37 results about "Temporal periods" patented technology

The life history of a person or entity can be presented in a graphical representation of a highway. Life events may be represented by simple data strings, or by files such as photographs, dissertations, job offers, and love-letters, among others. For ease in viewing, the information representing the life history is categorized according to type (medical, educational, photographic, etc.) and placed in lanes corresponding to the type of information. The information is also organized by date, being placed between mile corresponding to temporal periods, for instance, years. Other graphical arrangements of stored information are also included.

A space that closely approximates the state of an actual flame is reproduced without depending on temporal periods. Namely, by reproducing a spatiotemporal pattern of a flame, the light source can be caused to emit warm light, whereby a compact and inexpensive imitation flame generating apparatus is provided. The imitation flame generating apparatus 1 comprises a light source 10 and a control device 40 for controlling the output of electric current to the light source 10. The control device 40 comprises computation means 41 for computing a spatiotemporal pattern of the flame using a coupled map lattice, and output means 42 for outputting the electric current in accordance with the thus computed spatiotemporal pattern of the flame.

The invention relates to an ion mobility spectrometer and a method of using the same. A method of detecting constituents in a sample includes generating a plurality of ions in an ionization region. The method also includes preventing the plurality of ions in the ionization region from flowing into a drift region through inducing a first voltage in a device positioned between the two regions. The method further includes injecting at least a portion of the ions from the ionization region into the drift region. The method also includes regulating the voltage in the device to a second voltage for a first predetermined temporal period, the second voltage less than the first voltage. The method further includes regulating the voltage in the device to the first voltage. The method also includes regulating the voltage in the device to the second voltage for a second predetermined temporal period, the second predetermined temporal period different from the first predetermined temporal period.

Present day intrusion detection systems frequently cause false alarms by mistaking occupants as intruders, and it is desirable to reduce such false alarms. This invention comprises a processor that employs various software algorithms. The processor receives signals over temporal periods and software algorithms statistically discern various activities, thereby reducing false alarms and detection failures. The software algorithms are adaptive to the level of detected activity such that a rate of false alarms may be predetermined. As such, the processor and software algorithms comprise an artificial intelligence system. This artificial intelligence system may be employed in intruder and vehicle alarm systems composed of a multiplicity of detectors and within such detectors. A second aspect of this invention is an improved infrasound detection method that may be employed in such artificial intelligence.

A dormant mode target semiconductor device within a leakage current target unit is identified for mitigating leakage current to prevent it from reaching catastrophic runaway. A leakage current shift monitor unit is electrically connected to the output node of the leakage current target unit and collects leakage current from the selected target semiconductor device for two consecutive predefined temporal periods and measures the difference between the collected leakage currents. A comparator receives and compares the outputs of the current shift monitor unit and a reference voltage generator. The comparator propagates an alert signal to the leakage current target unit when the leakage voltage output from the leakage current shift monitor unit exceeds the reference voltage, a condition that indicates that the leakage current is about to approach catastrophic runaway levels. This alert signal switches the target semiconductor device to an active mode for leakage mitigation, which includes a repair voltage from a repair voltage generator applied to the gate of the target semiconductor device.

An offline patch change management system for an industrial facility includes at least one reader device configured to read patch update information stored on computer-readable storage media inserted therein. The industrial facility includes an industrial control system that includes at least cyber asset. The system also includes a memory device coupled to the reader device. The memory device is configured to store the patch update information. The system further includes a processor coupled to the memory device. The processor is programmed to scan the at least one cyber asset. The processor is also programmed to generate a scan report including a patch status for at least one patch not operatively resident on the at least one cyber asset. The scan report includes a deployment temporal period value for deployment of the patch.

A virtual computers (VM) is configured so that excesses or deficiencies of hardware resources of physical computers are not generated as much as possible. A VM deployment device for deploying a plurality of VMs in a plurality of physical computers is constructed. The VM deployment device stores VM load information which is information representing, for each VM, the resource load value of the VM in each of a plurality of temporal periods. The VM deployment device, on the basis of the VM load information, selects 2 or more VMs so that the difference between the resource load values for each temporal period is maximized, and deploys the selected 2 or more VMs in the same physical computer.

A system and method of managing a vehicle software configuration includes: receiving from a user both a software package identifier for a software package that will be loaded onto a vehicle during a temporal period that is selected by the user and a vehicle identifier; identifying the software package associated with the software package identifier; wirelessly sending the software package from a central facility to the vehicle associated with the vehicle identifier for use during the user-selected temporal period; and storing the software package at the vehicle during the user-selected temporal period.

An interface for facilitating facsimile transmission via a wireless communications device operatively connected to a wireless communications network, including: a modem suitable for being communicatively coupled to a facsimile machine; a controller coupled to the modem; and, a memory operatively coupled to the controller. The interface includes code to cause the modem to transmit a retrain request to the facsimile machine upon expiration of a given temporal period. The interface includes a circuit for selectively generating a ring signal corresponding to a plain old telephone service ring signal. The interface includes a circuit for selectively generating a hold signal corresponding to a plain old telephone service hold signal. And, the circuit includes code to cause the modem to transmit data indicative of white lines to the facsimile machine upon expiration of a given temporal period.

An interface for facilitating facsimile transmission via a wireless communications device operatively connected to a wireless communications network, including: a modem suitable for being communicatively coupled to a facsimile machine; a controller coupled to the modem; and, a memory operatively coupled to the controller. The interface includes code to cause the modem to transmit a retrain request to the facsimile machine upon expiration of a given temporal period. The interface includes a circuit for selectively generating a ring signal corresponding to a plain old telephone service ring signal. The interface includes a circuit for selectively generating a hold signal corresponding to a plain old telephone service hold signal. And, the circuit includes code to cause the modem to transmit data indicative of white lines to the facsimile machine upon expiration of a given temporal period.