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20080320582 | REAL-TIME INDUSTRIAL FIREWALL - Providing for employing a real time firewall to secure components of an automation control network from unauthorized communication to or from such components is disclosed herein. A monitoring component can inspect at least a portion of an instance of communication directed toward or originating from a component of the automation control network. Such inspection can, e.g., be a deep packet inspection based on information received from a communication request and/or response protocol. A filtering component can selectively admit or deny propagation of the instance of communication based on the inspection and a predetermined security criterion. In such a manner, the subject innovation can provide for limited access to network components from office network machines and for securing components of an automation control network from influence by unauthorized entities. | 12-25-2008 |
20100091524 | Electronic Power Protection Circuit And Applications Thereof - An electric power protection circuit connected in series to a secondary side circuit of a transformer in a switch mode power supply includes a voltage/current limiting device to get an electric power signal output from the secondary side circuit of the transformer that goes through current and voltage limitation before being output and a constant current/voltage controller to get the electric power signal which has the current and voltage limited by the voltage/current limiting device. The electric power signal further is undergone constant voltage/current control to achieve voltage overshoot protection. | 04-15-2010 |
20100103705 | SHORT CIRCUIT PROTECTION CIRCUIT FOR A PULSE WIDTH MODULATION (PWM) UNIT - A short circuit protection circuit for a pulse width modulation (PWM) unit which includes a PWM logic control circuit, an under voltage lookout (UVLO) circuit and an internal clock circuit; wherein the UVLO circuit detecting a bias power (Vcc) and delivering an UVLO signal when the bias power is judged excessively low, the PWM unit further comprising: a short circuit detector, a short circuit recovery circuit and a frequency multiplexer. The short circuit detector is to detect the UVLO signal and generate a short signal. The short circuit recovery circuit to set a pre-determined recovery time and generate a recovery signal when the pre-determined recovery time ends. The frequency multiplexer which is triggered by the short signal when the short circuit event occurs to change a switching frequency to a short PWM frequency, and triggered by the recovery signal to restore the switching frequency. | 04-29-2010 |
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 |
20110096573 | CONTROL CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR SWITCHING MODE POWER SUPPLIES - Circuits and method for sensing a system output voltage change and transmitting an electrical signal to an auxiliary winding on the primary side. In an embodiment, a primary side controller detects the electrical signal and turns a power switch on and off to transfer energy from a primary winding to a secondary winding. A secondary side controller generates a voltage pulse at a terminal of the secondary winding when the system output voltage is below a reference voltage. The secondary side controller includes an input terminal connected to a system output, an output terminal connected to a terminal of the secondary winding, and a ground terminal connected to a ground potential of the system output. | 04-28-2011 |
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 |
20120134182 | CONTROL CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR SWITCHING MODE POWER SUPPLIES - A switching mode power supply (SMPS) includes a transformer having a primary winding, a secondary winding for providing an output voltage, and an auxiliary winding. The SMPS also includes a power switch coupled to the primary winding. A first control circuit is coupled to the secondary winding, and is configured to provide a first electrical signal to the secondary winding when the output voltage of the SMPS is less than a reference voltage during a discontinuous time, whereupon a second electrical signal is induced in the auxiliary winding. A second control circuit is coupled to the auxiliary winding and the power switch. The second control circuit is configured to regulate the output of the SMPS by controlling the power switch in response to a feedback voltage signal from the auxiliary winding, and is further configured to turn on the power switch in response to the second electrical signal. | 05-31-2012 |
20130088898 | ZERO STANDBY SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY SOLUTION - A switching mode power supply (SMPS) includes a power transistor coupled to the primary winding of transformer and a resistor coupled between the input power source and a control terminal of the power transistor for triggering a primary current flow through the power transistor for providing startup power. A primary side control circuit is configured to regulate the output of the SMPS. A secondary side control circuit is coupled to the secondary winding and being configured to provide a first electrical signal to the secondary winding when an output voltage of the SMPS is less than a first reference voltage, whereupon an awakening signal is induced in the auxiliary winding and causes the primary side control circuit to provide a turn-on signal to the power transistor. The primary side control circuit is configured to enter a standby mode or a normal operating mode in response to the awakening signal. | 04-11-2013 |
20130245002 | Triazolopyridine Compounds - The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and salts thereof: | 09-19-2013 |
20130257400 | CURRENT CONTROL FOR DC-DC CONVERTER - A current control circuit includes an input circuit for receiving an input signal, an output circuit for providing an output signal. The output circuit is coupled to the input circuit to receive a current therefrom. The current control circuit also includes a feedback circuit coupled to the input circuit and the output circuit to form a feedback loop. The current control circuit further includes a first slope compensation current coupled to the output circuit for controlling the output signal, the first slope compensation current being a periodic current. The current control circuit also includes a second slope compensation current coupled to the feedback circuit, wherein the second slope compensation current has the same phase and period as the first slope compensation current. | 10-03-2013 |
20130343101 | FAST STARTUP CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR SWITCH MODE POWER SUPPLY - A control circuit for a switch mode power supply (SMPS) includes a power switch for coupling to a primary winding of the power supply and a startup resistor coupled to an external input voltage and to a control terminal of the power switch. The control circuit also includes a controller. During startup, the controller is configured to cause the power switch to amplify a startup current from an external input voltage through the startup resistor and provide a startup power to the controller. During normal operation, the controller is configured to provide a power switch control signal to turn on and off the power switch for controlling a current flow in the primary winding and regulating an output of the power supply. The controller is configured to provide a current signal for driving an NPN power switch and to provide a voltage signal for driving an NMOS power switch. | 12-26-2013 |
20140016375 | CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING OUTPUT OF SWITCH MODE POWER SUPPLY - A switching mode power supply (SMPS) includes a transformer having a primary winding for coupling to an input power source, a secondary winding for providing an output voltage of the SMPS, and an auxiliary winding. The SMPS also has a power transistor coupled to the primary winding and a primary side control circuit coupled to the auxiliary winding and the power transistor. The primary side control circuit is configured to regulate the output of the SMPS by controlling the power switch in response to a feedback voltage signal that is representative of an output of the SMPS. The SMPs also has a secondary-side control circuit coupled to the secondary winding and being configured to cause the output voltage of the SMPS to discharge when the output voltage of the SMPS is higher than a first reference voltage. | 01-16-2014 |
20140122932 | ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT CUSTOMER SERVICE BASED ON COMMON SEQUENCE PATTERN - The present invention provides a method and system for information analysis. The method extracts a plurality of metadata from a source information set so as to generate a metadata set, the metadata comprising error log information that forms an error sequence in the metadata set; and generates a common error sequence set for a plurality of the metadata sets. By means of the method, it is possible to easily obtain a global error sequence pattern, and easily compare a new error with a previous error sequence pattern so as to prevent, diagnose and recover the new error. | 05-01-2014 |
20140150057 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING IMAGE CONTENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for recognizing image contents. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for recognizing image contents, comprising: providing at least a first image pair and a second image pair to a user; obtaining a first answer and a second answer from the user, wherein the first answer and the second answer respectively indicate the user's determination on whether the image contents in the first image pair and the second image pair are same or not; and modifying a weight of the second image pair in response to the first answer matching a predetermined answer. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for recognizing image contents. | 05-29-2014 |
20140164397 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING INFORMATION - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for searching information. The method is for, in response to receipt of a keyword from a search user of a plurality of users, searching in an information repository to obtain one or more information items to be returned; and returning the information item to the search user based on an importance of each information item of the one or more information items. With the method, it is possible to fully leverage various objective internal relationships between search users, information items and creators and thus improve the search accuracy. | 06-12-2014 |
20140189419 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COMPUTING RESOURCES - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and apparatus for providing computing resources to a user. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing computing resources to a user, comprising: in response to a request from the user, looking up in a profile repository a profile corresponding to the user's domain information; requesting at least one computing resource associated with the profile; integrating the at least one computing resource into a virtual datacenter; and providing the virtual datacenter to the user; wherein the at least one computing resource is physically deployed in a distributed manner. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for providing computing resources to a user. | 07-03-2014 |
20150089309 | TROUBLESHOOTING BASED ON LOG SIMILARITY - The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for troubleshooting based on log similarity. In one embodiment, there is provided a method for troubleshooting based on log similarity, comprising: extracting log patterns from multiple log files in response to having collected the multiple log files from at least one system with troubles, the log pattern describing a regular expression to which a log message in a log file among the multiple log files conforms; building a pattern repository using the log patterns; mapping each of the multiple log files to an n-dimensional vector based on the pattern repository; and clustering multiple n-dimensional vectors to which each of the multiple log files is mapped into at least one group, wherein each of the at least one group indicates one trouble type of the at least one system. In another embodiment, there is provided a corresponding apparatus. | 03-26-2015 |
20150178360 | MANAGING OPINION DATA - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for managing opinion data. In an embodiment, there is provided a method for managing opinion data. The method comprises: acquiring an opinioned sentence from one or more text sources; extracting an opinion tuple based on the opinioned sentence, the opinion tuple at least containing an opinion word and an opinion target. The method further comprises: storing in association the opinioned sentence, opinion tuple and source information corresponding to the opinioned sentence, wherein the source information is associated with the text source from which the opinioned sentence is acquired. The opinioned sentence, the opinion tuple and the source information acquired from the text sources are stored in association by using for example an XML storage format so that the stored opinion data are associated to a certain degree, and the stored opinion data are easily extended and modified. | 06-25-2015 |
20150186256 | PROVIDING VIRTUAL STORAGE POOLS FOR TARGET APPLICATIONS - The present disclosure relates to a method and system for providing a virtual storage pool set for a target application by receiving performance requirements associated with the target application; and providing a virtual storage pool set for the target application according to the performance requirements and on the basis of storage capabilities of physical storage resources, the virtual storage pool set comprising one or more virtual storage pools. By means of various embodiments of the present disclosure, virtual storage pools can be provided for the target application efficiently and flexibly and can be adjusted dynamically. | 07-02-2015 |
20150250799 | Triazolopyridine Compounds - The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and salts thereof: | 09-10-2015 |
20160094345 | GENERATING A QR CODE - The present disclosure provides a method and system for generating a QR code by receiving an inputted document; pre-processing the inputted document so as to obtain desired content; encrypting the desired content; and generating one or more QR codes based on the encrypted desired content. | 03-31-2016 |
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20100251062 | ENCODING METHOD AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE - Provided is an encoding method including: a step of extending a bidiagonal line of a basic matrix of m rows and n columns in the direction of a bidiagonal line according to an encoding ratio 1/k of the spread code (wherein k=3, 4, 5, . . . , k0) set in the LDPC code inspection matrix so as to constitute an extended matrix of the bidiagonal line structure; a step of moving a first non-zero element of the parity bit portion in the (i*m+1)-th row to the (n−m+1)-th column (wherein i=1, 2, . . . , k0−2) leftward along the row; a step of calculating the parity bit of the (n−m+1)-th column by using a first inspection relationship as a start factor; and a step of simultaneously calculating parity bits of a plurality of groups by the recursive encoding method by using the inspection relationship moved leftward to the (n−m+1)-th column. | 09-30-2010 |
20110130159 | VISUAL LASER TOUCHPAD FOR MOBILE TELEPHONE AND METHOD - Portable electronic communication equipment, e.g., a mobile phone, includes a projector that is integrated into the mobile phone to project images, a camera senses views, including a view of projected images and of changes made to the projected image, e.g., by inserting an object, such as a finger, stylus, etc., into the projected image. The character of the changes, e.g., where a change occurs in an image, can be used as an input to the mobile phone. A method of using a portable communication device includes transmitting and receiving communications via a radio, projecting an image onto a surface, using a camera of the portable communication device to sense views including a view of a projected image by the projector, and detecting a change in the sensed view of the projected image to provide an input to the portable communication device. | 06-02-2011 |
20140006353 | RECORDING BACKUP INFORMATION FOR BACKED-UP DATA ITEMS IN A DATA ITEM LIST | 01-02-2014 |
20150256523 | DISTRIBUTED LEARNING AND AGING FOR MANAGEMENT OF INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) ADDRESSES - A device includes a security process unit (SPU) associated with a logical ring of SPUs. The SPU receives a packet with an address associated with a malicious source, and creates, based on the packet, an entry in a data structure associated with the SPU. The entry includes information associated with the packet. The SPU provides an install message to a next SPU in the logical ring. The install message instructs the next SPU to create the entry in another data structure, and forward the install message to another SPU. The SPU receives the install message from a last SPU, and sets a state of the entry to active in the data structure based on receiving the install message from the last SPU. The SPU performs a particular action on another packet, associated with the malicious source, based on the setting the state of the entry to active. | 09-10-2015 |
20150363633 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING STEREO IMAGE BY CASCADE STRUCTURE AND ANALYZING TARGET IN IMAGE - A method and a system for analyzing a target in a stereo image by displaying the stereo image using a cascade structure are disclosed. The method includes for the input stereo image, generating, based on a first relevant feature, rule or model of the stereo image, at least a first first-level structure map, each of the first first-level structure maps being generated based on an individual tolerance level of the first relevant feature, rule or model, and each of the first first-level structure maps including the target at an individual first division level; and at least partly integrating the first first-level structure maps and analyzing the target in the stereo image, to obtain a structure map of a first-level target analysis result including the target. | 12-17-2015 |
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20120143883 | RANKING PRODUCT INFORMATION - Ranking product information is disclosed, including: determining, for each of a plurality of pieces of product information, a category grading value and a plurality of attribute grading values associated with that piece of product information; determining a plurality of user demand values corresponding to the plurality of pieces of product information based at least in part on the category grading value and at least one of the plurality of attribute grading values associated with each of the plurality of pieces of product information; and ranking the plurality of pieces of product information based at least in part on the corresponding plurality of user demand values. | 06-07-2012 |
20120185359 | RANKING OF QUERY RESULTS BASED ON INDIVIDUALS' NEEDS - Providing query results includes: receiving a search query sent by a user; obtain user information that corresponds to the user; determining, at an online transaction system, merchandise information that corresponds to the search query; based on correspondence information of previously stored user information and previously stored search queries with respective highest need level categories, determining a highest need level category that correspond to the received user information and obtained search query, wherein the highest need level category is a category determined to best reflect the user's individual need for merchandise information in response to the search query; and ranking the merchandise information at least in part according to the determined highest need level category. | 07-19-2012 |
20130091165 | Searching Information - The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus of searching information. In one example embodiment, the present techniques obtain a category click rate of a query and a category click rate of published information, calculate a similarity degree between the query and the published information based on the category click rate of the query and the category click rate of the published information, and return the published information as a successful matching result if the calculated similarity degree is higher than a first threshold. The present techniques may ensure the accuracy rate and improve the return rate to provide more return results to a user. | 04-11-2013 |
20130132356 | Method and Apparatus for Sorting Inquiry Results - Sorting inquiry results includes, based on extracted inquiry results matching search conditions of a user, collecting features of the inquiry results. The collected features may be used as features of a respective inquiry result and feature fitting may be conducted based on a support vector machine (SVM) regression model to obtain a feature fitting value of the respective inquiry result. The inquiry results may be sorted based on relevancy values of the inquiry results, and, for inquiry results having a same relevancy level, the inquiry results may be sorted in a top-down manner based on feature fitting values of the inquiry results. | 05-23-2013 |
20130318101 | PRODUCT SEARCH METHOD AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present application relate to a search method, a system for searching, and a computer program product for searching. A search method is provided. The method includes receiving a query word string, retrieving a plurality of various product information entries related to the query word string, extracting, from a memory, a first core product word from the query word string, extracting, from the memory, second core product words from the various product information entries, for each second core product word, checking a list of candidate product words relating to a key product word for a presence of the each second core product word, in the event that the each second core product word is present, reducing a weighting of the product information entry corresponding to the each second core product word, and sorting the product information entries according to the adjusted weightings of the product information entries. | 11-28-2013 |
20130339350 | Ranking Search Results Based on Click Through Rates - The present disclosure provides a search ranking method and apparatus based on a click through rate (CTR) to improve reusability and simplify a ranking process. Before a search ranking, click data of a user within a preset period of time is obtained and a respective weight of each characteristic is determined based on the click data. The search ranking may include the following operations. A query and one or more query targets matching the query are obtained. A respective characteristic of each of the query and the query targets are extracted. With respect to each query target, based on the characteristics of the query and the query targets as well as the respective weight corresponding to each characteristic, a respective CTR is obtained based on one or more models such as a regression model. The query targets are ranked based on their respective CTR and displayed to the user. | 12-19-2013 |
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20120201939 | Methods for Preserving Fresh Produce - Methods of preserving fresh produce with a produce preservative which extends the shelf life of fresh produce, particularly cut fresh produce, and preserves the texture, flavor, appearance, crispness, and color of the fresh produce, particularly the exposed surface of the fresh produce, are provided. The method comprises: providing a solution of produce preservative comprising: water; a preservative cation which is selected from the group consisting of a strontium ion, lithium ion, barium ion, aluminum ion, copper ion, ammonium ion, iron ion, manganese ion, potassium ion, or mixtures thereof; and ascorbate ions, or erythorbate ions; wherein the ascorbate ions or erythorbate ions and the preservative cation are present in an ion ratio of preferably from 0.2:1 to 8:1, more preferably 0.75:1 to 8:1, even more preferably from 1:1 to 4:1, yet more preferably 1.5:1 to 3:1; most preferably 1.1:1 to 2.5:1; and, applying said produce preservative to the produce. The invention also relates to fresh produce preserved with the produce preservatives. | 08-09-2012 |
20130309380 | METHODS FOR PRESERVING FRESH PRODUCE - Methods of preserving fresh produce with a produce preservative which extends the shelf life of fresh produce, particularly cut fresh produce, and preserves the texture, flavor, appearance, crispness, and color of the fresh produce, particularly the exposed surface of the fresh produce, are provided. The method comprises: providing a solution of produce preservative comprising: water; a preservative cation which is selected from the group consisting of a strontium ion, lithium ion, barium ion, aluminum ion, copper ion, ammonium ion, iron ion, manganese ion, potassium ion, or mixtures thereof; and ascorbate ions, or erythorbate ions; wherein the ascorbate ions or erythorbate ions and the preservative cation are present in an ion ratio of preferably from 0.2:1 to 8:1, more preferably 0.75:1 to 8:1, even more preferably from 1:1 to 4:1, yet more preferably 1.5:1 to 3:1; most preferably 1.1:1 to 2.5:1; and, applying said produce preservative to the produce. The invention also relates to fresh produce preserved with the produce preservatives. | 11-21-2013 |