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A method for reducing bit-depth of image data for an imaging device, comprising: receiving an image frame for display to the imaging device; applying temporal error diffusion for the image frame to produce a plurality of image subframes, wherein temporal errors generated in one subframe of the plurality of image subframes are passed to a next subframe of the plurality of image subframes for temporal error diffusion; and applying spatial error diffusion to remaining temporal errors from the temporal error diffusion of the image frame, further comprising dividing the temporal errors generated in each of the plurality of image subframes into a lightness temporal error and a chrominance temporal error, and wherein the propagation of errors from the temporal modulation to the spatial domain is adjusted differently for luminance and chrominance channels. receiving an image frame for display to the imaging device; applying temporal error diffusion for the image frame to produce a plurality of image subframes, wherein temporal errors generated in one subframe of the plurality of image subframes are passed to a next subframe of the plurality of image subframes for temporal error diffusion; and applying spatial error diffusion to remaining temporal errors from the temporal error diffusion of the image frame, further comprising dividing the temporal errors generated in each of the plurality of image subframes into a lightness temporal error and a chrominance temporal error, and wherein the propagation of errors from the temporal modulation to the spatial domain is adjusted differently for luminance and chrominance channels.
A process for producing a mixture of 2 to 40% by weight of glycols dissolved in water with a ratio of between 1: 5 to 1: 100 for the combined selectivity for erythritol and sorbitol: the combined selectivity for ethylene glycol and propylene glycol, of the reaction products produced by said process, which process comprises feeding to a pressurized, continuously stirred tank reactor hydrogen and an aqueous feed solution comprising water and a carbohydrate, wherein the reactor contains a catalyst system which comprises a homogeneous catalyst comprising a tungsten compound and a heterogeneous catalyst comprising a hydrogenolysis metal selected from the groups 8, 9 or 10 of the Periodic Table of the Elements, characterized in that the carbohydrate in the aqueous feed comprises at least 80% of sucrose, by weight based on the total amount of carbohydrate in the aqueous feed.
A packaging including an injection moulded plastic container and a plastic lid, said container having a bottom and a peripheral side wall extending from said bottom and defining opposite said bottom a peripheral rim, said side wall having connecting means for attaching said plastic lid to said container in a tight relationship, said lid and said side wall tightly abutting each other in a peripheral sealing area adjacent said rim when said lid is attached to said container, wherein the lid and the side wall have on the surfaces thereof facing the inside of the packaging a number of projections, said projections on said side wall defining a number of side wall recesses and being integrally formed in the injection moulding process by the plastic material forming the container side wall flowing into mould recesses formed in said injection mould, such that at least an area, and preferably the entire area, of said surfaces facing the inside of the packaging have a 3D roughness R a greater than about 15μm and wherein: a) said side wall recesses have a depth of 0,1 mm-0,35mm or b) at least an area, and preferably the entire area, of said surfaces of the peripheral side wall facing the inside of the packaging has a 3D roughness R a of at most 70μm. a) said side wall recesses have a depth of 0,1 mm-0,35mm or b) at least an area, and preferably the entire area, of said surfaces of the peripheral side wall facing the inside of the packaging has a 3D roughness R a of at most 70μm.
Dowel pin for pressing into a hollow cylindrical receptacle, wherein the dowel pin is of sleeve-shaped form and, in its circumference, has at least one slot (44; 54) which is continuous in a longitudinal direction of the dowel pin and by way of which the dowel pin is elastically deformable in a radial direction, wherein the radial elasticity of the dowel pin is variable over the longitudinal extent of said dowel pin and increases in the pressing-in direction of the dowel pin, characterized in that the dowel pin has, in addition to the continuous slot (44; 54), at least one further slot (46; 56) which is offset in a circumferential direction with respect to said continuous slot and which extends only over a part (y) of the longitudinal extent of the dowel pin, and in that the width (c), as viewed in the circumferential direction of the dowel pin, of the at least one further slot (46; 56) increases in the pressing-in direction of the dowel pin.
A powder processing apparatus for classifying and degassing a powder material, the apparatus comprising a vessel including: an interior chamber having top and bottom regions (26, 28), and a gas outlet, in the top region, to the exterior of the vessel, a wall dividing the bottom region into first and second sub-regions (28a, 28b), with the top region extending above the wall, and first and second porous plates (34a, 34b) dividing the first and second sub-regions (28a, 28b) such that there are first and second gas manifold regions (36a, 36b) below the first and second porous plates (34a, 34b), the first and second gas manifold regions (36a, 36b) including first and second gas inlets (38a, 38b) from the exterior of the vessel, wherein the top region has a larger diameter than the bottom region, and the vessel includes a bottom cylindrical section that has a first diameter, a top cylindrical section that has a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter, and a frustoconical intermediate section joining the bottom cylindrical section and the top cylindrical section; characterised in that: the wall extends into the frustoconical intermediate section. an interior chamber having top and bottom regions (26, 28), and a gas outlet, in the top region, to the exterior of the vessel, a wall dividing the bottom region into first and second sub-regions (28a, 28b), with the top region extending above the wall, and first and second porous plates (34a, 34b) dividing the first and second sub-regions (28a, 28b) such that there are first and second gas manifold regions (36a, 36b) below the first and second porous plates (34a, 34b), the first and second gas manifold regions (36a, 36b) including first and second gas inlets (38a, 38b) from the exterior of the vessel, wherein the top region has a larger diameter than the bottom region, and the vessel includes a bottom cylindrical section that has a first diameter, a top cylindrical section that has a second diameter that is greater than the first diameter, and a frustoconical intermediate section joining the bottom cylindrical section and the top cylindrical section; characterised in that: the wall extends into the frustoconical intermediate section.
Apparatus for moulding an article, the apparatus comprising: a mould having a structure which permits the flow of gas therethrough; the apparatus being arranged to supply gas to the mould at a plurality of supply ports and to cause the gas to flow through the mould so as to control the temperature of the article in the mould, and to be exhausted from the mould at a plurality of exhaust ports; characterized in that the apparatus further comprising: a plurality of heat exchangers located externally to the mould, each heat exchanger being arranged to transfer heat between the gas flowing from at least one of the exhaust ports to at least one of the supply ports and a supply of liquid. a mould having a structure which permits the flow of gas therethrough; the apparatus being arranged to supply gas to the mould at a plurality of supply ports and to cause the gas to flow through the mould so as to control the temperature of the article in the mould, and to be exhausted from the mould at a plurality of exhaust ports; characterized in that the apparatus further comprising: a plurality of heat exchangers located externally to the mould, each heat exchanger being arranged to transfer heat between the gas flowing from at least one of the exhaust ports to at least one of the supply ports and a supply of liquid. a plurality of heat exchangers located externally to the mould, each heat exchanger being arranged to transfer heat between the gas flowing from at least one of the exhaust ports to at least one of the supply ports and a supply of liquid.
A signal processing device comprising: an input means which inputs an input signal through a converter device; a memory means which stores a minimum value obtained by recording only noise in a quiet environment as reference minimum value through a reference converter device; a comparison means which compares a minimum value of the input signal and the reference minimum value thus providing a comparison result which uses a ratio of the minimum value of the input signal and the reference minimum value; and a modification means which modifies the gain of the input signal in accordance with the comparison result of the comparison means. an input means which inputs an input signal through a converter device; a memory means which stores a minimum value obtained by recording only noise in a quiet environment as reference minimum value through a reference converter device; a comparison means which compares a minimum value of the input signal and the reference minimum value thus providing a comparison result which uses a ratio of the minimum value of the input signal and the reference minimum value; and a modification means which modifies the gain of the input signal in accordance with the comparison result of the comparison means.
A method of autonomous operation of a vehicle, the method comprising: determining, by the vehicle currently operating autonomously, a current context in which the vehicle is operating autonomously; determining, by the vehicle currently operating autonomously and based on the current context, one of a plurality of operations to perform when the vehicle is unable to continue to operate autonomously and unable to transfer control of the vehicle to an occupant, wherein the determined one of the plurality of operations includes selecting, from a plurality of available companion vehicles having a safety profile that is closest to a safety preference of the vehicle, a companion vehicle traveling along with the autonomous vehicle that is available to take control of the vehicle; and performing, by the vehicle, the determined one of the plurality of operations to select the companion vehicle and transfer control to the companion vehicle. determining, by the vehicle currently operating autonomously, a current context in which the vehicle is operating autonomously; determining, by the vehicle currently operating autonomously and based on the current context, one of a plurality of operations to perform when the vehicle is unable to continue to operate autonomously and unable to transfer control of the vehicle to an occupant, wherein the determined one of the plurality of operations includes selecting, from a plurality of available companion vehicles having a safety profile that is closest to a safety preference of the vehicle, a companion vehicle traveling along with the autonomous vehicle that is available to take control of the vehicle; and performing, by the vehicle, the determined one of the plurality of operations to select the companion vehicle and transfer control to the companion vehicle.
A system to optimize application code allowing for delayed update software caching in a multiprocessor or multicore system, comprising: a first analysis module to perform inter-procedural analysis on the application code, the first analysis to determine global variables used in the application code, wherein the determined global variables are both written to and read from; and a code generation module arranged to generate optimized application code, the optimized application code to allow for delayed cache updates; characterised by:- said code generation module being arranged to generate, as optimized application code, application code which is to relax cache coherence of delay-tolerant global data by allowing limited retrieval of older data from non-updated cache based on a tolerable error rate. a first analysis module to perform inter-procedural analysis on the application code, the first analysis to determine global variables used in the application code, wherein the determined global variables are both written to and read from; and a code generation module arranged to generate optimized application code, the optimized application code to allow for delayed cache updates; characterised by:- said code generation module being arranged to generate, as optimized application code, application code which is to relax cache coherence of delay-tolerant global data by allowing limited retrieval of older data from non-updated cache based on a tolerable error rate.
A device for inspecting and/or cleaning pipes and/or channels, comprising a probe and at least one measuring device for measuring a pipe or channel geometry and for measuring a distance between the probe and an object located in the pipe or channel, wherein the probe is equipped with at least one camera and the measuring device is coupled to a control device, wherein the measuring device comprises at least one TOF sensor, characterized in that the control device is adapted to adjust a focusing unit of the camera and/or an illumination unit coupled to the control device on the basis of measurement data from the TOF sensor. wherein the probe is equipped with at least one camera and the measuring device is coupled to a control device, wherein the measuring device comprises at least one TOF sensor, characterized in that the control device is adapted to adjust a focusing unit of the camera and/or an illumination unit coupled to the control device on the basis of measurement data from the TOF sensor.
A machine-readable medium including instructions for providing therapy to a patient, which when executed by a machine operably connected to a plurality of electrodes implanted within the patient, cause the machine to: receive, via a programmer for an electrical stimulator, user input that at least partially defines a neuromodulation field to provide the therapy; based on the received user input, determine a subset of the plurality of electrodes and current distributions for the subset to generate the field; compare an electrode limit to a number of electrodes in the determined subset and eliminate at least one of the number of electrodes in the determined subset based on the comparison to provide a reduced subset of the electrodes; and redistribute current associated with the at least one eliminated electrode to at least one of the electrodes in the reduced subset of electrodes. receive, via a programmer for an electrical stimulator, user input that at least partially defines a neuromodulation field to provide the therapy; based on the received user input, determine a subset of the plurality of electrodes and current distributions for the subset to generate the field; compare an electrode limit to a number of electrodes in the determined subset and eliminate at least one of the number of electrodes in the determined subset based on the comparison to provide a reduced subset of the electrodes; and redistribute current associated with the at least one eliminated electrode to at least one of the electrodes in the reduced subset of electrodes.
An information storage device comprising a memory for storing data and a controller for performing access control on the memory, wherein the controller performs locking of the memory to validate access control on the memory, the information storage device is placeable in an information processing apparatus; the locking of the memory is performed by the controller on the basis of a lock command and an identifier output from the information processing apparatus, characterized in that the controller is adapted to perform standard locking, if the lock command is a standard lock command output from the information processing apparatus, wherein standard locking and standard unlocking is performed individually by the information processing apparatus, or export locking, if the lock command is an export lock command output from the information processing apparatus, wherein export locking and export unlocking is performed by the information processing apparatus being a member of a group of information processing apparatuses having an export lock key set being a sub key set [IDen, LKen] commonly stored in the information processing apparatuses, and in that the information storage device stores lock status information in a storage means of the information storage device, the lock status information includes information based on which it is determined whether the information storage device is standard-locked or export-locked, and the controller outputs, on the basis of the lock status information, the export lock key set to the information processing apparatus provided that it is determined that the information storage device is export-locked. the controller performs locking of the memory to validate access control on the memory, the information storage device is placeable in an information processing apparatus; the locking of the memory is performed by the controller on the basis of a lock command and an identifier output from the information processing apparatus, characterized in that standard locking, if the lock command is a standard lock command output from the information processing apparatus, wherein standard locking and standard unlocking is performed individually by the information processing apparatus, or export locking, if the lock command is an export lock command output from the information processing apparatus, wherein export locking and export unlocking is performed by the information processing apparatus being a member of a group of information processing apparatuses having an export lock key set being a sub key set [IDen, LKen] commonly stored in the information processing apparatuses, and in that the information storage device stores lock status information in a storage means of the information storage device, the lock status information includes information based on which it is determined whether the information storage device is standard-locked or export-locked, and the controller outputs, on the basis of the lock status information, the export lock key set to the information processing apparatus provided that it is determined that the information storage device is export-locked.
Method for obtaining an organic functionalized inorganic substrate characterized by the direct covalent bond of one or more different organic functional moieties to the metal hydroxide and/or metal oxide surface of said inorganic substrate comprising the steps of: a) drying an inorganic substrate under vacuum, b) removing protons of the dried inorganic substrate by reacting said dried substrate with a reagent, whereby said reagent is preferably an alcohol, c) removing the excess of reagent, d) reacting the dried substrate obtained in step c) in the presence of a dry solvent with an organometallic reagent, and e) optionally washing and further drying the obtained organic functionalized substrate; wherein the direct covalent binding of the organic functional groups to the surface of the substrate results in an M-C bond not including an oxygen bridge, wherein M is a metal on a surface of said substrate. a) drying an inorganic substrate under vacuum, b) removing protons of the dried inorganic substrate by reacting said dried substrate with a reagent, whereby said reagent is preferably an alcohol, c) removing the excess of reagent, d) reacting the dried substrate obtained in step c) in the presence of a dry solvent with an organometallic reagent, and e) optionally washing and further drying the obtained organic functionalized substrate;
A method for wireless communication, implemented at a wireless device, the method comprising: receiving, by the wireless device, a request to obtain cell information associated with a target cell, by receiving a measurement configuration from a serving cell; receiving, from the target cell, a first synchronization block, wherein the target cell is a new radio, NR, cell; determining that the first synchronization block is not associated with the cell information associated with the target cell, and determining that the first synchronization block comprises information related to a second synchronization block of the target cell; and transmitting, to the serving cell, the information related to the second synchronization block of the target cell, and an indication that indicates that the wireless device received a first synchronization block of the target cell that is not associated with the cell information of the target cell, in response to the request to obtain the cell information receiving, by the wireless device, a request to obtain cell information associated with a target cell, by receiving a measurement configuration from a serving cell; receiving, from the target cell, a first synchronization block, wherein the target cell is a new radio, NR, cell; determining that the first synchronization block is not associated with the cell information associated with the target cell, and determining that the first synchronization block comprises information related to a second synchronization block of the target cell; and transmitting, to the serving cell, the information related to the second synchronization block of the target cell, and an indication that indicates that the wireless device received a first synchronization block of the target cell that is not associated with the cell information of the target cell, in response to the request to obtain the cell information
An aqueous ophthalmic pharmaceutical composition, comprising: a pharmaceutical vehicle suitable for topical application to an eye of a human; travoprost; a polymeric quaternary ammonium compound as preservative; one or more polyols selected from mannitol, glycerin, xylitol, sorbitol and propylene glycol; and a surfactant wherein the surfactant is ethoxylated and hydrogenated castor oil at a concentration in the composition of less than 0.3 w/v %, wherein i. the ethoxylated and hydrogenated castor oil surfactant is entirely or substantially entirely the only surfactant in the composition; and ii. the composition is free of any benzalkonium chloride. a pharmaceutical vehicle suitable for topical application to an eye of a human; travoprost; a polymeric quaternary ammonium compound as preservative; one or more polyols selected from mannitol, glycerin, xylitol, sorbitol and propylene glycol; and a surfactant wherein the surfactant is ethoxylated and hydrogenated castor oil at a concentration in the composition of less than 0.3 w/v %, wherein i. the ethoxylated and hydrogenated castor oil surfactant is entirely or substantially entirely the only surfactant in the composition; and ii. the composition is free of any benzalkonium chloride. i. the ethoxylated and hydrogenated castor oil surfactant is entirely or substantially entirely the only surfactant in the composition; and ii. the composition is free of any benzalkonium chloride.