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A computer-implemented method for ensuring the privacy of a user and the utility of data communicated by a device, such as a vehicle telematics device, to a server, the method comprising: - moving, by a vehicle, the device during a time period; - receiving data at the device during the time period, wherein the received data indicates that the device has been moved during the time period; - processing, by the device, the received data; - summarizing, by the device, the processed data; - transmitting the summarized data from the device to the server, characterised in that the processed data are summarized in a matrix, wherein the rows and columns of the matrix define circumstances of movement of the device, wherein the matrix includes a plurality of matrix-entries, and wherein each matrix-entry includes a distance covered by the device during the time period under a pair of said predefined circumstances of movement. - moving, by a vehicle, the device during a time period; - receiving data at the device during the time period, wherein the received data indicates that the device has been moved during the time period; - processing, by the device, the received data; - summarizing, by the device, the processed data; - transmitting the summarized data from the device to the server,
Flavour composition comprising at least 0.1 wt.% of flavouring substances and between 0.001 and 50 wt.%, preferably between 0.01 and 10 wt.% of: one or more taste improving substance selected from the group of N-lactoyl guanosine monophosphate, N-lactoyl adenosine monophosphate, N-lactoyl cytidine monophosphate, N-lactoyl inosine monophosphate (IMP,), N-gluconyl GMP, N-gluconyl AMP, N-gluconyl CMP, N-gluconyl IMP, O-lactoyl-GMP, O-lactoyl AMP, O-lactoyl CMP, O-lactoyl IMP, O-gluconyl GMP, O-gluconyl AMP, O-gluconyl CMP and O-gluconyl IMP and mixtures thereof. one or more taste improving substance selected from the group of N-lactoyl guanosine monophosphate, N-lactoyl adenosine monophosphate, N-lactoyl cytidine monophosphate, N-lactoyl inosine monophosphate (IMP,), N-gluconyl GMP, N-gluconyl AMP, N-gluconyl CMP, N-gluconyl IMP, O-lactoyl-GMP, O-lactoyl AMP, O-lactoyl CMP, O-lactoyl IMP, O-gluconyl GMP, O-gluconyl AMP, O-gluconyl CMP and O-gluconyl IMP and mixtures thereof.
A drinking water purification system, comprising: a backwashable pre-filtration unit; a nanofiltration unit; and a backwashing unit; the backwashable pre-filtration unit is provided with a backwashable filter cartridge; the nanofiltration unit is provided with a nanofiltration filter cartridge; a water outflow side of the backwashable filter cartridge is connected to a water inflow side of the nanofiltration filter cartridge; the backwashing unit is connected to the water outflow side of the backwashable filter cartridge; characterized in that the backwashable filter cartridge comprises a filter cylinder and a backwashable filter membrane; the filter cylinder is provided with a through hole; and the backwashable filter membrane is provided around an outer circumference of the filter cylinder in a pleated form; the backwashable filter membrane is composed of a plurality of bent parts; wherein each bent part of the backwashable filter membrane is tangential to the filter cylinder, so as to ensure that the surface of the backwashable filter membrane covers the outer circumference of the filter cylinder; and the nanofiltration unit comprises a first water tank, a water feed pump, a booster pump, an inlet electric valve, an inlet electrical conductivity meter, an inlet pressure gauge, a pressure tank, an outlet electric valve, an outlet electrical conductivity meter, an outlet pressure gauge and a second water tank connected sequentially; the first water tank is connected to the backwashable pre-filtration unit; and the nanofiltration filter cartridge is arranged in the pressure tank. a backwashable pre-filtration unit; a nanofiltration unit; and a backwashing unit; the backwashable pre-filtration unit is provided with a backwashable filter cartridge; the nanofiltration unit is provided with a nanofiltration filter cartridge; a water outflow side of the backwashable filter cartridge is connected to a water inflow side of the nanofiltration filter cartridge; the backwashing unit is connected to the water outflow side of the backwashable filter cartridge; characterized in that the backwashable filter cartridge comprises a filter cylinder and a backwashable filter membrane; the filter cylinder is provided with a through hole; and the backwashable filter membrane is provided around an outer circumference of the filter cylinder in a pleated form; the backwashable filter membrane is composed of a plurality of bent parts; wherein each bent part of the backwashable filter membrane is tangential to the filter cylinder, so as to ensure that the surface of the backwashable filter membrane covers the outer circumference of the filter cylinder; and the nanofiltration unit comprises a first water tank, a water feed pump, a booster pump, an inlet electric valve, an inlet electrical conductivity meter, an inlet pressure gauge, a pressure tank, an outlet electric valve, an outlet electrical conductivity meter, an outlet pressure gauge and a second water tank connected sequentially; the first water tank is connected to the backwashable pre-filtration unit; and the nanofiltration filter cartridge is arranged in the pressure tank.
A power supply for providing an output current to a light-emitting diode ("LED") comprising: an analog-to-digital converter ("ADC") configured to generate a digital temperature signal representative of a temperature of the LED; and an over-temperature protection ("OTP") circuit configured to produce a target output current based on the digital temperature signal; the power supply characterised by further comprising: a rate controller configured to select an output current rate of change based on the produced target output current and the output current provided to the LED, the rate of change being a rate at which the output current is to be adjusted to the target output current such that the output current is thermally de-rated; and a driver circuit configured to provide the output current for the LED, and to adjust the output current to the target output current based on the rate of change. an analog-to-digital converter ("ADC") configured to generate a digital temperature signal representative of a temperature of the LED; and an over-temperature protection ("OTP") circuit configured to produce a target output current based on the digital temperature signal; a rate controller configured to select an output current rate of change based on the produced target output current and the output current provided to the LED, the rate of change being a rate at which the output current is to be adjusted to the target output current such that the output current is thermally de-rated; and a driver circuit configured to provide the output current for the LED, and to adjust the output current to the target output current based on the rate of change.
A multi-carrier communication apparatus receiving a signal including a plurality of sub-carriers, comprising: a local carrier wave generating unit (19, 21) for generating a local carrier wave for demodulation; an offset adding unit (26, 27; 25) for adding to the local carrier wave a frequency offset of a constant multiple (a) of a frequency interval (fo) of a sub-carrier by multiplying the local carrier wave by a cyclical wave having a frequency of the frequency offset; and an offset varying unit for cyclically varying the constant multiple (a) of the offset, wherein the signal is demodulated by using the local carrier wave to which the frequency offset is added. a local carrier wave generating unit (19, 21) for generating a local carrier wave for demodulation; an offset adding unit (26, 27; 25) for adding to the local carrier wave a frequency offset of a constant multiple (a) of a frequency interval (fo) of a sub-carrier by multiplying the local carrier wave by a cyclical wave having a frequency of the frequency offset; and an offset varying unit for cyclically varying the constant multiple (a) of the offset, wherein the signal is demodulated by using the local carrier wave to which the frequency offset is added.
A tire performance prediction method of predicting performance of a tire on a snowy road surface based on a physical quantity generated in a tire model and a snow model, by using the tire model having a tread pattern deformable by at least one of ground contact and rolling and a snow model representing a snowy road surface to be in contact with the tire model, wherein the snow model is modeled as an elasto-plastic body or a plastic model, the snow model represents non-linearity of a volume compaction property of snow by a relation between a density of the snow or a volume strain of the snow and a pressure on the snow, and the snow model represents a shear property of the snow by a relation between a yield stress of the snow and a pressure on the snow, characterised in that in a snowy-road-surface model represented by the snow model, the non-linearity of the volume compaction property of the snow is expressed as a piecewise-linear continuous function which is based on the relation between the density of the snow or the volume strain of the snow and the pressure on the snow, and the piecewise-linear continuous function is sectioned in a unit of 0.1 MPa or smaller in a section where a stress of 0.5 MPa or smaller is applied to snow, and the piecewise-linear continuous function is sectioned in a unit of 0.3 MPa or smaller in a section where a stress of larger than 0.5 MPa is applied to snow.
Feed device for a metal melt in an injection molding device, with a reservoir for the metal melt and with a feed duct, in which the metal melt can be fed to a mold cavity, wherein the feed duct comprises a cylinder bore, in which a piston is arranged axially displaceably, and wherein a collection chamber for the metal melt, from which the metal melt can be introduced into the mold cavity through a continuing line as a consequence of an axial displacement of the piston, is provided in the cylinder bore, wherein the cylinder bore is surrounded by a first heater, which has at least one heating element, characterized in that at its end facing away from the collection chamber, the piston has a driving device and/or a control device, that a cooling device is associated with the driving device and/or the control device such that this/these can be cooled by the cooling device; and that a partition, through which the piston passes, is provided between the first heater and the cooling device.
A digital fluid heating system, comprising: a solar collection system configured for focusing sunlight on a focal axis; an elongated flow element arranged and configured for transporting fluid along the solar collection system at the focal axis; and a flow-control assembly comprising a valve configured to control the flow of the fluid in the elongated flow element such that pathogens present in the fluid are inactivated before the fluid exits the fluid heating system and at a maximized flow rate under the given energy providing conditions; characterized in that the valve is digitally controlled and the control of the flow by the digitally controlled valve comprises: receiving a target pathogen reduction; identifying a plurality of relationships between time and temperature that provide the target pathogen reduction; measuring operating parameters of the system including temperature, pressure, incident solar energy, and the like; calculating, based on the measured operating parameters, a flow rate of treated fluid for each of the plurality of relationships; selecting one of the plurality of relationships that provides the maximized flow rate and operating the flow-control assembly at the maximized flow rate. a solar collection system configured for focusing sunlight on a focal axis; an elongated flow element arranged and configured for transporting fluid along the solar collection system at the focal axis; and a flow-control assembly comprising a valve configured to control the flow of the fluid in the elongated flow element such that pathogens present in the fluid are inactivated before the fluid exits the fluid heating system and at a maximized flow rate under the given energy providing conditions; characterized in that the valve is digitally controlled and the control of the flow by the digitally controlled valve comprises: receiving a target pathogen reduction; identifying a plurality of relationships between time and temperature that provide the target pathogen reduction; measuring operating parameters of the system including temperature, pressure, incident solar energy, and the like; calculating, based on the measured operating parameters, a flow rate of treated fluid for each of the plurality of relationships; selecting one of the plurality of relationships that provides the maximized flow rate and operating the flow-control assembly at the maximized flow rate. receiving a target pathogen reduction; identifying a plurality of relationships between time and temperature that provide the target pathogen reduction; measuring operating parameters of the system including temperature, pressure, incident solar energy, and the like; calculating, based on the measured operating parameters, a flow rate of treated fluid for each of the plurality of relationships; selecting one of the plurality of relationships that provides the maximized flow rate and operating the flow-control assembly at the maximized flow rate.
Electrically operated motor vehicle coolant pump comprising a pump rotor, a motor portion with a permanent-magnet motor rotor, a motor stator comprising motor coils and a can separating the motor stator from the motor rotor in a liquid-tight manner, and a control portion comprising a control chamber in which the motor control is arranged, characterized in that the control chamber is separated from the motor portion by a plastic partition wall lying substantially in a transversal plane, the partition wall comprises a heat transfer opening in which a heat conductor is arranged, one longitudinal end thereof being in heat-conducting contact with the can and the other longitudinal end thereof being in heat-conducting contact with the motor controller, and the specific thermal conductivity of the heat conductor is higher than the specific thermal conductivity of the plastic material of the partition wall.
A patchable biosensor comprising: a substrate extending in a longitudinal direction and being stretchable for being patched to a surface of a living body and electronic components disposed on a one-side surface in a thickness direction of the substrate and extending in the longitudinal direction, wherein the longitudinal direction of the electronic components is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the substrate, the electronic components include at least two electronic components disposed next to each other along the longitudinal direction of the substrate, a ratio I/Tmax of a gap I between the two electronic components in the longitudinal direction of the substrate to the maximum thickness Tmax of the electronic components is 2 or more, characterised in that a ratio L/W of the length L in the longitudinal direction of the electronic components to the width W of the electronic components is set so as to be 1.5 or more, wherein the length L of the electronic components signifies the length in the short-length direction of the substrate and the width W of the electronic components is a length of a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the electronic components. a substrate extending in a longitudinal direction and being stretchable for being patched to a surface of a living body and electronic components disposed on a one-side surface in a thickness direction of the substrate and extending in the longitudinal direction, wherein the longitudinal direction of the electronic components is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the substrate, the electronic components include at least two electronic components disposed next to each other along the longitudinal direction of the substrate, a ratio I/Tmax of a gap I between the two electronic components in the longitudinal direction of the substrate to the maximum thickness Tmax of the electronic components is 2 or more, characterised in that a ratio L/W of the length L in the longitudinal direction of the electronic components to the width W of the electronic components is set so as to be 1.5 or more, wherein the length L of the electronic components signifies the length in the short-length direction of the substrate and the width W of the electronic components is a length of a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the electronic components.
A nitrided steel part comprising a steel material as a material, the steel material consisting of, by mass%, C: 0.2 to 0.6%, Si: 0.05 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.2 to 2.5%, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.003 to 0.05%, Cr: 0.05 to 0.5%, Al: 0.01 to 0.05%, N: 0.003 to 0.025%, optionally one or more of Mo: 0.01 to less than 0.50%, V: 0.01 to less than 0.50%, Cu: 0.01 to less than 0.50%, Ni: 0.01 to less than 0.50%, and Ti: 0.005 to less than 0.05%, and a balance of Fe and impurities, the nitrided steel part comprising a compound layer of a thickness of 3 μm or less comprising iron, nitrogen, and carbon formed on the steel surface and a hardened layer formed under the compound layer, an effective hardened layer depth of the nitrided steel part being 160 to 410 μm, wherein a phase structure of the compound layer comprises, by area ratio, γ' (Fe 4 N) in an amount of 50% or more and a balance of ε (Fe 2-3 N); the hardened layer is a nitrogen diffused layer; the effective hardened layer depth which is the depth in a range where the Vickers hardness in the distribution measured in the depth direction from the surface of the test material using the hardness distribution in the depth direction obtained by the Vickers hardness test is 250HV or more as determined by JIS Z 2244 with a test force of 1.96 N; and the void area ratio is less than 10%, wherein the void area ratio is determined in an area of 25 μm 2 in a range of 5 μm depth from the outermost surface.
A method for authorizing input/output, I/O, commands in a storage cluster, the method comprising: generating, by a storage node, a token responsive to an authority of the storage node initiating an I/O command, wherein the token is specific to the authority and specific to the storage node of the storage cluster that is executing the authority, wherein the token is associated with the I/O command and the token includes a signature and a time stamp; sending, by the storage node, the token and I/O command to a storage unit of the storage cluster, and verifying, by the storage unit, the I/O command using the token, which includes checking the signature to determine validity of the signature and checking the time stamp to determine if the token has expired by exceeding a time interval associated with the token, wherein the I/O command is verified if the signature is determined to be valid and the token has not expired, wherein the signature is provided by a plurality of storage nodes other than the storage node that is executing the authority and the plurality of storage nodes represents a quorum of signers of the token, wherein the signature is valid if the quorum of signers represents a majority of the plurality of storage nodes. generating, by a storage node, a token responsive to an authority of the storage node initiating an I/O command, wherein the token is specific to the authority and specific to the storage node of the storage cluster that is executing the authority, wherein the token is associated with the I/O command and the token includes a signature and a time stamp; sending, by the storage node, the token and I/O command to a storage unit of the storage cluster, and verifying, by the storage unit, the I/O command using the token, which includes checking the signature to determine validity of the signature and checking the time stamp to determine if the token has expired by exceeding a time interval associated with the token, wherein the I/O command is verified if the signature is determined to be valid and the token has not expired, wherein the signature is provided by a plurality of storage nodes other than the storage node that is executing the authority and the plurality of storage nodes represents a quorum of signers of the token, wherein the signature is valid if the quorum of signers represents a majority of the plurality of storage nodes.
Band-shaped illuminant device for a lamp, particularly for an LED lamp, having: a substrate, which comprises a first portion (5, 5') and at least a second portion (6, 6'), wherein in comparison with the second portion (6, 6') the first portion (5, 5') has reduced bending stiffness by application of at least one additional material to the at least one second portion (6, 6'), wherein the band-shaped illuminant device in the at least one first portion (5, 5') with reduced bending stiffness is bent such that a flat starting shape of the band-shaped illuminant device assumes a three-dimensional final shape, wherein the illuminant device has at least one optoelectronic component arranged on the at least one second portion (6, 6'), characterised in that the band-shaped illuminant device has an envelope which is stiff or flexible.
An optical fiber alignment system comprising: an alignment device defining a fiber insertion axis extending between first and second ends of the alignment device, the alignment device also defining a fiber alignment region positioned along the fiber insertion axis; a first optical fiber cleaning membrane positioned along the fiber insertion axis on one side of the fiber alignment region, wherein an optical fiber to be aligned penetrates through the optical fiber cleaning membrane, wherein each cleaning membrane has a puncturability force for the optical fibre of no more than about 0.08 N; and a gel disposed within the alignment device along the fiber alignment region, wherein the optical fiber cleaning membrane aids in retaining the gel within the alignment device while an optical fiber end face pierces the cleaning structure and enters the alignment device. an alignment device defining a fiber insertion axis extending between first and second ends of the alignment device, the alignment device also defining a fiber alignment region positioned along the fiber insertion axis; a first optical fiber cleaning membrane positioned along the fiber insertion axis on one side of the fiber alignment region, wherein an optical fiber to be aligned penetrates through the optical fiber cleaning membrane, wherein each cleaning membrane has a puncturability force for the optical fibre of no more than about 0.08 N; and a gel disposed within the alignment device along the fiber alignment region, wherein the optical fiber cleaning membrane aids in retaining the gel within the alignment device while an optical fiber end face pierces the cleaning structure and enters the alignment device.