676 results about "Operational cost reduction" patented technology

A computer based system automatically gathers, analyzes, and delivers information relating to the procurement and utilization of a plurality of such assets, such as a fleet of industrial equipment, so as to maximize productivity and to reduce operating costs and administrative burdens. Each of the assets is preferably provided with a data acquisition device for sensing and storing one or more operating characteristics associated therewith. That information can be transmitted through space to a receiver connected to a local controller for storing such information and for transmitting such information to a remote analysis system. The remote analysis system automatically updates individual records associated with each of the assets with the information received. In response to such information, the remote analysis system automatically analyzes the newly provided information and schedules maintenance as required. Information associated with the maintenance is also recorded electronically to maximize efficiency, provide historical trends, automate billing, and control inventory levels.

The invention discloses a split-type base station system and a networking method and a baseband unit thereof. In the system, a baseband unit (BBU) of a base station is separated from a radio-frequency unit (RFU), and the RFU is equipped with a baseband radio-frequency interface which is intercommunicated with the BBU to transmit data information, thereby forming the split-type base station system. Additionally, besides the separation of the BBU from the RFU, the BBU capacity is divided and each unit is placed separately. By the capacity-expansion interface and baseband radio-frequency interface provided by the BBU interface units, the networking and capacity-expansion of BBU are realized with flexibility, the occupied area is reduced, the operating cost is reduced, and the operational reliability of the base station system is improved.

A computer based system automatically gathers, analyzes, and delivers information relating to the procurement and utilization of a plurality of such assets, such as a fleet of industrial equipment, so as to maximize productivity and to reduce operating costs and administrative burdens. Each of the assets is preferably provided with a data acquisition device for sensing and storing one or more operating characteristics associated therewith. That information can be transmitted through space to a receiver connected to a local controller for storing such information and for transmitting such information over the internet to a remote analysis system. The remote analysis system automatically updates individual records associated with each of the assets with the information received from the internet. In response to such information, the remote analysis system automatically analyzes the newly provided information and generates reports regarding scheduled maintenance, warranty coverage, and other management information. These reports can be transmitted back over the internet to an administrative controller for review by one or more persons responsible for managerial review. Additionally or alternatively, the remote analysis system can automatically post such reports on a website and, thus, be made available to one or more of such persons upon request.

The invention relates to a self-help baggage consigning system and a control method thereof. The system comprises a baggage handling device and an operation cabinet, wherein the baggage handling device comprises a baggage detection box body as well as a device master control system, a conveyer control system, a dynamic baggage size consigning system, an automatic baggage dead-weight acquiring system and an automatic code scanning and identifying system which are arranged on the baggage detection box body or outside the baggage detection box body; and the operation cabinet is arranged at one side of the baggage handling device and comprises a shell, a cabinet master control system, a boarding check printer, a baggage label printer, an identity card identifying scanner and a display touch screen. Due to The self-help baggage consigning system and the control method thereof, a high-efficiency and self-help baggage consigning service mode is provided, which not only can simplify the check-in procedures of passengers, but also can reduce the waiting time of the passengers, the labor intensity of staff and the quantity of the staff so as to improve the operating efficiency of the airport and reduce the operating cost.

The invention discloses a self-service orderly parking system. At least one parking sensing unit is arranged between each bicycle and the station ground. The parking sensing unit is the combination of one or more of a proximity sensing component, an optical sensing component and a contact sensing component. The parking sensing unit is composed of a pair of sensors and a sensing object. The sensors and the sensing object are installed on the bicycle or the ground. By symmetrically or dissymmetrically arranging one or more parking sensing units with the center line of the bicycle as the axis, returned bicycles in a bicycle renting station are arranged in order by means of user self-service parking on the unattended condition, the operation cost is effectively reduced, the labor cost is reduced, and attractiveness of the city appearance is ensured.

Techniques are described for scheduling received tasks in a data center in a manner that accounts for operating costs of the data center. Embodiments of the invention generally include comparing cost-saving methods of scheduling a task to the operating parameters of completing a task—e.g., a maximum amount of time allotted to complete a task. If the task can be scheduled to reduce operating costs (e.g., rescheduled to a time when power is cheaper) and still be performed within the operating parameters, then that cost-saving method is used to create a workload plan to implement the task. In another embodiment, several cost-saving methods are compared to determine the most profitable.

Method and system for determining a near optimal schedule of resources in linear time by providing an optimal resource ordering scheme that increases customer satisfaction and resource satisfaction and lowers operating costs. The present invention is embodied in a scheduling computer program. The method receives a set of resources and associated resource data. The method determines a resource-rank-function value for each resource, based on the associated resource data. Based on the resource-rank-function value associated with each resource, each resource is rank ordered. For each resource, the method determines a set of candidate shifts, based on the associated resource data. The method determines a weight value for the candidate shifts associated with each resource. Based on the weight values associated with each candidate shift, the method determines a schedule of shifts, for each resource in rank order.

The invention relates to a remote monitoring system of a sewage disposal process and an implementation method thereof. The method comprises the steps: collecting real-time monitoring data and writing into a database of an enterprise WEB server database; issuing the real-time data by the enterprise WEB server through a standard http protocol; mapping the data into Internet server, directly obtaining the data from a browser when a customer browses the Web server, wherein the monitoring system comprises a field apparatus and a management device; transmitting the collected field data to a PLC (programmable logic controller) to control an execution component by a field instrument in the field apparatus; simultaneously carrying out data interaction on an industrial personal computer and a server by the PLC via an industrial switch; carrying out communication connection with the server through the switch by the industrial control computer in the management device; and issuing the data to the enterprise WEB server by the server as an OPC (OLE for process control) client. According to the remote monitoring system disclosed by the invention, an operator can achieve constantly grasping of production and operation in everywhere and the mode that a set of technical service personnel is configured for each sewage treatment plant in the past is avoided, so that manpower resource is greatly saved and the operation cost is reduced.

Connecting a system of electrical generators into a network in order to yield at least some of the following benefits: reduced capital costs, reduced operating costs, enhanced system reliability, and automatic fault isolation. In one embodiment, a plurality of generators are provided wherein the output of each generator has substantially the same voltage and phase relationship. Multiple cables directly connect the generators to a power collection point, the cables forming a network that supplies power to the power collection point from at least two separate current paths.

The invention provides a taxi guiding and dispatching system, which belongs to the field of taxi dispatching system. The taxi guiding and dispatching system provided by the invention comprises a vehicle-mounted terminal, a passenger terminal and a server, and is characterized in that: the vehicle-mounted terminal, the passenger terminal and the server communicate with one another through a network; and the server collects online information of the passenger terminal and the vehicle-mounted terminal, establishes and maintains a supply-demand link relation between taxis and passengers through an intelligent dispatching mechanism, sends travel information of a dispatched taxi to the passenger terminal according to the supply-demand link relation, and sends passenger requirement information dispatched to the vehicle-mounted terminal and an optimal driving route planned for the same to the vehicle-mounted terminal. The taxi guiding and dispatching system can recommend the optimal driving route, improves operating efficiency, reduces operating cost, protects the environment, minimizes the participation of the driver in the whole link so that the driver can concentrate on driving, ensures the safe driving of the driver, reports passenger travel information in real time, and has a certain predictability in passenger riding arrangement.

This invention discloses an indoor distribution system and its networking method, in which, the system includes BBU, RHUB providing routes for baseband information and RRU to realize a requirement supporting indoor cover of large volume, which is convenient for expanding volume and reducing operation cost. This invention also provides a networking method.

A computer based system automatically gathers, analyzes, and delivers information relating to the procurement and utilization of a plurality of such assets, such as a fleet of industrial equipment, so as to maximize productivity and to reduce operating costs and administrative burdens. Each of the assets is preferably provided with a data acquisition device for sensing and storing one or more operating characteristics associated therewith. That information can be transmitted through space to a receiver connected to a local controller for storing such information and for transmitting such information to a remote analysis system. The remote analysis system automatically updates individual records associated with each of the assets with the information received. In response to such information, the remote analysis system automatically analyzes the newly provided information and generates reports regarding scheduled maintenance, warranty coverage, and other management information. These reports and newly provided information can also be transmitted for review and usage by one or more additional parties including an asset owner who sets lease rates in part based on asset usage as determined from objective criteria.

The invention relates to a method for achieving software upgrade by cooperation among network elements, and belongs to the communication technical field. The method comprises the following steps: initiating an upgrade file download request by network element equipment after the network element equipment receives a software upgrade command; receiving a list of cooperative network elements capable of providing upgrade file download and files partitioning information; selecting and confirming cooperative network element equipment which downloads the upgrade file and correspondingly downloaded upgrade file blocks from the list of the cooperative network elements; and interacting with the confirmed cooperative network element equipment and downloading the upgrade file blocks. The invention also provides the equipment and a system for achieving the software upgrade by the cooperation among the network elements. In the embodiment of the invention, the download is provided by the cooperation among the network elements, which achieves load sharing of a network management / file server, reduces pressure on a single file server, then reduces requirements for network management equipment, finally reduces the operation cost, and can effectively improve the download speed of the upgrade files of the network elements, thus improving the whole upgrade process especially in the case of batch upgrade.

The invention provides a method for improving the accuracy of the control of the automatic sun track following of a heliostat, which comprises the following steps that: a camera arranged in front of a heat absorber provides a control system with an accurate position of a light spot formed by light reflected onto the heat absorber by the heliostat in real time; and when a deviation in the position of the light spot occurs, the control system judges the deviation and sends a heliostat control command to control the heliostat to act to restore the position of the light spot formed by the light reflected onto the heat absorber by the heliostat to a given position. The method can monitor the operation state of the whole heliostat field and visually monitor the condition of the light spot formed by the light reflected by the heliostat. When used in a tower type solar thermal power plant, the method can improve the control accuracy of the whole tower type solar thermal power plant, improve the power generation efficiency and reduce operation cost by monitoring heliostats and correcting the deviation in the position of the light spots.

The invention discloses an intelligent mobile device-based storage intelligent scheduling monitoring management method. A business system control terminal sends out a control instruction according to an actual demand; an intelligent scheduling monitoring management platform pre-stores basic information of an intelligent mobile device and basic information of goods shelves, goods and trays in a storage, and receives and sends the control instruction of the business system control terminal; and the intelligent mobile device receives the control instruction sent by the intelligent scheduling monitoring management platform in real time through a wireless network and executes operation corresponding to the control instruction to carry the goods, and a running route and a running state of the intelligent mobile device are fed back to the intelligent scheduling monitoring management platform in real time through the wireless network. The invention furthermore discloses an intelligent mobile device-based storage intelligent scheduling monitoring management system. The method and the system have the beneficial effects that a framework is simple, the expansibility is high, storage management automation and intelligentization are realized, high-speed efficient storage operation is realized, and operation costs are reduced to the maximum extent.

The invention discloses a method and a device of multi-network access. The method includes the following steps: obtaining decision input information from the network; formulating a multi-network access strategy according to the decision input information and a preset algorithm; finishing the multi-network access of user equipment (UE) through the multi-network access strategy. Due to the fact that the multi-network access strategy is formulated according to the decision input information and the preset algorithm, the method of the multi-network access can finish the multi-network access of the UE through the multi-network access strategy, effectively improve user data throughout, and ensure that current network resources are effectively used and operation costs and operation pressure are reduced.

An embodiment of the invention provides an automatic compilation method for a passenger flow demand based train working diagram. The method mainly comprises the steps of establishing a train working diagram optimization model according to basic parameters and passenger flow information, wherein the train working diagram optimization model includes a train cyclic working model, a train arrival and departure moment calculation model, a train sequential constraint model, a train load factor calculation model and a target function model; and solving the train working diagram optimization model by adopting a dual-layer planning algorithm combining a heuristic algorithm with nonlinear planning to obtain the passenger flow demand based train working diagram. According to the embodiment of the invention, high and low-peak time periods and corresponding intervals do not need to be pre-specified and the train working interval is automatically changed along with the passenger flow demand; and the automatically compiled train working diagram can meet constraint conditions of turn-back time, an available vehicle number, a load factor and the like, the feasibility of the working diagram is ensured, and on the premise of meeting the passenger flow demand, the operation cost is reduced and the working diagram compilation efficiency can be greatly improved.

The invention discloses a cold-chain logistics information platform system. The cold-chain logistics information platform system is characterized by comprising a system management module, an order management module, a warehousing management module, a delivery control module, an e-commercial trade module, an information release platform, a financial management module and a report query module. The system management module is applicable to system-level operations such as maintenance of basic data, warehousing information and personnel information. The cold-chain logistics information platform system has the advantages that management efficiency is improved, information sharing is enhanced, and operating cost is lowered.

The invention discloses a cloud remotely-controlled electric vehicle charging station system. The charging station system comprises a charging pile host machine and a charging pile subordinate machine; the charging pile host machine comprises a charging module, a control module, a statistical module, a detection module, a processor, a storage module and a first communication module; the charging pile subordinate machine comprises a charging module, a control module, a statistical module, a detection module, a storage module and a second communication module; the charging pile host machine is in signal connection with the charging pile subordinate machine and a cloud server through the first communication module; and the charging pile subordinate machine is in signal connection with the charging pile host machine through the second communication module. According to the charging station system, statistics on the working states of each charge station can be carried out rapidly; and the charging piles in faults can be handled promptly, so that efficient dynamic management of the charging stations can be realized and the operational cost can be lowered.

The invention relates to a claims system, in particular relating to a medical insurance claims management method which comprises the following steps: firstly verifying the identity information of a client, inputting medical data of the client in a social insurance data platform, then automatically accounting based on an algorithm configured by a system, then synthesizing the accounted data into claim data, and storing the claims data in the client information; and finally automatically completing cost segmentation according to the synthesized claims data. By using the medical insurance claims management method, the work efficiency is improved, the operation cost is reduced, the risk control capacity is improved, and the automated immediate claims can be provided for the client.

A combined advertising search engine and consumer incentive system which allows an account holder to accrue awards points for selecting an advertiser listing among a search results list and for making purchases within the system and later redeeming said awards points for products or services. The system also provides convenience for a business owner to enroll both a consumer and an advertising merchant, to accrue awards points for business purchases, and to redeem said accrued points for business related purchases, thereby reducing operating costs.

The invention discloses a property mobile inspection system based on an NFC (Near Field Communication) technology. The system comprises a property mobile inspection background, a property mobile inspection mobile terminal and an NFC electronic mark inspection point, wherein the property mobile inspection background comprises an inspection management module, a task management module, a statistic analysis module and an equipment management module; the property mobile inspection mobile terminal comprises a management terminal and an inspection staff terminal; the management terminal totally has four functions, namely performance statistics, task management, exception management and inspection point query; the staff terminal includes inspection tasks, inspection point query and exception processing functions; and the NFC electronic mark inspection point is used for reading and writing inspection point ID, accurately positioning the inspection points and scanning codes to display the inspection point information. According to an intelligent property inspection system, rapid and accurate inspection operation is realized, the inspection conditions are queried in real time, the inspection execution and exception conditions are subjected to summary statistics, the working efficiency is improved, and the operating cost is reduced.

Disclosed is an indoor distributed system and network organizing method thereof. The invention is mainly aimed at providing an indoor distributed system that mainly includes BBU, RRU and RHUB providing routing for baseband information. The indoor distributed system makes it possible to satisfy a requirement for supporting a large-scale indoor coverage for an easy expansion and reduced operating cost. Another object of the invention is to provide a network organizing method of the indoor distributed system, thereby realizing plural networking modes of indoor distributed system with simple and flexible operation.

The invention discloses an intelligent self-help vending system and relates to the technical field of self-help vending equipment. The system comprises a client side, a self-help vending machine and aserver, the client side comprises an information acquiring unit, a first communication unit and a payment unit, the server comprises an information transceiving unit and an information processing unit, and the self-help vending machine receives a control order sent by the server and executes commodity selection, commodity conveying and commodity outgoing. Commodity purchase and order payment areperformed through the client side, a payment system does not need to be arranged on the self-help vending machine, and cash payment is not needed, so that inside structure of the self-help vending machine is simplified, configuration of the self-help vending machine is improved, production cost of the self-help vending machine is lowered, operating cost is lowered, and operating profit is increased.

The invention provides an automatic sales system. The automatic sales system comprises a client, which is used to purchase goods by a payment code of a payment platform; a sales terminal, which is used to sell the goods, manage the goods, and scan the payment code of the client; a management server, which is used to process the orders of the goods, control the output of the sales terminal, and count a sales condition; the payment platform, which is used to provide and check the payment code. The automatic sales system is advantageous in that during shopping, a good and convenient shopping channel is provided for consumers, and the consumers use the payment code of the payment platform, and the goods are output after the payment code being scanned by the sales terminal, and then a process of making changes carried out by salesclerks and conventional sales machines during shopping at shops is saved, and a touch screen is used to display the goods visually, and in addition, the consumers are not required to find the goods in the shops, and therefore operation is simple, and payment is convenient; for the merchants, operation costs and labor costs are reduced, and pressure of counting small money is saved.

This invention discloses a transmission method for a high speed packet service data based on time-sharing duplex in which, UE tests the downstream channel at the last time frame and UE reports to the base base station the applied modulation DRC signaling according to the measurement result at the first slot of the present time frame, then to arrange onr or more up-lime service slot according to the up-down stream service proportion needed actually to provide UE up-line emitting service data and arrange the pilot frequency slot for up-down stream synchronization, after and the base station informs UE to prepare for receiving down-stream service data after the pilot slot, to provide high speed downstream service to the user according to the scheduled result.

The invention discloses an intelligent baggage car and a control method thereof. The intelligent baggage car comprises a body framework, a fixed wheel, a universal wheel, an armrest, a system component box, a display touch screen supporting frame, a display touch screen and a loudspeaker, wherein the system component box is arranged between two side vertical rods of the armrest; an identity card recognizer insertion port and a boarding check output port are formed on the back part of the upper end face of a shell; the lower end of the display touch screen supporting frame is arranged on the front part of the upper end face of the shell; and the display touch screen and the loudspeaker are arranged on the middle part and the lower part of the back end face of the display touch screen supporting frame. The intelligent baggage car integrates multiple functions such as baggage loading, guiding, self-service check-in, information query and the like to ensure that a passenger can independently finish boarding procedures in a short time inside an airport terminal building and quickly arrive at a destination without the help of airport staffs, so the check-in procedures of the passenger can be simplified, the waiting time of the passenger can be reduced, the labor intensity of working personnel and the amount of the working personnel can be reduced, the operating efficiency of an airport can be improved, and the operation cost of the airport can be reduced.

The invention discloses a self organizing network (SON) coordination method, an SON coordination device and an SON coordination system. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring coordinating parameters of SON functions; and according to the coordinating parameters, coordinating operation of the SON functions. According to the method, before a current SON function is operated, the coordinating parameters of the SON function are firstly acquired so as to coordinate the operation of the SON function by utilizing the acquired coordinating parameters; and the SON functions particularly comprise manners of coordinative start, coordinative monitoring, coordinative stop and the like. The coordinating parameters can be from other SON functions and can also be from data preset by the network or data set by an operator. Therefore, the operation of the current SON function can be matched and cooperated with other SON functions, conflicts are avoided, the network problem can be more efficiently and more successfully solved at a lower repetition rate, network application efficiency is improved or wrong network parameter regulation caused by misjudgment is reduced, and user service experience is influenced, so that the aims of reducing operation cost and improving the utilization rate of equipment and funds are fulfilled.

The invention discloses a subscription method of multi-terminal users based on an IP multimedia subsystem. The method comprises the following steps: an application server processes a third party registration request from a S-CSCF terminal; the application server checks whether a common user ID corresponding to the terminal has made a state subscription; the application server initiates a state subscription request to the common user ID under the condition that the common user ID doesn't make the state subscription, or the application server doesn't initiate the state subscription request under the condition that the common user ID has made the state subscription. The invention can efficiently reduce the resource occupancy during the subscription process, particularly reduce the invalid occupancy of network resources due to repeated identical subscriptions, so that the efficiency is increased, the operating cost is reduced and the network user capacity is increased.