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A method of controlling storage of data in a selected one of at least one data store, the method comprising: receiving, subsequent to receipt of a first request from a first requestor to store a first amount of first data in the selected data store beginning at a first location, a second request from a second requestor to store a second amount of second data in the selected data store, wherein at the time of receipt of the second request, the first requestor has at least commenced storing the first data to the selected data store; computing, based on the first location and the first amount, a second location in the selected data store, offset from the first location by the first amount, at which the second requestor is allowed to store the second data and allocating space in the selected data store beginning at the computed second location sufficient to receive the second amount of the second data to be stored by the second requestor; and indicating, upon allocation of space in the selected data store to receive the second data to the second requestor that they may store the second data to the selected data store beginning at the computed second location; and whereby, responsive to the indicating, the second requestor is operative to commence storing the second data to the selected data store beginning at the computed second location before the storing of the first data by the first requestor is completed. receiving, subsequent to receipt of a first request from a first requestor to store a first amount of first data in the selected data store beginning at a first location, a second request from a second requestor to store a second amount of second data in the selected data store, wherein at the time of receipt of the second request, the first requestor has at least commenced storing the first data to the selected data store; computing, based on the first location and the first amount, a second location in the selected data store, offset from the first location by the first amount, at which the second requestor is allowed to store the second data and allocating space in the selected data store beginning at the computed second location sufficient to receive the second amount of the second data to be stored by the second requestor; and indicating, upon allocation of space in the selected data store to receive the second data to the second requestor that they may store the second data to the selected data store beginning at the computed second location; and whereby, responsive to the indicating, the second requestor is operative to commence storing the second data to the selected data store beginning at the computed second location before the storing of the first data by the first requestor is completed.
Fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines for injecting fuel at high pressure, having a pressure chamber in which a nozzle needle is arranged in longitudinally displaceable fashion, wherein the nozzle needle, by means of its longitudinal movement, interacts with a nozzle seat and thereby opens and closes at least one injection opening, and wherein the nozzle needle is subjected, by the pressure in a control chamber, to a closing force directed in the direction of the nozzle seat, and having a control valve which is formed in a valve body and by means of which the pressure in the control chamber is adjustable, wherein the control valve comprises a control valve chamber which is connectable to the control chamber and in which a control valve element is arranged in longitudinally movable fashion, and having an outflow throttle, which connects the control chamber to the control valve chamber, and an inflow throttle, which connects the pressure chamber switchably to the valve chamber, characterized in that the control valve chamber is connectable to the control chamber by means of a bypass, wherein the control valve element can open and close the bypass and the inflow throttle.
Hair straightener, - having two arms (2a, b) mounted hinged to one another, on which a first or second smoothing plate (3a, b) is arranged, of which at least one can be heated, - wherein at least the first smoothing plate includes at least two plate segments which can be moved relative to one another and are arranged on the first arm of the hair straightener; and wherein at least two plate segments are arranged adjacent to one another along a transverse direction of the first arm, characterised in that - a first and last plate segment, with respect to the transverse direction, are rigidly fixed in each case to an edge on the first arm of the hair straightener, or rest in each case against the first arm by means of an individual edge spring element, which has a higher spring constant than the spring elements for supporting the plate segments arranged between the first and last plate segment. - having two arms (2a, b) mounted hinged to one another, on which a first or second smoothing plate (3a, b) is arranged, of which at least one can be heated, - wherein at least the first smoothing plate includes at least two plate segments which can be moved relative to one another and are arranged on the first arm of the hair straightener; and wherein - a first and last plate segment, with respect to the transverse direction, are rigidly fixed in each case to an edge on the first arm of the hair straightener, or rest in each case against the first arm by means of an individual edge spring element, which has a higher spring constant than the spring elements for supporting the plate segments arranged between the first and last plate segment.
A method of producing electrically switchable PDLC devices; said method comprising the steps of: a. providing a first cover glass and a second cover glass; b. providing a PDLC film; c. providing a first layer of adhesive interlayer and a second layer of adhesive interlayer; d. placing said first cover glass on to a PDLC inspection station, wherein said PDLC inspection station comprises: a levelled-up table and means for inspecting properties of said electrically switchable PDLC devices selected from the group consisting of electric properties, optical properties, mechanical properties and any combination thereof, further wherein said first cover glass is placed on to said levelled-up table; e. spreading said first layer of adhesive interlayer; f. spreading said PDLC film over said first layer of adhesive interlayer; g. spreading said second layer of adhesive interlayer; h. covering said PDLC film by means of said second cover glass; i. laminating said PDLC film between said first and said second cover glasses (20, 40); and j. inspecting (180, 190) said properties by means of said PDLC inspection station; wherein said inspecting step is performed before and after said step of laminating said PDLC film; further wherein said step of inspecting properties comprises measuring the optical transmittance/haze of the electrically switchable PDLC device and the uniformity thereof over said electrically switchable PDLC device. a. providing a first cover glass and a second cover glass; b. providing a PDLC film; c. providing a first layer of adhesive interlayer and a second layer of adhesive interlayer; d. placing said first cover glass on to a PDLC inspection station, wherein said PDLC inspection station comprises: a levelled-up table and means for inspecting properties of said electrically switchable PDLC devices selected from the group consisting of electric properties, optical properties, mechanical properties and any combination thereof, further wherein said first cover glass is placed on to said levelled-up table; e. spreading said first layer of adhesive interlayer; f. spreading said PDLC film over said first layer of adhesive interlayer; g. spreading said second layer of adhesive interlayer; h. covering said PDLC film by means of said second cover glass; i. laminating said PDLC film between said first and said second cover glasses (20, 40); and j. inspecting (180, 190) said properties by means of said PDLC inspection station;
An abradable seal for a gas turbine engine comprising: a metal alloy; and a plurality of pores in the metal alloy, wherein the plurality of pores have a diameter of approximately 1 to 10 microns; characterised in that the metal alloy is MCrAlY, and M is a metal, Cr is chromium, Al is aluminum and Y is yttrium. a metal alloy; and a plurality of pores in the metal alloy, wherein the plurality of pores have a diameter of approximately 1 to 10 microns; characterised in that the metal alloy is MCrAlY, and M is a metal, Cr is chromium, Al is aluminum and Y is yttrium.
A computer-implemented wrinkle detection method, wherein the method comprises: obtaining, by a terminal device, an original image, wherein the original image comprises a face; determining, by the terminal device, a Region Of Interest, ROI, region on the original image, wherein the ROI region is a region in which a wrinkle on the face is located; segmenting, by the terminal device, the ROI region from the original image to obtain an ROI image; scaling, by the terminal device, the ROI image to obtain at least two ROI images of different sizes; processing, by the terminal device, all the at least two ROI images of different sizes to obtain at least two binary images, wherein a white region in each binary image is a region in which the wrinkle is suspected to appear; and fusing, by the terminal device, the at least two binary images to obtain a final image, wherein a white region on the final image is recognized as the wrinkle, wherein before the fusing, by the terminal device, the at least two binary images to obtain a final image, the method further comprises: if the terminal device determines that a number P of images of the at least two binary images that have a white region at a same position is less than or equal to a preset value M, deleting the white region at the position from the P images, wherein M is greater than or equal to 2. obtaining, by a terminal device, an original image, wherein the original image comprises a face; determining, by the terminal device, a Region Of Interest, ROI, region on the original image, wherein the ROI region is a region in which a wrinkle on the face is located; segmenting, by the terminal device, the ROI region from the original image to obtain an ROI image; scaling, by the terminal device, the ROI image to obtain at least two ROI images of different sizes; processing, by the terminal device, all the at least two ROI images of different sizes to obtain at least two binary images, wherein a white region in each binary image is a region in which the wrinkle is suspected to appear; and fusing, by the terminal device, the at least two binary images to obtain a final image, wherein a white region on the final image is recognized as the wrinkle, wherein before the fusing, by the terminal device, the at least two binary images to obtain a final image, the method further comprises: if the terminal device determines that a number P of images of the at least two binary images that have a white region at a same position is less than or equal to a preset value M, deleting the white region at the position from the P images, wherein M is greater than or equal to 2.
An authentication method in an authentication system including a device, an operating terminal that operates the device, and a controller of a communication network, where authentication is performed via communication between the controller and the device over the communication network, wherein the device acquires a first certificate revocation list from the controller, acquires a second certificate revocation list along a control command from the operating terminal to the device, wherein the first certificate revocation list and the second certificate revocation list are revocation lists relating to certificates of the controller and the device, and wherein validity of the controller is determined based on the comparison between the first certificate revocation list and the second certificate revocation list.
A preform conveying device comprising: a continuous conveyor section that continuously conveys a conveyor jig which supports a preform along a heating conveyor path; an intermittent conveyor section that intermittently conveys a conveyor arm between a first position and a second position along a direction which is parallel to the heating conveyor path, the preform being transferred from the conveyor jig to the conveyor arm during the conveying of the conveyor arm; and a control unit that controls the intermittent conveyor section so that the conveyor arm which was waiting in the first position can catch up with the conveyor jig which is being conveyed continuously, wherein the continuous conveyor section includes a first motor which applies conveying force to the conveyor jig and a first encoder which detects a rotational angle of the first motor, wherein the intermittent conveyor section includes a second motor which applies conveying force to the conveyor arm, and characterized in that the control unit detects an arriving time at which the conveyor jig arrives at a reference position facing the first position based on an output of the first encoder, and commands the second motor to move the conveyor arm to a target position at regular intervals from the arriving time, the target position in each command being a position obtained by adding, to a current position of the conveyor jig which is obtained based on a latest output of the first encoder which was obtained when the command has been issued, a moving distance by which the conveyor jig has advanced during a delay time which spans from a time when the latest output is outputted from the first encoder to a time when the command is received by the second motor.
A drill guide for drilling a femoral ligament graft tunnel, the guide comprising: a shaft including a proximal portion and a distal portion; and a handle comprising a mechanism configured for coupling and uncoupling the handle to the shaft wherein the handle includes a first channel configured for disposal of the shaft and a second channel configured for disposal of the shaft, wherein the shaft is parallel with a longitudinal axis of the handle when disposed with the first channel, and is located at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the handle when disposed within the second channel. a shaft including a proximal portion and a distal portion; and a handle comprising a mechanism configured for coupling and uncoupling the handle to the shaft wherein the handle includes a first channel configured for disposal of the shaft and a second channel configured for disposal of the shaft, wherein the shaft is parallel with a longitudinal axis of the handle when disposed with the first channel, and is located at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the handle when disposed within the second channel.
A module structure of a liquid crystal display, the module structure comprising a liquid crystal display comprising a panel glass assembly, a backlight assembly and a display housing retaining wall; wherein an accommodating space formed by the display housing retaining wall accommodates the panel glass assembly and the backlight assembly; the panel glass assembly comprising a front glass sheet, a rear glass sheet and a sealant for sealing a liquid crystal accommodating space between the front glass sheet and the rear glass sheet; wherein a filling gap is provided between outer peripheral surfaces of the front glass sheet and the rear glass sheet of the panel glass assembly and an inner peripheral surface of the display housing retaining wall facing the outer peripheral surfaces; and a panel edge protective adhesive is filled in the filling gap; wherein an elastic buffering sheet is provided between the backlight assembly and the rear glass sheet, and is attached along a periphery of the rear glass sheet and characterized in that the elastic buffering sheet is arranged to prevent the panel edge protective adhesive from penetrating into a display area during an injection process of the panel edge protective adhesive in the filling gap. wherein an accommodating space formed by the display housing retaining wall accommodates the panel glass assembly and the backlight assembly; the panel glass assembly comprising a front glass sheet, a rear glass sheet and a sealant for sealing a liquid crystal accommodating space between the front glass sheet and the rear glass sheet; wherein a filling gap is provided between outer peripheral surfaces of the front glass sheet and the rear glass sheet of the panel glass assembly and an inner peripheral surface of the display housing retaining wall facing the outer peripheral surfaces; and a panel edge protective adhesive is filled in the filling gap; wherein an elastic buffering sheet is provided between the backlight assembly and the rear glass sheet, and is attached along a periphery of the rear glass sheet and characterized in that the elastic buffering sheet is arranged to prevent the panel edge protective adhesive from penetrating into a display area during an injection process of the panel edge protective adhesive in the filling gap.
Novel solar autoclave equipment, comprising an autoclave and a steam providing device, and characterized in that said steam providing device is a solar heating device and comprises: a plurality of vacuum tubes which are fixedly arranged outdoors, wherein a tubular water tank is installed in each said vacuum tube in an insertion manner, each said tubular water tank is in the shape of a straight tube with a closed lower end and an open upper end, the upper end of each said tubular water tank stretches out of said corresponding vacuum tube, and a space between the outer surface of the upper end of said tubular water tank and the inner wall of the upper end of said corresponding vacuum tube is sealed; and a connecting tube, wherein the upper end of each tubular water tank is communicated with said connecting tube, an inlet of said connecting tube is connected with a condensate water drain outlet of said autoclave and an outlet of said connecting tube is connected to a steam input port of said autoclave through a compressor. a plurality of vacuum tubes which are fixedly arranged outdoors, wherein a tubular water tank is installed in each said vacuum tube in an insertion manner, each said tubular water tank is in the shape of a straight tube with a closed lower end and an open upper end, the upper end of each said tubular water tank stretches out of said corresponding vacuum tube, and a space between the outer surface of the upper end of said tubular water tank and the inner wall of the upper end of said corresponding vacuum tube is sealed; and a connecting tube, wherein the upper end of each tubular water tank is communicated with said connecting tube, an inlet of said connecting tube is connected with a condensate water drain outlet of said autoclave and an outlet of said connecting tube is connected to a steam input port of said autoclave through a compressor.
An image-capturing device, comprising an electronic shutter control part (30a1) configured to control a electronic shutter and to start exposing first and second photoelectric conversion elements and accumulating electrical charge on the first and second photoelectric conversion elements on the basis of the light; a mechanical shutter having a light-shielding part which is configured to be able to shield the first and second photoelectric conversion elements from the light, the mechanical shutter being configured to end exposing the first and second photoelectric conversion elements by moving the light-shielding part; and an assessing part being configured to assess whether a set exposure time is longer or less than a first threshold value (TH max), the electronic shutter control part (30a1) being configured to control the electronic shutter to start exposing the first photoelectric conversion element at a first exposure-start timing and control the electronic shutter to start exposing the second photoelectric conversion element at a second exposure-start timing, wherein the electronic shutter control part (30a1) is configured to make a first actual exposure time of the first photoelectric conversion element closer to a second actual exposure time of the second photoelectric conversion element when the set exposure time is less than the first threshold value (TH max) than when the set exposure time is longer than the first threshold value (TH max), characterized in that the electronic shutter control part (30a1) is configured to make the first exposure-start timing the same as the second exposure-start timing when the set exposure time is longer than the first threshold value (TH max), and the electronic shutter control part (30a1) is configured to make the first exposure-start timing different to the second exposure-start timing when the set exposure time is shorter than the first threshold value (TH max).
An apparatus of manufacturing an inorganic material, the apparatus comprising: a blower blowing inert gas; a crusher repeating vitrifying plural kinds of inorganic compounds to be the inorganic material by mechanical energy and blowing up the plural kinds of vitrified inorganic compounds by the inert gas blown from the blower; a first collector into which at least some of the plural kinds of inorganic compounds blown up by the inert gas enters, the first collector returning the at least some of the plural kinds of inorganic compounds to the crusher; and a system circulating the inert gas from the blower through the crusher and the first collector to the blower, wherein the system is closed from the outside. a blower blowing inert gas; a crusher repeating vitrifying plural kinds of inorganic compounds to be the inorganic material by mechanical energy and blowing up the plural kinds of vitrified inorganic compounds by the inert gas blown from the blower; a first collector into which at least some of the plural kinds of inorganic compounds blown up by the inert gas enters, the first collector returning the at least some of the plural kinds of inorganic compounds to the crusher; and a system circulating the inert gas from the blower through the crusher and the first collector to the blower, wherein the system is closed from the outside.