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Methods for adapting the operation of a system in response to the detection of embedded watermarks from a digital host content are provided. A digital host content is received and examined for the presence of watermarks. In response to the detection of embedded watermarks and in accordance with the value, type, density or spacing of the detected watermarks, one or more system reactions may take place. These reactions include conditionally allowing the system to resume its normal operation, prohibiting the system from resuming its normal operation, degrading the quality of the digital host content or changing the security status of the digital host content. In response to the extraction of weak watermarks that do not meet the desired system requirements, the extraction operation may be modified or extended to enable the detection of strong watermarks.

A system is disclosed for repairing and reconstructing an injured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); This system may be used irrespective of the type of patient or the ACL graft selected. Means for performing single or multiple bundle reconstruction, primary ACL repair and physeal-sparing ACL reconstruction are disclosed. A guide for inside-out creation of a femoral tunnel independent of the tibial tunnel is also disclosed, as well as a series of implant options for tibial and femoral fixation of any bone-soft-tissue composite or soft-tissue-only graft.

Plasma-assisted methods and apparatus are disclosed. The methods and apparatus can be used to provide activated species formed in a remote plasma unit to a reaction chamber to assist ignition of a plasma within a reaction chamber coupled to the remote plasma unit.

The present invention recognizes that separation of components of a sample facilitate, and are often necessary for, sample analysis. Dielectrophoretic separation provides an efficient, reliable, nondisruptive, and automatable method for the separation of moieties in a sample based on their dielectric properties. The present invention provides compositions and methods for enhancing the dielectrophoretic separation of one or more moieties in a sample. A first aspect of the present invention is a solution that when mixed with a sample, modifies at least one dielectric property of one or more components of the sample and has a conductivity such that one or more moieties of the sample can be separated using dielectrophoresis. Such solutions can be used in the analysis of samples on chips, and can be used in methods that use binding partners, including microparticles that can be translocated by dielectrophoretic forces, traveling-wave dielectrophoretic forces or magnetic forces.

The aim of the present invention is to provide an efficient and reliable transmission/reception mechanisms for a communication system with multiple component carriers, each of which further includes physical resources such as transmission slot/symbol, subcarrier/frequency subband, code, or radiation pattern. Accordingly, the control signal of a component carrier comprises a scheduling assignment specifying for said component carrier a resource for transmission of a data signal, and an allocation map specifying that a scheduling assignment has been sent for another component carrier. Signalizing the allocation map enables detection of possibly missed scheduling assignments.

An apparatus for deterministically killing one of redundant servers integrated into a network storage appliance chassis along with at least one storage controller is disclosed. Each server can generate a kill signal on a backplane of the chassis to the other server in response to a stopped heartbeat of the other server in order to disable the I/O ports of the other server on a network so the live server can reliably take over the identity of the other server on the network. Unlike conventional kill paths, such as an Ethernet cable connecting the two servers in separate chassis, the present invention does not require the failed server to be operational since the kill path is substantially a direct reset to the I/O ports of the failed server. One server raises a shield before killing the other server to avoid both servers killing each other simultaneously.

A method for data transmission, comprises the steps of modulating data to be transmitted via a transmitter into a plurality of modulated symbols, generating a codebook comprising a plurality of codewords, selecting a codeword from the codebook as a precoding matrix by a predetermined cycling selection, precoding the modulated symbols with the preceding matrix selected, and transmitting the precoded modulated symbols.

Generally described, under on aspect of the invention, a single unique delivery notice is left at the particular location. However, this notice is “linked” to the parcel(s) that were undeliverable. This can be done by a handheld portable data acquisition device that includes a scanning or reading means, allowing information to be acquired from the delivery notice as well as from the parcels, and stored on the handheld portable data acquisition device. If ten parcels were undeliverable, only one delivery notice is left behind but is “linked” to all ten packages. The intended recipient can then contact the delivery service via the Internet (or other suitable network) or by phone, by using information provided on the delivery notice. By providing the delivery service with unique information from the delivery notice, the intended recipient can get valuable information regarding the undelivered parcels. Such information can include shipper name, how many packages from each shipper, time of attempted delivery, COD status, etc. Arrangements can then be made to have the package(s) redelivered, held at a local operation center, redirected, or returned.

Methods and devices for guiding insertion of a surgical screw into a threaded screw hole of a bone plate or similar structure are disclosed. Certain embodiments allow a user to accurately install a locking or non-locking screw into a threaded screw hole along the central axis of the screw hole and may include a drill sleeve that is inserted into a screw guide for pre-drilling along the same axis as the threaded screw hole.

There is provided a device for imaging a skin object (7) near a skin surface of a body part, comprising a light source (1) and a detector (8) for detecting radiation returning from said object (7), wherein the device further comprises an elliptical, preferably circular, polarizer (4, 19) between the source (1) and said skin (6) surface, the device comprising a 5 ratio increaser means (3, 4, 19) for increasing the ratio of radiation from said object (7) to radiation from said skin (6) surface. The ratio increaser may be an additional or the same elliptical polarizer. Using elliptically or even circularly polarized light makes hair detection independent of the orientation of hair (7) with respect to light or polarization, which renders 10 the detection more reliable. The invention also provides an imaging method and a hair-shortening device and method.

A semiconductor device, such as a memory device or radiation detector, is disclosed, in which data storage cells are formed on a substrate. Each of the data storage cells includes a field effect transistor having a source, drain, and gate, and a body arranged between the source and drain for storing electrical charge generated in the body. The magnitude of the net electrical charge in the body can be adjusted by input signals applied to the transistor, and the adjustment of the net electrical charge by the input signals can be at least partially cancelled by applying electrical voltage signals between the gate and the drain and between the source and the drain.

Methods for controlling deployment of an occupant restraint device in a vehicle and determining whether an object is a child seat in which one ultrasonic transducer is arranged on a ceiling of the vehicle and another ultrasonic transducer is arranged at a different location in the vehicle, ultrasonic waves are transmitted from each transducer into the passenger compartment and received thereby, and the distance from each transducer to the object is calculated based on the time difference between the transmitted waves when transmitted from the transducer and the reflected waves when received at the transducer. Deployment of the occupant restraint device is controlled based on the calculated distances and/or a determination is made whether the object is a child seat based on the calculated distances.

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for determining which one or more time series parameters of a plurality of time series parameters relating to operation of a system are correlated with a first operation state of the system. According to the invention, the method comprises providing time series data including data relating to a time series of each of the plurality of time series parameters; determining at least two first time periods, wherein the system is in the first operation state during the at least two first time periods; determining at least one second time period, wherein the system is in a second operation state during the at least one second time period; determining, for each respective time series parameter of the plurality of time series parameters, a first characteristic parameter relating to a first characteristic of the time series of the respective time series parameter for each of the at least two first time periods and the at least one second time period; and determining which one or more time series parameters of the plurality of time series parameters relating to the operation of the system are correlated with the first operation state of the system by determining, for each respective time series parameter of the plurality of time series parameters, whether or not the respective time series parameter is correlated with the first operation state of the system based on the first characteristic parameters of the respective time series parameter determined for each of the at least two first time periods and the at least one second time period.

The present invention relates to methods and devices for noninvasive nonlinear prediction of ictal onset in patients afflicted by neurological disease. In particular, the present invention provides methods and devices for noninvasive nonlinear prediction of seizures in patients afflicted with epilepsy. The devices and methods preferably being based on analysis of two or more electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings, one set of recordings taken from an electrode close to the region of ictal onset, and a second or more set of recordings (e.g., concurrent readings) taken from a region remote from the region of ictal onset.

A method of diagnosing sensor faults for a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system includes the steps of creating a component model for a specific component within the system. The component model is created through the use of commonly available manufacturing data. Data within the system is input into the component model and compared to calculated and predicted values that are also calculated using the identical component models. Differences between the calculated and actual values is determined and compared to a threshold difference value. If the difference exceeds the threshold value, then a fault is detected. The specific type of sensor fault is determined using probability distribution analysis. Each type of sensor fault produces a different type of statistical deviation from normal distribution. By recognizing these patterns of deviations from the normal distribution, the specific type of fault such as electrical, intermittent or freezing of the sensor can be determined to provide initial information as to the severity and type of remedial action required.

The invention relates to a method for releasing pressure and removing danger of rock burst. The effects of releasing pressure and removing danger of rock burst and ensuring the safety of a coal mine can be effectively realized. The method comprises the following steps of: releasing pressure and bursting a coal bed; because of higher inner stress in the coal bed, drilling a roadway wall to form a free space, so that the stress is re-distributed; drilling to enable pressure and water solution to enter a coal body and increase water content; bursting a top plate of the coal bed; bursting a bottom plate of the coal bed; through high pressure, filling fracturing fluid into cracks and slots which are formed in the coal body before fracturing and after fracturing; expanding, extending and dredging the cracks; increasing the slots of the coal bed; changing the magnitude and the direction of the stress on the coal body; transmitting the stress to the deep part of a coal-rock mass; and selecting the safe coal bed or coal body to exploit, wherein after a goaf area and a natural caving arch are formed, an unloading effect is achieved, the rock burst and roof collapse are prevented or relieved. The method is stable and reliable, good in pressure-releasing and danger-removing effects, and high in economic and social benefits, prevention and control on the rock burst are realized, and the safe production of the coal mine is effectively protected.

The invention relates to a vehicle collision warning system based on optical communication, which comprises optical indicators and optical detectors and is used for the safety monitoring and the information interaction among running vehicles. The optical indicators are distributed around or on the top of a vehicle and can transmit modulated optical signals in different directions, wherein the optical signals carry the angle indication information, mounting position information and other information of the vehicle which are corresponding to the optical signals, thereby forming optical antennae. The optical detectors mounted on another vehicle can detect optical pulse signals transmitted by a certain light emitting diode (LED) of the optical indicators and then extract the carried indication angle information, mounting position information and the like; and a processing unit of the optical detector analyzes and processes the information, estimates whether an abnormal running state exists based on the change rate of light indication angle, the change rate of light intensity and the like, and outputs the result to other systems of the vehicle by a controller.

The invention relates to a network threat evaluation method based on multi-granularity anomaly detection, and can effectively solve the problem that the existing threat situation evaluation technology based on a network data packet or a network flow cannot be well suitable for rapidly and accurately identifying an attack event and perceiving a threat situation in a high-speed network environment. The network threat evaluation method comprises the following steps: analyzing a time slice including an abnormal network flow by utilizing a packet-based coarse granularity anomaly detection; performing flow reassembly of the network flow of the abnormal time slice and extracting a flow characteristic attribute through flow-based fine granularity anomaly detection, and judging the attack type by utilizing a flow characteristic anomaly detection algorithm; and finally, quantifying and evaluating the serious degree of the threat event in a current network according to the detected threat event. The method disclosed by the invention is easy to operate and can detect the serious degree of the threat event subjected by the network precisely in real time; network workers can easily know the security threat subjected by the current network in time; and effectively emergency response measures can be taken in time.

Methods and apparatus for enhancing the robustness of watermark extraction from digital host content are provided. Embedded watermarks may be extracted from received digital host content in accordance with a stego key. A first watermark is extracted and a number of errors in the first extracted watermark is assessed. If the number of errors is above a first pre-determined value, at least a second watermark is extracted from the host content. A number of errors in at least the second extracted watermark is assessed. If the number of errors in at least the second extracted watermark is above a second pre-determined value, the extraction results for the extracted watermarks are combined in order to cumulatively assess the validity of the first extracted watermark and at least the second extracted watermark.

A method and system are disclosed for assessing the capability of a first person to operate a machine, such as an aircraft or other transport vehicle. The method includes the steps of: (a) Sensing the value of at least one, and preferably two or more information parameters for assessing the fitness of the person operating the machine. The parameters include one or a combination of electroencephalogram information, electrocardiogram information, heart rate information, respiratory rate information, eye motion information, eyelid position information, eyelid motion information, expired gas mixture information, blood oxygen content information, blood oxygen saturation information and blood pressure information for the person operating the machine, and/or information about operation of the machine as well as information about actions taken by the person operating the machine. (b) Determining whether at least one value of one information parameter is/are not within the range of values deemed to be acceptable for a capable person. (c) Indicating when the at least one information parameter is/are not within the range of acceptable values, thereby indicating the person's decreased fitness and ability to operate the machine.

The invention discloses a method for screening traditional Chinese medicine effect related ingredients and a model building method. The method comprises the steps as follows: taking the researched traditional Chinese medicines as objects for preparing multiple sets of sample solutions containing chemical components with different concentrations; selecting part of the chemical components for HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) analysis, and investigating linear relations between the peak areas and the concentrations; selecting the multiple sets of sample solutions in the linear range, and determining the respective HPLC fingerprint spectrums and the medicine effect indexes of the sample solutions; and obtaining relations between the peak areas and the medicine effect indexes of the ingredients by adopting a linear regression analysis method in the linear relation range, and confirming the actions of the medicine effect related ingredients on the medicine effect indexes according to the positive value and the negative value of the standard regression coefficients and/or the t check results of the ingredients so as to screen out the traditional Chinese medicine effect related ingredients. The method is simple, convenient, easy to implement, reliable and good in commonality, can embody the characteristics of comprehensive actions of the multiple ingredients on the medicine effect indexes, is suitable for screening the traditional Chinese medicine effect related ingredients, and provides a technical data support for discovering and screening traditional Chinese medicine active ingredients.

The invention provides an automatic stacking/reclaiming system for a bulk cargo storage yard. The automatic stacking/reclaiming system comprises a stacker distributed in the storage yard and provided with a stacking cantilever, a reclaimer distributed in the storage yard and provided with a reclaiming cantilever, a first laser scanning device installed on the stacking cantilever and used for acquiring scanning data of the storage yard, a second laser scanning device installed on the reclaiming cantilever and used for acquiring the scanning data of the storage yard, a stacking positioning device and a reclaiming positioning device for acquiring GNSS positioning information, a stacker control device, a reclaimer control device, a remote stacking processing device and a remote reclaiming processing device. The stacker control device and the reclaimer control device acquire and output the GNSS positioning information, receive a stacking control signal and a reclaiming control signal, and control the stacker and the reclaimer to execute corresponding stacking/reclaiming actions according to the control signals. The remote stacking processing device and the remote reclaiming processing device receive a stacking instruction and a reclaiming instruction input by a peripheral user, acquire coordinate information of the corresponding storage yard according to the instructions, the scanning data and the GNSS positioning information, and generate stacking/reclaiming path information to serve as the stacking/reclaiming control signals to be output to the stacker control device and the reclaimer control device. The automatic stacking/reclaiming system is based on GNSS positioning, and is high in accuracy and low in cost, data can be shared, and automatic operation of the bulk cargo storage yard is achieved.

A durable reusable target apparatus with on-target visual display is described. In embodiments of the invention, pie-shaped target sectors surround a bull's eye sector. Each sector may be associated with one or more illuminated display segments. The display segments are visible at a distance, enabling shooters to determine the sector hit, and to adjust a next shot without looking away, thereby improving shooter proficiency. Various training mode are available. Methods for determining the target sector impacted and algorithms for asserting the correct display segment(s) are described. By utilizing on-target display segments, embodiments of the invention enable the shooter to ascertain the accuracy of the shot without looking away from the sights on the firearm or from the target.