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A method for calculating or estimating the speed of a railway vehicle, at least one axle of which has an associated control system (SS, CM, TC, APM) of the adhesion of the wheels to the rails; the method comprising the steps of generating speed signals indicating the angular speed (ω) of the wheels of said at least one axle; estimating, as a function of said angular speed (ω), the value of the adhesion (μ) in the contact area of the wheels of said axle and the rails, using an adhesion observer and calculating the value of the speed slip (δ) of the wheels of said controlled axle, generating signals representative of the derivative dμ dδ of said adhesion (μ) as a function of the slip (δ) of the wheels of said axle; generating a driving signal (C(T j+1)) for torque control means controlling the torque applied to the wheels of said axle, by means of an adaptive control of said derivative signals dμ dδ as a function of an error signal (e((T j+1)) indicative of the difference between the value of said derivative dμ dδ and a predetermined reference value such as to reduce and keep said difference substantially at zero; applying said driving signal (C(T j+1)) to said torque control means and then computing the vehicle speed as the linear advance speed of said at least one controlled axle.
A fiber - resin composite sheet comprising a reinforcing fibrous substrate and a resin coated onto or into the substrate, the resin comprising a first thermoplastic polymer and a second thermoplastic polymer wherein (i) the first and second polymers form a two phase blend, (ii) the first polymer is thermoplastic, has a melting point of from 75 to 400 degrees C and forms a continuous or co-continuous phase with the second polymer. (iii) the second polymer is dispersed in the continuous or co-continuous phase of the first polymer, has an effective diameter of from 0.01 to 15 micrometers and has a melting point of from 25 to 350 degrees C, (iv) the first polymer comprises from 35 to 99 weight percent of the combined weight of first and second polymers in the blend, (v) the second polymer has a melting point at least 5 degrees C lower than the melting point of the first polymer, and (vi) the reinforcing fibers of the substrate are from fibers having a tenacity of from 3 to 60 grams per dtex and a filament diameter of from 5 to 200 micrometers. (i) the first and second polymers form a two phase blend, (ii) the first polymer is thermoplastic, has a melting point of from 75 to 400 degrees C and forms a continuous or co-continuous phase with the second polymer. (iii) the second polymer is dispersed in the continuous or co-continuous phase of the first polymer, has an effective diameter of from 0.01 to 15 micrometers and has a melting point of from 25 to 350 degrees C, (iv) the first polymer comprises from 35 to 99 weight percent of the combined weight of first and second polymers in the blend, (v) the second polymer has a melting point at least 5 degrees C lower than the melting point of the first polymer, and (vi) the reinforcing fibers of the substrate are from fibers having a tenacity of from 3 to 60 grams per dtex and a filament diameter of from 5 to 200 micrometers.
A communication device, comprising: a memory; a first microphone; a connector (136, 140) for receiving data from an accessory device having a second microphone; and a processor interconnected with the memory, the first microphone and the connector (136, 140), the processor configured to: receive audio input; when the audio imput originated at the second microphone, automatically apply equalization settings corresponding to the second microphone; characterised in that the processor is configured to when the audio input originated at the first microphone, determine a first frequency spectrum of the audio input; store the first frequency spectrum in a voice profile in the memory; when the audio input originated at the second microphone, determine a second frequency spectrum of the audio input; and generate the equalization settings by comparing the second frequency spectrum to the voice profile. a memory; a first microphone; a connector (136, 140) for receiving data from an accessory device having a second microphone; and a processor interconnected with the memory, the first microphone and the connector (136, 140), the processor configured to: receive audio input; when the audio imput originated at the second microphone, automatically apply equalization settings corresponding to the second microphone; characterised in that the processor is configured to when the audio input originated at the first microphone, determine a first frequency spectrum of the audio input; store the first frequency spectrum in a voice profile in the memory; when the audio input originated at the second microphone, determine a second frequency spectrum of the audio input; and generate the equalization settings by comparing the second frequency spectrum to the voice profile. receive audio input; when the audio imput originated at the second microphone, automatically apply equalization settings corresponding to the second microphone; characterised in that the processor is configured to when the audio input originated at the first microphone, determine a first frequency spectrum of the audio input; store the first frequency spectrum in a voice profile in the memory; when the audio input originated at the second microphone, determine a second frequency spectrum of the audio input; and generate the equalization settings by comparing the second frequency spectrum to the voice profile.
A method for processing an image comprising: conforming, using one or more processors, a sampling of pixel intensity values of an image to a statistical distribution, to separate the pixel intensity values into a number of bins, each bin extending between two points, wherein the sampling comprises n points distributed across a range of distribution values; redistributing the sampling, using the one or more processors, by recursively setting a value, for each of the n points, that is higher than the value of point n -1 by 1 m of the range of distribution values greater than the value of m point n- 1 to generate a packed distribution of the sampling, wherein a numerical value of m is greater than 1; mapping, using the one or more processors, the pixel intensity values to the packed distribution of the sampling to generate contrast-enhanced pixel intensity values; and conforming, using the one or more processors, an intensity of at least one pixel of the image to a contrast-enhanced pixel intensity value to produce a contrast-enhanced image. conforming, using one or more processors, a sampling of pixel intensity values of an image to a statistical distribution, to separate the pixel intensity values into a number of bins, each bin extending between two points, wherein the sampling comprises n points distributed across a range of distribution values; redistributing the sampling, using the one or more processors, by recursively setting a value, for each of the n points, that is higher than the value of point n -1 by 1 m of the range of distribution values greater than the value of m point n- 1 to generate a packed distribution of the sampling, wherein a numerical value of m is greater than 1; mapping, using the one or more processors, the pixel intensity values to the packed distribution of the sampling to generate contrast-enhanced pixel intensity values; and conforming, using the one or more processors, an intensity of at least one pixel of the image to a contrast-enhanced pixel intensity value to produce a contrast-enhanced image.
Method for controlling an agricultural vehicle on a piece of agricultural land, having the steps of: - determining a section, which is ahead in the driving direction of the agricultural vehicle, of a path for driving over the piece of agricultural land to a leading distance along the path, wherein the section and the distance are determined on the basis of a driving speed of the agricultural vehicle, - communicating geometrical information relating to the determined section of the path from a mobile terminal, which can be carried on the agricultural vehicle, via a terminal/vehicle interface, to a control device for controlling the agricultural vehicle along the path, - checking whether driving over the section ahead, taking into account the communicated geometrical information and the driving speed of the agricultural vehicle, has a driving dynamics influence, which exceeds a predefined driving dynamics limit value, on the driving dynamics of the agricultural vehicle, and - actuating at least one driving dynamics component of the agricultural vehicle on the basis of a checking result of the checking step. - determining a section, which is ahead in the driving direction of the agricultural vehicle, of a path for driving over the piece of agricultural land to a leading distance along the path, wherein the section and the distance are determined on the basis of a driving speed of the agricultural vehicle, - communicating geometrical information relating to the determined section of the path from a mobile terminal, which can be carried on the agricultural vehicle, via a terminal/vehicle interface, to a control device for controlling the agricultural vehicle along the path, - checking whether driving over the section ahead, taking into account the communicated geometrical information and the driving speed of the agricultural vehicle, has a driving dynamics influence, which exceeds a predefined driving dynamics limit value, on the driving dynamics of the agricultural vehicle, and - actuating at least one driving dynamics component of the agricultural vehicle on the basis of a checking result of the checking step.
A compound selected from the group consisting of or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, enantiomer, racemic mixture, crystalline form, amorphous form, unsolvated form or solvate thereof, for use in treating an autoimmune disease selected from the group consisting of multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lupus erythematosus and psoriatic arthritis.
A connection and/or storage device intended to be mounted in a cabinet having an insertion face that extends between two uprights (11, 12) of said cabinet, respectively called right upright and left upright, said device comprising a set of superimposed casings for connecting and/or storing cable or cable fiber, in particular fiber-optic termination, each casing having two opposite sides intended to be arranged, in the state of the casing inserted into the cabinet, respectively near right and left uprights of the cabinet, characterized in that said device comprises: - at each of said opposite sides of said cabinet, a connecting element provided with a through passage, - at one of the sides of the plurality of casings, called pivoting side, a hinge pin that extends through the alignment of through passages of the connecting elements situated at said pivoting side, and a part, called articulation bracket, fastened to the hinge pin, - at the other side of each casing, called locking side, a support element of a locking/unlocking member, called locking tab, coupled to the connecting element situated at said locking side and allowing direct or indirect locking of the casing to one of the uprights, called locking upright, of the cabinet, said casings being capable, in the unlocked state relative to the locking upright of the cabinet, to pivot around the hinge pin to go from a position stored between the uprights (11, 12) of the cabinet to a deployed position and vice versa. - at each of said opposite sides of said cabinet, a connecting element provided with a through passage, - at one of the sides of the plurality of casings, called pivoting side, a hinge pin that extends through the alignment of through passages of the connecting elements situated at said pivoting side, and a part, called articulation bracket, fastened to the hinge pin, - at the other side of each casing, called locking side, a support element of a locking/unlocking member, called locking tab, coupled to the connecting element situated at said locking side and allowing direct or indirect locking of the casing to one of the uprights, called locking upright, of the cabinet,
Composition comprising a Lycium barbarum extract or Lycium barbarum polysaccharide in combination with a Moringa oleifera extract and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, for use in the prevention and/or treatment of skin damages caused by ultraviolet radiation exposure, wherein the Moringa oleifera extract is in a ratio of between 1:7 to 5:1, with respect to Lycium barbarum extract or Lycium barbarum polysaccharide.
A method of measuring thickness of a long sheet material wound on to a reel spool while being pressed by a reel drum, comprising the steps of: preparing the position of the reel drum to be fixed, and the reel spool to be movable relative to the reel drum in a machine direction in accordance with the increase in the roll diameter; measuring the amount of movement in the machine direction of the end surface of the reel spool as the amount of increase in the roll diameter of the wound roll formed from the long sheet material by taking an image of an end surface of the reel spool shaft during rotation by a camera, and carrying out image processing based on the image taken by the camera to measure the center position of the end surface of the reel spool shaft during rotation; measuring the number of rotations of the reel spool; and determining the thickness of the long sheet material by calculation using the measured increase in roll diameter and the number of rotations. preparing the position of the reel drum to be fixed, and the reel spool to be movable relative to the reel drum in a machine direction in accordance with the increase in the roll diameter; measuring the amount of movement in the machine direction of the end surface of the reel spool as the amount of increase in the roll diameter of the wound roll formed from the long sheet material by taking an image of an end surface of the reel spool shaft during rotation by a camera, and carrying out image processing based on the image taken by the camera to measure the center position of the end surface of the reel spool shaft during rotation; measuring the number of rotations of the reel spool; and determining the thickness of the long sheet material by calculation using the measured increase in roll diameter and the number of rotations.
A tobacco product in a form suitable for insertion into the mouth of a user comprising: tobacco and a thermoplastic binder system, the amount of the thermoplastic binder system being present in an amount between about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent of the dry weight of the tobacco product, wherein the thermoplastic binder system comprises a thermoplastic polymeric material in an amount less than about 20 weight percent of the dry weight of the tobacco product.
An Ethernet passive optical network communication method, comprising: generating, by an optical network unit, ONU, a first control frame, wherein the first control frame comprises a first data field, and the first data field comprises a bandwidth requirement of at least one logical link identity, LLID; and sending, by the ONU, the first control frame to an optical line terminal, OLT; receiving, by the ONU, a second control frame sent by the OLT, wherein the second control frame comprises a second data field, and the second data field comprises grant information of the at least one LLID; wherein that the second data field comprises grant information of the at least one LLID comprises: the second data field comprises a bandwidth grant start time, Grant start time, and a bandwidth grant length, Grant length, of each of the at least one LLID; and wherein the second data field further comprises an LLID grant bitmap, and a force report bitmap, Force report bitmap, wherein one bit in the LLID grant bitmap is used to indicate whether one of the at least one LLID has a bandwidth grant, and one bit in the force report bitmap is used to indicate whether one of the at least one LLID is forced to send a bandwidth requirement in a corresponding grant time window. generating, by an optical network unit, ONU, a first control frame, wherein the first control frame comprises a first data field, and the first data field comprises a bandwidth requirement of at least one logical link identity, LLID; and sending, by the ONU, the first control frame to an optical line terminal, OLT; receiving, by the ONU, a second control frame sent by the OLT, wherein the second control frame comprises a second data field, and the second data field comprises grant information of the at least one LLID; wherein that the second data field comprises grant information of the at least one LLID comprises: the second data field comprises a bandwidth grant start time, Grant start time, and a bandwidth grant length, Grant length, of each of the at least one LLID; and wherein the second data field further comprises an LLID grant bitmap, and a force report bitmap, Force report bitmap, wherein one bit in the LLID grant bitmap is used to indicate whether one of the at least one LLID has a bandwidth grant, and one bit in the force report bitmap is used to indicate whether one of the at least one LLID is forced to send a bandwidth requirement in a corresponding grant time window.
An elastic retaining member for fixing a timepiece component on a support element, comprising an opening into which said support element can be inserted, the retaining member comprising rigid arms and elastic arms defined between connection areas contributing to ensure elastic clamping of the support element in the opening, each rigid arm being provided with two flat contact areas of the retaining member able to cooperate with corresponding convex contact portions of the support element, said rigid or elastic arms each extending longitudinally between connection areas, these rigid arms and these elastic arms being arranged successively and alternately in the retaining member and each rigid arm having a volume of material greater than the volume of material constituting each elastic arm.
A frequency-timing control loop comprising: a timing control loop (240, 380) operative to process data samples for a received signal to derive a first control indicative of timing error in the data samples for a particular signal instance in the received signal; and a frequency control loop (230, 310) coupled to the timing control loop (240, 380) and characterized in that the frequency control loop includes a frequency discriminator (320, 420) operative to derive a second control indicative of frequency error in the data samples for the signal instance, and a first loop filter (330, 430) operative to filter the first and second controls to provide a third control for adjusting frequency and phase of a periodic signal used to process the received signal to provide the data samples. a timing control loop (240, 380) operative to process data samples for a received signal to derive a first control indicative of timing error in the data samples for a particular signal instance in the received signal; and a frequency control loop (230, 310) coupled to the timing control loop (240, 380) and characterized in that the frequency control loop includes a frequency discriminator (320, 420) operative to derive a second control indicative of frequency error in the data samples for the signal instance, and a first loop filter (330, 430) operative to filter the first and second controls to provide a third control for adjusting frequency and phase of a periodic signal used to process the received signal to provide the data samples.
A method, comprising: receiving, by one or more processors, a plurality of extraluminal images (200, 300, 400) of a target blood vessel; detecting, by the one or more processors, a junction point in the plurality of extraluminal images; receiving, by the one or more processors, a first set of intravascular data taken during a first pullback of a first intravascular device; determining, by the one or more processors, a first proximal end point of the first pullback in one of the plurality of extraluminal images, or in a composite image of a plurality of the external images; determining, by the one or more processors, a first distance between the junction point and the first proximal end point of the first pullback; receiving, by the one or more processors, a second set of intravascular data taken during a second pullback of a second intravascular device; determining, by the one or more processors, a second proximal end point of the second pullback in one of the plurality of extraluminal images, or in a composite image of a plurality of the external images; determining, by the one or more processors, a second distance between the junction point and the second proximal end point of the second pullback; and aligning, by the one or more processors based on the first distance and the second distance, a first representation of the first set of intravascular data with a second representation of the second set of intravascular data. receiving, by one or more processors, a plurality of extraluminal images (200, 300, 400) of a target blood vessel; detecting, by the one or more processors, a junction point in the plurality of extraluminal images; receiving, by the one or more processors, a first set of intravascular data taken during a first pullback of a first intravascular device; determining, by the one or more processors, a first proximal end point of the first pullback in one of the plurality of extraluminal images, or in a composite image of a plurality of the external images; determining, by the one or more processors, a first distance between the junction point and the first proximal end point of the first pullback; receiving, by the one or more processors, a second set of intravascular data taken during a second pullback of a second intravascular device; determining, by the one or more processors, a second proximal end point of the second pullback in one of the plurality of extraluminal images, or in a composite image of a plurality of the external images; determining, by the one or more processors, a second distance between the junction point and the second proximal end point of the second pullback; and aligning, by the one or more processors based on the first distance and the second distance, a first representation of the first set of intravascular data with a second representation of the second set of intravascular data.
A lighting system comprising a plurality of light modules capable of emitting modulated light comprising light module identification codes, wherein the light modules in the lighting system are arranged to be switchable between an operational mode in which the light emitted by the light modules is non-modulated and a control mode in which the light emitted by the light modules is modulated; and a remote control device; CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the remote control device comprises a sensor arranged to automatically switch at least one of the plurality of light modules from the operational mode to the control mode upon detecting a user operating the remote control.