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Apparatus for processing signals from a touch panel, the touch panel comprising a layer of piezoelectric material disposed between a plurality of sensing electrodes (14, 20) and at least one common electrode, the sensing electrodes for determining touch location data indicating locations of one or more user interactions, the apparatus comprising: a first circuit for connection to the plurality of sensing electrodes and configured to generate one or more first pressure signals, wherein each first pressure signal corresponds to one or more sensing electrodes and is indicative of a pressure acting on the touch panel proximate to the corresponding one or more sensing electrodes; characterized in that the apparatus is further comprising: a second circuit for connection to the at least one common electrode and configured to generate a second pressure signal indicative of a total pressure applied to the touch panel; a controller configured to determine an estimate of the total pressure based on a weighted difference of the second pressure signal and a sum over the one or more first pressure signals. a first circuit for connection to the plurality of sensing electrodes and configured to generate one or more first pressure signals, wherein each first pressure signal corresponds to one or more sensing electrodes and is indicative of a pressure acting on the touch panel proximate to the corresponding one or more sensing electrodes; characterized in that the apparatus is further comprising: a second circuit for connection to the at least one common electrode and configured to generate a second pressure signal indicative of a total pressure applied to the touch panel; a controller configured to determine an estimate of the total pressure based on a weighted difference of the second pressure signal and a sum over the one or more first pressure signals. a second circuit for connection to the at least one common electrode and configured to generate a second pressure signal indicative of a total pressure applied to the touch panel; a controller configured to determine an estimate of the total pressure based on a weighted difference of the second pressure signal and a sum over the one or more first pressure signals.
A method for navigating a host vehicle (5441;5442) in proximity to a pedestrian crosswalk, the method comprising: receiving, from an image capture device (5441;5442), at least one image representative of an environment of the host vehicle (5441;5442); detecting, based on analysis of the at least one image, a representation of a pedestrian crosswalk in the at least one image; determining, based on analysis of the at least one image, whether a representation of a pedestrian appears in the at least one image; detecting a presence of a traffic light in the environment of the host vehicle; determining whether the detected traffic light is a pedestrian crosswalk signal relevant to the detected pedestrian crosswalk; determining a state of the detected traffic light; determining, when a representation of a pedestrian appears in the at least one image, a proximity of the pedestrian relative to the detected pedestrian crosswalk; determining, based on at least one driving policy, a planned navigational action for causing the host vehicle to navigate relative to the detected pedestrian crosswalk, wherein determination of the planned navigational action is further based on the determined state of the detected traffic light and the determined proximity of the pedestrian relative to the detected pedestrian crosswalk; and causing one or more actuator systems of the host vehicle to implement the planned navigational action. receiving, from an image capture device (5441;5442), at least one image representative of an environment of the host vehicle (5441;5442); detecting, based on analysis of the at least one image, a representation of a pedestrian crosswalk in the at least one image; determining, based on analysis of the at least one image, whether a representation of a pedestrian appears in the at least one image; detecting a presence of a traffic light in the environment of the host vehicle; determining whether the detected traffic light is a pedestrian crosswalk signal relevant to the detected pedestrian crosswalk; determining a state of the detected traffic light; determining, when a representation of a pedestrian appears in the at least one image, a proximity of the pedestrian relative to the detected pedestrian crosswalk; determining, based on at least one driving policy, a planned navigational action for causing the host vehicle to navigate relative to the detected pedestrian crosswalk, wherein determination of the planned navigational action is further based on the determined state of the detected traffic light and the determined proximity of the pedestrian relative to the detected pedestrian crosswalk; and causing one or more actuator systems of the host vehicle to implement the planned navigational action.
In vitro method for the prognosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis which comprises: a) measuring the level of expression or activity of ELOVL6, in a biological sample obtained from the subject, and b) wherein if a deviation or variation of the level of expression or activity is identified, as compared with the reference level of expression or activity measured in control patients, this is indicative that the subject has a bad prognosis.
A kit comprising a vehicle towing device and a vehicle structural member, which comprises an abutment surface for the vehicle towing device, the abutment surface comprising an attachment surface portion and a tapered inner contact surface portion, said vehicle towing device having a first extremity comprising a towing member, a second extremity comprising an attachment arrangement, and an elongated part extending there between, the elongated part comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion extending partially along the elongated part from the towing member towards the second portion, and the second portion extending partially along the elongated part from the first portion towards the attachment arrangement, the second portion having a conical outer contact surface extending peripherally from the first portion towards the attachment arrangement, the conical contact surface having a first cone radius at an end of the second portion facing the first portion and a second cone radius at an end of the second portion facing the attachment arrangement, where the first cone radius is larger than the second cone radius and a longitudinal extension of the second portion exceeds the second cone radius, wherein substantially the entire conical outer contact surface is in contact with the inner contact surface portion of the abutment surface when the vehicle towing device is attached to the vehicle structural member, wherein the longitudinal extension of the second portion and/or an angle between a centre axis in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle towing device and the conical contact surface are such that substantially all bending forces that will act on the vehicle towing device during towing will be transferred between the conical outer contact surface and the tapered inner contact surface portion.
Method for applying edge laminations which comprise an edging strip to the narrow sides of plate-type workpieces, more particularly of wood and/or wood substitutes, wherein an edging strip is applied to a narrow side of a workpiece, characterised in that in order to determine the thickness of the applied edge lamination the position of a mark is determined wherein a first distance is measured of the mark from a first reference position on the surface of the edge lamination and a second distance is measured of the mark from a second reference position on the surface of the narrow side which is to be provided with the edging strip, and/or is fixed to a known value when applying the mark, and wherein the thickness is determined by forming the difference between the first distance and the second distance.
A securing device for removably attaching a device to two mutually spaced apart head support rods (1a, 1b) of a motor vehicle seat, with a receiving bushing for receiving a plug element arranged on the device, and with a first and a second securing element (3, 3', 4, 4') with which the receiving bushing can be secured on the head support rods (1a, 1b), wherein the first and the second securing element (3, 3', 4, 4') are formed on opposite sides and are configured for to be arranged on the head support rods (1a, 1b), and wherein connecting means (5, 5a, 5b) are provided for reciprocally connecting the securing elements (3, 3', 4, 4'), characterized in that sliding elements (6a, 6b) are arranged between the securing elements (3, 3', 4, 4') and the head support rods (1a, 1b) and in that the sliding elements (6a, 6b) are designed as separate components and are inserted into the securing elements (3, 3', 4, 4') and in that the two securing elements (3, 4) are designed as elongate, substantially symmetrical half shells (3', 4'), open sides of which are directed toward each other and which jointly form an elongate hollow body.
An array antenna device comprising: a waveguide in which a plurality of probe inserting holes is provided in a first wall surface, and a plurality of connection shaft inserting holes is provided in a second wall surface facing the first wall surface; a plurality of feed probes each of which is inserted in one of the probe inserting holes, and to a first end of each of which at least one of multiple circularly polarized element antennas is connected; a plurality of connection shafts each of which is inserted in one of the connection shaft inserting holes, and a third end of each of which is connected to a second end of one of the feed probes; a plurality of rotation shafts, a fifth end of each of which is connected to a fourth end of one of the connection shafts; a plurality of rotation devices each of which is configured to rotate one of the rotation shafts; characterized by a control device that is configured to individually control rotation of the rotation devices. a waveguide in which a plurality of probe inserting holes is provided in a first wall surface, and a plurality of connection shaft inserting holes is provided in a second wall surface facing the first wall surface; a plurality of feed probes each of which is inserted in one of the probe inserting holes, and to a first end of each of which at least one of multiple circularly polarized element antennas is connected; a plurality of connection shafts each of which is inserted in one of the connection shaft inserting holes, and a third end of each of which is connected to a second end of one of the feed probes; a plurality of rotation shafts, a fifth end of each of which is connected to a fourth end of one of the connection shafts; a plurality of rotation devices each of which is configured to rotate one of the rotation shafts;
A method of shortening imaging time for diagnostic and functional imaging, comprising: a) obtaining at least two input images of a subject, using a medical imager, wherein each said input image comprises a different contrast; b) generating a plurality of copies of said input images of said subject using non-local mean filtering, using an appropriately programmed computer, wherein each said input image copy of said subject comprises different spatial characteristics; c) obtaining at least one reference image of said subject, using said medical imager, wherein said at least one reference image of said subject comprises imaging characteristics that are different form said input images of said subject; d) training a deep network model, using data augmentation on said appropriately programmed computer, to adaptively tune model parameters to approximate said reference image from an initial set of said input images; and e) outputting an improved quality image of said subject, for analysis by a physician. a) obtaining at least two input images of a subject, using a medical imager, wherein each said input image comprises a different contrast; b) generating a plurality of copies of said input images of said subject using non-local mean filtering, using an appropriately programmed computer, wherein each said input image copy of said subject comprises different spatial characteristics; c) obtaining at least one reference image of said subject, using said medical imager, wherein said at least one reference image of said subject comprises imaging characteristics that are different form said input images of said subject; d) training a deep network model, using data augmentation on said appropriately programmed computer, to adaptively tune model parameters to approximate said reference image from an initial set of said input images; and e) outputting an improved quality image of said subject, for analysis by a physician.
Mobile telephone apparatus for use in a cellular mobile telephone communications system, the apparatus comprising; input means operable to receive an input signal representative of a user generated call number defining a user selected call destination; signal generating means operable to prefix the input signal with a prefix signal representative of a selected prefix code defining at least a network connection route selected from a plurality of available routes to the user selected call destination; memory means (134, 135) operable to store a decision table containing predetermined data for determining prefix codes corresponding to a plurality of respective call destinations; selecting means operable to obtain said selected prefix code corresponding to said user selected call destination by addressing the memory means; output means operable to output an output signal corresponding to the input signal prefixed by the prefix signal; receiving means operable to receive a wireless broadcast signal of updating information, and updating means operable to update the predetermined data stored in the decision table in accordance with the received updating information.
A train (1;1a) comprising a plurality of carriages aligned along a longitudinal direction and coupled to one another via interfaces, which are the same as one another and comprise respective collapsible structures; each collapsible structure being plastically deformable up to a maximum buckling value when the interface is subjected to a longitudinal compression higher than a given threshold and having features such as to offer, during plastic deformation, a compressive strength substantially equal to that of a stiffness curve, which is set by design and increases in monotonic manner up to the maximum buckling value as a function of the longitudinal buckling; characterized in that said stiffness curve has a downward concavity, during plastic deformation, in all the points of said stiffness curve up to the maximum buckling value.
A method of incorporating an augmented reality image into a virtual environment, comprising detecting a state of a real-world control object (758, 1000) in an image captured by a video camera; augmenting the image responsive to the state of the control object; calculating a trajectory responsive to a state of the control object with respect to a local co-ordinate system of the image, for an action by a user using the control object; embedding the augmented image within a 3D virtual environment at a given position, scale and orientation; calculating the trajectory for the action with respect to a local co-ordinate system of the 3D virtual environment, based upon the given position, scale and orientation of the embedded augmented image; and rendering a graphical effect corresponding to the calculated trajectory for the action within the 3D virtual environment.
A flexible polyurethane or polyisocyanurate foam, coating, adhesive or elastomer comprising a hydroxyl-functional phospholene-1-oxide compound of the formula (I-A): wherein: the dashed line indicates a double bond located between the carbon atom at position 3 and one of the carbon atoms at positions 2 and 4, provided that each of the two ring carbon atoms which are not part of the double bond are each bonded to one of the two hydrogen atoms shown in the structural formula (I-A); R 1, R 2, R 3 and R 4 are independently selected from H, a linear or branched alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or chlorine; and, X is either and when X is Z is -(Y-O) n -, wherein Y is a linear or branched alkylene group containing from 2 to 8 carbon atoms and n represents an integer from 1 to 20; k may be 0 or 1; R 7 is selected from hydrogen, a hydroxy-terminated linear or branched alkylene group containing from 2 to about 8 carbon atoms; and, provided that when k is zero, R 7 is the hydroxy-terminated linear or branched alkylene group and when k is 1, R 7 is hydrogen, and when X is R 5 and R 6 are each independently selected from H, a linear or branched alkyl group containing from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a linear or branched alkenyl group containing from 2 to 8 carbon atoms, a hydroxyalkyl group containing from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, a halo-substituted alkyl group containing from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group containing from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an aryl group containing from 6 to 12 carbon atoms and an alkylaryl group containing from 7 to 16 carbon atoms, or R 5 and R 6 are bonded to each other to form a cycloalkyl group containing from 5 to about 8 carbon atoms. the dashed line indicates a double bond located between the carbon atom at position 3 and one of the carbon atoms at positions 2 and 4, provided that each of the two ring carbon atoms which are not part of the double bond are each bonded to one of the two hydrogen atoms shown in the structural formula (I-A); R 1, R 2, R 3 and R 4 are independently selected from H, a linear or branched alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or chlorine; and, X is either and when X is Z is -(Y-O) n -, wherein Y is a linear or branched alkylene group containing from 2 to 8 carbon atoms and n represents an integer from 1 to 20; k may be 0 or 1; R 7 is selected from hydrogen, a hydroxy-terminated linear or branched alkylene group containing from 2 to about 8 carbon atoms; and, provided that when k is zero, R 7 is the hydroxy-terminated linear or branched alkylene group and when k is 1, R 7 is hydrogen, and when X is R 5 and R 6 are each independently selected from H, a linear or branched alkyl group containing from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a linear or branched alkenyl group containing from 2 to 8 carbon atoms, a hydroxyalkyl group containing from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, a halo-substituted alkyl group containing from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group containing from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, an aryl group containing from 6 to 12 carbon atoms and an alkylaryl group containing from 7 to 16 carbon atoms, or R 5 and R 6 are bonded to each other to form a cycloalkyl group containing from 5 to about 8 carbon atoms.
A bearing forming a clutching-declutching bearing for a motor vehicle, said bearing defining a central axis and including an outer ring free to rotate around said central axis, an inner ring, rolling elements disposed between the outer and inner rings, a wear plate mounted on the outer ring, the inner ring being equipped with a flange comprising an external skirt and defining a first gap, which extends radially between said external skirt and the outer ring, said bearing being characterized in that the wear plate is provided with an inner radial end which extends radially, towards the central axis, beyond the outer ring and beyond the external skirt of the flange and which defines a second gap, which extends axially between said skirt and said end, in that the end of the wear plate is provided with an internal protrusion, a third gap being defined radially between the internal protrusion of the wear plate and the external skirt of the flange, and in that a housing for reception of a free end of the external skirt of the flange is defined between the internal protrusion of the wear plate and an edge of the outer ring.
A method for facilitating a forward handover in a communications system, comprising: receiving, at a target base station, a first message from a user terminal, wherein the first message is a connection message for initiating a connection of the user terminal with the target base station; sending, from the target base station, a second message to the user terminal to initiate access to the target base station; receiving, at the target base station, a third message that is a connection reestablishment request including first identity information from the user terminal for retrieval of user context information stored at a source base station; initiating, at the target base station, retrieval of the user context from the source base station; sending, from the target base station, in response to determining context retrieval fail from the source base station, a fourth message, that is a context retrieval fail message, to the user terminal; and receiving, at the target base station, a connection request message from the user terminal without performing another RACH procedure. receiving, at a target base station, a first message from a user terminal, wherein the first message is a connection message for initiating a connection of the user terminal with the target base station; sending, from the target base station, a second message to the user terminal to initiate access to the target base station; receiving, at the target base station, a third message that is a connection reestablishment request including first identity information from the user terminal for retrieval of user context information stored at a source base station; initiating, at the target base station, retrieval of the user context from the source base station; sending, from the target base station, in response to determining context retrieval fail from the source base station, a fourth message, that is a context retrieval fail message, to the user terminal; and receiving, at the target base station, a connection request message from the user terminal without performing another RACH procedure.
A combination for use in regenerating a connective tissue in or across a damaged connective tissue portion, comprising: a connective tissue guidance conduit configured for enveloping said connective tissue portion; one or more coagulating agents and/or anti-anti coagulating agents; and means for introducing a mixture of (i) whole blood withdrawn from the subject and (ii) one or more coagulating agents and/or anti-anti coagulating agents, into a lumen defined by said conduit when enveloping said connective tissue portion prior to the complete coagulation of the mixture. a connective tissue guidance conduit configured for enveloping said connective tissue portion; one or more coagulating agents and/or anti-anti coagulating agents; and means for introducing a mixture of (i) whole blood withdrawn from the subject and (ii) one or more coagulating agents and/or anti-anti coagulating agents, into a lumen defined by said conduit when enveloping said connective tissue portion prior to the complete coagulation of the mixture.