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Virtual machines of a virtual data center generate runtime instances with a software image, hardware configuration, management configuration and user / service configuration. Virtual data center resource use is monitored by reference to the management configuration of runtime instances, such as for environmental controls like power, cooling and balancing, or for policy limitations on users, software or hardware. Users or services generate runtime instances of stored virtual machines by reference to the user / service configuration, such as pricing or priority. In one example embodiment, the virtual machine software image comprises an application system preparation file that populates a read only application image common to plural virtual machines. Information unique to each virtual machine with respect to the application is maintained in the user / service configuration of the virtual machine and version information is maintained in the management configuration of the virtual machine. Updates to the application across each virtual machine are performed by updating the read only image or any of its configuration information for hardware configuration, management configuration or user / service configuration.

Virtual machines of a virtual data center generate runtime instances with a software image, hardware configuration, management configuration and user / service configuration. Virtual data center resource use is monitored by reference to the management configuration of runtime instances, such as for environmental controls like power, cooling and balancing, or for policy limitations on users, software or hardware. Users or services generate runtime instances of stored virtual machines by reference to the user / service configuration, such as pricing or priority. In one example embodiment, the virtual machine software image comprises an application system preparation file that populates a read only application image common to plural virtual machines. Information unique to each virtual machine with respect to the application is maintained in the user / service configuration of the virtual machine and version information is maintained in the management configuration of the virtual machine. Updates to the application across each virtual machine are performed by updating the read only image or any of its configuration information for hardware configuration, management configuration or user / service configuration.

An apparatus for enabling provision of collaboration of remote and on-site users of indirect augmented reality may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least selecting a stored image including a virtual representation of a real world location based on position information and orientation information of a mobile terminal, causing provision of first visual content to be displayed at the mobile terminal based on the virtual representation, causing provision of second visual content to be displayed at a remote device based on the virtual representation, and enabling collaborative interaction between a user of the mobile terminal and a user of the remote device with respect to the first visual content and the second visual content. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided.

Systems and methods for ambient noise compensation are disclosed. One example of a system includes a variable amplifier, a source sound processor, an area sound processor, and an adjustment circuit. The variable amplifier adjusts an audio input signal to generate an audio output signal with an appropriate level so that the audio output signal is audible over noise in a listening area. The source sound processor and the area sound processor may split the audio output signal and a monitoring signal into frequency bands, and may compare these signals band-by band to find differences that represent time-varying noise in the monitoring signal. These differences may be modified to account for the acoustic response of the listening area and for constant-level background noise in the listening area. The adjustment circuit controls the variable amplifier in response to these differences.

An apparatus for enabling provision of a localized virtual reality environment may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least receiving information indicative of a current location of a mobile terminal, receiving information indicative of an orientation of the mobile terminal with respect to the current location, causing a stored image including a panoramic view of the current location to be displayed at the mobile terminal based on the orientation, and enabling provision of a virtual object on the panoramic view. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided.

A multiple antenna wireless system including a transmitter and a receiver comprises a reconfigurable large antenna array having a plurality of antennas. A plurality of RF chains in the transmitter is coupled to the reconfigurable large antenna array. A pilot assisted round robin channel estimation means tracks the fading channel; and an adaptive round robin transmit beamforming means beam forms the reconfigurable large antenna array. A method for multiple antenna wireless communication comprising the steps of tracking a plurality of fading channels in a reconfigurable large antenna array having a plurality of antennas using pilot assisted round robin channel estimation to selectively couple a plurality of RF chains in the transmitter to the reconfigurable large antenna array, and adaptively, round-robin transmit beamforming the reconfigurable large antenna array.

Apparatus, methods, systems and devices for identifying and tracking a human hand in a video. The steps for identifying the hand includes detecting parallel lines (bars), detecting curved fingertips (curves), grouping the detected parallel lines and curved fingertips according to a parallel line decision tree and a curved fingertip decision tree, respectively, and merging the parallel line group and the curved fingertip group to identify candidate hands.

A solar collector arrangement includes a number of assemblies (1), which are immersed or partially immersed in a pond of water (2). Each assembly (1) includes a parabolic reflector (3) and an absorber (6). Barriers (10) are located on or near the surface of the water (2) and operate to reduce waves which may otherwise disturb the direct passage of sunlight in windy conditions. The complete immersion of the assembly (1) in the liquid serves to simultaneously protect and cool the apparatus, while allowing ease of sun10 tracking movements by buoyancy induced rotation. Partially immersed versions have higher efficiency and protect against severe weather by inverting into the water.

An adaptive antenna array (14) includes a muliplicity of antenna elements (12a–12k, 48a–48k) responsive to uplink communications (16a–16k) and arranged to support directional-orientated downlink communication to subscriber units (18). The adaptive antenna array (14) is operationally responsive to a signal processor (28) that co-operates with direction of arrival estimation logic (36) to assess an angle of arrival of uplink communications incident to the array. To avoid inter-cell interference, especially during early stages of a call, the signal processor operates to ensure that a wide area downlink beam (108) is provided for a downlink path to an addressed subscriber unit. With time and / or with reported (68,84) downlink quality of service (QoS) metrics, the signal processor (28) regulates (74, 92, 96) a width of the downlink beam by altering the number of antenna elements used to support the downlink beam, thereby altering the downlink beam aperture. Generally, with time, more antenna elements (92) are used and so the beam is narrowed, although in-call fluctuations in downlink quality of service are dynamically addressed by the signal processor (28) by either narrowing or broadening the width of the downlink beam by respectively switching antenna elements (12a–12k, 48a–48k) into (92) or out (96) of the adaptive antenna array (14), as shown in FIG. 3.

The invention discloses a synchronous powder feeding space laser machining and three-dimensional forming method and device. A three-dimensional solid is divided into a plurality of forming units according to the form simplification and nozzle fusion covering scanning accessibility principle, each forming unit is divided into a plurality of laminates, a mode for single-beam gas-carried powder feeding in a hollow annular laser is adopted, a mechanical arm is controlled to drive an in-laser powder feeding nozzle to move for scanning in filling areas and boundary areas of the laminates according to a preset trajectory, and forming fusion covering and stacking forming of the laminates are sequentially completed, so that forming fusion covering and stacking forming of the whole unit are completed. The device comprises the in-laser powder feeding nozzle, a laser generator, the mechanical arm, a control module, a transmission optical fiber, a gas-carried powder feeder and a gas source. The control module is connected with the mechanical arm, the laser generator and the gas-carried powder feeder. The in-laser powder feeding nozzle is fixed to the front end of the mechanical arm and can make spatial motion along with the mechanical arm. Through the method and device, fusion covering and three-dimensional stacking forming on any surface of the space can be achieved, and supportless three-dimensional forming of parts with complex structures such as a hanging structure and a cavity can be achieved.

An adaptive antenna array (14) includes a muliplicity of antenna elements (12a-12k, 48a-48k) responsive to uplink communications (16a-16k) and arranged to support directional-orientated downlink communication to subscriber units (18). The adaptive antenna array (14) is operationally responsive to a signal processor (28) that co-operates with direction of arrival estimation logic (36) to assess an angle of arrival of uplink communications incident to the array. To avoid inter-cell interference, especially during early stages of a call, the signal processor operates to ensure that a wide area downlink beam (108) is provided for a downlink path to an addressed subscriber unit. With time and / or with reported (68,84) downlink quality of service (QoS) metrics, the signal processor (28) regulates (74, 92, 96) a width of the downlink beam by altering the number of antenna elements used to support the downlink beam, thereby altering the downlink beam aperture. Generally, with time, more antenna elements (92) are used and so the beam is narrowed, although in-call fluctuations in downlink quality of service are dynamically addressed by the signal processor (28) by either narrowing or broadening the width of the downlink beam by respectively switching antenna elements (12a-12k, 48a-48k) into (92) or out (96) of the adaptive antenna array (14), as shown in FIGS. 3a and 3b.

A method for synchronous powder-feeding space laser cladding and three-dimensional forming includes: dividing a three-dimensional solid into a plurality of forming units according to a form simplification and nozzle cladding scanning accessibility principle, and dividing each forming unit into a plurality of layers; employing a single-beam gas-carried power-feeding mode in a hollow annular laser; controlling a mechanical arm (7) to drive an in-laser powder-feeding nozzle (1) to move and scan along a predetermined trajectory in a filling area and a boundary area of the layer; and sequentially conducting cladding and stacking formation of the layer for the entire unit. A device includes an inside-laser powder-feeding nozzle (1), a laser generator (6), a mechanical arm (7), a control module (4), a transmission optical fiber (5), a gas-carried powder feeder (3) and a gas source (2).

The invention relates to an inflatable solar collector (1) comprising an at least partially transparent sleeve divided at least into two chambers (3, 4) which are separated by a reflector membrane (5) reflecting on one side and which can respectively receive a gas, and at least one absorber (6) arranged opposite the reflective side of each reflector membrane (5). The sleeve is a cylindrical tube (2) and each reflector membrane (5) extends along the length thereof. The absorber(s) (6) is / are arranged along at least one focus line extending along the length thereof. Fillable ballast chambers (10) can be provided beneath the reflector membrane (5). Anchoring strips (12) are used for anchoring and bearing rolls (13) for support.

A multiple antenna wireless system including a transmitter and a receiver comprises a reconfigurable large antenna array having a plurality of antennas. A plurality of RF chains in the transmitter is coupled to the reconfigurable large antenna array. A pilot assisted round robin channel estimation means tracks the fading channel; and an adaptive round robin transmit beamforming means beam forms the reconfigurable large antenna array. A method for multiple antenna wireless communication comprising the steps of tracking a plurality of fading channels in a reconfigurable large antenna array having a plurality of antennas using pilot assisted round robin channel estimation to selectively couple a plurality of RF chains in the transmitter to the reconfigurable large antenna array, and adaptively, round-robin transmit beamforming the reconfigurable large antenna array.

In a method and a system for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, an MR exposure of a body region is implemented with an MR system, a trajectory within the body region is prescribed in a coordinate system of the MR system on the basis of the MR exposure, and MR tomograms within the body region at individual positions along the trajectory are automatically angled relative to the patient or magnet coordinate system dependent on a perspective pre-selected by an operator. This angling is calculated from the trajectory at the individual positions in the prescribed perspective such that a maximum segment of the trajectory is contained in each of the MR tomograms. The tracking of objects in body canals or vessels by means of MR imaging is considerably simplified with the method and the appertaining system.

A solar collector arrangement includes a number of assemblies (1), which are immersed or partially immersed in a pond of water (2). Each assembly (1) includes a parabolic reflector (3) and an absorber (6). Barriers (10) are located on or near the surface of the water (2) and operate to reduce waves which may otherwise disturb the direct passage of sunlight in windy conditions. The complete immersion of the assembly (1) in the liquid serves to simultaneously protect and cool the apparatus, while allowing ease of sun 10 tracking movements by buoyancy induced rotation. Partially immersed versions have higher efficiency and protect against severe weather by inverting into the water.

The present invention relates to the field of mobile communications, and in particular to a system for near field wireless data communication using RFID for checking whether a portable item is to be brought by a user from one place to another or not by using a mobile electronic device comprising a radio communication device and a method for achieving this.

In a control device of a parking assist system for outputting a synthesized image (52) of the periphery of a vehicle, which is formed into a bird's-eye view image using image data, to a display, turning guide lines based on the steering angle of the vehicle and straight driving guide lines (St) along which the vehicle drives in a straight line after turning in accordance with the turning guide lines (Rv) are output to the display together with the synthesized image (52).

An improved process to create an arbitrarily large number of distinguishable particles allows more flexibility in experimental design and related efficiencies of scale. Novel enhanced tracers, for example, Shape Encoded Particles (SEP's) function as indicator means, such as probe-carriers in massively multiplexed assays. Shape encoded identity provides an elegantly simple tracking mechanism, whereby binding / reaction probes coupled to SEP's surfaces can be monitored, viewed, imaged or otherwise utilized leveraging off of the generation of millions of distinct, for example, approximately 100×100×10 micron squared silicon flakes fabricated using conventional MEMS techniques. Plethoric related applications, and contemplated strategies for benefiting from the novel enhanced SEP's and their respective enabling technologies are disclosed, ranging from pearl cultering seed elements to uniquely identify resulting jewelry pieces to an improved parallel stem cell differentiation screening assays.

A solar energy current collection mechanism with a timer and its structure includes a light collector, a retaining base and a base body. The light collector includes a base, a solar panel at the top of the base, a conical light collecting hood around the periphery of the base, a plurality of supporting stands around the light collecting hood and an axle passing though the light collecting hood. The retaining base is disposed under the light collector, and both ends of the retaining base are connected to both ends of the axle. The retaining base includes the timer connected to the axle for driving the light collector to rotate, and the retaining base is disposed on a base body, and the base body includes a control unit and a battery unit electrically connected to a solar panel for controlling and storing the electric power produced by the solar panel.

The invention discloses a chip packaging apparatus of a multi-core intelligent card. The apparatus comprises a card conveying guide rail, a chip band supply mechanism, a chip punching mechanism, a chip auxiliary carrying mechanism and a chip packaging carrying mechanism. The chip band supply mechanism comprises a chip band and a chip band transmitting mechanism driving the chip band to move. The chip punching mechanism comprises a chip punching die and a punching execution mechanism. The chip auxiliary carrying mechanism comprises a vacuum suction head used for adsorbing a chip, a chip temporary storage positioning module, a rotation driving mechanism used for driving the vacuum suction head to rotate, and a moving driving mechanism used for driving an empty suction head to move between the chip punching die and the chip temporary storage positioning module. The chip packaging carrying mechanism comprises a packaging suction head, a temperature control component and a linear driving mechanism driving the packaging suction head to move. The chip packaging apparatus can package the chip and possesses advantages that the structure is simple; a packaging speed is fast; and a packaging effect is good and so on.

A method of storing and tracking digitally-encoded material includes associating a unique identifier with the digitally-encoded material, associating one or more built-in functions with the digitally-encoded material so that the unique identifier and the built-in functions are coupled to the digitally-encoded material. The built-in functions can govern transforms and rendering of the digitally-encoded material. The tracking is performed by associating a history of the digitally-encoded material with the digitally-encoded material. The history can be associated with the digitally-encoded material or kept in a database that communicates with the digitally-encoded material via the identifier. The built-in functions enable the digitally-encoded material to be stored in RAM in an encrypted form. A method for tracking can include encrypting a combination including the digitally-encoded material and the unique identifier and appending built-in function source code and the encrypted combination to form an executable entity executable independent of any particular operating system.

An apparatus for enabling provision of a localized virtual reality environment may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least receiving information indicative of a current location of a mobile terminal, receiving information indicative of an orientation of the mobile terminal with respect to the current location, causing a stored image including a panoramic view of the current location to be displayed at the mobile terminal based on the orientation, and enabling provision of a virtual object on the panoramic view. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided.

A real-time solar tracking system includes: a microcontroller, a light-resistant box, a motor for changing a direction angle of a solar collection board, and a diver for controlling operating condition of the motor. The light-resistant box has a loophole disposed at a top surface of the light-resistant box, a convex lens plane array is disposed parallel to a bottom surface of the light-resistant box, and a photosensitive element array is disposed at a bottom of the light-resistant box. The microcontroller is used for calculating a solar direction angle according to a solar direction angle signal obtained from the photosensitive element array, and sending directions to the driver. With advantages of high detecting accuracy, high degree of automation and intelligence, well environmental adaptability, high reliability, low cost, the present invention is particularly suitable for solar power system.

A ball grid array type semiconductor package includes a semiconductor chip formed with bonding pads, an elastomer bonded to the semiconductor chip, a flexible wiring substrate bonded to the elastomer and formed with wirings connected at one end of the bonding pads of the semiconductor chip, a solder resist formed on the main surface of the flexible wiring substrate and solder bump electrodes connected to the other ends of the wirings. The elastomer is bonded to the flexible wiring substrate on the side of the tape, the solder resist is formed on the side of the wirings, and the solder bump electrodes are connected with the wirings by way of through holes formed in the solder resist.

The present invention relates to the field of mobile communications, and in particular to a system for near field wireless data communication using RFID for checking whether a portable item is to be brought by a user from one place to another or not by using a mobile electronic device comprising a radio communication device and a method for achieving this.

A radiant energy trap. This diffuse and direct radiant energy concentrator comprises at least one reflector, a refractor substantially prism shaped and a receiver interfaced with the refractor. The invention is capable of a solid angle of acceptance of radiant energy, equivalent to that of a flat panel collector, while maintaining a relatively high concentration ratio of diffuse light. The invention can be embodied as an effective hybrid solar electric and thermal collector. A unique yet simple geometry results in relatively high optical and thermal efficiency. The invention can be embodied as a low profile 3-D diffuse light concentrator, combining reflection, refraction, and total internal reflection to approach the thermodynamic limit. It minimizes materials cost to the limits of cost reduction with relatively high efficiency PV cells. The invention increases the utilization of available solar energy and greatly reduces installed system payback periods, compared to prior art.

The invention discloses a lead arc-forming method for manufacturing a salient point by utilizing laser. The method comprises the steps that step 1, a first welding point is formed in the central position point O of a chip welding pad (6); step 2, a chopper is vertically lifted to a point E, and a lead is released simultaneously; step 3, a point A is at least selected between the point O and the point E of the lead; laser energy is introduced to manufacture a local thermoplastic deformation point for the selected point to form a salient point; step 4, the distance, namely the absolute value of OF, between the point O and a point F is used as the minor axis of an ellipse, the major axis of the ellipse is 4000-8000 micrometer, the chopper moves to the point F from the point E along the elliptical orbit, under the combined action of heat and ultrasound applying on the chopper, a second welding point is formed in the midpoint position F of a frame welding pad (5), and a required large-span low-arc lead is formed. With the implementation of the lead arc-forming method, the movement trail of the chopper is greatly simplified, and the large-span low-arc lead is formed.