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20140037184 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOGNIZING INFORMATION IN OBJECTS USING A MOBILE DEVICE - The systems and methods of the present disclosure use a mobile device equipped with a camera to capture and preprocess images of objects including financial documents, financial cards, and identification cards, and to recognize information in the images of the objects. The methods include detecting quadrangles in images of an object in an image data stream generated by the camera, capturing a first image, transforming the first image, binarizing the transformed image, recognizing information in the binarized image, and determining the validity of the recognized information. The method also includes communicating with a server of a financial institution or other organization to determine the validity of the recognized information. The mobile device may include a camera, a display to display an image data stream and captured images, a memory to store a configuration file including parameters for the preprocessing and recognition functions, captured images, and software, and a communication unit to communicate with a server of the financial institution or other organization. | 02-06-2014 |
20140270465 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOGNIZING INFORMATION IN OBJECTS USING A MOBILE DEVICE - The systems and methods of the present disclosure use a mobile device equipped with a camera to capture and preprocess images of objects including financial documents, financial cards, and identification cards, and to recognize information in the images of the objects. The methods include detecting quadrangles in images of an object in an image data stream generated by the camera, capturing a first image, transforming the first image, binarizing the transformed image, recognizing information in the binarized image, and determining the validity of the recognized information. The method also includes communicating with a server of a financial institution or other organization to determine the validity of the recognized information. The mobile device may include a camera, a display to display an image data stream and captured images, a memory to store a configuration file including parameters for the preprocessing and recognition functions, captured images, and software, and a communication unit to communicate with a server of the financial institution or other organization. | 09-18-2014 |
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20080253889 | VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES - A vertical axis wind turbine is described. The wind turbine can include a top ring, a middle ring and a lower ring, wherein a plurality of vertical airfoils are disposed between the rings. For example, three vertical airfoils can be attached between the upper ring and the middle ring. In addition, three more vertical airfoils can be attached between the lower ring and the middle ring. When wind contacts the vertically arranged airfoils the rings begin to spin. By connecting the rings to a center pole which spins an alternator, electricity can be generated from wind. | 10-16-2008 |
20110158817 | VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE AIRFOIL - A vertical axis wind turbine airfoil is described. The wind turbine airfoil can include a leading edge, a trailing edge, an upper curved surface, a lower curved surface, and a centerline running between the upper surface and the lower surface and from the leading edge to the trailing edge. The airfoil can be configured so that the distance between the centerline and the upper surface is the same as the distance between the centerline and the lower surface at all points along the length of the airfoil. A plurality of such airfoils can be included in a vertical axis wind turbine. These airfoils can be vertically disposed and can rotate about a vertical axis. | 06-30-2011 |
20130259696 | VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE AIRFOIL - A vertical axis wind turbine airfoil is described. The wind turbine airfoil can include a leading edge, a trailing edge, an upper curved surface, a lower curved surface, and a centerline running between the upper surface and the lower surface and from the leading edge to the trailing edge. The airfoil can be configured so that the distance between the centerline and the upper surface is the same as the distance between the centerline and the lower surface at all points along the length of the airfoil. A plurality of such airfoils can be included in a vertical axis wind turbine. These airfoils can be vertically disposed and can rotate about a vertical axis. | 10-03-2013 |
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20130089426 | Rotor for Wind Power Installation - The proposed device relates to the field of wind power engineering and can be used as a rotor in wind power installations with a vertical axis of rotation. The rotor includes a central hub, a bearing ring, including a plurality of segments, and blades vertically mounted on the ring in two tiers. The ring is connected to the hub by flexible tensioning members supported by fastening assemblies, secured on the hub and vertically spaced apart. The flexible tensioning members connected to the upper fastening assemblies are length-adjustable. The flexible tensioning members connected to the lower fastening assemblies are equipped with turnbuckles. The fastening assemblies are equipped with rotatable plates having horizontal pivot pins, which are vertically spaced apart. The proposed device makes it possible to improve the balancing of rotor. | 04-11-2013 |
20150123507 | Electric Generator for Wind Power Installation - An electric generator for windmill installations has a simple and efficient design, including a stator having a coil, a rotor having a base, a lid, and magnets. Rotor magnets are arranged on the lid and base along an annular line with a predetermined gap, and the coil, fixed by ring-shaped plates on both sides thereof, is mounted between the magnets with a minimal gap. The gap between the ring-shaped plates and the magnets is filled up with magnetic liquid. The coil is formed of three windings, located in radial grooves of a matrix, including outer and inner parts. The ring-shaped plates and matrix are made of dielectric non-magnetic material, the base and lid are made of magnetic-flux conductive material. The poles of adjacent magnets on the base and lid have opposite polarities. The poles of magnets mounted on the base face the magnets mounted on the lid with opposite polarities. | 05-07-2015 |