Abstract:
A method for the control of a bi-directional overrunning clutch assembly (10) disposed within a vehicle transmission, including the steps of initiating a drive function control routine (112) within an electronic control unit and sensing the commanded gear ratio within the transmission. The method steps further include determining whether a first gear function (132) should be initiated based on the commanded gear ratio and determining whether a second gear function (150) should be initiated based on the commanded gear ratio. The method also includes sensing whether the reverse engagement members (24B) and the forward engagement members (24A) of the bi-directional clutch (10) are engaged when neither the first gear function (132) nor the second gear function (150) are initiated.
Abstract:
A rate-distortion optimized embedding (RDE) coder optimizes rate-distortion performance by coding information bits in the order of their R-D slope. RDE allocates the available coding bits first to the information bit with the steepest R-D slope, which indicates the largest distortion decrease per coding bit. The resultant RDE bitstream can be truncated at any point and still maintain an optimal R-D performance. To avoid the overhead of coding order transmission, an expected R-D slope is calculated by both the encoder and the decoder from previous RDE coded bits. A probability estimation table from a QM arithmetic coder allows the R-D slope to be derived using a lookup table operation. The rate-distortion optimised embedding (RDE) coder significantly improves the coding efficiency over a wide range of bit rates.
Abstract:
A signal detector includes a transform unit, a gain control unit, and an energy level threshold unit. The transform unit is adapted to receive a plurality of input samples and calculate a first plurality of delay values based on the input samples. Each delay value is based on at least one previous delay value and a current input sample. The transform unit is adapted to calculate a first energy value based on at least a subset of the first plurality of delay values. The gain control unit is adapted to determine if a selected delay value of the first plurality of delay values exceeds a predetermined threshold and scale the selected delay value, the at least one previous delay value used to calculate the selected delay value, and subsequent input samples received after the current input sample by a first amount in response to the selected delay value exceeding the predetermined threshold. The energy level threshold unit is adapted to determine the presence of a first signal in the input samples based on the first energy level.
Abstract:
A foldable vehicle window shading device includes a central hub having a receiving cavity, and a plurality of folding arms radially extended from the central hub, a plurality of elongated elements extended from the central hub to the folding arms respectively, and an awning shelter supported by the folding arms for sheltering the vehicle window. Each of the folding arms includes a plurality of tubular members wherein a tension portion of the respective elongated element is slidably passed through the tubular members in such a manner that when shortening the length of each tension portion of the elongated elements, the tubular members of each folding arm are tensionally coupled with each other ends to ends to outwardly extend the folding arm from the central hub, so as to tensionally stretch out the awning shelter.
Abstract:
An adaptive image coding method and system are disclosed. The system accepts an input image, divides it into image segments, and assigns each segment to a wavelet transform filter from a bank of such filters for transformation. The bank preferably comprises filters adapted for different types of image content, e.g., sharp edges, slowly-varying contours, etc. Filters are preferably assigned so as to produce minimal distortion for their assigned image segments at a given target bit rate, each filter produces transform coefficients for its segment using scale and subband settings common to the entire image. The valid coefficients for each segment are then combined in a composite wavelet coefficient image, which resembles a single wavelet transform of an entire image—although different filters are used to create different portions of the coefficient image. The composite image allows joint, rate-distortion optimized coding for a segmented image. Joint coding allocates bits between the transforms of the image segments optimally, and produces an easily scaleable bitstream.
Abstract:
A non-naturally occuring Factor IX protein having an amino acid substitution at amino acid position 338 is provided. Preferred substitutions include the substitution of analanine, leucine, or valine for the arginine at amino acid position 338. Factor IX of the present invention is non-naturally occuring (e.g., does not contain only an arginine to proline substitution at amino acid position 338). Factor IX proteins of the invention are useful for facilitating blood clotting in subjects in need thereof, such as subjects afflicted with hemophilia B. Pharmaceutical formulations comprising Factor IX of the invention are provided, along with nucleic acids encoding the factor and vectors containing such nucleic acids.
Abstract:
An arbitrary shape wavelet transform with phase alignment (ASWP) is used to transform an arbitrary shaped object in an image. The phase of an odd tap wavelet filter is aligned so that a low pass filter is always centered at an even index, and a high pass filter is always centered at an odd index. The phase of an even tap wavelet filter is aligned so that the low pass filter and the high pass filter are both centered at index 2i+0.5, i.e., a half index past the even index. The objects for odd tap wavelet filters are each separately symmetrically extended by mirroring the objects from the opposite ends but not mirroring the end pixels. The objects for the even tap filter is symmetrically extended by mirroring the pixels from the opposite ends of the objects including mirroring the end pixels. The phase adjusted-symmetrically extended objects are then transformed.
Abstract:
A folding shed may include a roof portion, a lateral portion and a bottom portion, said lateral portions forming two lateral sides of the shed that connects the roof portion and the bottom portion. Each roof portion, lateral portion and bottom portion includes a plurality of connecting units and hinge units, and each hinge unit is configured to pivotally connect with a longitudinal side of one connecting unit and pivotally connect with the other longitudinal side of an adjacent connecting unit. At least one hinge unit is configured to pivotally connect a corresponding connecting unit in the roof portion and a corresponding connecting unit in the lateral portion, and at least another hinge unit is configured to pivotally connect a corresponding connecting unit in the lateral portion and a corresponding connecting unit in the bottom portion.
Abstract:
Described is using flash memory (or other secondary storage), RAM-based data structures and mechanisms to access key-value pairs stored in the flash memory using only a low RAM space footprint. A mapping (e.g. hash) function maps key-value pairs to a slot in a RAM-based index. The slot includes a pointer that points to a bucket of records on flash memory that each had keys that mapped to the slot. The bucket of records is arranged as a linear-chained linked list, e.g., with pointers from the most-recently written record to the earliest written record. Also described are compacting non-contiguous records of a bucket onto a single flash page, and garbage collection. Still further described is load balancing to reduce variation in bucket sizes, using a bloom filter per slot to avoid unnecessary searching, and splitting a slot into sub-slots.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a method for recovering silicon particles and abrasive grains from a wasted abrasive slurry. The method includes providing a wasted abrasive slurry that contains silicon particles, abrasive grains and a water-soluble glycol, and mixing the wasted abrasive slurry with a metal chloride solution, so as to obtain a micelle layer and a slurry layer, the micelle layer including the water-soluble glycol, and the slurry layer including the silicon particles and the abrasive grains.