46 results about "Made redundant" patented technology

Disclosed is a method and system for inserting redundant paths into an integrated circuit. Particularly, the invention provides a method for identifying a single via in a first path connecting two elements, determining if an alternate route is available for connecting the two elements (other than a redundant via), and for inserting a second path into the available alternate route. The combination of the first and second paths provides greater redundancy than inserting a redundant via alone. More importantly, such redundant paths provide for redundancy when congestion prevents a redundant via from being inserted adjacent to the single via. An embodiment of the method further comprises removing the single via and any redundant wire segments, if all of the additional vias used to form the second path can be made redundant.

In a system which manages path information and status of network with respect to a path being used for access to a storage apparatus and has a redundant path, when a fault occurs in the network, whether or not the path can be recovered by rerouting in network apparatuses is discriminated, thereby performing proper path switching. Construction information and the path information of the network are managed as information of the path which is being used for a storage access by a management server. Further, when the access path is made redundant, the management server obtains fault information in the network and information showing whether or not the path is being reconstructed from the network apparatuses, thereby discriminating the necessity of the path switching. If the path switching is necessary, the management server notifies a host computer and the storage apparatus of it and each apparatus executes a switching process.

The present invention provides a storage system capable of having a large-scale configuration for maintaining a write access response speed and reliability upon an occurrence of a failed cache and its control method. Plural clusters that control a disk drive connected thereto and have a cache memory are connected to one another through a cross coupling network, and write data in the cache memory of another cluster is mutually made redundant in the cache memories in two clusters that jointly use the same disk drive. When a failure occurs in the cache memory, the cluster that uses the disk drive jointly with the cluster having the cache memory in which the failure occurs performs processing for getting access to the disk drive performed by the cluster having the cache memory in which the failure occurs, and the other normally-operated cluster is caused to perform to only make redundant the write data in the cache memory in its cluster.

A method decodes a soft-input cost function for an [N,k]q linear block error- correcting code that has a fast sparse transform factor graph (FSTFG) representation, such as Reed-Solomon codes. First, the code is selected and its FSTFG representation is constructed. The representation is simplified and is made redundant if the improved performance is more important than the increased decoding complexity. An encoding method consistent with the representation is selected. A set of message-update and belief-update rules are selected. The messages are initialized according to a soft-input cost function. An iterative decoding cycle is then begun, in which the first step consists of updating the messages according to the pre-selected message-update rules. In the second step of the decoding cycle, a trial code word is determined from the messages, the pre- selected message-update rules, and the encoding method. In the third step of the decoding cycle, the tentative output code word of the decoding method is replaced with the trial code word if the trial code word has lower cost. Finally, the decoding cycle terminates if a termination condition is true, and outputs the tentative code word, and otherwise repeats the decoding cycle. The decoding method can be combined or concatenated with other decoding methods for FSTFG codes.

The invention discloses an energy-saving modular high-voltage direct current (DC) power system which comprises an alternating current (AC) input circuit, at least two rectifier modules, a monitoring module and a DC output circuit, wherein the AC input circuit is connected with the input end of each rectifier module; the DC output circuit is connected with the output end of each rectifier module; the monitoring module is connected with the AC input circuit, the DC output circuit and each rectifier module; the total number of the rectifier modules is W, and the number of redundancy rectifier modules is X; W is an integral number being larger than 1, and X is also an integral number; the rectifier modules are used for converting AC into DC; the DC output circuit is used for outputting the DC converted and output from the rectifier modules to a load; and the monitoring module is used for monitoring the total output current of each rectifier module and partially or entirely making W-N-X rectifier modules dormant according to a number N of the rectifier modules actually required by the total output current. The system can make redundant rectifier modules dormant so as to save energy.

Network security administrators are enabled with their customizable certificate authority reputation policy store which is informed by an independent certificate authority reputation server. The custom policy store overrides trusted root certificate stores accessible to an operating system web networking layer or to a third party browser. Importing revocation lists or updating browsers or operating system is made redundant. The apparatus redirects or rewrites traffic to protect a plurality of endpoints from a man-in-the-middle attack when a certificate authority has lost control over certificates used in TLS.

When a communication path between a user site and a dual-homed data center is made redundant, a communication between the user site and a server within a data center can be continued. An edge node DCE-1 of a data center 40-1 and edge nodes TPE-1, TPE-2 of a transport network are connected to each other by a link TPE-1-1 and a link TPE-2-1, respectively. The edge nodes TPE-3 and TPE-1, TPE-2 that hold a node AE51 of a user site 50 are set with an LSP 110 of an active system, and an LSP 120 of a backup system, respectively. One of the links is active, and the other link is backup, and the LSP of the TPE node having the active link in the LSP 100 and the LSP 120 is made active. The respective links are prioritized, and the links are switched to an active state in order from the links higher in the order of priority when a link failure or an LSP failure occurs.

An AP managing server manages wireless LAN apparatuses wirelessly connected to an access terminal. The wireless LAN apparatuses are provided for each communication service (VoIP communication, HTTP communication) in a single subnet and a route connecting to the access terminal is made redundant for each communication service. The AP managing apparatus controls a route to wirelessly connect the access terminal to a wireless LAN apparatuses that supports the communication service requested by the access terminal.

This invention provides a storage apparatus which can avoid a data lost even when a short-circuit fault occurs in a power source line which is not made redundant for a plurality of hard disk drives. In the storage apparatus, a storage control unit comprises a host interface control unit, a disk interface control unit, a cache memory, and a data transfer unit, and a storage unit includes poly switches provided for each of the power source lines to a plurality of hard disk drives and a power source line monitor circuit for monitoring the voltage of the power source line. When the voltage abnormality due to a voltage drop of the power source line is detected by the power source line monitor circuit, a data line connecting the disk interface control unit and the plurality of hard disk drives is cut off.

The present invention provides a storage system capable of having a large-scale configuration for maintaining a write access response speed and reliability upon an occurrence of a failed cache and its control method. Plural clusters that control a disk drive connected thereto and have a cache memory are connected to one another through a cross coupling network, and write data in the cache memory of another cluster is mutually made redundant in the cache memories in two clusters that jointly use the same disk drive. When a failure occurs in the cache memory, the cluster that uses the disk drive jointly with the cluster having the cache memory in which the failure occurs performs processing for getting access to the disk drive performed by the cluster having the cache memory in which the failure occurs, and the other normally-operated cluster is caused to perform to only make redundant the write data in the cache memory in its cluster.

This invention provides a storage apparatus which can avoid a data lost even when a short-circuit fault occurs in a power source line which is not made redundant for a plurality of hard disk drives. In the storage apparatus, a storage control unit comprises a host interface control unit, a disk interface control unit, a cache memory, and a data transfer unit, and a storage unit includes poly switches provided for each of the power source lines to a plurality of hard disk drives and a power source line monitor circuit for monitoring the voltage of the power source line. When the voltage abnormality due to a voltage drop of the power source line is detected by the power source line monitor circuit, a data line connecting the disk interface control unit and the plurality of hard disk drives is cut off.

A memory control method that carries out first-in first-out access control for a memory having a plurality of storage areas, including: selecting, as write positions, an address of a storage area in a storage block having at least one or more storage areas and an address of a storage area in any one of a plurality of redundant blocks that are made redundant with respect to the storage block and have at least one or more storage areas when the write positions are selected to write data to the memory; and selecting, as read positions, an address of a storage area of the storage block and an address selected by the selecting of the write position from among the addresses of a plurality of the redundant blocks when the read positions are selected to read data written by the writing of the data to the memory.

A line status monitoring circuit receives a frame through one of a number of lines from another node connected through a redundant transmission channel which is made redundant by the lines. The line status monitoring circuit includes a line-specific check frame monitoring unit. If a line-specific check frame having an added dedicated header corresponding to each of the plurality of lines is received through one of the lines from another node, the line-specific check frame monitoring unit determines whether or not a further line-specific check frame corresponding to a frame for checking which is identical to a frame for checking to which the line-specific check frame corresponds is received through at least a predetermined number of lines within a predetermined time. If the further line-specific check frame is not received in this manner, the line-specific check frame monitoring unit discards the frame.

The invention discloses a system for lifting water through solar photovoltaic and making redundant electricity get on a grid. The system comprises a mechanical and electrical water lift system and a redundant electricity get-on-grid system. The redundant electricity get-on-grid system comprises a solar photovoltaic cell board, a convergence box, an inverter, a positive displacement pump, a valve body, a boosting station, a data storage and analysis library, a controller, an online industrially-controlled display platform, a data output end and a printer. The mechanical and electrical water lift system is composed of a water inlet pipe, a water pumping pool, a bottom valve, a water pumping pipe, a positive displacement pump, a motor, a power distribution control cabinet, a water conveying pipeline and a high-position water pool. The electricity demand of the photovoltaic water lift system is automatically judged by the system, and redundant electricity gets on the national grid or local grid through the boosting station; the system automatically collects and arranges the water pumping amount, energy consumption, running working conditions, failures, historical data accumulation and other big data through the intelligent control system, the production working conditions and production benefits of the water lifting system are automatically evaluated through big data analysis, the running optimization scheme is automatically generated, and the use effect is good.

10-Gbps client signals (1a) to (1c) which are processed by a 10-Gbps transponder (3a), a 40-Gbps transponder (3b), and a 100-Gbps transponder (3c), respectively, are branched by optical couplers (2a) to (2c) into an M:N switch (40). The M:N switch (40) selects a client signal to be made redundant from the branched client signals (1a) to (1c) and outputs the selected client signal to a redundancy 100-Gbps transponder (50) having 10-Gbps-based client interfaces.

The invention discloses an energy-saving modular high-voltage direct current (DC) power system which comprises an alternating current (AC) input circuit, at least two rectifier modules, a monitoring module and a DC output circuit, wherein the AC input circuit is connected with the input end of each rectifier module; the DC output circuit is connected with the output end of each rectifier module; the monitoring module is connected with the AC input circuit, the DC output circuit and each rectifier module; the total number of the rectifier modules is W, and the number of redundancy rectifier modules is X; W is an integral number being larger than 1, and X is also an integral number; the rectifier modules are used for converting AC into DC; the DC output circuit is used for outputting the DCconverted and output from the rectifier modules to a load; and the monitoring module is used for monitoring the total output current of each rectifier module and partially or entirely making W-N-X rectifier modules dormant according to a number N of the rectifier modules actually required by the total output current. The system can make redundant rectifier modules dormant so as to save energy.

The invention discloses an agricultural planting device, comprising a main frame, a water tank, a water pipe, a water outlet valve, nozzles, placing rods, a catch basin, a drain tap, planting cabinets, a handle, rollers, sliding chutes, and air holes. Beneficial effects of the device are that nozzles are respectively above each planting cabinet and are detachable atomizers, and the nozzles can accurately watering planting basins, and the atomized nozzles would not cause impact on soil which makes soil loses. The sliding chutes on the bottom of the planting cabinet and the rollers on the placing rods can be matched together, and in sowing and harvesting, the planting cabinets are pulled out. The catch basin is arranged below the bottom layer planting cabinet, water in raining and water flowing down in water is collected. At ordinary times, water is stored in the water tank, in watering, the water outlet valve is opened and watering can be performed. The number of the planting cabinets is four, and the bottoms of the planting cabinets are provided with the staggered air holes. The design makes redundant water flow out of the planting cabinets, and is beneficial for growth of plants.

A redundant-contact offset globoid cam mechanism comprises a driven piece rotary disc. Rollers are arranged on the periphery of the driven piece rotary disc and connected with a globoid cam in a rolling manner. It can be guaranteed that the globoid cam makes redundant contact with two adjacent driven piece rollers of the driven piece rotary disc all the time, and the bearing capacity of the cam mechanism is improved. The redundant-contact offset globoid cam mechanism has the beneficial effects of being simple in structure, stable in bearing operation and beneficial to cam machining.

The invention relates to collecting equipment, in particular to a textile cloth soaking and collecting equipment. The technical purpose of providing the textile cloth soaking and collecting equipmentwhich can well perform leveling treatment on the cloth and facilitate cloth collecting is achieved. The textile cloth soaking and collecting equipment comprises a support, a first bracket, first guiderods and the like; the first bracket is connected to the top of the support, a first feed inlet is formed in the middle of the right side of the first support, a second feed inlet is formed in the middle of the left side of the first support, first guide holes are formed in the left side and the right side of the top of the first support respectively, and the first guide rods are movably arrangedin the first guide holes on the left and right. Accordingly, by manually rotating a screw, an extrusion wheel makes redundant colored water of the cloth squeezed out, the cloth can be dewatered, andmeanwhile the cloth can be well subjected to leveling treatment to eliminate corrugations on the cloth; by staring the motor, the extrusion wheel is driven to rotate, the cloth can be dewatered automatically, workers do not need to pull the cloth, time and labor can be saved, and the labor intensity is relieved.

There is provided a line status monitoring circuit, a node, a communication system, and a failure occurrence determining method which can detect occurrence of a failure in some of redundant lines between nodes. A line status monitoring circuit receives a frame through one of a plurality of lines from another node connected through a redundant transmission channel which is made redundant by the plurality of lines. The line status monitoring circuit includes a line-specific check frame monitoring unit 51. If a line-specific check frame having an added dedicated header corresponding to each of the plurality of lines is received through one of the plurality of lines from another node, the line-specific check frame monitoring unit 51 determines whether or not a further line-specific check frame corresponding to a frame for checking which is identical to a frame for checking which the line-specific check frame corresponds to is received through a predetermined number or more of lines within a predetermined time. Then, if the further line-specific check frame is not received through the predetermined number or more of lines within the predetermined time, the line-specific check frame monitoring unit 51 discards the frame for checking corresponding to the first received line-specific check frame.

The invention discloses a powder spreading device which comprises a powder containing box, a powder spreading roller arranged at an outlet of the lower end of the powder containing box, a powder clamping piece arranged on the outer side of the powder spreading roller and used for bearing powder, and a sweeping piece which is relative to the powder spreading roller and is used for sweeping off powder on the surface of the powder spreading roller. The powder spreading device is even in powder spreading, incapable of making redundant powder to be left on the powder spreading roller, is high in powder spreading efficiency, saves cost, and is stable in operation.

Disclosed is a redundant control device, comprising a control assembly (A) further comprising an auto-diagnostic function; and another control assembly (B), further comprising an auto-diagnostic function, and which is made redundant with the control assembly (A). When one of the two control assemblies operates in an actual control assembly mode upon an object to be controlled, the other control assembly operates in an assembly mode that carries out auto-diagnostics, and the actual control assembly and the assembly carrying out auto-diagnostics are mutually interchanged such that both assemblies respectively carry out auto-diagnostics and diagnose regions whereupon auto-diagnostics could not otherwise be carried out when operating in control assembly mode.

The invention discloses a method for producing tea pot with filtering holes in an inlet of a spout. The method is characterized in that the filter holes in a teapot body are wetted by means of a writing brush, then the whole teapot body is placed in glaze water, then the teapot coated with the glaze water is placed in water so as to make redundant glaze water on the filtering holes flow away, and finally the glazed teapot body is fired. The filtering holes are fully humidified before glazing, so that the filtering holes absorb enough moisture, and then the teapot is glazed; the filtering holes absorb enough moisture, so only little glaze water is left on the filtering holes, the glaze water on the filtering holes flows away after the teapot is placed in water, and accordingly the phenomenon that the filtering holes are blocked by the glaze water does not occur during glaze water firing.

The invention described herein is a system that features a Floormat and Handheld Sensor that operate in concert with a user's mobile device. The Floormat resembles a conventional bathroom scale, but features an enhanced set of measurements that include pulse rate and / or heart rate, SpO2, respiratory rate, weight, body composition, and Fluids. The Handheld Sensor features an integrated form factor that fits in a user's hand, which measures parameters such as blood pressure (e.g. systolic, diastolic, mean and pulse pressures), stroke volume, and cardiac output. Measurements of stroke volume and cardiac output require information from the Floormat (e.g., weight and body composition) to be sent to and processed by the Handheld Sensor. The Handheld Sensor can also make redundant measurements of heart rate, SpO2, and respiratory rate. Both systems transmit information through a wireless interface to a web-based system, where a clinician can analyze it to help diagnose a user.

The invention described herein is a system that features a Floormat and Handheld Sensor that operate in concert with a user's mobile device. The Floormat resembles a conventional bathroom scale, but features an enhanced set of measurements that include pulse rate and / or heart rate, SpO2, respiratory rate, weight, body composition, and Fluids. The Handheld Sensor features an integrated form factor that fits in a user's hand, which measures parameters such as blood pressure (e.g. systolic, diastolic, mean and pulse pressures), stroke volume, and cardiac output. Measurements of stroke volume and cardiac output require information from the Floormat (e.g., weight and body composition) to be sent to and processed by the Handheld Sensor. The Handheld Sensor can also make redundant measurements of heart rate, SpO2, and respiratory rate. Both systems transmit information through a wireless interface to a web-based system, where a clinician can analyze it to help diagnose a user.

A control device (control unit) to be used for controlling a scanning electromagnet that is used for scanning irradiation, which includes: a command-value processing line (a memory, an arithmetic circuit, an interface) that generates a command value for driving the scanning electromagnet on the basis of a treatment plan, and outputs the generated command value in synchronization with an accelerator; and a comparator unit that detects an error in the processing line; wherein a circuit (for example, the arithmetic circuit) that constitutes at least a part of the processing line is made redundant, and the comparator unit detects occurrence of the error in the processing line when outputs from the circuit made redundant are unmatched to each other.

The invention described herein is a system that features a Floormat and Handheld Sensor that operate in concert with a user's mobile device. The Floormat resembles a conventional bathroom scale, but features an enhanced set of measurements that include pulse rate and / or heart rate, SpO2, respiratory rate, weight, body composition, and Fluids. The Handheld Sensor features an integrated form factor that fits in a user's hand, which measures parameters such as blood pressure (e.g. systolic, diastolic, mean and pulse pressures), stroke volume, and cardiac output. Measurements of stroke volume and cardiac output require information from the Floormat (e.g., weight and body composition) to be sent to and processed by the Handheld Sensor. The Handheld Sensor can also make redundant measurements of heart rate, SpO2, and respiratory rate. Both systems transmit information through a wireless interface to a web-based system, where a clinician can analyze it to help diagnose a user.