99 results about "Physical work" patented technology

The invention relates to a method of controlling a wind turbine connected to an electric utility grid during malfunction in said electric utility grid, said method comprising the steps of detecting a malfunction in said electric utility grid and monitoring at least one physical work property of at least one component of said wind turbine. Further, the method controls the pitch of one or more win turbine blades of said wind turbine in order too keep said least one physical work property below at least one predefined limit in a time period of said malfunction. The invention also relates to a control system for a wind turbine connected and supplying electric power to a utility grid as well as a wind turbine and park hereof.

A three-dimensional user interface is described in which applications are accessed via user interaction with images of three dimensional shapes providing on a display of a computing device. A user is able to adjust their viewpoint within a virtual three dimensional environment. The user interface provides an efficient and intuitive way of managing a large number of applications.

A user interface supporting a virtual three dimensional virtual environment is described. The virtual environment supports representations of actual computer hardware and user interaction with the representation is optionally used to control the corresponding computer hardware. Similarly, interactions with the computer hardware are optionally shown by the representations of the hardware within the virtual environment.

The invention relates to a method of controlling a wind turbine connected to an electric utility grid during malfunction in said electric utility grid, said method comprising the steps of detecting a malfunction in said electric utility grid and monitoring at least one physical work property of at least one component of said wind turbine. Further, the method controls the pitch of one or more wind turbine blades of said wind turbine in order too keep said least one physical work property below at least one predefined limit in a time period of said malfunction. The invention also relates to a control system for a wind turbine connected and supplying electric power to a utility grid as well as a wind turbine and park hereof.

PCT No. PCT / JP97 / 03938 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 23, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 23, 1999 PCT Filed Oct. 29, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO98 / 19020 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 5, 1998The invention provides; a flush toilet having an odor-sealing valve which can certainly be opened and closed with a simple structure and enables easy maintenance, capable of preventing waste matter adhering on it from facing toward the toilet bowl, and effectively working when a patient unintentionally defecates; a care bed apparatus which reduces physical work load on a nurser when bathing the patient; and others. A water tank 52 is provided below a toilet bowl 51, and an odor-sealing valve 57 is made of a sphere 57a floating in the water tank 52 and a ring-shaped packing 57b located near a lower opening 51a of the toilet bowl 51 and capable of coming in close contact with said sphere 57a. Drainpipes and drain valves 66a, 67a, 66b, 67b lower the water level in the water tank 52 to open the odor-sealing valve 57 and a water-supply pipe 64a and a water-supply valve 64b raise the water level in the water tank 52 to close the odor-sealing valve 57. The odor is evacuated as shown by the arrows Fa and cleaning water flows down onto the sphere 57a as shown by the arrows Fw to clean away waste matter S and to turn the sphere.

The invention provides an image generating system and method that provides to an observer a substantially real-time mixed reality experience of a physical work space with superposed thereon a virtual space comprising virtual objects and allows the observer to manipulate the virtual objects in the virtual space by actions performed in the physical work space, and a program for implementing the method and a storage medium storing the program for implementing the method.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a device and a method allows for body-based interaction with 3D applications on wall displays. The interface consists of virtual dockable tools which can be unholstered, used to manipulate geometry, and holstered on the user's body. The system also utilizes proprioceptive cues to allow the user to manipulate and holster tools without visual feedback. A 3D depth camera maps 3D user position to 3D coordinates in the virtual scene. Partitioning the physical work space into a region for interaction with geometry, and a region for tool management allows for intuitive mapping between the physical and virtual work space. The system can support multiple users, including simultaneous interaction with the environment, and tool exchange between users.

The invention discloses a vertical air shaft explosion protection door / cover capable of quickly resetting, belonging to a coal mine ventilation safety facility. The vertical air shaft explosion protection door is mainly composed of a door body 2, a heavy punch part, an inverted ventilation lock catch device and an oiling small shaft, wherein multiple groups of heavy punch assemblies of the heavy punch part are variable quality tank heavy punch assemblies 4 or variable quality tanks 19, and the variable quality tank heavy punch assemblies 4 or the variable quality tanks 19 are connected with the explosion protection door body 2 by a steel wire rope 7 and a pulley block 8; the variable quality tanks 19 are liquid storage tanks and are connected with a water supply by a water inlet and outlet pipe 13; and water reserve in the variable quality tanks is increased or reduced to replace the action of increasing or reducing the number of the weight, thus controlling the weight of the heavy punch assembly. The explosion protection door is also provided with the quick inverted ventilation lock catch device 1 and a stable synchronous elevator mechanism. The explosion protection door adopts mechanical operation to realize remote monitoring of the latch and the reset of the explosion protection door, changes outdoor operation into indoor operation, has the advantages of high resetting and latching speed, time and labour saving and safe operation, lightens physical work and improves the coal mine ventilation safety.

The invention a template-based model drive software development method, comprising the following steps: selecting a target platform and reading a model document; reading corresponding templates according to the selected target platform and the model document; and converting the model document into a physical working piece. The invention also provides a template-based model drive software development system, comprising: a template library used for storing templates; the template is provided with a command of converting model elements into the working piece; a platform selecting module used for selecting the target platform; a generator used for reading the corresponding templates in the template library according to the target platform selected by the platform selecting module and the type of model documents; and converting the model document into a physical working piece and a code file catalog according to the command on the template that is read. The invention can realize the template-based conversion of a model document into a physical working piece.

An agricultural working machine, such as a combine harvester or forage harvester, has a feeding assembly arranged on the front for accommodating a header attachment which is designated to harvest and convey a harvested crop, and at least one gauge wheel attachment comprising at least one support wheel associated with the header attachment on one or both sides of the feeding assembly, wherein the header attachment is arranged pivotally about a rotation axis extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the agricultural working machine on the feeding assembly in such a manner that the header attachment can be automatically rotated from a working position into a transport position when the feeding assembly is lowered, and at least one support wheel of at least one gauge wheel attachment supports the header attachment on the ground in the transport position. This ensures that the use of a separate header trailer is not necessary. At the same time such a rotating mechanism enables support wheel arrangements to be brought quickly from a working to a non-working position without heavy physical work being required for that alteration.

A method and system for allowing owners of a physical work, such as a book, to purchase an electronic version of the work by validating their ownership of the work using a personal electronic device, such as a smartphone, and marking the work. The owner is instructed to mark the work and to capture camera images of the work. The images are analyzed to identify the work, determine whether the work has been previously marked, and to verify that the work has been marked by the owner. Analysis may be performed remotely by a server in communication with the personal electronic device. Various means for authenticating ownership of the work are also disclosed, including 3D analysis, page curvature analysis, concurrent still image and video capture, detection of use of a video display to spoof the work, and geofencing.

The invention relates to a hydraulic pressure butterfly valve shaft sleeve installation machine and an installation method thereof, and is characterized in that the installation machine is provided with a hydraulic cylinder and a located block which are fixed on a working platform surface from right to left; a right locating pin shaft and a left locating pin shaft which are used for respectively pressing an upper valve neck shaft sleeve and a lower valve neck shaft sleeve into an upper valve neck shaft hole and a lower valve neck shaft hole, are coaxial and are arranged on the end surface of the piston rod and relative located block end surface oppositely; a right flange, a left flange, a right shoulder, a left shoulder, a right pin shaft end and a left pin shaft end are coaxially arranged on a right locating pin shaft and a left locating pin shaft in a axisymmetric manner; the width of the right shoulder and the left shoulder which are in clearance fit with the upper valve neck shaft hole and the lower valve neck shaft hole is equal to the width of a circular ring spacer bush, also is equal to the sum of the width of the upper valve neck shaft sleeve and the thickness of a circle ring; the length of the right pin shaft end and the left pin shaft end is equal to the width of the upper valve neck shaft sleeve; and the external diameters of the spacer bush, the right flange and the left flange are more than the diameters of the upper valve neck shaft hole and the lower valve neck shaft hole. The method comprises the following steps: (1) two ends of the upper valve neck shaft hole are symmetrically pressed into a built-in shaft sleeve; (2) two end ports of the upper valve neck shaft hole are pressed with the shaft sleeve; and (3) the lower valve neck shaft hole is pressed into the shaft sleeve. The installation machine has the advantages of preventing heavy physical work of operators and ensuring product quality.

Access to an electronic version of a physical work is provided to a user. The electronic version of the physical work comprises images of the physical work that, when visually displayed, appear the same as the physical work. Access to the electronic version of the physical work is based on user ownership of the physical work. Access to a portion or all of the physical work may be provided in accordance with one or more access rules. A user may own a physical work by virtue of purchasing the physical work or purchasing an item that the physical work normally accompanies. A flag may be set for later reference to indicate user ownership of the physical work.

An agricultural working machine, such as a combine harvester or forage harvester, has a feeding assembly arranged on the front for accommodating a header attachment which is designated to harvest and convey a harvested crop, and a gauge wheel attachment comprising at least support wheel associated with the header attachment on one or both sides of the feeding assembly, wherein the header attachment is arranged pivotally about a rotation axis extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the agricultural working machine on the feeding assembly in such a manner that the header attachment can be automatically rotated from a working position into a transport position when the feeding assembly is lowered, and at least one support wheel of at least one gauge wheel attachment supports the header attachment on the ground in the transport position. This ensures that the use of a separate header trailer is not necessary. At the same time such a rotating mechanism enables support wheel arrangements to be brought quickly from a working to a non-working position without heavy physical work being required for that alteration.

Access to an electronic version of a physical work is provided to a user. The electronic version of the physical work comprises images of the physical work that, when visually displayed, appear the same as the physical work. Access to the electronic version of the physical work is based on user ownership of the physical work. Access to a portion or all of the physical work may be provided in accordance with one or more access rules. A user may own a physical work by virtue of purchasing the physical work or purchasing an item that the physical work normally accompanies. A flag may be set for later reference to indicate user ownership of the physical work.

A precision positioning device, such as a robot, decouples the different axes of motion by utilizing a modular motion unit for each different axis of motion. Each modular motion unit includes a base structure, a linear guide, a carriage, a drive motor, and a cable to convert the torque of the drive motor into useful, controlled carriage movement. The parts and sub-assemblies of each modular motion unit are interchangeable without concern about the ultimate orientation of the unit. To assemble the units into a robot, the modular motion units are attached to an underlying frame structure to provide computer-controlled movement over a designated physical work space. Re-tensioning of a drive cable within the modular motion unit is accomplished without requiring the operator to have special training or tools. One end of the drive cable is attached to a tensioner that is releasably locked into place. When the tensioner is released, a spring operates to move the tensioner, and the cable, to a properly tensioned position.

A method of forming a label with a label forming apparatus having a printing section for performing printing while feeding a processing tape, and a working section for performing physical working on the processing tape while feeding the processing tape. The apparatus is capable of selectively performing print processing for performing printing, work processing for performing physical working, and print-and-work processing for performing printing and working on the processing tape based on inputted information. The apparatus is also capable of continuous processing for forming a single continuous label in which a plurality of labels are formed in series. The method includes allowing the continuous processing in the print processing and the work processing, and prohibiting the continuous processing in the print-and-work processing.

The invention relates to a valve pile tip structure device of a cast-in-place X-shaped concrete pile and a using method thereof. In the valve pile tip structure device, an X-shaped pile die is fixedly connected with a connecting section, the lower end of the connecting section is fixedly connected with a transition section, the lower part of the transition section is rotatablely connected with the upper part of a strengthening rib through a connecting hinge, and the strengthening rib is fixedly connected with a valve; and when the X-shaped pile die is dropped down, the valve pile tip is aligned with a pile position, and a curved surface triangular steel sheet is closed and inserted in a soil body, the X-shaped pile die is vibrated to reach a designed depth so that concrete enters an inner cavity of the valve, and the X-shaped pile die is pulled up to automatically open the curved surface triangular steel sheet so as to form the cast-in-place X-shaped concrete pile. The valve pile tip structure device overcomes the defects that a precast pile shoe is precast in a factory, has long consumed time, large volume and inconvenient transportation, moves and deflects downwards and even breaks away from the pile die, cannot be used repeatedly, has high manufacturing cost, and the like. The valve pile tip structure device avoids repeated physical work, does not need to be precast in the factory, shortens the construction period, and reduces the cost.

A method and system for allowing owners of a physical work, such as a book, to purchase an electronic version of the work by validating their ownership of the work using a personal electronic device, such as a smartphone, and marking the work. The owner is instructed to mark the work and to capture camera images of the work. The images are analyzed to identify the work, determine whether the work has been previously marked, and to verify that the work has been marked by the owner. Analysis may be performed remotely by a server in communication with the personal electronic device. Various means for authenticating ownership of the work are also disclosed, including 3D analysis, page curvature analysis, concurrent still image and video capture, detection of use of a video display to spoof the work, and geofencing.

The invention discloses a guidance assembly for assisting building an applying system for service, which comprises a binding rule and a series of self-defined prescriptions, wherein the binding rule is used for defining the corresponding relationship among tree view nodes of a resource manager of a Visual Studio solution scheme and the prescriptions, and the prescriptions realize the specific function by a set of self-defined activities capable of being sequentially executed according to the corresponding nodes of the binding rule bound on the tree view nodes of the resource manager of the solution scheme. The invention can assist the developing personnel using the Visual Studio developing tool to complete various complex daily works in the developing process of the applying system for service, avoid repeated physical work in the developing process, enable the developing personnel to concentrate on the realization of business logic, obviously improve the work efficiency and the product quality of a project team and lower the developing cost of a project.

A physical work-out apparatus comprised of a mechanism for shortening elastic bands, and one or more elastic bands that are integrated into the mechanism in such a way that enables a user to shorten or lengthen the elastic bands. The apparatus can be integrated and attached to a harness worn on the user's back and chest. The mechanism enables the user to shorten or lengthen, according to need, the elastic band or bands.

The invention is applicable to the technical field of computer data storage and provides a flash memory array management method and device. The flash memory array management method comprises the steps of dividing a flash memory array into n physical working groups, wherein the same pages of all flash memories in the same physical working group are combined to form a physical combined page, and the same blocks of all flash memories in the same physical working group are combined to form a physical combined block; dividing a logic space into a plurality of logic pages according to the size of the physical combined page, dividing the multiple obtained logic pages into n logic working groups corresponding to the physical working groups, performing re-addressing according to logic addresses of the logic pages of the same logic working group to obtain logic combined pages; managing the logic combined pages in the logic working groups and the physical combined page in the corresponding physical working groups in a dynamic mapping mode so as to achieve reading and writing of the flash memory array. By means of the flash memory array management method and device, the storage space occupied by a mapping table is decreased, and write-in and amplification caused by block mapping are decreased.

The invention discloses a method for assembling an upper support body of an overhead cell support of a hybrid vehicle and a special welding tool clamp used in assembly. The clamp comprises a clamp body (1), and is characterized in that a positioning element (2) is fixedly arranged at the upper end of the clamp body, a clamping device (3) is arranged at the outer side of the positioning element (2), the positioning element horizontally limits the position of each component on the upper support body of the overhead cell support of the hybrid vehicle, and the clamping device clamps the components on the upper support body of the overhead cell support of the hybrid vehicle in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction. The clamp greatly lightens the physical work of the operating staff, improves the assembling and welding efficiency, controls or eliminates the thermal deformation of workpieces caused by welding, and reduces the instability of manual welding.

The invention provides an underground comprehensive pipe rack mounting robot. The underground comprehensive pipe rack mounting robot comprises a chassis provided with multiple rollers at the bottom, a power device, a lifting device, a tray and a control device; the power device is arranged in the chassis, and is connected with at least one of the multiple rollers; the power device can drive the rollers to rotate, and can drive the chassis to move; the tray is arranged above the chassis through the lifting device; the lower end of the lifting device is connected with the chassis; the upper end of the lifting device is connected with the tray; the lifting device can drive the tray to ascend and descend; and the power device and the lifting device are electrically connected with the control device. The underground comprehensive pipe rack mounting robot can quickly and accurately convey pipelines to corresponding positions where the pipelines need to be mounted to quickly realize conveying of the pipelines, meanwhile, can assist the manual operation to quickly finish mounting of the pipelines, can match with the manual operation to finish heavy physical work, and reduces the labor cost and the time cost.

During a driving activity of an automobile, a work characteristic evaluating apparatus is provided for judging a factor (a physical work load or a mental load) of stress that a work activity places on the worker to evaluate a work characteristic. The work characteristic evaluating apparatus 1 comprises a masseter muscle myoelectric potential acqusition device 10 which measures and acquires myoelectric potential of a masseter muscle which moves independently of the driving activity of the driver, a work intensity acquisition device 20 which measures and acquires steering torque around the steering shaft as a work intensity of steering activity, a correlation calculating module 38 which computes a correlation between time-series data of the myoelectric potential of the masseter muscle and time-series data of the steering torque, and a judgment module 39 which judges whether the stress placed on the worker is caused by a physical work load or a mental load based on the correlation coefficient.

The subject disclosure is directed towards guiding a user through a physical work task. A model comprising, rules, constraints and equations corresponding to the task generates a work plan based upon user input data and work-related data. The model determines a subtask to perform based upon the data and the current state of the task, and outputs data (plan objects) used to generate of visualization that instructs the user as to how to perform the subtask, e.g., what other part to attach a current component to, what tool is needed, advice, risk assessment, alternatives and so forth. The model may base the current state on a scene input to the model that represents the current state of the task and / or historical data that indicates the current state of the task.

The invention relates to an automatic potted-seedling picking mechanism for dry land, which is characterized by comprising a seedling picking frame (1), a sliding block (2), an inner group of incomplete gear mechanisms and an outer group of incomplete gear mechanisms, wherein the seedling picking frame (1) is provided with a seedling picker and is arranged on the sliding block (2) through a bearing, a rotating shaft of the seedling picking frame (1) is provided with a swinging arm (3), the swinging end of which is connected with one group of the incomplete gear mechanisms, and the other group of the incomplete gear mechanisms is connected with the sliding block (2), the two groups of incomplete gear mechanisms and the sliding block (2) are all arranged on a bottom plate (4) in a sliding way and are driven by a drive shaft (13). The invention leads seedling picking laborers to get rid of heavy and humdrum physical work, and improves the labor capacity; the operation efficiency of automatic transplanting is improved by 2 times compared with the semi-automatic transplanting, and is improved by more than 10 times compared with the manual transplanting, if the number of rows is increased, the operation efficiency can be further improved; the invention can properly extend the operation season of transplanting and prolong the growing season so as to obtain high and stable yield.

The invention discloses an intelligent reader planning method for an RFID system. From the perspective of anti-collision resource distribution during cooperative work of multiple readers, the life cycle of the RFID system comprises an RFID system planning stage and an operation maintaining stage. In the planning stage, the optimal number and positions of readers and the corresponding time slot and channel resource distribution scheme are obtained based on available channel and time slot resources of the RFID system and the planned physical work space range, and the optical number of readers is the number of reference readers in the RFID system N*. In the operation maintaining stage, the number of the reference readers N* is compared with the current number of the readers N of the RFID system, intelligent reader planning of the RFID system is realized according to the relation between N* and N by keeping the current number of the readers unchanged or reinforcing the work of the readers or forbidding the work of redundant readers, and then the label reading efficiency of the system is optimized or is kept at a high level.

A physical work-out apparatus comprised of a mechanism for shortening elastic bands, and one or more elastic bands that are integrated into the mechanism in such a way that enables a user to shorten or lengthen the elastic bands. The apparatus can be integrated and attached to a harness worn on the user's back and chest. The mechanism enables the user to shorten or lengthen, according to need, the elastic band or bands.

The invention discloses a medium inoculation technology and its special equipment in the Cordyceps cicadae solid fermentation industry. Specifically, the technology includes the steps of: 1. putting wheat in a wheat cleaning machine for cleaning; 2. conveying the cleaned wheat to an integrated tank top through a hoisting instrument, and making the wheat enter the integrated tank through a wheat inlet at the integrated tank top, and under a temperature of 121DEG C, conducting stewing and sterilization for 45 minutes; and 3. cooling the wheat to 30DEG C through sterile air and a cooling device of the integrated tank, introducing a bacterial solution into the integrated tank, which rotates around a shaft to make the wheat and the bacterial solution fully and uniformly mixed. The invention has the beneficial effects that: 1) automation of wheat cleaning, conveying and inoculation is realized, and heavy physical work is reduced; and 2) cooling is performed through a jacket and an in-tank mode, the sterile air is input into the tank to contact a material so as to bring heat out of the tank body, a cooling solution is input into the jacket so as to make the material at 121DEG C cooled to 30DEG C within a short period of time, and the material is ensured good fluidity.