All The Claims

1. A method of automatically transferring information about a fall or overturn accident using a smart phone, the method comprising:
by an elder customer terminal assigned to an elder customer, detecting a fall or overturn accident via a 3-axis acceleration sensor, and sending a fall or overturn detection message, including its own ID information and a fall or overturn state, to a controller based on the detection;
by the controller, receiving the fall or overturn detection message, generating fall or overturn detection information based on the received fall or overturn detection message, and registering the fall or overturn detection information with a database; and
by the controller, configuring a message based on the fall or overturn detection information, and notifying the smart phone of the message based on the fall or overturn detection information.
2. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein:
the elder customer terminal outputs an emergency alarm or drives an LED alarm lamp when the fall or overturn accident is detected; or
the elder customer terminal outputs the emergency alarm or drives the LED alarm lamp in compliance with a command from the controller.
3. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein:
the elder customer terminal comprises a GPS module;
the elder customer terminal adds position information, received from the GPS module, to the fall or overturn detection message, and then sends the fall or overturn detection message to the controller; and
the controller adds the position information to the fall or overturn detection information and to the message based on the fall or overturn detection information, and then provides the message to the smart phone.
4. The method as set forth in claim 3, wherein:
the smart phone, when receiving the message including the position information, displays the position information on a map and displays part of the message based on the fall or overturn detection information; and
the fall or overturn detection information comprises a name, sex, and age of an elder customer corresponding to the elder customer terminal.
5. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein:
the message based on the fall or overturn detection information is an SMS message, an MMS message, or a push notification message;
preset discriminators are inserted among items of the message; and
the smart phone parses character strings of the items of the message using the discriminators.
6. A system for automatically transferring information about a fall or overturn accident using a smart phone, the system comprising:
an elder customer terminal assigned to an elder customer, and configured to sense the fall or overturn accident via a 3-axis acceleration sensor and to send a fall or overturn detection message, including its own ID information and fall or overturn state, based on the detection; and
a controller configured to receive the fall or overturn detection message, to generate fall or overturn detection information based on the received fall or overturn detection message, to register the fall or overturn detection information with a database, to configure a message based on the fall or overturn detection information, and to notify the smart phone of the message based on the fall or overturn detection information.
7. The system as set forth in claim 6, wherein the elder customer terminal outputs an emergency alarm or drives an LED alarm lamp when the fall or overturn accident is detected, or the elder customer terminal outputs the emergency alarm or drives the LED alarm lamp in compliance with a command from the controller.
8. The system as set forth in claim 6, wherein:
the elder customer terminal comprises a GPS module;
the elder customer terminal adds position information, received from the GPS module, to the fall or overturn detection message, and then sends the fall or overturn detection message to the controller; and
the controller adds the position information to the fall or overturn detection information and to the message based on the fall or overturn detection information, and then provides the message to the smart phone.
9. The system as set forth in claim 8, wherein:
the smart phone, when receiving the message including the position information, displays the position information on a map and displays part of the message based on the fall or overturn detection information; and
the fall or overturn detection information comprise a name, sex, and age of an elder customer corresponding to the elder customer terminal.
10. The system as set forth in claim 6, wherein:
the message based on the fall or overturn detection information is an SMS message, an MMS message, or a push notification message;
preset discriminators are inserted among items of the message; and
the smart phone parses character strings of the items of the message using the discriminators.
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 pump jack pole brace comprising:
a U-shaped yoke member having a first leg and a second leg; and
a latch plate assembly having a first side slidably and pivotably attached to the first leg, and a second side having a tab which engages with the second leg to form a closed envelope with the yoke.
2. A brace as described in claim 1 wherein the assembly includes a tensioner for tightening the assembly against the poles.
3. A brace as described in claim 2 wherein the first leg has an attachment portion for attaching the assembly to the yoke.
4. A brace as described in claim 3 including means for attaching the first side to the attachment portion.
5. A brace as described in claim 4 wherein the tab is fixed in a permanent position to the second side.
6. A brace as described in claim 5 wherein the tensioner includes a threaded handle.
7. A brace as described in claim 6 wherein the attachment portion includes a hinge barrel.
8. A brace as described in claim 7 wherein the second leg includes a yoke slot in which the tab engages to form the closed envelope.
9. A brace as described in claim 8 wherein the first side includes a horizontal slot through which the attachment means extends to attach the member to the assembly.
10. A brace as described in claim 9 wherein the assembly includes a top through which the threaded assembly extends, a first side connected to the top having the horizontal slot, and a second side connected to the top having another horizontal slot in alignment with the horizontal slot.
11. A brace as described in claim 10 wherein the attachment means includes a bolt.
12. A brace as described in claim 10 wherein the attachment means includes a rivet.
13. A method for securing a pole for use of a pump jack system comprising the steps of:
pivoting a latch plate assembly about a first leg of a yoke member from an open position about the pole to a partially closed position about the pole; and
sliding the assembly forward to a second leg of the member relative to the first leg into a fully closed position about the pole wherein a tab of the assembly is inserted into a yoke slot of the member.
14. A method as described in claim 13 including the step of tightening a threaded handle that extends through the assembly against the pole.
15. A method for securing a pole for use of a pump jack system comprising the steps of:
placing a brace about the pole; and
securing the brace to the pole using only one hand.

1. An oil recovery system, comprising:
a solar power tower for receiving a first portion of water from a water treatment device, heating the first portion of water using solar radiation, and generating a first steam;
a boiler for receiving a second portion of water from the water treatment device, heating the second portion of water, and generating a second steam; and
a flow control device coupled to the solar power tower and the boiler, wherein the flow control device receives at least one of the first steam and the second steam and injects at least one of the first steam and the second steam to an oil field having an oil well.
2. The oil recovery system of claim 1, further comprising a first separator coupled to the oil well, wherein the first separator receives the mixture of oil and water from the oil well, separates a first quantity of oil from the mixture of oil and water, and generates a separated mixture of oil and water.
3. The oil recovery system of claim 2, further comprising a second separator coupled to the first separator, wherein the second separator receives the separated mixture of oil and water from the first separator, separates a second quantity of oil from the separated mixture of oil and water, and generates a separated water, wherein the separated mixture of oil and water has less oil as compared to the mixture of oil and water.
4. The oil recovery system of claim 3, further comprising the water treatment device having a first water treatment device and a second water treatment device.
5. The oil recovery system of claim 4, wherein the second water treatment device comprises a thermal evaporator device or a membrane water treatment device.
6. The oil recovery system of claim 4, wherein the first water treatment device is coupled to the second separator, wherein the first water treatment device receives the separated water from the second separator and further treats the separated water so as to generate a first treated water.
7. The oil recovery system of claim 6, wherein the first treated water comprises the first portion of water and the second portion of water.
8. The oil recovery system of claim 6, wherein the second water treatment device is coupled to the first water treatment device; wherein the second water treatment device receives the first treated water from the first water treatment device and purifies the first treated water so as to generate a second treated water, wherein the second treated water comprises the first portion of water and the second portion of water.
9. The oil recovery system of claim 8, further comprising a heat exchanger coupled to the first separator, the second separator, and the second water treatment device, wherein the heat exchanger receives the separated mixture of oil and water from the first separator and the second treated water from the second water treatment device and circulates the separated mixture of oil and water in heat exchanging relationship with the second treated water to heat the second treated water and cool the separated mixture of oil and water.
10. The oil recovery system of claim 9, wherein the heat exchanger is coupled to the boiler and the solar power tower via the feed pump; wherein the boiler comprises a drum boiler.
11. The oil recovery system of claim 6, further comprising a heat exchanger coupled to the first separator, the second separator, and the first water treatment device, wherein the heat exchanger receives the separated mixture of oil and water from the first separator and the first treated water from the first water treatment device and circulates the separated mixture of oil and water in heat exchanging relationship with the first treated water to heat the first treated water and cool the separated mixture of oil and water.
12. The oil recovery system of claim 11, wherein the heat exchanger is coupled to the boiler and the second water treatment device via the feed pump;
wherein the boiler comprises a once through boiler.
13. A method for enhanced oil recovery, comprising:
receiving a first portion of water from a water treatment device into a solar power tower;
heating the first portion of water in the solar power tower using solar radiation to generate a first steam;
receiving a second portion of water from the water treatment device into a boiler;
heating the second portion of water in the boiler to generate a second steam; and
feeding the first steam and the second steam to an oil well of an oil field via a flow control device to extract a mixture of oil and water.
14. The method of claim 13, further comprising feeding the mixture of oil and water from the oil well into a first separator and separating a first quantity of oil from the mixture of oil and water via the first separator to generate a separated mixture of oil and water.
15. The method of claim 14, further comprising feeding the separated mixture of oil and water from the first separator into a second separator and separating a second quantity of oil from the separated mixture of oil and water via the second separator to generate a separated water.
16. The method of claim 15, further comprising feeding the separated water from the second separator into a first water treatment device and treating the separated water via the first water treatment device so as to generate a first treated water.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first treated water comprises the first portion of water and the second portion of water.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising feeding the first portion of water into a second water treatment device and purifying the first portion of water via the second water treatment device so as to generate a second treated water before feeding the second treated water into the solar power tower.
19. The method of claim 16, further comprising feeding the first treated water from the first water treatment device into a second water treatment device and purifying the first treated water via the second water treatment device so as to generate a second treated water, wherein the second treated water comprises the first portion of water and the second portion of water.
20. The method of claim 19, further comprising feeding the separated mixture of oil and water from the first separator and the second treated water from the second water treatment device into a heat exchanger and circulating the separated mixture of oil and water in a heat exchanging relationship with the second treated water to heat the second treated water and cool the separated mixture of oil and water.
21. The method of claim 16, further comprising feeding the separated mixture of oil and water from the first separator and the first treated water from the first water treatment device into a heat exchanger and circulating the separated mixture of oil and water in a heat exchanging relationship with the first treated water to heat the first treated water and cool the separated mixture of oil and water.

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 multi-phase steel sheet excellent in hole expandability characterized in that:
the steel sheet contains, as chemical components in mass,
C: 0.03 to 0.15%,
P: not more than 0.010%,
S: not more than 0.003%, and
either one or both of Si and Al in a total amount of 0.5 to 4%, and one or more of Mn, Ni, Cr, Mo and Cu in a total amount of 0.5 to 4%, with the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities;
the microstructure at a section of the steel sheet is composed of either one or both of retained austenite and martensite which account(s) for 3 to 30% in total in area percentage and the balance consisting of either one or both of ferrite and bainite;
the maximum length of the crystal grains in the microstructure is not more than 10 microns; and
the number of inclusions 20 microns or larger in size at a section of the steel sheet is not more than 0.3 piece per square millimeter.
2. A multi-phase steel sheet excellent in hole expandability characterized in that:
the steel sheet contains, as chemical components in mass,
C: 0.03 to 0.15%,
P: not more than 0.010%,
S: not more than 0.003%, and
either one or both of Si and Al in a total amount of 0.5 to 4%, and one or more of Mn, Ni, Cr, Mo and Cu in a total amount of 0.5 to 4%, with the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities;
the microstructure at a section of the steel sheet is composed of either one or both of retained austenite and martensite which account(s) for 3 to 30% in total in area percentage, pearlite which accounts for more than 0% to not more than 3% in area percentage, and the balance consisting of either one or both of ferrite and bainite;
the maximum length of the crystal grains in the microstructure is not more than 10 microns; and
the number of inclusions 20 microns or larger in size at a section of the steel sheet is not more than 0.3 piece per square millimeter.
3. A multi-phase steel sheet excellent in hole expandability according to claim 1, characterized in that the micro Vickers hardness of bainite is less than 240.
4. A multi-phase steel sheet excellent in hole expandability according to claim 1, characterized by further containing, as chemical components in mass, one or more of Nb, V and Ti in a total amount of 0.3% or less.
5. A multi-phase steel sheet excellent in hole expandability according to claim 1, characterized by further containing, as a chemical component in mass, B of 0.01% or less.
6. A multi-phase steel sheet excellent in hole expandability according to claim 1, characterized by further containing, as chemical components in mass, either one or both of Ca of 0.01% or less and REM of 0.05% or less.
7. A method of producing a multi-phase steel sheet excellent in hole expandability, which steel sheet contains, as chemical components in mass,
C: 0.03 to 0.15%,
P: not more than 0.010%,
S: not more than 0.003%, and
either one or both of Si and Al in a total amount of 0.5 to 4%, and one or more of Mn, Ni, Cr, Mo and Cu in a total amount of 0.5 to 4%, with the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities, characterized by:
when molten steel with said components is refined, circulating the molten steel not less than 1.5 times after flux for desulfurization is added at the time of the desulfurization of the molten steel;
further, when a steel sheet is produced by hot-rolling a slab obtained by casting said molten steel, conducting the finish rolling by controlling the finish-rolling entry temperature to 950\xb0 C. or higher and the finish-rolling exit temperature within the range from 780 to 920\xb0 C.; and
coiling the steel sheet thus obtained at a temperature of 500\xb0 C. or lower.
8. A method of producing a multi-phase steel sheet excellent in hole expandability according to claim 7, characterized in that the steel sheet further contains, as chemical components in mass, one or more of Nb, V and Ti in a total amount of 0.3% or less.
9. A method of producing a multi-phase steel sheet excellent in hole expandability according to claim 7, characterized in that the steel sheet further contains, as a chemical component in mass, B of 0.01% or less.
10. A method of producing a multi-phase steel sheet excellent in hole expandability according to claim 7, characterized in that the steel sheet further contains, as chemical components in mass, either one or both of Ca of 0.01% or less and REM of 0.05% or less.