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Method for utilizing a generic algorithm to provide constraint-based routing of packets in a communication network

ActiveUS6912587B1Consider flexibilitySatisfactory solutionMultiple digital computer combinationsData switching networksTraffic capacityPath generation

A Path Generator connects to a communication network and uses genetic algorithms to assign flows to paths. Genotypes encode flow to path assignments for working and protection paths. Genotype fitness functions are computed as a weighted sum of constraint fitness functions. Each constraint fitness function evaluates the degrees to which the genotype is a satisfactory solution. The system can be used for network modeling. It can also receive requests for on-demand assignment of flows and on-demand rerouting of flows.

Method for utilizing a generic algorithm to provide constraint-based routing of packets in a communication network

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Owner:AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO

Single-material package for containing fruit and vegetable produce with lid

InactiveUS20070075043A1Easy to watchFacilitate perfect vertical stackingBio-packagingClimate change adaptationFiberHigh density

This consists of six pieces: a bottom (1), two side pieces (2), (2′) and two ends (3), (3′), and a lid or top (4), all made of medium or high density wood fiber and that can be assembled by means of a number of tabs (11) and (29) emerging from some of said pieces and which couple by a tongue and groove system to respective slots (19) and (17) made in other pieces. The box has stacking means which are materialized in upward extensions (20), (20′), (24), (24′) of the upper ends of the side pieces and of the ends, determining oblique edges, coinciding with notches of the same shape made in their lower edges, which allow these to be self-centring. The free outwardly-projecting ends of the securing tabs constitute a spacer between boxes, which when these are palletised means that conduits are formed to facilitate air circulation between them.

Single-material package for containing fruit and vegetable produce with lid

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Owner:BOXIDEA

Method for calibrating inertial sensor installed in arbitrary position on board vehicle and sensor system of dynamics of vehicle able to be installed on board in arbitrary position

ActiveUS20120330497A1Easy to installSatisfactory solutionVehicle testingRegistering/indicating working of vehiclesVehicle dynamicsOn board

A method calibrates an inertial-sensor device installed in an arbitrary position on board a vehicle and adapted to detect at least one entity indicative of vehicle dynamics along at least one direction of a local reference-coordinate system. The method includes steps of: acquiring by the inertial-sensor device at predetermined measuring times real-measured data indicative of the vehicle dynamics in the local reference-coordinate system; acquiring by a calibrating detector different from the inertial-sensor device, at sampling times coinciding with the measuring times, reference-measured data indicative of the vehicle dynamics in a vehicle-coordinate system; and generating a coordinate-transformation matrix adapted to correlate the entity measured in the local reference-coordinate system with a corresponding entity in the vehicle-coordinate system. Also, a sensor system of dynamics of the vehicle is able to be installed on board in an arbitrary position.

Method for calibrating inertial sensor installed in arbitrary position on board vehicle and sensor system of dynamics of vehicle able to be installed on board in arbitrary position

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Owner:FAB ITAL MAGNETI MARELLI SPA

Method and system of advertising

InactiveUS20180020247A1Improve user experienceOptimal solutionKernel methodsBiometric pattern recognitionComputer visionConvolution

A method of advertising, the method including: 1) segmenting a source video into individual scenes using a clustering-based approach; 2) obtaining relevant information about objects in the video for each individual scene using region-wise convolutional characteristics based detection; 3) searching, in a database, for advertisement objects matching the objects using garment retrieval and a category-based strategy; 4) performing optimization processing of retrieved advertisement objects matching the objects to obtain a candidate advertisement; and 5) optimizing a distance between an advertisement and a target object and an area of overlapping regions between the advertisement and all objects; and 6) distributing the video that contains the candidate advertisement to a plurality of displays and displaying the video that contains the candidate advertisement on the plurality of displays.

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Owner:HARBIN INST OF TECH SHENZHEN GRADUATE SCHOOL +1

Floating wind turbine installation

ActiveUS7819073B2Satisfactory technical solutionLow costArtificial islandsWind motor supports/mountsTowerTurbine

A method for coordinating a floating wind turbine installation. The wind turbine installation includes a buoyant body (1), a tower (2) arranged over the buoyant body, a generator (3) mounted on the tower which is rotatable in relation to the wind direction and fitted with a wind rotor (4), and an anchor line arrangement (5) connected to anchors or anchor points on the sea bed. Static heeling, φ_s_{<sub2>—</sub2>}_max, at full wind load on the wind turbine is as low as possible, but preferably less than 8 degrees, and all eigenperiods for the installation are outside the waves' period range. The eigenperiod in pitch, T₀₅(roll, T₀₄), is preferably less than 80% of the T₀₃eigenperiod in heave. Moreover, the ratio between T₀₃and T₀₅is not close to 0.5 or 1.

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Owner:HYWIND AS

Physical uplink control signal transmitting method for time division duplex system

ActiveUS20100329159A1Satisfactory solutionFulfil requirementsSignal allocationTime-division multiplexControl signalControl channel

A method for transmitting a physical uplink control signal in a time division duplex system, wherein the uplink control signal is more than 2 bits. The method comprises the following steps of: a base station distributing a plurality of uplink channel code resources of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for a user equipment, and making an agreement with the user equipment to transmit different contents represented by the uplink control signal using different uplink channel code resources; the user equipment selecting one or more uplink channel code resources from the distributed uplink channel code resources according to the content of the uplink control signal to be transmitted, and transmitting the uplink control signal on the physical uplink control channel.

Physical uplink control signal transmitting method for time division duplex system

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Owner:ZTE CORP

Uniform microwave heating of food in a container

InactiveUS20050040162A1The process is simple and convenientSatisfactory solutionContainers for heating foodMicrowave heatingMicrowave ovenEngineering

The invention relates to a device and method for ensuring more uniform heating of food by microwaves. The method includes providing food in a portion having a predetermined size and shape; and providing a container adapted for receiving and reheating the portion of food in a microwave oven. The container forms a supporting cavity having peripheral sides and a bottom side, with the portion of food placed within the supporting cavity. The peripheral sides of the container are circumferentially shielded by a microwave reflective material that forms a circumference having axial and transverse distances that are determined so as to change the wavelength of resonant modes inside the food thereby resulting in a more uniform heating food pattern.

Uniform microwave heating of food in a container

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Owner:NESTEC SA

Method of operating electric arc furnace

ActiveUS20160123664A1Speed up meltingReduce stepsCharge manipulationElectric furnaceElectric arc furnaceSlag

The present invention relates to a method of operating an electric arc furnace containing (a) a furnace shell having a tapping hole and/or a slag door, (b) a furnace roof having a plurality of electrodes provided so as to face downwards, and (c) a rotating apparatus that rotates the furnace shell around a vertical axis relative to the electrodes, the method contains a rotating step of rotating the furnace shell relative to the electrodes during melting of a metal material, and a holding step of stopping the rotation when any one of the plurality of electrodes reaches a holding position that is previously set close to the tapping hole or the slag door, and holding the furnace shell at the holding position.

Method of operating electric arc furnace

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Owner:DAIDO STEEL CO LTD

Uniform microwave heating of food in a container

InactiveUS20090114644A1The process is simple and convenientImproving microwave reheating of foodContainers for heating foodMicrowave heatingMicrowave ovenEngineering

The invention relates to a device and method for ensuring more uniform heating of food by microwaves. The method includes providing food in a portion having a predetermined size and shape; and providing a container adapted for receiving and reheating the portion of food in a microwave oven. The container forms a supporting cavity having peripheral sides and a bottom side, with the portion of food placed within the supporting cavity. The peripheral sides of the container are circumferentially shielded by a microwave reflective material that forms a circumference having axial and transverse distances that are determined so as to change the wavelength of resonant modes inside the food thereby resulting in a more uniform heating food pattern.

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Owner:NESTEC SA

Wafer level package for a MEMS sensor device and corresponding manufacturing process

ActiveUS20160185593A1Small sizeDesired performanceDecorative surface effectsSemiconductor/solid-state device detailsContact padEngineering

A MEMS device having a wafer-level package, is provided with: a stack of a first die and a second die, defining at least a first internal surface internal to the package and carrying at least an electrical contact pad, and at least a first external surface external to the package and defining a first outer face of the package; and a mold compound, at least in part coating the stack of the first and second dies and having a front surface defining at least part of a second outer face of the package, opposite to the first outer face. The MEMS device is further provided with: at least a vertical connection structure extending from the contact pad at the first internal surface towards the front surface of the mold compound; and at least an external connection element, electrically coupled to the vertical connection structure and exposed to the outside of the package, at the second outer face thereof.

Wafer level package for a MEMS sensor device and corresponding manufacturing process

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Owner:STMICROELECTRONICS MALTA

Method for the diagnosis of the offset of the resolver of an electric machine

ActiveUS20160043614A1Avoid disadvantagesSatisfactory solutionAC motor controlSynchronous motors startersElectric machineExcitation current

A method for the diagnosis of the offset of the resolver of an electric motor, comprising acquiring a predetermined offset of a resolver associated with the electric motor; in a first transient, supplying an excitation current to the phases of the electric motor. As a consequence of the excitation current, a current established on the axis d of minimum reluctance and a current established on an axis q in phase quadrature with respect to the axis of minimum reluctance are determined. The correctness of the offset of the resolver is diagnosed if the current established on the axis d in the first transient is higher than the current established on the axis d in the second or third transient, and if the current established on the axis q in the first transient is lower than the current established on the axis q in the second or third transient.

Method for the diagnosis of the offset of the resolver of an electric machine

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Owner:FAB ITAL MAGNETI MARELLI SPA

Method and apparatus for binary number conversion

InactiveUS20050010622A1Satisfactory solutionQuickly and correctly accomplishDigital data processing detailsDigital computer detailsComputer science

The method and apparatus use two inequalities to determine whether an estimated value obtained from conventional method and a correct value obtained from ideal conversion is identical. When those values are the same, the estimated value is not corrected; otherwise, according to the difference between those values, one is added or subtracted from the estimated value to obtain the correct result.

Method and apparatus for binary number conversion

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Owner:XIAHOU HLDG

Reducing drag on the web of a positive displacement sorter

ActiveUS20100300835A1Reduce resistanceSatisfactory solutionConveyorsPackagingSprocketEngineering

A method of reducing drag on the web of a positive displacement sorter is used with a web made up of a plurality of parallel slats interconnected at their opposite ends with chain assemblies in an endless loop. A plurality of pusher shoes each travel along at least one of said slats. The sorter further includes a driven sprocket assembly and a non-driven sprocket assembly. Each of the sprocket assemblies includes at least two sprockets on a shaft, each for engaging one of the chain assemblies. The sprocket assemblies support the chain assemblies at opposite ends of the web. The method includes auditing the sorter including determining if the slats are skewed with respect to the direction of travel of the web. If it is determined that the slats are skewed, then the chain assemblies and the non-driven sprocket assembly are modified. The chain assemblies are modified by adding side thrust wheels on opposite sides of the web. The non-driven sprocket is modified by locking the sprockets to the shaft such that the sprockets rotate together.

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Owner:DEMATIC

Method and system of advertising

InactiveUS10171844B2Enhancing its appealReduce distractionsKernel methodsBiometric pattern recognitionRelevant informationComputer graphics (images)

A method of advertising, the method including: 1) segmenting a source video into individual scenes using a clustering-based approach; 2) obtaining relevant information about objects in the video for each individual scene using region-wise convolutional characteristics based detection; 3) searching, in a database, for advertisement objects matching the objects using garment retrieval and a category-based strategy; 4) performing optimization processing of retrieved advertisement objects matching the objects to obtain a candidate advertisement; and 5) optimizing a distance between an advertisement and a target object and an area of overlapping regions between the advertisement and all objects; and 6) distributing the video that contains the candidate advertisement to a plurality of displays and displaying the video that contains the candidate advertisement on the plurality of displays.

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Owner:HARBIN INST OF TECH SHENZHEN GRADUATE SCHOOL +1

High-frequency counter

ActiveUS8014487B2Satisfactory solutionPulse automatic controlCounting chain pulse countersFrequency counterComputer science

A counter circuit and method of controlling such a counter circuit, including a first counting section that counts in accordance with a state-cycle, and a second counting section clocked by the first counting section. At least one invalid counting state is introduced by controlling the second counting section to change its state before the first counting section has completed the state-cycle; and the invalid counting state is then detected and corrected. Thereby, some redundancy is introduced in the counter, which can be used to detect and correct incomplete switching of counter states.

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Owner:NXP BV

Headbox for a machine for producing a fibrous web

InactiveUS20110290440A1Large volume flowHigh propertyMachine wet endFiber suspensionCardboard

The invention relates to a headbox for a machine for producing a fibrous web, in particular a paper or cardboard web, from at least one fibrous stock suspension, having a feed apparatus which feeds the at least one fibrous stock suspension, having a distributor-pipe perforated plate which is adjacent downstream and has a multiplicity of channels which are arranged in rows and in columns, having an intermediate channel which lies downstream of the latter, extends over the width of the headbox and has a plurality of means which are spaced apart from one another in the width direction of the headbox for the preferably regulatable / controllable metering of a fluid in fluid part streams into the at least one fibrous stock suspension. The headbox according to the invention is characterized in that the means for the preferably regulatable / controllable metering of the fluid in fluid part streams into the at least one fibrous stock suspension is also configured for the preferably regulatable / controllable metering of at least one further fluid in fluid part streams into the at least one fibrous stock suspension, wherein the individual means comprises in each case a plurality of metering channels for the at least one further fluid, which metering channels have a respective metering-channel opening, open at different heights and are connected to a common supply channel.