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A waste collection and disposal system for use in health care facilities is provided. The system includes a mobile waste collection unit for moving between use areas in the health care facility to collect waste material generated during medical procedures including body fluids, body tissues, saline, etc. The waste collection unit includes stacked upper and lower waste containers for receiving the waste material. During use, the upper waste container can be emptied into the lower waste container for temporary storage. In addition, different vacuum levels can be provided in the waste containers during complex procedures. Once a user desires to empty the waste collection unit, the waste collection unit is wheeled to a docking station. At the docking station, the waste material is off-loaded to a waste drain and the waste collection unit is cleaned and rinsed for further use.

A non-volatile semiconductor device has a memory cell array having electrically erasable programmable non-volatile memory cells, reprogramming an retrieval circuits that temporarily store data to be programmed in the memory cell array and sense data retrieved from the memory cell array, each reprogramming and retrieval circuit having a first latch and a second latch that are selectively connected to the memory cell array and transfer data each other, and a controller that controls the reprogramming and retrieval circuits on data-reprogramming operation to and data-retrieval operation from the memory cell array. Each reprogramming and retrieval circuit has a multilevel logical operation mode and a caching operation mode, in the multilevel logical operation mode, re-programming and retrieval of upper and lower bits of two-bit four-level data being performed using the first and the second lathes in storing the two-bit four-level data in one of the memory cells in a predetermined threshold level range, in the caching operation mode, data transfer between one of the memory cells selected in accordance with a first address and the first latch being performed while data transfer is being performed between the second latch and input output terminals in accordance with a second address with respect to one-bit two-level data to be stored in one of the memory cells.

With a reproduction-only disc having a large recording capacity, an interactive function having a higher degree of freedom than the related art can be easily accomplished. A virtual player model corresponding to a function of a player is created and described in Java. BDBasicPlayer 210 detects a user input and the status change of the player and generates an event. An object 211 that implements a listener interface registers an event listener corresponding to an event that the object 211 is caused to receive to BDBasicPlayer 210 before the event takes place. When the event becomes unnecessary, it is unregistered. BDBasicPlayer 210 transmits the event to the object 211 in which the event listener has been registered. The object 211 executes a method corresponding to the received event. The relationships between events and methods can be flexibly set. Thus, a complicated interactive function can be easily accomplished.

It is an object of the invention to provide a memory device including a memory area having a large storage capacity and an equal security level to that of a Smart card. A semiconductor memory card 10 that can be attached to and detached from an electronic device is provided with first memory 50 of non-tamper-resistance having usual areas 52 and 53 that can be accessed from the electronic device and a secure area 51 that cannot directly be accessed from the electronic device, and second memory 41 of tamper resistance that cannot directly be accessed from the electronic device, wherein access to the secure area 51 of the first memory 50 can be made only through a secure control section 30 for managing access to the second memory 41. The secure area 51 cannot directly be accessed by an external device and therefore has the higher security level than the authentication area 52. Since the secure area 51 is placed in the non-tamper-resistant memory 50, a large storage capacity can be reserved.

Embodiments of the invention generally provide for flow battery cells and systems containing a plurality of flow battery cells, and methods for improving metal plating within the flow battery cell, such as by flowing and exposing the catholyte to various types of cathodes. In one embodiment, a flow battery cell is provided which includes a cathodic half cell and an anodic half cell separated by an electrolyte membrane, wherein the cathodic half cell contains a plurality of cathodic wires extending perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to and within the catholyte pathway and in contact with the catholyte, and each of the cathodic wires extends parallel or substantially parallel to each other. In some examples, the plurality of cathodic wires may have at least two arrays of cathodic wires, each array contains at least one row of cathodic wires, and each row extends along the catholyte pathway.

Described herein is an improved container for storing, shipping, and dispensing proppant materials used in hydraulic fracturing operations. The container systems incorporate stretchable hopper structures in the container. The hopper expands and contracts responsive to the amount of proppant material held in the container. When the container is filled with a sufficient amount of proppant, the hopper stretches to expand the storage volume. When the sufficient amount of proppant material is dispensed from the container, the hopper contracts to lift and dispense the container contents.

A fluid dispensing utensil, such as a writing utensil, includes a container defining a first storage area for storing fluid, a second storage area and an opening therebetween, a tip, a capillary conveying line extending from the opening through at least a portion of the second storage area to the tip, and a capillary storage associated with the second storage area and in direct contact with the conveying line. The average capillarity of the capillary conveying line is substantially greater than the average capillarity of the storage.

The invention relates to a method for texturizing virtual three-dimensional objects, particularly virtual three-dimensional building objects and city models with a photographic image (1) of a real object, particularly of a picture of a façade. The method is characterized by the following steps: Projecting the photographic image (1) onto a virtual surface (2) of the virtual three-dimensional object to produce a raw texture; localizing a raw texture element (3) in the raw texture by using a classification method; computer-compatible description of the localized raw texture element by a formal feature set for the raw texture element, particularly a feature vector; comparing the formal feature set of the raw texture element with each feature set of predefined library elements (4), and determining degrees of similarity between the raw texture element and each library element; replacing the localized raw texture element with at least one library element when a predefined degree of similarity is present, and reshaping the raw texture into a generalized texture (5) of the virtual object by replacing all raw texture elements with library elements.

Flash memory devices and associated methods are described for controlling data errors in the devices through various forms of decoding, error correction, and wear concentration. To this end, a flash memory device may be partitioned into a plurality of sectors. Data may then be received from, for example, a host processor for storage within the flash memory device. Storage durations of the data are then estimated and the data is stored in the data sectors based on those estimated storage durations.

One or more servers are adapted to execute tape application programs. A controller provides communications between the one or more servers and a random access storage device. The controller is configured so that the application programs can concurrently access the random access storage device as a sequential access tape storage device.

A card and reader system is provided enabling larger storage capacity and faster data transmission. The card is configured in a Smart Card or SIM card format and communicates with either standard Smart Card readers or specially configured readers capable of higher data transmission speeds. Eliminating the processor from the card and including it in the reader allows the cost of the card to be reduced. A software driver installed in existing Smart Card readers enables the additional storage capability of the card to be concealed from the reader, thereby eliminating a need to replace readers already deployed.

The invention discloses a file processing method, which comprises the following steps of: encoding a file into a plurality of data blocks by utilizing an erasure code algorithm, and storing the plurality of data blocks in at least two storage nodes which at least comprise storage nodes in a distributed file system; wherein one data block is only stored once; and storing the file index of the file,the respective storage address of each data block in the plurality of data blocks and the hash value related to the file in a block chain network. Therefore, the data redundancy is greatly reduced, higher data reliability is obtained with lower data redundancy, and the utilization rate of the storage space is improved. Moreover, the method adopts a mode of combined storage of the block chain network and the out-of-chain distributed storage system, so that the storage pressure of the block chain network is reduced, and the storage capacity is expanded by introducing the distributed file system. The invention further discloses a file processing device, equipment, a medium and a computer program product.

A flash memory storage device, a controller thereof, and a data programming method are provided. The flash memory storage device has a flash memory comprising a plurality of physical blocks, each physical block includes a plurality of physical addresses, and the physical addresses comprises at least one fast physical address and at least one slow physical address. The method comprises at least grouping the physical blocks into a data area and a spare area; setting a predetermined block number; obtaining m physical blocks from the spare area, receiving a write command comprising a write data and a logical address, determining a logical address range of a buffer according to the logical address and the predetermined block number. When all logical addresses to be programmed with the write data are within the logical address range of the buffer, using a fast mode to program the data into the m physical blocks.

The invention discloses a high-speed signal acquisition, storage and playback device based on FPGA. The device is composed of a signal conditioning circuit, a high-speed A / D conversion circuit, an FPGA processing unit, an SDRAM, a NAND FLASH storage array, a USB 2.0 communication unit and upper computer software. In an acquisition mode, after being processed by the signal conditioning circuit, an analog signal is converted into a digital signal by the high-speed A / D conversion circuit, and the FPGA processing unit caches the digital signal, carries out lossless compression by using an LZW algorithm and then writes into the NAND FLASH storage array. In the signal playback mode, the FPGA reads data from the NAND FLASH, the USB 2.0 communication unit sends the data to the upper computer, and the upper computer software receives and analyzes the data.

A file system (i) permits storage capacity to be added easily, (ii) can be expanded beyond a given unit, (iii) is easy to administer and manage, (iv) permits data sharing, and (v) is able to perform effectively with very large storage capacity and client loads. State information from a newly added unit is communicated (e.g., automatically and transparently) to central administration and management operations. Configuration and control information from such operations is communicated (e.g., automatically) back down to the newly added units, as well as existing units. In this way, a file system can span both local storage devices (like disk drives) and networked computational devices transparently to clients. Such state and configuration and control information can include globally managed segments as the building blocks of the file system, and a fixed mapping of globally unique file identifiers (e.g., Inode numbers) and / or ranges thereof, to such segments.

The invention discloses an automatic food vending machine. By virtue of control of a human-machine interaction device, a propelling mechanism pushes food stored in storage boxes onto a receiving platform; a turnplate device is further arranged inside the machine body; the turnplate device comprises a turnplate, a propelling platform and a turnplate driving mechanism; the turnplate driving mechanism is connected with the turnplate and drives the turnplate to rotate; the storage boxes take a rotating center of the turnplate as a circular center and are fixed on the turnplate in an equant manner; discharge openings are horizontally formed in the bottom of the storage boxes in a run-through manner; the propelling platform is fixed inside the machine body; the propelling mechanism is arranged on the propelling platform; the propelling mechanism is provided with a propelling rod which faces to the receiving platform and does linear telescopic movement in the horizontal direction; the propelling rod is horizontally arranged; the turnplate is rotated so as to rightly align the discharge openings with the propelling rod; the propelling rod stretches out, and pushes out food in the discharge openings onto the receiving platform for a buyer to fetch. The automatic food vending machine is high in vending efficiency, large in storage amount, and clean and sanitary.

A method of managing segments in a distributed-file system implemented by a plurality of file servers includes determining a segment of the distributed-file system controlled by a first file server for which control is to be migrated, selecting a second file server, that is different from the first file server, to take control of the segment, and moving control of the segment from the first file server to the second file server.

A power factor correction (PFC) circuit includes an inductor, a diode, a storage capacitor, a switch and a control unit. The input power has a voltage fluctuation V1. The storage component absorbs a first voltage fluctuation and a switch regulation circuit absorbs a second voltage fluctuation V2. Thus output voltage from the PFC circuit is not a conventional constant voltage but a voltage of a great ripple. The PFC circuit further has a harmonic regulation unit. The harmonic regulation unit generates a voltage signal containing 3rd harmonic. The control unit receives a feedback signal and the voltage signal containing 3rd harmonic to generate a reference to the inductor current. Therefore, the inductor current contains 3rd harmonic. Thus power fluctuation absorbed and released by the capacitor is smaller. As a result energy storage capacitance can be reduced significantly.

A microwave oven and method are described wherein the microwave oven includes an interface unit interfacing with a plug and play drive to read out cooking information stored in the drive that does not necessitate a separate recognition device. The drive has a large storage capacity and a fast processing rate. The microwave oven also includes a display unit displaying the cooking information, a key input unit selecting one or more pieces of cooking information from the cooking information displayed on the display unit, and a control unit controlling the cooking information stored in the USB drive to be read out and displayed on the display unit through the interface unit, and controlling cooking on the basis of cooking information selected through the key input unit. The microwave oven conveniently and rapidly stores and executes various large-sized cooking information without an additional recognition device.

The present invention is directed to a multimedia data storage system for storing multimedia data including a media server which stores media data on a short-term basis, and a media archive which stores media data on a long-term basis relative to the media server. The media archive is connected to the media server, which operates as a cache device for the media archive, for transmission of media data between the media archive and the media server. According to the present invention, a volume of the media data stored in the media server is controlled based on user-defined parameters. The present invention is also directed to a method of managing a media server as a cache device for a media archive within a multimedia data storage system. The media server stores media data on a short-term basis, whereas the media archive stores media data on a long-term basis relative to the media server. The media archive is connected to the media server for transmission of media data therebetween. According to the present invention, the method of managing includes determining a volume of the media data stored in the media server and controlling the volume of the media data stored in the media server based on user-defined parameters. The present invention is also directed to a computer-readable medium of instructions to be implemented in a multimedia data storage system including a media server and a media archive. The media server stores media data on a short-term basis and the media archive stores media data on a long-term basis relative to the media server. The media archive is connected to the media server for transmission of media data therebetween. The inventive computer-readable medium of instructions includes means for determining a volume of the media data stored in the media server and means for controlling the volume of the media data stored in the media server based on user-defined parameters.

The invention provides a carbon nano material / metal nano material composite nano ink which comprises solvent, an additive, a carbon nano material and a metal nano material. The carbon nano material / metal nano material composite nano ink is characterized in that the solvent can comprise water, alcohol organic solvent (ethanol(alcohol), isopropanol, n-butanol and the like), ester organic solvent (ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, ethylene-propylene acetate and the like), benzene organic solvent (methylbenzene, dimethylbenzene and the like) and ketone organic solvent (cyclohexanone, acetone, methylethylketone, butanone and the like); the additive comprises surfactant, pH value stabilizer, defoaming agent, diluter, reinforcer and the like; the carbon nano material comprises a single-layer carbon nanotube, a double-layer carbon nanotube, a multi-layer carbon nanotube and graphene; the metal (copper, silver, gold, platinum, nickel and the like, also including an alloy nano material, an ITO metal composite nano material and the like) nano material further comprises a metal nanoparticle, a metal nanowire or a metal nanotube; the components of the nano ink must include one carbon nano component and one metal nano component, such as a single-layer carbon nanotube and copper nanowire composite ink, a double-layer carbon nanotube and silver nanowire composite ink, a single-layer carbon nanotube and silver nanoparticle composite ink or any other possible combination; the components can be regulated according to specific applications; and a composite nano conductive film can be formed on different bases through different electronic printing processes. The ink can be used in the printing of a flexible base material and can be conveniently prepared into a flexible conductive film.

Three-, and four-dimensional ("3-D" and "4-D") volume radiation memories store multiple binary bits of information-typically about five to ten and more typically eight such bits-in the same physical volumes on several different photochromic chemicals co-located in the volume. Each of the multiple photochromic chemicals is individually selectively written with an individually associated pair of radiation beams of an appropriate combined frequency-i.e., a "color"-and energy by a process of two-photon ("2-P") absorption. All the multiple information bits that are stored within all the photochromic chemicals in each addressable domain are read in common, and induced to simultaneously fluoresce, again by process of 2-P absorption. The fluorescence of each of different photochromic chemical in each addressed domain-which fluorescence is selective in accordance with the written state of each such photochromic chemical-is separated from, and is separately detected from, the fluorescence of all other photochromic chemicals because it is of a unique color, and is spatially steered to an associated detector array, normally a Charge Coupled Device (CCD), by a monochromator, normally a prism. Exemplary fluorescent photochromic chemicals are spirobenzopyran, rhodamine, cumarin and anthracene. Suitable groups of photochromic chemicals are formed from individual photochromic chemicals exhibiting narrow, sharp, separate spectra of absorption and of emission suitably distinct from each other, and where no chemical's fluorescent emission energy overlaps the absorption energies of any other chemicals.

A card and reader system is provided enabling larger storage capacity and faster data transmission. The card is configured in a Smart Card or SIM card format and communicates with either standard Smart Card readers or specially configured readers capable of higher data transmission speeds. Eliminating the processor from the card and including it in the reader allows the cost of the card to be reduced. A software driver installed in existing Smart Card readers enables the additional storage capability of the card to be concealed from the reader, thereby eliminating a need to replace readers already deployed.

The invention discloses a 3D (three-dimensional) NAND memory and a manufacturing method of the 3D NAND memory. The 3D NAND memory comprises multiple layers of storage arrays and multiple layers of control grid circuits, wherein each layer of the control grid circuit is electrically connected to the same layer of the storage array, so that selection of each layer of the storage array is realized; each layer of the control grid circuit is obtained by cascading a same number of transistors; grids of all the transistors of the control grid circuits are electrically connected to control wires; the number of the control wires is as the same as that of the transistors comprised in each layer of the control grid circuit; the grids of different transistors positioned on the same layer of the control grid circuit are electrically connected to different control wires. According to the 3D NAND memory, a small number of input control wires SSL select a large number of control grid layers through the control grid circuits, so that the area and the volume of the whole memory cannot be enlarged due to the increase of the number of the required layers of control grids when the storage capacity of the memory is improved due to the increase of the number of storage unit layers.

The invention discloses a general signal processing board card based on a multi-core DSP (digital signal processor). An FPGA (field programmable gate array) serves as a master control core, and two multi-core DSP chips are connected through a high-speed serial bus and supportable to SRIO (serial rapid input / output) and PCIE (peripheral component interconnect express) protocols. Each DSP is connected with an expandable external memory and a gigabit Ethernet interface, and the DSPs are connected mutually through the high-speed serial bus and supportable to Hyperlink, SRIO and PCIE protocols. The FPGA and a VPX connector are mutually connected through a gigabit transceiver and supportable to SRIO, PCIE and Ethernet protocols. Mounting positions of an external memory chip, a DSP chip and an FPGA chip on a printed board of the general signal processing board card are compatible positions allowing placement of other chips in the series respectively and accord with 6U standards in size. The problems of poor universality, small data throughput, low storing rate and low processing speed of existing signal processing board cards are solved, and the general signal processing board card has the advantages of quickness in processing, high storing rate, large data throughput and high universality and can be widely applied to fields of communication, radar, guided missiles, remote sensing, image processing and the like.

An automated storage / retrieval system has two pairs of multi-tier racks that are arranged in series. An elevator is disposed between the two pairs of multi-tier racks. The elevator enables a load to be delivered to and received from the two pairs of multi-tier racks. The automated storage / retrieval system having such a tandem structure not only can provide the same storage capacity as that of a conventional configuration in which two pairs of multi-tier racks are arranged in parallel, but also can be applied to a building with a limited height since the system does not need to have an extended height. Since only one elevator is needed, the number of units is less than that of a conventional system, reducing manufacturing cost and an installation space for the system.