Abstract: A method for palletizing by a robot includes positioning an object at an initial position adjacent to a target object location, tilting the object at an angle relative to a ground plane, shifting the object in a first direction from the initial position toward a first alignment position, shifting the object in a second direction from the first alignment position toward a second alignment position, and releasing the object from the robot to pivot the object toward the target object location.

Abstract: The present invention is a signaling system for a motorcycle or bicycle providing a light indication to other motorists. An indication mechanism is attached to a garment of the rider. The indication mechanism has at least two banks of LEDs arrays and a wireless radio receiver. A signal interface is linked to the wiring system of the motorcycle light system. The signal interface intercepts signals transmitted on the wiring system of the motorcycle light system. The system also includes a wireless radio transmitter in communication with the signal interface. When the signal interface detects a signal sent through the wiring system of the motorcycle, the signal interface sends a signal via the transmitter to the receiver of the indication mechanism. The indication mechanism then illuminates the appropriate bank of LED arrays to provide a light indication to warn other motorists. In an alternate embodiment of the present invention, the indication mechanism may be worn by a cyclist.

Abstract: A technique to identify a response cell in a ranging grant procedure is disclosed herein. The format of the response cell reduces the probability of erroneous response cell detection. The response cell is a conventional ATM cell whose payload includes multiple cell delineation bytes (CDBs).

Abstract: A system and method for enabling an optical network unit (ONU) in a passive optical network to scramble data and send the scrambled data upstream to an optical line termination unit (OLT). In passive optical networks the clocks in the OLT and ONU are synchronized by recovering the clock from the data signal. However, the clocks may drift when no data transitions occur on a long string of data. In addition, the OLT may require data transitions to ensure proper adjusting of its receive threshold. In either circumstance, collectively called Loss of Synchronization, the data may not be received correctly by the receiver and the transmitter will need to resend the data. In the present invention, the transmitter will vary the seed used in the scrambling operation. The use of a different seed per each transmission significantly reduces the chances that a loss of synchronization will occur.