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Autonomous personal service robot to monitor its owner for symptoms of distress and provide assistance. The system may include sensors to detect situations before they affect people such as smoke, heat, temperature and carbon monoxide sensors. The system can provide security for the home. The PRA may comprise features such as a medicine dispenser and blood pressure cuff. Features such as broadband internet, MP3 player, reading lights and eye glass tracker provide butler type capabilities that enable the system to appeal to markets beyond the elderly and infirmed. The system may also include an X10 transmitter/receiver to automatically control various household lights and appliances. Equipping the system with a robot arm enables the robot to fetch items, turn on and off wall switches and open the refrigerator.

A system for capturing super wide-angle panoramic images. In particular, a two-reflector system is disclosed which is substantially self-correcting in which optical aberrations are substantially eliminated, such as field curvature, astigmatism and the like. Moreover, the super wide-angle panoramic imaging apparatus of the invention captures a super-wide field of view from a substantially single reference viewpoint. The invention provides a substantially compact viewpoint, while also having a substantially flat and stigmatic image plane, in the context of a super wide-angle panoramic system. Devices and methods for capturing panoramic images of super wide-angle scenes are provided. In a particular embodiment of the invention, two reflectors are provided (e.g., one a hyperboloidal mirror, the other a concave ellipsoidal or spherical mirror), a relay system (e.g., optics such as a mirror, a lens, a pinhole and the like) and an image sensor (e.g., an electronic photo-sensor, a film and the like).

The present inventions provides a directing device for controlling the orientation of a ball launching device, comprising a first member, a second member pivotally attached to the first member, and a third member disposed substantially parallel to the second member, rotatably connected to the second member and operably configured to receive the ball launching device. The device further includes a first actuator connected to the first and second members and, a second actuator connected to the first and third members. When the first actuator is actuated the second member pivots relative to the first member, and when the second actuator is actuated the third member rotates relative to the second member. This invention also provides an automatic ball throwing device having the directing device of this invention and a method of converting a pitching machine into the same. This invention further provides a hopper for use with the directing device.

A driving mechanism includes a driven member partially having a spherical surface, piezoelectric units that support the driven member between them and drive the driven member, and a base that holds the piezoelectric units. Each of the piezoelectric units includes a driving portion having a flat surface in contact with the spherical surface of the driven member, a first piezoelectric element that moves the driving portion along a first axis parallel to the flat surface, a second piezoelectric element that moves the driving portion along a second axis that is parallel to the flat surface and intersects the first axis, and a support member that supports the driving portion through the first and second piezoelectric elements.

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a detection unit for detecting an angle of an operating body to a reference coordinate axis on a display screen and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing in accordance with the angle of the operating body detected by the detection unit.

A detachable structure for an ink cartridge in a printer includes a storing unit, an acquisition unit, a determining unit, and an ink supply control unit. The storing unit is provided on the ink cartridge and stores information on the ink cartridge. The acquisition unit is provided on the printer and acquires the information stored in the storing unit when the ink cartridge is attached onto the printer. The determining unit certifies validity of the information acquired by the acquisition unit. The ink supply control unit allows ink supply from the ink cartridge when the validity of the information is certified by the determining unit. According to the structure, versatility of ink cartridges can be ensured and productivity cost for ink cartridges can be restricted. In addition, prevented can be undesirable ink mixture due to an erroneous installation of the ink cartridge by a user.

An in-wheel motor drive device is attached to an inner side of a wheel of a vehicle wheel and drives the vehicle wheel. The in-wheel motor drive device includes a rotating electric machine; a transmission mechanism that transmits the rotation of the rotating electric machine; a speed reducing mechanism that reduces in speed the rotation transmitted by the transmission mechanism; and an output shaft that outputs the reduced-speed rotation of the speed reducing mechanism to the wheel. The speed reducing mechanism and the output shaft are disposed on a first axis coaxial with a center of the wheel. The rotating electric machine is disposed on a second axis parallel to the first axis, and the rotating electric machine and the speed reducing mechanism are positioned in a radial cross section perpendicular to the first axis and the second axis.

A projection display device includes: a housing; a fan disposed within the housing, the fan having a vane portion and a fan case accommodating the vane portion so as to be rotatable; and multiple vibration-proofing members having at least one of elasticity and viscosity, the vibration-proofing members being disposed at multiple positions in the circumferential direction of the perimeter face portion of the fan case surrounding the vane portion around the rotational axis of the vane portion, such that the vibration-proofing members are introduced between the housing and the fan case.

Disclosed is a print technology in which a solder pool staying on the surface of a mask is driven by means of a squeegee, and solder is applied onto a substrate onto which the lower surface of a mask is placed. A forward print process where solder is applied by driving a squeegee in a predetermined forward direction relative to a mask, and a backward print process where the solder is applied by driving the squeegee in a returning direction opposite to the forward direction are switched alternately. When the squeegee passes through the solder pool on the downstream side in a moving direction before switching in the course of switching from any one of the forward and backward print processes to the other one of these processes, the amount of solder in the solder pool is measured. Based on the amount of solder thus measured, the necessity of replenishing solder is determined The solder pool is supplemented with solder, based on the result of the decision on whether solder replenishment is required.

The invention discloses a simulation test method and a simulation test system for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system. The method comprises the following steps of: arranging the UAV system on a multi-latitude motion platform system, and providing the multidimensional motion of the UAV system by using the multi-latitude motion platform system; providing signal data of simulated motion for the UAV system by using a signal source simulation system; providing a control logic process of motion simulation, platform motion amount closed loop measurement and the corresponding measurement of the UAV system by using a control and measurement system; and providing a drive source required by the motion of the multi-latitude motion platform system by using a motion servo system, and providing a parameter record, real-time display and superposed background information by using a simulation parameter recording and displaying system. By the method and the system, the UAV system can be subjected to dynamic test check and simulation on the ground, and actual flight is replaced, so that actual flight risk is obviously reduced, a test verification period is shortened, and cost is saved.

The invention discloses a method, equipment and system for reducing headset noise, aiming at providing a method for reducing the headset noise without addition of hardware equipment and further saving the hardware equipment. The method comprises the following steps of: processing environment noise acquired by an MIC (Microphone) of a headset through a headset interface, an analog/digital conversion circuit, a digital filtering circuit, an audio decoder and a digital/analog conversion circuit of equipment to obtain reverse-phase environment noise corresponding to the environment noise; and overlaying the reverse-phase environment noise into an audio signal and transmitting the reverse-phase environment noise to the headset so that the reverse-phase environment noise and the environment noise heard by human ears can be cancelled out each other to realize noise reduction of the headset. By adopting the technical scheme disclosed by the invention, the headset noise can be reduced without improving the headset, or equipment connected with the headset, the procedure of reducing the headset noise is simplified, the hardware equipment is saved; and the hardware equipment does not need to be improved, thus the commonality and the flexibility of reducing the headset noise are improved.

The invention is applicable to the technical field of communication and provides a Baud rate identification method and device for serial communication and monitoring equipment. The method comprises the following steps: (1) carrying out width acquisition of preset times on received high-low level pulse signals respectively; (2) carrying out minimization on the acquired data, and obtaining the greatest common divisor of the minimized data; (3) obtaining a first Baud rate corresponding to the greatest common divisor according to the corresponding relationship between a preset greatest common divisor and a preset Baud rate; (4) re-executing the previous two steps, and obtaining a second Baud rate according to the corresponding relationship between the preset greatest common divisor and the preset Baud rate; and (5) when the first Baud rate is different from the second Baud rate and the number of acquisition times of the second Baud rate is less than that of the preset Baud rate, updating the first Baud rate to the second Baud rate, and returning to execute the step (4) until the first Baud rate and the obtained second Baud rate are the same. Thus, the flexibility and universality of the Baud rate identification method are improved.

The invention relates to an alternating current (AC) converter for converting high voltage to low voltage in the field of power electronics. The converter comprises an AC chopper circuit, a high-frequency transformer circuit, a rectifier and filter circuit, a waveform conversion circuit and a working frequency inversion circuit which are sequentially connected in series, wherein the AC chopper circuit is used for converting input high-voltage working frequency AC voltage into high-frequency impulse high-voltage AC voltage and outputting the converted voltage to the high-frequency transformer circuit; the high-frequency transformer circuit is used for converting high-frequency impulse high-voltage AC voltage into full wave direct current (DC) voltage and outputting the full wave DC voltageto the rectifier and filter circuit; the rectifier and filter circuit is used for converting the high-frequency impulse low-voltage AC voltage into full wave DC voltage and outputting the full wave DC voltage to the waveform conversion circuit; the waveform conversion circuit is used for boosting the full wave DC voltage, adding input current to the full wave DC voltage and then outputting the combined voltage and current to the working frequency inversion circuit; and the working frequency inversion circuit is used for inverting the DC voltage into working frequency AC sine wave voltage or AC square wave voltage and outputting the inverted voltage. The converter is an AC-AC conversion circuit which has the advantages of small volume, light weight, high efficiency, low cost, simple designand high reliability and can run with a unit power factor.

The present invention provides a storage system comprising a plurality of support devices each having first, second and third members, wherein the first and third members are connected to the second member. The system also includes a plurality of support brackets having first and second portions connected to each other. Further, two opposing walls each having at least two vertically spaced horizontal cavities, wherein for each of the opposing walls one of the cavities is operably configured to receive the first member of one of the support devices or the second portion of one of the support brackets and the other of the cavities is operably configured to receive the other of the first member and the second portion. The system also includes: a shelf having ends, a bottom surface and at least one notch disposed at each end, wherein the at least one notch is operably configured to receive the second member of one of the support devices, and the bottom surface is disposed adjacent to the third member of at least two of the support devices; and, a drawer having drawer glides disposed at each side wherein each of the drawer glides are attached to the first portion of at least one of the support brackets.

A wire harness includes one or more conducting paths, and a pipe-like exterior member which accommodates the one or more conducting paths. The exterior member is formed of a shrinkable tube having a bent part formed in conformity with a wiring path of the one or more conducting paths during a shrink of the shrinkable tube, and the bent part maintains a shape of the wiring path of the one or more conducting paths after the shrink of the shrinkable tube.

The logic controller for railway locomotive consists of main control board, input board, output board and power supply board, and features the bi-directional CAN bus communication among the control board, the input board and the output board, and the MOS FET driving between the output board and the electric device of the locomotive to be controlled. The present invention adopts embedded monochip computer system, CAN bus technology, and cured combination logic software in PLC logic ladder diagram structure easy to read and understand. Adopting logic control unit can simplify the design, production and debugging of locomotive control circuit, and raise the reliability of the control system. In addition, the microcomputer and electronic control system has vibration resistance obviously superior to traditional relay contact control system.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a tool storage bag and tool storage bag set having versatility and to reduce manufacturing cost. The tool storage bag includes an inner tray that is disposed inside the tool storage bag and is in a shape of a box with a bottom and an open top to store a power tool. The inner tray is made of a fabric material. The inner tray is detachably disposed inside the tool storage bag where an outer surface of the inner tray is supported by an inner surface of the tool storage bag, or is detachably disposed with a positioning unit provided between the inner surface of the tool storage bag and the outer surface of the inner tray.