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A sorting machine for objects configured to receive objects from one or more infeed stations (i) and move them towards respective predetermined outfeed stations (u), comprising a plurality of conveyors located in the form of a matrix or chequerboard on a movement area, wherein each conveyor is configured to move at least one object between a plurality of respective receiving/unloading stations (rs) arranged one after another along a conveying trajectory, said conveyors being configured and/or arranged in such a way that said conveying trajectories lie on a same plane, preferably horizontal, wherein each conveyor is positioned adjacent to at least one other conveyor of said plurality of conveyors in such a way that at least one receiving/unloading station (rs) of a conveyor is shared with a respective adjacent conveyor; wherein each conveyor has one or more movement means configured for transferring an object, in movement on said conveying trajectory, from and towards a conveyor adjacent to said at least one shared receiving/unloading station (rs); and wherein each conveyor comprises a motor-driven carousel rotatable about a respective axis of rotation and the movement means of each conveyor comprise respective conveyor belts moved by said carousel about said axis of rotation and defining respective radial directions of movement relative to said axis of rotation; the machine being characterized in that said carousel comprises a supporting ring (13, 100) extending around the respective axis of rotation, said conveyor belts being rigidly mounted on said supporting ring (13, 100). wherein each conveyor is positioned adjacent to at least one other conveyor of said plurality of conveyors in such a way that at least one receiving/unloading station (rs) of a conveyor is shared with a respective adjacent conveyor; wherein each conveyor has one or more movement means configured for transferring an object, in movement on said conveying trajectory, from and towards a conveyor adjacent to said at least one shared receiving/unloading station (rs); and wherein each conveyor comprises a motor-driven carousel rotatable about a respective axis of rotation and the movement means of each conveyor comprise respective conveyor belts moved by said carousel about said axis of rotation and defining respective radial directions of movement relative to said axis of rotation; the machine being characterized in that said carousel comprises a supporting ring (13, 100) extending around the respective axis of rotation, said conveyor belts being rigidly mounted on said supporting ring (13, 100).
A mechanical finger comprising: a knuckle, a proximal element, a rod, the knuckle having a first pivot and a second pivot separated by a first predetermined distance, the proximal element having a knuckle end pivotally coupled to the knuckle first pivot and a third pivot at a variable longitudinal distance from the first pivot, the rod having a knuckle end pivotally coupled to the knuckle second pivot and a distal element end pivotally coupled to the third pivot, a force generator driving a screw, the force generator being coupled to the proximal element, the screw being coupled to the third pivot to change the variable longitudinal distance between the first pivot and the third pivot in response to a command from a control sensor to the force generator, a distal element, the distal element being pivotally coupled to the proximal element at a fourth pivot of the proximal element, the distal element rotating with respect to the proximal element and the fourth pivot in response to a change in the variable distance between the third pivot and the first pivot. a knuckle, a proximal element, a rod, the knuckle having the knuckle having a first pivot and a second pivot separated by a first predetermined distance, the proximal element having a knuckle end pivotally coupled to the knuckle first pivot and the proximal element having a knuckle end pivotally coupled to the knuckle first pivot and a third pivot at a variable longitudinal distance from the first pivot, the rod having a knuckle end pivotally coupled to the knuckle second pivot and a distal element end pivotally coupled to the third pivot, the rod having a knuckle end pivotally coupled to the knuckle second pivot and a distal element end pivotally coupled to the third pivot, a force generator driving a screw, the force generator being coupled to the proximal element, the screw being coupled to the third pivot to change the variable longitudinal distance between the first pivot and the third pivot in response to a command from a control sensor to the force generator, the force generator being coupled to the proximal element, the screw being coupled to the third pivot to change the variable longitudinal distance between the first pivot and the third pivot in response to a command from a control sensor to the force generator, a distal element, the distal element being pivotally coupled to the proximal element at a fourth pivot of the proximal element, the distal element rotating with respect to the proximal element and the fourth pivot in response to a change in the variable distance between the third pivot and the first pivot. a fourth pivot of the proximal element, the distal element rotating with respect to the proximal element and the fourth pivot in response to a change in the variable distance between the third pivot and the first pivot.
A method of inspecting a surface of a component, the method comprising the steps of: providing a probe for inspecting the component surface for defects, the probe being an eddy current probe, and the inspection comprising eddy current testing; defining a reference surface that is offset from the component surface by a stand-off distance and follows the shape of the component, whereby the reference surface is not a physical surface, but merely acts as a guide for defining a tool path for the probe; moving the probe so as to contact a plurality of discrete spaced apart inspection points on the component surface, each contact of the probe with an inspection point comprising a first movement of the probe from the reference surface to the inspection point, whereby the probe provides a continuous time based signal during the first movement of the probe for identifying a signal portion of the signal that is associated with the probe being in contact with the component surface; retracting the probe from the component surface after each contact with an inspection point; and inspecting the component surface each time the probe contacts an inspection point; and determining for each signal portion whether the signal portion is indicative of a defect in the component surface. providing a probe for inspecting the component surface for defects, the probe being an eddy current probe, and the inspection comprising eddy current testing; defining a reference surface that is offset from the component surface by a stand-off distance and follows the shape of the component, whereby the reference surface is not a physical surface, but merely acts as a guide for defining a tool path for the probe; moving the probe so as to contact a plurality of discrete spaced apart inspection points on the component surface, each contact of the probe with an inspection point comprising a first movement of the probe from the reference surface to the inspection point, whereby the probe provides a continuous time based signal during the first movement of the probe for identifying a signal portion of the signal that is associated with the probe being in contact with the component surface; retracting the probe from the component surface after each contact with an inspection point; and inspecting the component surface each time the probe contacts an inspection point; and determining for each signal portion whether the signal portion is indicative of a defect in the component surface.
A card-like object, characterized in that the card-like object has an electrically conductive structure comprising a plurality of individual elements which are arranged on the card-like object, wherein the individual elements of the electrically conductive structure, with respect to size, spacing and shape, are formed so that a time-dependent signal on a capacitive surface sensor, resulting from a relative movement between an input means and the card-like object, is changed relative to a reference input with the input means, which occurs without using the card-like object.
An injection method for the injection of water in an internal combustion engine; the injection method comprises the steps of: operating, when the internal combustion engine is turned on, a reversible pump in order to suck water from a tank and feed the water under pressure to at least one injector through a feeding duct; cyclically opening, when the internal combustion engine is turned on, the injector in order to inject the water towards at least one cylinder of the internal combustion engine; filling with water, when the internal combustion engine is turned on, the feeding duct and the injector by operating the pump in order to suck the water from the tank and feed the water into the feeding duct and characterized by opening a release valve, which is arranged along the feeding duct and connects the feeding duct to an outside; the injection method is further characterized in that it comprises the further steps of: measuring a pressure (P H2O) of the water inside a common rail to which the injector is connected; and closing, during the filling of the feeding duct and of the injector, the release valve as a function of the pressure (P H2O) of the water inside the common rail. operating, when the internal combustion engine is turned on, a reversible pump in order to suck water from a tank and feed the water under pressure to at least one injector through a feeding duct; cyclically opening, when the internal combustion engine is turned on, the injector in order to inject the water towards at least one cylinder of the internal combustion engine; filling with water, when the internal combustion engine is turned on, the feeding duct and the injector by operating the pump in order to suck the water from the tank and feed the water into the feeding duct and characterized by opening a release valve, which is arranged along the feeding duct and connects the feeding duct to an outside; the injection method is further measuring a pressure (P H2O) of the water inside a common rail to which the injector is connected; and closing, during the filling of the feeding duct and of the injector, the release valve as a function of the pressure (P H2O) of the water inside the common rail.
A processor, comprising: one or more processor resources comprising one or more vector register files; and a plurality of hardware threads communicably coupled to the one or more processor resources, wherein the processor is to permit accesses to the one or more vector register files by a subset of hardware threads of the plurality of hardware threads and to exclude a remainder of the plurality of hardware threads from accessing the one or more vector register files, wherein a number of hardware threads in the subset of hardware threads is more than one but less than a total number of hardware threads of the plurality of hardware threads, wherein the subset of hardware threads having a permission of simultaneous accesses to the one or more processor resources are fixed in hardware, and wherein responsive to detecting a program running on a hardware threads that is not one of the subset of hardware threads attempts to access the one or more vector register files, the processor is to: swap the program out of the first hardware thread onto a memory; and swap the program from the memory onto a second hardware thread that is one of the subset of hardware threads. one or more processor resources comprising one or more vector register files; and a plurality of hardware threads communicably coupled to the one or more processor resources, wherein the processor is to permit accesses to the one or more vector register files by a subset of hardware threads of the plurality of hardware threads and to exclude a remainder of the plurality of hardware threads from accessing the one or more vector register files, wherein a number of hardware threads in the subset of hardware threads is more than one but less than a total number of hardware threads of the plurality of hardware threads, wherein the subset of hardware threads having a permission of simultaneous accesses to the one or more processor resources are fixed in hardware, and wherein responsive to detecting a program running on a hardware threads that is not one of the subset of hardware threads attempts to access the one or more vector register files, the processor is to: swap the program out of the first hardware thread onto a memory; and swap the program from the memory onto a second hardware thread that is one of the subset of hardware threads. swap the program out of the first hardware thread onto a memory; and swap the program from the memory onto a second hardware thread that is one of the subset of hardware threads.
An installation for treating packaging closure elements (C, B) each having a peripheral edge, the installation comprising a treatment zone and a transport device for transporting packaging closure elements (C, B), the device comprising both a slideway having two opposite longitudinal flanges (11.1, 11.2) receiving in slidable manner two opposite portions of the peripheral edge of each closure element, and also movement means for moving the closure elements along the slideway, the installation being characterized in that the device includes at least one transverse blow nozzle mounted in a hole (13.1, 13.2) in one of the flanges (11.1, 11.2) of the slideway in order to eject a flow of air towards the opposite flange (11.2, 11.1), the transverse nozzle being associated with a control element for selectively allowing or interrupting air feed to the transverse blow nozzle, and in that the slideway has a first segment upstream from the treatment zone, a second segment in the treatment zone, and a third segment downstream from the treatment zone, the transverse blow nozzle being mounted on the second segment.
A road vehicle comprising: a frame comprising two door sills (19a, 19b), which are oriented longitudinally, are arranged laterally on opposite sides of the frame, and have a tubular shape internally hollow, so that a seat (20a, 20b) is defined inside each door sill (19a, 19b); and at least one operating device, which is arranged inside at least one first door sill in the corresponding seat; the road vehicle is characterised in that the operating device is a water-oil heat exchanger (15, 16), wherein the oil cools down by giving part of its heat to a cooling fluid. a frame comprising two door sills (19a, 19b), which are oriented longitudinally, are arranged laterally on opposite sides of the frame, and have a tubular shape internally hollow, so that a seat (20a, 20b) is defined inside each door sill (19a, 19b); and at least one operating device, which is arranged inside at least one first door sill in the corresponding seat; the road vehicle is characterised in that the operating device is a water-oil heat exchanger (15, 16), wherein the oil cools down by giving part of its heat to a cooling fluid.
A method comprising: partitioning a depth map image into a plurality of blocks; partitioning a texture image into a plurality of blocks, wherein the size and position of a block of the plurality of blocks of the texture image corresponds to the size and position of a block of the plurality of blocks of the depth image; determining a depth property value for each of the plurality of blocks of the depth map image; determining a texture property value for each of the plurality of blocks of the texture image; and for each of the plurality of blocks, using the depth property value of the block of the depth map image and the texture property value of the corresponding block of the texture image to select a set of filter parameters from a look up table and filtering the block of the depth map image with a filter based on the selected set of filter parameters, wherein the texture property value is a value returned from a function of pixel texture values of the block of the texture image and the depth property value is a value returned from a function of pixel depth values of the block of the depth map image, and wherein the function of pixel depth values of the block of the depth map image comprises an output from a face detection algorithm for the pixel depth values of the block of the depth map image, wherein the output from the face detection algorithm is indicative of whether a face has been detected within the block and of the percentage fraction which the detected face occupies in the block. partitioning a depth map image into a plurality of blocks; partitioning a texture image into a plurality of blocks, wherein the size and position of a block of the plurality of blocks of the texture image corresponds to the size and position of a block of the plurality of blocks of the depth image; determining a depth property value for each of the plurality of blocks of the depth map image; determining a texture property value for each of the plurality of blocks of the texture image; and for each of the plurality of blocks, using the depth property value of the block of the depth map image and the texture property value of the corresponding block of the texture image to select a set of filter parameters from a look up table and filtering the block of the depth map image with a filter based on the selected set of filter parameters, wherein the texture property value is a value returned from a function of pixel texture values of the block of the texture image and the depth property value is a value returned from a function of pixel depth values of the block of the depth map image, and wherein the function of pixel depth values of the block of the depth map image comprises an output from a face detection algorithm for the pixel depth values of the block of the depth map image, wherein the output from the face detection algorithm is indicative of whether a face has been detected within the block and of the percentage fraction which the detected face occupies in the block.
A radio communication apparatus comprising: an arrangement section that arranges first pilot sequences that are orthogonal between a plurality of sectors or between a plurality of cells and second pilot sequences that are common between the plurality of sectors or between the plurality of cells, to positions in a frequency domain and a time domain, each of the first pilot sequences and the second pilot sequences being comprised of a plurality of pilots; and a transmission section that transmits the arranged first pilot sequences and the arranged second pilot sequences, characterized in that, in one sub-frame, the arrangement section arranges the second pilot sequences to second frequencies other than first frequencies, the first frequencies being frequencies to which pilots of the first pilot sequences that have a same value among the plurality of sectors or among the plurality of cells are arranged. an arrangement section that arranges first pilot sequences that are orthogonal between a plurality of sectors or between a plurality of cells and second pilot sequences that are common between the plurality of sectors or between the plurality of cells, to positions in a frequency domain and a time domain, each of the first pilot sequences and the second pilot sequences being comprised of a plurality of pilots; and a transmission section that transmits the arranged first pilot sequences and the arranged second pilot sequences, characterized in that, in one sub-frame, the arrangement section arranges the second pilot sequences to second frequencies other than first frequencies, the first frequencies being frequencies to which pilots of the first pilot sequences that have a same value among the plurality of sectors or among the plurality of cells are arranged.
Fuel cell device, which is provided to be operated with a fluidic fuel, with a desulfurization unit (12a; 12b), which is provided to desulfurize the fuel at least partially, with a reformer unit (14a; 14b), which is provided for generating at least one fuel gas, and with a fuel cell unit (16a; 16b), and with a water supply unit (18a; 18b), which is provided for supplying water at least temporarily to the reformer unit (14a; 14b) at least in case of a shutdown of the fuel cell unit (16a; 16b), wherein the water supply unit comprises at least one water reservoir, which is provided for providing water for supplying the reformer unit at least in case of a shutdown of the fuel cell unit, characterized in that the water reservoir is arranged above the reformer unit with respect to a common reference level.
Method for determining a charge state of a latent heat storage device, wherein a phase change material is arranged in a substantially stationary manner in the latent heat storage device, wherein a temperature is measured at at least two positions of the latent heat storage device by means of temperature sensors, characterized in that a temperature field in the phase change material is calculated by a computing unit with the measured temperatures, and in that a distribution of a local charge state of the phase change material is determined by means of the temperature field.
A method of preparing a hemostatic product comprising: fabricating a plurality of hemostatic layers that each comprise: forming an electro spun dextran support; and dispensing at least one hemostatic agent on the electrospun dextran support, wherein the at least one hemostatic agent is selected from the group consisting of thrombin and fibrinogen; and arranging the hemostatic layers in a stacked configuration; and cutting the hemostatic product into at least two pieces using a cutter; and fusing the hemostatic layers adjacent to the cutter. fabricating a plurality of hemostatic layers that each comprise: forming an electro spun dextran support; and dispensing at least one hemostatic agent on the electrospun dextran support, wherein the at least one hemostatic agent is selected from the group consisting of thrombin and fibrinogen; and forming an electro spun dextran support; and dispensing at least one hemostatic agent on the electrospun dextran support, wherein the at least one hemostatic agent is selected from the group consisting of thrombin and fibrinogen; and arranging the hemostatic layers in a stacked configuration; and cutting the hemostatic product into at least two pieces using a cutter; and fusing the hemostatic layers adjacent to the cutter.
A multi-clamp type stretch forming machine, comprising clamping mechanisms, stretching mechanisms and a machine frame, each clamping mechanism comprising a clamping frame, a clamper (8, 9) and a hydraulic clamping cylinder and a row of multiple clamping mechanisms aligned on each of opposite sides of the machine frame, characterized by the clamping frame of each clamping mechanism being provided with two connecting holes (5, 16), each connecting hole (5, 16) being coupled with one or more stretching mechanisms by means of a universal push-pull mechanism, wherein said two connecting holes (5, 16) comprise a rear connecting hole and a lower connecting hole, the lower connecting hole being coupled with a vertically disposed stretching mechanism by means of a universal push-pull mechanism, and the rear connecting hole being coupled, by means of another universal push-pull mechanism, with a horizontally disposed stretching mechanism, or simultaneously with a set of stretching mechanisms which comprise any combination of a horizontally disposed stretching mechanism, an obliquely disposed stretching mechanism and a vertically disposed stretching mechanism.