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A method for estimating optical flow, comprising: - receiving asynchronous information originating from a light sensor having a pixel matrix arranged facing a scene, the asynchronous information comprising, for each pixel of the matrix, successive events originating from said pixel and depending on light variations in the scene, characterized in that it further comprises: - for each pixel of the matrix, memorizing the time of occurrence of the most recent event originating from said pixel; - for a place of estimation (p) in the pixel matrix and an estimation time (t), selecting a set (S p,t) of events originating from pixels lying in a spatial neighborhood (π p) of the place of estimation and having arisen in a time interval (θ) defined with respect to the estimation time, the set having at most one event per pixel of the spatial neighborhood and including each event having a time of occurrence in said time interval (θ) defined with respect to the estimation time and memorized for a pixel of said spatial neighborhood (π p) of the place of estimation; and - quantizing variations in the times of occurrence of the events of the selected set as a function of positions, in the matrix, of the pixels from which said events originate. - receiving asynchronous information originating from a light sensor having a pixel matrix arranged facing a scene, the asynchronous information comprising, for each pixel of the matrix, successive events originating from said pixel and depending on light variations in the scene, - for each pixel of the matrix, memorizing the time of occurrence of the most recent event originating from said pixel; - for a place of estimation (p) in the pixel matrix and an estimation time (t), selecting a set (S p,t) of events originating from pixels lying in a spatial neighborhood (π p) of the place of estimation and having arisen in a time interval (θ) defined with respect to the estimation time, the set having at most one event per pixel of the spatial neighborhood and including each event having a time of occurrence in said time interval (θ) defined with respect to the estimation time and memorized for a pixel of said spatial neighborhood (π p) of the place of estimation; and - quantizing variations in the times of occurrence of the events of the selected set as a function of positions, in the matrix, of the pixels from which said events originate.
A process for edging a lens comprising forming a lens-protective transparent coating layer on the surface of the lens, said transparent coating layer having a surface energy of less than 15 mJ/m 2, edging the coated lens, and removing the transparent coating layer from the edged lens, characterised in that the lens-protective transparent coating layer comprises a fluorine-containing elastomer.
An infusion pump system comprising: a pump housing; a pump fixed in the pump housing; a medicament container removably situated within the pump housing; a magnetic field source associated with the medicament container; a magnetically activated sensor located within or on the pump housing; and a processor configured to receive a signal from the magnetically activated sensor and to control actuation of the pump, characterized in that the sensor is calibrated to detect the presence of a magnetic field from the magnetic field source of the medicament container when the reservoir is situated properly within the housing of the pump, and the processor interpreting this signal of sensor as meaning the medicament container is situated properly within the pump housing. a pump housing; a pump fixed in the pump housing; a medicament container removably situated within the pump housing; a magnetic field source associated with the medicament container; a magnetically activated sensor located within or on the pump housing; and a processor configured to receive a signal from the magnetically activated sensor and to control actuation of the pump, characterized in that the sensor is calibrated to detect the presence of a magnetic field from the magnetic field source of the medicament container when the reservoir is situated properly within the housing of the pump, and the processor interpreting this signal of sensor as meaning the medicament container is situated properly within the pump housing.
An escalator system comprising: a pit in at least a first or a second end of the escalator, said pit having an access cover plate, a detector indicating when the access cover plate is open and when it is closed, and a user interface which is located in said pit and which in an active state provides the escalator system with control signals controlling the operation of the escalator and which in a passive state does not affect the operation of the escalator, characterized in that the escalator system is configured to stop movement of the escalator if the detector indicates that the access cover plate is closed while the user interface is in the active state. a pit in at least a first or a second end of the escalator, said pit having an access cover plate, a detector indicating when the access cover plate is open and when it is closed, and a user interface which is located in said pit and which in an active state provides the escalator system with control signals controlling the operation of the escalator and which in a passive state does not affect the operation of the escalator, characterized in that the escalator system is configured to stop movement of the escalator if the detector indicates that the access cover plate is closed while the user interface is in the active state.
A valve assembly for use with a surgical instrument, the valve assembly comprising: a housing (2190, 2192); a seal assembly disposed within the housing, the seal assembly including: a septum seal including an orifice configured to sealingly engage a surgical instrument inserted therethrough; a first guard member (21 40) including a plurality of first guard portions defining slits therebetween, wherein, in a rest position of the first guard member, each slit progressively increases in width as it extends radially outward from a center aperture such that the slits are generally triangular in shape; a second guard member positioned in an offset position relative to the first guard member, the second guard member including a plurality of second guard portions defining slits (2 152') therebetween, wherein, in a rest position of the second guard member, each slit progressively increases in width as it extends radially outward from a center aperture such that the slits are generally triangular in shape; and wherein each of the first guard portions and slits of the first guard member have the same geometries as the second guard portions and slits of the second guard member. a septum seal including an orifice configured to sealingly engage a surgical instrument inserted therethrough; a first guard member (21 40) including a plurality of first guard portions defining slits therebetween, wherein, in a rest position of the first guard member, each slit progressively increases in width as it extends radially outward from a center aperture such that the slits are generally triangular in shape; a second guard member positioned in an offset position relative to the first guard member, the second guard member including a plurality of second guard portions defining slits (2 152') therebetween, wherein, in a rest position of the second guard member, each slit progressively increases in width as it extends radially outward from a center aperture such that the slits are generally triangular in shape; and wherein each of the first guard portions and slits of the first guard member have the same geometries as the second guard portions and slits of the second guard member.
Motor vehicle panel incorporating a lighting element, comprising: - a skin having an external face oriented towards the outside of the vehicle and an opposite internal face oriented towards the inside of the vehicle, said skin having at least one window allowing light to pass through; - a light source that is able to emit light rays and a fastening device for said light source, said fastening device bearing against said internal face so as to hold said light source substantially facing said window, -said fastening device also comprising a solid transparent portion, extending from said light source as far as said skin and passing through said window, the fastening device also comprising fastening tabs situated on either side of the light source, characterized in that the fastening device comprises holding clips that are able to hold the light source against the transparent portion and in that the fastening tabs and the holding clips are distributed alternately over the entire length of the light source. - a skin having an external face oriented towards the outside of the vehicle and an opposite internal face oriented towards the inside of the vehicle, said skin having at least one window allowing light to pass through; - a light source that is able to emit light rays and a fastening device for said light source, said fastening device bearing against said internal face so as to hold said light source substantially facing said window, -said fastening device also comprising a solid transparent portion, extending from said light source as far as said skin and passing through said window, the fastening device also comprising fastening tabs situated on either side of the light source, characterized in that the fastening device comprises holding clips that are able to hold the light source against the transparent portion and in that the fastening tabs and the holding clips are distributed alternately over the entire length of the light source.
A container comprising a base and a lid defining a first compartment for storing unused snus therebetween, wherein the lid includes a separating element, said container being characterised in that: said separating element is elastically stretchable to enable a user to form or enlarge a second compartment for storing used snus on the other side of said separating element to the first compartment and allow the relative volumes of the first and second compartments to be gradually changed depending on the amount of unused and used snus stored respectively in the compartments.
Internal combustion engine, comprising at least one camshaft, at least two flat tappets which are driven by the camshaft and which actuate combustion valves, wherein the flat tappets and/or the camshaft are guided and/or mounted in the cylinder crankcase, wherein the flat tappet is arranged substantially in a receiving bore in the cylinder crankcase and the flat tappets have at least one constriction and an oil supply, which is arranged in particular in the region of said constriction for the purposes of lubricating flat tappets and the running surface of said camshaft, and the oil supply recess is arranged on the cam run-on side, on which the lateral force forms the greatest play, characterized in that the mounting of the flat tappet in the region between oil supply and camshaft has a defined play of at least 0.03 mm and at most 0.073 mm in order to convey a defined droplet oil quantity into the region of cam running surface and flat tappet.
A seat shell (1, 1') having a profile element (2, 2'; 20) with a backrest region and a seat surface region angled away therefrom, wherein the profile element has - a first hollow profile region (10; 100), which is arranged in a first side region (9; 90) of the profile element and in which at least one hollow chamber (11; 110, 111) is formed, - a second hollow profile region (13; 130), which is arranged in a second side region (12; 120) of the profile element and in which at least one hollow chamber (14; 140, 141) is formed, - a rib-shaped connection region (15; 150), which extends in the longitudinal direction and in the transverse direction and which forms a surface on a front side of the seat shell and which forms a surface on a rear side of the seat shell, via which the first hollow profile region (10; 100) and the second hollow profile region (13; 130) are connected to one another and are distanced from one another in the transverse direction via the first and the second hollow profile region, wherein the seat shell, in each of the first side region and the second side region, has at least one guide element (71, 81), which guide elements run in the longitudinal direction and into which a seat cover can be introduced, characterised in that the profile element (2, 2'; 20) is formed in one piece in the longitudinal direction. - a first hollow profile region (10; 100), which is arranged in a first side region (9; 90) of the profile element and in which at least one hollow chamber (11; 110, 111) is formed, - a second hollow profile region (13; 130), which is arranged in a second side region (12; 120) of the profile element and in which at least one hollow chamber (14; 140, 141) is formed, - a rib-shaped connection region (15; 150), which extends in the longitudinal direction and in the transverse direction and which forms a surface on a front side of the seat shell and which forms a surface on a rear side of the seat shell, via which the first hollow profile region (10; 100) and the second hollow profile region (13; 130) are connected to one another and are distanced from one another in the transverse direction via the first and the second hollow profile region,
A computer system comprising: a programmed processor coupled to and configured to read and write to a protected memory and to a volatile random access memory, wherein the processor is programmed to intercept write operations directed to the protected memory and to maintain in the volatile random access memory a plurality of identified memory blocks (57, 58) containing information that would have been written to the protected memory during said write operations but for the interception thereof; wherein the system is configured to perform: a memory management process operable to store at least one attribute flag for each of said plurality of identified memory blocks (57, 58), wherein the flag marks each of said identified memory blocks (57, 58) as committed to become permanent in the protected memory or as not committed to become permanent; and a memory write process wherein the processor selectively writes to the protected memory the identified memory blocks (57, 58) that are marked by said flag as committed to become permanent and refrains from writing to the protected memory the identified memory blocks (57, 58) that are marked by said flag as not committed to become permanent. a programmed processor coupled to and configured to read and write to a protected memory and to a volatile random access memory, wherein the processor is programmed to intercept write operations directed to the protected memory and to maintain in the volatile random access memory a plurality of identified memory blocks (57, 58) containing information that would have been written to the protected memory during said write operations but for the interception thereof; wherein the system is configured to perform: a memory management process operable to store at least one attribute flag for each of said plurality of identified memory blocks (57, 58), wherein the flag marks each of said identified memory blocks (57, 58) as committed to become permanent in the protected memory or as not committed to become permanent; and a memory write process wherein the processor selectively writes to the protected memory the identified memory blocks (57, 58) that are marked by said flag as committed to become permanent and refrains from writing to the protected memory the identified memory blocks (57, 58) that are marked by said flag as not committed to become permanent. a memory management process operable to store at least one attribute flag for each of said plurality of identified memory blocks (57, 58), wherein the flag marks each of said identified memory blocks (57, 58) as committed to become permanent in the protected memory or as not committed to become permanent; and a memory write process wherein the processor selectively writes to the protected memory the identified memory blocks (57, 58) that are marked by said flag as committed to become permanent and refrains from writing to the protected memory the identified memory blocks (57, 58) that are marked by said flag as not committed to become permanent.
Method for operating an internal combustion engine with an electrohydraulic valve control for a variable lift drive of a gas exchange valve which is spring-loaded in the closing direction comprising a camshaft and a hydraulic system which is arranged in the drive direction between the camshaft and the gas exchange valve and is connected to a pressure medium supply of the internal combustion engine, a first hydraulic piston which is driven by a cam of the camshaft and a second hydraulic piston which drives the gas exchange valve in the opening direction, a pressure space with a variable volume which is delimited by the first hydraulic piston and the second hydraulic piston, and a control duct which connects the pressure space to a pressure relief space, an electrically actuated hydraulic valve which is arranged in the control duct and permits a hydraulic medium flow through the flow duct in the open position of the hydraulic valve and shuts it off in the closed position of the hydraulic valve, and an electronic actuating means for actuating the hydraulic valve in a manner which is dependant on operating parameters of the internal combustion engine, characterized in that, during a starting phase of the internal combustion engine, the hydraulic valve is closed and opened again at least once between two strokes of the first hydraulic piston which follow one another directly.
A communication device performing access control in a network constituted of a plurality of communication devices such that communication timing of a packet will not collide with communication timing of another device by detecting a signal transmitted from another device, the communication device comprising; a transmission and reception unit configured to transmit a request-to-send packet to a second communication device in the network, receive from the second communication device a clear-to-send packet relative to the request-to-send packet, transmit a data packet to the second communication device in response to reception of the clear-to-send packet, and receive from the second communication device a data reception acknowledgement response packet relative to the data packet; the communication device being characterised by a control unit configured to write a first duration in the physical layer header of the request-to-send packet, and a second duration in the physical layer header of the data packet, wherein the first duration indicates a first period of time until the transmission of the clear-to-send packet, by the second communication device in response to reception of the request-to-send packet, is completed, and the second duration indicates a second period of time until the transmission of the data reception acknowledgement response packet, by the second communication device in response to reception of the data packet, is completed, and wherein based on at least one of the first duration and the second duration, a third communication device in the network is prohibited from performing transmission processing. a transmission and reception unit configured to transmit a request-to-send packet to a second communication device in the network, receive from the second communication device a clear-to-send packet relative to the request-to-send packet, transmit a data packet to the second communication device in response to reception of the clear-to-send packet, and receive from the second communication device a data reception acknowledgement response packet relative to the data packet; the communication device being characterised by a control unit configured to write a first duration in the physical layer header of the request-to-send packet, and a second duration in the physical layer header of the data packet, wherein the first duration indicates a first period of time until the transmission of the clear-to-send packet, by the second communication device in response to reception of the request-to-send packet, is completed, and the second duration indicates a second period of time until the transmission of the data reception acknowledgement response packet, by the second communication device in response to reception of the data packet, is completed, and wherein based on at least one of the first duration and the second duration, a third communication device in the network is prohibited from performing transmission processing.
A wireless power transmitter which is adapted to wirelessly transmit a power to a wireless power receiver, the wireless power transmitter comprising: a transmission coil for wireless transmitting a power; a power source for supplying the power to the transmission coil; a detector for detecting a state of the power transmitted through the transmission coil; a controller for determining an existence state of the wireless power receiver based on a detection result by the detector and for controlling a transmission of the power according to the determined existence state of the wireless power receiver, wherein the controller is adapted to control the transmission of the power in a pulsed scheme at a predetermined time interval for a specific time if the wireless power receiver does not exist and is adapted to control the transmission of the power in a continuous scheme if the wireless power receiver exists, wherein the controller is adapted to stop the continuous power output depending on determining that the wireless power receiver does not exist, wherein the controller is adapted to adjust an intensity of the power during the continuous transmission of the power. a transmission coil for wireless transmitting a power; a power source for supplying the power to the transmission coil; a detector for detecting a state of the power transmitted through the transmission coil; a controller for determining an existence state of the wireless power receiver based on a detection result by the detector and for controlling a transmission of the power according to the determined existence state of the wireless power receiver, wherein the controller is adapted to control the transmission of the power in a pulsed scheme at a predetermined time interval for a specific time if the wireless power receiver does not exist and is adapted to control the transmission of the power in a continuous scheme if the wireless power receiver exists, wherein the controller is adapted to stop the continuous power output depending on determining that the wireless power receiver does not exist, wherein the controller is adapted to adjust an intensity of the power during the continuous transmission of the power.