2643 results about "Working range" patented technology

A laser scanning bar code symbol reading system for scanning and reading poor quality and damaged bar code symbols in flexible operating conditions. The system includes a housing having a light transmission window; a dynamically-elongated laser beam production module, including a multi-cavity visible laser diode (VLD), for producing a dynamically-elongated laser beam having (i) a direction of propagation extending along a z reference direction, (ii) a height dimension being indicated by the y reference direction, and (iii) a width dimension being indicated by the x reference direction, where x, y and z directions are orthogonal to each other. Each dynamically-elongated laser beam is characterized by an elongation ratio (ER) that is defined as Y/X where, for any point within the working range of the laser scanning bar code symbol reading system, extending along the z direction, (i) Y indicates the beam height of the dynamically-elongated laser beam measured in the Y reference direction, (ii) X indicates the beam width of the dynamically-elongated laser beam measured in the X reference direction, and (iii) the beam height (Y) and the laser beam width (X) are measured at 1/e² intensity clip level. A laser scanning mechanism is provided for scanning the dynamically-elongated laser beam out the light transmission window and across a scanning field defined external to the housing, in which a bar code symbol is present for scanning by the dynamically-elongated laser scanning beam.

Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar laser illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of image formation and detection modules employed in such systems. Each planar laser illumination beam is produced from a planar laser illumination beam array (PLIA) comprising an plurality of planar laser illumination modules (PLIMs). Each PLIM comprises a visible laser diode (VLD, a focusing lens, and a cylindrical optical element arranged therewith. The individual planar laser illumination beam components produced from each PLIM are optically combined to produce a composite substantially planar laser illumination beam having substantially uniform power density characteristics over the entire spatial extend thereof and thus the working range of the system. Preferably, each planar laser illumination beam component is focused so that the minimum beam width thereof occurs at a point or plane which is the farthest or maximum object distance at which the system is designed to acquire images, thereby compensating for decreases in the power density of the incident planar laser illumination beam due to the fact that the width of the planar laser illumination beam increases in length for increasing object distances away from the imaging optics. Advanced high-resolution wavefront control methods and devices are disclosed for use with the PLIIM-based systems in order to reduce the power of speckle-noise patterns observed at the image detections thereof. By virtue of the present invention, it is now possible to use both VLDs and high-speed CCD-type image detectors in conveyor, hand-held and hold-under type imaging applications alike, enjoying the advantages and benefits that each such technology has to offer, while avoiding the shortcomings and drawbacks hitherto associated therewith.

Systems and methods for successfully decoding optical images of objects of interest when such objects are situated outside a conventional working range of an imaging system, or when such objects are degraded. The systems and methods are based upon a comparison of computed signals corresponding to distorted images that would be obtained from known objects, such as barcodes, when viewed outside a working range, or when degraded, with actual signals obtained from the object of interest. The computed signals in one embodiment are recorded in a lookup table. An advantage of the systems and methods disclosed is that there results a smooth, monotonic probability of correctly decoding the image of interest, even beyond the working distance. A handheld or portable apparatus useful for practicing the invention is also disclosed.

The invention provides a spraying robot driven by multiple parallelogram links in parallel. The spraying robot comprises a pedestal (3), a big-arm driving motor (4), a small-arm driving motor (10), a pitch adjusting motor (8), a movable platform (18) and three paralleled parallelogram link mechanisms. The spraying robot is characterized in that the big-arm driving motor (4), the small-arm driving motor (10), and the pitch adjusting motor (8) are all arranged on one end of the pedestal (3), and the three paralleled parallelogram link mechanisms cooperate with one another to drive the movable platform (18). According to the invention, a three-parallelogram-link driving manner is employed, when the three parallelogram link mechanisms are designed, the maximum pressure angle is limited, in the working range, no matter the robot rotates to any position, the transmission performance of movements and forces can remain excellent.

The invention relates to the using of low temperature heat for the production of electrical energy by using of supercritical carbon dioxide as working fluid.

It included a process and a device for process realizing with higher efficiency in relation to other known processes and with a wide temperature working range. This is related to a wider adjustability which allows an optimal operation both in summer and in winter operation without technical or constructional changes. The process is realizable without damages to the environment and is realizable with low effort. The relative emission of carbon dioxide is reduced in relation to other processes.

Low temperature heat from a given heat source (1) is taken off by carbon dioxide at high supercritical pressure as heat transfer and working fluid in the process. Then the heated fluid is expanding in an expansion machine (2), which is connected with a generator (3) for the production of electric power. In this process the fluid will be cooled, then liquefied by using of a cold source (4) and in liquid state compressed to the working pressure.

An illumination module is disclosed, which is comprised of a plurality of light sources, a plurality of light source substrates of high thermal conductivity, and a reflecting member for reflecting light. The plural light source substrates are arranged at positions corresponding to each other so as to form a polygon periphery of the illumination module, whereas the inner surface of the polygon periphery is enabled for at least one of the plural light sources to fit therein. The reflecting member is placed at the center of the module where it is corresponding to each of the plural light source substrates so as to reflect the light emitting from the light sources fitted thereon. In addition, a lens with light refraction ability is disposed at the light emitting end of the illumination module so as to enable the light illumination module to have light condensing/diffusing capability. Moreover, each light source substrate further comprises: a plurality of heat dissipating fins, being arranged at the outer surface thereof; and a assistant heat dissipating device; wherein the working range of the operation power and the luminous flux of the illumination module can be increased by the combined function provided by the heat dissipating fins and the assistant heat dissipating device. The assistant heat dissipating device can further comprise: a fan, being arranged at the bottom of the illumination module; and a heat pipe device, being fitted onto the light source substrate, for conducting waste heat to the heat dissipating fins to be dissipated.

The present invention is in-situ visual measurement system calibrating equipment and process. The calibrating equipment is 3D coordinate measuring system and stereo target, and the stereo target set inside the work range of the 3D coordinate measuring system consists of base plate as well as sensor calibrating target and system measured target, which are standard balls, set on two sides of the base plate. The 3D coordinate measuring system may be an industrial theodolite measurement system or a laser tracking instrument. The calibrating process includes calibrating the stereo target in the coordinate measuring system, acquiring the image of the sensor calibrating target, obtaining the conversion relation between the system measured target and the sensor calibrating target via coordination conversion, and other steps. The present invention can realize the in-situ measurement element calibration and overall system calibration.

A convenient source of charging power for portable communication devices is an integral power node of a computer data bus, such as a USB (universal serial bus) port. Unfortunately, USB ports have limited power capacity, making them generally incompatible with battery charge controllers (BCCs) which are designed to receive a steady, high capacity input. The invention provides a battery charging circuit which adjusts to the parameters of an external power supply such as a USB port by adding a regulating circuit to a standard BCC design. This regulating circuit maximizes the current drawn by the BCC, while keeping the voltage to the BCC above a preset minimum (the low voltage shut off level for the BCC). If the voltage to the BCC begins to drop, the regulating circuit reduces the current drawn, so the voltage rises and stays within the operating range of the BCC.

An imaging apparatus comprising: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image; a depth map acquisition unit configured to acquire a first depth map; a working range map generation unit configured to generate a working range map showing a working range in the image on the basis of the first depth map; a synthesizing unit configured to synthesize the image and the working range map and to generate a synthesized image; and a display unit configured to display the synthesized image.

Method and apparatus for mounting a pneumatic tire Method for mounting a pneumatic tire (5) on a well base rim (26) of a motor vehicle wheel, in which the pneumatic tire (5) is grasped by means of a manipulator (1), brought up to a rim (26) held in a clamping device (27) and slipped with at least the one tire bead (20) facing the rim over a rim flange (28) by controlled movement of the manipulator (1). The apparatus suitable for this purpose comprises a manipulator (1) with an articulated arm (3) movable in three directions, which bears at its free end a gripper (2) for gripping and holding pneumatic tires (5), and a first mounting station (25) with clamping means (27) for releasably holding a rim (26), wherein the mounting station (25) is arranged within the working range of the manipulator (1).

The present invention provides methods, systems, devices, and computer program instructions for enabling low-power wireless devices (such as wireless telephones and personal digital assistants, or PDAs) to connect to a fast wired or wireless voice/data network. A novel relay point device, referred to as an “extension point”, is defined that flexibly extends the effective reach of network access points. Use of extension points enables the network infrastructure to be expanded (and subsequently re-configured, if necessary) simply and cost-effectively, requiring little or no additional physical wiring. The defined techniques provide an infrastructure that is scalable, supporting a large number of end users without substantial degradation to connection establishment time and data rates. Using the disclosed techniques, end devices are able to reach network services, and to communicate with other end devices, beyond the nominal working range of these devices and without limitation to the numbers of such devices.

The invention discloses a system for linearly adjusting the slope compensation voltage slope. With a duty factor detection circuit, a voltage and current conversion circuit and a slope generation circuit, a duty factor of a switch signal in a peak current control mode chip is converted into a voltage signal forming a linear relationship with the duty factor by using the duty factor detection circuit, the voltage signal is linearly converted into a first current signal by using the voltage and current conversion circuit, and a second current signal formed by superposing the first current signal and a reference current source passes through the slope generation circuit to obtain slope compensation voltage, so that the invention achieves the function of linearly adjusting the slope of the slope compensation voltage according to the duty factor of the switch signal in the peak current control mode chip, well solves the problems that the peak current control mode chip is easy to generate over compensation during low duty factor and generate under compensation during high duty factor and ensures that the chip has favorable loading capacity and load regulating capacity in the work range of all duty factors.

The invention discloses an electric automobile battery pack heat management and temperature balancing control method. According to the electric automobile battery pack heat management and temperaturebalancing control method, a battery module, a battery box, a BMS and a warning device are provided; a heating film is arranged at the periphery of the battery module; a plurality of temperature sensors are distributed in the battery box equidistantly and a plurality of fans capable of controlling rotation angles are arranged in the battery box; and the BMS evaluates the stage of the battery by monitoring the temperature of the battery pack through the temperature sensors, and performs heat management on the battery pack by taking 0 DEG C, 33 DEG C and 53 DEG C as temperature control thresholdvalues and combining temperature increasing rate and temperature difference as judgment conditions, wherein the temperature of the battery pack is maintained within the work range by the measures of selectively heating the heating film as well as accurately controlling the rotation angle of the fans, the starting time and the cooling air quantity. By the method, too high temperature increment andtoo large temperature difference of the battery are effectively avoided, battery temperature change stability and balanced characteristics are guaranteed and the service life of the lithium battery isprolonged.

The invention features a method of adjusting the concentration of at least one but not all of a plurality of analytes in a fluid sample to match a known working range of detection of an analyte assay system, where each of the plurality of analytes may or may not be present within an expected initial concentration range having a high end and a low end, and at least one analyte has a high end expected concentration range that exceeds the high end of the working range of the assay system. The expected concentration of the high concentration analyte is adjusted by a proportional scaling constant, α, so that the high end of the adjusted expected concentration range is less than or equal to the high end of the working range, without adjusting the expected concentration range of at least one other of the plurality of analytes. Adjustment is preferably accomplished by adding to the solution phase of the assay one or more scaling agents, each scaling agent binding with specificity to an analyte and thereby preventing it from being detected by the assay system, e.g., by competing with binding to immobilized capture agent. This scaling method contrasts with prior methods, in which a concentration of available analyte is offset by a fixed amount to adjust the detectable threshold of the assay. Here, the amount of scaling agent is proportional to a scaling coefficient, and the scaling agent is present in the solution phase of the assay at high concentrations relative to analyte. Due to the equilibrium conditions established by the laws of mass transfer, the amount of free analyte remaining in solution in the presence of scaling agent is predictable and finite, and can be measured as a quantitative indicator of the initial concentration of the analyte in the sample.