2027 results about "Process module" patented technology

A wafer processing apparatus includes one or more processing modules, each having multiple, distinct, single-wafer processing reactors configured for semi-independent ALD and/or CVD film deposition therein; a robotic central wafer handler configured to provide wafers to and accept wafers from each of said wafer processing modules; and a single-wafer loading and unloading mechanism that includes a loading and unloading port and a mini-environment coupling the loading and unloading port to the robotic central wafer handler. The wafer processing reactors may be arranged (i) along axes of a Cartesian coordinate system, or (ii) in quadrants defined by said axes, one axis being parallel to a wafer input plane of the at least one of the process modules to which the single-wafer processing reactors belong. Each processing module can include up to four single-wafer processing reactors, each with an independent gas distribution module.

A single- and dual-chamber module-attachable wafer-handling chamber includes: a wafer-handling main chamber equipped with a wafer-handling robot therein, and adaptors for connecting process modules to the wafer-handling main chamber. The adaptors are detachably attached to the sides of the wafer-handling main chamber, respectively, and the process modules are detachably attached to the adaptors, respectively, so that the process modules can be attached to the wafer-handling main chamber, regardless of whether the process modules are of a single-chamber type or dual-chamber type.

The present invention is directed toward a device for biometric authentication. The device comprises an infra red signal transmitter, signal receiver, memory module, and processing module. The signal transmitter transmits infrared energy toward a user. The infrared energy is partly absorbed and partly reflected by the user's body. The infra red signal receiver collects partly reflected infrared energy. The memory module stores the data, and the processing module processes and compares the reflected infrared energy and stored data for use in biometric authentication.

An improved design for a closed chamber process module for single wafer wet processing utilizes a combination lid and gas showerhead for sealing the chamber from above. One or more media arms dispense liquid onto a wafer in the chamber. The media arms are mounted inside the chamber but are connected by a linkage that passes through the chamber wall to a drive unit mounted outside the chamber.

The present invention relates to a secured transaction system. In one embodiment, a mobile transaction processing agent system includes a communication module configured to receive a secured transaction description from a mobile client device or an encrypted transaction description from a point-of-sale (POS) device, wherein the secured transaction description is in the form of a bar code generated by the mobile client device, an authentication module configured to decode the secured transaction description and verify the secured transaction description is valid based on the mobile client device or the point-of-sale device, and a transaction processing module configured to process the transaction in accordance with the secured transaction description.

Graphical user interfaces, computer readable media, and computer systems for monitoring a chemical process. An administration module sets a plurality of user preferences associated with the chemical process. A people management module defines a user role in the chemical process. An organization module defines an organizational structure of an organization that runs the chemical process. An equipment module defines equipment used in the chemical process. A material module controls a chemical used in the chemical process. A process module defines a chemical reaction in the chemical process.

A method for implementing FDC in an APC system including receiving an FDC model from memory; providing the FDC model to a process model calculation engine; computing a vector of predicted dependent process parameters using the process model calculation engine; receiving a process recipe comprising a set of recipe parameters, providing the process recipe to a process module; executing the process recipe to produce a vector of measured dependent process parameters; calculating a difference between the vector of predicted dependent process parameters and the vector of measured dependent process parameters; comparing the difference to a threshold value; and declaring a fault condition when the difference is greater than the threshold value.

According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus comprises an image extraction module, an image list display process module, and a playback module. The image extraction module extracts a plurality of representative images from a sequence of video content data, and outputs time stamp information which is indicative of a time point at which each of the plurality of extracted representative images appears in the video content data. The image list display process module displays, on a display area, a list of representative images appearing in a period from a start position to a predetermined display constraining position of the sequence of the video content data among the plurality of extracted representative images, and constrains the display of the representative images appearing after the display constraining position among the plurality of representative images. The playback module plays back the video content data in response to input of a playback request event.

A method and system for customization of consumer products, such as the creating, designing and/or selecting of artwork, graphic elements and/or designs for consumer products, are provided. An exemplary method and system can allow for a customer to select, design, save and/or purchase customized products more efficiently, and enable merchandizing and operations personnel to be able to more readily create, approve and publicly display products and related designs without possessing extensive technical capabilities. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a system for customization of consumer products can comprise a database configured with a plurality of modules, such as an administration tool module, a home or anchor website module, a customization module, an order processing module, an order management module, and/or an order tracking module. To facilitate a more efficient customization and design process, an exemplary system for customizing consumer products comprises an application configured to use the capabilities of a local computer of the consumer to provide substantially instantaneous design changes and modifications for evaluation by the customer.

Provided is an apparatus, system and method for treating a substrate, and more particularly, a substrate treating apparatus having a cluster structure, a substrate treating system, and a substrate treating method using the substrate treating system. The substrate treating apparatus includes a load port on which a container containing a substrate is installed, a plurality of process modules treating the substrate, a transfer module disposed between the load port and the process modules, and transferring the substrate between the container and the process modules, and a buffer chamber disposed between neighboring ones of the process modules, and providing a space for carrying the substrate between the neighboring process modules.

An input system for mobile search and a method therefor are provided. The input system includes an input module receiving a code input for a specific term and a voice input corresponding thereto, a database including a glossary and an acoustic model, wherein the glossary includes a plurality of terms and a sequence list, and each of the terms has a search weight based on an order of the sequence list, a process module selecting a first number of candidate terms from the glossary according to the code input by using an input algorithm and obtaining a second number of candidate terms by using a speech recognition algorithm to compare the voice input with the first number of candidate terms via the acoustic model, wherein the second number of candidate terms are listed in a particular order based on their respective search weights, and an output module showing the second number of candidate terms in the particular order for selecting the specific term therefrom.

A system and a method for sharing online storage services among multiple users are provided. The system includes a user communication interface, a file processing module, and an online storage communication interface. The user communication interface is configured to connect to a client end corresponding to a first user. When the user communication interface receives a file upload request and a corresponding upload file from the client end, the file processing module searches for a personal online storage of the first user and a shared online storage of at least one related user of the first user and determines to upload the upload file to a partial online storage of the personal online storage and the shared online storage. The online storage communication interface transfers the upload file to the partial online storage determined by the file processing module.

The invention relates to a social insurance identity authentication method based on face recognition and living body detection, which comprises implementation steps as follows: a face template base database is established and a social insurance user logs on to an identity authentication module which completes the combination of face recognition and living body detection,, a face template online update module, an audit query module, a complaint processing module and a multiple auditing module. The authentication method runs in the following way that: a user logins to generate a face template of the user, the identity authentication module which combines face recognition and living body detection is used to perform identity authentication of face video streams of the user displayed in a front-end video device; if authentication succeeds, auditing is performed while updating the template, and social insurance fund is issued; if authentication fails, a complaint program is used for multiple auditing, and if auditing by all staff passes, the social insurance can be issued. The method can improve the service quality and working efficiency of social insurance processing and can effectively restrain the loss of the social insurance fund.

The present invention relates to a merchandise recommending system, and it is an object of the present invention is to derive recommended merchandise through a multiple image search, in which image characteristic information is extracted through a text search or an image search, thereby deriving recommended merchandise. To accomplish the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an operator server comprising a data receiving unit for receiving a ‘merchandise search request signal’ containing a text search or an image search (request) from the user computer and receiving a unique identification number of each user input information and merchandise information together with a corresponding matching table from the manager computer, a matching process module unit for sequentially arranging images by performing a command processing on search keywords that are searched through the characteristic information extraction module unit, a merchandise recommendation module unit for deriving recommended merchandise using the image characteristic information according to a search result, a data transmission unit for transmitting the merchandise extracted through the merchandise recommendation module unit to the user computer, and a data storage unit stores the user input information, merchandise information, unique identification numbers, and matching table.

Backside illuminated photosensitive devices and associated methods are provided. In one aspect, for example, a backside-illuminated photosensitive imager device can include a semiconductor substrate having multiple doped regions forming a least one junction, a textured region coupled to the semiconductor substrate and positioned to interact with electromagnetic radiation where the textured region includes surface features sized and positioned to facilitate tuning to a preselected wavelength of light, and a dielectric region positioned between the textured region and the at least one junction. The dielectric region is positioned to isolate the at least one junction from the textured region, and the semiconductor substrate and the textured region are positioned such that incoming electromagnetic radiation passes through the semiconductor substrate before contacting the textured region. Additionally, the device includes an electrical transfer element coupled to the semiconductor substrate to transfer an electrical signal from the at least one junction.

A droop control system for grid-connected synchronization connects to a plurality of distributed power generation modules and a utility grid system. The droop control system includes a detection processing module and a plurality of regulation control modules corresponding to the distributed power generation modules. The detection processing module is coupled with the distributed power generation modules and utility grid system in parallel to obtain a voltage difference, a phase angle difference and a frequency difference. The regulation control modules perform droop control of real power-frequency variety and reactive power-voltage variety and phase angle compensation. Through reactive power-voltage variety droop control approach, impact of impedance alterations in the power system can be eliminated and voltage fluctuations can also be minimized to achieve stable effect. Hence electric power of the utility grid system and distributed power generation modules can be regulated synchronously.

A method for structuring specialist system based on knowledge discovery includes forming new knowledge base unit by knowledge obtained from inference mechanism and knowledge learned from failure and mistakes, adding new knowledge obtaining-channel on said system, setting knowledge discovery process module in databank and setting knowledge discovery-creating mechanism and model in knowledge base.

Exemplary embodiments include a method for performing business process modeling. The method includes identifying capabilities, activities, and requirements associated with a business problem or an opportunity. The activities are operable for implementing the capabilities and the capabilities are operable for resolving the business problem or exploiting the opportunity. For each of the activities, the method includes selecting at least one corresponding process module that includes listings of attributes applicable to the activities, selecting at least one of the attributes from the listings, and defining transition artifacts for integrating selected process modules. The method also includes compiling the transition artifacts, selected attributes, and selected activities with corresponding process modules, and generating a business process model as a result of the compilation.

The invention discloses an intelligent scheduling system for tail-end instant logistics. The intelligent scheduling system comprises an order receiving module, an order processing module, a deliveryman searching module, an order combination module, a merchant portrait module, a deliveryman portrait module, an order dispatching decision-making module, and a deliveryman examination module. On the basis of position information of a merchant and a user as well as positioning information generated by a deliveryman terminal APP, global optimal matching is carried out on an order and a deliveryman by considering the current position of the deliveryman, the order executed by the deliveryman, portrait image of the merchant and the deliveryman, and the requirement on allocation time by the user comprehensively and then an optimal deliveryman is determined finally to complete a delivery task. On the basis of the intelligent order dispatching way, optimal order distribution is carried out at a global angle to realize optimal utilization of the whole transport capacity; the need of instant logistics and the transport capacity supply can be balanced well; the logistics delivery efficiency can be improved; the logistics delivery cost can be lowered; and the service quality of the tail-end instant logistics can be improved.

The invention discloses a health insurance outpatient clinic big data extraction system and method based on a hadoop platform. The system comprises a data acquisition module, a data storage module, a data cleaning module, a data analyzing and processing module, an Hbase distributed database and a data display module. The data acquisition module is connected with the data storage module, the data storage module is connected with the data analyzing and processing module through the data cleaning module, and a data query and analysis module is respectively connected with the Hbase distributed database and the data display module. The system and method have the advantages that a Hadoop cluster can be formed by thousands of cheap servers, a distributed file system cluster is constructed on large-scale cheap machines, data extraction and analysis cost is reduced to a large extent, and parallel processing can be carried out on outpatient clinic big data. Meanwhile, reliability and security of the data are well guaranteed by means of a transcript storage strategy of an HDFS.

An online trade-in system comprises: a pricing guide module, an affiliates module, a marketplace listing module, a trade-in website module, a transaction processing module, an inventory handling module, a database and a marketplace manager. The marketplace manager creates an online trade-in system that accesses the other modules to complete a trade-in transaction. The pricing guide module is used to define the items that are acceptable by the merchant for trade-in as well as a price for each item. The marketplace manager uses information from the pricing guide module and provides it to the transaction processing module along with user input to begin and create a trade-in transaction. The marketplace manager uses also controls the inventory handling module to generate a reverse logistic label that can be used by the user to send the trade-in goods back to the merchant, and track the trade-in goods as well as initiate the process to list the item on an online marketplace. The present invention also includes a number of novel methods including: a method for performing an online trade-in, a method for creating a pricing guide, a method for handling inventory, a method for item record creation, a method for dynamic pricing of trade-in goods, and a method for performing trade-ins for affiliates.

An orthogonal gate extended drain MOSFET (EDMOS) structure provides a low gate-to-drain capacitance (C_GD) and exhibits increased reliability. It has a gate electrode that is folded into the shallow trench isolation (STI) oxide region. Horizontal and vertical gate electrode segments provide gate control. It accommodates both high voltage devices and standard CMOS components on the same substrate. Reduced surface field (RESURF) technology is employed to optimize tradeoffs between high breakdown voltage and specific on-resistance. Device fabrication steps are compatible with standard CMOS flow and process modules can be added or removed from baseline CMOS technology.

Motion sensing of a portable device using two cameras. A first camera is directed along a first viewing axis and a second camera is directed along a second viewing axis, different from the first viewing axis. The second viewing axis can be substantially opposite the first viewing axis. A motion processing module determines changes in images from the first camera and changes in images from the second camera. The motion processing module compares the direction of change determined from the first camera images relative to the direction of change determined from the second camera images. The motion processing module determines the motion of the portable device based in part on the comparison.

The invention relates to a method and system for transaction payment wherein user identification data from an identification module (100) are transmitted to a central dispatch module (107) over a first communication channel (101), wherein the user is identified in a database (103) based on the user identification data, wherein the transaction data are sent to processing module (105/106), wherein the central dispatch module (107) compares the received user identification data with the user identification data stored in the authentication database (103) and authenticates a user by means of the central dispatch module (107) if the probability of match of the received user identification and stored user identification data is above a predefined threshold, wherein the central dispatch module (107) retrieves one or more personal data records corresponding to the authenticated user from the database (103) based on the user identification data and the authentication data and modifies at least one personal data record of the user based on the time and/or place and/or mode of the data retrieval, wherein the central dispatch module (107) transmits one or more personal data records of the user to at least one corresponding processing module (105/106) based on the personal data records of the user, and wherein a confirmation of the transaction is sent to the user over a second communication channel (108).

A digital processing device to process media data is provided. The device includes a plurality of processing modules to process the media data, and a media data path. The media data path communicates the media data between the processing modules, wherein the media data path is arranged in a ring configuration. In one embodiment, the media data path defines a digital audio bus that serially interconnects the plurality of processing modules. The digital audio bus may communicate digital audio data in a plurality of time-slots, each particular processing module having an associated time-slot from which data is received from the data path for processing by the particular processing module.

This invention relates to a device for monitoring peccancy cars based on omnibearing vision sensors including a microprocessor, a monitor sensor monitoring road situations and traffic signal lamps, in which, the sensor, an omnibearing vision sensor, is connected with the microprocessor including: an image data read module, an image data file storage module, a sensor rating module, a virtual test line designing module, a designing module for roadway transit directions, a designing module for traffic signal lamp state test regions, an image spread process module, a color space transforming module, an adaptive background deduction process module, a connected region identification module, a moving car tracing module and a car paccancy judgment module with a road paccancy judgment unit for directions and a road paccancy judgment unit without roadway directions.

A device used for realizing radio monitor in low energy consumption mode is prepared as triggering transducer to collect signal by data-processing module according to period preset by itself, calculating value of collected signal and comparing calculated value result with preset alarm value, storing said value result and setting data-processing module to be on dormant state if said value result is less than said alarm value or otherwise triggering up radio communication module to transmit all collected values to central gateway by data-process module then setting data processing module continuously to be on dormant state.

An image capturing unit acquires an image including an object. A state detection unit detects the state of the object in the image. An individual recognition processing unit determines one of a plurality of individual identification process modules in correspondence with the state detected by the state detection unit. The individual recognition processing unit executes, for the object in the image, an individual identification process by the determined individual identification process module.

A method involves retrieving from an email message, information concerning at least one remotely monitored device. The method involves obtaining a line of the email message containing the information, decoding the line obtained from the email message if it has been encoded, and decrypting the decoded line. The decrypting involves using an abstract decrypter class configured to perform a virtual function and using any one of a plurality of derived decrypter classes each of which is configured as a derived class of the abstract decrypter class. The abstract decrypter class and the any one of the derived decrypter classes are collectively configured to decrypt the decoded email message, using the any one of the derived decrypter classes with the abstract decrypter class without having to modify the abstract decrypter class. An exemplary system for remotely monitoring devices uses the SMTP email protocol to send status, configuration, or other information concerning at least one of the devices in a MIME attachment of an email message. A POP3 processing module in the receiver of the email has a class structure. An interface class accesses an email server and obtain the email message including the MIME attachment. An extractor class extracts the MIME attachment from the email message, and a decoder class performs Base64 decoding of the attachment. An abstract decrypter class and each of plural derived decrypter classes configured as a derived class thereof, permit flexibility in adopting new decryption processes without having to modify the abstract decrypter class.

A method and system for discrete location triggering for enhanced asset management and tracking. The system includes an electronic discrete location tracking device affixed to the discrete location and configured to transmit a signal from the discrete location. The system also includes an electronic location trigger processing module to receive and process the signal transmitted by the discrete location tracking device into a location communication signal, wherein the electronic location trigger processing module is affixed to an asset whose discrete location and information are to be managed. The system also includes a remote client computer system operatively connected to the electronic location trigger processing module for exchanging information over a computer network.