In a communication recording system using a headset with a radio communication function which transmits the first speech signal and receives the second speech signal by radio communications, the headset is provided with a time information acquisition unit for acquiring a time information indicating occurrence times of the first speech signal and the second speech signal, an information production unit for producing a recording information to be stored in which the time information is set in correspondence to the first speech signal and the second speech signal, and a memory unit for storing the recording information.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a headset system for short range radio communication that realizes secrecy of the communication contents and easiness of search and reproduction, while enabling constant communication and constant recording by connecting ubiquitous devices through short range radio communications.
2. Description of the Related Art
The short range wireless communication system called Bluetooth has been developed, and it becomes possible to connect and control devices such as PC, printer, portable telephone, digital camera, etc., without using any cords.
In such a situation, the use of a headset with a radio communication function has been proposed in order to promote the application of such a system to the mobile environment and improve the convenience and smoothness of communications.
Currently, the mutual communications by radio are dominated by the speech communications using portable telephones and mails or chats using mobile terminals. However, in the case of the portable telephone, it is necessary to make a connection by specifying a correspondent at each occasion of making a communication. Also, the conversation exchanged through it is intact only on the spot and the conversed content is lost forever once the portable telephone is disconnected. On the other hand, in the case of the mail or chat by the radio communication, the communication contents will be preserved as texts but it is necessary to enter all the communication contents manually at the time of its use.
For these reasons, there is a demand for a system in which the content of the radio communication using speeches can be recorded in real time, stored and effectively utilized at later time. The recording of the speech has conventionally been realized by recording only a necessary portion of the direct sounds propagated as sound waves by using a recording device such as a tape recorder. The constant recording requires significant time and effort, so that it has not been realized except for the special cases such as-that surveying person's behavior for the academic purpose, for example. In recent years, a computer to be worn on the body and its applications have been studied in the field of the wearable computer, but how to process various information (environmental information and biological information) that is constantly sensored still remains as a subject to the further studying.
There is also a proposition of a technique for continuously recording surrounding sounds by providing a recording function to a PC, but this technique is only designed to be the first person type use in which the direct sounds propagated from the external as sound waves are to be recorded. The recorded content is stored in a memory inside the PC first, and it is impossible to transmit the detected speech directly to the third person in real time.
Also, there exists a conference recording system for recording the content of the conference and reproduce or search that later on, but it only records the discussion on a prescribed topic over a prescribed period of time under the stiff circumstance.
In such a circumstance, there is a proposition of a system in which a user wearing a headset with a radio communication function can communicate and record the digitized speech in real time and utilize the recorded data effectively later on. There is a proposition of a technique by which a user wearing a headset with a radio communication function can control a device by speech commands in real time, and communicate and record speech data such as those of the dictation in real time.
Such a headset system enables a user to carry out the communication, recording and device controlling under a free situation without having the user's action restricted, because it is wireless. Also, the user's speeches are picked up by a microphone, transmitted in a digitized form and record, so that it is possible to communicate and store the clear speeches with little noises superposed thereon. The recorded data have hardly any degradation so that they are suitable for preservation, copying, direct text formation, searching, etc.
However, along with these merits, there arises a need to cope with newly created problems such as unauthorized reproduction, unauthorized utilization, disclosure, alteration, etc. In particular, in the case of introducing the above described headset system into highly secret conferences or medical practices, there is a need to secure the protection of the privacy and the secrecy of the recorded data.
Also, there is a need for a headset system with a high level of security such that the recorded data will not be used maliciously and the headset itself will not be used in illegitimate ways.
Also, there is a need for a technique for simplifying search and reproduction while surely protecting the secret of the recorded content in order to effectively utilize the recorded data later on.
Also, in the case of utilizing the recorded content as an evidence later on, it is preferable for the recorded content to have a value as an evidence equivalent to the documentary records or the like.
In addition, if the constant communication and constant recording are presupposed, it can be easily expected that there are cases where it is not desired to record or to be recorded, or it is recorded but it is not desired to be reproduced, depending on circumstances. Consequently, there is also a need for a technique to control the recording and the reproduction in such cases.
In addition, there is also a need to account for the emotional factors such as a desire for hearing, a desire for not hearing, a willingness for hearing, a desire for not allowing others to hear, a desire for making others to hear, etc.

Headset with radio communication function and communication recording system using time information


This invention proposes a feature based data structure for computer manikin that is constructed from the scanned data of common 3D body scanners. The scanned data is first segmented into six parts and then encoded into range images. Feature recognition algorithms are developed and coded into computer algorithms. The software system can automatically recognize the important human feature points and feature curves. The computer manikin is constructed based on the interpolation between the feature curves. The manikin has geodetic latitudinal and longitudinal curves that pass through the geometric feature points of human body. The geodetic coordination contains all the important features that can be extracted as needed for apparel or ergonomic design, medical researches, and movie amusement industry.

3D body scanning technology has been developed for a long time. However, turning the scanned data into useful information for engineering purposes is still difficult. The problem is due to the raw data containing no useful information. The key points to solve the problem are feature recognition, data extraction, and symbolization. This invention proposes a feature based data structure for computer manikin and the method to construct the manikin from the scanned data of common 3D body scanner.

Feature based data structure for computer manikin


A method, apparatus and computer program product for performing client-side Java content transformation is presented. A first client request is received at a gateway from a web client, and is transmitted from the gateway to a web server, and then the web page is received at the gateway from the web server. At the gateway, the web page is modified to request a content transformation application and is transmitted from the gateway to the web client. A request is received at the gateway for the content transformation application, and the gateway transmits the content transformation application to the client. The content transformation application is run on the client, wherein the content transformation application acquires the applet requested by the client and performs content translation on the applet, resulting in a content transformed applet, which is then run by the client.

WebVPN (web-based Virtual Private Network) is a remote-access solution that uses the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) layer of the browser to secure communications between a client PC and a head-end gateway. WebVPN enables users to gain a highly secure connection from any browser-based device, such as a PC located at a client's premises. In this approach, the gateway acts as a proxy for the internal web pages that the client wishes to view. The gateway modifies the HTML (Hyper-Text Markup Language) pages so that all sub-sequent URLs (Universal Resource Locators) embedded in the page are directed to pass through the gateway. This process of page modification is known as content transformation and also as HTML mangling. The problem becomes more difficult when a page contains embedded Java applets. This is because the applet could have been hard-coded to access an internal URL directly. In order for the applet to work effectively in the WebVPN scenario, its hard-coded internal URL's need to be transformed (mangled) to pass though the gateway.


An ultrasonic probe that transmits an ultrasonic vibration, generated in an ultrasonic vibrator, from a proximal end to a distal end so that the ultrasonic probe performs a longitudinal vibration in a vibrating direction. The ultrasonic probe including a probe body, a distal asymmetric portion, and a proximal side probe component. The distal asymmetric portion is asymmetric about an X-axis so that a center of gravity of the distal asymmetric portion is deviated from the X-axis and a first lateral vibration of the distal asymmetric portion is superposed on the longitudinal vibration of the ultrasonic probe. The proximal side probe component is bent relative to the probe body at a bending position so that a center of gravity of the proximal side component is deviated from the X-axis and a second lateral vibration of the proximal side component is superposed on the longitudinal vibration of the ultrasonic probe.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an ultrasonic probe which is used in an ultrasonic treatment device, and which is configured to perform longitudinal vibration having a vibration direction parallel to a central axis when ultrasonic vibration is transmitted thereto, and a manufacturing method of the ultrasonic probe.
2. Description of the Related Art
For example, Japanese Patent No. 4493893 has disclosed an ultrasonic treatment device including an ultrasonic probe. The ultrasonic probe of this ultrasonic treatment device is configured to perform longitudinal vibration having a vibration direction (vibration directions) parallel to a central axis when ultrasonic vibration is transmitted thereto. According to Japanese Patent No. 4493893, there are defined an X-axis parallel to longitudinal directions of the ultrasonic probe, a Y-axis which intersects at right angles with the X-axis, and a Z-axis which intersects at right angles with the X-axis and which intersects at right angles with the Y-axis. The ultrasonic probe includes a probe body in which the central axis is coaxial with the X-axis, and a distal asymmetric portion (distal treatment section) provided to a distal direction side of the probe body. The ultrasonic treatment device includes a jaw which can open and close relative to the distal treatment section. The open-and-close directions of the jaw are parallel to the Z-axis. When the ultrasonic probe performs the longitudinal vibration while a treatment target such as a living tissue is grasped between the distal treatment section and the jaw, the grasped treatment target is coagulated and cut, and the treatment target is treated. Here, the probe body is shaped symmetrically with an X-Z plane, which is defined by the X-axis and the Z-axis, being a center. The distal treatment section is curved relative to the probe body in directions parallel to the Y-axis, for example, to ensure visibility for a surgeon during the treatment of the treatment target. Therefore, the distal treatment section is shaped asymmetrically with the X-Z plane, which is defined by the X-axis and the Z-axis, being the center.

Ultrasonic treatment probe providing superposed lateral and longitudinal vibration


First ends of a plurality of sub-networks of an exemplary transmission-line network are connected together electrically in series. First ends of a plurality of transmission lines of one subnetwork are connected together in parallel and second ends are connected together in series. The one sub-network has a first-end impedance value that is different than a second-end impedance value. The second-end impedance value of the one sub-network is different than a second-end impedance value of another sub-network. A respective transmission line connects each sub-network to a common circuit node and a respective resistor interconnects each adjacent pair of the second ends of the sub-networks.

A pair of conductive lines, such as a signal conductor and a signal-return conductor, are coupled when they are spaced apart, but spaced closely enough together for energy flowing in one to be induced in the other. Transmission-line networks, such as impedance-transforming combiners (including dividers) and transformers, typically include such coupled lines as transmission lines, but may be restricted to limited frequency ranges of operation due to resonance inherently in their topologies.
For certain applications, there is a need for a broadband, high power communication system. For example, in military applications a broad bandwidth is required for secure spread spectrum communication and high power is required for long range. High power broadband communication systems require high power broadband antennas. Often these antennas have an input impedance that does not match the desired transmitter or receiver with which it is used. In such circumstances, impedance transformers can be used to transform the impedance of the antenna to the impedance of the transmitter or receiver.
Transmission-line-based impedance transformers may be used for matching networks for antennas and amplifiers operating at radio frequencies, such as frequencies in the HF and VHF bands. They are also known for having low losses, which makes them especially useful in high power circuits. Transmission-line-based impedance transformers may be made using various structures, such as parallel wires, coaxial cables, or twisted wire pairs.

Transformer having series and parallel connected transmission lines


A active steering apparatus includes a housing, an input shaft, an output shaft, and an electrical motor. The electric motor has a stator fixed to the housing and a rotor. A first gear set interconnects the input shaft and the output shaft and includes a sun gear fixed to an end of the input shaft, a ring gear fixed to the output shaft, and a plurality of planet gears positioned between and interconnecting the ring gear and the sun gear. A second gear set is mounted onto the rotor and interconnects the ring gear and the housing such that rotation of the rotor relative to the housing imparts movement of the ring gear relative to the housing.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a steering actuator that provides electric power assisted steering and active front steering in a motor vehicle as well as the ability to provide the functionality of a traditional steering shaft.
2. Description of Related Technology
In many vehicles today, power steering is accomplished through the use of an electric motor mounted onto the steering shaft such that the electric motor selectively provides assistance to the rotation of the steering shaft. In some circumstances such as active front steering, it may be desirable to accommodate both an electrical power assisted steering system and allow a relative rotation between input shaft and output shaft of steering column. Therefore, there is a need for a steering system that can provide electrical power assisted steering and active steering capability.

Actuator for active front steering system


An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to image an image within a first range on an imaging surface, a first correction unit configured to optically compensate for image shake on the image surface resulting from shake of a device, a second correction unit configured to electronically correct image shake on the image surface resulting from shake of the imaging apparatus, and output an image from a second range that is narrower than the first range, and a control unit configured to determine the moveable range of the first correction unit. The control unit performs control to increase the moveable range of the first correction unit when the second correction unit is used in comparison to when the second correction unit is not used.

1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus, an optical apparatus, an imaging system and a control method.
2. Description of the Related Art
An imaging apparatus has been proposed that includes an image stabilization function configured to detect shake in the imaging apparatus, and drive a stabilization means (for example an imaging lens) to correct image shake resulting from the shake (hand shake). This image stabilization function is termed an optical image stabilization. Furthermore, an image stabilization function has been proposed in which shake in a captured image during moving image capturing is corrected by output of an excised portion of the captured image. This type of image stabilization function is termed electronic image stabilization.
Optical image stabilization and electronic image stabilization both enable stabilization of larger image shake resulting from hand shake as the range within which stabilization is enabled is increased. However, there is a limit to the range within which correction is enabled. When using optical image stabilization, there is a limit to the mechanical driving range for driving of the imaging lens used as the stabilization means. Furthermore, when using optical image stabilization, a configuration is required to prevent occurrence of shading in the captured image when driving the imaging lens. On the other hand, when using electronic image stabilization, although the periphery of a region that is excised as the output image from the captured image is used as a surplus pixel, as the number of surplus pixels increases, the angle of field of the output image is reduced in comparison to a configuration not using electronic image stabilization.
In this context, an imaging apparatus has been proposed that combines use of optical image stabilization and electronic image stabilization to thereby enlarge the range within which correction is enabled. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-182260 discloses an imaging apparatus that controls optical image stabilization and electronic image stabilization in response to electronic zoom. This imaging apparatus increases the correction due to electronic image stabilization when the magnification of the electronic zoom is large, and increases the correction due to optical image stabilization when the magnification of the electronic zoom is small. Furthermore, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-145604 discloses an imaging apparatus that controls optical image stabilization and electronic image stabilization in response to the exposure time or the optical zoom magnification. This imaging apparatus sets the high correction ratio for optical image stabilization as the optical zoom magnification increases or the exposure time decreases.
However, the imaging apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-182260 or in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-145604 only varies the proportion of the electronic image stabilization and the optical image stabilization under specific conditions. That is to say, the imaging apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-182260 or in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-145604 both execute correction within a range within which correction is enabled which is individually determined in relation to electronic image stabilization or optical image stabilization, and therefore, the range within which correction is enabled cannot be enlarged.

Imaging apparatus, optical apparatus, imaging system, and control method


A cartridge for use by print-disabled users to play digital audio content and a player having a receptacle for receiving the cartridge are provided. The cartridge includes a random-access digital storage device storing the digital audio content and having a connector providing access to the digital audio content; and a casing permanently housing the digital storage device and allowing access to the connector of the digital storage device. The casing has a form facilitating handling of the cartridge by the print-disabled users which includes bevelled edges, and has dimensions comparable to dimensions of a standard compact audio cassette. Preferably, the cartridge has a hole extending through the casing at its back end and a sloped surface on the bottom side of the casing at the back end. The receptacle has a form and shape facilitating insertion of the cartridge therein. It has a lower surface defining an elevated ramp along which the cartridge slides as it is inserted into the player.

"Audio" or "talking" books are an important alternative format to print for providing access to books of all types for print-disabled persons who cannot read conventional print books due to a visual, physical or learning disability.
An audio or talking book is typically created in the following way: the contents of a print document, in its entirety or abridge, is usually read by a professional or a volunteer and recorded on a medium appropriate for distribution, such as a tape cassette or a CD.
With recent improvements in digital memory devices, the audio book industry now uses low cost digital media such as Flash memory devices for storing their products. For example, international patent application published under no. WO 2004/080150 describes a book reading apparatus which is able to receive audio files either through a wireless connection or through a standard digital memory device such as a compact flash card. The use of "off-the-shelf" memory cards is also disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,475,399 (BORSUK) and published U.S. patent application No. US 2006/0069456 (STRINGER et al.).
Alternatively, published U.S. patent application No. US 2005/0276570 (REED Jr. et al.) discloses an audio book system wherein the digital book recordings are provided on a memory card shaped and sized as a credit card. A player with a suitably-sized slot is provided for reading these cards.
As mentioned above, recorded audio books are often used by individuals who either cannot read traditional printed books due to a visual impairment or learning disability or cannot manipulate paper documents due to physical disabilities. A significant issue for these readers of digital audio books is the manipulation of standard digital storage media. Such media are usually small in size, with a length and width of the order of a few centimeters and can be as thin as 1 mm in thickness. They can be very difficult to locate and handle for visually impaired users, and the absence of tactile markings complicates their proper insertion into a corresponding player. For a physically disabled user, picking up a standard digital memory card and inserting it in a player can be impossible.
There is therefore a need for a digital audio book player system adapted for use by visually impaired, physically disabled or learning disabled users or the like.

Digital audio book cartridge and player with manipulation-facilitating features


A differentially pumped deposition system is described that includes a deposition source, such as a magnetron sputtering source, that is positioned in a first chamber. The deposition source generates deposition flux comprising neutral atoms and molecules. A shield that defines an aperture is positioned in the path of the deposition flux. The shield passes the deposition flux though the aperture and substantially blocks the deposition flux from propagating past the shield everywhere else. A substrate support is positioned in the second chamber adjacent to the shield. The pressure in the second chamber is lower than a pressure in the first chamber. A dual-scanning system scans the substrate support relative to the aperture with a first and a second motion, thereby improving uniformity of the deposited thin fill.

The present invention relates generally to thin film deposition and etching systems. In particular, the present invention relates to methods and apparatus for depositing thin films with very high uniformity. The present invention also relates to methods and apparatus for etching material at highly uniform etch rates.
There are three common techniques used to deposit thin films onto substrates. These techniques are evaporation, ion beam deposition, and magnetron sputtering. FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic diagram of a prior art electron beam evaporation deposition system 10. The evaporation system 10 is enclosed in a vacuum chamber 12. An electron gun 14 generates an electron beam 16 that is used to heat a crucible 18 containing the deposition material to a temperature that causes the deposition material to evaporate. The electron beam is deflected with a magnet 20 that causes the electron beam to strike the desired location in the crucible 18. Typical evaporation systems have multiple crucibles.
Some Evaporation systems include multiple sources and multiple electron guns that produce deposition material from two or more sources and deposit the deposition material simultaneously onto a substrate. Alternatively, a thermal heating element (not shown) is used to heat the crucible 18. A substrate support 22 that typically supports multiple substrates 23 is positioned in the path of the evaporated material. In some known evaporation systems, the substrate support 22 is rotated with a motor 24 in order to increase the uniformity of the deposited thin film.
FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic diagram of a prior art ion beam sputter deposition system 50. The ion beam sputter deposition system 50 is enclosed in a vacuum chamber 52. An ion source 54 generates an ion beam 56 that is directed to one or more targets 58. The ion beam 56 strikes the target 58 and sputters neutral atoms from the target 58 with a stutter flux 60. A substrate support 62 that typically supports multiple substrates 64 is positioned in the path of the sputter flux 60. The sputter flux 60 bombards the substrates, thereby depositing a sputtered thin film. In order to increase the uniformity of the sputtered thin film, the substrate support 62 may be rotated with a motor 66. Ion beam sputtering is advantageous because it permits independent control over the energy and current density of the bombarding ions.
FIG. 3 illustrates a schematic diagram of a prior art magnetron sputter deposition system 80. The magnetron sputter deposition system 80 is enclosed in a vacuum chamber 82. The magnetron sputter deposition system 80 includes a diode device having an anode 84 and a cathode 86. A magnet 88 is positioned behind the cathode 86. Two ring-shaped cathodes and a disk-shaped anode are shown, but there are several other known configurations.
The cathode 86 is biased to a negative potential that is high enough to induce a breakdown in the surrounding gas and to sustain a plasma 90. The magnet 88 generates a magnetic field 92 behind the cathode 86 that traps electrons generated by the cathode 86. The electrons lose energy in spiral paths in the plasma 90 and are collected by the anode 84. The electrons enhance the bombarding efficiency of ions 94 in the plasma 90. Neutral atoms 96 are sputtered fit the cathode 86 with a sputter flux 98. The sputter flux 98 bombards the substrates 64, thereby depositing a sputtered thin film onto the substrate 64.
The substrates 64 in known systems are typically placed at a distance from the cathode 86 ranging between two and ten inches. In order to increase the uniformity of the sputtered film, the substrate support 62 may be rotated with a motor 66. Magnetron sputtering is advantageous because it has relatively high deposition rates, large deposition areas, and low substrate heating.
The deposition thickness uniformity achieved with these known techniques is limited by the flux uniformity achieved at the substrate plane and the type of substrate rotation. The flux uniformity can be adversely affected by target or deposition material imperfections that cause hot and cold spots, which affect the deposition rate. Typically, the flux uniformity changes with time. The flux uniformity can be improved somewhat by using a large target and/or by using a long distance from the target to the substrate. However, there are practical limits to the size of the target and the distance from the target to the substrate. Some applications, such as optical filters for high-speed optical communication systems, require thin film uniformities that cannot be achieved with these prior art techniques.
The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for depositing thin films using a differentially-pumped deposition source and deposition chamber, where the pressure in the deposition source is substantially higher than the pressure in the deposition chamber. The present invention also relates to methods and apparatus for using an ion source that generates an ion beam for ion beam assisted processing of the deposited thin films. In one embodiment, the ion beam and the deposition flux do not overlap and the ion beam is used for out-of-phase ion-beam-assisted processing. Both the deposition source and the ion beam source can be positioned a relatively short distance from the substrate, thereby exposing the substrate to a relatively high density of sputter flux and ion beam flux.
One embodiment of the deposition system of the present invention is a differentially-pumped magnetron sputtering system. The magnetron sputtering system has numerous advantages over known deposition systems. For example, the magnetron sputtering system deposits high purity, high-density films at high deposition rates with a high degree of uniformity and run-to-run consistency. In addition, the magnetron sputtering system has a long target lifetime and is relatively easy to maintain. Thin film uniformity can be improved by aperturing sputter flux from the sputter deposition source and then moving the substrates relative to the sputter flux with a dual-scan motion, such as a two dimensional motion. Thin film uniformity can also be improved by scanning one motion much faster than the other motion. Also, thin film uniformity can be improved by over-scanning.
Accordingly, the present invention features a differentially pumped deposition system that includes a deposition source that is positioned in a first chamber. In one embodiment, the deposition source is a magnetron sputter source. In another embodiment, the deposition source is an evaporation source. The deposition source generates deposition flux comprising neutral atoms and molecules.
A shield defines an aperture that is positioned in a path of the deposition flux. The shield passes the deposition flux through the aperture and substantially blocks the deposition flux from propagating past the shield everywhere else. The aperture may be shaped to increase the transmitted deposition flux. The aperture may also be shaped to reduce the over-scan area. A substrate support is positioned in a second chamber adjacent to the shield. The pressure in the second chamber is lower than the pressure in the first chamber.
The deposition system also includes a dual-scanning system that scans the substrate support relative to the aperture with a first and a second motion. The dual-scanning system may be a mechanical scanning system. The scan rate of the first motion. maybe substantially greater than the scan rate of the second motion The scan rate of at least one of the first motion and the second motion may also vary with time during deposition. In one embodiment the dual-scanning system comprises a rotational scanning system and a translational scanning system, wherein the first motion comprises a rotational motion having a rotation rate and the second motion comprises a translational motion having a translation rate. The rotation rate of the rotational motion may be at least five times greater than the translation rate of the translational motion.
The deposition system may include an ion source that generates an ion beam. The ion source is positioned in the second chamber so that the ion beam strikes the deposition area. The ion source may be positioned so that the ion beam does not overlap with the deposition flux. In addition, the deposition system may include an in-situ monitoring system that monitors properties of the thin film during deposition.
The present invention also features a method of depositing a uniform thin film that includes generating deposition flux at a first pressure. A substrate at a second pressure, which is lower than the first pressure, is exposed to the deposition flux. The deposition flux may be generated by magnetron sputtering. In one embodiment, the deposition flux is passed through an aperture. In one embodiment, the substrate is exposed to an ion beam. The ion beam may overlap with the deposition flux and may be used for in-phase ion beam processing. Also, the ion beam may not overlap with the deposition flux and may be used for out-of phase ion beam processing.
The substrate is scanned relative to the deposition flux with a first and a second motion. The dual-scanning motion improves the uniformity of the thin film. The scan rate of the first motion is greater than the scan rate of the second motion. In one embodiment, the first motion is a rotational motion having a rotational scan rate and the second motion is a translational motion having a translational scan rate. The rotational rate of the rotational motion may be at least five times greater than the translational scan rate. In one embodiment, the substrate is over-scanned relative to the deposition flux in at least one of the firs motion and the second motion.
The present invention also features an ion beam assisted deposition system that includes a deposition source that is positioned in a first chamber. A deposition source generates deposition flux comprising neutral atoms and molecules. The deposition source may be a magnetron sputter source. The ion source is positioned so that the ion beam does not overlap with the deposition flux.
A substrate support is positioned in a second chamber. The pressure in the second chamber is lower than the pressure in the first chamber. An ion source is positioned in the second chamber so that the ion beam strikes a deposition area on the substrate support. The ion source generates an ion beam that is used for ion beam assisted processing.
A dual-scanning system scans the substrate support relative to the aperture with a first and a second motion. The scan rate of the first motion is substantially greater than the scan rate of the second motion. The scan rate of at least one of the first motion and the second motion may vary with time during deposition. The dual-scanning system includes a rotational scanning system that scans the substrate support at a rotation rate and a translational scanning system that scans the substrate support relative to the aperture at a translational rate. The rotation rate of the rotational motion may be at least five times greater than the translation rate of the translational motion.
In one embodiment, the deposition system includes a shield that defines an aperture that is positioned in the pat of the deposition flux. The shield passes the deposition flux through the aperture and substantially blocks the deposition flux from propagating past the shield everywhere else. The aperture may be shaped to increase the transmitted deposition flux. The aperture may also be shaped to reduce the over-scan area. In one embodiment, the dual-scanning system includes an in-situ monitoring system that monitors properties of the thin film during deposition.
The present invention also features a method of out-of-phase ion beam assisted deposition. The method includes generating deposition flux at a first pressure. The deposition flux may be generated by magnetron sputtering. The deposition flux is deposited onto a substrate at a second pressure. The second pressure is lower than the first pressure. The substrate is exposed to an ion beam that does not overlap with the deposition flux.
In one embodiment, the substrate is scanned relative to the deposition flux with a first motion and a second motion. The dual-scan motion deposits a uniform thin film onto the substrate. In one embodiment, the first motion is a rotational motion having a rotational scan rate and the second motion is a translational motion having a translational scan rate. The scan rate of the first motion may be greater than the scan rate of the second motion. The rotational rate of the rotational motion may be at least five times greater than the translational scan rate.
In one embodiment, the deposition flux is passed through an aperture. In one embodiment, the substrate is over-scanned relative to the deposition flux in at least one of the first motion and the second motion.

Differentially-pumped material processing system


Described herein are means for debugging byte code in an on-demand service environment system including a system for simulating execution debug in a multi-tenant database environment. Such means may include: receiving a request at a web-server of the system, determining one or more trace preferences are active for the request, sending the request to a logging framework communicatively interfaced to the multi-tenant database implementation, processing the request via the logging framework, and capturing at least a portion of the execution data emitted responsive to execution of the plurality of events for use in simulating execution debug of the events. Other related embodiments are additionally described.

The subject matter discussed in the background section should not be assumed to be prior art merely as a result of its mention in the background section. Similarly, a problem mentioned in the background section or associated with the subject matter of the background section should not be assumed to have been previously recognized in the prior art. The subject matter in the background section merely represents different approaches, which in and of themselves may also correspond to embodiments of the claimed inventions.
Any programmer or software engineer can readily attest to the need to perform debugging and software quality testing and compliance operations on executable code. For example, the need to perform debugging operations may arise when new functionality is authored, when existing programs are modified to introduce new features or functionality, or when systems and datastores that are referenced by the executable code are modified in some way.
More specifically, syntax errors may be introduced when an executable program is authored, such as a missing semi-colon or a mistyped variable name or type, or logic errors can be similarly introduced, some of which may not be discoverable via automated compiler and syntax checking tools.
In a traditional implementation, executable code is authored by a programmer on behalf of a host organization and then executed within that host organization. In such an environment, the host organization may have a "live" or a "production" environment in which executable code is released and serves to fulfill the business objectives of the organization. In such a traditional implementation, the host organization may also utilize a "test" environment or a "sand-box" environment that closely replicates the production environment, but in which unreleased code can be tested for quality and compliance without negatively impacting actual customers of the host organization that are utilizing the production environment.
Generally, such a structure is a "single-tenant" environment in which a single host organization utilizes underlying hardware and software operating within the host organization to execute the executable code. Because the environment is a single-tenant environment, traditional debugging utilities are sufficient to debug code (e.g. by stepping through the code either line by line, or progressing up to a designated point, at which execution is stopped, allowing the programmer to analyze the detailed program flow, the status of variables, including their contents and input/output (TO) operations to datastores, databases, memory, or to files, and so forth).
Traditional debugging utilities however are insufficient for debugging executable code within a "multi-tenant" environment in which underlying software and hardware elements within a host organization are shared by multiple distinct and, usually, remotely located customer organizations.
For example, traditional debugging utilities require that execution of a tested codebase has to be halted, stopped, or paused at specified points as designated by the programmer for further analysis. Although stopping code execution within a single-tenant environment is acceptable as no other entity is impacted, stopping code execution in a multi-tenant environment is not acceptable as execution would be stopped for all entities on the shared hardware and software resource elements provided by the host organization.
A test-environment that does not allow for concurrent execution of multiple tenants' code bases who are sharing the underlying hardware and software resources could be utilized instead, however, such a test environment would not closely replicate the actual production or live execution environment of a multi-tenant execution environment, and thus, would not provide an adequate test, debug, and quality verification environment, due to the differences between the production execution environment and the modified testing environment.

Methods and systems for debugging bytecode in an on-demand service environment


Methods for notifying a user via a wireless communications device regarding the occurrence of an event are provided in which a request is received from a user for notification upon the occurrence of the event. At least one information source is monitored for the occurrence of the event. Once this monitoring indicates that the event has occurred, a notification message that the event has occurred is sent to the wireless communications device. Thereafter, a response is received from the wireless communications device. Related systems, devices and computer program products are also described.

With the proliferation of media sources and the introduction of new ways to access information content, individuals today have access to more information than ever before, often on a real-time or near real-time basis. However, given the large number of media and information sources (television, radio, newspapers, magazines, e-mails, Internet, etc.), it can be very time consuming for individuals to monitor the media and information sources for information content that may be of interest to them. As such, in many circumstances, individuals may never learn of available, highly pertinent, information content, or may not learn about such content until well after a relevant event has occurred when the value of the information content may be much lower.
Methods and systems for alerting individuals about certain events are known in the art. For example, an individual may want to check a book out of a library that is already checked out by someone else. In this situation, the library may take down the user's request, and then call the individual (perhaps using an automated call-back system) once the book has been returned such that it is available to be checked-out. As another example, various internet sites such as sites run by CNN and the Washington Post provide e-mail alert services. Individuals who access the site may sign-up for and/or subscribe to a service whereby the user is provided an e-mail alert when information content that may be of particular interest to the user becomes available. For example, a user of the site that is interested in a particular professional sports team may sign up for e-mail alerts such that when an article or headline relating to the team is published on the website, the user is sent an e-mail alert with a hyperlink to the published article or headline.

Event notification systems and related methods


A printer and a printing method are capable of greatly improving printing efficiency. In a printer and a printing method for printing a first image based on supplied first print data on a printing medium, when a predetermined operation mode is selected, second print data for a frame image formed by arranging second images of several kinds obtained by applying image processing different from each other to the first image, in a predetermined arrangement pattern and then, the frame image based on the second print data is printed on the printing medium. Therefore, it is possible to greatly shorten the time for obtaining a printing medium in which the image processing is performed in a desired sate and to previously avoid the printing medium from being wasted. Thus, it is possible to realize the printer and the printing method capable of greatly improving the printing efficiency.

1. Field of the Invention
This present invention relates to a printer and a printing method, and more particularly, is suitably applied to a printer and a printing method for printing a color image based on input print data on a printing medium.
2. Description of the Related Art
This type of printer can perform image adjustment processing, such as color adjustment and lightness adjustment, on a color image based on print data, which is supplied from a personal computer in accordance with operations by an operator, by applying predetermined signal processing to the print data.
In actual, in the case where, for example, the color adjustment out of the above described image adjustment processing is performed, this printer can fine-adjust the tint of a color image by changing levels of primary color signals for red (R), green (G), and blue (B) forming print data, in accordance with the adjustment by an operator.
In general, rising signal levels of three primary colors has a characteristic that colors (red, green, blue) shown by primary color signals are emphasized, and lowering the signal levels has a characteristic that complementary colors (cyan, magenta, yellow) of colors shown by the primary color signals are emphasized.
However, for an operator who adjusts a color image based on print data to a desired tint different from the present tint in the above described color adjustment, it is difficult to determine which color should be selected among three primary colors and further, how much a signal level of a selected color should be changed. Therefore, the operator actually adjusts the present tint to a desired tint by his intuition.
As one method of solving the above described problems, a printer is proposed which is configured so that whenever the image adjustment processing are updated in accordance with operations by an operator, the updated image adjustment is reflected on a color image and the reflected result can be output as a video signal to a monitor which is connected as an external unit. Thereby, the operator can perform the above described image adjustment processing while visually confirming a color image based on the video signal displayed on the monitor.
Since a method of mixing colors using the additive process is applied to the above described color image based on a video signal displayed on a monitor and a method of mixing colors using the subtractive process is applied to a color image actually printed on a printing medium, a tint of a color image subjected to image adjustment processing may slightly differ between the case where the color image is displayed on a monitor and the case where the color image is actually printed on a printing medium.
For example, since the Japanese skin color is comprised of red, green, and blue with a higher ratio in this order among three primary colors, raising a blue signal level actually makes the skin color pinkish, not bluish, and lowering a red signal level actually makes the skin color yellowish and whitish, not cyanic (light bluish). This is the reason why the color adjustment processing is very difficult.
An operator purposes obtaining a printing medium having a color image printed thereon, and a color image actually printed on the printing medium frequently has a tint different from a tint desired by the operator even if the above described color adjustment processing is performed on the basis of a color image displayed on a monitor. In this case, it is necessary to repeat the above described color adjustment processing many times until the tint desired by the operator is obtained and further, the operator has to print the color image whenever the color adjustment is performed, in order to visually confirm the tint. As a result, problems occur that the printing medium is wasted and the time also wastefully elapses.

Printer having selectable printing parameters and a method therefor


Controlling the screen size of a wide display monitor, by which the screen size can be regulated by the user's pressing a key such that the screen is maintained stable according to the switching of wide view mode and/or expanded view mode, wherein a display mode and a DAC level dependent upon the display mode are selected. It is then checked to make sure that the DAC level is entered, when the display mode and the DAC level are entered. Then the DAC levels of horizontal and vertical sizes are calculated, and the screen size is controlled according to the calculated DAC levels of the horizontal and vertical sizes.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method of controlling the screen size of a wide display monitor and, more particularly, to a method of controlling the screen size of a wide display monitor in combination with the wide or expanded mode irrespective of the mode selected.
2. Discussion of Related Art
Recently, computers have been equipped with a variety of functions as audio, television or game machine in addition to a calculator which is used only for simple arithmetical operation or comparison. These computers are called multimedia computers and are sometimes used as replacements for the other electronic products such as audio, television and game machine.
As these multimedia computers of high data-processing rate have been developed, the functions of the display monitor for displaying the data generated from the computer as a visual image are very significant to the users. The most important factors are especially the image quality and screen size of the display monitor.
In the normal operation of the display monitor a S-character compensating signal generated from a microcomputer, for example, is applied to an S-character compensating circuit which controls a horizontal output circuit in order to compensate for a screen that has been expanded.
Such a exemplary display monitor having various functions for compensating for image distortion has been developed to produce images of good quality and enlarge the size of the screen of a CRT for the user's convenience.
Recently, users are requesting display monitors that have a large-sized screen in order to display a vivid image of good quality with development of the multimedia culture. The most preferred display monitor is a wide display monitor having the wide screen size ratio of 4:3 or 16:9 in width.times.height.
The user can regulate the screen size of such a wide display monitor. Conventionally, the screen size mode is executed with a simple arithmetic operation in regulating the screen size. When the expanded mode or the wide mode is on with the maximum screen size, or off with the minimum screen size, the screen size is hardly changed. Where the expanded mode or the wide mode is off with the screen size being maximum or minimum, the screen size cannot return to the previous state.

Method of controlling screen size of wide display monitor


A light assembly includes a fin-type heatsink and a light module. The fin-type heatsink has a contact surface. The light module includes a thermally conductive cup-shaped chip seat and a light-emitting chip. The thermally conductive cup-shaped chip seat is attached to the contact surface of the fin-type heatsink, and defines a mounting recess. The light-emitting chip is mounted in the mounting recess in the thermally conductive cup-shaped chip seat. A method for making the light assembly is also disclosed.

1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a light assembly, more particularly to a light assembly including a heatsink, and a light module that is attached to the heatsink.
2. Description of the Related Art
A conventional light assembly includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and a light module. The PCB includes a dielectric substrate, and a copper foil formed on the dielectric substrate. The PCB is etched such that a first portion of the copper foil serves as first and second circuit traces and such that a second portion of the copper foil serves as a mounting base for mounting the light module thereon. Each of the first and second circuit traces has a first end that is coupled to a voltage supply, and a second end that is opposite to the first end of a respective one of the first and second circuit traces. The light module is mounted on the mounting base, and includes first and second external connection terminals, each of which is connected to the second end of a respective one of the first and second circuit traces. The mounting base dissipates heat generated by the light module.
The aforementioned light assembly is disadvantageous in that the mounting base is inefficient at dissipating heat generated by the light module.


Addressing memory includes receiving a first operand to a memory addressing operator, receiving a second operand to the memory addressing operator, performing sign extension on the first operand to provide a sign-extended operand, shifting the sign-extended operand to provide a shifted, sign-extended operand, and adding the shifted, sign-extended operand to the second operand. The second operand has a different bit length than the first operand.

In many computer systems, both the hardware and the software share the same bit-size environment. Since the hardware and the software are limited to the same address space, operations such as memory access are straightforward and do not require additional computation. For example, a 32-bit hardware platform is typically designed to support a 32-bit environment. A 32-bit software programming language operating in this environment can typically address up to 4 Gb of memory. In some systems, however, the hardware and the software have different bit length. This situation may arise when a new generation of hardware becomes available and is required to support existing software. For example, the Java programming language is currently implemented as a 32-bit language. A new 64-bit processor is designed to support a 64-bit Java Virtual Machine (VM) environment, in which more than 4 Gb of memory is available to the software operating in the VM environment. To access memory in the 64-bit Java VM environment using the 32-bit Java language typically requires converting 32-bit values into 64-bit addresses. The conversion usually costs extra processing cycles and introduces inefficiency to the system. It would be desirable if existing software programs and languages could operate on hardware devices that support a different bit length. It would also be useful if frequently occurring operations such as memory addressing could be implemented efficiently in such systems.


A pair of shielded cables (20) having upper and lower ground terminals (30, 50) mounted thereon are brought in directions toward each other to slide upper and lower joint portions (31, 51) while placing them one over the other. Upon this assembling operation, the shielded cables (20) are brought into contact with arcuate standing portions (43, 63) formed at cable mounting portions (42, 62) or embraced by barrel pieces (44, 64) standing up from the arcuate standing portions (43, 63), thereby having displacements thereof relative to the upper and lower ground terminals (30, 50) prevented. Thus, operation forces can be reliably transmitted to the upper and lower joint portions (31, 51) via the shielded cables (20), and the assembling operation can be performed smoothly.

1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a ground terminal for shielded cables and to a method of assembling it.
2. Description of the Related Art.
Shielded cables are used widely, for example, in electric automotive vehicles so that electromagnetic waves do not seriously affect electric equipment in the vehicles. U.S. Pat. No. 6,991,493 discloses a grounding connection for shielded cables that uses space efficiently so that two shielded cables can be arranged side by side. This grounding connection uses terminals that have a cable connection and a terminal mount. The cable connection is a ring configured to fit to a braided wire of one of two side by side shielded cables. The terminal mount projects from the cable connection towards the terminal mount of the other shielded cable. The two terminal mounts are placed one over the other before the grounding connection, and a shaft for grounding is inserted through aligned insertion holes for the grounding connection. Both shielded cables are grounded at a common position, and hence less space is used and the shield performance of the cables can be equalized as compared to a case where the shielded cables are grounded individually.
To connect the terminal mounting portions, an operator presses the side surfaces of both cable connections to bring the cable connections towards each other. The cable connections and the terminal mounts are at the same positions with respect to the length direction. As a result, operation forces applied to the cable connections can be translated directly into forces for connecting the terminal mounts. However, the cable connections are crimped into fixed connection with the outer circumferential surfaces of the braided wires. Thus, crimping forces are absorbed by the resiliency of inner coatings below the braided wires, and the cable connections might be connected unstably. As a countermeasure, ends of the outer coatings may be stripped to expose the braided wires. The cable connections then could be crimped into connection with the outer circumferential surfaces of the end portions of the outer coatings. The braided wires exposed from the inner coatings then could be placed on the cable connections and could be folded back towards the outer coatings. Separate crimp rings then could be mounted on and crimped into connection with the braided wires. In this way, the cable connections receive crimping forces applied to the crimp rings by being placed underneath the braided wires and reliable crimping could be performed.
The above-described cable connections and the terminal mounts must be displaced lengthwise because the crimp rings are fit. Thus, in the case where an attempt is made to assemble the terminal mounts with each other, operation forces cannot effectively act on the terminal mounts due to this displacement even if the operation forces are exerted on the cable connecting portions. Further, an operating position is small and it is difficult to perform the operation. Besides, there are no suitable operating positions in the terminal mounts. Accordingly, assembly of the terminal mounts by holding the respective shielded cables can be assumed for ease of the operation. In this case as well, it is not easy to assemble the terminal mounts since the shielded cables and the terminals easily are displaced from each other.
The invention was developed in view of the above, and an object thereof is to allow easy assembly of terminals mounted on shielded cables.

Ground terminal for shielded cables and method of assembling it


A method of casting a sail comprising supplying a carrier film, supporting the carrier film along a support mechanism, forming a sail form with the support mechanism, pulling the carrier film across the support mechanism, forming a first coating, wiping the resin to control resin amount for forming the first coating, applying a yarn on the first coating in a pattern, applying a yarn on the first coating in a second pattern, dispensing a resin onto the carrier film to form a second coating covering at least one of the first pattern and the second pattern, wiping the resin to control the resin amount for forming the second coating, applying an additional element to at least one of the first coating and the second coating, applying a top film on the second coating, calendering the first and second coating, and curing the resin of the first and second coating.

The present invention relates to sails and more particularly, to a process and apparatus for casting sails and the reinforced sails produced thereby.
Sails are three dimensional (solid rather than plane) surfaces. They are so to provide lift for the sailplan and therefore for the sailboat. Presently, substantially all sails are because of their size, traditionally, made of panels or sections which are arranged in one way or another, usually at the discretion of a sail designer.
When placed on a planar surface such as a floor and when in use and set upon the sailplan, most sails exhibit a distinct element of vertical camber throughout. The body of the sail performs three missions. First, it separates its high pressure side from its low pressure side. Second, it supports the sail s internal structure and retains its structural elements and members in the exact positions, which they are intended to occupy. Third, it provides the sail with the durability and resilience which is illustrated in a tendency to resist damage from tearing, from creasing and folding, from vibrating (luffing) in the wind, and from chafing against the sailplan s components such as mast, standing rigging and lifelines.
The current state of the sail manufacturing art results in a sail product whose body is a sandwich-type construction. Specifically, such sails are comprised of a skeletal structure of load-bearing fibers or yarns that is covered on each side by layers of polyester film, woven taffeta materials, or both. The outside layers are fastened to the internal skeletal yarn structure and to each other by the use of adhesives and/or by the application of heat and pressure in the manufacturing process. Sails employing the concepts of these patents are now employed widely and particularly by racing yachts.
Certain prior art sail manufacture includes a method of fabrication employing panels which are assembled and to which structural yarns are subsequently applied.
An alternate sail manufacture system includes a method for casting a sail from liquid synthetic resin using a mold comprised of numerous sections which can be altered in position to establish the desired sail contour. Obviously, the size of the sail that can be produced is limited by the size of the mold, and the costs of fabricating such a mold. Moreover, there is no reinforcement provided in such a cast structure. In another prior art system, a process for making a sail includes the use of panels assembled into a substrate and draped over a table configurable to the contours desired for the sail. Reinforcing yarns or fibers are laid onto the substrate in a pattern. This process involves costly and time consuming initial steps of precutting and then carefully assembling the panels to provide the substrate which will then assume the contours of the table.
What is needed in the art is a system that produces a casting of a seamless sail formed in one piece. The system should include the addition of reinforcing yarns in a pattern within a matrix of resin. The need exists for a low cost sail having desirable form and durability that can be rapidly produced.


The method for dynamic and forward management of the recharging of batteries with electric power includes retrieving at least one data record relating to a previous recharging of each battery in the form of a recharging time extending from a time of beginning of the power supply to a time of ending of the power supply. The method also includes determining a forward duration of recharging of each battery from a forward time of beginning of power supply to a forward time of ending of the supply and determining a schedule for recharging while sequencing the forward times of recharging determined for each battery. The durations follow each other and overlap at least partially over time, while applying each forward duration to the recharging, from forward time of beginning of power supply to forward time of ending of power supply.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention falls within the field of dynamic management of battery recharging with electric power.
The invention relates in particular to a system of dynamic and forward management of battery recharging with electric power, in particular the method for implementing same.
Such a system will find a particular application in the management of battery recharging for a fleet of vehicles, especially vehicles provided with electric or hybrid powertrain.
It should be noted that these vehicles can consist, preferably, but not exclusively, of land vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles or scooters, but also eventually of marine or water vehicles such as boats, even aerial vehicles such as aircrafts.
2. Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 37 CFR 1.98
At present, the users of the electric vehicles carry out the recharging of their battery by connecting to a single point of power supply located on a site. This recharging takes place for a period during which each vehicle is parked, immobilized for the time required for fully or partially recharging the batteries, so as to achieve maximum battery life. This recharging period can take place during the night, at the user's home, or during daytime at his workplace.
Many problems arise because of the number of vehicles to be recharged relative to the point of power supply of said site. It is difficult to adapt this power to a number of vehicles likely to vary, to decrease, but most certainly to increase over time in the medium to long term. For these reasons of additional costs of installation and operation, it is difficult to contemplate an oversized power capacity of the point of supply in anticipation of the future, while less power could be enough.
Therefore, a recharging point is likely to become overloaded or to trip because the recharging of the vehicles occurs simultaneously over one and the same period, i.e. mainly off-peak periods. Conversely, because of the recharging times needed, it is not possible to contemplate recharging successively all vehicles over too short a period of immobilization.
It is therefore necessary to manage a schedule for recharging the batteries of a fleet of electric vehicles.
To this end, it has already been devised, through EP 2219278, to check the status of charge of each battery and to derive from same a sequence for recharging vehicles depending on the status of charge and the power available at the point of supply. In addition, this solution estimates a potential future consumption based on the current status of charge of each battery. In brief, a minimum level of charge to be achieved is calculated based on the discharge of the battery being observed. The beginning of the next use, corresponding to the start of the vehicle and to the end of recharging, also enters into consideration. Based on all these parameters, a schedule of simultaneous and successive recharging of all the vehicles is automatically calculated.
Although this solution allows to schedule the recharging of several cars, it is however not satisfactory because of the estimated aspect of the level of charge to be reached. A user may indeed use his vehicle during the week to go to his workplace, leading to a regular daily consumption, but not use it during the weekend, on Saturdays and Sundays. It will then only be necessary to contemplate its recharging before Monday morning. Conversely, a user may need his car during the weekend for larger trips, while he uses it less on weekdays. Infinite possibilities can be contemplated, which do not permit to have a minimum level of charge adapted to the next trip of the vehicle, or to best optimize the recharging and the amount of electricity being consumed.
Moreover, such a solution must necessarily communicate with the electrical management system of the vehicle, in order to retrieve information. Because of the disparities existing between two manufacturers, as well as the powers of each battery for a given vehicle, said solution must integrate communication means that provide such compatibility, which makes its design and implementation more complex. Therefore, in reality, this solution permits to manage the recharging schedule only for vehicles of the same manufacturer.
An alternative solution is described in U.S. 2011/193522, relating to a system for managing the affluence and access by a user to a network of recharging stations, each station was equipped with one or more terminals, i.e. several power-supplying points in the meaning of the present invention. The aim is here to remotely inform a user about the availability of a recharging terminal, then to permit him to book a time slot with an available terminal, the same terminal or a terminal located nearby in the same geographical area.
To this end, such a system indicates, at a user's request, the recharging schedule of one or more stations, while indicating the shortest time remaining before one of said stations becomes free and is vacant, permitting the user to then contemplate recharging his vehicle at that time. The user must then book a time slot for recharging, while indicating or not the recharging time he wishes. Once it has been booked, the user must go to the site for recharging.
It should be noted that this document provides for identifying the vehicle, in order to know whether it has already been recharged before, using the previous recharging time recorded at a server that remotely manages all the sites.
It is therefore a mere management of an agenda, which indicates when and for how long a station is free for a limited period, namely based on a duration of recharging already performed by a user identified in the system. In other words, said system uses the previous recharging time of a user as a basis for the duration of the minimum time slot he wishes to book, which said system compares with the time slots of availability of the terminals.
Such a system does in no way take into consideration the previous recharging times, but only the previous duration, in order to define and find an at least equal time slot to permit recharging the vehicle, said time slot corresponding to said recharging duration previously recorded at the level of said server.
More specifically, in this system, the assignment occurs by stacking, similar to a stack of the FIFO type, for "First In First Out". In other words, for a given station, a user must wait until the end of the previous recharging operations in order to be able to book the next available slot to perform its own recharging.
This solution does not at all take into consideration the calculation of the optimal time for recharging several vehicles based on the behavior of each user. Such an agenda management does not take into consideration a user who arrives earlier and should theoretically leave later, compared to another user who arrives later, but should theoretically leave earlier. The aim is only to make the recharging times follow each other in an agenda, without any possibility of making them overlap, nor explicitly taking into consideration the electrical power of the terminals. In addition, there exists no optimization of the system to come as close as possible to the nominal power limit of each power-supply point.

Method for dynamic and forward management of the battery recharging with electric power


A method and apparatus for synchronizing plural test devices coupled to a host. A counter of each of the devices is initialized, and each of the counters is incremented, such as by a periodic signal indicating a start of a data stream. An action, typically either a source signal or a measurement signal, is triggered when a respective counter reaches a programmed counter value.

According to known technology, multiple testing instruments can be operated to perform testing on multiple components. For example, a manufacturer of multi-layer ceramic capacitors uses a test system to determine the quality of a lot of product before the product is sold to a customer. The test system performs several tests that provide data on the capacitance, dissipation factor and insulation resistance. The data can then be used to sort the parts by tolerance and find those parts that are defective.
Tests are performed in a sequence that varies depending on individual manufacturer requirements. For example the following sequence can be used. Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a part can first undergo a capacitance and dissipation factor measurement at one station using a capacitance meter. Referring to FIG. 1 a theoretical plot of voltage across a capacitor being tested versus time is illustrated, where at t0 the part is at zero volts. At t1, the part begins charging. At t2, the part has reached a programmed value. At t3, all measurements are complete and the part can begin discharging. At t4, the part is discharged to zero volts. Referring now to FIG. 2 a theoretical plot of current through the capacitor being tested versus time is illustrated, where at t0 the part is at zero volts, and therefore has no current flowing through the part. At t1, the part begins charging. The part is charged with a constant-current source. At t2, the part is charged so it no longer accepts current. This graph assumes an ideal capacitor and neglects parasitics, such as leakage current. At t3, the part begins discharging, so current flows in the reverse direction until the part reaches zero volts at t4.
The part can then move to another station, where the part can be charged to a programmed voltage by a programmable voltage and current source. The part can then be held at the programmed voltage for a certain period of time, called the "soak time". After this period of time, an insulation resistance measurement can be performed by a high resistance meter. This measurement returns a single value in units of either current or resistance. The current measured is the leakage current through the capacitor when a voltage is applied, and the resistance is calculated from R=V÷(leakage current) where V is an input parameter.
Referring now to FIG. 3, a theoretical plot of leakage current through the capacitor being tested versus time is illustrated. At t0, the part is at zero volts, so there cannot be any current flow. At t1, the part begins charging. Leakage current values are typically in the picoamps to microamp range, so this measurement must be very sensitive. Therefore, during the charge period, the current (milliamps) is greater than the measurement range, so the output reaches a maximum value. At t2, voltage continues to be applied to the capacitor under test. The leakage current will begin to decrease because the dielectric is becoming more and more polarized. This is due in part to an effect known as dielectric absorption, and the magnitude of the effect will vary with different dielectrics. If the time axis were extended to several minutes or hours, this curve would continue to decrease exponentially until it reached a nominal value. At some point between t2 and t3, the insulation resistance or leakage current measurement is performed. This takes a snapshot of the leakage current at that time. Once that test is completed at t3, the part is discharged. Again, the high discharge current will cause the perceived leakage to be at a maximum in the other direction. At t4, the part returns to zero volts. Once this measurement is complete, the part can be discharged and prepared for sorting based on the values collected or prepared for a repeat test.
As ceramic capacitors become smaller and higher in capacitance, the effects of the dielectric and parasitic elements become more pronounced and more complex. Ideally, the electrical properties of a capacitor would be observed for a long period of time to minimize the effect of parasitics. However, this is not always feasible from a manufacturing stand point because it would take too long to test millions of devices. Therefore, the industry sometimes relies on only a short snapshot of this time to make a determination of the status of the parts. Insuring the accuracy and reliability of the data is crucial, as it directly affects the customers' yield and the quality of the delivered product.
The industry standard for measuring the leakage current through a capacitor is to use an Agilent 4349B High Resistance Meter in combination with a programmable voltage and current source. The Agilent 4349B is a high precision instrument that uses an integrating current-to-voltage converter and a selectable integration time of 10, 30, 100 and 400 milliseconds. The output of the meter is a single current reading after this integration period is complete. The user then relies on this one measurement to decide whether a given capacitor is acceptable or not.
The voltage and current supply used with the meter is a programmable computer-controlled device, such as an Electro Scientific Industries 5412/5422 power supply.
The voltage and current supply and the meter are controlled by a host personal computer that provide commands and data to control both the triggering of the voltage and current supply and the triggering of the meter to measure the resultant data of the tested component, such as the capacitors described. Between these devices, timing between startup charge and the start of measurement must be very well controlled. In addition, multiple supplies and meters are typically operated to test a number of components simultaneously at each of the stations in order to speed up the entire testing process. Thus, timing between each of these combinations of supplies and meters must also be well controlled to minimize variation in testing between the combinations operating at the same time so that variations in results for similar components are not introduced by the testing process, which could obscure the identification of a satisfactory device under test as defective or a defective device under test as satisfactory.

Synchronizing control of test instruments


An energy storage robot configured to be used to power electric underground equipment, the energy storage robot including a propulsion system being arranged to move the energy storage robot, an energy storage unit, a control unit being connected to the propulsion system and the energy storage unit. The energy storage unit is connectable to the electric underground equipment for powering the electric underground equipment and the control unit is arranged to communicate a level of energy of the energy storage unit to a coordinating module or another energy storage robot.

Most of the underground equipment such as trucks, loaders, excavators, scrapers, concrete spraying machines and drilling machines used in tunnels and mines are up to today powered by diesel engines. Some drilling machines or drilling rigs are powered by electricity using cables to connect the drilling machines or rigs to a power source. When underground equipment with diesel engines is used in mines, caverns or tunnels, powerful ventilation needs to be installed, which is expensive to operate and time consuming to maintain.
In view of the above a trend to use electric underground equipment has been seen in the tunneling and mining industry. As described above it is possible to connect electric underground equipment by cables to a power source. This is however only suitable for machines having a long stationary period such as drilling rigs or in some cases concrete spraying machines. In addition having cables that carry a high voltage through the tunnels introduces additional risk, since the environment in the underground is quite harsh and heavy machinery is working in various positions.
In case of battery driven electric underground equipment reducing the downtime of the electric underground equipment during charging of the batteries is an issue, since electric underground equipment that is not producing still incurs costs while idle and does not add value. Electric underground equipment that is idle during the charging cannot be used, which may result in delays and unproductive waiting time of personnel and other underground equipment.
WO 2006133074 discloses an opportunity charging system for a battery powered, mobile mining machine. The charging systems uses inductive power transfer for transferring battery charging current produced by a rapid charging station to the battery of the machine. An alignment module of the charging station automatically aligns primary coils of the charging station with pick-up coils carried by the machine in response to detection of the presence of the machine at the charging station. The charging station is located along roadways of the mine normally travelled by production equipment. The inductive power transfer according to WO 2006133074 is intended to shorten the charging period, however the mining machine still needs to move to the charging station and stand idle during the actual charging, which results in a comparably long unproductive period.


A method of making a layered component with an improved surface finish by a shape metal deposition process is provided. The method comprises the steps of discriminating a first set of vectors on an exterior portion of the component from a second set of vectors on an interior portion of the component, and depositing a layer of metal material based on the vectors discriminated at different rates, wherein the material is deposited on the exterior portion at a high resolution and a slow rate, and the material is deposited on the interior portion at a low resolution and a fast rate.

1) Field of the Invention
A method of making a layered component with vector discrimination in a variable deposition rate process is provided. More particularly, a method of making a layered component with an improved surface finish by a shape metal deposition process with vector discrimination and variable rate deposition is provided.
2) Description of Related Art
Known layer based manufacturing processes have revolutionized the process of prototyping complex geometric designs used for manufacturing component parts, such as parts used in aircraft. Layer based manufacturing processes, such as metal deposition processes, are fabrication techniques used by many aerospace, military, and industrial operations in order to modify metallic component parts for a variety of reasons that include restoring desired dimensions, improving abrasion resistance, improving temperature resistance, increasing corrosion protection, providing electrical shielding, and increasing conduction. Many known metal deposition processes exist. Purely metal deposition processes include shape metal deposition, Arcam process deposition, wire electron beam deposition, and laser additive manufacturing. However, known layer based manufacturing processes must sacrifice good component surface finish and good resolution if they are to increase deposition rates. If a good surface finish and resolution is desired, a very slow deposition rate is needed. A slow deposition rate requires longer fill times of the component parts, increases the overall cost of manufacturing, and makes it impractical to build certain component parts. On the other hand, a high deposition rate can produce large component parts, but they have low resolution and cannot be used without having to be finished. In order to finish the rough surface of the part, the surface has to be sandblasted or machined to get the surface to a usable finish. Accordingly, there is a need for an improved method of making a layered component with an improved surface finish by a shape metal deposition process that has both a high rate of deposition and a good surface finish and resolution that does not have the problems associated with known methods.

Method of making a layered component with vector discrimination in a variable deposition rate process


The present invention provides for fusion proteins that act as targeted drug carries. The proteins are derived from molecules that possess natural drug-binding capabilities that are further engineered to target specific cell types, and optionally to have altered/improved drug binding characteristics. These fusion proteins are useful in, for example, delivery of chemotherapeutic compounds to cancer cells.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the fields of molecular biology and protein biochemistry. More specifically, the invention relates to fusion proteins that serve as targeted carriers for chemotherapeutic compounds, and methods of use therefor.
2. Related Art
Cancer continues to be one of the leading causes of death world-wide, despite impressive advances in cancer therapy in recent years. One of the most promising avenues of therapy—targeted drug deliver—has proved to be one of the biggest disappointments. Initially, much hope was focused on the use of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), which are characterized by the high degree of binding selectivity. While preliminary worked demonstrated the feasibility of targeting tumor cell surface receptors, the actual results were less than impressive. Two major limitations inherent in the use of mAbs—their large size and non-specific uptake of antibodies by the liver and reticuloendothelial system—probably contributed significantly to the less than desired results.
Tumor targeting peptides are excellent alternative targeting agents for human cancers, and they may alleviate some of the problems with antibody targeting. In the past decade, various cancer cell surface or cancer-related targeting peptides have been identified by combinatorial methods. Conjugation of these cancer-targeting peptides to either proteins or small molecule anti-cancer drugs showed remarkable improvement in cancer cell selectivity and specificity, demonstrating that these peptides may be the second generation of targeted drug delivery for cancer. Nonetheless, improvements in the application of peptide drug targeting still are desired.

Targeted carrier fusions for delivery of chemotherapeutic agents


A method and system for generating multiple clock signals from a reference clock signal are provided. In one implementation, the system includes a reference clock to generate a reference clock signal having a first frequency, a first prescaler to receive the reference clock signal and generate a first output clock signal having a pre-determined frequency relative to the first frequency of the reference clock signal, and a second prescaler to receive the first output clock signal and generate a second output clock signal having a second pre-determined frequency relative to the first pre-determined frequency of the first output clock signal. The first output clock signal is substantially synchronous to the second output clock signal.

A synchronous digital circuit is a digital circuit in which parts (e.g., registers, logic gates, and so on) of the synchronous digital circuit are synchronized by a clock signal (referred to herein as a "clock"). For example, such parts of a synchronous digital circuit typically change state all at once when the clock changes state—e.g., during a rising edge of the clock. Conventional synchronous digital circuits typically include a reference clock from which multiple clocks having differing frequencies are generated. A common problem associated with generating multiple clocks (having differing frequencies) from a reference clock, however, is that the multiple clocks do not tend to be synchronous relative to one another, e.g., the rising edges of the multiple clocks are not generally aligned relative to one another.

Method and apparatus for generating synchronous clock signals from a common clock signal


A device for detecting a knocking in an internal combustion engine has an evaluating facility, a knock sensor for sensing knocking of an internal combustion engine and producing output signals of the knocking sensor, an evaluation facility for obtaining the filtered signals from the filter from the devices and evaluating the same and a device for controlling a center frequency of at least one of the filter devices depending on at least one operating parameter of the internal combustion engine.

The present invention relates to a device for a knock detection in an internal combustion engine.
More particularly, it relates to such a device, in which a knock sensor is linked via filter devices to an evaluation facility.
Devices for identifying knocking in internal combustion engines commonly have filters to which the output signals of a knock sensor are fed and which extract from these signals the frequency portions which are typical of knocking combustion. In a subsequent comparison arrangement, knocking is detected from these frequency portions when the signal portions which are typical of knocking are higher than the background signals ascertained from the entire signal spectrum or from the signal spectrum without portions typical of knocking.
A device or a method for detecting knocking and which embraces the named methods, is known from the DE-OS 33 42 466. To improve the reliability of knock detection, the output signal of the knock sensor of the known device or the known method is additionally amplified in an controllable amplifier, prior to filtering, so that the signal level remains approximately constant, independent of the number of revolutions. It is further proposed to configure the filter as a digital filter, with the facility that the transfer function of the digital filter can be selected dependent on the number of revolutions or on the load, by influencing the filter factor k.
However, the known device or the known method has the disadvantage that a frequency drift which may possibly occur is not taken into consideration, which makes a reliable knock detection more difficult.

Device for knock detection in internal combustion engine