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A structure health monitoring (“SHM”) system according to the invention can be deployed in an onboard environment, such as an aircraft, to provide an ongoing damage assessment of structural components on the aircraft. The SHM system reduces or eliminates time consuming and costly manual inspections of aircraft. The SHM system can leverage known sensor technologies to collect sensor data indicative of the structural health of the monitored components. The sensor data is processed and baselined with sensor feature baselines and damage estimate baselines to provide an accurate final damage estimate for the monitored component. The final damage estimate can be further processed or formatted for compatibility with aircraft maintenance systems.

A method and system for assigning logical partitions to multiple named processor pools. Sets of physical processors are assigned to predefined processor sets. Named processor pools with unique pool names are defined. The processor sets are assigned to the named processor pools so that each processor set is assigned to a unique named processor pool. A first set of logical partitions is assigned to a first named processor pool and a second set of logical partitions is assigned to a second named processor pool. A first processor set is assigned to the first named processor pool and a first set of physical processors is assigned to the first processor set. Similarly, a second processor set is assigned to the second named processor pool and a second set of physical processors is assigned to the second processor set.

A hyperspectral Raman imaging system having the ability to focus on excitation laser beam over a relatively wide field of view due to the use of a lens array, in particular a microlens array. Hyperspectral selection is provided in one embodiment through the use of dual-axis controlled dielectric filtration. Methods for analyzing materials with the system are disclosed. The device or system can be used in generally any application where investigation of materials is required.

The invention discloses an SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)-based regional ground-to-air radio station voice networking system which comprises a plurality of ground-to-air radio stations and also comprises a tandem scheduling server, an SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) radio station voice communication terminal and a networking node network element device, wherein the networking node network element device is connected between the tandem scheduling server and the SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) radio station voice communication terminal and connected with the ground-to-air radio stations.The SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)-based regional ground-to-air radio station voice networking system can realizes integration with a ground-to-air data link system and can realize goal-oriented ground-to-air voice command which is compatible and coordinated with ground-to-air data link system; and a commander can synchronously obtain the voice command control capacity when seeing a target. Moreover, a communication link for directly implementing the voice command control on first-line task aircrafts is provided for a remote high-level command center within shorter setup time and in more flexible setup mode so that commands of chief executives can reach the first-line aircrafts immediately and the effect that a link can be uses as long as set up is achieved.

The invention relates to a data portal system for an enterprise data unified platform. The data portal system comprises a back-stage system module and a front-end function module, the back-stage system module consists of a presentation layer, a business layer, a duration layer and a Mysql (My structured query language) database, and the front-end function module comprises a homepage module, a personal information module, a daily report KPI (key performance indicator) module, an operational analysis report module, a system announcement module and a system setting module. JSP (Java server page) technology, AJAX (asynchronous JavaScript and extensive makeup language) technology and Jquery technology are adopted for the presentation layer, a Spring MVC (model view controller) frame is adopted for the business layer, and an iBATIS frame is adopted for the duration layer. The operational analysis report module comprises various function modules. The data portal system can realize cross-platform running, is high in safety and low in maintenance cost, can carry out offline data analysis, is compatible to any third-party report tools and supports various report output formats.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a method for achieving remote memory swap, a device and a system thereof. The method comprises the following steps: a machine page is released from a machine memory of a virtual machine, and the machine page is mapped with a physical page; the content of the physical page mapped with the machine page is transmitted to remote swap space, wherein, the remote swap space is established on a remote physical host computer. The device for achieving the remote memory swap disclosed by the embodiment of the invention comprises a page reclaim module and a remote transmission module. Partial memory of the virtual machine is swapped to the free memory of the remoter physical host computer by the method, the device and the system, and the quantity and the execution efficiency of aggregate virtual machines on a group of host computers are improved to realize higher utilization rate of the physical host computers and the lower total cost of ownership at the premise of fully ensuring the page swapping performance of the virtual machines.

An ion-cut machine and method for slicing silicon ingots into thin wafers for solar cell manufacturing is set forth, amongst other embodiments and applications. One embodiment comprises two carousels: first carousel (100) adapted for circulating workpieces (55) under ion beam (10) inside target vacuum chamber (30) while second carousel (80) is adapted for carrying implanted workpieces through a sequence of process stations that may include annealing (60), cleaving (70), slice output (42), ingot replacement (52), handle bonding, cleaning, etching and others. Workpieces are essentially swapped between carousels. In one embodiment, the swapping system comprises a high throughput load lock (200) disposed in the wall of the vacuum chamber (30), a vacuum swapper (110) swapping workpieces between first carousel (100) and load lock (200), and an atmospheric swapper (90) swapping workpieces between load lock (200) and second carousel (80).

The invention discloses a digital addressable lighting control system and a method thereof. The system consists of master nodes and slave nodes numbered from 1 to 64 which are hung and connected on a DALI bus, all the sensors and a PC on which DALI application software runs are connected with the main nodes, and the slave nodes comprise two parts of DALI interface circuits and electronic dimming ballasts and serve as a system actuator for driving fluorescent lamps. The actuator controls the fluorescent lamps according to commands of the main nodes and the preset working parameters, the slave nodes are taken as the system actuator, a control unit thereof reads the real-time working states of the fluorescent lamps and an output module and feeds back to the main nodes by the DALI bus, then the digital addressable lighting control system can not only feed back the real-time state of the control unit of the actuator, but also feed back the real-time states of an executive unit and controlled objects, and maintenance personnel and a user can grasp the full picture and the details of the system. The digital addressable lighting control system adopts the electronic ballasts with separated easily damaged parts and non-easily damaged parts, and only the easily damaged parts need to be replaced during the life cycle of the actuator, thereby effectively reducing the overall owning cost of the user.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a proof-of-work calculating method and device, electronic equipment, a program and a medium. The method comprises the following steps: calculating for multiple times based on a selected first random number respectively, and respectively storing calculation results into a memory, so as to form caching data occupying predetermined space capacity; carrying out Hash calculation on a preset data block by utilizing the caching data and a second random number selected at the present time; judging whether a calculation result of the Hash calculation meets preset conditions; and if the calculation result does not meet the preset conditions, changing a value of the second random number, and restarting to execute an operation of carrying out the Hash calculation on the preset data block by utilizing the caching data and the second random number selected at the present time. The embodiment of the invention has the advantages that electric power consumptionis greatly lowered while the advantages of fairness and robustness are maintained, and existing computing equipment with a certain memory space can be reused, so that total ownership cost of a systemis reduced.

It is an object of this disclosure to provide high productivity, low cost-of-ownership manufacturing equipment for the high volume production of photovoltaic (PV) solar cell device architecture. It is a further object of this disclosure to reduce material processing steps and material cost compared to existing technologies by using gas-phase source silicon. The present disclosure teaches the fabrication of a sacrificial substrate base layer that is compatible with a gas-phase substrate growth process. Porous silicon is used as the sacrificial layer in the present disclosure. Further, the present disclosure provides equipment to produce a sacrificial porous silicon PV cell-substrate base layer.

The invention discloses a virtual-machine memory extension method and system based on a remote SSD, and relates to the technical field of high-performance virtualization. The virtual machine memory extension method based on the remote SSD includes the steps that a virtual machine is created and operated at a virtualization node, when the virtual node conducts secondary page-table page misssion treatment, firstly, memory space is distributed for the virtual machine in a local memory, after the application amount of the local memory reaches a set threshold value, part of local memory paging is replaced by a remote SSD node, the virtual node maintains the distribution from the partial local memory paging to the remote SSD node through a shadow-customer physical address mapping table, the remote SSD node is firstly stored in the local memory of the remote SSD node after receiving the paging data, and when the application amount of the local memory of the remote SSD node reaches the set threshold value, part of memory paging is replaced to a local SSD to be stored.

The present invention relates to the broadband access network and the method of the QoS Assurance. The main technical proposal of the present invention is that a corresponding ARM (access resource manager) is arranged in the broadband access network. Corresponding logical channels are respectively established between a broadband assess server and all users access equipment. The unified management is processed by the ARM (access resource manager) to the broadband resources of all logical channels. So the QoS assurance can be provided to the transmitting business in the broadband access network according to the wideband resource conditions of each logical channel. The present invention can lead a broadband network operator to support the QoS assurance to a real-time service in the broadband access network range and to distribute the broadband resources to the corresponding businesses according to needs. At the same time, in the present invention, the operator can provides more kinds of services through a signal network, reduces the cost owned by the whole network and creates the biggest value.

The invention discloses a distributed intelligent Internet of Things with high flexibility. The distributed intelligent Internet of Things comprises a public and private cloud service, a general control module, an intelligent module, an intelligent module expansion module, a function module and a function module peripheral, which are networked and connected in a flexible manner, so that owning and maintenance costs are reduced, the rapid deployment of the service is achieved, more application requirements are met by convenient combination. According to the distributed intelligent Internet of Things with high flexibility, through the definition of an standard interface, the flexible networking is achieved, the cost for primarily owning by a user is reduced, and the cost for subsequently required expansion is also reduced; through the convenient cloud service, each module is convenient to upgrade and maintain, and the maintenance cost is lowered; through the convenient, safe and economical cloud storage, the safe historic recording of key data can be achieved; through the developed network, convenient use is achieved at any time and any place; through the expansion of the function module, the deployment with the requirement of low cost is achieved; through the expansion of the intelligent module, the cost ratio of the intelligent module is reduced.

A technique for suppressing the need of active device check by an administrator by providing log data to the administrator for judging whether to replace hardware. A computer system includes: a terminal device in which a user performs direct operation or content check, a plurality of personal computers connected to the terminal device via a network and serving as objects of remote operation by the user, and a storage server device which accumulates information created or referenced by the user, and a start server device having a computer operation managing function which selects a usable personal computer and connects it to the terminal device so as to provide a use environment to the user when the user has made an allocation request to any one of the personal computers via the terminal device.

The invention provides a multi-data-centre-oriented system monitoring method. The modes of administrators and agencies are adopted, wherein the administrators refer to management client terminals, the agencies refer to management service terminals, and the management service terminals collect all parameters and all kinds of state information of a storage device and report the parameters and the state information to the management client terminals. The management client terminals provide man-machine operation interfaces, meanwhile, control commands are transmitted to the management service terminals, and the unified distribution control over devices are carried out through the management service terminals. Monitoring includes the steps of center resource object state information monitoring and among-management-server state monitoring. Compared with the prior art, the multi-data-centre-oriented system monitoring method has the advantages that the capacity estimation function is achieved, valuable references are provided for a user to judge whether devices are added or not, the efficient data supporting capacity and the using efficiency of a data center storage system are improved, the practicability is high, and popularization is easily achieved.

Methods and apparatuses for implementing magnetic field to assist PECVD to locally or globally coat the internal surface of the work piece are presented. Several permanent magnet assembly designs have been presented to provide efficient and effective magnetic field inside the work piece, which acts partially as the working chamber. The magnet assembly generates magnetic flux inside the working chamber, which increases the efficiency of PECVD process, enable PECVD process under higher gas pressure and to improve the uniformity, deposition rate, better adhesion and reduce the process temperature.

The invention relates to a low-power spread-spectrum wireless communication module which comprises a radio-frequency chip, a single chip microcomputer, a power circuit, a crystal oscillation circuit, a radio-frequency circuit, and an antenna. The radio-frequency chip and the single chip microcomputer perform SPI communication. The power circuit inputs a voltage to the single chip microcomputer and the radio-frequency chip. The radio-frequency chip and the antenna are connected by the radio-frequency circuit. The output of the crystal oscillation circuit is sent to the single chip microcomputer. The radio-frequency circuit consists of a radio-frequency signal receiving circuit and a radio-frequency signal transmitting circuit. The single chip microcomputer is an STM8 single chip microcomputer. The invention further discloses a low-power spread-spectrum wireless communication method. The module and the method have the advantages as follows: the power consumption and cost are low, the network transmission efficiency is improved, and interference is reduced; a wider transmission range and a longer transmission distance are achieved, zero-fee data transmission is realized, and only power supply by batteries is needed; and specific Internet-of-things enterprises can build a low-power wide-area network through the low-power wireless communication module to remotely receive data collected by a sensor.