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A gaming system including a central server linked to a plurality of gaming machines. The central server includes a plurality of progressive modules. Each progressive module maintains one or more progressive awards and is associated with zero, one or more of the gaming machines in the gaming system. Upon a determination that a designated one of the progressive awards will be provided, one of the gaming machines associated with the progressive module which maintains the designated progressive award provides the designated progressive award to the player of such gaming machine.

File operations on files in a peripheral system are controlled by an intelligent controller with a file processor. The files are accessed as if the intelligent controller were an addressable virtual storage space. This is accomplished first by communicating controller commands for the intelligent controller through read/write commands addressed to a Command Region of a virtual storage device. The controller commands set up a Mapped Data Region in the virtual storage device for use in controlling data transfer operations to and from the peripheral system. With the Mapped Data Regions set up, blocks of data are transferred between the host and the intelligent controller in response to read/write commands addressed to the Mapped Data Region of the virtual storage device.In an additional feature of the invention file operations are communicated between host and controller through a device driver at the host and a device emulator at the intelligent controller. If the address in the device write/read command is pointing to the Command Region of the virtual storage device, a Command Region process interprets and implements the controller operation required by the controller command embedded in the device write/read command. One of these controller commands causes the Command Region processor to map a requested file to a Mapped Data Region in the virtual storage device. If the address detected by the detecting operation is in a Mapped Data Region, a Mapped Data Region process is called. The Mapped Data Region process reads or writes requested data of a file mapped to the Mapped Data Region addressed by the read/write command. This mapped file read or write is accomplished as a transfer of data over a data path separate from a control path. In an additional feature of the invention, the data transfer between host system and intelligent controller is accomplished by performing a direct memory access transfer of data.

The invention relates to a dynamic visual attention area extraction method based on features in the technical field of machine vision. The method comprises the following steps: first, an independent component analysis method is adopted for carrying out sparse decomposition to mass natural images so as to obtain a group of filtering base functions and a group of corresponding reconfigurable base functions and the input images are divided into small RGB blocks of m multiplied by m and projected on a group of the base to obtain the features of the images; second, effective encoding principle is utilized to measure an incremental encoding length index for each feature; third, according to the incremental encoding length index, the remarkable degree of each small block is processed through the energy reallocation of each feature and finally a remarkable map is obtained. The method can reduce a 'time slice', realize continuous sampling, therefore, data of different frames can direct the processing of remarkable degrees together, and the problem that the remarkable degrees of different frames require independent process is solved so as to realize the dynamic performance.

The present invention discloses structures to increase carrier mobility using engineered substrate technologies for a solid state device. Structures employing rare-earth compounds enable heteroepitaxy of different semiconductor materials of different orientations.

A head-mounted image display device with a good operability and a data processing apparatus including such a display device. A head-mounted image display device wherein a liquid crystal panel and an enlarging optical system are crystal display panel through the enlarging optical system housed in a frame and wherein images generated on the liquid are visible in the field of view in front of the frame comprises a first direction detection means (107) disposed in part of the frame (101) for detecting the direction of the user's head; an observation point detection means (109) disposed in part of the frame for detecting the user's line of sight; a trigger input means (4) for transmitting trigger signals; and an image generation means (3, 105) for controlling images generated on the liquid crystal display panel based on signals from the first direction detection, observation point detection, and trigger input means.

A new method is provided for the creation of interconnect lines. Fine line interconnects are provided in a first layer of dielectric overlying semiconductor circuits that have been created in or on the surface of a substrate. A layer of passivation is deposited over the layer of dielectric, a thick second layer of dielectric is created over the surface of the layer of passivation. Thick and wide interconnect lines are created in the thick second layer of dielectric. The first layer of dielectric may also be eliminated, creating the wide thick interconnect network on the surface of the layer of passivation that has been deposited over the surface of a substrate.

In an adaptive filter for cancelling common-mode noise in digital subscriber loops, a narrowband noise estimator is used to detect one or more noisy frequency bands of the common mode signal and derive therefrom a first noise estimation signal. A wideband noise estimator derives from the remainder of the common mode signal a second noise estimation signal. The first and second noise estimation signals are subtracted from the differential signal, The wideband noise estimator comprises a bandstop filter for removing the frequencies detected by the narrowband noise estimator, an analog-to-digital converter for digitizing the bandstopped signal, and an adaptive filter for deriving the second noise estimation signal from the digitized bandstopped signal and, in the process, compensating for phase and gain differences, especially attributable to the interference being injected at different points along the length of the channel.

A peer-to-peer approach is used for the transfer of electrical power between devices (10,30). A communications link (24) is used for negotiation of the details of a desired power-supply transaction between a power-supplying device and a power-receiving device, including the electrical specification of the power to be transferred. When the transaction details are settled, a power supply link (23) is used for implementing the agreed transfer of power. The negotiated electrical specification can include one or more of: the voltage, the waveform (ac or dc), the ac frequency, the power factor, the maximum current, and the total power for the proposed transfer.

The invention discloses a shunting-type isothermal sulfur-tolerant conversion process. The process comprises the following steps: shunting raw coal gas from exterior into at least two parts; leading overheat stream in the first part of the raw coal gas to increase the temperature to 200-300 DEG C; and then entering a first-stage conversion reaction step to carry out a conversion reaction and generate first conversion gas; and conveying the other part of the raw coal gas to next-stage conversion reaction step to carry out a conversion reaction. The catalyst bed of a shift converter has the advantages of stable temperature, simple control, convenient operation and low output CO content. The invention has the advantages of short conversion flows, few equipment, reduced resistance, great byproduct stream amount, high overheat temperature, stream pressure and heat recovery rate, and the like, thereby achieving the aims of reducing conversion stages, equipment number and resistance fall, decreasing investment, having great byproduct stream amount and high overheat temperature, stream pressure and heat recovery rate, reducing conversion stream consumption and outward wastewater discharge, protecting the environment and easily maximizing the device equipment. The invention also discloses shunting-type isothermal sulfur-tolerant conversion equipment used by the process.

An adapter capable of wireless charging has a main body including transmitter circuit. An electronic device with a receiver circuit to be charged is positioned on the main body. The transmitter circuit is configured to send an AC signal in a wireless way to the receiver circuit for charging the receiver circuit. Thereby, at least one electronic product can be charged without using its dedicated charger. Also the limitation caused to the practical use of the notebook by wired charging through a charger can be eliminated.

The invention relates to a method for processing and transmitting digital data in a mobile telephone network, particularly using the GSM standard, and more particularly for applications using the so-called SIM Toolkit standard stores in a smart card of the so-called SIM Type of a unit of mobile equipment (1). According to the method, so-called master applications (30M) are remoted to a remote server (3) with which the mobile equipment (1) communicates. These applications (30M) communicate with the SIM smart card (2) via the circuits of the mobile equipment (10) and first and second types of so-called “reporter” SIM Toolkit applications, respectively called “reporter” (21) and “slave” (22). The invention also concerns an embedded microchip system, particularly a smart card of the so-called SIM type.

The invention discloses communication method and system based on PCIe (peripheral component interconnect express) data exchange. The method includes the steps of firstly, starting a PCIe switch and subjecting a processor and a PCIe terminal communicated with the PCI3 switch to PCIe equipment search and configuration; secondly, allowing the processor or PCIe terminal to transmit a PCIe read-write request to a port of the PCIe switch according to routing information, allowing the port to structure the PCIe read-write request into a data packet by means of packet format compatible with standard PCIe link layer protocol and extensible routing compatible with standard PCIe routing, and transmitting the data packet to a corresponding port; and thirdly, allowing the corresponding port to restore the data packet into the PCIe read-write request and transmit the request to the processor or PCIe terminal. Multi-processor communication based on PCIe link is achieved by the extended PCIe protocol, and any topological extensible interconnection networks are established.

An antenna device includes a first conductor plane and a second conductor plane that face each other. The first conductor plane and the second conductor plane are electrically continuous through a first connection conductor, a second connection conductor, and a chip capacitor. A power feed coil is disposed between the first conductor plane and the second conductor plane. The power feed coil includes a magnetic core and a coil conductor. The coil conductor defines a pattern such that the coil conductor winds around the magnetic core. The power feed coil is disposed at a position closer to the first connection conductor and magnetically couples with the first connection conductor.

A vehicle component tamper detection system is provided capable of appropriately preventing tampering from occurring, and of facilitating and ensuring detection of such tampering when it occurs, while maintaining flexibility in layout and in manufacturing processes. The present invention omits wiring between an RFID 12 and an ECU 14 by employing a small radio frequency identification integrated circuit (RFID) to wirelessly transmit signals to a receiver 13. With this configuration, the present invention contributes to increased layout flexibility as well as a reduction in assembly steps and manufacturing costs. Furthermore, because the RFID 12 is small, the RFID 12 may be mixed in slurry and disposed at an inconspicuous portion of a detection target component 11. Subsequently, it is possible to hinder visual confirmation of the RFID 12, thereby making the tampering itself difficult.

An implantable, adjustable male incontinence device. The device has an inflatable balloon affixed to a central portion of a reinforced nonextensible elastomeric strip. The balloon includes a first length of elastomeric tubing extending therefrom that provides fluid communication with the interior chamber of the balloon. The uninflated balloon is implanted to overlie the male urethra with the nonextensible strip oriented horizontally and facing away from the urethra. The lateral opposing ends of the nonextensible strip are sutured to the periosteum of respective left and right iliac bones and the inflation port is implanted beneath the skin in an accessible portion of the body, preferably in the scrotum or, less preferably, in the perineum. The inflation port, which also includes a second length of tubing in fluid communication therewith, is implanted beneath the skin and the first and second lengths of tubing are connected to one another. A fluid is injected into the inflation port and conducted to the interior chamber of the balloon causing it to inflate and force periurethral tissue against the urethra to partially constrict the urethra and reduce the pressure of urine on the external meatus. The urethral constriction can be adjusted by increasing or decreasing the amount of fluid in the balloon via the inflation port.