2543 results about "Yard" patented technology

The invention relates to a port warehousing logistics technology, in particular to a bulk material yard unmanned stacking / reclaiming technology. Firstly, a database is established; secondly, operation instructions, automatic stacking / reclaiming operation modes and control instructions for automatic stacking / reclaiming operations are generated through input operation kinds of goods and the planning work amount; thirdly, the relevant instructions are sent to a central control PLC and then transmitted to the corresponding local stacker / reclaimer PLC through the industrial network; fourthly, the local PLC controls the operation of all components of the stacker / reclaimer to complete the local operation control. At the same time, a material stack laser scanning device is used to scan the material yard condition, and the scanned result will then be transferred to a central control processing unit through the industrial network; fifthly, the central control processing unit achieves the stack type scan data processing of the stacker / reclaimer to generate new instructions which will then be sent to the corresponding local stacker / reclaimer PLC; sixthly, a handle operating panel arranged inside a central control room can be taken as a backup means of manual operation under special circumstances. The invention can be applied to large-scale raw material yards, such as ports, wharfs, open warehouses, mine stacking yards, as well as iron and steel enterprises.

A collar to be worn on an object or a large or small animal has been designed incorporating (D)GPS technology. The operation of the device includes programming the three dimensional boundary into the memory of the device and simply installing the collar on the animal. As the animal approaches the preprogrammed boundary, a first alarm sounds when the subject is within an arbitrary user defined distance, and a second more drastic alarm such as a shock correction is applied when the subject approaches a second position closer to the boundary. Means to easily program the device are also included in the system. The device has the capability to call or transmit important information such as location, speed, identity, and medical parameters etc to a station automatically or when polled. All necessary analog and digital circuitry, microprocessor, programming, communications hardware are integrated into the collar. The device also has applications in land, air and sea navigation, farming, construction, tracking stolen vehicles, and keeping track of children. This device could also be embedded in a specialized lawnmower that would know where your yard ended and your neighbor's began, and traverse around all obstacles in the yard. Important Military applications would include warning and directing soldiers of front line boundaries, minefield mapping and 3-D direction around MOA's for aircraft.

A high capacity, multiple-stage railway car switching yard connects together two or more subyards. Each subyard has a fully open arrival / departure end and may have a continuously descending gradient throughout the entire length of its classification tracks. The subyards are positioned opposite one another, so classification tracks of one subyard can serve as receiving tracks for another subyard. Escape tracks are interconnected between the two subyards to provide a higher capacity and more efficiency and flexibility than a single yard by itself.

A system and process for improving container flow within a port facility, including improved equipment and software for controlling operation and flow of the equipment in the part facility. The system may include a port facility geographically arranged to separate land operations and water operations. Land operations such as over-the-road missions and rail missions may use landside access areas positioned at one end of a yard including rows of container stacks. Water missions such as loading / discharging a vessel may use waterside access areas positioned at the opposite end of the yard. Automated cranes linked with a terminal operating system may pick / drop / shuffle containers and / or refrigerated containers (“reefers”) within the container stacks. Shuttle trucks may be used to pick / drop containers at quayside access points and the waterside access areas. The shuttle trucks may utilize shared wheelpaths. Software systems may be used to implement various principles of the invention.

A high performance golf ball having a reduced overall distance while maintaining the appearance of a high performance trajectory. The golf ball includes a combination of low CoR core and cover materials coupled with a less aerodynamic dimple pattern that achieves a reduction in carry and overall distance of 15 and 25 yards versus a conventional golf ball, while still providing the look, sound, feel and apparent flight of a conventional golf ball. A high performance golf ball having a reduced distance is also achieved by controlling dimensionless coefficients of lift / weight and drag / weight at certain Reynolds numbers and spin ratios for various CoR.

A collar to be worn on an object or a large or small animal has been designed incorporating (D)GPS technology. The operation of the device includes programming the three dimensional boundary into the memory of the device and simply installing the collar on the animal. As the animal approaches the preprogrammed boundary, a first alarm sounds when the subject is within an arbitrary user defined distance, and a second more drastic alarm such as a shock correction is applied when the subject approaches a second position closer to the boundary. Means to easily program the device are also included in the system. The device has the capability to call or transmit important information such as location, speed, identity, and medical parameters, etc. to a station automatically or when polled. All necessary analog and digital circuitry, microprocessor, programming, communications hardware are integrated into the collar. The device also has applications in land, air and sea navigation, farming, construction, tracking stolen vehicles, and keeping track of children. This device could also be embedded in a specialized lawnmower that would know where your yard ended and your neighbor's began, and traverse around all obstacles in the yard. Important Military applications would include warning and directing soldiers of front line boundaries, minefield mapping and 3-D direction around MOA's for aircraft.

A high performance golf ball having a reduced overall distance while maintaining the appearance of a high performance trajectory. The golf ball includes a combination of low CoR core and cover materials coupled with a less aerodynamic dimple pattern that achieves a reduction in carry and overall distance of 15 and 25 yards versus a conventional golf ball, while still providing the look, sound, feel and apparent flight of a conventional golf ball. A high performance golf ball having a reduced distance is also achieved by controlling dimensionless coefficients of lift / weight and drag / weight at certain Reynolds numbers and spin ratios for various CoR.

Analysis of a vehicle is performed using multi-dimensional infrared image data acquired for the vehicle. A component of the vehicle can be identified within the infrared image data, and the infrared image data for the component can be analyzed to determine whether any condition(s) are present on the vehicle. One or more actions can be initiated in response to a determination that a particular condition is present. Additionally, visible image data can be used to supplement the infrared image data. Still further, infrared image data for similar components imaged concurrently with the component can be used to identify whether any condition(s) are present on the vehicle. Unlike prior art approaches in the rail industry, the analysis can be performed on rail vehicles within a classification yard.

The invention relates to a full-automatic bulk cargo storage yard stacking and taking method applied to large port wharfs, truck stations and open storages. According to the method, when a stacking and taking machine works, an operating driver for operating and monitoring is not needed in a cab of the stacking and taking machine and a person for control and operation of the whole process is also not needed in a field industrial personal computer on the basis of fully ensuring the utilization rate of a stock yard and exerting the stacking and taking capacity and other functions of the stacking and taking machine. After the field industrial personal computer acquires an operation task from a management system, optimal calculation and security inspection are performed according to the condition of the stock yard and the state of the stacking and taking machine, and related stacking or taking mode information is automatically generated; and then the system automatically sends related control instructions to a programmable logic controller (PLC) corresponding to the local stacking and taking machine, and the stacking and taking machine performs unmanned automatic stacking and taking operation of the whole process. Therefore, the method overcomes the defects of low automation degree of the conventional bulk cargo storage yard, high labor intensity of operators, low working efficiency and low field utilization rate.

This disclosure describes a system for recycling and reusing water from sprinkler systems to water or irrigate a yard or an area of land. The system includes a water reclamation tank that stores water captured from beneath the area of land. When it is time to water the area of land, the sprinkler system draws water from the water reclamation tank. A portion of this water is then recaptured and supplied back to the water reclamation tank for further storage until the next time the sprinkler system is activated. This cyclical process occurs repeatedly and enables a significant reduction in the amount of freshly supplied water used to maintain the area of land.

The invention relates to a sublevel open-stop and delayed filling mining method. According to the method, cutting crosscuts are wholly undercut along the width of chambers and pillars so that the space of scope rock drilling is shared with ore drawing, drilling operations of vertical parallel blast holes are achieved in undercutting space, positioning accuracy of drilling the vertical parallel blast holes is high, the intervals among the blast holes are even, and the defect of high blasting boulder yield caused by drilling sector blast holes in traditional rock drilling cross cuts is avoided; during chamber (or pillar) scoping, driving of ore drawing gateways and ore drawing admission passages in fill materials of adjacent pillars (or chambers) isn't needed, and accordingly the safety is improved; simultaneously, ores are directly drawn from the undercutting space of the chambers and the pillars, the space of ore drawing is large, mutual interference is small, ore drawing efficiency is high, and ores are drawn completely without any dead space and secondary ore loss; artificial sill pillars are constructed, ore sill plates aren't needed to be reserved, the ores are free of primary loss, and the rate of resource recycling is high. Barren rocks and ore beneficiation tailings are used for filling gobs, the barren rocks are not taken out of pits, constructions of tailing dams and barren rock yards are reduced, and land occupation is small.

A programmable and remotely controlled lighting system employing LED lamps is disclosed herein. The system and methods of the present invention are ideally suited for residential or commercial buildings, court yards, business parks, universities, etc. Initially light sensors are provided to the system measuring available natural and artificial light. A system or area brightness is controlled programmably or remotely via a dimmer with PWM (pulse-width-modulated) power for reduced energy consumption. Wireless command and control is provided by microcontrollers with radio frequency transmitters and receivers. Additional circuitry is included to adequately compensate for transient input voltage. The lighting system further may be easily implemented to other systems able to be controlled by computer such as video surveillance systems and

A method automatically detects and corrects errors in a container inventory database associated with a container inventory tracking system of a container storage facility. A processor in the inventory tracking system performs a method to detect errors; this method of error detection obtains a first data record, identifies an event (e.g., pickup or drop-off of a container, or movement of handing equipment) associated with the first record, provides a list of error types based on the identified event, and determines whether a data error has occurred through a checking process. To correct the errors, this method further sets search criteria based on the error detection results, queries the inventory tracking database using the set criteria, determines error candidates based on the query results, evaluates the error candidates to identify a match or matches among the error candidates, and corrects the error(s) by modifying the error detection results together with the identified match or matches.

A solar-rechargeable light fixture. A preferred embodiment is adapted for attachment to the horizontal cross-bar of a yard-mounted real estate sign effective to illuminate both sides of the sign after dark. The light fixture includes a solar panel adapted to charge a battery which powers a plurality of lights, such as incandescent bulbs or LEDs. Sometimes, a microprocessor is included in-circuit to control operation of the light fixture, and may also provide diagnostic feedback to a user. Desirably, the light fixture can be switched into a storage mode to avoid discharge of the battery during periods of non-use.

An automated moisture control network system is disclosed which enables automated maintenance of moisture levels for landscaping features and control of the systems that perform the maintenance operations. The maintenance operations are controlled based on environmental conditions affecting the landscaping features and systems, including weather forecasting, research regarding the different plants and grasses being maintained by the system, geographical information (soil, climate, etc.) for the region in which the landscaping features are situated, and real-time data regarding current moisture, temperature, and other environmental conditions.

A technique for integrating a pre-existing business system with a fleet management system. The pre-existing business system includes, for example, an accounting system, a warehousing system, a dock management system, a yard management system. These fleet management system uses, for example, a combination of a raster map and vector data to provide an easy-to-read display for managing objects or articles, e.g., vehicle, container. The method uses a host gateway to provide a TCP / IP or like interface between the various systems.

Therefore, the illustrative embodiments provide an apparatus for performing horticultural tasks. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus is comprised of a number of data storage devices, a planning process, and a processor unit. The number of data storage devices includes a knowledge base. The processor unit executes the planning process and accesses the knowledge base on the number of data storage devices to identify a horticultural need for a plurality of plants.

The invention belongs to the field of parking lot management system, in particular to a large comprehensive parking lot management system used in a large parking lot consisting of a plane parking lot and a solid parking lot, or a large parking lot consisting of a plurality of solid parking garages. The large comprehensive parking lot management system comprises a central computer system and corresponding software. Solid garage control and management intelligent devices, working stations of overall entrances of parking lots and computer systems are connected together. The database server of the central computer system receives the information from the working station computers of the entrances of parking lots and the solid garage control and management intelligent devices. The central computer is responsible for exchange and processing of the database server and solid garage management systems. The invention can provide a ground parking lot management system which can communicate with and share information with the solid garage management systems. By adopting the invention, drivers can find parking spaces conveniently and quickly. The invention is highly intellectualized so that cars can be stored and retrieved with brushing a card , thus reducing large-scale comprehensive parking lot management system requiring manual operation.

<heading lvl="0">Abstract of Disclosure< / heading> A method for managing railcar movement in a railyard based on the flow of railyard tasks, using a system that includes a computer including a processor, a memory device, and a database. The railyard includes six subyards including a surge yard, a receiving yard, a receiving inspected (RI) yard, a classification yard, a departure yard and a departure inspected (DI) yard. The method uses initial parameters, input to the computer, to simulate railyard task flow utilizing a yard performance model. Based on the simulation, the method determines if a train schedule can be met.

Therefore, the illustrative embodiments provide an apparatus for performing horticultural tasks. In an illustrative embodiment, an apparatus is comprised of a number of data storage devices, a planning process, and a processor unit. The number of data storage devices includes a knowledge base. The processor unit executes the planning process and accesses the knowledge base on the number of data storage devices to identify a horticultural need for a plurality of plants.

A ballistic effect compensating reticle (e.g., 200 or 300) and aim compensation method for rifle sights or projectile weapon aiming systems includes a multiple point elevation and windage aim point field (e.g., 150 or 350) including a primary aiming mark (e.g., 158 or 358) indicating a primary aiming point adapted to be sighted-in at a first selected range and a plurality of secondary aiming points arrayed beneath the primary aiming mark. The method for compensating for a projectile's ballistic behavior while developing a field expedient firing solution permits the shooter to express the field expedient firing solution in units of distance, (e.g., yards or meters, when describing or estimating range and nominal air density ballistic characteristics), and velocity (e.g., mph or kph, for windage hold points).

A method for managing railcar movement in a railyard based on the flow of railyard tasks, using a system that includes a computer including a processor, a memory device, and a database. The railyard includes six subyards including a surge yard, a receiving yard, a receiving inspected (RI) yard, a classification yard, a departure yard and a departure inspected (DI) yard. The method uses initial parameters, input to the computer, to simulate railyard task flow utilizing a yard performance model. Based on the simulation, the method determines if a train schedule can be met.

The invention provides an automatic stacking / reclaiming system for a bulk cargo storage yard. The automatic stacking / reclaiming system comprises a stacker distributed in the storage yard and provided with a stacking cantilever, a reclaimer distributed in the storage yard and provided with a reclaiming cantilever, a first laser scanning device installed on the stacking cantilever and used for acquiring scanning data of the storage yard, a second laser scanning device installed on the reclaiming cantilever and used for acquiring the scanning data of the storage yard, a stacking positioning device and a reclaiming positioning device for acquiring GNSS positioning information, a stacker control device, a reclaimer control device, a remote stacking processing device and a remote reclaiming processing device. The stacker control device and the reclaimer control device acquire and output the GNSS positioning information, receive a stacking control signal and a reclaiming control signal, and control the stacker and the reclaimer to execute corresponding stacking / reclaiming actions according to the control signals. The remote stacking processing device and the remote reclaiming processing device receive a stacking instruction and a reclaiming instruction input by a peripheral user, acquire coordinate information of the corresponding storage yard according to the instructions, the scanning data and the GNSS positioning information, and generate stacking / reclaiming path information to serve as the stacking / reclaiming control signals to be output to the stacker control device and the reclaimer control device. The automatic stacking / reclaiming system is based on GNSS positioning, and is high in accuracy and low in cost, data can be shared, and automatic operation of the bulk cargo storage yard is achieved.

Automated inventory management and material (or container) handling removes the requirement to operate fully automatically or all-manual using conventional task dedicated vertical storage and retrieval (S&R) machines. Inventory requests Automated vehicles plan their own movements to execute missions over a container yard, warehouse aisles or roadways, sharing this space with manually driven trucks. Automated units drive to planned speed limits, manage their loads (stability control), stop, go, and merge at intersections according human driving rules, use on-board sensors to identify static and dynamic obstacles, and human traffic, and either avoid them or stop until potential collision risk is removed. They identify, localize, and either pick-up loads (pallets, container, etc.) or drop them at the correctly demined locations. Systems without full automation can also implement partially automated operations (for instance load pick-up and drop), and can assure inherently safe manually operated vehicles (i.e., trucks that do not allow collisions).

A method includes, responsive to a determination that a first vehicle system to be received in a vehicle yard is longer than a length of a receiving route of the vehicle yard that is designated for receiving the first vehicle system, processing a first movement plan to generate a revised movement plan. The first movement plan governs movement of the first vehicle system and one or more second vehicle systems in a transportation network that includes the vehicle yard. The revised movement plan is generated based at least in part on a designated time restriction for the first vehicle system to travel to and be received within the vehicle yard on the receiving route. The method also includes controlling at least one of the first vehicle system or at least one of the one or more second vehicle systems based on the revised movement plan.

A stackable cart upon which another cart can be stacked thereon includes a tray, a handle connected to the tray, and a plurality of wheels rotatably secured to the tray. The tray is configured to at least partially receive a handle of the another cart when the another cart is stacked on the stackable cart. The handle is configured to at least partially receive a plurality of wheels of the another cart when the another cart is stacked on the stackable cart. A plurality of the carts can be stored vertically with the carts oriented in alternating opposed directions. The carts are preferably nested together in a compact manner. In some disclosed embodiments the handle is a handle movable between an extended position and a retracted position and / or the cart includes a stand movable between a stowed position and an extended position.

Therefore, the illustrative embodiments provide a computer program product comprising a computer recordable media having computer usable program code. Resource needs are determined for each plant in a plurality of plants to form individual resource needs. Conditions are identified in an environment in which the plurality of plants are located by receiving input from a sensor system to form current conditions. A plurality of per plant prescriptions are calculated for the plurality of plants using the individual resource needs and the current conditions. The application of the resource is controlled from a mobile utility vehicle to each plant in the plurality of plants using the plurality of per plant prescriptions.

The invention discloses a special composite isolation layer for ecological restoration of side slopes of an acid waste-rock yard, comprising a plastic biaxial geogrid, a soil improvement layer and a water discharging plate. The invention further discloses a method for ecological restoration of the side slopes of the acid waste-rock yard, comprising the following steps: arranging the composite isolation layer, an ecological rod, a geogrid mesh, a base material layer and a seed layer on side slopes, leading the plastic biaxial geogrid, the ecological rod, the composite isolation layer, the base material layer and the seed layer to act mutually, effectively improving the growth conditions of plants and leading the growth of the plants to have sufficient water and nutrients. The invention better realizes the ecological restoration and creation of ecological landscapes on the side slopes of the acid waste-rock yard without conditions for plant growth, and simultaneously guarantees the structure and stability of the side slopes, thus achieving the purposes of greening and beautifying the environment, conserving water and soil and inhibiting runoff, also having simple construction technique, easy implementation and high efficiency and being suitable for large-area application.

A collapsible, yard bag insert is disclosed, designed to allow a user to easily empty lawn mower bag clippings into traditional paper yard refuse bags. The collapsible, yard bag insert comprises a sturdy open-top, open-bottom plastic insert, designed to be placed inside of the yard refuse bag. Hand holes are molded into it to allow one to carry it. The collapsible, yard bag insert is collapsible in design, so as to facilitate ease of insertion and removal from the refuse bag.

The invention discloses a system for detecting a driving state and generating a path of an AGV (Automatic Guided Vehicle) based on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification). Passive RFID tag arrays are embedded in a container wharf and a storage yard and used for establishing position coordinate systems of the wharf and the storage yard; by virtue of RGID reading antennas mounted under the front and the back of an AGV body, RFID tags, which are embedded in the storage yard, in a sensing range of the antennas are read in the driving process of the AGV, so that state information such as the current position, speed and direction of the driving AGV can be obtained; then a real-time driving path of the AGV is generated according to the current position of the AGV and an AGV driving instruction (target position) from a central control system, thereby achieving the path driving control of the AGV through a driving controller of the AGV. The system is simple to implement, reliable in performance, practical and free from influence of the environment, can be applied to unmanned automatic navigation of the AGV at the intelligent container wharf and also can be applied to the unmanned automatic navigation of a cargo carrying vehicle at a large automatic logistics warehouse.