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The present invention provides systems and methods for monitoring in real time the physiological status of one or more subjects, especially subject engaged in potentially hazardous or dangerous activities. Systems include wearable items with one or more physiological sensors and a local data unit (LDU) operatively coupled to the sensors. The LDUs digitize and filter sensor data, extract physiological parameters, determine abnormal or not acceptable physiological conditions, and communicate to external monitoring facilities. The external facilities display status and data concerning monitored subjects. In preferred embodiments, communication between the LDUs and the external monitoring facilities dynamically adjusts to the condition of the subjects and to system changes such as subjects and external facilities entering and leaving and/or moving from place to place. The invention also provides program products for performing this invention's methods.

A computer system analysis tool and method that will allow for qualitative and quantitative assessment of security attributes and vulnerabilities in systems including computer networks. The invention is based on generation of attack graphs wherein each node represents a possible attack state and each edge represents a change in state caused by a single action taken by an attacker or unwitting assistant. Edges are weighted using metrics such as attacker effort, likelihood of attack success, or time to succeed. Generation of an attack graph is accomplished by matching information about attack requirements (specified in “attack templates”) to information about computer system configuration (contained in a configuration file that can be updated to reflect system changes occurring during the course of an attack) and assumed attacker capabilities (reflected in “attacker profiles”). High risk attack paths, which correspond to those considered suited to application of attack countermeasures given limited resources for applying countermeasures, are identified by finding “epsilon optimal paths.”

Methods and systems for providing directory services for peer-to-peer systems and applications are provided. Example embodiments provide a Peer-to-Peer Directory System (“PPDS”), which enables applications, especially those using peer-to-peer technology that desire to communicate directly with one another on different peer computer systems, to automatically discover working (current) network addresses for each other even when the network addresses of their respective computer systems change dynamically. The PPDS provides a community-based tracking system, a portion of which is implemented on each computer system that is a member of the community, to mutually track and store the network addresses of the other computer systems to which it has an associated relationship. The PPDS also provides a query mechanism that takes advantage of the relationship paths between the various computer systems to search for a current network address of a designated computer system.

A directed sequential hazard assessment weather radar system detects weather and hazards with low latency and high confidence in a hazard detection mode to detect a region of reflectivity and changes to an assessment mode after detecting the region of reflectivity. The weather radar system scans a volume in front of an aircraft to detect the region of reflectivity in the hazard detection mode using a multiscan process and a reflectivity pulse pattern. The weather radar system determines presence of a hazard in the region of reflectivity after detecting the region. The weather radar system changes to a turbulence pulse pattern in the assessment mode and scans the region of reflectivity with an auxiliary sweep to determine turbulence. The directed sequential hazard assessment weather radar system performs a qualification process by scheduling an additional radar scanning auxiliary sweep to determine if the turbulence is real.

A system and method for maintaining consistency between translational look-aside buffers (TLB) and page tables. A TLB has a TLB table for storing a list of virtual memory address-to-physical memory address translations, or page table entries (PTES) and a hardware-based controller for invalidating a translation that is stored in the TLB table when a corresponding page table entry changes. The TLB table includes a virtual memory (VM) page tag and a page table entry address tag for indexing the list of translations The VM page tag can be searched for VM pages that are referenced by a process. If a referenced VM page is found, an associated physical address is retrieved for use by the processor. The TLB controller includes a snooping controller for snooping a cache-memory interconnect for activity that affects PTEs. The page table entry address tag can be searched by a search engine in the TLB controller for snooped page table entry addresses. The TLB controller includes an updating module for invalidating or updating translations associated with snooped page table entry addresses. Translations in TLBs are thus updated or invalidated through hardware when an operating system changes a PTE, without intervention by an operating system or other software.

A method and system for providing an integrated building summary dashboard application. The dashboard can be implemented, for example, as a Rich Internet Application (RIA), which integrates with multiple data sources. A data warehouse can be utilized to consolidate and store the data related to a particular dashboard. The dashboard can be configured by integrating high-level metrics with key performance indicators to provide an overview, which can then be granularized to provide detailed information. The dashboard can also be configured to include a data chart that provides a “glimpse” of information associated with key performance indicators. The data chart can be configured to utilize a target bar as input to an interactive what-if analysis, and an output can be utilized to automatically drive control automation system changes.

A method and system for selecting an optimal set of management and risk controls for a given set of risks within a variable control budget. Specifically, optimization according to the present invention is defined using a method and system to calculate the greatest reduction in an organization's risk exposure with the minimum investment in cost and time as measured by the economic value added of the risk system change. Risk control models and management risk control models are client customized into a risk control system specifically addressing a clients applicable risks and their associated exposures. An operator is able to determine which risk control system maximizes available resources while also reducing an organization's total risk exposure.

A data processing system and method in a computer network are disclosed for improving performance of a link aggregation system included in the network. Parameters are established which are utilized to determine performance criteria of the link aggregation system. A performance of the link aggregation system is determined by determining the performance criteria. The performance of the link aggregation system changes in response to a flow traffic burden on the link aggregation system changing. The link aggregation system dynamically modifies the parameters in response to the changing performance of the link aggregation system. The link aggregation system is self-tuning and capable of automatically adjusting to a changing flow traffic burden on the link aggregation system.

The present invention provides the laser irradiation apparatus that has a galvanometer mirror and an f-theta lens optical system, can offset the change of the energy due to the transmittance change of the f-theta lens, and can scan a laser beam while the change of the energy on a substrate is suppressed. Further, the laser beam energy that is incident on the lens is controlled in advance by combining the optical system changing the branching ratio of polarization of the laser beam and the optical system having dependence on direction of polarization of the laser beam and changed continuously according to the transmittance of the lens on which the laser beam is incident. The laser energy is controlled to offset the transmittance of the lens, and thereby energy fluctuation of the laser beam irradiation of a substrate can be prevented.

Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that executes an application. During operation, the system physiologically monitors a user of the application with a set of sensors as the application executes. Next, the system assesses a mental state of the user based on physiological data collected from the sensors. Finally, the system changes the behavior of the application based on the assessed mental state to facilitate use of the application by the user.

A computer system operation registers as an event when an operation potentially characteristic of malware occurs. Events are scored and when a threshold is reached indicative of a possible malware infection a restore point is created. Many restore points are created. When a user decides to restore the system because of the presence of malware a malware report is retrieved. The malware report describes characteristics of a particular piece of malware. The malware report is compared to the restore point logs that had been created earlier. Any number of malware reports are compared to the restore point logs. A restore point log that shares many of the same system changes or other effects also present in a malware report is likely to be an indication of the beginning of a malware infection. The matched restore point log is recommended to the user as the best restore point.

A computer system is upgraded while the computer system is functioning. The computer system has a first boot device with a first operating system and a second device. The method includes: preparing the second device within the computer system as a bootable device while the computer system is functioning under control of the first operating system; preparing the second device within the computer system to receive a second operating system while the computer system is functioning under control of the first operating system; loading the second operating system onto the second device while the computer system is functioning under control of the first operating system; and, rebooting the computer system such that the computer system is under control of the second operating system on the second device.

The invention discloses an automatic holographic management system integrating detection of an electric energy meter and warehousing management, comprising an automatic pipelining standard device for detection of the electric energy meter, an unboxing machine, a boxing machine and a three-dimensional table library; wherein the three-dimensional table library is respectively connected with the boxing machine and the unboxing machine; and the boxing machine and the unboxing machine are respectively connected with the automatic pipelining standard device for detection of the electric energy meter by a conveying belt. The system changes large amount of repeated and mechanical manual modes in the whole process of the operation of the electric energy meter, and has the automatic functions of automatic delivery from the warehouse, automatic distribution, automatic feeding, automatic positioning, automatic wire connection, automatic image recognition, automatic temperature monitoring, automatic wire disconnection, automatic discharging, automatic boxing, automatic disc packing and automatic warehouse entry.

A computer program product, an apparatus, and a method for processing communications between a target and an initiator an input/output processing system are provided. The computer program product includes a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method. The method includes: sending a message from the initiator to the target, the message requesting suspension of input/output operations between the initiator and the target for a period of time, the period of time being defined by the message; responsive to the message, suspending input/output operation messages for the period of time; performing a system change comprising at least one of: at least one update, a computer program installation, a recovery, and a change in operating parameters; and initiating new input/output operations after at least one of: expiration of the period of time and initiation of new input/output operations by the initiator.

The present invention proposes a Magic and Robust Methodology Integrated-Reengineering (MaRMI-RE), which is a reengineering methodology defining a process including procedures and techniques for a componentization of legacy systems and work products generated during the process. A continuous evolution model for the legacy systems proposed in the present invention enables the legacy systems to be systematically transformed into component systems capable of smoothly complying with new requirements, thus maximizing productivity and efficiency of the legacy systems with respect to potential business and system change requirements.

An optical disk read signal processing system for Blu-ray disc systems to ensure stable phase-locked locked operation even with a low signal-to-noise ratio. This system changes a loop configuration of a phase lock loop circuit according to the operating state, and utilizes a FIR equalizer for phase detection. This system attains a low error rate even when the signal-to-noise ratio of an input signal is low, and avoids pulse edges with low phase detection accuracy or signal pulse streams with a high possibility of being mistakenly detected as an edge in conventional methods, and also supports diverse types of input signals.

The invention discloses an automatic carrier-landing guiding method of a carrier-borne unmanned aircraft and belongs to the technical field of automatic carrier-landing guiding for carrier-borne aircrafts. The method comprises the following steps of determining a reference flight path at a capturing phase according to the initial course information and the positional information of the unmanned aircraft, determining a reference flight path at a tracking phase by considering the influence of deck movement, acquiring a flight-path error at the capturing phase by adopting a direct sightline method, and obtaining a flight-path error at the tracking phase by adopting a dynamic coordinate-system changing method; calculating longitudinal and transverse control-signal instruction values according to the flight-path errors, and guiding the carrier-borne unmanned aircraft to fly along the reference flight paths. The automatic carrier-landing guiding method of the carrier-borne unmanned aircraft provided by the invention has high realizability and operability, so that the carrier-landing performance of the unmanned aircraft under a specific carrier-landing environment is improved; the deck movement is directly led into a carrier-landing tracking-phase guiding algorithm, so that the addition of a deck-movement compensator to a controller is avoided, the complexity of a flight control system is lowered, and the reliability of a carrier-landing system is improved.

Four threat levels reflect a prevailing risk and can be adjusted, for example, when local authorities advise of an increased likelihood of terrorist activity. Thus, a higher threat level in such system indicates a higher level of risk to a particular facility. In an embodiment of the invention, the behavior of the system changes with a simple adjustment to the threat level.

Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamically modifying an application program's behavior in response to changing environmental conditions (such as network changes, system changes, and so forth). The application may solicit such information, and/or may receive unsolicited environmental change notifications. In response to a change notification, the application may take one or more of the following approaches to adapt to the changing conditions: (1) alter its execution; (2) modify its use of, or control of, other cooperating application; and (3) modify the selection of application execution threads. (An application might also decide to make no changes in its behavior.)

An image display system is capable of generating a composite image that shows a surrounding area of a vehicle viewed from virtual viewpoints, by combining a plurality of shot images taken by a plurality of on-vehicle cameras that are disposed at different locations on the vehicle. The image display system changes data volumes of two shot images taken by two of the on-vehicle cameras based on a lighting mode of a lighting apparatus, the data volumes being used for an overlap area of the composite image that corresponds to the surrounding area of the vehicle where the two on-vehicle cameras can shoot in overlap. This reduces problems caused by lighting of the lighting apparatus in the overlap area of the composite image.

A cloud-based computer system changes the modern paradigm from being device-centric to being person-centric. The system makes all user data, software settings, device settings, and licensed content for a user available in the cloud. The system includes a conversion mechanism that can convert information intended for one device type to a different device type. Thus, a user changing smart phone platforms can convert their current smart phone settings to equivalent settings on the new phone platform, and their new phone can then be configured using the user's converted settings stored in the cloud. By storing all the user's relevant information in the cloud, this information may be accessed anywhere and may be used to configure a large number of different devices according to the user's settings.

A lane departure control system is provided which steers a vehicle toward the center of a lane of a road at a first yaw rate by a controlled angle when the vehicle is determined to be about to deviate from the lane. Afterwards, when the vehicle is determined to be traveling toward a virtual line defined near a lane boundary, the system steers the vehicle by a correction angle so as to orient the vehicle parallel to the virtual line at a second yaw rate. The system changes the value of the first yaw rate at a first rate within the controlled angle and also changes the value of the second yaw rate at a second rate within the correction angle. An absolute value of the second rate is set smaller than that of the first rate, thereby minimizing an undesirable physical load on a driver of the vehicle.