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An informatics system permits data entities from a wide range of data sources to be accessed and evaluated. The sources of the data entities may be simply data sources, such as for articles and other non-patient or population specific information, as well as controllable and prescribable sources, such diagnostic imaging, clinical and other sources forming part of the patient care path. The entities are organized, analyzed in accordance with a domain framework, which may be altered by a user to focus on factors and informational components of interest. Holistic and integrated understanding of such factors are there fore available, and refinement of healthcare processes can be made to provide improved care in a more time and cost effective manner.

A gas flow rate verification apparatus is provided for shared use in a multiple tool semiconductor processing platform. The gas flow rate verification apparatus is defined to measure a pressure rate of rise and temperature within a test volume for determination of a corresponding gas flow rate. The apparatus includes first and second volumes, wherein the second volume is larger than the first volume. The apparatus also includes first and second pressure measurement devices, wherein the second pressure measurement device is capable of measuring higher pressures. Based on the target gas flow rate to be measured, either the first or second volume can be selected as the test volume, and either the first or second pressure measurement device can be selected to measure the pressure in the test volume. Configurability of the apparatus enables accurate measurement of gas flow rates over a broad range and in an time efficient manner.

Systems and methods for two-way, interactive communication regarding emergency notifications and responses for mobile environments are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a specific geographic area is designated for selective emergency communications. The emergency communications may comprise text, audio, video, and other types of data. The emergency notification is sent to users' mobile communications devices such as in-vehicle telematics units, cellular phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), laptops, etc. that are currently located in the designated area. The sender of the emergency message or the users' service provider(s) may remotely control cameras and microphones associated with the users' mobile communications devices. For example, a rear camera ordinarily used when driving in reverse may be used to capture images and video that may assist authorities in searching for a suspect. The users' vehicles may send photographs or video streams of nearby individuals, cars and license plates, along with real-time location information, in response to the emergency notification. Image recognition algorithms may be used to analyze license plates, vehicles, and faces captured by the users' cameras and determine whether they match a suspect's description. Advantageously, the present invention utilizes dormant resources in a highly beneficial and time-saving manner that increases public safety and national security.

Systems and methods for computer assisted cueing and selective reviewing of driving data in order to save time in the data review process are provided. The method allows identifying essential portions of the data, selecting the essential portions, reviewing the selected data and retrieving additional data leading to the event if necessary. At least one event capture device continuously captures data into a buffer. The data are sent to an event detector communicatively coupled to the event capture device only when the event detector requests them. After receiving the data, the event detector selects and indexes a pre-event portion, during-event portion and post-event portion, combines the portions of captured data into a single driving event record and sends the driving event record to the evaluation server. From the server, the driving event record is sent to the analysis station for review and analysis.

An enterprise based workflow server based system to detect and classify images as potentially of pornographic nature. The system is based on two independent stages. The first stage is an automatic stage which eliminates most images that are positively non pornographic, including an image analysis engine with a plurality of sub engines, each dedicated to different attributes of an image. The second stage describes an additional embodiment of a manual review stage. An alternative embodiment describes a similar server solution to detect images suspected as copyrighted material. The images can be individually classified, or analyzed as a cluster or a collection of images such as an album or motion-picture segment, sampled into key still frames. The system optimizes time saving by elimination of images, and assures accuracy by generating a workflow reviewing solution which can involve a human decision-making stage.

A credit based marketing process for products and services identifies a particular product or service to be offered to a list of prospective consumers. The list of prospective consumers is subjected to parameters to identify creditworthy prospects by a lending institution or by an independent credit rating agency. Offers to sell the product or service on a credit plan, including the establishment of a credit account, are distributed by direct mail, telemarketing or a computer network, for example. A transaction is completed by notifying a lending institution underwriting the process of a transaction whereby the transaction is funded and an account for the purchaser / consumer is established. The process eliminates or reduces costs to the provider and the lending institution by eliminating unqualified customers, gives the provider a competitive advantage and saves time and effort for the consumer.

A storage system and method for operating the storage system that uses reversible resistance-switching elements is described. Techniques are disclosed herein for varying programming conditions to account for different resistances that memory cells have. These techniques can program memory cells in fewer attempts, which can save time and / or power. Techniques are disclosed herein for achieving a high programming bandwidth while reducing the worst case current and / or power consumption.

A grill controller device, which remotely controls any type or grill or oven, comprises a circuit board, a plurality of connector, a power supply system, a control panel, a plurality of temperature control units, a plurality of temperature probes, and a speaker. The grill controller device is wirelessly connected with a graphic user interface so an user can wirelessly operate the grill controller device through the graphic user interface. The grill controller device externally attaches to existing grills and ovens. The plurality of temperature control units adjusts a grill temperature and a plurality of meat temperatures according to the user. A plurality of alerts is controlled by control software and the plurality of alerts comprises different functionality relative to different components. The user is able to control total functionality of the existing grills and ovens through the grill controller device while saving time.

An implantable neurostimulator for treating disorders such as epilepsy, pain, movement disorders and depression includes a detection subsystem capable of detecting a physiological condition and a therapy subsystem capable of providing a course of therapy in response to the condition. The therapy subsystem includes an auto-adjust module for automatically adjusting one or more parameters of the therapy so that the therapy subsystem can provide an adjusted parameter to the patient and solicit the patient's feedback concerning the adjustment without requiring the presence of, or immediate involvement with, a clinician or physician. The patient feedback can be analyzed by computer, clinician or a combination of both to determine an optimal range of parameters for subsequent courses of therapy. In this manner, information useful in tuning the neurostimulator therapy parameters to optimize them for individual patient can be acquired automatically outside of the traditional clinical setting, saving time and minimizing patient fatigue that otherwise would be experience in marathon, in-clinic tuning sessions. The auto-adjust module also can be configured to prompt the patient to provide feedback even when parameters are not being adjusted, so as to acquire information for a baseline or about any placebo effect when the patient is otherwise expecting changes to the therapy to be made.

An order-picking storage system for picking orders, in particular of articles in containers, includes at least one container store and at least one order-picking workplace. The containers are supplied from the container stores to at least one order-picking workplace and are provided there in straight-through channels and / or in variable-use stations in a plurality of removal positions. A conveying device transfers the containers supplied from the container store to each straight-through channel and / or variable-use station. The straight-through channels and / or variable-use stations and the order-picking workplace are arranged in the upper region of the container store. The storage system thus provides a time-saving and staff-saving order-picking storage system with a high utilization of space, and provides a compact, ergonomic and attractive workstation.

A computer implemented proximity searcher searches position field information (representing geographical positions) stored in database records, to identify database positions falling within a predetermined search range of a position of interest. The proximity searcher avoids time consuming conventional techniques such as great circle calculations to thereby reduce the computational burden associated with proximity searching, thus achieving time efficient proximity searches to identify candidate geographical positions that are near the position of interest. The proximity searcher identifies the candidate geographical positions within a search range, specified as a proximity parameter, of the position of interest. The proximity parameter and the position field information can have incompatible formats. In one configuration, the proximity searcher resides on a server coupled to a network and responds to user queries provided by, for example, client computers also coupled to the network.

A management tree or nodes arranged hierarchically tree-like, respectively, is used to manage, contain and map information of a manageable device according to the SyncML DM protocol standard. A management server can request from such a device, by means of a GET command, information contained in a certain node of the management tree server. The manageable device responds by transmitting the requested information of the management tree. The inventive concept provides methods which allow a request of information not only from one single node but from a plurality of nodes at the same time. This leads to an efficient, time and cost saving management process.

A method and system for reducing delay in wireless communications by use of a burst based access and assignment system. The method for setting up a communication channel uses short burst(s) (essentially a slot of a time frame). Time is saved by keeping the uplink and downlink channels flexible and independent of each other. Thus less time is used trying to fit all requests and responses into constrained choices as in previous protocols. The result is less delay to the mobile user and greater usage density for the wireless service provider.

The invention provides a system for remote control of equipment based on the Internet of things, which comprises a mobile terminal, a server of the Internet of things, a forwarding device and controlled devices. The mobile terminal is used for receiving a control command submitted by a user and transmitting the control command to the server of the Internet of things; the server of the Internet of things is used for determining controlled device information and a control signal according to the control command and transmitting the controlled device information and the control signal to the forwarding device; the forwarding device comprises a first transmission module, and is used for receiving the controlled device information and the control signal and distributing the control signal to a controlled device designated by the controlled device information in a way of short-distance transmission; and the controlled devices are used for responding the control signal and implementing corresponding operation. The invention can simplify the operation, save the time, avoid limitation to the number of the controlled devices, and comprehensively satisfy the requirements of users for control any time any where.

A method, computer program product, system and apparatus are presented for reducing wasted bandwidth due to supercasting multicast cells through a router switch fabric. In one embodiment of the present invention, signatures of a switch fabric destination address are generated and compared. A signature is an information-rich representation of the fabric destination address that is generated using the fabric destination address. Therefore, supercasting can be minimized by combining fabric destination addresses with like signatures. Aspects of the present invention include generating the signatures using random permutation maps of the set of switch fabric ports or determining intersections of a fabric destination address with a selection of subsets of the switch fabric ports. Signature-based solutions for supercast minimization can be performed in a time-efficient manner and be implemented online, while solutions that can generate a more optimal solution but may take a longer time to perform, such as row-clustering, can be implemented off-line. A further aspect of the invention, incorporates an off-line row-clustering supercast minimization method with an on-line signature-based supercast minimization method.

A pulse analyzing apparatus includes a measuring unit, a capture unit for processing a pulse signal from the measuring unit, and an operation analyzing unit for calculating the pulse signal processed by the capture unit. Thus, the pulse analyzing apparatus uses a multi-way measurement process to simultaneously measure the pulse signals of different portions of a tested person, thereby simplifying the measurement process and saving the time.

Reject code handling is utilized for a more time-efficient selection of data-capable networks. One illustrative method for use in selecting a wireless communication network for communications involves the steps of causing a request for data connectivity to be transmitted through a first wireless network; reattempting the request for data connectivity through the first wireless network one or more times if a reject code comprising a non-critical error is received in response to the request for data connectivity through the first wireless network; and attempting to select a second wireless network for communications without reattempting the request for data connectivity through the first wireless network one or more times if a reject code comprising a critical error is received in response to the request for data connectivity through the first wireless network.

An electric heating cooking appliance that automatically fills a pressured water source at regular intervals, mainly referring to electric rice cookers, electric pressure cookers and electric stew pots. The upper cover of the electric heating cooking appliance is provided with a water injection pipeline, which is connected to an external pressured water source. It communicates with the interior of the electric heating cooking appliance, and a control device is arranged on the delivery pipeline. Water and other ingredients do not mix during the preparatory stage. At this stage, there is only rice or other ingredients at the bottom of the pot without water. The ingredients in this article include rice, beans, meat, fruits and vegetables, and water. The water is only input into the inner tank almost at the same time as heating, and it is heated and cooked. This can solve the problem of deterioration of the taste of the rice caused by the pre-mixing of ingredients in the timing electric heating cooking appliance for too long, improve the quality of life of users, save time and improve efficiency.

A markerless motion capture system is provided for measurements accurate enough for biomechanical, clinical, sport, entertainment, animation, game and movie, design, ergonomics, surveillance applications. The system has multiple cameras distributed around a viewing volume. The cameras allow for the creation of three-dimensional mesh representations of an object dynamically moving within the viewing volume. A model of the object that incorporates specific morphological and kinematic model information (including soft joint constraints) is then matched to the captured three-dimensional mesh representations. The matching routine aims to embed the model into each of the three-dimensional representations using (i) iterative closest point or simulated annealing algorithms and (ii) using soft joint constraints. This unique combination of routines offers a simple, time-efficient, accurate and thus more meaningful assessment of movements. The system further offers feasibility of accurately and precisely measuring three-dimensional kinematics of the dynamically moving object or human.

A computer implemented proximity searcher searches position field information (representing geographical positions) stored in database records, to identify database positions falling within a predetermined search range of a position of interest. The proximity searcher avoids time consuming conventional techniques such as great circle calculations to thereby reduce the computational burden associated with proximity searching, thus achieving time efficient proximity searches to identify candidate geographical positions that are near the position of interest. The proximity searcher identifies the candidate geographical positions within a search range, specified as a proximity parameter, of the position of interest. The proximity parameter and the position field information can have incompatible formats. In one configuration, the proximity searcher resides on a server coupled to a network and responds to user queries provided by, for example, client computers also coupled to the network.

A fully automatic, computationally efficient segmentation method of video employing sequential clustering of sparse image features. Both edge and corner features of a video scene are employed to capture an outline of foreground objects and the feature clustering is built on motion models which work on any type of object and moving / static camera in which two motion layers are assumed due to camera and / or foreground and the depth difference between the foreground and background. Sequential linear regression is applied to the sequences and the instantaneous replacements of image features in order to compute affine motion parameters for foreground and background layers and consider temporal smoothness simultaneously. The Foreground layer is then extracted based upon sparse feature clustering which is time efficient and refined incrementally using Kalman filtering.

A method for accelerating data acquisition in MRI with N-dimensional spatial encoding has a first method step in which a transverse magnetization within an imaged object volume is prepared having a non-linear phase distribution. Primary spatial encoding is thereby effected through application of switched magnetic fields. Two or more RF receivers are used to simultaneously record MR signals originating from the imaged object volume, wherein, for each RF receiver, an N-dimensional data matrix is recorded which is undersampled by a factor Ri per selected k-space direction. Data points belonging to a k-space matrix which were not recoded by a selected acquisition schema are reconstructed using a parallel imaging method, wherein reference information concerning receiver coil sensitivities is extracted from a phase-scrambled reconstruction of the undersampled data matrix. The method generates a high-resolution image free of artifacts in a time-efficient manner by improving data sampling efficiency and thereby reducing overall data acquisition time.

A fully automatic, computationally efficient segmentation method of video employing sequential clustering of sparse image features. Both edge and corner features of a video scene are employed to capture an outline of foreground objects and the feature clustering is built on motion models which work on any type of object and moving / static camera in which two motion layers are assumed due to camera and / or foreground and the depth difference between the foreground and background. Sequential linear regression is applied to the sequences and the instantaneous replacements of image features in order to compute affine motion parameters for foreground and background layers and consider temporal smoothness simultaneously. The Foreground layer is then extracted based upon sparse feature clustering which is time efficient and refined incrementally using Kalman filtering.

Instead of constructing a full multi-dimensional look up table as a model to find the critical dimension or other parameters in scatterometry, regression or other optimized estimation methods are employed starting from a “best guess” value of the parameter. Eigenvalues of models that are precalculated may be stored and reused later for other structures having certain common characteristics to save time. The scatterometric data that is used to find the value of the one or more parameter can be limited to those at wavelengths that are less sensitive to the underlying film characteristics. A model for a three-dimensional grating may be constructed by slicing a representative structure into a stack of slabs and creating an array of rectangular blocks to approximate each slab. One dimensional boundary problems may be solved for each block which are then matched to find a two-dimensional solution for the slab. A three-dimensional solution can then be constructed from the two-dimensional solutions for the slabs to yield the diffraction efficiencies of the three-dimensional grating. This model can then be used for finding the one or more parameters of the diffracting structure in scatterometry. Line roughness of a surface can be measured by directing a polarized incident beam in an incident plane normal to the line grating and measuring the cross-polarization coefficient. The value of the one or more parameters may then be supplied to a stepper or etcher to adjust a lithographic or etching process.

The invention provides a train tracking and approaching pre-warning system. The security states of trains running in the same line and the same direction are subjected to real-time efficient calculation and estimation by adopting train locating information and safety pre-warning logic according to the advantages of a plurality of information wireless transmission modes. Thus, reasonable, accurate and efficient safety pre-warning is provided for possibly appearing dangerous situations and the potential safety hazard caused by signal system failure in tracking operation of the train. Train locating is achieved by a differential satellite navigation locating receiver in combination with a wheel speed sensor by the train tracking and approaching pre-warning system; the position information of each train is transmitted by a wireless communication network between the train and the ground; the position information of each train comprises train running kilometer post, speed, direction, line number, timestamp and the like; and a ground train position controller is used for carrying out comprehensive detection and processing on the position information of each train in the obtained prefecture, carrying out position judgment logic calculation and dynamic distance calculation of front and back trains, and transmitting the pre-warning information to the back train through the wireless information transmission network when the distance between the front train and the rear train is smaller than each of different levels of safety pre-warning thresholds.

The advantages are derived from a cost-reduced managed entity configuration of various communications network equipment having diverse makes, models, and software releases. Expertise of highly trained analysts is employed in a time-efficient manner to write discrete parameterized configuration script templates for maximum re-use, thereby reducing the number of scripts that they are required to maintain and deploy with each update. Script execution dependencies and version information associated with script templates enable script dependency checking, script version control, and customization of scripts for target managed entity reducing exposure to errors in performing managed entity configuration tasks. Network management personnel with little or no command line interface configuration knowledge merely select and populate parameters for scripts required to perform required configuration tasks enhancing configuration management cost-effectiveness. Faster support for new managed entities and features is provided via the configuration task specific script templates.

A means for charging the battery of a battery powered tool or device automatically, as said device is used is disclosed. A battery operated device, such as a cordless power tool, can have its battery re-charged without using a AC plug-in type battery charger. This can be accomplished by installing a DC charging component, as a permanent part of the said device. The said charging component is installed in such a manner that the same motor that operates the said device, also energizes the said charging component. The power generated by said charging component, is then transmitted to said battery via a voltage regulating device. The process thus mentioned eliminates the need for a separate charging device for normal operation. This makes said tool or device more convenient to use, thus eliminating the gradual loss of power associated with conventional cordless power tools. This device will also save time and money to consumers. Another aspect of this invention is the establishment of a standardize, universal battery system which will create uniform battery standards world-wide for industries.

An apparatus and method for an ultrasonic medical device having an ultrasonic probe with a small proximal end to facilitate over the ultrasonic probe exchanges in a time efficient manner. The ultrasonic probe is inserted into a vasculature and moved to a treatment site of an occlusion. A coupling engaging the ultrasonic probe to a transducer is disengaged to expose a small diameter at the proximal end of the ultrasonic probe. A vascular intervention device is placed over the small diameter at the proximal end and moved along a longitudinal axis of the ultrasonic probe while the ultrasonic probe remains in an approximately fixed position in the vasculature. In a preferred embodiment, the ultrasonic probe acts a guidewire for over the ultrasonic probe exchanges of various vascular intervention devices.