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The method includes routing message data from a source node to a destination node in a mobile ad hoc network. The mobile ad-hoc network includes a plurality of intermediate mobile nodes between the source node and the destination node, and a plurality of wireless communication links connecting the nodes together. The method includes, at the source node, discovering routing to the destination node, ranking discovered routes according to at least one link metric, and distributing the message data to the destination node along a plurality of the discovered routes based upon the ranking. The link metric may include a measurement of link delay, link capacity, link available capacity, and / or link reliability.

Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to a system and methods for distributing targeted content to users of mobile devices such as smartphones and other hand-held devices based on the user's geo-location and other user-specific parameters. Generally, the distribution of content may be regulated by numerous indicators including the user's distance from a stationary media location, moving media channels displaying exterior facing signage, or digital billboards that display messaging with the use of digital screens. Further, aspects of the present disclosure allow users to engage with content and receive additional, supplemental content on their mobile device.

A method for determining the location of a target subterranean structure from within an adjacent borehole is disclosed which uses first and second gravity measurement devices disposed at corresponding first and second positions in the adjacent borehole and a magnetic field measurement device disposed one of the first and second positions. The method includes processing a total local magnetic field, a reference magnetic field, and a local azimuth determined using the gravity measurement devices to determine a portion of the total magnetic field attributable to the subterranean structure multiple points in the adjacent borehole. The location of the subterranean structure is determined using the portion of the total magnetic field attributable thereto. A system adapted to execute the disclosed method and a computer system including computer-readable logic configured to instruct a processor to execute the disclosed method are also provided.

A system and method for collecting evidence pertaining to relationships between biomolecules and a disease, or other clinical condition, wherein biomolecules associated with the disease or condition identified, and ontologies relating to the biomolecules, disease or condition, and a predicate relationship therebetween are generated (or input to a processing system). Triplets, subject / predicate / object, for example, biomolecule / relationship / disease, are constructed by processing the ontologies. The triplets are used to search a body of relevant evidence to extract pertinent data from the body of relevant data based on the triplets. The system and method of the invention is used to provide researchers in the field of molecular diagnostics with biological evidence for or against statistical predictions.

A practicing method includes a full-length mirror provided with a series of images of an individual executing a predetermined motion such as a golf swing, with the individual seeking to practice the execution of his or her motion, looking at himself or herself in the mirror, and mimicking the positions of the correct motion as displayed on the mirror while viewing himself or herself as an overlay over the positions portrayed on the mirror. The individual then can correct his or her motion by matching his or her reflected image with the positions portrayed by indicia at the mirror. In one embodiment, the mirror is provided with an LCD layer that is driven with animation reflecting the correct motion to be achieved, such that the images portrayed by the mirror can be made to change in a sequential fashion, in accordance with the correct motion to be achieved. The images may also be provided one at a time so that the individual can match his or her position such as, in the golf embodiment, stance, back swing and follow-through by comparing his or her reflected image with the image on the mirror. In an alternative embodiment, clear plastic overlays are imprinted with an image of an individual executing a correct motion, such that the individual seeking to correct his or her movement can compare what he or she sees as his or her reflection in the mirror with that portrayed by the overlay.

A method, system and computer program of planning a dental prosthesis in a patient are disclosed, including steps, units or code segments for virtually planning a dental prosthesis. Envelope data is provided of an envelope guide, including data corresponding to a support surface for facial tissue, which is desired to result when the dental prosthesis is installed in the oral cavity of the patient. An outer envelope of a desired dental prosthesis in the oral cavity is simulated based on the envelope data. A desired dental restoration is provided and adjusted in a virtual environment relative to the simulated outer envelope, and dental prosthesis data is generated based on the adjusted desired dental restoration usable for producing the dental prosthesis.

A medicament storage and dispensing system (10) operable for storing and dispensing products (12) such as pre-packaged pharmaceutical boxes and / or bottles and broadly includes a cabinet (14); a plurality of product shelves (16) mounted within the cabinet; an infeed conveyor (18) for transporting products into the cabinet; an outfeed conveyor (20) for transporting products out of the cabinet; a transporter (22) moveable within the cabinet for transporting products between the shelves and the infeed and outfeed conveyors; and a control system (24) for controlling operation of the conveyors and the transporter in response to prescriptions received from a host computer (26). The shelves having a plurality of vertical walls (56) upon which the products rest and between which tines (130) of the transporter slide in order to retrieve products from and place products upon the shelves.

There is provided a pet food product comprising an edible protein-rich body having reduced moisture content and a structure providing textural firmness capable of inducing thorough chewing behaviour in a pet to which it is fed and, through such behaviour, inhibiting the development of periodontal disorders in the pet animal. The food body preferably has a browned outer surface, achieved by exposure of the body to a source of dry heat. A method of producing such body includes steps of providing a coherent, edible, protein-rich body, causing moisture content of the body to be in the range from about 20% to 50% by weight and causing the body to have a structure capable of inducing thorough chewing by a pet. The method preferably includes reducing the moisture content of the body after it has been formed.

A system for inserting advertisement data into broadcast data and method thereof are provided. The system and method can output advertisement data to a certain portion of a lower end of a screen image of the new channel for a certain time when a current channel is changed to a different broadcast channel according to a viewer's intention while the viewer is viewing a broadcast program, thus minimizing viewer's reluctance to the advertisement output, reducing the burden of an advertiser, and guaranteeing a visual continuity of a broadcast program desired to be searched. Using the present invention, when channels are switched for searching for broadcast programs or when power is turned on or off, advertisement data can be output to the same screen while outputting a pertinent broadcast program, thereby exposing the advertisement data without interrupting the broadcast program. In addition, an advertisement cost incurring from exposing the advertisement data is accumulated, a lottery is automatically executed at certain time interval, and the viewer of the advertisement is allowed to have a return for viewing the advertisement, so the viewer is incited to spare more time for viewing the advertisement and the viewer's concentration on the advertisement can increase. Moreover, because the image of an entertainer is inserted when local advertisement data is output, the advertisement can be made at a low-priced cost for portrait rights and the entertainer can produce supplementary advertisement profit without having to do an activity of CF photographing.

In an image processing device which carries out processing for detecting and correcting defective portions of an image, it is possible to pre-emptively prevent the defective portion detecting and correcting processing from causing a deterioration in image quality or an excessive processing requiring time requirement. In cases in which a film type of a photographic film on which the image is recorded is a film type known to have a characteristic that an IR image is also formed at a time of image exposure and recording, and in cases in which a density distribution width of IR data is a predetermined value or more, defect detection-correction processing is cancelled. Further, in cases in which a non-image region is included in the image, either defect detection-correction is carried out only on regions other than the non-image region, or defective portion detection-correction is cancelled.

An automotive vehicle includes a vehicle body and at least one reservoir containing a fire suppressant agent. A distribution system receives the fire suppression agent from the reservoir and conducts the agent to at least one location about the vehicle's body in response to the determination by a sensor system and controller that the vehicle has been subjected to a significant impact. The sensor system and controller determine not only the magnitude of an impact upon the vehicle, but also track subsequent motion of the vehicle, as well as the time which has elapsed since an impact, so as to decide if and when the fire suppressant agent should be dispersed. Alternatively, the fire suppressant agent may be dispersed following activation of a manual switch.

A log splitter machine featuring a steel beam upon which an engine, a hydraulic fluid reservoir, a hydraulic cylinder, a splitting ram, and a splitting head are positioned in such a way as to accomplish the task of reducing large sections of logs into smaller pieces. Additional components include a log lifter device, a telescoping rear foot, and a conveyor mechanism. The conveyor mechanism is connected to the frame of the machine by means of a hinge. The machine has both a non-operational position and an operational position. The operational position is achieved by pivoting the conveyor mechanism through an angle of one-hundred eighty degrees around the hinge. In both its non-operational and operational positions, the machine sits upon wheels, allowing for quick and easy relocation.

Tone quality is improved at the time of playing back sound data having a loop part. A sound data encoding apparatus encodes sound data in groups of a plurality of consecutive blocks. In the case where the sound start position is equal to the loop start position, encoding is performed using samples of sound data (for example, sound data just before the loop end) relating to the sound data at the sound start position from the viewpoint of music. In the case where the sound end position is equal to the loop end position, encoding is performed using samples of sound data (for example, sound data just after the loop start) relating to the sound data at the sound end position from the viewpoint of music.

To prevent bubbles from occurring along a transfer interface, the present method includes the steps of: forming a peeled layer 10 in a transferred member 6 by implanting a peeled-layer forming substance into the transferred member 6; forming a planar surface in the transferred member 6 by planarizing a surface of the transferred member 6; forming a composite including the transferred member 6 and a glass substrate 2 by directly combining the transferred member 6 via the planar surface with a surface of the glass substrate 2; and peeling a part of the transferred member 6 from the composite along the peeled layer 10 serving as an interface by heat-treating the composite.

An automotive vehicle includes a vehicle body and at least one reservoir containing a fire suppressant agent. A distribution system receives the fire suppression agent from the reservoir and conducts the agent to at least one location about the vehicle's body in response to the determination by a sensor system and controller that the vehicle has been subjected to a significant impact. The sensor system and controller determine not only the magnitude of an impact upon the vehicle, but also track subsequent motion of the vehicle, as well as the time which has elapsed since an impact, so as to decide if and when the fire suppressant agent should be dispersed. Alternatively, the fire suppressant agent may be dispersed following activation of a manual switch.

A reusable multi-access shopping bag apparatus is presented. The invention relates to a reusable, flat fold, multipurpose bag that is usable for carrying groceries, shopping / carrying, restaurant take out, or carrying any other desired type of items. The bag includes one or more flaps with fasteners on one or more of the front wall, back wall or side walls. The multi-access opening provides for direct vertical or horizontal access to items inside the bag.

The present invention provides a method of plasma etching with pattern mask. There are two different devices in the two section of a wafer, comprising silicon and Gallium Arsenide (GaAs). The Silicon section is for general semiconductor. And the GaAs section is for RF device. The material of pad in the silicon is usually metal, and metal oxide is usually formed on the pads. The metal oxide is unwanted for further process; therefore it should be removed by plasma etching process. A film is attached to the surface of the substrate exposing the area need for etching. Then a mask is attached and aligned onto the film therefore exposing the area need for etching. Then plasma dry etching is applied on the substrate for removing the metal oxide.

A confinement locking bar is comprised of a bar made from a strong and resilient material and bolted at pivot bracket member to a door frame or any other strong location on a wall section proximal to a door to be secured. The bar is secured to a retainer member when it is in a vertical configuration. The bar has a latching member to latch on to when it is lowered into a horizontal “confinement” mode. The latching member is located on the opposite door frame. A blocker member is located on the door at a location where it is positioned in between the door and the bar when it is in confinement mode.

A method, a device and a use of the device are provided for carrying out an integrity test on a test container (1) that has at least one flexible casing material. The method includes the steps of: filling a test fluid into the test container (1); and detecting the presence of test fluid directly outside the test container (1). The test fluid is designed in such a way that the permeation rate of test fluid through undamaged casing material of the test container (1) is not greater than 1·10−6 mbar·m / (s·bar).

A method of playing an interactive, computerized, multi-player card game in which desired cards are selected by players, some of which may be virtual players generated by the game's software. Each real player uses a computer or similar device that is connected to a network. Virtual player card selection and betting is controlled by computer software. After each player has selected a card in a round, computer software determines what card each player is dealt. Null cards having no value in the scoring are dealt when there is a conflict in card selection or when a player fails to select a card within a time limit. The games follow the rules of poker.

The present invention relates to the adjustment of luminance. The present invention is a method of manufacturing image forming apparatus including a step of applying characteristic shift voltage comprising a plurality of pulses in which the amplitude of the pulse obtained from the look-up table has two or more values, to the emitter, the look-up table storing the amplitude of the pulse and the number of the pulse for shifting characteristic of emitters to a predetermined luminance target value on the basis of the measurement result of the luminance. Moreover, the present invention is a method of manufacturing image forming apparatus comprising a step of applying the second pulses of characteristic shift voltage having the amplitude which was determined in response to the measurement result of the luminance after the first characteristic shift voltage had been applied to the emitter.

The well gauging system and method includes two containment vessels, a common inlet line to the vessels with divert control valves on each inlet line of the vessels being controlled by a programmable logic controller (PLC), a common outlet line to the vessels, a common gas line attached to the top of each vessel, which has low and high pressure regulators allowing control of the vessel's internal pressure, a vertical level indication device for controlling level in each vessel, a water cut meter used to report water cut of the production stream, a coriolis meter, valves, gas cylinder, a controller for process control of well testing, storing results, and sending results to a customer's central computer. The method of using two vessels allows more time for the emulsion to separate, thus increasing the accuracy of the oil, water, and gas measurements.

The invention discloses a method for evaluating the small intestine digestibility of amino acid in rumen undegradable protein of sheep fattening feed. The method comprises the following steps that rumen undegradable residues are sealed in small intestine nylon bags, and then the bags are put in a hydrochloric acid pepsin solution for cultivation; one cultivated small intestine nylon bag is placed in the intestinal tract from the duodenal fistula every 15 min; in 48 h after all the nylon bags are placed in the duodenal fistula, the small intestine nylon bags are collected from manure and cryopreserved after chymus residues are washed with running water; after being collected, all the small intestine nylon bags are washed in a full-automatic washing machine, then dried and weighed, the rest residues are sieved by a 40-mesh sieve, and all samples are used for analysis of the amino acid; the small intestine digestibility of the RUP=(the protein content in the rumen undegradable residues-the protein content in the residues digested by the small intestines) / the protein content in the rumen undegradable residues*100%. The method is accurate and reliable.

A golf gear fitting system (2) includes a swing data acquisition unit (21) to acquire swing data from a sensor (11) installed in a golf club (1), a swing data storage unit (22) to store the swing data acquired by the swing data acquisition unit (21), a data classification unit (23) to classify the swing data stored in the swing data storage unit (22), and a data prediction unit (24) to predict swing data of specifications not measured by the sensor (11) by referring to the swing data classified in the data classification unit (23).

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a control system, system and method for controlling a transition between a first driving mode and a second driving mode of a vehicle. The present disclosure relates to receiving image data of an occupant of the vehicle; quantifying one or more characteristics of the occupant's gaze based at least in part on the received image data, the one or more characteristics being indicative of the occupant's attention to a non-driving task; determining a transition profile for transitioning between the first driving mode and the second driving mode based at least in part on the one or more characteristics of the occupant's gaze; and generating and outputting a control signal to transition from the first driving mode to the second driving mode, the control signal comprising instructions for controlling one or more vehicle systems in accordance with the determined transition profile.

A sensor array can differentiate acceptable tensile and flexural stresses in a beam from stress patterns that indicate a fracture in the beam. At least three strain gauges, with additional pairs of strain gauges added for redundancy, can be used. The single, central strain gauge is adhered to the beam directly over, and with the sensing elements parallel to the neutral axis of the beam. The pairs of strain gauges are adhered to the beam parallel to the sensing elements of the single strain gauge on opposite sides of and equidistant from the neutral axis. The single strain gauge senses the tensile stress in the beam. The pairs of gauges sense the bending strain in the beam. A non-zero value in the sum of the strains measured by each of the pair of strain gauges indicates a potential structural health issue with the beam.

An active CO neutralizing device includes a CO sensing unit, a control unit, an alarm unit and an ozone releasing unit and serves to detect a concentration of carbon monoxide in the air and to automatically release ozone to react with carbon monoxide when the detected concentration of carbon monoxide is in excess of a preset threshold so as to neutralize and thereby dilute carbon monoxide in order to minimize the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning and allow more time for rescue.

An improved emergency braking assist system for a vehicle takes account of the region to the rear when specifying emergency braking parameters. The region to the rear is also monitored and the emergency braking parameters optionally adapted during the emergency braking operation.