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An iris authentication apparatus includes a camera for obtaining the image of an eye; a display panel arranged on the same plane as where the lens of the camera is arranged; and guide character generation means, wherein a guide character is displayed on a display panel, and the eye of a person to be authenticated who watches the guide character is guided. As a result, a satisfactory iris image can be obtained by the iris authentication apparatus of one camera type that does not have a zooming function, so that the iris authentication apparatus that can be mounted to a small body, such as a portable telephone, can be provided.

An automatic sample analyzer includes: a pipette, a pipette driving device which moves the pipette to a sample vessel present in a predetermined position to cause the pipette to suck up a sample from the sample vessel, and then moves the pipette to an open vessel provided in another predetermined position to cause the pipette to discharge the sample into the open vessel, and an analyzing section for analyzing the discharged sample, the pipette driving device comprising a vertically movable main arm and an elongated guide arm cantilevered by the main arm and extending horizontally, the guide arm having a smaller flexural rigidity than the main arm, wherein the main arm vertically moves the pipette when the sample is to be sucked up from the sample vessel, and the guide arm guides the pipette to the open vessel and then vertically moves the pipette when the sample is to be discharged into the open vessel.

A portable proximity alarm apparatus comprising a Bluetooth system and an alarm monitors the presence of a portable electronic device equipped with a compatible transceiver within range and alarms when that device leaves its range. On detecting disconnection, the proximity alarm automatically tries to reconnect. A portable proximity alarm apparatus with an optional voice mode allows for listening to a monitored device and/or to send voice to a monitored device. A proximity alarm device particularly suitable for monitoring persons and animals comprises a base device having a Bluetooth transceiver that can pair with a monitored device having a Bluetooth transceiver. The base device has a lower frequency receiver and the monitored device has a lower frequency transmitter, optionally the base has a lower frequency transmitter and the monitored device has a lower frequency receiver. The lower frequency is less than 1 GHz and preferably 433 MHz. The lower frequency transmitter and receivers are activated when the base and monitored devices are paired and the Bluetooth transceivers enter a sleep or low power usage mode, such as sniff, park, and hold. In an embodiment, the lower frequency transmitter and/or receiver has an adjustable range.

During use, a plate-form part 5 which is constructed from an optical material and which corresponds to a spectacle lens is positioned in front of the eye of the user which is disposed in the vicinity of the exit pupil P of an image combiner 1. The combiner 1 causes light from an image display element 2 to be superimposed on light that is transmitted through the plate-form part 5 so as to pass through the thickness of the plate-form part 5 from the front of the plate-form part 5, and conducts this light to the eye. The light from the image display element 2 reaches the eye of the user after being diffracted and reflected by a reflective type HOE 6 inside the plate-form part 5. The wavelength at which the diffraction efficiency shows a maximum value when the chief rays that are emitted from the center of the display part of the image display element 2 are diffracted and reflected by the reflective type HOE 6 and the wavelength at which the diffraction efficiency shows a maximum value when the chief rays that are emitted from the peripheral portions of the display part in a specified direction are diffracted and reflected by the reflective type HOE 6 are substantially different. As a result, it is possible to improve the image quality of the display images that are obtained in cases where the center of the pupil of the eye of the user deviates from the center of the exit pupil of the image combiner.

A foldable portable terminal unit containing a picture taking device capable of transmitting both image and voice. The unit enables users to see the display when taking pictures of themselves, as well as taking pictures of other objects. The lid portion (3) folds and rotates with respect to the case main body (2) of the portable terminal unit. The display (6) is provided in the lid portion (3) and rotates with respect to the picture taking device (11) fixed on the rear face or the side face of the case main body (2), corresponding to the state of taking a picture so as to enable monitoring.

The invention discloses an embedded real-time emulation and fault simulation system based on multiple data buses, comprising upper computer simulation management software and an embedded real-time emulation and fault simulation device. The upper computer simulation management software guides the user to perform emulation configuration and fault setting aiming at a fault-tolerant control system to be tested through a human-computer interface, and generates fault emulation data of multiple redundancy equipment. The embedded real-time emulation and fault simulation device outputs the fault emulation data in real-time and synchronously through the multiple data buses, simulates the fault of the multiple redundancy equipment and outputs the fault data stream. The upper computer and a lower computer communicate mutually through an Ethernet to achieve the downloading of the information configuration, the fault emulation data and the emulation control command of the upper computer, and the uploading of the working condition of the lower computer. The invention overcomes the defects of poor universality and lower synchronous precision of the traditional multiple equipment fault simulation device based on the emulation, and is suitable for the test and the verification of the different redundancy fault-tolerant designs of the complex spacecraft system with numerous equipment and frequent data exchange.

The invention, which relates to the technical field of the radar target simulation, discloses a general signal generator for radar target simulation. With the signal generator, a defect that the existing radar target signal generator is based on a special-purpose signal generator and only serve a radar system with a specific type in terms of frequency band coverage and function setting and thus the application range is limited can be solved. The signal generator comprises an embedded main control computer, a timing sequence control unit, an attenuation drive, a local oscillation module, a filtering, amplifying and limiting amplitude power divider, a plurality of digital radio frequency storage and playback modules, a plurality of Doppler frequency simulation modules, a radar cross section control module, a noise modulation module, a microwave down mixer, and IQ up mixing unit and the like. The output terminal of the microwave down mixer is connected with the filtering, amplifying and limiting amplitude power divider; the multiple digital radio frequency storage and playback modules are connected to the filtering, amplifying and limiting amplitude power divider; and the output terminal of each digital radio frequency storage and playback module is connected with one Doppler frequency simulation module.

A device that adapts a wide range of appliances such as drills, awls, screwdrivers and sockets to use with a multifinctional pocket tool such as a pocket knife or other folding tool. The device firmly attaches the appliances to the multifunctional pocket tool so that the user can pull on the appliance in addition to pushing and turning. The adapter clamps firmly to flat blade such as a screwdriver blade by clamping to the blade with a screw and by forcing the sides of the adapter against the broad sides of the blade as well. The appliance is firmly retained by having a rigid thin rod or ball slide into the cavity in which the appliance is held to block its removal. The rigid thin rod or ball is easily moved out of the way to allow removal of the appliance.

The invention discloses a small high-speed five-axis linkage machine tool, which comprises a foundation structure, a spindle box component and a cradle type worktable. The spindle box component is supported on the foundation structure, and a crossbeam with a frame-shaped structure is arranged on two upright columns to form a bridge-type portal structure. The torque bearing capacity of the crossbeam is improved, the small high-speed five-axis linkage machine tool has all advantages of a five-axis linkage machine tool in the prior art, and carries identical machining reacting force, the volume of a structural part is reduced, and the weight of the structural part is greatly lightened; a spindle box is positioned between two transverse rods of the frame-shaped crossbeam, overturning moment is eliminated, and the stability of the machine tool can be guaranteed; in addition, sizes of various components are greatly reduced on the premise of identical machining capacity, and the stroke of the machine tool can be large in the design; and by the aid of the structure, the machining precision is greatly improved, the machining range is greatly expanded, better dynamic characteristics and higher feeding speed and higher cutting speed can be realized, cutting and machining time is greatly shortened, better surface machining quality is obtained, and machining efficiency is enhanced.

This invention relates to a substrate integrated waveguide prism-like horn antenna including a medium base board, in which, two rows of metal posts are set on the medium base board and form a substrate integrated rectangular waveguide and a H-side horn section connected mutually, an arc radiation side connected with the medium base board is set on two walls of the opening of the H-side horn section and the horn mouth, the two rows of metal posts are connected with micro-band feed lines composed of a line of 50Ohm and a transformation taper, and the waveguide and the up and down surfaces of the medium base board are metals.

Portable x-ray devices and methods for using such devices are described. The devices have an x-ray tube powered by an integrated power system. The x-ray tube is shielded with a low-density insulating material containing a high-Z substance. The devices can also have an integrated display component. With these components, the size and weight of the x-ray devices can be reduced, and the portability of the devices enhanced. Thus, the portable x-ray devices are especially useful for applications where portability is an important feature such as in field work, remote operations, and mobile operations such nursing homes, home healthcare, teaching classrooms. This portability feature can be particularly useful in multi-suite medical and dental offices where a single x-ray device can be used in multiple offices instead of single using an x-ray device in each office.

A device executing a start-up control method for an electric scroll compressor has a thermistor (18) and a pressure sensor (20) which, prior to the start-up of the scroll compression unit, detect temperature and pressure of a suction refrigerant introduced into the compression unit (2), and a controller (10) for controlling driving of a motor (4) of the compression unit (2) at the start-up of the compressor. The controller (10) determines at the start-up of the compressor whether or not a liquid refrigerant exists in the compression unit (2) on the basis of the detected temperature and pressure; selects either a normal start-up mode or a liquid-discharge mode in which the rotational speed of the motor (4) is regulated to be lower than in the normal start-up mode, according to the determination result; and controls the start-up of the compression unit (2) through the motor (4) according to the selected mode.

An evaporator with a cool storage function includes flat refrigerant flow tubes and flat cool storage material containers each brazed to one side surface of the corresponding refrigerant flow tube. A plurality of sets each composed of refrigerant flow tubes and a cool storage material container are disposed such that they are spaced from one another. A fin is disposed in an air-passing clearance between adjacent sets, and is joined to the corresponding refrigerant flow tubes and the corresponding cool storage material container. Front portions of the cool storage material containers and the fins project frontward from the refrigerant flow tubes, and an internal-volume-increasing portion, whose container height is greater than that of the container body portion, is provided at the frontward projecting portion of each cool storage material container. Fins are brazed to opposite side surfaces of the internal-volume-increasing portion of each cool storage material container.

The invention provides an ultra-wideband underwater acoustic transducer, which comprises an arc beam, a U-shaped beam, a transition block and a driving element, wherein the arc beam is a cylindrical shell, the section of which is elliptical arc; the U-shaped beam is a U-shaped curved translation body; the arc beam and the U-shaped beam form a flextensional shell, and two end faces of the flextensional shell are closed by cover plates; and the driving element and the transition block form a vibrator assembly, and the vibrator assembly is arranged in the flextensional shell and rigidly connected with the inner wall of the U-shaped beam. The ultra-wideband underwater acoustic transducer has the characteristics of low frequency, high power, compact structure, small size and light weight, and can be applied in the fields of underwater acoustic detection, antagonism, communication, measurement, marine resource exploration and the like.

The present invention discloses pulse type shock reinforced in-line mixing and injecting forming method and apparatus. Pulse type shock is introduced into the whole in-line mixing and injecting forming process of producing fiber reinforced composite polymer material. The apparatus includes one plasticizing extruder with three screws arranged in one line and including one main screw capable of generating periodical axial pulse shock, one buffering storing device, and one pulse type shock pressure reinforcing plunger injecting device. The present invention can lower melt viscosity, raise mixing and homogenizing effect, raise the compatibility between fiber and polymer, lower the processing power consumption and raise product quality.

The invention relates to a double-output double-buck half-bridge inverter, composed of two parallel input sides and parallel or series output sides. For eliminating the loss caused by loop current energy, it works in a semicycle operating mode, and adopts a synchronous switching semicycle SPWM method, an alternative switching semicycle SPWM method or hysteresis current source type modulation method. By selecting a different frequency voltage reference, it can realize a different frequency double-output double-buck half-bridge inverter. For the power grade, it can compose a multi-parallel double-series double-output double-buck half-bridge inverter. It has no short-circuit problem of bridge leg of a half-bridge or full-bridge double-output inverter, but has high reliability; it sustains the current by power diodes in series on the same bridge leg, beneficial to increasing switching frequency; and because of working in a semicycle operating mode, there is no loop current energy in the circuit, beneficial to increasing efficiency.

A head-mountable apparatus mountable on a head of an observer comprises a first pressing member which presses a first portion of the head; a second pressing member which presses a second portion of the head; and adjustment unit adapted to move the first pressing member and the second pressing member to positions where the first pressing member and the second pressing member respectively press the first portion and the second portion.

The invention discloses a capacitor-clamped three-level dual-buck half-bridge inverter which comprises a first three-level duck circuit, a second three-level duck circuit, a direct-current power-supply input circuit and a load circuit, wherein each three-level duck circuit comprises two power switching tubes, two power diodes, a clamping capacitor and an inductor, and +1, -1 and 0 three-state levels are output by an inverter bridge under the actions of controlling the switching tubes and clamping the clamping capacitor, thereby realizing the three-level dual-buck half-bridge inverter. The invention has the advantages that the advantage that a DBI circuit has not problems of through bridge arms or backward recovery of switching tube body diodes is inherited; the advantage that a three-level convertor per se has small output voltage harmonic content is reserved; compared with a traditional half-bridge inverter, the voltage stress of power devices is reduced; and the whole circuit structure is simpler and easy to realize.

The invention discloses a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) Express-based multiband infrared image real-time acquisition system and a PCI Express-based multiband infrared image real-time acquisition method. The system comprises an embedded host with a PCI Express x8 channel and a real-time image acquisition card, wherein the real-time image acquisition card comprises a field programmable gate array (FPGA) chip, a high-speed caching double data rate 2 synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR2SDRAM), differential I/O interfaces connected with a multiband infrared detector and a PCI Express x8 card insertion part. The acquisition method for the system comprises that: the FPGA chip of the acquisition card simultaneously reads multiband infrared image data from the differential I/O interfaces, caches the read multiband infrared image data into the DDR2SDRAM, performs PCI Express bus bandwidth allocation after finishing acquiring an image frame, transmitting the data of the image frame to the host by a PCI Express x8 bus for real-time display and storage, and simultaneously caches the acquired data of the next image frame. The invention has the advantage of integrating a plurality of infrared band data discrete acquisition systems to form the multipath, high-speed, synchronous and real-time acquisition system which is miniature and highly portable.

The invention relates to a seabed observation network node platform comprising a box body in which a photoelectricity separating device, a wiring board, a high-voltage power supply cavity, a low-voltage power supply cavity and control system cavity, wherein the photoelectricity separating device is connected with a coast base station, an electric signal output end and an optical signal output endof the photoelectricity separating device are correspondingly connected with the input ends of a high-voltage wet plugging assembly and an optical fiber wet plugging assembly, the output ends of the high-voltage wet plugging assembly and the optical fiber wet plugging assembly are respectively connected with the low-voltage power supply cavity and the control system cavity, and the control systemcavity is in communication connection with seabed external equipment through an external equipment wet plugging assembly; the output end of the high-voltage power supply cavity is connected with the input end of the low-voltage power supply cavity, and the output end of the low-voltage power supply cavity is connected a power source input end of the control system cavity which is internally provided with a communication control system for data communication with the seabed external equipment and a power source management system. The invention can provide continuous power energy for the seabedexternal equipment and realizes the real-time and continuous communication between the coast base station and the seabed external equipment.

There is provided a transaction terminal device including: a housing; a frame panel that is attached to the housing; a plurality of electrodes that is provided on a board disposed within the housing; a switch member that is inserted into a penetrating hole formed in the housing, and includes a conductor which electrically connects the plurality of electrodes and an elastic deformer which maintains an electrically connected state in which the conductor is in contact with the electrodes by urging force due to elastic deformation in a state in which the frame panel is attached to the housing; and a tamper detector that detects tampering through the releasing of the electrically connected state of the plurality of electrodes due to the detachment of the frame panel from the housing. A waterproof portion that prevents water from infiltrating into the penetrating hole is provided at the switch member.

The invention relates to an optical fiber IMU (inertial measurement unit) data collecting system for unmanned aerial vehicle electric power routing inspection. The optical fiber IMU data collecting system comprises a signal input module, a signal collection and preprocessing module and a data communication interface module, wherein the signal input module comprises three paths of accelerometer pulse signals, three paths of gyro pulse signals and three paths of digital temperature signals, and the signals are sent to an FPGA (field programmable gate array) by an optical coupling circuit in an isolated way. The signal collection and preprocessing module is realized by an FPGA chip and a peripheral configuration circuit of the FPGA chip, in addition, the gyro, accelerometer and temperature pulse signals are received in a parallel way, and the smoothening and the preprocessing of data are completed. The data communication module realizes the communication with a host machine through a serial port RS422, on one hand, the data is packed to be sent to a host machine to be resolved or stored, on the other hand, the time synchronization between an IMU and a GPS (global positioning system) is realized, and the reliability of the data is ensured. The invention realizes the light small universal data collection system with high reliability, and important practical significance can be realized on the integrated research and development of the electric power line routing inspection system based on an unmanned aerial vehicle.

The invention provides a displacement amplifying type 2D electro-hydraulic proportional directional valve. The displacement amplifying type 2D electro-hydraulic proportional directional valve is that the right end of the 2D valve is fixedly connected with a bidirectional electric-mechanical conversion device through a roller type pressing torsion coupling and a pin; a wedge-shaped part is in contact with a central shaft through a roller; a right sensitive cavity is formed between a right circular bead at the end part a valve element, an end cover of the pressing torsion coupling and a valve body; a left sensitive cavity is formed between a left circular bead at the end part of the valve element, a left piston ring and the valve body; high pressure holes are formed in the circular beads at the end parts and are communicated with a P opening through inner holes of the valve element; low pressure holes are formed in the end part of the valve element and directly communicated with the T opening; sensitive channels of which the diameter is in a form of a semicircular section are formed in the upper two ends of the inner hole wall of the valve body; the sensitive channels are respectively communicated with the left sensitive cavity and the right sensitive cavity; the high and low pressure holes in the circular beads in two ends of the valve element are intersected with the sensitive channels to form two micro opening areas which are connected in series to form hydraulic resistance half axles; pressure of the sensitive cavities in two ends is respectively controlled by the hydraulic resistance half axles at two ends.

In a liquid crystal display device using LEDs emitting a plurality of colors as the light sources, diffusion materials are dispersed in a light guide plate. The light guide plate is used to guide and mix the plurality of colors with one another. The diffusion materials are made of a material having optical characteristics, such as a refractive index, different from those of a base material of the light guide plate.

The invention relates to the generation of electricity from flowing fluid and in the preferred embodiment to a horizontal axis turbine and generator assembly. The present invention is applicable to water turbines and the invention is described in relation to this application. It is however to be appreciated that it is applicable to wind turbines. The present invention provides turbine generator for generating electrical power from flowing fluid comprising a rotatable hub having an external surface and a rotational axis arranged, in use, parallel to the direction of the flow, a plurality of blades mounted on the external surface of the hub and extending radially outwards from the hub; a plurality of magnets mounted on a surface inside the rotatable hub said surface arranged to rotate with the rotatable hub thereby forming a rotor of an electrical generator, and a plurality of non-rotating coils fixed to a stationary cylindrical core within the periphery of the rotatable hub, said coils and core thereby forming a stator of the electrical generator.

Portable x-ray devices and methods for using such devices are described. The devices have an x-ray tube powered by an integrated power system. The x-ray tube is shielded with a low-density insulating material containing a high-Z substance. The devices can also have an integrated display component. With these components, the size and weight of the x-ray devices can be reduced and the portability of the devices enhanced. The x-ray devices also have an x-ray detecting means that is not structurally attached to the device and therefore is free standing. Consequently, the x-ray devices can also be used as a digital x-ray camera. The portable x-ray devices are especially useful for applications where portability is an important feature such as in field work, remote operations, and mobile operations such as nursing homes, home healthcare, or teaching classrooms. This portability feature can be particularly useful in multi-suite medical and dental offices where a single x-ray device can be used as a digital x-ray camera in multiple offices instead of requiring a separate device in every office.

A number of fluidic-photonic devices for allowing optical detection, systems employing such devices, and related methods of operation and fabrication of such devices are disclosed herein. In at least some embodiments, the devices can serve as flow cytometry devices and/or employ microfiuidic channels. Also, in at least some embodiments, the devices are fluidic-photonic integrated circuit (FPIC) devices that employ both fluidic channels and one or more waveguides capable of receiving and/or delivering light, and that can be fabricated using polymeric materials. The fluidic-photonic devices in at least some embodiments are capable of functionality such as on-chip excitation, time-of-flight measurement, and can experience enhanced fluorescence detection sensitivity. In at least some embodiments, the devices employ detection waveguides that are joined by way of a waveguide demultiplexer. In additional embodiments, a variety of techniques can be used to process information received via the waveguides, including an iterative cross-correlation process.

Disclosed is a stationary type imaging apparatus reduced in size and in weight. The imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit 4 for imaging an object and a casing 5 carrying the imaging unit 4 and also carrying a component mounting unit 36 on its bottom for mounting component parts of the imaging apparatus. On the component mounting unit 36, a first wiring board 37 is provided for extending along a bottom plate of the casing 5, and a second wiring board 38 is provided for extending towards the imaging unit 4 in a state separated from the first wiring board 37.

The invention relates to a micro-displacement optical testing method and a micro-displacement optical testing device, in particular to a micro-displacement micro-strain testing method and a micro-displacement micro-strain testing device, which adopts the following steps: 1. taking a lever and a projection plane; 2. taking one point on a short arm of the lever as the input end of the micro-displacement, inputting the micro-displacement to be tested from the input end of the micro-displacement, using a light spot displacement measuring device to measure the displacement value of the light spot after enlarging the lever, and gaining the micro-displacement to be tested through the calculation. The invention uses the following devices which comprises the light spot displacement measuring device and the lever, wherein the lever is arranged on a support and takes one point on the short arm of the lever as the input end of the micro-displacement to be tested, a long arm of the lever is provided with a laser, the frontage of the laser is provided with the projection plane for displaying the displacement of the light spot, and the light spot displacement measuring device is used to gain the displacement of the light spot emitted by the laser and calculate the micro-displacement. The invention realizes the purpose of simplifying the structure and making the testing process conveniently operated.

The invention provides a cascade type time-interval variable-order multi-level static converter, which can be modularized; a previous-stage four-way isolation DC-DC (Direct-Current-Direct-Current) converter (1) is connected to a subsequent-stage four-unit cascade inverter (2); a novel time-interval variable-order multi-level control circuit (3) is connected between the previous stage and the subsequent stage; the converter is characterized in that the previous stage is adopted with four ways of mutually independent, staggered and parallel double-tube forward direct-current converters; the subsequent stage is a cascade structure composed of four single-phase H bridges; a carrier phase-shifting frequency-doubling SPWM (Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation) technology is adopted; the time-interval variable-order multi-level control circuit is connected between the previous stage and the subsequent stage; the previous stage of the static converter is beneficial to reducing input current ripple and reducing the volume of a filter; the subsequent stage is low in voltage stress of a power switch device, high in circuit modularization degree and low in loss; and, by means of the time-interval variable-order multi-level control circuit, on the premise of not increasing the number of independent sources of the previous stage, the more level number of output can be realized, and the THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) of the harmonic wave is low.