79 results about "Structured systems" patented technology

Structuring systems, specifically thread-like structuring systems and / or disk-like structuring systems wherein structuring agents aggregate together to form disk-like structures that can interact with other disk-like structures to result in a structuring system, and processes for making such structuring systems, stabilized liquid compositions comprising such structuring systems, systems that utilize such structuring systems for stabilizing liquid compositions, and methods for utilizing the stabilized liquid compositions to provide a benefit, are disclosed.

A panorama viewer is disclosed which facilitates navigation from within the panorama of a larger, structured system such as a map. The panorama viewer presents a viewport on a portion of a panoramic image, the viewport including a three-dimensional overlay rendered with the panoramic image. As the orientation of the viewport within the panoramic image changes, the three-dimensional overlay's orientation in three-dimensional space also changes as it is rendered with the panoramic image in a manner that matches the change in orientation of the viewport.

A method for performing free space collection in an information storage system and an information storage system (104) are described. The information storage system (104) is a log structured system having storage units (106) in which information segments (202, 204) are located. Free space collection is carried out in the storage units by using a fitness value to evaluate segments (204). The fitness value is determined as the product of the amount of free space in a segment (204) and the expected time the free space will last (310). Segments (204) are chosen for free space collection if they have the maximum fitness value (312). The segments (204) are sorted into groups by the amount of used data in each segment (204) and the fitness value is determined for one segment from each group.

The invention is directed to structuring systems suitable for incorporation into liquid fabric treatment compositions. Such structuring systems comprise, as added components, (A) a non-polymeric, crystalline, hydroxyl-containing structuring agent, which can crystallize to form a thread-like structuring network throughout liquid matrices; (B) a nonionic emulsifier; (C) an anionic emulsifier; and (D) a liquid carrier. The anionic emulsifier is present in such structuring systems, at concentrations from 0.1% to 8.0% by weight of the structuring system. The present invention also relates to processes for preparing such structuring systems and to the use of the structuring system of the present invention to control the particle size of a thread-like structuring material by mixing an anionic emulsifier with a structuring agent. Liquid fabric treatment compositions containing such structuring systems are also disclosed.

A system for structuring digitally stored information and methods for searching the resulting structure are described. The structuring system comprises a database comprising a number of cells arranged in rows and columns for holding pieces of data representing the information. Only one piece of data may be stored in each cell and the pieces of data contained in cells in one row of the database constitutes a certain information. This information may be files on a computer hard disk, pages on the www etc. An index for each unique piece of data occurring in the database, where each index table providing information concerning all locations of that unique piece of data in the database, a main index listing once all the unique pieces of data in the database together with a corresponding index table identifier, the index table identifier providing a link to the corresponding index table for that particular piece of data, are also necessary elements in the structuring system, The structure of the database / index system in itself provides fast and simple access to the information contained therein. The information structuring system and the methods for structuring and searching digitally stored information may e.g. be used in a search engine for the Internet, in a mobile phone, WAP or as a search system for retrieving files and controlling the information stored in a LAN or computer hard disk.

A method for data sorting in an information storage system and an information storage system (104) are described. The information storage system (104) is a log structured system having storage devices (106) in which information segments (202, 204) are located. Units of data are sorted into streams (136, 138) according to the expected time until the next rewrite of the unit of data. Sorting data into streams (136, 138) improves the efficiency of free space collection in the storage devices (106). Separate streams (136, 138) are provided for rewritten data units and units of data being relocated due to free space collections in the storage devices (106). The streams (136, 138) can have fixed or dynamic boundaries.

The present invention provides an interactive multimedia system for providing structured information systems, for example help systems for desktop and network based applications. The invention employs an interactive multimedia runtime container and rich media content and other data files for the structured system navigational components such as the Table of Contents (TOC), Index, Search, and Glossary. In another aspect, the invention provides a structured navigation interface through the use of rich media files driven by data files which allow the user or the author to create a customized appearance for the structured information system. The system is advantageously cross-browser and cross-platform compatible and ensures consistent navigation and look and feel across platforms and browsers. The system additionally provides compatibility with high security networks and firewall systems, allows authors to focus on content without concern over platform and browser compatibility issues, and brings powerful, appealing new visual options to authors.

The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate automatic interactions between a client component and an object supported by an operating system framework. Various components provide automatic locking, or serialization of code execution during selected processing of events that are generated by the object and directed to the client component. The system framework provides automated synchronization services for processing events to a client program. Automated event processing can be configured such that, automated processing can be turned off for all or portions of some tasks and turned on for other tasks. In one aspect, a computer-based event handling system is provided having a framework component that supplies classes of objects that can raise events. A synchronization component automatically controls in part synchronization of access to data based on categorization of objects and / or instances defined by the framework.

The invention provides a video structurization system and a target search method thereof. The video structurization system comprises a linkage camera set, a video analysis processor and a background database. The linkage camera set comprises a wide-angle camera, a long-focus camera and a cradle head. The wide-angle camera is used for acquiring video data of a monitored scene. The cradle head is used for detecting a foreground target in the monitored scene according to the video data and sending a scheduling instruction to the long-focus camera. The long-focus camera is used for acquiring video data of the foreground target according to information of the foreground target; the video analysis processor is used for acquiring feature images of the foreground target according to the video data of the foreground target, storing the feature images in the background database and establishing indexes for the foreground target; the indexes point to the feature images of the foreground target and the space-time position of the foreground target in the video data acquired by the wide-angle camera. By means of the video structurization system and the target search method thereof, remote high-definition shooting of targets within a large range can be achieved, and the targets within the remote large range can be rapidly recognized and positioned.

The present invention relates to a multiphase personal care composition. The multiphase personal care composition comprises an aqueous structured surfactant phase, a structuring system, and a benefit phase. The aqueous structured surfactant phase comprises from about 5% to about 16%, by weight of the multiphase personal care composition, of a lathering surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, cationic surfactants or mixtures thereof and a structuring system. The structuring system comprises a non-ionic emulsifier having an HLB of from about 1.4 to about 13; about 0.05% to about 5%, by weight of the multiphase personal care composition, of an associative polymer; and an electrolyte. The benefit phase comprises from about 5% to about 30%, by weight of the multiphase personal care composition, of hydrophobic benefit material.

The present invention relates to a multiphase personal care composition. The multiphase personal care composition comprises an aqueous structured surfactant phase, a structuring system, and a benefit phase. The aqueous structured surfactant phase comprises from about 5% to about 16%, by weight of the multiphase personal care composition, of a lathering surfactant selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, cationic surfactants or mixtures thereof and a structuring system. The structuring system comprises a non-ionic emulsifier having an HLB of from about 1.4 to about 13; about 0.05% to about 5%, by weight of the multiphase personal care composition, of an associative polymer; and an electrolyte. The benefit phase comprises from about 5% to about 30%, by weight of the multiphase personal care composition, of hydrophobic benefit material.

Liquid or gel-form detergents can be externally structured with a structuring system comprising crystallizable glyceride(s) emulsified with an alkanolamine-neutralized anionic surfactant. Crystallizable glyceride(s) of use include hydrogenated castor oil. The liquid or gel-form detergents may be packaged in unit dose form.

A kit and method for learning to play a musical instrument. The kit comprises a set of hands on manipulatives that assemble into a structured system of interactive musical instrument concept training components. The method comprises employing the kit according to instructions in at least one or more training manuals to assemble the hands on manipulatives into a structured system of interactive musical instrument concept training components.

The present invention relates to external structuring system(s) (ESS) comprising crystallized triglycerides including crystallized hydrogenated castor oil (HCO), surfactant and organic non-amino functional alcohols to reduce shear sensitivity. The present invention also relates to laundry detergent compositions in liquid or gel form comprising ESS.

The present inventions pertains to the field of automatic control systems based on computer technology, and essentially relates to a structured system for monitoring and controlling the engineering equipment in an installation, mainly a building comprising several floors. The system includes a central computer module with an input-output device as well as a plurality of monitoring and / or measuring and / or control sensors and / or control devices for the units and apparatus of the engineering equipment in the building. The module consists of a programmable computer server station having functions, according to the software, that provide for the centralized reception of monitoring data through information channels within a single network protocol, as well as for the processing of said data and for the output of control signals towards the control devices for the units and apparatus of the engineering equipment in the building. This system further includes controllers connected in a “star” circuit to the input-output device of the central computer module. Each controller has a plurality of remote input-output modules connected serially thereto, while each of said modules has a corresponding sensor or a control device connected thereto. At least one additional computer station is connected through its input-output module to the corresponding controller that ensures, according to the software, the local monitoring and the control of the units and apparatus in at least one functionally independent section of the engineering equipment in the building.

The invention relates to a method for realizing an embedded type common plug-and-play device status monitoring adaptive network structure, which comprises the following steps: realizing an adaptive control and an seamless link of a device monitoring network by using an embedded type common plug-and-play middleware technology; and connecting a monitoring network center, a target device monitoring unit and a device monitoring data server of an enterprise where a monitoring target is displaced by a backbone industrial Ethernet, and realizing intellectualized management of the entire network by calling the common plug-and-play system service. The invention also provides a structured system which uses the monitoring network center of the enterprise where the monitoring target is displaced as a control point, uses the target device monitoring unit as a device point and uses the device monitoring data server as a data center point, wherein the control point, the device point and the data center point are connected by the backbone industrial Ethernet, and the system comprises a device real-time data acquisition module, a system monitoring and management module and a monitoring data on-line service module. The invention has good universality and high adaptive ability, and realizes remote real-time on-line monitoring.

The invention discloses an intelligent household ecological system and belongs to the field of an intelligent household. The intelligent household ecological system is an orderly structured system formed by combining various electronic function modules which acting on one another, for providing an intelligent adjustable environment for human beings and other animals. The system comprises a voice instruction acquisition unit, a hybrid source power supply device, a central processor, a Wifi module, an infrared module, an environment detection module, an electrical equipment control module and a video monitoring unit. The video monitoring unit comprises an analog camera, a video A / D converter, an FPGA processor and a DSP processor which are sequentially connected, wherein the FPGA processor is connected with an SRAM1 memory and an SARM0 memory, the DSP processor is connected with the video A / D converter through an I2C bus, and the DSP processor is connected with a storage device. The voice instruction acquisition unit, the hybrid source power supply device, the Wifi module, the infrared module, the environment detection module, the electrical equipment control module and the video monitoring unit are connected with the central processor.

A kit and method for learning rhythms, composing music, to play a musical instrument, and then read music; in that particular order of events. The kit comprises a set of hands on manipulatives that assemble into a structured system of interactive musical instrument concept training components. The method comprises employing the kit according to instructions in at least one or more training manuals to assemble the hands on manipulatives into a structured system of interactive musical instrument concept training components.

The invention discloses an external structured system composition for a liquid detergent, and the liquid detergent. The external structured system composition is prepared from the components in percentage by weight: (a) 0.01%-5% of 12-hydroxyl-18 triglycerides, (b) 0.01%-5% of an alkylaryl sulfonic acid solubilizer, (c) 5%-60% of surfactants, (d) 0.01%-10% of a pH stabilizer, a pH regulator and analkali agent, and (e) the balance of water, wherein as for the alkylaryl sulfonic acid solubilizer, the number of alkane chain carbon atoms is less than 5, and an anion surfactant accounts for at least 80% of the total amount of the surfactants in the composition. An external structured system has higher structured performance, that is, better suspension capacity is achieved under the same condition. The invention further discloses a preparation method of the external structured system composition, and application of the external structured system composition to the liquid detergent.

To detect the performance degradation of an optical communication transmission system after it becoming operational, thereby preventing the reliability of the system from lowering. In an optical communication transmission system, one of optical transmitter-receivers in a redundant-structured system is an active optical transmitter-receiver, and the other optical transmitter-receiver is a standby optical transmitter-receiver. The optical transmitter-receiver includes a loopback device through which the signal light of a transmitting section of the optical transmitter-receivers is inputted to a receiving section, and an operating-system switching scheduling device for regularly switching the operating system is provided. Further, there is also provided a performance check scheduling device which operates the loopback device of the standby-system optical transmitter-receiver at a prescribed timing determined in advance to start the performance check processing by the transmitting section and the receiving section of the optical transmitter-receiver.

The invention relates to a standard literature full text structuralization method based on extensible markup language, belonging to the field of information technology and standard literature. The invention solves the problem of excavating text of the standard literature, realizes full text search, refined search and original display of the standard literature, and can extract relative data for excavating standard information text. The standard literature full text structured method based on XML (Extensible Markup Language) is established by combining the characteristics of the standard literature and the requirements of publishing structure from the application of the standard literature, and taking standard full text XML document type definition schema file as a core, a standard literature structured XML document making module, a search query module, a document display module and a database form a standard literature full text XML structured system. The invention is applied to standard literature service and publication.

The invention discloses a method and device for hiding a vehicle on the basis of big data analysis. The method comprises the steps that road traffic front-end equipment collects passing vehicle pictures and video, and the passing vehicle pictures and video and passing vehicle information are sent to an unstructured file storing system; the unstructured file storing system receives the passing vehicle pictures and video and passing vehicle information which are sent by the road traffic front-end equipment for storage; a structured system obtains the passing vehicle pictures and video and passing vehicle information of the unstructured file storing system, the passing vehicle pictures and video and passing vehicle information are subjected to structured analysis to obtain structured data, the structured data is stored in a distributed column oriented storing system; the screening condition is determined to obtain analysis task information; task information is sent to all data nodes of the distributed column oriented storing system, and all the data nodes filter out vehicle data which does not meet the condition according to the screening condition; calculation is conducted to obtainthe hidden vehicle. Accordingly, the range of screening suspect vehicles can be reduced in the shortest time, the work efficiency of police is improved, and the experience requirement of the police islowered.

The application discloses a quasi-real-time deployment and control system and method based on multi-source video structured data. The system includes a video source device, a video source data transmission interface, a distributed storage system, a video structured system, and a deployment and control system. The video source data transmission interface transmits the original video source data in the video source device to the distributed storage system; the distributed storage system receives and stores the original video source data transmitted by the video source data transmission interface, and transmits the original video source data to the video Structured system; the video structured system performs structured processing on the received original video source data, generates video structured data, and transmits the video structured data to the distributed storage system; the distributed storage system transmits the video structured data To the deployment and control system; the deployment and control system obtains the corresponding video structured data from the distributed storage system in quasi-real time, and processes and analyzes the acquired video structured data to generate a deployment and control plan.

The invention discloses a two-layer network structured system and implementing method and the head compressing and lossless migrating methods thereof. Two layers of nodes comprise edge radio station (ERS) and IP access gateway (IAGW), where ERS is formed by cominging NodeB in a three-layer network structured telecom system with radio network controller (RNC). In various protocol entities on the two layers of nodes, PDCP'entity on IAGW comprises head compression module and RLC' protocol entity on ERS comprises lossless migrating module. That is to say, head compression module in PDCP entity moves up to IAGW; lossless migrating module in PDCP entity moves down to radio link control protocol entity on ERS. And the invention also discloses head compression method and lossless migrating method executed in the improved network structure. In the two-layer node structure of network evolution, the invention adopts new user plane protocol stack and can raise service data transmitting efficiency.

The invention discloses a system and a method with a client-server framework for generating web pages through reading a database. The invention method comprises the following steps: web page information is read in the database at a server end through the web page information transmitting from a user end; a static web page is established at the server end according to web page data; and the static web page is transmit to the user end for display. The invention solves the problem that when the visit capacity of the dynamic web page technology is extremely large, the efficiency of reading information from the information base at the server end is unsatisfactory, and the work efficiency at the server end is increased.