1. An independent suspension system for a wheeled vehicle, comprising:
a slide guide mounted on a vehicle body of the vehicle, and held against motion in a lateral direction of the vehicle;
a slider mounted on the slide guide for motion in a vertical direction of the vehicle against a load imposed thereon; and
a wheel carrier mounted on the slider, for rotatably mounting thereon a wheel of the vehicle.
2. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
a leaf spring extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and connected between the wheel carrier and the vehicle body; and
the leaf spring holding the wheel carrier against rotation on an axis of the motion of the slider.
3. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:
a coupler coupling the leaf spring to the wheel carrier for relative displacement in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle to absorb a displacement of the wheel carrier in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
4. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:
a coupler coupling the leaf spring to the vehicle body for relative displacement in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle to absorb a displacement of the wheel carrier in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
5. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the leaf spring is elastically twisted to impose a load on the slider to cancel a load that is imposed on the slider to cause a friction between the slide guide and the slider.
6. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the leaf spring is elastically twisted to bias the wheel carrier in a direction to positively increase a camber angle of the wheel carrier.
7. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 6, wherein:
the slider includes a cylinder coupled to the wheel carrier;
the slide guide includes a rod mounted on the vehicle body at one end;
the rod held against motion in a lateral direction of the vehicle; and
the cylinder mounted on the rod for motion in a vertical direction of the vehicle against a load imposed thereon.
8. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the rod is mounted on the vehicle body at both ends.
9. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 6, wherein a combination of the slide guide and the slider is configured to be a shock absorber to control an oscillatory motion between the slide guide and the slider.
10. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:
a coupler coupling the leaf spring to the wheel carrier for relative displacement in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle to absorb a displacement of the wheel carrier in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
11. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:
a coupler coupling the leaf spring to the vehicle body for relative displacement in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle to absorb a displacement of the wheel carrier in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
12. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
the slider includes a cylinder coupled to the wheel carrier;
the slide guide includes a rod mounted on the vehicle body at one end;
the rod held against motion in a lateral direction of the vehicle; and
the cylinder mounted on the rod for motion in a vertical direction of the vehicle against a load imposed thereon.
13. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the rod is mounted on the vehicle body at both ends.
14. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the slide guide comprises:
a first rod mounted on the vehicle body at one end;
a second rod mounted on the vehicle body at one end; and
the first rod and the second rod supporting the slider for motion in the vertical direction of the vehicle.
15. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the slider comprises:
a first cylinder slidably coupled to the first rod;
a second cylinder slidably coupled to the second rod; and
the first cylinder being connected coaxially to the second cylinder.
16. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the slider comprises:
a first cylinder slidably coupled to the first rod;
a second cylinder slidably coupled to the second rod; and
the first cylinder being connected to the second cylinder side by side so that the first rod and the second rod are oriented in opposite directions.
17. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
the slider includes a rod coupled to the wheel carrier at one end;
the slide guide includes a cylinder mounted on the vehicle body;
the cylinder held against motion in a lateral direction of the vehicle; and
the rod mounted on the cylinder for motion in a vertical direction of the vehicle against a load imposed thereon.
18. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 17, wherein the rod is coupled to the wheel carrier at both ends.
19. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the slider comprises:
a first rod mounted on the wheel carrier at one end;
a second rod mounted on the wheel carrier at one end; and
the first rod and the second rod being supported on the slide guide for motion in the vertical direction of the vehicle.
20. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 19, wherein the slide guide comprises:
a first cylinder slidably coupled to the first rod;
a second cylinder slidably coupled to the second rod; and
the first cylinder being connected coaxially to the second cylinder.
21. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 19, wherein the slide guide comprises:
a first cylinder slidably coupled to the first rod;
a second cylinder slidably coupled to the second rod; and
the first cylinder being connected to the second cylinder side by side so that the first rod and the second rod are oriented in opposite directions.
22. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a combination of the slide guide and the slider is configured to be a shock absorber to control an oscillatory motion between the slide guide and the slider.
23. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a shock absorber configured to control an oscillatory motion between the slide guide and the slider.
24. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
a trailing link extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and connected between the wheel carrier and the vehicle body;
the trailing link holding the wheel carrier against rotation on an axis of the motion of the slider; and
a spring connected between the trailing link and the vehicle body.
25. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a connection member connected between the wheel carrier and the vehicle body, to impose a load on the slider to cancel a load that is imposed on the slider to cause a friction between the slide guide and the slider.
26. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 25, wherein:
the slider includes a cylinder coupled to the wheel carrier;
the slide guide includes a rod mounted on the vehicle body at one end;
the rod held against motion in a lateral direction of the vehicle; and
the cylinder mounted on the rod for motion in a vertical direction of the vehicle against a load imposed thereon.
27. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 26, wherein the rod is mounted on the vehicle body at both ends.
28. The independent suspension system as claimed in claim 25, wherein a combination of the slide guide and the slider is configured to be a shock absorber to control an oscillatory motion between the slide guide and the slider.
29. An independent suspension system for a wheeled vehicle, comprising:
wheel support means for rotatably mounting thereon a wheel of the vehicle;
sliding means for supporting the wheel carrier; and
guiding means for supporting the sliding means for motion in a vertical direction of the vehicle against a load imposed on the sliding means.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A system providing cross-linguistic communication, comprising:
a client component capturing speech and tactile inputs, the client component providing a user interface configured to display and correct the inputs and meanings for the inputs, a translation of the input term into a different language than an input language, and a back translation of the translation, i.e., a retranslation from the target language back into the source language, intended to help the user to judge the translation quality; and
a server component providing the meanings, the translation and the back translation to the client component based upon the input term, the server component including,
an interaction manager requesting the translation of the inputs, the interaction manager accessing a database of Meaning Cues corresponding to the inputs, the corresponding Meaning Cues being displayed through the client component to facilitate word sense selection for the inputs.
2. The system of claim 1 further comprising:
at least two lexical resources, the first lexical resource including a dictionary database containing a plurality of words, wherein each of the plurality of words is associated with a meaning, the second lexical resource containing a plurality of word meanings in a central repository, each word meaning mapped to a corresponding word sense of the database of the Meaning Cues.
3. The system of claim 1 further comprising:
a memory database storing user profiles defining word sense preferences for each user profile.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the server component includes a speech recognition module in communication with the interaction manager, the speech recognition module permitting use of voice commands captured through the client component.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the server component includes a text-to-speech module providing an audio signal to the client component for pronunciation of the input term in the different, language and the input language.
6. The system of claim 2, wherein the second lexical resource is organized according to word senses and includes multiple Meaning Cues.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the back translation reflects word sense selections for input terms.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the Meaning Cues include one of synonyms, related words, definitions, example sentences, or graphic elements related to corresponding inputs.
9. A cross linguistic communication system, comprising:
a client component including a multi-modal user interface; and
a server component including an interaction manager in communication with the multi-modal user interface, the interaction manager providing semantic cross indexing or mapping between a term output from a translation engine accessible to the server component and a database comprised of Meaning Cues designed to clarify for users word sense options for the term, wherein the Meaning Cues are returned to the interaction manager for display through the multi-modal user interface to enable interactive user modification of the translation.
10. The system of claim 7, wherein Meaning Cue information is organized by word sense.
11. The system of claim 7, wherein the interaction manager
receives the term for translation from the multi-modal user interface;
accesses the translation engine to locate a translated term corresponding to the term;
associates the term with Meaning Cues, the Meaning Cues including one of synonyms, related words, definitions, example sentences, or graphic elements; and
transmits the Meaning Cues to the multi-modal user interface for display.
12. The system of claim 9, wherein the translation engine provides a back translation of the translation which reflects word sense selections for one of the input terms.
13. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, display a graphical user interface (GUI) enabling computer mediated communication, the GUI comprising:
a first section of the GUI displaying input terms in a first language;
a second section of the GUI displaying Meaning Cues for each of the input terms;
a third section of the GUI displaying a translation of the input terms in a second language; and
a fourth section of the GUI displaying a back translation in the first language, the back translation based upon the translation.
14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein selection of one of the Meaning Cues in the second section triggers a display of a fifth section, the fifth section enabling selection of a word sense for the input term.