718 results about "Physical control" patented technology

Materials and methods are provided for producing patterned multi-array, multi-specific surfaces which are electronically excited for use in electrochemiluminescence based tests. Materials and methods are provided for the chemical and / or physical control of conducting domains and reagent deposition for use in flat panel displays and multiply specific testing procedures.

Disclosed are methods and apparatus, which enable the reconfigurable control of vehicles, homes, computers and other applications. Physical controls and virtual displayed controls on single and multipoint touch screens are used, separately or in combination to enable higher visibility and understanding of control information and easier operation of controls, particularly useful in stressful situations. Some embodiments use optical sensors and rear projection of displayed embodiments, and are advantageous where curved screens are desired such as in a car.

Materials and methods are provided for producing patterned multi-array, multi-specific surfaces which are electronically excited for use in electrochemiluminescence based tests. Materials and methods are provided for the chemical and / or physical control of conducting domains and reagent deposition for use in flat panel displays and multiply specific testing procedures.

Materials and methods are provided for producing patterned multi-array, multi-specific surfaces for use in diagnostics. The invention provides for electrochemiluminescence methods for detecting or measuring an analyte of interest. It also provides for novel electrodes for ECL assays. Materials and methods are provided for the chemical and / or physical control of conducting domains and reagent deposition for use multiply specific testing procedures.

A network control system for generating physical control plane data for managing first and second managed forwarding elements that implement forwarding operations associated with a first logical datapath set is described. The system includes a first controller instance for converting logical control plane data for the first logical datapath set to universal physical control plane (UPCP) data. The system further includes a second controller instance for converting UPCP data to customized physical control plane (CPCP) data for the first managed forwarding element but not the second managed forwarding element. The system further includes a third controller instance for receiving UPCP data generated by the first controller instance, identifying the second controller instance as the controller instance responsible for generating the CPCP data for the first managed forward element, and supplying the received UPCP data to the second controller instance.

Disclosed is a code division multiple access (CDMA) communication system having a downlink dedicated physical channel (DL_DPCH) having a downlink dedicated physical control channel (DL_DPCCH) and a downlink dedicated physical data channel (DL_DPDCH). The DL_DPCCH having a transport power control (TPC) field transmitting a TPC command for controlling uplink transport power, a transport format combination indicator (TFCI) field transmitting TFCI indicating a transport format combination of a currently transmitted channel, and a pilot field transmitting a pilot. The DL_DPDCH has first and second data fields transmitting downlink data. If data is normally received over an enhanced uplink dedicated channel (EUDCH), ACK information is generated, and if data is abnormally received over the EUDCH, NACK information is generated. Bits corresponding to the ACK or NACK information are punctured at a position randomly selected from the first and second data fields of the DL_DPDCH, and the ACK or NACK information is inserted into the punctured position before being transmitted.

The present invention relates to the reuse of a control channel in a distributed cellular radio communication system. At least one physical channel, the so called physical control channel, in the radio communication system is used for transferring logical control channels. According to the present invention the physical uplink control channel can be reused with respect to logical control channels comprising an access request. The physical downlink control channel can be reused with respect to logical control channels comprising a message that access is granted to a mobile station or a message that someone requests contact with a mobile station. According to the invention the physical uplink control channel and / or the physical downlink control channel is reused. This means that more connections per time unit may be established in the radio communication system.

A network controller for managing a set of interconnection switching elements that connect segmented networks to a shared physical interconnection network. The network controller includes i) an interface for receiving a logical control plane definition of a logical switching element that couples to a set of network segments at different segmented networks; ii) a control application for translating the logical control plane definition of the logical switching element into a first set of flow entries in a logical forwarding plane; and iii) a virtualization application for translating the first set of flow entries into a second set of flow entries in a physical control plane. The flow entries in the physical control plane are for subsequent conversion by the managed interconnection switching elements into a third set of flow entries in a physical forwarding plane that directs the forwarding of network data by the managed interconnection switching elements.

Some embodiments provide a virtualizer for managing a plurality of managed switching elements that forward data through a network. The virtualizer comprises a first set of tables for storing input logical forwarding plane data and a second set of tables for storing output physical control plane data. It also includes a table mapping engine for mapping the input logical forwarding plane data in the first set of tables to output physical control plane data in the second set of tables by performing a set of database join operations on the input logical forwarding plane data in the first set of tables. In some embodiments, the physical control plane data is subsequently translated into physical forwarding behaviors that direct the forwarding of data by the managed switching elements.

Some embodiments provide a virtualizer for managing a plurality of managed switching elements that forward data through a network. The virtualizer comprises a first set of tables for storing input logical forwarding plane data and a second set of tables for storing output physical control plane data. It also includes a table mapping engine for mapping the input logical forwarding plane data in the first set of tables to output physical control plane data in the second set of tables by performing a set of database join operations on the input logical forwarding plane data in the first set of tables. In some embodiments, the physical control plane data is subsequently translated into physical forwarding behaviors that direct the forwarding of data by the managed switching elements.

Some embodiments provide a method, for a mobile device, for controlling an interactive communication system of a vehicle that includes a display screen. If the display screen is touch-sensitive, the method provides a first user interface display that includes a first map the presentation of which is modifiable with touch input received through the touch-sensitive screen. If the display screen is not touch-sensitive, the method provides a second user interface display that includes a second map the presentation of which is modifiable through physical controls mounted in the vehicle. In some embodiments, if the touchscreen meets a particular set of characteristics, the first map presentation is directly modifiable with gestural input received through the display screen. If the display screen does not meet the particular set of characteristics, the first map presentation is modifiable with different, non-gestural touchscreen input received through the display screen.

A network control system for generating physical control plane data for managing first and second managed forwarding elements that implement forwarding operations associated with a first logical datapath set is described. The system includes a first controller instance for converting logical control plane data for the first logical datapath set to universal physical control plane (UPCP) data. The system further includes a second controller instance for converting UPCP data to customized physical control plane (CPCP) data for the first managed forwarding element but not the second managed forwarding element.

The invention discloses a semi-physical simulation testing platform of a train control network, which comprises a vehicle-mounted electrical control system, a software simulation control system and / or a physical control system and a data acquisition interactive system, wherein the software simulation control system and / or the physical control system is connected with the vehicle-mounted electrical control system; the data acquisition interactive system is connected with the vehicle-mounted electrical control system so as to convert a signal output by the vehicle-mounted electrical control system into a digital signal or convert the digital signal into an input signal required by the vehicle-mounted electrical control system; and the data acquisition interactive system is connected with the software simulation control system and / or the physical control system so as to convert the digital signal connected and output by the software simulation control system and / or the physical control system into a switching value signal or convert the switching value signal into the digital signal required by the software simulation control system and / or the physical control system. The semi-physical simulation testing platform of the train control network is capable of comprehensively implementing evaluation and verification on the design of a train network control system, eliminating possibledesign errors, rapidly positioning faults to ask for reasons, and reducing the production debugging cost and the technical risks of real trains.

Materials and methods are provided for producing patterned multi-array, multi-specific surfaces for use in diagnostics. The invention provides for electrochemiluminescence methods for detecting or measuring an analyte of interest. It also provides for novel electrodes for ECL assays. Materials and methods are provided for the chemical and / or physical control of conducting domains and reagent deposition for use multiply specific testing procedures.

A technique dynamically responds to non-network events at a network device in a computer network. According to the novel technique, one or more sensors automatically detect (sense) one or more non-network events, and notifications of the non-network events are then transmitted over the network. One or more network devices (e.g., data centers, servers, routers, etc.) detect the notifications of the network events, and dynamically respond to the non-network events based on one or more associated policies. For example, one or more network-based policies may be defined that modify one or more network configuration parameters in response to the non-network events. Alternatively or in addition, one or more physical-based policies may be defined that instruct one or more network-attached physical control devices to modify one or more physical parameters.

Some embodiments provide a network virtualizer for managing several managed switching elements that forward data in a network. The virtualizer includes an interface for receiving input logical forwarding plane data. It also includes a converter for converting the input logical forwarding plane data to output physical control plane data. In some embodiments, the physical control plane data is translation into physical forwarding plane data that direct the forwarding of data by the managed switching elements.

Disclosed herein is a controller architecture that pairs a controller with a NVM (non-volatile memory) storage system over a high-level, high speed interface such as PCIe. In one embodiment, the NVM storage system includes a bridge that communicates with the controller via the high-level interface, and controls the NVM via an interface (e.g., ONFI). The controller is provided a rich set of physical level of controls over individual elements of the NVM. In one embodiment, the controller is implemented in a higher powered processor that supports advanced functions such as mapping, garbage collection, wear leveling, etc. In one embodiment, the bridge is implemented in a lower powered processor and performs basic signal processing, channel management, basic error correction functions, etc. This labor division provides the controller physical control of the NVM over a fast, high-level interface, resulting in the controller managing the NVM at both the page and block level.

A network control system for managing a plurality of switching elements that implement a plurality of logical datapath sets. The network control system includes first and second controllers for generating requests for modifications to first and second logical datapath sets. The first controller is further for determining whether to make modifications to the first logical datapath set. The second controller is further for determining whether to make modifications to the second logical datapath set. Each controller is further for receiving logical control plane data that specifies logical datapath sets and for converting the logical control plane data to physical control plane data for propagating to the switching elements.

A distributed network service platform comprises: a logical data plane configured to process packets that are received by a plurality of physical devices, transmitted by the plurality of physical devices, or both, the logical data plane being physically distributed on the plurality of physical devices; and a logical control plane configured to manage and control the logical data plane, the logical control plane comprising one or more physical control planes operating on one or more physical devices.

A method for wireless backhaul communication between a base station and a relay is disclosed. The base station enables a physical control channel to be set up, separately from the terminal that is used to transmit control information to each relay and the physical downlink control channel that has been set up. The base station can transmit data to the relay based on this control information. In a special embodiment, physical downlink control channel transmissions can be minimized by prescribing in advance the transmission of control information between the base station and the relay.

The invention pertains to the field of security for aircraft and other vehicles, and more particularly to systems for preventing the hijacking, commandeering or suicide bombing of aircraft, or other vehicle(s). Aircraft system and vehicle system embodiments of the invention have one or more kinds of automating computers capable of safely controlling either an aircraft or vehicle in one or more types of common, well-proven, or yet-to-be-developed, computer-automated modes. The system provides mechanical control linkage disabling means interfaced with control signal receiving means responsive to wireless, or hard-wired, transmitted security-related control signal(s). Control linkage disabling means are located within a series of physical control linkage components of a vehicle at a point subsequent to where manual control input is initiated and prior to where computer automated control is provided. The disabling means renders ineffectual the mechanical control needed for one or more humans to control or direct a vehicle.

New techniques are presented for providing proportional activation of model railroad functions and effects with control keys on a model railroad layout control system. This permits for example a throttle device connected to a digital layout control system to provide for a “playable” or variable-pitch whistle sound effect where prior art was severely limited in providing this effect realistically. This invention allows proportional keys with the added ability to control multiple aspects of any effect and to latch proportional values at any state. This invention also allows the expansion of the wireless and Internet connection capabilities of the network of a layout control system so the new proportional capabilities can be carried across these connections.

The invention discloses a resource distribution method. The method comprises the following steps that a first user equipment (UE) receives scheduling authorization indication information issued by a base station, wherein a resource indicated by the scheduling authorization indication information is a sending resource which is configured for the first UE by the base station for N second UE, or the resource indicated by the scheduling authorization indication information is a sending resource of the N second UE, and the sending resource is indicated by the first UE; and the first UE carries out resource distribution for the second UE on the basis of the received scheduling authorization indication information, or the first UE indicates the resource of the second UE to the second UE on the basis of the received scheduling authorization indication information, wherein the N is an integer which is greater than or equal to 1; the resource at least includes a PSCCH resource and a PSSCH resource, a PSCCH is a physical control channel of a Sidelink link and a PSSCH is a physical sharing channel of the Sidelink link, and the Sidelink link is a link established between the UE of device-to-device D2D communication. The invention also discloses a resource distribution apparatus.

Disclosed are methods and apparatus, which enable the reconfigurable control of vehicles, homes, computers and other applications. Physical controls and virtual displayed controls on single and multipoint touch screens are used, separately or in combination to enable higher visibility and understanding of control information and easier operation of controls, particularly useful in stressful situations. Some embodiments use optical sensors and rear projection of displayed embodiments, and are advantageous where curved screens are desired such as in a car.

This invention mitigates interference in wireless telephony in heterogeneous networks having a macro base station and a low power base station. This invention attempts to avoid cross carrier scheduling on an anchor carrier and a non-anchor carrier. If cross carrier scheduling is unavoidable, then this invention attempts: (1) semi-statically signalling a CFI value on a cross-scheduled component carrier; (2) semi-statically signalling a channel quality information (CSI) value on a cross-scheduled component carrier setting a Physical Hybrid ARQ Indicator CHannel (PHICH) value to be maximum; or (3) semi-statically signalling a channel quality information (CSI) value on a cross-scheduled component carrier using Physical Control Format Indicator CHannel (PCFICH) power boosting on cross-scheduled component carriers (CC).

A method, apparatus, system, network element, and software product are used to provide a traffic signal, such as a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) signal, via high speed packet access. The traffic signal is prepared and provided via a high speed transmission, and a control signal is gated to produce a discontinuous transmission. This reduces interference, and therefore increases traffic capacity.

A network control system that includes a first set of network controllers for (i) receiving a logical control plane definition of a logical switching element that couples to both a first set of network hosts in a first domain and a second set of network hosts in a second domain, (ii) translating the logical control plane definition of the logical switching element into a first set of flow entries in a first logical forwarding plane, and (iii) translating the first set of flow entries into a second set of flow entries in a second logical forwarding plane. The network control system includes a second set of network controllers in the first domain for (i) receiving a portion of the second set of flow entries and (ii) translating the portion of the second set of flow entries into a third set of flow entries in a physical control plane.

An overall pharmacy system and methodology begins with bulk medications and supplements introduced into the work flow, individually packaged and assembled into med pass orders per patient and delivered to the long-term care (LTC) facility or other institution for patient consumption. The process according to one embodiment of this invention begins by converting bulk medications and supplements to packaged unit doses and ultimately individually packaged med pass bags for each patient on a 24-hour schedule. The various safeguards and measures built into this system increase patient safety eliminate waste and increase labor efficiency by reducing and / or minimizing the disposal of unused medications and supplements. The design of the overall system and its individual components allows for physical control of each unit dose package from start to finish without any unit dose package “free fall” in the system. This process is automated and does not rely upon manual sorting. The med pass bags are consolidated into the final shipping container and do not require manual sorting and packing.

A transmission rate control method for controlling a transmission rate of uplink user data which is transmitted from a mobile station located in a predetermined cell to a radio base station, includes: notifying, from the radio base station to the mobile station, a transmission power offset of an Enhanced Dedicated Physical Data Channel to a Dedicated Physical Control Channel using a Common Absolute Grant transmission rate control signal which is transmitted through an E-DCH Absolute Grant Channel; determining, at the mobile station, the transmission rate which corresponds to the received transmission power offset; and transmitting the uplink user data at a transmission rate which is less than or equal to the determined transmission rate by decreasing the number of HARQ processes to be used and transmitting the uplink user data at the mobile station, when the determined transmission rate is below a transmission rate in the case of the uplink user data is transmitted using a minimum Transport Block Size at every HARQ process.

A controller for managing several managed switching elements that forward data in a network is described. The controller includes an interface for receiving input logical control plane data in terms of input events data. The controller includes a converter for converting the input logical control plane data to output logical forwarding plane data by processing the input events data. The logical forwarding plane data is for subsequent translation into physical control plane data. The controller includes an input scheduler for (1) categorizing the input events data into different groups based on certain criteria and (2) supplying the input events data into the converter in a manner that each different group of input events data is processed separately by the converter.