1699 results about "Sequential control" patented technology

A method for increasing mechanical strength of a dielectric film includes: providing an initial dielectric film containing porogen; irradiating the initial dielectric film with first UV light having a first wavelength which is substantially or nearly similar to a maximum light absorption wavelength of the porogen for removing the porogen; and then irradiating the porogen-removed dielectric film with second UV light having a second wavelength which is shorter than the first wavelength, thereby increasing mechanical strength of the dielectric film.

A power and control architecture employing circuitry that sequentially regulate power flows from independent solar-array sources or a mixture of power sources providing power to a common load. The device may be used on a satellite with solar-array sources; however it may also be used on ground based systems. Stiff bus voltage regulation is obtained by tightly controlling the most recently activated power-processing channel while keeping the previously activated power-processing channels in the Maximum Power Tracking mode to supply maximum power to a common load. The remaining power-processing channels are turned off or operated in stand-by mode. In an alternative system, with primary design goal of uniform power sharing among solar-array sources, all solar array sources are activated with uniform power sharing at light load and, as load demand increases, sequentially controlled to operate in the Maximum Power Tracking mode one solar array source at a time as necessary.

An infiltration apparatus is disclosed. The infiltration apparatus may include: a reaction chamber constructed and arranged to hold at least a substrate provided with an infiltrateable material thereon; a first precursor source constructed and arranged to provide a vapor a first precursor comprising a silicon compound; a precursor distribution system and removal system constructed and arranged to provide the reaction chamber with the vapor of the first precursor from the first precursor source and to remove the vapor of the first precursor from the reaction chamber; and a sequence controller operably connected to the precursor distribution system and removal system and comprising a memory provided with a program to execute infiltration of the infiltrateable material when run on the sequence controller by; activating the precursor distribution system and removal system to provide the vapor of the first precursor to the infiltrateable material on the substrate in the reaction chamber whereby the infiltrateable material on the substrate in the reaction chamber is infiltrated with silicon atoms by the reaction of the vapor of the first precursor with the infiltrateable material. Methods of infiltration and semiconductor device structure including infiltrated materials are also provided.

The invention features a flow-through capacitor system that achieves enhanced power efficiency by sequential control and actuation of at least two or more flow-through capacitor cells within the flow-through capacitor system. Alternatively or in addition, power efficiency is enhanced by integrating the purification stages of the system, for example, by placing more than one cell within a single cell casing. Preferably, integrated stage flow-through capacitors are controlled sequentially.

A method and Apparatus for solar energy storage system uses gas for thermal transport for central tower solar thermal electric power plant to provide high quality, low cost, and continuously electric power generation. The storage contains a number of storage modules that each module can store energy for a given period of time. The thermal energy from central tower charges the modules one by one during the sunny time, while the thermal electric power plant discharge the modules one by one as long as it works. A control and a connection valve system control and connect the charge and discharge modules with the central tower and the power plant according to pre-arranged sequences. Fans at the cool side of the storage system push the circulation gas into the central tower or the thermal storage modules. In the discharge system, the hot gas from storage system is send to the heat exchange system, and to generate steam and to super heat steam for the power plant. In the charge system, the cold gas is pushed into the central receiver thermal exchange unit and to be heated, and the hot gas is then circulated back to storage system to charge up the storage system.

The invention discloses an intelligent substation based on sensors, a communication network and an expert system. The intelligent substation comprises a substation automation system, a primary equipment condition monitoring system and an intelligent auxiliary control system. The intelligent substation is characterized in that the real-time data of equipment operation are acquired by additionally installing various sensors, the IEC61850 standard is utilized to realize information modeling of the sensor data, a communication network is utilized to build a physical channel for information transmission, and advanced application of the substation automation system and intelligent monitoring and linkage of the primary equipment condition monitoring and auxiliary systems are realized by a background expert system, thus realizing intelligent operation and patrol functions of the substation; the sensors include an all-fiber electronic current transformer, a capacitive voltage divider type electronic voltage transformer, a primary equipment condition monitoring sensor and an internet sensor with an auxiliary system things; and the advanced application of the substation automation system includes sequential control, equipment condition visualization, intelligent alarm, distributed condition estimation, substitution function and the like. Intelligent operation and patrol functions of the substation can be realized.

A vehicle seat includes a seat back, a seat cushion, and a system for facilitating relieving of fatigue of a person sitting on the vehicle seat for many hours. The system includes an angle sensor installed within the seat back for sensing variations in an angle of a pelvic region of the person sitting on the vehicle seat, an active device installed within the seat back for pressure-supporting the pelvic region of the person, an actuating device connected to the active device for actuating the active device and a sequential control unit electrically connected to the angle sensor and the actuating device for controlling the operation of the actuating device, the angle sensor being constructed so as to send the sequential control unit signals representing values of variations in the angle of the pelvic region of the person, the sequential control unit being constructed such that, when a value represented by a signal sent to the sequential control unit from the angle sensor is more than a predetermined value, the sequential control unit sends the actuating device a command to actuate the actuating device, whereby the active device is actuated, to thereby control supporting pressure that is applied to the pelvic region of the person.

The invention relates to a circuit device used for providing distant indication for conditions of a distribution network and carrying out distant control on a switching device in the distribution network, in particular to an integrated monitoring system information platform for a transformer substation. The integrated monitoring system information platform comprises an integrated information platform body and a station level advanced application module. The integrated information platform body comprises an application-independent graphic base system, a real-time database based on the unified modeling technology, a data normalization module, a data verification module, a data service module, a file service module and a historical library storage service module. The station level advanced application module comprises a graphic, model and library integrated module, a source side maintenance module, a primary equipment status visualization module and a one-button sequential control module. According to the integrated monitoring system information platform, by arranging and integrating functions of various subsystems and carrying out data structure reconstitution on the unified platform, the use ratio and interactivity of data are improved, the reliability, integration and maintainability of the system are improved, and new functional subsystems can have access to the transformer substation conveniently.

Device for generating random numbers having a pseudo random number generator, a memory and a sequential controller. The pseudo random number generator generates a deterministic random number sequence after an initialization using an initialization value. The memory stores initialization information, wherein the initialization information is derived from a true random number or corresponds to the true random number. The sequential controller initializes the pseudo random number generator at start-up using the initialization information or the information derived from the initialization information, stores an intermediate state of the pseudo random number generator or information derived from the intermediate state in the memory at a turn-off of the pseudo random number generator, and uses the intermediate state or the information derived from the intermediate state for an initialization of the pseudo random number generator at a renewed start-up.

Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are provided to sense orientations or sequence of orientations, i.e. gestures, of mobile devices. The orientation or sequence of orientations control components and / or functions of the mobile device. Indications may be provided to a user to inform the user that the mobile device is in a particular orientation, or that the user has successfully performed a sequence of orientations corresponding to a functionality of the mobile device. The orientation or sequence of orientations may be performed while the mobile device is in a locked or idle state in order to control components and / or functions of the mobile device. A low energy sensor may activate the mobile device after a particular orientation is achieved.

Welding systems and programming tools are described, in which a touch screen-based welding system configuration tool is provided having a touch screen display for designing welding power source waveforms or for configuring a system sequence controller, where the touch screen may be integrated into a welding system component. The touch screen displays information related to a switching type welding power source and / or a welding system sequence controller, as well as one or more touch activation indicia to allow a user to numerically or graphically configure the power source or the sequence controller by touching the touch activation indicia.

Provided is a blockchain management apparatus comprising at least one hardware processor configured to implement a block generation order control unit which prevents a block generation node of a plurality of blockchain nodes from generating a new block of a blockchain in response to a determining, by the blockchain management apparatus, that the new block is a block generated by the block generation node within a unit section, wherein the unit section corresponds to a preset number of blocks measured from a current block corresponding to a current block height of the blockchain, and the blockchain management apparatus manages a permission-based blockchain network including the plurality of blockchain nodes.

An object of this invention is to easily execute photography in various photography modes. In order to achieve this object, an image pickup apparatus of this invention has a setting device for setting a plurality of chapters, and a control device for controlling photography operation in an order of the set chapters on the basis of settings of the plurality of chapters by the setting device, in which the setting device sets, for each of the plurality of chapters, a photography time and a mode for executing desired photography during the photography time.

A display control apparatus may include a calculating unit for calculating the degree of similarity of each of a plurality of second images to a selected first image, a display control unit for controlling displaying of the second images in the order of similarity, and a selecting unit for selecting, in response to an instruction from a user, one second image from among the plurality of second images displayed in the order of similarity. In response to the selection of the one second image, the display control unit may control the displaying of the second image and a third image belonging to the same group as the selected second image so that the third image and the second image are displayed in accordance with a predetermined order in the group.

A pixel circuit for a light emitting display. Adjacent pixels of the light emitting display coupled to one scan line share one first power supply line. A driving circuit in each pixel circuit drives first and second organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs). A switching circuit is coupled between the first and second OLEDs and the driving circuit to sequentially control the driving of the first and second OLEDs. Because two adjacent pixel circuits share one pixel power supply line and a plurality of OLEDs are coupled to one pixel circuit, it is possible to reduce the number of pixel circuits and the number of wiring lines of the light emitting display. Other circuit elements may also be shared between adjacent pixel circuits. Reducing the wiring and other elements of the pixel circuits makes it possible to increase the aperture ratio of the light emitting display.

Embodiments include a sprayer system having dynamic pre-sets to control spray nozzles that each individually operates continuously or under a time-modulated or a frequency-modulated electronic signal control to release the liquid droplets. Collectively, adjacent or near neighboring nozzles are also controlled by time-sequencing through different modes of operation or physical configurations on each spray nozzle. The spray nozzles are mounted on a variety of implements including agricultural or industrial spray booms.

A method and apparatus for transmitting a control channel of a base station in a mobile communication system. A downlink control channel signal generator generates a downlink control channel signal to be transmitted to a User Equipment (UE). A control channel candidate processor calculates a control channel decoding attempt order according to a state of the downlink channel. A controller determines a control channel candidate to be used, according to the calculated decoding attempt order. A mapper maps the generated control channel signal to the determined control channel candidate. A transmission processor wirelessly transmits the mapped signal.

The invention discloses a drive control unit, a drive circuit and a drive control method of a display substrate. The drive control unit comprises a time schedule controller and a delay controller, wherein time schedule controller sends sequential control signals to the delay controller, the delay controller is used for regulating the sequential control signals according to impedance of a drive signal wire connected with pixel points of the display substrate, and real charge duration of the pixel points is within a preset duration range. According to the drive control unit, the drive circuit and the drive control method, the sequential control signals of the pixel points are changed according to positions of the pixel points on a liquid crystal panel, the sequential control signals of pixel points in different positions are different, charge time errors caused by signal wire delay are compensated by the different sequential control signals, and consistency of charge effects of the pixel points in the different positions of the liquid crystal panel is guaranteed.

A system for providing perceived first order control of an unmanned vehicle contains a memory and a processor configured by the memory to perform the steps of receiving instructions for updating x-axis location, y-axis location, z-axis location, and / or heading of the unmanned vehicle; converting received instructions for updating x-axis location, y-axis location, z-axis location, and / or heading of the unmanned vehicle into a set of relative distance coordinates from a current location of the unmanned vehicle; and adjusting the set of relative distance coordinates by a gain control, to minimize coordinate change, wherein gain control provides a rate change in the x-axis location, y-axis location, z-axis location, and / or heading, resulting in a new set of coordinates. A screen displays a location dot representing current location of the unmanned vehicle and an outer limit circle surrounding the location dot representing an outer boundary for movement of the unmanned vehicle.

The invention discloses a sitting and lying type lower limb rehabilitation robot, which can respectively carry out a passive training, an assisted training or an active training according to the damage degree or the rehabilitation stage of a patient. The robot comprises a seat, a mechanical arm, a main industrial control box, a man-machine interaction interface, an electrical stimulation handheld switch, an electrical stimulation electrode plate, an electromyographic signal acquisition electrode plate, a functional electrical stimulation instrument and an electromyographic signal acquisition industrial control box. During the passive training, the lower limb of the patient is trained according to a set movement locus; during the assisted training, the main muscle group of the lower limb of the patient is applied with electrical stimulation pulse; according to the movement locus of a tail end, the electrical stimulation pulse is subjected to sequential control to finish the assisted training; during the active training, the electromyographic signal of the corresponding muscle of the patient is collected; and according to different control algorithms, the patient drives robot to realize the active training. According to the sitting and lying type lower limb rehabilitation robot disclosed by the invention, the traditional physical therapy, occupational therapy and kinesitherapy are organically combined, so that the patient rehabilitation effect can be effectively improved, and the desire of the patient to actively participate is enhanced.

The invention discloses a high-sensitivity satellite navigation signal capturing method and a system. The system comprises a digital down-conversion module, an average sampling and block accumulation module, an FFT (fast Fourier transform) module, a circumference shifting module, a local PRN (pseudo random noise) code FFT conjugate memory, a complex multiplier module, an IFFT (inverse fast Fourier transform) module, a differential coherence integration module, a peak detection module and a sequential control module. The digital down-conversion module realizes digital down-conversion operation for satellite digital intermediate frequency signals; the average sampling and block accumulation module averagely samples satellite data and completes a block accumulation function; the FFT module searches code phase frequency domains; the circumference shifting module utilizes Doppler circumference shifting search to replace frequency compensation; the local PRN code FFT conjugate memory stores a local PRN code FFT conjugate result; the complex multiplier module realizes signal de-spreading; the IFFT module calculates different code phase coherence results; the differential coherence integration module accumulates differential coherence energy of de-spread satellite signals; the peak detection module realizes signal capturing output; and the sequential control module controls timing sequence of the various modules of the system. Weak signal capturing speed and sensitivity of a satellite navigation receiver are improved, and parameters can be configured flexibly.

A spectrophotometric scanner suitable for producing spectral reflectance images of surfaces of samples for a plurality of wavelength bands is disclosed. The spectrophotometric scanner comprises a scanner head for collecting spectral reflectance data, a positioning mechanism for positioning the scanner head in relation to a surface, and a computing device for controlling the mechanism and recording and analyzing the spectral reflectance data. The computing device directs the positioning mechanism to position the scanner head on a row of locations in a grid of locations of the surface; directs the scanner head to measure spectral reflectance data for each location in the row of locations; records and analyzes the spectral reflectance data; and produces spectral reflectance images from the spectral reflectance data. A light source in the scanner head comprises a plurality of sequentially controllable LEDs, each producing light in a different wavelength band.

An arc welding system includes a welding torch, an electrode, and a power supply having a switching-type power converter connected to the torch. A parallel state-based controller is connected to the power converter and provides a waveform control signal thereto for controlling its operations. The controller generates a motion control signal for controlling movements of the electrode and / or the torch. A sensor senses welding voltage or welding current. A memory stores a welding state table comprising sequential control states, and stores a motion control system state table comprising further sequential control states. The welding waveform is defined in the welding state table. The controller controls the operations of the power converter through the waveform control signal according to the welding state table, simultaneously adjusting the motion control signal according to the motion control system state table. The controller transitions between control states according to the signal received from the sensor.

The invention provides a liquid crystal display device which consists of a liquid crystal panel, a sequential control circuit, a common voltage generation circuit, a gamma circuit and a scan driving circuit, wherein, the liquid crystal panel comprises a plurality of thin film transistors, the scan driving circuit is used to control the conduction and closing of the thin film transistors; the sequential control circuit is used to generate a common circuit sequence signal and a gray-stage voltage sequence signal, the two sequence signals control the common voltage generation circuit and the gamma circuit respectively in order that the common voltage generated by the common voltage generation circuit can be transmitted to the liquid crystal panel and to become steady before the gray-staged voltage generated by the gamma circuit is transmitted to the liquid crystal panel when opening the liquid crystal display device, and that the gray-staged voltage and the common voltage reduce to 0V at the same time when a plurality of the thin film transistors are all conducted when closing the liquid crystal display device.

A vehicle seat includes a seat back, a seat cushion, and a system for facilitating relieving of fatigue of a person sitting on the vehicle seat for many hours. The system includes an angle sensor installed within the seat back for sensing variations in an angle of a pelvic region of the person sitting on the vehicle seat, an active device installed within the seat back for pressure-supporting the pelvic region of the person, an actuating device connected to the active device for actuating the active device and a sequential control unit electrically connected to the angle sensor and the actuating device for controlling the operation of the actuating device, the angle sensor being constructed so as to send the sequential control unit signals representing values of variations in the angle of the pelvic region of the person, the sequential control unit being constructed such that, when a value represented by a signal sent to the sequential control unit from the angle sensor is more than a predetermined value, the sequential control unit sends the actuating device a command to actuate the actuating device, whereby the active device is actuated, to thereby control supporting pressure that is applied to the pelvic region of the person.

An optimization apparatus (compiler program, method and recording medium) for changing the order of execution of instructions in a program to be optimized includes an exception occasion instruction detection section which detects a first instruction having a possibility to cause an exception, an assurance instruction detection section which detects a second instruction executed prior to the first instruction, the second instruction assuring that no exception of the first instruction occurs, and an execution order control section which changes the position of the first instruction in execution order so that the first instruction is executed before a conditional branch instruction for selectively executing the first instruction and after the second instruction.

A packet flow control apparatus performing flow control of packets each having variable length, includes: a buffer memory for temporarily accumulating arrived packets until a sending time of each packet; a counter updated based on a rate determined in accordance with a packet length calculated by a counter value of the counter and limited flow of packets; a sending time determining section for determining the sending time of each packet based on the counter value and a present time; and a sending order control section for managing a sending order of each packet accumulated in the buffer memory, and for sending a read instruction of each packet to the buffer memory, based on the sending time determined by the sending time determining section.

A battery pack parallel charging device comprises n groups of charging branches, a power module and a battery manager. The charging branches are connected parallelly, each charging branch consists of a battery pack and a switch which are serially connected, and n is the number of the branches of the charging branches; the power module is respectively connected with the switches of the charging branches; and the battery manager is respectively connected with the battery packs and the switches of the charging branches, is used for acquiring voltage of the battery packs in the charging branches, and controls the switches in the corresponding charging branches to be sequentially switched on according to the voltage of the battery packs in the charging branches from low to high. The shortcoming that high ring current is generated among existing battery packs when the existing battery packs are parallelly charged, harmful effects on the existing battery packs and devices in branches are generated, and the existing battery packs and the devices can even be damaged is overcome. By the aid of the battery pack parallel charging device, ring current among the battery packs is greatly reduced, and accordingly safety charging of the battery packs is guaranteed.

The invention relates to a method for controlling array light beam co-target collimation of a target in a loop based on light spot centroid calculation. The coordinates of the centroid of a light spot on an imaging plane are obtained through a light spot centroid algorithm, a tilt control quantity which needs to be conducted on each light beam is obtained according to the quantitative relation between tilt control of a tilting mirror of the corresponding light beam and a light spot movement vector, and the centroid of the light spot is moved to a target spot of an image device through control over the tilting mirrors. Co-target collimation of all the light beams of the target in the loop is realized through sequential control cover the array light beams. There is no need to accurately describe or obtain a light path, and a control scheme is simple and convenient and easy to implement. The adopted centroid of the light spot serves as a performance evaluation function which is simple, convenient, high in real-time performance, and remarkable in effect, and consumes a short time. The method for controlling array light beam co-target collimation of the target in the loop based on light spot centroid calculation has extensive application prospects in satellite tracking, the directed energy technology and other fields.