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20140368961 | CONTROL AND PROTECTION DEVICE FOR LOW-VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE - Disclosed is a control and protection device for a low-voltage electrical apparatus, comprising a pedestal and a control and protection module. The control and protection module may be plugged into the pedestal and is replaceable. The pedestal comprises a base and a housing, and is further provided with a moving contact, a static contact, and a current conductor connected to a main circuit current; a control electromagnet operation mechanism for controlling close and open of the moving contact and the static contact according to a control signal, and maintaining a close or open status of the moving contact and the static contact; a manual operation knob providing a control signal for controlling the close and open of the moving contact and the static contact; a control contact connected to the manual operation knob; and a current sensor for detecting a current that flows through the main circuit current conductor and generating a sensing signal. The control and protection device further comprises: a signal processing unit for controlling a state of the control electromagnet according to the sensing signal via an electrical circuit; and a tripping device for controlling actions of the operation mechanism with a mechanical connection in response to the signal processing unit. The current sensor has a secondary circuit connection detection device. | 12-18-2014 |
20150091678 | CONTACT STRUCTURE OF LOW-VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL APPARATUS - The present invention discloses a contact structure of a low-voltage electrical apparatus. The contact structure is in a dual-breakpoint form, and comprises: two U-shaped static contacts, the U-shaped static contact enabling the current direction in the static contact to be opposite to the current direction in a movable contact; a contact bridge; two movable contacts, disposed on the contact bridge, and respectively corresponding to the two static contacts; a contact support member, disposed on the movable contacts and connected to the movable contacts; two main contact springs, symmetrically disposed under the movable contacts and forming an angle with the contact bridge; and a spring support member, disposed under the two movable contacts and connected to the two main contact springs. At a contact position of the static contact and the movable contact and at a repulsed open position of the static contact and the movable contact, the angle between the main contact spring and the contact bridge is between −β and +α. | 04-02-2015 |
20150138685 | PROTECTION MODULE FOR CONTROL AND PROTECTIVE SWITCHING DEVICE - The present invention discloses a protection module for a control and protective switching device, comprising a control power supply processing unit, an auxiliary power supply processing unit, a power supply converting unit, a signal processing and controlling unit, a trip electromagnet driving unit, a control electromagnet driving unit, and a man-machine interaction device. The control power supply processing unit and the auxiliary power supply processing unit receive a power supply signal from a high voltage power supply, and process the signal for supplying power for other components. The signal processing and controlling unit receives a mutual-induction signal from a current mutual inductor, outputs a first control signal and a second control signal to the trip electromagnet driving unit and the control electromagnet driving unit, and receives a first feedback signal and a second feedback signal from an operation mechanism and a control electromagnet. The trip electromagnet driving unit outputs a first operation signal to a trip electromagnet, and the trip electromagnet outputs a mechanical signal to the operation mechanism. The control electromagnet driving unit outputs a second operation signal to the control electromagnet. The man-machine interaction device performs signal interaction with the signal processing and controlling unit. | 05-21-2015 |
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20160072507 | FREQUENCY DIVIDER AND RELATED ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A frequency divider may include the following elements: a first inverter, a second inverter, and a third inverter, which are connected in a ring structure, wherein the second inverter is connected to an output terminal of the frequency divider; a fourth inverter connected to a first input terminal of the frequency divider and to a power supply terminal of the first inverter; a fifth inverter connected to a second input terminal of the frequency divider and to a power supply terminal of the third inverter; a first transistor connected to the second input terminal of the frequency divider and to a ground terminal of the first inverter; and a second transistor connected to the first input terminal of the frequency divider and to a ground terminal of the third inverter. The second inverter, the fourth inverter, and the fifth inverter may receive a power supply voltage. | 03-10-2016 |
20160072509 | MULTI-MODULUS FREQUENCY DIVIDER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A multi-modulus frequency divider includes a frequency division module, a frequency selection module, and a retiming module. The frequency division module is configured to receive an input signal and perform mufti-mode frequency processing on the input signal, so as to generate and output a plurality of divided signals to the frequency selection module. The frequency selection module is configured to receive the plurality of divided signals from the frequency division module, select a divided signal having a desired frequency from among the plurality of divided signals, and output the selected divided signal to the retiming module. The retiming module is configured to receive the selected divided signal from the frequency selection module, perform a retiming operation on the selected divided signal, and output a retimed selected divided signal. | 03-10-2016 |
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20130316244 | ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES AND THE METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electrode is formed of a ternary composite of silicon, carbon, and carbon filter foil, for lithium ion batteries. Also described is a method for manufacturing silicon/carbon/carbon fiber foil composite electrode for lithium batteries, including: mixing silicon and an organic substance capable of forming carbon after heat treatment, in a solvent, to form a slurry; immersing the carbon fiber foil in said slurry until the slurry coats on and penetrates into the carbon fiber foil; and heating the carbon fiber foil, which has been coated and penetrated with the slurry, in an inert gas atmosphere or all inert gas atmosphere mixed with a reductive gas at a temperature of at least 400° C. for at least 2 hours. | 11-28-2013 |
20140147751 | Silicon-carbon Composite Anode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries and A Preparation Method Thereof - Disclosed in the invention are a silicon-carbon composite anode material for lithium ion batteries and a preparation method thereof The material consists of a porous silicon substrate and a carbon coating layer. The preparation method of the material comprises preparing a porous silicon substrate and a carbon coating layer. The silicon-carbon composite anode material for lithium ion batteries has the advantages of high reversible capacity, good cycle performance and good rate performance. The material respectively shows reversible capacities of 1,556 mAh, 1,290 mAh, 877 mAh and 474 mAh/g at 0.2 C, 1 C, 4 C and 15 C rates; the specific capacity remains above 1,500 mAh after 40 cycles at the rate of 0.2 C and the reversible capacity retention rate is up to 90 percent. | 05-29-2014 |
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20090028435 | CHARACTER IMAGE EXTRACTING APPARATUS AND CHARACTER IMAGE EXTRACTING METHOD - In an extracting step, the extracting portion obtains a linked component composed of a plurality of mutually linking pixels from a character string region composed of a plurality of characters, and extracts section elements from the character string region, the section elements each being surrounded by a circumscribing figure circumscribing to the linked component. In the first altering step, the first altering portion combines section elements at least having a mutually overlapping part among the extracted section elements so as to prepare a new section element. In the first selecting step, the first selecting portion determines a reference size in advance and selects section elements having a size greater than the reference size, from among the section elements altered in the first altering step. | 01-29-2009 |
20090028445 | CHARACTER IMAGE FEATURE DICTIONARY PREPARATION APPARATUS, DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, CHARACTER IMAGE FEATURE DICTIONARY PREPARATION PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH CHARACTER IMAGE FEATURE DICTIONARY PREPARATION PROGRAM IS RECORDED, DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM IS RECORDED - An image of a character string composed of M pieces of characters is clipped from a document image, and the image is divided character by character, and image features of each character image are extracted. On the basis of the image features, N (N>1, integer) pieces of character images in descending order of degree of similarity are selected as candidate characters from a character image feature dictionary which stores the image features of character image in units of character, and the first index matrix of M×N cells is prepared. A candidate character string composed of a plurality of candidate characters constituting the first column of the first index matrix, is subjected to a lexical analysis according to a predetermined language model, whereby a second index matrix adjusted into a character string which makes sense is prepared to he utilized for searching. | 01-29-2009 |
20090028446 | DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM IS RECORDED - An image of a character string composed of M pieces of characters is clipped from a document image, and the image is divided into separate characters. Image features of each character image are extracted. Based on the image features, N (N>1, integer) pieces of character images in descending order of degree of similarity are selected as candidate characters, from a character image feature dictionary which stores the image features of character image in units of character, and a first index matrix of M×N cells is prepared. A candidate character string composed of a plurality of candidate characters constituting a first column of the first index matrix, is subjected to a lexical analysis according to a language model, and whereby a second index matrix having a character string which makes sense is prepared. In the language model, statistics are taken and then, the lexical analysis is performed. | 01-29-2009 |
20090030882 | DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a document image processing apparatus which can reduce troubles to find a desired heading from a document image. A heading region extracting portion searches an index information DB and extracts a heading region containing a search keyword. An order setting portion automatically sets in line with a predetermined rule an order of the heading regions extracted by the heading region extracting portion. On a displaying portion is displayed a document image on which the heading regions extracted by the heading region extracting portion are highlighted in accordance with the order set by the order setting portion. A display order of search results may be set by determining importance of the extracted heading regions based on the number of the search keyword and features of character images in the heading regions. | 01-29-2009 |
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20080281543 | INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHODS WITH AUTOCOMPENSATION FOR EDGE BREAK GAUGING ORIENTATION - A method for inspecting a feature of a part is provided. The method includes obtaining a profile corresponding to the feature using a sensor and projecting the profile onto a compensation plane normal to the feature for generating an updated profile. The method also includes using the updated profile for reducing a measurement error caused by an orientation of the sensor. An inspection system is also provided. The inspection system includes a sensor configured to capture a fringe image of a feature on a part. The inspection system further includes a processor configured to process the fringe image to obtain an initial profile of the feature and to project the initial profile onto a compensation plane normal to the feature. | 11-13-2008 |
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20150319410 | BORESCOPE AND NAVIGATION METHOD THEREOF - The borescope includes an insertion tube, a first image processor, a model store unit, a pose calculator, a second image processor, a navigation image calculator and a display. The insertion tube includes a detection head and at least one sensor for receiving signals in the insertion tube and generating sensed signals. The first image processor is for calculating a first image based on first image signals captured by the detection head. The second image processor is for adjusting the initial pose calculated by the pose calculator to a navigation pose until a difference between the first image and a second image calculated based on the navigation pose and a predetermined model falls in an allowable range. The navigation image calculator is for calculating a navigation image based on the navigation pose and the predetermined model. The display is for showing the navigation image. | 11-05-2015 |
20160069672 | SURFACE ROUGHNESS MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A surface roughness measurement device that in one embodiment includes main and auxiliary emitting fibers, multiple collecting fibers, an optical housing, main and auxiliary reflective mirrors, and an external circuit. The optical housing includes the fibers and defines an aperture for optically contacting a surface of an object. The main reflective mirror is arranged in the optical housing, for reflecting light emitted from the main emitting fiber to a detecting point of the aperture and reflected light by the object to the collecting fibers. The auxiliary reflective mirror is arranged in the optical housing, for reflecting light emitted from the auxiliary emitting fiber to the detecting point. The external circuit is for generating a laser beam to the main and auxiliary emitting fibers, collecting the reflected light from the collecting fibers, and calculating the surface roughness of the object based on the collected reflected light. | 03-10-2016 |
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20100153022 | CUSTOMIZABLE CONTACTOR PROGNOSTICS SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for identifying the health status of a contactor, the method comprising the steps of counting the number of operations performed by the contactor, identifying a closing time of the contactor, using the number of operations and the closing time to assess the health status of the contactor and, where the health of the contactor is a first health status, reporting the health status of the contactor. | 06-17-2010 |
20110202145 | AUTOMATIC DEVICE PARAMETER BINDING METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present invention provides techniques for automatically binding device parameters to an input and output interface. Doing so enables dynamic parameters to be available to the core firmware engine. More specifically, there is no input and output data in the configuration software domain required for mapping the parameters. Rather, the configuration software may directly access the device parameters during the logic execution. This is achieved in a library by representing the parameter repository and the EPATH pointing to each parameter from the configuration software domain. | 08-18-2011 |
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20120123698 | Customizable Contactor Prognostics System - A method and apparatus for identifying a health status of a contactor includes a processor coupled to a computer readable media. The processor is coupled to the contactor to instruct the contactor to open and close. A database stored in the computer readable media includes operation count variables for the contactor, closing time variables for the contactor, and health status rules for the contactor. The operation count variables and the closing time variables may be inputs to the health status rules to identify the health status of the contactor. A customization program may also be stored in the computer readable media. The customization program enables an operator to modify at least one of the operation count variables, the closing time variables, and the health status rules to affect the identified health status of the contactor. | 05-17-2012 |
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20140346131 | Construction Apparatus and Method for Lifting Structure Integrally over the Obstacles in Vertical Direction to a Position with Different Horizontal Projection - The present invention disclosed a construction apparatus and method for lifting structure integrally over the obstacles in vertical direction to a position with different horizontal projection. The apparatus comprises two platform beams placed each other in parallel, two lifting beams laterally relative to the platform beams and a lifter equipped with the lifting beams. Push instrument kits are installed on the platform beams and the lifting beams respectively, and a plurality of sets of baffles installed on both sides of the platform beams to provide the push instrument kits with a counter-force when the push instrument kits work. When the structure encounters obstacles during the process of lifting the structure by two lifters, the posture of the structure can be altered by operating the push instrument kits and the lifters, such that the horizontal projection of the structure will be reduced and the structure can therefore be lifted over the obstacle in vertical direction. | 11-27-2014 |
20140348623 | Construction Apparatus and Method for Lifting and Sliding Object over Barrier in Horizontal Direction - The present invention disclosed an apparatus and for lifting and sliding object over barrier in horizontal direction, comprising two lifting beams that placed on supporting structures and located above object to be lifted and a barrier, and a lifter installed on the lifting beam. A hydraulic push instrument kit is installed on a lifting beam to move the shoulder beam and the lifter. The lifter connects with the object through the steel strand and a triangle transfer connector having three fixed-holds. When the steel strand encounters a barrier in horizontal direction, setting another lifting apparatus on the part of lifting beams located on the other side of the barrier, connecting another lifting apparatus with the third fixed-hold of transfer connectors | 11-27-2014 |
20150110581 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LIFTING AND SLIDING A STRUCTURE ATTACHED TO THE WALL - The invention disclosed an apparatus for lifting and sliding a structure attached to the wall, comprising a lifting platform extending out over the building on the roof, and a synchronous lifting and sliding system which is arranged on the lifting platform; wherein the lifting platform comprises two platform beams extending out over the building, and a lifting beam placed on the platform beam; the synchronous lifting and sliding system comprises a hydraulic lifter arranged on the lifting beam, a hydraulic push instrument kit connected to the lifting beam, and a controller; A connecting rod is connected to one end of the hydraulic push instrument kit, and several installing holes are arranged at regular intervals on the connecting rod; The distance between the adjacent installing holes of the connecting rod matches with a stroke of the hydraulic push instrument kit; An installing ear-plate is provided on the platform beam to connect with the connecting rod. | 04-23-2015 |
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20130131737 | SEPARABLE PEDICLE SCREW - Techniques are generally described related to a method and system for treating an injury with a bone screw. One example bone screw may be configured to fracture at a pre-selected frangible location so that the point of failure is not in an inaccessible location, e.g., deeply embedded below the surface of a treated bone. The bone screw may further include a material disposed over the frangible location that is designed to temporarily strengthen the screw and selected to be absorbed by the body over a period of time after installation of the screw in the bone. One example bone screw may include an unthreaded portion that is configured to facilitate removal of an embedded screw fragment from a bone in the event that the screw fails in vivo. | 05-23-2013 |
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20140194931 | ROD SYSTEM FOR GRADUAL DYNAMIC SPINAL FIXATION - A rod system includes two rods each with a head and a shaft, two elastic members each fitted around one shaft against one head, and a case defining a first inner portion, a second inner portion, and a third inner portion in communication with the first and the second inner portions. A first rod with a first elastic member is seated in the first inner portion so the first elastic member abuts the bottom of first inner portion and the first head protrudes into the third inner portion. A second rod and a second elastic member is seated in the second portion so the second elastic member abuts the bottom of the second inner portion and the second head protrudes into the third inner portion and abuts the first head. | 07-10-2014 |
20140296928 | SEPARABLE PEDICLE SCREW - Techniques are generally described related to a method and system for treating an injury with a bone screw. One example bone screw may be configured to fracture at a pre-selected frangible location so that the point of failure is not in an inaccessible location, e.g., deeply embedded below the surface of a treated bone. The bone screw may further include a material disposed over the frangible location that is designed to temporarily strengthen the screw and selected to be absorbed by the body over a period of time after installation of the screw in the bone. One example bone screw may include an unthreaded portion that is configured to facilitate removal of an embedded screw fragment from a bone in the event that the screw fails in vivo. | 10-02-2014 |
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20110177692 | Barrier Layer Removal Method and Apparatus - This invention relates to a method and apparatus by integrating semiconductor manufacturing processes of stress free electrochemical copper polishing (SFP), removal of the Tantalum oxide or Titanium oxide formed during SFP process and XeF | 07-21-2011 |
20110290277 | Methods and Apparatus for Cleaning Semiconductor Wafers - A method for cleaning semiconductor substrate using ultra/mega sonic device comprising holding a semiconductor substrate by using a chuck, positioning a ultra/mega sonic device adjacent to the semiconductor substrate, injecting chemical liquid on the semiconductor substrate and gap between the semiconductor substrate and the ultra/mega sonic device, changing gap between the semiconductor substrate and the ultra/mega sonic device for each rotation of the chuck during the cleaning process. The gap can be increased or reduced by 0.5λ/N for each rotation of the chuck, where λ is wavelength of ultra/mega sonic wave, N is an integer number between 2 and 1000. The gap is varied in the range of 0.5λn during the cleaning process, where λ is wavelength of ultra/mega sonic wave, and n is an integer number starting from 1. | 12-01-2011 |
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20120008832 | REGION-OF-INTEREST VIDEO QUALITY ENHANCEMENT FOR OBJECT RECOGNITION - A video-based object recognition system and method provides selective, local enhancement of image data for improved object-based recognition. A frame of video data is analyzed to detect objects to receive further analysis, these local portions of the frame being referred to as a region of interest (ROI). A video quality metric (VQM) value is calculated locally for each ROI to assess the quality of the ROI. Based on the VQM value calculated with respect to the ROI, a particular video quality enhancement (VQE) function is selected and applied to the ROI to cure deficiencies in the quality of the ROI. Based on the enhanced ROI, objects within the defined region can be accurately identified. | 01-12-2012 |
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20130002863 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTO-COMMISSIONING AN INTELLIGENT VIDEO SYSTEM - An auto-commissioning system provides automatic parameter selection for an intelligent video system based on target video provided by the intelligent video system. The auto-commissioning system extracts visual feature descriptors from the target video and provides the one or more visual feature descriptors associated with the received target video to an parameter database that is comprised of a plurality of entries, each entry including a set of one or more stored visual feature descriptors and associated parameters tailored for the set of stored visual feature descriptors. A search of the parameter database locates one or more best matches between the extracted visual feature descriptors and the stored visual feature descriptors. The parameters associated with the best matches are returned as part of the search and used to commission the intelligent video system. | 01-03-2013 |
20130163833 | SECURITY DEVICE WITH SECURITY IMAGE UPDATE CAPABILITY - An exemplary security device includes a controller that determines whether a security credential for an individual corresponds to an authorized credential. The controller also determines whether an acquired image of the individual corresponds to a reference image that is associated with the authorized credential. The controller determines if a correspondence between the acquired image and the reference image satisfies a selected criterion when the security credential corresponds to the authorized credential. The controller updates the reference image responsive to the selected criterion being satisfied. The controller updates the reference image by including the acquired image into the reference image and weighting the acquired image higher than other image information previously incorporated into the reference image. | 06-27-2013 |
20130265421 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT DETECTION - The present invention therefore provides a system and method of object detection that employs both global object detection and local object detection. In particular, the present invention applies global object detection techniques to detect global objects, and then applies local object detection techniques on select portions of detected global objects to detect local objects. | 10-10-2013 |
20150199428 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED VISUAL CONTENT DATABASE RETRIEVAL - Methods and systems are provided for performing visual search and retrieval by combining low-level and high-level visual features derived from visual content, and then indexing the combined visual features or searching for similar visual content using the combined visual features. A visual content retrieval system converts low-level and high-level visual features of a query video into low-level and high-level visual descriptors of the query video, respectively. The visual content retrieval system combines the low-level and high-level visual descriptors of the query video into combined visual descriptors, and then searches for and retrieves one or more similar videos in a video database using the combined visual descriptors of the query video. | 07-16-2015 |
20150208042 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTO-COMMISSIONING AN INTELLIGENT VIDEO SYSTEM - An auto-commissioning system provides automatic parameter selection for an intelligent video system based on target video provided by the intelligent video system. The auto-commissioning system extracts visual feature descriptors from the target video and provides the one or more visual feature descriptors associated with the received target video to an parameter database that is comprised of a plurality of entries, each entry including a set of one or more stored visual feature descriptors and associated parameters tailored for the set of stored visual feature descriptors. A search of the parameter database locates one or more best matches between the extracted visual feature descriptors and the stored visual feature descriptors. The parameters associated with the best matches are returned as part of the search and used to commission the intelligent video system. | 07-23-2015 |