Author: claimsbot

1. An electric power semiconductor device comprising a power module and a heat dissipating member connected to the power module, wherein, the power module has a metal wiring member mounting a power semiconductor element on a mounting face, and a molded resin part sealing the power semiconductor element and the metal wiring member in a state that an opposed face opposite to the mounting face is exposed in the metal wiring member; and the heat dissipating member is arranged on the opposed face with a heat-conductive insulating resin sheet provided therebetween, in which,
one of the molded resin part and the heat dissipating member has a protruding part configured to have a height slightly smaller than a thickness of the heat-conductive insulating resin sheet in a thickness direction of the electric power semiconductor device, the protruding part in the molded resin part is formed in a peripheral part of the molded resin part, and the protruding part in the heat dissipating member is formed to be opposed to the peripheral part of the molded resin part;
the heat-conductive insulating resin sheet has a resin exuding part configured to extend beyond the peripheral part of the molded resin part to an outside of the molded resin part in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction; and
the electric power semiconductor device further comprising a resin covering member configured to cover the resin exuding part and have a smooth outer face with no inflection point.
2. The electric power semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein the protruding part has a rounded corner part.
3. An electric power semiconductor device comprising a power module and a heat dissipating member connected to the power module, wherein, the power module has a metal wiring member mounting a power semiconductor element on a mounting face, and a molded resin part sealing the power semiconductor element and the metal wiring member in a state that an opposed face opposite to the mounting face is exposed in the metal wiring member; and the heat dissipating member is arranged on the opposed face with a heat-conductive insulating resin sheet provided therebetween, in which,
the molded resin part has a protruding part, in a peripheral part of the molded resin part, configured to have a height slightly smaller than a thickness of the heat-conductive insulating resin sheet sandwiched between the metal wiring member and the heat dissipating member in a thickness direction of the electric power semiconductor device, and a resin-part-side concave portion configured to extend from the protruding part to an end face of the metal wiring member in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction, the resin-part-side concave portion has a depth larger than the thickness of the heat-conductive insulating resin sheet sandwiched between the metal wiring member and the heat dissipating member;
the metal wiring member has a metal-wiring-member-side concave portion positioned in a corner part of the metal wiring member abutting on the resin-part-side concave portion, and the metal-wiring-member-side concave portion has a depth larger than the thickness of the heat-conductive insulating resin sheet sandwiched between the metal wiring member and the heat dissipating member and is integrally formed with the resin-part-side concave portion; and
the heat-conductive insulating resin sheet has a resin exuding part configured to extend beyond the peripheral part of the molded resin part to an outside of the molded resin part in the direction perpendicular to the thickness direction.
4. The electric power semiconductor device according to claim 3, wherein the protruding part has a rounded corner part.
5. A method for manufacturing an electric power semiconductor device, wherein,
the electric power semiconductor device includes a power module and a heat dissipating member connected to the power module, the power module has a metal wiring member mounting a power semiconductor element on a mounting face, and a molded resin part sealing the power semiconductor element and the metal wiring member in a state that an opposed face opposite to the mounting face is exposed in the metal wiring member; the heat dissipating member is arranged on the opposed face with a heat-conductive insulating resin sheet provided therebetween; and the molded resin part has a protruding part, in a peripheral part of the molded resin part, having a height slightly smaller than a thickness of the heat-conductive insulating resin sheet in a thickness direction of the electric power semiconductor device,
the method for manufacturing the electric power semiconductor device comprising:
arranging the heat-conductive insulating resin sheet between the opposed face and the heat dissipating member;
heating the heat-conductive insulating resin sheet in a reduced-pressure environment, and applying a pressure to the heat-conductive insulating resin in the thickness direction when the heat-conductive insulating resin sheet is softened from a half-cured state;
forming a resin exuding part by extending the heat-conductive insulating resin sheet beyond the peripheral part of the molded resin part to an outside of the molded resin part, with the pressure, in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction; and
curing the heat-conductive insulating resin sheet by additional heating to connect the power module and the heat dissipating member.

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 for generating electrical power comprising:
at least one ship lock for connecting a first body of water and a second body of water, and the ship lock having a pair of spaced gates for permitting passage of ships to and from the ship lock when the gates are alternately opened and closed;
at least one fluid communicating passageway for coupling the ship lock with at least one of the first body of water and the second body of water to permit water to flow between the ship lock and the at least one of the first body of water and the second body of water;
a turbine positioned in fluid flow communication with the fluid communicating passageway for generating electrical power when water flows through the at least one fluid communicating passageway between the ship lock and the at least one of the first body of water and the second body of water; and
a turbine operating controller for regulating discharge flow rate of water through the turbine to be within a predetermined range of flow rates determined as a function of one or more of water time transfer requirements, maximum turbine capability and network power requirements.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the second body of water is at a level below the first body of water, the at least one fluid communicating passageway coupling the first body of water to the ship lock, and the turbine generating electrical power when water flows downstream through the at least one fluid communication passageway to raise the level of water in the ship lock to the first body of water during a ship lock water level raising cycle.
3. The system of claim 2 wherein the turbine operation controller regulates the discharge flow rate of water through the fluid communicating passageway to fall within a predetermined constant range during a substantial part of the lock water level raising cycle.
4. The system of claim 3 wherein the turbine is a pump-turbine capable of operating both in a turbine energy generating mode and a pump mode, said turbine operating controller switching the pump-turbine into the pump mode to maintain the discharge flow rate within the predetermined flow range of flow rates before, or when, the discharge flow rate falls below the predetermined range of flow rates.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein the second body of water is at a level below the first body of water, the at least one fluid communicating passageway coupling the ship lock to the second body of water and the turbine generating electrical power when water flows downstream through the at least one fluid communicating passageway to lower the level of water in the ship lock to the second body of water during a ship lock water lowering cycle.
6. The system of claim 5 wherein the turbine operation controller regulates the discharge flow rate of water through the fluid communicating passageway to fall within a predetermined constant range during a substantial part of the lock water level lowering cycle.
7. The system of claim 6 wherein the turbine is a pump-turbine capable of operating both in a turbine energy generating mode and a pump mode, said turbine operating controller switching the pump-turbine into the pump mode to maintain the discharge flow rate within the predetermined flow range of flow rates before, or when, the discharge flow rate falls below the predetermined range of flow rates.
8. A system for generating electrical power comprising:
at least one ship lock for connecting a first body of water and a second body of water at a water level below the first body of water, and the ship lock having a pair of spaced gates for permitting passage of ships to and from the ship lock when the gates are alternately opened and closed;
at least one first fluid communicating passageway for coupling the first body of water to the ship lock;
a first turbine positioned in the first fluid communicating passageway for generating electrical power when water flows downstream through the at least one first fluid communicating passageway to raise the level of water in the ship lock to that of the first body of water during a ship lock water level raising cycle;
at least one second fluid communicating passageway coupling the ship lock to the second body of water;
a second turbine positioned in the second fluid communicating passageway for generating electrical power when water flows downstream through the at least one second fluid communicating passageway to lower the level of water in the ship lock to the second body of water during a ship lock water lowering cycle; and,
at least one turbine operating controller for regulating discharge flow rate of water through the at least one first and second fluid communicating passageways and corresponding first and second turbines to be within a predetermined range of flow rates determined as a function of one or more of water time transfer requirements, maximum turbine capability and network power requirements.
9. The system of claim 8 wherein the turbine operation controller regulates the discharge flow rate of water independently through each of the first and second fluid communicating passageways to each fall within a predetermined range of flow rates during a substantial part of the respective lock water level lowering cycle or raising cycle.
10. The system of claim 9 wherein the first and second turbines are each a pump-turbine capable of operating in both a turbine energy generating mode and a pump mode, said turbine operating controller switching the pump-turbine into the pump mode to maintain the discharge flow rate within the predetermined range of flow rates before, or when, the discharge flow rate falls below the predetermined range of flow rates.
11. A method for generating electrical energy with the use of at least one ship lock for connecting a first body of water and a second body of water having respective water levels and having an electrical energy generating turbine positioned in at least one fluid communicating passageway that couples the ship lock with at least one of the first body of water and the second body of water to permit water to flow between the ship lock and the at least one of the first body of water and the second body of water; the method comprising:
changing the water level of the ship lock to the water level of one of the first body of water and second body of water through the electrical energy generating turbine at a predetermined discharge rate range which is a function of one or more of time transfer requirements, maximum turbine capability, and network power requirements.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein the predetermined discharge rate range is controlled during a substantial part of a water level changing period to generate a first constant electrical power.
13. The method of generating electrical energy with the use of at least one ship lock for connecting a first body of water and a second body of water at a water level below the first body of water; comprising:
raising the water level of the ship lock through a first electrical energy generating turbine to that of the first body of water within a first predetermined discharge rate range as a function of one or more of time transfer requirements, maximum turbine capability, and network power requirements; and,
lowering the water level of the ship lock through a second electrical generating turbine to that of the second body of water within a second predetermined discharge rate range as a function of one or more of time transfer requirements, maximum turbine capability, and network power requirements.
14. The method of claim 13 wherein the first and second predetermined discharge rate ranges are independently controlled during a substantial part of a respective raising or lowering period to generate a first and second constant electrical power.
15. The method of claim 14 wherein the first and second predetermined discharge rate ranges are the same and the first and second constant electrical powers are the same.
16. The method of claim 15 wherein the first and second turbines are pump-turbines and the method further comprises:
operating the first and second pump turbines in a pumping mode to maintain the discharge flow rates within the predetermined discharge flow rate ranges before, or when, the discharge flow rate falls below the predetermined discharge flow rate ranges.

1. A method for estimating an object motion characteristic from a radar signal, comprising the steps of
receiving radar data of an object from a multiple beam radar system;
associating radar data with estimated height andor cross-range information of object parts causing the corresponding radar data;
fitting an object model with radar data being associated with a selected estimated height andor cross-range information interval, and
determining an object motion characteristic from the fitted object model.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the associating step comprises estimating height andor cross-sectional information of object parts, based on trilateration andor received radar data power.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the fitting step comprises constructing speedrange data from the received radar data.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the object model comprises an ellipsoid as a function of speedrange parameters.
5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the object comprises a human body.
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the object model comprises a torso parameter, a leg parameter andor an arm parameter.
7. The method according to claim 1 further comprising the step of representing radar data as a function of speed, range and at least one of estimated height and cross-sectional information.
8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of representing radar data in a single image.
9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of classifying the estimated object motion characteristic in one class of a pre-determined number of classes, based on characteristic values.
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the classifying step is performed based on estimated frequency and radius parameter values.
11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the receiving step comprises receiving radar data from at least three radar stations.
12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the radar system comprises a multiple number of separate radar stations.
13. The method according to claim 1, wherein the multiple beams of the radar system are mutually coherent.
14. A computer system comprising a processor that is arranged for performing the steps comprising:
receiving radar data of an object from a multiple beam radar system;
associating radar data with estimated height andor cross-range information of object parts causing the corresponding radar data;
fitting an object model with radar data being associated with a selected estimated height andor cross-range information interval, and
determining an object motion characteristic from the fitted object model.
15. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having encoded thereon a set of instructions executable by a computer system to perform one or more operations, the set of instructions comprising:
instructions for receiving radar data of an object from a multiple beam radar system;
instructions for associating radar data with estimated height andor cross-range information of object parts causing the corresponding radar data;
instructions for fitting an object model with radar data being associated with a selected estimated height andor cross-range information interval, and
instructions for determining an object motion characteristic from the fitted object model.

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 restoration method for restoring a flow of packets in a packet transfer network composed of a plurality of routers, comprising the steps of:
a) setting a working route and a reserved route in the packet transfer network, wherein the reserved route branches from the working route at a start-point router; at each of routers other than the start-point router on the working route,
b) determining whether a failure occurs in a link to a next-hop router on the working route;
c) determining whether an incoming packet is to be protected;
d) when a packet to be protected is received in case of occurrence of the failure sending the packet to be protected back to the start-point router; and at the start-point router,
e) when receiving back the packet to be protected, forwarding it to the reserved route.
2. The restoration method according to claim 1, wherein, when the start-point router receives a packet to be protected in case of occurrence of the failure, the start-point router forwards it to the reserved route.
3. The restoration method according to claim 1, wherein the working and reserved routers are set by a network management server controlling each of the routers in the packet transfer network.
4. The restoration method according to claim 1, wherein the step (d) comprises the steps of:
d.1) when a packet to be protected is received in case of occurrence of the failure, adding a protection control header to the packet to be protected to produce a return packet; and
d.2) sending the return packet back to the start-point router, and
the step (e) comprises the steps of:
e.1) receiving the return packet back from a next-hop router on the working route;
e.2) removing the protection control header from the return packet to produce an original packet to be protected; and
e.3) forwarding the original packet to the reserved route.
5. A packet transfer network comprising;
a plurality of routers; and
a network management server for designing a packet protection network in which a working route and a reserved route are set by controlling designated routers which are involved in the working and reserved routes, wherein the reserved route branches from the working route at a start-point router,
wherein each of a plurality of designated routers forming the working route, comprises:
a line failure detector for detecting a failure occurring in a link to a next-hop router on the working route;
a table for storing information indicating where a packet to be protected is forwarded to; and
a packet distribution controller for, when a packet to be protected is received in case of occurrence of the failure, forwarding the packet to be protected depending on the information stored in the table,
wherein the designated routers other than the start-point router forwards the packet to be protected back to the start-point router in case of occurrence of the failure, wherein the start-point router forwards the packet to be protected received back from another router to the reserved route.
6. The packet transfer network according to claim 5, wherein the start-point router is an ingress router to the packet protection network.
7. The packet transfer network according to claim 5, wherein the network management server transfers the information of the table to each of the designated routers depending on which one of the start-point router and a transit router the designated router is.
8. A router in a packet protection network in which a working route and a reserved route are set by controlling designated routers which are involved in the working and reserved routes, wherein the reserved route branches from the working route at a start-point router, comprising:
a line failure detector for detecting a failure occurring in a link to a next-hop router on the working route;
a table for storing information indicating where a packet to be protected is forwarded to; and
a packet distribution controller for, when a packet to be protected is received in case of occurrence of the failure, forwarding the packet to be protected depending on the information stored in the table,
wherein the designated routers other than the start-point router forwards the packet to be protected back to the start-point router in case of occurrence of the failure, wherein the start-point router forwards the packet to be protected received back from another router to the reserved route.
9. The router according to claim 8, wherein the start-point router is an ingress router to the packet protection network.
10. The router according to claim 8, wherein the information of the table in each of the designated routers is downloaded from a network management server of the packet protection network depending on which one of the start-point router and a transit router the designated router is.
11. A recording medium storing a computer-readable program for instructing a computer to restore a flow of packets in a packet transfer network composed of a plurality of routers, the computer-readable program comprising the steps of:
at a network management server,
a) setting a working route and a reserved route in the packet transfer network, wherein the reserved route branches from the working route at a start-point router;

at each of routers other than the start-point router on the working route,
b) determining whether a failure occurs in a link to a next-hop router on the working route;
c) determining whether an incoming packet is to be protected;
d) when a packet to be protected is received in case of occurrence of the failure, sending the packet to be protected back to the start-point router; and

at the start-point router,
e) when receiving back the packet to be protected, forwarding it to the reserved route.