摘要:
A method and apparatus for communicating audio messages uses a two-way radio. An output audio message is asynchronously transmitted by generating a first acoustic signal in an input device of the radio. A determination is made whether the first acoustic signal is a command. If the acoustic signal is a command, then a response is generated in an output device, and the command is processed. Otherwise, the first acoustic signal is stored in an output buffer and then later sent as an output audio message only when a communications channel is available. An input audio message is asynchronously received in a receiver of the radio, and then stored in an input buffer. A second acoustic signal is generated which causes the stored input audio message to be sent to the output device only if the second acoustic signal is a play command.
摘要:
The present invention is drawn to a hybrid data reconstruction system and method for a data storage device. Data is selectively stored according to one of two or more redundancy schemes such that critical data is stored according to a scheme which has a higher degree of redundancy.
摘要:
A data storage device includes storage media having stored thereon data configured as a plurality of objects, each object having attributes indicative of characteristics of the object. A control component is operably coupled to the storage media and is configured to provide an interface to the objects. The interface exposes methods which are invoked to access the objects.
摘要:
Apparatus for automatically dispensing food product, such as hard ice cream, comprising an insulated housing having a refrigerated chamber therein and a receptacle in the chamber for holding a supply of food product under refrigeration. The receptacle has an open upper end to permit loading of food product into the receptacle and a lower end. The apparatus further comprises a cutting apparatus adjacent the lower end of the receptacle for cutting food product from the supply, a conveyer mechanism in the chamber generally below the cutting apparatus for receiving food product cut from the supply and for conveying the food product from the chamber, a scoop member for receiving food product conveyed by the conveyer mechanism from the chamber and for dispensing a predetermined quantity of food product, and a sensing mechanism for sensing the extent to which food product becomes packed in the scoop member as it is conveyed to the scoop member and for effecting stoppage of the delivery of food product to the scoop member when the scoop member becomes packed to a predetermined extent.
摘要:
Apparatus for automatically dispensing food product such as hard food product, having a refrigerated container for holding a supply of food product, a chamber adjacent the container for receiving food product and for delivery therefrom of a serving portion of food product, and a mechanism in the container for removing food product from the supply for delivery to the chamber thereby to pack the chamber with food product. A method of dispensing food product such as hard ice cream is also disclosed.
摘要:
This invention describes a method of increasing the feed intake of pigs, chickens, or dairy cattle, which have elevated levels of growth hormone, by administering a thyroid-active substance.
摘要:
A mechanism for positioning a control valve for an oscillating vacuum feeder which automatically adjusts the position of the control valve in relation to the width of the sheets to be fed. The mechanism includes at least one coupler member selectively engageable by the side guides which align the opposing marginal edges of the stack of sheets to be fed from a sheet supply hopper. The control valve, located within the oscillating vacuum feeder adjacent the outboard ports thereof, has an outwardly extending arm which passes through a longitudinal slot in the feeder. The arm is captured by the coupler member whereby movement of the side guides will be directly imparted to the valve through the coupler member to position the valve for controlling opening or closing of the outboard ports.
摘要:
A method for selecting and recognizing spoken identifiers first defines a phrase having word slots. The word slots are arranged in the phrase in a predetermined order and according to a predetermined grammatical structure of a target language. A set of unique words selected from the target language is assigned to each word slot in the phrase according to the grammatical structure. Then, a unique identifiers can be generated by selecting one word from each set for each slot for each identifier such that a concatenating of the selected words in the predetermined order form the unique identifier.
摘要:
A disc storage system having a host computer interface adapted to coupled to a host computer, a disc storage medium having a disc surface and a spindle motor coupled to the disc adapted to rotate the disc. A transducer is positioned for reading and writing data on the disc surface. The system further includes a volatile memory write cache and a non-volatile memory write cache adapted to store data during a power loss. A method is also provided for storing data prior to writing the data in a non-volatile memory cache in a disc storage system.
摘要:
A method recognizes three-dimensional physical objects using three-dimensional deformable templates. A particular object is scanned with a camera to generate volumetric data representing the object. The volumetric data is compared to each of a plurality of three-dimensional deformable templates stored in a database to obtain a score for each comparison. The deforming of the template is done by optimizing an objective function.