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A method is described for determining biological tissue type based on a complex impedance spectra obtained from a probe with a conducting part adjacent a tissue region of interest, wherein the impedance spectra includes data from a number of frequencies. The method may include: obtaining, from the complex impedance spectra, a first data set representative of impedance modulus values, or equivalent admittance values, at one or more frequencies, obtaining, from the complex impedance spectra, a second data set representative of impedance phase angle values, or equivalent admittance values, at one or more different frequencies, applying a first discrimination criterion to the first data set, applying a second discrimination criterion to the second data set, and thereby determining if the tissue region of interest is a tissue type characterised by the discrimination criteria.

A system and method for acquiring three-dimensional (3-D) images of a scene. The system includes a projection device for projecting a locally unique pattern (LUP) onto a scene, and sensors for imaging the scene containing the LUP at two or more viewpoints. A computing device matches corresponding pixels in the images by using the local uniqueness of the pattern to produce a disparity map. A range map can then be generated by triangulating points in the imaged scene.

A method for storing data in a memory, which includes a plurality of analog memory cells, includes defining programming levels that represent respective combinations of at least first and second bits and are represented by respective nominal storage values. The data is stored by mapping the data to storage values selected from among the nominal storage values and writing the storage values to the memory cells. A condition is defined over two or more bit-specific error rates applicable respectively to at least the first and second bits. The bit-specific error rates include a first bit-specific error rate computed over the data stored by the first bits and a second bit-specific error rate computed, separately from the first bit-specific error rate, over the data stored by the second bits. The nominal storage values are set based on the bit-specific error rates so as to meet the condition.

A pixel portion 100 of a liquid crystal display device includes a thin film transistor T including a gate electrode 13, a gate insulating film 16, a channel region 18, and source / drain regions 22, a source line (data) 26 for supplying current to the thin film transistor T and a pixel electrode 24. In the formation of a pixel circuit 100, a gate electrode 13, a gate insulating film 16, and the channel region 18 are firstly formed on a glass substrate 10. After the formation of the channel region 18 and the like, a polyimide film 20 surrounding the peripheries of the regions to be provide with the source / drain regions 22, the pixel electrode 24 and the source line 26 on a glass substrate 10 is formed. The regions surrounded with the wall of the polyimide film 20 are applied with a liquid material and subjected to a thermal treatment, thereby forming the element of the source / drain regions 22 and the like.

A unique hardware architecture that combines short pulse, stepped frequency and centerline processing. The inventive architecture implements a radar system having a transmitter for transmitting short pulses, each pulse being stepped in frequency and a receiver receiving the pulses and providing an output signal in response thereto. In the illustrative embodiment, the transmitter includes a frequency source, an RF switch coupled to the source and a controller for controlling the RF switch. The receiver includes a signal processor implemented with a center line roughing filter. The signal processor has multiple channels each of which has a range gate and a digital filter. The digital filter includes a Fast Fourier Transform adapted to output a range Doppler matrix.

The present invention discloses an adjustable base for a portable saw and a portable saw therefore. The base includes a longitudinal shell secured to the housing, and mounted to a baseplate. A shaft is mounted to the housing extending through a slot formed in the shell. A collar is connected to the shaft and has a first cam surface cooperating with a corresponding second cam surface of the housing. Rotation of the collar in an unlocked direction extends the shaft away from the housing. A clamp member is received within a shell inner region and cooperates with the shaft. The shaft is threadably engaged to one of the collar, the housing or the clamp member so that rotation of the collar in the unlocked direction either extends the shaft further away from the housing or extends the clamp member along the shaft away from the housing.

A ranging system is disclosed which measures a distance between terminals operating on a multi-carrier transmission system. The ranging system includes a frequency domain data processing device that acquires impulse responses by subjecting data from transmitted and / or received packets to fast discrete Fourier transform for conversion into frequency domain data subject to a predetermined process and by applying a spectrum estimation algorithm to the processed frequency domain data.

The present invention discloses an adjustable base for a portable saw and a portable saw therefore. The base includes a longitudinal shell secured to the housing, and mounted to a baseplate. A shaft is mounted to the housing extending through a slot formed in the shell. A collar is connected to the shaft and has a first cam surface cooperating with a corresponding second cam surface of the housing. Rotation of the collar in an unlocked direction extends the shaft away from the housing. A clamp member is received within a shell inner region and cooperates with the shaft. The shaft is threadably engaged to one of the collar, the housing or the clamp member so that rotation of the collar in the unlocked direction either extends the shaft further away from the housing or extends the clamp member along the shaft away from the housing.

A liquid crystal display device 100 comprises a thin film transistor T, a source (data) line 26, a color filter 23, a pixel electrode 24 and the like. After a gate electrode 13, a gate insulating film 16, and a channel region 18 are formed on the glass substrate 10, a polyimide film 20 is formed to surround the peripheries of the region for forming the source / drain regions 22, the color filter 23, the pixel electrode 24, and the source line 26, respectively. A liquid material is applied to the regions surrounded with the wall made of the polyimide film 20 and a thermal treatment is performed to form the element of the color filter 23, the pixel electrode 24 and the like. The polyimide film 20 has a property of light-shielding and then has a function as a black matrix for shielding the surroundings of the pixel region.

A pixel portion 100 of a liquid crystal display device comprises a thin film transistor T comprising a channel region 18, and source / drain regions 22, a source (data) line 26 for supplying current to the thin film transistor T, a color filter 23, and a pixel electrode 24. In forming the pixel portion 100, a gate electrode 13, a gate insulating film 16 and the channel region 18 are first formed on a glass substrate 10. On the glass substrate 10 after the formation of the channel region 18 is formed, a wall made of a polyimide film 20 surrounding the peripheries of the regions for forming the source / drain regions 22, the color filter 23, the pixel electrode 24 and the source line 26. Liquid materials are applied to the regions surrounded with a wall made of the polyimide film 20, and a heat treatment is carried out to form films, thereby forming elements such as the color filter 23 or the pixel electrode 24.

A method and system improves two-way radio ranging accuracy by estimating a relative clock frequency offset between a first clock X of a first transceiver and a second clock Y a second transceiver. The first transceiver transmits a first packet at time t0 received by the second transceiver at a time t1. The second transceiver transmits a second packet at a time t2 received by first transceiver at a time t3. The second transceiver transmits a third packet at a time t4 received at a time t5. The relative clock frequency offset is thenΔfXY′≅2f(N24Y-N35X)N24Y+N35X,where f is a nominal clock frequency of the first and second clocks, NY24 is a measured first delay between times t2 and t4 of the second clock, NX35 is a measured second delay between times t3 and t5 of the first clock X.

The wheel-type high-speed railway system includes rails provided on a railroad track and configured such that wheels provided in a bogie of a vehicle come into contact with them, a support provided on a tread surface of a railroad track between the rails, a repulsive Linear Synchronous Motor (LSM) provided between the bogie and the support and configured to improve traveling performance by reducing axle load in a high-speed region, first and second steel plates mounted on both sides of the support in inclined positions, and first and second attractive Dynamic Motion Control (DMC) magnets mounted on the bogie of the vehicle in inclined positions to correspond to the first and second steel plates, and configured to generate attractive force.

A frequency synthesizer that includes two fractional dividers, two noise-shaped quantizers, three integer dividers, a PLL, an algorithm embodied in control logic, and an adjustment means. The noise-shaped quantizers are used to quantize two fractional (fixed-point) values, derived from the divider control words, into time-varying values. The dividers and PLL are used to generate an output signal by means of multiplying a reference signal by the quotient of the divider control word values. Accordingly, the frequency synthesizer of the present invention can provide a very precise output clock, with the average output frequency being the input frequency multiplied by the quotient of the two divider control words, and with high jitter stability.

The wheel-type high-speed railway system includes rails provided on a railroad track and configured such that wheels provided in a bogie of a vehicle come into contact with them, a support provided on a tread surface of a railroad track between the rails, a repulsive Linear Synchronous Motor (LSM) provided between the bogie and the support and configured to improve traveling performance by reducing axle load in a high-speed region, first and second steel plates mounted on both sides of the support in inclined positions, and first and second attractive Dynamic Motion Control (DMC) magnets mounted on the bogie of the vehicle in inclined positions to correspond to the first and second steel plates, and configured to generate attractive force.

An optical axis control device for a vehicle headlamp detects the inclined state (inclination angle Δα) of a vehicle relative to a road surface during running of the vehicle, performs, in parallel, filtering for removing high frequency components of the detection data (for example, frequency components exceeding 0.1 Hz) (processing by first filter means), and filtering for removing high frequency components of the detection data (for example, frequency components exceeding 0.05 Hz) (processing by second filter means), updates the inclination angle Δα based on a plurality of data, and adjusts the inclination angle of a headlamp 5.

A method for minimizing a range of at least one operating mode of a powered system provided in a mission plan, the method including determining an amount of time a powered system enters a range of at least one operating mode at least one of prior to beginning a mission and while performing the mission and notifying an operator of the powered system and / or a remote monitoring facility of the amount of time the powered system enters the range of the at least one operating mode while performing the mission and / or will enter the range of the at least one operating mode prior to beginning the mission.

A system and an apparatus for positioning a plurality of flexible cleaning lances includes a frame removably fastened parallel a tube sheet of a heat exchanger. The apparatus includes a smart lance tractor drive for advancing and retracting one or more lance hoses through one or more lance guide tubes into tubes penetrating through the heat exchanger tube sheet, a controller, one or more AC induction sensors on the tubes operable to sense holes in the tube sheet, and a tumble box connected to the controller operable to generate electrical power to the AC induction sensor from an air pressure source, supply electrical power to the controller and distribute pneumatic power to pneumatic motors for positioning the tractor drive on the positioner frame. The tractor drive includes sensors for detection of mismatch between expected and actual lance positions and automated drive reversal operation to remove blockages within tubes being cleaned.

An elevator car equalization computer program product includes software instructions for enabling a computer to perform predetermined operations, a computer readable medium bearing the software instructions, and a computer system including a processor and a memory. The predetermined operations include the steps of: (a) receiving at least one user input from at least one data input terminal; (b) determining a location of an originating demand unique to each of the user inputs; (c) determining a location of a destination demand unique to each of the user inputs; (d) calculating a total number of the user inputs received within a predetermined time interval; (e) determining whether the total number of user inputs is less than or more than a total number of available elevators; (f) assigning an elevator to each of the locations of the originating demand; and (g) forming temporary call response zones based upon the elevator assignments. The present system provides shorter average waits, transfer times, trip times, round trip times and equipment use.

A method for utilizing redundant color inks to improve image quality while minimizing any undesirable effects such as texture or graininess. The method comprises tessellating the available redundant color space as defined by the available redundant ink colorants into regions where the regions are arranged so as to minimize the range of luminance variation found within the regions. The result is perceived by the eye as less grainy in texture as well as much more pleasing to the eye.

Apparatuses and methods for processing semiconductor wafers. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an immersion processing tank in which one or more wafers are positioned in a processing liquid during a treatment, at least one sound source that is acoustically coupled to the processing liquid and that produces a sound field in the processing liquid contained in the processing tank during a treatment, and a sound diffusing system comprising a plurality of sound diffusing elements positioned in a manner effective to diffuse sound energy transferred from the source to the processing liquid. In another embodiment, the sound diffusing system includes at least one directionally phase modulating element positioned in a manner effective to reduce interference of sound energy in the processing liquid. Related methods are also described.

A method and system improves two-way radio ranging accuracy by estimating a relative clock frequency offset between a first clock X of a first transceiver and a second clock Y a second transceiver. The first transceiver transmits a first packet at time t0 received by the second transceiver at a time t1. The second transceiver transmits a second packet at a time t2 received by first transceiver at a time t3. The second transceiver transmits a third packet at a time t4 received at a time t5. The relative clock frequency offset is thenΔ⁢⁢fXY′≅2⁢⁢f⁡(N24Y-N35X)N24Y+N35X,where f is a nominal clock frequency of the first and second clocks, NY24 is a measured first delay between times t2 and t4 of the second clock, NX35 is a measured second delay between times t3 and t5 of the first clock X.

A spark plug for an internal combustion engine is provided, which includes a housing, an insulation porcelain, a center electrode and a ground electrode. At least one of a tip portion of the center electrode and an opposing portion of the ground electrode is provided with a projection portion. At least one of the projection portions has a cross section perpendicular to the axial direction of the plug, the cross section having a minimum curvature radius portion and being in a specific shape that satisfies a predetermined requirement. The requirement is that, when a first straight line, a first line segment and a second straight line are provided, and when the cross section is divided into a first region and a second region by the second straight line, the second region has an area larger than the area of the first region.

A ranging system is disclosed which measures a distance between terminals operating on a multi-carrier transmission system. The ranging system includes a frequency domain data processing device that acquires impulse responses by subjecting data from transmitted and / or received packets to fast discrete Fourier transform for conversion into frequency domain data subject to a predetermined process and by applying a spectrum estimation algorithm to the processed frequency domain data.

A system and an apparatus for positioning a plurality of flexible cleaning lances through tubes penetrating a tube sheet of a heat exchanger tube sheet, includes a smart lance tractor drive, a controller, and a tumble box connected to the controller operable to generate and / or distribute electrical power to the AC induction sensor from an air pressure source, supply electrical power to the controller and distribute pneumatic power to pneumatic motors for positioning the tractor drive on the positioner frame. The smart tractor drive includes sensors for detection of mismatch between expected and actual lance positions, sense lance insertion distance and lance removal and provide automated drive reversal operation to remove blockages within tubes being cleaned.

A method for utilizing redundant color inks to improve image quality while minimizing any undesirable effects such as texture or graininess. The method comprises tessellating the available redundant color space as defined by the available redundant ink colorants into regions where the regions are arranged so as to minimize the range of luminance variation found within the regions. The result is perceived by the eye as less grainy in texture as well as much more pleasing to the eye.

Provided is a method for hiding a server address including: requesting, by a client, communication with a server to a contact point through a first network path; requesting, by the contact point, communication with the client to the server; and communicating, by the server and the client, with each other through a second network path by encrypting a server address.