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System and method for preventing vehicle accidents in which the absolute position of the vehicle is determined, e.g., using a satellite-based positioning system such as GPS, and the location of the vehicle relative to the edges of the roadway is then determined based on the absolute position of the vehicle and stored data relating to edges of roadways on which the vehicle may travel. A system or component within the vehicle is initiated, e.g., an alarm or warning system, or the operation of a system or component is affected, e.g., an automatic guidance system, if the location of the vehicle approaches close to an edge of the roadway or intersects with an edge of the roadway.

Method and system for preventing accidents between first and second vehicles includes a positioning system arranged in each vehicle for determining the absolute position thereof, a memory unit arranged in the first vehicle for storing data about travel lanes, a communication system for transmitting the position of the second vehicle to the first vehicle, a receiver system arranged in the first vehicle for receiving position information from the second vehicle, a processor coupled to the positioning system, the receiver system and the memory unit in the first vehicle for predicting a collision between the vehicles based on the position of the vehicles and travel lane data, and a reactive component arranged in the first vehicle and coupled to the processor. The reactive component is arranged to initiate an action or change its operation when a collision is predicted by the processor, e.g., sound or indicate an alarm.

Accident avoidance system for a host vehicle includes a global positioning system residing on the host vehicle for determining the host vehicle's location as the host vehicle travels based on signals received from one or more satellites, a map database having digital maps corresponding to an area including the location of the host vehicle as determined by the global positioning system, a vehicle-to-vehicle communication system residing on the host vehicle operative for receiving signals including location information acquired by global positioning systems residing on other vehicles directly from the other vehicles indicating the locations of the other vehicles, and a navigation system including a display residing on the host vehicle for displaying images to an occupant of the host vehicle showing the digital maps and indications of the locations of the host vehicle and the other vehicles on the digital maps. The navigation system also updates the images shown on the navigation system display to reflect changes in the locations of the host vehicle and the other vehicles.

Accident avoidance system for a host vehicle includes a global positioning system residing on the host vehicle for determining the host vehicle's location as the host vehicle travels based on signals received from one or more satellites, a map database having digital maps corresponding to an area including the location of the host vehicle as determined by the global positioning system, a vehicle-to-vehicle communication system residing on the host vehicle operative for receiving signals including location information acquired by global positioning systems residing on other vehicles directly from the other vehicles indicating the locations of the other vehicles, and a navigation system including a display residing on the host vehicle for displaying images to an occupant of the host vehicle showing the digital maps and indications of the locations of the host vehicle and the other vehicles on the digital maps. The navigation system also updates the images shown on the navigation system display to reflect changes in the locations of the host vehicle and the other vehicles.

A therapeutic device includes a supporting member that continuously and flexibly supports and bounds a plurality of small sized hard surfaced force members that support a user's foot during movement without clumping. The force members are slidable relative to each other and require no additional lubrication although dry or non-tacky liquid lubrication may be added. The support member is positioned on a support surface of a shoe sole and a shoe is constructed including the same. Alternative designs include structural members or positioning stitches relative to the supporting member minimizing undesirable movement of force members during use.

Optical classification method for classifying an occupant in a vehicle by acquiring images of the occupant from a single camera and analyzing the images acquired from the single camera to determine a classification of the occupant. The single camera may be a digital CMOS camera, a high-power near-infrared LED, and the LED control circuit. It is possible to detect brightness of the images and control illumination of an LED in conjunction with the acquisition of images by the single camera. The illumination of the LED may be periodic to enable a comparison of resulting images with the LED on and the LED off so as to determine whether a daytime condition or a nighttime condition is present. The position of the occupant can be monitored when the occupant is classified as a child, an adult or a forward-facing child restraint.

A therapeutic device includes a supporting member that continuously and flexibly supports and bounds a plurality of small sized hard surfaced force members that support a user's foot during movement without clumping. The force members are slidable relative to each other and require no additional lubrication although dry or non-tacky liquid lubrication may be added. The support member is positioned on a support surface of a shoe sole and a shoe is constructed including the same. Alternative designs include structural members or positioning stitches relative to the supporting member minimizing undesirable movement of force members during use.

A detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object (118) is disclosed. The detector (110) comprises:at least one optical sensor (112), the optical sensor (112) being adapted to detect a light beam (150) traveling from the object (118) towards the detector (110), the optical sensor (112) having at least one matrix (152) of pixels (154); andat least one evaluation device (126), the evaluation device (126) being adapted to determine a number N of pixels (154) of the optical sensor (112) which are illuminated by the light beam (150), the evaluation device (126) further being adapted to determine at least one longitudinal coordinate of the object (118) by using the number N of pixels (154) which are illuminated by the light beam (150).

Method and arrangement for obtaining and conveying information about occupancy of a passenger compartment of a vehicle including at least one sensor for obtaining data from the passenger compartment. Information about the occupancy is generated based on the data and transmitted, e.g., through a cellular phone system, to emergency response personnel to enable them to respond accordingly. The information about the occupancy may be generated by a processor applying pattern recognition techniques so that any occupants of the seat may be classified and such classification transmitted to the emergency response personnel. The data may also be used to determine the number of occupants in the vehicle and / or whether the occupants are moving after a crash. The sensors may be a variety of sensors such as an ultrasonic sensor, an electromagnetic wave sensor, an electric field sensor, a chemical sensor, a weight sensor, a motion sensor, a microphone, a heartbeat sensor, a vibration sensor, an acceleration sensor and a capacitance sensor.

A subcutaneous infusion device, including an infusion set and conduit, the infusion set including a cannula and a hub. The cannula may include a coil component that is helically arranged around a longitudinal axis to define a lumen and a tubing component that is associated with the coil component and may take on the shape of the outer surface thereof. The cannula may include a proximal guide to assist in the insertion of a needle therethrough. Both integral and attachable infusion set and conduit combinations are described, as well as a sterile package and insertion mechanism.

The present invention discloses a vehicle-mounted embedded system. It includes vehicle-mounted embedded platform, vehicle-mounted display, vehicle-mounted wireless communication unit, GPS receiver apparatus, vehicle-mounted type digital image information collection unit and electronic map data base which are connected by means of bus. In the interior of the described vehicle-mounted embedded platform a central control unit, a safety monitoring control unit, a car automatic navigation control unit, car failure diagnosis control unit and family car interaction control unit.

A novel sleep regulating pharmaceutical formulation is introduced, typically implementing two principal drugs having actions which are reversive to one another, yet incorporated into a unitary solid dosage, and prepared for oral administration before bedtime. Usually, structure is configured to initially release a calmative or other sleep-compatible substance by prompt dissolution. The initial release is followed by a specific period of delay, which in basic formulations entails no release of any drug, and which allows a nominal interval of sleep. At the terminus of the delay, a final agent is released to induce wakeup. Incorporation of agents of opposite action within a unitary dosage form renders utility which is uniquely appropriate to the invention. In a preferred embodiment, delay of release and final delivery of wakeup agent are arranged by a dialysis membrane which eventually bursts as a result of osmotic pressure generated by a hydrophilic core.

The invention provides an automatic driving method and an automatic driving system. A corresponding relation among vehicle body parameters of the motor vehicle, a vehicle speed and an optimum turning angle of the motor vehicle are acquired firstly; a driving state of the motor vehicle is adjusted to be an ideal state when optimum maneuvering strategies are lane switching, overtaking and turning driving maneuvering operation; the speed of the motor vehicle and a distance of front and back wheel shafts are acquired; contrast between the speed of the motor vehicle and the corresponding relation is carried out to acquire an optimum turning angle of the motor vehicle; a turning radius of the motor vehicle is acquired according to the optimum turning angle of the motor vehicle and the distance of the front and back wheel shafts; and a lane switching path locus of the motor vehicle can be planned according to the optimum turning angle and the turning radius of the motor vehicle. Through the method and the system, the lane switching path locus of the motor vehicle under an automatic driving state can be planned according to the optimum maneuvering strategies, and most accurate reference basis is provided for automatic driving of the motor vehicle.

The invention discloses an optimum dual-inlet and dual-outlet steel ball coal grinding machine direct-blow type powder-preparation control method. The method obtains the material position of the coal grinding machine after carrying out soft-measurement processing by collecting the noise material position of the coal grinding machine, the material position of pressure difference, the current of the coal grinding machine, one-time air quantity, one-time opening of the hot wind door and the cold wind door of an inlet, inlet temperature and outlet temperature; the control comprises material position control, air quantity capacity control, bypass air quantity control and the temperature control of the inlet and the outlet; the material position is optimized and the best material position of the coal grinding machine is searched online so as to ensure the combustion safety of the boiler and coal powder supply quantity when the load of the boiler is adjusted. The boiler combustion is optimized: according to the boiler technology, the load and the running working conditions, the powder supply quantity and the ventilation quantity of each coal grinding machine are optimized and the combustion efficiency of the boiler is improved. Malfunction diagnosis, running evaluation and analysis are carried out to the system and reasonable suggestions are provided so as to ensure the system to run continuously, stably, safely and economically; the optimum dual-inlet and dual-outlet steel ball coal grinding machine direct-blow type powder-preparation control method is widely applied to the dual-inlet and dual-outlet steel ball coal grinding machine direct-blow type powder-preparation system or industrial similar systems in other industries.

This apparatus, system, and method for preventing vehicle door related accidents will help to detect oncoming traffic and / or nearby external objects when an occupant of the vehicle or the vehicle processor demonstrates an intent to open the vehicle door, and it would generate an alert for the vehicle users, or generate an external alert for the outside users, or automatically stop the vehicle door from opening further if there was a possibility of an accident involving the vehicle doors or its users. This invention comprises of an internal alert mechanism to alert vehicle users about the oncoming traffic and / or nearby external objects. This invention also comprises of an external alert mechanism, which would generate alert externally that vehicle door is about to be opened. This invention also comprises of a feature to restrict the vehicle doors from opening further when there is a potential for door related accident.

Method for controlling deployment of an airbag into a passenger compartment of a vehicle including detecting a position of an occupant whose forward-facing surface will be the surface which interacts with the airbag upon its deployment, determining a desired amount of gas within the airbag during inflation of the airbag based at least in part on the detected position of the occupant, and adjusting the amount of gas within the airbag during inflation of the airbag to provide the airbag with the desired amount of gas during its inflation. Adjustment of the amount of gas within the airbag may entail varying the amount of gas being directed into the airbag based on the morphology of the occupant (inflow control) and / or controlling the outflow of gas from the airbag based on the morphology of the occupant (outflow control).

Disclosed herein is a receiving device for receiving AV contents, the receiving device including: an obtaining section configured to obtain a description document described in a program language for displaying contents from a server present on a network connected with the receiving device; a determining section configured to determine whether the obtained the description document is obtained from a first server managed on a broadcaster side broadcasting the AV contents; and a controlling section configured to control execution of the obtained the description document according to a result of determination by the determining section.

The invention discloses a full-automatic parking system. The parking system comprises a full-automatic parking controller, as well as an environment information collecting system, an electric power-assisted steering system, an engine managing system, a transmission controller, an electronic stable system for a car body and an electronic parking system that are in communication connection with the full-automatic parking controller; the full-automatic parking controller utilizes parking information acquired by the environment information collecting system to formulate feasible parking routes, works out relevant instructions, sends the instructions to actuating mechanisms, acquires actual feedback signals for real-time revision of the parking routes, and realizes the closed-loop control on a car. The parking system completely adopts the conventional mechanisms of the car as actuators to reliably and accurately realize full-automatic parking.

The invention provides an intelligent drilling expert system. The intelligent drilling expert system comprises a field sensor detection system, an intelligent expert system and an execution mechanism. An automatic closed-loop drilling regulation and control system is formed. Data in a whole drilling process are acquired through a field sensor; then, the acquired data are transmitted into a computer for processing, monitoring, prediction, analysis, explanation, control and the like. Most importantly, through the researched cross-specialty and cross-industry intelligent expert control models for drilling hydraulic control, well wall stability control, friction resistance and torque control, drilling speed and cost control, drilling complexity and accident control and the like, instantaneity, early discovery, early prediction, interpretation while drilling and an automatic control function can be realized, and accurate information is provided for drilling engineering; moreover, the intelligent drilling expert system has the advantages of reducing the drilling cost, increasing the drilling speed, avoiding sudden accidents and discovering oil and gas accurately.

The invention relates to a drilling well control parameter intelligent monitoring system which comprises a monitoring part for drilling fluid cycling volume, a monitoring part for drilling fluid inlet and outlet flow, a monitoring part for drilling fluid inlet density, outlet density, drilling temperature, outlet natural gas, and H2S concentration, a monitoring part for wellhead pitshaft flowing fluid level and table torque, and a collection instrument part. All the signals are transmitted into the collection instrument to be collected through an RS485 network cable; after data processing is carried out, the data is transmitted to a drill floor parameter display device and a central station host computer through a wireless data transmission device; the data storage, display and print are carried out by the host computer, and the data is simultaneously uploaded into a data platform processor of an upper-level command center; finally, remote control realtime processing and monitoring are carried out on all the well control parameters of all the drilling crews. The intelligent monitoring system has the beneficial effects of realizing omnibearing, long-distance and timely drilling well control, safe production, and playing better role in preventing the occurrence of accidents such as well kick, loss circulation, blow-out, etc.

The present invention relates to grill assemblies for generating heat from various sources. In particular, the present invention relates to grill assemblies including various control members to detect unintended heating and terminating such. The present invention also relates to various methods of detecting the unintended heating by the heating elements and stopping such operations. The present invention also relates to various processes for providing various control members and grill assemblies including such control members. Such control members may be incorporated into grill assemblies for generating heat from various sources, e.g., burning gas, flowing electricity, irradiating electromagnetic waves thereby, and so on. In addition, the control members of this invention may be implemented into various stationary and / or portable grills and ovens for cooking food, various fireplaces or burners for heating interior, and the like.

The invention relates to a system using a biologic characteristic certification result of a human body to validate the identity of a mobile communication terminal carrier, comprising a control terminal with a biologic characteristic input device, a remote network, a mobile communication network and a positioning communication terminal with a biologic characteristic collection device; the system at least also comprises an application server and a characteristic ID certification server, wherein the application server, the characteristic ID certification server and the positioning communication terminal with the biologic characteristic collection device are arranged in a local network or are integrally connected by the remote network and the mobile communication network; and the positioning communication terminal with the biologic characteristic collection device is connected with the characteristic ID certification server by the mobile communication network. The determination method can validate the identity of a mobile communication terminal holder and has the characteristics of high verification rate and low error ratio. The invention is suitable for personnel supervision, allocation and use the application of mobile communication service, such as supervised and corrected objects, public security patrolman personnel, bank service, mobile customer service and the like, in community correction.

A safety warning light emitter (6) according to the present invention includes a button cover (12) tightly attached to a housing (8) at the bottom of an upper opening of the housing (8), a printed circuit board (20) located on the upper surface of a fixing member (30), the printed circuit board (20) having a light emission diode blink control chip mounted thereon, a push button (16) located on the printed circuit board (20), and a plurality of surface mounted device light emission diodes (26) connected to the printed circuit board (20). The fixing member (30) is fitted into the housing (8), while the surface mounted device light emission diodes (26) are positioned at the outside of the fixing member (30), and then the fixing member (30) is integrally fixed to the housing (8) by welding. A base (10), which has batteries (38) received therein, is coupled to the housing (8).

The invention relates to a tunnel surrounding rock deformation monitoring method and a monitoring system thereof. The monitoring method is as below: (1) firstly, a laser is fixed on the inner wall of a stabilized tunnel surrounding rock, then a fixed photosensitive displacement signal monitor is arranged on a preliminary bracing of an unstable surrounding rock in the constructed tunnel, and the signal output end of the laser is opposite to the signal receiving end of the photosensitive displacement signal monitor; (2) during the monitoring, the laser sends a real-time laser signal to the photosensitive displacement signal monitor used for receiving laser signals, and in the monitoring process, the photosensitive displacement signal monitor sends monitoring data on the deformation displacement of the unstable surrounding rock to a signal processing terminal; and (3) the signal processing terminal performs automatic analysis according to collected data, and when the deformation displacement value of the surrounding rock reaches or exceeds a dangerous deformation value, the signal processing terminal sends an alarm signal via an alarming system. The method and the system thereof are favorable for reducing and avoiding casualty and loss caused by serious tunnel and laneway collapse so as to improve the construction safety.

The invention discloses a highway operation safety-based mobile monitoring and early warning system and method. The system comprises a data acquisition unit, a data storage unit, a data processing unit, an electronic display screen and a wireless communication module, wherein the data acquisition unit, the data storage unit, the electronic display screen and the wireless communication module are all connected with the data processing unit; the system is arranged on a vehicle; and an accumulator is adopted to provide power. The method specifically comprises the following steps of: constructing a basic database; acquiring dynamic data by the data acquisition unit in real time; comparing real-time road condition parameters with safe road condition parameters by the data processing unit to generate early warning information; and transmitting the real-time road condition parameters and the early warning information to a monitoring center by the wireless communication module. According to the system and the method, the defects of the conventional fixed monitoring system and patrol vehicle can be made up, real-time detection and analysis of the highway road condition parameters are effectively improved, and the highway operation safety level and the emergency management capacity are improved.

The present invention proposes an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) architecture and process, in which priority aircraft and ADS-B IN traffic information are included in the transmission of data through the telemetry communications to a remote ground control station. The present invention further proposes methods for displaying general aviation traffic information in three and / or four dimension trajectories using an industry standard Earth browser for increased situation awareness and enhanced visual acquisition of traffic for conflict detection. The present invention enable the applications of enhanced visual acquisition of traffic, traffic alerts, and en-route and terminal surveillance used to augment pilot situational awareness through ADS-B IN display and information in three or four dimensions for self-separation awareness.

The invention discloses an initiative anti-collision method of a vehicle. The initiative anti-collision method comprises the following steps of firstly judging whether the collision in a driveway can be avoided through automatic braking or not by a system when the driveway which is in risk of collision is monitored by the system; braking in the current driveway if judging that the collision in the current driveway can be avoided through the automatic braking, and sounding a warning; determining a steering angle of a steering wheel when the vehicle is in steering escape if judging that the collision can not be avoided through the automatic braking but can be avoided through the steering escape, and carrying out the steering escape based on the steering angle of the steering wheel; braking in the current driveway if judging that the collision cannot be avoided through the automatic braking and the automatic steering escape, and sounding a warning; and continuously monitoring the surrounding environment of the vehicle if judging that the risk is removed. According to the initiative anti-collision method disclosed by the invention, an automatic steering function is added on the basis of a traditional direct collision system, corresponding judgement is added by an algorithmic logic, and the vehicle collision is prevented from happening to the maximum.

The invention relates to a vehicle communication device, a road communication system and a method for generating communication signal, wherein the invention can provide a vehicle-vehicle communication device, vehicle-road communication device and a method for generating communication signal, to realize accidence alarm, belonging to the IST intelligent traffic technique, wherein said invention is formed by micro processor, radio receiver / sender, antenna, driving direction device, keyboard, distanced emitting, distance judgment, micro accelerator, accelerator / speed converting, sound alarm, and LED display; the communication signal is generated by the driving direction, road type and driving channel parameter; and the invention can automatically remotely test and display safe distance, speed difference, etc, and realize sound alarm.

The invention provides a human flow early-warning and analysis method and stem based on a probe, and relates to the technical field of human flow early warning. The method comprises the steps: collecting a wireless message transmitted by a mobile terminal in a monitoring region through the probe, and transmitting the wireless message information to a probe server; reading the wireless message information stored in the probe server, and analyzing the MAC address, carried by the wireless message information, of the mobile terminal; carrying out the analysis and calculation of the detected MAC address data, obtaining the human flow of each region and each road segment in the monitoring region, and transmitting an analysis and calculation result to a visual platform; and displaying the result through the visual platform. The method records the information of human flow in real time in a process of employing the probe to detect the MAC address of each mobile terminal, is high in accuracy, is not affected by an environment, is low in cost, can timely pushes alarm and early-warning information to a user and related management personnel, so as to help a place manager make judgment in the first time.