97 results about "Change weight" patented technology

A weighing scale includes a platform supporting a load. Force transducers beneath the platform output respective transducer force signals of the load. An area sensor above the platform outputs area force signals of load forces applied to respective spatial areas of the platform. A processor is configured to determine the load's weight and location on the platform based on the transducer force signals and the area force signals. A method of weighing the load is also described. A method of monitoring the load includes measuring first transducer force signal(s) and first area force signal(s) of the load, and then repeatedly measuring second force signal(s) of the load using the transducer(s) or area sensor until the first and second signal(s) indicate a change in a weight or location of the load. A changed weight or changed location of the load is then determined using the measured second force signal(s).

According to one embodiment, a method comprises receiving at a scheduler a change to a weight assigned to a consumer. The method further comprises utilizing, by the scheduler, a weighted proportional-share scheduling algorithm to maintain fairness in allocating shares of a resource to competing consumers in accordance with the changed weight. According to another embodiment, a system comprises at least one resource, and a plurality of competing consumers desiring to use the resource(s). A scheduler allocates shares of the resource(s) to the competing consumers according to a weighted proportional-share algorithm. A controller monitors at least one of performance of the competing consumers and utilization of the resource(s), and controls the performance and / or utilization by dynamically changing a scheduler parameter. The scheduler maintains fairness in allocating shares of the resource(s) to the competing consumers in accordance with the dynamically changed scheduler parameter.

A set of resistances for an exercise device such as a barbell or an exercise machine includes at least three different values of resistance. In one embodiment the resistances are weights distributed horizontally. The weights can have a binary distribution of resistances, such as one or more five pound weights, one or more ten pound weights, one or more twenty pound weights, one or more forty pound weights, and one or more eighty pound weights. A selector is used to select various combinations of the weights to obtain the desired total resistance. In one embodiment, a controller operates the selector to change the weights in response to a predetermined condition, such as momentary muscular failure or the occurrence of a manual change weight signal. The set of resistances is particularly useful for simplifying the automatic control of a weight stack, and for retrofitting existing machines and devices.

The contactless method of supplying power magnetically couples a portable device receiving coil with a power supply stand transmitting coil and transmits power by magnetic induction. The portable device sends power adjustment signals to the power supply stand, and the stand adjusts transmitting coil output based on the power adjustment signals. The portable device compares the power received from the stand to the required power, sends an increase-power-request signal if the received power is below the required power, and sends a decrease-power-request signal if the received power is above the required power. Power adjustment signals include increase-power-request weighting values that increase with the size of the request to increase power and / or rate-of-change weighting values that increase with the amount of change in the requested power. Weighting values output with a given period are added and a foreign object is judged to be present when the sum attains a set value.

The invention discloses a hyperspectral remote sensing classification method based on support vector machine under particle optimization. High-efficiency high-accuracy classification of hyperspectral data which are high in data dimension and large in data volume can not be met by existing methods, and no ideal selection method is provided for parameters of a support vector machine method. According to the method, hyperspectral data is preprocessed, abnormal wave bands are removed under the influence of factors such as atmospheric absorption, then a certain proportion of data of various types are selected at random to serve as training data, a Gauss radical basis function is selected to serve as a kernel function mode, a classifier based on the support vector machine is trained, a speed updating formula of changing weight is designed, a certain proportion of particle mutation is guaranteed, an optimal classifier parameter is selected and obtained according to a particle swarm optimization algorithm, a plurality of second classifiers are trained, and a type which wins most votes is selected to be a final predicted type of data points according to a voting mode. According to the method, parameter optimization convergence ability of the classifier is strengthened, and the classification performance of hyperspectral remote sensing images is improved.

A method, apparatus, and program product is provided to, in response to receiving a first database query for which usage of shared weight indices is prohibited, determine whether a shared weight index associated with a column of a database table referenced by the first database query can be utilized as a non-shared weight index to optimize the database query. The method, apparatus, and program product determine whether the column includes at least one changed weight value and determines whether the database query references at least one changed weight value in the column. The shared weight index is utilized to optimize the first database query in response to determining that the shared weight index can be utilized as a non-shared weight index to optimize the first database query.

To solve the problem of routing optimization in a complex network, the invention discloses a heuristic routing method avoiding key nodes in the complex network. On the basis of maintaining original network connection unchanged and based on the routing of the shortest path, by changing weight of the edges connecting key nodes and reducing the maximum node in the network, the flow load is distributed again between the key nodes and non-key nodes, and flow of the key nodes is reduced. By adopting the heuristic routing method, larger network capacity, a routing length closer to the shortest path and higher transmission performance under load attack can be provided, network congestion can be relieved effectively, and good defense effect on cascade invalidation caused by congestion of the key nodes can be achieved.

In order to overcome the defect of poor adaptability due to excessive dependence of an infrared small target detection algorithm on infrared image models and parameters, the invention provides a local gray abrupt change-based infrared small target detection algorithm. The algorithm provides a local abrupt change weighted information entropy for background suppression by using the characteristics of an infrared small target, and then performs target enhancement by adopting a local energy method so as to effectively improve the signal-to-noise ratio of images.

The invention discloses a regression testing case set construction method based on program change, comprising the following steps of: (1) determining the program change of a target software version relative to a historical version; (2) dividing the program statements of the historical version into a change statement set and a non-change statement set, and simultaneously setting a change weight; (3) dividing testing case sets according to historical overlaying information; (4) simplifying the divided change overlaying set and common overlaying set; and (5) seqencing the testing cases in the change overlaying set and the common overlaying set, and simultaneously merging the two sets to form the regression testing case set of the target version. The regression testing case set construction method based on program change can be widely applied to automatic tests and regression tests of a large-sized software system in the updating process; the historical test information and the program change data of the target version are used fully and the constructed regression testing case set has good pertinence; and the regression testing case set construction method based on program change is capable of completing high-efficiency software tests in limited test time and at limited cost.

The invention provides a deep learning system and method based on the hyperspectral camera technology. The method comprises the following steps: storing face information of a user and identity information corresponding to the face information; shooting the face of a shopper by using a face recognition camera to obtain the face information of the shopper; comparing the face information of the shopper with the stored face information of the user, and when the face information of the shopper exists on a server, opening a shopping gate; shooting the action track of the shopper in real time, and uploading an action track image of the shopper to the server for storage; sending a changed weight value to the server, and reporting the position of a shelf; comparing the position of the shelf with the action track image of the shopper to obtain the shopper currently at the position of the shelf; obtaining unit prices of settlement items to be settled together; and when it is detected that a checkout request the shopper is completed, opening an exit door. By adoption of the deep learning system and method provided by the invention, accurate monitoring and management of shopping behaviors in unmanned supermarkets are achieved.

A weight lifting system wherein shoes of substantially normal fit and construction have additional parts that are designed to attach to and detach from corresponding hardware on weights and weight holding devices, and the additional parts on the shoes will not interfere with walking or other exercises or with the normal function of the shoe. Structural support for the added parts is embedded in the sole of the shoe where it will be unnoticeable by the user. The hardware works quickly and easily and a plurality of different weights is preferred with the net result being that the user can quickly and easily pick up and put down weights with their feet, change the amount of weight, and change weights from foot to foot and, hence, can easily move from one exercise to another, and there is no need to remove the shoes when performing other exercises.

An improved bulk fluid distribution for supplying process fluids to semiconductor process tools. The improved system having an alternating pressure vessel engine substantially eliminates pressure fluctuations in the bulk fluid supply line due to head losses from the changing weight of the fluid in the dispensing vessels. The system also enables flexible control of the flow conditions of the fluid in the fluid supply line.

A vehicular sound effect generating apparatus has a controller for determining whether a transmission on a vehicle is a manual transmission or an automatic transmission based on whether a clutch signal is generated or not, and automatically changing weighting gain characteristics as acoustic correcting characteristics stored in a sound pressure adjuster depending on the determined transmission. The vehicular sound effect generating apparatus generates a sound effect in a vehicle cabin depending on the manual transmission or the automatic transmission.

An improved bulk fluid distribution for supplying process fluids to semiconductor process tools. The improved system having an alternating pressure vessel engine substantially eliminates pressure fluctuations in the bulk fluid supply line due to head losses from the changing weight of the fluid in the dispensing vessels. The system also enables flexible control of the flow conditions of the fluid in the fluid supply line.

The present invention relates to an improved dumbbell structure, in which a clamping portion, used for mounting weights, is located on two ends of a hand grip of a dumbbell. A clamping hole, a press operation recess and a fixing hole are defined on each of the clamping portions, and a clamping column is located within each of the clamping holes. A press operation column is disposed within each of the press operation recesses. When force is applied to the press operation column, then the press operation column exerts force on the clamping column, and causes the clamping column to separate from the weight. Accordingly, a user is able to quickly change weights on the dumbbell.

Provision can be made of a high-speed image processing apparatus that eliminates poor visibility in a dotted configuration or a superimposed portion of two streaks upon removing a false image due to statistical noise. That is, provision can be made of a high-speed image processing apparatus capable of outputting a processed image of high visibility in accordance with a shape of a configuration of a subject appearing in an original image upon removing a false image associated with the statistical noise. A band image noise extract generating unit performs image processing by superimposing a band image, an isotropic blur image, and an anisotropic blur image while changing weighting for each pixel in accordance with edge reliability. Such a construction eliminates poor visibility in the dotted configuration or the superimposed portion of two streaks upon removing the false image in the original image.

The invention provides an adaptive fault diagnosis method of an aircraft generator rectifier. State monitoring and fault detection of the aircraft generator rectifier are realized. The implementation contents of the method comprise the following steps: determining working modes of a diode of the aircraft generator rectifier; acquiring historical data of the diode of the aircraft generator rectifier under various working modes; training by using the historical data; establishing classifiers for various working modes of the diode of the aircraft generator rectifier on the basis of a stumps method; changing weights of the different classifiers by using an adaptive method to generate an integral binary classifier; finally introducing an active learning mechanism by using a Generalized Bradley-Terry model to form a multi-classifier. The method is integrated in FADEC (Full Authority Digital Engine Control) of an aircraft engine, so fault monitoring of the generator rectifier can be realized, the accuracy and the efficiency for fault diagnosis of the aircraft generator rectifier are improved, and connection can be automatically cut off by the system when a fault of the rectifier occurs to prevent damage from being caused to subordinate equipment.

The present disclosure relates to an automotive braking control apparatus and method. The automotive braking control apparatus includes: a weather condition determiner determining weather conditions on the basis of image information received from a camera; a collision determiner determining possibility of a collision with a forward object on the basis of the image information received from the camera and object sensing information received from a radar; and an automotive braking controller controlling emergency braking of a vehicle when it is determined that there is possibility of a collision with the forward object, in which the collision determiner changes weight for the image information and weight for the object sensing information on the basis of the weather conditions.

A weighing scale includes a platform supporting a load. Force transducers beneath the platform output respective transducer force signals of the load. An area sensor above the platform outputs area force signals of load forces applied to respective spatial areas of the platform. A processor is configured to determine the load's weight and location on the platform based on the transducer force signals and the area force signals. A method of weighing the load is also described. A method of monitoring the load includes measuring first transducer force signal(s) and first area force signal(s) of the load, and then repeatedly measuring second force signal(s) of the load using the transducer(s) or area sensor until the first and second signal(s) indicate a change in a weight or location of the load. A changed weight or changed location of the load is then determined using the measured second force signal(s).

Being in use for testing multiple up going channels or multiple down going channels of base station, the method includes uses one channel as standard channel, another channel as channel to be tested, and closes up other channels; keeping weight value of standard channel unchanged, and changing weight value of channel to be tested to make synthetic power in-band minimum, which is as value of first power; adding 180 degrees to or subtracting 180 degrees from the weight value and recording the synthetic power in-band as value of second power at this point; determining coherence between channel to be tested and standard channel based on different value between second and first values of power; keeping standard channel unchanged, and selecting the rest of channels one by one as channel to be tested; determining the said coherence from one channel to another. The invention solves issue of that there is no dedicated instrument to measure coherence between channels.

A method, apparatus, and program product is provided to, in response to receiving a first database query for which usage of shared weight indices is prohibited, determine whether a shared weight index associated with a column of a database table referenced by the first database query can be utilized as a non-shared weight index to optimize the database query. The method, apparatus, and program product determine whether the column includes at least one changed weight value and determines whether the database query references at least one changed weight value in the column. The shared weight index is utilized to optimize the first database query in response to determining that the shared weight index can be utilized as a non-shared weight index to optimize the first database query.

The invention relates to a quantitative analysis method for collected footprints by a three-dimensional observation system, which comprises the following steps of: inputting SPS (Symbolic Programming System) data according to the designed plan of the three-dimensional observation system and calculating the energy change weight coefficient value W of each surface element in the three-dimensional observation system; carrying out qualitative analysis on the collected footprints by the three-dimensional observation system according to value W distribution of all surface elements; carrying out quantitative analysis on the collected footprints by the three-dimensional observation system by calculating and analyzing difference, mean value and mean square error value of the values W of all surface elements; and comparatively selecting the designed plan of the three-dimensional observation system with smallest collected footprint. The invention can be used for carrying out qualitative and quantitative analysis on the collected footprints caused by the three-dimensional observation system and quantitatively comparing the performance difference before and after change of the three-dimensional observation system so that the collected footprints are minimized in the design stage of the observation system, thereby ensuring the accuracy and continuity of the sectional amplitude and providingguarantee for improving the forecast of reservoir stratum, oil pool description and AVO(earthquake amplitude and phase relationship) research precision.

Adaptively changing weights for fair scheduling in broadcast environments is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for allocating bandwidth among a plurality of flows, such as nodes, sharing an output link, such as a network, is disclosed. The method includes adaptively determining a weight for each flow, based on a predetermined criteria, and allocating a portion of bandwidth to each flow proportionally to the weight for the flow. In one embodiment, the predetermined criteria takes into account an input rate of data packets for each flow, while in another embodiment, the predetermined criteria takes into account an queue size for each flow.

The invention relates to a magnetic control type full-angle-feeding three-product heavy medium cyclone, belonging to the technical field of coal separation equipment. The heavy medium cyclone comprises a cyclone cylinder and a magnetic control device, wherein the magnetic control device is arranged on the cyclone cylinder and is used for changing weight medium distribution of to-be-separated materials in the cyclone cylinder by virtue of magnetic force traction; the magnetic control device comprises an internal magnetic system and an external magnetic system which are respectively arranged on the inner side and outer side of the cyclone cylinder, and the internal magnetic system and the external magnetic system are respectively electrified to control the magnetic force. The heavy medium cyclone has the beneficial effects that after materials are fed into the cyclone cylinder, traction forces are generated to heavy mediums by virtue of the magnetic forces of the internal and external magnetic systems of the magnetic control device, so that the distribution of the heavy mediums is regulated, the materials are effectively dispersed, and elimination of blockage is facilitated; the stability of suspension liquid is controlled, and the separation time is regulated and controlled; the distribution of separation layers of the heavy mediums is changed, the loss of clean coal is reduced, the yield of the clean coal is improved, a coarse size phenomenon is reduced, and the quality of the clean coal is improved; by arranging a flow guide device, the materials and the medium suspension liquid can be fed in batch along a 360-degree annular direction, so as to realize batch washing selection.

A weight lifting system consisting of thin light-weight sandals to be strapped to a person's shod feet, the sandals having additional parts that are designed to attach to and detach from corresponding hardware on weights and weight holding devices. The sandals are designed and built so they will not interfere with walking or other exercises. The hardware works quickly and easily and a plurality of different weights is preferred with the net result being that the user can quickly and easily pick up and put down weights with their feet, change the amount of weight, and change weights from foot to foot and, hence, can easily move from one exercise to another, and there is no need to remove the sandals when performing other exercises.

The contactless method of supplying power magnetically couples a portable device (50) receiving coil (51) with a power supply stand (10) transmitting coil (11) and transmits power by magnetic induction. The portable device sends power adjustment signals to the power supply stand, and the stand adjusts transmitting coil output based on the power adjustment signals. The portable device compares the power received from the stand to the required power, sends an increase-power-request signal if the received power is below the required power, and sends a decrease-power-request signal if the received power is above the required power. Power adjustment signals include increase-power-request weighting values that increase with the size of the request to increase power and / or rate-of-change weighting values that increase with the amount of change in the requested power. Weighting values output with a given period are added and a foreign object is judged to be present when the sum attains a set value. Thus, it is one object of the present invention to provide a contactless method of supplying power that can stably and reliably detect foreign objects with a simple circuit structure and low manufacturing cost.

A system for measuring the weight of an object while pulling the object upward includes a puller having a frame and a cable having a first end coupled to the object and a second end engaging a second cylinder. At least a portion of the cable engages the outer circumferential surface of a first cylinder and the second cylinder. The apparatus also includes an upper arm and an actuator. A force measurement device is coupled to the first cylinder and to the upper arm and measures the weight of the object. The actuator is operable to lower and raise the weight measurement device and the first cylinder. In some embodiments, the position of the cable with respect to the frame may be adjusted by a dampening system or a bushing.