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The present invention is a portable device that a computer can boot from, containing a prefabricated independent operating system environment which is engineered from the ground up to prioritize security while maximizing usability, in order to provide a safe, reliable and easy to use practical platform for high risk applications. An embodiment of the present invention may temporarily transform an ordinary computer into a naturally inexpensive logical appliance which encapsulates a turn-key functional solution within the digital equivalent of a military grade security fortress. This allows existing hardware to be conveniently leveraged to provide a self contained system which does not depend on the on-site labor of rare and expensive system integration and security experts.

The invention relates to method for buffering encoded pictures. The method includes an encoding step for forming encoded pictures in an encoder. The method also includes a transmission step for transmitting said encoded pictures to a decoder as transmission units, a buffering step for buffering transmission units transmitted to the decoder in a buffer, and a decoding step for decoding the encoded pictures for forming decoded pictures. The buffer size is defined so that the total size of at least two transmission units is defined and the maximum buffer size is defined on the basis of the total size.

An alerting system for alerting a user having a transmitter monitoring a predetermined condition (i.e. sound, telephone, door / window access, fire, carbon monoxide, emergency weather alerts, etc.) and outputting an alarm signal in response to detection of the predetermined condition. The transmitter further outputs a supervisory signal indicative of operation of the transmitter (i.e. low battery condition, out of range, etc.). The alerting system further includes an alerting device receiving the alarm signal and the supervisory signal from the transmitter and detecting cessation of the supervisory signal device and outputting a first alert signal to the user indicative of the cessation of the supervisory signal. The alerting device further detecting presence of the alarm signal and outputting a second alert signal to the user indicative of presence of the predetermined condition.

A computerized method of managing workload within a Workflow-Management-System (WFMS), the WFMS having a process-model, the process-model including one or more activities being the nodes of an arbitrary graph, and directed edges of the graph defining a potential control-flow within the process-model. The method comprises a determination-step, wherein the process-model is analyzed if a priority-execution-indicator is assigned to the activity within the process model; and a launching step, wherein, in the affirmative case of the determination-step, the WFMS launches execution of the activity in the activity's execution-environment with an execution priority specified according to the priority execution indicator. Moreover the WFMS can set its own execution priority, and processing-related messages for communication are set to the execution priority specified.

A method and apparatus for determining a closest match of N input patterns relative to R reference patterns using K processing units. Each of a set of input patterns are loaded into the K processing units. One of the Reference patterns is sequentially loaded into each of the processing units and a distance defining the similarity between the reference pattern and each of the input patterns is calculated. A present calculated distance replaces its corresponding stored present minimum distance if it is has a smaller value. After the R reference patterns have been processed the minimum distance and its corresponding identification for all N input patterns is determined without merging outputs. The minimum distances and the identifications may be read either in parallel or serially. The apparatus is easily scalable by adding processors. The number of reference patterns may be easily increased without altering system configuration.

The invention relates to method for buffering encoded pictures. The method includes an encoding step for forming encoded pictures in an encoder. The method also includes a transmission step for transmitting said encoded pictures to a decoder as transmission units, a buffering step for buffering transmission units transmitted to the decoder in a buffer, and a decoding step for decoding the encoded pictures for forming decoded pictures. The buffer size is defined so that the total size of at least two transmission units is defined and the maximum buffer size is defined on the basis of the total size.

Systems and methods are provided for decoding signal vectors in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, where the receiver has received one or more signal vectors from the same transmitted vector. The symbols of the received signal vectors are combined, forming a combined received signal vector that may be treated as a single received signal vector. The combined signal vector is then decoded using a maximum-likelihood decoder. In some embodiments, the combined received signal vector may be processed prior to decoding. Systems and methods are also provided for computing soft information from a combined signal vector based on a decoding metric. Computationally intensive calculations can be extracted from the critical path and implemented in preprocessors and / or postprocessors.

Systems and methods are provided for decoding signal vectors in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, where the receiver has received one or more signal vectors from the same transmitted vector. The symbols of the received signal vectors are combined, forming a combined received signal vector that may be treated as a single received signal vector. The combined signal vector is then decoded using a maximum-likelihood decoder. In some embodiments, the combined received signal vector may be processed prior to decoding. Systems and methods are also provided for computing soft information from a combined signal vector based on a decoding metric. Computationally intensive calculations can be extracted from the critical path and implemented in preprocessors and / or postprocessors.

Disclosed is an encoding / decoding apparatus of a HARQ system using LDPC codes. A first LDPC code encoding apparatus encodes input information data and transmits the encoded data to the decoding apparatus. An interleaver interleaves the input information data. A second LDPC code encoder in parallel with the first LDPC code encoder performs LDPC code encoding on an output of the interleaver so as to transmit it to the decoding apparatus. The first LDPC code encoder transmits an output signal to the decoding apparatus at odd numbered retransmissions in response to a retransmission request from the decoding apparatus, and the second LDPC code encoder transmits an output signal to the decoding apparatus at even numbered retransmissions in response to the retransmission request from the decoding apparatus.

A system having at least a first, a second and a third element, and a motion module. The elements are three-dimensional and each include a centre point therein. At least one face is coupled to the centre point. The at least one face has a motion-guiding module to define a trajectory over at least part of the face, and a motion-restriction module to limit the displacement of the centre point with respect to the centre point of one of the other elements. At least one trajectory includes the trajectory and a trajectory of the other element when interacting with the motion module.

An improved method and apparatus for a liquid filling system is herein disclosed incorporating means for generating greater overall production rate efficiencies (i.e. number of filled containers per minute per filling station) for automatic systems utilizing diverter valve and / or walking beam (i.e. continuous-motion) filling technologies with, for example, non-traditional ratios between the number of filling stations and the number of filling nozzles. The methods / apparatus disclosed herein also incorporate means to more efficiently changeover and clean up, in either a clean-in-place (CIP) or clean-out-of-place (COP) configuration, the product contact parts that become “dirty” when used in a production environment. Finally, an improved method and apparatus designed to provide a means for priming and air purging the product contact path of liquid filling machinery, a fill volume calibration procedure, and a fill weight verification cycle is also herein described.

A charged particle optical system for testing, imaging or inspecting substrates comprises: a charged particle optical assembly configured to produce a line of charged particle beams equally spaced along a main scan axis, each beam being deflectable through a large angle along the main scan axis; and linear detector optics aligned along the main scan axis. The detector optics includes a linear secondary electron detector, a field free tube, voltage contrast plates and a linear backscattered electron detector. The large beam deflection is achieved using an electrostatic deflector for which the exit aperture is larger than the entrance aperture. One embodiment of the deflector includes: two parallel plates with chamfered inner surfaces disposed perpendicularly to the main scan axis; and a multiplicity of electrodes positioned peripherally in the gap between the plates, the electrodes being configured to maintain a uniform electric field transverse to the main scan axis.

A multiple access digital communication method in ultra-wideband (UWB) radio access network is provided. More specifically, a multiple access technique in UWB communication channels is provided where UWB communication channels can be more efficiently used and collisions between multiple access user nodes can be more effectively avoided when the channels have a great multiple path fading. The digital communication method for use in an uplink in a UWB communication system includes the steps of: receiving data symbols from respective nodes, in which the data symbols are transmitted according to respective orthogonal time hopping patterns; checking whether there is a collision of the orthogonal time hopping patterns; and decoding the data symbols depending on whether data symbols of nodes involved in the collision of the orthogonal time hopping patterns are the same.

The invention relates to method for buffering encoded pictures. The method includes an encoding step for forming encoded pictures in an encoder. The method also includes a transmission step for transmitting said encoded pictures to a decoder as transmission units, a buffering step for buffering transmission units transmitted to the decoder in a buffer, and a decoding step for decoding the encoded pictures for forming decoded pictures. The buffer size is defined so that the total size of at least two transmission units is defined and the maximum buffer size is defined on the basis of the total size.

The invention relates to a method and a system for accumulating energy by compressed air and heat accumulation medium simultaneously, and belongs to the field of compressed air energy accumulating. The system comprises a motor, an air compressor, an air storage device, a heat accumulation tin, a turbine and an electric generator. The system comprises the following principles: solid heat accumulation medium and electrical heating elements are arranged in the heat accumulation tin; when the system is charged in off-peak hour period, air is compressed by the air compressor and exchanges heat with the solid heat accumulation medium in the heat accumulation tin; the heat exchanged air is stored in the air accumulation device; the heat exchanged solid heat accumulation medium is heated continuously by using the electrical heating elements; when the system discharges in peak hour period, the accumulated air is released, and enters the turbine to work after absorbing the heat from the solid heat accumulation medium; and the electric generator is driven by the turbine to generate electricity. Compared with the conventional adiabatic compression air energy accumulating system, the system has the advantages that the memory capacity is greatly increased; the unit capacity investment cost is reduced; the system only needs to adopt a one-stage heat accumulation tin and a one-stage turbine; and the system complex degree is low.

An x-ray scanning system includes an x-ray source that produces a collimated fan beam of incident x-ray radiation. The system also includes a chopper wheel that can be irradiated by the collimated fan beam. The chopper wheel is oriented with a wheel plane containing the chopper wheel substantially non-perpendicular relative to a beam plane containing the collimated fan beam. In various embodiments, a disk chopper wheel's effective thickness is increased, allowing x-ray scanning with end point energies of hundreds of keV using relatively thinner, lighter, and less costly chopper wheel disks. Backscatter detectors can be mounted to an exterior surface of a vehicle housing the x-ray source, and slits in the disk chopper wheel can be tapered for more uniform target irradiation.

A loudspeaker system has a plurality of relatively small transducer elements configured in a closely spaced transducer array such that their acoustic outputs combine to produce a focused beam of sound in front of the array that is substantially uniform about the beams radiation axis. The transducer array lies in a plane and has a perimeter that approximates a circle, and will have fill-factor with respect to a circle circumscribing the array of at least approximately 70%. In one variation of the loudspeaker system, the transducer array is constructed in smaller transducer array modules that are operatively fitted together to produce a larger array.

A transimpedance amplifier (TIA) device. The device includes a photodiode coupled to a differential TIA with a first and second TIA, which is followed by a Level Shifting / Differential Amplifier (LS / DA). The photodiode is coupled between a first and a second input terminal of the first and second TIAs, respectively. The LS / DA can be coupled to a first and second output terminal of the first and second TIAs, respectively. The TIA device includes a semiconductor substrate comprising a plurality of CMOS cells, which can be configured using 28 nm process technology to the first and second TIAs. Each of the CMOS cells can include a deep n-type well region. The second TIA can be configured using a plurality CMOS cells such that the second input terminal is operable at any positive voltage level with respect to an applied voltage to a deep n-well for each of the plurality of second CMOS cells.

An automatic transmission includes a transmission case, a parking gear fixed to the transmission case, and a meshing mechanism, such as a synchromesh mechanism. The meshing mechanism includes a coupling sleeve to engage with the parking gear and hold a transmission output member unrotatable in a park lock state when the coupling sleeve is shifted axially toward the parking gear.

An apparatus and method for distinguishing between sensors that are to be wirelessly detected is provided. An interrogator device uses different, distinct time delays in the sensing signals when interrogating the sensors. The sensors are provided with different distinct pedestal delays. Sensors that have the same pedestal delay as the delay selected by the interrogator are detected by the interrogator whereas other sensors with different pedestal delays are not sensed. Multiple sensors with a given pedestal delay are provided with different codes so as to be distinguished from one another by the interrogator. The interrogator uses a signal that is transmitted to the sensor and returned by the sensor for combination and integration with the reference signal that has been processed by a function. The sensor may be a surface acoustic wave device having a differential impulse response with a power spectral density consisting of lobes. The power spectral density of the differential response is used to determine the value of the sensed parameter or parameters.

A method of encrypting an optical communications signal involves determining an encryption function, filtering an electrical input signal using the encryption function to generate an encrypted electrical signal, and modulating an optical source using the encrypted electrical signal to generate a corresponding encrypted optical signal. This is then transmitted through an optical communications system. The encryption is selected such as to substantially remove symbol definition from the optical signal. This method provides digital signal processing of an electrical input signal in order to derive a signal for controlling an optical modulator in such a way that the optical signal transmitted over the link is a continuous analogue signal rather than a series of discrete symbols which alternate between well-defined signal values. This makes it difficult for a third party to derive the binary bit sequence encoded by the optical signal.

A method for removal of a compound from a crude hydrocarbon gas stream to be obtained from a sub-sea well is disclosed. The method comprises bringing the crude hydrocarbon gas stream in contact with a treatment solution comprising an absorbent at least partly selective to the compound to be removed, thereby obtaining a rich treatment solution and a compound depleted gas stream, regenerating the treatment solution comprising the absorbent by desorbing the compound from the rich treatment solution, thereby obtaining a compound stream. The crude hydrocarbon gas stream is brought in contact with the treatment solution comprising the absorbent subsea, the compound depleted gas stream is obtained subsea, where as the regenerating of the rich treatment solution and obtaining the compound stream is performed topside Further a system for transporting a treatment fluid from a subsea treatment unit to a topside regeneration involving adding pressurized hot natural gas to the treatment fluid subsea as a lift gas and separating the natural gas from the treatment fluid topside before the treatment fluid enters the treatment unit is described.

A method for segmenting an information word into code blocks in a mobile communication system. The method includes setting a number C of code blocks to a minimum integer not less than a value obtained by dividing X by Z; when sizes K of all code blocks are determined to be equal when a length X of the information word is greater than a maximum length Z of each code block, determining a minimum integer value T not less than a value obtained by dividing a size of the information word by a number of code blocks, and determining, as K, a maximum value most approaching the value T among the values based on which a size of the code block can be set in units of eight bits; and generating a code block by inserting filler bits into a specific code block when a value obtained by multiplying K by C is greater than X.

The invention provides a light engine system for reflective liquid crystal projection display. The light engine is composed of a light source module, a light management module, an image signal module and a projection lens. Two polarization states of three primary colors can be effectively utilized to substantially improve the optical efficiency and output brightness of the entire machine without increasing the system complexity and the costs. The light source module is composed of a three-primary-color solid light source and a light homogenizing device and provides color-saturated three-primary-color lighting for the projection. The light management module comprises a dichroic color splitting prism which is used for integrating two primary lights from different directions; the image signal module is a monolithic reflective liquid crystal optical modulation device and is used for modulating the polarized light with three primary colors into a light beam carrying signals in a time sequence mode according to image signals corresponding to each primary color; and the projection lens projects the light carrying the image signals onto a screen through a second PBS (polarizing beam splitter).

An alerting system for alerting a user having a transmitter monitoring a predetermined condition (i.e. sound, telephone, door / window access, fire, carbon monoxide, emergency weather alerts, etc.) and outputting an alarm signal in response to detection of the predetermined condition. The transmitter further outputs a supervisory signal indicative of operation of the transmitter (i.e. low battery condition, out of range, etc.). The alerting system further includes an alerting device receiving the alarm signal and the supervisory signal from the transmitter and detecting cessation of the supervisory signal device and outputting a first alert signal to the user indicative of the cessation of the supervisory signal. The alerting device further detecting presence of the alarm signal and outputting a second alert signal to the user indicative of presence of the predetermined condition.

The invention relates to a method of managing an embedded system comprising at least one original code which is associated with a computer device, at least one embedded code which is associated with the embedded system, and at least one processor which is associated with said embedded system. The invention is characterized in that it comprises a first step involving the creation of at least one autonomous software component, consisting in: analyzing the original code in order to identify the target functions that are called by the original code but not implemented in said code; determining a corresponding function identifier for each of said non-implemented functions; and replacing said non-implemented function calls with at least one switching function PLUG call which is implemented by the embedded code. The invention is further characterized in that it comprises a second step involving the execution of the component on the embedded system, the aforementioned switching function PLUG controlling the rerouting of the processor towards the address of the non-implemented target function corresponding to the function identifier.

The invention provides an identification method of a woven fabric tissue chart, wherein the identification method relates to image analysis. The identification method comprises the steps of a first step, identifying the type of the woven fabric tissue structure based on a yarn boundary characteristic, namely performing woven fabric image pre-treatment, performing inclination correction and dividing for obtaining each tissue point image, determining the latitude and longitude attributes of the tissue point image by means of the yarn boundary characteristic of the tissue point image, obtaining the number of circulating yarns of the woven fabric and classifying the tissue structure; and a second step, performing woven fabric tissue chart identification based on an improved Gabor characteristic and the tissue structure type, namely extracting the characteristic of a non-twill tissue point image based on the improved Gabor kernel transformation, performing PCA dimension reduction, classifying the non-twill tissue point image by means of a support vector machine, performing classified correction on a woven fabric tissue chart matrix, and outputting a correct woven fabric tissue chart. The identification method of the woven fabric tissue chart can realize a high-robustness identification effect on woven fabric three-elementary tissues which are obtained through weaving yarns with different dimensions and colors and the woven fabric tissue chart with a simple changed tissue structure.