536 results about "Dynamic equilibrium" patented technology

A “Smart Grid Pricer” enables automated balancing of the supply and demand of energy supply and consumption, such as the generation and consumption of electricity between electricity providers and electricity consumers. The Smart Grid Pricer automatically computes and delivers real-time energy pricing information to consumers on behalf of energy retailers (e.g., electricity utilities) to help drive the balance of demand with supply. In various embodiments, real-time pricing is determined by using various probabilistic models to estimate overall consumer demand as a function of factors such as energy price, time of day, region, weather, etc. to compute a price that will result in an energy demand that is closely balanced to the available supply. On the consumer side, various components of the Smart Grid Pricer automatically respond to such pricing information to optimize energy consumption in accordance with a variety of automated and/or user defined rules and preferences.

A method of generating graphic images on a display device of a computer system, by dividing the viewable area of the display device into a plurality of tiles, assigning each of the tiles to respective rendering processes, rendering a frame on the display device using the rendering processes, and adjusting the sizes of the tiles in response to the rendering step. The method then uses the adjusted tile sizes to render the next frame. The tile areas are preferably constrained from becoming too small. The adjusted tile sizes may optionally be smoothed, such as by averaging in weighted sizes from previous frames. The tile sizes are adjusted by measuring the rendering times required for each rendering process to complete a respective portion of the frame, and then resizing the tiles based on the measured rendering times.

A load balancing system for dynamic balancing of load between sectors of a sectored cellular base station, comprises a plurality of repeaters with local coverage in the sectors, and a switching matrix, for associating between the repeaters and the base station, and for allowing the repeaters to be switched between different sectors. If the system uses the base station assigned frequency band for communication with the repeaters then the system can be provided with minimal interference as an add-on to a legacy base station. An add-on may also be provided using microwave frequency and dedicated antennas.

A method and apparatus for dynamically balancing the loading of video data storage devices facilitates the transfer of video data by acquiring a listing of locations and loading of all segments of a requested video data. Those storage devices containing copies of each segment of the video data having a least loading are selected. If the loading of the storage devices exceed their maximum capacity, the segment is divided into sub-segments and stored to storage devices with minimum loading. The presence of all segments of the requested video data is determined. If there are missing segments of the requested video data, each of those missing segments is assigned a file identification and file location, such that those missing segments are retrieved from a back-up storage device and assigned to data storage devices having the least loading for transfer to a requesting computer system.

A power system is provided for robotic systems such as dynamically balancing robots, including inverted pendulum robots, robots that balance on two legs, and dynamically balancing robotic personal vehicles. Under normal operation, the power system provides operating power from a power source such as an internal battery system or an external AC power supply. The power system includes an energy storage device, such as an ultracapacitor assembly, that can provide emergency power sufficient to power components of the robotic system to a stable shutdown configuration in the event of a deleterious power event.

A wagering game system and its operations are described herein. In embodiments, the operations can include determining audio playlists from a plurality of independent wagering game applications (“applications”). The audio playlists can include multiple sound content that is activated contemporaneously on a wagering game machine for each of the applications. The operations can further include determining sound classes assigned to the sound content and determining, from prioritization rules, priority values for the sound classes. The operations can further include comparing the priority values and generating sound balancing priorities for the sound content based on the comparison of the priority values. The operations can also include dynamically balancing the sound content, as presented on audio production devices, based on the sound balancing priorities.

The invention relates to an intelligent heating network dispatching system. The system comprises a data monitoring and collecting unit, a load predicting unit, a heating network balancing unit and a dispatching unit. The data monitoring and collecting unit can carry out data collecting and monitoring on a heat source, a heat exchanging station, a heat user and a pipe network of a heat supplying system. According to data collected by the data monitoring and collecting unit and meteorological information, real-time user load predicting is carried out by the load predicting unit in a heating period, and an energy consumption predicted value is obtained. Comparing is carried out on actual running data of the heat supplying system and the energy consumption predicted value, and according to the compared result, correcting is carried out on the energy consumption predicted value. According to the real-time running data collected by the data monitoring and collecting unit, analyzing is carried out by the heating network balancing unit in the heating period, and a whole network dynamic balancing control scheme is confirmed. According to the energy consumption predicted value of the load predicting unit and the whole network dynamic balancing control scheme confirmed by the heating network balancing unit, intelligent heating network dispatching is achieved by the dispatching unit.

Various methods, apparatuses, and systems in which a single-track vehicle has a retractable auxiliary-support wheel assembly and a computer control system. In an embodiment, the single-track vehicle has an elongated body. The retractable auxiliary-support wheel assembly mounts on both sides of the elongated body. The computer control system analyzes signals from one or more sensors to dynamically balance the single-track vehicle.

A gait generation device includes means for setting a translation floor reaction force's horizontal component (component concerning a friction force) applied to a robot 1, a limitation-target quantity, such as a ZMP, and an allowable range, means for determining at least a provisional instantaneous value of a desired floor reaction force and a provisional instantaneous value for a desired movement of the robot 1, and means that receives at least the provisional instantaneous value for the desired movement and determines a model floor reaction force instantaneous value with the aid of a dynamics model. Based on the difference between the model floor reaction force instantaneous value and the provisional instantaneous value of the desired floor reaction force or the allowable range of the limitation-target quantity, the provisional instantaneous value for the desired movement is corrected so that the limitation-target quantity falls within the allowable range and a dynamical equilibrium condition on the dynamics model is satisfied, thereby determining a desired instantaneous value.

An allowable range of a frictional force component, such as a horizontal component of a translation floor reaction force, applied to a legged mobile robot 1 is set, and a provisional movement with a current time gait of the robot 1 is determined so as to satisfy a condition concerning the allowable range and a dynamical equilibrium condition that a moment produced about a point of application of a provisional desired floor reaction force substantially agrees with a provisional desired floor reaction force moment. The provisional movement is determined by adjusting movements in two movement modes which are different in ratio between the translation floor reaction force and the floor reaction force moment. Based on the final state of the provisional movement, the current time gait is determined by correcting the provisional movement and at least one of the point of application of the provisional desired floor reaction force and the provisional desired floor reaction force moment in such a manner that the current time gait is connected to or brought close to a normal gait. The correction is performed when the frictional force component is unlikely to exceed the allowable range.

The invention discloses a refrigerant flow control method for a multi-connected air-conditioning system during heating. The refrigerant flow control method controls the refrigerant flow in the system by adjusting the opening of an electronic expansion valve in a switched-off indoor unit, and comprises the following steps: a. enabling the air-conditioning system to enter a heating operational mode; b. switching off or switching on the valve according to the condensing pressure and evaporating pressure of the system; c. switching on the valve according to the exhaust temperature of a compressor; and d. switching off or switching on the valve according to the condensing saturation temperature converted from the condensing pressure or according to the coil temperature of the switched-on indoor unit, the coil temperature of the switched-off indoor unit, the outlet temperature of a heat exchanger in the switched-off indoor unit and the inlet temperature of the heat exchanger in the switched-off indoor unit. The dynamic equilibrium control strategy for a refrigerant provided by the invention can automatically adjust the opening of the electronic expansion valve in the switched-off indoorunit according to the system operation conditions, thereby avoiding energy waste and reduced heating effect caused by overlarge deviation of the opening of the expansion valve, and improving the heating performance of the air-conditioning system.

A three-dimensional (3-D) culture “Petri-dish” for research in regenerative medicine, biotechnology and clinical translation is described. This 3-D perfusion culture dish is to advance in vitro culture tools from static 2-D to dynamic 3-D perfusion culture. Interwoven hollow fiber capillary membranes divide the “Petri-dish” culture space into a controllable 3-D pattern of different compartments, serving the functions of the organ's larger vasculature. These physically active scaffolds, which can be suitable for cell adhesion or cell aggregate immobilization, offer a supply of cells with high-performance mass exchange including gas supply and under perfusion conditions. In contrast to static and discontinuous medium supply, a dynamic culture can be achieved with continuous or alternating medium supply and integral oxygenation. They provide a more physiologic supply in the cell macro environment, including homeostasis of oxygen, pH, nutrition, soluble factors, and gradients of metabolites for the cells. Also, medium perfusion can be achieved. Consequently the invention was made for cultures at tissue density, especially stem cells and support cells, which strive to create their own stem cell niche.

The invention discloses a method and equipment for flow equilibrium based on a flexible link group. The method is applied to network equipment at least comprising a first port and a second port and comprises the following steps: counting the VLAN flow transferred by the first port and the VLAN flow transferred by the second port; and determining whether the first port or the second port is blockedand the other one is idle or not according to a counting result, if true, migrating the VLAN flow of the blocked port to the idle port. By using the invention, the VLAN flow of the blocked port in the equipment can be migrated to the idle port, thereby completing a load sharing technology of Smart Link. The invention can ensure that the flow of a block link can be equalized in time under the existence of idle link, thereby avoiding blockage and realizing dynamic equilibrium of the flow.

A maximum power point tracking system, named flash supercapacitor-solar power device, and method for a solar power system, which mainly adds a pulse-power supercapacitor for being operated in a dynamic equilibrium are disclosed. The duty ratio D is changed and the voltage variance of the supercapacitor is observed to determine the next adjusting direction of the duty ratio D of the DC/DC converter. In the present invention, only a voltage value of the supercapacitor is needed to be monitored and no current-detection is needed. The output power of the solar power system can be actually estimated. The maximum power is traced in an oscillatory way. Therefore, the operation process of the perturbation and observation method, which is generally implemented currently, is simplified. By utilizing the steady-state equilibrium of the supercapacitor, only the voltage of the supercapacitor needs to be detected, and there is no need to measure and calculate the voltage and current values. The system is simple and easily accessible, which is a maximum power point tracking system and method with high efficiency for a solar power system.

A cylindrical vertical oil, water and gas separator that incorporates the known advantage of a horizontal flow path, when utilizing the force of gravity to separate a mixture of flowing fluids into distinct laminar layers, while providing a means for maintaining the dynamic equilibrium of the disparate layers of the fluids even when the oil, water and gas separator is swaying back and forth as might happen if the oil, water and gas separator is installed on the deck of a ship.

The invention relates to a method and a circuit for dynamically equalizing a battery management system. The method comprises the following steps of: 1) detecting the voltage of each single battery in each group of battery packs sequentially connected in series by using embedded control software; 2) judging the location number of the single battery which needs to be charged or discharged separately and has excessively low or high voltage by using a central processing unit (CPU); 3) giving a control command out by using the CPU, controllably gating a corresponding polarity selecting switch block to perform polarity inversion on a collection bus, controllably gating a corresponding battery selecting switch block to perform polarity matching at the same time, controlling the working direction of a bidirectional isolation transformer and connecting the single battery which needs to be charged or discharged separately and has the excessively low or high voltage to the connection bus for charging or discharging so as to realize energy transfer; and 4) repeating the steps 1) to 3) until the voltage of each single battery in each group of battery packs sequentially connected in series is in a set allowable error range so as to realize dynamic equilibrium. The number of charging and discharging devices and circuit complexity of the battery management system can be reduced remarkably.

This invention relates to one sample method and device for evaporated gas above water and earth, wherein, the device comprises the following parts: one dynamic sample box with mixture pusher; one nitrogen compression gas storage bottle through pressure release valve and input gas flow meter to the gas in mouth of sample box; the gas exit mouth is connected to the three-way valve input end with first connected to one small air pump through one single valve and with second output end connected to vacuum sample machine to form sample system.

An active differential antenna is described that provides for improved performance for wireless communication systems across a wide set of use cases and environments. A balanced antenna structure along with switch assembly provides the differential mode radiation which results in minimal coupling to the components and items in the near field of the antenna. This results in an efficient antenna that is well isolated from the local environment of the antenna. The switch assembly is configured to switch the feed and ground connections of the differential design when needed to provide similar antenna performance for both “against head left” and “against head right” use cases for a cellular handset application for example. An active component or circuit can be integrated or coupled to the antenna design to provide the capability to dynamically balance the antenna to maintain pattern symmetry and efficiency.

A Micro Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) acceleration sensing device formed of a silicon substrate having a substantially planar surface; a pendulous sensing element having a substantially planar surface suspended in close proximity to the substrate planar surface; a flexure suspending the sensing element for motion relative to the substrate planar surface, the flexure having a both static geometric centerline and a dynamic centerline that is offset from the static geometric centerline; and a metal electrode positioned on the substrate surface for forming a capacitor with the pendulous sensing element, the metal electrode being positioned as a function of the dynamic centerline of the flexure.

Packet flows are processed, e.g. to perform an intrusion detection function in a communication network, by means of a multiprocessor system including a plurality of processing units. The packets are distributed for processing among the processing units via a distribution function. Such a distribution function is selectively allotted to one of the processing units of the plurality. A preferred embodiment of the arrangement involves using a single Symmetric Multi-Processor machine with a single network port to Gigabit/sec link. The corresponding system architecture does not require any intermediate device, or any external load balancing mechanism. All the processing work is performed on a single system, which is able to dynamically balance the traffic load among the several independent CPUs. By resorting to a specific scheduling arrangement, such a system is able to effectively distribute the computations required to perform both the loadbalancing and the detection operations.