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A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for constructing a diagnostic network model in a more efficient and timely manner and with improved consistency. A structured electronic representation of a document is automatically reviewed to identify the symptoms experienced by the complex system, the plurality of components of the complex system and the causal relationships between a failure of the respective components and the occurrence of the various symptoms. Respective probabilities can be associated with the causal relationships between the symptoms and the failure of the various components. A network model, such as a Bayesian network model, may then be automatically constructed to represent the symptoms, the components, the causal relationships between failure of the components and exhibition of the symptoms, and the probabilities of the respective causal relationships.

The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate I / O access to a computer storage medium in a predictable and efficient manner. A scheduling system is provided that mitigates the problem of providing differing levels of performance guarantees for disk I / O in view of varying levels of data access requirements. In one aspect, the scheduling system includes an algorithm or component that provides high performance I / O updates while maintaining high throughput to the disk in a bounded or determined manner. This is achieved by dynamically balancing considerations of I / O access time and latency with considerations of data scheduling requirements. Also, the system provides latency boundaries for multimedia applications as well as managing accesses for other applications.

A machine and process function to fill cavities with metered amounts of particulate material. An applicator wheel includes a series of equally spaced apart peripheral pockets each having a perforated bottom wall, and a vacuum manifold inside the wheel includes a vacuum chamber for supplying vacuum to the perforated bottom walls of the pockets as the wheel rotates. Particulate material from a filling chamber of such material outside the wheel is withdrawn into the pockets by the vacuum chamber. A downstream vacuum relief on the vacuum manifold functions to discharge particulate material from the pockets into the cavities at a predetermined discharge location on the wheel. Adjustment structure is connected to rotatably adjust the position of the vacuum manifold within the applicator wheel to thereby advance or retard the discharge location depending upon the speed of the machine.

A method for detecting a subject's stress level associated with an activity includes (a) connecting the subject to a sensor that senses a value of a biometric; (b) during the activity, (i) repeatedly sensing the value of the biometric over each of a plurality of time windows; and (ii) computing, for each time window, a deviation in the sensed values of the biometric; and (c) detecting the stress level based on the computed deviations. In one implementation, the value of the biometric is a skin temperature measurement. The method may be implemented as an application in a wireless handheld device, such as a cellular telephone.

The method, system and computer program product for verifying financial data provides tracking and reporting of the reconciliation and approval process by providing a hierarchical list of users responsible for verification of at least a portion of the financial data and automatically notifying the users responsible for the reconciliation and approval, based upon the hierarchical list, of their duties regarding the account. If the certifier and approver do not certify and / or approve the financial data within a specified timeframe, their supervisors, based upon the hierarchical list, will be automatically notified. In addition, any certification and approval of the financial data is recorded, which permits instantaneous reporting regarding the status of the certification and approval process. Moreover, outstanding issues associated with the financial data may be recorded and tracked, and the appropriate user(s) may be notified of the issue if it is without resolution after a specified timeframe.

A system, apparatus, and method for changing source gases used for ion implantation is provided. A source chamber has a housing having one or more sidewalls and an extraction plate, wherein the one or more sidewalls and the extraction plate enclose an interior region of the source chamber. One or more inlets provide a fluid communication between one or more ionizable material sources and the interior region. An extraction aperture in the extraction plate provides a fluid communication between the interior region of the source chamber and a beam path region external to the source chamber. One or more diffusion apertures in the one or more sidewalls of the housing further provide a fluid communication between the interior region and a diffusion region external to the ion source chamber, wherein deposited ions are operable to diffuse out of the source chamber through the diffusion apertures.

Systems and methods for processing, for example, childcare benefits include: issuing a benefit card to a childcare customer; receiving a start time for childcare service at a childcare provider, the start time recorded by using the benefit card at a terminal located at the childcare provider at the start of childcare service; receiving an end time for childcare service at the childcare provider, the end time recorded by using the benefit card at a terminal located at the childcare provider at the end of childcare service; computing the childcare benefit eligibility based on the start time, the end time and benefits available for the childcare customer; and paying the childcare provider a payment based on the computed benefit eligibility.

A machine and process function to fill cavities with metered amounts of particulate material. An applicator wheel includes a series of equally spaced apart peripheral pockets each having a perforated bottom wall, and a vacuum manifold inside the wheel includes a vacuum chamber for supplying vacuum to the perforated bottom walls of the pockets as the wheel rotates. Particulate material from a filling chamber of such material outside the wheel is withdrawn into the pockets by the vacuum chamber. A downstream vacuum relief on the vacuum manifold functions to discharge particulate material from the pockets into the cavities at a predetermined discharge location on the wheel. Adjustment structure is connected to rotatably adjust the position of the vacuum manifold within the applicator wheel to thereby advance or retard the discharge location depending upon the speed of the machine.

A method for detecting a subject's stress level associated with an activity includes (a) connecting the subject to a sensor that senses a value of a biometric; (b) during the activity, (i) repeatedly sensing the value of the biometric over each of a plurality of time windows; and (ii) computing, for each time window, a deviation in the sensed values of the biometric; and (c) detecting the stress level based on the computed deviations. In one implementation, the value of the biometric is a skin temperature measurement. The method may be implemented as an application in a wireless handheld device, such as a cellular telephone.

Methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided to authenticate and determine the integrity a software part. In this regard, a software part is authenticated and its integrity is determined by determining a first hash of the digital data that comprises the software part. If the air vehicle lacks data communications connectivity with an off-board security system, the method determines the authenticity and integrity of the software part by decrypting an encrypted hash of a software part in accordance with a public-private key pair to create a decrypted hash, comparing the first hash with the decrypted hash and transmitting the first hash to the off-board security system once data communications connectivity is established. Conversely, if the air vehicle has data communications connectivity with the off-board security system, the method determines the integrity of the software part by transmitting the first hash to the off-board security system for comparison with a whitelist.

A hybrid ion source, comprising a source body configured to create plasma therein, from a first material, wherein the first material comprises one of monatomic gases, small molecule gases, large molecule gases, reactive gases, and solids, a low power plasma generation component operably associated with the source body, a high power plasma generation component operably associated with the source body and an extraction aperture configured to extract ions of the ion plasma from the source body.

The Automated Content Upload System networks a plurality of aircraft together when they are parked at the gates of an airport. Communications among the aircraft are guided by a Content Manager, resident at or near the airport, which maintains data representative of InFlight Entertainment Content presently stored on each aircraft and the list of scheduled InFlight Entertainment Content available on each aircraft. The Content Manager guides the exchange of InFlight Entertainment Content among the aircraft, as well as from the Content Manager to the aircraft, to automatically distribute InFlight Entertainment Content to the aircraft efficiently and timely. This process includes the ability to multicast data from the Content Manager to multiple aircraft in a single transmission, obtaining content delivery efficiency, populating multiple aircraft via a single transmission from the Content Manager. Furthermore, the Content Manager can supplement this process via transmissions to the aircraft in flight over the Air-To-Ground link.

An order fulfillment and content management system and method configured to fulfill a product order for a customized adhesive cover (“skin”). In various embodiments, an order can be placed for a skin in an on-demand nature. In other words, a user can select and customize a skin over a network and the resulting skin is manufactured in accordance with that order. Furthermore, various processes can be integrated and moved in concert with one another to provide an efficient and timely fulfillment of the order. The system can also have several stake holders that can quickly review and identify any problems in an order and arrive at a quick resolution path.

The Automated Content Upload System networks a plurality of aircraft together when they are parked at the gates of an airport. Communications among the aircraft are guided by a Content Manager, resident at or near the airport, which maintains data representative of InFlight Entertainment Content presently stored on each aircraft and the list of scheduled InFlight Entertainment Content available on each aircraft. The Content Manager guides the exchange of InFlight Entertainment Content among the aircraft, as well as from the Content Manager to the aircraft, to automatically distribute InFlight Entertainment Content to the aircraft efficiently and timely. This process includes the ability to multicast data from the Content Manager to multiple aircraft in a single transmission, obtaining content delivery efficiency, populating multiple aircraft via a single transmission from the Content Manager. Furthermore, the Content Manager can supplement this process via transmissions to the aircraft in flight over the Air-To-Ground link.

A virtual profilograph is disclosed that can provide measurements indicative of the ride quality of a roadway as the road is being constructed. As a result, a more timely, less costly indication of the ride quality of a roadway is obtained as compared to prior methods. In a first embodiment a Global Navigation Satellite System antenna is attached to a vehicle. When the vehicle travels over a roadway, measurements of the position of the antenna are recorded at different times. A profile of the roadway is created by measuring the elevation of the antenna as a function of the distance traveled from a starting point. In another embodiment, tilt sensors are used to measure the slope of the roadway and the tilt of the vehicle so that a precise orientation of the vehicle and, hence, the contours of the roadway, can be determined.

An assembly for measuring wear of a barrel and feedscrew combination, wherein the barrel has a longitudinally extending feedscrew disposed therein and a radially extending measuring aperture formed in a wall thereof, includes a measuring probe having a proximity detecting sensor, a barrel plug for removable insertion into the measuring aperture, and a measuring fixture. The barrel plug is configured to undergo wear in an axial direction thereof while inserted into the measuring aperture. The measuring probe and the barrel plug are installed into the measuring fixture for determining wear of the barrel plug in the axial direction thereof. The measuring probe is further configured for removable insertion into the measuring aperture for measuring wear of a flight of the feedscrew. A spacer and rotational tool cooperate with the measuring probe when installing the measuring probe in the measuring aperture.

A hybrid ion source, comprising a source body configured to create plasma therein, from a first material, wherein the first material comprises one of monatomic gases, small molecule gases, large molecule gases, reactive gases, and solids, a low power plasma generation component operably associated with the source body, a high power plasma generation component operably associated with the source body and an extraction aperture configured to extract ions of the ion plasma from the source body.

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to analyze and visualize two or more parameters of spatial data. In the context of a method and for each of a plurality of grid cells, an aggregated representation is identified of the data value(s) associated with a respective grid cell and a count of data values that are associated with the respective grid cell. The method also applies a smoothing function to create a smoothed representation of the data value(s) associated with the respective grid cells and to create a smoothed count of the number of data values that are associated with the respective grid cell. For each of the plurality of grid cells, the method causes presentation of a visual depiction of: (i) a value based on the smoothed representation and the smoothed count of the respective grid cell and (ii) the smoothed count of the respective grid cell.

The invention discloses an automotive anti-collision radar detection method with anti-interference and multi-target recognizing performance, which comprises the following steps: step A, the range of signal strength is set through a radar signal strength setter; step B, a radar detection processor controls a radar transmitter to transmit a radar signal, and receives the radar signal through a radar receiver, after the radar signal received by the radar receiver passes through a radar signal processor, the radar signal is compared with the set signal strength of the radar signal strength setter through a radar signal comparator and is transmitted to the radar control processor so as to be processed; step C, the radar control processor carries out processing to the signal that passes through the radar signal comparator, when abnormal radar signal strength inconsistent with adjusted radar signal strength appears, the radar control processor drives an abnormal signal strength shielding transmitter to transmit a shielding signal, so as to realize radar anti-interference. The automotive anti-collision radar detection method with the anti-interference and multi-target recognizing performance has a simple structure, is good in using stability, realizes multi-target recognition and improves the anti-interference performance accordingly, thereby having high using safety performance.

Pagination of a document is achieved through the use of an index of predetermined hard breaks within the document. When a selected portion of the document is identified, an immediately prior hard break relative to the selected portion is identified. Active formatting tags applicable to content following the identified hard break are identified to determine proper layout for any intervening pages between the identified hard break and the selected portion. In this manner, a complete and reproducible page can be associated with the selected portion, independent of page number determination. To determine a page number, page counts between hard breaks are stored. A sum of page counts between hard breaks is calculated up to the identified hard break. The final page number is this sum plus the number of pages determined between the identified hard break and the reproducible page.

An acoustical key generated from a finite random data source of a random acoustical signature, wherein a key generator generates the acoustical key. The key generator creates a bit field array of bit values from a data file and derives a plurality of intersection points of the array with the finite random data source to form the key with the bit values. In one embodiment, the data file is unaltered and the key can be used to authenticate the data file if used for data integrity. In another embodiment, at least one Tau offset may be used to establish a first bit value for said filling of the two dimensional array. In addition, at least one Phi offset may be used to establish a first key value for the key.

The invention relates to apparatus and a method for the provision of an antenna reflector which is provided in the form of a substantially circular parabolic dish provided to receive and / or transmit signals over known frequency ranges. The reflector can be moved between storage and in-use positions by the movement of segments of the reflector manually, but more typically by drive means connected thereto. The apparatus can also be provided with alignment means which allow the reflector to be positioned to receive signals from a known satellite when at a particular known location. The invention allows the use of a reflector to be achieved quickly and efficiently in potentially hazardous geographical locations.

According to some embodiments, system and methods are provided comprising providing one or more applications that can be used by a processor; storing one or more data elements in one or more systems of record; providing a cache associated with the one or more applications; selecting a default cache expiration time via a caching mechanism; determining if the default cache expiration time is met in response to execution of a query associated with the one or more applications; retrieving one or more data elements from the one or more systems of record and transmitting the retrieved one or more data elements to a cache optimization module in response to execution of the query; retrieving one or more cache stored data elements from the cache and transmitting the retrieved one or more cache stored data elements to the cache optimization module in response to execution of the query; determining, via the cache optimization module, whether the retrieved one or more cache stored data elements are the same value as the retrieved one or more stored data elements; invalidating the one or more cache stored data elements if the one or more retrieved cache stored data elements are a different value than the one or more retrieved stored data elements; and adjusting the default cache expiration time in response to the determination whether the retrieved one or more cache stored data elements are the same value as the retrieved one or more stored data elements to optimize a caching strategy. Numerous other aspects are provided.

The invention provides a fundus examination system, which comprises a user terminal used for sending personal information and a camera serial number; a server is used for receiving the person information and the camera serial number and sending a starting instruction to the fundus camera according to the camera serial number; and a fundus camera used for entering a working state after receiving the starting instruction so that a user can control the fundus camera to take fundus pictures of the user; wherein the server is also used for associatively storing the fundus photo and the personal information.

The invention discloses an automatic liquid chemical filling machine of a plant protection unmanned plane. The automatic liquid chemical filling machine comprises a water feeding device, a storage device, a chemical tank device and a liquid outlet device. The water feeding device comprises a water sucking pipe, a micro pump and a program-controlled controller. The storage device comprises a box and a stirring mechanism arranged in the box. The liquid outlet device comprises an intelligent driver, a guide pipe and a quantifier filling device. The water sucking pipe is connected with an external water tank. The program-controlled controller controls the micro pump to pump water into the box of the storage device. The stirring mechanism stirs liquid chemicals, addition agents and water added into the box, so that mixed liquid is formed. The mixed liquid is driven by the intelligent driver to enter the guide pipe. The quantifier filling device is provided with an oil injection nozzle, a quantifier and a switch controlling the oil injection nozzle. The quantifier filling device controls the oil injection nozzle to stop adding liquid when the quantity of liquid chemicals added into a chemical tank of the unmanned plane reaches a specific level. The specification of the added liquid chemicals is adjusted at any time by additionally arranging the intelligent driver, waste of the liquid chemicals in the filling process is avoided, the automatic liquid chemical filling machine is simple and practical, and manpower and material resources are greatly saved.