276 results about "Building construction" patented technology

The present invention relates to a spoken dialog system and method based on dual dialog management using a hierarchical dialog task library that may increase reutilization of dialog knowledge by constructing and packaging the dialog knowledge based on a task unit having a hierarchical structure, and may construct and process the dialog knowledge using a dialog plan scheme about relationship therebetween by classifying the dialog knowledge based on a task unit to make design of a dialog service convenient, which is different from an existing spoken dialog system in which it is difficult to reuse dialog knowledge since a large amount of construction costs and time is required.

An implantable prosthesis comprised of a solid elastomer made from a synthetic organic polymer that is biocompatible, compliant, and has water content greater than 5%. The solid construction prevents leaks and ruptures that are prevalent in other implants. The implant has the look, fit and feel of human tissue from various parts of the body.

The present invention provides an industrial machine, which comprises an industrial machine main unit 14, a construction working implement 8 installed on the industrial machine main unit, two cameras 18 and 19 each mounted at a known position with respect to a machine center of the industrial machine main unit, at least three targets 21 being installed on the working implement so that the targets are within visual field of each of the two cameras, and an arithmetic processing device 23 for extracting the images of at least three targets in common to the images from stereo-images taken by the two cameras, for obtaining a three-dimensional position of each target image, and for calculating a position and a posture of the working implement with respect to the industrial machine main unit based on the three-dimensional position obtained.

A method for generating architectural design requirements for a building structure is disclosed. A schematic drawing file of the building structure is loaded. The building type for the building structure is designated. A topology mask identifying the functional zones demarcated by the schematic drawing is created over the schematic drawing. Architectural design standards that are specific to the building type designated are applied to each of the identified functional zones to generate the architectural design requirements for the building structure. The architectural design standards being stored in a relational database.

The present invention provides a novel construction for a catheter that includes backflow prevention in the form of a check valve, which keeps the flow of drained fluid material from reentering the patient. The catheter construction of the present invention provides a standard single or multiple lumen tube assembly that extends rearwardly from the insertion end of the catheter to the contact end wherein on the discharge lumen a one way check valve is provided. It is an important feature of the present invention that the check valve is provided as close to the terminal end of the contact end as possible without interfering with the necessary accessory attachment that is typically made thereto. Further, an interlock mechanism may be provided at the terminal end of the catheter for connecting accessories in a positive locking manner. The combination of the valve and the interlock mechanism provides a notable safety and performance improvement that has been previously unknown in the prior art.

A towrope type ocean controllable source electromagnetism and earthquake data collection system is composed of electric field sensors (non-polarized electrodes) distributed in three or more towropes uniformly or not, three-component induction coil type or three-component fluxgate type magnetic field sensors and sonic sensors composed of hydrophones or accelerometers and is used for measuring ocean three-component magnetic-field components, electric field components EX distributed in the cable direction, electric field components EY distributed in the vertical cable direction and ocean earthquake data. The towrope type ocean controllable source electromagnetism and earthquake data collection system can collect ocean electromagnetism data and ocean earthquake data in the time domain and the frequency domain at the same time, increase the collection quantity of ocean geophysics data of advancing construction at a time in a multiplying mode, effectively improve the target detection precision and explore and evaluate ocean mineral products, oil and gas resources and methane hydrates through combination and comprehensive application of ocean controllable source time-frequency electromagnetism and the earthquake exploration technology.

A vacuum insulation panel is provided comprising a core with a plurality of stacked non-woven organic free glass fiber sheets, plies, or net shape one piece glass fiber core and a vacuum sealed enclosure containing the core. The fiberglass sheets are formed from glass fibers having a nominal diameter of about 1.5-3.0 microns and the enclosure is formed from an annealed stainless steel foil. The vacuum insulation panel has a thickness of from about 1 to 2.5 inches and an insulation value R of at least 56.8 at moderate vacuum levels between about 1.0E−02 to 1.0E+01 mTorr. In addition, a method of manufacturing same is provided, as well as a method of construction, wherein the vacuum insulation panel is disposed between two walls in the gap therebetween, and preferably a filler material, such as aerated concrete, fiberglass, foam, etc., is disposed in the gap so as to partially or fully encase the vacuum insulation panel.

The invention provides a quick beamforming method capable of improving array resolution and gain, comprising the following steps: adopting the construction of a minimum redundant array to optimize an M-element uniform linear array into a P-element non-uniform linear array; carrying out FFT processing on primitive data of a P-element array; in a frequency domain, constructing a covariance matrix of data based on the uniform linear array in accordance with the array aperture extension characteristics of fourth-order cumulants; carrying out normalization processing on the beam space and carrying out estimation on a Bartlett spatial spectrum. By adopting the array aperture extension characteristics of the fourth-order cumulants, the invention realizes that the optimized element layout form is employed to obtain high resolution and overcomes the defects of high requirements of the original fourth-order cumulant-based methods on snapshots and great computational complexity to enable the computation process to be simple and easy to operate. When the signal to noise ratio is higher than the supercritical signal to noise ratio, the method of the invention has higher array gain than that of conventional beamforming. The normalization processing of the beam space realizes effective inhibition to background interference. The beamforming method of the invention is simple and easy to operate and is especially suitable for project application.

An improved wall and partition construction method that is more time and cost efficient to construct than conventional methods, and that includes no exterior attachment means, thus providing a finished wall with a substantially seemless first and second surface. The improved wall is constructed by attaching rigid panels to a series of channel members each having a hat-shaped cross section generally placed in vertical orientation, along the centerline of a wall. Each channel member includes a plurality of openings that provide an interior pathway for routing utility and communication cables, and/or for containing supplemental insulation. Compressed straw panels are attached to the channel members in a slightly offset alternating manner such that each panel can be rigidly connected to a channel member by a plurality of lag screws with each penetrating the panel from the inside such that the finished wall has no exterior penetrations.

The invention discloses a public bicycle station supply and demand prediction method based on a Markov chain. A balance stable equation relevant to station importance is established by constructing a transfer probability matrix of borrowed and returned vehicle by using the bicycle lease data of a public bicycle lease station terminal in order to predict the daily borrowing and returning demands of a station. The method has the positive effects that the classical method of Markov chain on probability statistics is applied in combination with the practical problem of a public bicycle lease station, and a practicable vehicle borrowing and returning supply and demand prediction method is provided, so that theoretical guidance is provided for the specific pile construction problem and balance scheduling problem of the public bicycle station. The method has a good industrial application prospect.

The invention provides a method for manufacturing a cushion pad layer of a rock protective shed by utilizing waste tyres, comprising the following steps: designing the specifications and flexibility of the cushion pad layer according to the major structure and protection requirements of the rock protective shed and determining the construction conditions; constructing a water-resisting layer, a shed top inner wall, a shed top outer side wall, a shed top end wall, a drainage blind ditch and drain holes on the shed top of the rock protective shed, embedding tyre fixing pieces, and arranging the waste tyres or tyre cages on the shed top in a layered mode; connecting adjacent waste tyres or tyre cages by utilizing tyre connecting pieces at predetermined positions, and utilizing the typre fixing pieces to connect the waste tyres or tyre cages at the boundary of the cushion pad layer respectively with the shed top inner wall, the shed top outer wall and the shed top end wall; filling rubber soil formed by mixing waste rubber particles with sandy soil in a certain proportion into gaps of the waste tyres so that the designed compactness of the cushion pad layer is reached; laying the cushion pad layer until reaching the designed height and gradient, covering an artificial fillstratum formed by mixing macadam and the sandy soil on the surface of the cushion pad layer, and constructing an intercepting ditch and a drainage open trench on the surface of the cushion pad layer; and in terms of the rock protective shed with larger length, constructing the cushion pad layer in a segmental mode, and cultivating plants suitable for growing locally on the surface of the cushion pad layer. The method provided by the invention ensures that the cushion pad layer of the rock protective shed has high-efficiency buffering effect, and the national strategic goal of recycling wastes can be realized by consuming a large quantity of the waste tyres.

The invention relates to an ecological slope protection structure for an ion rare earth mine. The ecological slope protection structure is characterized in that bamboo frames are distributed on an inclined slope surface of a side slope and are pressed into soil; each bamboo frame is prepared from bamboo frame strips in longitudinal and horizontal directions through fixing together, and the bamboo frame strips with upward concave surfaces are distributed on the inclined slope surface of the side slope; through holes are formed in the bamboo frame strips, and drain pipes are distributed at the through holes and inserted into the soil of the inclined slope surface of the side slope; slope base drainage ditches are distributed at the bottom of the inclined slope surface of the side slope, and side drainage ditches are distributed on the upper, left and right edges of the inclined slope surface of the side slope and communicate with the slope base drainage ditches; trees are planted on the step-slope leveled land; bamboo piles are beaten into the inclined slope surface of the side slope, the slope base and the step-slope leveled land respectively; a first section of bamboo joint is reserved at the upper part of each bamboo pile, an ecological planting bag is arranged in the bamboo pile above the first section of bamboo joint, and water seepage holes are formed in the bamboo pile walls; each ecological planting bag is formed by wrapping a grass seed base material into geotechnical cloth. The ecological slope protection structure can be used for preventing and controlling side slope landslide, is low in construction cost, and realizes ecological and environmental protection.

The invention discloses anti-corrosion concrete applied to a sulfate bittern environment as well as a preparation and construction technology thereof. The concrete comprises the following raw materials: light calcined magnesia, magnesium sulfate, water, aggregate, a mineral admixture and an additive. Through mutual effect among the components of the concrete and with the sulfate bittern environment with specific salt type and concentration, the concrete can be condensed and hardened, generated, developed and strength-maintained in sulfate saline soil, sulfite saline oil or bittern environment in a wet state with specific salt type and concentration or below the underground water level. The concrete disclosed by the invention is applied to the sulfate bittern environment and can meet the requirements of concrete strength and durability of structures and components.

The invention provides a construction method of close-range down-traversing operation lines at initial stages or receiving stages of a shield. The formation of water flow channels and the subsidence of overlying soil layers are effectively avoided through the following steps: monitoring an operation line; pre-reinforcing the operation line; sealing steel sleeves of tunnel portals; performing shield excavation; performing synchronous grouting by an anterior shield; performing lining segment assembling; performing double-liquid secondary grouting-reinforcement on earth within a range influenced by the down-traversing operation line of the constructed tunnel. The deformation of the operation line is guaranteed to be controlled within a safe and reasonable region, the long-term stability of the constructed tunnel and the operation line is improved, and the construction quality is greatly improved.

The invention discloses a pole-side conductor sag observation method based on a total station instrument, which is suitable for performing conductor sag observation at the external side of pole span of an electric transmission line with the total station instrument. The total station instrument is disposed at the external side of the pole span to respectively detect the altitude differences of a conductor wire at mount points on a first pole tower and a second pole tower by means of a prism-free function; by means of a planar triangle formed by the observation point and projections of the mount points on the two pole towers, first planar distance and second planar distance are measured; according to geometric principles, projective triangle interior angles and pole span length are calculated and further the position of midpoint of the pole span is determined; the length from the observation point to the midpoint of the pole span is calculated and is multiplied by the tangent value of elevation angle of the total station instrument to calculate the altitude difference of the conductor wire at the midpoint of the pole span; the average value of the first and the second altitude differences minus the altitude difference of the conductor wire at the midpoint of the pole span is finally calculated to obtain the conductor sag. Compared with a conventional conductor sag measurement method, the method allows optional site selection, has high precision and is simple in operations, and can be used in the fields of ultrahigh-voltage transmission line construction, overhead transmission line engineering construction, and measurement and control technologies and instruments and the like.

A seismic wall molding for suspended ceiling systems that, although sufficiently wide across its horizontal ceiling supporting leg, is visually unobtrusive by virtue of a stepped, shadow style configuration. The stepped horizontal leg configuration allows the wall molding to resist buckling or bending deformation in the horizontal leg when a vertical leg of the molding is tightly secured against a non-flat wall surface. Factory ends on the wall molding are at parallel 45 degree planes to facilitate making inside and outside corners at the job site. A factory supplied template simplifies corner construction. A splice piece fits tightly on the upper sides of the horizontal legs at a straight-line joint between abutting lengths of the wall molding to maintain these elements in alignment.

A composite liftgate system with an inner panel construction having a strengthening channel structure. Structural composite reinforcements are bonded to the inner panel where additional strength is needed to meet predetermined performance requirements. Where the extra structure is needed, no steel or a minimum amounts of steel is used and the structural reinforcements are bonded in place using adhesive prior to application of additional fasteners.

The invention is a profiled steel pillar top constraint node for profiled bar concrete framework steel support structure, interconnecting in-beam profiled steel, in-pillar profiled steel, pillar main bar, steel support, in-pillar concrete, and in-beam concrete and pouring them into an organic whole, where the tops of the in-pillar profiled steel and the pillar main bar are welded with a constraint anchoring steel plate, the middle of the steel plate is made with vibrating hole and welding hole, the sides of the steel plate are made with plug welding holes, the pillar main bar is welded with the steel plate at the plug welding lines, and the in-pillar profiled steel is welded with the steel plate at the welding line holes. And it improves the integrity of profiled steel pillar top nodes, on the one hand saving the utilization of anchoring reinforcing bars and on the other hand convenient to construction, raising constructing efficiency and saving labor and time.

The invention relates to a stirring device for a soil body improvement test in the construction of a soil pressure balance shield. The stirring device can be used for an indoor stirring test for testing the frictional property and the stirring torque of a soil body. The device is characterized in that a beam is arranged above a frame-shaped bracket, and a motor, a motor transmission and an ampere meter are arranged on the beam; stirring buckets are fixed on a base, the base is arranged on the frame-shaped bracket, and stirring blades are arranged in each stirring bucket and connected with an output shaft of the motor through a rotating shaft; a series of fixing devices on which stirring buckets in different sizes can be arranged is arranged on the base, and the fixing devices can lift and horizontally slide through a lifting frame at the bottom of the bracket and a base rail; and a computer is connected with the ampere meter so as to record the change process of the motor current along with the time during the stirring process in real time. The invention is used for the indoor stirring test for testing the frictional property and the stirring torque of the soil body, is suitable for a plurality of soil layers and has the advantages of simple and convenient test procedure, real-time current change recording and favorable testing effect.

This invention relates to a cut resistant tire side-wall component and processes for making such components, and a tire containing such component, the side-wall component comprising a textile fabric wherein a single layer of said fabric provides multi-directional cut resistance in the plane of the fabric,

the fabric comprising at least one ply-twisted yarn having

• • i) at least one single yarn having a sheath/core construction, the sheath comprising cut-resistant polymeric staple fibers and the core comprising an inorganic fiber, and
  • ii) at least one single yarn comprising cut resistant staple fiber and at least one continuous elastomeric filament and being free or substantially free of inorganic fibers; and

the fabric further having a coating for improved adhesion of the fabric to rubber such that the cut resistant tire side-wall component has a free area of from 18 to 65 percent.

The invention provides a method for preparing vegetation form porous concrete, adopting the 'pre-coating' technology, a slurry body with specific compositions coats coarse aggregates to form a sphere with a relatively uniform particle diameter, based on the physical coacervation of the sphere and the agglutination of the surface slurry body of the sphere; and the porous and macroporous structure, the cementation between solid phases of which is good and gas phases of which are communicated, is formed. The method comprises the concrete preparation steps that: (1) the fluidity and the viscosity range of the slurry body used to coat the aggregates are determined, and the mixing ratio is worked out by an absolute volume method; (2) the four-step stirring working procedure and the shaping model of the combination of the vibration and the pressuring are adopted; and (3) hole spaces are subjected to alkali-sealing treatment. The invention solves the difficult problems existing in the prior method that because of the downflow of the slurry body, the distribution of the pore spaces is not uniform and the discontinuous pore spaces increase, and the alkalinity in concrete pore spaces is relatively high, which are adverse to the growth of plants. When the vegetation form porous concrete prepared by the method of the invention is applied to road shoulder separator inserts, construction roofs, protection banks and protection slopes and parking lots of a highway, and good landscape effects and ecological environmental protection significance are achieved.

The invention relates to a display method and system of technical disclosure of a constructional ornament. The method includes the steps of obtaining the technical disclosure of the constructional ornament, and extracting constructional structure information, constructional material information and technical requirement information of a process from the technical disclosure of the constructional ornament; according to constructional structure information, creating a three-dimensional model; importing the three-dimensional model into a virtual scene created in advance to make the three-dimensional model displayed in the virtual scene in a three-dimensional mode; correlating the constructional material information and the technical requirement information of the process with a correspondingconstructional structure in the three-dimensional model, and displaying the constructional material information and the technical requirement information of the process according to a trigger signal.The display method and system of the technical disclosure of the constructional ornament solve the problems, such as inconvenience for carrying and consultation difficulty which are caused by technical disclosure of paper; with dependence on the electronized technical enclosure, information interaction with construction staff can be effectively formed, and the technical disclosure is more visuallyand completely shown.