摘要:
A method of conveying information to a user of a coordinate measurement device, includes providing a first target projector, sending a first light beam from the device to a retroreflector; receiving a second light beam from the retroreflector; measuring the orientational and translational sets, the translational set based on the second light beam; selecting first information to be conveyed from the group consisting of one or more positions on the object, a direction indicated by a moving pattern, a message that includes one or more symbols or alphanumeric characters, a hidden feature, a measured object characteristic, a modeled characteristic, a magnified representation of surface characteristics, a pattern having meaning according to a rule, and combinations thereof; determining a first light pattern corresponding to the information; storing the first light pattern; and projecting the first light pattern onto the object based on the translational and orientational sets.
摘要:
Lessons of the Sep. 11, 2001 terrorist attack (9/11) and Hurricane Katrina are incorporated. Methods are disclosed for rapidly establishing alternate electronic messaging for person-to-person communications in a large-scale emergency. Details for constructing electronic access addresses comprised in part by subscriber telephone numbers and an event identifier, allows the provider to establish a default system with no specific information from the user while allowing the user to access the messages in a systematic way. No registration or passwords are required, which allows free access to all interested parties. Expedited contact of lost pet owners and parents, as well as identification of the dead, is provided.
摘要:
A double throw latch for a carrying case has a first elongated body, a first end of the body being pivotally mounted with one part of a carrying case. There is also a second elongated body that is pivotally mounted on the first elongated body. There is a first hook element on the first elongated body, and the first hook element is located towards a second end of the first elongated body. The first hook element is for engagement with a mating first formation on a second part of the carrying case. There is also an engaging element for engagement with a portion on the first elongated body. The area adjacent to where the second elongated body pivots with the first elongated body provides an inter-engaging surface or element for engagement with an opposite face on the first part of the case. After the second elongated body is toggled a predetermined amount from the closed position, the second elongated body engages the formation of the first elongated body. The first elongated body then separates from the mating first formation of the second part of the carrying case. It thereby disengages the first hook element from the mating first formation on the second part of the case. The first elongated body pivots relative to the first part of the carrying case at a position relatively close to the body of the carrying case.
摘要:
A lantern which is battery powered and is contained within a casing. Mounted on the exterior wall of the casing are a plurality of spaced apart rail-type attachments. A separate handle is to be securely mounted onto either of the rail-type attachments. The handle can be mounted in various positions in conjunction with the rail. Also, the longitudinal positioning of the handle on the rail can be varied according to individual desires. Once the desired position is obtained, the handle is fixedly secured to the rail.
摘要:
A method is disclosed for evaluating the level of objectionable noise associated with the operation of a tire by virtue of its tread contacting a road surface, which comprises digitizing the tread design on a coordinate system so as to define load-supporting portions of the tread in contact with the pavement, and distinguish them in binary form from those portions of the tread which are not in contact, as multiple matrix elements; defining a generally arcuate profile of a leading or trailing edge of a footprint of the tread by fitting an equation to the edge; sequentially performing the time ensemble summation, of the noise produced by each matrix element, over every matrix element on the entire circumferential surface; converting the sequence of summation to a periodic analog signal; converting the analog signal to a sound; and, aurally evaluating the sound. In a simplified case 0's and 1's along at least one footprint edge are sequentially summed around the circumference of the tire. The system requires only a means for digitizing the tread pattern, a computer to perform the necessary manipulations of data, and a means to convert a digital signal to an analog signal. Having subjectively chosen a tread pattern deemed to have an acceptable noise level, ribs are then relatively rotated one with respect to another to obtain an improved level of tread noise.
摘要:
A recovery buoy which is carried underwater by a diver and comprises an indented spool-like body of lightweight material around which is wrapped a cord. A weight is detachably mounted to the body and is attached to the cord so that the weight end of the cord can be attached to a structure to be recovered or marked, and when the body is released, its buoyancy causes it to rise, thereby unspooling the cord.