Abstract: Disclosed is a visual inspection apparatus for a glass substrate of a liquid crystal display, comprising an inspection platform and at least two slide rails. The glass substrate for inspection is fixedly located on an inspection platform main body. The slide rails are installed at two adjacent sides of the main body leastwise. Length directions of the slide rails are parallel with a level of the main body. The lengths of the two adjacent slide rails are mutually perpendicular; the visual inspection apparatus further comprises a coordinate reader. The coordinate reader is slidably jointed to the slide rails and employed to cross above the level of the main body to form a locating point. An inspector reads a coordinate of the locating point to acquire a corresponding coordinate of the glass substrate. The present invention also provides an inspection method for a glass substrate of a liquid crystal display.

Abstract: The embodiment of the present invention provides a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. The method comprises: alternately processing a first substrate and a second substrate on a production line for achieving an array process of the first substrate and the second substrate, coating a sealant, coating a silver adhesive and dispensing a liquid crystal (LC) mixed with monomers, wherein the first substrate is a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate, and the second substrate is a color filter (CF) substrate; assembling the first substrate and the second substrate as a large panel and curing the sealant there between; applying a voltage and irradiating an ultraviolet light to the large panel, so as to allow LC molecules in the large panel to have a pre-tile angle; and cutting the large panel according to a predetermined size, thereby achieving the LCD panel.

Abstract: A proxy server and a hierarchical network system and a distributed workload management method. According to one embodiment of this disclosure, the proxy server includes: a rate controller configured to, based on measured request-related information and service quality parameters relative to service levels of requests, periodically determine a dispatch rate for requests of each service level, wherein the sum of the dispatch rate for respective service levels is less than or equal to a predetermined rate; and a request dispatcher configured to dispatch the requests of the corresponding service level in accordance with the dispatch rate determined by the rate controller. One aspect of the disclosure realizes a low overhead, highly scalable, simple and efficient workload management system to achieve QoS assurance and overload protection.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a panel transferring apparatus. The panel transferring apparatus comprises a panel supporting mechanism for supporting a panel. The panel supporting mechanism comprises a plurality of primary supports spaced apart from each other; and a plurality of secondary supports disposed on the primary supports and extending lateral to the primary supports, wherein the primary supports and the secondary supports cooperate to support the panel. The present invention further discloses a panel supporting mechanism. With the aforesaid arrangement of the panel transferring apparatus and the panel supporting mechanism thereof of the present invention, a contact area between the panel supporting mechanism and the panel is increased by disposing the plurality of secondary supports on the plurality of primary supports. Thereby, flexure of the panel is lessened, the production cost is lowered and the production cycle is shortened.

Abstract: A design space exploration method of a reconfigurable motion compensation architecture is disclosed.

Abstract: A proxy server and a hierarchical network system and a distributed workload management method. According to one embodiment of this disclosure, the proxy server includes: a rate controller configured to, based on measured request-related information and service quality parameters relative to service levels of requests, periodically determine a dispatch rate for requests of each service level, wherein the sum of the dispatch rate for respective service levels is less than or equal to a predetermined rate; and a request dispatcher configured to dispatch the requests of the corresponding service level in accordance with the dispatch rate determined by the rate controller. One aspect of the disclosure realizes a low overhead, highly scalable, simple and efficient workload management system to achieve QoS assurance and overload protection.

Abstract: An automatic focus system of a projector includes a projecting module, an image catching module, a memory, a micro processor, and a focusing module. The projecting module has an image light source to provide image light, and a projecting lens to project the image light on a screen. The image catching module senses an image on the screen. The microprocessor calculates the sensed image to have a definition value of the image and save the definition value in the memory. The focusing module may move the projecting lens is moved along an optical axis under a control of microprocessor. The microprocessor compares the definition values to control the focusing module to move the cam to a position where the projector may project a clear image on the screen.

Abstract: A cathode discharge device is provided. The cathode discharge apparatus includes an anode, a cathode and plural cathode chambers. The cathode is located inside the anode, where the cathode has plural flow channels and at least one flow channel hole, and the plural flow channels are connected to one another through the flow channel hole. The plural cathode chambers are located inside the cathode, wherein each of the cathode chambers has a chamber outlet and a chamber inlet connected with at least one of the flow channels.

Abstract: A plasma processing apparatus is disclosed, which includes: a cathode module comprising a plurality of first channels which generate plasma; an anode having a chamber which contains the cathode and having at least one plasma outlet corresponding to the first channels; an electrode connected to a high-frequency electrical power and the cathode; and a plurality of second channels penetrating through the anode; wherein each first channel and each second channel are disposed alternately. A first gas is introduced into the first channels ionized under high frequency electrical power. In the first channels, the free electrons collided brings high density of plasma. The generated plasma is expelled through the plasma outlet to form a plasma diffusion region. A second gas is introduced into the plasma diffusion region through the second channels to take part in the reaction of plasma.

Abstract: The invention relates to memory overload management for Java virtual machines (JVMs) in Web application sever systems. Disclosed is a method and system of memory overload management for a Web application sever system, wherein the Web application sever system comprises multiple JVMs, the method comprising: determining one or more replica shards for which replacement shall be performed; determining one or more target JVMs for storing a corresponding replica shard set including at least one replica shard from the one or more replica shards; and for each target JVM, performing the following: judging whether the free memory of the target JVM is adequate for storing the corresponding replica shard set; if the judging result is negative, performing the following: causing the target JVM to suspend the creation of session until the free memory of the target JVM becomes adequate for storing the corresponding replica shard set.

Abstract: A vacuum apparatus of rotary motion entry is disclosed, which comprises: a shaft sleeve, disposed on a cavity wall of a vacuum system; a rotary shaft, ensheathed by the shaft sleeve; and a transmission set, connected to the rotary shaft for driving the same; wherein, the rotary shaft is disposed passing through a hole formed on the base of the shaft sleeve while there are a first bearing, a second bearing, a sealing ring and a shaft seal being arranged separately inside the hole. Moreover, the shaft seal has a flake-like lip flange formed extending toward the center of the hole, that is capable of being extended away from the vacuum system by the inserting of the rotary shaft into the hole, and thereby, enabling the lip flange to engage with the rotary shaft tightly by the atmospheric pressure and thus isolating the outside world from the vacuum system.

Abstract: A method and system for controlling load admission rate of an application server is provided. In the method, actual heap utilization and load admission rate of the application server in current control cycle are detected; based on the detected actual heap utilization and load admission rate, load characteristics variation parameters of the application server are estimated; and control gain of a feedback controller is calculated based on the load characteristics variation parameters; the feedback controller calculates desired load admission rate of the application server in next control cycle by using the calculated control gain. The load admission rate of the application server can be adaptively controlled by tracking changes in workload characteristics of the application server, such that the actual heap utilization of the application server is maintained at or close to target heap utilization.

Abstract: A method and system for controlling load admission rate of an application server is provided. In the method, actual heap utilization and load admission rate of the application server in current control cycle are detected; based on the detected actual heap utilization and load admission rate, load characteristics variation parameters of the application server are estimated; and control gain of a feedback controller is calculated based on the load characteristics variation parameters; the feedback controller calculates desired load admission rate of the application server in next control cycle by using the calculated control gain. The load admission rate of the application server can be adaptively controlled by tracking changes in workload characteristics of the application server, such that the actual heap utilization of the application server is maintained at or close to target heap utilization.

Abstract: A method for power-efficiency management in a virtualized cluster system is disclosed, wherein the virtualized cluster system comprises a front-end physical host and at least one back-end physical host, and each of the at least one back-end physical host comprises at least one virtual machine and a virtual machine manager for managing the at least one virtual machine. In the method, flow characteristics of the virtualized cluster system are detected at a regular time cycle, then a power-efficiency management policy is generated for each of the at least one back-end physical host based on the detected flow characteristics, and finally the power-efficiency management policies are performed.

Abstract: A cosmetic bottle with least one inner sub-bottle comprises a bottle body being a hollow casing with an upper opening and an lower opening; an inner sub-bottle being a hollow casing with an upper opening; the inner sub-bottle being placed within the bottle body; an inner space being formed between the inner sub-bottle and the bottle body; and the inner sub-bottle serving to receive cosmetic material; an engaging cover having an opening which is aligned to the upper opening of the inner sub-bottle in assembled state; an upper cover having a sealed top surface; the upper cover being engaged to the engaging cover; and a lower base having a bottom surface with a lateral enclosure which is engageable to the bottom of the bottle body.

Abstract: A method, system and program product for controlling memory overload for a computer system. The invention determines heap utilization of a server; determines a maximum session lifetime a configured percentile of at least one session; determines a traffic rate (comprised of an average traffic rate received from a proxy server and a variance of traffic rate received from a proxy server); and calculates a maximum traffic rate, wherein the maximum traffic rate determines the heap utilization at a maximum heap percentage.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC), comprising: a substrate having a first electrode formed thereon; a plurality of nanoparticles adsorbed with dye, overlying the first electrode; a solid electrolyte containing metal quantum dots completely covering the nanoparticles and fully filling the space between the nanoparticles; and a second electrode overlying the solid electrolyte. The present invention further provides a method for forming the dye-sensitized solar cell.

Abstract: The claimed invention relates to compounds of the formula (I): wherein X, Y, Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and Ar4 are as defined in the specification. The claimed invention also relates to the preparation processes of the said compounds and their uses in the organic electroluminescent device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving SIP server performance is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an enqueuer for determining whether a request packet entering into the server is a new request or a retransmitted request and its retransmission times and for enqueuing the request packet into different queues based on results of the determining step and a dequeuer for dequeuing the packet in the queues for processing based on a scheduling policy. The apparatus may further include a policy controller for communicating with the server, enqueuer, dequeuer, queues and user, to dynamically and automatically set, or set based on the user's instructions, the scheduling policy, number of different queues, each queue's capacity, scheduling, etc. based on the network and/or server load and/or based on different server applications.

Abstract: A vacuum apparatus of rotary motion entry is disclosed, which comprises: a shaft sleeve, disposed on a cavity wall of a vacuum system; a rotary shaft, ensheathed by the shaft sleeve; and a transmission set, connected to the rotary shaft for driving the same; wherein, the rotary shaft is disposed passing through a hole formed on the base of the shaft sleeve while there are a first bearing, a second bearing, a sealing ring and a shaft seal being arranged separately inside the hole. Moreover, the shaft seal has a flake-like lip flange formed extending toward the center of the hole, that is capable of being extended away from the vacuum system by the inserting of the rotary shaft into the hole, and thereby, enabling the lip flange to engage with the rotary shaft tightly by the atmospheric pressure and thus isolating the outside world from the vacuum system.