limiting portion which limits, based on a detection of the stopped state of the vehicle by the stopped-state detecting portion, an operation force of at least one of the brakes, such that an upper limit of the operation force is an intermediate level of an operation-force range used when the stopped state is not detected; a sensor ignoring portion which ignores, when an electric voltage supplied from a power source to the at least one wheel-speed sensor is not higher than a reference value, the at least one wheel-speed sensor; a limitation canceling portion which cancels, when the sensor ignoring portion ignores the at least one wheel-speed sensor, a limitation of the operation force by the operation-force limiting portion; and a rapid-change restraining portion which restrains a rapid change of the operation force caused by a cancellation of the limitation of the operation force by the limitation canceling portion.

The present invention provides a method, a device and a system for multimodal interactions. The method according to the invention comprises the steps of activating a multimodal user interaction, providing at least one key input option and at least one voice input option, displaying the at least one key input option, checking if there is at least one condition affecting said voice input option, and providing voice input options and displaying indications of the provided voice input options according to the condition. The method is characterized by checking if at least one condition affecting the voice input is fulfilled and providing the at least one voice input option and displaying indications of the voice input options on the display, according to the condition.

The invention relates to a sulfur hexafluoride gas insulation totally-enclosed combined electric partial discharge detection and positioning system in order to conveniently detect and position the insulation defects of a gas insulation switch device from the outside. A central control unit is connected with an ultrahigh frequency signal receiver and an ultrasonic receiver; if a measured ultrahighfrequency signal and ultrasonic have continuous correlation, the position of the ultrasonic receiver on the external wall of the gas insulation switch device is changed for a plurality of times, and the time difference of maximum amplitude appearing in the amplitude characteristic map of ultrahigh frequency signals and maximum amplitude appearing in the amplitude characteristic map of ultrasonic on each detection position is recorded so as to calculate the distance between a discharge point and each detection position; and the position of the insulation defect in the gas insulation switch device is calculated according to the external dimension of the insulation switch device.

A cardiac rhythm management system is capable of treating irregular ventricular heart contractions, such as during atrial tachyarrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation. A first indicated pacing interval is computed based at least partially on a most recent V-V interval duration between ventricular beats and a previous value of the first indicated pacing interval. Pacing therapy is provided based on either the first indicated pacing interval or also based on a second indicated pacing interval, such as a sensor-indicated pacing interval. A weighted averager such as an infinite impulse response (IIR) filter adjusts the first indicated pacing interval for sensed beats and differently adjusts the first indicated pacing interval for paced beats. The system regularizes ventricular rhythms by pacing the ventricle, but inhibits pacing when the ventricular rhythms are stable.

There is provided a matrix converter apparatus including both functions of outputting a step up voltage and outputting a step down voltage. In a matrix converter apparatus for directly connecting respective phases of a three phase alternating current power source (1) and respective phases of an output side by a bidirectional switch constituted by IGBT transistors or the like connected reversely in parallel therewith, controlling to output an alternating current power source voltage by a PWM control based on an output voltage instruction, and outputting an arbitrary direct current or alternating current voltage, respective reactors (61), (62), (63) inserted to be connected between the respective phases of the polyphase alternating current power source 1 and the bidirectional switches are included, and by controlling to ON / OFF the bidirectional switches, terminals of two or more of the reactors on a side of the bidirectional switch are shortcircuited, and thereafter opened to thereby step up an output voltage of the matrix converter apparatus. Further, when the terminals are switched from being shortcircuited to being opened, conduction paths of currents flowing in the respective reactors which have been shortcircuited are ensured by controlling to ON / OFF the bidirectional switch group (5) and a capacitor group (7).

A semiconductor device controller includes a current supply control unit for controlling a conduction state of a semiconductor device connected to a load in response to a control signal to supply current to the load, a current level judging unit for comparing one or more switching judgment values set in an area smaller than an overcurrent judgment value with current detected by a current detecting unit to carry out a current level judgment and a time constant changing unit for changing the circuit time constant of the input signal processing circuit in accordance with a judgment result by the current level judging unit.

The invention relates to a method (21) for determining a rack force (FR) for a steering apparatus (2) of a vehicle, in which the rack force (FR) is determined as a function of a steering angle variable which characterizes an actual wheel steering angle (deltaRW) or a set point of the wheel steering angle (deltaRW).; In order to specify a method (21) for determining a rack force (FR) with which a steering torque set point can be generated, which imparts a convenient steering feel to the driver and the steering apparatus nevertheless gives the driver the most realistic possible feedback about the state of movement of the vehicle, according to the invention the method (21) comprises: determining a variable which characterizes a lateral force (Fyv) on a shaft of the steering apparatus (2), and determining the rack force (FR) as a function of the lateral force, wherein the determination of the rack force (FR) comprises filtering by means of a signal processing element (35) having a proportional-differential transfer function.

A semiconductor device controller includes a current supply control unit for controlling a conduction state of a semiconductor device connected to a load in response to a control signal to supply current to the load, a current level judging unit for comparing one or more switching judgment values set in an area smaller than an overcurrent judgment value with current detected by a current detecting unit to carry out a current level judgment and a time constant changing unit for changing the circuit time constant of the input signal processing circuit in accordance with a judgment result by the current level judging unit.

A cardiac rhythm management system is capable of treating irregular ventricular heart contractions, such as during atrial tachyarrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation. A first indicated pacing interval is computed based at least partially on a most recent V-V interval duration between ventricular beats and a previous value of the first indicated pacing interval. Pacing therapy is provided based on either the first indicated pacing interval or also based on a second indicated pacing interval, such as a sensor-indicated pacing interval. A weighted averager such as an infinite impulse response (IIR) filter adjusts the first indicated pacing interval for sensed beats and differently adjusts the first indicated pacing interval for paced beats. The system regularizes ventricular rhythms by pacing the ventricle, but inhibits pacing when the ventricular rhythms are stable.

A method for regulating an actuator for a control surface is provided, which actuator has an angular position controlled by an autopilot on an aircraft with mechanical flight control. When the value of the torque exerted by the actuator is less than a threshold torque value, the actuator is regulated in terms of position and the maximum speed of movement of the control surface is limited to a value that is dependent on the torque value. When the value of the torque exerted by the actuator is greater than the threshold torque value, the actuator is regulated in terms of torque.

The invention provides a method for separating rat hepatocytes. The method comprises the following steps: (a) taking rat liver out; (b) perfusing the liver with calcium-free perfusate pre-heated to 35-38 DEG C until the liver is swollen; (c) cutting infrahepatic vena cava so that the blood flows until the liver becomes earthy yellow; (d) perfusing the liver with calcium-containing perfusate pre-heated to 35-38 DEG C for 3-7 minutes and (e) perfusing the liver with perfusate pre-heated to 35-38 DEG C and containing 0.05% IV-type collagenase for 1-3 minutes. The method for separating rat hepatocytes provided by the invention has the advantages of being simple in operation, small in usage amount of collagenase and high in hepatocyte yield and survival rate.

A brake control apparatus for controlling brakes of a vehicle having wheels, the apparatus including a stopped-state detecting portion which detects, based on a speed of at least one of the wheels detected by at least one wheel-speed sensor, a stopped state of the vehicle; an operation-force limiting portion which limits, based on a detection of the stopped state of the vehicle by the stopped-state detecting portion, an operation force of at least one of the brakes, such that an upper limit of the operation force is an intermediate level of an operation-force range used when the stopped state is not detected; a sensor ignoring portion which ignores, when an electric voltage supplied from a power source to the at least one wheel-speed sensor is not higher than a reference value, the at least one wheel-speed sensor; a limitation canceling portion which cancels, when the sensor ignoring portion ignores the at least one wheel-speed sensor, a limitation of the operation force by the operation-force limiting portion; and a rapid-change restraining portion which restrains a rapid change of the operation force caused by a cancellation of the limitation of the operation force by the limitation canceling portion.

A centrifugal fan is composed of a fan frame with at least one air inlet and one air outlet, and at least one rotary blade unit arranged in said fan frame and with at least one group of blades. The internal boundary of said air inlet has an extended wall to form an air gathering channel for increasing wind pressure and heat dissipating efficiency.

The invention provides an intelligent heating control method and device. The device comprises a heating setting processor, a heater, a gear switch and a temperature sensor, wherein the heating setting processor is connected to a heating controller and sets a corresponding relation of each time point and a preset temperature in a heating time period; a corresponding switch gear and switch control time of each gear are set, and each switch gear makes the heater exhibit different heating power; a temperature change rate corresponding relationship of the switch gears based on each ambient temperature is preset; the heater is connected to the gear switch; the gear switch is connected to the heater and the heating controller; and the temperature sensor is connected to the heating controller. The heating controller is connected to the gear switch, the temperature sensor and the heating setting processor. In the invention, a rapid change of the temperature is avoided and an effect of stable heating according to a preset heating curve is improved.

A semiconductor storage device capable of detecting a high resistance shortcircuit between a storage node of a memory cell and a gate in a transistor of the memory cell. A sense amplifier activating signal generating circuit section 13 in a ROW control section 2 delays, by a predetermined time, a timing for activating sense amplifier activating signals SON and ZSOP in a test mode in which a High-level test mode signal TM is input, delays, by a predetermined time, a timing for activating each of the sense amplifiers of the sense amplifier section 3, and detects a high resistance shortcircuit caused between a storage node SN in the memory cell and a gate TG of the transistor.

The invention discloses a VNC-based multi-screen interaction method and device. The method includes: detecting screen change rate of a VNC server desktop; if the screen change rate detected is larger than or equal to a first preset value, detecting window change rates of windows in the VNC server desktop one by one; if the window change rates of the windows are larger than or equal to a second preset value; encoding the windows by H264, JPEG or MJPEG; transmitting the windows encoded to a VNC viewer desktop. The second preset value is larger than the first preset value. The invention further discloses the VNC-based multi-screen interaction device. Through the application of the VNC-based multi-screen interaction method and device, the problem that the VNC server desktop changes fast, for example, images obviously jam or slow down when video or animation is played, is solved effectively.