187 results about "Critical function" patented technology

A control architecture for electric vehicle wireless power transmission systems that may be segmented so that certain essential and / or standardized control circuits, programs, algorithms, and the like, are permanent to the system and so that other non-essential and / or augmentable control circuits, programs, algorithms, and the like, may be reconfigurable and / or customizable by a user of the system. The control architecture may be distributed to various components of the wireless power system so that a combination of local or low-level controls operating at relatively high-speed can protect critical functionality of the system while higher-level and relatively lower speed control loops can be used to control other local and system-wide functionality.

The invention relates to the digital transaction in assets on the Internet, and provides a distributed shared general ledger construction method of a block chain. The method comprises the following steps: generating one or a plurality of transaction auxiliary chains, and constructing a unique transaction main chain of a system according to the block information of the transaction auxiliary chains; and causing the transaction auxiliary chains and the transaction main chain to independently carry out respective block chain verification and transaction verification, if the transaction verification is qualified on both the transaction auxiliary chains and the transaction main chain, proving that the transaction actually exists, and otherwise, proving that the transaction does not exist. The distributed shared general ledger construction method of the block chain supports the transaction in assets of various businesses, wherein the transaction in assets comprises the transaction of non-monetary assets in the block chain, such as credit notes, intelligent properties, discount coupons, bonds and the like, and meanwhile, the distributed shared general ledger construction method supports transfer among different business assets. In addition, the update of key functions can be carried out on the transaction auxiliary chains, so that update speed can be improved, and a risk that the transaction main chain is broken can be avoided.

A system and method for conservation of battery power in a portable medical device is provided. In one example, a processor arrangement that includes a plurality of processors is implemented. At least one of these processors is configured to execute the critical functions of the medical device, while one or more other processors assume a reduced service level, thereby drawing significantly less power. According to this arrangement, the medical device conserves energy by drawing the additional electrical power needed to activate the additional processing power only when needed.

A system and method for monitoring, auditing and flagging compliance issues or other user defined exceptions with user defined systems for internal monitoring of adherence to critical functions and operations or systems such as ISO-9000 and other government mandated requirements such as HIPPA and other mandated security provisions as defined in federal and state legislative acts and derivative rules as defined by government agencies under authority of such legislative acts.

Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for processing sensor data are presented. In some embodiments, a security server may receive sensor data from one or more sensors that are located at a premises. Subsequently, the security server may classify a first portion of the received sensor data as critical sensor data, (e.g., based on the first portion of the received sensor data being associated with a critical function). In addition, the security server may classify a second portion of the received sensor data as non-critical sensor data (e.g., based on the second portion of the received sensor data being associated with a non-critical function). Thereafter, the security server may process the critical sensor data, and further may provide the non-critical sensor data to a network server for processing.

A wireless telephone comprising a basic telephone module adapted to perform time critical functions, and an enhanced services module adapted to perform non time critical functions is disclosed. The basic telephone module includes processing resources needed to provide communication, while the enhanced services module performs enhanced functions which can be performed on a non time critical basis so that processing resources belonging to the basic telephone module do not need to be diverted to these functions but instead can be dedicated to performing time critical functions. The basic telephone module can be removed from the enhanced services module and connected to a different enhanced services module, similarly, the enhanced services module can be removed from the basic telephone module and connected to a different basic telephone module. This feature allows a user to retain his or her basic telephone module or enhanced services module when acquiring a new or upgraded enhanced services module or basic telephone module.

A method or apparatus automatically configures a control module for synchronous execution on a Fieldbus segment of a process control network by determining if all of the critical function blocks of a particular control module can be assigned to FOUNDATION® Fieldbus field devices or to the I / O device associated with a particular Fieldbus segment. If so, the method or apparatus automatically assigns the function blocks of the control module, which would otherwise be scheduled to execute in a controller, to the I / O device for the Fieldbus segment. This technique enables all of the critical or necessary function blocks within the control module to execute in one macrocycle of the Fieldbus segment, thereby executing synchronously on a Fieldbus segment. This operation, in turn, increases the overall execution rate of the control module with respect to control modules that have function blocks split between a controller and field devices on a Fieldbus segment, which has been the traditional manner of configuring control modules implemented using devices on a Fieldbus segment.

A method, system, apparatus and device for the monitoring, diagnosis and evaluation of the state of a dynamic system is disclosed. This method and system provides the processing means for receiving sensed and / or simulated data, converting such data into a displayable object format and displaying such objects in a manner such that the interrelationships between the respective variables can be correlated and identified by a user. This invention provides for the rapid cognitive grasp of the overall state of a critical function with respect to a dynamic system. The system provides for displayed objects, which change in real-time to show the changes of the functions of the system. It is a highly flexible system which works with a wide variety of applications, including biological systems, environmental systems, engineering systems, economic systems, mechanical systems, chemical systems and the like. The device of this invention is adapted specifically to providing objects within a frame associated with other objects in a reference grid to provide a graphical representation of cardiovascular function.

A method, system, apparatus and device for the monitoring, diagnosis and evaluation of the state of a dynamic pulmonary system is disclosed. This method and system provides the processing means for receiving sensed and / or simulated data, converting such data into a displayable object format and displaying such objects in a manner such that the interrelationships between the respective variables can be correlated and identified by a user. This invention provides for the rapid cognitive grasp of the overall state of a pulmonary critical function with respect to a dynamic system.

The invention provides a method for realizing high-efficiency rapid backup of a database, which is characterized by triggering a writing-log daemon progress of the database to start when the database sends out a service update request, starting a synchronous writing-log daemon progress during writing a local rework log to write a backup rework log and forming archived log data at the backup end. By the archived log analysis at the backup end, the database required to be backed up can be identified and an increment marker file can be generated. A system backup daemon progress reads the increment marker file for backing up the increment and generates an increment backup gather. The method can realize the immediate backup of the database system, rapid increment backup of the database system and key function of backup synthesis, thereby achieving high-efficiency rapid backup. The method is suitable for database systems of Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Mysql and the like.

A driver assistance system for an agricultural working machine, in particular a combine harvester has a large number of working mechanisms, an arithmetic logic unit, and at least one display unit, in which the arithmetic logic unit may process information generated by machine-internal sensor systems, external information, and information that is storable in the arithmetic logic unit, and in which the driver assistance system overcomes—with consideration for at least a selection of the available information—critical functions of the agricultural working machine in that efficiency parameters of the agricultural working machine are optimized via interactive, natural-language communication between the operator of the agricultural working machine and the driver assistance system.

The present invention is directed to a system and method which allows for a simplified user interface tailored to specific procedures and which allows for mobility and easy sanitation. Advantage is taken of an understanding as to the critical functions that an operator is to perform for a specific range of procedures and tailoring the user input to accommodate only those functions. In one embodiment, the user interface consists of a touch screen and a rotatable knob having positional indents with the indents providing incremental increases or decreases in functionality specific to exams or procedures performed with the sonographic equipment. Using this approach, the complexity normally associated with operating sonographic devices is greatly reduced. The operational controls available from the touch screen are changeable to accommodate different function uses of the sonographic device.

The present invention provides methods for operating data loggers and in particular, software techniques useful for controlling the critical functions of a low-power-battery-operated data logger. One method initializes various memory locations upon a detection of new firmware. Another method allows a processor system belonging to a data logger to receive a high baud rate data stream while being operated in a sleep mode. Yet another method provides a highly efficient process for estimating the remaining battery capacity of a data logger's primary power source. Finally, a method is provided for protecting volatile variables during a disruption of primary power. The protected variables are written to non-volatile memory using parasitic power only.

A fault monitoring and management system integrates a fault controller with the power load functions within the power management device of a battery operated system. Multiple input load lines allow the fault controller to diagnose and disable defective or faulty power load functions that draw current from the system supply or battery. In addition, the fault monitor allows the system to stay operational if the fault is non-catastrophic to the critical functions.

The invention discloses a method and a device of secondary equipment associating configuration. The method includes adding key function logic node configurations in a primary equipment object model of an intelligent substation; establishing a standard knowledge base of secondary equipment types and models of the intelligent substation, wherein the standard knowledge base contains secondary function key function logic node configurations; establishing a system specification description file of the intelligent substation comprising a secondary function knowledge base configured correspondingly to the primary equipment of the intelligent substation; performing associating configuration by means of key function logic nodes in the secondary function knowledge base and key function logic nodes corresponding to the standard knowledge base according to the system specification description file and a system configuration description file, and configuring the secondary equipment via the configuration relation of the key function logic nodes. By the method, integrative configuration of projects of the intelligent substation can be simplified, and workload in system configuration is reduced.

A block-based statistical timing analysis technique is provided in which the delay and arrival times in the circuit are modeled as random variables. The arrival times are modeled as Cumulative Probability Distribution Functions (CDFs) and the gate delays are modeled as Probability Density Functions (PDFs). This leads to efficient expressions for both max and addition operations, the two key functions in both regular and statistical timing analysis. Although the proposed approach can handle any form of the CDF, the CDFs may also be modeled as piecewise linear for computational efficiency. The dependency caused by reconvergent fanout is addressed, which is a necessary first step in a statistical STA framework. Reconvergent fanouts are efficiently handled by a common mode removal approach using statistical “subtraction.”

To improve the consumer experience with portable electronic devices, a user interface combines the use of capacitive sensors with tactile sensors in an input device. When a user places a finger, stylus, or other input instrument near a given key button, a capacitive sensor causes the display to display temporarily an indication of the function of that key in an enlarged format. The user may then press the associated key button to activate the desired function. In one exemplary embodiment, the capacitive sensor fixes the functionality to the function indicated in the display. In this embodiment, a tactile input applied to any key, whether the correct key, multiple keys, or a single incorrect key, results in activating the function indicated in the display as a result of the capacitive input.

A sensor interface system and a sensor integration module support individual sensors and sensor arrays, with network connectivity and critical functions required for analog and digital sensors when deployed in field applications used for chemical, biological, radiation, nuclear and explosives (CBRNE) material identification. The sensor integration module enables efficient integration of a single sensor or for multiple sensors into an array using a modular sensor interface unit and provides individual TCP / IP addresses for each detector element, signal processing for the sensor data and communications capabilities establishing each detector and the sensor array as network elements on a distributed network.

System and method for detection of malicious code injected into processes associated with known programs. Execution of processes in a computer system is monitored. From among the processes being monitored, only certain processes are selected for tracking. For each of the processes selected, function calls made by threads of the process are tracked. From among the tracked function calls, only those function calls which are critical function calls are identified. For each identified critical function call, program instructions that caused the critical function call are subjected to analysis to assess their maliciousness.

A system for managing cleanroom resources by providing a number of critical features in an integrated, low-cost package is described. The critical features include monitoring and recording cleanroom environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity and room differential pressure, notifying users of alarm situations when cleanroom environmental conditions fall outside predetermined limits, and reducing cleanroom energy usage by turning off HEPA filter fan units (FFUs) and cleanroom lights when they are not needed.

The present invention provides a method and a system for inspecting and maintaining equipment. According to the method, an equipment functional part is adopted as an object. After that, an inspection and maintenance strategy, spare part materials, an inspection and maintenance standard, and an inspection and maintenance service process, which are adaptive to the technical characteristics of the equipment functional part, are established. The method specifically comprises the steps of S1, identifying the critical functional part of the equipment; S2, establishing a standing book for the critical functional part; S3, conducting the factor and precautions analysis on the critical functional part of the equipment; S4, according to the factor analysis result, establishing an inspection and maintenance structure; S5, according to the inspection and maintenance structure, establishing the inspection and maintenance operation standard for the equipment; S6, setting the inspection and maintenance service flow; S7, according to the inspection and maintenance service flow, conducting the routine inspection and maintenance on the equipment. According to the technical scheme of the invention, the service management process and the service operation behavior of the equipment are in the controlled state. Therefore, the efficient and stable operation of equipment is guaranteed. The quality requirements of products are met and the safety production is ensured.

A camera retained in a waterproof underwater housing is controlled remotely and conveniently by a diver holding a hand-held remote device. The device can be a removable handle on the underwater housing, communicating with the camera, usually a movie camera, by infrared or other wireless protocol. Key functional camera settings, which would normally require navigation through a menu tree with a series of steps and selections, are selected by a single press of a button on the hand-held device. An important example is white balance calibration, which typically must be reset for every five feet of depth change.

The present invention relates to automatic configuration of synchronous block execution for control modules in a fieldbus network. A method or an apparatus automatically configures a control module for synchronous execution on a Fieldbus segment of a process control network by determining if all of the critical function blocks of a particular control module can be assigned to FOUNDATION(R) Fieldbus field devices or to the I / O device associated with a particular Fieldbus segment. If so, the method or apparatus automatically assigns the function blocks of the control module, which would otherwise be scheduled to execute in a controller, to the I / O device for the Fieldbus segment. This technique enables all of the critical or necessary function blocks within the control module to execute in one macrocycle of the Fieldbus segment, thereby executing synchronously on a Fieldbus segment. This operation increases the overall execution rate of the control module with respect to control modules that have function blocks split between a controller and field devices on the Fieldbus segment, which has been the traditional manner of configuring control modules implemented using devices on the Fieldbus segment.

A method, system and apparatus for the monitoring, diagnosis and evaluation of the state of a dynamic system is disclosed. This method and system provides the processing means for receiving sensed and / or simulated data, converting such data into a displayable object format and displaying such objects in a manner such that the interrelationships between the respective variables can be correlated and identified by a user. This invention provides for the rapid cognitive grasp of the overall state of a critical function with respect to a dynamic system. The system provides for displayed objects which change in real-time to show the changes of the functions of the system. It is a highly flexible system which works with a wide variety of applications, including biological systems, environmental systems, engineering systems, economic systems, mechanical systems, chemical systems and the like.

Disclosed is a power system which uses a fuel cell. DC output from the fuel cell is inverted to power an air conditioner. The air conditioner is used for the purpose of cooling equipment in the facility in the event the primary source of AC power fails. The air conditioner is located so that it is devoted to one or more computing devices in the facility. The selected devices are ones which perform some critical function, e.g., emergency communications.