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A network comprising: (a) a plurality of different receptacles for facilitating an optical connection to different information networks requiring different access authorization, each different receptacle coupled to one and only one different information network, each receptacle having an inner surface with a first geometry, the first geometry comprising at least a slot, a certain number of receptacles having different first geometries in which the slots are in different positions; and (b) a plurality of different plugs for coupling with the different receptacles, each plug having a second geometry, the second geometry comprising at least a key in a certain position, the certain number of plugs having different second geometries in which the keys are in different positions, each different first geometry corresponding to one and only one second geometry such that the plugs and receptacles of corresponding first and second geometries are mating pairs.

A radiolocation system for multipath environments, such as for tracking objects in a semiconductor fabrication facility (FIGS. 1a-1b), includes an array of receivers (20) distributed within the tracking area, coupled to a system processor (40) over a LAN. A TAG transmitter (30) located with each object transmits, at selected intervals, spread spectrum TAG transmissions including at least a unique TAG ID. In a high resolution embodiment, object location is accomplished by time-of-arrival (TOA) differentiation, with each receiver (FIG. 2b) including a TOA trigger circuit (64) for triggering on arrival of a TAG transmission, and a time base latching circuit (65) for latching the TOA count from an 800 MHz time base counter. In a low resolution embodiment, each receiver of the array is assigned a specific location-area, and receives TAG transmissions almost exclusively from TAGs located in that area, thereby eliminating the need for any time-of-arrival circuitry.

A system for improving the efficiency of a wireless communications network that employs a plurality of frequencies per cell. The system includes a first mechanism that monitors the network load associated with each of the plurality of frequencies and provides corresponding status values in response thereto. A second mechanism compares the status values to predetermined loading criteria and provides an indication in response thereto when one or more of the status values meet the criteria. A third mechanism redistributes the network load in accordance with the indication. In a specific embodiment, the criteria include one or more predetermined thresholds such that when one or more of the predetermined thresholds is surpassed by the one or more of the status values, the criteria are met. The status values are representative of loading conditions for communications system resources associated with each of the frequencies. The loading conditions are representative of currently available resources allocated for each of the plurality of frequencies. Each status value includes a hardware resource component, an air link resource component, and a handling resource component. Each component is indicative of respective remaining resources. The hardware resource component incorporates the number of currently available channel elements for an associated frequency. The air link resource component incorporates transmit power available for a particular frequency. The handling resource component incorporates the number of available Walsh codes for a particular frequency.

Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for monitoring electrical signals of the brain. In one aspect, a system for monitoring electrical brain activity associated with visual field of a user includes a sensor unit to acquire electroencephalogram (EEG) signals including a plurality of EEG sensors circumnavigating the head of a user, and a head-mounted frame for docking a personal electronic device over the user's eyes to present visual stimuli, in which the visual stimuli is configured to evoke EEG signals exhibited by the user, in which the assessment indicates if there is a presence of visual field defects in the user's visual field.

A method for operating a surveillance system includes performing a first portion of an automated visual surveillance tour of a predetermined control area by inducing movement of at least one visual surveillance camera at a first camera tour speed. The method also includes recording at least one first video image frame of the predetermined control area. The method further includes recording at least one second video image frame of the predetermined control area. The method also includes automatically determining whether a region of interest exists within the predetermined control area. The method further includes performing a second portion of the automated visual surveillance tour by shifting the induced movement of the at least one visual surveillance camera to a second camera tour speed. The method also includes automatically dwelling on the region of interest.

A method of displaying a progress bar and to a television receiver using the same, enables a plurality of stored broadcast programs to be identified according to broadcast channel or broadcast program. The method includes steps of pre-storing, in a memory of the television receiver, a plurality of display characterization indicators, the pre-stored indicators being arranged in a table of the memory to correspond to a plurality of broadcast program characteristics of at least one broadcast signal; storing, in a personal video recorder of the television receiver, a broadcast signal received by the television receiver in real time; periodically extracting broadcast program markers from the received broadcast signal, each marker being indicative of at least one of the plurality of broadcast program characteristics; and displaying the progress bar according to the extracted broadcast program markers, the displayed progress bar being superposed on a display of the broadcast signal. Each currently extracted broadcast program marker is compared with the broadcast program marker immediately preceding the currently extracted broadcast program marker, to determine whether there is a match between any adjacent two of the extracted broadcast program markers. If the compared broadcast program markers match, display of the progress bar proceeds using a first display characterization indicator, and if the compared broadcast program markers do not match, display of the progress bar proceeds using a second display characterization indicator.

A sequence of waveforms is generated by producing a primary symbol sequence and, for each symbol within the sequence, substituting a randomly-selected waveform. The primary symbol sequence has a narrow autocorrelation function, and may be a train of pulses, with the pulses arranged in packets of predetermined configuration. Objects can be detected by transmitting the waveforms, forming a representation of the transmitted waveform and delaying that representation, and correlating the representation with signals received as a result of reflection of the transmitted waveforms.

An image correcting personal computer displays on its monitor a correction screen consisting of a main display area, a sub display area and a parameter adjusting area. The main display area is divided into a plural number of split image display sections displaying split images corresponding to the same fragment of an image to correct. The split image display sections may display the split images in conditions corrected differently from each other, by changing the correction parameters on the parameter adjusting area while selecting one of the split image display sections, except a referential display section that displays the split image in default conditions corrected with fixed correction parameter values.

An information processing device for facilitating a user's recognition of relevant information when relevant information concerning a predetermined menu item of a digital household electronic appliance, for example, is presented to the user.

A network comprising: (a) a plurality of different receptacles for facilitating an optical connection to different information networks requiring different access authorization, each different receptacle coupled to one and only one different information network, each receptacle having an inner surface with a first geometry, the first geometry comprising at least a slot, a certain number of receptacles having different first geometries in which the slots are in different positions; and (b) a plurality of different plugs for coupling with the different receptacles, each plug having a second geometry, the second geometry comprising at least a key in a certain position, the certain number of plugs having different second geometries in which the keys are in different positions, each different first geometry corresponding to one and only one second geometry such that the plugs and receptacles of corresponding first and second geometries are mating pairs.

A method of determining a filling level of a product contained in a tank, the method comprising generating and transmitting electromagnetic signals; propagating the transmitted electromagnetic signals towards a surface of the product contained in the tank; receiving echo signals resulting from reflections at impedance transitions encountered by the transmitted electromagnetic signals, including a surface echo signal resulting from reflection at a surface of the product; determining a position of a reference impedance transition using a reference echo signal resulting from reflection of the transmitted electromagnetic signals at the reference impedance transition; determining an update level located above the surface, based on the determined position of the reference impedance transition and a known position of the reference impedance transition; determining a disturbance echo profile using at least one of the echo signals resulting from reflection of the transmitted signals at at least one impedance transition located above the update level; and determining the filling level based on the received echo signals and the disturbance echo profile.

A performance information display method using a computer, includes the steps, in the computer, of reading out information data of a storage device previously stored in a storage device and information data of a plurality of devices utilizing the storage device, displaying an identifier of the storage device and identifiers of a plurality of devices utilizing the storage device on a screen on the basis of the information data read out, accepting a command to select the displayed identifier of the storage device, and displaying performance information data of the devices utilizing the selected storage device in association on the basis of the accepted command and the information data read out.

A method of detecting a malware based on a white list comprises: receiving on a server side a program feature and / or a program behavior of a program to be detected sent from a client side; comparing the program feature and / or the program behavior of the detected program with legitimate program features and / or legitimate program behaviors stored in a white list; obtaining a legitimacy information of the unknown program based on the comparison result and feeding this back to the client side. In the invention, a legitimate program is determined by using a white list, thereby determining an illegitimate program excluded from the white list as a malware, which performs a determination and detecting and removing of a malware from another perspective.

A method for operating a video system includes performing a visual surveillance tour of a predetermined control area with a pan / tilt / zoom (PTZ) camera. The method also includes recording at least one video image frame of the predetermined control area. The method further includes recording at least one coordinate value associated with a predetermined coordinate system. The method also includes transmitting each of the at least one video image frame and the at least one coordinate value to at least one storage device. The method further includes indexing the at least one video image frame as a function of the at least one coordinate value. The method also includes retrieving the at least one video image frame based on the at least one coordinate value and displaying the at least one video image frame on at least one video display device.

A system for improving the efficiency of a wireless communications network that employs a plurality of frequencies per cell. The system includes a first mechanism that monitors the network load associated with each of the plurality of frequencies and provides corresponding status values in response thereto. A second mechanism compares the status values to predetermined loading criteria and provides an indication in response thereto when one or more of the status values meet the criteria. A third mechanism redistributes the network load in accordance with the indication. In a specific embodiment, the criteria include one or more predetermined thresholds such that when one or more of the predetermined thresholds is surpassed by the one or more of the status values, the criteria are met. The status values are representative of loading conditions for communications system resources associated with each of the frequencies. The loading conditions are representative of currently available resources allocated for each of the plurality of frequencies. Each status value includes a hardware resource component, an air link resource component, and a handling resource component. Each component is indicative of respective remaining resources. The hardware resource component incorporates the number of currently available channel elements for an associated frequency. The air link resource component incorporates transmit power available for a particular frequency. The handling resource component incorporates the number of available Walsh codes for a particular frequency.

A method of determining a filling level of a product contained in a tank, the method comprising generating and transmitting electromagnetic signals; propagating the transmitted electromagnetic signals towards a surface of the product contained in the tank; receiving echo signals resulting from reflections at impedance transitions encountered by the transmitted electromagnetic signals, including a surface echo signal resulting from reflection at a surface of the product; determining a position of a reference impedance transition using a reference echo signal resulting from reflection of the transmitted electromagnetic signals at the reference impedance transition; determining an update level located above the surface, based on the determined position of the reference impedance transition and a known position of the reference impedance transition; determining a disturbance echo profile using at least one of the echo signals resulting from reflection of the transmitted signals at at least one impedance transition located above the update level; and determining the filling level based on the received echo signals and the disturbance echo profile.

A particle-counting apparatus is described, which reduces a resulting width of pulses when a charge pulse is received from a particle detector, thereby reducing pile-up problems with pulses. Pulse shortening is obtained by resetting the pulse shortly after it exceeds its peak level at the apparatus output. The apparatus includes a charge-sensitive amplifier and a shaper which generates an output for subsequent discrimination circuits. A reset generator monitors the shaper output and generates a reset signal to the shaper when a peak has been detected.

In a communication network managing system, at a network manager, a management section manages QoS (Quality of Service) capability management information from element managers, a request reception section receives a request for a target QoS capability, and a section and notification section selects a candidate subnetwork such as to satisfy the target QoS capability for which the request has been received by the request reception section, and notifies the corresponding element managers of information about the selection. At the individual element manager, based on the selection information from the selection and notification section of the network manager, a control section controls the corresponding subnetwork.

A programming verification method of verifying programming of a nonvolatile memory cell, the method comprising at least the steps of: selecting first, second, . . . and n-th references corresponding to first, second, . . . and n-th threshold voltages specifying lower limit values of states 1, 2, . . . and n, respectively; applying a programming voltage to the nonvolatile memory cell; sensing a threshold voltage level of the nonvolatile memory cell; comparing the sensed threshold voltage level with the first reference to output a first result; comparing the threshold voltage level with one of the second and third references selected according to the first result to output a second result; and comparing the first and second results with an expectation value and, in the case where the first and second results are equal to the expectation value, indicating that the programming has succeeded, wherein the nonvolatile memory cell includes a gate electrode formed on a semiconductor layer via a gate insulating film, a channel region disposed under the gate electrode, a source and a drain as diffusion regions disposed on both sides of the channel region and having a conductive type opposite to that of the channel region, and memory functional units formed on both sides of the gate electrode and having the function of retaining charges.