A stylus may have an elongated body with opposing ends. Electronic equipment may have a touch sensor that receives electromagnetic signals from one or more electrodes. The stylus may have a touch sensor on the elongated body. The touch sensor on the body may have electrodes that gather touch input and optional force input when the fingers of a user touch the stylus. The touch input may include touch gestures in which a user's fingers move along the length of the stylus and may include rotational information indicative of how the stylus is being rotated between the user's fingers. The stylus may have a force sensor that monitors how firmly the stylus is being pressed against external surface and may have other input-output devices. The stylus may transition between operating modes based on signals from the force sensor and other input-output devices in the stylus.

This relates generally to styluses, and, more particularly, to styluses that provide input to external equipment such as equipment with touch screen displays and other touch sensitive devices.
Touch sensors are used in equipment such as tablet computers, cellular telephones, and drawing tablets. In many situations, a user may provide touch input by pressing a finger against the surface of a touch sensor. By moving the finger across the sensor, the user may manipulate displayed objects and may provide other input.
Touch input may also be provided using computer styluses. A stylus may have an elongated shape with a pointed tip to facilitate drawing and other activities. An electronic device can use a touch sensor to monitor the position of the tip of the stylus. The device can then draw a line on a display or take other suitable action in response to movement of the stylus tip across the sensor.
It can be challenging for a user to interact with electronic equipment using a computer stylus. In some situations, a display is not sufficiently large to contain all of a user's work, so scrolling to different portions of a screen becomes necessary. Scrolling using stylus scrolling wheels or scrolling wheels in other devices such as computer mice can be cumbersome. It can also be difficult use a stylus to perform complex operations such as object rotations, zooming operations, and other operations without requiring a large number of interactions between the stylus and the touch sensor.
It would therefore be desirable to be able to provide an improved stylus for providing input to electronic equipment.


A method of reducing computational demand for image tracking includes first receiving a plurality of images of a load hoisted with hanging wire in a preset transitional space, setting at least one monitoring point each at the load and the hanging wire, respectively, providing a tracking frame at the outer periphery of each monitoring point, allowing each tracking frame to track on its corresponding monitoring point that each monitoring point is kept on a relative location within each corresponding tracking frame, and producing the same displacement as that of the monitoring point, and lastly computing the displacement of each tracking frame thus obtaining the displacement of each monitoring point in correspondence to the tracking frame to calculate various displacement of the hanging wire and the load, respectively. With this image tracking method, the processing quantity of whole image data is effectively decreased and computational demand of equipments is reduced.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method of reducing computational demand for image tracking, in particular relates to a method capable of reducing the amount of image data to reduce computational demand, system requirement, and implementation costs.
2. Description of Related Art
A conventional way for operating transitional hoisting crane, for example, an overhead crane, used to utilize manual control levers or buttons by operator. However, the manual control is deficient to adjust the position and the movement speed of the overhead crane accurately to fulfill precision requirements. One of conventional way for operating transitional hoisting crane is by automatic control which drives the overhead crane to a predetermined position with setting coordinates through controlling circuit and calculating unit. Taiwan patent number I279389 disclosed a crane that includes a movement control unit, an encoder, and a GPS (Global Positioning System) connecting to a remote central computer with wireless device to receive the command from the remote central computer for moving the crane to a designated position through the encoder and the movement control unit.
Although the method of automatic control for driving server motor by computer encoder as disclosed above improved the accuracy of overhead crane operation, however, the problem existing in both manual control and automatic control is the offset occurred between the load and the overhead crane due to inertia of the load and flexibility of the wire during the movement of the overhead crane. The offset further causes a swing of the load to lead to an abnormal movement of the overhead crane with industrial accident such as the load dropped or collision. Therefore, it is desirable to protect the hoisted load from over swing during the movement.
The inventors of the present invention are currently researching in the field of monitoring the position of the load and the overhead crane by real time image tracking and take the displacement of the load and the overhead crane as parameter for controlling transitional hoisting crane to diminish the swing of the load. However, the conventional image processing capacity is deficient in performing the method aforementioned.
FIG. 1 shows a swing of a hoisted load occurred during movement operation, wherein the load B produces displacement x1, y1, and z1 along X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis with respect to the hoisting position A. According to the research of the inventors of the present invention, real time image tracking provides parameter for controlling transitional hoisting crane to diminish the swing of the load. In accurately manage the displacement variation between the load B and the hoisting position A, a plurality of cameras are installed for receiving a plurality of images of each plane to obtain the displacement of the load B relative to the hoisting position A in the three-dimensional space respectively, and calculate in real time the images taken from at least two planes that vary in the three-dimensional coordinates.
Furthermore, the conventional real time image tracking system uses expensive, high-speed, and high-resolution cameras to reach an immediate and precise effect of image tracking. As a result, not only the cost of equipment acquisition is increased, but also a high performance and high memory capacity and processing unit is required for increasingly computational demand of data processing and transmission.
Therefore, there is a need in the art to provide features for image tracking and reducing the amount of image data to resolve the technical difficulties in data processing.

Method of reducing computational demand for image tracking


A transport matrix and diagnostic device are provided which produce a physically detectable change in a predetermined distribution across a detection zone which correlates with the amount of selected analyte in a sample. The matrix includes a detection zone having a capture reagent yielding a physically detectable change which correlates with the amount of selected analyte in the sample. The detection zone has a leading boundary which first encounters the sample and a trailing boundary which encounters the sample after being transported across the detection zone. The capture reagent is immobilized on the matrix in a predetermined distribution from the leading boundary to the trailing boundary of the detection zone. A method is also provided which determines the level of a selected analyte in a sample by distributing a physically detectable change in a predetermined pattern across a detection zone on a transport matrix which correlates with the amount of selected analyte.

In the past, immunoassays were developed for the quantitative and qualitative determination of a wide variety of compounds in a laboratory setting using detailed procedures and expensive instrumentation. Recent developments in immunodiagnostics have resulted in a movement toward more simple approaches to the rapid analysis of clinical samples. The development of solid phase bound reagents has eliminated the need for precipitation in the separation of bound reagents from free reagents. Further advancements in solid phase immunochemistry have resulted in non-instrumented dry reagent strip immunoassays. This configuration allows for the visual qualitative or semi-quantitative determination of analytes in patient samples without the use of an instrument.
There are two basic types of non-instrumented immunoassay configurations. In the first type, or visual color zone type, a signal is generated at a specific zone on the strip where the signal indicates the presence of analyte, and the intensity of the signal indicates the concentration of the analyte in the sample. This type of assay requires visual color interpretation either for the presence of color above a threshold, as in the case of a qualitative test, or the comparison of the color intensity to a color chart, as in the case of a semi-quantitative test. In the second type, the visual signal is produced along the length of a bibulous assay strip. During wicking, the analyte reacts with a signal-producing reagent and forms a visible signal along the support. The migration distance of the signal from the proximal end of the strip is a direct measure of analyte concentration. This type of non-instrumented migration height assay can achieve quantitative results with reasonable performance.
Although these single use, thermometer-type, non-instrumented quantitative devices and non-instrumented color comparison devices for qualitative measurement have shown adequate performance, they have several problems associated with reliability and convenience. The colors generated on these devices are not always uniform and sharp. In the case of migration type assays the border is often light in color, unclear and difficult to read. This translates directly into user errors since the user must make a judgment related to the position of the color band border. In the case of non-instrumented pregnancy tests it is sometimes difficult to visually interpret the intensity of the colored spot (especially at HCG concentrations close to the cut-off sensitivity), and interpretation of the result is sometimes a problem. Any time a non-technical operator is required to make a visual judgment or interpretation, an error is possible, and sometimes, is unavoidable.
To improve the accuracy and reliability of assay results, several qualitative and quantitative diagnostic tests have been developed in the clinical field utilizing a reflectometer for measuring optical radiation reflected from a test element such as a zone of detection on an analytical chemistry strip. Reflectometers have been constructed featuring optical arrangements of lenses, filters, apertures, a radiation source, and detector. Examples are described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,219,529, 4,224,032 and 3,536,927.
Often, problems arise with obtaining accurate and precise measurements of the diffusely reflected optical radiation from the surface of the assay strip within the sampling area or detection zone. One of the causes is that the physically detectable change which is being measured does not occur uniformly across the test area. A lateral flow assay strip passes a signal reagent through the detection zone which contains an immobilized capture reagent. The signal reagent first encounters and immediately begins binding with a substantial portion, if not the entire amount, of the capture reagent at the leading boundary of the detection zone. The result is a significantly higher signal intensity in a narrow region at the leading boundary, with a rapidly decreasing intensity towards the trailing boundary of the detection zone. Overall, the signal intensity is distributed in a non-uniform gradient across the detection zone.
Another potential cause of inaccurate measurements is high analyte concentrations which can produce a decrease in signal intensity or "hook effect." When the analyte concentration is significantly greater than the capture reagent concentration, the signal intensity can actually decrease, falsely indicating an acceptable assay result.
There is a need to achieve substantially uniform distribution of a physically detectable change across a detection zone using a capture reagent or other signal producing reagent. Another need is to achieve a predetermined distribution of the physically detectable change in the detection zone of an assay strip. These needs have not been filled by the prior art.
Thus, a need exists in the field of diagnostics for a method and device which varies the capture efficiency across a zone for detecting a physical change on the surface of a sample-exposed analytical chemistry strip. The uniform or predetermined distribution should be sufficiently inexpensive, timely, efficient, durable, and reliable for use in a diagnostic device which permits point-of-care use by untrained individuals in locations such as the home, sites of medical emergencies, or locations other than a clinic.

Method and device producing a predetermined distribution of detectable change in assays


A recording apparatus includes a recording unit, a waveguide forming unit, a communication unit, and a memory controller. The recording unit is configured to record and hold data. The waveguide forming unit is configured to function as a transmission path that transmits the data. The communication unit is configured to communicate with the waveguide forming unit. The memory controller is configured to control input and output of the data to and from the recording unit.

The present disclosure relates to a recording apparatus.
These days, recording apparatuses each containing a flash semiconductor memory and the like include recording apparatuses called an SD (Secure Digital) card, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory, an HDD (Hard Disc Drive) containing a plurality of semiconductor memory chips, an SSD (Solid State Drive) with attachment compatibility, and the like (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. Hei 11-126244).


A base plate includes first and second guard plates mounted to opposed ends of the base plate in an orthogonal relationship, with a lock plate hingedly mounted to one of the guard plates and arranged for selective locking to a second of the guard plates to provide for a surrounding band structure relative to a crock pot positioned therewithin. The lock plate includes a stepped bottom wall to position the crock pot lid therewithin, with the crock pot lid having a crock pot lid knob arranged for projection through an associated bottom wall opening.

1. Field of the Invention
The field of invention relates to guard structure, and more particularly pertains to a new and improved crock pot security band arranged for the surrounding of a crock pot preventing unauthorized access thereto.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Crock pots, typically of electric types, are utilized in the prior art for slow cooking. Such crock pots require the vessel to maintain a closed configuration during use, wherein access within the crock pot adversely effects the cooking procedure. Crock pot structure is typically of a surrounding pot having a lid, including a knob member mounted thereon, such as exemplified in U.S. Pat. No. 5,031,509.
The instant invention attempts to overcome deficiencies of the prior art by providing for a band structure arranged for latching and containment of a crock pot therewithin preventing inadvertent and unauthorized access relative to contents within a crock pot and in this respect, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.


An arrangement (300) and method, for iterative channel impulse response estimation in a system such as a GSM/EDGE system employing a transmission channel, by: producing (310) from a received signal (y) a channel impulse response estimate signal (p); and producing (320) from the received signal (y) a noise estimate signal (w) which is iteratively fed back to improve the channel impulse response estimate signal (p). The noise estimate signal comprises a matrix (w) respresenting the inverse of noise covariance; the matrix may be calculated at each iteration or may be selected from predetermined values corresponding to statistics of expected noise. This provides the advantages of reduced complexity, independence of the equalization method used to produce the channel impulse response estimate signal, and consequent performance improvement.

In the field of this invention it is known that the receiver performance in wireless cellular telecommunication systems relies on the estimate of the impulse response of the overall channel which includes the transmitter pulse, the radio channel, and the receiver selectivity filtering.
From the publication "Iterative channel estimation using soft decision feedback", by Magnus Sandell et al., Global Telecommunications Conference, 1998. GLOBECOM 1998. The Bridge to Global Integration. IEEE, Volume: 6, 1998, pp. 3728-3733, iterative channel impulse response estimation is known using soft decision feedback. In this known technique, channel impulse response estimation is improved through an iterative process which increases the number of known symbols in a received modulated signal by iteratively feeding back successive tentative decisions from an equaliser to a channel impulse response estimator.
However, this approach has the disadvantage that a great part of the complexity of the technique depends on the complexity of the equalizer, which may dramatically increase with the number of points in the modulation constellation.
A need therefore exists for iterative channel impulse response estimation using noise estimate wherein the abovementioned disadvantage may be alleviated.
Patent specification WO 01/61950 describes a method channel impulse response estimation using whitening filters in the noise estimate. In this method, a plurality of channel impulse response and noise sample estimates are needed for each iteration and the whitening filters introduce delay and added complexity.

Arrangement and method for iterative channel impulse response estimation


A process for the long-term operation of a two-stage heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation of propene to acrylic acid, in which the temperature of the fixed catalyst beds is increased over the time and the gas phase partial oxidation is interrupted from time to time and an oxygen-containing gas mixture is conducted through the fixed catalyst beds at elevated temperature of the fixed catalyst beds.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a process for the long-term operation of a heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation of propene to acrylic acid, by initially conducting a starting reaction gas mixture 1 which comprises propene, molecular oxygen and at least one inert gas and contains the molecular oxygen and the propene in a molar O2:C3H6 ratio of ≧1, in a first reaction stage, at elevated temperature, over a first fixed catalyst bed 1 whose catalysts are such that their active composition is at least one multimetal oxide containing molybdenum and/or tungsten and also at least one of the elements bismuth, tellurium, antimony, tin and copper, in such a way that the propene conversion in single pass is ≧93 mol % and the accompanying selectivity of acrolein formation and of acrylic acid by-production taken together are ≧90 mol %, optionally reducing the temperature of the product gas mixture 1 leaving the first reaction stage by direct and/or indirect cooling and optionally adding molecular oxygen and/or inert gas to the product gas mixture 1, and then conducting the product gas mixture 1, as a starting reaction gas mixture 2 which comprises acrolein, molecular oxygen and at least one inert gas and contains the molecular oxygen and the acrolein in a molar O2:C3H4O ratio of ≧0.5, in a second reaction stage, at elevated temperature, over a second fixed catalyst bed 2 whose catalysts are such that their active composition is at least one multimetal oxide containing the elements molybdenum and vanadium, in such a way that the acrolein conversion in single pass is ≧90 mol % and the selectivity of acrylic acid formation assessed over both reaction stages, based on propene converted, is ≧80 mol %, and by, in order to counteract the deactivation both of the fixed catalyst bed 1 and of the fixed catalyst bed 2, independently increasing the temperature of the particular fixed catalyst bed over time.
2. Description of the Background
Acrylic acid is an important monomer which finds use as such or in the form of its alkyl esters for obtaining polymers which are suitable, for example, as adhesives.
It is known that acrylic acid can be prepared by two-stage heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation of propene to acrylic acid in a fixed catalyst bed (cf., for example, EP-A 1159247, DE-A 10313208, DE-A 19948248, EP-A 990636, EP-A 1106598, DE-A 3002829). In the first reaction stage, propene is substantially partially oxidized to acrolein and, in the second reaction stage, the acrolein formed in the first reaction stage is substantially partially oxidized to acrylic acid. It is significant that the industrial embodiment is normally configured in such a way that the acrolein formed in the first reaction stage is not removed, but rather conducted into the second reaction stage as a constituent of the product gas mixture leaving the first reaction stage, optionally supplemented by molecular oxygen and inert gas, and optionally cooled by direct and/or indirect cooling. The fixed catalyst bed used in the particular reaction stage is tailored to the particular reaction stage and different to the fixed catalyst bed used for the other reaction stage. In addition, the two reaction stages are heated independently in such a way that the particular fixed catalyst bed is at its optimum working temperature.
The particular features of the two reaction stages are known per se (cf., for example, EP-A 714 700, EP-A 700 893, EP-A 279 374, EP-A 575 897, etc.).
It is also known that such a two-stage process for heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation of propene to acrylic acid may be operated substantially continuously over prolonged periods over one and the same fixed catalyst beds. However, the fixed catalyst beds lose quality in the course of the operating time. In general, both their activity and the selectivity of the particular target product formation deteriorate in both stages.
In order, despite this, to operate the fixed catalyst beds, whose manufacture and exchange is comparatively inconvenient and costly, for as long as possible in a reactor system charged with them, the prior art attempts in highly differing ways to counteract their aging process.
EP-A 990 636 (for example page 8, lines 13 to 15), EP-A 1070700 (for example page 4, lines 49, 50) and EP-A 1 106 598 (for example page 13, lines 43 to 45) propose the substantial compensation of the reduction in the quality of the particular fixed catalyst bed by gradually increasing the temperature of the particular fixed catalyst bed in the course of the operating time under otherwise substantially constant operating conditions, in order to substantially retain the propene or acrolein conversion in single pass of the reaction gas mixture through the fixed catalyst beds.
In this context, the temperature of the fixed catalyst bed refers to the temperature of the fixed catalyst bed when the partial oxidation process is performed, except in the theoretical absence of a chemical reaction (i.e. without the influence of the heat of reaction). This also applies in this document. In contrast, effective temperature of the particular fixed catalyst bed refers in this document to the actual temperature of the fixed catalyst bed taking into account the heat of reaction of the partial oxidation. When the temperature of a fixed catalyst bed is not constant along the fixed catalyst bed (for example in the case of a plurality of temperature zones), the term temperature of the fixed catalyst bed in this document means the (numerical) average of the temperature along the fixed catalyst bed.
It is significant in the aforementioned context that the temperature of the reaction gas mixture (and thus also the effective temperature of a fixed catalyst bed) passes through a maximum value (known as the hotspot value) when it passes through a fixed catalyst bed. The difference between hotspot value and the temperature of the fixed catalyst bed at the location of the hotspot value is referred to as the hotspot expansion.
A disadvantage of the procedure recommended in EP-A 990 636 and in EP-A 1 106 598 is that, with increasing increase in the temperature of the fixed catalyst bed, its aging process is accelerated (for example certain movement processes within the active compositions of the catalysts which contribute to aging proceed more rapidly). This is in particular because hotspot expansion usually rises more steeply than the temperature of the fixed catalyst bed itself with an increase in the temperature of the fixed catalyst bed (cf., for example, page 12, lines 45 to 48 of EP-A 1 106 598 and page 8, lines 11 to 15 of EP-A 990 636). The effective temperature of the fixed catalyst bed therefore usually increases disproportionately in the hotspot region, which additionally promotes the aging of the fixed catalyst bed.
When a maximum value of the temperature of the fixed catalyst bed is attained, the fixed catalyst bed is therefore customarily fully exchanged.
However, a disadvantage of such a complete exchange is that it is comparatively costly and inconvenient. The process for preparing acrylic acid has to be interrupted for a prolonged time and the costs of catalyst preparation are likewise considerable.
Operating modes are therefore desired for processes for two-stage heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation of propene to acrylic acid which are helpful in further prolonging the on-stream time of the fixed catalyst beds in the reactor system.
In this regard, DE-A 102 32 748 recommends, instead of fully exchanging the fixed catalyst bed, only replacing a portion thereof with a fresh catalyst charge.
A disadvantage of this proposal is that even a partial change of the fixed catalyst bed is accompanied by significant cost and inconvenience.
EP-A 614 872, which relates in particular to the second reaction stage in which the acrolein is partially oxidized to acrylic acid, recommends extending the on-stream time of a second stage fixed catalyst bed by, after operating the fixed catalyst bed for several years, which is accompanied by increases in the temperature thereof of from 15° C. to 30° C. and more, interrupting the process for partial oxidation, and, at fixed catalyst bed temperatures of from 260 to 450° C., conducting a gas mixture composed of oxygen, steam and inert gas through it, and subsequently continuing the partial oxidation.
In this context, inert gases in a gas mixture which is conducted through a fixed catalyst bed under certain conditions refers in this document to those gases of which at least 95 mol %, preferably at least 98 mol %, most preferably at least 99 mol % or 99.5 mol %, remain unchanged when they are conducted through the fixed catalyst bed. Regarding the gas mixture G to be used in accordance with the invention, steam should not be included under the term inert gas.
EP-A 169 449, which relates substantially to the first reaction stage in which the propene is partially oxidized to acrolein, recommends extending the on-stream time of the fixed catalyst bed by, after operating the fixed catalyst bed for several years, which is accompanied by increases in the temperature thereof of 15° C. and more, interrupting the process for partial oxidation, and, at fixed catalyst bed temperatures of from 380 to 540° C., conducting a gas consisting substantially of air through it, and subsequently continuing the partial oxidation.
EP-A 339 119 recommends, with an analogous mode of operation, the use of a gas comprising oxygen and steam.
However, a disadvantage of the procedures of EP-A 339 119, EP-A 169 449 and of EP-A 614 872 is that, up to the point at which the partial oxidation is interrupted, the aging of the fixed catalyst bed continues and is promoted unhindered.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a process for long-term operation of a two-stage heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation of propene to acrylic acid, in which the catalyst aging is counteracted in both stages in a manner by which the intensity of the hotspot expansion in both stages over time is lower than in the prior art processes.

Long-term operation of a heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation of propene to acrylic acid


A branch type standing pouch which includes a pouch front side member including a pouring-out nozzle backside portion which constitutes a backside of a pouring-out nozzle by being folded back and a pouch body front side portion continuous therewith; a pouch backside member constituting a backside of the pouch body; a pouring-out nozzle front side member; and a bottom member. The pouch front side member, the pouch backside member, the pouring-out nozzle front side member, and the bottom member are respectively formed of plastic film and heat-sealed to each other so that a pouring-out nozzle is formed in a branched manner from a top of a pouch body. In this pouch, two symmetrical nozzle reinforcing areas are formed on both sides of a first protrusion as a result of a provision of the first to fourth protrusions. As a result, the branch type standing pouch in which the pouring-out nozzle can be fixed upright at a time of opening is obtained.

Conventionally, there has been known a refill pouch which is sealed after filling contents such as seasoning, cosmetics, or detergent therein. The refill pouch is designed to transfer the contents into a plastic bottle, a glass bottle, or other containers after being opened. Thus, the refill pouch as described above is demanded to allow the contents to be easily taken out while maintaining stable flow to the end.
Well-known examples of the refill pouch include one in which a nozzle portion formed of a member which is separated from a pouch body is formed at a corner portion of a pouch (refer to Patent Document 1). Further, there is proposed one in which a nozzle portion is formed by processing a wrapping member which constitutes a pouch main body (refer to Patent Document 2).
In addition, there is known a standing pouch in which a nozzle portion is formed with an opening and fold lines at the central portion of the upper end of the pouch (refer to Patent Document 3).    Patent Document 1: JP 5-132069 A    Patent Document 2: JP 2003-137319 A    Patent Document 3: JP 10-129683 A
However, in the refill pouch having the nozzle portion formed at the corner portion of the pouch, when contents of high viscosity are poured out, the nozzle is blocked owing to pressurization, with the result that it is difficult to pour out the contents of high viscosity in some cases. In addition, when the pouch is rolled up from the bottom portion thereof for the purpose of squeezing out the contents of a small remaining amount, the pouch is diagonally rolled up. As a result, there is a disadvantage in that the contents are accumulated on the upper side of the pouch, which is difficult to be rolled up, and hence the remaining amount thereof is increased.
In addition, regarding the pouch having the nozzle portion formed of the separated member, special members and processes are necessary, and hence manufacturing cost of the pouch is increased. Further, the pouch prior to filling of contents is space-consuming, and hence there is a problem of an increase in transportation cost.
Meanwhile, in the pouch disclosed in Patent Document 3, in which the nozzle portion is formed of the opening and the fold lines at the central portion of the upper end of the pouch, when the pouch is squeezed for pouring out the contents thereof, the contents are spilt in some cases owing to unstable configuration of the nozzle portion. Further, there is a disadvantage in that the nozzle portion is blocked so that it is difficult to pour out the contents.
In the past, in order to solve those problems in the related art, the inventors of the present invention have proposed a branch type standing pouch in which, at the center of the nozzle portion formed from the top of the standing pouch body in a branched manner, there are provided mountain-fold ridge lines extending in the longitudinal direction, and nozzle base forming lines on both the sides thereof (Patent Document 4).    Patent Document 4: JP 2005-313994 A
In this standing pouch, the pouch is opened and the squeezing portions on both the upper sides of the pouch are squeezed, whereby a three-dimensional nozzle having a large bore diameter can be formed with a single touch. Further, the configuration of the nozzle of the pouch is stable, and hence it is possible to easily operate the pouch with one hand so as to swiftly and completely pour out the contents. In addition, the entire shape the pouch is stable, and hence the outward appearance is excellent when the pouch is opened and the nozzle is formed.
However, as illustrated in FIG. 4 of Patent Document 4, this pouch is used by squeezing the squeezing portions on both the upper sides of the pouch so as to stand the nozzle diagonally upward. Thus, the operation of pouring out the contents, which is performed by children with small hands, weak women, and old persons, is unstable in some cases. Further, the nozzle is divided at the branch portion, and hence there is a problem that it is difficult to stand the nozzle in a three-dimensional manner and maintain the opened state thereof in some cases. Therefore, a branch type standing pouch has been demanded, in which the opened nozzle can easily be stood to be fixed, and in addition, which can easily be operated for pouring-out.


Presented herein is a high-throughput (HTP) genomic engineering platform for improving the production of therapeutic proteins in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. The disclosed HTP genomic engineering platform is computationally driven and integrates molecular biology, automation, and advanced machine learning protocols. The platform utilizes a unique suite of HTP genetic engineering tools to explore the genomic landscape associated with therapeutic protein production pathways, in order to unravel the biological drivers and disentangle the uncharacterized genetic architecture responsible for optimizing therapeutic protein production in CHO cells.

Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells represent the most frequently applied host cell system for industrial manufacturing of recombinant protein therapeutics. CHO cells are capable of producing high quality biologics exhibiting human-like post-translational modifications in gram quantities. Given this, it is not surprising that therapeutic proteins produced in CHO cells are in very high demand. Consequently, to meet the ever-growing demand for effective, safe, and affordable protein therapeutics, decades of intense efforts have aimed to maximize the quantity and quality of recombinant proteins produced in CHO cells.
However, production processes for biopharmaceuticals using CHO cells still suffer from cellular limitations such as limited growth, low productivity, and stress resistance, as well as higher expenses compared to bacterial or yeast based expression systems. Recently, cell engineering efforts have improved product titer; however, uncharacterized cellular processes and gene regulatory mechanisms still hinder cell growth, specific productivity, and protein quality.
Thus, there is a great need in the art for new methods of engineering CHO cells for the production of human therapeutic proteins.
Particularly, there is an urgent need for methods of engineering CHO cells, which are able to unravel the biological drivers of protein production and disentangle the uncharacterized cellular processes and gene regulatory mechanisms that hinder cell growth, specific productivity, and protein quality.

HTP platform for the genetic engineering of Chinese hamster ovary cells


A chemical for dissolving a sample taken from the semiconductor device fabrication equipment for analyzing the contaminants attached thereon, and a method of analyzing the contaminants thereby. The chemical composition is made of equal ports of sulfuric acid, hydrogen fluoride, and nitric acid. The method includes a) immersing a sample taken from semiconductor device fabrication equipment in the chemical composition; b) dissolving the sample in the chemical composition; c) cooling the dissolved sample; d) diluting the dissolved sample with deionized water and e) analyzing the diluted sample using either Atomic Absorption Spectrometer or by Atomic Emission Spectroscopy.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a chemical composition that dissolves a sample taken from semiconductor device fabrication equipment made of heat-resistant and acid-resistant materials including silicon carbide, quartz, and zirconium, and to a method of analyzing contaminants on the equipment sample after the sample is dissolved in the chemical composition.
2. Description of the Related Art
Quartz, which has high heat-resistance and acid-resistance, is normally used to make semiconductor device fabrication equipment, such as the tube in which the semiconductor device is fabricated using a high temperature processing gas, and the boat that is introduced into the tube for holding a plurality of wafers to be processed. However, the process conditions cause structural disorder in the crystal of the quartz so that the shape of the boat is distorted and the plurality of wafers housed therein are damaged.
To avoid the problems encountered by using quartz, semiconductor device fabrication equipment has recently been made of silicon carbide which has relatively better heat-resistance and acid-resistance than the quartz and a more stable structure.
Contaminants originating from the processing gas induced into the tube, or by-products of the reaction of the processing gases, adhere to the surface of semiconductor device fabrication equipment. These contaminants include boron, aluminum, and antimony, etc. Contaminants can cause shorts in the fabricated semiconductor device, or cause the device to malfunction due to variances in the operation voltage resulting from contamination on wafers that were prepared inside contaminated equipment.
Therefore, there is a great need for quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze the contaminants adhered to semiconductor device fabrication equipment. There are two ways to analyze such contamination: by non-destructive analysis and by destructive analysis.
The non-destructive method employs techniques such as GD-MS (Glow Discharge-Mass Spectrometer), GD-OED (Glow Discharge-Optical Emission Spectrometer), XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence), ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer), Laser, etc. Although the non-destructive methods permit analysis without obtaining a sample of the material, such as the boat or tube on which the contaminants have formed, they are not highly accurate.
Destructive methods which include Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy or Inductively Coupled Plasma-type Atomic Emission Spectroscopy, are more accurate but they require analysis of a sample of the semiconductor equipment on which the contaminants have adhered.
The Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy method operates on the theory that the amount of radiation absorbed by a sample that absorbs radiation having a specific wavelength, is proportional to the concentration of the atoms contained in the sample which is being analyzed. Therefore, after an object to be analyzed is dried inside a high temperature graphite reactor, ashed, and atomized, radiation having a specific wavelength which can be absorbed by targeted sample atoms, is irradiated onto the sample. The absorbance of radiation indicates the degree to which the targeted atoms inside the sample absorb the radiation, and provides a way to quantitatively and qualitatively analyze the kinds and the amount of the contaminants adhered to the sample.
Inductively Coupled Plasma-type Atomic Emission Spectroscopy requires generation of a plasma by supplying argon gas to the processing chamber and applying high-frequency voltage to the induction coil provided outside the processing chamber. Then, a reference solution is supplied to the stabilized plasma which causes the excited atom or ion of the targeted element in the solution to emit radiation. The radiation is analyzed through the spectroscope, and the kinds and the amount of the contaminants in the sample are quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed.
Analyzing contaminants using a destructive method is additionally complicated by the fact that the structure of the silicon carbide used to make the semiconductor device fabrication equipment is so stable. Silicon carbide is not dissolved by known chemical compositions and the silicon element of the silicon carbide also acts as matrix so that exact quantitative and qualitative analysis of the contaminants cannot be done.

Chemical composition for dissolving a sample taken from semiconductor device fabrication equipment and method for analyzing contaminants on the equipment using the chemical composition


A deployment system for illumination devices, including: a holding mechanism for engaging at least one illumination device; and a deploying mechanism for causing the at least one illumination device to exit the system. In the preferred embodiment, the deploying mechanism is at least one solenoid, where the at least one solenoid extends to cause the illumination device to exit the system. The system allows a user or an automated system to deploy illumination devices without being exposed to dangerous conditions. For example, the system can be mounted internally or externally to a law enforcement, road crew, or utility company vehicle. The user may then deploy the illumination devices to mark the road without being subjected to the dangers of oncoming traffic.

Emergency responders and other road workers often use incendiary flares to mark a scene of a traffic accident, road closure, or work zone. The officer must park his patrol car, open the trunk, obtain some flares, and walk back into traffic to deploy them. The officer must then light each flare and put it on the ground. While doing so, the officer is dangerously exposed to passing traffic, compounded sometimes by poor visibility. Similarly, military and search and rescue personnel often need to deploy illumination devices from vehicles, aircraft, and watercraft.
The use of incendiary flares poses numerous problems: they are a serious fire hazard and cannot be used in areas where dry brush or other hazardous or flammable materials are present; they can become chemically unstable over time; they are susceptible to moisture as well as temperature changes; they are bulky; they have a limited burn time; they are conventionally manufactured with toxic materials; and they are expensive.
Accordingly, there exists a need for an improved deployment system for illumination devices. The improved system should allow a person to easily deploy illumination devices without exposing the person to dangerous conditions. In addition, the illumination device should be easy and safe to use, durable, and cost effective. The present invention addresses such a need.

This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.

Deployment system for ruggedized illuminating, marking, or signaling device


Compositions comprise absorbent gelling materials combined with high levels of odor-controlling agents by means of binders. The preferred particle form of the compositions is easy to handle, and is used in the manufacture of catamenials, diapers, bandages, and the like. The absorbent gelling material enhances the odor-controlling properties of the compositions by helping to control ammonia odors.

A wide variety of absorbent structures designed not only to be efficient for the absorption of body fluids such as blood, urine, menses, and the like, but also to be sanitary and comfortable in-use are known in the literature. Disposable products of this type generally comprise some sort of fluid-permeable topsheet material, an absorbent core, and a fluid-impermeable backsheet material. Various shapes, sizes and thicknesses of such articles have been explored in an attempt to make their use more comfortable and convenient.
One particular aspect of sanitary products which has been under investigation for many years is that of odor control. Many body fluids have an unpleasant odor, or develop such odors when in contact with air and/or bacteria for prolonged periods. The literature is replete with references relating to odor control in products such as diapers and catamenials.
Various odor-controlling agents have been disclosed in the literature. In particular, certain zeolitic materials are becoming known for their odor-controlling properties. Zeolitic materials are generally quite safe, and while they do effectively control many odors associated with body fluids, it has been determined that, unfortunately, they do not provide optimal control for ammonia odor and similar odors, presumably associated with short-chain amines and/or urea.
Moreover, the zeolitic odor-controlling materials tend to be in the form of very small, dusty particles which are difficult to handle on a commercial scale. Such materials tend to be blown or vacuumed up from absorbent structures moving at the high speeds (500-600 items/minute) used on modern catamenial or diaper manufacturing lines.
It has been suggested that particulate odor-controlling agents can be adhered to the surface of larger particles of absorbent gelling materials using moisture. The resulting particles are less dusty, easier to handle and exhibit improved control of odors, including ammonia. However, it has now been discovered that such particles can typically be "loaded" with only up to about 10% by weight of odor-controlling agent using water. Preferably, the mixed absorbent gelling material/odor-controlling agent particle would contain greater than such a modest loading, more conveniently, on the order of a 20% or greater loading of said particulate odor-controlling agent.
Finally, it has now been determined that certain particulate odor-controlling agents can lose a portion of their odor-controlling activity during the manufacture of catamenials, diapers and the like. While the reason for this loss is not entirely clear, it is conceivable that the agents adsorb vagrant materials from the manufacturing process and, thus, their odor-adsorbing capacity is partially "used up".
Accordingly, it would be desirable to provide odor-controlling agents which would control not only complex odors, such as those the zeolitic materials handle easily, but also simple odors, such as ammonia. It would also be desirable to provide such agents in a form which is easy to handle.
The present invention provides a means for safely and effectively overcoming these deficiencies by combining particulate odor-controlling agents with absorbent gelling materials, using binder materials, as disclosed more fully hereinafter. These and other advantages associated with the present invention will be seen from the disclosure, hereinafter.

High capacity odor controlling compositions


In accordance with some embodiments, data may be automatically provided on preordained conditions for specific types of data. Thus specific types of data or specific requestors may be treated differently. The system may be programmed to respond appropriately to requests for certain types of data from certain types of requestors. This offloads the need to review specific requests in many cases and enables an automated system for providing requested data as appropriate.

This relates generally to computers or processor based systems and particularly to systems that handle automatic provision of repeatedly requested data.
Existing systems called auto complete systems use web browsers to automatically provide the user's name and address to prearranged or preordained fields. This saves the user the time and trouble of providing data.

Handling repeated requests for the same user data


The present invention comprises a modulator which controls the brake fluid pressure which is provided to the hydraulic systems which extend from the brake fluid pressure source to each wheel, and a controller which controls said modulator. The controller lowers the rate of the increase in brake fluid pressure in one of the wheels on the opposite right or left side of a wheel which is being antiskid controlled, and by thus operating the modulator and maintaining or decreasing brake fluid pressure, relaxes the conditions for the initiation of antiskid control. Concretely, it lowers the threshold values for the slip ratio and the deceleration in the wheel speed, which are used in the decision to initiate antiskid control.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an antiskid apparatus and more specifically to an antiskid control apparatus which is intended to improve stability under road surface conditions of split .mu. in which the coefficients of friction of the road surfaces, with which the left and right wheels make contact, differ greatly.
2. Prior Art
Previously, the apparatuses disclosed in Japanese Patent Application, 2nd publication, No. 56-28738, and Japanese Patent Application, 2nd publication, No. 59-19863, have been used as antiskid control apparatuses which prevent wheel lock during vehicle braking.
In the antiskid control apparatuses disclosed therein, the presence or absence of a tendency to lock in each wheel is determined based on the measured value of the wheel speed (which means the speed of the rotating wheel), and the locking of any wheel which has a tendency to lock is prevented by controlling the rise in the fluid pressure of the hydraulic system of said wheel.
As a result of the freezing of one portion of the road, etc., the coefficient of friction of the road surface with which the right wheel makes contact, and the coefficient of friction of the road surface with which the left wheel makes contact, may differ greatly. In such cases, countermeasures are taken against vehicular spin caused by an imbalance in braking force. That is, the rise in the brake fluid pressure of the wheel which is opposite to the wheel which is on the side which is antiskid-controlled (for example, the right front wheel which opposes the left front wheel, or the left rear wheel which opposes the right rear wheel) is controlled, and the sudden occurrence of the yawing moment, which is the cause of spin, is controlled. By means of this, a steering margin is provided to the driver, which ensures driving stability.
The above-mentioned spin countermeasures have been primarily developed for full-sized vehicles (in general, long wheelbases are best-suited to nonswerving forward motion during braking). Therefore, in recent years the problem remained that antiskid apparatuses could not be applied to compact vehicles.
In general, compact vehicles which have short wheelbases are inferior in nonswerving forward motion during braking when compared with full-sized vehicles with long wheelbases. In addition, the load on the rear wheels of compact vehicles, which has an important role in maintaining direct nonswerving forward motion, is low. As a result of this, in the above-mentioned conventional antiskid control, there are cases in which spin countermeasures achieved by lowering the speed at which the yawing moment occurs cannot alone ensure sufficient driving stability.


In a beam shaping device for converting the laser light emitted from a semiconductor laser light source from an elliptic beam to a circular beam, the light-entrance-side and light-exit-side surfaces of the beam shaping device both have a curvature only in the major-axis direction of the cross section of the elliptic beam. Of the light-entrance-side and light-exit-side surfaces, one is a circular-arc cylindrical surface and the other is a non-circular-arc cylindrical surface.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a beam shaping device. More particularly, the present invention relates to a beam shaping device that is used, for example, in an optical pickup apparatus to convert the laser light emitted from a semiconductor laser light source from an elliptic beam to a circular beam.
2. Description of Related Art
Optical systems for optical pickups typically use a laser diode as a light source, and the laser beam emitted from a laser diode is a divergent beam having an elliptic sectional shape. If this divergent beam as it is emitted is made to converge with an objective lens, it may illuminate only part of the circular recording region, or it may unnecessarily illuminate an area outside the recording region, either way leading to lowered recording and reproducing accuracy. To prevent this, the laser beam needs to be so shaped that it has a circular sectional shape when it strikes the recording medium.
On the other hand, in recent years, blue semiconductor lasers have come to be increasingly used as a laser light source. Because of their short wavelengths, blue semiconductor lasers require stringent accuracy in signals for recording and reproducing. Nevertheless, the outputs of currently available blue semiconductor lasers are so low that it is impossible to obtain sufficient laser power to achieve satisfactorily accurate recording and reproducing. This problem can be solved by converting the laser light from an elliptic beam to a circular beam, because this increases the efficiency with which the laser light is used. From this perspective also, techniques for beam shaping have been becoming very important.
Beam shaping is most commonly achieved by the use of a prism. However, for beam shaping to be achieved by the use of a prism, laser light needs to be collimated in advance. This requires a collimator lens, causing the following and other inconveniences. In a case where, for example, a blue laser is used, disposing a collimator lens on the light-source side of a beam shaping prism makes it impossible to move the collimator lens for the purpose of correcting the spherical aberration resulting from errors in the disk substrate.
To avoid these inconveniences, there have conventionally been proposed beam shaping devices that achieve beam shaping by the use of a lens surface. For example, Patent Publication 1 listed below proposes a beam shaping device having anamorphic surfaces on both sides; Patent Publication 2 listed below proposes a beam shaping device having cylindrical surfaces on both sides. By using these beam shaping devices, it is possible to convert a divergent beam from an elliptic beam directly to a circular beam while producing hardly any aberration.    Patent Publication 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H9-258099    Patent Publication 2: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-208159
These conventional beam shaping devices, however, have the following disadvantages. Giving a beam shaping device anamorphic surfaces on both sides as proposed in Patent Publication 1 makes it difficult to produce the mold for forming the beam shaping device. This makes the beam shaping device unsuitable for mass production and expensive to produce. On the other hand, the beam shaping device proposed in Patent Publication 2 is of the type that enlarges the beam diameter in the minor-axis direction of the elliptic beam, and thus makes the NA (numerical aperture) of the exiting beam large. This causes the laser light to be incident at a large angle on the beam splitter for optical path integration/separation which is disposed on the downstream side of the beam shaping device, and thus makes the design of the PBS (polarizing beam splitter) film or the like difficult. Moreover, the sharply diverging beam makes it impossible to secure a sufficient distance between the beam shaping device and the collimator lens, and thus makes the arrangement of the optical components on the downstream side of the beam shaping device difficult.


A register for counting and tracking items in a bag includes a manifest and an RFID reader. The RFID reader is used to query a plurality of RFID tags attached to items contained in the bag. The register creates reports counting and/or identifying changes to items contained in the bag while the bag is routed and/or items in the bag are processed for a customer.

This disclosure relates in general to registers. Registers are used to record transactions. Some registers include machines and systems for ascertaining a number of movements of various devices. Some registers are used to disclose the numerical extent or quantity of movement of a machine and where the device is separate and independent of the machine whose movements are to be noted; also some machines, such as cash-registers, fare-registers, voting machines, and calculators, have registering or counting devices as elements and have in addition certain other features for a given purpose.

Register for counting and tracking items in a bag


A vehicle safety system includes an actuatable restraint for helping to protect a vehicle occupant and a controller for controlling actuation of the actuatable restraint in response to a vehicle rollover event. The controller is configured to execute a discrimination algorithm comprising at least one classification metric that utilizes at least one of vehicle pitch rate (P_RATE) and vehicle roll acceleration (D_RATE) to discriminate at least one of a ramp rollover event and a soil rollover event from an embankment rollover event. The discrimination algorithm determines a classification of the vehicle rollover event as one of a ramp rollover event, a soil rollover event, and an embankment rollover event. The controller is also configured to select a deployment threshold for deploying the actuatable restraint. The deployment threshold corresponds to the classification of the vehicle rollover event.

Vehicle safety systems include a central control unit ("CCU") that utilizes sensors, both local to the CCU and remote from the CCU, to detect the occurrence of crash events involving the vehicle and to determine whether those events warrant the activation of actuatable restraints, such as airbags and seatbelt retractors. The sensors utilized by the CCU can include accelerometers and other sensors, such as impact sensors, seatbelt buckle switches, seat pressure switches, steering angle sensors, etc. Using data from these sensors, the CCU can determine the occurrence of vehicle crash events and can perform discrimination algorithms to classify the crash event as being one of a particular type. The CCU can actuate the actuatable restraints according to the particular type of crash event.
For vehicle safety systems, it is desirable to discriminate amongst the various crash events in which a vehicle can be involved. To "discriminate" a crash event can mean to classify the crash event as being of one particular type of crash event and distinguish that crash event from other types of crash events. If the vehicle safety system can discriminate or identify the crash event as being of one particular type, the actuatable restraints can be actuated in a manner tailored to that particular type of crash event. "Crash events," as used herein, can be used to encompass various events involving the vehicle. For example, crash events can be collisions or impacts in which the vehicle collides with, impacts, or otherwise engages different types of structures. These crash events can be collisions with a deformable barrier, such as another vehicle, or collisions with a non-deformable barrier, such as a tree or utility pole. As another example, crash events can also involve events, such as rollover events, where vehicle impacts result from the rolling over of the vehicle. Rollover events can result from a vehicle sliding sideways and striking a curb, from sliding or otherwise moving off the side of the road down an embankment, or from sliding or otherwise moving off the side of the road up a ramp, such as a hill.
Vehicle safety systems can be configured or adapted to discriminate those events for which deployment of the actuatable restraints is desired ("deployment events") from those events for which deployment of the actuatable restraints is not desired ("non-deployment events"). Crash discrimination entails determining the type of event, e.g., deformable barrier, non-deformable barrier, front impact crash, rear impact crash, side impact crash, oblique crash, offset crash, rollover, etc. Crash discrimination also entails determining the severity of the crash and implementing safing functions that act as checks or permissives to ensure that the actuatable restraints are deployed in a safe manner.
From the above, it will be appreciated that it can be desirable to control the actuation and timing of the actuatable restraints in the safety system in response to the type and/or severity of the crash event in which the vehicle is involved. To determine which occupant protection devices to actuate in response to a sensed crash event, the safety system can implement a crash evaluation process to discriminate between types of crash events. If the identified crash event meets or exceeds a severity threshold, and the safing functions agree, the actuatable restraints can be actuated in a manner commensurate with the discriminated event type.
Over the years, safety standards are modified and updated to "push the envelope" when it comes to automotive safety. As a result, in keeping up with the standards, automobile manufacturers are pushed to constantly improve the safety of their products. As the standards become more rigorous, the safety systems adapt and become more complex and capable. Through the evolution of vehicle safety systems, it has been discovered that crash classification is one of the key aspects that helps determine the efficacy of the system. If the safety system can accurately and robustly identify the crash scenario as defined by a safety standard, it can take measures tailored to produce the best results for occupants involved in accidents for which the standard is designed.
While vehicle safety systems have been developed with the ability to discriminate a variety of crash events, there exists a continuing need to further classify and discriminate amongst crash events so that the vehicle safety system can take the appropriate responsive action. Among the crash events for which discrimination can be desired are different types of side crash events, such as rollover events or events that can result in a rollover.
Side crash events are those for which it may be desirable to actuate safety devices, such as side airbags (curtain airbags, thorax airbags) and/or seatbelt pretensioners. Side crash events can occur in a variety of scenarios. For example, a vehicle can lose control and skid sideways off the road onto the adjacent grass/soil, down an embankment or up a ramp or hill. As another example, a vehicle can lose control and skid sideways into a low barrier, such as a curb. In any of these scenarios, the magnitude of the resulting side crash event may warrant actuating one or more vehicle safety devices.

Enhanced discrimination method and apparatus for controlling an actuatable protection device


A linguistic semantic analysis monitoring/alert integration system includes at least one storage device storing one or more monitoring dictionary databases that include module-specific language information that identifies module-specific language terms utilized in providing a monitoring module. A linguistic semantic monitoring analysis engine is coupled to the at least one storage device. The linguistic semantic monitoring analysis engine receives a file included in a monitoring module, parses the file to identify file language terms included in the file, and matches the file language terms included in the file with the module-specific language terms included in the module-specific language information. Based on the matching of the file programming language terms with the module-specific programming language terms, intent for the file language terms is determined and used to automatically classify the file into a respective one of a plurality of monitoring model databases.

The present disclosure relates generally to information handling systems, and more particularly to the use of linguistic semantic analysis to provide for the integration of monitoring and alerts with information handling systems
As the value and use of information continues to increase, individuals and businesses seek additional ways to process and store information. One option available to users is information handling systems. An information handling system generally processes, compiles, stores, and/or communicates information or data for business, personal, or other purposes thereby allowing users to take advantage of the value of the information. Because technology and information handling needs and requirements vary between different users or applications, information handling systems may also vary regarding what information is handled, how the information is handled, how much information is processed, stored, or communicated, and how quickly and efficiently the information may be processed, stored, or communicated. The variations in information handling systems allow for information handling systems to be general or configured for a specific user or specific use such as financial transaction processing, airline reservations, enterprise data storage, or global communications. In addition, information handling systems may include a variety of hardware and software components that may be configured to process, store, and communicate information and may include one or more computer systems, data storage systems, and networking systems.
Information handling systems such as, for example, server devices, storage devices, networking devices, and/or other computing devices, utilize applications that interact with the hardware and software in the computing devices. However, the integration of applications for use with computing devices raises some issues. For example, a computing device manufacturer may integrate applications with their computing devices that monitor the hardware and software in those computing devices, which typically involves identifying the systems management artifacts developed for the hardware (e.g., Management Information Bases (MIBs), profiles, schemas, Representational State Transfer (REST) interfaces, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), etc.), and write code that integrates those system management artifacts with the applications. However, such activities are time intensive, as significant effort is involved in understanding and analyzing the meaning of elements utilized by the system management artifacts. Furthermore, requests for application integration are frequent, and the time intensive process discussed above prevents may of those requests from being satisfied. Further still, even when such requests are filled, integrating applications to operate with current computing device firmware is associated with the same issues, and thus even integrated applications will quickly fail to operate with all available firmware functionality (i.e., as that firmware is updated). Providing support for new computing device products presents similar issues, as even when a computing device product is provided with a library (e.g., a Python or Powershell library), application integration requires those libraries be studied to understand the meaning of their terms, along with the writing of "glue" logic to integrate them to operate with those applications.
For example, monitoring software such as, for example, Nagios software available at www.nagios.org, System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) available from MICROSOFT® of Redmond, Wash., United States, and Zabbix software available at www.zabbix.com, provide for the monitoring of inventory, performance metrics, configurations, health information, operational information, and/or a variety of other information associated with computing devices. Furthermore, the different monitoring software monitors, collects, and presents this information in different ways. Conventionally, computing device manufacturers attempt to identify variables in the MIBs, Meta-Object Facilities (MOFs), and RESTful schema, and then model those variables into different information models such as health information models, metric information models, configuration information models, and inventory information models. Furthermore, changes in these artifacts (e.g., enumeration changes, new variable additions, new alert definitions, new knowledge articles, etc.) must be identified, and updates must be properly represented in the monitoring software. Further still, this data must be reconciled across different protocols, with the common variables utilized in the different protocols mapped to each other. These operations are complicated by the fact that component tree structures for the systems that execute these applications are often not readily available. In addition, alerts that are based upon such monitoring and that notify users as to what is happening in the computing device are often duplicative.
Accordingly, it would be desirable to provide improved integration of monitoring and alerts provided for computing devices.

Linguistic semantic analysis monitoring/alert integration system


A floor structure of a vehicle body is provided with a floor having a tunnel member disposed in the center of the vehicle body with respect to the width direction of the vehicle body such that it extends in the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body and a floor member disposed adjacent to the tunnel member in the width direction of the vehicle body. The floor member has a joint portion joining to the tunnel member. The floor structure is further provided with a closed section formed at a root portion of the tunnel member by use of the tunnel member and the floor member, and a cross member disposed on the floor member such that it extends in the width direction of the vehicle body. The cross member has a flange portion connected to the tunnel member. Here, the joint portion of the floor member to be joined to the tunnel member overlaps the flange portion of the cross member to be connected to the tunnel member throughout entire of the flange portion.

The present invention relates to a floor structure of a vehicle body, and, more particularly, relates to a floor structure of a vehicle body including a joint portion in which an end of a cross member extending on a floor member of a vehicle body in the width direction thereof is joined to a tunnel member extending at a center portion of the vehicle body in the forward/backward direction thereof.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H7-251761 has disclosed a floor structure of a vehicle body including a joint portion in which an end portion of a cross member extending on a floor member of a vehicle body in the width direction thereof is joined to a tunnel member extending at a center portion of the vehicle body in the forward/backward direction thereof.


An optical head with a plurality of semi-conductor laser chips for use in reducing inclination or gradient of more than one beam presently falling onto a focusing lens is disclosed. To this end, a double mirror or alternatively beam reshaping means is disposed which has different reflection planes for permitting reflection of a plurality of laser beams incoming from the semiconductor laser chips.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to optical head structures for use in recording or retrieving information on or from optical information storage media including but not limited to optical disks, and more particularly to an optical head employing a laser module with a plurality of built-in semiconductor laser chips. This invention also relates to optical information media recording/reproduction apparatus using such optical head.
2. Description of Related Art
In recent years, as optical media storage devices—such as optical information recording and reproduction apparatus including optical disk drives—are becoming important more and more in the manufacture of electronic equipment, the trend has been toward optical read/write devices exhibiting smaller size and reduced thickness along with a variety of functionalities.
For example, it has been required that a single small-size optical head assembly be used to record and/or play back information to/from optical disks of different types. These include recordable compact discs, also known as compact disc-recordable or "CD-R" (trade name), and digital versatile disks (DVDs)—previously digital video disks under the same abbreviation. The former is recordable and non-erasable optical storage media as popularized in the market whereas the latter is ultrahigh-density writable optical storage media as recently developed, with two layers on each side of a disk to store video and other data. Whereas laser beams adaptable for use in recording/retrieving data to/from CD-R media measure approximately 780 nanometers (nm) in wavelength, those for DVD record/playback are about 660 nm in wavelength. In view of such laser wavelength difference, CD-R/DVD compatible record/playback apparatus should be required to come with separate or independent laser light source units—that is, both a laser light source of about 780-nm wavelength and a 660-nm laser light source—situated within a single optical head assembly. Prior known multiple light-source small-size optical heads are disclosed in, for example, JP-A-10-261240 and JP-A-10-289468. The optical heads as taught thereby are designed so that a 780-nm wavelength semiconductor laser chip for CDs and a 660-nm semiconductor laser chip for DVDs are integrally accommodated in one unit, along with more than one optical detection element operatively associated therewith.
Generally, light beams of different light emission positions tend to pass through different locations of a lens system at different angles; obviously, in the above-noted optical heads also, laser beams emitted from two semiconductor laser chips behave to reach different positions of a focusing lens at different angles. With the prior art optical heads as taught by the above-identified Japanese publications, in order to attain an increased storage density of data on optical media during recording and reproduction, the 660-nm wavelength semiconductor laser chip for DVDs is disposed at a specified location on the optical axis of a lens system consisting essentially of a focusing lens and collimating lens while letting the 780-nm wavelength semiconductor laser chip for CDs be laid out at a selected location outside of the optical axis of such lens system. This multi-laser layout would result in that while a laser beam for use in DVD recording/playback may straightly progress to hit the focusing lens at right angles thereto so that any appreciable aberration will hardly take place at a laser spot focused on the surface of a DVD, a laser spot on a CD can experience unwanted aberration (in particular, coma aberration) because of the fact that a laser beam for CD record/playback attempts to diagonally falls onto the focusing lens at an angle thereto.
To avoid this problem, the optical head disclosed in JP-A-10-261240 is designed so that a holographic optical device (designated by reference numeral "25" in the disclosure thereof) is employed to bend or curve only the optical path of a CD-read/write laser beam thereby letting it reach the focusing lens at right angles thereto. Similar beam path correction is done in the optical head of JP-A-10-289468, by alternative use of an optical composer (denoted by numeral 30 therein) including a polarizating prism (birefringent plate) or holographic device.
Unfortunately, the prior art approaches are encountered with a problem which follows. The intended laser beam path adjustability does not come without requiring use of "special" holographic devices or polarizing prisms (birefringent plates) that offer expected functionality of bending only the optical path of a 780-nm CD read/write laser beam while permitting a 660-nm wavelength DVD read/write beam to be kept free from any influence therefrom. Use of such special optical components disadvantageously results in an increase in production costs of optical head units.
Another problem faced with the prior art lies in the lack of sufficient capability to achieve light weight and slim size of optical head structures, thus failing to fully meet demands for thickness-reduction or down-sizing of optical heads. More specifically, although not specifically set forth in the above-identified Japanese documents, it will readily occur to those skilled in the art that those optical components other than the focusing lens must be laid out in a plane parallel to the disk surface while at the same time requiring use of an additional mirror, called a "riseup" mirror, in order to guide beams to accurately hit the focusing lens. Moreover, in order to attain the intended recording of information on a target disk, a beam reshaping prism should also be required for efficient collection or focusing of rays of light emitted from a semiconductor laser with anisotropic optical intensity distribution into a light spot with isotropic optical intensity distribution. Hence, it is inevitable for achievement of the required optical head at low costs to reduce the requisite number of associative optical components while simultaneously reducing production costs thereof.

Optical head arrangements with single substrate lasers


A Central Processing Unit (CPU) socket having a circuit protection mechanism electrically couples a CPU to a Printed Circuit Board (PCB). The heat sink fastener matches the supports positioned on two opposing sides of the main body for mounting the heat sink on the CPU socket tightly. The protection component protrudes the main body and covers the corresponding PCB trace under the supports to protect the PCB trace from damaged by the heat sink fastener as mounting or dismounting the heat sink on the CPU socket.

This application incorporates by reference Taiwanese application Serial No. 89126032, Filed Dec. 6, 2000.
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates in general to a circuit protection mechanism, and more particularly to a circuit protection mechanism for CPU socket.
2. Description of the Related Art
Referring to FIG. 1, the traditional CPU socket on the motherboard is illustrated. The CPU socket 102 is for placing a Central Processing Unit (CPU). The CPU socket 102 electrically couples the CPU to the Printed Circuit Board (PCB). The layout of the PCB 106 arranges the PCB trace 108 around the CPU socket 102.
The speedier processing and better performance of the CPU requires higher frequency as well as higher voltage and therefore generates lots of heat. The high temperature would decrease the life span of the CPU and easily cause the instability of the computer system. All modern CPUs require a heat sink to solve this problem. The heat sink is designed to lower the temperature of the CPU by dissipating heat into the surrounding air so that the CPU can run well. As shown in FIG. 1, The supports 104 positioned on two opposing sides of the CPU socket 102 matches the heat sink fastener for mounting the heat sink on the CPU socket 102.
In order to be more efficient, the surface area of the heat sink is designed to be as big as possible that good thermal transfer is possible inside the heat sink. Hence the heat sink made up of metal is big and heavy for a better thermal conductivity. It sometimes requires strenuous effort to mounting or dismounting the heat sink on the CPU socket. However, the fixing end of the heat sink fastener might damage the PCB trace 108 on the PCB 106 and the whole motherboard is beyond repair and has to be cast away. Especially for the computer DIY user, the failure rate of the computer system is up to 10% when it comes to upgrading the CPU. The troublesome matter is that the user usually can not figure out the crux of the problem until the last minute. However, the computer system has failed and the layout on the PCB has been damaged due to improper forcing as mounting or dismounting the heat sink on the CPU socket.
It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a CPU socket having a circuit protection mechanism. The circuit of the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) is covered by the protection component. The fixing end of the heat sink fastener cannot directly touch the PCB to damage the PCB trace on the PCB as mounting or dismounting the heat sink on the CPU socket.
The invention achieves the above-identified objects by providing a Central Processing Unit (CPU) socket having a circuit protection mechanism. The CPU socket electrically couples a CPU to a Printed Circuit Board (PCB). The heat sink fastener matches the supports positioned on two opposing sides of the main body for mounting the heat sink on the CPU socket tightly. The protection component protrudes the main body and covers the corresponding PCB trace under the supports to protect the PCB trace from damaged by the heat sink fastener as mounting or dismounting the heat sink on the CPU socket. The protection component can be formed on the main body and made up of several sheets placed under the supports individually or a single sheet placed under the supports. The protection component can also be a detachable mechanism for holding and positioned around the periphery of the main body.

Circuit protection mechanism for CPU socket


A neutron detector that utilizes cells in which a liquid scintillator is contained in elongated detector tubes, with photo-detectors disposed at each end of the tube to measure scintillation light generated by incident neutrons. The liquid scintillator is an interblended mixture including an ionic liquid blended with a scintillation enhancer and/or a moderator and/or a controlled optical attenuator. A longitudinal position of an incident neutron is determined by the magnitudes of the scintillation light portions arriving at each photo-detector, which are proportional to the distances between the neutron interaction point and the photo-detectors. The cells are arranged in a closely-spaced parallel planar array to facilitate determining incident neutron location in two dimensions. A detector system utilizes a first detector array to detect fast neutrons, a thermalizer (e.g., polyethylene) to convert fast incident neutrons to thermal neutrons, and a second detector array to detect the thermal neutrons.

Missing nuclear materials can pose a significant environmental and health risk through direct exposure, co-mingling in the metal recycling stream, use in contaminated consumer products, and use in terrorist activities. According to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), hundreds of radioactive sources are abandoned, lost or stolen every year, with a large fraction of the radioactive sources never recovered. Such abandoned, lost and stolen nuclear materials can be transported to commercial and military interests and used with pernicious intentions. Therefore, detection of nuclear materials is an essential deterrent and tool for preventing the unauthorized transport and pernicious use of abandoned, lost or stolen nuclear materials will neither be diverted from controlled facilities, nor transported without authorization.
Every nuclear material emits one or more of four types of radiations—Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Neutron. While Alpha and Beta rays can be easily concealed with minor amount of shielding, the primary and secondary Gamma rays and Neutrons are hard to shield, and therefore are useful signatures for detection by a radiation detector. FIG. 12 shows neutron signatures from weapons and reactor grade fissile materials, namely 239Pu and 235U. As indicated, most of the neutrons emitted from weapons and reactor grade fissile materials fall in the energy range of 0.5 and 3 MeV, which make them "fast" neutrons. "Thermal" neutrons, on the other hand, have a much lower energy (<1 eV). The fast and thermal neutrons have very different mechanisms of interacting with matter, and therefore the respective detectors are made out of different technologies.
Neutron detection is the effective detection of neutrons entering a well-positioned neutron detector. For a neutron detector to work, an incident neutron must be made to interact with the detector material to create enough energy, which when converted to an appropriate electrical or optical signal, would indicate detection. There are two key aspects to effective neutron detection: hardware and software. Detection hardware refers to the kind of neutron detector used (the most common today is the scintillation detector) and to the electronics used in the detection setup. Further, the hardware setup also defines key experimental parameters, such as source-detector distance, solid angle and detector shielding, and circuitry for converting optical signals generated during neutron detection into electrical signals. Detection software consists of analysis tools that perform tasks such as graphical analysis of the neutron detection signals to measure the number and energies of neutrons striking the detector.
In the past, although simple neutron counters have been successfully developed and deployed, using proportional chambers filled with He or BF3, often enclosed in moderating materials. However, such detectors are incapable of tracking the neutron by themselves (i.e., determining the incident direction traveled by the neutron to the detector, and hence the location of the neutron's source). Further, the gas including quenching agents needed in conventional neutron counters must be periodically replenished.
A large area detector capable of directional information for fast neutrons is disclosed in "Directional Neutron Detectors For Use with 14 MeV Neutrons", N. Mascharenhas et. al., Sandia Report SAND 2005-6255 (2005). This detector utilizes compact arrays of scintillator dye doped optical fibers that reconstruct the trajectory of a series of recoil protons. Although this detector exhibits a neutron track angular resolution of about 10 degrees, the neutron detection efficiency is below 1%. For a sensitive detector to be practical over a 1000 cm2 scale, the neutron efficiency would have to be better than 50%.
A double proton recoil time of flight fast neutron detector using two plastic scintillator planes is described in "Calibration and Testing of a Large-Area Fast-Neutron Directional Detector", P. E. Vanier et. al., BNL-79632-2007-CP (2007), and "Directional detection of fission-spectrum neutrons", P. E. Vanier et. al., Applications and Technology Conference, LISAT 2007, IEEE Long Island. This detector has adequate area resolution, but the angular resolution is unclear, single neutron counting is not possible, and the set-up is too large to be used for mobile surveillance (i.e., too large and heavy to be transported by a tactical vehicle such as a Humvee or small truck).
What is needed is a neutron detector that is capable of accurately determining both neutron flux and the location of a neutron source, such as abandoned, lost or stolen nuclear material. What is particularly needed is a neutron detector that both accurately determines neutron flux and source location, and is compact (i.e., having a size and weight that make it capable of being mounted on a tactical vehicle for mobile surveillance).

Neutron detector with interblended liquid scintillator


An article of manufacture, comprising, an artifact formed from at least a portion of at least one continuous artifact fiber, the artifact fiber dyed by a first digitally controlled dyeing process to exhibit a visible first color section and a visible color gradient section transitioning from and visibly distinguishable from the first color section; and, a textile portion, comprising at least one dyed fiber that has been dyed by a second digitally controlled dyeing process; wherein said artifact fiber is dyed by the first dyeing process applying metadata, said metadata relating to at least said first color, and wherein said textile portion fiber is dyed at least said first color by the second dyeing process applying said metadata.

The textile dyeing industry typically consumes large volumes of fresh water, which then become polluting waste. This wastewater often contains toxic and reactive residues and chemicals that pose a hazard to the public. As a result, many resources must be invested in wastewater treatment before releasing this byproduct into public sewage systems. Given that clean, safe water is already in short supply in many parts of the world, addressing this environmental hazard is of paramount importance.
One of the many advantages that digitally controlled dyeing processes have over traditional dyeing processes is that the digital technology consumes only small fraction of the water that would normally be used in conventional methods. For example, PCT application PCT/IL2016/050789 discloses a digitally controlled dyeing process. This "eco-friendliness" can be beneficial for marketing digitally dyed textiles to an environmentally aware public who might be eager to adjust consuming habits towards ecologically sound products. However, it is often difficult to differentiate between a conventionally dyed textile with one that was dyed digitally. Thus, merely affixing a label to a digitally dyed textile-product attesting to its ecological soundness does not protect the consumer from purchasing a fraudulent imitation, as a manufacturer may falsely affix a label to a non-digitally dyed textile product and make a claim that the conventionally dyed textile product is digitally dyed.
Several techniques are known for authenticating digitally printed content. Additionally, techniques are known for authenticating digital printers used to print content having inherent value, such as currency, or postage stamps.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,727,953 describes printing an authenticating identifier when printing currency or postage stamps.
U.S. Pat. No. 7,055,746 describes a personal postage stamp printer. The printer prints the postage stamp on an adhesive label stock with a color bar sequence and a 2-D barcode sequence that together authorize the stamp. The 2D barcode is downloaded to the postage stamp printer from an administrative server, with the result that the color bar sequence and the 2D barcode vary from stamp to stamp.
US Patent Application Publication 2015/0070733 describes printing the metadata of an image together with the image. The metadata may be subsequently used to identify and track the context, content and history of the printed images. Additionally, the metadata can be used for discovery purposes


A frequency converter assembly comprising a direct-voltage circuit and brake chopper means, the direct-voltage circuit including a first branch (DC+) and a second branch (DC−), and the brake chopper means including a first terminal (BRK+), a second terminal (BRK−), a brake chopper switch (S1) and control means (2). The brake chopper switch (S1) is arranged in its closed position to provide a braking connection, in which the first branch (DC+) is electrically connected to the first terminal (BRK+) and the second branch (DC−) is electrically connected to the second terminal (BRK−). The assembly is provided with a first operating state where the control means (2) are arranged to control the brake chopper switch (S1) selectively to the closed position and the open position in response to the desired power supply direction of the direct-voltage circuit. The assembly is further provided with a second operating state where the control means (2) are arranged to maintain the brake chopper switch (S1) continuously in the closed position.

The invention relates to frequency converters provided with a brake chopper switch.
It is known to connect a brake chopper switch and a brake resistor to direct-voltage intermediate circuits of frequency converters in such a manner that, when the brake chopper switch is in its closed position, current flows from the positive branch of the direct-voltage intermediate circuit to the negative branch of the direct-voltage intermediate circuit via the brake resistor. Such a connection allows the braking of a motor supplied by the frequency converter. The brake resistor may be an internal or external component. An internal brake resistor may be a component integrated into the frequency converter, and an external brake resistor may be a detachably attachable component. The frequency converter may comprise a positive terminal and a negative terminal, between which the external brake resistor may be connected.
It is also known to use the direct-voltage intermediate circuit of a frequency converter for supplying direct current out of the frequency converter. It is also possible to arrange the frequency converter in such a manner that its direct-voltage intermediate circuit may be connected to the intermediate circuit of another frequency converter to provide a common DC bus connection.
To provide a frequency converter with both terminals allowing the connection of an external brake resistor and poles allowing the supply of direct-voltage power out of and/or into the direct-voltage intermediate circuit is problematic, because the great number of terminals requires a lot of space and increases manufacturing costs.

Frequency converter assembly and method of using frequency converter assembly


A multi-dimensional texture synthesis apparatus includes a generator to generate a reference multi-dimensional texture including a codebook and a reference index image, the codebook including a set of color information of the same-position pixels of the reference texture images, and the reference index image including a set of indexes for addressing the codebook, a quantizater to quantize the reference multi-dimensional texture at one or more quantization levels to generate a quantized codebook and a quantized reference index image, a synthesizer to synthesize a new index image having a specified size from the quantized reference index image using a hierarchical structure of the reference multi-dimensional texture corresponding to the one or more quantization levels, and a generator to generate the new multi-dimensional texture by combining the new index image with the quantized codebook.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an image synthesis suitable for high quality texture mapping in the field of three dimension computer graphics, particularly to a high-dimensional texture synthesis apparatus to synthesize a texture image of an arbitrary size according to conditions such as a viewpoint direction and a light source direction, and a high-dimensional texture synthesis method.
The present invention relates to an image synthesis suitable for high quality texture mapping in the field of three dimension computer graphics, particularly to a multi-dimensional texture synthesis apparatus to synthesize a texture image of an arbitrary size according to conditions such as a viewpoint direction and a light source direction, and a multi-dimensional texture synthesis method.
2. Description of the Related Art
The posture of a three-dimension object, that is, the shape of the three-dimensional object and the surface color and quality impression thereof vary based upon a direction (a viewpoint direction) watching the three-dimensional object and a direction (a light source direction) irradiating a light beam. In a field of three-dimensional computer graphics, the surface of three-dimensional object is divided into a number of two-dimensional plains called polygons, the drawing is executed every polygon to create a two-dimensional image to be used as a display image of three-dimensional object.
The posture of the three-dimensional object when the viewpoint direction and light source direction vary can be expressed by changing a direction of display polygon (three-dimensional posture) and the optical characteristic of the polygon (brightness) along with the viewpoint direction and light source direction. However, computation of a relation between a normal defining a direction (three-dimensional posture) of the polygon that is a drawing unit and a viewpoint direction or a light source direction needs a vector operation of floating point precision. This results in increasing a computing cost and complicating practical use in terms of hardware and software.
In late years, a scheme for synthesizing a texture image of an arbitrary size by small texture images is proposed (Li-Yi Wei, Marc Levoy, "Fast Texture Synthesis Using Tree-structured Vector Quantization", Proceedings SIGGRAPH 2000, pp. 479–488, and Michael Ashikhmin, "Synthesizing Natural Textures", 2001 ACM Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics, pp. 217–226). This scans a texture image of an arbitrary size referring to an original small texture image and synthesizes a texture image near to the original image.
In addition, there is proposed a scheme for preparing a target texture image other than the referring small texture image and synthesizing an image having the design and pattern of the referring texture image and resembling the materials of the referring small texture image.
However, such a conventional texture image synthesis technology synthesizes merely a simple texture image, and cannot synthesize in a lump a number of texture images concerning multiple viewpoints and multiple light sources.
As described above, when the optical characteristic of the object surface varying according to a viewpoint direction and a light source direction is expressed in texture, a large number of texture images that differ in the viewpoint direction and light source direction are necessary, resulting in enormous computing quantity.

Apparatus and method for synthesizing multi-dimensional texture