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A robot or manipulator including a wireless power supply and a wireless communication device. One or more actuators on the robot tool may be wirelessly powered and wirelessly controlled. The robot tool may have one or more wireless communication members for transmission of data from sensors on the tool. The power supply includes a primary power supply member and secondary power supply member. Tool changes may be carried out automatically by the robot. In other aspects of the invention a method, a control system and a computer program for carrying out the method are described.

Method for informing a mobile terminal on target cell-specific system information to facilitate a mobility procedure such as handover or cell reselection in a mobile communication network. Further a radio resource control apparatus, a mobile terminal and a system comprising the radio resource control apparatus and the mobile terminal are provided. The invention suggests improvements to current mobility procedures so as to reduce the interruption time implied by the procedures. More specifically, it is proposed to include at least one pointer to target cell-specific system information to a control message, such as a handover indication or connection release message, pointing the mobile terminal to system information in the target cell relevant for system access and/or to perform mobility procedures. Further, a portion of the target cell-specific system information may also be comprised in the control message.

A system, computer program product and method for a running process migration with planned minimized down-time. The method facilitates fast and efficient process migration by performing background data synchronization prior to actual process migration. The service slowdown is reduced by employing two-stage transfer method. During a first stage the service, being executed on the original machine, does not stop and all the available data required by this process is being copied. After the first stage is completed the service continues to be executed without an interruption, while the most of the data associated with the service process is already transferred to the new machine. During the second stage the execution of the service on the first machine is stopped. The files, which were not available during the first stage, are now copied. Then the execution of service is started on the second machine. The down-time is reduced to the duration of the second stage.

A computer creates a full backup of a target volume by copying sectors of the target volume. Incremental backups are created by copying modified sectors that have changed since a preceding backup. Public accesses to a restore volume are prevented by modifying a volume boot record (VBR) of the restore volume to prevent file systems from recognizing the restore volume or by filtering public accesses while allowing private block accesses to the restore volume. Sector data are copied from the backup files to the restore volume while the public accesses are being prevented. The restore can begin, using previously created backup files, while the backup is still in process creating new incremental backups for the target volume. The restore volume is finalized after restoring the full or any number of incremental backups by restoring the VBR to indicate the restore volume is valid or stopping the filtering of public accesses.

A system and method for performing stateful switchover with reduced data, such as only metadata about a TCP window state. The metadata comprises a size of TCP packets used to send BGP messages, and which of those have been acknowledged by a neighbor networking device. The networking device comprises a BGP module to establish a BGP session between the networking device and a neighbor networking device. An active transport module within the networking device synchronizes with a standby transport module within the networking device by sending the metadata. A fault detector within the networking device initiates a stateful switchover from the active transport module to the standby transport module responsive to detecting a failure of a process and/or processor. The standby transport module uses the metadata to determine stateful metadata for preserving current BGP and TCP sessions of the networking device with dummy TCP packets having the same size ad sent TCP packets and containing safe BGP message data.

Systems and methods for in-process vision inspection for automated machines are disclosed. In one embodiment, a head assembly includes a tool moveable over a workpiece and adapted to perform a manufacturing operation on the workpiece, and an inspection unit operatively positioned proximate the tool and moveable with the tool relative to the workpiece. The inspection unit is adapted to perform a vision inspection of a portion of the workpiece simultaneously with the performance of the manufacturing operation on the workpiece. In a particular embodiment, the inspection unit includes a camera adapted to monitor an area including the portion of the workpiece upon which the tool has performed the manufacturing operation, and a processor operatively coupled to the camera and adapted to receive an image from the camera and to analyze the image to determine a presence of a defect within the portion of the workpiece.

A method of remotely reducing downtime of an operational system includes directly accessing information from the operational system by a diagnostic computer, the information accessed from at least one prime mover controller, a user interface computer, at least one switch, at least one networking connection, and at least one sensor configured to sense and capture a measurable parameter of the operational system; transmitting the information from the diagnostic computer to an off-site operations center; using the information at the off-site operations center to monitor, review or improve status and performance of components within the operational system; using the information at the off-site operations center to assess communication status and connectivity issues of connections between the components of the operational system; and, communicating issues with the operational system from the off-site operations center to the operational system.

A device and method for producing patient appointment reminders for healthcare facilities is provided. The device and method includes receiving one or more sets of information from the healthcare facility including patient data for a patient. The method further includes generating one or more sets of information including appointment information and the like, and combining the sets of information to produce an appointment reminder that is provided to the patient.

The present invention provides a wheel hub type recognition device and a wheel hub identifier tracing management system comprising the wheel hub type recognition device. The system comprises a field information interconnection device; a wheel hub type recognition device; an identifier generating device used for generating an identifier on a wheel hub; a wheel hub clamping and positioning device; and a central control device. The wheel hub type recognition device recognizes the type of a target wheel hub according to hub recognition features and generates the complete hub information in combination with the preset relevant production information. The central control device generates a unique recognition number corresponding to the target wheel hub according to the acquired complete hub information. The identifier generating device receives the above wheel hub information and the recognition number, and generates an identifier on the wheel hub and the attached label carrier thereof. The field information interconnection device participates the presetting or downloading process of the production information and uploads the recognition number of the target wheel hub and the complete hub information corresponding to the target wheel hub after the generation of the identifier. In this way, during the subsequent process of the wheel hub production and the overall usage life cycle thereof, the recognition number can be utilized at any time. Through simply searching an interconnection database, the comprehensive traceability management of each wheel hub is realized.

Alternative sputter target compositions or configurations for thin-film electrolytes are proposed whereby the sputter target materials system possesses sufficient electrical conductivity to allow the use of (pulsed) DC target power for sputter deposition. The electrolyte film materials adopt their required electrically insulating and lithium-ion conductive properties after reactive sputter deposition from the electrically conducting sputter target materials system.

An apparatus and method for providing maintenance of sensor and control systems is provided. A maintenance device coupled to a controller via a network backs up program-related information from the controller to a database via the network. The maintenance device determines when a malfunction occurs in the controller or a controller is replaced, and automatically restores backed up program-related information to the controller.

Method for performing an rSRVCC procedure from UTRAN/GERAN to E-UTRAN/HSPA, comprising steps of:—receiving, a first network entity, a first message from a UE before an rSRVCC handover procedure from UTRAN/GERAN to E-E-UTRAN/HSPA involving the UE, the first message containing a pre-allocated transport address to he used for voice alter the rSRVCC handover,—sending a second message, during the rSRVCC handover procedure of a voice call, to a second network entity, the second message comprising information related to the transport address of the UE to give an instruction to send the voice media of the call to that transport address.

The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having computer-controlled equipment, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety, emissions, noise, vibration, operational cost, or the like. More particularly, the subject invention is provided for employing machine diagnostic and/or prognostic information in connection with optimizing an overall business operation over a time horizon.

A distribution network automation system comprises a power distribution main station, power distribution substations and power distribution terminals. The power distribution main station is responsible for monitoring and managing global information and used for monitoring and acquiring data of a whole distribution network to complete fault handling within the whole network; the power distribution substations are used for managing distribution station terminal monitoring equipment such as switchgear cubicles for loop networks, switching stations for distribution networks and the like, acquiring, gathering and uploading signals of the power distribution terminals to the power distribution main station, and transmitting orders of the power distribution main station to the power distribution terminals; the power distribution terminals mainly used for acquiring data of primary equipment, controlling switchgears, detecting and recognizing faults and sending fault information to the power distribution substations and the power distribution main station. The distribution network automation system has the advantages that power supply reliability can be greatly improved, fault time can be greatly shortened, voltage quality can be greatly improved to provide optimal voltage for users, and labor intensity can be relieved for operators; management level of the whole power distribution system can be improved, working efficiency is improved, and user service level is improved.

The invention discloses an IMS network reliability implementing method, for solving the problem of long-time interrupt of user service caused by failure of network entity in the course from user register success to user re-register in the existing IMS, learning whether the second network entity with user register related data fails or not by the first network entity in the IMS network; and when the first network entity learns the second network entity fails, informing the users related with the second network entity to re-register. And the invention discloses a method for learning state variation of network entity in IMS network.

The invention discloses an application cluster migrating method and migrating device based on a service model. According to the embodiment of the invention, the automated migration of all nodes and dependence of an application cluster are realized through the service model. Through analyzing a software mirror image on which each host machine depends, the host machine of a target data center is equipped with software mirror images on which the host machine depends in batch, the application cluster migrating speed is improved, and the downtime of cluster migration is reduced. The environmental parameter of a target application cluster is bound to a node configuration document template, the configuration file of the target cluster is generated, and thus the configuration file migrating efficiency of the application cluster is improved. The mirror image warehouse of the target data center is used as the mirror image agent of the target application cluster, a needed mirror image is obtained and cached from the mirror image warehouse of a source data center according to needs, and thus the mirror image installation of the application cluster is accelerated.

The production method of sheet billet conticasting tandem-rolling coil sheet is characterized by that said invention adopts the following technical measures: using conticasting machine and making pulling rate of casting blank low, and making the blank material have reasonable section; compactly arranging conticasting machine and heating furnace, making the conticasting blank output roller conveyer and inlet roller conveyer of heating furnace have double purpose, making inlet temp. of casting blank be above 900 deg.C; adopting double furnace and hating; and adopting small-cross charging and tapping process; two-high reversing rougher for three passes, four-high reversing rougher for one pass; and adopting thermal coiler box process of workpiece so as to raise coil sheet quality and reduce its production cost.

The invention discloses an air conditioner system. The air conditioner system comprises a compressor, a four-way valve, an indoor heat exchanger, a throttling part and an outdoor micro-channel parallel flow heat exchanger which are connected in sequence through pipes, the air conditioner system further comprises a bypass circuit and a controlling device, the controlling device controls the bypass circuit to be connected or controls the four-way valve, one end of the bypass valve is connected with an outlet pipe of the outdoor micro-channel parallel flow heat exchanger, and the other end of the bypass valve is connected with an outlet pipe of the outdoor micro-channel parallel flow heat exchanger. The controlling device is used for controlling the bypass circuit to be connected for bypass defrosting or controlling the four-way valve to be reversed for four-way valve tangential defrosting. The invention further discloses a defrosting control method of the air conditioner system. The bypass circuit is added in the air conditioner system and bypass defrosting is performed during low-temperature heating, so that low-temperature heating capacity is improved beneficially; meanwhile, shut-down times are decreased during defrosting, and defrosting efficiency of an air conditioner is improved.

A substrate is brought into close proximity with one or more gas injectors to deposit a thin film. As the substrate is moved horizontally along a predefined direction, it is injected with reactive gases and pyrolytically heated with a heating light focused on the substrate. To prevent photolytic reactions, the heating light source is preferably on the side of the substrate opposite to the side where the reactive gases are deposited. In some embodiments, this heating light source is supplemented by heating light sources on the same side of the substrate as the deposited reactive gases. The heating light source(s) has a wavelength to optimize absorption by the substrate or the deposited film layer.

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for reducing communication system downtime when enabling cryptographic operation of a cryptographic system of the communication system where the cryptographic system includes a first cryptographic device operatively coupled to a plurality of second cryptographic devices via a communication network of the communication system. The method includes causing a pass-through mode of the second cryptographic devices to be suspended, sequentially determining a state of each of the second cryptographic devices, causing the second cryptographic devices and the first cryptographic device to substantially simultaneously operate in a secure mode if each of the second cryptographic devices is determined to have a first state, and causing the second cryptographic devices and the first cryptographic device to operate in the pass-through mode if at least one of the plurality of second cryptographic devices is determined to have a second state.

The invention provides a remote checking and monitoring system for electrical energy measuring instrument, the system is composed of a local unit, a local computer, a remote computer; a local display unit and a remote communication unit are connected with a microprocessor unit; the local computer and the remote computer are connected with the remote communication unit; the secondary voltage of a voltage transformer and the secondary current of a current transformer are connected with a checked ammeter and a standard ammeter in the local unit at a same time. The invention has the advantages that: firstly, an omni-bearing test for the whole electrical energy measuring system can be realized; secondly, a real-time on-line test for the electrical energy measuring system is realized; thirdly, the invention is provided with a remote communication function; fourthly, the invention can be interfaced with electrical energy measuring instruments of different types and from different factories; fifthly, the problems existing in the electrical energy measuring work of electrical customers can be accurately grasped.

The invention provides a construction method of an NAS cluster system based on a modularization design. The modularization design-based NAS cluster system is composed of a control node, a data node, a storage network, a management network and a data network. All the above-mentioned parts work independently but are mutually connected to form an organic integral body, so that the complete NAS cluster system with high reliability, high expandability and high performance can be provided for a user. Functions of all the parts of the NAS cluster system are described as follows: in the aspect of the control node, each set of NAS cluster system contains two control nodes; hardware composition is a rack server or a blade server; and functions of cluster service configuration file system establishment, catalog management, user management, and system monitoring and maintenance and the like are completed.

The present invention is a camera system having a rigid camera frame to receive a removable shutter and serve as a releasable attachment point for the camera lens system and image receiving means. An adaptor and wedge have complementary contact points that allow constant alignment and orientation of the system components after removal and reattachment without recalibration or realignment. The camera system may be used in a photographic imaging system such as an airborne reconnaissance system.

An injector system for use in injecting a fluid into a patient includes a communication system adapted to receive data from at least a first sensor that measures a value first variable. The communication system is also adapted to receive data from a calibrated sensor that measures a value the first variable. The injector system further includes a calibration system adapted to calibrate output from the first sensor in response to output from the calibrated sensor. An injector for use in injecting a fluid into a patient, includes a first sensor that measures a value first variable, a communication port adapted to receive data from a calibrated sensor that measures the value the first variable, and a controller adapted to compare data from the calibrated sensor with data from the first sensor and to calibrate output from the first sensor. The devices, systems and methods of the present invention are applicable to systems other than injection systems. For example, a method for calibrating a system (for example, an injector system) includes: placing a calibrated sensor in communication with the system; making a measurement of the value of at least a first variable with the calibrated sensor; transmitting the measured value from the calibrated sensor to the system via a data communication system in operative connection between the calibrated sensor and the system; making a measurement of the value of the first variable with a sensor of the system at approximately the same time as the measurement made with the calibrated sensor; comparing the value of the first variable measured with the calibrated sensor with the value of the first variable measured with the system sensor; and calibrating the output of the system sensor at least in part based upon the comparison.

A method and apparatus enables linered label applicators to use labels on thin liners. Linered labels comprise a composite of an elongate sheet of thin or light-weight temporary liner having a precut label adhered to a low adhesion surface. The cut-out labels on the liner are fed into the linered label applicator. The use of support mechanisms other then vacuum application on rollers enables the use of thinner liner sheets on labels. A die head for cutting or perforating labels comprising adhesive on label stock comprising a die head having at least 80% of its outer surface comprising flat areas between cutting edges, multiple cutting edges on the outer surface, and an internal volume in the die head, the internal volume for carrying coolant liquid into and out of the volume so as to cool the outer surface of the die head when the coolant temperature is at least 10° C. cooler than the outer surface of the die head.

The invention discloses an iron and steel enterprise in-coming logistics management system based on internet of things and an achievement method. The system comprises a purchase order management module used for managing orders, a forecast management module used for generating corresponding metering and quality information according to the orders, a fitting management module used for information matching, verifying and card writing before an automobile is purchased, an in-coming quality management module used for building an information safeguard system, monitoring the whole process of inspection of in-coming goods of an iron and steel enterprise and encoding information bar codes, a port management module used for finishing interaction and data exchange of the in-coming logistics management system and other systems, a remote metering sub-system module used for a weighing apparatus of in-coming and out-going goods and building a remote metering system combining unmanned operation metering and remote metering, and a settlement platform system used for settlement of in-coming raw materials, fuel and auxiliary materials, alloy and the like with a supplier. Comprehensive and closed-loop tracking management is carried out on the in-coming goods through the management modules, logistic cost is reduced, and economic benefits of the enterprise are improved.

The invention discloses an optical network data transmission method as well as a system and equipment thereof, belonging to the field of optical communication. The method comprises the steps of obtaining the respective first roundtrip delay Rtd value of ONU; obtaining the second roundtrip delay Rtd value of distance measurement ONU; obtaining the change value of the Rtd value according to the first Rtd value and the second Rtd value of the distance measurement ONU; obtaining the second Rtd value of non-distance-measurement ONU according to the change value and the first Rtd value of the non-distance-measurement ONU; and obtaining and transmitting the corresponding isostatic delay EqD value of the ONU according to the obtained respective second Rtd value of the ONU. The system comprises transmission equipment, distance measurement equipment and non-distance-measurement equipment. The equipment comprises an obtaining module, a distance measurement module, a difference value module, a processing module and a transmission module. When the phenomena of main optical fiber faults or main OLT equipment faults, and the like occur in a PON network, main and standby conversion is triggered and performed. The invention only needs to perform distance measurement for one ONU, so the distance measurement time is saved. Especially when a plurality of ONUs exist, the invention can obviously reduce service interruption and meet the requirements of service which is carried by the PON network and has higher time delay requirements.

The invention discloses a route retransmission realization device and method, and switching equipment. The device comprises a plurality of service boards, a primary retransmission board, a standby retransmission board, a primary control board and a standby control board, wherein the standby control board is used for starting the primary-standby switching when detecting a failure of the primary control board, and establishing an information channel between the standby control board and the primary retransmission board or standby retransmission board; and the primary control board or standby control board is used for starting the primary-standby switching when detecting a failure of the primary control board, establishing an information channel between the primary control board or standby control board and the standby retransmission board, and establishing an information channel between the standby retransmission board and the service boards, thereby realizing data message interactions between the standby retransmission board and the service boards. When the primary control board fails, the retransmission service of the device can not be interrupted. When the primary retransmission board fails, the service boards are simple and quick to switch, thereby shortening the service interruption time, increasing the service restoration speed and reducing the time delay.

A system and method of facilitating centralized and standardized remote ratings of subjects in clinical trial studies includes providing training to raters located at one or more central rating sites such that the raters are trained to apply substantially similar criteria in determining whether a candidate is a qualified subject for the clinical trial and/or in the actual assessment, or information collection, phase of the clinical trail. By having centralized, consistently trained raters that are independent of clinical trial investigators, inter-rater reliability is enhanced and potential bias is reduced, thus increasing the effectiveness of the clinical trial results by providing more qualified subjects and more accurate results.

The invention relates to a method and an apparatus calendering a fiber web, wherein the fiber web passes through an extended and heated nip, said nip being formed on one side by a cylindrical heated roll and on the other side by a flexible tubular jacket which is pressed against the heated roll by means of a concave load shoe, said tubular jacket surrounding a stationary support beam which supports at least one actuator which may urge said load shoe and said flexible tubular jacket against said heated roll, and wherein the extension of the load shoe in the axial extension is less than the axial extension of the jacket and the heated roll such that when the load shoe is urged against the heated roll there will be formed tapered sections at each side end of the jacket within the nip characterised in that said tapered section are substantially covered by said fiber web such that a small strips of the fiber web at each edge is not calendered in said extended nip.