Vibrational linear conveyor for conveying workpieces and powdery or granular materials with a useful mass and a counter mass, which are equal in magnitude, are mounted separately at a vibrating system and, for conveying, can be brought into an opposite oscillating or vibrating movement over an electromagnetic exciter element comprising a magnet coil and a magnet armature, both of which are parts of the useful or counter mass. The workpieces or materials are transported by means of the oscillating or vibrating movement on a trough-like conveying element, which is part of the useful mass, along the conveying element, the useful and counter masses of the same magnitude lying essentially one above the other and being built up symmetrically on either side of a vertical central plane, in which the centers of mass of the useful and counter masses are resting on a common line of action. Various conveying elements are fastened interchangeably, an element-specific additional mass being provided, which is disposed at or mounted and designed at a conveying element or another part of the useful mass in such a manner, that the total weight of the useful mass as well as the position of the centers of the useful mass remained essentially the same, the total weight of the useful mass corresponding to that of the counter mass.

The invention relates to a vibrational linear conveyor for conveying workpieces and powdery or granular materials with a useful mass and a counter mass, which are equal in magnitude, are mounted separately at a vibrating system and, for conveying, can be brought into an opposite oscillating or vibrating movement over an electromagnetic exciter element comprising a magnet coil and a magnet armature, both of which are parts of the useful or counter mass. By means of the oscillating or vibrating movement, the workpieces or materials on a trough-like conveying element, which is part of the useful mass, are transported along the conveying element.
Such a vibrational linear conveyor is known, for example, from the European patent 0 529 185 B1. The conveying principle of such a linear conveyor is based on a micro-flow principle. Due to the oscillating or vibrating movement of the conveying element, the workpieces or materials on the latter are thrown in the conveying direction. Admittedly, the throwing movement is minimal. However, because of the high oscillating or vibrating frequency, there is a continuous longitudinal movement. By these means, workpieces, which are to be installed or passed on further, are transported or ordered in the form of subminiature components, which are passed on, for example, by a vibrational helical conveyor to the linear conveyor and, over the latter, are then passed onto an automatic production machine. It is also possible to convey powdery or granular materials or the like. In order to avoid, as far as possible, any transferor of vibrations to a table or a frame, at or on which such a linear conveyor is disposed, a useful mass and a counter mass are provided for a vibrational linear conveyor of the type named above and brought into the opposite oscillating or vibrating movement by an exciter element. In other words, they carry out an opposite, sinusoidal oscillating movement. For producing the micro-throw movement, this oscillating movement is directed upward at an angle in the conveying direction. An electromagnetic exciter element with a magnet coil and a magnet armature and an associated magnet armature are provided for producing the vibration, the magnet coil being disposed, for example, at the counter mass and the magnet armature at the useful mass or vice versa. When the exciter element is operated appropriately, a continuous, opposite movement is produced because of the magnetic fields generated between the magnet coil and the magnet armature and the movement, in turn, is transferred to the respectively assigned masses.
The EP 0 529 185 B1 discloses a linear conveyor of the type named above, for which the useful mass and the counter mass are disposed lying next to one another, that is, lying parallel to one another. They are disposed at two spring elements, which form part of the vibrating system and are disposed at an angle with respect to the vertical. However, it is a disadvantage of such a linear conveyor that, because of the parallel arrangement of the masses, the vibrating forces, resulting from the vibrational accelerations of the two masses, although they act in mutually opposite directions, do not act on the same line of action. Consequently, in spite of the given equality of the useful and counter masses and, in the final analysis, of the reaction magnitude at the foundation, where the linear conveyor is mounted at the floor, these forces admittedly cancel one another. However, because of the asymmetrical arrangement and the divergence of the force directions, vibrating torques are produced, which are responsible for a tilting vibration of the linear conveyor as well as for a rotating vibration with respect to the vertical, which can lead to lateral vibrations especially at the ends of the conveying element. As a result, there may be difficulties with the conveying and transferring of workpieces or materials.
A further disadvantage of such a linear conveyor lies therein that its operational equipment is relatively complicated. In order to make a conveying operation possible utilizing the resonance behavior, it is necessary, on the one hand, to match the useful and counter masses as accurately as possible in their vibrational mounting, so that the natural frequency, with which each mass vibrates, is matched to the exciter frequency of the exciter element. This is accomplished with appropriate adjustment of the mounting of the respective mass at the vibrating system or at the springs, which is very complicated and requires much experience. Whenever there is a change in the mass relationship, matching must be carried out once again. In actual practice, however, it is frequently the case that a more flexible method of working is aimed for, that is, that a rapid exchange, for example, of workpieces, which are to be installed by a production machine, which necessarily also leads to the need to supply the other workpieces, which are to be installed, by means of a linear conveyor. The conveying element would have to be exchanged frequently for this purpose. However, this is not at all possible without the very expensive new installation.


A display apparatus includes a light source configured to generate lights having a plurality of colors, the light source configured to be driven in a field sequential color driving method; and a display panel configured to receive the lights to display an image, display the colors at a first area in a first order, and display the colors at a second area different from the first area in a second order different from the first order.

1. Field
Aspects of example embodiments of the present invention relate to a method of displaying an image and a display apparatus performing the method.
2. Description of the Related Art
A display panel of a display apparatus such as a liquid crystal display apparatus may include a color filter layer at one of a lower substrate and an upper substrate. Additionally, a field sequential color driving method for sequentially driving a red color light source, a green color light source, and a blue color light source may be utilized, in order to remove the color filter layer or decrease a size of the color filter layer. However, if a display panel implements a sequential color driving method, the motion of users' eyes when they are watching images displayed on the display panel may cause a major color to be reflected in different areas of the users' a retina, which may reduce the perceived image quality by generating a dynamic color break up of the image. In addition when an obstacle is positioned between the display panel and the user, the major color may be discontinuously reflected in the retina, which may also reduce the perceived image quality by generating a static color break up of the image. Thus, the display quality of the display apparatus is deteriorated.

Method of displaying an image and display apparatus performing the method


A voice alarm system, coupled to a fire monitoring system responds to received wireless signals. The signals can be emitted by a portable wireless control unit that can be carried or worn by first responders.

Known voice alarm systems require an emergency responder to be physically located in certain positions in an installation in order to use the alarm system. This means that information needs to be relayed from the field back to the voice alarm station and then the individual at the voice alarm station needs to decide on a course of action.
It would be desirable to be able to provide first responders with more flexible access to such systems. Preferably a first responder would be able to access a voice alarm system from almost anywhere in the respective region.


A torque transfer device is provided to transfer torque from a torque tool to a torque limiter device, the torque transfer device comprising a torque limiter connection member adapted for connection to the torque limiter device; a first joint; a second joint; and a tool connection member adapted for connection to the torque tool, wherein the first joint and the second joint are configured to lock responsive to activation of the torque tool to transfer a reaction torque generated by the torque tool to the torque limiter device, and wherein the first joint and the second joint are configured to unlock responsive to deactivation of the torque tool to enable rotation between the torque tool and the torque limiter device along a first axis and a second axis different from the first axis.

In the production of many products, such as engines, assembly lines are used to connect components to one another. The tools for connecting these components are typically pneumatic or electric power tools that permit workers to torque nuts and bolts to the desired torque requirements. One problem with the mass production of such products is that workers may be subjected to reaction torque when the nuts and/or bolts are tightened to the desired torque. In other words, in high torque applications, workers may experience high reaction torque loads on their arms, etc. when the desired torque is applied.
Generally, the reaction torque of the powered tool (which is equal but opposite to the torque applied to the fastener), if not absorbed by the tool operator is transferred to a reaction bar or stall bar. Such stall bars are typically rigidly attached to the torque tool and oriented in a fashion to absorb reaction torque in one direction. Consequently, multiple torque tools must be used with stall bars for torqueing fasteners in multiple orientations. This of course adds costs and inefficiency to the production line.
Consequentially, it is desirable to provide a method and apparatus for use with a torque tool on an assembly line or otherwise to use the torque tool in multiple orientations while still permitting a stall bar to absorb the reaction torque of the torque tool when the fastener is fully torqued.


A transformation method provides a multi-dimensional affine transformation for representing motion between corresponding image components of successive video image frames. The multi-dimensional affine transformations can represent complex motion that includes any or all of translation, rotation, magnification, and shear. The transformation method of this invention includes determining motion transformations between corresponding pixels in the image components of the first and second video image frames. From the motion transformations between corresponding pixels, multi-dimensional affine motion transformations between the corresponding image components are determined. This transformation method increases the accuracy with which complex motion is represented and results in fewer compression or encoding errors in comparison to conventional methods, thereby increasing compression efficiency.

Full-motion video displays based upon analog video signals have long been available in the form of television. With recent increases in computer processing capabilities and affordability, full-motion video displays based upon digital video signals are becoming more widely available. Digital video systems can provide significant improvements over conventional analog video systems in creating, modifying, transmitting, storing, and playing full-motion video sequences.
Digital video displays include large numbers of image frames that are played or rendered successively at frequencies of between 30 and 75 Hz. Each image frame is a still image formed from an array of pixels according to the display resolution of a particular system. As examples, VHS-based systems have display resolutions of 320.times.480 pixels, NTSC-based systems have display resolutions of 720.times.486 pixels, and high-definition television (HDTV) systems under development have display resolutions of 1360.times.1024 pixels.
The amounts of raw digital information included in video sequences are massive. Storage and transmission of these amounts of video information is infeasible with conventional personal computer equipment. With reference to a digitized form of a relatively low resolution VHS image format having a 320.times.480 pixel resolution, a full-length motion picture of two hours in duration could correspond to 100 gigabytes of digital video information. By comparison, conventional compact optical disks have capacities of about 0.6 gigabytes, magnetic hard disks have capacities of 1-2 gigabytes, and compact optical disks under development have capacities of up to 8 gigabytes.
In response to the limitations in storing or transmitting such massive amounts of digital video information, various video compression standards or processes have been established, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and H.26X. These conventional video compression techniques utilize similarities between successive image frames, referred to as temporal or interframe correlation, to provide interframe compression in which pixel-based representations of image frames are converted to motion representations. In addition, the conventional video compression techniques utilize similarities within image frames, referred to as spatial or intraframe correlation, to provide intraframe compression in which the motion representations within an image frame are further compressed. Intraframe compression is based upon conventional processes for compressing still images, such as discrete cosine transform (DCT) encoding.
Although differing in specific implementations, the MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and H.26X video compression standards are similar in a number of respects. The following description of the MPEG-2 video compression standard is generally applicable to the others.
MPEG-2 provides interframe compression and intraframe compression based upon square blocks or arrays of pixels in video images. A video image is divided into transformation blocks having dimensions of 16.times.16 pixels. For each transformation block T.sub.N in an image frame N, a search is performed across the image of an immediately preceding image frame N-1 or also a next successive video frame N+1 (i.e., bidirectionally) to identify the most similar respective transformation blocks T.sub.N+1 or T.sub.N-1.
Ideally, and with reference to a search of the next successive image frame, the pixels in transformation blocks T.sub.N and T.sub.N+1 are identical, even if the transformation blocks have different positions in their respective image frames. Under these circumstances, the pixel information in transformation block T.sub.N+1 is redundant to that in transformation block T.sub.N. Compression is achieved by substituting the positional translation between transformation blocks T.sub.N and T.sub.N+1 for the pixel information in transformation block T.sub.N+1. In this simplified example, a single translational vector (.DELTA.X,.DELTA.Y) is designated for the video information associated with the 256 pixels in transformation block T.sub.N+1.
Frequently, the video information (i.e., pixels) in the corresponding transformation blocks T.sub.N and T.sub.N+1 are not identical. The difference between them is designated a transformation block error E, which often is significant. Although it is compressed by a conventional compression process such as discrete cosine transform (DCT) encoding, the transformation block error E is cumbersome and limits the extent (ratio) and the accuracy by which video signals can be compressed.
Large transformation block errors E arise in block-based video compression methods for several reasons. The block-based motion estimation represents only translational motion between successive image frames. The only change between corresponding transformation blocks T.sub.N and T.sub.N+1 that can be represented are changes in the relative positions of the transformation blocks. A disadvantage of such representations is that full-motion video sequences frequently include complex motions other than translation, such as rotation, magnification and shear. Representing such complex motions with simple translational approximations results in significant errors.
Another aspect of video displays is that they typically include multiple image features or objects that change or move relative to each other. Objects may be distinct characters, articles, or scenery within a video display. With respect to a scene in a motion picture, for example, each of the characters (i.e., actors) and articles (i.e., props) in the scene could be a different object.
The relative motion between objects in a video sequence is another source of significant transformation block errors E in conventional video compression processes. Due to the regular configuration and size of the transformation blocks, many of them encompass portions of different objects. Relative motion between the objects during successive image frames can result in extremely low correlation (i.e., high transformation errors E) between corresponding transformation blocks. Similarly, the appearance of portions of objects in successive image frames (e.g., when a character turns) also introduces high transformation errors E.
Conventional video compression methods appear to be inherently limited due to the size of transformation errors E. With the increased demand for digital video display capabilities, improved digital video compression processes are required.

Image compression and affine transformation for image motion compensation


A vibration pickup sensor 2, which captures vibration information generated from a winding apparatus, is affixed to a winding apparatus 1. This vibration information is sent to a center station 5 via a LAN 4, and stored therewithin. A host computer 8 outputs a yarn-switching command when the amount of yarn wound on the winding apparatus reaches a prescribed amount. Then, after the winding spindle of the winding apparatus 1 reaches stable rotation after a given amount of time, the center station 5 stores the above-noted vibration information from the vibration pickup sensor 2 into a storage apparatus 6 in a pre-established format. The winding apparatus is configured so as to output this stored information as appropriate to printer 7, display apparatus 10 of the like. This not only enables a maintenance system, which provides a grasp of the current operating condition of the winding apparatus, but also enables both easy detection of an abnormality occurring in a short period of time during spindle operation, and easy provision of abnormality location data in the case of an occurrence of an abnormality in a short period of time.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an improvement in a maintenance system in a yarn-winding apparatus which winds yarn made of synthetic filament yarn or the like at high speed, and more specifically it relates to a yarn-winding method which not only prevents the dangerous sudden stopping of a spindle rotating with high speed during a yarn winding operation, prevents an increment of producing cost caused by deterioration of yarn production due to yarn breakage, while yarn is being wound, but also enables a reduction in the cost of maintenance of the winding apparatus, and to a winding apparatus for this method.
2. Description of the Related Art
In the past, it is known that there are many reasons causing to occur malfunctions of a yarn winding apparatus which rotates in a high rotational speed, such as, for example, a poor bearing lubrication due to temperature increment caused by stoppage of the oil mist supply mechanism in the case of oil mist atomized lubrication, deterioration of grease in the case of grease lubrication, or the approach of the end of the useful life of the bearing due to wear, a change in the clearance of the bearing and progressive bearing wear.
Therefore, in the conventional apparatus, in order to make prior detection of such malfunctions of the apparatus caused by these reasons as mentioned above, to prevent the apparatus from stopping its operation due to an unbalance condition thereof, or to obtain suitable maintenance period on a yarn winding apparatus, for example, to supply oil to moving parts thereof or to replace bearings thereof, vibration information and temperature information about the moving parts of the apparatus are detected to use them for information to perform the maintenance on the yarn winding apparatus.
For example, in Unexamined Utility Model Publication No. 4-118462, there is a disclosure of a winding apparatus in which pickup sensors which capture the vibration and temperature information generated by the yarn winder during winding. These pickup sensors are affixed to, for example, the elevator frame of a touch roller. The vibration information from the pickup sensor are captured by an analysis apparatus provided in a remotely located control room, and the vibration values and the frequency analysis for each winding apparatus are analyzed and displayed in a pre-established manner.
In addition, in the case in which the captured vibration information or the temperature information exceeds a pre-established alarm value, an emergency alarm is generated.
A winding apparatus of the past such as noted above is effective in the case in which the rpm speed or the vibration amplitude of the spindle of the winding apparatus does not change very much. However, bobbins for the purpose of winding yarn are always replaced with new ones, and the amount of unbalance when a bobbin is securely tightened onto a spindle always varies, the amplitude of the vibration being large when the amount of unbalance is large, and the amplitude of vibration being small when the amount of unbalance is small. The amount of change is different each time the bobbin is fixedly mounted on a spindle.
Additionally, because a single spindle takes up yarn that is delivered at a constant feed speed, as the winding of the yarn proceeds, there is a gradually increase in the rotating mass, so that the rpm speed changes from high to low, with an accompanying change in vibration amplitude at each individual time.
Therefore, even if there is no change in the condition of the winding apparatus, depending upon the timing of the capture of the vibration information, there are times at which the vibration signal value grows large. Therefore it is difficult to determine whether the winding apparatus is in an normal or abnormal condition, and there is a problem in vibration information processing of just how to process the vibration information so as to provide an understanding of the condition.
In the case in which temperature information rather than vibration information is captured, in a winding apparatus which continuously winds yarn, as a spindle begins to turn to take up yarn, the bearing part temperature rises. A given amount of time is required for this temperature to reach a given stable temperature, and there is the problem of the timing of the capture of temperature information.
In cases in which the spindle condition is poor for a short period of time during operation, such as in the case in which there is vibration of a spindle to a degree which cannot be visually detected because of yarn and the like wound therearound, this causing dynamic unbalance, or in a case in which part of the package collapses during winding and the vibration starts to become large, there is the problem that these conditions are not easily detectable.
In such cases, it is desirable to know the condition of particular parts before removing the winding apparatus from a frame and repairing the winding apparatus.
The present invention was made in consideration of the above-described problems, and has as its first object to provide a yarn-winding method and apparatus whereby vibration information or temperature information of a winding apparatus are detected when the spindle winding condition is stable. This is appropriately edited to enable achievement of a maintenance system in which it is possible to obtain an understanding of the actual condition of the winding apparatus during operation.
The second object of the present invention is to provide a yarn-winding method which is capable of easy detection of an abnormality which occurs over a short period of time during spindle operation.
Yet a third object of the present invention is to provide a yarn-winding method which is capable of easy provision of fault location data in the case of a short-term abnormality.

Yarn-winding method and a yarn winder therefor


Provided is a method of controlling a digital image processing apparatus which sequentially stores images in a recording medium after capturing the images in a photographing mode and sequentially displays the images stored in the recording medium by receiving direction signals input by a user in a play mode. A go to setting is set regarding the captured images according to a selection of the user in the photographing mode. A list of images that are set with the go to setting is displayed according to the selection of the user in the play mode and then the image selected by the user from the list is displayed.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a method of controlling a digital image processing apparatus, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for marking captured images to facilitate retrieval thereof.
2. Description of the Related Art
A conventional image forming apparatus, for example, the digital camera disclosed in U.S. Patent Publication No. 2004119876 entitled "Method of Notification of Inadequate Picture Quality" sequentially stores images in a recording medium after capturing the images in a photographing mode, and sequentially displays the images stored in the recording medium according to direction signals received from a user interface in a play mode.
Images captured during the photographing mode are stored in the recording medium in the capturing order. When the play mode starts, the image of the most recently stored file is displayed. Thereafter, the images are displayed in the reverse order to the order in which they were stored as left direction signals are input by a user, and the images are displayed in the order in which they are stored as right direction signals are input by the user.
According to a method of controlling a digital image processing apparatus as the one described above, a user needs to generate numerous direction signals to find a desired image in the play mode.

Method of marking desired images in a digital image processing apparatus using a go to function


A mechanism is provided for causing a transaction to fail at a predetermined transaction state. A transaction coordinator is instructed to process a transaction until the transaction has reached a predetermined transaction state. The transaction coordinator is caused to fail while the transaction is in the predetermined transaction state. Failure of the transaction at the predetermined transaction state is thereby effectuated.

If a database transaction is specified to be an atomic transaction, then the effect of that transaction on a database must either be entirely complete if that transaction succeeds, or entirely absent if that transaction fails. A partial effect is unsatisfactory. Certain services, such as the Java Transaction Service (JTS), implement a protocol that, when followed, guarantees that any effect of an atomic transaction on a database will be either completed or negated.
When a multi-state transaction is committed, the transaction enters, in turn, each one of a sequence of defined states. For example, JTS implements a sequence of five states: "active," "preparing," "prepared," "completing," and "completed." At any given time when a transaction is in the process of committing, the transaction will be in one of these states. While a transaction is in any of these states, a process involved in the transaction may fail. For example, a client process and a server process may both participate in a transaction (in concert with a JTS process), and either the client or the server may fail. Depending on whether the client or the server failed, and depending on the state of the transaction at the time of the failure, the protocol specifies that the transaction should be either completed or negated.
When a process fails, that process may cease execution. If the protocol specifies that the transaction should be completed, then the failed process should be restarted. The JTS may participate in restarting the failed transaction. As a result of the failed process being restarted, certain modifications (those relating to the transaction) will be made to one or more databases.
If, on the other hand, the protocol specifies that the transaction should not be completed, then the failed process should not be restarted. As a result of the failed process not being restarted, certain modifications will not be made to the one or more databases.
Testing whether the participants in the transaction actually behave according to the protocol can be a difficult task. One problem is how to cause a desired participant to fail during a desired transaction state. Because the states of a transaction transition swiftly, a human user may have great difficulty in manually causing a participant to fail during the desired state. Another problem, given that each transaction participant may or may not be executing after a transaction commits, is how to successively test the behavior of a participant relative to a failure in each state without requiring undue effort from a human user.

Causing a transaction to fail at a predetermined transaction state


A charge control device of a secondary battery that allows the use of an electronic apparatus for a long period using a single initial charging, and is capable of extending battery life. The charging device includes a charge circuit for supplying charging current to secondary batteries, a voltage detection circuit for detecting the voltage of secondary batteries, a current detection circuit for detecting the charging current in secondary batteries, a memory such as an EEPROM for recording the number of times of charging or total charge integrated amount in secondary batteries, and a microcontroller for controlling charge circuit, changing over to constant voltage charge after charging secondary batteries 2 at constant current, and decreasing the voltage in constant voltage charging depending on the number of times of charge or total charge integrated amount recorded in the memory of EEPROM.

Recently, lithium ion secondary batteries were developed as rechargeable secondary batteries, and have been widely used in notebook type personal computers, portable information appliances, digital video camera, digital still camera, mobile telephones and many others.
For charging these lithium ion secondary batteries, various charge control devices have been developed. For example, a device capable of charging plural types of secondary batteries using differing charging methods has been disclosed in Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. H11-187587. Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. H11-187587 shows a charge control circuit used in both nickel-metal hydride secondary battery and lithium ion secondary battery differing in charging method. In the charging method of lithium ion secondary battery, in the initial stage of charging, the charging current is controlled to be constant, and constant current (CC) charging is done. By this CC charging, when the terminal voltage of the battery reaches a constant voltage, for example, 4.2 V or 4.1 V per cell, the operation is transferred to constant voltage (CV) charging.
Regarding the lithium ion secondary battery, as disclosed in Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. 2002-51478, it is known to select the charging condition by an instruction from the operator of the electronic appliance in order to extend the battery life. As shown in this Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. 2002-51478, as a characteristic of a lithium ion secondary battery, the filling rate in charging is higher when the charging voltage in CV charging is higher. By one charging operation, the appliance can be used for a long time, but the battery life becomes shorter. When the charging voltage is lower, the battery life is longer, but the filling rate is lower and the appliance can be used for a shorter time by one charging operation.
Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. H4-109831 proposes a method of storing the number of times of consecutive charging operations on the basis of information signal of battery remaining capacity from an integrating storage circuit, in order to suppress shortening of life of secondary battery. In order to extend the battery life, it is intended to stop charging when the number of times of consecutive charging operations reaches a specified number of times.
From the standpoint of the manufacturer of electronic appliance, it is desirable to be used for a long time. From the standpoint of user of electronic appliance, a longer battery life is also desired.
It is hence an object of the invention to present a charge control device of a secondary battery so that the appliance can be used for a longer time using a single charging, and the battery life can be extended.
The charge control device of the invention is also provided to address the progress of deterioration of lithium ion secondary battery not only by the number of times of charging, but also by the duration from start of use. Also given that the lithium ion secondary battery deteriorates faster when the battery voltage is higher, it is a further object of the invention to present a charge control device of secondary battery capable of using the appliance for a longer time using a single charging, and also to extend battery life.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.


A powered circular saw blade on a vertical shaft is supported on a slide which is slideably mounted on a guideway having feet to enable moving the assembly around on a building sub-floor. The feet are adjustable to enable raising or lowering the guideway base and, thereby, the saw blade. A blade guard is affixed to the guideway base and shaped to admit the saw assembly to an inside corner of a building room. The blade is normally retracted behind the blade guard but can be advanced to position ahead of the guard as the guard is braced against a door jamb or the like and the slide is pushed toward the door jamb to advance the blade into cutting position. Immediately upon release of the advancing force manually applied, a return spring returns the blade to retracted protected position.

1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to powered saws, and more particularly to a saw for removing enough wood from the lower end of door jambs to enable installation of flooring products such as ceramics, carpets, vinyl tile and hardwood, for example.
2. Description of the Prior Art
There is currently on the market, an undercut saw marketed by Crain Cutter Co., Inc. of Milpitas, Calif. under the Model No. 800. This saw is useful to cut away the lower end of outer corners of door jambs immediately above a sub-floor, to provide sufficient space to insert finish flooring materials. Another saw which we have heard a little about is a "door trimmer" by Janser Inc. of Benton Harbor, Mich. But we do not believe that these saws are useful for interior corners. Prior to the present invention, it was necessary to use a hand saw or chisel at inside corners or use shoe molding to cover up the finished flooring at inside corners. So there has been a need for a better way to undercut door jambs. This invention addresses that need.


A method, program and an information processing apparatus to control a communication device having a plurality of communication modes which are different from each other in power consumption and communication rate, the program enabling the information processing apparatus to work as a communication throughput measuring section for measuring a communication throughput with which the communication device communicated in a predetermined reference period in the past, and a communication mode setting section for setting the communication mode of the communication device to a communication mode with lower power consumption and lower communication rate as compared with that of a communication mode set in a case where the communication throughput is higher, if the measured communication throughput is lower.

The present invention relates to a recording media, an information processing apparatus, a control method and a program and, more particularly, to a recording media, an information processing apparatus, a control method and a program invented with the purpose of reducing power consumption.
With the development of networks in recent years, information processing apparatuses have come into use in connections to various networks. Devices constituting networks vary in performance depending on the networks. For example, recent network devices can perform communication at 1 Gbps at the maximum. On the other hand, network devices which can perform communication at 10 Mbps at the maximum are still being widely used. In conventional information processing apparatuses, therefore, an automatic negotiation function is used to set the maximum communication rate in each information processing apparatus at which communication can be performed between the information processing apparatus and a network device to which the information processing apparatus is connected. A technique of reducing the data transmission rate when there is no data to be transmitted is also being used (see patent document 1).
[Patent document 1] Published Unexamined Patent Application No. 2000-101580
In most cases, however, the information processing apparatus performs communication at a rate lower than the maximum communication rate in a set communication mode. Also, a communication device provided in the information processing apparatus consumes higher power in a communication mode of a higher maximum communication rate. In many cases, therefore, the information processing apparatus wastefully consumes power when set in a communication mode of an unnecessarily high communication rate. Further, in a communication mode of a high maximum communication rate, there is a possibility of the temperature of the body of the information processing device being excessively increased by heat produced by the communication device. In such a case, the information processing apparatus has the disadvantage of causing user discomfort for example.
Furthermore, according to the technique of the Patent Document 1, radio communication apparatus such as a mobile phone can control the data transmission rate for communicating with a basic station in accordance with the presence/absence of the data to be transmitted. For a versatile information processing apparatus such as a personal computer, however, since various application programs communicate at an arbitrary timing, it is difficult to calculate the amount of the data to be transmitted before the start of communication.
An object of the present invention is to provide a recording media, an information processing apparatus, a control method and a program capable of solving the above-described problems. This object can be attained by a combination of features described in the independent claims in the appended claims.

Recording media, information processing apparatus, control method and program

International Business Machines Corporation


A system, method, and computer program product for generating a web application, including objects and web pages dynamically generated on a server, which can be used to generate a web application model to support a change or reconstruction of the system.

Recently, larger-scale and more complicated systems have constituted web applications utilized on a WWW (World Wide Web)-based network such as the Internet. Thus, much time and labor is required by web application managers to understand and maintain the whole system. However, emerging requirements, which were unexpected during system construction, may necessitate the reconfiguration of the existing system. Furthermore, in order to add new requirements to the existing system, the existing system may be changed while maintaining the advantages of the system.
A conventional technique for reconfiguring an existing system to a novel system is based on information contained in the specifications of a web application (refer to, for example, Yasunori and Ikuyo). Another method is to use reverse engineering of a web site to understand the configuration of the whole web site by for example, identifying web contents and objects generated and discovering correlations among them, so that a web site manager can understand and maintain the functions of the whole web site (refer to, for example, Tilley). The existing system can also be changed and reconfigured by analyzing programs running on a server (refer to, for example, Hassan).
However, for the technique of reconfiguring a system on the basis of information contained in the specifications of a web application as disclosed in Yasunori and Ikuyo, it must be a precondition that there exist specifications that enable the system to be analyzed and that the specifications are always correctly maintained. However, not all systems actually in operation have specifications. Furthermore, the time required to maintain the specifications is not negligible. Consequently, this technique is not practical in every respect.
Furthermore, static web contents are dealt with by the method of using reverse engineering of a web site to allow a web site manager to understand and maintain the functions of the whole web site as disclosed in Tilley. Reverse engineering of web contents such as JSP (JavaServer Pages™: a trademark of SUN Microsystems) and Servlet which have recently been utilized and which are dynamically generated on a server has not been realized yet.
Moreover, the technique of analyzing programs running on a server to change and reconfigure an existing system has the advantage of being able to analyze processes executed on the server such as operations of a database as disclosed in Hassan. However, since actual web applications are developed by various methods, an analysis program must be created for each of these developing methods. Furthermore, the loss of a source code or the like on the server makes it impossible to analyze the programs.
In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to use objects and web contents dynamically generated on a server to generate a web application model to support a change or reconstruction of a system.

System, method, and computer program product for generating a web application with dynamic content

Abstract: A classification processing section analyzes and classifies the configuration of static HTML contents captured by executing a web application. A template extracting section extracts a template for dynamic HTML contents from the web application using the results of the classification. On the basis of the results of the classification by the classification processing section and access information obtained by capturing the static HTML contents, a transition extracting section extracts transition information on the web application to be processed. Then, on the basis of the extracted template and transition information, model generating means renders an HTML document generating a model of the web application, to generate an image.


Example aspects of an antenna cap for an antenna node, an antenna assembly, and a method for assembling an antenna assembly are disclosed. The antenna cap for an antenna node can comprise a housing, the housing defining a continuous sidewall, the continuous sidewall defining a first end and a second end, an end wall at the first end, the end wall and continuous sidewall defining an interior cavity for receiving an antenna, an opening at the second end for access to the interior cavity, the continuous sidewall comprising a fastener proximate the second end for attaching the housing to the antenna node.

An antenna node can comprise an antenna, which can transmit a signal by radiating radio waves carrying the signal. In some cases, a water meter, such as in a residential or commercial building, can be attached to an antenna node, and the antenna node can wirelessly transmit water consumption data to a meter reading device.
Antennas are commonly formed as a long, thin structure that can be fragile and prone to damage when exposed. Damage can occur during transportation of the antenna to an installation site, during installation, or post-installation. Causes of damage can include, but are not limited to, carrying the antenna node by the antenna, propping the antenna node on/via the antenna, and bumping the antenna into other objects.


An apparatus, method and kit for the extermination of pests, including animal pests such as vermin. The invention relates generally to a spring-less extermination apparatus which kills pests with stretchable rings.

In a number of countries such as New Zealand, introduced species of animal have had a detrimental effect on the indigenous or native plant, bird, insect, and other life.
In an attempt to control and exterminate pests, whether introduced species or not, a large number of different traps and similar mechanisms have been designed to capture and/or kill pests. A difficulty with many such traps is that the trapped pest does not die humanely and this can be a particular concern. A typical trap which is inhumane is the type of trap generally known as a gin trap which has a set of jaws to clamp a part of the pest. Normally in gin traps a pest is held until it either dies naturally or alternatively is killed by a person attending the trap.
In known traps, including household mouse traps, the pest's body is attached to the trap. This leads to waste, since some squeamish owners would rather throw the entire trap away than empty and reset the trap. This also sometime leads to the trap becoming dirty, especially if the trap is not emptied promptly and the pest's body decays. This may affect the functioning of the trap.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,247,066 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,177,896 both disclose a snare in which a noose is released onto a pest. A spring or elastic band is arranged so as to hold the noose around the pest, without tightening the noose. Nor does the spring or elastic band itself tighten sufficiently to kill the pest. The noose is tightened when the animal tries to escape, as with any conventional snare, restraining the animal in an inhumane manner. Both snares are intended to catch an animal alive. For example, in U.S. Pat. No. 2,247,066 the spring is arranged to limit the minimum size of the noose so as to hold the animal without harming it (see page 2, right hand column, lines 38 to 70). These snares are therefore both restraining devices rather than extermination devices.
Furthermore, in U.S. Pat. No. 2,247,066 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,177,896 the animal, once snared, remains attached to the snare by the noose. This is necessary where animals are to be captured alive and the snares must therefore be checked regularly. However, it is undesirable in devices for extermination of pests, where traps may not be checked regularly and the pest remains decay, which results in a dirty trap, and the function of the trap may be affected. Also, if an animal is still attached to the snare another pest is unlikely to approach the snare to activate the trigger mechanism.
JP 2003070408 and JP 2001333683 both set forth a device for attaching a bell to a rat. The bell is held in place by an elastic band. However, the elastic band does not kill the rat.
An object of the invention is to provide an extermination device allowing extermination of a pest in a quick, efficient and humane manner, or at least to provide the public with a useful choice.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a lightweight versatile user friendly relatively inexpensive means for exterminating pests which at least offers a useful alternative choice.
A further object of the invention is to provide a means for exterminating a pest which substantially eliminates the risk of killing wildlife which is intended to be saved or preserved by use of the means for extermination, or to at least provide the public with a useful choice.

This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.

Apparatus, method and kit for extermination of pests


The present invention discloses an array substrate, a fabricating method of thereof and a display device. The array substrate comprises a base substrate, and a pattern of a gate, a pattern of a gate insulating layer, a pattern of a pixel electrode, a pattern of an ohmic contact layer, a pattern of an active layer, and a pattern of source-drain electrodes formed on the base substrate. The pattern of the pixel electrode is positioned between the pattern of the gate insulating layer and the pattern of the ohmic contact layer. The technical solutions of the present disclosure can reduce one mask process, thus lowering fabrication cost and improving product yield.

Thin film transistor liquid crystal displays (TFT-LCD) have characteristics of small size, low power consumption, no radiation, which occupy a dominant position in the current market of flat panel displays. In the TFT-LCD industry, the TFT-LCD products of in-plane electric field driven mode having advanced super dimension switch (ADSDS) type thin film transistors (TFTs) can not only improve the picture quality of the TFT-LCD products, but also have advantages of high resolution, high transmittance, low power consumption, wide viewing angle, high aperture ratio, low chromatic aberration and no push mura, and the ADSDS type TFT-LCD products have become the mainstream products.
Gate driver on array substrate (GOA) technology integrats the TFT which forms gate drive circuit into the array substrate, thereby omitting the part of gate drive integrated circuit, and lowering cost of products through two aspects of material cost and processing steps.
Currently, in the TFT-LCD industry, on the one hand, the number of pixels per inch (PPI) is as high as possible in order to make the TFT-LCD products have better visual effects, and on the other hand, the GOA technology is adopted to lower the product cost. Therefore, when preparing the array substrates having high PPI and adopting the GOA technology, it is generally needs seven mask processes. However, cost and complexity of mask processes are high. The more times of applying the mask, the higher fabrication cost, and it is difficult to maintain the quality of products.

Array substrate, fabricating method thereof and display device

Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.


A computer implemented method and apparatus for preserving fidelity of bounded rich text appearance, by maintaining reflow, when converting between interactive and flat documents across different environments. The method comprises receiving an image, text data, and formatting metadata corresponding to text entered on a webpage; and processing the text data, wherein processing includes using the image and formatting metadata, evaluating a count of characters corresponding to a line of entered text to identify a location in the image for insertion of a newline character; and inserting the newline character at a location identified during the evaluating.

Field of the Invention
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to document conversion and, more particularly, to techniques for preserving fidelity of bounded rich text appearance by maintaining reflow when converting between interactive and flat documents across different environments.
Description of the Related Art
Plain text is represented as a pure sequence of character codes, such as ASCII codes, that only identify the content of characters of text and not their appearance. A "rich text" representation augments plain text by adding information that enhances the character content, such as font size, font color, text line end, language identifier, hypertext links, etc. If such enhancements are not maintained, a faithful representation, that is, the fidelity, of the rich text, will be lost.
It is not uncommon to enter rich text in an interactive document on a web page (via a browser) and then, later in time, view or edit the same document using a different browser or when the document is presented in a different form (e.g., a flattened Portable Document Format (PDF). HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is used to create web pages that can be displayed as an interactive document in a web browser. When text is entered into the interactive document, the text is added to an HTML element (e.g., a form field). The document, including text, is then saved and may be viewed later in a different web browser. Alternatively, the interactive document may be converted to a flattened document (i.e., a document without interactivity), for example a PDF and viewed later in a using a PDF reader. In either case, the saved text is of a same font-family, font-size, font-style, and other formatting metadata. However, the saved text may be displayed differently depending on the type of browser in which the text is later viewed. For example, text that was originally entered on a single line, when viewed later may be displayed on two lines. The later display of the text is different because each browser type understands, renders, and draws text style information differently. Also, boundary box dimensions for text entry areas in different browser types are different. As such, the display of a single line of entered text when using one browser type may display as two lines of text when using a different browser type. This provides a poor user experience. Therefore, there is a need for a method and apparatus for preserving fidelity of bounded rich text appearance by maintaining reflow when converting between interactive and flat documents across different environments.

Method and apparatus for preserving fidelity of bounded rich text appearance by maintaining reflow when converting between interactive and flat documents across different environments


The problem of a visible, rim-mounted valve stem for inflating a customized wheel-mounted tire is obviated by a wheel configuration that translates the tire inflation location from a valve stem mounted on the wheel rim to a hub location where a readily accessible tire inflation port can be effectively hidden beneath a locking center cap, making the access port tamperproof. A tire inflation passageway is integral with a spoke that connects the wheel hub to the wheel rim. In a preferred embodiment the wheel is a unitary cast structure, with the tire inflation passageway integrally cast as part of one of the spokes. The hub portion of the wheel has an inflation access port in fluid communication with the tire inflation fluid passageway, thereby providing for the application of pressurized air to the fluid passageway, so that inflation air flowing therethrough may be supplied to the interior of a tire mounted on the wheel rim and thereby control the tire pressure of the tire.

Pressurized tire wheels, such as those for mounting wheels to an automobile and the like, customarily have a hole formed in the rim of the wheel for receiving a valve stem through which a tire mounted on the rim of the wheel is inflated. Such a wheel configuration is diagrammatically illustrated in FIG. 1, which shows a valve stem 11 projecting along a radial line 13 toward the hub 15 of the wheel 10 proper and standing inwardly or offset from the rim 17 of the wheel a sufficient distance to allow a tire inflation head 21 to engage the valve stem and apply air under pressure to the interior of a tire 23 that is mounted on the wheel rim. For customized/stylized automobiles, where hardware configuration is a significant aspect of its utility function, the rim-mounted valve stem not only diminishes the appearance of the wheel, particularly one having stylized spokes, shown at 25, but often requires the addition of unsightly counter-balancing weights 27 on opposed locations of the wheel rim. Efforts to prevent the valve stem from detracting from the aesthetic appearance of the wheel have involved locating the valve stem directly behind a spoke, as shown by dotted lines 31, so that the valve stem is not visible from the outside. Unfortunately, such positioning of the valve stem is a considerably impractical solution to the problem, as it impedes access to the valve stem, requiring the user to reach around and behind a spoke to inflate the tire.

Wheel having spoke-integrated tire inflation passageway


The disclosure provides systems and methods to enhance pre-stack data for seismic data analysis by: sorting the reflection seismic data acquired from cross-spread gathers into sets of data sections; performing data enhancement on the sets of data sections to generate enhanced traces by: (i) applying forward normal-moveout (NMO) corrections such that arrival times of primary reflection events become more flat, (ii) estimating beamforming parameters including a nonlinear traveltime surface and a summation aperture, (iii) generating enhanced traces that combine contributions from original traces in the sets of data sections, and (iv) applying inverse NMO corrections to the enhanced traces such that temporal rearrangements due to the forward NMO corrections are undone.

Seismic data contains information about various geological features. Seismic data can be obtained from seismic surveys to image geological structures of a subterranean region. Poststack seismic data can include two-dimensional (2D) seismic slices or three-dimensional (3D) seismic volumes. Prestack data can have higher dimensions including source and receiver positions arranged in orthogonal directions. Seismic data can be used to identify geologic structural and stratigraphic features, such as subsurface faults, and unconformities. For a geophysicist, complex geology is characterized by an abrupt or sharp contrast in lateral or vertical velocity (for example a sudden change in rock type or lithology which causes a sharp change in seismic wave velocity). Some examples of what a geophysicist considers complex geology are: faulting, folding, (some) fracturing, salt bodies, and unconformities.

Systems and methods to enhance 3-D prestack seismic data based on non-linear beamforming in the cross-spread domain

Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics


A method, system and computer program product for controlling the delivery of voice communications. A profile is created for the user of a mobile device that specifies the thresholds for switching between a cellular network and a wireless network to conduct voice communications as well as stores a list of contacts and associated security levels. If the signal strength of the cellular radio signal is below a threshold, then the mobile device detects one or more wireless networks that are in the area of the user of the mobile device. The profile of the user of the mobile device is then checked to determine if the mobile device is authorized to switch to one of the detected wireless networks to deliver voice communications based on a security level associated with the party communicating with the user. In this manner, the user is able to control the delivery of voice communications.

A cellular network is a radio network using varying radio frequencies over land areas called cells. Each cell is served by at least one fixed location transceiver (e.g., radio/cell tower). Radio waves are used to transfer signals between the fixed location transceiver and a cellular phone or device. The transceiver may pass signals along to other cellular capable devices within the cell, to another transceiver, or to a wired network connection. Many mobile computing devices, such as tablet computers and smartphones, are capable of accessing a cellular network. Wireless service providers provide this access to registered mobile computing devices, typically under terms of a wireless contract. The cell tower typically acts as the network access point to the mobile computing device.
However, there are times when the mobile device user loses the cell phone signal, such as when the user enters a building. In such a situation, the mobile device continues to ping the cellular network for service and drains the battery of the mobile device at a high rate.
Currently, there are mobile devices that have the ability to deliver voice communications using both a cellular radio signal as well as voice over Internet protocol. Such a feature may be desired in situations when the radio signal from the cellular network is poor (e.g., the mobile device user loses the cell phone signal) in which the user may then select the option to deliver voice communications using voice over Internet protocol over a wireless network (e.g., Wi-Fi network). However, none of these mobile devices provide the user with the capability of joining a particular wireless network (e.g., Wi-Fi network) to deliver voice over Internet protocol that meets the user's requirements, such as security requirements. For example, when a user enters a restaurant, the user may not desire to offload communications onto the Wi-Fi network at the restaurant if the network is unsecure and the user is having a business conversation with a client.
Hence, there is not currently a means for switching from utilizing a cellular network to utilizing a wireless network if such a network meets the user's requirements to deliver voice over Internet protocol when the cellular radio signal is poor.

Controlling a delivery of voice communications over a cellular data network or a wireless network based on user's profile


Conduit liners and methods for their construction and use are provided. The liners include a first flexible layer mechanically bonded to at least one glass-containing layer and folded to form a tubular laminate. The laminate can be penetrable by resinous liquid capable of setting the form of substantially continuous matrix within the laminate following the expansion of the laminate within a conduit. In preferred versions of the liner, multiple glass layers are provided on the inner and outer diameter of the construction with a polyester core so as to meet minimum thickness requirements for vibration resistance under American in situ pipe vibration resistance codes.

Underground piping systems are essential in providing the transportation of liquids and gases to homes and businesses. Used mostly by utilities in sewer pipes, water pipes, water mains, gas mains, and other applications, such pipes are often found many feet underground or in inaccessible areas, such as under buildings or roadways.
Due to cyclical loadings, premature wear, manufacturing defects, corrosion, and other factors, these pipes can often develop ruptured or weakened areas requiring repair.
Although the surest way to repair such leaks is to replace the damaged section, replacement is often difficult and expensive.
Recently, in situ pipe repair procedures have been developed which include the insertion of a pliable polyester felt sleeve impregnated with a thermosetting resin. The sleeve is inserted coaxially through the damaged pipe portion and pressurized so that the resin-impregnated sleeve presses firmly against the inner wall of the damaged pipe. The expanded liner is then permitted to cure to form a new lining within the original pipe.
In Europe, where fiberglass liners have been developed, higher strengths have been provided without the use of polyester, by simply impregnating glass fiber laminates with synthetic resin.
Glass fiber mats are attractive replacements for polyester tubing material for making pipe repairs since they can achieve the same mechanical properties with less than half the wall thickness of comparable polyester liners. Unfortunately, since only polyester tubing has been contemplated, many United States pipe repair specifications call for a minimum liner thickness requirement for different circumstances. These thicknesses vary between 6 and 18 mils. Manufacturing an all glass liner within these tolerances would be wasteful, not to mention costly, since only about two mills of glass fabric is necessary to provide sufficient tensile strength for an underground pipe repair.
There appears to be some recognition of a weakness along the longitudinal seams of current conduit liners made from either polyester or glass fiber. Since most of these liners are made from folded mats which are joined with a longitudinal butt-seam for bonding the opposite lateral edges of the mat, a discontinuity in the liner's sidewall is created which is significantly weaker than the remaining cross-section at any other point along the circumference of the liner. This discontinuity presents a threat of delamination or separation during insertion and pressurized expansion of the liner inside a pipe.
Efforts to overcome this weakness in the wall structure have included laminating or sewing a polyester patch to the seam of polyester liners. Although this effort to reinforce an apparent weakness in the side wall has been somewhat successful, it results in a distortion of the smooth circumference of the liner, making it rather difficult to match the inner diameter of the pipe to be repaired. This technique has also not been very successful with glass liners since the irregular texture of the fiberglass resists efforts to create a sound joint. Accordingly, fiberglass liners are usually butt-joined together by a longitudinal stitch or line of adhesive, leaving a weak site through the entire cross-section of the liner.


The present invention relates, in general, to granulocytic Ehrlichia. In particular, the present invention relates to a cell line selected from the group consisting of a promyelocytic leukemia cell line, an acute myelogenous leukemia cell line, a histiocytic lymphoma cell line, a monocyte macrophage-like cell line, an acute monocytic leukemia cell line, and an embryonic lung cell line wherein the cell line is infected with granulocytic Ehrlichia, a method of continually growing granulocytic Ehrlichia, vaccines comprising granulocytic Ehrlichia or granulocytic Ehrlichia antigens, methods of preventing ehrlichiosis in an animal, antibodies to granulocytic Ehrlichia, and methods for identifying granulocytic Ehrlichia in an animal.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates, in general, to granulocytic Ehrlichia. In particular, the present invention relates to a cell line selected from the group consisting of a promyelocytic leukemia cell line, an acute myelogenous leukemia cell line, a histiocytic lymphoma cell line, a monocyte macrophage-like cell line, an acute monocytic leukemia cell line, and an embryonic lung cell line wherein the cell line is infected with granulocytic Ehrlichia, a method of continually growing granulocytic Ehrlichia, vaccines comprising granulocytic Ehrlichia or granulocytic Ehrlichia antigens, methods of preventing ehrlichiosis in an animal, antibodies to granulocytic Ehrlichia, and methods for detecting granulocytic Ehrlichia or antibodies to granulocytic Ehrlichia in an animal.
2. Related Art
A wide range of virus, bacteria and parasites are transmitted to mammals by ticks. In the United States, Lyme disease is the most frequently reported tick borne disease. The etiologic agent of Lyme disease, B. burgdorferi, is transmitted by ticks of the genus Ixodes (Mather et al., JAVMA 205:186-188 (1994)).
Another tick borne disease, ehrlichiosis, is caused by the genera of bacteria known as Ehrlichia (for review of Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia diseases see, Rikihisa, Clin. Microbiol. Reviews 4(3):286-308 (1991)). The various species of Ehrlichia are all members of the family of Rickettsiaceae. Unlike B. burgdorferi, Ehrlichia do not require a mammalian host to maintain themselves in the wild. However, if a mammalian host is involved, most Ehrlichia species infect monocytes of the blood and in several cases have been isolated in monocyte cell culture (see, for example, Dawson et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,192,679 issued Mar. 9, 1993 which claims a canine monocyte macrophage cell line DH82 infected with E. canis).
Ehrlichia equi is the causative agent of equine ehrlichiosis (Rikihisa, Clin. Microbiol. Reviews 4(3):286-308 (1991)). Although the transmission mechanism has not been defined, it appears to be unusual in that it infects granulocytes and not monocytes. E. equi has a broad range of hosts. Experimental infection of horses, burros, sheep goats, dogs, cats, monkeys, and baboons has been reported (Lewis, Vet. Parasitol. 2:61-74 (1976)). In Europe, another granulocytic Ehrlichia, E. phagocytophila, causes tick borne fever in sheep, cattle, and bison, and is vectored by I. ricinis (Ristic, M. et al., in Bergey's Manual of Systemic Bacteriology, Kreig, N. et al., eds., Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore (1984), pp. 704-709). Although these organisms are carried by different ticks and are reported on different continents, they are indistinguishable from one another by serologic or PCR methods (Chen et al., J. Clin. Microbiol. 32:589-595 (1994)). Recently, several fatal cases of human granulocytic Ehrlichosis have been reported in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Connecticut as well as a non-fatal human case in Florida (Chen et al., J. Clin. Microbiol. 32:589-595 (1994)). These cases of ehrlichiosis were caused by an Ehrlichia that was indistinguishable from E. equi and E. phagocytophila by PCR methods (Bakken, J. S. et al., JAMA 272:212-218 (1994); Rynkiewicz and Liu, New Engl. J. Med. 330:292-293 (1994)).

Cell lines infected with granulocytic ehrlichia, vaccines, diagnostics and methods


A method for manufacturing keycaps of a capped keyboard apparatus is disclosed. The proposed method includes: (a) providing a cover layer and plural keycap main bodies, wherein the cover layer includes plural units, and each the unit has an upper surface with a character; (b) putting the plural keycap main bodies on a fixture; (c) shaping the cover layer on the fixture and attaching each the unit to a corresponding one of the plural keycap main bodies; and (d) cutting the cover layer to obtain plural keycaps independent of one another.

The backlit keyboards in the prior art are frequently adapted for use with notebook computers. When a backlit keyboard starts the backlight function in a dark place, the white LEDs inside the keyboard will emit a light and penetrate through the laser-carved character upon each keycap so that the characters on the keyboard can be seen clearly by the user. When in a bright place, the LEDs in the backlit keyboard will be turned off to save power. Thus, the backlit keyboard is good for operating at night or in a dark place. In contrast, a light cannot be emitted out from a non-backlit keyboard. However, in order to let characters formed by laser carving be penetrated by light and to prevent other parts of the keycap from being penetrated by light in a backlit keyboard, the keycap main body needs to be baked and varnished for up to as many as 10 layers so that no light can penetrate through and also be abrasion resistant. And then, the baking paint located upon the character on an upper surface of the keycap is removed by laser carving so that a light can be emitted out from the character.
However, the manufacturing procedure for baking and varnishing up to as many as 10 layers on the keycap main body involves a long manufacturing time and has high costs. Thus, how to improve this manufacturing procedure in the prior art to save the relative manufacturing costs and time and to cause a light emitted out from the character to be uniformly distributed are important aspects for development in the field.
Keeping the drawbacks of the prior art in mind, and through the use of robust and persistent experiments and research, the applicant has finally conceived of a method for manufacturing keycaps of a capped keyboard apparatus.

Method for manufacturing keycaps of capped keyboard apparatus


An improved fluidized bed reactor having a reactor shell and at least one reactor subsystem within the shell, the reactor subsystem having a reaction chamber and a wall, the improvement comprising at least one fluidizing gas distributor associated with the reactor subsystem and positioned below the reaction chamber and supported by the wall, the distributor comprising a top portion, a bottom portion, and a sidewall contiguous with the top and bottom portions to define an interior, a plurality of tuyeres attached to the top portion of the distributor to provide gaseous communication between the reaction chamber and the interior, and an inlet in the bottom portion for introducing a fluidizing gas to the interior.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is related to fluidized bed reactors.
2. Problems to be Solved
Fluidized bed reactors are typically used to process waste or sewage. One type of conventional fluidized bed reactor incorporates a self supporting refractory brick arch or dome located below the fluidized bed. As used herein, the term "refractory" is defined as materials of the ceramic type, such as pre-fired clay. The refractory bricks are fitted with tuyeres to distribute gas to the fluidized bed. One problem with this type of reactor is that the weight of the refractory brick arch, and the weight of the bed when not fluidized, as well as the thermal stresses induced in the arch during operation, can impose large horizontal and radial forces on the reactor shell or walls. As such, it is the conventional practice to place a metal band, known as a "belly band", around the reactor to help contain the forces. However, the load carrying capability of the band is limited by size and material restrictions. Another problem is that the maximum size of the refractory brick arch, and therefore the maximum processing area, is limited by the load carrying capabilities of the bricks. When a certain diameter is attained, the arch will no longer be self supporting. Thus, the maximum achievable arch or dome diameter limits the diameter of the reactor. A further problem is that the refractory brick arch is pressurized with gas which passes through the tuyeres. The gas differential pressure across the tuyeres results in pressure on the refractory arch or dome. This pressure tends to lift the arch which is kept in its normal position by the weight of the arch or dome. Thus, such a problem limits the maximum allowable pressure of gas distributed by the tuyeres. Thus, the maximum achievable size of the arch bricks or the dome limit the maximum achievable pressure drop across the tuyeres. Furthermore, the gas distributed by the tuyeres tends to escape through any crevices or spaces between the bricks of the arch and enters the fluidized bed.
Another type of fluidized bed reactor incorporates metallic plates or dished-metal heads instead of a refractory brick arch. One problem with this type of reactor is that the maximum reactor diameter is limited by the maximum available size of the dished-head. The size of the dished-head is limited by acceptable stresses and expansions produced by variation in temperatures. Furthermore, as a consequence of warping and deformation resulting from the high process temperatures, it is difficult to ensure free expansion of the dished-head, as well as the integrity of mechanical seals as the gas differential pressure across the tuyeres increases. This problem becomes more acute as the size of the dished-head increases.
Bearing in mind the problems and deficiencies of conventional fluidized bed reactors, it is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved fluidizing gas distribution system for a fluidized bed reactor that does not limit the size of the fluidized bed reactor.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved fluidizing gas distribution system that can withstand relatively high pressure drops across the tuyeres.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved fluidized bed reactor that substantially eliminates leakage of fluidizing gas into the fluid bed.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved fluidized gas distribution system that can freely expand and contract within a fluid bed reactor in response to variations in pressure and temperature within the reactor.

Fluidized bed reactor with gas distributor


A torsion device for facilitating opening and closing a gate attached to a support. The device broadly includes a first section, a second section, and a coupling section. The second section includes an angled portion and a contact portion. The angled portion is operable to be substantially inserted into the gate such that the contact portion generally abuts an interior surface of the gate when the gate is substantially opened. The coupling section couples the first section and the second section such that opening of the gate causes a torsional force to be applied by the device to facilitate opening and closing of the gate. The abutting of the contact portion improves functionality and reduces damage to the gate caused by the torsional force.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to torsion devices. More particularly, the invention relates to a torsion device for facilitating opening and closing a gate attached to a support, such as a vehicle tailgate, by utilizing at least one angled portion.
2. Description of the Related Art
Torsion devices are often utilized in the art to facilitate opening and closing various gates. For example, various prior art torsion devices are utilized with a vehicle and a tailgate to reduce the amount of force needed to open and close the tailgate. Such conventional torsion devices are U-shaped and are utilized by inserting one end of the device into the vehicle and then inserting the other end of the device into the tailgate. Opening or closing of the tailgate causes one end of the torsion device to pivot while the other end remains stationary, thereby applying a torsional force to the device. The torsional force reduces the load of the tailgate and enables a user to open or close the tailgate with less force than otherwise required.
Despite such benefits, conventional torsion devices suffer from a number of disadvantages. For example, although utilizing angled sections for insertion into a vehicle is known, conventional torsion devices generally utilize an entirely straight section having a terminal end for insertion into a tailgate. Upon application of the torsional force, the entirely straight section, including the terminal end, often scratches, scrapes, or punctures the tailgate due to the large amount of force applied to a small area, such as the tip or edge of the terminal end. Similarly, the torsional force causes the inserted straight section to deform, thereby further limiting the area to which force may be applied and thus increasing the potential for damage to the tailgate.
Additionally, conventional torsion devices are inefficient as the amount of force the device may apply to reduce the load of the tailgate is limited by the small contact area between the device and the tailgate. For example, upon application of the torsional force, conventional devices fail to remain stationary, deform, and/or rotate such that force within the tailgate is applied to a small contact area, such as the terminal end. As the amount of force that may be applied to the small contact area is limited by the resiliency of the tailgate to puncture damage, the total amount of force that may be applied by the device is also limited thereby requiring a user to apply a greater force than otherwise necessary.


A technology to grasp a state of a human being more accurately is provided. The technology is provided with means for acquiring a time-series waveform of a frequency from a time-series waveform of a biological signal sampled from the upper body of a human being and for further acquiring a time-series waveform of frequency slope and a time-series waveform of frequency fluctuation and for applying frequency analysis to them. In the frequency analysis, a power spectrum of each frequency corresponding to a functional adjustment signal, a fatigue reception signal, and an activity adjustment signal, respectively, determined in advance is acquired. Then, a state of a human being is determined from a time-series change of each power spectrum. The fatigue reception signal indicates a degree of progress of fatigue in a usual active state and thus, by comparing it with degrees of predominance of the functional adjustment signal and the activity adjustment signal as their distribution rates, a state of a human being (relaxed state, fatigued state, state in which sympathetic nerve is predominant, a state in which parasympathetic nerve is predominant and the like) can be determined more accurately.

Monitoring a biological body state of a driver during driving has attracted attention as a preventive measure against an accident or the like in recent years. The present applicant disclosed techniques of disposing a pressure sensor in a seat cushion section, obtaining and analyzing breech pulse waves, and determining a sleep prediction phenomenon in Patent Literatures 1 to 3.
Specifically, a maximum value and a minimum value of a time-series waveform of a pulse wave are obtained by a smoothing differentiation method of Savitzky and Golay, respectively. The maximum value and the minimum value are obtained for each 5 seconds so that their mean values are obtained. Using a square of a difference between the respective mean values of the maximum values and the minimum values obtained as a power value, the power value is plotted for each 5 seconds so that a time-series waveform of the power value is produced. In order to read a global change of the power value from this time-series waveform, a slope of the power value regarding a certain time window Tw (180 seconds) is obtained by least-square method. Next, the slope regarding the next time window Tw is similarly calculated in an overlapped time TI (162 seconds) and the calculation results are plotted. A time-series waveform of the slope of the power value is obtained by repeating this calculation (movement calculation) sequentially. On the other hand, the maximum Lyapunov exponent is obtained by applying Chaos analysis to the time-series waveform of the pulse wave, a maximum value is obtained by a smoothing differentiation like the above, and a time-series waveform of a slope of the maximum Lyapunov exponent is obtained by conducting movement calculation.
Then, the time-series waveform of the slope of the power value and the time-series waveform of the slope of the maximum Lyapunov exponent take phases opposite to each other, and a waveform having a large amplitude at a low frequency in the time-series waveform of the slope of the power value is determined as a characteristic signal indicating a sleep prediction and a point at which the amplitude has become small thereafter is determined as a sleep-onset point.
Further, as Patent Literature 4, a system provided with an airbag (air pack) including a three-dimensional solid fabric inserted therein, where the air pack is disposed at a site corresponding to a waist portion of a person, an air pressure fluctuation in the air pack is measured, a biological signal of the person is detected from the time-series waveform of the air pressure fluctuation obtained, and the biological body state of the person is analyzed is disclosed. Further, in Non-Patent Literatures 1 and 2, trials for detecting a biological signal of a person by disposing an air pack sensor along a lumber iliocostal muscle are reported. This air pressure fluctuation of the air pack is caused by fluctuation in a downward aorta with movement of a heart, and a state change closer to the movement of the heart than use of the breech pulse waves in Patent Literatures 1 and 2 can be captured.

Device for estimating state of living organism


An elongated channel member for supporting the surface of an underground rock formation includes a base portion with a bearing surface for contacting the rock strata and an opposite surface having a longitudinally extending central rib and flanged edges for resisting deflection and bending of the channel member under the load of the rock strata. A plurality of openings spaced a preselected distance apart extend through the central rib. A bearing plate is positioned in overlying abutting relation with each opening in the channel member. The bearing plate includes embossed areas and longitudinally flanged edges that are complementary in shape with the central rib and flanges on the channel to securely engage the bearing plate on the channel member. Thus, the bearing plate engages the channel member to restrain longitudinal and lateral movement of the bearing plate on the channel member and stiffen the channel member to resist bending. An anchor bolt extends through the aligned openings in the bearing plate and channel member into a bore hole drilled in the rock formation. Anchoring the bolt in the bore hole compresses the bearing plate against the channel member to urge the channel member into compressive relation with the surface of the rock formation to support the rock formation.

1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to method and apparatus for supporting a rock formation and, more particularly, to a bearing plate having an embossed configuration complementary with embossments on a channel member for exerting a compressive force on the rock formation.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In underground mining, excavation and tunnelling operations, it is conventional practice to support the overhead and lateral rock strata by elongated structural members, such as metal roof mats and channels, that extend transversely across the mine roof and downwardly along the lateral sidewalls or ribs. The mats and channels are provided in various lengths with holes spaced a preselected distance apart through the members to conform to a conventional roof bolt plan. Roof bolts extend through the holes in the channels and into holes drilled in the rock strata and are anchored in the strata to maintain the channels compressed against the surface of the rock strata. The metal mats and channels are preferably used in place of wood timbers and are more efficiently installed in combination with a roof bolting system.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,192,554 discloses an improvement over wood timbering structures in which concrete roof beams are supported in contact with a mine tunnel roof by horizontal metal props connected at their end portions to vertical props. The vertical props extend to the mine floor oppositely the mine rib or wall. This arrangement forms a truss of interlocking parts for reinforcing the roof beams. U.S. Pat. No. 3,413,812 is another example of elongated beam members connected to one another for supporting an underground rock formation.
It is also known to utilize elongated members that overlap at their end portions to form a sliding joint in an arc-type support. Examples of interconnected trough-shaped sections for supporting a rock formation are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,023,862; 3,076,672; 3,126,708 and 3,168,815.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,022,100 discloses an arc support formed by three sections that overlap at their end portions. U.S. Pat. No. 3,395,542 discloses a propping frame having two upright members for supporting interconnecting members forming an arc.
As indicated above, it is common practice to utilize elongated mats and channels as part of a mine roof bolt plan. In a conventional roof bolt plan, bore holes are drilled into the rock formation in accordance with a preselected pattern so that the bolts are positioned a preselected distance apart and extend a preselected depth into the rock formation. The roof bolts are anchored in the bore holes and tensioned to exert a compressive force upon the rock strata to prevent deterioration of the overhead rock strata.
It is also conventional practice in the installation of mine roof bolts to use bearing plates to support the area of the rock formation around the bore hole. A conventional bearing plate includes a contact or bearing surface for abutting the formation around the bore hole. The bearing plate includes a central hole for receiving a roof bolt which extends through the plate up into the bore hole. The lower end of the roof bolt includes an enlarged head which bears against the area of the plate around the bore hole. To rigidify bearing plates to resist deflection and bending when compressed against the rock formation, bearing plates are provided with embossments which extend from the surfaces of the bearing plates. Examples of known bearing plates having embossments are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,748,594; 2,854,824; 3,090,203; 3,226,934; 3,238,731; 3,478,523; 4,037,418; and 4,249,835 and French Patent Nos. 1,222,640 and 1,304,298.
The bearing plates can be used With or without mat or channel supports. When used with mats and channels, the bearing plate is positioned in overlying relation with the channel so that the opening of the channel is aligned with the opening in the roof plate. In one method, the roof plate used with a mat or channel has a width equal to the width of the channel and a length to be received within the elongated slot of the channel. In the alternative, the surface of the bearing plate extends beyond the channel slot and bears against the areas of the channel around the slot.
Because of the extended length of the mat or channel, it is subject to deflection and bending when anchored by the roof bolts into compressive relation with the rock strata. Therefore, there is need for a channel or mat having a structure that is reinforced to resist deflection and bending under the load of the rock formation. The channel shaped support structure should be maintained in compressive relation with the surface of the rock formation by a bearing plate maintained in contact with the channel by the anchored roof bolt. The bearing plate should have a configuration that permits its installation within the width of the channel and in overlying relation with the opening in the channel. The bearing plate should have a configuration which stabilizes the bearing plate on the channel and also serves to reinforce the channel to resist deflection loads.


A method for control comprises a set top box receiving coordinates from a touch sensing screen. The coordinates are interpreted for controlling the set top box, and in accordance with the interpreted coordinates an action is performed. A further method for control comprises a set top box receiving a signal representative of displacement. A control function is determined from the displacement representative signal and the control function is activated. In accordance with the control function a signal is formed for communication.

A typical set top box provides a user interface to allow control of the set top box menu and or an electronic program guide. The menu and electronic program guide are respectively resident, or received, formatted and stored, within in the set top box and can be viewed as on screen displays (OSD) or graphic overlays. Typically the guide or menu features may be activated by physical button pushes or by remote control commands via an exemplary modulated IR link. The guide and menu are intended for user interaction via an on screen display on a TV or video display monitor. Normal display viewing distances dictate that the screen is physically distant from the user and certainly beyond arms reach. A remote audio video display, television, video monitor or viewing tablet may be coupled to view the set top box output signals and clearly substantially the same set top box control as provided to a local viewer must be available to the remote display viewer.

Method for a touch screen that interfaces with a set top box


In a sensor chip junction structure, if a moving distance of a tip of a press jig (56) is any of 50 μm and 30 μm, for example, a characteristic line of a load (shearing force) (N) applied to an adhesive layer (50) formed on a sensor chip that is integral with a glass pedestal, the glass pedestal having a thickness set in a range from 0.3 mm to 2.5 mm is either located on any of a characteristic line Lt1 (y=1.3889x3) and a characteristic line Lt2 (y=0.463x3) or located in a region above zero and equal to or below any of the characteristic line Lt1 and the characteristic line Lt2.

As shown in Patent Document 1, for example, a sensor unit constituting part of a liquid sealing semiconductor pressure sensor is placed in a liquid sealing chamber (a pressure receiving space) formed between a base and a diaphragm. Such sensor unit comprises, as its main constituents, the diaphragm to be sandwiched between the base and a receiving member, the pressure receiving space formed above the diaphragm and serving as the liquid sealing chamber configured to store an oil serving as a pressure transfer medium, a sensor chip (which is referred to as a semiconductor pressure detection element in Patent Document 1) placed in the pressure receiving space and configured to detect a pressure variation of the oil through the diaphragm, the base configured to support the sensor chip, and a plurality of lead pins configured to send out an output signal from the sensor chip and to supply power to the sensor chip, for example.
As shown in Patent Document 2, for example, there is a case where the aforementioned sensor chip is adhered to a bottom wall portion (a chip mounting member), which forms a bottom part of a recess formed in a package member, through an adhesive layer made of a silicone-based adhesive. The adhesive layer has a predetermined Young's modulus and a thickness of the adhesive layer is set equal or above a predetermined thickness. The thickness of the adhesive layer is set as described above because, as the thickness of the adhesive layer is larger, force applied from the package member to a sensor element is more likely to be relaxed by the adhesive layer and variations in characteristics of the sensor due to a change in temperature can also be suppressed to a minimum.

Sensor chip junction structure and pressure sensor


A digital satellite broadcast receiver having a simultaneous multi-channel search function is disclosed, in which the currently broadcasting programs on the respective channels are displayed onto a plurality of divided windows respectively through one transponder, thereby providing a convenience to the channel search of the users. The number of the channels is detected by utilizing the program specific information (PSI) of the transport stream which is transmitted from a satellite. The screen is divided into as many as the number of the channels so as to set windows. Then the coding type of the picture header which is contained in the transport stream is read to detect the I picture. Then the I pictures of the relevant channels are displayed onto the respective divided windows. Then if the user selects one channel from among the displayed channels, then the selected picture is displayed in the original size.

1. Field of the invention
The present invention relates to a digital satellite broadcast receiver. In particular, the present invention relates to a digital satellite broadcast receiver having a simultaneous multi-channel search function, in which the currently broadcasting programs on respective channels are displayed in respective windows on a screen, thereby providing a convenience to the channel search of the user.
2. Description of the prior art
Generally, broadcasting video signals which are transmitted from a satellite are compressed in the MPEG II (Moving Picture Experts Group) way. The transport stream which is transmitted from a satellite contains individual video and audio data streams in its transmitted data. Further, it contains program specific information (PSI) which informs as to which program should be selected from among a plurality of programs, as to which packet is taken, and as to how the packet can be decoded.
Conventionally, a digital satellite video receiver is provided with an on-screen display (OSD) function, and the program information loaded on the PSI data is displayed in letters on the OSD, so that the users can obtain information on the programs to be broadcasted. A typical example of this is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,353,121.
However, in the conventional method in which the program information is provided in letters, the letters give an insufficient sense for the reality. Further, the watcher has to search for the letters to confirm as to whether the desired program is being broadcasted, and then, the watcher has to switch the channel again. Consequently, the inconvenience of the watcher is increased.

Digital satellite broadcast receiver having simultaneous multi-channel search function, and control method therefor