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The present invention relates to a novel non-invasive perfusion/resistance status monitor system and methods of using the same, and more specifically, a vascular perfusion status monitor system receiving and processing signals from at least two pulse oximeter probes, where each of the at least two pulse oximeter probes are situated at advantageously different locations in a patient. Novel pulse oximeter probes are configured to be placed, respectively, across the lip or cheek, across the septum or nares of the nose, and on the tongue. These probes are fabricated to provide signals to estimate arterial oxygen saturation. Conventional oximeter probes also can be configured to function according to the novel methods of determining differences in peripheral blood flow and/or resistance described herein.

Implantable medical device systems and methods for measuring a body parameter utilizing an implantable functional pressure sensor and a fixed reference sensor, wherein the reference sensor compensates for drift of all other components in the measurement system other than the functional sensor. The reference sensor provides a basis for comparison to determine if and to what extent the electronic components, for example, have drifted over time, and thus provides a basis for correcting functional measurements and improving long term measurement accuracy.

The measuring transducer comprises: a transducer housing, of which an inlet-side, housing end is formed by means of a flow divider including four flow openings spaced, and an outlet-side, formed by means of a flow divider including four flow openings spaced, from one another. A tube arrangement including four curved measuring tubes connected to the flow dividers for guiding flowing medium along flow paths connected in parallel. Each measuring tubes opens with an inlet-side, measuring tube end into one of the flow openings of the flow divider and with an outlet-side, measuring tube end into one the flow openings of the flow divider. The two flow dividers are embodied and arranged in the measuring transducer, so that the tube arrangement extends both between a first and a second of the measuring tubes and between a third and a fourth of the measuring tubes. An imaginary longitudinal-section plane, with respect to which the tube arrangement is mirror symmetric and perpendicular to the imaginary longitudinal-section plane, an imaginary longitudinal-section plane, with respect to which the tube arrangement likewise is mirror symmetric. An electromechanical exciter mechanism of the measuring transducer serves for producing and/or maintaining mechanical oscillations of the four measuring tubes.

The present invention relates to a time/digital converter based on FPGA and its conversion method, belonging to the field of time measurement technology. Said converter includes the following components: fine time measurement unit, coding unit, coarse time measurement unit and data buffer storage unit. The main application of said invention is to make high accuracy time measurement, it can be used in the fields of basis research and various application researches.

The present invention provides a garment for measuring biological information, a biological information measurement system, a biological information measurement device and a method of controlling thereof capable of measuring biological information with accuracy regardless of variations of the constitution of each examinee. When an examinee wears a biological information measurement shirt 301, four limb electrodes 351 and 352 are arranged at positions so that the electrodes cover the body surface other than around the clavicle of the examinee. At that time, four limb electrodes 362 and 363 are assigned to positions so that they cover about the pelvis of the examinee. Also, during the use of the shirt, chest electrodes 353˜358 cover from the body surface (around lower part of left side of the body) of a presternal region around the left thorax of an examinee for a perpendicular direction of the body axis (a direction perpendicular to the length of the shirt) and the electrodes are assigned so as to cover from the body surface around the fourth rib to that around the sixth rib.

The invention provides a visual 3D taking and placing method and system based on a cooperative robot. The method comprises the steps that internal and external parameters of a camera of a binocular structured light three-dimensional scanner are calibrated; the hands and eyes of the cooperative robot are calibrated, and a calibration result matrix is obtained; a three-dimensional digital model of to-be-taken-and-placed target objects is collected; the calibrated binocular structured light three-dimensional scanner is adopted to obtain point cloud data of the to-be-taken-and-placed target objects which are stacked in a scattered mode, and the point cloud is segmented to obtain scene point clouds of the multiple to-be-taken-and-placed target objects; the to-be-taken-and-placed target object with the highest grabbing success rate is selected as a grabbing target according to the scene point clouds of the multiple to-be-taken-and-placed target objects; the three-dimensional digital model ofthe grabbing target and scene point pair features are registered, pre-defined taking and placing pose points are registered into a scene, and a registered pose estimation result is obtained and serves as a grabbing pose of the grabbing target; and a preliminary grabbing path track of the cooperative robot is planned. The target object can be accurately recognized, and the grabbing positioning precision is high.

A radio frequency bridge, useful for measuring complex values of an unknown impedance or associated complex reflection coefficient and VSWR value, which comprises an rf source, a novel asymmetrical bridge, a measuring device (comprising two logarithmic amplifiers, a difference amplifier and a phase detector), a computing device and a display or interface device. The complex impedance may be any two terminals of a general N-port network not to exclude an antenna with or without feed-line. The invention is more accurate than prior art when measuring complex impedance values having magnitudes from approximately five ohms to an upper value limited only by the dynamic range of the logarithmic amplifiers, normally greater than 4000 ohms. It has the great advantage of maintaining constant measuring accuracy over a wide measuring range and can be designed to operate over very wide bandwidths.

An extremely high water cut oil-gas-water three phase flow water removing device, which includes a mist eliminator (8), a fluid rectifier (7), a liquid collection chamber (2), a fluid directing duct (5), an inlet connection pipe section (10), a gas outlet connection pipe section (9), a mixture liquid exit connection pipe section (4), a free water outlet connection pipe section (1). Its function is to effectively remove most of the free water from the high water cut oil-air-water three phase flow mixture liquid. An extremely high water cut oil-air-water three phase flow measurement apparatus and a measurement method using the water removing device are also disclosed.

Single-phase currents at two frequencies f alpha and f beta (f alpha <nxfs<f beta ) of non-integral multiples of a system fundamental wave frequency fs sandwiching an targeted harmonic (frequency nxfs) are injected between two phases of a three-phase power system as interharmonic currents. A frequency analysis of measurement current and measurement voltage of each phase in the system is carried out and a positive-phase-sequence current I1, a positive-phase-sequence voltage V1, a negative-phase-sequence current I2, and a negative-phase-sequence voltage V2 are detected for each of the two frequencies f alpha and f beta in the system based on injecting of the interharmonic currents. Positive-phase-sequence and negative-phase-sequence admittances Y1 and Y2 or positive-phase-sequence and negative-phase-sequence impedances Z1 and Z2 are found for each of the frequencies f alpha and f beta in the system as Y1=I1/V1 and Y2=I2/V2 or Z1=V1/I1 and Z2=V2/I2. Interpolation operation is performed for finding positive-phase-sequence and negative-phase-sequence admittances or positive-phase-sequence and negative-phase-sequence impedances for the targeted harmonic in the system from the admittances Y1 and Y2 or the impedances Z1 and Z2 for the frequencies f alpha and f beta .

The invention provides a large-current ZnO arrester resistant current testing instrument, comprising a digital signal processor. A voltage channel is formed by the sequential cascading of a voltage sensor, a filter amplification circuit and an AD converter, a voltage signal is led out from a PT secondaly side by a voltage testing wire and is transmitted to the digital signal processor after processing; a current passage is formed by the sequential cascading of a current transmitter, a filter amplification circuit and an AD converter, a current signal is taken out from a discharging counter at the lower end of the arrester and is transmitted the current signal to the digital signal processor after processing. The current testing instrument has the advantages of high testing precision, convenient usage and safety and reliability.

PCT No. PCT/AT97/00051 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 14, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 14, 1998 PCT Filed Mar. 11, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97/33784 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 18, 1997Device for detecting the positions of pivotable parts of a rail switch, such as, e.g., tongue rails (1, 2) by at least one sensor designed as a continuous distance sensor (4,5,6,7), wherein the sensor output is connected to a circuit arrangement (10) for two separate evaluations, the first evaluation being configured as a distance evaluation and the second evaluation being configured as a function control of the sensor, as well as a method for evaluating signals.

The present invention relates to a shaft encoder device, comprising magnetic sensor means designed to detect the magnetic field of a magnetic field generating means stationary with respect to the shaft, a light source, optical sensor means designed to detect light emitted from the light source and reflected or transmitted by an encoder disk stationary with respect to the shaft, and signal processing means designed to receive first data from the magnetic sensor means and second data from the optical sensor means, and to determine an angle of rotation of the shaft from the received first data and/or to determine the angle of rotation of the shaft from the received second data.

A particulate sampling system is disclosed. The particulate sampling system may include an exhaust sampling unit and a dilution flow assembly to supply dilution air to the exhaust sampling unit. The particulate sampling system may also include a total flow assembly to receive dilution air and exhaust. The particulate sampling system may further include a flow regulation assembly configured to control flow rates in the dilution flow assembly and the total flow assembly. The particulate sampling system may also include a flow check assembly configured to measure the accuracy of the flow regulation assembly.

The invention discloses a method and a device for online measurement of gas-phase flow rate of a gas-liquid two-phase flow based on a single throttling element. The method comprises the steps of: firstly, calibrating through an indoor experiment to acquire a fitting relation between a two-phase flow rate coefficient K and a Lockhart-Martinelli parameter XLM, a gas Froude number Frg as well as a gas-liquid density ratio, and a fitting relation between K and a liquid Froude number Frl, the gas Froude number Frg as well as the gas-liquid density ratio, and thereby establishing a two-phase flow rate measurement model; and then, iterating to obtain gas-phase mass flow rate according to measured two-phase pressure and temperature as well as differential pressure signals at two ends of the throttling element. The method disclosed by the invention has the characteristics of simple system, low cost and higher precision, and can meet the measurement requirement of an industrial field.

In a signal measuring method and apparatus, a digital signal processor (5) including a digital signal generator (5A) generates a digital signal, which is converted by a digital-to-analog converter (2) into a sinusoidal analog signal that is applied as a supply voltage to the transducers, such as load cell strain gages arranged in a bridge circuit (1). The analog supply voltage signal is modulated by the measurement voltage in the bridge circuit (1). The resulting modulated signal is amplified if necessary in an amplifier (3), and is then digitalized in an analog-to-digital converter (4) operating with a sampling frequency at least twice the carrier frequency and preferably corresponding to a whole number multiple thereof. The digital signal processor (5) carries out a Fourier transform of the digitalized signal to calculate the magnitude and phase of the measurement voltage, which may then be used for the complex calculation of zero point compensations and adjustment calibrations.

There is provided a small sized imaging apparatus which can measure with high accuracy a color distribution of a surface of an object, in which a light intensity distribution on a predetermined surface in a direction substantially perpendicular to an optical axis is uniform, and a change in an amount of light in a direction along the optical axis is reduced, and an illuminating unit which used in this imaging apparatus. (The imaging apparatus) Includes a light source section (210) which supplies illuminating light, a diffusing section (211) which diffuses by reflecting the illuminating light from the light source section (210), and aperture sections (212a and 212b) which allow to emerge diffused illuminating light, and the aperture sections (212a and 212b) has an aperture diameter D which allows the diffused illuminating light to emerge as a substantially parallel light.

An object of the present invention is to provide: a spindle inclination detector capable of surely detecting spindle inclination with a simple configuration; and a machine tool including the spindle inclination detector. Spindle inclination detectors (41A, 41B) are equipped in columns (32A, 32B) of a portal bridge (24) of a machine tool (21). Each spindle inclination detector includes: a string (43) which hangs vertically with an upper end fixed to the column (reinforcement (32b)) and a lower end attached to a weight (45); a gap sensor (44) which is attached to the string to measure a distance to a front face plate (32a) of the column; and an oil damper (46). Moreover, a spindle inclination correction controller provided to the machine tool controls a Peltier device (42A,42B) attached to a rear face plate (32d) of the column, on a basis of an average distance measured by the gap sensor, and thus corrects an inclination of a spindle (28) due to the thermal deformation of the column by correcting thermal deformation of the column.

A semiconductor-device characteristic measurement apparatus includes first measuring means for measuring a first electrical characteristic of a device under test, second measuring means, switching means for switching between the first measuring means and the second measuring means such that one of the measuring means is connected to the device under test, and controlling means for controlling the switching means. The switching means includes switches that switch between a first wiring configuration for electrically connecting the first measuring means to the device under test and a second wiring configuration for electrically connecting the second measuring means to the device under test. The switching means is electrically connected to the device under test at a position closer to the device under test than the first measuring means and the second measuring means.

A posture training device for monitoring posture is disclosed. The posture training device comprises at least a first measuring circuit unit attached to a first position on a user's body, and a second measuring circuit unit attached to a second position on the user's body. Each measuring circuit unit comprises an accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometers. Further the accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers generate a signal received by a computing platform unit. Any improper posture is indicated to the user by an alarm signal generated by the computing platform unit.

The invention discloses a multiphase wet air flow and phase content online measurement method and device. The multiphase wet air flow and phase content online measurement device comprises a cylindrical V cone throttling device; a throttling cone body and a temperature sensor are arranged in an inner chamber of the V cone throttling device along the wet air flow direction in turn; the throttling cone body is connected with a retraction section differential pressure sensor and an expansion section differential pressure sensor through a pressure taking pipe; a pressure sensor, the retraction section differential pressure sensor, the expansion section differential pressure sensor and the temperature sensor are connected with a data processing system; a wet air flow inlet of the V cone throttling device is connected with a capacitance probe device through a flange. According to the multiphase wet air flow and phase content online measurement method and device, the wet gas passes through the V cone throttling device which is provided with the pressure sensor, the differential pressure sensors and the temperature sensor and statistical data are transmitted to the data processing system through the pressure sensor, the differential pressure sensors and the temperature sensor to be processed.

A scatterometer performs diffraction based measurements of one or more parameters of a target structure. To make two-color measurements in parallel, the structure is illuminated simultaneously with first radiation (302) having a first wavelength and a first angular distribution and with second radiation (304) having a second wavelength and a second angular distribution. The collection path (CP) includes a segmented wavelength-selective filter (21, 310) arranged to transmit wanted higher order portions of the diffracted first radiation (302X, 302Y) and of the diffracted second radiation (304X, 304Y), while simultaneously blocking zero order portions (302″, 304″) of both the first radiation and second radiation. The illumination path (IP) in one embodiment includes a matching segmented wavelength-selective filter (13, 300), oriented such that a zero order ray passing through the illumination optical system and the collection optical system will be blocked by one of said filters or the other, depending on its wavelength.

A color correction method utilizes a specially designed, perceptually ordered, intermediate color space and color value information from an original source device image and color value information from a repositioned source device image to quantify the accuracy of a color image translation process. The color correction method operates, under user control, to convert original source device image color values to intermediate space color values, where the color values can be analyzed to determine whether or not all of them are positioned within the gamut of a target device. If all of the original source device color values are not positioned within the gamut of the target device, the user can reposition these colors so that all or substantially all of the color values are contained within the gamut of the target device. After the color values are repositioned, an aggregate image closeness term and a proportion conservation term are calculated and the sum of these two terms is a scalar quantity equivalent to the accuracy of the image translation process.

A radio apparatus includes an antenna (104), and a transmission circuit (102) and a receiving circuit (105) sharing the antenna. The apparatus connects an output of the transmission circuit to an input of the receiving circuit in calibration for calculating the quantity of phase rotation and/or the quantity of amplitude fluctuation of a signal passing through the transmission and receiving circuits. Then, it connects a reference signal to the input of the receiving circuit for calculating the quantity of phase rotation and/or the quantity of amplitude fluctuation of a signal passing through the receiving circuit. Based on the subtraction of the information, the quantity of phase rotation and/or the quantity of amplitude fluctuation of a signal passing through the transmission circuit is calculated. It calculates a correction value for correcting difference in quantity of phase rotation and/or quantity of amplitude fluctuation between the transmission and receiving circuits on the basis of the information. Thus, the difference in quantity of phase rotation and/or quantity of amplitude fluctuation between the transmission circuit and the receiving circuit can be corrected.

A clamp-on ultrasonic flow measuring device for determining volume and/or mass flow rate of a medium in a containment. The clamp-on ultrasonic measuring device is of low temperature sensitivity. To this end, the coupling element, through which the ultrasonic measuring signals are coupled into, and/or out of, the containment, has at least two element portions, which are embodied and/or arranged in such a manner that the predetermined in-coupling angle into the containment and/or the predetermined out-coupling angle out of the containment are/is approximately constant over an extended temperature range.