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The present invention relates generally to the field of improvement in the driving risk assessment arts. More particularly, but not by way of limitation, the present invention generally relates to a method of rating the driving risks of individuals based on that driver's actual driving record as obtained from his or her fellow drivers.

A computing device having a graphical interface system for navigating computer programs is provided. The system includes a navigation display showing an organizational model of a computer program that is formed by concentric rings representing levels of options within the computer program. At least one of the rings is an active ring, which is emphasized to show selectable options. The options represent either categories of other options or features of the computer program. The options may be represented by icons or words. A method for navigating a computer program using the organizational model includes using a graphical user interface to select options on an active ring. Selecting a category option activates an inner ring that displays options related to the previously selected option on the next higher ring. The user continues navigating through inner rings until a feature option is selected, which invokes a feature of the computer program.

A method for administering an annuity-based retirement funding in which an investor's funds or current income is used to make incremental purchases of immediate annuity benefits at market rates, with the annuity payments received from previous purchases being applied purchase additional annuity benefits. The investor allocates a first allocated portion of each received benefit into an account and the reinvested funds are thereafter available in combination with new investment payments from the investor for the purchase of additional immediate annuity benefits. At the direction of the investor, typically after retirement, all or part of the received annuity payments can be received for the use of the investor.

The invention provides an intelligent contract implementation method. The intelligent contract implementation method includes the steps that an intelligent contract is established, the contract C is a triad group, C= (I, M<*>, {M1, M2, ..., Mm}), the contract comprises contract party information I and a set of contract state machines M* and contract state execution machines {M1, M2, ..., Mm}, wherein Ii represents information of the i contract party Pi, i=1 ...m, and m contract parties participate in the contract; states and events of all contract parties are input and stored in a database which is high in safety; the intelligent contract is executed, and the execution result of the contract is obtained. The invention further provides an intelligent contract system based on a block chain, and the system comprises a user interface, an intelligent contract device and a block chain management module.

A method, devices, a system, and computer programs for informing multiple mobile terminals (UE10-90) of an emergency event are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of receiving (S300) emergency information associated with the emergency event, establishing (S400) an emergency multimedia capable distribution bearer for a delivery of an emergency service associated with the received emergency information, the emergency multimedia capable distribution bearer being associated with an emergency priority indicator indicating a higher priority for the emergency multimedia capable distribution bearer compared to further communication being not associated with the emergency priority indicator, and delivering (S600) the emergency service via the emergency multimedia capable distribution bearer to the multiple mobile terminals (UE10-90).

According to a preferred aspect of the instant invention, there is provided a system and method for acquiring seismic data in a marine environment, wherein at least two source vessels are used in conjunction with a recording vessel which tows a plurality of hydrophone cables. Preferably, the source vessels will be positioned along side of the towed streamer configuration and most preferably one source vessel will be located near the recording vessel and the other at the end of the streamer configuration, preferably along the same side of the streamer configuration as the lead source vessel.

A three-dimensional motion graphic user interface (MGUI) and a method and apparatus for providing the same. The MGUI includes a three-dimensional interface space which has an active space and an inactive space, and a polyhedron component which is three-dimensionally presented in the active space, wherein at least one of a plurality of faces that are subject to the polyhedron component has predetermined attributes, and information displayed on the faces is displayed differently according to the attributes and a presentation relationship between the active space and the polyhedron component.

A system and method for licensing software using a clearinghouse to license only the technology modules that an end user registers. The clearinghouse maintains registration information which can be used to bill a software provider for the technology licensed to the end user. The system can be used to compensate technology owners only after the end user registers an unlicensed technology module. Thus, the system and method allows software vendors to reduce costs by licensing only the technologies that an end user actually uses. The clearinghouse can also be used to track the usage of software functionality to determine the popularity of a particular technology.

A load transducer is disclosed herein. The load transducer includes a body portion having a plurality of sides, the plurality of sides of the body portion including a first side; a plurality of beam portions including a first beam portion and a second beam portion, the first beam portion being coupled to the body portion, the second beam portion being coupled to the first beam portion, and the second beam portion extending along the first side of the body portion; and at least one load cell disposed on one or more of the plurality of beam portions, the at least one load cell configured to measure at least one force or moment component of a load applied to the load transducer. A force measurement assembly including a plurality of load transducers with first and second beam portions is also disclosed herein.

The invention discloses a converter smelting endpoint molten steel carbon and temperature control system and a method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of converter steelmaking automation control. The converter smelting endpoint molten steel carbon and temperature control system comprises hardware equipment and a software processing module, and is characterized in that: the hardware equipment comprises converter sublance measuring equipment and converter exhaust gas analysis equipment; the software processing module comprises a converter production process data acquisition module, a converter smelting endpoint carbon calculation module, a converter smelting endpoint temperature calculation module, and an information display module; the software processing module is operated on a computer; and the hardware equipment and the software module are connected with a converter production process database through an Ethernet to realize data interaction. The control system and the method thereof have the advantages of accurately controlling the converter smelting endpoint molten steel carbon content and the molten steel temperature, along with stable operation, cost conservation, and wide application range.

The present invention provides a vehicle vicinity image-processing apparatus and a recording medium capable of deducing a scene having left the field of vision of a camera mounted on the rear of a vehicle and drawing an image of the area behind the vehicle which includes this deduced part. An image-processing unit 5 first coordinate-converts a picked-up image to create a bird's-eye view image. Two chronologically consecutive bird's-eye view images are created as the bird's-eye view image, and a matching area of the two images is extracted. On the basis of this matching area, a moved area which has left the present field of vision of the camera 1 is extracted. An image of the matching area and the moved area is then drawn on a monitor 3. By this means, it is possible to draw an image including a scene which has left the present field of vision of the camera 1.

The invention discloses a robot map establishing and storing method. The method comprises the steps that an electronic compass and a speedometer are used for achieving positioning and coordinate calculation of a robot combined with a GPS, before map data are established, the robot operates a circle around a working area along a boundary first, map boundary data are established, the mapping relation of the map data and the address of a storage unit is calculated, then the robot operates in the area, and then internal map data are established. The format of the map data is {X coordinate, Y coordinate and map grid attributes}, and in order to facilitate data storage, the data are mapped into storage space according to a certain rule.

The invention provides a network teaching method and system with a voice assessment function. According to the voice assessment method provided by the invention, a phoneme state of a voice is used for replacing a multi-Gaussian mixture model trained by a conventional Mel-frequency cepstral coefficient (MFCC), and a posterior probability and a zero-order Baum-Welch statistical magnitude are calculated according to the feature. A voice feature based on phonemes is extracted through a multi-language phoneme identifier. A feature based on multi-language extraction is complementary during catching of non-native pronunciation information, and a feature based on phoneme duration is effective in automatic native accent assessment. Finally, a fusion system is provided in the method, so that Spearman relevant coefficients of 0.5706 and 0.6089 are reached on a development set and a test set. As indicated by the relevant coefficients, the method provided by the invention is very accurate and effective in oral speech assessment.

The invention discloses a big data-based STEM education assessment system and method. The system mainly comprises an information collection and storage module, a teaching scheme generation module, a course implementation module, a student ability and accomplishment analysis module and an ability and accomplishment visualization module; the information collection and storage module mainly records basic information and behavior logs of a teacher and students; the teaching scheme generation module assists the teacher to develop teaching design; teaching activities are implemented in the course implementation module, and teacher and student behavior data is stored; the student ability and accomplishment analysis module analyzes core accomplishment, subject knowledge and key abilities of the students; and student assessment results are displayed in multiple ways of a radar map, a knowledge map and the like in the ability and accomplishment visualization module, and the student assessment results are stored in the information collection and storage module. The assessment system and method is applied to the STEM education assessment; the teacher and the students are assisted to accuratelyknow student ability and accomplishment development according to the assessment results; the teacher is assisted to accurately teach; and the student learning effect is improved.

The invention aims to disclose a photovoltaic grid-connected inverter for active energy decoupling, which comprises a first flyback converter, a second flyback converter, a voltage regulating converter, an output filter circuit and an inverter circuit. The decoupling of the output power of the photovoltaic grid-connected inverter and the output power of a solar photovoltaic array is realized, pulsation of the output power of the solar photovoltaic array is greatly reduced, the fluctuation loss caused by maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is reduced, and the conversion efficiency of the photovoltaic array is improved; only a non-electrolyte capacitor with small capacity and high reliability is adopted, the defects that the service life of the photovoltaic grid-connected inverter is shortened and the reliability is reduced caused by adopting an electrolytic capacitor are overcome, the service life and the reliability of the photovoltaic grid-connected inverter are improved; and the peak power of a transformer in the flyback converter is reduced, the volume of the transformer is reduced, the loss is effectively reduced, and the conversion efficiency is improved, so that the aim of the invention is realized.

The invention discloses a portable-power-source renting control system and renting control method. Portable power sources re stored in a portable-power-source storage terminal and have identifiable identity recognition codes; a user terminal sends a rental service request to a cloud server and receives feedback information; the cloud server receives and responds user renting / returning requests; the portable-power-source storage terminal receives and responds the user renting / returning requests. By means of the system, users can rent the portable power sources from a portable-power-source rent terminal in a self-service mode. The portable-power-source rent terminal is provided with an auto-induction module, and the auto-induction module is switched from an advertisement mode to a business operation mode according to a predetermined program; the equipment is thus more friendly to users and saves much time of the users. The portable-power-source storage terminal automatically completes the detection of various parameters of the portable power sources and meanwhile uploads the information to the cloud server, and systematic and intelligent management of the portable power sources is achieved.

The invention aims to disclose automatic gender identification system and method. The automatic gender identification system comprises a gender classifier training module, an image acquisition module, a human face detection and positioning module, a preprocessing module, a feature extraction module and a gender classification module. The image acquisition module, the human face detection and positioning module, the processing module, the feature extraction module and the gender classification module are connected with one another in sequence. The gender classification module is mutually connected with the gender classifier training module. Compared with the prior art, the automatic gender identification system can detect and position faces at different postures on different light conditions and accurately identify gender through coordination of the modules.

Each of the cases C1 and C2 is formed in a plate. A sliding mechanism SL1 is slidably coupled with the case C1 and the case C2. A Felica circuit 24 is provided with an antenna (24a), and is contained in the case C2. A magnetic sensor 28 is contained in the case C2. A magnet 30 is contained in the case C1. A main LCD monitor 32 is attached to a top surface of the case C1. A CPU (22) determines whether an open position or a closed position from the output value of the magnetic sensor 28. In the closed position, an assist mark (36) is displayed on the main LCD monitor 32 at a position of the antenna (24a) with respect to the main LCD monitor 32.

The invention discloses a correlation analyzing method based on vehicle, road conditions and safe travel big data in a network of vehicles. The method comprises the following steps of data acquiring, data transmitting and storing, data de-noising, data analyzing, and data display and feedback. The data acquiring process is not limited to data of the vehicles, and it also includes data related to roads and surrounding vehicles. With data classification and storage, removal of abnormal values through de-noising, as well as multivariate linear regression fitting analysis, the correlations can be determined and sent back to the owner of a vehicle among the conditions for dangerous driving, vehicle's hardware state, road environments, surrounding vehicles and driving behaviors. The analyzing method provided by the invention can enable drivers to learn about their driving behaviors and their vehicles' states. For the instant replacement of parts with potential to bring danger and the rectification of bad driving behaviors, the purposes can be achieved including energy reduction, vehicle lifetime extending, and safe driving.

A protection barrier system for energy-absorption of impacts includes an elongated barrier defining a chamber therein. The barrier includes side walls having a plurality of connected non-vertical wall segments and a plurality of buttresses positioned vertically at spaced apart locations along each side wall. One or more guide channels are positioned on each side wall in horizontal alignment with similar guide channels on like-configured barriers. A coupling is disposed on each opposed end of the barrier for coupling of either barrier end juxtaposed in end-to-end nested arrangement with like barriers. A supplemental energy-absorbing system is connectable between opposed ends of end-to-end coupled barriers, providing energy-absorbing tubes removably inserted through each guide channel of each barrier. Cables are extendable through the tubes in the guide channels of the nested barriers, providing additional energy-absorption and deterrence from breaching of the barriers. A method of manufacture for the protection barrier is also disclosed.

A three-dimensional motion graphic user interface (MGUI) and a method and apparatus for providing the three-dimensional MGUI are provided. The three-dimensional motion graphic user interface includes a first polyhedron component that is formed of a plurality of faces, wherein at least one face of the plurality of faces that are subordinate to the first polyhedron component has predetermined attributes and displays information according to the attributes, and the first polyhedron component is separated into a plurality of second polyhedron components according to a user's action with respect to the faces.

The invention provides a system, method and browser client for enabling browser data synchronization. By the invention, command information is sent to a target client via a push server in time in the case that the data content stored in a cloud storage server is updated, thereby enabling real-time data synchronization between the cloud storage server and the browser client simply and efficiently. The invention further discloses an apparatus and method for server distribution in browser real-time synchronization, a method for server distribution in browser real-time synchronization, a system for preventing a malicious connection, a system, method and information distribution database for enabling browser data synchronization, and a socket server and its service method for sending command information from a push server to a target client among a plurality of browser clients.

The invention discloses a reconfigurable method of a multi-cluster system and is used for solving the problem of flexible configuration such as combination of clusters, detachment of clusters. The multi-cluster system comprises a plurality of member clusters, wherein each member cluster comprises a management node and a calculation node; the management node is provided with a scheduler and a work manager; the management node is only interacted with one activated scheduler to schedule work; the member clusters are further divided into a master cluster and auxiliary clusters; and the master cluster is the member comprising the member clusters of the activated scheduler while the auxiliary cluster is the member cluster comprising no such scheduler. The method further comprises the following processing: processing one, according to system request, adding one cluster to be combined into the present multi-cluster; processing two, according to system request, determining a new master cluster when the master cluster quits from the present multi-cluster; and processing three, according to system request, removing an auxiliary cluster from the present multi-cluster, and rearranging the multi-cluster.

Disclosed are an auto login method and device. The method includes: when a request for auto logging into a designated account is received, acquiring the URL of the login page, a login password and an account address of the designated account from a pre-stored configuration file, and loading the login page according to the URL; acquiring a login menu in an HTML document corresponding to the login page, searching for a login password input box and an account address input box contained in the login menu, and determining content to be filled into the account address input box; writing the content to be filled into the account address input box into the account address input box, and writing the login password into the login password input box; and submitting the login menu which is written with the account address content and the login password, and completing auto login.

This invention discloses a system and method for detection of foreign object debris (FOD) on the areas of including but not limited to the airport runways, taxiways, aprons and adjacent areas. The invention makes use of single or multiple passive optical sensors monitoring the areas for signal acquisition, a database and a processing unit to further analyze the captured optical signal in order to detect the presence; and in case of the detection of the foreign debris in various threat levels, creating an alert for the removal thereof; depending on variables such as the estimated area and foreign object size and visual characteristics.

Embodiments of the invention allow sensors positioned on or near a remotely controlled device to monitor the status and / or internal conditions of the device and transmit the status information through a data link to a receiver station, or control station, where the information can be provided to a user or operator via sensory stimulation signals. Such sensory stimulation signals can include auditory stimulation signals that can convey the information to the user while allowing the user to maintain visual attention on the remote device. A remote station can obtain information from sensors operably connected to the remote device. The sensor information can be transmitted as digital information from the remote station to a control station, or receiver station, where it is converted to sensory stimulation signals, such as sounds. Such sounds can include tones, alarms, speech, other audible sounds, or combinations thereof. An operator controlling the remote device can, upon receiving the sensory stimulation signals, provide input signals for controlling the remote device.