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A method and system are provided for downloading software components from a remote source to a software application for providing updates or additions to the application's functionality. All components and files that may be utilized to update or add to functionality available to the application are identified and are assembled on a manifest that may be located on a remote web server accessible by the application. If components of the application should be updated, or corrections or improvements to existing components are available, or new functionality is available that will transform the user's existing application and document into a “smart” application and “smart” document, the application may connect to the web server to download the required components.

A method of processing write-data in a storage system includes an operation of storing write-data related to a write-request in a data I / O queue when the write-request is generated by a file system, an operation of classifying data stored in the data I / O queue into a full storage logical page and a partial storage logical page, an operation of transmitting data related to the full storage logical page to a storage device in response to the write-request, and An operation of leaving data related to the partial storage logical page in the data I / O queue in response to the write-request.

A method in a data processing system for avoiding a microprocessor's design defects and recovering a microprocessor from failing due to design defects, the method comprised of the following steps: The method detects and reports of events which warn of an error. Then the method locks a current checkpointed state and prevents instructions not checkpointed from checkpointing. After that, the method releases checkpointed state stores to a L2 cache, and drops stores not checkpointed. Next, the method blocks interrupts until recovery is completed. Then the method disables the power savings states throughout the processor. After that, the method disables an instruction fetch and an instruction dispatch. Next, the method sends a hardware reset signal. Then the method restores selected registers from the current checkpointed state. Next, the method fetches instructions from restored instruction addresses. Then the method resumes a normal execution after a programmable number of instructions.

A two-part bioactive agent delivery system, the system including a disposable part comprising an agent reservoir, a bolus chamber, the volume of the bolus chamber being less than the volume of the agent reservoir, an agent outlet, and a valve having a first position communicating the agent reservoir with the bolus chamber and a second position communicating the bolus chamber with the outlet; and a reusable part including a valve driver, a power source and control electronics, the control electronics being adapted to control the valve driver to actuate the valve to deliver bioactive agent from the agent reservoir to the agent outlet; the system further having a spring extending between the agent reservoir piston and a surface of the reusable part or of the disposable part to pressurize the agent reservoir when the spring is compressed and the agent reservoir contains a quantity of bioactive agent.

A method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for facilitating application sharing. In operation, a user selects at least one of a plurality of applications operating on a first computer to share with at least a second computer. The user then selects at least one of a plurality of security measures for preventing a user operating the second computer from performing at least one of a plurality of unauthorized operations. Next, the user initiates applications sharing on the first computer, wherein the user operating the second computer may access or observe an application running on the first computer, but may not perform any unauthorized operations on the first computer.

A fisheye camera having infrared lamps comprises a camera body, a fisheye lens and a plurality of infrared lamps. The fisheye lens is disposed at a front end of the camera body. The plurality of infrared lamps are spaced from each other at equal angle and are disposed at outside of the fisheye lens. Each of the plurality of infrared lamps comprises an infrared light emitting diode and a transparent housing for enclosing the infrared light emitting diode. The transparent housing is a condensing lens. The fisheye camera having infrared lamps can simplify the structure of fisheye camera and can improve the appearance of the fisheye camera by using the infrared lamp having lens.

A continuous forming apparatus for molding foam material into foam products that includes a first endless belt and a second endless belt that cooperates with the first endless belt to mold the foam material. The continuous forming apparatus may also include a first plurality of cleats and a second plurality of cleats opposed to the first plurality of cleats that support the first endless belt and the second endless belt respectively. The first plurality of cleats may include a three-dimensional abutment surface that provides transverse and lateral support to the first endless belt. Additionally, the continuous forming apparatus may include a first frame disposed to support the first plurality of cleats, a second frame disposed to support the second plurality of cleats, and a drive mechanism for imparting motion to the first endless belt, the second endless belt, the first plurality of cleats, and the second plurality of cleats.

A continuous forming apparatus for molding foam material into foam products that includes a first endless belt and a second endless belt that cooperates with the first endless belt to mold the foam material. The continuous forming apparatus may also include a first plurality of cleats and a second plurality of cleats opposed to the first plurality of cleats that support the first endless belt and the second endless belt respectively. The first plurality of cleats may include a three-dimensional abutment surface that provides transverse and lateral support to the first endless belt. Additionally, the continuous forming apparatus may include a first frame disposed to support the first plurality of cleats, a second frame disposed to support the second plurality of cleats, and a drive mechanism for imparting motion to the first endless belt, the second endless belt, the first plurality of cleats, and the second plurality of cleats.

A system comprising a first component and a second component coupled to the first component and having a firewall. The second component comprises a storage partitioned into a plurality of portions. The firewall comprises a data structure which indicates, for at least one of the plurality of portions, attributes the first component must possess to access that portion of the second component

The present invention relates to method(s) of treating a subject afflicted with cancer or a precancerous condition, an inflammatory disease or condition, and / or stroke or other ischemic disease or condition, the method comprising administering to the subject or patient in need a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a substituted cis or trans-stilbene.

A system and method for rivet setting comprising a micro-adjustable bucking bar coupled to a control system that measures the rivet head during the rivet setting process and stops the rivet gun when the rivet head achieves a desired head height above the work surface. In preferred embodiments, the control system also communicates the stage of the rivet driving cycle to the operators to expedite the rivet driving process.

The optical communication system of the present invention is constructed with a data plane and a control plane, and includes a first monitor for monitoring a path alarm on the data plane, a second monitor for monitoring a path alarm on the control plane, and an alarm comparator for comparing alarm statuses of the optical paths that the first monitor and the second monitor preserve, wherein an optical communication apparatus, of which the first monitor and the second monitor both are in a status of having detected the alarm, operate so as to start an operation of avoiding a fault. Such a configuration makes it possible to make a detour only around an appropriate section including a fault location without performing an erroneous operation when a fault has occurred in an optical path, in which a plurality of detour sections, in an all-optical communication system.

A system and method for rivet setting comprising an anvil having an anvil face, a plunger having a sensor coupled to a control system that measures the distance between the anvil face and the work surface during the rivet setting process and stops the rivet driver when the driven rivet head achieves a desired head height above the work surface. In preferred embodiments, the control system also communicates the stage of the rivet driving cycle to the operators to expedite the rivet driving process.

An image display device includes a display panel that periodically displays different images, a shutter control portion that generates timing signals for driving shutters for a right eye and a left eye, in synchronization with the periodical display of the display panel, with respect to glasses for viewing images, the glasses being provided with the shutters for the right and left eye, a backlight that includes a light guide plate of a size corresponding to a display area of the display panel and light sources that are provided on two opposing side faces of the light guide plate and that irradiates the display panel from a rear side of the display panel, and a backlight control portion that causes the respective light sources that are provided on the two opposing side faces to blink at different timings during an opening period of the shutters.

A photoelectric conversion device comprises a semiconductor substrate; a multilayer wiring structure; a first color filter layer including a plurality of first color filters which are arranged above a first photoelectric conversion units to allow light of a first color to enter the first photoelectric conversion units, each first color filter being connected to an adjacent first color filter; and a second color filter layer including a plurality of second color filters which are arranged above a second photoelectric conversion units to allow light of a second color to enter the second photoelectric conversion units, wherein the multilayer wiring structure including an uppermost wiring layer which defines the aperture regions corresponding to the respective photoelectric conversion units, and an insulation film arranged to cover the uppermost wiring layer, and wherein the first color filter layer and the second color filter layer are arranged to cover the insulation film.

A method for filling cooling holes in a component of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The component may include a plurality of first cooling holes penetrating the wall of the component. The method may comprise the steps of exposing the outer surface of the component, filling the plurality of first cooling holes of the component with a filling agent, curing the filling agent to block the passage of air through the cooling holes, and applying a thermal barrier coating over the surface of the component. The method may further include installing a second plurality of cooling holes, the second plurality of cooling holes penetrating the thermal barrier coating and the wall of the component and allow air to pass therethrough.

A plurality of different facial images is used to cause a face classification apparatus to learn a characteristic feature of a face by using a machine-learning method. Each of the facial images includes a face which has the same direction and the same angle of inclination as those of a face included in each of the other facial images and each of the facial images is limited to an image of a specific facial region. For example, the facial region is a predetermined region including only a specific facial part other than a region below an upper lip to avoid an influence of a change in facial expressions. Alternatively, if the apparatus is used to detect a frontal face and to perform refined detection processing on the extracted face candidate, a region including only an eye or eyes, a nose and an upper lip is used as the facial region.

A network game system includes a server apparatus and a plurality of video game apparatuses connected to the server apparatus. A party includes player characters of a plurality of players. When the party battles with an opponent character, the server apparatus simultaneously transmits movie playback information to each video game apparatus for starting playback of a movie. Each of the players can skip the movie at a desired timing. A screen is displayed on each video game apparatus that has skipped the movie until the battle starts. When information is received from each video game apparatus that indicates playback of the movie has ended, the server apparatus simultaneously transmits battle start information to each video game apparatus.

The invention relates to a brassiere travel and storage system and method to facilitate storing a plurality of padded brassieres such that the cups of the brassieres do not degenerate and / or become crushed during storage, such as when a person travels. A container that is capable of situating and positioning the one or a plurality of brassieres in a predetermined position, such as an angled position, so that the brassieres or at least a portion of them can be viewed for identification and selection by a user. The storage system and method is adapted to be received in a suitcase an is capable of protecting the plurality of brassieres stored therein so that they do not become crushed or deformed from storage. The container is also capable of receiving undergarments, bra straps and other items in the storage areas provided in the interior of the container.

The present application discloses a method for implementing macro-diversity management by using intelligent VBS the size of a cell cluster is intelligently adjusted by using a mobile server, and the macro-diversity of the cell cluster is performed by dynamically selecting a parent base station. Specifically, according to load condition of a cell in the cluster, the most effective cell is selected as the parent base station so as to balance inter-cell load balancing. Furthermore, since different VBSs can exchange information through the mobile server, the intelligent VBS hierarchy can perform inter-cell cluster and inter-VBS macro-diversity. Such an intelligent VBS hierarchy can avoid a plurality of Iur interface signalings due to frequent handover between radio network controllers (RNC), and balance load imbalance due to inter-cell soft handover.

An electrical connection device and a terminal are provided. The electrical connection device includes first and second connectors. The first connector includes an insulating body and a plurality of blade-type terminals. The insulating body has a base portion and two ear portions, an inner wall surface of the ear portion has a first guide groove which is perpendicular to the base portion and a second guide groove which is parallel to the base portion. The second connector includes an insulating housing and a plurality of elastic terminals. The insulating housing has a mating portion and a protruding rail, the mating portion has a plurality of terminal grooves respectively provided with the elastic terminals. When the connectors are mated, each contact portion can contact the guide portion of the corresponding elastic terminal and then contact the contact portion of the corresponding elastic terminal to prevent the elastic terminal from being damaged.

A two-part bioactive agent delivery system, the system including a disposable part comprising an agent reservoir, a bolus chamber, the volume of the bolus chamber being less than the volume of the agent reservoir, an agent outlet, and a valve having a first position communicating the agent reservoir with the bolus chamber and a second position communicating the bolus chamber with the outlet; and a reusable part including a valve driver, a power source and control electronics, the control electronics being adapted to control the valve driver to actuate the valve to deliver bioactive agent from the agent reservoir to the agent outlet; the system further having a spring extending between the agent reservoir piston and a surface of the reusable part or of the disposable part to pressurize the agent reservoir when the spring is compressed and the agent reservoir contains a quantity of bioactive agent.

Provided is a battery pack, which can prevent a plurality of battery modules from being abnormally assembled. The battery pack may include n battery modules; n slave battery management systems (BMSs) corresponding to the n battery modules, the n slave BMSs respectively and sequentially coupled to each other; and a master BMS coupled to the n slave BMSs. Here, the master BMS is configured to apply a trigger signal to a first slave BMS, the first to (n−1)th slave BMSs are configured to transmit the trigger signal and first to (n−1)th signals, which are different from each other, to a next slave BMS, an nth slave BMS is configured to transmit an nth signal to the master BMS.

Provided is a battery pack, which can prevent a plurality of battery modules from being abnormally assembled. The battery pack may include n battery modules; n slave battery management systems (BMSs) corresponding to the n battery modules, the n slave BMSs respectively and sequentially coupled to each other; and a master BMS coupled to the n slave BMSs. Here, the master BMS is configured to apply a trigger signal to a first slave BMS, the first to (n−1)th slave BMSs are configured to transmit the trigger signal and first to (n−1)th signals, which are different from each other, to a next slave BMS, an nth slave BMS is configured to transmit an nth signal to the master BMS.

A cell wiring module is configured to include a plurality of connection members connecting adjacent electrode terminals of a plurality of single cells having positive and negative electrode terminals. The cell wiring module includes a first unit housing a housed connection member, and a second unit connected to the first unit by a linking connection member different from the housed connection member. Sliding occurs in the connection direction of the connection members between the linking connection member for connection and at least one of the first unit and the second unit.

The invention relates to a method for detecting the passage by a vehicle of a determined point for monitoring on a road, wherein from a remotely situated location a radar beam is transmitted continuously to the point for monitoring, reflections from the transmitted radar beam are received at the remotely situated location, and it is determined from the received reflections that the vehicle is passing the point for monitoring. The radar beam can herein be transmitted at an acute angle to the travel direction of the passing vehicle. The detection can be used to activate a red-light camera, to measure the speed of the vehicle or measure the traffic intensity, without sensors, for instance induction loops, having to be arranged in the road for this purpose.

A data transmission method with multiple token mechanism in wireless token ring protocol is provided. First, (a) a logical ring with M nodes is provided; (b) a k-th node is selected from the logical ring, and a token in the k-th node is generated; (c) a first message is sent to a (k+1)-th node from the k-th node with the token, and whether the (k+1)-th node responds a second message is judged, if yes, the data to be transmitted is transmitted from the k-th node, otherwise, the token of the k-th node is eliminated; (d) the token is sent to the (k+1)-th node from the k-th node after completing the transmission of the transmitted data of the k-th node, a generation token sequence is generated in a i-th node, and sent to a (i−1)-th node; and (e) the token is generated for the (i−1)-th node with the generation token sequence.

A method for operating an anesthesia / ventilation apparatus (11) avoids cardiogenic triggering of a triggered ventilation stroke. An apparatus (11) for carrying out the method of the invention is also disclosed.

A state control apparatus includes a calculator for calculating adjustment amounts for adjusting a plurality of end effecting devices on the basis of preset values and measured amounts measured by a plurality of meters. The measured amounts indicate respective states of the end effecting devices. The adjustment amounts are required for conforming the measured amounts to the preset values, respectively. The state control apparatus further includes a parameter generator for generating a plurality of parameters on the basis of settings by a user. The state control apparatus further includes a comprehensive controller for outputting activating signals for activating the respective end effecting devices based on the respective adjustment amounts and the plurality of parameters. When the comprehensive controller outputs one of the activating signals for activating one of the end effecting devices, the comprehensive controller does not output the other activating signals for activating the other end effecting devices.