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When a load of a user is fluctuated, a data center dynamically changes resource allocation to the user according to the load and holds security for each user.

A control program on a data center managing server creates a VLAN configuration table so as to allocate a user-dedicated VLAN including plural network switches for each user company, thereby configuring the ports of a load balancer and network switches allocated to a user to the user-dedicated VLAN. A VPN is configured from the user to the data center, whereby a VLAN tagging technique is used to hold security of the user from the user to the data center. The control program compares a user condition setting table created along the service level agreement for each user with the monitoring result of the computer operating state (the CPU utilization history in a VLAN operation table) to dynamically change the computer allocation and VLAN configuration at unsatisfied agreement. Specifically, the VLAN configuration table and the VLAN operation table are changed to change the VLAN configuration in the load balancer and the network switches (in the case of the Web layer). The control program changes the parameter (the sever allocation history in the VLAN operation table) related to charge information based on that.

The present invention relates to systems and methods for the customized and personalized design of school, team, club, class and event branded apparel and merchandise online via dealer, client-branded and business-to-business websites without minimum orders. The invention further comprises customized design ordering, order fulfillment, image text positioning, image curing, image cutting, and pixilation methods.

The present invention relates to a method for closed-loop controlling a processing operation of a workpiece, comprising the steps of: (a) recording a pixel image at an initial time point of an interaction zone by means of a camera, wherein the workpiece is processed using an actuator having an initial actuator value; (b) converting the pixel image into a pixel vector; (c) representing the pixel vector by a sum of predetermined pixel mappings each multiplied by a corresponding feature value; (d) classifying the set of feature values on the basis of learned feature values into at least two classes of a group of classes comprising a first class of a too high actuator value, a second class of a sufficient actuator value and a third class of a too low actuator value at the initial time point; (e) performing a control step for adapting the actuator value by minimizing the error e_t between a quality indicator y_e and a desired value; and (f) repeating the steps (a) to (e) for further time points to perform a closed-loop controlled processing operation.

The system for managing bandwidth in a remote services system provides an infrastructure that enables a customer to control bandwidth utilization in accordance with specified network performance criteria. The architecture is broadly comprised of a bandwidth management system that operates in conjunction with aggregation Mid-level Manager and application Mid-level Managers controlled by the service provider. The customer deployment can be implemented using a single proxy or a plurality of proxies. Customer access to system resources is controlled by a service provider web-access portal controlled by the service provider.

A method and apparatus for analyzing current voice call quality in an IP network before allowing a new voice call to enter therein. Circuitry in each gateway between a PSTN and the IP network obtains information from the IP network regarding the quality of voice call traffic being transmitted from one gateway to another gateway. A parameter is calculated by the circuitry based on this information. This parameter is compared to predetermined thresholds to guarantee acceptable quality for a new voice call that is attempting to enter the IP network. The circuitry includes three circuits. A first circuit passes voice call data to the IP network. A second circuit polls the IP network about traffic information transmitted therein. A third circuit processes the polled information to determine whether the voice call data is to be accepted by the IP network.

A system and method for switching data packet traffic distribution across diverse transmission medium according to detected quality of service characteristics for a given data packet rate from server to client. It should be recognized that diverse medium are not interdependent with regard to fading or signal strength considerations. One mode of switching comprises switching all the data packets from transmission on a first medium to transmission over a second diverse medium. In a second mode of switching the distribution is changed according to a media-time coding mechanism in which typically data is being transmitted simultaneously across more than one of the multiple diverse medium. The data packet transmissions preferably comprise audio-video data packet streams, such as MPEG-2 streams. By way of example, the diverse transmission medium may comprise a wireless connection (i.e. WiFi) used in combination with a power-line network connection, such as within a home network.

A data transmission method able to maintain the quality of a transmitted image substantially same as that of one's own image and an apparatus using the method and a data transmission system, transmitting image data accommodated in a frame of a preset frame during communication between terminals, comprising capturing an image including a target image to be transmitted, making adjustments so that the target image to be transmitted from the obtained image substantially fully fills the image frame, and compressing and transmitting the adjusted image data in the image frame.

The present invention provides techniques for managing and analyzing business information. Specific embodiments provide persons with business or other non-technical fields with the capability to create, edit, and work with data models, profiles, and reports for business and other information. Specific embodiments can enable business and other non-technical users with enhanced understanding of information, and greater capabilities to manipulate relationships between various data entities in databases, for example.

An access method for periodic contention-free sessions (PCFS) reduces interference between overlapping first and second wireless LAN cells contending for the same medium. Each cell includes a respective plurality of member stations and an access point (AP) station. The access method for periodic contention-free sessions (PCFS) includes a fixed cycle time that reduces conflicts with PCFS from other cells. The PCFS from several cells are repeated in cycles of cycle period (CP), which is the contention-free period (CFP) of an access point times a factor that is a function of the number of overlapping cells. Periodic contention-free sessions (PCFSs) are generated, one from each overlapping cell. PCFS transmission attempts occur at the fixed specified time spacing following the start of the previous cycle. Each active AP sets a timer at CP and a PCFS is initiated when the timer expires. The timer is then reset to CP and this starts a new cycle. Contention transmissions are attempted by stations based on their assigned priority. If a channel is busy at the designated start time for transmitting a PCFS, the PCFS is shortened by the time lost. Interleaving PCFSs and CFSs reduces conflicts with CFSs from other cells. To lessen the contention between APs of different cells, each station's Network Allocation Vector (NAV) and Inter-BSS Network Allocation Vector (IBNAV) is updated by an increased value of the next CFS length, the increment being the inter-BSS contention period (IBCP). APs will attempt to access the channel during the IBCP only for transmitting a PCFS, while they will wait for the NAV and IBNAV expirations before attempting to transmit a CFS. Interleaving PCFSs and CFSs also enables maintaining quality of service (QoS).

A lighting apparatus comprising a support, a light source having an emission surface and disposed in the support, a lens disposed to face the emission surface of the light source, and a half-mirror film provided on at least a surface of the lens, the half-mirror film being a thin film comprising a metallic material such as aluminum, the lens being a light-focusing lens, the lens having a peripheral part and a central part, the peripheral part including a lens surface comprising a smoothly curved surface, and the central part including a Fresnel lens surface.

A method for inlaying the diamond or zircon onto jadeite includes such steps as blanking, drilling one or more blind or through holes, installing inlaying nail, cutting the inlaying nail, inlaying the diamond or zircon to said inlaying nail, wrapping the edge of inlaid diamond or zircon by an expanding sleeve made of gold alloy or stainless steel, grinding and polishing.

A method that exploits the intrinsic selectivity of steady-state free precession (SSFP) to perform spectral suppression is disclosed. Such a method avoids the need to incorporate additional spectrally selective pulse sequence elements. The scheme is based on breaking the FISP imaging sequence into short trains having, for example, 8–64 RF pulses. At the moment of echo formation (i.e., TE=TR/2) after the last full RF pulse of the train, water signal is z-stored. Residual transverse magnetization, which include isochromats phase-opposed to the on-resonance water, is gradient crushed and RF spoiled. The stored magnetization is subsequently re-excited with little disturbance to the on-resonance steady-state water signal. The additional time required to perform the steady-state interruption is typically as little as a single TR, minimally affecting the efficiency of the imaging process. The sequence can be employed repetitively, greatly reducing the amplitude of fat signals throughout a real-time or cine imaging process.

An information management method for managing whether to allow playback of copyrighted content includes an invalidating step, executed by playback management means when an invalidating request for content recorded on a recording medium is received, of registering the content in playback-management information as being in a playback-prohibition state; a playback processing step, executed by playback controlling means when a playback request for content on the recording medium is received, of permitting playback only when the content is not in the playback-prohibition state with reference to the playback-management information; and an invalidation canceling step, executed by the playback controlling means when playback-permission information associated with content in the playback-prohibition state is obtained, of updating the playback-management information so that the playback-prohibition state of the content is canceled.

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a cyclopropene, for example 1-MCP, encapsulated in a cyclodextrin matrix, a hygroscopic compound, yeast and/or other enzymes involved in the production of alcohols and aldehydes from organic substrates, and, optionally an organic substrate for the enzymes. The composition of the present invention provides, under controlled conditions, the co-release of the cyclopropene, alcohols, aldehydes and carbon dioxide, which work together to improve the quality of plants during storage. Methods and commercial packages employing these compositions are also disclosed.

A singlet telescope is provided for reshaping the laser beam to a larger or smaller diameter while maintaining the inherent quality of the beam. Applications for the singlet telescope include intercavity expansion to accommodate the damage thresh-old of various components, expansion of beams to match the size of different wavelengths for final collimation, and shrinking of beams to provide high irradiance for nonlinear processes such as optical parametric oscillation and frequency doubling, with the above applications usually requiring low power magnification or demagnification. Problems involving the utilization of these telescopes over wide temperature ranges and ghost reflections in which a light is reflected back to a pumping laser are minimized with the singlet construction, with the ghost reflections potentially creating damage of components including self-damage or breakdown of air, as well as damage to a Q-switched resonator which causes pre-lasing.

A method for maintaining a quality of service in a wireless communication network is introduced. A reservation is created in a first data path between a home agent and a first foreign agent for data flow between the home agent and a wireless terminal. When the wireless terminal associates with a second foreign agent, a quality of service supportive second data path may be created between the first foreign agent and the second foreign agent. The data flow may be routed over the first and second data paths to maintain the quality of service for the data flow. A wireless communication network may include first downstream and reverse tunnels coupling a home agent and a first foreign agent, each tunnel having a reservation to maintain a quality of service. Second downstream and reverse tunnels may couple a home agent and a second foreign agent. All or part of the resources reserved by the first tunnels may be shared with the second tunnels when a wireless terminal hands over from the first foreign agent to the second foreign agent.

Embodiments of systems, apparatus, and/or methods can control temperature within a transport refrigeration unit using remote sensor or sensors. Embodiments can monitor cargo temperature with remote sensor(s) and air temperature to adjust air delivery speed or cooling capacity. Selected operation parameters can be determined with consideration of both energy conservation and/or cargo quality. Embodiments of systems, apparatus, and/or methods can control temperature within a transport refrigeration unit using a first selected mode of operation or a second mode of operation.

A design support device supports a design project achieved by executing a plurality of tasks including subtasks. The design history data of the design performed by a designer is sequentially stored and associated with a task to sequentially generate task-design history relevant data. A subtask is defined with respect to the task-design history relevant data to sequentially generate design process data. Subtask relevant data indicating a relevance between subtasks with respect to the plurality of pieces of design process data is generated, and a subtask to be performed in a later design work is estimated with respect to an in-process design work from a difference between past design process data of a project performed in the past and in-process data in a project performed currently to obtain an estimate subtask. An optimal execution order is calculated to obtain estimate design process data and the estimate design process data is output.

The present invention discloses one kind of pre-treating agent for fabric printing and dyeing and its application. The pre-treating agent includes pre-treating water solution in 40-60 wt% and promoter in 40-60 wt%. The pre-treating agent may be used in the pre-treatment of cotton fabric and blended fabric before printing and dyeing. The cotton fabric and blended fabric treated with the pre-treating agent has full desizing, no degradation in strength and easy printing and dyeing.

A method for communicating between an airborne mobile terminal and a terrestrial location via satellite, whereby a number of encode/decode modules are eliminated from the communications path, thereby reducing the transmission delay and improving the quality of the transmitted voice data.

The invention discloses an anion anti-microbial mildew-proof floor. The mildew-proof floor is composed of a damp-proof layer, a TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) board layer, an anion adhesive layer and a wear-resistant layer, wherein the damp-proof layer, the TCM board layer, the anion adhesive layer and the wear-resistant layer are sequentially arranged from down to up, and the upper and lower surfaces of the TCM board layer are respectively glued with the damp-proof layer and the wear-resistant layer through the anion adhesive layer; the anion adhesive layer consists of a soy protein adhesive and anion natural mineral substance powder, wherein the mass ratio of the soy protein adhesive to the anion natural mineral substance powder is 4:1, the anion natural mineral substance powder is a mixture of tourmaline, lanthanide rare earth compound salt and titanium dioxide in accordance with the weight ratio of 4:3:3, therefore anions can be continuously released to remove formaldehyde, other hazardous substances and indoor peculiar smell, and realize bacteria resistance and bacteriostasis and purify indoor air, so health efficacy is achieved; furthermore, Chinese herbal medicinal ingredients contained in the anion anti-microbial mildew-proof floor can play a role in mosquito repellent, bacteria resistance, bacteriostasis and multiple functions, therefore the anti-microbial mildew-proof floor has an extensive application prospect.

A method of making and filling a plastic bag includes the steps of providing a bag having a plurality of microperforations; filling the bag with a powdered product; securing the bag; removing at least a portion of entrapped air in the bag through the microperforations; and sealing the microperforations. A product includes a bag configured for being formed from a plastic film into which a plurality of microperforations have been created. The bag contents include less air than that present in the bag when the top and the bottom were secured, at least a portion of the air sealed inside the bag having been expelled through the microperforations. A sealant is used for sealing the microperforations.

This invention provides a method of producing a series of substantially uniform spot welds between two metal parts using a servomotor driven movable electrode and an axially opposing fixed electrode. Target values for electrode displacement in producing a weld indentation and electrode squeeze force are determined for the electrodes and workpieces. During welding operations electrode displacement and electrode force measurements are continually taken and compared with the displacement and force target values. While the measured values are within a tolerance range of the target values, welding is continued using the preset parameters. When either or both of the measured electrode displacement or force value falls outside the target range the total welding current is adjusted in small increments to correct the displacement and/or force values and, thereafter, welding is continued using the new total welding current.

Disclosed herein are an apparatus, method and system for storing perishable items that degrade in the presence of oxygen and/or humidity and that are frequently accessed by a consumer. The apparatus comprises an openable vessel, which becomes airtight when closed, and an UV light source and fan within the airtight enclosure, which converts ambient oxygen trapped within the airtight enclosure into ozone by circulating the enclosed volume of air around the UV light source after the vessel is opened and then closed. The apparatus is network connected to allow for remote control and monitoring and sends alerts to web applications or mobile applications when monitored parameters substantially vary from their settings.

The present invention relates to video image processing. An image processing method for RDO based adaptive spatial-temporal resolution frame is provided, comprising: A. computing and obtaining a condition value of a critical bit-rate by an encoder based on the input video image and a change of the target allocated bit-rate; B. comparing the condition value of the critical bit-rate with a threshold value by the encoder, and obtaining an image resolution appropriate for the target allocated bit-rate via down-sampling if the condition value of critical bit-rate is lower than the threshold, i.e., the target allocated bit-rate is lower than the critical bit-rate, otherwise performing a general encoding process; C. recovering an original resolution of the received image by a decoder via up-sampling and smoothing it. The method of the present invention may obviously reduce distortion of the decoded video image, which is resulted from over-compression or over-quantization by the encoder in low bit-rate.

The invention relates to a preparation method of preserved rice noodles. The preparation method includes the steps of rice machining and sand filtration, smashing, humidity adjustment, extrusion for gelatinization, extrusion for emerging of silk noodles, cutting off, checking and packaging. The preparation method is characterized by taking the rice noodles before extrusion for emerging of silk noodle and drying as materials, wherein the water content of the rice noodles at the moment is 25wt%-30wt% and the temperature is 40-60 DEG C; cutting the rice noodles to 17-19cm; soaking the rice noodles for 60-100min in Didazuril bactericide solution with concentration of 50%-60% and temperature of 35-45 DEG C, wherein the ratio of material to liquid is 1wt%:5wt%; conducting vacuum packaging, wherein the vacuum degree is 0.09MPa-0.092Mpa; thermally sterilizing the rice noodles for 0.5h-1h in a water bath maintained at the temperature of 90-95 DEG C; cooling packaging bags with circulating cold water so as to fast reduce the temperature in the center of the packaged material to 30-35 5 DEG C; blowing the water at the outer surfaces of the packaging bags to dry; checking whether the packaging bags bulge and break and conducing metal detection; putting the rice noodles together with auxiliary materials such as matched sauce bags in a packaging box; and sealing the packaging box, thus obtaining a finished product. For the preserved rice noodles produced according to the preparation method, the water content is higher than 60% and the quality guarantee period is longer than 6 months; the infusing and dispersing performance is good; caking does not happen and undesirable odor does not emerge; the dissolving starch rate of the rice noodles is low; after culture for 1 month at the temperature of 37 DEG C, the rice noodles achieve 1426g of hardness, 26.14gs of crisp performance, 512 of viscosity, 0.513s of viscoelasticity.

According to the present invention, when video resolution is changed, the TV receiver selects resolution having a priority to the graphics resolution requested by the application depending on the application types, or the TV receiver selects graphics resolution appropriate for video format resolution, thereby the TV receiver enables the clear display of graphics without causing any distortion.

The invention discloses a method for breeding blue-lower-leg spotted-brown-feather laying hens with high egg yields. The method comprises the following steps of: artificially inseminating and mating a large quantity of Huainan spotted-brown cocks serving as male parents and Loman laying hens serving as female parents, collecting hatching eggs and hatching an F1 generation; identifying cocks and hens according to the colors of feathers and lower legs, eliminating white-feather yellow-lower-leg chicken which are cocks, reserving spotted-brown-feather blue-lower-leg chicken which are hens for serving as breeding hens, and performing back crossing by taking Huainan spotted-brown cocks as male parents to produce an F2 spotted-brown-feather generation; crossly mating and fixing the F2 generation and performing family breeding to produce an F3 generation; and performing gradual pure breeding on the F3 generation and later generations and obtaining the blue-lower-leg spotted-brown-feather laying hens with high egg yields according to egg yield, protein, lower leg color, feather color and bodily form, wherein the feathers are spotted-brown feathers; and the bodily form refers to delicate and pretty bodily form, blue lower leg and blue beak. According to the method, an appropriate high-egg-yield gene is introduced into a local chicken breed, and the proteins and macroscopic features of the local chicken breed are kept simultaneously.

A cell processing apparatus which executes processing for switching a short-packet in AAL Type 2 cell format has a separation processing unit and a restoration processing unit. The separation processing unit splits a short packet, which has a length greater than a length L (=48) bytes capable of being accommodated in one ATM cell, into two portions, accommodates significant data containing (1) one of the short-packet portions and (2) short-packet length information, in a payload area of the first ATM cell, accommodates remaining significant data including another short-packet portion, which could not be accommodated in the first ATM cell, in a payload area of the second ATM cell, and inputs the first and second ATM cells to an ATM switch. The restoration processing unit refers to the short-packet length information that has been accommodated in the first ATM cell output from the ATM switch, restores the original short packet, the length of which exceeds L bytes, using the short packet portions that have been accommodated in respective ones of the first and second ATM cells, and sends the restored short packet to a line in the AAL Type 2 cell format.

Exemplary embodiments are directed to a sound modification system and loud speaker system. The system may impose amplitude and frequency modulation on to a signal representing the output of an electrical musical instrument or other sound source while also imposing a sense of movement of the sound to the listener. Further, the system may simultaneously amplify sound signals without the amplitude, frequency and spatial sense of modulation or a different sense of modulation. The system combines a plurality of speaker transducers, a plurality of amplifiers and digital signal processors to provide a flexible, portable and practical sound modification and amplification system.