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A new and improved method for supervising and monitoring people from a remote location comprising the use of a communication system that builds upon telecommunications connections, computer interfaces, and information management via the internet. Strategically placed web cams, microphones, speakers, and display monitors are operatively linked to computers and information management means, and are used to permit a person in a remote location to view and listen to people in a plurality of active locations to verbally or visually prompt responses to inquiries or directives. The people in the active locations may also interact via these same interconnections to the person at the remote location. Touch screen technology may be included for purposes of automated supervision of tasks performed to accomplish a particular routine by the people in the active locations. Safety devices, such as smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors and intrusion detectors, may also be installed to warn a remotely located supervisor, the police or fire departments, or emergency medical services.

A first compensation torque T1, a second compensation torque T2 and a third compensation torque T3 are added to a basic assist torque Tas. In this case, the second compensation torque T2 and the third compensation torque T3 are corrected by multiplying them by a common control gain G that is determined by the steering torque Th and the vehicle speed v. Therefore, since the two compensation control amounts are corrected through multiplication by the common control gain G, no interference occurs between the compensation controls. Besides, when the direction in which the total (T2+T3) of the pre-correction second compensation torque T2 and the pre-correction third compensation torque T3 acts is the same direction as the steering torque Th, the multiplication by the control gain G is avoided.

A vehicle comprises a battery, i.e. a power storage unit having a capacity different from a reference capacity, a current sensor for detecting a current inputted to the power storage unit or outputted therefrom and delivering the detection value by converting it depending on the ratio of the capacity of the power storage unit to the reference capacity, and a controller performing current integration by receiving the output from the current detecting section and judging charged state of the power storage unit. The current sensor preferably comprises a sensor for measuring a current flowing through wiring connected with the power storage unit, and a converting section for converting the sensor output depending on the ratio of the capacity of the power storage unit to the reference capacity. When the capacity of the power storage unit is equal to n times of the reference capacity, the converting section delivers the sensor output while multiplying by 1 / n.

An image capturing module according to the present invention includes a holder member, which accommodates therein a focusing lens for forming an image of a subject light on an image capturing chip attached on a substrate and is attached to the substrate to cover the image capturing chip, where the holder member is directly supported on a surface of the image capturing chip.

An exhaust turbocharger with a variable-nozzle mechanism with fail-safe feature included is provided with which, even if wear of the drive ring supporting part where the supporting elements are in reciprocating sliding or rolling contact with each other under high temperature without lubrication increases, the drive ring can be supported on the nozzle mount on the second supporting part, which enables the drive ring to be always supported rightly on the nozzle mount, and to prevent the occurrence of eccentric rotation or dropping out of the drive ring due to excessive wear of the drive ring supporting part or the occurrence of reduction in engine performance due to malfunctions of the variable-nozzle mechanism such as the error in the relation between the output of the actuator and the nozzle vane opening or the occurrence of breakage of the variable-nozzle mechanism as has been experienced in prior arts.

A business process creation method comprising the steps of: receiving the input of the business flow to store the input business flow in the storage unit; extracting a business name of a business corresponding to the input business flow and business information containing business tasks constituting the business from the input business flow; retrieving at least one similar business process from the accumulated business processes based on the extracted business information; extracting a flow shape indicating a shape of the business flow from the input business flow; calculating similarities between the input business flow and the retrieved at least one similar business process; receiving selection of a business process from the retrieved at least one similar business process; and creating a business process corresponding to the input business flow to output the created business process in an executable format based on the selected business process.

A holding structure for a touch panel has a display panel for configuring a display screen and a touch panel for allowing input operation. The structure has an elastic supporting frame for holding the display panel at an entire peripheral edge and supporting the touch panel in parallel with the display panel. The structure has piezoelectric devices for applying vibration to the touch panel in accordance with the operation of the touch panel. The structure has a casing for holding the display panel and the touch panel by way of the elastic supporting frame and the casing has an opening through which the touch panel is exposed. The elastic supporting frame holds the touch panel at an entire peripheral edge of the touch panel and includes a plurality of touch panel supporting portions for supporting the touch panel at a side edge of a rear surface of the touch panel.

An image forming apparatus having a hardware resource used in image forming processing and an application executing the image forming processing, and performing authentication relating to the execution of the image forming processing is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a character string display part and a type character string display part. The character string display part displays a character string that does not include the type of the image forming processing, and prompts the authentication. The type character string display part displays the type of the image forming processing.

A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus is simple to assemble and disassemble which reduces the man-hour in manufacturing and its manufacturing cost. The bearing apparatus has an inner member (1) including a wheel hub (2) integrally formed with a wheel mounting flange (5) at one end. Axially extending cylindrical portions (2a) and (2b) axially extend from the wheel mounting flange (5). Inner rings (3) and (4) are fitted on the axially extending cylindrical portions (2a) and (2b). An outer member (10) is fitted in a knuckle N which forms a part of a suspension apparatus. Double row rolling elements (6) and (6) are arranged between the inner and outer members (1) and (10). The wheel hub wheel, (2) is rotatably supported by the knuckle N. Annular stop ring grooves (11) and (12) are formed, respectively, on the outer circumferential surface of the outer member (10) and the inner circumferential surface of the knuckle N. A stop ring (13), with a predetermined shearing strength of 20˜200 MPa, is fitted in the stop ring grooves (11) and (12).

The invention discloses a donkey-hide gelatin preparation and a preparation method thereof. The components of raw materials comprise donkey hides, rock sugar, bean oil, tea oil, yellow wine and the like; and the preparation method comprises the process steps of hide soaking, hide washing, hide scalding, hide melting, filtration, gelatin juice separation, evaporation, impurity extraction, concentration and gelatin forming, vacuum microwave drying, crushing, preparation, treatment on defective products of the donkey-hide gelatin preparation and the like. The donkey-hide gelatin preparation not only technically improves the prior art naturally, avoids pollutions, improves the product quality and the yield, shortens the production period and reduces the energy consumption and the labor hour, but also is added with the tea oil in the formulation to improve the health care attribute of the donkey-hide gelatin preparation and have a better taste.

A system, method and apparatus for determining a support entitlement level are provided. A product support request is received from a customer. A technical support identification (TSID) is also received from the customer. The TSID is validated and classified. The TSID may be classified into at least one of several classifications. One of the classifications is a contract classification. At least one of several support levels are assigned to the classified TSID. The assigned support level corresponds to the TSID classification. The TSID is received, validated, classified and the support level assigned before a product support agent is notified of the product support request. Then the assigned support level is delivered.

The present invention relates to a management system, and this management system comprises a storage unit for storing information specifying a terminal apparatus and a restoration user information file cipher key related to a security function module in a state associated with each other and a transmission unit for transmitting the restoration user information file cipher key to the terminal apparatus in response to a calling request from the terminal apparatus for the restoration user information file cipher key. This enables the reduction of the man-hour to be taken by a terminal manager and the management of a situation of use of the restoration user information file cipher key.

A processing robot program generating device used in a robot system having a vision sensor, capable of accommodating an error in the shape of a workpiece and reducing man-hours required for a teaching operation. Image detection models are generated in a graphic image of a workpiece viewed from a virtual camera. A processing program including data of teaching points for processing segments of a processing line of the workpiece is generated. A detection program for actually imaging the workpiece is generated, and the position and orientation of each segment corresponding to each detection model generated are detected. A command line, for calculating an amount of change between the detection model and the actually captured image of the workpiece, is added to the processing program. Then, a correction program is inserted into the processing program, the correction program being capable of correcting the teaching point for processing each segment.

In a wire electric discharge machine or an automatic programming device for a wire electric discharge machine, in which a core is held with a workpiece base material by attaching brass contained in a wire electrode to the machining groove during machining, an attachment / deposition region where machining chips containing brass produced during machining are attached and deposited to the workpiece is set based on a machining shape obtained from a machining program and the machining chips containing brass produced during machining are attached and deposited according to the set attachment / deposition region.

A front bumper structure for a vehicle, which protects not only the vehicle and passengers in the vehicle when the vehicle collides with another vehicle or object, but also a pedestrian when the vehicle collides with a pedestrian. Since a lower reinforcing member is protruded directly from a bumper cover and at most two carrier-connected portions are formed on the bumper cover, the front bumper structure reduces its weight due to the omission of any stiffener, reduces the production costs due to the reduction in material costs, decreases the man-hours in the manufacturing of the front bumper structure, and increases the safety of the pedestrian due to the use of a horizontal reinforcing rib rigidly supporting the corner portions of the bumper cover.

A steering device is provided that is capable of facilitating an assembly operation, decreasing the number of parts, and decreasing manufacturing costs. A bottom plate of a stopper is tightened to an outer curved surface of an inner column between a head section and a bulged section of a rivet body. An outside diameter of the rivet body increases to eliminate a gap between a first through-hole and a second through-hole. The stopper remains stationary even when it touches a long hole at a telescopic stroke end and repeatedly receives an impact force. The durability of the stopper improves. There is no need for a nut for fixing the stopper to the inner column. The number of parts decreases to reduce manufacturing costs.

There is provided a temperature detection method of a semiconductor device that is small and low-cost and a power conversion apparatus that is small and low-cost. Temperature detection for thermal protection of a power semiconductor device is performed by a temperature detection device placed in the proximity to a component having the power semiconductor device packaged therein and in the proximity to one of an emitter terminal and a collector terminal of the power semiconductor device. As the temperature detection device can be mounted on a circuit board, it is not necessary to insulate the temperature detection device electrically from a cooling fin on which the power semiconductor device is placed and there is no need for lead wires and man-hours for wiring the lead wires. Therefore, it is possible to inexpensively realize the thermal protection of the power semiconductor device in the power conversion apparatus. It is also possible to realize miniaturization of the power conversion apparatus and reduction in assembly time.

The invention relates to a manufacturing technology for a half-axis sleeve tube, and the manufacturing technology comprises the following steps: blanking; forging; performing normalizing treatment; performing mechanical fine machining; performing quenching and tempering treatment; and performing the mechanical fine machining. In the manufacturing technology, a heating and forging method comprises the following steps: 1) mid-frequency inductively heating a round steel material to be at a preset temperature of 1100 DEG C to 1200 DEG C; 2) using a rolling forging machine to pre-forge and form; and 3) using a special 800-ton frame type hydraulic press to perform once die-forging forming treatment and completely running through an inner hole. According to the manufacturing technology, a processing process and labor hours are reduced, a tool cost is saved, a forged piece is free from any burr, the use ratio of materials can reach 99%, and the production efficiency and product quality of the half-axis sleeve tube are increased.

The invention discloses a lens calibration system of employing an imaging technology and a calibration method thereof. The lens calibration system comprises an image retrieving module, a processing module and a display module; the image retrieving module retrieves a target image through a lens to obtain a real-time image; the processing module analyzes the real-time image to calculate the contrast, the optical axis offset, the offset direction or the offset distance, and the display module displays the real-time image, the contrast, the optical axis offset, the offset direction or the offset distance. According to the lens calibration system of employing the imaging technology and the calibration method thereof, the real-time image can be obtained through the image retrieving module, and the calibration result can be immediately corrected and confirmed without an extra calibrating element. Therefore, the production cost can be reduced. Meanwhile, preferably, the calibration method can be carried out in an automatic mode, therefore, an overlarge error caused by manual calibration or waste of working hours and personnel cost required for reducing calibration can be avoided.

A lamp body 20 includes a lamp unit 60 whose irradiation direction is changed according to a running state of a vehicle, a horizontal driving mechanism 90 for horizontally changing the irradiation direction, and a vertical driving mechanism 100 for vertically changing the irradiation direction. The horizontal driving mechanism and the vertical driving mechanism are integrated with each other, so that a lighting apparatus 10 can be mounted in a vehicle by using only a small mounting space. Moreover, the lighting apparatus 10 needs only small numbers of components and mounting man-hours.

A subsea wellhead assembly positions a flow module between an outboard flowline of a subsea tree and a tubing hanger spool flowline. The subsea production assembly includes a wellhead, a tubing hanger spool disposed on the wellhead, and a subsea tree disposed on the tubing hanger spool. Production fluid may flow from the wellhead through the tubing hanger spool, and then through the tree. A tubing hanger spool frame mounts to and extends laterally from the tubing hanger spool and supports a downstream flowline having an upward facing hub. A tree frame mounts to and extends laterally from the subsea tree and supports an upstream flowline having an upward facing hub. A flow module having downward facing flowlines that couple to the hubs so that the weight of the flow module is distributed between the frames of the tubing hanger spool and the subsea tree.

A method is provided to precisely mount an optical device and an optical fiber without manual alignment. A tapered through-hole is provided in a substrate to house the optical device whose optical transmission point substantially coincides with a geometrical center. The optical transmitter having a larger diameter than a diameter of the optical device is further inserted in the tapered through-hole housing the optical device.

The present invention provides a design method, which makes the product development more efficient. The design is performed with the process including the following steps; a first step to prepare a three-dimensional CAM model S11, a second step to perform a CAE analysis for the three-dimensional CAM model S12, a third step to correct the three-dimensional CAM model on the basis of the CAE analysis if the defects exist S14, a fourth step to manufacture a mold on the basis of the three-dimensional CAM model S17, a fifth step to manufacture a trial product with the mold S18, a sixth step to test the trial product S19, a seventh step to correct the three-dimensional CAM model if the defects exist S21, an eighth step to iterate the fourth through seventh steps until the defects are solved (S21, S16 through S20), a ninth step to prepare the drawings on basis of the three-dimensional CAM model obtained at the eighth step S22.

A ceiling fan includes a motor for rotating multiple blades. This motor includes a hollow shaft that is disposed upright on the center of a disc-like stator, and a rotor around an outer periphery of the stator. The rotor integrally rotates with the blades. This motor further includes a cylindrical bearing housing, and a pair of upper ball bearing and a lower ball bearing housed in this bearing housing. This bearing housing has a base in its center. The upper ball bearing is disposed over the base, and the lower ball bearing is disposed under the base in this bearing housing. Both bearings are fixed onto the hollow shaft.

This invention expands Nelson's Sub-Rigid Fast-Form Barrier System that it was originally a part of. The system disclosed herein is simple to manufacture and simple to use and promises wide commercial application as the labor costs for concrete construction become increasingly prohibitive. The extraordinary absence of nails, screws, bolts, welds or any other fastening device allows these barriers to compete with many conventional barrier systems and any concrete form system on the market today. The invention addresses eccentric beam loading where barriers must be economically fabricated to withstand liquid concrete pressure in a sub-rigid manner. While providing a lightweight beam with heavy weight strength it is also a goal of this invention to provide a form system that is self-contained, meaning that all fasteners to construct the barrier, ties that hold form barriers together, staging needed to erect the barriers, bolts used to plumb the barriers and brackets available to hoist the barriers are all integral parts of this invention. Another goal disclosed herein are barriers for concrete formwork that are made up of ninety percent standard building products found in any locality in the world. This barrier invention offers rapid erection time that can be accomplished by unskilled labor and result in a quality construction.

A built-in self test circuit (BIST circuit) in an LSI includes a verification test pattern generator for generating verification test pattern which is used for verifying the connections in the LSI including the BIST circuit in the design stage thereof, and another test pattern generator which is used to test the function of the LSI.