130 results about "Fixed duration" patented technology

A novel means of marketing the environmental attributes of renewable energy or emissions credits. By selling these attributes together with the item whose energy or emissions impact they neutralize, Mainstay Energy offers to make more concrete and compelling the value these attributes represent. The sale may take the form of: lifetime energy use displacement, a fixed period displacement, or a fixed period with renewals. These attributes exist for all forms of energy, including electricity, natural gas, gasoline, diesel fuel, and others, and we would like to protect against others using this “embedded attributes” approach with any of these energy types or emissions reductions credits.

A method and apparatus for detecting and transmitting voice signals in a packet voice network system. The method and apparatus make use of a voice activity detection (VAD) unit at a transmitter, for determining if an input signal contains active audio information or passive audio information, where the input signal includes a plurality of frames. For one or more frames of the input signal containing active audio information, the VAD computes a hangover time period. This computation includes determining whether the hangover time period has a fixed duration or a variable duration on the basis of characteristics of the active audio information contained in the one or more frames. When the VAD detects a frame containing passive audio information subsequent to the one or more frames containing active audio information, the input signal is suppressed after the expiry of the computed hangover time period from the detection of the passive audio information.

A low-cost switch sensor remote dead bolt status indicator includes a switch sensor which starts a transmitter at a door lock location upon sensing of a dead bolt entering into a locked position. The transmitter is provided with a self shut-off feature operating after a fixed duration of minutes length has elapsed. The indicator also includes a receiver in a hand held unit, such as a key fob capable of receiving signals from the transmitter after the user presses an inquiry key on its surface. The hand held receiver having two indicators for alternately displaying the lock's dead bolt status as being locked or unlocked. In an alternate embodiment, the switch sensor is provided as an integral part bonded to the conventional manufactured metal strike plate dead bolt frame that is typically attached to the door jamb.

A mortgage guaranty insurance policy is described having periodically adjusted premiums, the determination of said premiums being partially based on loan seasoning; and a claim settlement option chosen from the following: immediate lump-sum settlement, principal and interest payments being maintained for a fixed period prior to loan payoff, principal and interest payments being maintained until loan payoff is demanded by insured, principal and interest payments until the loan is paid off by the insurer. In one embodiment, the premium paid by the lender comprises the sum of individual premiums assigned to each loan in the insured portfolio, and each of said individual premiums are each adjusted according to separate fixed schedules. In another embodiment, the premium paid by the lender comprises the sum of individual premiums assigned to each loan in the insured portfolio, and said individual premiums are adjusted according to the same fixed schedule. In another embodiment, at least one premium adjustment includes a retrospective portion.

A two-conductor bidirectional digital telemetry interface between a seismic sensor acquisition/conversion module and a seismic data collection module. The data collection module is configured as a master electronics device and the sensor acquisition/conversion module is configured as a slave electronics device in the telemetry system. The master device provides power to the slave device over the two conductors. The master device transmits portions of commands to the slave device at a first time and the slave device transmits portions of a digital seismic data packet to the master at a different second time in a fixed-duration frame. The frames are transmitted at regular intervals. The outbound commands and inbound data are encoded by block codes. A phase-locked loop in the slave is locked to a master clock in the master by deriving a clock and a sync point from the block-coded commands it receives from the master. The block code representing each command bit minimizes dc drift and provides a level transition in the command that can be used to maintain synchronism between master and slave.

The invention provides a buck-boost switch circuit. The buck-boost switch circuit adopts a fixed duration turn-on circuit or a fixed duration turn-off circuit to control switches in the buck-boost switch circuit. The turn-on circuit adopts the fixed duration turn-on circuit or the fixed duration turn-off circuit to control a buck switch pair in a buck mode, adopts the fixed duration turn-on circuit or the fixed duration turn-off circuit to control a boost switch pair in a boost mode and adopts the fixed duration turn-on circuit or the fixed duration turn-off circuit to control the buck switch pair and the boost switch pair in a buck-boost mode so that energy transmission between an input end and an output end of the buck-boost switch circuit is adjusted. The buck-boost switch circuit provided by the invention does not need to use a loop compensation circuit and has simple circuit structure. And, the various working modes of the buck-boost switch circuit provided by the invention can be convenient to switch, the seamless joint of the various working modes can be achieved, and the buck-boost switch circuit has the better transient characteristic.

A system and method is provided for calculating and generating a predetermined payment obligation. A hypothetical portfolio of securities is selected having an initial value. A financial instrument is issued that references the hypothetical portfolio, the financial instrument having a fixed term. A guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit is deducted from a net asset value of the hypothetical portfolio on a periodic basis for the fixed term. The net asset value of the hypothetical portfolio is determined to be zero if the net asset value of the hypothetical portfolio falls below a predetermined amount of funds. An adjustment in the number of securities in the hypothetical portfolio is calculated with a computer on a periodic basis according to an algorithm, the algorithm taking into account at least one of a prevailing market value of the securities in the hypothetical portfolio and a net present value of an obligation to deduct the predetermined amount of funds until the end of the fixed term. At the end of the fixed term, the net asset value of the hypothetical portfolio is paid.

The invention describes a method and apparatus for reducing motion-induced blur inherent in portable image readers. The method consists of adding a time delay to the operation of the reader after the trigger has been activated, in order to delay the start of the acquisition cycle. When the trigger or button on a portable imaging reader is pulled or pressed, the motion imparted on the reader can be excessive. Images acquired during this time generally suffer from excessive blurring. Incorporating a short delay between trigger and acquisition, allows the image acquisition to occur at an optimal time when the reader motion is at a minimum. The time delay may be of a fixed duration in the range of 50 ms to 250 ms. In another arrangement, the time delay may determined by the time it takes for the reader motion to decelerate below a predetermined threshold.

The present invention is directed to a reversible electrochemical sensor for polyions. The sensor uses active extraction and ion stripping, which are controlled electrochemically. Spontaneous polyion extraction is suppressed by using membranes containing highly lipophilic electrolytes that possess no ion-exchange properties. Reversible extraction of polyions is induced by constant current pulse of fixed duration applied across the membrane. Subsequently, polyions are removed by applying a constant stripping potential. The sensors provide excellent stability and reversibility and allow for measurements of heparin concentration in whole blood samples via protamine titration.

A technique is provided for processing data in a packet-based communications environment. A single data packet is encapsulated into a single link layer packet data unit. The link layer unit is encoded to form at least one code block. After the currently available radio resource capacity during a fixed duration transmission interval has been determined, bits within the code block are selected to fit into or otherwise match the radio resource capacity. Thereafter, the selected bits are transmitted via a physical layer. In some variations, unsolicited redundant sets of bits are transmitted thereafter to facilitate successful receipt.

Devices, systems and methods for applying electrical impulse(s) to one or more selected nerves are described. An electrical stimulator is introduced through a to a target location within, adjacent to, or in close proximity with, the carotid sheath. The stimulator has an antenna that allows it to be powered solely by far-field or approximately plane wave electromagnetic radiation, having frequencies in the range of 0.3 to 10 GHz. Electrical impulses are applied through the stimulator to a vagus nerve to stimulate, block or otherwise modulate activity of the nerve and treat the patient's condition. The stimulator uses an adjustable number of fixed voltage (or fixed current) pulses with fixed duration to elicit desired changes in nerve response, the timing of which are controlled by an external power transmitter and controller.

The invention relates to a real-time data statistics method of mass data. The real-time data statistics method of the mass data includes the following steps that: (1) a data receiving server transmits data received from a terminal to a data processing server for data processing; (2) the data processing server performs database storage on original signals; (3) the data processing server performs signal statistics and analysis, wherein the step (3) specifically includes: 3.1) distinguishing data types of the signals, and recognizing the data types as a numeric type and a nonnumeric type; 3.2) for the signals of the numeric type, achieving the maximum value, the minimum value and the average value of each signal of the numeric type in fixed duration through statistics, and storing the maximum value, the minimum value and the average value of each signal of the numeric type into a database list of the numeric type; for the signals of the nonnumeric type, achieving appearance times and variation frequency of each state of each signal of the nonnumeric type in the fixed duration, and storing the appearance times and the variation frequency of each state of each signal of the nonnumeric type into a database list of the nonnumeric type. By adopting the real-time data statistics method of the mass data, the volume of original data to be queried is greatly reduced, and the speed of report query and the human-computer interaction experience sense are greatly improved.

A session invitation can be received from a first communicator for a first communication session. The session invitation can be for a temporary participant to join a sub-session of the first communication session for a sub-session duration specified by the first communicator. The sub-session duration can be less than a duration of the first communication session. The session information can be conveyed to the temporary participant within a session invitation so that the sub-session duration is able to be presented to the temporary participant. Thus, the temporary participant is able to accept or deny the session invitation with full knowledge of the sub-session duration.

A method for reservation of sponsored search listing positions, including extending an offer to advertisers to purchase a fixed sponsored search listing position on a search results web page affiliated with a keyword, wherein a location of the fixed position is guaranteed to the advertisers for a fixed fee over a fixed duration during which the position will belong to a purchasing advertiser; reserving the fixed position related to the keyword for the fixed duration for an advertiser; receiving an advertisement from the advertiser to be positioned in the fixed position; storing the advertisement in a database; and serving the advertisement to the fixed position of the search results web page in response to a search query for the keyword each time the search query is executed for the keyword over a time period of the fixed duration.

The present invention provides a carbonate rock thin reservoir porosity prediction method based on an seismic even and odd functions. The method comprises the following steps of: the step 101, employing a moving time window with fixed duration to capture short-term seismic signals, and obtaining an even function and an odd function of original signals on a time domain in the moving time window; the step 102, employing a well-logging curve standard and well-side seismic data to obtain a real seismic wavelet to perform standardization of amplitude spectrums of the odd function and an even function, and calculating peak amplitude attributes of the odd function and the even function; and the step 103, allowing the even function peak amplitude attributes and related seismic attribute characteristics to commonly form a multi-attribute data set, and employing multi-attribute analysis to perform fitting of actually measured reservoir porosity data, to obtain a reservoir porosity prediction result in a large scale. The method provided by the invention employs a wavelet standardization method and a method of even function and odd function extraction of seismic data to obtain attributes onlyrelated to the carbonate rock reservoir porosity, and combines a seismic multi-attribute analysis method to perform accurate prediction of the reservoir porosity.

A system and method for mass market hedge find investing is proposed that preferably works in conjunction with the U.S. Treasury's Treasury Direct program for direct investment in U.S. Government securities. A primary investment in a principal-guaranteed, fixed term financial instrument, such as U.S. Government securities, including U.S. Notes, Bonds and Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) having principal linked to the Consumer Price Index, wherein the principal is guaranteed to the extent of the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, generates an interest income stream. The interest stream is electronically diverted to a separate account within an aggregated pool invested in a hedge fund over a predetermined time horizon. The fund is preferably run by an experienced chief portfolio strategist and a money-management team.

A control device of a control valve used for an intake air-gas system of an engine, the device including, but not limited to: the control valve which is an intake air throttle valve provided in the intake air-gas system provided in the intake air-gas system of the engine to control the flow rate of intake air to the engine, or an EGR valve provided in the intake air-gas system of the engine to control the flow rate of EGR gas to the engine; and a control unit which determines a target opening of the control valve in response to the operation conditions of the engine, and controls the opening of the control valve so that the opening conforms with the target opening, wherein the control unit is configured so that, in a case where the target opening is maintained at a same level during over a fixed duration, the target opening is changed, in time, from the target opening which is determined in response to the operation conditions of the engine and controls the opening of the control valve, in order to prevent the control valve from being out of order as well as in order to detect a failure of the control valve.

A technique for determining if a processor in a multiprocessor system implementing a read-copy update (RCU) subsystem may be placed in a low power state. The technique may include performing a first predictive query of the RCU subsystem to request permission for the processor to enter the low power state. If permission is denied, the processor is not placed in the low power state. If permission is granted, the processor is placed in the low power state for a non-fixed duration. Regardless whether permission is denied or granted, a second confirming query of the RCU subsystem is performed to redetermined whether it is permissible for the processor to be in the low power state.

The invention discloses an information processing method which is applied to an electronic device. The electronic device can play first data with play duration. The method comprises the steps of judging whether a first condition is met when the electronic device plays the first data; switching to a second moment of the first data from a first moment of the first data when a judgment result shows that the first condition is met, wherein the second moment and the first moment form a first time interval; judging whether a second condition is met; switching to a fourth moment of the first data from a third moment of the first data when a judgment result shows that the second condition is met, wherein the fourth moment and the third moment form a second time interval, the first condition is the same as the second condition, and the first time interval is different from the second time interval. By means of the method, the technical problem of the prior art that when a multi-media file with certain play duration is played, skipping can only be realized by fixed duration, and therefore the realization method is not optimal is solved.