89 results about "Stationary conditions" patented technology

A tray for holding at least one object while an image is printed on a predetermined exposed portion of the object, including at least one object retainer carried by the tray and for positioning the object in a stationary condition in relation to the tray during printing, a panel carried by the tray and having at least one opening positioned in relation to the object retainer such that the exposed portion of the object is exposed to ink projected onto the object from an ink-projecting apparatus positioned in spaced-apart relation to the object, and an indexer carried by the tray for permitting relative movement between the tray and the ink-projecting apparatus as the image is printed on the exposed portion of the object.

An improved chain motor drive controller is provided for a chain hoist. The system employs a position encoder including a position sensor located within the casing of the chain hoist to producing encoded electrical position signals. A motor pulley is mounted on the chain motor rotary drive shaft and is coupled by a cogged belt to rotate an encoder pulley that is mounted on the same shaft as the position sensor. A mechanical coupling is thereby provided entirely within the casing of the chain hoist to transmit rotary motion from the rotary drive shaft directly to the position sensor. Also, tracking circuitry, likewise located entirely within the chain hoist casing, receives electrically encoded destination signals and compares these to signals from the position sensor. The tracking circuitry accelerates rotation of the chain motor drive shaft starting from a stationary condition and decelerates rotation of the chain motor drive shaft as the differences between the encoded position signals and the encoded destination signals approach zero.

A method and apparatus for locating position of a mobile receiver is described. In one example, sets of satellite measurements are determined with respect to a plurality of satellites over a period of time. A determination is made as to whether the mobile receiver is in a stationary condition over the period of time. A position of the mobile receiver is then computed using the sets of satellite measurements in response to detection of the stationary condition.

The a cathode-arc source of metal plasma with filtration, used, in particular, for deposition of DLC, utilizes the effect of fast ions reflection from the Hall stratum in a transversal arched magnetic field to filtrate vacuum arc plasma arc from contaminating macroparticles and vapor. Various embodiments for producing maximal plasma flux at the source outlet, in particular, a pulse source with more the one cathode units for deposition of coating inside pipes/cavities, for deposition of coating in a stationary/quasi-stationary condition are offered. The cathode is made of a consumable material and is exposed to poles of magnets on both ends of cathode for creating a transversal magnetic field of an arched configuration in a discharge gap between the cathode and the anode. The anode geometry adequate to the mechanism of the arc current passage through a transversal magnetic field is offered. To avoid longitudinal and transverse short circuits of the current layer, an installation of non-conducting surfaces at ends or sectioned shields under a floating potential at the cathode sides is provided. The method of creating the Hall stratum in said transversal magnetic field of arched configuration is offered.

A positioning device, which locates a position based on satellite signals which are signals from positioning satellites, includes a position holding section which holds a reference position P, a stationary condition determination section which determines whether or not the reference position P satisfies stationary conditions B, an average position calculation section which averages the reference position P satisfying the stationary conditions B and a present located position Pg calculated by positioning to calculate an average position Pav, a position output section which outputs the average position Pav, and a position storage section which stores the average position Pav in the position holding section as the reference position P.

An input device includes an operating member, a restoring force generating part for automatically returning the operating member to a stationary position, a detector for detecting an operation state of the operating member, an actuator for applying an external force to the operating member and a controller for controlling the actuator. The operating member is displaceable in directions along a XY plane including an X axis and a Y axis and rotatable about a Z axis. The actuator includes a first magnet, a second magnet and an electromagnet having a core and a coil. One of the electromagnet and the first and second magnets is integrated with the operating member. At least in a stationary condition, the first magnet and the second magnet are located on opposite sides of an axis of rotation of the operating member, and are opposed to end surfaces of the core across predetermined clearances, respectively.

The modulation method for self-adaptive code comprises: determining initial MCS threshold by simulation tested SINR and MCS throughput on single-path quasi-stationary condition; detecting continuously the real-time SINR value; when SINR within prescribed range, detecting the CRC check result, if right, then defining new threshold of MCS equals to the old minus D; or else, defining new threshold of MCS equals to the old plus U; returning to detect real-time SINR value. This invention reduces the sensitivity to SINR as well as to FER variation, and obtains immunity function to common error frame and throughput gain.

A positioning device, which locates a position based on satellite signals which are signals from positioning satellites, includes a position holding section which holds a reference position P, a stationary condition determination section which determines whether or not the reference position P satisfies stationary conditions B, an average position calculation section which averages the reference position P satisfying the stationary conditions B and a present located position Pg calculated by positioning to calculate an average position Pav, a position output section which outputs the average position Pav, and a position storage section which stores the average position Pav in the position holding section as the reference position P.

Conserving battery by a wireless user equipment (UE) device in substantially stationary conditions. A first wireless link may be established with a first cell. It may be determined that the UE device is substantially stationary. One or more signal strength and/or signal quality metrics associated with the first wireless link may be measured. The one or more signal strength and/or signal quality metrics may be below a first threshold. The UE may ordinarily be configured to perform a search for neighboring cells if the one or more signal strength and/or signal quality metrics are below the first threshold. The UE may not actually perform a search for neighboring cells, based on determining that the UE is substantially stationary.

A method for timing and frequency synchronization in a wireless system is provided. The method comprises the steps of receiving a burst of symbols, selecting a subset of the burst of symbols, iteratively adjusting the subset of the burst of symbols by a plurality of timing offsets and calculating, for each timing offset, a first performance metric corresponding to the adjusted subset. The method further comprises the steps of determining one of the plurality of timing offsets to be a preferred timing offset based upon the first performance metric thereof, iteratively rotating the subset of the burst of symbols by a plurality of frequency offsets and calculating, for each frequency offset, a second performance metric corresponding to the rotated subset, and determining one of the plurality of frequency offsets to be a preferred frequency offset based upon the second performance metric thereof.

A temperature-actuated mixing valve for controlling outlet temperature in a fluid flow system including a valve housing having first and second fluid supply inlets for introducing first and second respective supply fluids and a fluid outlet for dispensing a fluid at a predetermined outflow temperature. The mixing valve includes a shuttle assembly positioned in the housing. The shuttle assembly includes a valve member mounted for movement within the housing responsive to the temperature of the supply fluids to vary the mixture ratio of the first and second supply fluids as required to dispense fluid at the predetermined outflow temperature. A shuttle member is positioned within the valve member and is moveable as a unit therewith within a predetermined range of motion responsive to supply fluid temperature variation. A thermal actuator is provided of the type which converts thermal energy into mechanical movement by movement of a piston. A first end of the thermal element engages the movable shuttle member and an opposing second end engages a stationary portion of the housing whereby movement of the piston of the thermal actuator produces corresponding movement of the valve member. An overtravel spring is captured in a tensioned condition between the valve member and the shuttle member for maintaining the shuttle member and the valve member in a stationary condition relative to each other within the predetermined range of motion of the valve member and for permitting movement of the shuttle member relative to the valve member sufficient to accommodate movement of the piston of the thermal actuator when the valve member has reached its limit of travel without accommodating the full extent of movement of the piston of the thermal actuator.

The invention discloses a movement recording method based on GPS positioning, which comprises the following steps: acquiring GPS positioning data every preset interval, wherein the GPS positioning data comprises position coordinates and time; and performing movement identification on the GPS positioning data in a period of time to obtain a movement record and a stationary record of the period of time, wherein the movement record at least comprises movement distance information; and the stationary record at least comprises stationary time information. Therefore, the movement record and the stationary record in the period of time can be obtained by movement identification on the GPS positioning data in a day, a week, a month or a year, and a user views the records to comprehensively understand and master the own movement condition and stationary condition in the period of time.

Method and apparatus for processing satellite signals in an SPS receiver is described. In one example, the satellite signals are correlated against pseudorandom reference codes to produce correlation results. A determination is made whether the SPS receiver is in a motion condition or a stationary condition. The correlation results are coherently integrated in accordance with a coherent integration period. The coherent integration period is a value that depends upon the motion condition of the SPS receiver.

An image forming apparatus includes a platen glass face provided in an apparatus body and having a reading area for reading a document set under a stationary condition thereof and an automatic reading area for reading the document while the document is guided past over this automatic reading area by an automatic document feeding mechanism, a cover means mounting said automatic document feeding mechanism and attached to the apparatus body via a pivot shaft to be pivoted for selectively opening/closing the platen glass face and a reading guide attached to the cover means and configured for guiding the document in opposition to the automatic reading area when the cover means is closed. The reading guide has a first end portion close to said pivot shaft attached to be movable to/away from said cover means and a second end portion away from the pivot shaft attached to be immovable to/away from the cover means and an urging means for urging the first end portion of the reading guide toward said automatic reading area.

An image shake correcting device is provided for use with an apparatus (e.g., a camera) in which image shake is to be corrected. The device comprises an image shake correcting unit for correcting image shake in accordance with an output of a shake detecting unit for detecting a shake condition; a support condition determining unit for determining whether the apparatus, in which image shake is to be corrected, is supported in a predetermined stationary condition; a shutter speed information determining unit for determining a shutter speed at photo-shooting; and a varying unit for varying a response manner of the image shake correcting means to the output of the shake detecting means in accordance with a combination of the determination made by the support condition determining means and the determination made by the shutter speed information determining means. The image shake correcting device is operated in an optimum mode fit for situations in use, such as whether the apparatus (camera) is held by the hands or fixedly supported on a tripod or the like.

In a method for monitoring a stationary condition of a drive device, a monitoring device provides the drive device with a temporally varying monitoring signal which, when a sensor device connected to the drive device functions properly, modulates a sensor output signal of the sensor device in accordance with the monitoring input signal. The monitoring device receives the sensor signal and monitors it for the presence of a corresponding signal component. In the absence of such a signal component, the monitoring device controls a safety device which converts the drive device into a safe state. When the drive device is controlled by means of at least two phase-shifted current regulators, it is possible for the monitoring device to monitor an output signal of at least one of the current regulators for constancy and to control the safety device when the output signal of the at least one current regulator changes.

An automatic transmission system for a vehicle includes a rotational speed detector for detecting a variation of a rotation number of driving torque transmitting member when a friction engagement element, which has been disengaged based upon oil pressure controlled by a control unit, a side of which has been transmitted with the rotation of the driving torque transmitting member, and the other side of which is locked not to be rotated during the vehicle at a stationary condition, is controlled to be engaged, wherein an oil pressure characteristic value of the friction engagement element is learned by the control unit based upon the variation of the rotation number of the driving torque transmitting member when the friction engagement element is initially engaged.

One or more friction devices of a transmission coupled to an engine through a fluid coupling are used during engine neutral idle operation to control the state of the fluid coupling for synchronous engagement and disengagement of a PTO input gear with a transmission-driven gear. The fluid coupling includes an input member connected to the engine and an output member connected to the input shaft of the transmission, and the transmission friction devices temporarily ground the output member without mechanically coupling the transmission input and output shafts under specified enable conditions. This maintains the transmission input shaft in a stationary condition while an actuator engages or disengages the PTO input gear with the transmission-driven gear. Following engagement or disengagement of the PTO input gear, the friction devices are released to resume normal operation of the fluid coupling.

Cooling assemblies having a sealable cooling chamber formed as the interior volume of a curved or spherical outer container and a sealable inner canister are disclosed. The outer container may be provided as a multi-layer container having an external elastomeric shell. The external elastomeric shell may have an inner framework including a plurality of longitudinal ribs and a reinforcing wall. A movable flap adjustable between a projecting condition in which the flap extends from the exterior surface of the outer container and a closed position in which the flap doesn't project may be provided for supporting the cooling assembly in a stationary condition and the flap may be used as a handle for opening a lid.