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Systems and methods are described for scoring consumers' credit risk by determining consumers' income risk and future ability to pay. Methods are provided for measuring consumers' income risk by analyzing consumers' income loss risk, income reduction risk, probability of continuance of income, and economy's impact on consumers' income. In one embodiment, a method is provided to evaluate an individual's creditworthiness using income risk based credit score thereby providing creditors, lenders, marketers, and companies with deeper, new insights into consumer's credit risk and repayment potential. By predicting consumers' income risk and the associated creditworthiness the present invention increases the accuracy and reliability of consumers' credit risk assessments, results in more predictive and precise consumer credit scoring, and offers a new method of rendering a forward-looking appraisal of an individual's ability to repay a debt or the ability to pay for products and services.

A target object detection apparatus for identifying a target object by using at least a camera and a wireless tag provided on the target object which exists outside of the target object detection apparatus, comprising: a target detector for reading a first identification information documented in the wireless tag; an image processor for extracting a first image information of the target object imaged by the camera; a personal identifier for identifying an imaged target object by comparing the first image information extracted by the image processor and a second image information specific to the target object; and an integration processor for determining a third identification information of the target object based on at least a second identification information identified by the personal identifier and the first identification information read by the target detector.

The present invention relates to protocol stacks and protocol layers within protocol stacks especially, but not exclusively, for communications terminals such as mobile phones, lap top computers and base stations. The present invention provides a method of providing a communications protocol for processing a signal in a processing apparatus having a processor and memory, the protocol defined by a plurality of protocol layers; the method comprising: loading a software module into the memory, the module arranged to receive and process said signal according to a set of generic functions corresponding to one of said layers, the module comprising generic function pointers corresponding to said generic functions in a function mapping object; loading said function mapping object into the memory, the object comprising apparatus specific function pointers corresponding to the generic functions in order to map a said generic function to one or more apparatus specific functions; executing the module according to said mapped apparatus specific functions in order to process received signals according to said protocol layer.

The present invention relates to a multi-functional subminiature speaker, more particularly, to a bone conduction speaker, which can generate vibration for bone conduction, bodily sensation of vibration, speaker attachment, and the vibration mode over the housing unit, that is, over a front protector of the speaker, a housing, and an outer side of a rear cover, without any projections, and which has an acoustic portion unit further detachably mounted. According to the multi-functional subminiature speaker of the present invention, it is possible to perform the bone conduction without the projections because the vibration can be generated over the whole surface of the multi-functional subminiature speaker, that is, over the whole outer side of the housing unit, by constructing such that loss of the magnetic force transmitted to the vibration coil is minimized by disposing the magnets on both inner and outer sides with respect to the vibration coil, the vibration force has been improved by making the vibration weight unit to be constructed of the yoke, the central and external magnets, and the inner and outer top plates integrally by means of the rivet shaft to thereby increase the weight of the vibration weight, and the corrugated cross-type vibration spring is provided that is adapted to generate the vibration over the whole housing unit in such a manner as to vibrate the vibration weight of the increased weight effectively and to generate vibration in the upward and downward directions as well as in the right and left directions. Also, it is possible to implement the bone conduction of wide-band region by providing the multi-functional subminiature speaker as described above, and it is possible to provide the multi-functional subminiature speaker capable of performing the bone conduction of subminiature security mode, bodily sensation of vibration, speaker attachment, and vibration mode with low manufacturing cost.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a system and method for a sponsoring organization to: (1) utilize a rules-based computer system to capture trade orders from sub-advisors (money management firms) in order to implement a pre trade compliance review process, thereby enabling the sponsoring organization to prevent the execution of trade orders by a sub advisor that violates securities laws and / or account restrictions; and (2) determine and assign, based on expected market impact of a trade order to buy or sell securities, whether responsibility (discretion over the decisions related to how, when and with whom a trade order is executed) for executing the trade order is assigned to the money management firm for an investment portfolio or to the sponsoring organization of that portfolio. Trade orders are categorized in real-time as “high touch” (significant effort and market impact) or “low touch” (insignificant effort and market impact).

The transmitter / receiver for a convex probe and linear probe are used to drive a sector probe. Usually, when an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus using a convex probe and linear probe uses a sector probe, it selects vibration elements of N in number, which is equal to the number of channels of the sector probe, out of vibration elements of L in number (N is smaller than L), so that the selected elements are distributed at a virtually constant pitch in the alignment of vibration elements, and turns on only high voltage switches which are connected with the selected vibration elements to implement the sector scanning with the transmitter / receiver. It becomes possible to implement the sector scanning by using the transmitter / receiver having channels less than the number of vibration elements of the sector probe.

The invention relates to a plug device for a charging cable for connecting an electric vehicle to a charging station, comprising a housing, electrical contacts associated with the housing for connecting to a connecting device in the charging station or in the electric vehicle, and a coding means arranged in the housing for the value of the amperage which may be transmitted via the charging cable. The invention further relates to a system consisting of a charging cable and a charging station and / or an electric vehicle as well as a charging cable equipped with the plug device.

A computer system for managing, creating, and support of a novel investment instrument, known as a Security Receipt. This receipt provides translation of ownership of plural underlying securities to the holder of the receipt in a seamless and efficient way. The system permits enhanced security creation, and orderly support to facilitate liquidity and market trading of the Security Receipt.

An infrared sensor of this invention is characterized by including a support member including a support film and a substrate that supports the support film, a polysilicon film which ranges from above a concavity to above the substrate, SiO2 which is formed on the polysilicon film and has a first junction hole above the concavity and a second junction hole above the substrate, an aluminum film which is connected to the polysilicon film through the first junction hole and connected to an adjacent polysilicon film through the second junction hole, and a heat absorption layer formed above the concavity to cover a portion above the first junction hole, wherein the aluminum film is stacked on the corresponding polysilicon film via the SiO2 above the concavity.

A camera that picks up images for the purpose of extracting facial images can be adjusted on the basis of images.The facial image extraction section extracts a facial image of a checking target person from an image that is picked up by the entrance camera and the facial detection judgment section judges whether a facial image can be extracted, by the facial image extraction section, from the image under predetermined conditions. In cases where, in accordance with the judgment result, a facial image cannot be extracted, by the processing of the facial image extraction section, from the image under predetermined conditions, the camera control section controls the image pickup state of the entrance camera. The present invention can be applied to a monitoring system.

A demand response method includes: obtaining DR contracts scheduled to be implemented in a target period; determining, for each of the DR contracts, whether or not content of the adjustment of the supply and demand for electrical energy requested in the DR contract is executable; generating one or more DR scenarios each being a combination of two or more of the DR contracts executable in the target period; and extracting, from among the generated one or more DR scenarios, at least one DR scenario of which a total value of an amount of the adjustment of the supply and demand for electrical energy of the at least one appliance satisfies contract conditions of each of the two or more of the DR contracts included in the at least one DR scenario when the at least one appliance is caused to operate based on the at least one DR scenario.

A method for verifying a drive torque applied by an electric machine in a hybrid drive of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle being propelled by the electric machine and / or an internal combustion engine, and it being checked if the drive torque applied by the electric machine is determined accurately. In order to ensure that the operating strategy is correctly implemented and a shift in load level in the power train functions reliably during operation of the motor vehicle, the drive torque applied by the electric machine is evaluated with regard to its accuracy, using a drag torque generated by the combustion engine during an overrun fuel cut off.

Systems and methods are described for scoring consumers' credit risk by determining consumers' income risk and future ability to pay. Methods are provided for measuring consumers' income risk by analyzing consumers' income loss risk, income reduction risk, probability of continuance of income, and economy's impact on consumers' income. In one embodiment, a method is provided to evaluate an individual's creditworthiness using income risk based credit score thereby providing creditors, lenders, marketers, and companies with deeper, new insights into consumer's credit risk and repayment potential. By predicting consumers' income risk and the associated creditworthiness the present invention increases the accuracy and reliability of consumers' credit risk assessments, results in more predictive and precise consumer credit scoring, and offers a new method of rendering a forward-looking appraisal of an individual's ability to repay a debt or the ability to pay for products and services.

A vending machine is configured in such a way that, the speeds of a bucket and an elevator that, upon origin detection, move to respective origin detection positions are reduced at the timing when the bucket and the elevator reach respective speed-reduction positions that are located before the respective origin detection positions, and the bucket and the elevator whose speeds have been reduced activate respective sensors. With the foregoing configuration, compared to the case where the bucket and the elevator whose speeds are not reduced activate the sensors, the respective variation ranges of the activation timings when the sensors are activated are reduced, whereby the respective deviations in the origin detection positions detected by the sensors are reduced.

A charged particle beam apparatus facilitating adjusting the beam center axis of a charged particle beam in a case where optical conditions are modified or in a case where the beam center axis of the charged particle beam is moved due to state variation of the apparatus. When the beam center axis of a primary charged particle beam is adjusted with a deflector (aligner), a processing step (1) for measuring the sensitivity of the aligner and a processing step (2) for detecting the deviation between the center of the primary charged particle beam and the center of the objective aperture are provided. The charged particle beam apparatus has means for determining the aligner set values, using the aligner sensitivity measured in the processing step (1) and the amount of deviation detected in the processing step (2), such that the primary charged particle beam passes through the center of the objective aperture and controlling the aligner using the aligner set values.

In order to form a torque transmission coupling to be compact, the present invention provides a torque transmission coupling (1) comprising input-output rotary members (57, 59) rotatably supported to perform input-output transmission of torque; a frictional engagement section (79) provided between the input-output rotary members to perform torque transmission between the input-output rotary members by enforcing frictional engagement; a compression member set (87) that comprises a pair of members (89, 91)capable of performing relative rotation and that generates thrust through the relative rotation between the members to thereby cause the frictional engagement section to perform the frictional engagement; and a rotary actuator (121) that causes both of the members of the compression member set to perform engagement-rotational driving whereby to cause the relative rotation.

An analyzer (A) includes a current measurer (42) for measuring the current flowing between paired electrodes (22a), (22b) when a sample is introduced to the reagent layer (23) of a sensor (2) and voltage is applied across the electrodes, while also including a processor (3) for analyzing the sample based on the current after a predetermined reference time point. The analyzer (A) further includes a fail determiner (44) which monitors the change of the current before and after the reference time point and determines that the sensor (2) is improper when the current change does not correspond to a predetermined current change.

A vehicle control apparatus for implementing inter-vehicle distance control of a subject vehicle carrying the apparatus behind a preceding vehicle based on reflected waves from a target that is a reflecting portion of the preceding vehicle. In the apparatus, a distance estimator is configured to calculate an estimated distance as an inter-vehicle distance between a rear end of the preceding vehicle and the subject vehicle based on an inter-vehicle distance variation calculated based on a relative speed of the target. A target determiner is configured to determine whether or not the target is displaced forward of the rear end of the preceding vehicle. A controller is configured to, when the target of the preceding vehicle is displaced forward of the rear end of the preceding vehicle, implement the inter-vehicle distance control based on the estimated distance calculated by the distance estimator.

In order to develop a combustion chamber with a closed cooling system for a turbine with an inner wall and an outer wall (1) bounding the combustion area, wherein there is an intermediate space between the inner wall and the outer wall (1) through which cooling fluid can flow, and which comprises a cooling fluid feed system opening out into the intermediate space and a cooling fluid discharge system for discharging the cooling fluid from the intermediate space, so that it has a reduced extension in the radial direction, it is proposed with the invention that the cooling fluid discharge system should comprise channel-type drainage structures (8) running essentially along the axial orientation of the combustion chamber, which are interrupted by inlet structures (4) of the cooling fluid feed system arranged between the drainage structures (8).

The invention relates to a two tickets combined inference billing method of power grid based on work task analysis, characterized by comprising the steps of a work ticket billing task analysis, a formatted operation task, a work ticket inference and an operation ticket inference, wherein, the work ticket billing task analysis is responsible for extracting required work task content, work equipment, work place, work time and obtaining a required state b for operating on XX equipment from the inputted task; the formatted operation task is responsible for acquiring a current state a of the work equipment from a power grid topology real-time knowledge base, and sending the operation task with a format of switching the XX equipment from state a to state b to an operation inference engine; the work ticket inference is responsible for integrating a work ticket with a normative format through a personnel arrangement sub inference, a safety precautions sub inference and a dangerous point sub inference separately in accordance with the analyzed task; and the operation ticket inference is responsible for billing an operation ticket focused on the operation sequence through an operation task analysis, an operation sequence inference and an operation sequence evaluation. The method is scientific and reasonable, has the advantages of convenience, speediness, nicety, suitability, etc., and realizes the intelligent management of the electric power scheduling.

A power converting controller and an LED driving circuit are provided. The power converting controller controls a converting circuit, which converts an input power source into an appropriate power source to drive a load. The power converting controller includes a feedback control unit, an open-circuit judging unit and a protection unit. The feedback control unit controls the converting circuit according to a feedback signal representing the status of the load. As the open-circuit judging unit has judged that the load is continuously in an open-circuit status for a predetermined time length, the open-circuit judging unit generates an open-circuit protection signal. The protection unit is coupled to the feedback control unit and the open-circuit judging unit so as to generate a protection signal as receiving the open-circuit protection signal and thereby the feedback control unit enters a latch status to stop controlling the converting circuit.

The invention relates to a soil organic carbon predication method based on geographically weighted regression. The soil organic carbon predication method contains a multicollinearity diagnosis technology and a comprehensive processing method in local regression. The main method comprises the following steps: (a) integrating a pre-processing technology for independent variables in global regression and local regression predication methods; (b) performing comprehensive diagnosis and processing mechanism on the collinearity problem of the independent variables in the universal geographically weighted regression; (c) carrying out applicability analysis on the geographically weighted regression method in a specific data set; (d) selecting the optimal independent variable set by adopting a method; and (e) comprehensively considering the spatial trends of the residual errors of the different regression methods. The calculation efficiency and accuracy of spatial attribute predication are improved by the comprehensive consideration for the spatial trends of the residual errors through contrastive analysis for the different independent variable sets and the collinearity degrees of the different independent variable sets in the local regression.

The expected power to be output from a synchronous motor is obtained based on a torque command value and revolution speed of the motor. Meanwhile electric power consumption is detected based on voltage and current actually applied to the motor. If a parameter derived from a deviation or a ratio of the two exceeds a predetermined threshold value, it is determined that step-out has occurred. When using the deviation of the expected power from the electric power consumption as the parameter, the threshold value is determined in relation to the torque command value and the revolution speed. When using the ratio of the expected power and the electric power consumption as the parameter, the threshold value is set in relation to the revolution speed. This enables step-out to be accurately determined with an extremely light computational load.

Preferably using a positive resist, a resist ridge (20) is formed in a photosensitive resist (16) applied on a semiconductor wafer (1) above a hard mask layer (12). The resist ridge (20) serves as a mask for a subsequent implantation step (46). This makes use of an effect whereby the material of the hard mask layer (12), in a part (122) shaded by the resist ridge (20), can be etched out selectively with respect to the implanted part (121). The consequently patterned hard mask layer is used as an etching mask with respect to an underlying layer or layer stack (102-104) that is actually to be patterned. From the resist ridge (10) that has been formed as a line in the photosensitive resist (16), in a type of tone reversal, an opening (24) has been formed in the hard mask layer and a trench (26) has been formed in the layer / layer stack (102-104). According to the invention, the width (51, 52) of the resist ridge (20) is reduced by exposing the resist ridge (20) to an oxygen plasma (42). As a result, it is possible to form a trench (26) in the hard mask layer (12) and in the layer / layer stack (102-104) the width (52) of which trench is smaller than the lithographic resolution limit during the lithographic patterning of the resist (16).