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Vehicle lighting methods and apparatus, in which an LED-based light source is configured to generate at least visible radiation associated with a vehicle. The light source is controlled such that the generated visible radiation has a variable color over a range of colors including at least three different perceivable colors. Examples of vehicles in which such methods and apparatus may be used include, but are not limited to, an automobile, airplane, boat, non-motorized vehicle, etc. The LED-based light source may be disposed inside the vehicle (e.g., dashboard, instrument panel) or outside the vehicle (e.g., brake lights, undercarriage lighting), and may be controlled to generate white light as one of the perceivable colors. A user interface may be employed to facilitate an adjustment of the variable color of the generated visible radiation. Additionally, information relating to at least one condition associated with the vehicle may be employed to control the LED-based light source such that the variable color of the generated visible radiation is based at least in part on the condition associated with the vehicle.

The invention provides a device for contacting a surface of a patient's body to determine a physiologic parameter in a measurement region of a tissue of the patient. The device typically comprises a sensor responsive to the physiologic parameter and a probe housing the sensor. The probe is constructed to allow the sensor to be secured at a sensing site adjacent to the measurement region, without disturbing the blood flow within the measurement region of the tissue. The device may also include a means for reducing interference in the sensing area. Preferably, the device further comprises an indicating means operably connected to the sensor for indicating an analyte quantity and/or concentration associated with the physiologic parameter.

A system and method assists the driver of a motor vehicle in preventing accidents or minimizing the effects of same. In one form, a television camera or other ranging device is mounted on a vehicle and scans the roadway ahead of the vehicle as the vehicle travels. Continuously generated video picture signals output by the camera are electronically processed and analyzed by a fuzzy-logic-based image analyzing computer mounted in the controlled vehicle, which generates control signals and applies them to control the operation of the accelerator, brake, and steering system of the vehicle in a coordinated way to attempt to avoid or lessen the effects of a collision. In a particular form, the decision computer may select the evasive action taken from a number of choices, depending on whether and where the detection device senses other vehicles and obstacles. Warning signals may also be generated.

In a convective system that includes a blower to thermally treat and pressurize air, a convective device to receive and convect the thermally-treated pressurized air, and an air hose to conduct a flow of thermally-treated pressurized air from the blower to an inlet port in the convective device, an interface device is provided to control the flow of air at the interface where the inlet port and an end of the air hose operate to conduct the flow of air out of the air hose into the convective device. The interface device is received at the end of the air hose and operates to support the flow of air out of the end when the end and the inlet port are brought together. The interface device operates to stop, inhibit, or restrict the flow of air out of the end when the end and the inlet port are separated.

A moisture detection sensor that detects liquid, comprising: a resonant circuit composed of an antenna coil 53 and a capacitor C; and a noncontact tag composed of covering materials 51 and 57 that cover the resonant circuit, wherein the capacitor C has a pair of electrodes 52 and 56 and a dielectric 55 interposed between the electrodes 52 and 56, and the covering material 57 contains a through hole 57a that allows the liquid to infiltrate into the dielectric 55 from an outside.

A navigation system (10) adapted for use with a vehicle (12) having an operator (14) includes a map database (16) presenting a current vehicle path, a locator device (20) communicatively coupled to the database (16) and configured to determine the location of the vehicle (12) and to associate the location with a position point within the database (16). The system (10) further includes an improved indicator (34) configured to predictively communicate an upcoming condition to the operator (14), determine a time-dependent-variable condition, compare a current condition of the vehicle (12) to the upcoming condition, and alert the operator (14) to a non-compliant comparison. The system (10) is further configured to receive preferences from the operator (14) and vehicle (12), so as to present a modifiable mode of operation.

The present invention relates to a real time night time vehicle detection and identification system comprising of an illuminant object image segmentation device 1, an illuminant object classifying device 2, a vehicle lighting object identification device 3, a vehicle position determining device 4 and a vehicle tracking device 5. Under various circumstances of road lighting during nighttime, the system can efficiently and accurately demarcate and identify the lamps of incoming and preceding vehicles and accurately provides the driver with auxiliary information needed to analyze the traffic conditions in front of the vehicle during the conditions met on the road at that time.

In a medical ultrasound diagnosis apparatus, a spatial position and orientation of a probe which transmits and receives an ultrasound are measured as coordinate data. Received data and measured data are correlated and stored in a storage unit. When received data is read from the storage unit, the coordinate data correlated to the received data is also read. When an ultrasound image based on the received data is replayed and displayed, a reference image based on the coordinate data is also displayed along with the ultrasound image. The reference image contains a body mark and a probe mark. A diagnosis situation during when the received data is obtained is schematically re-created by the reference image. That is, the diagnosed part and diagnosis direction are represented by a position and an orientation of the probe mark on the body mark.

A seeding and fertilizing apparatus comprises a plurality of seed assemblies each comprising a trailing arm pivotally connected at a front end thereof to the frame and a packer wheel rotatably attached to rear end thereof. A seed knife is attached to the trailing arm ahead of the packer wheel which rolls along the seed furrow created by the knife. A vertical position of the knife with respect to the packer wheel is adjustable, and a bias device is operative to exert a downward bias force on the trailing arm. A plurality of fertilizer assemblies each comprises a fertilizer disc rotatably mounted to the frame such that a vertical position of the disc with respect to the implement frame is adjustable. The seed assemblies and fertilizer assemblies are oriented laterally such that each fertilizer furrow is located between adjacent seed furrows.

A passenger detection system is presented so that the master control circuit in the system instructs the passenger airbag control circuit controlling the operation of the airbag designated for the passenger seat to be in the deployable state or not-deployable state, depending on the seating conditions of a passenger sitting on the passenger seat, for example whether the passenger is an adult or a child. The passenger detection system is operated by a plurality of antenna electrodes disposed on the passenger seat; an electric field generation device for generating an electric field around an antenna electrode; a switching circuit for connecting the electric field generation device to the various antenna electrodes; an information detection circuit for detecting information related to a current flowing in a particular antenna electrode selected by the switching circuit; a master control circuit for receiving signal data output from the information detection circuit, and judging passenger seating conditions according to the signal data; and an airbag apparatus for controlling the operation of an airbag designated for the driver seat and an airbag designated for the passenger seat.

A method of inspecting full-chip mask data to locate layout pattern design induced defects and weak points that cause functional failure or performance degradation for integrated circuits (ICs) manufactured in subwavelength technology. Given the pre-OPC integrated circuit design layout data, the method of present invention refers to available post-OPC data or generates post-OPC data condition to do the inspection based on the modeling of integrated circuit wafer patterning. Build-in direct checks of specified electrical functional defects and a multilayer pattern-centric approach are used to improve the accuracy and performance. A technique of adaptive search is used to speed up the critical dimension search during the process of optical proximity correction data verification. A defect synthesis capability is supplied for defect disposition to facilitate systematic correction and prevention of the defects in integrated circuit layout design.

A framework for diagnosing and predicting a suitability of soil conditions to various agricultural operations is performed in a combined, multi-part approach for simulating relationships between predictive data and observable outcomes. The framework includes analyzing one or more factors relevant to field trafficability, workability, and suitability for agricultural operations due to the effects of freezing and thawing cycles, and developing artificial intelligence systems to learn relationships between datasets to produce improved indications of trafficability, workability, and forecasts of suitability windows for a particular user, user community, farm, farm group, field, or equipment. The framework also includes a real-time feedback mechanism by which a user can validate or correct these indications and forecasts. The framework may further be configured to override one or more of the soil state assessments to ensure that indicators and forecasts are consistent with the recently-provided feedback.

Diagnosing a medical condition of a patient includes receiving a plurality of pieces of information on a patient medical condition, assigning weighting factors to the pieces of information, and responsive to the assigned weighting factors, determining the patient medical condition. A system for diagnosing a patient medical condition includes an interface for receiving pieces of information on a patient medical condition, means for assigning weighting factors to the pieces of information, and means for determining the medical condition of the patient responsive to assigned weighting factors. An apparatus includes a data store for storing information relating to possible conditions, a processor that receives pieces of information relating to answers to questions posed to patients, a weighting assignor that assigns weighting factors to pieces of information, and a condition determining means that determines a patient medical condition responsive to the assigned weighting factors.

A regulated power supply having power factor correction control includes a multi-vector error amplifier. The multi-vector error amplifier provides an error signal that is used to regulate a switching mechanism of the power supply. The multi-vector error amplifier acts to provide a low distortion error signal during steady-state operation, while responding rapidly and smoothly to sudden load changes.

The present invention discloses a tunnel construction large-scale integrated geophysical advanced detection model test device. The model test device includes a tunnel surrounding rock, a main tunnel model, a model test case, a water-containing geological structure device, a numerical control automated construction device and a main control chamber. The model test device is a large-scale integrated geophysical advanced detection model test device meeting the detection using a seismic wave method, an electromagnetic method and a direct-current electric method. By using the geophysical advanced detection model test device, the geophysical response features of the water-containing geological structure device in front of a tunnel face may be studied, multiple geophysical advanced detection forward and inversion methods for the water-containing geological structure device are verified, and the relationship between some geophysical detection method results and water burst quantity is studied, so as to lay a test foundation for the advanced prediction and water burst quantity prediction of the water-containing geological construction device in actual engineering.

A method is disclosed for evaluating the physical properties of a sample, for example, the grain size in a polycrystalline material. An ultrasound field is generated in a local region of the sample with a non-contact source, such as a pulsed laser, such that the generated ultrasound diffuses away from said local region. After waiting until the generated ultrasound field has reached a diffusion regime, the resulting ultrasound field is measured with a non-contact detector. Parameters are adjusted in a mathematical model describing the predicted behaviour of the ultrasound field in the diffusion regime to fit the detected ultrasound field to the mathematical model. In this way, parameters dependent on the physical properties of the sample, such as the diffusion coefficient and absorption coefficient, can be derived. The grain size, for example, can be estimated from these parameters preferably by calibrating the diffusion coefficient to grain size.

The invention relates to the field of quality testing of fresh plant-based and mushroom based products. Methods, carriers and kits for determining the quality stage are provided.

The present invention relates to an anti-frost evaporator pipe of a drawer type refrigerator for preventing frost from being formed on a ceiling portion of a storage chamber of the refrigerator. It is an object of the present invention to provide an anti-frost evaporator pipe of a drawer type refrigerator, wherein by preventing frost from being formed on a ceiling surface of an inner case through a structural improvement in the evaporator pipe installed to the inner case, excessive cooling and spoilage of foods and food damage due to the conversion of frost into water can be prevented and a drawer container can be more smoothly opened or closed, and wherein more precise operating conditions can be set and temperature variation in the storage chamber cannot be produced by using a sensor installed to more accurately detect a status of the storage chamber. To achieve the aforementioned object of the present invention, there is provided an anti-frost evaporator pipe of a drawer type refrigerator including an inner case in which a storage chamber for accommodating a storage drawer container is defined and the storage drawer container is kept at a low temperature by means of the evaporator pipe for refrigerant circulation wrapped around the exterior of the inner case, the evaporator pipe comprising curved pipe portions positioned at both side surfaces of the inner case, and a straight pipe portion positioned at a top surface of the inner case and connected with the curved pipe portions.