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A method of calibrating an optics module for an additive fabrication device, the method comprising: directing light from a light source of an optics module onto a plurality of locations on a calibration pattern within the additive fabrication device, the optics module comprising the light source; receiving light reflected and/or scattered from the plurality of locations on the calibration pattern by a light sensor; determining, using at least one processor based on the light received by the light sensor, a beam path traversed by the light from the light source; and determining, using the at least one processor, at least one correction to the determined beam path based at least in part on deviations of the determined beam path from a desired beam path wherein the method is characterized in that directing the light beam from the light source of the optics module onto the plurality of locations on the calibration pattern comprises moving the optics module along a first axis while directing the light beam along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. directing light from a light source of an optics module onto a plurality of locations on a calibration pattern within the additive fabrication device, the optics module comprising the light source; receiving light reflected and/or scattered from the plurality of locations on the calibration pattern by a light sensor; determining, using at least one processor based on the light received by the light sensor, a beam path traversed by the light from the light source; and determining, using the at least one processor, at least one correction to the determined beam path based at least in part on deviations of the determined beam path from a desired beam path wherein the method is characterized in that directing the light beam from the light source of the optics module onto the plurality of locations on the calibration pattern comprises moving the optics module along a first axis while directing the light beam along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis.
A bundling device with a winding device for wrapping an elongated bundled material (2, 102) with an adhesive tape, with a rotatably mounted winding head, with two resiliently pre-tensioned pivoting jaws of the winding head for guiding the bundled material (2, 102) into the center of the winding head and for supporting the bundled material (2, 102) during the wrapping, wherein the pivoting jaws are designed as opposing pressure-exerting jaws (22, 23) in an opening of the winding head for introducing the bundled material (2, 102), characterized in that the pressure-exerting jaws (22, 23) are mounted on one another and that the pressure-exerting jaws (22, 23) are mounted via a lever arrangement on the winding head.
An apparatus for a vehicle outside a platoon of vehicles (200; 210; 220), the apparatus comprising one or more interfaces configured to communicate in a mobile communication system; a control module configured to control the one or more interfaces, wherein the control module is further configured to receive one or more messages from one or more vehicles, the one or more messages comprising information on at least a velocity and a location of a vehicle, detect whether a potential intruder for the platoon of vehicles (200; 210; 220) is present based on the one or more messages from the one or more vehicles and based on a warning message trigger condition, generate a warning message in case a potential intruder is detected, and communicate the warning message to one or more other vehicles. one or more interfaces configured to communicate in a mobile communication system; a control module configured to control the one or more interfaces, wherein the control module is further configured to receive one or more messages from one or more vehicles, the one or more messages comprising information on at least a velocity and a location of a vehicle, detect whether a potential intruder for the platoon of vehicles (200; 210; 220) is present based on the one or more messages from the one or more vehicles and based on a warning message trigger condition, generate a warning message in case a potential intruder is detected, and communicate the warning message to one or more other vehicles. receive one or more messages from one or more vehicles, the one or more messages comprising information on at least a velocity and a location of a vehicle, detect whether a potential intruder for the platoon of vehicles (200; 210; 220) is present based on the one or more messages from the one or more vehicles and based on a warning message trigger condition, generate a warning message in case a potential intruder is detected, and communicate the warning message to one or more other vehicles.
A method for identifying a blockage in a pitot-static system of a rotorcraft, comprising: receiving a pressure signal; identifying pressure fluctuations in the pressure signal; isolating a frequency from the identified pressure fluctuations, via a notch filter arranged to be tuned to pass signals in a frequency range that includes a rotor blade passage frequency and major in-flight longitudinal vibration frequencies; and determining whether a blockage has occurred in the pitot-static system based on the identified pressure fluctuations. receiving a pressure signal; identifying pressure fluctuations in the pressure signal; isolating a frequency from the identified pressure fluctuations, via a notch filter arranged to be tuned to pass signals in a frequency range that includes a rotor blade passage frequency and major in-flight longitudinal vibration frequencies; and determining whether a blockage has occurred in the pitot-static system based on the identified pressure fluctuations.
A heat exchanger for exchanging heat of fluids having different temperatures comprising: at least one flat heat exchanging plate; at least one high temperature heat exchanging plate; and at least one low temperature heat exchanging plate stacked in an alternating sequence, wherein an inlet of high temperature fluid and an outlet of high temperature fluid are disposed in order to pass a high temperature fluid through each said high temperature heat exchanging plate, and an inlet of low temperature fluid and an outlet of low temperature fluid are disposed in order to pass a low temperature fluid through each said low temperature heat exchanging plate; characterized in that said high temperature heat exchanging plate comprising a high temperature channel and said low temperature heat exchanging plate comprising a low temperature channel, the heat exchanger being characterized in that said channels have a length extending in a flow direction of said fluids and a side wall of each said channel has a symmetric wavy pattern with a center line of said channel as a symmetric axis.
A light therapy apparatus comprising: a housing; at least one integral polymeric side scattering light guide having opposed ends (987, 988); wherein the opposed ends (987, 988) are connected to the housing; a pad for supporting a body part, the light guide being mounted in the pad; two laser light sources each optically coupled to one of the opposed ends of the light guide for transmitting laser energy along a length of the light guide; wherein the two light sources are mounted in the housing (990, 1120); a power supply operatively connected to the two laser sources and a control (920, 924, 926), operatively connected to the power supply and the two laser sources, for controlling the two laser sources to emit laser light for a first time interval within each one of a plurality of consecutive time intervals for a predetermined period of time.
An apparatus for arc fault current interruption in an electrical circuit, the apparatus comprising: a current sensing device disposed in the electrical circuit to service an electrical load, the current sensing device being productive of an output signal representative of a load current passing therethrough; a detection unit, in signal communication with the current sensing device such that the output signal produced by the current sensing device is received by the detection unit, the detection unit being configured and disposed to output a secondary signal based on the output signal; and a microcontroller, coupled to the detection unit, being responsive to computer executable instructions which, when executed by the microcontroller, cause the microcontroller to receive and to decompose the secondary signal into detailed and approximate coefficients, and to generate a trip signal for use in interrupting an operation of the electrical circuit when a current of the sensed load is above a predetermined threshold and the detailed and approximate coefficients cooperatively indicate that threshold conditions for trip signal generation are satisfied. a current sensing device disposed in the electrical circuit to service an electrical load, the current sensing device being productive of an output signal representative of a load current passing therethrough; a detection unit, in signal communication with the current sensing device such that the output signal produced by the current sensing device is received by the detection unit, the detection unit being configured and disposed to output a secondary signal based on the output signal; and a microcontroller, coupled to the detection unit, being responsive to computer executable instructions which, when executed by the microcontroller, cause the microcontroller to receive and to decompose the secondary signal into detailed and approximate coefficients, and to generate a trip signal for use in interrupting an operation of the electrical circuit when a current of the sensed load is above a predetermined threshold and the detailed and approximate coefficients cooperatively indicate that threshold conditions for trip signal generation are satisfied.
A process for the epoxidation of propene comprising the steps a) reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a methanol solvent and a shaped titanium zeolite epoxidation catalyst in a fixed bed reactor to provide a reaction mixture, b) separating from the reaction mixture of step a) a crude propene oxide and a solvent mixture comprising methanol and water, c) separating the solvent mixture of step b) in at least one distillation stage, providing a recovered methanol as an overhead product, d) passing the recovered methanol of step c) through a bed of an acidic ion exchange resin, providing a treated methanol, and e) recycling the treated methanol of step d) as methanol solvent to step a), wherein said bed of an acidic ion exchange resin is periodically regenerated by passing a solution of a regenerating acid through said resin bed to provide a regenerated bed of ion exchange resin and said regenerated bed of ion exchange resin is washed by passing methanol through said regenerated bed of ion exchange resin until the methanol exiting the resin bed has an apparent pH higher than 2.0 before the regenerated bed of ion exchange resin is reused in step d). a) reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a methanol solvent and a shaped titanium zeolite epoxidation catalyst in a fixed bed reactor to provide a reaction mixture, b) separating from the reaction mixture of step a) a crude propene oxide and a solvent mixture comprising methanol and water, c) separating the solvent mixture of step b) in at least one distillation stage, providing a recovered methanol as an overhead product, d) passing the recovered methanol of step c) through a bed of an acidic ion exchange resin, providing a treated methanol, and e) recycling the treated methanol of step d) as methanol solvent to step a), wherein said bed of an acidic ion exchange resin is periodically regenerated by passing a solution of a regenerating acid through said resin bed to provide a regenerated bed of ion exchange resin and said regenerated bed of ion exchange resin is washed by passing methanol through said regenerated bed of ion exchange resin until the methanol exiting the resin bed has an apparent pH higher than 2.0 before the regenerated bed of ion exchange resin is reused in step d).
A receiver, wherein the receiver is configured to receive encoded data over a channel from a transmitter, wherein the data is parity-check encoded to obtain a codeword, wherein the codeword is defined by a plurality of variable nodes associated with a plurality of the check nodes of a bipartite graph representing the code, wherein the codeword is received over the channel such that certain variable nodes, which are associated with a subset of the check nodes of the bipartite graph, are received prior to other variable nodes, and wherein the certain variable nodes define a subcodeword known by the receiver; wherein the receiver is configured to estimate a decodability of the transmitted codeword using the subcodeword prior to receiving all variable nodes of the codeword; wherein, responsive to an estimation indicating that the codeword cannot be decoded, the receiver is configured to request from the transmitter additional redundancy; and wherein, responsive to an estimation indicating that the codeword can be decoded, the receiver is configured to signal the transmitter to stop transmitting additional redundancy.
A method for operating a local computing device that has network connectivity to a service operated by a remote service provider (120, 125), comprising: configuring the computing device to operate in a trusted execution environment, TEE; counting (420; 1130; 1210) operations that are associated with the service; encrypting (425; 830; 1135; 1215) the operation count using asymmetric cryptography to create a secure count (405; 815; 1035; 1120); reporting (430; 835; 1140; 1220) the secure count to the service provider over a network whereby the secure count is operable to provide proof of work to the service provider, wherein the proof of work indicates that the computing device connection to the service is authorized, and wherein the count reporting is hardware-enforced by cryptographic processes in the context of the TEE; enabling (445; 1225) performance of operations (225, 230; 310; 550, 560; 704, 706; 804, 806; 904, 906; 1025, 1040; 1122, 1124) associated with the service on the computing device when the reported secure count is within a predetermined limit; and disabling (450; 1230) performance of operations associated with the service on the computing device when the reported secure count is outside the predetermined limit, wherein the operations are disabled by operations of a watchdog (505; 740, 745) on the computing device. configuring the computing device to operate in a trusted execution environment, TEE; counting (420; 1130; 1210) operations that are associated with the service; encrypting (425; 830; 1135; 1215) the operation count using asymmetric cryptography to create a secure count (405; 815; 1035; 1120); reporting (430; 835; 1140; 1220) the secure count to the service provider over a network whereby the secure count is operable to provide proof of work to the service provider, wherein the proof of work indicates that the computing device connection to the service is authorized, and wherein the count reporting is hardware-enforced by cryptographic processes in the context of the TEE; enabling (445; 1225) performance of operations (225, 230; 310; 550, 560; 704, 706; 804, 806; 904, 906; 1025, 1040; 1122, 1124) associated with the service on the computing device when the reported secure count is within a predetermined limit; and disabling (450; 1230) performance of operations associated with the service on the computing device when the reported secure count is outside the predetermined limit, wherein the operations are disabled by operations of a watchdog (505; 740, 745) on the computing device.
A wet electrolytic capacitor comprising: a casing that contains a cylindrical sidewall, wherein the cylindrical sidewall defines an inner surface that surrounds an interior; first and second outer anodes (20a, 20b) positioned within the interior of the casing, wherein the first outer anode has a radiused sidewall and an opposing planar sidewall and the second outer anode has a radiused sidewall and an opposing planar sidewall; a central anode positioned within the interior of the casing between the first and second outer anodes (20a,20b), wherein the central anode contains opposing first and second outer sidewalls (11, 13) intersecting with opposing first and second inner sidewalls (12,14) wherein the first and second inner sidewalls (12,14) are planar, wherein the first planar inner sidewall of the central anode faces the planar sidewall of the first outer anode and wherein the second planar inner sidewall of the central anode faces the planar sidewall of the second outer anode; at least one cathode (31a, 31b, 32) positioned within the interior of the casing that contains an electrochemically-active material; and a working electrolyte that is in electrical contact with the anodes (16,20a,20b) and the electrochemically-active material. a casing that contains a cylindrical sidewall, wherein the cylindrical sidewall defines an inner surface that surrounds an interior; first and second outer anodes (20a, 20b) positioned within the interior of the casing, wherein the first outer anode has a radiused sidewall and an opposing planar sidewall and the second outer anode has a radiused sidewall and an opposing planar sidewall; a central anode positioned within the interior of the casing between the first and second outer anodes (20a,20b), wherein the central anode contains opposing first and second outer sidewalls (11, 13) intersecting with opposing first and second inner sidewalls (12,14) wherein the first and second inner sidewalls (12,14) are planar, wherein the first planar inner sidewall of the central anode faces the planar sidewall of the first outer anode and wherein the second planar inner sidewall of the central anode faces the planar sidewall of the second outer anode; at least one cathode (31a, 31b, 32) positioned within the interior of the casing that contains an electrochemically-active material; and a working electrolyte that is in electrical contact with the anodes (16,20a,20b) and the electrochemically-active material.
A method for dual energy CT image reconstruction, the method comprising: performing an imaging scan in which L consecutive projection angles are measured at a low x-ray energy, and H consecutive projection angles are measured at a high x-ray energy, in an alternating manner, to generate a low energy projection data set comprising the projection angle measurements at the low energy and a high energy projection data set comprising the projection angle measurements at the high energy; estimating an undersampled portion of the low energy projection data set to produce an estimated complete low energy projection data set, wherein the low energy estimation is performed without an image reconstruction of the low energy projection data set or the high energy projection data set, characterized in that L is substantially less than H and that estimating the undersampled portion of the low energy projection data set comprises a structure propagation interpolation based on the high energy projection data set. performing an imaging scan in which L consecutive projection angles are measured at a low x-ray energy, and H consecutive projection angles are measured at a high x-ray energy, in an alternating manner, to generate a low energy projection data set comprising the projection angle measurements at the low energy and a high energy projection data set comprising the projection angle measurements at the high energy; estimating an undersampled portion of the low energy projection data set to produce an estimated complete low energy projection data set, wherein the low energy estimation is performed without an image reconstruction of the low energy projection data set or the high energy projection data set, characterized in that L is substantially less than H and that estimating the undersampled portion of the low energy projection data set comprises a structure propagation interpolation based on the high energy projection data set.
An image scanning apparatus, comprising: a scanning unit configured to scan an original document and generate a scanned image; a storage unit configured to store the generated scanned image; an image processor including a plurality of image processing modules, the plurality of image processing modules separately including a plurality of buffers configured to store the scanned image in block units, and the image processor being configured to sense a skew angle of the scanned image, and determine a first block size based on a size of an effective pixel region to be processed for rotation and interpolation in the plurality of image processing modules, the sensed skew angle, and an interpolation method, read the generated scanned image in block units corresponding to the first block size and perform image processing on the scanned image read in block units sequentially using the plurality of image processing modules; and a controller configured to store the image-processed scanned image in the storage unit; wherein the image processing modules include a skew compensation module configured to compensate for the sensed skew angle by rotating the scanned image blocks and performing interpolation with the interpolation method. a scanning unit configured to scan an original document and generate a scanned image; a storage unit configured to store the generated scanned image; an image processor including a plurality of image processing modules, the plurality of image processing modules separately including a plurality of buffers configured to store the scanned image in block units, and the image processor being configured to sense a skew angle of the scanned image, and determine a first block size based on a size of an effective pixel region to be processed for rotation and interpolation in the plurality of image processing modules, the sensed skew angle, and an interpolation method, read the generated scanned image in block units corresponding to the first block size and perform image processing on the scanned image read in block units sequentially using the plurality of image processing modules; and a controller configured to store the image-processed scanned image in the storage unit; wherein the image processing modules include a skew compensation module configured to compensate for the sensed skew angle by rotating the scanned image blocks and performing interpolation with the interpolation method.