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The disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for configuring a device via an SDN controller. A connection can be established between an SDN controller and a device intermediary to a plurality of clients and a plurality of servers, in order to provision resources of the device for use by one or more applications of the SDN controller. A request can be received by the device from the SDN controller to define one or more configuration policies for an application communicating with the SDN controller. The configuration policies can configure the device to provide one or more functions of the device to the application communicating with the SDN controller. The request can be generated by the SDN controller and can include function definitions based on a device model installed on the SDN controller. The device model can corresponding to the device and can include device properties of the device and configuration parameters for each of the functions provided by the device. In response to receiving the request to define the one or more configuration policies, the device can perform function-level configuration of the device, including configuring one or more functions of the device to process packets corresponding to the application communicating with the SDN controller that are received by the device using the one or more functions of the device.

A home network system allowing a user to directly control joining or removing of member devices in a domain using a user interface and to effectively control a status change of the member devices of the domain and a management method therefor. The home network system includes: a master device, which forms a domain with more than one controlled device, transmits a predetermined domain key to the controlled devices included in the domain, generates a new domain key whenever a configuration of the domain is changed, and transmits the new domain key to the controlled devices remaining in the domain; and a control point, which provides a user interface allowing a user to directly change the configuration of the domain.

A novel and useful apparatus for and method of integrating the advanced audio distribution profile (A2DP) audio codec into a Bluetooth controller for audio streaming applications. The mechanism functions to break the prior art Bluetooth protocol stack by integrating a profile packet composer into the controller. The profile / stack control signaling is performed by the host while the profile data packet composer is implemented in the controller. The integrated data packet composer does not break the data path and flow control over the standard HCI. Further, the integrated packet composer allows the controller to open a dedicated data interface for specific applications (e.g., PCM / I2S for audio data).

A method, apparatus and smart wearable device for fusing augmented reality and virtual reality are provided. The method for fusing augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), comprising acquiring real-world scene information collected by dual cameras mimicking human eyes in real time from an AR operation; based on virtual reality scene information from a VR operation and the acquired real-world scene information, generating a fused scene; and displaying the fused scene.

The disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for integrating a device with a software-defined networking (SDN) controller. A device intermediary to a plurality of clients and a plurality of servers can receive a request to establish a communicative connection between an SDN controller and the device. The request can be based on a device package including a device model, a device script configured to integrate the device with the SDN controller and including one or more function call definitions, a functional profile including a default value for at least one parameter of the device, and a plurality of device-level configuration parameters specifying values of parameters utilized by the device. The device can receive a request to configure one or more functions of the device. The request can configure the functions generated by the SDN controller based on the device package.

An integrated system and method for driving a CO2 compressor to densify CO2 captured from the exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine on board a mobile source of CO2 includes operating a turbine that is operatively connected to the power input or drive shaft of the CO2 compressor, and operatively connecting a motor-generator to the turbine for (a) recovery of any excess power when the turbine-generated power exceeds the CO2 compressor power demand and (b) providing supplemental power when the turbine-generated power is insufficient to meet the CO2 compressor power demand.

An integrated system and method for driving a CO2 compressor to densify CO2 captured from the exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine on board a mobile source of CO2 includes operating a turbine that is operatively connected to the power input or drive shaft of the CO2 compressor, and operatively connecting a motor-generator to the turbine for (a) recovery of any excess power when the turbine-generated power exceeds the CO2 compressor power demand and (b) providing supplemental power when the turbine-generated power is insufficient to meet the CO2 compressor power demand.

A method for communication over a network, which can be both analog and digital includes simultaneously transmitting a call notification to a plurality of communication devices. These communication devices include devices such as telephones, pagers, computers, and voice mail systems. The addresses (e.g., telephone numbers) are stored in a database which is queried based on the call notification. For example, this method can be used in a find-me / follow-me system or to initiate a conference call.

A headgear apparatus for delivering temperature conditioned air including passively or actively cooled, heated, or ventilated air to the interior of a shell is disclosed. A device housing which enshrouds a device for providing temperature conditioned air is placed on a rear portion of the shell. The device housing has air inlets and air rejector vents for delivering fresh air to and removing heated air from the device, and is configured to reduce the heated air from re-entering the device through the air inlets. The headgear apparatus is designed to withstand impact forces without injuring the wearer.

Digital signal transmitter devices mostly present a distinct wide-band interference spectrum which renders compliance with the presently applicable EMC standards substantially more difficult.Available provisions for improving the EMC characteristics take an influence on the quality in transmission and on the immunity to interference.By the inventive method the carrier signal or output signal, respectively, of the transmitter is so modulated that the narrow spectral lines are spread and the spectral power density is reduced.

The present invention relates to a method in a communication network for connecting at least one application server (AS) (213) of an internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) (200) to an intelligent network (IN) (100) through an interface unit (301). The IMS (200) comprises a call server control function (CSCF) unit (205) connected to the at least one AS (213) arranged for processing call signaling. In the method the interface unit (301) directs the call signaling to the at least one AS (213) through the CSCF unit (205) and the at least one AS (213) processes the call signaling and sends the processed call signaling through the CSCF unit (205) back to the interface unit (301). Based on the information received in the call signaling processed by the at least one AS (213), the interface unit (301) then directs the call to a destination.

A novel and useful apparatus for and method of integrating the advanced audio distribution profile (A2DP) audio codec into a Bluetooth controller for audio streaming applications. The mechanism functions to break the prior art Bluetooth protocol stack by integrating a profile packet composer into the controller. The profile / stack control signaling is performed by the host while the profile data packet composer is implemented in the controller. The integrated data packet composer does not break the data path and flow control over the standard HCI. Further, the integrated packet composer allows the controller to open a dedicated data interface for specific applications (e.g., PCM / I2S for audio data).

Disclosed are embodiments of systems, devices, and methods to reduce compression artifacts in multi-layer images. Pixel dilation operations, such as morphological dilations, are performed to identify unlabeled pixels at boundaries between layers, and the colors of those pixels are adjusted to mitigate formation of artifacts during layer compression.

The disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for configuring a device via an SDN controller. A connection can be established between an SDN controller and a device intermediary to a plurality of clients and a plurality of servers, in order to provision resources of the device for use by one or more applications of the SDN controller. A request can be received by the device from the SDN controller to define one or more configuration policies for an application communicating with the SDN controller. The configuration policies can configure the device to provide one or more functions of the device to the application communicating with the SDN controller. The request can be generated by the SDN controller and can include function definitions based on a device model installed on the SDN controller. The device model can corresponding to the device and can include device properties of the device and configuration parameters for each of the functions provided by the device. In response to receiving the request to define the one or more configuration policies, the device can perform function-level configuration of the device, including configuring one or more functions of the device to process packets corresponding to the application communicating with the SDN controller that are received by the device using the one or more functions of the device.

A network-based storage system includes multiple storage devices and system controllers. Each storage device in multiple aggregates of storage devices can include ownership portion(s) that are configured to indicate a system controller to which it belongs. First and second system controllers can form an HA pair, and can be in communication with each other, the storage devices, and a separate host server. A first system controller controls an aggregate of storage devices and can facilitate an automated hotswap replacement of a second system controller that controls another aggregate of storage devices with a separate third system controller that subsequently controls the other aggregate of storage devices. The first system controller can take over control of the second aggregate of storage devices during the automated hotswap replacement of the second system controller, and can exchange system identifiers and ownership portion information with the separate third system controller automatically during the hotswap.

The invention discloses a machine tool feeding system modeling method and equipment based on dynamics and a neural network, and belongs to the field of artificial intelligence and computer aided manufacturing. The method specifically comprises the following steps: firstly, deducing a kinetic equation of the feeding system according to the kinetic and kinematic characteristics of each part of the machine tool feeding system; establishing a dynamic simulation model of the feeding system according to the dynamic equation; identifying partial parameters of the simulation model by using a genetic algorithm to obtain accurate values of the parameters; and finally, using the neural network model to replace the workbench displacement module, and the output of each module of the original model is used as the input feature of the neural network model, so that the neural network outputs the simulation displacement of the hybrid model. According to the modeling method implemented by the invention,the nonlinear expression capability of the kinetic model can be improved, and the simulation precision and generalization capability of the model are improved.

An image sensing device and an image sensing method are provided. The image sensing device includes an image sensing array, multiple first signal converters, and multiple first image processing apparatuses. The image sensing array is partitioned into at least two or more first pixel capturing areas, and each of the first pixel capturing areas is compliant with a resolution of an SDTV format. Each of the first signal converters receives an analog image signal from a corresponding first pixel capturing area, converts the analog image signal from an analog format to a digital format to generate a first digital image signal, and converts the first digital image signal from an parallel format to a serial format. Each of the image processing apparatuses is configured to convert the first digital image signal in the serial format of a corresponding first signal converter to a video signal in a specific video format.

Disclosed are embodiments of systems, devices, and methods to reduce compression artifacts in multi-layer images. Pixel dilation operations, such as morphological dilations, are performed to identify unlabeled pixels at boundaries between layers, and the colors of those pixels are adjusted to mitigate formation of artifacts during layer compression.

A method and a receiver device configured to mark a media content sequence comprising a succession of media frames. A decoder included in the receiver device selects at least two decoded consecutive media frames from the media content sequence according to a predefined information code previously stored in a configuration setting memory of the receiver device. A marking module associated to the decoder inserts a transition effect between the at least two selected decoded consecutive media frames including a preceding media frame and at least one immediately following media frame. The transition effect is retrieved from a library of transition effects stored in a memory associated to the marking module and applied on the basis of the preceding media frame and the at least one immediately following media frame. The inserted transition effect is then assigned to a secrete symbol associated to all or part of a unique identifier specific to the receiver device which outputs thus a modified sequence of media content comprising at least one transition effect between the at least two selected consecutive media frames.

The invention discloses an improved molding method of an ETPU (expanded thermoplastic polyurethane) foaming body. The method comprises following steps: 1, TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) particles are impregnated in high-pressure fluid, dissolution equilibrium of the high-pressure fluid in the TPU particles is realized, pressure of the high-pressure fluid is 70 MPa or lower, and temperature of the high-pressure fluid is 70 DEG C or lower; 2, the TPU particles reaching the dissolution equilibrium are refrigerated in a refrigeration storage, so that the high-pressure fluid in the TPU particlesis still retained in the TPU particles; 3, a certain quantity of TPU particles reaching the dissolution equilibrium are taken out from the refrigeration storage according to actual demands and subjected to molding in a steam foaming or die pressing foaming mode, and the ETPU foaming body is obtained. The improved molding method has the characteristics of better connectivity of the adjacent particles and low production cost.

The invention discloses a building same-floor water drainage collection device. A water drainage groove draining water towards a water drainage vertical pipe in an inclined manner is formed in the collection position of a water drainage transverse pipe and the water drainage vertical pipe. A water seal baffle is arranged in the water drainage transverse pipe. The water drainage transverse pipe comprises a water accumulation cavity and a buffer cavity. The water accumulation cavity is formed in one side of the water seal baffle, and the water drainage groove is formed in the other side of the water seal baffle. The buffer cavity is located between the water accumulation cavity and the water drainage groove and is higher than the water accumulation cavity and the water drainage groove. The water accumulation cavity communicates with the buffer cavity. The buffer cavity communicates with the water drainage groove. The water drainage groove and the water accumulation cavity are converged at the lower end of the buffer cavity. The water drainage groove intersects with the water drainage vertical pipe. The buffer cavity intersects with the water drainage vertical pipe. By means of the building same-floor water drainage collection device, building same-floor water drainage can be achieved, gas flow in the water drainage vertical pipe and gas flow in the water drainage transverse pipecan be integrated and unblocked, the pressure fluctuation of the water drainage vertical pipe is effectively reduced, the water flow speed of the water drainage vertical pipe is decreased, the water drainage capacity of the water drainage vertical pipe is substantially increased, and the water flow noise of the vertical pipe is reduced.

The invention relates to a modular underwater intelligent unmanned equipment system, and belongs to the field of underwater unmanned systems. The system comprises a surveying vessel, a navigation communication satellite and a modular underwater intelligent equipment platform cluster, the modular underwater intelligent equipment platform cluster forms a group network system by a modular underwater intelligent equipment platform according to task requirements and through intelligent ad hoc networking of a group intelligent technology, and the system has the capabilities of group collaborative decision-making, dynamic task division and the like. The system has six working modes: a line patrol measurement mode, a seabed operation mode, a multi-body cooperation mode, a dragging measurement mode, an underwater glider mode and a navigation communication relay mode. The system can realize most functions of various existing underwater unmanned systems, has the advantages of multiple functions, modularization, standardization, intelligence, high robustness and the like, can well solve the problems of low standardization and poor interchangeability of current underwater unmanned equipment, and promotes rapid, high-quality and systematic development of an underwater intelligent unmanned equipment system.

A method and a receiver device configured to mark a media content sequence comprising a succession of media frames. A decoder included in the receiver device selects at least two decoded consecutive media frames from the media content sequence according to a predefined information code previously stored in a configuration setting memory of the receiver device. A marking module associated to the decoder inserts a transition effect between the at least two selected decoded consecutive media frames including a preceding media frame and at least one immediately following media frame. The transition effect is retrieved from a library of transition effects stored in a memory associated to the marking module and applied on the basis of the preceding media frame and the at least one immediately following media frame. The inserted transition effect is then assigned to a secrete symbol associated to all or part of a unique identifier specific to the receiver device which outputs thus a modified sequence of media content comprising at least one transition effect between the at least two selected consecutive media frames.

A method, apparatus and smart wearable device for fusing augmented reality and virtual reality are provided. The method for fusing augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), comprising acquiring real-world scene information collected by dual cameras mimicking human eyes in real time from an AR operation; based on virtual reality scene information from a VR operation and the acquired real-world scene information, generating a fused scene; and displaying the fused scene.

A synthetic turf seam integration template system and method is provided that includes a template having a planar base with a perpendicularly joined positioner. The planar base is configured with a longitudinal cutting edge with a predetermined curvature and an opposing longitudinal non-cutting edge. The positioner, which aids in moving the template, is attached to the non-cutting edge. Variations of the predetermined curvature patterns are disclosed. An optional connector allows connection of two templates to create a longer template for usage on longer seams. Also disclosed are methods of using the seam integration tool in creating an undetectable seam in synthetic turf.

The invention discloses a center of gravity detection system for a pipe gallery module, and belongs to the field of lifting equipment, and the system comprises load cells, hydraulic jacks, a support frame, a signal processing circuit, an RS485 serial bus and computer software. By reasonably arranging a plurality of hydraulic jacks and load cells under the pipe gallery module, the entire pipe gallery module is lifted up, and then the position of the center of gravity of the pipe gallery module is calculated according to the relative position coordinates and load values of each load cell. The position of the center of gravity and total weight of the pipe gallery module can be actually measured on site, and the measurement results are accurate and can be used as important parameter indexes ofthe pipe gallery module to avoid the conditions of tilt, local overload and unstable structure that may occur when the pipe gallery module is towed, hoisted and combined and to effectively ensure thesmooth installation and integration of the pipe gallery module on site.