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An implantable, temporospatially dynamic, rachiorthotic orthopaedics device comprising: a unidirectional force generating means for generating a unidirectional force which acts over a range of deflection of said unidirectional force generating means; a first attachment means for attaching said unidirectional force generating means to a first vertebra; and a second attachment means for attaching said unidirectional force generating means to a second vertebra; wherein said unidirectional force is applied by said unidirectional force generating means via said first and second attachment means to said first and second vertebrae such that said first vertebra and said second vertebra are urged, over a period of time (which period of time extends beyond the end of a medical procedure to implant said orthopaedics device) and over a range of rotational, axial and/or flexional/extensional motion, towards a predetermined desired spatial relationship with respect to one another, whereby, over said period of time, said unidirectional force urges a proprioceptively neutral position of said first and second vertebrae towards a desired neutral position, and whereby a biological correction of a spinal deformity, spinal injury or other spinal disorder may be mechanically facilitated.

The current invention is a method or a computer implemented tool for robust, low CPU, low resolution human tracking which may be implemented a part of a digital video management and surveillance system or on a digital video recorder. The method involves use of intensity, texture and shadow filtering in the YUV color space to reduce the number of false objects detected. The thresholds for background segmentation may be dynamically adjusted to image intensity. The human and object recognition feature operates on an adaptive codebook based learning algorithm.

Methods and systems are provided for a universal key that enables a user to have access to any type of secured portal, both physical and electronic, in a wireless, hands-free, distance-independent manner without requiring contact or line of sight access between the key and the secured portal. The universal key is not distance-dependent, and each secured portal can be provided with its own prescribed activation range, if desired. Some portals may be provided with long range activation, such as 50 feet, while other portals may be provided with short range activation of a few feet or less. The type of portal being secured and the range of activation may be selected by the user and is not limited by the universal key. In addition, the universal key will provide access to the secured portals in a hands-free fashion so that the user need not push any buttons or take any other action in order to obtain access to the portal. The user need only carry the universal key somewhere on their person in order to access the portal.

Method and apparatus for provisioning an e-mail service to a mobile terminal in an e-mail system that uses e-mail addresses comprising a domain part. The apparatus maintains a list of good setting parameter sets versus e-mail domain parts. It receives an e-mail address and user authentication information from a user and compares the domain part of the received address with domain parts in the list of good parameter sets. If a match is found, e-mail service is provisioned with the matching parameter set. If no match is found, the apparatus requests and receives further parameters from the user, including an e-mail server address, and provisions the e-mail service with the further parameters. If the provisioning with the further parameters is successful, the domain part and the further parameters are used to generate a new setting parameter set in the list of good setting parameter sets.

A handwritten Chinese character input method and system is provided to allow users to enter Chinese characters to a data processor by adding less than three strokes and one selection movement such as mouse clicking or stylus or finger tapping. The system is interactive, predictive, and intuitive to use. By adding one or two strokes which are used to start writing a Chinese character, or in some case even no strokes are needed, users can find a desired character from a list of characters. The list is context sensitive. It varies depending on the prior character entered. Compared to other existing systems, this system can save users considerable time and efforts to entering handwritten characters.

The present invention is a method and system for using predetermined preferences/characteristics to ascertain personal compatibility between network or chat room participants based upon profile information. When the system determines that these preferences are favorable for interpersonal compatibility, the system will automatically notify or page the participants so as to facilitate their introduction. Further functionality, aside from the compatibility based upon profile information, includes e-mail and other electronic notification of personal compatibility as well as geographic compatibility.

A method of determining a gauge and a tilt of a rail track at a location includes providing a rail trolley including a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, an RFID reader, a gauge sensor, and a tilt sensor and positioning the rail trolley on the rail track at the location. The method also includes interrogating one or more RFID tags positioned along the rail track and determining, using the processor, a fixed location associated with each of the one or more RFID tags. The method further includes determining, using the processor, the location of the rail trolley in relation to the fixed locations associated with each of the one or more RFID tags and determining the gauge and tilt of the rail track at the location of the rail trolley.

The invention discloses a semi-rigid base pavement damage detection and polymer grouting fast maintenance technology, which utilizes a falling weight deflectometer (FWD) and a ground penetrating radar (GPR) to detect and evaluate the performance of the pavement, identify the pavement damage and realize the lossless and fast detection of the semi-rigid base pavement damage. A grouting hole is perforated on the section that needs damage treatment and polymeric materials are injected into the hole to repair the pavement. The maintenance technology has the advantages of speedy construction, good durability, strong pertinence and excellent waterproof performance of the injected polymeric materials, which not only saves a large amount of funds and construction periods and avoids the adverse social effects caused by long affected traffic, but also is beneficial to environmental protection and resources-saving . The semi-rigid base pavement damage detection and polymer grouting fast maintenance technology of the invention integrates damage lossless detection technology such as the FWD and the GPR, etc. with the polymer grouting fast maintenance technology, thus providing a whole set of advanced, efficient, economical and practical technology for detecting and maintaining the semi-rigid base pavement damage.

The invention relates to an automatic standardized filing method based on text semantic mining. The automatic standardized filing method is characterized by comprising the steps: crawling files from a website, and carrying out information extraction, key word extraction and automatic abstract generation on the crawled file and a local file by utilizing text semantics, and finally storing into an informatization system. For the information extraction, a rule set is established by adopting a knowledge engineering method, information points are automatically extracted from the file to form structural data; for the key word extraction, a key word is extracted according to a position and semantics of a word in a text to generate a key word index; for the automatic abstract generation, a content contained by the abstract is firstly set, corresponding information is extracted from the text, the similarity of sentences is calculated, and the texts including the key information in the original file are extracted. By adopting the automatic standardized filing method, business personnel do not need to read a great amount of files, time and labor are saved, and convenience in inquiry and application can be realized.

Automatic fault diagnosis is performed on vibration data sensed from a machine. A set of faults to screen for is identified from the machine configuration. For each fault there are characteristic symptoms. For each characteristic symptom, there is a corresponding indication used to diagnose the symptom. The indications are based on analyses of the current vibration data. The diagnosed symptoms have weights assigned according to a Bayesian network, and are used to derive a Bayesian probability for the fault. A fault having a Bayesian probability exceeding a threshold value is identified as being present in the machine. For each fault a confidence level is derived. The confidence level for a first fault is based on a similarity between characteristic symptoms for the first fault and characteristic symptoms for each one of the other faults being screened.

The invention discloses an ultrathin-wall steel structure connector and an ultrathin-wall steel structure connecting structure. The connector is a hollow square or oblong connector, the front and rear side plates of the connector are two buckled groove type steels, and the upper and lower side plates are two buckled and noncontact groove type steels, wherein two side wing plates of the upper and lower groove type steels are fixed at the outer sides of the front and rear groove type steel wing plates, and a hoop groove is formed at the noncontact part between the upper and lower groove type steel wing plates. The connector is simple, convenient and fast in operation, and has high strength and good axial constraint performance; and the node has strong integrity, local buckling of the end when the ultrathin-wall profile steel is stressed is effectively controlled, and the bearing capacity of a member is improved. The connector has the characteristic of allowing two connecting members in the same direction, and is suitable for mutual butting of two ultrathin-wall profile steels when the ultrathin-wall profile steel members are not long enough. The connector is simple in installation mode, practical and convenient and fast in operation, and the cost and the working time can be greatly saved.

A computer implemented method for producing a photo story includes automatically sorting a plurality of images, by a computer system, according to a primary criterion to produce a list of sorted images, automatically pruning the list of sorted images, by the computer system, based on one or more secondary criteria to produce a list of kept images, wherein the list of kept images is a subset of the list of sorted images, automatically placing the list of kept images in one or more pages, sections, or chapters to produce a photo story, and displaying the photo story by the computer system.

The invention is applied to the technical field of storage, and provides a method and system for data caching of a solid state disk. The method for the data caching of the solid state disk comprises the following steps: setting a part of memory of a system memory as a data buffer cache of the solid state disk; caching read and write data of the solid state disk into the data buffer cache of the solid state disk. Therefore, the method and system of the data caching of the solid state disk reduces the visit times of the solid state disk and lengthens the service life of the solid state disk.

A method for registering a domain name and signing up with a search website using a computer network service provider on behalf of a user includes: (a) enabling a computer network service provider to establish a database, which stores therein identity identification information agreed upon with the user; (b) enabling the computer network service provider to receive a message from the user, the message including identity identification information and domain name application data; (c) enabling the computer network service provider to authenticate the identity identification information contained in the message; (d) applying for registration of the domain name after successful authentication; and (e) signing up with at least one search website after successful registration of the domain name.

A system and method for creating a table from one or more form images is described. An Image Based Document Management (IBDM) server includes a stroke identification module, an image generator, a table generator and a preference module. The stroke identification module receives completed form data from one or more forms with handwriting fields, media fields and symbolic fields. The image generator generates field images that are a combination of handwriting fields, media fields and symbolic fields. The user preference module determines a user preference for displaying the table. The table generator generates a table from the field images based on the user preference.

A re-transmit processor for a wireless communication system includes a pointer memory which contains pointers associated with particular packet data in a host memory. The re-transmit processor directs data associated with said pointers to be applied to a media access controller, which optionally contains an encryption function, the output of which is coupled to a block buffer and to an output interface. Upon receipt of a transmission request, the host memory locations associated with the pointers are read and the data directed to the media access controller, which adds a header, a CRC, and optionally encrypts the data, thereafter placing it in the block buffer and the output interface. Upon provision of the packet data to the MAC, the associated pointer is initialized to a FREE or UNUSED value, and upon receipt of an acknowledgement of the packet accompanied by a packet identifier from a receiving station, the packet associated with the packet identifier is removed from the block buffer.

The present invention provides a method and system for the creation and use of simple and complex templates. The system includes providing the template where the template contains a plurality of tags, and then applying the template to the image based on the tags. The plurality of tags provide instructions for the application of a plurality of plane files to be applied to the image. The method and system in accordance with the present invention automates the process of applying templates to images which reduces the required amount of user time for the interface. Its use of tags to store the template requires less storage space. The method and system in accordance with the present invention thus saves the user considerable time and effort in applying templates. It also require less processing time over manual template creation methods.

The invention relates to a gesture recognition method based on a BP neural network. The method includes the steps that electromyographic signals generated by multiple gesture actions of multiple samples are collected; the electromyographic signals are subjected to normalization; multiple feature values are extracted from the normalized electromyographic signals to form a feature value matrix; model training is conducted on the feature value matrix through the BP neural network algorithm to form a BP neural network model; the BP neural network model is saved in an electromyographic signal collection device for gesture recognition. During signal analysis and mode recognition, the improved normalization method effectively eliminates difference between electromyographic signals of different people, mode recognition is conducted through a BP neural network classifier, the gesture recognition rate is increased, and meanwhile the error probability in recognizing is greatly reduced.

A process with special instruments to Arthroscopically reduce certain joint fractures in humans and animals. The instruments are shaped and sized so as to afford remote manipulation of bone fragments, while viewing the procedure with an arthroscope and a fluoroscope in a C Arm. The process utilizes a lateral approach. This process with the instruments allows a skilled surgeon to affect an anatomically correct joint surface and then bone graft any bone deficit, all through small incisions local to the joint.

A hollow conduit is provided. In another aspect, a quick connector, suitable to carry fluid therethrough, is made of layers of material, a light curable material and/or multiple built-up materials. Another aspect uses a three-dimensional printing machine to emit material from an ink jet printing head to build up a conduit.

A system and method of automatically creating a window for display on a display device coupled with a user computer are provided. An application server of the system receives search criteria inputted through user interaction at a user computer displaying web pages of a particular website. The system determines that the website may be exited from the user computer. An exit window having information related to the search criteria is launched for display in response to the determination that the website is being exited.

A system and a method are disclosed for presenting users with web advertisements that are dynamically adjusted based upon a geographic location determined within the content of the web page that the web advertisement will appear. An analysis module determines a geographic location from the content of a web page. The analysis module determines coordinates associated with the geographic location. An advertisement search module determines geographic specific advertisements based on the coordinates. An advertisement generation module generates a geocoded targeted web advertisement based at least in part on geographic specific advertisements.

The invention discloses a road base reinforcing high-polymer loading and grouting method. Aiming at semi-rigid road surface with an incompact base, and flexible base road surface, additional load is applied to the road surface by a loading device, an expansive force of the reacted high-polymer material is prevented from supporting the road surface; and by injecting the high-polymer material into the base, the volume of the reacted material rapidly expands, and the incompact base is solidified so as to fulfill the aim of reinforcing the base. The method has the characteristics of good treatment effect, rapid construction, no curing need, high pertinence, high controllability, fund conservation and the like; and compared with the conventional maintenance method, the method is obviously innovative in technical principle, construction method and other aspects. The unique road base reinforcing method can save a lot of funds and construction period, avoids bad social impact due to long-term traffic closure, and contributes to protecting environment and saving resources.

Disclosed are a building structure and a construction method. The building structure comprises upright columns, prefabricated plates or prefabricated frames and columnar connecting parts. Each prefabricated plate or prefabricated frame comprises reinforced beams or section crossbeams and embedded connecting parts, wherein the reinforced beams or section crossbeams are embedded in the prefabricated plates or prefabricated frames, and the embedded connecting parts are arranged at connecting joints for connecting the reinforced beams or section crossbeams; the columnar connecting parts are mounted at connecting joints of the prefabricated plates or prefabricated frames; the number of the columnar connecting parts is smaller than or equal to that of the embedded connecting parts; each embedded connecting part comprises a first positioning mechanism; each columnar connecting part comprises one to four second positioning mechanisms matching with the corresponding first positioning mechanisms in a one-to-one correspondence manner; and the first positioning mechanisms and the corresponding second positioning mechanisms are vertically connected in an inserted manner, and the columnar connecting parts are fixed with the one to four embedded connecting parts at the connecting joints. The building structure and the construction method have the advantages that various portions of the building structure can be mechanically assembled and disassembled, can be reused, and are convenient in assembly and disassembly, and the connecting joints are firm and reliable in connection and fine in load-carrying capability.

An electronic device for indicating a POI corresponding to a new road segment when arriving at the new road segment includes an interface unit, for providing a setting of the POI to be displayed; a positioning system, for identifying the position of the electronic device; and a processor, for determining whether the electronic device is arriving at a new road segment according to the position of the electronic device, and retrieving information of a specific POI corresponding to the new road segment from a database if the electronic device is arriving at the new road segment, wherein the electronic device accesses the database and transmits the specific POI to the interface unit to indicate to a user only when it arrives at the new road segment.

A device for receiving and retaining a foot or a boot on a sports apparatus. The device has a seat associated with a rear support element, the rear support element having a support surface facing a free surface, the rear support element being rotatably mounted with respect to the seat, an abutment limiting a rearward rotation of the rear support element, the abutment having a cursor that is movable along the rear support element, as well as a mechanism for immobilizing the cursor on the rear support element. A wall covers the cursor on the side of the free surface, the immobilizing mechanism extending through the wall.

The invention relates to a manufacturing domain of nanopowder composite, especially to a nano antibacterial powder coating and one-step manufacturing method of microsuspension. The nano antibacterial powder coating consists of water, mixture monomer, pigment, surface processing agent, nanometre-sized inorganic antiseptic particle and auxiliary agent. The method comprises dispersing components such as water and suspending disperser by ultra-audio wave, then performing dispersion by high-shear emulsifier to prepare the predispersion; afterwards, adding the other components into polymerization kettle according to priority, after agitation and heating, adding the said predispersion at one time, reacting at a constant temperature, then cooling, discharge, centrifugally dewatering and drying to obtain the product. The invention solves the problems that the nanoparticles are easy to aggregate inside the organic polymer existed in present technology and the manufacturing engineering of the traditional powder coating is difficult, and has advantages that the process flow is short, the equipment investment is low, and can save working hours and energy resource, is of no dust pollution, the prepared powder coating particles is of regular shape, and has better levelling property in application.

The invention relates to a method for setting a high-pressure high-power thyristor electrothermic model and a simulating method. In the invention, first a thermal impedance model of a thyristor is calculated and set according to the finite element method, and a Foster network thermal impedance model is expressed by the identical transformation, subsequently a thyristor equivalent electric model is set by using the mathematical method. The loss Pave(t) is determined by the switch-on forward voltage drop Vtm and the working current IA, an electrothermic model of the thyristor is set by connecting the relation of the variants such as the switch-on forward voltage drop Vtm, the working current IA, the loss Pave(t), the junction temperature TJ and the like, then the simulation is conducted on a Pspice software. The model of the invention contains a thermodynamics and electrics model, which can provides the dynamic relationship between the heating parameters and the electric parameters, can be used for simulating the transient and steady junction temperature change and predicting whether the thyristor works in the safe area, also used for insulating the junction temperature change under the sine semi-wave surge current surge and predicting whether the thyristor fail.