公开(公告)号：US20050172737A1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-11

申请号：US11088416

申请日：2005-03-24

申请人： Anthony Bond

发明人： Anthony Bond

IPC分类号： F16L55/46 ,  F16L55/48 ,  G05D7/00

CPC分类号： F16L55/46 ,  F16L55/48 ,  F16L2101/30 ,  F16L2101/60

摘要： Apparatus for deploying equipment in a fluid container or fluid conduit comprises a fluid housing having an outlet aperture, the fluid housing being adapted to be secured to the container or conduit such that the outlet aperture is in fluid communication with an aperture in the container or conduit. The apparatus further includes a piston in the fluid housing dividing the fluid housing into first and second fluid chambers, the second fluid chamber being in fluid communication with the interior of the container or conduit via the outlet aperture when the fluid housing is secured in fluid communication with the container or conduit. The piston is movable within the fluid housing toward the outlet aperture in response to increases of fluid pressure in the first fluid chamber. The apparatus further includes a guide means for guiding deployment of the equipment into the container or conduit. The guide means is secured to the piston, whereby movement of the piston within the fluid housing can move the guide means at least partially into the container or conduit through said outlet aperture.

摘要翻译： 用于将设备部署在流体容器或流体导管中的装置包括具有出口孔的流体壳体，流体壳体适于固定到容器或导管，使得出口孔与容器或管道中的孔流体连通 。 该装置还包括在流体壳体中的活塞，将流体壳体分成第一和第二流体室，当流体壳体被固定成流体连通时，第二流体室经由出口孔与容器或导管的内部流体连通 与容器或导管。 响应于第一流体室中的流体压力的增加，活塞可以在流体壳体内朝着出口孔移动。 该装置还包括用于引导将设备展开到容器或导管中的引导装置。 引导装置被固定到活塞上，由此活塞在流体壳体内的运动可以使引导装置至少部分地通过所述出口孔移动到容器或管道中。

公开(公告)号：US07331215B2

公开(公告)日：2008-02-19

申请号：US11088416

申请日：2005-03-24

申请人： Anthony Bond

发明人： Anthony Bond

IPC分类号： G01M3/04

CPC分类号： F16L55/46 ,  F16L55/48 ,  F16L2101/30 ,  F16L2101/60

摘要： Apparatus for deploying equipment in a fluid container or fluid conduit comprises a fluid housing having an outlet aperture, the fluid housing being adapted to be secured to the container or conduit such that the outlet aperture is in fluid communication with an aperture in the container or conduit. The apparatus further includes a piston in the fluid housing dividing the fluid housing into first and second fluid chambers, the second fluid chamber being in fluid communication with the interior of the container or conduit via the outlet aperture when the fluid housing is secured in fluid communication with the container or conduit. The piston is movable within the fluid housing toward the outlet aperture in response to increases of fluid pressure in the first fluid chamber. The apparatus further includes a guide means for guiding deployment of the equipment into the container or conduit. The guide means is secured to the piston, whereby movement of the piston within the fluid housing can move the guide means at least partially into the container or conduit through said outlet aperture.

摘要翻译： 用于将设备部署在流体容器或流体导管中的装置包括具有出口孔的流体壳体，流体壳体适于固定到容器或导管，使得出口孔与容器或管道中的孔流体连通 。 该装置还包括在流体壳体中的活塞，将流体壳体分成第一和第二流体室，当流体壳体被固定成流体连通时，第二流体室经由出口孔与容器或导管的内部流体连通 与容器或导管。 响应于第一流体室中的流体压力的增加，活塞可以在流体壳体内朝着出口孔移动。 该装置还包括用于引导将设备展开到容器或导管中的引导装置。 引导装置被固定到活塞上，由此活塞在流体壳体内的运动可以使引导装置至少部分地通过所述出口孔移动到容器或管道中。

公开(公告)号：US20050159203A1

公开(公告)日：2005-07-21

申请号：US11059925

申请日：2005-02-17

申请人： Anthony Bond ,  Ronald Mach

发明人： Anthony Bond ,  Ronald Mach

IPC分类号： A63F13/10 ,  G06F17/00 ,  G07F17/32

CPC分类号： G07F17/3202 ,  G07F17/32

摘要： An electronic Input/Output Interface and device abstraction system used in gaming machine includes: a game central processing unit (the game “CPU”); an intelligent Input/output controller board (the “IOCB”); an Industry Standard Architecture PC bus (“IBA bus”); and a framed message transport protocol. The IOCB facilitates the communications between the game CPU and virtual device services, which, are peripheral devices associated with the gaming system. These include devices such as displays, buttons, hoppers, coin mechanisms and bill validators. The framed message transport protocol includes: a message header, a body containing a virtual device message, and a packet validation signature. The game CPU communicates to gaming peripherals by sending virtual device messages across the ISA bus to the IOCB. The IOCB then routes the virtual device message to the appropriate virtual device services. The virtual device services are responsible for handling specific hardware, and are made up of virtual device drivers on the game CPU that communicate with virtual devices on the IOCB and use of the IOCB and the high speed interface enables the game CPU to use more of its available functions for controlling gaming functions rather than one operation of its associated peripheral devices.

摘要翻译： 游戏机中使用的电子输入/输出接口和设备抽象系统包括：游戏中央处理单元（游戏“CPU”）; 智能输入/输出控制器板（“IOCB”）; 行业标准架构PC总线（“IBA总线”）; 和一个框架消息传输协议。 IOCB促进游戏CPU和虚拟设备服务之间的通信，虚拟设备服务是与游戏系统相关联的外围设备。 这些包括显示器，按钮，料斗，硬币机构和纸币确认器等设备。 成帧消息传输协议包括：消息头，包含虚拟设备消息的主体和分组验证签名。 游戏CPU通过在ISA总线上发送虚拟设备消息给IOCB来与游戏外设进行通信。 IOCB然后将虚拟设备消息路由到适当的虚拟设备服务。 虚拟设备服务负责处理特定硬件，并且由游戏CPU上的虚拟设备驱动程序组成，与IOCB上的虚拟设备进行通信，并使用IOCB和高速接口使游戏CPU能够使用更多的 用于控制游戏功能的可用功能，而不是其相关联的外围设备的一个操作。

公开(公告)号：US20050181874A1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-18

申请号：US11093935

申请日：2005-03-30

申请人： Anthony Bond

发明人： Anthony Bond

IPC分类号： A63F13/10 ,  G06F9/445 ,  G07F17/32 ,  A63F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F8/65 ,  A63F13/10 ,  A63F2300/1025 ,  G06F9/4411 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/3202 ,  G07F17/323 ,  G07F17/3232

摘要： A method of dynamically linking abstracted hardware devices, which are used in association with gaming machines, to gaming software is disclosed. The game machine has a central processing unit (“CPU”), a resource manager, driver pools, and a communication link that connect a plurality of intelligent Input/Output controller boards (“IOCB”) to hardware devices interfaced to the game. The resource manager's functional blocks are: a resource manager control task, a plurality of Input/Output (“I/O”) communication drivers to connect to the IOCBs, a low level and high level driver manager, a low level and high level driver pool, and a plurality of resource repositories that interface to the gaming software. The resource manager starts an I/O communication driver to scan for the primary IOCB on the I/O memory bus, Universal Serial Bus, or Firewire. Once the primary IOCB is found, the resource control task will load more I/O communication drivers for any secondary IOCBs. The resource control task starts the driver managers, and requests the IOCB(s) to send the list of attached hardware. The driver managers load the drivers required for the type and version of hardware attached to the game. The gaming software interfaces to the hardware through the high level drivers loaded in the resource repositories. The high level drivers can be software or hardware drivers. Software drivers can simulate hardware, connect to other parts of the gaming software, or combine functions by calling other software and hardware drivers. New drivers can be added easily, allowing gaming software to use new hardware with little or no changes.

摘要翻译： 公开了将与游戏机相关联的抽象硬件设备动态链接到游戏软件的方法。 游戏机具有将多个智能输入/输出控制器板（“IOCB”）连接到与游戏接口的硬件设备的中央处理单元（“CPU”），资源管理器，驱动器池和通信链路。 资源管理器的功能块是：资源管理器控制任务，连接到IOCB的多个输入/输出（“I / O”）通信驱动器，低级和高级驱动器管理器，低级别和高级别驱动器 池，以及与游戏软件接口的多个资源存储库。 资源管理器启动I / O通信驱动程序，以扫描I / O内存总线，通用串行总线或Firewire上的主IOCB。 一旦发现主要IOCB，资源控制任务将为任何辅助IOCB加载更多的I / O通信驱动程序。 资源控制任务启动驱动程序管理器，并请求IOCB发送附加硬件列表。 驾驶员经理加载附加到游戏的硬件类型和版本所需的驱动程序。 游戏软件通过加载在资源库中的高级别驱动程序与硬件进行接口。 高级别驱动程序可以是软件或硬件驱动程序。 软件驱动程序可以模拟硬件，连接到游戏软件的其他部分，或通过调用其他软件和硬件驱动程序组合功能。 新的驱动程序可以轻松添加，允许游戏软件使用新的硬件很少或没有任何改变。

公开(公告)号：US20050181873A1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-18

申请号：US11093902

申请日：2005-03-30

申请人： Anthony Bond

发明人： Anthony Bond

IPC分类号： A63F13/10 ,  G06F9/445 ,  G07F17/32 ,  A63F13/00

CPC分类号： G06F8/65 ,  A63F13/10 ,  A63F2300/1025 ,  G06F9/4411 ,  G07F17/32 ,  G07F17/3202 ,  G07F17/323 ,  G07F17/3232

摘要： A method of dynamically linking abstracted hardware devices, which are used in association with gaming machines, to gaming software is disclosed. The game machine has a central processing unit (“CPU”), a resource manager, driver pools, and a communication link that connect a plurality of intelligent Input/Output controller boards (“IOCB”) to hardware devices interfaced to the game. The resource manager's functional blocks are: a resource manager control task, a plurality of Input/output (“I/O”) communication drivers to connect to the IOCBs, a low level and high level driver manager, a low level and high level driver pool, and a plurality of resource repositories that interface to the gaming software. The resource manager starts an I/O communication driver to scan for the primary IOCB on the I/O memory bus, Universal Serial Bus, or Firewire. Once the primary IOCB is found, the resource control task will load more I/O communication drivers for any secondary A IOCBs. The resource control task starts the driver managers, and requests the IOCB(s) to send the list of attached hardware. The driver managers load the drivers required for the type and version of hardware attached to the game. The gaming software interfaces to the hardware through the high level drivers loaded in the resource repositories. The high level drivers can be software or hardware drivers. Software drivers can simulate hardware, connect to other parts of the gaming software, or combine functions by calling other software and hardware drivers. New drivers can be added easily, allowing gaming software to use new hardware with little or no changes.

摘要翻译： 公开了将与游戏机相关联的抽象硬件设备动态链接到游戏软件的方法。 游戏机具有将多个智能输入/输出控制器板（“IOCB”）连接到与游戏接口的硬件设备的中央处理单元（“CPU”），资源管理器，驱动器池和通信链路。 资源管理器的功能块是：资源管理器控制任务，用于连接到IOCB的多个输入/输出（“I / O”）通信驱动器，低级和高级驱动器管理器，低级别和高级别驱动器 池，以及与游戏软件接口的多个资源存储库。 资源管理器启动I / O通信驱动程序，以扫描I / O内存总线，通用串行总线或Firewire上的主IOCB。 一旦发现主要IOCB，资源控制任务将为任何辅助A IOCB加载更多的I / O通信驱动程序。 资源控制任务启动驱动程序管理器，并请求IOCB发送附加硬件列表。 驾驶员经理加载附加到游戏的硬件类型和版本所需的驱动程序。 游戏软件通过加载在资源库中的高级别驱动程序与硬件进行接口。 高级别驱动程序可以是软件或硬件驱动程序。 软件驱动程序可以模拟硬件，连接到游戏软件的其他部分，或通过调用其他软件和硬件驱动程序组合功能。 新的驱动程序可以轻松添加，允许游戏软件使用新的硬件很少或没有任何改变。

公开(公告)号：US06889703B2

公开(公告)日：2005-05-10

申请号：US10093337

申请日：2002-03-07

申请人： Anthony Bond

发明人： Anthony Bond

IPC分类号： F16L55/46 ,  F16L55/48 ,  G01M3/24 ,  F16K31/122 ,  G01M3/18

CPC分类号： G01M3/246 ,  F16L55/46 ,  F16L55/48 ,  F16L2101/30 ,  F16L2101/60 ,  Y10T137/0441 ,  Y10T137/0458 ,  Y10T137/612

摘要： Apparatus for deploying equipment in a fluid container or fluid conduit comprises a fluid housing having an outlet aperture, the fluid housing being adapted to be secured to the container or conduit such that the outlet aperture is in fluid communication with an aperture in the container or conduit. The apparatus further includes a piston in the fluid housing dividing the fluid housing into first and second fluid chambers, the second fluid chamber being in fluid communication with the interior of the container or conduit via the outlet aperture when the fluid housing is secured in fluid communication with the container or conduit. The piston is movable within the fluid housing toward the outlet aperture in response to increases of fluid pressure in the first fluid chamber. The apparatus further includes a guide means for guiding deployment of the equipment into the container or conduit. The guide means is secured to the piston, whereby movement of the piston within the fluid housing can move the guide means at least partially into the container or conduit through said outlet aperture.

公开(公告)号：US08169616B2

公开(公告)日：2012-05-01

申请号：US12658902

申请日：2010-02-16

申请人： David B. Johnson ,  Anthony Bond

发明人： David B. Johnson ,  Anthony Bond

IPC分类号： G01B9/02

CPC分类号： G01J3/4535

摘要： In some embodiments, the pathlength difference (retardation) in a step scanning infrared (IR) spectrometer interferometer is maintained under AC servomechanism (servo) control for a first period following a step change, and under DC servo control for a second period following the first period. Data is acquired during and/or after the DC servo control period. Switching off the AC servo control prior to data acquisition allows limiting the dither-frequency noise that could otherwise affect signals of interest, particularly in fast-time-scale applications such as high-speed time-resolved spectroscopy (TSR). A mirror position control circuit controls a mirror position stepping as well as switching a mirror servo control from AC to DC.

摘要翻译： 在一些实施例中，步进扫描红外（IR）光谱仪干涉仪中的光程差（延迟）在阶跃变化之后的第一周期内被保持在AC伺服机构（伺服）控制下，并且在DC伺服控制下，在第一 期。 在DC伺服控制期间和/或之后采集数据。 在数据采集之前关闭AC伺服控制可以限制否则会影响感兴趣信号的抖动频率噪声，特别是在诸如高速时间分辨光谱（TSR）的快速时间尺度应用中。 反射镜位置控制电路控制反射镜位置步进以及将反光镜伺服控制从AC切换到DC。

公开(公告)号：US20110199614A1

公开(公告)日：2011-08-18

申请号：US12658902

申请日：2010-02-16

申请人： David B. Johnson ,  Anthony Bond

发明人： David B. Johnson ,  Anthony Bond

IPC分类号： G01J3/45

CPC分类号： G01J3/4535

摘要： In some embodiments, the pathlength difference (retardation) in a step scanning infrared (IR) spectrometer interferometer is maintained under AC servomechanism (servo) control for a first period following a step change, and under DC servo control for a second period following the first period. Data is acquired during and/or after the DC servo control period. Switching off the AC servo control prior to data acquisition allows limiting the dither-frequency noise that could otherwise affect signals of interest, particularly in fast-time-scale applications such as high-speed time-resolved spectroscopy (TSR). A mirror position control circuit controls a mirror position stepping as well as switching a mirror servo control from AC to DC.

摘要翻译： 在一些实施例中，步进扫描红外（IR）光谱仪干涉仪中的光程差（延迟）在阶跃变化之后的第一周期内被保持在AC伺服机构（伺服）控制下，并且在DC伺服控制下，在第一 期。 在DC伺服控制期间和/或之后采集数据。 在数据采集之前关闭AC伺服控制可以限制否则会影响感兴趣信号的抖动频率噪声，特别是在诸如高速时间分辨光谱（TSR）的快速时间尺度应用中。 反射镜位置控制电路控制反射镜位置步进以及将反光镜伺服控制从AC切换到DC。