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A method and system for powerline networking. The method and system include an adapter and a gateway connected to powerlines. The gateway is operable for configuring the adapter for powerline networking by communicating configuration signals to the adapter over the powerlines. A powerline network is defined by the configuring of the adapter to communicate with the gateway over the powerlines.

A system, method and apparatus for protecting circuit components from unauthorized access. The circuit components to be protected are disposed on a first layer of a substrate with a plurality of layers. A cover member composed of a plurality of layers is abutted to the substrate, defining an enclosure space for enclosing the circuit components to be protected. A three-dimensional resistive network sensor surrounds the protected circuit components. The sensor comprises at least one conduction path in at least one of the layers below the first layer of the substrate and at least one conduction path in at least one of the layers of the cover member and also comprises a plurality of vias transverse to and electrically connecting the conduction paths. A short or open in the sensor will be detected by a tamper detection circuit that is disposed on the first layer of a substrate.

A system and method for routing telephone calls is based on identifying caller goals, and maximizing the benefit of routing the call to the appropriate call center. The appropriate call center is identified as the call center best equipped to respond to the needs of the caller. The cost or benefit is based on the fastest and least expensive way to answer a query posed by a caller. A probabilistic model of the caller's goals or call topics based on a response to a top-level prompt is used, along with a set of functions associating a utility or benefit with routing those call topics to destinations within the center. Maximum benefit routing allows for the separation of the caller's goals from those of the call center, thereby optimizing use of available resources.

A wireless communication system for use in a process environment uses mesh and possibly a combination of mesh and point-to-point communications to produce a wireless communication network that can be easily set up, configured, changed and monitored, thereby making a wireless communication network that is less expensive, and more robust and reliable. The wireless communication system allows virtual communication paths to be established and used within the process control system in a manner that is independent of the manner in which the wireless signals are sent between different wireless transmitting and receiving devices within the process plant, to thereby operate in a manner that is independent of the specific messages or virtual communication paths within the process plant. Still further, communication analysis tools are provided to enable a user or operator to view the operation of the wireless communication network to thereby analyze the ongoing operation of the wireless communications within the wireless communication network.

An earcup assembly 11 for a headset 10 comprising a housing having a first side adapted to engage the head of a user when in use and a second side opposite thereto. A recess provided in the second side of the housing receives and stores a battery. A battery door 14 is arranged to slidably engage the second side of the housing such that the battery door 14 may be moved between a first, open position in which the recess is accessible to a user and a second, closed position in which the recess is covered by the battery door 14. Preferably, the earcup assembly 11 includes active noise reduction circuitry. One or a pair of such earcup assemblies 11 may be arranged to form a headset 10, wherein the assemblies 11 are coupled to a headband 12 via yokes 13.

An image forming job management apparatus includes a virtual job assignment unit, a real job assignment unit, and a schedule managing unit. The virtual job assignment unit assigns an image forming job for forming images to a plurality of image forming apparatuses. The real job assignment unit assigns an image forming job for forming images to a single image forming apparatus. The schedule managing unit manages image forming jobs according to a schedule. The schedule is generated by assigning each of the image forming jobs to at least one image forming apparatus using either the virtual job assignment unit or the real job assignment unit.

A headphone apparatus the acoustic characteristics of which can be easily changed in accordance with the type of content the user wants to listen to. An adjusting knob provided on the housing of the headphone apparatus is moved, closing an opening made in a baffle. As a result, an acoustic space defined by the inner side of the baffle and an ear pad is more closed, thus increasing the level of low-frequency components of the sound generated by a sound-generating unit. Hence, the acoustic characteristics of the apparatus can be easily changed as the user desires.

An electroluminescent device includes one or more electroluminescent laminates attached onto a bottom surface of a base panel and one or more patterns attached onto an upper surface of the base panel. The patterns each may include two or more spaces having different material of different brightnesses to generate light of different brightness through the different materials when the electroluminescent laminate is energized. The patterns may include one or more outer peripheral spaces formed around the other inner peripheral surfaces, to generate light of different brightnesses.

A computer software product is used to create applications for enabling a dialogue between a human and a computer. The software product provides a programming tool that insulates software developers from time-consuming, technically-challenging programming tasks by enabling the developer to specify generalized instructions to a Dialogue Flow Interpreter, which invokes functions to implement a speech application, automatically populating a library with dialogue objects that are available to other applications. The speech applications created through the DFI may be implemented as COM (component object model) objects, and so the applications can be easily integrated into a variety of different platforms. In addition, “translator” object classes are provided to handle specific types of data, such as currency, numeric data, dates, times, string variables, etc. These translator object classes have utility either as part of the DFI library or as a sub-library separate from dialogue implementation.

A chair-type massaging apparatus of the present invention, including a massaging element that is mounted in a back rest configured to support a back of a user and is configured to be movable in a substantially forward and backward direction to apply stimulation to the back, a control device that includes a grip that is tilted by the user to be displaceable from a predetermined neutral position in the forward and backward direction substantially corresponding with the direction in which the massaging element moves and is configured to output a signal indicating a displacement of the grip, and a controller configured to, based on the signal from the control device, execute control to move the massaging element in a direction substantially corresponding with a direction in which the grip is operated to move.

Systems and methods for managing power usage are provided. The system includes a programmable microprocessor, at least one input mechanism, a memory having instructions and/or other information, a display, at least one power consuming power device and a remote server. The systems allows the user of a power consuming device to receive instructions or other information from the server. The method includes using stored program instructions to generate power device related information on a display, collecting power device data representative of the electrical current or power consumed, connecting to a remote computing facility having a server, and providing the data to a computer remotely located from the central server.

A system and process for forming absorbent structures is disclosed. Also disclosed are absorbent structures suitable for incorporation into absorbent products, such as diapers, training pants, adult incontinence products, feminine hygiene products, and the like. The absorbent structures include particularly shaped openings and a pair of opposing lateral flaps. When the lateral flaps are folded, the lateral flaps in conjunction with the openings form an absorbent structure having a high basis weight area in a desired location. The absorbent structures can be formed from a web having a uniform basis weight and may be formed without having to scarf the absorbent web as was required in many prior processes. In order to form the openings, masking members may be attached to a forming surface in an air forming process. The masking members are convertable for forming gender specific products if desired.

The invention provides an installation and complex loading model testing platform for a novel deep sea mooring foundation. The testing platform comprises anchors, testing grooves, a loading fixed frame, a vertical power device, a connecting mechanism, a vertical power device pulling force sensor, a first displacement sensor, an inclinometer, a tension regulator, a pulling cable, a pulling cable guide pulley block, a pulling force direction regulating mechanism, a pulling cable tension measurement sensor, a second displacement sensor, a pulling cable circulating load regulator, a third displacement sensor and a fourth displacement sensor. The invention can realize the model testing research of the bearing capacity characteristics of the novel mooring foundation in deep sea complex static and dynamic loading environments, improves the efficiency of the model testing and the stability of results, and has great promotion and pushing functions on the research of the novel deepwater mooring foundations.

A baseband signal modulator provides a phase and amplitude modulated carrier signal. First and second phase modulators each receive a common reference signal and derive therefrom a carrier signal frequency. The phase modulators each receive a respective pair of phase-encoded data signals so as to provide respective first and second phase-encoded carrier. The modulator outputs are summed to provide the phase and amplitude modulated carrier signal. Each phase modulator includes a respective phase locked loop incorporating an oscillator locked via the common reference signal to the carrier signal frequency, and a phase adder having a first input for receiving the carrier frequency signal and having second and third inputs for receiving the respective pair of data encoded signals.

Disclosed is a nonvolatile memory with a shortened total write time, capable of stably writing data by making a write current constant while reducing fluctuations in a voltage generated by a booster circuit. In a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory, data is determined at the time of writing operation. While skipping a bit corresponding to write data having the logic “1” (or logic “0”), writing operation to bits corresponding to write data having the logic “0” (or logic “1) is successively performed.

Provided is a bit holder device which is capable of driving a screw into a workpiece, while holding the screw having a groove in which a bit body is inserted, and which makes it possible to change the bit body without removing it from a chuck of an electric tool, etc. A bit holder device facilitating the attachment and detachment of a cylindrical body is also provided. A bit holder device for driving a screw, while holding the screw against detachment from a bit body with retaining a state where an end of the bit body is inserted in a groove on a head of the screw, has a cylindrical cover member removably fitted about the bit body from the end of the bit body, the cover member has an end including a magnetic attracting portion for magnetically attracting the head of the screw, and the bit body protrudes from the end of the cover member.

A method of controlling an output of an ultrasonic speaker that reproduces audible-frequency-band signal sounds by modulating carrier waves with audible-frequency-band signal waves output from a signal source and driving an ultrasonic transducer with the modulated waves includes: dividing the audible-frequency-band signal waves into a plurality of frequency bands; separately adjusting amplitudes of the signal waves and amplitudes of the modulated waves in the respective frequency bands; and driving a plurality of ultrasonic transducers provided corresponding to the respective frequency bands with the modulated waves generated corresponding to the respective frequency bands. Band-corresponding volume setting data, which is used to set volume of the ultrasonic transducers corresponding to the respective frequency bands by means of a plurality of band-corresponding volume setting units provided corresponding to the respective frequency bands, and overall volume setting data, which is used to set volume in common with respect to the plurality of ultrasonic transducers by means of an overall volume setting unit, are provided. Gains of modulated wave amplitude adjustment units that adjust the amplitudes of the modulated waves in the respective frequency bands are determined corresponding to the respective frequency bands on the basis of a combination of the band-corresponding volume setting data and the overall volume setting data.

This invention is directed to a receiver in a Global Positioning System Receiver that performs both correlation and navigation function to facilitate channel configuration. The receiver changes the sampling frequency in the software to interface with any type of radio frequency down converter. The correlator is incorporated within the navigation processing unit which resides in a programmable digital signal processor chip. A sampling clock directly connects the digital signal processor to radio frequency down converter.

The invention discloses a charging, exchanging and configuring management networking system of a vehicle power battery, relating to the technical field of battery charging, electronic tag and computer networking. According to physical distribution transportation radius for battery distribution, the supply center (comprising traditional supply systems and supply systems of various renewable energies, such as wind energy, solar energy and the like) of a power grid is provided with hundreds and thousands of large professional battery charging stations (or in charge by battery production enterprises); distributed battery exchange and distribution stations with equivalent amount with the existing gas station are arranged within an irradiation range; according to an identifiable mark on the battery, such as the networking information of an electronic tag (or bar code), and the dynamic requirement on the battery exchange and distribution stations, the battery is transported to the battery exchange and distribution station from a professional charging station of the battery through an optimal path. The invention reduces use, investment and operating cost with a quick, convenient, accurate, safe, environmentally-friendly and optimal economic management mode.

In a spark plug for an internal combustion engine oil is applied onto at least either the surface of an intermediate body portion of an insulator or the surface of an intermediate hole portion of a metallic shell, thereby forming an oil film. Since the oil film has a dielectric constant falling between those of the insulator and an ambient air layer, a great change in dielectric constant between the insulator and the ambient air layer is eased. Also, since the oil film is of liquid, the oil film smoothes a dent or protrusion or a fine defect such as crack present on the surface of the intermediate body portion of the insulator. Thus, electric field concentration is suppressed, thereby preventing dielectric breakdown caused by such a dent, protrusion or fine defect.

A method for installing cable in a building wherein the cable is to be pulled from a central room or closet to multiple outlets in multiple offices, the method comprising providing a spool of cable to be installed, providing a cable guide device having a plurality of apertures therein and identifying indicia thereon for identifying the apertures and corresponding to the outlets to which the cable is being installed, inserting the free end of the cable through an aperture in the cable guide device, pulling the cable through the guide member to the outlet whose identification corresponds to the identifying indicia for the opening in the cable guide member through which the cable was pulled; also a cable guide member and a cable installation cart which supports multiple spools of cable to be installed and one or more cable guide having removable indicia thereon.

Disclosed herein is a capacity-changing unit of an orbiting vane compressor that is capable of performing normal operation and no-load operation in inner and outer compression chambers through simple manipulation of a rotary valve plate, thereby easily changing the capacity of the compressor according to operation modes. The capacity-changing unit comprises a rotary valve plate disposed between a cylinder and a subsidiary frame for opening or closing a communication channel connected between an inlet port of the cylinder and inner and outer outlet ports of the cylinder as an actuator is rotated in alternating directions. Consequently, the present invention has the effect of reducing power consumption and preventing reduction in service life of the parts of the orbiting vane compressor due to repetitive on/off operation of the orbiting vane compressor, and therefore, improving the performance and reliability of the orbiting vane compressor.

A flexible card which allows data of the card to be changed with a simple operation is provided, thereby permitting users to sustain interest in the card and a relevant game. The card comprises a first dot pattern in which a coordinate value or a code value is patterned and which is recognizable by predetermined irradiation light at least on one surface thereof and a second dot pattern which is patterned in a predetermined algorithm in a region overlapping with a region where the first dot pattern is provided or a region different from a region where the first dot pattern is provided.

An improved system and method for an extensible metadata architecture for digital images is provided. Executable software code may be operably coupled to a metadata query reader and a metadata query writer for requesting operations for manipulating metadata in an image file. The metadata query reader may be operably coupled to a decoder having a block reader for identifying metadata blocks in an image file and associating a metadata reader with each metadata block. Each metadata reader may then enumerate the metadata in the metadata block associated with that metadata reader. The metadata query writer may be operably coupled to an encoder having a block writer for associating a metadata writer with each metadata block to be written to an image file. Each metadata writer may then write metadata in the metadata block associated with that metadata writer.

The invention provides a keyboard backlight device, which comprises: at least one LED on around every light point, a LED driver, a LED drive and control unit to output impulse modulation signal to control output voltage or current of LED driver and regulate brightness, and keyboard backlight set device connected to drive unit to control modulation signal. This invention changes monotonicity of keyboard backlight, increases fashion and interesting to mobile phone.

An ID code is wirelessly sent to a device, such as a keyless-entry system or a keyless-starter system mounted on an automobile, from a portable transmitter. Electronic components including tact switches for transmitting signals are all contained in a resin case composed of a front case and a rear case connected to each other. Front openings are formed on the font case, and the tact switches are disposed in the resin case so that they face the respective front openings. The front openings are covered with a front film formed integrally with the front case. Function displays corresponding to the respective tact switches are printed on the rear surface of the front film. The tact switches are pushed from the front surface of the front film.

An information processing apparatus including an interface that displays an object and receives an instruction to change a display scale of the object, and a processor that controls the interface to change the display scale of the object based on the received instruction, controls the interface to stop changing the display scale of the displayed object for a predetermined period of time when the display scale of the displayed object becomes a predetermined display scale, and controls the interface to resume changing the display scale of the displayed object upon determining that the predetermined period of time has elapsed.

In a method and apparatus for manufacturing articles (e.g., opening tabs) to be included in cans, a metal strip is fed into an article forming unit in which the metal strip is punched and stamped to form the articles. Before the article forming operation, the strip is provided with laser engravings on at least one of its upper and lower surfaces. The laser engravings are provided on the strip when the strip is in an immobilized condition.

The installation includes sensor of signal acquisition, conversion circuit of signal input, hardware system including main control unit composed of microprocessor and accessory circuit, and signal output circuit. Main control unit runs control program. Characters are that through PCI interface, hardware system is connected to host computer. The host computer runs monitor routine on upper layer. Running lower detection program, the main control unit is in charge for passing monitored information to host computer; based on commands of host computer, the main control unit modifies control parameters. The host monitors, controls, displays running status of magnetic suspension bearing in real time. Advantages of the installation are: stable performance, easy of adjustment, flexible control strategy so as to reach purpose of flexible control.

A sofa bed comprises a mattress and a guard member having a vertically opened tube-shaped configuration so as to surround an entire circumference of the mattress. The mattress comprises a head side mattress part and a leg side mattress part which can be folded into two so as to meet their upper surfaces. The guard member comprises a head side guard part and a leg side guard part which can be folded into two in the same direction as the mattress so as to meet their upper surfaces. The form of bed is provided when the mattress and the guard member are extended, and the form of sofa is provided when they are folded into two. The folded guard member forms a pair of armrest parts and a backrest part.