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Mechanically tunable electromagnetic and photonic devices featuring enhanced spectral tunability with minimal mechanical movement are provided. These nano/micro-electromechanically (N/MEMS) tunable elements, including filters and pixels, rely on leaky-mode resonance effects in subwavelength photonic lattices that constitute periodic wavelengths. Such elements can operate in reflection (bandstop) or transmission (bandpass) modes, and can be arranged in one-dimensional or two-dimensional arrays, or operated as single units, and their spectral regions are controlled by the element design. Input electromagnetic radiation illuminates the element and is then filtered, modulated, analyzed or tuned by the element. Mechanical motion alters the structural symmetry, and therefore, the tuning properties, of the nanostructured subwavelength resonance elements. Further, incorporating metals and dielectrics to generate coexisting plasmonic and leaky-mode resonance effects adds to the versatility of the potential applications.

Transillumination imaging instrumentation is improved by eliminating the detection of stray light beams, and facilitating the detection of light beams which pass straight through an illuminated object. Three dimensional images can be constructed using either curved emitter and detector arrays or by using emitter and detector elements that rotate about a common axis.

An x-ray generating device includes a field emission cathode formed at least partially from a nanostructure-containing material having an emitted electron current density of at least 4 A/cm². High energy conversion efficiency and compact design are achieved due to easy focusing of cold cathode emitted electrons and dramatic reduction of heating at the anode. In addition, by pulsing the field between the cathode and the gate or anode and focusing the electron beams at different anode materials, pulsed x-ray radiation with varying energy can be generated from a single device. Methods and apparatus for independent control of electron emission current and x-ray energy in x-ray tubes are also provided. The independent control can be accomplished by adjusting the distance between the cathode and anode. The independent control can also be accomplished by adjusting the temperature of the cathode. The independent control can also be accomplished by optical excitation of the cathode. The cathode can include field emissive materials such as carbon nanotubes.

A portable self-standing electromagnetic (EM) field sensing locator system with attachments for finding and mapping buried objects such as utilities and with intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) displays. Accessories include a ground penetrating radar (GPR) system with a rotating Tx/Rx antenna assembly, a leak detection system, a multi-probe voltage mapping system, a man-portable laser-range finder system with embedded dipole beacon and other detachable accessory sensor systems are accepted for attachment to the locator system for simultaneous operation in cooperation with the basic locator system. The integration of the locator system with one or more additional devices, such as fault-finding, geophones and conductance sensors, facilitates the rapid detection and localization of many different types of buried objects.

The invention relates to an array-type compliant force sensor and a method of preparation thereof, and belongs to the technical field of a force sensor. The sensor comprises upper and lower poles which are enclosed into one piece, and a conduction macromolecule sensitive film compressed between the poles, and a front end circuit connected with the upper and lower poles through signal lines. The conduction macromolecule sensitive film primarily adopts the conduction macromolecule sensitive film having the compressive resistance effect consisting of graphitized carbon black as the conduction phase, single-component silastic as the insulation phase, and nanometer SiO2 dispersant. The upper and lower poles are a plurality of poles made on the substrate of the film by making use of flexible printed circuit board process and signal lines connected with each strip-shaped pole. The upper and lower strip-shaped poles are crossed and constitute an N*N sensitive cell array with the conduction macromolecule sensitive film. The signal lines are gathered to form led-out closely spaced cables. The invention has the characteristics of fine and thin structure, good flexibility, large range, high precision and high resolution.

The present invention relates to a fastening element for an implant system, which comprises at least two fastening elements fixable to bone parts or the like and at least one connecting element fixable to the at least two fastening elements, wherein the fastening element comprises a fastening part with a fastening portion at the distal end as well as a receiving part connected to the fastening part, wherein the receiving part comprises a connecting-element receiver for receiving the connecting element as well as a fixing element for fixing the fastening element in the connecting-element receiver, wherein the connecting-element receiver is designed asymmetrically in relation to an axis of symmetry or longitudinal axis of the fixing element.

A display system for providing a user viewable visible image, includes a view screen for receiving organic laser light and having a diffusing optical element so that the view screen, in response to organic laser light, produces a viewable visible image, wherein the diffusing optical element includes a viewing angle greater than 160° in a first viewing direction and greater than 100° in a second viewing direction orthogonal to the first direction; one or more organic laser light sources arranged in an array with each such laser light source including a vertical cavity design and means for projecting and modulating the intensity of the organic laser light from the array onto the view screen in a pattern to cause a visual image to be produced by the view screen; and means associated with the view screen for reducing speckle in the organic laser light.

A multi-mode parasitic antenna array having two or more resonant frequencies. The multi-mode parasitic antenna array has at least two resonant modes resulting in substantially divergent radiation patterns, thereby providing the antenna with frequency dependent directivity. The array may be incorporated into a tag for an RFID system. The RFID system includes a reader capable of interrogating the tag at each of the resonant frequencies.

An x-ray generating device includes a field emission cathode formed at least partially from a nanostructure-containing material having an emitted electron current density of at least 4 A/cm². High energy conversion efficiency and compact design are achieved due to easy focusing of cold cathode emitted electrons and dramatic reduction of heating at the anode. In addition, by pulsing the field between the cathode and the gate or anode and focusing the electron beams at different anode materials, pulsed x-ray radiation with varying energy can be generated from a single device.

The invention provides a laser imaging radar device and a distance measurement method thereof. The laser imaging radar device and the distance measurement method thereof aims at the problem that an existing distance range gate laser imaging radar is low in distance resolution. The laser imaging radar device comprises a laser device, a laser modulation unit, an optical antenna unit, a detecting unit, a data processing unit and an image processing unit, wherein the detecting unit is composed of a counter, a gate controller and an array detector, and the data processing unit is composed of an accumulator and a correlator. According to the distance measurement method, an information loading process is carried out on laser signals with constant amplitude by using a phase code pulse amplitude modulation mode. The laser imaging radar device and the distance measurement method thereof have the advantages that the equipment and the method combine the advantages of long detecting distances of the distance ranging gate layer imaging radar and the advantage of high distance measurement resolution of the pulse phase coding mode, and meanwhile the detect of low distance measurement resolution of the distance ranging gate layer imaging radar and the detect of low imaging speed of the pulse phase coding mode are avoided.

A method and system for reducing the time it takes for a trader to place a trade when electronically trading on an exchange, thus increasing the likelihood that the trader will have orders filled at desirable prices and quantities. The “Mercury” display and trading method of the present invention ensure fast and accurate execution of trades by displaying market depth on a vertical or horizontal plane, which fluctuates logically up or down, left or right across the plane as the market prices fluctuate. This allows the trader to trade quickly and efficiently. The price consolidation feature of the present invention, as described herein, enables a trader to consolidate a number of prices in order to condense the display. Such action allows a trader to view a greater range of prices and a greater number of orders in the market at any given time. By consolidating prices, and therefore orders, a trader reduces the risk of a favorable order scrolling from the screen prior to filling a bid or ask on that order at a favorable price.

Optical devices with versatile spectral attributes are provided that are implemented with one or more modulated and homogeneous layers to realize leaky-mode resonance operation and corresponding versatile spectral-band design. The first and/or higher multiple evanescent diffraction orders are applied to excite one or more leaky modes. The one- or two-dimensional periodic structure, fashioned by proper distribution of materials within each period, can have a resulting symmetric or asymmetric profile to permit a broadened variety of resonant leaky-mode devices to be realized. Thus, the attributes of the optical device permit, among other things, adjacent, distinct resonance frequencies or wavelengths to be produced, convenient shaping of the reflection and transmission spectra for such optical device to be accomplished, and the wavelength resonance locations to be precisely controlled so as to affect the extent to which the leaky modes interact with each other. Further, the profile asymmetry allows for the precise spectral spacing of interactive leaky modes so as to provide greater flexibility in optical device design.

The invention discloses a wearable multi-information fusion gait analysis system and a method thereof. The wearable multi-information fusion gait analysis system is characterized by comprising a flexible sensor module, a three-axis acceleration and gyro sensor, a microprocessor, a power supply module, a transmission module, a positioning module, a client side, a cloud server and the like. The flexible sensor is used for measuring the gait data of the bottoms of feet when a user walks, the gait data is sent to the cloud server after being analyzed through the microprocessor, and a gait situation is displayed on a user client side in real time. If the user is under an emergency situation, the guardian of the user can receive alarming information and position the position of the user in real time so as to rescue the user. The wearable multi-information fusion gait analysis system can cause the guardian to know the gait situation of a person under guardianship at any time, and receives the alarming information and the positioning information generated when the person under guardianship moves, so that support and help can be provided for the rehabilitation of a foot patient, the gait monitoring of the aged, walk learning of children and the like.

A saturable absorber (SA) is constructed using a fiber taper embedded in a carbon nanotube/polymer composite. A fiber taper is made by heating and pulling a small part of standard optical fiber. At the taper's waist light is guided by the glass-air interface, with an evanescent field protruding out of the taper. Carbon nanotubes mixed with an appropriate polymer host material are then wrapped around the fiber taper to interact with the evanescent field. Saturable absorption is possible due to the unique optical properties of the carbon nanotubes. The device can be used in mode-locked lasers where it initiates and stabilizes the pulses circulating around the laser cavity. The SA can be used in various laser cavities, and can enable different pulse evolutions such as solitons, self-similar pulses and dissipative solitons. Other applications include but are not limited to optical switching, pulse cleanup and pulse compression.

The invention provides a capacitive micromachined tuning fork gyroscope. The gyroscope is the symmetrical dual-mass structural gyroscope, comprising a substrate and a framework arranged in the centre of the substrate, wherein the middle of the framework is provided with a framework beam perpendicular to the framework; two detection mass blocks are symmetrically arranged in the framework with the framework beam as a symmetry axis, and four corners of each detection mass block are connected with the framework and the framework beam through at least four drive beams; decoupling drive comb capacitors are respectively arranged at both ends of each detection mass block in the direction of a vertical axis; detection comb capacitors are symmetrically arranged on both outer sides of the framework in the direction of a horizontal axis; at least four detection beams are arranged on both outer sides of the framework in the direction of the vertical axis; and the detection beams are distributed symmetrically relative to the vertical axis and the horizontal axis and are fixed on the substrate through corresponding anchor points. According to the capacitive horizontal-axis micromachined tuning fork gyroscope provided by the invention, the mechanical coupling between the detection mode and the driving mode of the micromachined tuning fork gyroscope can be solved easily and effectively.

The invention relates to gain calibration in a transceiver unit (100) having a transmitter unit and a receiver unit and a feed back coupling (165) between these. A signal level measurement unit (163) measures signal levels of a feedback signal through either the receiver unit or through a signal level detector (167). A reference signal level of the feedback signal is set by adjusting the transmitter until the signal level measurement unit (163) measures a predefined value when connected through the signal level detector (167). An absolute value of the transmitter gain is then calibrated. The signal level measurement unit (163) is connected through the receiver unit and the absolute gain of the receiver is calibrated. A gain is changed either in the receiver or the transmitter unit. The relative signal level change of the feedback signal is measured and used to calibrate the gain step.

An intelligent electric leakage remote monitoring protector of a low-voltage power grid comprises a zero sequence current mutual inductor, a main switch and an electric leakage protection intelligent processing module. The electric leakage protection intelligent processing module comprises an I/U converter, an analog/digital (A/D) converter, a data memory and a central processing unit (CPU) which are electrically connected in sequence. The CPU, a trip outlet interface, the main switch, a state quantity acquisition interface and the CPU are electrically connected in sequence. A communication interface is respectively and electrically connected with the CPU and a remote communication module, and a remote master station is communicated with the remote communication module. The CPU is respectively and electrically connected with a keyboard, a display screen, an audible and visual alarm and a clock module. The intelligent electric leakage remote monitoring protector of the low-voltage power grid has the advantages of displaying visually, storing electric leakage current value automatically, and being capable of prompting alarm information automatically. Precision of electric leakage current is high, measuring range is large, electric leakage protection delay can be set randomly, electric leakage protection action can be set flexibly, and the main switch can cut off power supply rapidly to achieve purposes of electric shock protection and electric leakage protection.

A laser emitting apparatus includes a substrate having on one side an incoherent light-emitting device having a light-emitting layer wherein an electric field is applied across the light-emitting layer to produce light which is transmitted out of the incoherent light-emitting device through an optically transparent layer into a vertical laser cavity structure disposed to receive light transmitted from the incoherent light-emitting device and produce laser light.

A method of manufacturing a first phosphor of which emission spectrum shape well matches with a color filter of three primary colors of light, a light-emitting device including the first phosphor, and an image display apparatus including the light-emitting device are provided. The light-emitting device includes a semiconductor light-emitting element emitting excitation light and the first phosphor absorbing the excitation light and emitting green light. The first phosphor contains a solid solution of aluminum element and a metal element M selected from the group consisting of Mn, Ce and Eu in crystals of an oxynitride having a β-type Si₃N₄ crystal structure, an amount of oxygen in the crystals being not higher than 0.8 mass %.