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A robot vision system for outputting a disparity map includes a stereo camera for receiving left and right images and outputting a disparity map between the two images; an encoder for encoding either the left image or the right image into a motion compensation-based video bit-stream; and a decoder for extracting an encoding type of an image block, a motion vector, and a DCT coefficient from the video bit-stream. Further, the system includes a person detector for detecting and labeling person blocks in the image using the disparity map between the left image and the right image, the block encoding type, and the motion vector, and detecting a distance from the labeled person to the camera; and an obstacle detector for detecting a closer obstacle than the person using the block encoding type, the motion vector, and the DCT coefficient extracted from the video bit-stream, and the disparity map.

The described invention is an integrated multi-trophic farming process and methods thereof that creates a linkage between aquaculture, hydroponics, agriculture, and algae production. The process and methods described herein enable one skilled in the art of aquaculture, agriculture, hydroponics, and/or algae production to integrate aquaculture practices with their respective industry. The process and methods described within are applied to freshwater, brackish, and/or saltwater aquaculture production systems. The processes and methods described herein enable one skilled in the art to produce fish and/or aquatic animals in conjunction with plant and/or algae crops with less consumption of water, feed, and/or fertilizers when compared to conventional open source farming practices such as but not limited to aquaculture, agriculture, and/or algae production

A router generally comprising a first port, a second port, and a circuit. The first port may be configured to receive a frame having a network layer protocol identification. The second port may be connectable to a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network. The circuit may be configured to (i) insert an MPLS label into the frame while retaining the network layer protocol identification and (ii) present the frame in the MPLS network per the MPLS label.

An anti-shake system includes a movable portion to which an optical element is mounted; a support member which holds the movable portion in a manner to allow the movable portion to move freely in directions orthogonal to an optical axis; and a drive system which drives the movable portion in the directions orthogonal to the optical axis. A natural frequency of the movable portion that originates from the movable portion and the support member is set within the range of frequencies of shaking of an apparatus equipped with the anti-shake system which is caused by hand shake.

A light source includes an enveloped chamber (32) enclosing an ionizable medium (46) and at least one laser source to provide continuous energy to the plasma (64), i.e. the excited and ionized medium, for producing high-brightness light. The envelop (34) prevents the thermal convection on the inner chamber and provides insulation to the heat transferred out of the plasma so as to generate more stable and stronger emission of light. A method for producing enhanced-brightness light includes the using of multiple chamber assemblies (178a and 178b) and at least one laser source (164) to power the plasma within each chamber assembly in sequence. A method for improving the efficiency of laser usage includes a procedure to re-focus the unabsorbed laser beam (270) back to the same plasma (272) so that more laser energy can be absorbed by the plasma to deliver increased light output.

A method for electrolytic recycling and regenerating acidic cupric chloride etchants, comprising: (1) employing an acidic cupric chloride etchant that contains iron ions in PCB etching, controlling the oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) of said acidic cupric chloride etchant within the range of 360-700 mV; (2) transferring an etchant waste of step (1) to an electrolysis tank and electrolysing said etchant waste; (3) the chlorine gas generated by electrolysis oxidizes the electrolyte in the electrolysis tank and thereby dissolved into the electrolyte, in the effect of the ORP of the electrolyte; (4) regenerating an etchant by oxidizing Fe(II) ions and Cu(I) ions in the electrolyte to Fe(III) ions and Cu(II) ions using the chlorine gas of step (3) that is dissolved into the electrolyte, and when the chlorine gas is fully dissolved into the electrolyte, the oxidizing step of the electrolyte is finished and an etchant is regenerated; (5) transferring the etchant regenerated in step (4) to an etching production line.

An electrolysis system is provided for supplementing the petroleum fuel supply of an internal combustion engine. The electrolysis system may include a reservoir tank including a solution of water and electrolyte and at least two plates disposed therein. The plates are in electrical communication with a source of electrical power such that the plates create an electrical current in the solution to produce a gas including oxygen and hydrogen. A filter system is in fluid communication with the reservoir tank and includes a filter that has interconnected particles configured to capture electrolyte particles in the gas. A conduit is also provided as part of the electrolysis system to deliver the gas from the filter system to the internal combustion engine. A filter system and a method of supplying a gas that includes oxygen and hydrogen to supplement the petroleum fuel supply for an internal combustion engine are also disclosed.

Novel compositions and morphologies of carbon nanoflakes are described, as well as methods for making carbon nanoflakes using a radio frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (RF-PECVD) process. Acetylene is used as a CVD source gas. By utilizing high concentrations of acetylene in the CVD source gas at relatively low temperatures, carbon nanoflake growth rate and robustness are improved, and the resulting carbon nanoflakes have enhanced height uniformity.

Provided is a colpitts quadrature voltage controlled oscillator capable of obtaining quadrature orthogonal signals using a quadrature combination between a base and a collector of each transistor, without using an additional circuit such as a coupled transistor, a coupled transformer, a multiphase RC filter, etc. Accordingly, since nonlinearity, increased phase noise, a decrease in the Q-factor of an LC resonator, and increased power consumption can be avoided, a colpitts quadrature voltage controlled oscillator that has low phase noise, low electric power consumption, and a compact size can be implemented.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that selectively transfers code to a data producer in a networked system. In this system, the data producer generates data and then sends the data to a device. The device receives the data from the data producer, and then uses code on the device to perform a processing operation on the data. Next, the system analyzes characteristics of the data to determine whether performing the processing operation on the data producer can reduce resource usage. If so, the system transfers the code from the device to the data producer, and subsequently executes the code on the data producer. By executing the code on the data producer, the system can optimize resource usage in the networked system.

A water resource treating device includes an inner tube having a wind inlet section, a front low-pressure section, and a buffering section in series. The front low-pressure section has an inner diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the buffering section. An outer tube is mounted around the inner tube. A flash space is defined between the inner and outer tubes. The outer tube includes a water filling hole and a draining hole both of which is in communication with the flash space. A condensing tank is mounted in the flash space and surrounds the front low-pressure section. The condensing tank is connected to the flash space by a water inlet tube. A water outlet tube is connected to the condensing tank for draining purified water in the condensing tank. A regulator is mounted in the front low-pressure section and controls communication between the inner tube and the condensing tank.

An olfactory method for simultaneously assessing a quantity and a quality of odours in an airstream, comprising the steps of determining a first mean value of results of ratings of an acceptability of an odour of a single airstream, rated by a group of test persons; determining a second mean value of results of ratings of an odour intensity done by the same group of test persons for the same odourous airstream; determining a decipol value of ratings of a perceived air quality according to the method of Fanger of the same odourous airstream, rated by the same group of test persons; providing a matrix containing all mathematically possible values of the acceptability of rating, the odour intensity rating and the decipol values of the perceived air quality, wherein each value or a range of values of one the three rating categories is assigned to one score in a scale of scores: determining a score for each of the values taken from steps a), b), and c) by classifying it into one of the values or ranges of values in a corresponding category in the matrix of step d), which results in three scores; and calculating a third mean value of the three scores, resulting in an overall average score corresponding to an overall quantitative and qualitative odour characteristics of the airstream evaluated.

A transmitting/receiving system may include a transmission line, a transmitter circuit configured to transmit a clock to the transmission line and to adjust an amplitude of the clock in accordance with a logic level of data, and a receiver circuit configured to receive the clock transferred to the transmission line and to recover the data through detection of the amplitude of the clock.

The present invention provides methods and designs of enclosed-channel reactor system for manufacturing catalysts or supports. Both of the configuration designs force the gaseous precursors and purge gas flow through the channel surface of reactor. The precursors will transform to thin film or particle catalysts or supports under adequate reaction temperature, working pressure and gas concentration. The reactor body is either sealed or enclosed for isolation from atmosphere. Another method using super ALD cycles is also proposed to grow alloy catalysts or supports with controllable concentration. The catalysts prepared by the method and system in the present invention are noble metals, such as platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and osmium, or transition metals such as iron, silver, cobalt, nickel and tin, while supports are silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, cerium oxide or magnesium oxide, or refractory metals, which can be chromium, molybdenum, tungsten or tantalum.

Both the wafer serial number and slider region location indicia on the wafer are formed on the front surface of the wafer using optical principles, i.e., without using a laser.