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Methods and apparatus for determining battery characteristics in a vehicle. A method is provided for determining a potential failure of a battery in a vehicle. The method includes determining one or more battery characteristics during a vehicle starting event, and comparing the battery characteristics to stored reference parameters derived from one or more prior starting events. The method also includes activating a battery alert indicator that indicates a potential battery failure if a selected battery characteristic exceeds a selected reference parameter.

A technique for detecting corruption associated with a stack in a storage device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the technique is realized by having a processing device insert a quantity of information adjacent to the stack in the storage device, wherein the quantity of information has an initial state. The processing device then inspects the quantity of information so as to identify any deviation from the initial state and thereby detect corruption associated with the stack in the storage device.

The invention provides a plasma processing apparatus comprising a means for detecting the apparatus condition related to the ion flux quantity of plasma (plasma density) and the distribution thereof for to stabilizing mass production and minimizing apparatus differences. The plasma processing apparatus comprises a vacuum reactor 108, a gas supply means 111, a pressure control means, a plasma source power supply 101, a lower electrode 113 on which an object to be processes 112 is placed within the vacuum reactor, and a high frequency bias power supply 117, further comprising a probe high frequency oscillation means 103 for supplying an oscillation frequency that differs from the plasma source power supply 101 and the high frequency bias power supply 117 into the plasma processing chamber, high frequency receivers 114 through 116 for receiving the high frequency supplied from the probe high frequency oscillation means 603 via a surface coming into contact with plasma, and a high frequency analysis means 110 for measuring the impedance per oscillation frequency within an electric circuit formed by the probe high frequency oscillation means 603 and the receivers 114 through 116, the reflectance and the transmittance, and the variation of harmonic components.

An autonomous on-chip power management system for managing power consumption of an functional block in an integrated circuit includes power management circuitry configured to monitor signals relevant to the function of the functional block for detecting a predetermined condition associated with the signals, and, in response to the detection of the predetermined condition, to set the functional block to a power saving mode, and, in response to the detection of a predetermined reactivating condition associated with the signals, to set the functional block to a normal operational mode.

A method and apparatus for identifying a false MPEG-2 packet synchronization lock condition by parsing MPEG-2 packets that may have been incorrectly delineated by a sync-byte checksum-decoder, to detect resulting anomalies. Forcing the restart of the conventional checksum-encoded sync-byte synchronization/lock process upon generating a “resync” command based upon the anomalies detected by a False Lock Detector. Reliably synchronizing and delivering the MPEG-2 stream to the receiver transport layer. The False-Lock Detector circuit compares the content of the currently identified packet header or payload portion of a sync-byte delineated packet with expected values in order to detect a false-lock condition and to eliminate false sync-byte position-candidates from the basis of a “synchronization lock”.

An image forming apparatus, including a main body and a cartridge configured to be detachably attached to the main body, is provided. The cartridge includes a photosensitive member configured to carry an image formed in a developer agent thereon, a movable mechanism, and a developer roller configured to supply the developer agent to the photosensitive member. The movable mechanism is configured to shift between a first state, in which the developer roller is placed in a contact position to contact the photosensitive member, and a second state, in which the developer roller is placed in a separated position to be separated from the photosensitive member. The main body includes a detectable member configured to detect a state of the movable mechanism between the first state and the second state.

To provide a connector in which a compact design of the connector can be achieved, and besides a retaining force for preventing withdrawal of a metal terminal can be further increased, a connector housing 10 includes terminal receiving chambers 11 into which metal terminals 30 can be inserted, respectively, from a rear side, elastic lances 12 for respectively retaining the metal terminals 30 to prevent rearward withdrawal of the metal terminals 30, an elastic deformation space 13 for the lances, and a front holder insertion space 16 which is provided at a front side of the elastic deformation space in continuous relation thereto such that a front holder can be inserted into a predetermined position in the front holder insertion space from the front side. The front holder 20 has lance holding portions 22 which enter the elastic deformation space to prevent elastic deformation of the lances when the front holder is mounted into the connector housing from the front side, and the lance and the lance holding portion have an engagement convex portion 12b and a retaining portion 23, respectively, which can be engaged with each other to prevent forward movement of the front holder and also to transmit a rearward force, applied from the metal terminal to the lance, to the front holder.

A paper transportation device 100 is provided with an obliquely transported condition detection unit 404 and a sensor movement controller 402. The obliquely transported condition detection unit 404 is configured to detect an obliquely transported condition of a sheet of paper based on a detection result of the travel-directional front end of the sheet of paper by obliquely transported condition detection sensors 113a and 113b. The obliquely transported condition detection sensors 113a and 113b are arranged in predetermined positions on a document transportation path. The sensor movement controller 402 is configured to move the obliquely transported condition detection sensors 113a and 113b in accordance with the width size of the sheet of paper.

A method for in-flight monitoring of the health of an aero gas turbine engine including in flow series a compressor system, a core gas generator including a combustor, and a turbine, and further including a shaft system connecting the turbine to the compressor system and forming a torque path there between. The method includes: measuring a first rotational speed of a forward portion of the shaft system; measuring a second rotational speed of a rear portion of the shaft system; measuring other operational parameters of the engine; calculating from the measured rotational speeds the power delivered by the torque path from the turbine to the compressor system; calculating from the other measured operational parameters the power delivered to the turbine by the core gas generator; correlating the power delivered by the torque path at a given time with the power delivered to the turbine at that time.

A chopper-stabilized amplifier (20A) includes an amplifier (3), an input chopper (2A) having a first input (4) receiving an input signal (V_IN⁺), an output (5) coupled to a first input of the amplifier, and a feedback resistor (9) coupled to an output (6) of the amplifier to couple a feedback signal (V_FB⁺) to a second input of the amplifier (3). The input chopper operates in response to a chopping clock (CHOP_CLK). If the amplifier (3) is unacceptably close to a saturation condition, the chopping clock (CHOP_CLK) is disabled to reduce input leakage current (I_LEAKAGE) of the chopper-stabilized amplifier.

A filter element is provided and includes a filter medium having an axial channel, end plates each sealingly covering one axial end of the filter medium, one end plate having an opening in fluid communication with the channel, a hole arranged on the liquid path, not on the filter medium, and a closing member which is arranged in the hole and which is configured: to prevent liquid from flowing through the hole when the liquid pressure upstream the closing member is below a predetermined threshold to open at the threshold, to allow liquid to flow through the hole, and, after it has been opened, to remain open. A method is provided for checking the suitability of a filter element, at first use after a filter element change. The method includes monitoring the liquid pressure at a point of the liquid circuit located outside of and near a port of a filter housing receiving the filter element, when an electrical pump of the liquid circuit is restarted for the first time, comparing the evolution of the monitored liquid pressure over time with a predetermined evolution over time of the liquid pressure at the point for a new reference filter element.

The method includes: a) connecting a dock between a laptop and a power adapter; b) checking whether a smartphone is connected to the dock; c) verifying whether AC power can supply power over a required value of the laptop if yes in step b); d) verifying whether a residual battery capacity of the laptop is greater than 80% if yes in step c); e) verifying whether another smartphone is connected to the dock if yes in step d); f) verifying whether to enable data transfer if yes in step e); g) activating a CDP mode if yes in step f); h) activating a DCP mode if no in step f); i) verifying whether to enable faster charging if no in step e); j) going back to step f) if yes in step i); k) activating an SDP mode if no in step i); and l) showing a warning if no in steps b), c) or d).

A diagonal mirror having a display includes a minor holder and a display detector. The mirror holder has a main body, an ocular part connected to the main body in tilt way, and a telescope tube connector connected to the main body in a way that is tilt relative to the main body and diagonal to the lens holder. One side of the main body has a hole. The display detector inlayed in the hole on the side of the mirror holder is used to detect and show the surrounding area conditions. Users could directly get information of outdoor surrounding area from the display detector. With the information of outdoor surrounding area, users could precisely adjust the focusing system of the telescope and have a clear magnified visual image of the astronomy landscape.

An optical fiber sensing system according to the present disclosure comprises: an optical fiber (10) that is laid in a pipe (30); a reception unit (21) configured to receive, from the optical fiber (10), an optical signal superimposed with vibration detected by the optical fiber (10); and an assessment unit (22) configured to extract a vibration pattern of the vibration detected by the optical fiber (10) from the optical signal and determine the degradation state of the pipe (30) based on the extracted vibration pattern.

A method for controlling a delivery of driving torque of an engine of an agricultural tractor comprising a first step of monitoring a speed of said engine, and when said speed is stable, comprising a second step of maintaining it subsequently stable by compensating a load variation applied to the engine. The invention also concerns a fuel injection system implementing the above method.