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A policy engine in a policy-based, outsourced, network management system. In one embodiment, the management system is multi-layered, modular and stores device configuration data in non-device specific format, which are subsequently translated to device-specific format by lower layers of the management system. The non-device specific format is the same (e.g., XML) as that used to create the policies with the user GUI (e.g., browser) and transport them to the service center over the internet. A database stores a policy directory in a hierarchical format that is separate from a policy store (configuration store) for devices in a flat (non-hierarchical or parallel) format. In one embodiment, a policy engine develops policies in a hierarchical format, but then stores the device schema, or objects, in a low-level, flat database. Multiple hierarchical services which impact a single device have the characteristics related to that device knitted together, and then fed back to a policy store database as a flat file for that device, in a non-device specific format. Thus, instead of storing the policies separately, and in hierarchical linked format, the device descriptions are stored with the aspects of all policies that affect that device.

The present invention is directed to a portable monitor for use by elderly / infirm individuals that desires a significant degree of independence but recognizes that their ability to handle many situations by themselves is or will become substantially attenuated. In one embodiment, the portable monitor includes: (a) a sensor system that receives data reflecting environmental and personal aspects associated with the monitored individual from various sensors, (b) a user interface that allows the monitored individual to interact with the monitor; (c) a communication interface that provides for the ability to communicate with a third party if the monitored individual is or is likely to enter into a situation in which assistance is likely needed; and (d) a processing system for processes data produced by sensor system and data input from the user interface to determine if the monitored individual is in a situation or likely is in a situation in which assistance is likely needed.

MPEG-4 encoded data is input, and a shape code decoder decodes shape data contained in the encoded image data to obtain ROI information contained in that image. The frequency transforms of the decoded image data are computed to generate transform coefficients. A bit shift unit bit-shifts transform coefficients, corresponding to the ROI, of the generated transform coefficients, to upper bit planes, stuffs “0”s in blank fields outside the ROI, which are generated by the bit shift process, and stuffs audio data from an audio buffer in blank fields within the ROI, which are generated by the bit shift process.

The invention relates to an improved multi-joint and multi-path transmission method, which comprises the following steps that: a host machine A is connected with a host machine B on the network through two network ports, application data to be transmitted between the host machine A and the host machine B are divided into a plurality of logically-independent data streams; each data stream between the host machine A and the host machine B is bound on a specific path to be transmitted; when continuous congestion packet loss and fault paths do not happen, path switching of the data stream transmission is not allowed; when the continuous congestion packet loss and the fault paths happen, a transmitting terminal starts switching mechanism of the path, and all the data on the fault paths are transferred to new paths to be transmitted; and the host machine A detects the new available paths and deletes the old fault paths, and transmits dynamic addresses to the hose machine B to add and delete the data blocks so as to dynamically add the new paths and delete the old paths. The method is used for establishing and realizing multi-joint and multi-path data transmission.

Novel methods and apparatus regarding electronic eyewear are disclosed. Different embodiments can be applicable for seniors. One embodiment includes an eyewear that can charge when placed in an eyewear case. A user can access a live operator by tapping a button at the eyewear. The live operator can connect the user to a person. The eyewear can detect falls. In another embodiment, the eyewear with a digital assistant can be voice activated, and can provide assistance via the digital assistant. In yet another embodiment, the eyewear includes a position identifying system to identify a position of the eyewear. In one embodiment, the eyewear could wirelessly interact with a device coupled to an apparatus in the vicinity of the eyewear.

A method of carrying an application level message encapsulated inside a signaling message of an access network, said method comprising the steps of: receiving (1) an application level message from a sender application process to an access network signaling process; adapting (3) said application level message and encapsulating it in a signaling message of an access network; and delivering (1, 3, 4) said encapsulated application level message to a receiver application process by transmitting said signaling message, wherein said encapsulated application level message is transparent to the means of said access network transmitting said signaling message.

Disclosed herein is a new and improved non-invasive bed sensing system for detecting and monitoring physiological movements such as heartbeat and respiration. The system may employ a hydraulic fluid to transduce the physiological pressures to an integrated pressure sensor and a new and improved signal processing method to identify individual cardiac pulses from the electronic signals generated by the hydraulic transducer. The system provides increased sensitivity capable of capturing quantitative pulse and respiration rates with subtle changes, ability to distinguish between instances of low pulse rate and shallow breathing, and improved comfort over existing system.

The invention belongs to the field of manufacturing micro-nanofibers with an electrospinning technique, and particularly relates to an electrostatic spinning device for manufacturing heterogeneous spiral winding fiber bundles and stranded wires. The electrostatic spinning device comprises an insulation box, spinning nozzles, injection devices, an injection device fixing device, a metal connecting shaft, a first motor and a collecting device, the spinning nozzles, the injection devices, the injection device fixing device, the metal connecting shaft, the first motor and the collecting device are arranged in the insulation box, the first motor is arranged on the upper portion of the insulation box, an output shaft of the first motor is connected with the injection device fixing device through the metal connecting shaft, the injection devices are arranged on the injection device fixing device, the spinning nozzles are arranged on the injection devices respectively, the spinning nozzles are connected with the positive electrode of a high-voltage power supply, the collecting device is arranged on the lower portion of the insulation box and below the spinning nozzles, and the collecting device is connected with the negative electrode of the high-voltage power supply. The independent spinning nozzles are simultaneously operated to carry out spinning to manufacture the fiber bundles and the stranded wires, the yield of the fibers is far larger than that of a spinning device with a single spinning nozzle, and the electrostatic spinning device mainly has the advantages of manufacturing the fiber bundles with one operation and being capable of manufacturing the heterogeneous fiber bundles.

A dispatching apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a receiving module to receive the necessary car requirements from the passenger, wherein the necessary car requirements includes the condition of car and driver required by the passenger; a dispatching module for receiving the necessary car requirements; a memory unit storing information of cars and drivers of the dispatching companies, the dispatching module can compare the requirement with the information to select at least one car; and a wireless transferring network for broadcasting the necessary car requirements to at least one car and receiving responses from at least one car.

A bicycle frame includes a first rigid member with means for mounting a rear wheel and a front wheel assembly thereto. A second rigid member having means for mounting a seat post and pedals thereto is also provided. The second member is not connected directly to the first member but rather is linked by pivotable linkage to the first member. A shock absorber is preferably pivotably located between mounting points on the first and second rigid members. In a preferred embodiment a number of shock absorber mounting points are provided on the first member and first link in order to obtain an optimal shock absorber mounting position.

An Apparatus for Assisting Oneself in Dressing comprises a Cord, a First Engaging Apparatus and a Second Engaging Apparatus. The First Engaging Apparatus and the Second Engaging Apparatus are used to temporarily grasp, affix, hold, or otherwise engage with the article of clothing of which one person desires to get dressed. In some preferred embodiments, the First Engaging Apparatus and the Second Engaging Apparatus may further include an Upper Interfacing Member and a Lower Interfacing Member.

A semiconductor IC device includes a receiver having a bias circuit that applies a first bias potential to a first receiver for a clock signal and a second bias potential to each of a plurality of receivers for display data. The first bias potential is led out by first bias wiring, the second bias potential is led out by second bias wiring, and switches are connected between the second bias wiring 27 and respective ones the second receivers. The first bias potential is a steady bias potential, and the second bias potential is a high bias potential for a prescribed period of time from turn-on of the switches and becomes a steady bias potential after a prescribed period of time.

The invention discloses single-frequency and multi-frequency GNSS signal narrow-band interference suppression devices, systems and methods, wherein the multi-frequency GNSS signal narrow-band interference suppression system comprises at least one pre-processing module, at least one cache processing module, at least one cache control module, at least one delay module, a multiplexing module, a windowing processing module, a FFT calculation module, a NBI filter processing module, an IFFT calculation module, a demultiplexing module, at least one overlapped processing module and a time division multiplexing control module. According to the single-frequency and multi-frequency GNSS signal narrow-band interference suppression devices, systems and methods in the invention, narrow-band interferencesuppression on single-frequency and multi-frequency GNSS signals can be carried out; the suppression effect is good; furthermore, the hardware resource cost and the system power consumption can be reduced; and the practicability is relatively high.

A system of multiple non-manifolded fuel tanks on a portable platform and preferred embodiments which allow for improved access to the contents of each fuel tank, ability to transport multiple fuel types in a single system on a vehicle without towing apparatus, and the ability to maneuver the system via a forklift.

Reset control circuitry is disclosed, for controlling a first reset signal for resetting at least a first portion of a circuit and a further reset signal for resetting at least a second portion of said circuit, said reset control circuitry comprising: an input for receiving an input first reset signal; an input for receiving an input further reset signal; an output for outputting an output first reset signal; and an output for outputting an output further reset signal; said reset control circuitry being responsive to detecting deassertion of said input first reset signal when said input further reset signal is asserted to delay deassertion of said output first reset signal so that said output first reset signal is deasserted at a same time or later than said input further reset signal.

A method of carrying an application level message encapsulated inside a signaling message of an access network is described. The method includes receiving an application level message from a sender application process to an access network signaling process, adapting the application level message and encapsulating the application level message in a signaling message of an access network, and delivering the encapsulated application level message to a receiver application process by transmitting the signaling message, The encapsulated application level message is transparent to the devices of the access network transmitting the signaling message.

The present invention is directed to a portable monitor for use by elderly / infirm individuals that desires a significant degree of independence but recognizes that their ability to handle many situations by themselves is or will become substantially attenuated. In one embodiment, the portable monitor includes: (a) a sensor system that receives data reflecting environmental and personal aspects associated with the monitored individual from various sensors, (b) a user interface that allows the monitored individual to interact with the monitor; (c) a communication interface that provides for the ability to communicate with a third party if the monitored individual is or is likely to enter into a situation in which assistance is likely needed; and (d) a processing system for processes data produced by sensor system and data input from the user interface to determine if the monitored individual is in a situation or likely is in a situation in which assistance is likely needed.

In a MIMO wireless communication system, the transformation process synthesizes the eigenmodes having a large singular value (i.e. a high effective SNR) and the eigenmodes having a small singular value (i.e. a low effective SNR). Thereby, the former eigenmodes are converted into modes having suppressed effective SNR which do not require a large number of levels of modulation, and the latter eigenmodes are converted into modes having increased effective SNR instead. In a MIMO wireless communication system for eigenmode transmission, a large communication capacity is realized without increasing the number of levels of modulation even in a communication environment capable of achieving a high SNR.

The invention relates to an electronic attendance system, in particular to an electronic attendance system based on WeChat iBeacon, which is particularly suitable for class attendance of a school. The electronic attendance system comprises Bluetooth equipment, servers, a client and an enterprise WeChat number module, wherein the enterprise WeChat number module is arranged on an enterprise WeChat number platform; the servers and the client are connected through mobile internet or a wireless local area network; an attendance module is arranged on the client, and an attendance module adopts a WeChat iBeacon mode; the Bluetooth equipment and the client are connected in a Bluetooth transmission mode; data interaction is performed between the client and a web server, between the enterprise WeChat number module and the web server, and between the web server and a teaching server through a web service interface respectively. The efficiency of the electronic attendance system is high, the deployment difficulty and cost are reduced, and the maintenance flow of the system is simple.

Method and system for data transmission in a wide area mobile network supporting both MIMO User Equipments and non MIMO User Equipments, comprising:Allocating in a first signal (6a) the traffic of non MIMO user Equipments (9), a first MIMO data stream and a primary pilot channel.Allocating in a second signal (6b) a second MIMO data stream and a secondary pilot channel.Transmitting the first signal (6a) and the second signal (6b) with two orthogonal circular polarizations.

The invention refers to an arrangement and a method for milking of animals. The arrangement includes a number of milking stations (1). Each milking station includes a set of teatcups to be attached to the animal to be milked, a local milk-collecting unit, a local milk discharge conduit (10) and a local feeding member. At least a first main milk conduit (31) is arranged to connect each local milk discharge conduit (10) to a central milk-receiving unit (30) for the transport of milk from each milking station (1) to the central receiving unit. Each local feeding member is arranged to feed the milk by pressure from the local milk-collecting unit to the central milk-receiving unit via the local milk discharge conduit (10) and the first main milk conduit (31).

A mobile bedside commode includes a wheeled frame structure, and a platform assembly attached to an uppermost portion of the frame structure. The platform assembly includes a toilet cutout and retaining arrangement for retaining a sanitary waste container in communication with the cutout. The platform assembly further includes a toilet seat which is provided with an opening that overlies the cutout. The toilet seat is pivotally mounted to the platform assembly and defines a support surface covering essentially the majority of the platform assembly. The platform assembly has a back end adapted to be positioned towards a user seated on a bed and a front end space from the seated user. A gripping arrangement is formed by the front end of the platform assembly itself. The frame structure is configured to be straddled by legs of the seated user when the back end of the platform assembly is positioned adjacent the bedside. The gripping arrangement enables the user to slidingly push and pull one's buttocks onto and off of the toilet seat and the ramp arrangement in its bridging position without any obstructions rising from the toilet seat and extending from the frame structure.

The present invention relates to systems and methods for providing electrical power to a tap handle on a beverage dispenser. Specifically, the present invention may be used to provide electrical power to beer tap handles.

According to one or more aspects of the present invention, an amplifier arrangement is disclosed. The arrangement comprises a first, a second and a third amplifier. The first and second amplifiers are coupled to one another such that they form a negative feedback loop. In addition, an output node of the first amplifier is connected to a signal input of the third amplifier. An output node of the third amplifier circuit forms the amplifier output of the amplifier arrangement. In addition, the third amplifier circuit is designed for switchably changing its gain on the basis of a signal at an actuating input of the amplifier arrangement.

A hitching device permits towing a cargo transport device behind a kayak. The cargo transport device comprises a watertight container and a connection member extending along a longitudinal axis between the container and the watercraft. The connection member includes a swivel such that the container and watercraft on opposite sides of the swivel are freely rotatable about the longitudinal axis relative to one another. This free pivoting allows relative rotation between the container and watercraft such that each can react to outside forces, for example those exerted by waves, independently. As a result, rolling of the container does not tend to induce rolling of the watercraft and so the ride quality of the watercraft is not significantly reduced by the hitching device.

Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs, for safely executing a native code module for an ARM 64-bit instruction set. The native code module contains native code that is executed within a secure runtime environment that isolates the native code module from sensitive data and resources on the computing system. The native code module is validated by a validator prior to execution within the secure runtime environment to ensure that the native code module complies with a set of security constraints.