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20100066172 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH REDUNDANT FAN CONTROL FUNCTION - An electronic device with redundant fan control function includes a first fan, a first control module, a first power supply, a first switch unit, a second fan, a second control module, a second power supply, and a second switch unit. When the first power supply stops working, the second power supply powers the first fan and the second fan, and the first power supply sends a control signal to turn on the first switch unit to allow a group of control information output by the second control module to control the first fan. Therefore, the first fan and the second fan can work normally to dissipate heat from the electronic device. | 03-18-2010 |
20100231048 | POWER SOURCE SWITCHING CIRCUIT - A power source switching circuit includes a main source input terminal, an auxiliary source input terminal, a control circuit, a first switch, a second switch, and an output terminal. The control circuit is connected to the main source input terminal and the auxiliary source input terminal. The first switch is connected to the main source input terminal and the control circuit. The second switch is connected to the auxiliary source input terminal and the control circuit. The output terminal is connected to the first switch and the second switch. When the main source input terminal is at high level, the auxiliary source input terminal remains high level, the first switch is turned on, and the second switch is turned off by the control circuit. | 09-16-2010 |
20110278924 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT FOR MOTHERBOARD - A power supply circuit for providing power and detecting a plurality of loads' input voltages on a motherboard includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller, a voltage output circuit and a voltage feedback circuit electrically connected to the PWM controller and the plurality of loads. The PWM controller outputs PWM control signals. The voltage output circuit receives the PWM control signals and outputs working voltage to the plurality of loads according to the received PWM control signals. The voltage feedback circuit detects the plurality of loads' input voltages and outputs feedback signals to the PWM controller according to the detected input voltages. The PWM controller adjusts its PWM control signal outputs, according to the received feedback signals, and adjusting working voltages to the plurality of loads. | 11-17-2011 |
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20100112408 | CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF MAKING THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS, AND STRUCTURES MADE FROM THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS - Embodiments of the present disclosure include chemical compositions, structures, anodes, cathodes, electrolytes for solid oxide fuel cells, solid oxide fuel cells, fuel cells, fuel cell membranes, separation membranes, catalytic membranes, sensors, coatings for electrolytes, electrodes, membranes, and catalysts, and the like, are disclosed. | 05-06-2010 |
20130196247 | OPTIMIZATION OF BZCYYb SYNTHESIS - The present invention relates to a novel method for preparing a BZCYYb material to be used in a solid oxide fuel cell. In particular, the method comprises mixing particular nano-sized and micro-sized ingredients and the size selection provides greatly improved performance characteristics of the resulting material. In particular, barium carbonate powder, zirconium oxide powder having particle diameters in the nanometer range, and cerium oxide powder having particle diameter in the micrometer range are used together with ytterbium oxide powder, and yttrium oxide powder. | 08-01-2013 |
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20080256051 | CALCULATING IMPORTANCE OF DOCUMENTS FACTORING HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE - A method and system for determining temporal importance of documents having links between documents based on a temporal analysis of the links is provided. A temporal ranking system collects link information or snapshots indicating the links between documents at various snapshot times. The temporal ranking system calculates a current temporal importance of a document by factoring in the current importance of the document derived from the current snapshot (i.e., with the latest snapshot time) and the historical importance of the document derived from the past snapshots. To calculate the current temporal importance of a web page, the temporal ranking system aggregates the importance of the web page for each snapshot. | 10-16-2008 |
20080313168 | RANKING DOCUMENTS BASED ON A SERIES OF DOCUMENT GRAPHS - Ranking documents based on a series of web graphs collected over time is provided. A ranking system provides multiple transition probability distributions representing different snapshots or times. Each transition probability distribution represents a probability of transitioning from one document to another document within a collection of documents using a link of the document. The ranking system determines a stationary probability distribution for each snapshot based on the transition probability distributions for that snapshot and the stationary probability distribution of the previous snapshot. The stationary probability distributions represent a ranking of the documents over time. | 12-18-2008 |
20090109434 | Cylindrical Model Eye, Cylindrical Test Device And The Manufacturing Method Thereof - A cylindrical model eye comprises a plano-cylindrical portion having a plano surface and a first cylindrical surface opposite to the plano surface, a sphero-cylindrical portion having a convex spherical surface and a second cylindrical surface opposite to the convex spherical surface. The second cylindrical surface mates with the first cylindrical surface, and the first cylindrical surface has substantially the same radius curvature radius as the second cylindrical surface. | 04-30-2009 |
20110157115 | METHOD OF CORRECTING BRIGHTNESS OF ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - The present invention discloses a method of brightness correction for the electronic display, which consists of the following steps: take pictures of the electronic display; get the characteristic values of all the light-emitting components in the pictures; calculate the correction values of each light-emitting component with the characteristic values; correct the brightness of the display with the correction values. The present invention reduces the time cost of measuring the actual brightness values of the light-emitting components, and improves the efficiency of correcting the brightness uniformity of the electronic display. | 06-30-2011 |
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20080294368 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE INTERNAL VOLUME OF A SOLID MODEL - A system, method, and computer program for calculating internal volume of a solid model, comprising selecting a seed cube that is internal to a solid model; determining a plurality of surrounding cubes surrounding said seed cube; and calculating a boundary volume from said plurality of surrounding cubes, and appropriate means and computer-readable instructions. | 11-27-2008 |
20150147019 | FLAT PANEL WAVEGUIDE DISPLAY AND SYSTEM - The invention provides a flat panel waveguide display, including: a fan out region, configured to allow light to experiences total internal reflection therein; a screen region, which comprises a front surface, a back surface and several side surfaces, the front surface is opposite to the back surface, wherein one side surface of the screen region optically connects to one side surface of the fan out region; and a first dielectric layer, coated on entire surface of the front surface of the screen region, wherein both of the fan out region and the screen region are made of waveguide material; wherein the first dielectric layer is divided into a first group of sections along direction of light path of light entering from the fan out region into the screen region, refractive index of each section of the first group is different from one another. Accordingly, the invention further provides a flat panel waveguide display system. | 05-28-2015 |
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20120317712 | Multifunctional furniture - A multifunctional furniture includes a stationary seat frame, a supporting frame, a back frame pivotally connected to the stationary seat frame to move between a sitting mode and a bedding mode, and a leg frame arrangement, which is provided underneath the stationary seat frame, the back frame and the supporting frame. When the back frame is in the sitting mode, the back frame is pivotally extended from the leg frame arrangement to form a predetermined angle of inclination with respect to the stationary seat frame while the leg frame arrangement is arranged to support the stationary seat frame, wherein when the back frame is in the bedding mode, the back frame is pivotally moved to align with the seat frame to form a sleeping area, while the leg frame arrangement is operated to provide extensive support to both the back frame, the stationary seat frame and the supporting frame. | 12-20-2012 |
20130022394 | Joint structure for furniture - A furniture includes a first connecting member, a second connecting member and a joint structure. The first connecting member has a distal end portion, a proximate end portion and a securing surface formed on the proximate end portion. The second connecting member has a coupling surface and a connecting slot formed on the coupling surface, wherein the connecting slot has a size which is substantially the same as that of the proximate end portion of the first connecting member. The joint structure is provided on the first connecting member and the second connecting member, in such a manner that when the proximate end portion of the first connecting member is inserted into the connecting slot of the second connecting member for substantially withstanding a load applied on the distal end portion of the first connecting member. | 01-24-2013 |
20140033427 | Multifunctional Furniture - A multifunctional furniture includes a stationary seat frame, a supporting frame, a back frame pivotally connected to the stationary seat frame to move between a sitting mode and a bedding mode, and a leg frame arrangement, which is provided underneath the stationary seat frame, the back frame and the supporting frame. When the back frame is in the sitting mode, the back frame is pivotally extended from the leg frame arrangement to form a predetermined angle of inclination with respect to the stationary seat frame while the leg frame arrangement is arranged to support the stationary seat frame, wherein when the back frame is in the bedding mode, the back frame is pivotally moved to align with the seat frame to form a sleeping area, while the leg frame arrangement is operated to provide extensive support to both the back frame, the stationary seat frame and the supporting frame. | 02-06-2014 |
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20130094564 | RATE-DISTORTION-COMPLEXITY OPTIMIZATION OF VIDEO ENCODING - A system and method provide a video coding system for optimizing encoding bitrate, distortion and complexity for a video hosting service. The system comprises an encoding module configured to encode multiple videos with a bitrate control strategy, a pair of complexity allocation control parameters and one or more target output video formats specifications, which include target resolution, target bitrate and target quality information. The encoding module obtains encoding bitrate, distortion and complexity performance samples from the encoding. From the encoding bitrate, distortion and complexity performance samples, the encoding module is configured to select optimal encoding bitrate, distortion and complexity performance samples. The encoding computation profile mapping module is configured to obtain multiple computation levels from the optimal encoding bitrate, distortion and complexity performance samples. For each computational level, a pair of optimized complexity allocation control parameters and number of encoding passes are selected. | 04-18-2013 |
20130094565 | RATE-DISTORTION-COMPLEXITY OPTIMIZATION OF VIDEO ENCODING GUIDED BY VIDEO DESCRIPTION LENGTH - A system and method provide a video description length (VDL) guided constant quality video encoding strategy with bitrate constraint and a video coding system for optimizing encoding bitrate, distortion and complexity of an input video. The method obtains an overall VDL, temporal VDL and spatial VDL of the input video and compares the overall VDL, temporal VDL and spatial VDL of the input video with a reference VDL, temporal VDL and spatial VDL. Based on the comparison, the method adjusts the encoding bitrate, the overall encoding complexity, temporal encoding complexity and spatial encoding complexity of the input video and encodes the input video with the adjusted encoding bitrate, overall encoding complexity, temporal encoding complexity and spatial encoding complexity of the input video. | 04-18-2013 |
20150036740 | RATE-DISTORTION-COMPLEXITY OPTIMIZATION OF VIDEO ENCODING GUIDED BY VIDEO DESCRIPTION LENGTH - A system and method provide a video description length (VDL) guided constant quality video encoding strategy with bitrate constraint and a video coding system for optimizing encoding bitrate, distortion and complexity of an input video. The method obtains an overall VDL, temporal VDL and spatial VDL of the input video and compares the overall VDL, temporal VDL and spatial VDL of the input video with a reference VDL, temporal VDL and spatial VDL. Based on the comparison, the method adjusts the encoding bitrate, the overall encoding complexity, temporal encoding complexity and spatial encoding complexity of the input video and encodes the input video with the adjusted encoding bitrate, overall encoding complexity, temporal encoding complexity and spatial encoding complexity of the input video. | 02-05-2015 |
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20140001265 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECODING SMALL SIZED BARCODES FROM BLURRED IMAGES | 01-02-2014 |
20140038540 | DETECTING SUB-METER REGION OF INTEREST USING RADIO SIGNALS - This document discloses one or more systems, apparatuses, methods, etc. for detecting a region (e.g., sub-meter) of interest (ROI) using radio signals. In an implementation, during training stage, multiple channel fading profile samples within a user defined ROI are received and stored in a portable device. During detecting stage, the portable device may implement a sub-meter ROI detection algorithm to perform the detection. | 02-06-2014 |
20140073346 | PROXIMITY HUMAN MOTION DETECTION USING WIRELESS SIGNALS - A device, system, and method are presented for detecting motion. The system may include the device and a first transmitter and a second transmitter configured to transmit a first set of wireless signals and a second set of wireless signals, respectively. The device may have a receiver configured to receive the first and second set of wireless signals, and may further include a processing unit that determines a first value and a second value indicative of fading attenuations experienced by the first set of wireless signals and the second set of wireless signals, respectively. The processing unit may further determine whether the first and second values are each consistent with motion of an object in proximity to the device. The processing unit may cause the device to output an indication of presence of the object if both values are consistent with motion of the object in proximity to the device. | 03-13-2014 |
20140185464 | Systems and Methods for Reducing Variations in Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) Measurements for Location Sensing - Certain embodiments herein are directed to reducing variations in received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurements that may be received by a wireless device over a network, such as a WiFi network including one or more access points. A signal sent from an access point may be received by a user device, where channel estimation results associated with the received signal may be analyzed to determine a more accurate location of the user device. The received signal may be converted to at least one of the time domain and the frequency domain, in which signal components associated with the received signal may be identified based on a determination that the signal components may be associated with multipath fading or other types of interference. Such identified signal components, whether in the frequency domain or the time domain) may be excluded from a determination of a signal strength measurement that may in turn be used to identify the location of the user device. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187219 | DETECTING A USER-TO-WIRELESS DEVICE ASSOCIATION IN A VEHICLE - A location of a wireless device relative to a vehicle is determined using received data. Data may be received from the vehicle sensors. Data may also be received from the wireless device sensors of a wireless device. The presence of one or more persons may be determined using received data. A user-to-wireless device association may be detected based, at least in part, upon the presence of one or more persons in the vehicle and the location of the wireless device relative to the vehicle. | 07-03-2014 |
20140195149 | POSITIONING AND MAPPING BASED ON VIRTUAL LANDMARKS - This disclosure is directed to positioning and mapping based on virtual landmarks. A space may include a plurality of signal sources (e.g., wireless access points (APs), cellular base stations, etc.). The space may be virtually divided into a plurality of regions, wherein each region in the space may be associated with a virtual landmark. Virtual landmarks may be identified by a signature comprised of measurements of wireless signals received from the plurality of access points when at the associated region. A device position may be approximated based on signal power magnitude and variance measurements for wireless signals received at the virtual landmark. Devices may employ an algorithm such as, for example, Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) for positioning and map creation in the space without the need for GPS signals, specialized signaling equipment, pre-navigation device training, etc. Navigation/mapping may also account for space changes, signal source position changes, etc. | 07-10-2014 |
20140249771 | LOCATION ESTIMATION USING A MOBILE DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for location estimation using a mobile device. An example method may include receiving, at a device, one or more signature measurements associated with an indoor environment. Additionally, the device may be associated with a user. The method may also include receiving, at the device, one or more motion tracking measurements to measure relative motion associated with the device and the user. Furthermore, the method may include associating the one or more signature measurements with one or more virtual landmarks identified within the indoor environment. The method may further include determining a location of the user based on the one or more signature measurements, the one or more motion tracking measurements, and the one or more virtual landmarks. | 09-04-2014 |
20140269193 | SONIC-ASSISTED LOCALIZATION OF WIRELESS DEVICES - Wireless location identification systems, methods, and devices include a wireless device configured to transmit at least one sonic signal operating on at least one acoustic frequency and to receive at least one echo signal indicative of the at least one sonic signal being reflected by objects in a current location, an audio module configured to measure the received at least one echo signal and process the at least one echo signal to extract attributes of the echo signal and generate at least one echo profile characteristic; and logic configured to compare the at least one profile characteristic with previously-stored sonic characteristics that are correlated with pre-identified locations. The current location is then identified as a pre-identified location correlated to the previously-stored sonic characteristics that match the at least one profile characteristic. | 09-18-2014 |
20140295878 | SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING USING SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL COHERENCE FOR INDOOR LOCATION - This document discloses one or more systems, apparatuses, methods, etc. for detecting precise indoor location of a portable wireless device based on a WiFi simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithm that implements spatial and temporal coherence. In an implementation, a SLAM algorithm includes WiFi similarities and inertial navigational system (INS) measurements data as location estimates (i.e., references) for the spatial and temporal coherences implementations to constitute the WiFi SLAM algorithm. | 10-02-2014 |
20150035858 | TECHNIQUES FOR MERGING VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL FLOOR MAPS - Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques to merge a virtual map derived from sensors of computing devices moved about an interior of a structure with a corresponding physical map. An apparatus to merge maps includes a processor component; and a merged map generator for execution by the processor component to merge a virtual map and a physical map to generate a merged map, the virtual map comprising indications of virtual pathways through an interior of a structure based on sensors, and the physical map comprising indications of physical pathways of the interior. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-05-2015 |
20150087239 | TECHNIQUES FOR CROSS-DEVICE RADIO SIGNAL STRENGTH CALIBRATION - An apparatus may include a memory to store a first radio signal strength indicator (RSSI) data set comprising first data entries for RSSI detected from a multiplicity of transmission sources by a first wireless device of a first device type, and to store a second RSSI data set comprising second data entries for RSSI detected from the multiplicity of transmission sources by a second wireless device of a second device type; and a cross-device radio calibration engine to receive the first RSSI data set and second RSSI data set and generate a cross-calibrated RSSI function comprising a function that reduces differences between the first RSSI data set and the second RSSI data set. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 03-26-2015 |
20150185002 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING AN ORIENTATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE - Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of estimating an orientation of a mobile device. For example, an apparatus may include an orientation estimator to receive an indication of first and second consecutive steps of a user carrying a mobile device, to determine an angular rotation of an orientation parameter between the first and second steps, and to determine a value of the orientation parameter based on a comparison between the angular rotation and at least one predefined angular rotation threshold. | 07-02-2015 |
20150282111 | ONLINE ADAPTIVE FUSION FRAMEWORK FOR MOBILE DEVICE INDOOR LOCALIZATION - This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer-readable media related to employing particle filter methods to estimate the location of a mobile device. The data may include wireless data measurement associated with the mobile device and one or more access points and inertial data associated with the mobile device. Radio fingerprinting data associated with the one or more access points may be retrieved. A respective location for the wireless data measurements may be determined based on the radio fingerprinting data and inertial data. A respective weight may be calculated for the respective location for each of the plurality of particles. A respective confidence level may be maintained for the respective location for each of the plurality of particles. A current location may be identified based on the respective location for each of the plurality of particles and the respective weight associated with the respective location for each of the particles. | 10-01-2015 |
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20150181689 | TARGET DEVICE FOR NEUTRON GENERATING DEVICE, ACCELERATOR-EXCITED NEUTRON GENERATING DEVICE AND BEAM COUPLING METHOD THEREOF - A target device for a neutron generating device, an accelerator-excited neutron generating device, and a beam coupling method thereof are disclosed. The target device comprises a plurality of solid particles serving as a target body; and a target body reaction chamber for accommodating the solid particles. With the accelerator-excited neutron generating device and the beam coupling method according to the present invention, the solid particles which are being circulated and situated outside the target body reaction chamber are processed, thereby overcoming defects in the prior art such as low-efficiency heat exchange, a short life time, a bad stability and a narrow application range, and achieving the advantages of high-efficiency heat exchange, a long life time, a good stability and a wide application range. | 06-25-2015 |
20150200024 | HEAT EXCHANGE MEDIUM, HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM, AND NUCLEAR REACTOR SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a heat exchange medium comprising solid particles and a fluid. Embodiments of the present invention also provide a heat exchange system comprising the abovementioned heat exchange medium, a first heat exchanger, a mixing device disposed upstream of the first heat exchanger and configured to mix the solid particles and the fluid of the heat exchange medium and convey the mixed heat exchange medium to the first heat exchanger, a separating device disposed downstream of the first heat exchanger and configured to separate the solid particles from the fluid in the mixed heat exchange medium discharged by the first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and a first conveying device configured to convey the solid particles separated by the separating device to the mixing device after having passed the separated solid particles through the second heat exchanger. In addition, embodiments of the present invention provide a nuclear reactor system comprising the abovementioned heat exchange system. The gas-solid or liquid-solid two-phase flow according to embodiments of the present invention has the following advantages. For example, it has a large thermal capacity, can be used with a low-pressure system, is non-corrosive, and can be processed off-line. The fission reactor according to embodiments of the present invention can be operated safely and reliably at a high power density or at an extremely high power density. | 07-16-2015 |
20150213163 | PARTICLE FLOW SIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention provides a GPU-based particle flow simulation system and method which includes generating particle information based on particle modeling information inputted from a client terminal, and generating geometric solid information; receiving the particle information and the geometric solid information, determining which GPUs of which computation nodes are to be used based on the number of the particles and the number of idle GPUs in each of the computation nodes; determining which particles are to be processed in which GPUs of which computation nodes based on the determined number of GPUs and a space distribution of the particles, and performing allocation according to the determination result; stimulating particle flow by computing in parallel in the plurality of GPUs a force applied to each particle due to particle collision and thus an acceleration; and presenting a stimulation result. The embodiments of the present invention can implement a virtual experimental simulation of high-density particles, and improve computation efficiency while reducing power consumption. | 07-30-2015 |