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Dynamically filtering and classifying messages, as good messages, bulk periodicals, or spam. A regular expression recognizer, and pre-trained neural networks. The neural networks distinguish “likely good” from “likely spam,” and also operate at a more discriminating level to distinguish among the three categories above. A dynamic whitelist and blacklist; sending addresses are collected when the number of their messages indicates the sender is good or a spammer. A dynamically selected set of regular expressions input to the neural networks.

This invention is a remote control device to control a thermostat. The remote control works using RF transceivers in base a wall mounted base unit and a portable remote control unit, or optionally, using infrared signals much like a television remote control. The remote control has a keypad on it to allow one to select the desired temperature, or to select a temperature from one of several buttons on it corresponding to a specific temperature. This enables the user to set the temperature of a room without having to get up and manually change it.

A combined pressure and temperature transducer (10) particularly adapted for high temperature fluids has a sensing element assembly mounted at the tip of a tubular probe (20) which is arranged for placement in a fluid flow path. A sensing element (12) includes a pressure responsive diaphragm (12g) closing the open end of the tubular probe and being provided with piezo-resistive gauge elements bonded to the diaphragm. Wires are bonded between the gauge elements and a first, heat resistant, printed circuit board (PCB). The first PCB, together with the piezo-resistive elements, form a Wheatstone bridge. An inner connector (26) mounts elongated, axial stress absorbing contacts connecting the first PCB at one end of the inner connector with a second printed circuit board (PCB) mounted at the opposite end of the inner connector physically removed from the sensing element and first PCB and away from the fluid flow path. The second PCB mounts signal conditioning and amplifying electronics. An outer connector (38) and housing (42) mounts the second PCB and provides an electrical interface with transducer.

A monitoring system for a periphery of a structure (100) comprises a monitoring module (102) having a detection and ranging system (304, 308) arranged to support monitoring of a portion of the periphery in order to detect passage of a body beyond the periphery. The detector (304, 308) has an imaging resolution that prevents conclusive visual identification by a human operator of the nature of the body. The monitoring module also comprises a video capture apparatus (312, 314) arranged to provide video data. The system also comprises a monitoring station apparatus (200) arranged to receive data from the monitoring module (102). In response to detection of the passage of the body by the detection system (304, 308), the monitoring station (200) enables the operator to review the video data. The video data enables the operator to identify readily the nature of the body detected and thereby to provide confirmatory visual evidence when the body is human.

The methods and apparatuses of the present invention provides for powering and maneuvering (forward, reverse and steering) systems for amphibious vehicle, marine vessel or ground vehicle operation and control. An improved propulsion system may incorporate the use of electric motors combined with impellers which use positive and negative magnetic torque applications and allows for new control strategies when used in water or on the ground. More precise control of the motoring and steering forces is provided which is suitable for use in a variety of amphibious, marine vessels or ground vehicle applications. Various types of electric drive motor/generators may be incorporated for use therein. Intelligent motion control systems may provide for improved vehicle control that can provide motive force and braking force in a precisely controlled manner that significantly improves performance and has faster control dynamics incorporating a fully integrated electrical braking and maneuvering system.

A video call monitor manager creates a video call monitor engine for initiated video calls between plural video devices with the video call monitor engine having a monitoring thread for each video device of the video call, the monitor threads periodically polling their associated video devices for quality of service and state information to automatically detect quality of service threshold rule violations and state changes for broadcast to interested locations, such as video network administrators monitoring the video call. Each video call monitor engine monitors a video call state with a nested state machine structure of device state machines, device monitor state machines and call segment state machines nested to define a call state machine as a video call is initiated, with the call state machine monitoring the video call throughout its life so that interesting call state changes and quality of service changes are detected and broadcast to monitoring clients.

The invention discloses a medical type all-solid potassium ion selectivity sensor and a preparation method thereof. The medical type all-solid potassium ion selectivity sensor comprises a substrate, two potassium ion selectivity working electrodes which are completely the same in structure and arranged side by side, an insulating layer and a salt bridge. Without a constant-potential reference electrode in the conventional sense, one of the two potassium ion selectivity working electrodes is used to be matched with a potassium standard solution to realize the function of a reference electrode, the complexity in preparation of the whole sensor is greatly reduced. Each of the two same potassium ion selectivity working electrodes comprises a conductive layer, a reaction electrode, a contact electrode and a potassium ion sensitive film. According to the invention, since the constant-potential traditional reference electrode and the electrolyte layer of a common solid-state electrode are not needed, the preparation process and flow of the all-solid potassium ion selectivity sensor are greatly simplified; and moreover, the all-solid potassium ion selectivity sensor has accurate and quick response, and is small and light, convenient to carry and suitable for large-scale production.

A heated eyelash curler comprise a curling head portion having an arcuate top surface on one end and a protection case on the other end. The protection case serves as a handle for the device as well as encloses the power source, for example, a battery. The curling head portion includes a heating element laid on the arcuate top surface caged inside a plurality of bridges or protected between protruding comblike spikes. A pigmented silicone piece which changes in color corresponding to the temperature of the heating element is directly contacted with the heating element for fast and accurate response. The heating element comprises a conducting coil or wire in zigzag configuration inserted into a conducting tube such as a brass tubing coated on the outside surface with a non-sticking material such as teflon. The recommended heating mechanism or circuitry for a battery heated heating element includes a converter for boosting the voltage of the power source. This will hasten the rise in temperature of the heating element and in combination with the heating element having the conducting coil or wire in zigzag configuration, will provide a more stable and even heating.

The invention proposes a method and apparatus for a user equipment to decide by itself to measure an inactive downlink component carrier and a method and apparatus for a base station to control a user equipment to measure an inactive downlink component carrier. The invention further proposes a method and apparatus for a user equipment to request transmission of a sounding reference signal and a method and apparatus for a base station to control a user equipment to transmit a sounding reference signal. Both the user equipment and the base station are located in a wireless communication system based on carrier aggregation. The technical solutions of the invention can achieve a trade-off between low power consumption of the user equipment and the rapid and accurate response to the component carrier.

Vertical alignment of a movable bridge with a doorway of an aircraft is achieved by moving a sensor disposed on the movable bridge in a generally downward direction so as to sense a position of an upper surface of the aircraft. The upper surface of the aircraft has a known elevational relationship relative to the doorway of the aircraft, which is used along with the sensed position to align an aircraft engaging portion of the movable bridge with the doorway. The method accommodates different heights of a same model of aircraft resulting from differences in the aircraft loads and is easily implemented using either contact or non-contact sensors.

The invention provides a battery with a safety protection device. The battery includes: a casing, wherein the casing includes a top cover and a lower casing, the top cover can be connected to the lower casing to form a battery cavity; a battery cell, wherein the battery cell is contained in the battery cavity; the safety protection device that includes a safety agent storage portion and a safety agent spraying portion, wherein the safety agent storage portion communicates with the safety agent spraying portion through a communication channel so as to convey a safety agent to the safety agent spraying portion, the safety agent spraying portion is arranged on the casing and extends into the battery cavity, and at least a part of the safety agent spraying portion inside the battery cavity ismade of a fusible material. The melting of the fusible material enables the safety agent spraying portion to spary the safety agent into the battery cavity. The safety protection device according to the present invention has a fast response speed, uses a small quantity of safety agent, and has a good cooling and fire extinguishing effect. In addition, the safety protection between battery individuals cannot affect each other and cannot cause mutual pollution.

The invention provides a human body unbalance detection method and device, and a fall prevention device and method. The human body unbalance detection method comprises a gravity center acceleration sensor, a left foot acceleration sensor, a right foot acceleration sensor and a main control unit, wherein the gravity center acceleration sensor detects the longitudinal acceleration, lateral acceleration and vertical acceleration of a body weight center when a human body walks; the left foot acceleration sensor detects the longitudinal acceleration and lateral acceleration of a left foot when the human body walks; the right foot acceleration sensor detects the longitudinal acceleration and lateral acceleration of the right foot when the human body walks; the main control unit judges whether the human body is unbalanced through the deviation between the detected longitudinal accelerations and lateral accelerations of the left and right feet and the longitudinal acceleration and lateral acceleration of the body weight center or the deviation between the detected lateral displacements and longitudinal displacements of the left and right feet and the lateral displacement and longitudinal displacement of the body weight center when the vertical acceleration of the body weight center is smaller than a vertical acceleration threshold value of the gravity center or the vertical displacement of the gravity center is smaller than the vertical displacement threshold value of the gravity center, and outputting alarm signals if the human body is unbalanced.

A passive isolator mount capable of dissipating shocks and vibrations as either heat or magnetic energy is presented. The passive isolator includes a pair of L-shaped or C-shaped brackets capable of withstanding repeated deflections and strains, energy dissipating layers disposed along each bracket, and a bond layer. The energy dissipating layers are composed of a rare earth element or alloy, a ferromagnetic shape alloy, a magnetic shape memory alloy, a magnetostrictive alloy, a magneto-mechanical alloy, a super-elastic alloy, or a combination thereof. The bond layer is disposed between and adheres one energy dissipating layer along a first bracket to an energy dissipating layer along a second bracket so that the resultant passive isolator is C-shaped. Energy dissipating and bond layers completely bisect the passive isolator either widthwise through the thickness of the L-shaped brackets or lengthwise through the thickness of the C-shaped brackets.

Aspects of the invention are directed to an apparatus for controlling a flow of a fluid therethrough while the apparatus is connected to a source of control fluid. The apparatus comprises an input, a valve seat, a diaphragm, an output, and a diaphragm control space. The diaphragm control space is partially defined by the diaphragm, and is operative to receive control fluid from the source of control fluid. Moreover, a deflection of the diaphragm in relation to the valve seat is responsive to a pressure of the control fluid in the diaphragm control space. Lastly, the deflection of the diaphragm in relation to the valve seat is operative to control a fluidic flow resistance between the input and the output.

A dynamic alarm system that can assess the background noise in a clinical environment with sub-minute time sampling and change the alarm output to a desired signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) below ambient noise (negative SNR) to minimize clinician fatigue and ameliorate deleterious patient outcomes, while preserving clinician performance.

The invention provides a front-train identification method based on train-train communication. The method includes the steps that when a train gets in a station, or is driven in an interval, a train-mounted management unit of the train receives and stores all train operation information tables sent by a ground management unit; through the train-mounted management unit of the train, distance valuesbetween the train and all trains in the train information tables are computed through an electronic map according to route information of the vehicle, and a front train of the train is determined according to the distance values between the train and all the trains in the train information tables. According to the front-train identification method based on train-train communication, limitation that a traditional train control system collectively controls driving through ground equipment can be broken through, the front train is automatically identified through the train, a driving end point is determined, driving permission information is more accurately and dynamically updated, and the delay problem of an existing system is solved; various emergencies and various scenes of the driving process can be more rapidly and accurately responded, and safe and efficient driving is guaranteed.

The invention discloses a self-adaptive vision-aided driving device and relates to aided driving of vehicles. The self-adaptive vision-aided driving device is provided with a vehicle-mounted power supply, a voltage-reducing and voltage-stabilizing circuit, a vehicle-mounted display panel, an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) core board, a digital camera and a steering control interface, wherein the FPGA core board is provided with a power module, a crystal oscillator, an FPGA chip and an input/output interface, the input end of the voltage-reducing and voltage-stabilizing circuit is connected with the output end of the vehicle-mounted power supply, the output end of the voltage-reducing and voltage-stabilizing circuit is respectively connected with the input end of the power module of the FPGA core board and the input end of the digital camera, an output interface of the FPGA core board is connected with the input end of the vehicle-mounted display panel, the output end of the digital camera is connected with an input interface of the FPGA core board, the output end of the digital camera is connected with the input interface of the FPGA core board, and the output end of the steering control interface is connected with the input interface of the FPGA core board.

The invention provides a double-color infrared thermometer applied to testing of cutting temperature of a machine tool. The double-color infrared thermometer comprises a shell, a laser sighting device, a focusing cylinder, a convex lens, a beam splitter, optical filters, infrared detectors, a processor and a display; the shell has a structure of a three-way pipe; the laser sighting device is arranged on the shell and is positioned below the focusing cylinder; the focusing cylinder is arranged in one of two straight ports in the shell; the convex lens is arranged in the focusing cylinder; the beam splitter is arranged in the shell and an included angle of 45 degrees is formed between the beam splitter and the convex lens; the optical filters are arranged in other two openings of the shell; the infrared detectors are arranged outside the optical filters; the distances between the optical filters of the two openings of the shell and the infrared detectors are equal; meanwhile, the distances between two optical filters and the geometric center of the beam splitter are equal; and two infrared detectors are connected with the processor and the display is connected with the processor. The double-color infrared thermometer is high in measurement efficiency, high in safety performance and low in power consumption, has a simple structure and can continuously test temperature and store and export data.

The invention discloses a two-channel Gray code magnetic coding device which comprises a collecting device I, a collecting device II and a power supply, wherein the collecting device I comprises a magnetically sensitive element I and a microprocessor I, and the collecting device II comprises a magnetically sensitive element II and a microprocessor II; the magnetically sensitive element I is connected with the microprocessor I, and the microprocessor I receives magnetic field variation sensing signals collected by the magnetically sensitive element I; the magnetically sensitive element II is connected with the microprocessor II, and the microprocessor II receives magnetic field variation sensing signals collected by the magnetically sensitive element II; and the power supply supplies electric energy for the magnetically sensitive elements and the microprocessors. By using the technical scheme of the invention, the magnetically sensitive elements and the microprocessors are used for processing detection signals to form two-channel coding data with extremely small repetition and error rate, interference between a completely independent two-channel data processing system and a power supply system can be avoid effectively, the stability of detection is increased, and the technical problem of large size of an optical coder is solved.