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For the present invention, under various running speeds statuses, the voltage supplied to the DC brushless motor is relatively increased or decreased on the basis of the internal setting of the motor drive control device according to the increased or decreased rotational output speed, so as to prevent the shortcoming of too much variation of the input impedance caused by the inductive reactance of the winding accordingly changed when the speed of the DC brushless motor is changed, specifically, to prevent the shortcoming of unable producing required torque resulting from the increased inductive reactance caused by increasing the rotational speed which makes the current value become too low when input by the original working voltage.

In order to construct an integrated storage system by reinforcing collaboration of components or functions of a storage system in which a storage area network (SAN) is used, in a computer system having multiple client computers, multiple various servers, multiple various storages which keep data, and a local area network (LAN) which connects the computers and the servers, a storage area network (SAN) which lies between the servers and storages forms a switched circuit network which is capable of connecting any server and any storage through fiber channel FC switches. The computer system further includes a terminal which is equipped with operation and management software which performs storage management including management of logical volumes in the various storages, data arrangement, error monitoring, management of setting up the FC switches, and backup for data in the storages.

A three-dimensional (3-D) interactive display and method of forming the same, includes a transparent capaciflector (TC) camera formed on a transparent shield layer on the screen surface. A first dielectric layer is formed on the shield layer. A first wire layer is formed on the first dielectric layer. A second dielectric layer is formed on the first wire layer. A second wire layer is formed on the second dielectric layer. Wires on the first wire layer and second wire layer are grouped into groups of parallel wires with a turnaround at one end of each group and a sensor pad at the opposite end. An operational amplifier is connected to each of the sensor pads and the shield pad biases the pads and receives a signal from connected sensor pads in response to intrusion of a probe. The signal is proportional to probe location with respect to the monitor screen.

In a planetary gear unit 120, a planetary carrier 123 is linked with an engine 150, a sun gear 121 with a motor 130, and a ring gear 122 with a motor 140 and an axle 116. A clutch 160 is disposed between the planetary gear unit 120 and the motor 140 to connect and disconnect the planetary gear unit 120 with and from the motor 140. A brake 162 is also provided to constrain the ring gear 122 in a released position of the clutch 160. The state of coupling the clutch 160 attains the structure of a parallel hybrid vehicle. The state of releasing the clutch 160 and activating the brake 162 to constrain the ring gear 122 attains the structure of a series hybrid vehicle. The technique of the present invention changes over the drive mode according to the driving state of the hybrid vehicle, thus ensuring an efficient drive that takes advantage of the characteristics of the respective drive modes.

The invention relates to an electronic text inputting for an electronic device comprising at least the steps of providing alphanumeric user input, searching words from at least one dictionary on the basis of the provided alphanumeric user input, providing the words resulting from the search to the user, wherein the at least one dictionary is formed based on words from at least one text piece acquired from a memory of the device, the at least one text piece being selected based on at least one person pertaining to the text. The invention relates to methods, to a device and to a computer program.

The invention relates to a rapid prototyping apparatus for the manufacturing of three dimensional objects by additive treatment of cross sections comprising a wholly or partially light-sensitive material, said apparatus comprising at least one light source for illumination of a cross section of the light-sensitive material by at least one spatial light modulator of individually controllable light modulators, wherein at least one light source is optically coupled with a plurality of light guides arranged with respect to the spatial light modulator arrangement in such a manner that each light guide illuminates a sub-area of the cross section.According to the invention, it is possible to obtain a significant simplification of an RP design system, just as the apparatuses designed are essentially capable of creating prototypes of any size, according to the invention.

Systems and methods for simplifying text entry are provided. A visual keypad may include a plurality of user-selectable buttons corresponding to at least some of the buttons of the alphabet. The layout of the visual keypad may be determined based on an n-gram table. The layout of the visual keypad may be rearranged based at least in part on the most likely next character in response to receiving a user selection of a button on the visual keypad.

A method for selective sound field environment processing for one or more wireless earpieces, each of the one or more wireless earpieces including comprising a plurality of microphones is provided. The method includes receiving audio input of a sound field environment from the plurality of microphones of each of the one or more wireless earpieces, identifying background noise in the sound field environment, identifying audio from at least one sound source within the sound field environment, processing the audio input using one or more processors of at least one of the wireless earpieces to reduce the background noise and processing the audio input using one or more processors of the at least one of the wireless earpieces to enhance the audio from the at least one sound source within the sound field environment to provide processed audio, and transducing the processed audio at one or more speakers of the one or more wireless earpieces.

A gear ratio shift control and control method controls gear ratio upshifts in a multiple-ratio transmission for an automotive vehicle. Pressure actuated friction elements establish torque flow paths in transmission gearing as they are selectively engaged and released. A net torque reduction at a transmission torque output shaft during an upshift event is reduced by increasing transmission input torque prior to the start of the inertia phase of the upshift event.

A touch screen that employs a lens-less linear IR sensor array and an IR light source from a single location at the periphery of the screen to illuminate one or more objects proximate to the screen surface and detect light reflected from such objects. The sensor array is paired with a proximal grid-like barrier / reflector to create Moiré patterns on the sensor array. Digital signal processing converts such patterns into discrete Fourier transforms. The peaks of the lower order discrete Fourier spectrum as well as the complex phases of the lower order peaks can be used to determine the locations of the objects proximal to the screen accurately. A small number of pressure or surface acoustic sensors at the periphery of the screen are utilized to improve positioning reliability by providing redundant positioning information and registering physical contacts with the screen.

The invention provides a scaleable tower that adapts to the technologies of photovoltaic panels and micro to small turbine(s), in multiple configurations, raised in a hover-up manner.

A gear ratio shift control and control method controls gear ratio upshifts in a multiple-ratio transmission for an automotive vehicle. Pressure actuated friction elements establish torque flow paths in transmission gearing as they are selectively engaged and released. A net torque reduction at a transmission torque output shaft during an upshift event is reduced by increasing transmission input torque prior to the start of the inertia phase of the upshift event.

A touch sensor panel comprises a plurality of sensing electrodes arranged on one surface of a substrate and a conductive wire connected to one side of each of the plurality of sensing electrodes. Each sensing electrode includes at least one convex portion protruded in the opposite direction of the one side, and at least one concave portion indented towards the one side. For arrangement, the convex portion of each of the said sensing electrodes is inserted into the concave portion of at least one adjacent sensing electrode.

An improved method to produce a dough sheet having improved uniform properties in a high-speed manufacturing environment. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the dough sheeting system comprises improved control of dough particles in the sheeter nip, and improved control of dough properties across the width of the dough sheet including, but not limited to, uniform thickness, uniform work input, uniform moisture content, uniform emulsifier content, and uniform dry ingredient content. In a preferred embodiment, the improvements described herein enable the high-speed production of stackable chip products. Improved mixing and control of process conditions in dry and wet upstream mixers enable such production.

An ergonomic, portable, electronic, string-like instrument that utilizes a pseudo-string interface. The pseudo-string interface is tactile for sightless playability and capable of advanced input such as force and pressure sensitivity. The pseudo-strings function to select a note, trigger a selected note, select and play a note on the instrument or an external peripheral. The instrument is played using the techniques of multiple other stringed instruments and the ergonomics allow the user to hold and handle the device consistent with traditional and non-traditional playing techniques familiar to musicians of various instruments. It is internally or externally powered and connects directly to industry-standard musical hardware such as MIDI devices, amplifiers and multi-track recorders.

A touch screen that employs a lens-less linear IR sensor array and an IR light source from a single location at the periphery of the screen to illuminate one or more objects proximate to the screen surface and detect light reflected from such objects. The sensor array is paired with a proximal grid-like barrier / reflector to create Moiré patterns on the sensor array. Digital signal processing converts such patterns into discrete Fourier transforms. The peaks of the lower order discrete Fourier spectrum as well as the complex phases of the lower order peaks can be used to determine the locations of the objects proximal to the screen accurately. A small number of pressure or surface acoustic sensors at the periphery of the screen are utilized to improve positioning reliability by providing redundant positioning information and registering physical contacts with the screen.

The invention discloses a laser-CMT welding aluminum alloy additive manufacturing method and a forming system. A laser and an electric arc are adopted as a composite heat source, the cold metal short circuiting transfer manner is adopted, and additive manufacturing forming for an aluminum alloy component is achieved. According to the provided laser-CMT welding additive manufacturing method, the problems that in the process of aluminum alloy component manufacturing through laser additive, the required laser power is high, and forming is difficult are solved, the problems that in the traditional process of aluminum alloy manufacturing through electric arc additive, the heat input amount is large, deformation is serious, and a molten bath is prone to overflowing or webbing are solved, and the problem that in the process of aluminum alloy manufacturing through CMT welding additive, incomplete fusion or slag inclusion or the like is likely to happen is solved; and the additive manufacturing method based on the laser-electric arc composite heat source principle is provided for additive manufacturing forming for the aluminum alloy component.

The invention relates to a hydraulic jacking automatic welding inverted construction method of a large-sized storage tank, which is safe, reliable and advanced. The welding quality of a tank body can satisfy standard requirements and overcomes the defects of more work high above the ground of a forward-erection method of the large-sized storage tank, large input quantity of a large-sized crane, and the like. The method comprises the following steps of: prefabricating a bottom plate, a wall plate, a floating roof and accessories; installing and welding a tank bottom plate; installing a hydraulic jacking device; installing tracks of a horizontal welding machine; welding butt seams and longitudinal seams of a top wall plate group; installing a tank top; lifting the wall plate; welding the wall plate, a surrounding plate and longitudinal seams; welding ring seams; installing a top wall plate; and welding an edge plate. The invention mainly reforms a 'submerged-arc longitudinal welding machine' of the 'forward-calculation method' from a 'hanging type' into a 'track type' in order to adapt to a 'reversed method'. The invention adopts a one-side welding double-side forming technology and adopts the 'reversed method' to overcome the disadvantages of a 'forward-erection method installing process of the large-sized storage tank.

A character input apparatus comprises a display unit configured to display a graphic zone that displays multiple character groups including one or more characters and a touch zone that senses a touch of an input mean; a display control unit configured to select any one of the multiple character groups depending on a touch type of the input mean sensed by the touch zone and display the selected character at a predetermined position of the graphic zone; and an input unit configured to set the character displayed at the predetermined position of the graphic zone for a predetermined time as an input character. The display control unit selects a character moved to be closest to the predetermined position when the characters displayed on the graphic zone are moved in a sliding direction of the input mean and displays the selected character at the predetermined position of the graphic zone.

A method of processing geological data is provided for input to a geostatistical modelling algorithm to predict a value for a parameter relating to a physical property of the Earth. An input data set corresponding to a measured geological parameter is processed to determine a characteristic function of the input data with respect to a geological measure. The input data is transformed to reduce spatial bias with respect to the geological distance measure by applying an inverse function. A statistical weighting is calculated for the transformation and the transformation and weighting are used to predict a representative value of the physical property corresponding to the measured geological parameter. A data processing apparatus and computer program product are also provided.

A pulse width modulator includes at least one input for receiving an input signal and pulse width modulation circuitry for generating a pulse width modulated stream and another pulse width modulated stream. The pulse width modulated stream and the another pulse width modulated stream are nominally out of phase and together represent the received input signal. A summer sums the pulse width modulated stream and the another pulse width modulated stream to generate an analog output signal.

The present invention relates to a keypad with built-in touch sensors and touch signal processing units, and a method for increasing the input resolution of the keypad by evaluating a signal of the contact strength and eliminating a redundant signal, which enables a selection of a user's choice in an one-touch one-entry text input mode. The key pad in accordance with the present invention allows for a user to select the desired letter in a single step from a three by four keypad in a one-touch one-entry mode with a high speed and accuracy.

The invention discloses a wide-range bidirectional conversion circuit and a control method. The wide-range bidirectional conversion circuit comprises a three-stage bidirectional converter and a control unit, and the three-stage bidirectional converter is formed by sequentially connecting a non-isolated DC / DC converter, an isolated DC / DC converter and a DC / AC inverter. When the system works in theforward direction, a direct-current power supply or energy storage equipment realizes grid-connected energy feedback through the non-isolated DC / DC converter, the isolated DC / DC converter and the DC / AC inverter; and during reverse working, an alternating voltage supplies power to a direct-current load or charges an energy storage device through a rectifying circuit, the isolated DC / DC converter and the non-isolated DC / DC converter. In order to adapt to different power levels and realize higher input current ripple control, the non-isolated converter adopts a multi-phase interleaved parallel structure; and in order to further broaden the requirements of input and output ranges in practical application, the isolated converter can be controlled by adopting a full-bridge / half-bridge variable structure. The whole system has the advantages of wide input direct-current voltage range, wide output alternating-current voltage range, wide load range, small current ripple, high-frequency isolation, high efficiency, energy conservation, environmental protection and the like.

The invention provides a method for trapping SO2 and CO2 on a large scale aiming at a pulverized coal furnace of a power plant. Fume generated by the pulverized coal furnace of the power plant is desulfurized by a desulfurizing tower and then enters a fluidized bed carbonation reactor; CaO in the reactor generates solid Ca(OH)2 under the action of water vapor; Ca(OH)2 particles are subjected to a carbonation reaction to trap CO2; a product CaCO3 enters a fluidized bed calcining furnace; the CaCO3 is decomposed into CaO and CO2 by using the heat generated by oxygen enriched combustion of a biomass fuel; and the CaO is introduced into the carbonation reactor for trapping the CO2 to realize the recycling. The inactive CaO is discharged from the lower part of the fluidized bed calcining furnace, and meanwhile, the calcium-based absorbent is supplemented. Part of inactive CaO discharged from the calcining furnace is introduced into a digestion reaction to form a Ca(OH)2 solution and then enters the desulfurizing tower for desulfurization, so that the respective removal of the SO2 and the CO2 can be realized and the energy consumption of the system can be reduced.

Semiconductor devices including logic circuitry and embedded memories may be tested using one or more flip-flops in a scan chain that are connected to a control input of an MBIST logic, thereby allowing the control of the MBIST logic during a simultaneous scan test and memory test run. By combining the output of the MBIST logic with the output of the scan chain, fault diagnosis is maintained.

A flat panel display device includes a plurality of scan lines elongated in a direction, a plurality of data lines elongated to intersect the scan lines, a plurality of pixel devices respectively coupled to the plurality of scan lines and the plurality of data lines, a plurality of first sensing lines elongated parallel to the scan lines, a plurality of second sensing lines elongated parallel to the data lines, and a plurality of sensing devices respectively coupled to the plurality of first sensing lines and the plurality of second sensing lines.

Embodiments of the disclosure include an apparatus and methods for using a piezoelectric device, that includes an outer flextensional casing, a first cell and a last cell serially coupled to each other and coupled to the outer flextensional casing such that each cell having a flextensional cell structure and each cell receives an input force and provides an output force that is amplified based on the input force. The apparatus further includes a piezoelectric stack coupled to each cell such that the piezoelectric stack of each cell provides piezoelectric energy based on the output force for each cell. Further, the last cell receives an input force that is the output force from the first cell and the last cell provides an output apparatus force In addition, the piezoelectric energy harvested is based on the output apparatus force. Moreover, the apparatus provides displacement based on the output apparatus force.

Infrared laser light generated by a solid state diode pumped transform-limited Ti:Sapphire laser is converted to UV wavelengths using third and fourth harmonic generation systems. The resulting output is tunable between approximately 187 and 333 nm. The combined solid state Ti:Sapphire laser and harmonic generation system includes feedback mechanisms for improved power and wavelength stability. The system can operate at pulse repetition rates of several thousand Hertz.

The invention relates to a micro-needle transdermal delivery patch with high penetration efficiency, and belongs to a medicament and equipment integrated patch product. The micro-needle transdermal delivery patch can painlessly and efficiently deliver medicament waiting delivery matters to the subcutaneous part, and achieves treatment, beautifying and health-care effects. In addition, under the stimulation of external force, heat, light, electricity, magnetic field, electric field and the like, the penetration effect can be accelerated, so that the micro-needle delivery patch has a curative effect which is not achieved in a common medicinal patch, the application range of the medicinal patch is expanded, and the curative effect of medicaments are improved. The invention relates to the structural design of the novel micro-needle transdermal delivery patch and the core technology of the implementation process, and the patch can be used for treating skin and shallow skin diseases and can also be used for treatment and related nursing operation of deep tissues and endocrine system diseases. The micro-needle delivery patch product conforms to the tide of future medical treatment, really realizes the advanced treatment concepts of painless delivery and happy treatment, is a novel patch product, and particularly has a broad market prospect for special crowds such as old people and children.