摘要:
Systems and related methods for controlling vehicle position and movement are disclosed. A system includes one or more computers configured to receive data corresponding to video image frames of at least a portion of a course, and analyze the video image frame to estimate at least one of position and orientation of the vehicle within the course. A method includes identifying groups of pixels from the video image frames that are determined to correspond to non-background objects in the course. The method also includes correlating at least a portion of the identified groups of pixels with known objects in the course, and analyzing positions of the groups of pixels within the video image frames and known positions of at least one of an image capture device and known objects relative to the course to estimate at least one of the position and orientation of the vehicle within the course.
摘要:
A device to reclaim slivers of deodorant comprising a heated molding device configured to receive and melt or compress multiple slivers of deodorant into one standard sized bar, comprising a plastic cylindrical container capable of containing solid deodorant having an oval cross-section, and an internal lifting platform operated with a twist knob at its bottom to raise the solid deodorant as it is used, the improvement comprising a base having a heating element, the cylindrical container fits into the base to heat the slivers thus allowing the slivers to melt.
摘要:
What is disclosed is a novel system and method for characterizing a model-based spectral reflectance sensing device. In accordance with the teachings hereof, measurements of training samples taken with a previously manufactured ‘fleet master’ sensing device are adapted, in a manner more fully disclosed herein, based upon knowledge of the wavelengths of the illuminators used for both the subject and fleet master sensors, as well as spectral reflectance response of the training samples as measured by a reference spectrophotometer device. Utilizing the adapted measurements of the fleet master device, a reconstruction matrix can be quickly constructed for the subject sensor. The present system and method provides reasonably good accuracy using pre-existing measurement data. This results in manufacturing cost savings on a per-sensor basis.
摘要:
What is disclosed is a novel system and method for quickly characterizing a reflectance sensing device without measuring the full set of characterization color patch training samples currently used in manufacturing and characterizing individual sensors. In accordance with the teachings hereof, measurements of training samples taken with a previously manufactured ‘fleet master’ sensing device are adapted, in a manner more fully disclosed herein, based upon knowledge of the wavelengths of the illuminators used for both the subject and fleet master sensors, as well as spectral reflectance response of the training samples as measured by a reference spectrophotometer device. Utilizing the adapted measurements of the fleet master device, a reconstruction matrix can be quickly constructed for the subject sensor. The present system and method provides reasonably good accuracy using pre-existing measurement data. This results in manufacturing cost savings on a per-sensor basis.
摘要:
Systems and apparatus are described for modifying fluid flow in a hard disk drive system to reduce cross-track motion. The systems and methods provide advantages because they include at least one flow modification element. In some embodiments, the flow modification system comprises a set of approximately parallel combs occupying a portion of the space present in between the disks in the hard disk drive system. The combs change the flow pattern of the fluid and act as a momentum channeling mechanism relative to the actuator assembly and suspension assemblies resulting in a considerable reduction in track misregistration error. Various embodiments of the invention include baffle-integrated combs, fixture-integrated combs, contoured enclosure surfaces, and enclosure attached combs.
摘要:
A portable computer and corresponding docking station, where the portable computer may be inserted into or removed from the docking station without concern relating to the state of either the portable computer or of the docking station. The hot docking sequence is performed by establishing a direct connection to the primary PCI bus without the risk of any possible system damage, file damage, or data loss. This can be accomplished even while the portable computer system is powered on and is actively running. The present invention prevents glitches from occurring in pre-existing pins and adds four new pins to implement this novel hot docking sequence. Furthermore, hot undocking can be readily performed as well by basically reversing the docking sequence.
摘要:
A digital computing system includes a first and second processor clocked for locked step operation. A shared memory stores a linear block codeword across a plurality of byte-wide memory devices. The codeword includes a first dataword and a second dataword. Each of the first and second datawords includes an equal plurality of databits and each includes an equal plurality of checkbits associated therewith. First error detection and correction logic connected to the first processor receives the first dataword and checkbits associated therewith of the codeword addressed by the first processor and a second dataword and checkbits associated therewith of the codeword addressed by the second processor. First error detection and correction logic detects and/or corrects errors in the codeword. Second error detection and correction logic connected to the second processor receives the second dataword and checkbits associated therewith of the codeword addressed by the second processor and the first dataword and checkbits associated therewith of the codeword addressed by the first processor. The second error detection and correction logic detects and/or corrects errors in the codeword.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a system and method for starting and maintaining a Central Processing Unit (CPU) clock even though the CPU clock is operating under a Clock Division Emulation (CDE) scheme. Break Events are broken into different groups with each group of Break Events being mapped to a particular programmable event timer. Each of the programmable event timers have an associated time limit which will keep the CPU clock running for a time commensurate with that group of Break Events. When a Break Event occurs, the programmable event timer associated with that particular Break Event will load the corresponding time limit into the programmable event timer. Once loaded, the programmable event timer will keep the CPU clock running during the entire time limit. Only after all of the programmable event timers have counted down will the CPU clock be allowed to stop.
摘要:
A method of processing a phone call, the method including: from a trunk interface, receiving an inbound communication from which a number is detected, the number sufficient to identify a location of a caller, and by a digital electrical computer system including a memory storing phone numbers for a plurality of credit counseling services, querying the memory by using the detected number to select at least three phone numbers for credit counseling services associated with the location of the caller and outputting a sequence of the phone numbers automatically selected for the credit counseling services associated with the location of the caller.
摘要:
This disclosure provides methods and systems for troubleshooting charging and photoreceptor failure modes associated with a xerographic process. Specifically, according to an exemplary method the photoreceptor decay behavior, with and without the effects of depletion, are quantified and used to determine a performance state of one or more of the charging stations and the photoreceptor surface.