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Methods and devices for processing packets are provided. The processing device may include an input interface for receiving data units containing header information of respective packets; a first module configurable to perform packet filtering based on the received data units; a second module configurable to perform traffic analysis based on the received data units; a third module configurable to perform load balancing based on the received data units; and a fourth module configurable to perform route lookups based on the received data units.

An adaptive switch mode LED driver provides an intelligent approach to driving multiple strings of LEDs. The LED driver determines an optimal current level for each LED channel from a limited set of allowed currents. The LDO driver then determines a PWM duty cycle for driving the LEDs in each LED channel to provide precise brightness control over the LED channels. Beneficially, the LED driver minimizes the power dissipation in the LDO circuits driving each LED string, while also ensuring that the currents in each LED string are maintained within a limited range. A sample and hold LDO allows PWM control over extreme duty cycles with very fast dynamic response. Furthermore, fault protection circuitry ensures fault-free startup and operation of the LED driver.

A computer based system automatically gathers, analyzes, and delivers information relating to the procurement and utilization of a plurality of such assets, such as a fleet of industrial equipment, so as to maximize productivity and to reduce operating costs and administrative burdens. Each of the assets is preferably provided with a data acquisition device for sensing and storing one or more operating characteristics associated therewith. That information can be transmitted through space to a receiver connected to a local controller for storing such information and for transmitting such information to a remote analysis system. The remote analysis system automatically updates individual records associated with each of the assets with the information received. In response to such information, the remote analysis system automatically analyzes the newly provided information and schedules maintenance as required. Information associated with the maintenance is also recorded electronically to maximize efficiency, provide historical trends, automate billing, and control inventory levels.

Fuel management system for efficient operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder of the engine. A fuel management microprocessor system controls injection of the anti-knock agent so as to control knock and minimize that amount of the anti-knock agent that is used in a drive cycle. It is preferred that the anti-knock agent is ethanol. The use of ethanol can be further minimized by injection in a non-uniform manner within a cylinder. The ethanol injection suppresses knock so that higher compression ratio and / or engine downsizing from increased turbocharging or supercharging can be used to increase the efficiency of the engine.

The present invention provides a solution to the needs described above through a system and method for a business applications server. The automated system of the present invention uses a persistence framework to provide a process for saving and restoring state of business objects and for performing operations thereon, and metadata driven processes to dynamically define class properties and behavior for each class of business object, in order to control the execution of the required tasks with minimum use of redundant data input to the several applications, thereby minimizing the use of hardware resources and user input and programming effort.

An interior cabin configuration determination system (10) includes multiple objects (16), including two or more monuments or passenger service units, that are within an interior cabin (13). The objects (16) include card readers (12). Object controllers (18) are coupled to the card readers (12) and determine the position of the objects (18) in response to the position information on the cards (12). A remotely located controller (20) determines the configuration of the objects (18) in response to the position information.

Fuel management system for efficient operation of a spark ignition gasoline engine. Injectors inject an anti-knock agent such as ethanol directly into a cylinder of the engine. A fuel management microprocessor system controls injection of the anti-knock agent so as to control knock and minimize that amount of the anti-knock agent that is used in a drive cycle. It is preferred that the anti-knock agent is ethanol. The use of ethanol can be further minimized by injection in a non-uniform manner within a cylinder. The ethanol injection suppresses knock so that higher compression ratio and / or engine downsizing from increased turbocharging or supercharging can be used to increase the efficiency of the engine.

This is a computer-implemented method for managing and enhancing data independence among multiple logical representations and storage structures of data by accessing and updating physical storage through a relational representation. The present invention supports both data independence and storage flexibility by using membership abstraction as the equalizing access for any logical representation and actual storage, while the prior art is restricted to user-supplied denotations and catalog entries.

Methods and devices for processing packets are provided. The processing device may Include an input interface for receiving data units containing header information of respective packets; a first module configurable to perform packet filtering based on the received data units; a second module configurable to perform traffic analysis based on the received data units; a third module configurable to perform load balancing based on the received data units; and a fourth module configurable to perform route lookups based on the received data units.

A system includes an input device configured to receive a packet having a header and a packet processing device. The packet processing device is configured to examine the header, identify at least one function from a group of functions based on at least a portion of the header, where the group of functions includes an index table lookup function, a filtering function, and a longest best match lookup function, perform the identified at least one function for the packet to obtain a result, and forward the packet using the result.

A valve stent includes a plurality of crown elements arranged coaxially one behind the other, each formed by several u-shaped bends with at least one base and two ends. The bases of one crown element are connected to the ends of another crown element via connection bars. To produce this valve stent, 3D droplet dosing technology is used to form a thin-walled sandwich structure. A device, suitable for application of a stent is provided with positioning wires having clamps at their ends which can be connected to the fixing hooks at the ends of the crown elements in force-locking manner.

A WCDMA mobile communication system that makes it possible for a mobile device to use the minimum radio resources more directly (that is, at the level of an earlier stage) by controlling the states of the uplink and downlink separately, wherein the mobile station includes monitoring unit for monitoring the uplink data flow amount; state determination unit for determining a desired uplink state from the monitoring result of the data flow amount of the monitoring unit; and transmission unit for transmitting a request to establish the uplink state determined by the state determination unit to the base transceiver station apparatus; and the base transceiver station apparatus comprises determination unit for determining an uplink state in response to the uplink state change request; and unit for communicating a change in the determined uplink state by way of response to the mobile station.

An adaptive switch mode LED driver provides an intelligent approach to driving multiple strings of LEDs. The LED driver determines an optimal current level for each LED channel from a limited set of allowed currents. The LDO driver then determines a PWM duty cycle for driving the LEDs in each LED channel to provide precise brightness control over the LED channels. Beneficially, the LED driver minimizes the power dissipation in the LDO circuits driving each LED string, while also ensuring that the currents in each LED string are maintained within a limited range. A sample and hold LDO allows PWM control over extreme duty cycles with very fast dynamic response. Furthermore, fault protection circuitry ensures fault-free startup and operation of the LED driver.

A combination CD-ROM and MP3 recorder / player playing a CD-ROM decodes 16-bit ISO standard code words into an audio wave form converts this wave form to sound while encoding and digitizing the wave form into 24-bit MP3 format digital data. To conserve power the MP3 data is buffered in a solid state memory, preferably of the FLASH or DRAM type, before being written to a hard disk. Both reading of the CD / ROM and encoding the read contents as MP3 data, and interchange of MP3 data with other recorder / players, can be accomplished at greater than real-time play rates, permitting that, most typically, some 1200+ musical works can transferred expediently.

The invention relates to a finder pattern for detection and location of at least one target feature in a target object. The finder pattern includes at least two triads arranged in predetermined locations in the target object, wherein each triad includes a first blob, a second blob, and a third blob, wherein each blob has substantially the same area and is positioned in a predetermined location in the target object. The locations of the first and second blobs are substantially equidistant from the third blob, and the locations of the first, second, and third blobs are not collinear. The invention further relates to a method for detecting a finder pattern in a target object, and a computer readable medium having instructions stored therein for detecting a finder pattern in a target object, which, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to carry out the steps of the method.

The invention relates to a finder pattern for detection and location of at least one target feature in a target object. The finder pattern includes at least two triads arranged in predetermined locations in the target object, wherein each triad includes a first blob, a second blob, and a third blob, wherein each blob has substantially the same area and is positioned in a predetermined location in the target object. The locations of the first and second blobs are substantially equidistant from the third blob, and the locations of the first, second, and third blobs are not collinear. The invention further relates to a method for detecting a finder pattern in a target object, and a computer readable medium having instructions stored therein for detecting a finder pattern in a target object, which, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to carry out the steps of the method.

Broadly, the invention provides for newly available bio-derived formaldehyde free furanic materials for aggregate binding. The specific example case is aggregate binding for forms used in the metal casting process. The new materials make possible higher productivity and lower phenol, formaldehyde, urea, and / or furfuryl alcohol content in the metal casting form-making process. It is expected that the formulations will work well in other aggregate binding situations as well.

The inventive device and methods described herein address the introduction of a safe and effective freeze-dried biological product, and particularly a plasma product, to a subject in need thereof. The present invention relates to a multifunctional, staged closure device, which also is described as a lyophilization container for plasma (LCP). The device and methods described herein address how to reproducibly achieve a low moisture and substantially oxygen-free atmosphere within a finally hermetically sealed biocompatible low aspect plastic vessel within a standard shelf-stoppering freeze dryer. The present inventive device and methods provide a freeze-dried plasma product that is fully traceable, preserves the constituent plasma activity, is readily prepared in a sterile fashion, is stable, ensures ease of storage and permits rapid reconstitution and delivery to a patient.

The present invention relates to the field of catalysts, and more specifically to nanoparticle catalysts. Materials with high porosity which contain nanoparticles can be created by various methods, such as sol-gel synthesis. The invention provides catalytic materials with very high catalytically active surface area, and methods of making and using the same. Applications include, but are not limited to, catalytic converters for treatment of automotive engine exhaust.

Methods and devices for processing packets are provided. The processing device may Include an input interface for receiving data units containing header information of respective packets; a first module configurable to perform packet filtering based on the received data units; a second module configurable to perform traffic analysis based on the received data units; a third module configurable to perform load balancing based on the received data units; and a fourth module configurable to perform route lookups based on the received data units.

A combination CD-ROM and MP3 recorder / player playing a CD-ROM decodes 16-bit ISO standard code words into an audio wave form converts this wave form to sound while encoding and digitizing the wave form into 24-bit MP3 format digital data. To conserve power the MP3 data is buffered in a solid state memory, preferably of the FLASH or DRAM type, before being written to a hard disk. Both reading of the CD / ROM and encoding the read contents as MP3 data, and interchange of MP3 data with other recorder / players, can be accomplished at greater than real-time play rates, permitting that, most typically, some 1200+ musical works can transferred expediently.

An interior cabin configuration determination system (10) includes multiple objects (16), including two or more monuments or passenger service units, that are within an interior cabin (13). The objects (16) include card readers (12). Object controllers (18) are coupled to the card readers (12) and determine the position of the objects (18) in response to the position information on the cards (12). A remotely located controller (20) determines the configuration of the objects (18) in response to the position information.

The presented valve (1) is based on two axially adjustable sleeve-shaped valve seat rings (14, 36) that are associated with locking arrangements in the form of annular armature plates (22, 35) and associate holding coils (24, 36). The valve closure member (39) can be variably adjusted via a position adjustment drive. Said valve closure member has a double function. On the one hand, it acts to move the valve seat rings (14, 26) into locking position and, on the other hand, it acts to control the gas flow.

A system to monitor, control and management of a plant where hydrometallurgical processes of electrowinning or electrorefining of non ferrous metals which enables measuring the process variables which comprises: at least one group of electrolytic cells, said cells having means for the collection and transmission of the variables of the process; a plurality of electrodes (5) installed in the interior of each electrolytic cell, making up, alternately, anodes and cathodes of basic cells; a plurality of electrode (5) hanger bars forming, alternately, hanger bars for electrical contact of anodes (20) and hanger bar for electrical contact of cathodes (18); a plurality of support electrical insulators (15) which are positioned in the upper portion of the lateral walls between two adjacent cells; a plurality of electrical bus bars (6) which are fitted on top of each support electrical insulator (15) and underneath the plurality of electrodes (5); a plurality of electrical spacer insulators (16) each spacer insulator (16) having monolithic non contact chairs (17) allowing installation, alternately, of hanger bar of anodes (20) and hanger bar of cathodes (18); a plurality of acid mist collection hoods (7); in which the constituting elements have at least one multifunctional chamber (12) which lodges circuits and / or electronic sensors (11) for measuring process variables which enable to monitor, control and manage the productive process.

A system includes an input device configured to receive a packet having a header and a packet processing device. The packet processing device is configured to examine the header, identify at least one function from a group of functions based on at least a portion of the header, where the group of functions includes an index table lookup function, a filtering function, and a longest best match lookup function, perform the identified at least one function for the packet to obtain a result, and forward the packet using the result.