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A system and methods for shipping a package (12) from a package sender (16) to an intended recipient (18), utilizing Internet communications (30) to place shipping orders, request on demand package pickup, maintain and utilize prestored profile information, view shipping history, track orders, etc. A package sender (16) with an Internet-accessible computer (20) accesses an Internet site and associated shipping system (10) operated by a shipping service provider (14). The package sender (16) enters information required for shipping the package (12), including shipping options and methods for payment. The options and payment for the shipment transaction are validated. If the transaction is validated, printer indicia are communicated to the customer's computer (20), which is enabled to locally print a prepaid label (25) containing special machine-readable (876) as well as human-readable indicia (904). The shipping service provider (14) acquires the package by drop-off, standard pickup or on call pickup, scans the machine readable indicia, verifies other indicia of authenticity, and processes the package (12) in accordance with information encoded on the label.

An approach to noninvasively, remotely and accurately detect core body temperature in a warm-blooded subject, human or animal, via thermal imaging. Preferred features such as the use of in-frame temperature references, specific anatomical target regions and a physiological heat transfer model help the present invention to overcome pitfalls inherent with existing thermal imaging techniques applied to physiological screening applications. This invention provides the ability to noninvasively, remotely and rapidly screen for diseases or conditions that are characterized by changes in core body temperature. One human application of this invention is the remote screening for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), since fever is a common, early symptom. Other diseases and conditions that affect the core body temperature of humans or animals may also be noninvasively and remotely detected with this invention.

Systems and methods for shipping a package from a package sender to an intended recipient, utilizing Internet communications to place shipping orders, request on demand package pickup, maintain and utilize pre-stored profile information, view shipping history, track orders, etc. A package sender with an Internet-accessible computer accesses an Internet site and associated shipping system operated by a shipping service provider. The package sender enters information required for shipping the package, including shipping options and methods for payment, and the shipment transaction is validated. If the transaction is validated, printer indicia are communicated to the customer's computer, which is enabled to locally print a prepaid label containing special machine-readable as well as human-readable indicia. The shipping service provider acquires the package by drop-off, standard pickup or on call pickup, scans the machine readable indicia, verifies other indicia of authenticity, and processes the package in accordance with information encoded on the label.

A medical imaging diagnostic apparatus is maintained by means of a remote computer connected to a communication line. This maintenance includes: generating log data concerning a use state of a medical imaging diagnostic apparatus; transmitting the thus generated log data to the remote computer via the communication line; storing the thus transmitted log data as data that configures a database on the remote computer; and analyzing the use state of the medical imaging diagnostic apparatus so that the use state can be displayed based on the stored log data.

A medical imaging diagnostic apparatus is maintained by means of a remote computer connected to a communication line. This maintenance includes: generating log data concerning a use state of a medical imaging diagnostic apparatus; transmitting the thus generated log data to the remote computer via the communication line; storing the thus transmitted log data as data that configures a database on the remote computer; and analyzing the use state of the medical imaging diagnostic apparatus so that the use state can be displayed based on the stored log data.

A method and system for users to create and maintain a scrapbook in a computerized system is disclosed and explained. From a single Internet or other communications network site provided according to the invention, a user can create, update, view, search and print a scrapbook. The system enables a user to import images, type notes, maintain a journal, and store memorable information. The user also can readily search and view their stored information. Most importantly, the invention automates the scrapbook process for users and provides users with a format to quickly and cost-effectively create duplicate copies of their scrapbook.

The invention discloses a tobacco stalk processing method, relating to a tobacco leaf processing method, in particular to a tobacco stalk processing method on a tobacco processing line. The invention comprises the steps of: vacuum moisture regaining, stalk washing in a water-tank tobacco stalk conditioning plant, stalk moistening in a channel tobacco stalk conditioning plant, stalk pressing, shredding, moisture regaining in a jetting stalk stem conditioning plant and stalk stem drying in a channel stalk stem drying machine. After being subjected to the tobacco stalk vacuum moisture regaining procedure, tobacco stalk absorbs atomizing water vapour, so that the tobacco stalk has certain temperature and moisture, which can greatly improve the performance index of the original procedure of washing stalks with water; after adding the tobacco stalk vacuum moisture regaining procedure, the moisture of the tobacco stalk can be ensured before the stalk stem is cut; impurities can be thoroughly discharged after the tobacco stalk is washed, the stalk stem cutting technology can be conveniently and safely finished, and the cut stalk stem is cleaner.

The invention discloses a bicircle shield soil chamber residue soil flow characteristic visual observational experiment system which comprises a model soil box, a reduced scale bicircle shield tunneling machine excavation system simulation test device, a uniformly distributed load loading device and a PIV digital image processing system, wherein the model soil box is filled with transparent soil and is connected with the uniformly distributed load loading device after the upper cover is dismantled; the end, provided with a partition board, of the model soil box is connected with the reduced scale bicircle shield tunneling machine excavation system simulation test device; lasers are arranged above and on the side face of the model soil box respectively; a CCD camera is adopted to acquire an image, controls image acquisition through connection with a computer, and analyzes image data. The invention further discloses a method for carrying out an observational experiment by adopting the bicircle shield soil chamber residue soil flow characteristic visual observational experiment system. With adoption of the bicircle shield soil chamber residue soil flow characteristic visual observational experiment system, a residue soil flow field of the soil chamber and a soil body displacement field in front of an excavation face can be effectively observed to provide an excellent test platform for the soil body improvement effect and setting and control of soil chamber pressure; in addition, the system is safe, convenient and rapid to dismantle, high in testing accuracy and recyclable.

The invention relates to a process for shipping and launching a wharfboat which is carried by an airbag row. The launching process is a method adopting a water tractor tug for traction, a land post-tensioning device for protection, a land small-diameter airbag for floating support and displacement, and a water large-diameter airbag row for carrying. By adopting the process for launching the wharfboat, ships can be manufactured at a place close to a wharf or far away from the wharf, the construction time limit, the quality and the security can be ensured easily, and a light-tonnage hoisting apparatus can be used, and thus the ships can be moved to the wharf by a small-diameter airbag row and then carried into water by the large-diameter airbag row. The amount of corresponding airbags (land and water) according to the tonnages of the ships, the airbags can be reused, the investment is small, and compared with the prior shipbuilding and dock building cost that is hundreds of thousands yuan even several hundreds of thousands yuan, the cost by making use of the airbag for launching is only tens of thousands yuan, and thus the launching process does not use large hoisting apparatuses, is safe and reliable, is simple, convenient and practicable, and has low cost.

A notebook computer includes a plurality of securing holes formed on a bottom surface thereof and a plurality of footpads mounted to the bottom surface of the notebook computer through the securing holes. Each footpad includes an inner element and an outer element, and the outer element is moulded on the inner element and has a large friction coefficient. The inner element has at least one securing post formed on a top surface thereof for respectively insertion into the securing hole of the notebook computer. The footpad is formed by an integrated injection moulding process in which the inner element is first moulded, and then the outer element is moulded on the inner element. The moulding efficiency is improved. Further, the footpad features anti-slipping due to the large friction coefficient of the outer element.

A system for sending SMS messages from a cell phone on one cellular network to a cell phone on a different cellular network bypasses the Short Message Service Center (SMSC) established by network administrators to enable SMS messages to be sent to an SMS Network Boundary device where it is place on the Internet, routed to a management server where routing information is maintain and accessed, and forwarded to an SMS Network Boundary device on the recipient's cellular network for forwarding to the intended recipient. A personal computer can be substituted for one of the cell phones, and the system may be configured to send SMS messages as e-mail or using an HTML interface.

An alert mode designation unit that sets an alert state when a mobile phone terminal is not located inside a communication zone with a master device, and sets an alert release state when the mobile phone terminal is located inside the communication zone with the master device, and an alarm output unit that outputs an alarm if detection information from a sensor indicates an abnormal state when the alert state is set by the alert mode designation unit are included in the master device, and the alarm output unit does not output the alarm when the alert release state is set by the alert mode designation unit.

The disclosure is premised on the realization that despite the apparent convenience, safety and effectiveness possible by use of a less-lethal weapon incorporated into the foregrip of a two-handed weapon, no major police department, government agency, or military unit deploys such a system. This deficiency can be remedied by the disclosed device, which comprises a less-lethal weapon system that employs industry-standard components, and is effective and easy to use. The disclosed invention mounts a standard-size incapacitant canister in the handgrip portion of a foregrip. The foregrip is secured to the firearm by a standard rail system, and uses standard trigger and safety configurations. The canister magazine allows for efficient loading and reloading of the incapacitant, and the canister mounting angle allows for effective use. Further, some embodiments of the invention may include an accessory mounting area in which a tactical flashlight or laser may be mounted.

A safe packaging container made to be folded or rolled has the opening surface thereof hidden by use of a cooperative fixing element, so that the contents loaded in the packing container are protected safely from being destroyed and that the packing container is not easy to open. The structure design can be applied to improve the conventional blister-type packaging container, which has the disadvantage of being easy to open and therefore poses a risk of accidental child ingestion. Moreover, the folded or rolled safe packaging container has a reduced volume and weight and therefore is more convenient for transporting.

The present invention relates to a Chinese medicine adhesive plaster for external application for curing hyperosteogeny effectively. Said Chinese adhesive plaster is made up by using Chinese herbal medicines as raw material and adopting a special preparation process. Said invented Chinese adhesive plaster can obtain obvious and reliable therapeutic effect.

A vehicle-attached, task-associated excavation implement with interchangeable rotational excavation apparatuses is conceptualized in this application. The implement is similar to McGee's Tractor-Mounted Excavation Implement, but is conceptualized in a new way of combing parts or portions of the implement with vehicles currently existing in the prior art, without the need for a tractor equipped with power-take-off. This vehicle-attached implement can be supported by a variety of motorized vehicles, utilizing a variety of apparatus-powering options. An assortment of steering options could be used, and movements of the apparatuses, either with or separate from the implement, provide diverse functionality. Tasks supported by the rotational excavating apparatuses include Foundation footings, trenches, rounded ditches, shallow V-shaped ditches, landscape or garden beds, and shallow graded depressions for sidewalks or simple slabs. Excavating apparatuses have claws or cutting elements attached to surface at angles to propel soil directionally.

The invention discloses a face recognition method based on a video stream. The method comprises the steps that multi-frame continuous contrast recognition for high-definition videos is adopted to decode video data of monitoring devices, and data frames are separated to form image data of each frame video, so that the face recognition rate is substantially increased in an exponential order; face feature recognition processing is performed on each frame image to establish a probabilistic arrangement list of face recognition in each frame image; through calculation of fit-goodness list data of face recognition in continuously adjacent frame images, face information in the videos is locked, and then simultaneous recognition analysis is performed on faces of multiple targets to lower the omission rate of the face information; and according to the faces recognized in the video of each monitoring device, face recognition accuracy is calibrated again, so that a more accurate recognition effectis obtained. According to the method, through sufficient application of the monitoring devices, the big data control capability of a city administrative department based video monitoring is improved,and the automation degree is increased.

The problem to be solved is to provide an article that is capable of detecting position information within a building, and detecting hazards related to life such as heat stroke to issue an alarm, while ensuring safety, workability, and convenience. Means to solve the problem is an article including an alarm system, wherein the alarm system includes, a position information sensor, a three-axes acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a geomagnetic sensor, or a combination thereof; and a part configured to autonomously estimate a position from information emitted from the position information sensor, etc.

The invention discloses a novel Internet-of-Things sensing door lock and belongs to the field of electronic door locks. The invention aims to solve the problems of poor accuracy, false alarm and serious missed report states of an existing network door lock and the problem of poor functionality of a sensing door lock in the prior art. A lock hole is formed in the front end surface of an intelligent lock; one side of the intelligent lock is provided with an insertion pin; a lock tongue is arranged above the insertion pin; a micro camera is arranged above the lock tongue; an LED lamp is arranged below the micro camera; a handle is arranged below the LED lamp; a buzzer is arranged below the lock hole; a mechanical key is arranged in an intelligent key; the front end surface of the intelligent key is provided with a key; the input end of the intelligent lock is connected with the output end of a power source; the output end of the power source is connected with the input ends of a wireless sensor, an induction radar, the micro camera, the buzzer and the LED lamp; and the output end of the micro camera is connected with the input end of a control module.

The invention relates to a leveling system for a railway electrification operation vehicle, which comprises a main frame, a steering frame, and a pivoting support; a lifting upright post is provided with an operation platform and is hinged with the pivoting support which is fixedly arranged on the main frame; at least one adjustable extension piece is arranged between the lifting upright post and the pivoting support; one end of the adjustable extension piece is connected with the lifting upright post, while the other end is connected with the pivoting support; and at least one locking mechanism is arranged on the lifting upright post and the pivoting support. The leveling system solves the problem that the operation platform is declined due to superelevation of an outer rail when the railway electrification operation vehicle works in a curved section. The operation platform and the lifting upright post are connected and fixed into a whole; and by adjusting an inclination angle of the lifting upright post relative to a horizontal plane, the leveling system can actively adjust the inclination angle of the operation platform of the vehicle relative to the horizontal plane to remove deflection of the operation platform, and adjust the operation platform to a horizontal position so as to ensure safety and convenient work of operators.

A safety line assembly is a lightweight retractable cord on a reel having a first and a second biasing spring-clip for attaching a hard hat to a user's safety harness when working above the ground to prevent the hard had from accidently striking an individual or object below the user if the hard hat unintentionally falls off of the head of the user. The first biasing spring clip is attached to the reel housing via the first cord. The second cord attaches to the retractable reel within the housing for the reel and extends exteriorly of the housing to attach to the second biasing spring-clip. The retractable reel keeps the second cord wound onto the reel only releasing enough slack to allow free movement of the user's head eliminating additional slack to prevent entanglement of the cord.

The invention discloses a special assembling trolley for wheel sets of cranes, which comprises an assembly stand. A clamping mechanism used for clamping a wheel set is arranged on the upper surface of the assembly stand and consists of a movable clamping block, a fixed clamping block and a driving device, the fixed clamping block is fixedly disposed on the upper surface of the assembly stand, the driving device which is used for driving the movable clamping block to move in directions far away from and close to the fixed clamping block is arranged on the assembly stand, a trolley support frame is fixedly connected to the lower surface of the assembly stand, universal wheels are fixedly connected to the bottom of the support frame, and one end of each universal wheel is provided with a brake device for braking the trolley. The clamping mechanism on the assembly stand is favorable for vertically assembling the wheel set, various assembly dimensions can be adjusted conveniently and can be well guaranteed, simultaneously, safety is ensured, two sides of a bearing box of the wheel set can be assembled simultaneously, assembly working hours can be greatly reduced, and the trolley can be braked at an optional position by the aid of the braking devices, and is fine in safety performance.

The invention discloses a pot cover for preventing oil stars from splashing, which is composed of a lower cover covering the mouth of the pot and an upper cover covering the operation window on the upper part of the lower cover, the upper cover and the lower cover are movably connected; the upper cover Both the cover and the lower cover are provided with a cover to prevent oil stars from splashing outwards and a sump for collecting oil and water flowing down from the inner surface of the cover. The inner diameter of the sump is larger than the outer diameter of the corresponding pot mouth; The smooth curved surface without any protrusions or edges, and the inner surface is treated with waterproof and oil-proof coating, so that it is more beneficial for oil and water to flow down along the inner surface of the cover without falling into the pot; the pot cover of the present invention It has a good effect of preventing oil splashes, especially suitable for cooking methods such as frying, frying, sautéing, and roasting. It will definitely bring great convenience and safety to people's lives.

The present invention involves a hand-held cutter device that is adapted to be held by a human hand, over a human finger, or between the human fingers. The cutter device includes a generally cylindrical inner sleeve slideably engaged with a generally cylindrical outer sleeve, where each sleeve includes an open end and a closed end. The inner sleeve has an extended position and a retracted position. A blade for cutting various materials is attached to the closed of the inner sleeve. A biasing element is confined between the sleeves and urges the inner sleeve into the retracted position. The closed end of the outer sleeve may include a plurality of flat guide surfaces, at least one straight guide groove, and or at least one guide rib. At least two of the plurality of flat guide surfaces may intersect at about a 90 degree angle and the at least one straight guide groove may be located within any of the plurality of flat guide surfaces.