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An underwater cable arrangement includes systems and method for distributing and / or transferring power and / or data to internal devices and external devices disposed along an underwater cable. Under water coupling systems and underwater electrical devices may be used in the distribution and / or transfer of the power and / or data.

The invention relates to a full-automatic poker machine, which comprises a mounting bottom plate and a plurality of support legs. A card inlet is disposed on the mounting bottom plate, card cutting and primary card distributing equipment is arranged at one end of the card inlet, card sorting and secondary card distributing equipment is arranged at the other end of the card cutting and primary card distributing equipment, card flopping and dealing equipment is disposed at the other end of the card sorting and secondary card distributing equipment, card pushing equipment is arranged at the other end of the card flopping and dealing equipment, and card lifting equipment is disposed on one side of the card pushing equipment. When the full-automatic poker machine works, disorder poker cards are primarily separated by the aid of the card cutting and primary card distributing equipment, then are adjusted to face the same direction and separated from each other by the card sorting and secondary card distributing equipment, then by the aid of the card flopping and dealing equipment, the single poker cards with front surfaces facing upwards and downwards are adjusted so that the front surfaces of the single poker cards face upwards or downwards in a unified manner and the single poker cards are dealt, the poker cards are pushed to specified positions by the card pushing equipment, and finally are lifted to a tabletop by the card lifting equipment, and card cutting and dealing actions are completed. The full-automatic poker machine brings convenience for reducing labor intensity of game, waiting time is shortened, and simultaneously, automation degree of the machine is improved.

A method, apparatus, system and computer program product are provided for determining one or more current or future conditions regarding capacity and allocation of resources in an institution. The apparatus enables personnel to utilize predictive tools to identify in real-time or in the near future areas of capacity constraints within the institution. The apparatus includes a processor configured to analyze data which includes information associated with the institution. A portion of the data is generated in real-time during an actual time in which events occur. The processor is capable of using at least a portion of the data to identify current conditions or generate one or more predictions regarding conditions to occur in the future that are associated with resources and capacity of the institution. Also, the processor is capable of analyzing results of the predictions and allocating resources of the institution on the basis of the predicted results.

A disposable electrode strip for testing a fluid sample including a laminated strip with a first and second end, a vent, an open path for receiving a fluid sample of less than one microliter beginning from the first end and connecting to the vent, a working electrode, a reference electrode and a pseudo-working electrode embedded in the laminated strip within the open path and proximate to the first end, a reagent matrix coextensive within the open path and covering the three electrodes, and conductive contacts located at the second end of the laminated strip.

Provided are an optimized tool apparatus and methods for dry transfer printing of semiconductor elements with high yield and good placement accuracy. The tool apparatus comprises a vacuum coupled fast peel apparatus that provides high pickup yield of the semiconductor elements. In an aspect, this vacuum coupled apparatus provides high pickup rates during pickup of the semiconductor elements from a donor / source wafer. Provided is a tool apparatus for dry transfer printing with a reinforced composite stamp having a thin glass-backing. The tool apparatus also comprises a pressure regulated micro-chamber which provides precise control of a composite stamp lamination and de-lamination. In an aspect, the micro-chamber has an internal cavity volume that is variably controlled, thereby providing precise control of the force on the stamp, and corresponding separation velocity, and improved semiconductor element pick-up and / or placement.

An imaging apparatus, comprising: a first recording module, which has a first initialization time from initialization to coming into a recordable condition; a second recording module which has a second initialization time from initialization to coming into a recordable condition, being longer than the first initialization time; a mode switching module, which is configure to switch over a power OFF mode, a mode for recording into the first recording module, and a mode for recording into the second recording module, wherein the mode exchange switch, which is configured to exchange the mode in an order from the power OFF mode to the mode for recording into the first recording module, and to the mode for recording into the second recording module, whereby shortening an apparent initializations time of the recording module having a long initialization time, while using a high-speed initialization characteristic of the recording module having a short initialization time effectively, thereby obtaining an improvement on the operability for a user.

Traffic signal control systems and methods in accordance with various embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes: at least one image sensor mounted with a bird's eye view of an intersection; memory containing a traffic optimization application and classifier parameters for a plurality of classifiers, where each classifier is configured to detect a different class of object; a processing system. In addition, the traffic optimization application directs the processing system to: capture image data using the at least one image sensor; search for pedestrians and vehicles visible within the captured image data by performing a plurality of classification processes based upon the classifier parameters for each of the plurality of classifiers; determine modifications to the traffic signal phasing based upon detection of at least one of a pedestrian or a vehicle; and send traffic signal phasing instructions to a traffic controller directing modification to the traffic signal phasing.

An integrated circuit has a current sense amplifier that includes a voltage comparator having a first input, a second input and an output; a first clamping device coupled between the first input of the voltage comparator and a first input signal node, a second clamping device coupled between the second input of the voltage comparator and a second input signal node, a current mirror having a first side and a second side, the current mirror first side including a first transistor coupled between a voltage source and the first clamping device and the current mirror second side including a second transistor coupled between the voltage source and the second clamping device, and a sensing scheme including an actively balanced capacitance coupled to the source and drain of the second transistor.

An information display apparatus performs a visual light communication and superimposes light source information transmitted from a light source onto images captured in time sequence for display on a screen. The information display apparatus includes an imaging section for capturing an image in an imaging range, a cache memory sequentially caching the light source information transmitted from the light source in the image, a priority level setting section for setting a higher priority to the light source information, cached in the cache memory, in order starting from a light source closest to a current imaging range, and a communications information processing section for deleting the light source information cached in the cache memory in order starting from light source information having the lowest priority level.

The invention provides a method realizing automatic client service using human-computer interaction technique, and an equipment realizing the method. The method includes: receiving problem imported with nature language from the user, converting the nature language into information identified by the computer using human-computer interaction technique; outputting feedback information according withthe information identified for the computer. In addition, the invention also provides the equipment realizing the method.

Adaptive cooperative web caches construct and maintain routing and forwarding tables for efficient location of replicated web content data, thus reducing the time taken to fetch the requested web content data. The routing and forwarding tables in particular store decomposed web content identifiers and use compression techniques for efficient translation from a user request to the internet protocol address of the cache server where the replicated web content data can be retrieved.

One or more embodiments of the invention is a computer-implemented method for speculatively executing application event responses. The method includes the steps of identifying one or more event responses that could be issued for execution by an application being executed by a master process, for each event response, generating a child process to execute the event response, determining that a first event response included in the one or more event responses has been issued for execution by the application, committing the child process associated with the first event response as a new master process, and aborting the master process and all child processes other than the child process associated with the first event response.

An image of a workpiece (10) conveyed by a feeding conveyor (3) is taken by a camera (7) of a visual sensor to detect a position of the workpiece. The moving amount of the feeding conveyor (3) is detected by a pulse coder (8). When a request for picking up a workpiece is issued to a plurality of robots (RB1, RB2), it is judged whether or not the robots can grip the workpiece positioned most downstream, based on current positions of the robots and a current position of the workpiece. The workpiece should be gripped before it reaches the downstream boundary line (TR1e, TR2e) in the tracking range of the robot. If the workpiece can be gripped, the robot picks up the workpiece. Based on the robot operating speed, the feeding speed of the feeding conveyor (3) is adjusted to reduce the waiting time of the plurality of robots (RB1, RB2) and to reduce the number of failures to hold the workpiece as far as possible.