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The invention discloses an automatic mahjong machine. The automatic mahjong machine comprises a shuffling mechanism, a conveying mechanism, a tile stacking, lifting and pushing mechanism, a rail mechanism, a tile sending driving mechanism and a tile sending mechanism; the conveying mechanism, the tile stacking, lifting and pushing mechanism, the rail mechanism, the tile sending driving mechanism and the tile sending mechanism are arranged at the periphery of the mahjong machine; an input end of the conveying mechanism is arranged at the edge of the shuffling mechanism; an output end of the conveying mechanism is connected with an input end of the tile stacking, lifting and pushing mechanism; the rail mechanism is arranged above the stacking mahjong pushing mechanism; an input end of the rail mechanism is connected with an output end of the tile stacking, lifting and pushing mechanism; an output end of the rail mechanism is connected with an input end of the tile sending mechanism. The automatic mahjong machine has the advantages of being compact and skillful in structure, stable in operation, reasonable in cost control and long in service life.

Methods, apparatuses and systems allowing for dynamic bandwidth management schemes responsive to the state of a plurality of access links in redundant network topologies. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a bandwidth management device that periodically queries routing systems associated with access links, conceptually grouped into a virtual access link, to monitor that load of the access links and, depending on the detected load, adjust the configuration of the bandwidth management device to avoid overloading one or more of the access links. Embodiments of the present invention increases network efficiency and help network traffic to flow more smoothly with higher throughput. In one embodiment, the dynamic link control functionality is invoked when any given access link reaches a threshold capacity level. Assuming that network traffic will scale in the same ratio as presently observed, the present invention calculates the maximum traffic that can be let through so that no network interface or access link is overloaded.

A system for powering equipment used in a hydraulic fracturing operation, the system including at least one first generator in electrical communication with a first switchgear for providing power to primary components of a hydraulic fracturing operation, and at least one second generator in electrical communication with a second switchgear for providing power to backup components of a hydraulic fracturing operation. The at least one first generator is independent of the at least one second generator so that if the at least one first generator loses the ability to generate electricity, the at least one second generator can continue to generate electricity.

In a client / server network system, multimedia content is streamed from one or more servers to the client. The multimedia content includes multiple media streams that can be streamed to the client from the same server or from different servers. The user is able to modify the playback speed of the multimedia content, allowing the playback to be either speeded up or slowed down.

Intrusion Prevention Systems (“IPSs”) are used to detect and / or prevent intrusion events from infiltrating a computer network. However, in large computer networks the IPSs cannot conduct their analysis on network data traffic quickly enough in the network core to meet the demand placed on them by the computer networks, thereby causing delays in the transmission of network data traffic from a source to a destination. To prevent this delay, the IPSs can be configured to intelligently communicate with a high-capacity network switch. The IPSs conduct the initial inspection of the network data traffic flows to determine if an intrusion event is present. However, after the initial inspection, the IPS can inform the switch of what actions to take for future traffic flows including determining which future traffic flows are inspected by the IPSs and which future traffic flows are allowed to be blocked or transmitted to their destination by the switch.

A convertible device that converts between an activity mat and a storage container to capture and store numerous articles. Upon reclosing the activity mat, the articles are recaptured into the storage container. The device includes walls and a base, webbing connected between each adjacent wall pair, and a joint connected between the base and walls so that they are foldable into a third configuration wherein the footprint of the folded device is roughly the size of the base. In the third configuration, the walls are stacked relative to the base. The convertible device may further include two zippers for releasably holding the walls in a rigid and upright position in the first configuration. The webbing can be inwardly biased such that when the walls are urged from the second to the first configuration, the webbing folds toward the interior of the convertible device.

A cellular wireless in-flight entertainment (IFE) system is used in an aircraft for delivering programming to passengers. A head end server provides data and programming to cells. Each cell comprises a wireless access point / configurable antenna to receive the data and the programming. The wireless access point / configurable antenna is disposed at an optimum location in a passenger cabin and operates with a predetermined frequency, radiation pattern, and polarization to provide the programming at optimum coverage. Wireless seat displays receive the programming from the wireless access point / configurable antenna and have a seat display antenna with selectable polarization. The cellular wireless IFE system provides for frequency reuse within the cells, registration of passengers upon log in to identify placement of the wireless seat displays, load balancing to prevent exceeding a capacity of a wireless access point / configurable antenna, and a scalable architecture where data and video each utilize a different band and wireless access point / configurable antenna.

In a system for animating an object along a music, a sequencer module sequentially provides music control information and a synchronization signal in correspondence with the music to be played. A parameter setting module is operable to set motion parameters effective to determine movements of movable parts of the object. An audio module is responsive to the synchronization signal for generating a sound in accordance with the music control information to thereby play the music. A video module is responsive to the synchronization signal for generating a motion image of the object in matching with progression of the music. The video module utilizes the motion parameters to basically control the motion image, and utilizes the music control information to further control the motion image in association with the played music.

A charging system for electrical vehicle batteries has a smart charge power meter with a computer control system to measure and integrate the delivered electrical power, enable / disable the charging stations and make all of the other necessary purchasing transaction steps equivalent to a gas station operation. The system may collect electricity by using whatever alternative energy system is available or can be incorporated into the charging system when it is constructed. The system may store the collected electricity in a high capacity energy storage system. The charging takes place at a charging lot which is within a secure perimeter to assure safety and prevent vandalism. The siting of charging lots is chosen to coincide with locations where vehicles are usually parked for extended times (e.g., parking lots, businesses, etc.).

A convertible device that converts between an activity mat and a storage container to capture and store numerous articles. Upon reclosing the activity mat, the articles are recaptured into the storage container. The device includes walls and a base, webbing connected between each adjacent wall pair, and a joint connected between the base and walls so that they are foldable into a third configuration wherein the footprint of the folded device is roughly the size of the base. In the third configuration, the walls are stacked relative to the base. The convertible device may further include two zippers for releasably holding the walls in a rigid and upright position in the first configuration. The webbing can be inwardly biased such that when the walls are urged from the second to the first configuration, the webbing folds toward the interior of the convertible device.

PCT No. PCT / DE95 / 01059 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 2, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 2, 1997 PCT Filed Aug. 1, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96 / 07044 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 7, 1996A pipe joint with a sleeve element and with a spigot element configured to be threadedly connected together to collectively absorb the load experienced by the joint over the threaded sections of the sleeve and spigot. By suitably selecting the leads and tooth gaps in the sleeve or spigot, it is possible for the guide flank at one thread end to be braced against the load flank at the other thread end thereby effecting maximum bracing at the edges of the thread and decreasing toward the thread center.

A truck includes an auxiliary power unit having components specifically selected such that they form a stand-alone unit that can fit within an auxiliary compartment of a vehicle and deliver heating, cooling, and additional electric power to the vehicle. Included is an auxiliary engine, an auxiliary alternator, and an auxiliary condenser to provide coolant for a personnel compartment mounted evaporator. An auxiliary voltage regulator provides a ramp-up feature to minimize excessive start-up loads, limits maximum available current from the auxiliary alternator when the auxiliary compressor is engaged, and selectively disables power to electrical components in the event of low vehicle battery voltage. The auxiliary engine includes a radiator system to provide heated fluid for a personnel compartment mounted heat exchanger.

A workload scheduler supporting an efficient distribution and balancing of the workload is proposed. The scheduler maintains (383-386) a profile for each job; the profile (build using statistics of previous executions of the job) defines an estimated usage of different resources of the system by the job. The scheduler tends to select (318-342) the jobs with complementary resource requirements (according to a combination of their attributes); this process can be carried out using either a heuristic approach (318-334) or an optimization approach (335-342). As a result, the jobs that will be submitted are very likely to consume different resources of the system; in this way, any contention for the different resources is strongly reduced.

The application discloses a method for realizing ETL scheduling, which includes: determining at least one task required to perform based on the preset task configuration file including various tasks required to perform by completing the ETL scheduling and the dependency relationship between these tasks; acquiring the resource information of each application server, and comparing it with the restriction condition corresponding to the at least one task, and screening these application servers based on the comparative result, and selecting an application server to perform the at least one task; allocating the at least one task to the selected application server and indicating the application server to implement the at least one task based on the set program code. So that the centralization management of the application server resources is realized, to reasonable allocate the application server resources in the system, accordingly realizing the system load balancing. The application also discloses a management system.

A method and apparatus for scheduling data transmissions is disclosed that reduces the delay variability in transmissions of data. A scheduling metric is calculated as a function of a TCP throughput rate for each mobile terminal in the system. The relative value of this metric for a user is used to schedule data transmissions from that user. As a result, TCP time-outs are reduced or avoided and the throughput and the predictability of system performance are increased.

A workload scheduler supporting an efficient distribution and balancing of the workload is proposed. The scheduler maintains (383-386) a profile for each job; the profile (build using statistics of previous executions of the job) defines an estimated usage of different resources of the system by the job. The scheduler tends to select (318-342) the jobs with complementary resource requirements (according to a combination of their attributes); this process can be carried out using either a heuristic approach (318-334) or an optimization approach (335-342). As a result, the jobs that will be submitted are very likely to consume different resources of the system; in this way, any contention for the different resources is strongly reduced.

A convertible device that converts between an activity mat and a storage container to capture and store numerous articles. Upon reclosing the activity mat, the articles are recaptured into the storage container. The device includes walls and a base, webbing connected between each adjacent wall pair, and a joint connected between the base and walls so that they are foldable into a third configuration wherein the footprint of the folded device is roughly the size of the base. In the third configuration, the walls are stacked relative to the base. The convertible device may further include attachment means for releasably holding the walls in a rigid and upright position in the first configuration. The webbing can be inwardly biased such that when the walls are urged from the second to the first configuration, the webbing folds toward the interior of the convertible device.

A high-frequency generator for high-frequency surgery comprises a power generator for supplying high frequency energy at a base frequency. A standardizing factor is determined, with which an output variable from the power generator must be scaled in order to attain a given desired value. Furthermore, harmonics of the base frequency are determined from the output variable and scaled using this factor. By means of an input, the thus obtained signal now controls the output power of the generator. With this arrangement, a reliable first cut may be performed on various kinds of tissue without occurrence of any coagulation.

According to the invention, monitoring the load on hydraulic powered shield supports in underground use is performed by using the controller (13) serving for extraction control, which is equipped with microelectronics for load monitoring and load control, the components of the powered shield support being assigned sensors (14 to 18) whose electric measured values are used by the controller (13) for evaluating the measured signals and for driving the hydraulic rams (6, 7) and / or the angle cylinder (11) assigned to the powered shield support. The load control is preferably designed here in such a way that the critical load situations "one-sided loading" and / or "tip-toeing" are detected as early as during the setting operation, with the aid of appropriate sensors, and are rendered non-damaging in their effect by appropriately driving the hydraulic rams and / or the angle cylinder.

A method of storing electronic data in a system having a mobile terminal (8) and a remote system (1), the mobile terminal (8) and the remote system (1) interacting with each other to exchange electronic data. In order to prevent data loss at the mobile terminal (8), data storage capacity and storage requirements are monitored at the mobile terminal (8). If a risk exists that the data storage capacity of the mobile terminal (8) is likely to be exceeded, electronic data from the mobile terminal (8) is uploaded to the remote system (1), and stored there. The previously uploaded data is subsequently downloaded from the remote system (1) to the mobile terminal (8) in the event that that data is required by the mobile terminal (8) or a determination is made that the risk of exceeding the data storage capacity of the mobile terminal (8) no longer exists.

Distributed CMTS device for a HFC CATV network serving multiple neighborhoods by multiple individual cables, in which the QAM modulators that provide data for the individual cables are divided between QAM modulators located at the cable plant, and remote QAM modulators ideally located at the fiber nodes. A basic set of CATV QAM data waveforms may be transmitted to the nodes using a first fiber, and a second set of IP / on-demand data may be transmitted to the nodes using an alternate fiber or alternate fiber frequency, and optionally other protocols such as Ethernet protocols. The nodes will extract the data specific to each neighborhood and inject this data into unused QAM channels, thus achieving improved data transmission rates through finer granularity. A computerized “virtual shelf” control system for this system is also disclosed. The system has high backward compatibility, and can be configured to mimic a conventional cable plant CMTS.

A method of limiting current in a DC motor acts on a full bridge circuit (137) through which the stator winding arrangement (102) of that motor is supplied with current. Upon response of the current limiter, energy supply to the stator winding arrangement (102) from the DC power network is interrupted. The stator winding arrangement is then operated substantially in short circuit via semiconductor switches of the full bridge circuit, and the decaying current flowing in that context serves substantially to continue driving the motor. When that current has reached a lower value, energy supply from the DC power network to the motor is once again activated. The effective value of the current flowing to the motor is preferably reduced when the current limiter responds. The time period during which that current flows, in the form of current blocks, is then increased in compensatory fashion.

A wind energy installation can include a generator which is driven by a rotor and generates electrical power in a multiphase manner for feeding into a network, a converter which is connected to the generator and to the network, and a control system which interacts with the converter and includes a negative sequence system regulation mechanism. The negative sequence system regulation mechanism can include a phase control module configured to determine an electrical variable of the negative sequence system according to the phase. Accordingly, an available current can be provided according to the operating situation for active power or idle power in the negative sequence system regulation mechanism. The negative sequence system regulation mechanism can thus help stabilize the network in the event of asymmetrical network conditions. Also, this relates to a correspondingly equipped wind park and an operating method.

A system and method for staggering the starting of embedded system modules of an optical node is disclosed. The embedded system modules of an optical node may be communicatively coupled to a shared data resource required by the embedded system modules during a start / restart. The message traffic associated with the embedded system modules accessing the shared data resource is beneficially distributed by staggering the start process of each of a plurality of embedded system modules over a pre-selected time range.

A method of reclaiming brine waste in a water softener having an inlet, a service water outlet, a wastewater outlet, and having a brine / rinse cycle in which brine solution is directed through a resin bed and to a drain, includes measuring a TDS or specific ion level of the solution exiting the wastewater outlet during the brine / rinse cycle, comparing the measured TDS or specific ion level with a preset value, and diverting the flow of water out the outlet to a reclamation location once the measured TDS exceeds the preset value. A waste reclamation unit includes a housing in fluid communication with the water softener and at least one waste reservoir, a compressor, a compressor coil, a control unit configured for sensing the introduction of liquid into the reservoir and for triggering the compressor; and a collection pan configured for collecting water condensing on the coil and preventing the entry of water into the waste reservoir.

A cell ranking algorithm for power saving in a cellular wireless network having a heterogeneous network structure of macro and micro cells. The algorithm determines when and which micro cells in the network can be deactivated, by which the power consumption of the network can be reduced. A micro cell (Micro d) having a traffic load below a threshold value is deactivated and its load is assigned to adjacent macro cells (Macro a, Macro b) acting as compensation cells. The proposed algorithm is based on the comprehensive consideration of factors that have influence on the power saving of the network and the balance between the traffic load (or quality of service) and the energy saving.

A load monitoring system (5) is used to monitor the loading of a vehicle (1) by a load handling system (2) which is movable through a loading cycle to load a payload module (3) onto the vehicle (1) from the ground (4). The load monitoring system (5) comprises sensors (53) for sensing positional information and loading force information of the load handling system (2) at multiple positions during the loading cycle. A data processor (54) uses this information to calculate the mass of the payload module (3) and the position of the centre of gravity (31) of the payload module (3).

A refrigerant system includes a controller that enables the system to dehumidify the air in a room without relying on a humidistat and without having to operate the system's compressor and electric heater at the same time. To dehumidify the air, the system's compressor, supply air fan, and outside air damper are controlled in a manner similar to other systems operating in a cooling mode when the room temperature is above a certain setpoint temperature. When the room temperature falls below the setpoint, however, the operation changes significantly. The controller closes the outside air damper, decreases the speed of the fan, and continues operating in this manner until the room temperature decreases to a subcooling temperature limit. The subcooling temperature limit is less than a predetermined limit that is used during the system's normal cooling mode.

A network node in the communication network is a target network node, connected by a first communication path with at least one first and one second network node, connected to each other by means of a further communication path. A routing table is held in each network node. The direct communication path from the first network node to the target network node is entered in the routing table of the first network node as the primary routing path and the path leading from the first network node to the second network node and then to the target network node is entered as the reserve routing path. An analogous entry is made in the routing table of the second network node. The relevant reserve routing path is only used on disruption of the primary routing path. A disruption in the primary communication path, provided between the first network node and the target network node is reported by the first network node, by means of a message sent to the second network node. This controls the second network node such that, on a drop-out of the primary connection path thereof to the target network node, a transmission of data packets to the target network node by means of the reverse routing path, leading from the second network node to the target network node via the first network node, is prevented.