62 results about "Passive systems" patented technology

Method / system locate external articles using source, detector (PSD), entrance aperture, and magnifying / reducing afocal element—expanding FOR>90°, or refining precision. Between (1) source or detector and (2) aperture, at least one plural-axis-rotatable mirror addresses source / detector throughout FOR. ½- to 15-centimeter mirror enables ˜25 to ˜45 μradian beam divergence. Aperture, afocal element, and mirror(s) define source-detector path. Mirror(s) rotate in refractory- (or air / magnetic-) bearing mount; or mirror array. Auxiliary optics illuminate mirror back, monitoring return to measure (null-balance feedback) angle. To optimize imaging, auxiliary radiation propagates via splitters toward array (paralleling measurement paths), then focusing on imaging detector. Focal quality is developed as a PSF, optimized vs. angle; stored results later recover optima. Mirror drive uses magnet(s) on mirror(s). “Piston” motion yields in-phase wavefronts, so array dimensions set diffraction limit. Also: destructive reply; scaling optimizes acceleration vs. thickness; passive systems.

A method of a server system communicating with a client system. The method includes a passive system monitoring network traffic between the client-server system. The server sending a page response including an agent, e.g., a Javascript that becomes operable on the client system. The agent monitors events on the client side, e.g., DOM events, and communicates these to the server side. A set of rules that define prescribed user events are maintained by the passive system and applied to the monitored network traffic to determine whether a prescribed user event occurred. Responsive to the prescribed user event occurring, an asynchronous message is generated and sent to the agent in response to a received DOM event message, the asynchronous message comprising a command to be executed by the agent to alter the users web application flow at the client in a manner that is substantially transparent to the web application.

A sensor network is attached to a structure and employed to detect and analyze load changes. The sensor network has transducers, capable of acting as both passive sensors and active actuators, integrated within it. In a passive mode, the transducers detect load changes upon the structure, such as impacts. Upon detection of a load change, the transducers are engaged in an active mode to actively scan the impact area to determine the location and size of any resulting damage region. In this manner, passive and active systems are integrated within a single, convenient layer that possesses the best features of both active systems and passive systems.

In accordance with the present invention, a portion of a packetized data stream is copied from a data network without interfering with the flow of the data in the network. A known test signal is then substituted for the information contained in each copied packet to prepare a pseudo-media packet stream. The known test signal is encoded and packetized using the same methods used for the copied data stream. The pseudo-media signal is then recovered from the pseudo-media stream using the same depacketizing and decoding methods to be used on the copied packetized data stream. The recovered signal is an accurate representation of the state of the media stream since it has gone through the same packetization / depacketization and encoding / decoding procedures and includes all of the same faults of the copied data stream. The subjective quality of the recovered signal is then measured providing an accurate measure of the subjective quality of the copied media stream.

Thermal management systems and methods for manufacturing and using same are disclosed. Certain embodiments of the thermal management systems comprise configurations of corrugated, porous, or fibrous panels containing phase change materials within the interior of the panels. Liquid barrier layers are applied to the panels to at least keep the phase change materials from leaking out of the panels. The thermal management systems are passive systems which are able to maintain the temperature of pharmaceutical products placed within the systems within a predetermined temperature range over a predetermined period of time.

A quantified image measurement system that creates accurate physical measurement data from digital pictures is disclosed. Both active and passive system embodiments are described. The system can use any image format and enhances the image file with measurement data and data transformation information that enables the creation of any type of geometrical or dimensional measurement from the stored photograph. This file containing the original digital image along with the supplemental data is referred to as a Quanitfied Image File or QIF. The QIF can be shared with other systems via email, cloud syncing or other types of sharing technology. Once shared, existing systems such as CAD applications or web / cloud servers can use the QIF and the associated QIF processing software routines to extract physical measurement data and use the data for subsequent processing or building geometrically accurate models of the objects or scene in the image. Additionally smart phones and other portable devices can use the QIF to make measurements on the spot or share between portable devices. In addition, the quantified image measurement system of this invention eliminates the need for capturing the image from any particular viewpoint by using multiple reference points and software algorithms to correct for any off-angle distortions.

A sensor network is attached to a structure and employed to detect and analyze load changes. The sensor network has transducers, capable of acting as both passive sensors and active actuators, integrated within it. In a passive mode, the transducers detect load changes upon the structure, such as impacts. Upon detection of a load change, the transducers are engaged in an active mode to actively scan the impact area to determine the location and size of any resulting damage region. In this manner, passive and active systems are integrated within a single, convenient layer that possesses the best features of both active systems and passive systems.

The invention discloses an electromagnetic butt joint system. The electromagnetic butt joint system comprises a driving system and a driven system, wherein a first electromagnetic coil and a second electromagnetic coil are arranged on the driving system in parallel and in a spaced mode, and a third electromagnetic coil and a fourth electromagnetic coil are arranged on the driven system in parallel and in a spaced mode. Attractive force is generated in the butt joint process of the first electromagnetic coil and the third electromagnetic coil, and repulsive force is generated in the butt joint process of the second electromagnetic coil and the fourth electromagnetic coil. Due to the fact that the driving system and the driven system are respectively provided with each large electromagnetic coil and each small electromagnetic coil, in the butt joint process, the driving system gets close to the driven system at the system initial velocity under the action of the attractive force between the two large electromagnetic coils, and in the getting-close process, the butt joint velocity of the driving system and the driven system slows down under the action of repulsive force of the two small electromagnetic coils till the driving system and the driven system reach the balanced stationary state. Automatic and flexible butt joint of the driving system and the driven system is achieved without a control system.

An aircraft (1000) includes multiple servicing levels (1014, 1016) and a flight deck level (1040) that is isolated from the servicing levels (1014, 1016). An aircraft security system (1001) includes a passive system (1030) and an active system (1032) that is in operation with said passive system (1030). The passive system (1030) includes a service opening (1050) for both passengers and cargo and the flight deck (1040) that is isolated from the service opening (1050).

A passive system for recovering energy and nitrogen oxides from flue gas produced by a boiler, and which employs a particular arrangement of economizer surface to ensure that the temperature of the flue gas entering a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) reactor is maintained within a required range over a wide range of boiler loads.

The invention discloses a gear-rack displacement multiplication type drill string heave compensator for a floating drilling platform, which comprises a traveling block (1), a large hook (2), a gear-rack mechanism (4), a rigid rod (3) and a compensating cylinder system. The compensating cylinder system comprises a piston-type hydraulic cylinder (5) and a gas / liquid storage tank (6), the hydraulic cylinder (5) is fixedly connected onto the traveling block (1), the large hook (2) is connected with the traveling block (1) through a steel wire rope (7), the rigid rod (3) is arranged on the traveling block (1) and connected with the a piston rod through the gear-rack mechanism (4), and a gear shaft for a gear in the gear-rack mechanism (4) is connected with a variable frequency motor. The gear-rack displacement multiplication type drill string heave compensator has the advantages that a driving compensating system and a driven compensating system are adopted to simultaneously achieve response sensitivity, rapidness and precision of compensation of the driving system and low energy consumption and the like of the driven system, the compensator is simple in structure and fine in compensating effect, and adaptability and reliability of the compensator are enhanced.

This invention relates to a method and an active system for detection and localization of early stage forest fires using lidar. In the simplest configuration the system includes a lidar and a control computer that operates the beam-scanning system and performs automatic recognition of the smoke signature in the lidar signal on the basis of a neural-network algorithm. The scanning procedure is optimized for the given topography and other characteristics of the area under surveillance. The neural network is simulated or implemented as a co-processor. To cover wider areas, several lidar stations may be linked together in a network, which allows simultaneous scanning of the suspicious areas by several neighboring lidars in order to guarantee maximum efficiency and false alarm reduction. The system allows the detection and localization of fires earlier and farther than passive systems, whose sensitivity is lower.

The invention discloses a gear-rack drill string heave compensator for a floating drilling platform, which comprises a traveling block (1), a large hook (2), a gear-rack mechanism (4), a rigid rod (3) and a compensating cylinder system. The compensating cylinder system comprises a piston-type hydraulic cylinder (5) and a gas / liquid storage tank (6), the hydraulic cylinder (5) is fixedly connected onto the traveling block (1), the large hook (2) is fixedly connected with a piston rod of the hydraulic cylinder (5), the rigid rod (3) is arranged on the large hook (2) and connected with the hydraulic cylinder (5) through the gear-rack mechanism (4), and a gear shaft for a gear in the gear-rack mechanism (4) is connected with a variable frequency motor. The gear-rack drill string heave compensator has the advantages that a driving compensating system and a driven compensating system are adopted to simultaneously achieve response sensitivity, rapidness and precision of compensation of the driving system and low energy consumption and the like of the driven system, the compensator is simple in structure and fine in compensating effect, and adaptability and reliability of the compensator are enhanced.

A passive system for speech enhancement in a motor vehicle includes a headliner adapted to be disposed in an occupant compartment of the motor vehicle. The passive system also includes at least one passive sound reflector disposed in or near the headliner and being sound-reflective and shaped to direct or focus speech between front and rear seat occupants in the occupant compartment of the motor vehicle.

A method of a server system communicating with a client system. The method includes a passive system monitoring network traffic between the client-server system. The server sending a page response including an agent, e.g., a Javascript that becomes operable on the client system. The agent monitors events on the client side, e.g., DOM events, and communicates these to the server side. A set of rules that define prescribed user events are maintained by the passive system and applied to the monitored network traffic to determine whether a prescribed user event occurred. Responsive to the prescribed user event occurring, an asynchronous message is generated and sent to the agent in response to a received DOM event message, the asynchronous message comprising a command to be executed by the agent to alter the users web application flow at the client in a manner that is substantially transparent to the web application.

The invention relates to a time difference of arrival / frequency difference of arrival estimation method of high and low-orbit double-star high-time-varying received signals. The invention aims to solve the problem of large error and large calculation quantity of TDOA (time difference of arrival) / FDOA (frequency difference of arrival) estimation of a high and low-orbit double-star passive positioning system. According to the method of the invention, two segments of data of which the time lengths are equal are adopted to estimate the change rage of frequency difference of arrival, and the estimated values of the TDOA (time difference of arrival) and FDOA (frequency difference of arrival) at the start time point of data acquisition can be calculated accurately. The implementation process of the invention includes the following steps that: (1) two segments of data of which the time lengths are equal are acquired; (2) TDOA and FDOA are jointly estimated; and (3) the estimated values of the TDOA (time difference of arrival) and FDOA (frequency difference of arrival) at the start time point of data acquisition are calculated. With the method of the invention adopted, the fast and accurate estimation of the TDOA and FDOA of high-time-varying received signals in the high and low-orbit double-star passive system can be realized. The method has a high practical value.

A workpiece loader / unloader system for an industrial machine, such as a hemmer, is disclosed. The system includes a single pocket shuttle movable between an extended position in which the shuttle overlies a work station on the industrial machine, and a retracted position in which the shuttle is laterally spaced from the work station. A gripper on the shuttle selectively engages and supports the workpiece after the workpiece has been machined at the work station. A loader manipulator is movable between a preload position in which the loader supports an unmachined workpiece at a position laterally spaced from the work station, and a load position in which the loader manipulator overlies the work station. An actuator moves the loader manipulator between the preload and load position. Furthermore, the loader manipulator mechanically engages the shuttle and simultaneously moves the shuttle from its extended position and to its retracted position as the loader manipulator moves from its preload and to its load position. A passive system, such as a spring, returns the shuttle from its retracted and to its extended position.

Methods and systems useful for treating crop storage systems with a chemical vapor are set forth herein. Particularly, vapors of CIPC are used in either active or passive systems to inhibit sprouting of stored potatoes.

A passive system, apparatus, and method for transferring poultry products exiting the chiller to a cone or shackle line.

The invention relates to a circuit for improving energy transmission efficiency of a non-contact type IC (integrated circuit) card, belonging to the technical field of energy transmission circuits of high-current passive systems. The circuit is characterized by sequentially comprising a matching circuit, a rectifier circuit, a voltage-stabilizing and amplitude-limiting circuit, an energy storage circuit, a current monitoring circuit and a switch control circuit, wherein the matching circuit comprises a plurality of capacitors and a switch, and is used for obtaining best matching; the rectifier circuit comprises a plurality of MOS (metal oxide semiconductor) transistors and is used for converting alternating current voltage to direct current voltage; the voltage-stabilizing and amplitude-limiting circuit comprises a plurality of voltage-stabilizing units and amplitude-limiting units and is used for stabilizing the direct current voltage output by the last stage; the energy storage circuit comprises an energy storage capacitor and is used for storing energy when the field strength is reduced; and the switch control circuit comprises a current reproduction tube and a comparator and is used for controlling a switch in the matching circuit. The circuit disclosed by the invention can improve the energy transmission efficiency by automatically adjusting the matching circuit under the situations of low field strength and large load, can meet the requirements of the non-contact type IC card with a larger load, and can be applied to power supply for all modules in smart IC cards such as a financial IC card and the like.

A heat and mass transfer system configured to be a passive system using gravitational force to form a thin liquid film flow on an outer surface of a flow distribution head and downstream conduit member to subject the thin liquid film to heat transfer mediums. The at least partially spherical flow distribution head creates a uniform thin flow of liquid on the outer surface increasing the efficiency of the heat and mass transfer system. The heat and mass transfer system may include a heat transfer medium supply system in fluid communication with internal aspects of the downstream conduit such that a heat transfer medium flows within the downstream conduit while the liquid film flows on the outer surface of the downstream conduit. Rather than conventional sheet flow on inner surfaces of a conduit, the flow distribution head enables sheet flow to be formed on an outside surface of a component.

Example embodiments disclose a passive system of power and cooling with a liquid metal for a digital system. The passive system may include a digital device operatively coupled to a printed circuit board, a hollow conductive channel body attached to the printed circuit board to circulate the liquid metal to flow within the conductive channel so as to convey electrical power to the digital device during a power loss and transfer heat generated by the digital device, and a tube to deliver the liquid metal in and out of the hollow conductive channel body. A method of operating a liquid metal may involve the use of the passive system.

A workpiece loader / unloader system for an industrial machine, such as a hemmer, is disclosed. The system includes a single pocket shuttle movable between an extended position in which the shuttle overlies a work station on the industrial machine, and a retracted position in which the shuttle is laterally spaced from the work station. A gripper on the shuttle selectively engages and supports the workpiece after the workpiece has been machined at the work station. A loader manipulator is movable between a preload position in which the loader supports an unmachined workpiece at a position laterally spaced from the work station, and a load position in which the loader manipulator overlies the work station. An actuator moves the loader manipulator between the preload and load position. Furthermore, the loader manipulator mechanically engages the shuttle and simultaneously moves the shuttle from its extended position and to its retracted position as the loader manipulator moves from its preload and to its load position. A passive system, such as a spring, returns the shuttle from its retracted and to its extended position.

This invention is based on using rail road system for automatic address transportation of people and cargo. This invention allows usage of existing rail roads, many miles of which are not used or partially used. This invention including design of vehicle that will be using for automatic address transportation. This allows excluding the most complicated part of rail roads—switches, and transform rail road from active to passive system.

A method and apparatus are presented for inductive charging of battery operated devices in a motor vehicle, in which a passive vehicle entry and / or starting system selectively disables or reduces provision of power to a primary coil of an inductive charging station while the passive system communicates with an external user device such as a key fob controller to avoid or mitigate electromagnetic interference.

A cost-effective, passive system for conserving energy during hot, summer months is presented. Earlier inventions in this area such as the attic fan (U.S. Pat. No. 2,746,674) worked by forcing the hot attic air out whenever the attic air temperature reached a predetermined level. The present invention works differently; by preventing heat buildup within the attic. A simple, mechanical system is designed to cover a large portion of the roof with a cloth like synthetic material that has a smooth, light-colored, reflective surface reflecting most of the incident solar energy during the months when the weather is hot. An air gap between this reflective surface and the roof further insulates the roof from the solar heat. This prevents build up of the super heated air in the attic thereby lowering the energy bills to cool the house and conserving energy. During the cooler months, this reflective surface covering the roof is fully or partially retracted as needed.

A passive system, apparatus, and method for transferring poultry products exiting the chiller to a cone or shackle line.

A system for passively cooling nuclear fuel in a pressurized water reactor during refueling that employs gravity and alignment of valves using battery reserves or fail in a safe position configurations to maintain the water above the reactor core during reactor disassembly and refueling. A large reserve of water is maintained above the elevation of and in fluid communication with the spent fuel pool and is used to remove decay heat from the reactor core after the reaction within the core has been successfully stopped. Decay heat is removed by boiling this large reserve of water, which will enable the plant to maintain a safe shutdown condition without outside support for many days.

Devices and methods of altering protein concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid and / or brain interstitial fluid are disclosed. Devices include a support having at least one protease attached to the support. The device may further include a housing. Devices may be implantable for use in an in vivo active flow system or for use in an in vivo passive system. Devices may also be used in an ex vivo active flow system. Devices may also be used in a passive system to treat cerebrospinal fluid and / or brain interstitial fluid that is withdrawn, or in a passive system that is implanted surgically. Methods include contacting cerebrospinal fluid and / or brain interstitial fluid with a support including at least one protease attached to the support. Proteins contained in the cerebrospinal fluid and / or brain interstitial fluid are cleaved by the protease resulting in the reduction of protein in cerebrospinal fluid and / or brain interstitial fluid. Additionally, methods are disclosed for treating neurodegenerative diseases and neurological disorders.

Provided is an autofocus control apparatus in an image sensing apparatus which includes: an optical system including a focus lens; a solid-state image sensing device that photoelectrically converts light incident via the optical system into image signals and outputs the image signals; and a focus drive motor that drives the focus lens to adjust a focus position, the autofocus control apparatus comprising: a light-emitting section; and a focus position detector that performs focus position detection according to an active system and focus position detection according to a passive system on the basis of the image signals obtained from the image sensing unit.