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This invention relates to a method and controller (1) for optimising energy consumption in a building. More specifically, the present invention describes a method and controller (1) for use in a building having a building management system (BMS) (3). Typically, the BMS (3) has sensors distributed throughout the building to determine the environmental conditions in the building and the BMS controls a heating/cooling system of the building.

A dental implant impression confirmation system utilizes one or more telescoping crossbrace members. Each crossbrace links one coping to an adjacent coping. The ends of the telescoping crossbraces include tubular eyelets or collars which each attach to a coping by snap-fit. The crossbraces further include articulated joints at each end to accommodate attachment between copings which are not parallel. The crossbrace members are preferably composed of a semi-rigid material such as plastic which permits resilience of the confirmation system to allow for the withdrawal of the copings from the implants while supplying sufficient rigidity to enhance the accuracy of the impression.

A method and apparatus for selecting a specific fraction from a heterogeneous fluid-borne sample using optical gradient forces in a microfluidic or fluidic system are presented. Samples may range in size from a few nanometers to at least tens of micrometers, may be dispersed in any fluid medium, and may be sorted on the basis of size, shape, optical characteristics, charge, and other physical properties. The selection process involves passive transport through optical intensity field driven by flowing fluid, and so offers several advantages over competing techniques. These include continuous rather than batch-mode operation, continuous and dynamic tunability, operation over a wide range of samples, compactness, and low cost.

A method and system are provided for constructing a model of a target object in a computer processor by receiving an input signal from a source, the input signal containing data describing the target object and a plurality of parameters, the input signal having a noise portion; selecting a group of initial parameters, estimating a nonparametric probability distribution function (pdf) comprising a linear combination of a set of square-integrable basis functions, computing a quadratic likelihood functional (QLF), evaluating a fit of the initial parameters to the data based on the QLF, iteratively optimizing the QLF by selecting a new group of parameters and evaluating the fit of the new group of parameters into a predetermined condition is achieved. Once an acceptable fit is achieved, an output of a model of the target object constructed using optimized parameters can be displayed.

A method for controlling constant air volume of an ECM motor in an HVAC system. The method includes: a) acquiring a target air volume Q_set input from an external, determining a function I_tad=f(n) corresponding to the target air volume Q_set by the microprocessor, in which I_tad represents a bus current, n represents a rotational speed of the motor; b) acquiring a calculated bus current I_tad according to the rotational speed n and the function I_tad=f(n), and detecting a real-time bus current I_bus; and c) comparing the calculated bus current I_tad with the real-time bus current I_bus by the microprocessor for closed-loop control; when I_tad>I_bus, increasing the rotational speed n of the motor; when I_tad<I_bus, decreasing the rotational speed n of the motor; and when I_tad=I_bus, stopping regulating the rotational speed n and returning to B) for continuing the control of the constant air volume.

In the present invention lambda control is carried out by using a NO_x sensor which is arranged in the catalytic converter or downstream of this. At the same time on the basis of the measured NO_x values the operating status is adjusted and the oxygen storage capacity of the catalytic converter is determined for diagnostic purposes.

Disclosed is a rotary compressor having two compression capacities according to the two different rotational directions of the driving shaft (300). The rotary compressor includes: a driving shaft (300) with an eccentric portion (310) on which a roller (400) rotates along an inner circumference of the cylinder (100), a vane (110) installed in the cylinder (100) to contact the roller (400) continuously, an upper (210) and one lower (220) bearing respectively disposed on top and bottom of the cylinder (100), a disc shaped valve (820) rotates between two positions and has at least one suction port (710 or 720) for selectively supplying refrigerant inside the compression chamber (100) according to the rotational direction of the driving shaft (300) and at least one discharge port (621 or 611) communicating with the compression chamber (100) for discharging the compressed refrigerant. The refrigerant is supplied through a communication hole (102) to a port (730) formed on the outer valve (810).

The present invention provides a system (100) for aligning a dispensing apparatus (110) utilized within a semiconductor deposition chamber (102). A stationary reference apparatus (106) is disposed along the bottom of the deposition chamber. A self-alignment support system (122), comprising one or more support components (124), is intercoupled between the dispensing apparatus and a deposition system exterior component (112). The self-alignment support system is adapted to facilitate and secure repositioning of the dispensing apparatus responsive to pressure applied to the dispensing surface (114) thereof. A non-yielding offset component (126) is placed upon a first surface (108) of the stationary reference apparatus. The dispensing surface of the dispensing apparatus is engaged with the offset component, and pressure is applied to the dispensing apparatus via the offset component until a desired alignment is achieved.

Disclosed is a rotary compressor having two compression capacities. The rotary compressor includes: a driving shaft (13) being rotatable clockwise and counterclockwise, and having an eccentric portion (13a) of a predetermined size; a cylinder (21) forming a predetermined inner volume; a roller (22) installed rotatably on an outer circumference of the eccentric portion (13a) so as to contact an inner circumference of the cylinder (21), performing a rolling motion along the inner circumference and forming a fluid chamber (29) to suck and compress fluid along with the inner circumference; a vane (23) installed elastically in the cylinder to contact the roller (22) continuously; a first bearing (24) installed in the cylinder (21), for rotatably supporting the driving shaft (13); a second bearing (300) installed in the cylinder (21), for rotatably supporting the driving shaft (13) and guiding the fluid into the fluid chamber (29); discharge ports (26) communicating with the fluid chamber (29); and a valve assembly (400) having openings (411, 412) separated by a predetermined angle from each other, for allowing the openings (411, 412) to selectively introduce the fluid into the fluid chamber (29) through the second bearing (300) at a predetermined position of the fluid chamber (29) according to rotation direction of the driving shaft (13), the valve assembly (400) having a center (410a) which is eccentrically installed by a predetermined distance from a center of the cylinder (29).

This invention is based on a new class of mathematical transforms named Rao Transforms invented recently by the author of the present invention. Different types of Rao Transforms are used for solving different types of linear/non-linear, uni-variable/multi-variable integral/integro-differential equations/systems of equations. Methods and apparatus that are unified and computationally efficient are disclosed for solving such equations. These methods and apparatus are also useful in solving ordinary and partial differential equations as they can be converted to integral/integro-differential equations. The methods and apparatus of the present invention have applications in many fields including engineering, science, medicine, and economics.

A system and method for processor-enabled interactive real estate deals, the system comprising storing, on one or more processor readable media that are operatively coupled to one or more processors. The database includes electronic deal information including information representing at least one real estate transaction, buyer information representing at least one buyer associated real estate transaction(s), seller information representing seller(s) respectively associated with real estate transaction(s), broker information including information representing buyer broker(s) and seller broker(s), deal point information representing deal point(s) associated with the real estate transaction(s), management company information representing management company/companies and deal point information representing at least one deal point associated with the real estate transaction(s). At least one contract is provided as a function of selection(s) of the deal information, the buyer information, the seller information, the broker information, the broker information, the deal point information, the management company information, the deal point information and the contract template information for a real estate transaction.

A method and system for providing a fast image reconstruction of magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) data based on applying, at least in part, interferometric techniques using a single receiver element. The images are reconstructed through temporally cross-correlating spacially incoherent k-space locations.

A data accessing method for a memory storage apparatus is provided. The method includes using a first check code circuit to generate a first check code corresponding to a first data stream and generating a first data set based on the first data stream and the first check code. The method also includes using a second check code circuit to obtain the first data stream and the first check code from the first data set and check the first data stream according to the first check code. The method still includes using a third check code circuit to generate a second check code according to the checked first data stream and generating a data frame based on the checked first data stream and the second check code and thereby programming the data frame into a physical programming unit.

A method of designing a mask for projecting an image of an integrated circuit design in lithographic processing, wherein the integrated circuit layout has a plurality of segments of critical width. The method comprises creating a first mask design by aligning mask features used to assist in projecting critical width segments with the critical width segments of the integrated circuit design, such that the first mask design meets predetermined manufacturability design rules, and creating a second mask design by aligning mask features with the critical width segments of the integrated circuit design, such that the second mask design meets predetermined lithographic design rules in regions local to the critical width segments. The method then includes identifying design features of the second mask design that violate the predetermined manufacturability design rules, and then creating a third mask design derived from the second mask design wherein the mask features of the second mask design that violate the predetermined manufacturability rules are selectively replaced by mask features from the first mask design so that the third mask design meets the predetermined manufacturability design rules. By way of example, the mask features used to assist in projecting critical width segments may comprise alternating phase shifting regions or sub-resolution assist features.

A method and apparatus for making a dental appliance of a patient is provided. An electronic scan is made to collect data about the anatomy of the patient's mouth. The first computer digitally receives the data processes it with data of the patient to create facebow data, and transmitting the facebow data to a second computer, which transfers the facebow data to a second articulator. The second articulator duplicates the set up of the first articulator based on that data.