49 results about "Energy minimum" patented technology

Methods and systems are provided for optimizing the control of energy supply and demand. An energy control unit includes one or more algorithms for scheduling the control of energy consumption devices on the basis of variables relating to forecast energy supply and demand. Devices for which energy consumption can be scheduled or deferred are activated during periods of cheapest energy usage. Battery storage and alternative energy sources (e.g., photovoltaic cells) are activated to sell energy to the power grid during periods that are determined to correspond to favorable cost conditions.

An ion implanter includes an ion source for generating an ion beam, an analyzer for separating unwanted components from the ion beam, a first beam transport device for transporting the ion beam through the analyzer at a first transport energy, a first deceleration stage positioned downstream of the analyzer for decelerating the ion beam from the first transport energy to a second transport energy, a beam filter positioned downstream of the first deceleration stage for separating neutral particles from the ion beam, a second beam transport device for transporting the ion beam through the beam filter at the second transport energy, a second deceleration stage positioned downstream of the beam filter for decelerating the ion beam from the second transport energy to a final energy, and a target site for supporting a target for ion implantation. The ion beam is delivered to the target site at the final energy. In a double deceleration mode, the second transport energy is greater than the final energy for highest current at low energy. In an enhanced drift mode, the second transport energy is equal to the final energy for highest beam purity at low energy.

Stitched images generated from combinations of multiple separate images mostly have irregular boundaries. Users generally prefer rectangular boundaries. Techniques for warping an image with irregular boundaries to give the image rectangular boundaries are disclosed herein. Preliminary warping of the image into the rectangle provides a rectangular shape on which to overlay a mesh. The image is reverted to its original shape with irregular boundaries and the mesh is warped accordingly. Global optimization is applied to the image by finding an energy minimum, or reduced energy below a threshold, for a function that gives the image a rectangular shape while preserving shapes and preserving straight lines. The mesh is warped according to the solution of the function and the image is stretched and / or compressed along with the mesh. This approach generates results that are qualitatively more visually attractive than other contemporary techniques.

Disclosed in the invention is an ant colony algorithm-based high-energy efficiency wireless sensor network routing method. The method comprises three parts: cluster establishment, transmission in cluster, and transmission between clusters. When a multi-hop relay node is selected, a heuristic ant colony intelligent algorithm is employed to search a multi-hop transmission route; and during the searching process, an expectation importance influence is eliminated and a probability for node selection is completely decided by the link pheromone concentration. And when a local link pheromone is updated, a dump energy minimum value of a collaboration zone node is multiplied by link pheromone increasing degree Q and then the result is divided by transmission energy consumption, thereby completing updating. According to the new pheromone updating method, the dump energy and the transmission energy consumption of the node are scaled appropriately and then are introduced to the link pheromone updating; and when the dump energy of the collaboration zone node at the next hop is increased and the transmission energy consumption is reduced, the node can be selected. Therefore, when the routing method is used, total energy consumption of the network can be reduced; the dump energy of the network nodes can be balanced; and the working life of the network can be prolonged.

An image capturing device (1) includes an energy calculation unit (52), energy minimum path search unit (54), range search unit (55), α blend width determination unit (56), transmittance setting unit (58), and combination unit (59). The energy calculation unit (52) respectively calculates energy values for pixels in a first image based on the first image and a second image. The energy path determination unit (54) determines a path in the first image based on the calculated energy values. The range search unit (55) determines, in the first image, for a range of pixels whose energy values are close to one of the calculated energy values on the determined path.

The invention relates to a texture and geometric attribute combined model based indoor target analytic method, which comprises the following steps: first, evaluating a static area in an image; then, adopting a slide window; in the static area, calculating the similarity between the texture attribute of the combined model and the texture attribute of the image in the slide window, so as to obtain a probability map of tested images, wherein the number of each pixel of the images represents the probability of the point belonging to the target; obtaining a super pixel set of the images through a segmentation method, and extracting semantic segmentation of the target in the images based on the super pixel set in combination with the probability map obtained from the last step; and finally, evaluating the directed enclosure surface of the target, namely the geometric attribute of the target, in the images through the method, in combination with the geometric attribute of the combined model, semantic marks and line segmentation of the image in a way of utilizing energy minimum. The method can be widely applied to indoor scene target analysis, scene comprehension and three-dimensional reconstruction of computer vision system of monitoring, robot and the like.

Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to conversion of renewable energy such as solar, wind, falling water, wave and biomass resources into energy forms for practical transport by existing electricity and natural gas transport systems and includes embodiments for cyclic conversion of rectilinear forces into electricity wherein charged particles force a separate population of charged particles to flow in a separate circuit to create an electric current. Forces exerted at a first frequency are converted into cyclic electrical current at a frequency that is a multiple of the frequency of the forces. Similar arrangements are provided for conversion of rotary forces into electricity. Components of the disclosure can be manufactured at a high rate from very low cost materials with minimum energy requirements for the purpose of generation of low-cost electricity from linear motion engines and renewable forces such as ocean waves and flowing fluids such as water or air. Corrosion and biofouling are eliminated by application of cathodic and chemical treatments produced by the operation of the disclosure. Various embodiments of the disclosure allow improved cogeneration and motor vehicles, household appliances, and industrial equipment to be operated on energy converted from rectilinear forces.

There are provided a method and a system for computation of optimal distance bounds on compressed time-series data. In a method for similarity search, the method includes the step of transforming sequence data into a compressed sequence represented by top-k coefficients of the sequence data and a sum of the energy of omitted coefficients of the sequence data. The method further includes the step of computing at least one of a lower bound and an upper bound on a distance range between a query sequence and the compressed sequence, given a first and a second constraint. The first constraint is that a sum of squares of the omitted coefficients is less than a sum of the energy of the omitted coefficients. The second constraint is that the energy of the omitted coefficients is less than the energy of a lowest energy one of the top-k coefficients.

An apparatus and method is provided to accurately align a cap wafer relative to a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) wafer during a bonding process. Other materials may be accurately aligned as well. A trench is established in the MEMS wafer, and a printed substance, secured to the cap wafer, flows into the trench when a pressure is applied to the cap wafer at bond temperature. Natural forces aid in shifting the materials into a lowest energy state and self-aligns the materials into a desired position. The trench also serves as a collection trench for the flowing substance by helping to shape the substance. The trench dimensions may be used to aid in creating a hermetic seal. The alignment tolerances required conventionally during the device design stage are decreased, since the present invention provides a repeatable and accurate alignment bonding process. Chip multiple is increased and therefore chip costs are decreased.

Systems, methods, and devices relating to the use of multiple DC power generation sources with DC / DC converters to thereby provide AC power suitable for provision to a power grid. Multiple DC power generation sources are each coupled to an input stage with a DC / DC converter. All the DC / DC converters in the multiple input stages are controlled by a single digital controller. Within the single digital controller are controller sub-blocks, each of which generates control signals for a specific DC / DC converter. Each controller sub-block provides multiple functions for improving the performance of the system as a whole.

An organic electroluminescent element includes an organic layer including a compound having an electron donor moiety and an electron acceptor moiety in a single molecule. The compound satisfies the following expression: (ΔEH+ΔEL)≧2.0 eV. ΔEH represents a difference in energy level between a highest energy occupied molecular orbital spreading over the electron donor moiety and a highest energy occupied molecular orbital spreading over the electron acceptor moiety, and ΔEL represents a difference in energy level between a lowest energy unoccupied molecular orbital spreading over the electron donor moiety and a lowest energy unoccupied molecular orbital spreading over the electron acceptor moiety, determined by molecular orbital calculation. A highest energy occupied molecular orbital of the compound has an energy level of −5.2 eV or more. A lowest energy unoccupied molecular orbital of the compound has an energy level of −1.2 eV or less.

The invention discloses an OFDMA subcarrier distribution method based on energy efficiency. The method comprises steps that: network parameters are initialized, the subcarrier number distributed to each user is determined according to a ratio of a basic transmission rate of each user to a total transmission rate; equalization processing on a network channel gain noise ratio is carried out, subcarrier distribution is determined by employing an optimal channel quality distribution principle under the limit of the subcarrier number distributed to each user; and based on subcarrier distribution, subcarrier distribution between a highest energy efficiency user and a lowest energy efficiency user is adjusted according to adjusting rules to make integral network energy efficiency increase, and final subcarrier distribution is determined. Through the method, subcarrier distribution is determined through adjusting according to the optimal channel quality distribution principle, each user in the network is guaranteed to satisfy a basic transmission rate, a transmitted bit number per a network unit Joule is improved, calculation complexity is relatively low, and the realized energy efficiency approaches to the optimal energy efficiency.

A method for estimating acoustic noise in an environment where a mobile communication device is operating and where the acoustic noise includes nonstationary noise or speech-like noises, and wherein the environment also includes speech signals. The method includes searching for a local minimum energy over a plurality of frames using at least two reference signals including a first signal comprised of a time-sensitive current local minimum energy estimate, emin, and a second signal comprised of a time-weighted average of previous detected local energy minima, eminmean; and deciding whether the detected local energy minima of the second reference signal is a noise signal. Also, binning the detected input signal energy minima values within a plurality of histograms; and calculating a composite noise energy estimate comprised of a weighted sum of a maximum probability noise energy estimate and an expected value noise energy estimate. As such a nonstationary noise estimator is formed.

New fiber lasers, spontaneous emission sources, and optical fiber amplifiers are provided. Their conventional counterparts, which have a fiber doped with thulium (Tm) ions and excited by 0.67 μm or 0.8 μm pumping light, have a problem in that their characteristics are deteriorated with the elapse of time. The new fiber lasers, spontaneous emission sources, and optical fiber amplifiers use 1.2 μm light as pumping light. Alternatively, they use a pumping source for exciting the thulium from the lowest energy level 3H6 to 3H5 excitation level. As a more preferable configuration, they improve the emission efficiency at 2.3 μm band by disclosing Tm-doped host glass.

A new class of materials for use in electric and electroluminescent devices having one or more phosphine oxide moieties bonded by single bonds to two outer groups. In embodiments having two or more phosphine oxide moieties, the two or more phosphine oxide moieties are further joined by a bridging group. By selecting appropriate bridging and outer groups, the new class of materials of the present invention enables designers to “tune” the electrical and electroluminescent characteristics of the materials. The phosphine oxide moiety restricts electron conjugation between the bridging and outer groups, isolating the bridging and outer groups from each other, and allowing the photophysical properties of the bridging and outer groups to be maintained in the molecule. The lowest energy component (bridging group or particular outer group) thus defines the triplet state, highest occupied molecular orbital and lowest unoccupied molecular energies for the entire molecule.

The invention provides a technical scheme of an RKA (relativistic klystron amplifier) output cavity with an inner conductor arranged inside. According to the scheme, the output cavity comprises a drift tube, an output cavity body, an output cavity end cover, an output coaxial outer conductor, a collector, the inner conductor, inner support rods and outer support rods, wherein the drift tube is connected with the output cavity end cover; the output coaxial outer conductor is arranged on the outer wall of the output cavity body; the collector is fixed in the output coaxial outer conductor through the outer support rods; an outer nose cone is arranged on the collector; the inner conductor is arranged at one end, close to the outer nose cone, in the collector and connected with the outer nose cone on the collector through the inner support rods. The structure of the RKA output cavity is improved, the minimum energy required when electrons arrive at an output cavity gap can be reduced, and the output microwave power and the beam wave conversion efficiency of an RKA can be improved.

A method for nondestructively measuring the density of a panel, comprising the steps of: directing a collimated radiation beam at the panel at an oblique angle; passing the panel under the collimated radiation beam or passing the collimated radiation beam over the panel; continuously detecting a resultant beam of a plurality of photons with a detector directed at the panel; counting only those photons with an energy level above a minimum energy level; correcting for inaccuracies at the edges of the panel; and generating a density profile of the panel throughout the thickness of the panel.

There are provided a method and a system for computation of optimal distance bounds on compressed time-series data. In a method for similarity search, the method includes the step of transforming sequence data into a compressed sequence represented by top-k coefficients of the sequence data and a sum of the energy of omitted coefficients of the sequence data. The method further includes the step of computing at least one of a lower bound and an upper bound on a distance range between a query sequence and the compressed sequence, given a first and a second constraint. The first constraint is that a sum of squares of the omitted coefficients is less than a sum of the energy of the omitted coefficients. The second constraint is that the energy of the omitted coefficients is less than the energy of a lowest energy one of the top-k coefficients.

The invention discloses a high efficiency resource distribution method supporting information and energy simultaneous transmission; the method comprises the following steps: a base station emits pilot signals to users, and the users estimate channel state information and return the information to the base station; the base station calculates subcarrier distribution factors according to the channel state information, and evenly distributes power rates on the subcarriers; the base station informs the distribution method to the users, the users decode information from the distributed subcarriers, and energy can be collected from undistributed subcarriers. The method allows the system to obtain the maximum total throughput while satisfying the minimum energy collection threshold of each user.

The invention discloses a search method and device for figure information. The search method includes the steps that figure identity information in multiple networks and figure identity corresponding relations are obtained; the figure identity information of the known figure identity corresponding relations is gathered to serve as a training set; an energy minimum model based on the figure behavior similarity degree is constructed, and then energy factors and a matching relation classifier are obtained; energy filling is performed through the energy factors to form an energy matrix, and a matching result predicted at one time is obtained through solving the energy matrix; matching results obtained through repeated solving are integrated, so that the figure identity corresponding relations are obtained, and the identity uniformity of figures with the same name is determined; an input name is received, and the identity information, in different networks, of the same figure is displayed in one webpage. The method and device can determine the uniformity of the information with different identities but the same name in the multiple networks, and the adopted algorithm is efficient and calculation is rapid in the process of displaying the identity information, in different networks, of the same figure in the webpage.

The invention discloses an energy minimum control method of an input limited double-integrating system. In the method, a plane analysis method is utilized to provide an optimal control and optimal path line non-iterative computational formula of the input limited double-integrating system under the condition of any boundary value on the basis of the Pontryagin minimum principle. The invention provides a solving method with high computing efficiency and accurate and reliable results for optimal control on two-point boundary value fixing.

The invention discloses an energy consumption optimization method for a double-variable hydraulic system under changing work conditions. The energy consumption optimization method comprises the following steps of: building a hydraulic cylinder displacement, hydraulic loop pressure and hydraulic loop flow rate database through an experiment; to a hydraulic system in running, searching and acquiringthe hydraulic loop pressure and flow rate requirements under the corresponding work condition in the database according to displacement information received by a sensor; regulating the rotating speed of a motor and the output of a pump by using a controller to make sure that the output hydraulic loop pressure of the pump and the hydraulic loop flow rate meet the hydraulic loop pressure and the hydraulic loop flow rate requirements under the corresponding work condition; when the work condition changes, controlling the motor to be switched from an optimal speed to the required speed for the next work condition by using the controller according to an optimal motor acceleration calculated and acquired by the energy consumption optimization method of the system; and meanwhile regulating theoutput of the pump to reach the required output. The energy consumption optimization method disclosed by the invention can be used for controlling the rotating speed, the output of the pump and the acceleration of the motor at an adjacent work condition point under all work conditions according to an energy minimum requirement and farthest guarantees energy consumption minimum of a hydraulic machine in continuous running.

The invention discloses a density functional and hybrid functional-based method for calculating a defect motion of Si, relates to a method for calculating the defect motion of the Si, and aims to solve the problem of low accuracy of obtaining defect motion energy of the Si by adopting a density functional method at present. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a lattice parameter of the Si;obtaining a lattice parameter of an energy minimum point of the Si; according to the lattice parameters and the band-gap width, obtaining a simulative result consistent with an experimental result; calculating energy change in a bivacancy separation process by using density functional and CLNEB methods, obtaining atomic structures of Si atoms under different electrified capacity, and calculatingthe energy change in the bivacancy separation process by adopting a hybrid functional method according to the structures. The method is used in the field of Si defect motion calculation.

A method for nondestructively measuring the density of a panel, comprising the steps of: directing a collimated radiation beam at the panel at an oblique angle; passing the panel under the collimated radiation beam or passing the collimated radiation beam over the panel; continuously detecting a resultant beam of a plurality of photons with a detector directed at the panel; counting only those photons with an energy level above a minimum energy level; correcting for inaccuracies at the edges of the panel; and generating a density profile of the panel throughout the thickness of the panel.

The invention discloses a stereo matching method based on full-connection random field combination energy minimization, and the method comprises the following steps: counting the matching error vector of each pixel in a target image relative to a matching image, wherein the number of dimensions of the matching error vector is equal to the total number of preset parallax error levels; constructing an image parallax error value random field model according to the matching error vector based on the full-connection random field combination energy minimization; taking the energy minimum value of the random field model as a solving object, carrying out the iterative solving of the random field model through employing a mean field approximation algorithm, and obtaining the classification probability vector of all pixels in the target image, so as to construct a parallax error image. The random field model comprises global energy and local energy at the same time. A smoother result is obtained in a flat region through the global energy item, and more details are kept in a fine region through the local energy item. The method guarantees a certain solving speed through employing the mean field approximation algorithm.

The invention discloses a detector for detecting metal dangerous materials, which comprises a DC power supply, a switch, a loudspeaker, a high-frequency transformer, a zener diode, a first diode, a second diode, a first potentiometer, a second potentiometer, a first triode to a fifth triode, a first capacitor to a seventh capacitor, and a first resistor to a fifteenth resistor. When the primary coil of the transformer approaches a metal object, eddy current is generated in the metal conductor, energy loss in an oscillating circuit is increased, positive feedback is weakened, oscillation of an oscillator in a critical state is weakened, the lowest energy needed for oscillation can not even be kept to enable oscillation of the oscillator to stop, the change is detected via the circuit, the change is converted into a sound signal, and according to existence of the sound, whether the metal object is below the coil can be judged and detected. The detector for detecting metal dangerous materials has the advantages that the structure is simple, adopted elements are few, the size is small, the cost is low, manufacturing is easy, sensitivity is extremely high, and small metal dangerous materials and covered metal dangerous materials can be easily detected.

The invention provides a periodic online equalization method and device for unmanned aerial vehicle formation communication energy consumption, and relates to the field of unmanned aerial vehicle communication. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a communication network of an unmanned aerial vehicle formation based on a three-dimensional formation needing to be formed by the unmanned aerial vehicle formation and initial energy of unmanned aerial vehicles; acquiring an information interaction topology of the unmanned aerial vehicle formation based on the communication network; sending the information interaction topology of the unmanned aerial vehicle formation to the unmanned aerial vehicles; when the real-time time difference between the flight time and the initial time of the unmanned aerial vehicle is greater than a preset scheduling period, obtaining the residual energy of each unmanned aerial vehicle, and judging whether the residual energy of each unmanned aerial vehicleis greater than the minimum energy for maintaining the flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle or not; if the conditions are met, updating the information interaction topology of the unmanned aerial vehicle formation based on the current residual energy, and continuously circulating the process until the conditions are not met; and when the condition is not met, commanding the unmanned aerial vehicle to land. According to the invention, the workable time of the unmanned aerial vehicle formation during task execution can be prolonged.

An image capturing device includes an energy calculation unit, which calculates energy corresponding to each concerned pixel of the same image based on one image and other images forming a synthetic object of the image; an energy minimum path search unit, which searches a path of the image whose energy is the smallest among the calculated concerned pixel; a range search unit (55), which searches the pixel range of value similar to each concerned pixel; an alpha blend width determination unit, which determines the blend width of the one image and other images with the path being the starting point based on the searched pixel range, a transmittance setting unit, which sets the transmittance of the one image and other images at the time of synthesis based on the set blend width, and a combination unit which combines the one image and other images based on the blend width and the set transmittance.