Focusing cover solar energy collector apparatus
    32.
    发明授权
    Focusing cover solar energy collector apparatus 失效
    聚焦太阳能集热器

    公开(公告)号:US4297521A

    公开(公告)日:1981-10-27

    申请号:US970762

    申请日:1978-12-18

    申请人: Steven A. Johnson

    发明人: Steven A. Johnson

    摘要: A solar energy collector apparatus and method, the apparatus including an open-top shell structure configured with either an enclosed or lattice configuration and having a Fresnel lens system covering the open top of the shell structure. A mirror system and solar energy absorber apparatus are placed inside the shell structure. The shell structure is mounted upon a hollow axle for rotation about its longitudinal axis. The shell structure is also mounted for vertical movement of one end of the longitudinal axis to adapt the shell structure for following north-south changes in the sun's seasonal position. The hollow axle supports the solar energy absorber apparatus nonrotatably inside the shell structure and in fluid communication with insulated heat transfer conduits that pass nonrotatably through the hollow axle. A photovoltaic apparatus may be included in the shell structure for converting at least a portion of the solar flux to electrical energy while the heat transfer conduits supply any necessary cooling to the photovoltaic apparatus. This combination of features provides higher solar efficiencies and higher temperatures in the heat transfer fluid. The method includes tracking the sun with the solar energy collector apparatus thereby maximizing the amount of solar energy collected while eliminating twisting and thereby coupling failures in the heat transfer conduits.

    摘要翻译: 一种太阳能收集器装置和方法,该装置包括配置有封闭或格子构造并具有覆盖壳结构的开口顶部的菲涅耳透镜系统的开顶壳结构。 镜子系统和太阳能吸收装置放置在壳体结构内。 壳体结构安装在空心轴上以围绕其纵向轴线旋转。 外壳结构也安装成纵向轴线的一端的垂直运动,以适应壳体结构,用于在太阳的季节性位置跟随南北的变化。 空心轴将太阳能吸收器装置不可旋转地支撑在壳结构内部并与通过不可旋转地穿过中空轴的绝热传热导管流体连通。 壳体结构中可以包括光伏装置,用于将太阳能通量的至少一部分转换为电能,同时传热导管向光电装置提供必要的冷却。 这种特征的组合在传热流体中提供更高的太阳能效率和更高的温度。 该方法包括利用太阳能收集器装置跟踪太阳,从而最大限度地吸收所收集的太阳能量,同时消除扭转,从而使传热管道中的故障相互耦合。

    Focusing reflector solar energy collector apparatus and method
    33.
    发明授权
    Focusing reflector solar energy collector apparatus and method 失效
    聚焦反射器太阳能集热装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US4269168A

    公开(公告)日:1981-05-26

    申请号:US970761

    申请日:1978-12-18

    申请人: Steven A. Johnson

    发明人: Steven A. Johnson

    IPC分类号: F24J2/06 F24J2/54 F24J3/02

    摘要: A solar energy collector apparatus and method, the apparatus including an open-top shell-like structure with a reflective optical system in the shell structure for directing solar energy toward a solar energy absorber apparatus inside the shell structure. The shell structure is mounted upon a hollow axle for rotation about its longitudinal axis and may be mounted for vertical movement to follow north-south changes in the apparent seasonal position of the sun. The solar energy absorber apparatus is nonrotatably mounted inside the shell structure in fluid communication with heat transfer conduits that pass through the hollow axle thereby avoiding rotatable couplings in the conduits. Photovoltaic apparatus for converting at least a portion of the solar spectrum to electrical energy may also be included in the shell structure. This combination of features provides higher solar efficiencies and higher temperatures in the heat transfer fluid. The method includes tracking the sun with the solar energy collector apparatus thereby maximizing the amount of solar energy collected while eliminating coupling failures in the heat transfer conduits.

    摘要翻译: 一种太阳能收集器装置和方法,该装置包括在壳结构中具有反射光学系统的开顶壳状结构,用于将太阳能引导到壳结构内的太阳能吸收装置。 壳体结构安装在中空轴上以围绕其纵向轴线旋转,并且可以安装用于垂直运动以跟随太阳的明显季节性位置的南北变化。 太阳能吸收器装置不可旋转地安装在壳体结构内,与通过空心轴的传热导管流体连通,从而避免了导管中的可旋转接头。 用于将太阳光谱的至少一部分转换为电能的光伏装置也可以包括在壳结构中。 这种特征的组合在传热流体中提供更高的太阳能效率和更高的温度。 该方法包括利用太阳能收集器装置跟踪太阳,从而最大限度地吸收所收集的太阳能的量,同时消除传热导管中的耦合故障。

    Ultrasound imaging apparatus and method
    34.
    发明授权
    Ultrasound imaging apparatus and method 失效
    超声成像装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US4222274A

    公开(公告)日:1980-09-16

    申请号:US942740

    申请日:1978-09-15

    申请人: Steven A. Johnson

    发明人: Steven A. Johnson

    摘要: A ring of transmitter and receiver transducer arrays circumbscribes an object to be scanned. Semicircular wave fronts of ultrasound energy are propagated from different points around the ring of transducers by triggering the transmitter arrays in sequence. The reflected and transmitted ultrasound energy picked up by the receiver arrays is then electronically analyzed and a synthetically focused image corresponding to the scanned object is reconstructed on a display screen. Surprisingly high quality resolution for the reconstructed images is achieved by carefully controlling the type of waveform from which the displayed image is reconstructed. In one embodiment of the invention, the signals received by the receiver arrays are processed by a waveshaping circuit to achieve the desired waveform. In a second embodiment of the invention, the desired waveform is generated by a waveform generator circuit and transmitted by the transmitter arrays. The quality of resolution for the reconstructed image of reflection is further improved by obtaining, through a computer aided ray tracing technique, the connecting rays between each point in the object and each transmitter and receiver array element. Data sampling times for each point in the reconstructed image are then corrected for refraction by computer aided integration of the object's refractive index along each connecting ray. Correction of the sampled data for amplitude attenuation is similarly obtained by computer aided integration of the object's linear attenuation coefficient along the connecting rays.

    摘要翻译: 发射器和接收器传感器阵列环绕着要扫描的物体。 通过依次触发发射机阵列,从传感器环周围的不同点传播超声能量的半圆波前。 然后电子分析由接收器阵列拾取的反射和透射的超声能量,并且在显示屏上重建与扫描对象相对应的合成聚焦图像。 通过仔细地控制重建显示图像的波形的类型,可以实现重建图像的高质量分辨率。 在本发明的一个实施例中,由接收器阵列接收的信号由波形形成电路处理以实现期望的波形。 在本发明的第二实施例中,期望的波形由波形发生器电路产生并由发射器阵列发送。 通过计算机辅助光线跟踪技术,通过获得物体中的每个点与每个发射器和接收器阵列元件之间的连接光线,进一步提高了重构的反射图像的分辨率的质量。 然后通过计算机辅助整合对象的每个连接射线的折射率来校正重建图像中每个点的数据采样时间以进行折射。 用于幅度衰减的采样数据的校正类似地通过计算机辅助整合物体沿着连接光线的线性衰减系数来获得。

    Method and apparatus for enhancing noise-corrupted speech
    37.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for enhancing noise-corrupted speech 失效
    用于增强噪声损坏的语音的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06415253B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-07-02

    申请号:US09253640

    申请日:1999-02-19

    申请人: Steven A. Johnson

    发明人: Steven A. Johnson

    IPC分类号: G10L2102

    CPC分类号: G10L21/0208 G10L25/78

    摘要: A noise suppression device receives data representative of a noise-corrupted signal which contains a speech signal and a noise signal, divides the received data into data frames, and then passes the data frames through a pre-filter to remove a dc-component and the minimum phase aspect of the noise-corrupted signal. The noise suppression device appends adjacent data frames to eliminate boundary discontinuities, and applies fast Fourier transform to the appended data frames. A voice activity detector of the noise suppression device determines if the noise-corrupted signal contains the speech signal based on components in the time domain and the frequency domain. A smoothed Wiener filter of the noise suppression device filters the data frames in the frequency domain using different sizes of a window based on the existence of the speech signal. Filter coefficients used for Wiener filter are smoothed before filtering. The noise suppression device modifies magnitude of the time domain data based on the voicing information outputted from the voice activity detector.

    摘要翻译: 噪声抑制装置接收表示包含语音信号和噪声信号的噪声干扰信号的数据,将接收到的数据划分成数据帧,然后通过预滤波器传递数据帧以去除直流分量,并且 噪声损坏信号的最小相位方面。 噪声抑制装置附加相邻数据帧以消除边界不连续性,并对附加的数据帧应用快速傅里叶变换。 噪声抑制装置的语音活动检测器基于时域和频域中的分量确定噪声干扰信号是否包含语音信号。 噪声抑制装置的平滑维纳滤波器基于语音信号的存在,使用不同尺寸的窗口对频域中的数据帧进行滤波。 维纳滤波器滤波系数滤波后进行滤波。 噪声抑制装置基于从语音活动检测器输出的发音信息修改时域数据的大小。

    Intelligent data storage manager
    38.
    发明授权
    Intelligent data storage manager 有权
    智能数据存储管理器

    公开(公告)号:US06330621B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-12-11

    申请号:US09232431

    申请日:1999-01-15

    IPC分类号: G06F1314

    摘要: The intelligent data storage manager functions to combine the non-homogeneous physical devices contained in a data storage subsystem to create a logical device with new and unique quality of service characteristics that satisfy the criteria for the policies appropriate for the present data object. In particular, if there is presently no logical device that is appropriate for use in storing the present data object, the intelligent data storage manager defines a new logical device using existing physical and/or logical device definitions as component building blocks to provide the appropriate characteristics to satisfy the policy requirements. The intelligent data storage manager uses weighted values that are assigned to each of the presently defined logical devices to produce a best fit solution to the requested policies in an n-dimensional best fit matching algorithm. The resulting logical device definition is then implemented by dynamically interconnecting the logical devices that were used as the components of the newly defined logical device to store the data object.

    摘要翻译: 智能数据存储管理器用于组合包含在数据存储子系统中的非均匀物理设备以创建具有满足适用于当前数据对象的策略的标准的具有新的且独特的服务质量特征的逻辑设备。 特别地,如果当前没有适用于存储当前数据对象的逻辑设备,则智能数据存储管理器使用现有的物理和/或逻辑设备定义来定义新的逻辑设备作为组件构建块,以提供适当的特性 以满足政策要求。 智能数据存储管理器使用分配给每个当前定义的逻辑设备的加权值,以在n维最佳拟合匹配算法中为所请求的策略产生最佳拟合解。 所产生的逻辑设备定义然后通过动态地互连用作新定义的逻辑设备的组件以存储数据对象的逻辑设备来实现。

    Internal refractor focusing solar energy collector apparatus and method
    39.
    发明授权
    Internal refractor focusing solar energy collector apparatus and method 失效
    内部折射聚焦太阳能集热装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US4284839A

    公开(公告)日:1981-08-18

    申请号:US970673

    申请日:1978-12-18

    申请人: Steven A. Johnson

    发明人: Steven A. Johnson

    摘要: A solar energy collector apparatus and method, the apparatus including an open-top shell-like structure. A Fresnel lens system and a mirror system inside the shell structure focus and direct solar energy toward a solar energy absorber apparatus also inside the shell structure. The shell structure is mounted upon a hollow axle in a framework for rotation about its longitudinal axis. The framework supports the longitudinal axis in a position generally parallel to the axis of rotation of the earth to provide an equatorial mounting for the solar energy collector. Rotation about the longitudinal axis adapts the solar collector for following the east-west movement of the sun. The optical apparatus in the shell structure is adapted for movement to follow the north-south seasonal changes in the sun's position. The solar energy absorber apparatus is nonrotatably supported inside the shell structure by the hollow axle and heat transfer conduits pass through the hollow axle to the solar energy absorber apparatus in nonrotable relationship therewith. A photovoltaic apparatus may be included within the shell structure for converting at least a portion of the incoming solar spectrum to electrical energy. This combination of features provides higher solar efficiencies and higher temperatures in the heat transfer fluid. The method includes tracking the sun with the solar energy collector apparatus thereby maximizing the amount of solar energy collected while eliminating coupling failures in the heat transfer conduits.

    摘要翻译: 一种太阳能收集装置和方法,该装置包括开顶壳状结构。 外壳结构内的菲涅耳透镜系统和镜面系统也将壳体内部的太阳能吸收装置的太阳能聚焦和直接引向太阳能。 壳体结构安装在框架中的中空轴上,用于围绕其纵向轴线旋转。 该框架在大致平行于地球旋转轴线的位置上支撑纵向轴线,以提供用于太阳能收集器的赤道安装。 围绕纵轴的旋转适应太阳能收集器以跟随太阳的东西运动。 壳结构中的光学装置适于运动以跟随太阳位置的南北季节变化。 太阳能吸收器装置通过空心轴不能旋转地支撑在壳结构内部,并且传热导管以不可旋转的关系通过空心轴到太阳能吸收器装置。 壳体结构中可以包括光伏设备,用于将至少一部分进入的太阳光谱转换为电能。 这种特征的组合在传热流体中提供更高的太阳能效率和更高的温度。 该方法包括利用太阳能收集器装置跟踪太阳,从而最大限度地吸收所收集的太阳能的量,同时消除传热导管中的耦合故障。

    Heat storage apparatus and method
    40.
    发明授权
    Heat storage apparatus and method 失效
    蓄热装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US4233960A

    公开(公告)日:1980-11-18

    申请号:US926680

    申请日:1978-07-21

    申请人: Steven A. Johnson

    发明人: Steven A. Johnson

    摘要: A heat storage apparatus and method including a heat storage medium encapsulated within a container and heat exchange apparatus for exchanging thermal energy with the heat storage medium. The heat storage medium may include a salt having a relatively high latent heat of reaction at a relatively low temperature range. The dehydration reaction of sodium sulfate decahydrate appears to the most promising reaction for this application. Other suitable salts and salt mixtures for other temperature ranges may also be used. The apparatus includes, where necessary, techniques for stirring the heat storage medium to inhibit stratification of the salt during cycles of dissolution and recrystallization or fusion.

    摘要翻译: 一种蓄热装置和方法,包括:封装在容器内的储热介质和用于与所述蓄热介质交换热能的热交换装置。 储热介质可以包括在较低温度范围内具有较高反应潜热的盐。 十水硫酸钠的脱水反应似乎是本应用最有希望的反应。 也可以使用用于其它温度范围的其它合适的盐和盐混合物。 在必要时,该装置包括在溶解和重结晶或熔融的循环期间搅拌储热介质以抑制盐分层的技术。