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A device, process and system for mitigating risk by determining compliance with predetermined regulations or rules and, more particularly, to a system that may provide a risk assessment based on whether predetermined regulations or rules are violated.

The invention concerns a software development tool for embedded computer systems, and is based on a repository of configurable, pre-programmed software components, together with associated tools for user selection and configuration of the components and a code generator for extracting relevant source code based on the configuration settings. Each software component, called embedded system infrastructure component (ESIC), is a self-contained object comprising a modular code base and associated configuration structure related to an infrastructure function in a hardware-independent, non-operating-system software infrastructure for an embedded computer system. For each ESIC, the configuration tool enables user configuration of the infrastructure function based on the configuration structure of the ESIC to match the requirements of the target application. For each ESIC, the code generator utilizes the configuration settings to extract source code for the infrastructure as a subset of the modular code base. This approach provides fast, efficient and flexible development of embedded system software infrastructures.

An optical film is placed over a liquid crystal display to manipulate the polarized light exiting the top polarizing layer of the display such that the light is less likely to become blocked out by the polarized sunglasses of a user viewing the device. The manipulation may include retarding the axis of the light or diffusing the light.

A payment card is provided with a display. A barcode may be selectively displayed on the display. A display may be an electrochromic display in order to increase the readability of a displayed barcode with respect to computer vision equipment. A barcode may be selected by a user from a set of barcodes. Each barcode in a set of barcodes may correspond to a different loyalty account for a different merchant. Accordingly, a user can carry a single card—but may be able to communicate multiple loyalty account barcodes to computer vision equipment across multiple merchants.

A non-linear junction detector designed for counter surveillance measures achieves superior performance by transmitting a series of pulses and receiving harmonics of the transmitted pulse signals that are re-radiated by a non-linear junction such as would be found in an eavesdropping device containing a semiconductor. The transmit power of the series of pulses is varied and the amplitudes of the harmonics received at the different power levels are compared to determine the type of non-linear junction detected. The received harmonic signals are demodulated to create signals having a frequency in the audible range of human ears. The demodulated signals are broadcast so that an operator of the non-linear junction detector can audibly distinguish between the noise responses produced by the different types of non-linear junctions. The harmonic signals are analyzed to determine if the harmonic, signals correspond to signals produced by a known type of non-linear junction device such as a video camera or tape recorder. Data generated by the non-linear junction detector is displayed to an operator of the detector and may be stored for later analysis.

An alarm system for photovoltaic modules is provided that includes an alarm installation electrically connected to at least one photovoltaic module. The alarm installation is connected via a power connection line to the at least one photovoltaic module and the alarm installation has a device to read out a pulse response of the at least one photovoltaic module.

Lower resolution and clutter-prone two-tone CW radars can have the displayed images dramatically improved by three techniques involved in the subject invention. The three techniques involved are the stepping of each of the multiple radars for readings at multiple frequencies, weighting the results to compensate for wall-induced distortions and differential image processing. In one embodiment, weights for each frequency counteract the distortion produced by particular wall. For differential image processing, temporal snapshots of the images are subtracted one from the other such that the result is only due to moving objects, thus to provide a dramatic display of the presence and position of moving individuals behind a wall.

A text summarizer detects the hierarchical structure of topics in a document and extracts boundary sentences corresponding to the turning point of a topic from a candidate section of a topic boundary using the relation degree between a sentence and a topic passage. Then, the text summarizer extracts topic introductory sentences serving the purpose of introducing a topic from the introductory part of the topic beginning with this boundary sentence, and generates a summary using both the boundary sentences and topic introductory sentences.

The invention relates to a method for acquiring several changing values and representing the acquired values on a monitoring screen, as well as to a device with a screen in order, on this, to represent changing values acquired during ventilation of the patient. The device comprises means for acquiring at least three changing values of different origin, and means for representing the values, which permit the acquired values to be qualitatively represented on the screen together in a single graphic element. This graphic element has a pictorial representation of a lung shape. The invention is characterised in that the means for representing the values are designed such that a volume change of the ventilated lung which is detected within each breath, is represented in an animated manner by way of size change of the lung shape corresponding to this corresponding volume change.

A method of operating a centralized healthcare management system that includes a data translation map database and a central interpolation server computer interconnected to a computer network. The central server receives an initiating request from a requesting terminal for a data record to be retrieved that satisfies a specified condition; then sends a data record request to a source database; then receive a data record from the source database, with the data record being in a source format. The central server references a data translation map database for a desired translation map, with the data translation map enabling the central interpolation server to translate data records from a source format to a destination format. The central interpolation server translates, in accordance with the selected data translation map, the received data record from the source format into a destination format suitable for transmission to the requesting terminal. The central server then transmits the data records in the destination format to the requesting terminal via the network.

The syringe includes a barrel, a plunger, and an adapter for mounting the needle in the distal end of the barrel. The adapter includes a protrusion projecting away from the needle end and into the barrel defining an annular space between the barrel and the protrusion. The plunger and protrusion have complementary surfaces whereby the plunger may grip the adapter for removal of the adapter into the interior of the barrel after use. These complementary surfaces afford initial resistance to further axial movement of the plunger toward the adapter, signalling the user that further axial pressure will permanently lock the plunger and adapter to one another whereby, upon application of full axial pressure on the plunger, the complementary surfaces of the plunger and adapter permanently lock to one another to enable joint unitary movement of the plunger and adapter together with the needle carried by the adapter into the barrel. The adapter includes vent passages communicating between the central passage through the adapter and the annular space whereby air can be vented from the barrel after receiving fluid within the barrel and prior to injection. Thus, the syringe may be oriented in a vertical position needle end uppermost with the vent passages forming the most superior portion of the barrel interior whereby air may be vented.

A method and system is provided for efficient journaling and management of electronic messages, wherein a copy of a first message sent from or received on a mail server is received, the copy of the first message is then recorded by a journal service, wherein the journal service comprises determining whether the first message contains an identification for which a second message has already been recorded and adding only metadata of the first message to the metadata of the second message when for the identical identification the second message has already been recorded.

A Vital Text Analytics System (VTAS), incorporating a repository of enterprise terms or concepts, is one that improves the readability and fidelity of technical specifications, instructions, training manuals requirements engineering documents and other related engineering documents, typically from a single organization or workgroup. The system stresses ontological analysis of a corpus of related documents, and applies a suite of computational tools that supports the identification and assessment of risk in evaluating the content of the documents, as well as providing statistical measures reflecting the frequency and severity of document features that threaten comprehension.

This invention relates to a method for generating a changed representation of a page object, wherein the page object is one of a page and a part of the page, the method comprising retrieving (201; 301) the page object in response to a request (200; 300) for the page; dividing (203; 303) the page object into a set (4a) of sections; and performing (204; 304) changes to the set (4a) of sections according to preference information to obtain a changed set (4b) of sections representing the changed representation of the page object. This invention further relates to a device, a system, a computer program and a computer program product for generating a changed representation of a page object.

A novel mapping paradigm is provided for the visual display of information in the form of an improved navigational aid. Unlike today's road maps which use a point-arc-polygon paradigm, the new mapping paradigm uses a compressed linear-pictographic-topological design that typically depicts roads as vertical linear pictograms. Further, the display has a columnar layout, whereby the descriptive elements are grouped together by type, and displayed one above the other in columns. In this manner, the mapping paradigm also serves to increase traveler safety, provide navigation assistance during address-less trips, create valuable advertising space and new promotional opportunities, and dramatically increases the travelers' communications and entertainment options.

A language for semi-structured documents, XML has emerged as the core of the web services architecture, and is playing crucial roles in messaging systems, databases, and document processing. However, the processing of XML documents has a reputation for poor performance, and a number of optimizations have been developed to address this performance problem from different perspectives, none of which have been entirely satisfactory. Parallel XML parsing leverages the growing prevalence of multicore architectures in all sectors of the computer market, and yields significant performance improvements. The design consists of an initial preparsing phase to determine the structure of the XML document (or other data document), followed by a full, parallel parse. The results of the preparsing phase are used to help partition the XML document for data parallel processing. The parallel parsing phase is, for example, a modification of the libxml2 XML parser, which demonstrates that the approach applies to real-world, production quality parsers. Empirical study shows the parallel XML parsing algorithm can improve the XML parsing performance significantly and scales well.

The invention relates to pipeline defect ultrasound guided wave time reversal detection device and method. The method includes the following steps: selecting detecting frequency according to the detected pipeline corresponding free hollow column structure group velocity dispersion curve; inputting the frequency into the arbitrary function generator to generate center frequency used as single sound signal; sending the signal to each passage of exciting / receiving set to transducer unit; exciting longitudinal axis symmetry guided wave modal; sending the reflected signal to the computer and gaining reversal excitation signal by time reversal; repeatedly exciting guided signal to detect. The invention realize space and time focus for guided wave detection, greatly improve detection capability for little defect.

A shelving merchandising system for installation on preexisting shelves comprising an extrusion, wherein said extrusion comprises an attachment member, a display front and a plurality of connection members. The attachment member may be any device or combination of cooperating devices that are capable of either permanently or removably attaching the extrusion to at least a portion of a shelf.

This provides a plurality of novel features that can be applied variously to a reader. In one embodiment, the light pipe is constructed from durable polycarbonate for increased shock resistance and can define a rectangular cross section. The chamfered end of the light pipe is textured or frosted to further diffuse refracted light passing through the end so as to present a more even effect. The conical / tapered diffuser within the light pipe is illuminated by a reflector with a white textured surface that reflects a plurality of rearward-directed illumination sources back into the diffuser. The reflector can define a predetermined cross section that directs further light into the forwardmost, remote regions of the diffuser to generate a better spread of light and alleviate spotting effects. The textured surface on the chamfered light pipe end can be employed to better project indicator light. The illumination sources are arranged in a ring at the inner end of the pipe, and can be multi-colored sources that respond to the controller to project and appropriate color and / or blink in an appropriate pattern to indicate various conditions, such as read success or failure. The controller is adapted to provide indications between image acquisitions. The controller can operate individual portions of the ring so that only corresponding portions of the light pipe perimeter are illuminated in a particular color (quadrants, for example) at a given time. Different quadrants may be simultaneously illuminated in different colors in one example

An automatic documentation generation and management system and method, for documenting configurable systems such as complex software applications and hardware systems is disclosed. The method retrieves configuration parameters from the configurable system and utilizes them to automatically generate an explanatory document specific to the configured system. The invention also discloses a documentation appliance system, which is a dedicated documentation server coupled to the configurable system via a communication network, preferably via an Intranet. In yet another alternative, the invention may be practiced by integrating code for automatic documentation generation within the configurable system program.

An illumination system (20, 72, 110, 142) for illuminating a scene comprising: an illuminator (24, 74, 116) having a plurality of substantially contiguous independently controllable light (26, 76) providing regions each of which provides light that illuminates a different region of the scene; optics (30) that directs light from the illuminator to the scene; a range finder (22, 64, 112) that determines distances to regions of the scene; and a controller (28, 29, 118) that controls the plurality of light providing regions to provide light for illuminating the scene responsive to distances determined by the range finder (22, 64, 112).

The invention relates to a system and method for converting audio / video data into written records. The system comprises a data acquisition part, a data recognition part and a data organization part. The data acquisition part comprises an audio acquisition module and a video acquisition module. The data recognition part comprises a voice and voiceprint recognition module and a face and expression recognition module. The data organization part generates the written records according to text information, recognition starting time, the identity tag of the current speaker and the emotion of the current speaker. The whole audio / video data process is saved more meticulously and more completely, so as to be closer to reality. Audio / video data are converted into texts to be saved, so that storage cost and transmission cost are reduced greatly, follow-up checking of records can be achieved conveniently, and conference content can be browsed and positioned more quickly.

The invention discloses an ArcGIS-based map building and intelligent vehicle autonomous navigation method and system. The method comprises the following steps: 1, acquiring longitude and latitude information of a region to be navigated through equipment; 2, building and drawing a two-dimensional vector map and a road section text file of a fork road by using an ArcGIS tool; 3, obtaining the shortest path by using a path planning tool, and extracting a track from the path; 4, carrying out coordinate system conversion on the track, wherein during autonomous navigation, a 5-meter interpolation algorithm is used; obtained path points are very smooth; the number of the path points is increased, path precision of the road section is improved, and driving steadiness is guaranteed; furthermore, the time for path searching is not obviously prolonged. The method can supply more precise and more intensive tracking points to intelligent vehicle autonomous navigation under a condition of use of a map with the same complexity, and the tracking points are converted into coordinates under an intelligent vehicle coordinate system, so that the curve fitting difficulty is reduced.

The invention discloses a method and a system for automatically generating a code based on a data model drive. The method comprises the steps as follows: firstly, establishing user configuration information according to user settings, wherein the user configuration information comprises a package name generated by the code, a class name, a primary table required to generate the code and an association of the primary table; secondly, generating an xml (extensive markup language) file capable of being parsed by a preset server side by the system according to the user configuration information; and lastly, parsing the xml file by the server side, and generating the standard code according to a code template. Compared with the prior art, the method has the advantages of high efficiency, standard and uniform code, high readability, strong maintainability and the like; and meanwhile, the operation is visualized, convenient and quick, errors are not easily caused, and the technical requirements are lowered.

The exemplary embodiments described herein relate to systems and / or methods for simplifying payment systems, and payment instruments implementing the same. In particular, certain exemplary embodiments relate to a single payment device (e.g., a card) with multiple magnetic strips, a single payment device being linked to multiple accounts, a single payment device having a button required before transmission of payment information, and / or a single payment device being linked to a sub-account (e.g., a petty cash account).