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A text to speech system (100) uses differential voice coding (230, 416) to compress a database of digitized speech waveform segments (210). A seed waveform (535) is used to precondition each speech waveform prior to encoding which, upon encoding, provides a seeded preconditioned encoded speech token (550). The seed portion (541) may be removed and the preconditioned encoded speech token portion (542) may be stored in a database for text to speech synthesis. When speech it to be synthesized, upon requesting the appropriate speech waveform for the present sound to be produced, the seed portion is preappended to the preconditioned encoded speech token for differential decoding.

A system and method for wireless communication with a welding system is provided. The system includes a welding system having a WAP client component and a wireless communication component facilitating post second generation mobile communications between the welding system and a WAP gateway component. The welding system can further include a global positioning component and / or a browsing component. The invention further comprises methodologies for facilitating wireless communication with a welding system.

Techniques for creating a High Dynamic Range (HDR) image within a consumer grade digital camera from a series of images of a scene captured at different exposure levels, and displaying the HDR image on the camera's built-in display, are provided. The approach employs mixing images of the series to incorporate both scene shadow and highlight details, and the removing of “ghost” image artifacts appearing in the mixed HDR image resulting from movement in the scene over the time the series images are captured. The low computational resource utilization of the present invention's image mixing and ghost removal processing operations, along with the present invention's ability to commence image mixing and ghost removal prior to the acquisition of all series images, can significantly reduce the time required to generate and display a tone mapped HDR image.

A system and method for wireless communication with a welding system is provided. The system includes a welding system having a WAP client component and a wireless communication component facilitating post second generation mobile communications between the welding system and a WAP gateway component. The welding system can further include a global positioning component and / or a browsing component. The invention further comprises methodologies for facilitating wireless communication with a welding system.

Hydrocarbon and hydrogen fuels and other products may be produced by a process employing a combination of fermentation and electrochemical stages. In the process, a biomass contained within a fermentation medium is fermented with an inoculum comprising a mixed culture of microorganisms derived the rumen contents of a rumen-containing animal. This inoculated medium is incubated under anaerobic conditions and for a sufficient time to produce volatile fatty acids. The resultant volatile fatty acids are then subjected to electrolysis under conditions effective to convert said volatile fatty acids to hydrocarbons and hydrogen simultaneously. The process can convert a wide range of biomass materials to a wide range of volatile fatty acid chain lengths and can convert these into a wide range of biobased fuels and biobased products.

The invention relates to a method and a system for estimating a symbol time error in a broadband transmission system, comprising: determination a timing error signal of an input-signal of a discrete Fourier-transformation block (5) in a data symbol stream on the basis of intersymbol correlation using a predetermined period in each received symbol, selecting as a predetermined period a number of samples of different useful data parts of a symbol, determining the time error value (ε) based on the intersymbol interference of the selected samples of the different parts of said symbol.

A handheld wireless device is adapted to function as a lightweight, small, and low-cost wireless server for serving handheld wireless clients. The handheld wireless server includes a battery that powers the server, data processing circuitry, read / write memory, and a memory port for receiving an external, detachable, long term, read / write storage device. The read / write storage device stores multiple dynamic server applications for execution by the data processing circuitry and multiple dynamic client applications for download to handheld wireless client devices. Wireless communications circuitry broadcasts initial information and detects communications from handheld wireless client devices including requests to download one of the client applications stored on the long term storage device. The data processing circuitry processes, in parallel, multiple download requests for client applications from multiple handheld client devices, retrieves the client applications from the long term storage device, and provides the client applications wirelessly to the multiple handheld client devices. An example application for traveler in a travel environment is described.

A fuse device for fitting over and around a corner of a battery housing has a top wall and two side walls extending downward from the top wall. The side walls are joined at a corner. A battery terminal for mechanical and electrical attachment to a battery post is provided in the top wall. Electrical connectors for connection to terminals on the ends of electrical cables are mounted on the side walls of the fuse device. The electrical connectors are linked through the walls to the battery terminal by fuses. Ribs extending down the side walls from the top wall pass close by each electrical connector to strengthen the structure of the fuse device and prevent rotation of the terminals on the ends of the cables as they are secured to the fuse device. Recessed strengthening ribs in the top wall extend radially outward from the battery terminal.

PCT No. PCT / DE98 / 00945 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 30, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 30, 1999 PCT Filed Apr. 3, 1998 PCT Pub. No. WO99 / 15783 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 1999A fuel injection device for internal combustion engines is proposed in which a fuel injection valve is controlled by the pressure in a pressure chamber, which acts on a pressure shoulder in its opening and closing direction. The pressure supply to the a pressure chamber is controlled by a control valve member which in turn is moved by a pressure in a working chamber. The pressure in the working chamber is controlled by a pre-control valve which has a closing body which, through the influence of the piezoelectric drive mechanism, is moved from a second valve seat to a first valve seat and thereby momentarily opens a relief line of the working chamber. This movement results in an opening of the control valve member and a supplying of high fuel pressure to the pressure chamber for purposes of injection. Thus a very small pre-injection quantity is produced. In order to produce a main injection quantity, the closing body is positioned in an intermediate position between the valve seats and a longer connection of the high-pressure fuel supply to the pressure chamber is consequently produced.

A micromechanical acceleration sensor includes a seismic mass and a substrate that has a reference electrode. The seismic mass is deflectable in a direction perpendicular to the reference electrode, and the seismic mass has a flexible stop in the deflection direction. The flexible stop of the seismic mass includes an elastic layer.

A single stage low pressure turbine vane includes an airfoil having a profile substantially in accordance with at least an intermediate portion of the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table 2. The X and Y values are distances, which when smoothly connected by an appropriate continuing curve, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The profile sections at each distance Z are joined smoothly to one another to form a complete airfoil shape.

The present invention facilitates semiconductor fabrication by providing methods of fabrication that selectively form high-k dielectric layers within NMOS regions. An I / O dielectric layer is formed in core and I / O regions of a semiconductor device (506). The I / O dielectric layer is removed (508) from the core region of the device. A core dielectric layer is formed in the core region (510). A barrier layer is deposited and patterned to expose the NMOS devices of the core region (512). The core dielectric layer is removed from the core NMOS devices (514). A high-k dielectric layer is formed (514) over the core and I / O regions. Then, the high-k dielectric layer is removed (512) from PMOS regions / devices of the core region and the NMOS and PMOS regions / devices of the I / O region.

The present invention facilitates semiconductor fabrication by providing methods of fabrication that selectively form high-k dielectric layers within NMOS regions. An I / O dielectric layer is formed in core and I / O regions of a semiconductor device (506). The I / O dielectric layer is removed (508) from the core region of the device. A core dielectric layer is formed in the core region (510). A barrier layer is deposited and patterned to expose the NMOS devices of the core region (512). The core dielectric layer is removed from the core NMOS devices (514). A high-k dielectric layer is formed (514) over the core and I / O regions. Then, the high-k dielectric layer is removed (512) from PMOS regions / devices of the core region and the NMOS and PMOS regions / devices of the I / O region.

A method of forming an article from an α−β titanium including, in weight percentages, from about 2.9 to about 5.0 aluminum, from about 2.0 to about 3.0 vanadium, from about 0.4 to about 2.0 iron, from about 0.2 to about 0.3 oxygen, from about 0.005 to about 0.3 carbon, from about 0.001 to about 0.02 nitrogen, and less than about 0.5 of other elements. The method comprises cold working the α−β titanium alloy.

An ignition device for the ignition of a gas mixture in a main combustion chamber (1), in particular of an internal combustion engine, is proposed, wherein the absorber body (5) is heated by means of a laser (8). A prechamber (10) is located upstream of the absorber body (5) on the combustion chamber inner side (6) in order to improve the ignition behavior.

The invention provides an exoskeleton-based wearable lower limb rehabilitation robot comprising a waist device, two leg devices in left-right symmetry and two foot devices in left-right symmetry. The waist device is worn on a waist part of a human body and comprises a waist support part, a waist drive device, a waist movement component, a waist band and leg connecting members. The leg devices are in hinge joint with the waist device and are tightly tied to the legs of the human body via flexible tying belts, and each leg device comprises a leg drive device, a thigh part and a shank part. The foot devices are worn on the feet of the human body and are in hinge joint with the leg devices; each foot device comprises a foot drive device, a foot support and a bottom plate. The exoskeleton-based wearable lower limb rehabilitation robot can assist patients or old people in completing lower limb rehabilitation training including waist movement and improves the lower limb rehabilitation training effect; the robot is simple and compact in structure, is convenient to wear, can be worn by people of different body forms through an adjusting mechanism, and is wide in application range; the waist mechanism can meet the waist movement rules under different paces.

A plasma generation device that can efficiently generate plasma at atmospheric pressure without producing arc discharge is provided. The plasma generation device, which comprises an electrode bar 1, a cylindrical electrode 2, and a pulse power supply 11 generating a pulse voltage, generates plasma by an electric discharge induced between the electrode bar 1 and cylindrical electrode 2 by applying a predetermined pulse voltage to a point between the electrode bar 1 and cylindrical electrode 2.

The present invention facilitates semiconductor fabrication by providing methods of fabrication that selectively form high-k dielectric layers within NMOS regions. A first oxide layer is formed in core and I / O regions of a semiconductor device (506). The first oxide layer is removed (508) from the core region of the device. A high-k dielectric layer is formed (510) over the core and I / O regions. Then, the high-k dielectric layer is removed (512) from PMOS regions of the core and I / O regions. A second oxide layer is formed (516) within NMOS regions of the core and I / O regions and a nitridation process is performed (518) that nitrides the second oxide layer and the high-k dielectric layer.

The present invention facilitates semiconductor fabrication by providing methods of fabrication that selectively form high-k dielectric layers within NMOS regions. A first oxide layer is formed in core and I / O regions of a semiconductor device (506). The first oxide layer is removed (508) from the core region of the device. A high-k dielectric layer is formed (510) over the core and I / O regions. Then, the high-k dielectric layer is removed (512) from PMOS regions of the core and I / O regions. A second oxide layer is formed (516) within NMOS regions of the core and I / O regions and a nitridation process is performed (518) that nitrides the second oxide layer and the high-k dielectric layer.

A handheld wireless device is adapted to function as a lightweight, small, and low-cost wireless server for serving handheld wireless clients. The handheld wireless server includes a battery that powers the server, data processing circuitry, read / write memory, and a memory port for receiving an external, detachable, long term, read / write storage device. The read / write storage device stores multiple dynamic server applications for execution by the data processing circuitry and multiple dynamic client applications for download to handheld wireless client devices. Wireless communications circuitry broadcasts initial information and detects communications from handheld wireless client devices including requests to download one of the client applications stored on the long term storage device. The data processing circuitry processes, in parallel, multiple download requests for client applications from multiple handheld client devices, retrieves the client applications from the long term storage device, and provides the client applications wirelessly to the multiple handheld client devices. An example application for traveler in a travel environment is described.

A texturing system for use in a three-dimensional imaging system comprises a memory (22) for storing mip-map data for use in texturing an image. A controller (24) retrieves from the memory the mip-map data required and this data is stored in a cache (30). A lower-level mip-map generator (36) generates portions of the mip-map which is next below, in the hierarchical series, the mip-map of which portions are held in the cache. A trilinear interpolator (34) interpolates one output texel from input texels from the two mip-map levels. The texture data is represented by compressed codes. The lower-level mip-map generator (36) interpolates on the compressed code values.

A distributed coverage hole recovery process using connectivity information is proposed for wireless sensor networks and other wireless networks. A link is said to exist between two nodes which are sufficiently close. After a un-triangulated hole is detected enclosing by links between N (N>3) active boundary nodes, the distributed hole recovery process activates one or two redundant nodes to recover the hole at each iteration. This process is performed iteratively by each of the active boundary nodes adjacent to the hole independently without any central controller. It requires 2 hops connectivity or neighbor information from each boundary node adjacent to the hole. After each hole recovery iteration, the hole is reduced in size or split into two smaller holes. Then the hole recovery process repeats until the hole is recovered or detected as unrecoverable.

An improved heat engine that includes an organic refrigerant exhibiting a boiling point below −35° C.; a heat source having a temperature of less than 82° C.; a heat sink; a sealed, closed-loop path for the organic refrigerant, the sealed, closed-loop path having both a high-pressure zone that absorbs heat from the heat source, and a low-pressure zone that transfers heat to the heat sink; a positive-displacement decompressor providing a pressure gradient through which the organic refrigerant in the gaseous phase flows continuously from the high-pressure zone to the low-pressure zone, the positive-displacement decompressor extracting mechanical energy due to the pressure gradient; and a positive-displacement hydraulic pump, which provides continuous flow of the organic refrigerant in the liquid phase from the low-pressure zone to the high-pressure zone, the hydraulic pump and the positive-displacement decompressor maintaining a pressure differential between the two zones of between about 20 to 42 bar.

A system includes an electronic stethoscope producing a quasi-periodic signal, a processor, and a memory device with stored instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to receive a representation of the quasi-periodic signal, to remove a DC component from the received representation of the quasi-periodic signal to produce a purely time-varying signal, and to filter, the time-varying signal to produce a pre-processed signal. A portion of the pre-processed signal is auto-correlated with itself, and a corresponding auto-correlation output is stored. A biphasic tapering function is applied to the auto-correlation output and produces a first maximum, the function including a time constant parameter that is a function of the quasi-periodic signal. A representation is stored, based on the first maximum, as an indication of a rate or frequency of the quasi-periodic signal.

A capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) cell comprising three electrodes: a first electrode coupled to a cell membrane; a second electrode embedded into a cell floor opposing the first electrode and separated therefrom by a gas or vacuum cavity; and a third electrode opposing the second electrode on the cavity side, wherein a dielectric layer is sandwiched between the second electrode and the third electrode to create a capacitive relation between the second electrode and the third electrode. The three electrode CMUT cell provides an ultrasound transducer with two actively driven (controlled) electrodes.

The present invention relates to an energy storage module system and, more specifically, to a hybrid energy storage module system selectively using, according to the amount of power required in a load, a lithium battery and a lead storage battery by mutually supplementing the lithium battery and the lead storage battery. According to the present invention, the hybrid energy storage module system is an energy storage module system for supplying power necessary for the driving of a load and comprises an energy storage device, a first sensing unit and a second sensing unit, and a controller. The energy storage device includes at least one lithium battery module and at least one lead storage battery module. In addition, the energy storage device includes a switching network configured so as to connect the lithium battery module and the lead storage battery module in different arrangement modes. The energy storage device is connected to both ends of a load and supplies power. The switching network can include a path for connecting the lithium battery module and the lead storage battery module, and a plurality of switches provided on the path. The first sensing unit is configured so as to measure the temperature and the voltage of the lithium battery modules, and the second sensing unit is configured so as to measure the temperature and the voltage of the lead storage battery module. The controller controls the switching network in order to change the arrangement modes of the lithium battery module and the lead storage battery module of the energy storage device.

The invention provides a lifting device of a pedestal pan which relates to a device fixedly arranged in a toilet for supporting the pedestal pan. The invention solves the problems that the structure of the lifting device is complicated and the height adjusting range of the lifting device is not enough. The lifting device is provided with a bedpan of the pedestal pan and a bracket of a water tank; the left side and the right side of the bracket are respectively and longitudinally provided with a set of X-shaped supporting frames which are formed by hinging upper fixed rods and lower fixed rods; the upper ends of the upper fixed rods in each set of X-shaped supporting frames are hinged on the bracket, while the lower ends are provided with pulleys capable of sliding on a base plate; the lower ends of the lower fixed rods in each set of X-shaped supporting frames are hinged on the base plate, while the upper ends are hinged on a feed screw nut; the feed screw nut is screwed on a screw rod which is longitudinally arranged at a corresponding side of the bracket; the front end or the rear end of each screw rod is provided with a worm wheel; the bracket is provided with a transverse transmission shaft at a position close to the worm wheel; the left end and the right end of the transmission shaft are respectively provided with a worm; each worm is engaged with the worm wheel at the corresponding side; and the transmission shaft is connected with a driving mechanism.

A single stage low pressure turbine vane includes an airfoil having a profile substantially in accordance with at least an intermediate portion of the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table 2. The X and Y values are distances, which when smoothly connected by an appropriate continuing curve, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The profile sections at each distance Z are joined smoothly to one another to form a complete airfoil shape.