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A system and method configured to provide access to and management of information from a plurality of third party software development systems from a single application, where each software development system has a unique data module. Data is retrieved from third party software development tools and cached in a temporary repository to be merged and linked. Changes made are temporary until saved, at which point the changes are saved back to the software development system that originated the data. The system provides interactive manipulation and a consolidated view of merged data for more efficient management, collaboration and real-time editing without going into each individual software development system. This set up embraces and enhances the agile software development interaction while overcoming the software administration, management and maintenance issues of having a plurality of software development tools across a variety of project teams and locations, including geographically disperse locations.

In one general embodiment, a computer-implemented method for managing a distributed computer network performed by one or more processors includes the steps of: receiving a request from a client in the distributed computer network for a network service; optimizing a delivery of the requested network service to the client from a server in the distributed computer network; and monitoring an execution of the delivery of the network service.

A method and a system for efficiently planning resiliency in a work environment based on resiliency parameters for a given definition of service, determining a best allocation plan with resources allocated, and allocating a resource request in a best allocation plan to the requesting source to perform the definition of service.

A data transmission method in a wireless relay system, and a method of selecting an optimal transmission mode based on a channel capacity of an individual link that is measured by a mobile station. The data transmission method includes: transmitting a first ratio of first partial data of the data from a base station to a mobile station; transmitting a second ratio of second partial data of the data from the base station to a first relay station; and forwarding the second partial data from the first relay station to the mobile station, wherein the first ratio or the second ratio is determined based on any one of a channel capacity of a first link between the base station and the mobile station, and a channel capacity of a second link between the first relay station and the mobile station.

In one embodiment, a process for identifying and monitoring one or more best practices of an enterprise includes defining a set of criteria for determining whether each of a plurality of practices of the enterprise qualify as a best practice of the enterprise. The process also includes receiving a practice profile of a particular practice of the enterprise, the practice profile comprising information associated with the particular practice and relating to one or more of the criteria. The process also includes performing a maturity assessment process to determine, based on a comparison between the practice profile for the particular practice and the set of criteria, whether the particular practice qualifies as a best practice of the enterprise and, if the particular practice so qualifies, assigning a best practice maturity level to the particular practice, the best practice maturity level defining to what degree the particular practice qualifies as a best practice of the enterprise.

The invention relates to a plant protection unmanned aerial vehicle task route planning method and a plant protection unmanned aerial vehicle. The method includes the following steps: 1) acquiring boundary information of a task region, and acquiring boundary lines of the task region according to the boundary information; 2) determining a task start side, and according to the boundary information of the task region, drawing a plurality of flight route line segments which are parallel with the task start side; 3) according to the task start side, determining simulation route heading direction, and performing route planning on the basis of the flight route line segments until all flight points in the task region are included, wherein the intersection points of the acquiring boundary lines and the boundary lines are the flight points. The planning method can effectively plan and scan all the flight points, so that all of the flight points are covered without missing point. The method can provide more comprehensive planning routes, and also increases accurate covering rate of the plant protection unmanned aerial vehicle during task, so that mis-spraying, wrong spraying and excessive spraying problems are reduced, and a phenomenon that the unmanned aerial vehicle flies out of the task region and bumps into obstacles can be avoided.

A navigator comprises a satellite positioning terminal, an altitude sensor, a navigator processor and a display unit. The satellite positioning terminal receives navigation satellite signals, calculates out terminal positioning information, and transmits the positioning information to the navigator processor, wherein the terminal positioning information comprises the latitude, altitude and longitude information of the terminal. The altitude sensor senses the altitude change and transmits the terminal altitude value to the navigator processor. The navigator processor, which is used for obtaining terminal position information by the way of matching the terminal positioning information and the terminal altitude value with the pre-stored electronic map information, is respectively connected to the satellite positioning terminal and the altitude sensor. The navigator and the navigation method can realize that a car navigator can automatic judge whether a terminal is driving on an elevated section in a road containing elevated sections, so that the navigator can provide effective route plans and driving advices, through adding a simple altitude sensor and performing corresponding software process.

The invention discloses a rail vertical irregularity estimation method and system based on extended Kalman filtering. The system is characterized in that vibration acceleration sensors and gyroscopes are installed on a train body and a frame, the output ends of the vibration acceleration sensors, the gyroscopes and train speed sensors are connected to a central processing unit, and spatial sampling of train body vertical vibration, train body nodding angular speed, frame vertical vibration, frame nodding angular speed and the like is realized through train speed signals. A vehicle rail coupling system state equation is established according to a kinetic equation for a vehicle rail coupling model; a sensor observation equation is established according to signals acquired by all sensors; a filtering iterative equation is configured to obtain time updating equations and measurement updating equations of state estimation and estimation error covariance; an optimal state at each moment is obtained according to extended Kalman filtering, and rail irregularity estimation is finally obtained after inversion by using the time updating equation of the state estimation. The rail vertical irregularity estimation method and system based on extended Kalman filtering have the advantages of low cost, good engineering feasibility, simplicity in operation and online real-time detection.

A method for visually supporting an electrophysiological catheter application is provided. An electroanatomical 3D mapping data of a region of interest in the heart is visualized. A 3D image data of the region of interest is captured before the catheter application. A 3D surface profile of objects in the region of interest is extracted from the 3D image data by segmentation. The electroanatomical 3D mapping data and 3D image data forming at least the 3D surface profile is assigned by registration and visualized superimposed on one another. Characteristic parameters are measured for catheter guidance during the catheter application. The characteristic parameters are compared with at least one predefined threshold value and regulation data for catheter guidance is generated as a function of the comparison result. The regulation data is integrally displayed and represented in the superimposed visualization.

The present invention relates to a watercraft having a wave suppressing "M-shaped" hull design. The hull comprises a central displacement body flanked by two downwardly extending outer skirts. The outer skirts are attached to the displacement body by planing wings having wing channels. The bow wave is directed into the wing channels, thereby increasing planing efficiency and reducing the effect of such waves on other boats and the shoreline. One embodiment takes the form of a twin-hull catamaran with two M-shaped hulls and four arcuate channels for containing the spiraling bow waves from the two central displacement bodies, thus to increase lateral stability and to suppress boat waves to protect nearby boats and structures at the water / land interface.

A system and device for estimating an amount of time needed for a vehicle brake assembly to cool to a predetermined temperature includes a first input for receiving data indicative of a temperature of the brake assembly, a second input for receiving data indicative of at least one environmental condition that affects cooling of said brake assembly, a processor and memory, and logic stored in said memory and executable by said processor. The logic stored in memory includes logic that simulates a temperature response of the brake assembly based on the brake assembly temperature and the at least one environmental condition.

The invention discloses an Internet of Vehicles intelligent vehicle-mounted information terminal, which comprises a central processor module, an information acquisition module, a display module, a communication module, a positioning module, a storage module and a voice module in mutual connection. The invention also discloses an information interaction method among the Internet of Vehicles intelligent vehicle-mounted information terminals. a first vehicle-mounted information terminal triggers at least one second vehicle-mounted information terminal surrounding to build a first relationship with the first vehicle-mounted information terminal through a communication module and triggers to build a second relationship with at least one third vehicle-mounted information terminal, the first vehicle-mounted information terminal performs information interaction in a corresponding relationship type with at least one second vehicle-mounted information terminal or the third vehicle-mounted information terminal respectively, the information interaction range of the vehicle-mounted terminal can be expanded, more vehicles can thus perform vehicle-mounted information interaction intelligently, different information interaction with a different vehicle-mounted terminal can be carried out, and thus, a more intelligent function is provided on the basis of sharing of multiple pieces of information.

The invention provides an unmanned aerial vehicle charging task scheduling method in a wireless sensor network. According to the method, classification is carried out according to the power consumption rate of sensor nodes, the nodes are divided into different charging tasks according to a clustering algorithm, a set of charging paths are obtained by solving a path problem, scheduling planning ofthe unmanned aerial vehicle is carried out, and finally a final scheduling scheme is obtained through optimization of an emergency algorithm. The invention has the advantages of wide application range, high charging efficiency, low cost and good market application prospect.

Disclosed herein is an electronic luggage locking device and airline baggage handling method mainly characterized by ease-of-use, enhanced security and efficiency by utilizing proximity access-gaining and authentication technologies, a plurality of sensors, embedded electronic storage and retrieval of luggage information. The luggage locking device is incorporated with an electronic communication system enables interactions with other sensor modules within the luggage, external smart devices and airline transport systems to form an unitary baggage handling system. The baggage handling system contents a method using application software and capable of indicating and communicating the said luggage information and locational identification within an airline transport systems.

A system and method of planning and managing tasks to be worked out by many entities. The each task has task details relevant thereto including entities to whom task will be assigned and auto identification of task controller (The entity assigning these tasks). The auto identification of task assignee can be altered by system administrator or any other user which has been allowed to do so. The task assignee can also set certain criteria to help and judge weather the task has been completed successfully. These criteria may include pre conditions, before conditions, alternative tasks, next tasks and steps that need to be taken after task execution and also the conditions which should be automatically completed after the task has been executed. The system also facilitate the entities to communicate with other peers through instant communication tools such as Instant Messenger and other tools such as Email. The presented system also help the entities to transfer tasks to the peers through different devices such as screens, message boards, mobile devices, pagers and other devices that can be useful for this purpose. The said system also facilitate for planning and help the users in brainstorming and provides users online help in order to plan effectively. The whole system is based on different sort of hierarchies such as users, groups and projects in order to organize system entities.

The invention discloses an intelligent vehicle target tracking system and method employing DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communications) and vehicle sensor in combination and relates to the technical field of intelligent vehicle target tracking and vehicle communication. The system includes a vehicle-sensor-based target detection module, a DSRC communication module, a target tracking module and a vehicle locating module. The target detection module detects location information of vehicles and pedestrians in the surrounding of a main vehicle through the vehicle sensor. The DSRC communication module receives target vehicle self movement state and identify information delivered by target vehicles having a DSRC-based information issuing function in a communication range. The target tracking module performs data association according to detected target observation data and modifies an association result according to the state and the identity information of the target vehicles, then performs tracking filtering on the modified association result and obtains more accurate movement states of the targets in the surrounding. The vehicle positioning locating module is used for obtaining the movement state of the main vehicle for delivering. The system and method provided by the invention improves intelligent vehicle target tracking precision.

The invention discloses a movable-type static synchronous compensator with a compact structure design. The compensator has high compensation capacity and rapid adjusting speed and compact structure, is convenient for transportation, and can be rapidly transferred, installed and put into operation at the urgent place needs reactive power support, thus the planning, the arrangement and the operation of a dynamic reactive power compensation device of a power grid are more flexible and effective. The movable-type static synchronous compensator comprises three functional module containers with the same structure, an auxiliary equipment container and a movable base, wherein, the functional module container comprises a single-phase converter chain and a converter chain arrester; the auxiliary equipment container comprises a control protective system, a water-cooling system and a three-phase starting loop; and the movable base comprises a connection reactor, a main breaker, an isolation switch and an earthed switch. The compensator provided by the invention has the obvious advantages of rapid response speed, wide adjustment application, low harmonic output content, adoption of compact design, mobility, less occupation area and the like.

The invention discloses a cell load prediction method based on improved clustering and long-term and short-term memory deep learning. The method is characterized by dividing the residence categories through an improved clustering algorithm and according to the influence factors of different types of residential areas; using an LSTM algorithm to establish a corresponding prediction model for each type of residential area, and carrying out Dropout processing on the LSTM to avoid the local optimization, thereby obtaining the predicted load value, reducing the power utilization difference betweenthe self installation capacity of the residential area and the actual load and realizing the reasonable planning of the transformers in a court. By carrying out the improved clustering analysis according to each attribute value of the newly-built cell to obtain a cell category, and carrying out the load prediction by utilizing the prediction model of the corresponding category, the business expansion installation capacity is estimated, and the court construction is guided.

A radiating device is used for radiating of electronic components and comprises a hot pipe, an air guiding plate, a radiating fin group and a centrifugal fan. The hot pipe comprises a steaming section which is in thermal contact with the electronic components and a condensation section extending from the steaming section. The centrifugal fan is provided with an air outlet, and the radiating fin group is arranged at the air outlet. The condensation section extends to the air outlet and is in thermal connection with the radiating fin group. The air guiding plate extends from the air outlet to one side of the centrifugal fan, and the air guiding plate is provided with a first end close to the air outlet and a second end away from the air outlet. Two sides of the air guiding plate form an air inlet flow channel and an air outlet flow channel respectively. Air flow produced by the centrifugal fan flows in from the air inlet flow channel on one side of the air guiding plate and flows out from the other side of the air guiding plate after passing around the second end of the air guiding plate. The invention further relates to an electronic device using the radiating device.

A system and device for estimating an amount of time needed for a vehicle brake assembly to cool to a predetermined temperature includes a first input for receiving data indicative of a temperature of the brake assembly, a second input for receiving data indicative of at least one environmental condition that affects cooling of said brake assembly, a processor and memory, and logic stored in said memory and executable by said processor. The logic stored in memory includes logic that simulates a temperature response of the brake assembly based on the brake assembly temperature and the at least one environmental condition.

A message distribution system for distributing a message via a telecommunications network to a plurality of communications terminals comprises: a message unit for contacting each of the terminals and sending the message, memory for storing, for a plurality of said terminals, corresponding terminal address data, and storing also a plurality of geographical element data linking geographical features of a portion of the Earth with location data; input for accepting an input control signal to initiate message distribution; area designation unit to designate a geographical area within the portion of the Earth; terminal derivation unit for outputting the terminal address data of terminals for outputting the terminal address data of terminals recorded as being geographically within the area and supplying the addresses for use by the message unit.

The invention provides a UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) trajectory planning method and device based on an A* algorithm and a storage device. The UAV trajectory planning method comprises the following steps: S1: loading data; S2: pre-processing; S3: loading an OPEN table; S4: judging whether the OPEN table is empty; S5: if so, reaching a target point; S6: or else, placing a minimum cost point into aCLOSE table; S7: judging whether an end point is reached; S8: if so, completing the trajectory planning; S9: or else, expanding a neighbor node; S10: judging whether the neighbor node is empty; S11:if so, taking a parent node and judging whether the OPEN table is empty; S12: if so, continuing to take the parent node and judge whether the OPEN table is empty; S13: or else, returning to S6; S14: if the expanded neighbor node is empty, performing constraint processing; S15: judging whether the expanded neighbor node is in the CLOSE table; S16: if so, indicating that the point has been traversed, returning to S7; S17: or else, judging whether the point is stored in the OPEN table; S18: If so, calculating an evaluation function and returning to S4; and S19: or else, returning to S3. The UAV trajectory planning device is used to implement the UAV trajectory planning method. The UAV trajectory planning method and device provided by the invention can plan the trajectory of the UAV.

The invention provides a robot path planning method applied to weld joints. The method comprises the following steps of acquiring basic information of each weld joint, wherein the basic information comprises the length of a weld joint, endpoints coordinates, and whether having the directivity requirement or not; calculating a no-load path according to the endpoints coordinates of each weld joint;combining the basic information and the no-load path, calculating to obtain an optimal path through a genetic algorithm by ; initializing an initial value of the ant colony algorithm pheromone according to the optimal path; and combining the basic information and the initial value of the pheromone, calculating to obtain an optimal welding path by utilizing an ant colony algorithm. The method can be used for carrying out more effective process constraint on a robot moving path by acquiring the basic information of the weld joints, so that the weld joints meet the directivity requirements; an optimal solution obtained by utilizing the genetic algorithm is used for initializing the pheromone of the ant colony algorithm, so that the ant colony algorithm can quickly and effectively obtain the optimal solution; and the advantages of the two algorithms are complemented, so that the welding path capable of saving welding time and meeting the weld joints requirements is effectively planed.

The invention relates to a TSP problem path planning method. The method comprises the following steps: initializing; reading the position and calculating the distance; initializing a population through a greedy algorithm; replacing the worst individuals with randomly generated individuals; calculating the fitness; selecting; crossing; performing variation; randomly performing simulated annealing on the plurality of individuals; calculating the fitness; giving the contemporary optimal solution and the variant solution thereof to the first individual and the second individual respectively; and iterating until the termination condition is met. The population generated by the greedy algorithm has randomness and high quality, and optimization can be accelerated. A plurality of worst individualsare replaced by randomly generated individuals, so that the influence of differential solutions is reduced, and precocity is avoided. Some better solutions can be found through simulated annealing, and precocity and local optimization are avoided. The storage of the optimal solution and the variant solution of the optimal solution retains excellent information and increases population diversity.According to the invention, a shortest access path can be effectively and quickly planned, so that the method is an effective method capable of providing path planning for the TSP problem.

The invention, which belongs to the field of artificial intelligence, relates to a robot path planning method based on a Bezier optimization genetic algorithm. With a Bezier curve, an initial solutionof a genetic algorithm and paths generated in crossing and mutation processes are optimized to eliminate a peak inflection point and reduce redundant nodes, thereby improving the path smoothness. Andthen fitness functions of a safety distance and an adaptive penalty factor are added and the path obtained by the genetic algorithm is adjusted dynamically, so that the quality of the planned path isenhanced. With the provided method, a short-distance smooth path can be searched and thus the energy losses caused by frequent running state switching of the robot due to the dramatic path turning are reduced, thereby guaranteeing the safety of the robot movement.

A magnetic resonance system comprises: a magnetic resonance scanner (12) including a multi-channel RF transmit system (32, 34); an RF shimming processor (50) configured to compute complex amplitude values for operative channels of the multi-channel RF transmit system based on a figure-of-merit (70) comprising a weighted combination of a B1 uniformity measure and a total power measure; and an RF transmit sub-system (30) configured to drive the multi-channel RF transmit system to excite magnetic resonance using the complex amplitude values computed by the RF shimming processor for the operative channels of the multi-channel RF transmit system.

A smart navigation device includes a storage unit for storing map information therein, a positioning module for determining a current location, and a navigation module for generating a navigation route based on a target location, the current location, and the map information. When the navigation route includes a plurality of toll roads and one of which is selected to be excluded from the navigation route, the navigation module re-plans to generate a cost-saving navigation route. Therefore, a user is allowed to select and avoid any toll road on the navigation route. A smart navigation method applicable to vehicle navigation is also disclosed.