公开(公告)号：US20060096241A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-11

申请号：US11312998

申请日：2005-12-20

申请人： Dennis May ,  Samuel Griggs

发明人： Dennis May ,  Samuel Griggs

IPC分类号： B65B61/14 ,  B65B51/04

CPC分类号： B65B25/064 ,  B65B9/15 ,  B65B51/046 ,  B65B61/14

摘要： Knitted netting is applied to products in a machine. A chute receives products serially through a receiving end, as from a conveyor, and discharges them serially into netting preferably rucked on the chute. As each product arrives at the product receiver, voiders operate to form a rope section of the netting behind the product, at the chute's discharge end. The clipper also clips the netting, to complete the netting of the product, and clips to create the starting end of the next netted product. A netting handle former operates to loop the rope section behind the product, before clipping, to form a looped handle for a product in the rope section of the netting. The netting that is clipped behind the products is the netting formed into the loops, and thus, the clips that are put on by the clipper secure the loops in their size and condition. The product receiver is preferably a discharge tray, and product guides on the tray straighten the product, to align it for netting, and also co-operate with the voiders to help tighten the product packaging. The clipper is also preferably uniquely structured in its clip rails to contribute to tighter packaging. The chute is gravity driven and includes product ribs or rails for centering and ease of movement of products. The handle former is an essentially two-part, mechanically actuated disc and clam shell construction that reaches for the netting, captures it, and rotates a loop into it, while tightening the packaging, in co-ordination with the voiders.

公开(公告)号：US20060010832A1

公开(公告)日：2006-01-19

申请号：US11229925

申请日：2005-09-19

申请人： Harrison Ailey ,  Bradford Brewster ,  Dennis May ,  Samuel Griggs ,  Richard Bruce

发明人： Harrison Ailey ,  Bradford Brewster ,  Dennis May ,  Samuel Griggs ,  Richard Bruce

IPC分类号： B65B61/14 ,  B65B51/04

CPC分类号： B65B51/04 ,  B65B9/15 ,  B65B25/064 ,  B65B61/14

摘要： An apparatus for defining a loop handle in a tubular covering, such as an expanded mesh plastic covering, for a food. The apparatus of the present invention includes a frame for supporting the various assemblies that comprise the apparatus and for engaging a support surface such as a floor. The apparatus of the present invention further includes a conveyor assembly, which conveys the food product from a production line and into the slide area or chute. Positioned proximate the distal end of the chute is a voider assembly defined by a stationary set of voider gates and a moveable set of voider gates. Further, the apparatus of the present invention includes a handle formation assembly for engaging the compressed cord of tubular covering and forming the compressed cord into a loop handle and a clipper device for engaging the handle formation assembly, and the engaged compressed cord of tubular covering and securing two clips to the cord, one to secure the bottom of the tubular covering for the previously processed food product, and one to secure the loop handle and for severing the compressed cord of tubular covering at a point disposed between the two securing clips.

公开(公告)号：US07882352B2

公开(公告)日：2011-02-01

申请号：US10515740

申请日：2003-05-28

申请人： Corinne Dive-Reclus ,  Jonathan Harris ,  Dennis May

发明人： Corinne Dive-Reclus ,  Jonathan Harris ,  Dennis May

IPC分类号： H04L29/06

CPC分类号： G06F21/53 ,  G06F21/57 ,  G06F21/6218 ,  G06F21/6245 ,  G06F2221/2113 ,  G06F2221/2115 ,  G06F2221/2141

摘要： A secure mobile wireless device in which executable code to be installed on the device is assigned a set of capabilities which define the protected resource(s) on the device which it can access. Hence, the present invention takes the idea of capabilities (known in the context of defining the capabilities or access privileges of different users in a multi-user system) and applies it to defining the capabilities or access privileges of different native executable code for secure, single-user mobile wireless devices.

摘要翻译： 将要安装在设备上的可执行代码的安全移动无线设备分配一组能够定义其可以访问的设备上的受保护资源的能力。 因此，本发明考虑到能力（在多用户系统中定义不同用户的能力或访问权限的上下文中已知），并将其应用于定义不同本地可执行代码的能力或访问权限，以确保安全， 单用户移动无线设备。

公开(公告)号：US20100305936A1

公开(公告)日：2010-12-02

申请号：US12063259

申请日：2006-08-08

申请人： Dennis May

发明人： Dennis May

IPC分类号： G06F9/455

CPC分类号： G06F9/45537 ,  G06F9/4843

摘要： A personality layer running above an operating system kernel puts any threads that the personality layer is responsible for into new states which the kernel does not know about. This prevents the kernel from performing operations on a thread which has been placed in one of these new states where these operations are sensitive to state of the thread itself (such as kill, suspend, change priority). Instead, the kernel redirects these thread operations to a handler in the personality layer which then handles the operation. The kernel is thus, in essence, extensible through the use of the added personality layers, and it can therefore be used to run legacy real-time applications written for other real-time operating systems.

摘要翻译： 在操作系统内核上运行的个性层将个性层负责的任何线程都放入内核不知道的新状态。 这样可以防止内核对已经被放置在这些新状态之一的线程上进行操作，这些操作对线程本身的状态敏感（如kill，suspend，change priority）。 相反，内核将这些线程操作重定向到处理该操作的个性层中的处理程序。 因此，内核本质上可以通过使用附加的个性层进行扩展，因此可以将其用于运行为其他实时操作系统编写的遗留实时应用程序。

公开(公告)号：US20070294550A1

公开(公告)日：2007-12-20

申请号：US10595274

申请日：2004-09-29

申请人： Dennis May ,  Jonathan Harris

发明人： Dennis May ,  Jonathan Harris

IPC分类号： G06F1/32 ,  G06F12/00

CPC分类号： G06F12/023 ,  Y02D10/13

摘要： Data held in physical memory, such as random access memory, in a computing device is defragmented when a system operating code null thread, which is used for placing the computing device into a reduced power mode when no other thread in the system is ready to run, is scheduled to run.

摘要翻译： 当系统运行代码为空线程时，在计算设备中的物理存储器（例如随机存取存储器）中保存的数据进行碎片整理，该线程用于在系统中没有其他线程准备运行时将计算设备置于降低功耗模式 ，计划运行。

公开(公告)号：US06769863B1

公开(公告)日：2004-08-03

申请号：US10269008

申请日：2002-10-09

申请人： David L. Carlberg ,  Dennis May ,  Theodore V. Meigs

发明人： David L. Carlberg ,  Dennis May ,  Theodore V. Meigs

IPC分类号： B65G5900

CPC分类号： B65H35/0006 ,  B65H2220/09 ,  B65H2301/351 ,  B65H2406/342 ,  B65H2555/30 ,  B65H2701/11332

摘要： Apparatus and method for manipulating lightweight strips in parallel, laterally edge-adjacent array into spaced apart array for processing includes a platen having channels for receiving the strips, and a comb device for translating the strips of alternating channels to form two groups of laterally spaced strips. A pick-and-place conveyor has suction cups to remove each group in unison from the platen and place it on a belt conveyor. Suction holes in the channels selectively retain the groups on the platen. The comb, pick-and-place conveyor, and belt conveyor operate in synchrony and reiteratively to create a continuous stream of spaced apart strips.

摘要翻译： 用于将轻量级条带平行地操作的横向边缘相邻阵列的装置和方法包括具有用于接收条带的通道的压板，以及用于平移交替通道条的梳状装置，以形成两组横向隔开的条带 。 拾放式输送机具有吸盘，用于将每个组与压板一致地移除并将其放置在带式输送机上。 通道中的吸孔可选择性地保持压板上的组。 梳子，拾放输送机和皮带输送机以同步和重复的方式操作以产生连续的间隔开的条带。

公开(公告)号：US08135938B2

公开(公告)日：2012-03-13

申请号：US11817386

申请日：2006-03-01

申请人： Andrew Thoelke ,  Dennis May

发明人： Andrew Thoelke ,  Dennis May

IPC分类号： G06F12/10

CPC分类号： G06F12/126

摘要： A component of a computing device, such as the kernel of an operating system, is arranged to identify real time processes running on the device and transparently lock the memory owned by such processes to avoid them being paged out. The kernel is also able to inspect all inter-process communications originated by the real time threads running in such processes, in order to ascertain what other processes they invoke, and, if they have the potential to block a real time operation, the kernel is arranged to lock the areas of memory these processes reference. This procedure operates recursively, and ensures that page faults which might affect the operation of any real time process do not occur.

摘要翻译： 诸如操作系统的内核的计算设备的组件被布置成识别在设备上运行的实时过程，并且透明地锁定由这些过程拥有的存储器，以避免它们被分页。 内核还能够检查在这些进程中运行的实时线程发起的所有进程间通信，以确定它们调用的其他进程，并且如果它们有可能阻止实时操作，则内​​核是 被安排为锁定这些进程参考的内存区域。 此过程以递归方式进行操作，并确保不会发生可能影响任何实时进程操作的页面错误。

公开(公告)号：US20100305937A1

公开(公告)日：2010-12-02

申请号：US12063262

申请日：2006-08-08

申请人： Dennis May

发明人： Dennis May

IPC分类号： G06F9/455 ,  G06F9/445

CPC分类号： G06F9/461 ,  G06F9/3851 ,  G06F9/3861 ,  G06F9/3877

摘要： Coprocessor support on a computing device is provided by means of external modules attaching themselves to the operating system (OS) kernel controlling the device at system boot time, with the modules registering themselves as valid coprocessor handlers. Threads initially execute with coprocessors disabled; the consequent exceptions caused by executing coprocessor instructions are then passed to the relevant registered handler. The technique can be used either to support installed coprocessors or to emulate absent coprocessors.

摘要翻译： 在计算设备上的协处理器支持是通过外部模块将自身附加到在系统启动时控制设备的操作系统（OS）内核，模块将自身注册为有效的协处理器处理程序。 线程最初执行与协处理器禁用; 然后将执行协处理器指令引起的后果异常传递给相关的注册处理程序。 该技术可用于支持已安装的协处理器或模拟不存在的协处理器。

公开(公告)号：US07610479B2

公开(公告)日：2009-10-27

申请号：US10566142

申请日：2004-07-28

申请人： Dennis May ,  Andrew Jordan ,  Mark Dowman

发明人： Dennis May ,  Andrew Jordan ,  Mark Dowman

IPC分类号： G06F9/00

CPC分类号： G06F9/4401

摘要： A method of operating a computing device having NAND flash memory for storage of program code and user data. At start up, only selected components of the computing device core operating system are shadowed into RAM. Other components, such as read only system files associated with the core operating system, are retained in the NAND flash memory and only shadowed into RAM upon demand. The program codes shadowed into RAM at start up and the program codes shadowed into RAM upon demand are presented to a file server of the computing device as a composite file system. The use of the composite file system reduces the amount of RAM permanently occupied by core operating system code during operation of the device and also enhances the use of the more power efficient NAND flash memory. Moreover, the boot up time of the device is also significantly reduced.

摘要翻译： 一种操作具有用于存储程序代码和用户数据的NAND闪存的计算设备的方法。 在启动时，只有计算设备核心操作系统的所选组件才被隐藏到RAM中。 其他组件，例如与核心操作系统相关的只读系统文件，保留在NAND闪存中，并且仅在需要时被镜像到RAM中。 程序代码在启动时被镜像到RAM中，根据需要将程序代码映射到RAM中，作为复合文件系统呈现给计算设备的文件服务器。 复合文件系统的使用减少了在设备操作期间由核心操作系统代码永久占用的RAM的数量，并且还增强了更多功率效率的NAND闪存的使用。 此外，设备的启动时间也显着降低。

公开(公告)号：US20100251260A1

公开(公告)日：2010-09-30

申请号：US12063183

申请日：2006-08-08

申请人： Dennis May

发明人： Dennis May

IPC分类号： G06F9/46

CPC分类号： G06F9/461 ,  G06F12/0804

摘要： Context switching between threads belonging to different user-side processes is a time consuming procedure because of the need to move a potentially large number of memory mappings around and the need to flush the data cache on hardware architectures which utilise a virtually tagged data cache. This invention allows the modification of page directory entries and the flushing of the data cache during a context switch to occur with pre-emption enabled; if a third process needs to run during a context switch, and this third process doesn't own or require any user memory modification of the page tables, this is now possible. By means of this invention, switches to kernel threads and threads in fixed user processes can occur much faster; these threads don't belong to processes that own any user memory and are the very ones that need to run with a lower guaranteed latency to ensure real-time performance.

摘要翻译： 属于不同用户侧进程的线程之间的上下文切换是耗时的过程，因为需要移动潜在的大量内存映射，并且需要在使用虚拟标记的数据高速缓存的硬件体系结构上刷新数据高速缓存。 本发明允许在上下文切换期间修改页目录条目和刷新数据高速缓存以使能优先发生; 如果第三个进程需要在上下文切换期间运行，并且此第三进程不拥有或要求对页表进行任何用户内存修改，现在可以进行。 通过本发明，在固定用户进程中切换到内核线程和线程可以更快地进行; 这些线程不属于拥有任何用户内存的进程，并且是需要以较低的保证延迟运行以确保实时性能的进程。