Abstract: A converter dolly is disclosed for use with a tandem trailer arrangement. In accordance with an important aspect of the invention, the converter dolly is multi-functional and is user configurable. In particular, the converter dolly in accordance with the present invention includes an adjustable saddle can be adjusted to fit any conventional trailer. The saddle is carried by a wheeled cart, which includes a fifth wheel assembly for coupling to a tandem trailer. The saddle is configured to seat a tandem trailer. The height of the saddle relative to the underside of the tandem trailer is user configurable. In an extended position, the tandem trailer is seated in the saddle which prevents rotation of the tandem trailer with respect to the converter dolly thus eliminating one of the three pivot points in a conventional tandem trailer arrangement. In order to provide steering for the tandem trailer, the wheels on the wheeled cart are carried by self steering axles.

Abstract: A game device includes an object arrangement changing unit for changing the arrangement of objects, which are of plural kinds, placed in a game field following an instruction from a user, an arrangement condition determining unit for determining objects that meet an arrangement condition for erasure out of a plurality of objects placed in the game field and selecting the objects that meet the arrangement condition as objects to be erased, an object kind changing unit for changing the kind of the objects selected as objects to be erased, and an object erasing unit for erasing the objects selected as objects to be erased. The arrangement condition determining unit determines again objects that meet the arrangement condition and further selects objects that newly meet the arrangement condition as objects to be erased, during a time from when the kind of the objects selected as objects to be erased is changed by the object kind changing unit until when the objects are erased by the object erasing unit.

Abstract: An evacuation mattress comprises an integral mattress including a mattress interior, a mattress top face sheet, four mattress side face sheets, and a bottom sheet. The bottom sheet forms both the mattress bottom face sheet and an evacuation bottom sheet. The integral evacuation mattress also includes a top evacuation sheet configured to be deployed over a patient who is disposed above the mattress top face sheet. The integral evacuation mattress further includes securing structure configured to secure the top evacuation sheet to the patient and the integral mattress. Transport structure is also included in the integral evacuation mattress and is configured for a person to drag the secured patient and integral mattress from a hospital.

Abstract: A radio communication system includes: a first base station for communicating with a mobile station in a first area; and a second base station for communicating with the mobile station in a second area; the first base station including: a first receiving unit for receiving connection control information from the second station; a first setup unit for generating scheduling information; and a first transmitting unit for transmitting the generated scheduling information to the second base station and for transmitting the data decided to send to the mobile station on the basis of the scheduling information; the second base station including: a second transmitting unit for transmitting the connection control information and for transmitting the data decided to send to the mobile station on the basis of the scheduling information; and a second receiving unit for receiving the scheduling information from the first base station.

Abstract: Referring to FIG. 5, the tracking start-and-stop determining unit 28 of the tracking processing unit 26 determines the starting and stopping of tracking based on predetermined conditions. During the tracking, the sampling unit 29 creates or eliminates particles using the probability density distribution estimated for an immediately preceding image frame. The observation unit causes the particles to make a transition according to a predetermined motion model and observes the likelihoods of a candidate curves defined by the particles. The correction unit 32 compares the color histogram of an area located at a predetermined position relative to the candidate curve with the color histogram of an area similarly located relative to the curve determined as a result of tracking in the immediately preceding image frame. If the matching score is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, the likelihood of the candidate curve is increased by correction.

Abstract: A lightweight, man-portable weapon delivery system includes a fuselage, and first and second wings mounted to opposing sides of the fuselage. The system includes an electric motor for driving a propeller for providing thrust to propel the system. The electric motor is mounted to the fuselage, and configured to be remotely started by a user. The system includes an imaging device mounted to the system and configured to capture images of a theater of operations of the system. The system includes a communication circuit in communication with the imaging device and configured to transmit the images from the imaging device to the user for viewing the theater of operations of the system for remotely steering the system. The communication circuit is configured to receive commands from the user for steering the system into the target. The system includes a payload configured to store the ordnance.

Abstract: An error between the power of an input signal, which is input to a power amplifier, and the power of an output signal, which is output from the power amplifier, is calculated. The calculated error is normalized according to the power of the input signal or the power of the output signal. A distortion correction coefficient, which is stored in a predetermined storage unit in association with the power of the input signal, is updated using the normalized error.

Abstract: Method for assigning a precoding beam forming scheme in a broadband satellite system, wherein said broadband satellite system comprises a multibeam satellite (1) having a plurality of antennas and a plurality of satellite beams, a gateway (2) and a number N of satellite terminals (ST11, ST12 . . . ST21, ST22, ST23 . . . STK1, STK2 . . . ), and wherein said gateway (2) is configured for processing and serving a plurality of K beams of said plurality of satellite beams towards said number N of satellite terminals (ST11, ST12 . . . ST21, ST22, ST23 . . . STK1, STK2 . . . ), wherein K<N, and wherein said assignation of a precoding beam forming scheme comprises a joint processing over said plurality of K beams. Said precoding beam forming scheme is dependent: on the radiation pattern of said satellite antennas; on the line of sight channel characteristics and on the multiuser diversity caused by said number N of satellite terminals (ST11, ST12 . . . ST21, ST22, ST23 . . . STK1, STK2 . . . ).

Abstract: A conservation tillage implement having three or more rows of individual coulter wheel assemblies laterally spaced apart and removably mounted on a cultivator frame, a coulter wheel assembly in a given row being staggered with respect to the coulter wheel assemblies in a longitudinally adjacent row. The coulter wheel assemblies may be laterally adjustable and may be mounted to the cultivator frame using a mounting means that permits rotation about a vertical axis. The coulter wheel assemblies may comprise a coil spring having a horizontal spring axis to permit upward deflection in response to impact with an obstacle. Leveling attachments may optionally be mounted to the cultivator frame, along with additional field working tools. The implement is particularly resistant to plugging and can be operated at high speeds without undue damage upon impact with obstacles.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product is provided for the selective filtering of objectionable content from a program. The selective filtering of objectionable content from a program is accomplished by applying an encoding process and a decoding process to the audio and/or video signal of the program. The encoding process includes marking potentially objectionable material in the program with filtering information that identifies the type (e.g., audio, violent content, sexual content, etc.) and intensity level (e.g., mild, graphic, extreme, etc.) of the potentially objectionable material using filter codes. The decoding process includes comparing, during the presentation of the program to the user and prior to outputting the audio or displaying the video, the filtering information to filter criteria, which includes user supplied filter settings, to determine whether filtering of the potentially objectionable content (i.e., audio and/or video) should be performed.

Abstract: A signal generating apparatus includes a spreading device that respectively spreads data using spreading code that is based on an initial phase; a multiplexing unit that code multiplexes the data spread by the spreading device; a calculating unit that calculates a peak of a signal resulting from code multiplexing by the multiplexing unit; a changing unit that changes the initial phase of the spreading device in a predetermined order; a determining unit that each time the initial phase is changed by the changing unit, determines whether the peak calculated by the calculating unit is at most a threshold; and a transmission control unit that outputs the signal, if the determining unit determines that the peak is less than or equal to the threshold.

Abstract: The method of the present invention allows obtaining location associated information (3) through the use of a telecommunications device (2) and a two-dimensional code (1) in which the information is stored. The information obtained relates to the geographical position of the two-dimensional code (1), i.e., the location (3), as well as to additional data such as a description thereof, a contact telephone number or its opening hours. The information may be presented according to the language preferences of the user, the two-dimensional code (1) having at least three languages, and it being possible to access a repository with a great number of alternatives or to also translate the content if the repository does not contain the translation in any of the selected languages. The translation will be obtained by accessing the repository with a unique key which includes data relating to the geographical position of the location (3).

Abstract: A transmission level control method in a wireless local loop system capable of suppressing occurrence of an unnecessarily high transmission level, comprises a step of generating a required reception level corresponding to a classification of data, a step of detecting the reception level of data at a receiver side transceiver apparatus, a step of finding a level difference between the detected reception level and the required reception level corresponding to the classification of the related received data, and a step of controlling a change of the transmission level at a transmitter side transceiver apparatus according to this level difference.

Abstract: A conservation tillage implement having three or more rows of individual coulter wheel assemblies laterally spaced apart and removably mounted on a cultivator frame, a coulter wheel assembly in a given row being staggered with respect to the coulter wheel assemblies in a longitudinally adjacent row. The coulter wheel assemblies may be laterally adjustable and may be mounted to the cultivator frame using a mounting means that permits rotation about a vertical axis. The coulter wheel assemblies may have a coil spring with a horizontal spring axis to permit upward deflection in response to impact with an obstacle. Leveling attachments may optionally be mounted to the cultivator frame, along with additional field working tools. The implement is used in the management of crop residue as part of a minimum tillage strategy, is particularly resistant to plugging, and can be operated at high speeds and/or in standing water.

Abstract: A memory access controller is disclosed. A packet memory stores a packet and has a clock parallel outputting function of parallel-outputting first data and a clock. A read controller reads the first data. A clock transfer unit performs a clock transfer operation by writing the first data using the clock and reading second data using a system clock. A packet assembly unit receives the second data and reassembles the packet. An information memory stores a read start address where head data of the packet is stored and packet length information indicating a length of the packet. A read controller receives the read start address and the packet length information, generates a read address necessary for reading one packet, and reads the first data from the packet memory.

Abstract: A network information analyzing method is disclosed for determining the status of a network including plural communication apparatuses.

Abstract: A phase corrector in a radio transmitter includes a quadrature modulator which modulates a first carrier signal by using an in-phase component and a quadrature component of a first signal, a quadrature demodulator which demodulates a feedback signal by using a second carrier signal to generate a second signal including an in-phase component and a quadrature component, a phase detector which detects a phase error between the first signal and the second signal based on the in-phase components and the quadrature components of the first signal and the second signal, and a phase shifter which performs phase shift of any one of the first signal, the second signal, the first carrier signal and the second carrier signal based on a sum value obtained by adding to the phase error a first phase amount varying on a time base in a given phase range.

Abstract: A repeater stores retrieval situation of an address retrieved as an address identical with the transmission destination address of the reception frame in association with each address registered in the learning table, refers to, when the transmission source address of the received frame is registered in the learning table, the retrieval situation of the address stored in association with a port identical with the port that receives the frame from among retrieval situations, specifies an address to be overwritten by the transmission source address of the reception frame, overwrites and registers the transmission source address of the reception frame on the specified address, and updates, when the address identical with the transmission destination address of the received frame is retrieved from the learning table, the retrieval situation stored in association with the retrieved address.

Abstract: A telephone service, particularly a telephone supplementary service communication system having an IP telephone control apparatus and an IP telephone terminal. A telephone supplementary service communication control system for the service communicate system is comprised of a specified voice terminal and a plurality of telephone supplementary service terminals registered to link with the same and including a communication control apparatus registering linking of the specified voice terminal and the plurality of telephone supplementary service terminals as a single virtual terminal and managing and controlling the running and termination of these linked terminals, wherein the communication control apparatus comprises a supplementary service starting unit monitoring the communication start state of the voice terminal and starting the supplementary service by the telephone supplementary service terminal linked with the voice terminal.