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A system for automatically handling components to be assembled onto a product on an assembly line, the system comprising: a frame locatable adjacent the assembly line; a carriage supported on the frame for movement to and between a first retracted position spaced a distance away from the assembly line, and a second, work position displaced from the retracted position in a direction toward the assembly line; a multi-axis articulating manipulator supported on the carriage, the manipulator including a base coupled with the carriage and a tool mounting plate controllably movable relative to the base in at least three degrees of freedom; the manipulator base arranged in a first orientation when the carriage is in the first position, and pivoted to a second orientation when the carriage is in the second position; and a component mounting tool coupled with the tool mounting plate of the manipulator, the component mounting tool configured to receive and support at least one component for assembly to the product; wherein a component on the component mounting tool is supported in a pose for loading and/or processing when the carriage is in the first position, and the component is supported in a pose for joining to the product when the carriage is in the second position. a frame locatable adjacent the assembly line; a carriage supported on the frame for movement to and between a first retracted position spaced a distance away from the assembly line, and a second, work position displaced from the retracted position in a direction toward the assembly line; a multi-axis articulating manipulator supported on the carriage, the manipulator including a base coupled with the carriage and a tool mounting plate controllably movable relative to the base in at least three degrees of freedom; the manipulator base arranged in a first orientation when the carriage is in the first position, and pivoted to a second orientation when the carriage is in the second position; and a component mounting tool coupled with the tool mounting plate of the manipulator, the component mounting tool configured to receive and support at least one component for assembly to the product; wherein a component on the component mounting tool is supported in a pose for loading and/or processing when the carriage is in the first position, and the component is supported in a pose for joining to the product when the carriage is in the second position.
A scanning imaging system having an optical axis along the Z direction and comprising an imaging sensor comprising a 2D array of pixels in an orthogonal XY coordinate system, the Z direction being perpendicular to the Y direction, the 2D array of pixels comprising: a first pixel line comprising a plurality of pixels (415, 416), wherein the first pixel line extends along the Y direction, a second pixel line comprising a plurality of pixels (418, 419), wherein the second pixel line extends along the Y direction, a first non-photosensitive gap between the first and the second pixel lines, said first non-photosensitive gap extending along the Y direction, wherein read out electronics (412, 413) of pixels of the first pixel line and of pixels of the second pixel line are positioned in the first non-photosensitive gap, wherein each pixel of the imaging sensor consists of a photodiode and comprises read out lines (603, 604) along the X direction configured to read out and address the respective photodiode, wherein in an individual pixel the read out lines are elevated above the photodiode, wherein the imaging sensor is tilted around the Y axis as an axis of rotation. a first pixel line comprising a plurality of pixels (415, 416), wherein the first pixel line extends along the Y direction, a second pixel line comprising a plurality of pixels (418, 419), wherein the second pixel line extends along the Y direction, a first non-photosensitive gap between the first and the second pixel lines, said first non-photosensitive gap extending along the Y direction, wherein read out electronics (412, 413) of pixels of the first pixel line and of pixels of the second pixel line are positioned in the first non-photosensitive gap, wherein each pixel of the imaging sensor consists of a photodiode and comprises read out lines (603, 604) along the X direction configured to read out and address the respective photodiode, wherein in an individual pixel the read out lines are elevated above the photodiode, wherein the imaging sensor is tilted around the Y axis as an axis of rotation.
A bird deterrence system comprising: - a laser device (100, 110, 120) for producing a laser beam; comprising scanning equipment for rotating the laser beam at designated lateral and elevational angular speeds relative to a normal axis; - a power supply for feeding the laser device (100, 110, 120); and - a control unit for controlling the laser device (100, 110, 120); and - characterized in that an input module is programmed, in a teach mode, to control rotation of the laser beam at designated lateral and elevational angles, wherein the input module further comprises an identification routine to identify said designated lateral and elevational angles as successive waypoints defining a laser scanning area; and to store the waypoints in the control unit, and wherein the input module further comprises a routine for defining a maximum elevational angle; and wherein the control unit is programmed to de-activate the laser beam for elevational angles larger than the maximum designated elevational angle wherein the control unit is programmed to define successive trajectories of the laser spot having the same principal directions on the ground. - a laser device (100, 110, 120) for producing a laser beam; comprising scanning equipment for rotating the laser beam at designated lateral and elevational angular speeds relative to a normal axis; - a power supply for feeding the laser device (100, 110, 120); and - a control unit for controlling the laser device (100, 110, 120); and - characterized in that an input module is programmed, in a teach mode, to control rotation of the laser beam at designated lateral and elevational angles, wherein the input module further comprises an identification routine to identify said designated lateral and elevational angles as successive waypoints defining a laser scanning area; and to store the waypoints in the control unit, and wherein the input module further comprises a routine for defining a maximum elevational angle; and wherein the control unit is programmed to de-activate the laser beam for elevational angles larger than the maximum designated elevational angle wherein the control unit is programmed to define successive trajectories of the laser spot having the same principal directions on the ground.
A method of object tracking comprising: computing a score for a camera captured current image comprising a target object, the score based, at least in part, on one or more metrics determined from a comparison of point features in the current image and a prior image captured by the camera, and wherein the comparison is based on an estimated camera pose for the current image; and selecting one of a point based, an edge based, or a combined point and edge based feature correspondence method based, at least in part, on a comparison of the score with at least one point threshold and at least one line threshold, the at least one point threshold and the at least one line threshold being based on the count of point or line features, respectively, in one or more images pertaining to a model of the target object. computing a score for a camera captured current image comprising a target object, the score based, at least in part, on one or more metrics determined from a comparison of point features in the current image and a prior image captured by the camera, and wherein the comparison is based on an estimated camera pose for the current image; and selecting one of a point based, an edge based, or a combined point and edge based feature correspondence method based, at least in part, on a comparison of the score with at least one point threshold and at least one line threshold, the at least one point threshold and the at least one line threshold being based on the count of point or line features, respectively, in one or more images pertaining to a model of the target object.
A method for producing microparticles suitable as support for fluorescent assays, comprising the steps of (a) providing a wafer having a sandwich structure comprising a bottom layer, an insulator layer and a top layer; (b) etching the top layer to delineate microparticles; (c) etching away the insulator layer; (d) depositing a layer on the wafer still holding the microparticles avoiding any forces that are capable of detaching the microparticles; and (e) lifting-off the microparticles from the wafer, wherein step (d) occurs after step (c) and before step (e). (a) providing a wafer having a sandwich structure comprising a bottom layer, an insulator layer and a top layer; (b) etching the top layer to delineate microparticles; (c) etching away the insulator layer; (d) depositing a layer on the wafer still holding the microparticles avoiding any forces that are capable of detaching the microparticles; and (e) lifting-off the microparticles from the wafer,
Measurement arrangement comprising a measurement object and an optical measurement device for measuring a first and a second surface of a measurement object by means of an arrangement of optical elements, the measurement object having a guide bore whose internal wall corresponds to the first surface, and the second surface corresponding to a conically designed, conical valve seat of the measurement object to be measured, characterized in that at least a beam splitter (20; 20a) and a lens system are arranged as optical elements such that a first portion of the light beams incident on the beam splitter (20; 20a) is directed perpendicular to the first surface of the measurement object, and a second portion of the light beams incident on the beam splitter (20; 20a) impinges on the lens system arranged downstream of the beam splitter (20; 20a) and is directed vertically onto the second surface via the lens system, the beam splitter (20; 20a) being an axially symmetric conical prism or a hollow cone, and the lens system fanning out conically the second portion of the incident light beams, the optical elements being arranged such that the optical paths of the first and the second portion of the incident light beams differ at least by the order of magnitude of a coherence length of the light beams.
A method comprising: accessing, by a server system, one or more digital applications, each of the one or more digital applications configured to be accessed by a plurality of users; determining, by the server system, compliance content in each of the one or more digital applications; removing the compliance content determined from each of the one or more digital applications; storing the compliance content removed from each of the one or more digital applications in a central repository; and facilitating integration of one or more widgets into each of the one or more digital applications to access the compliance content stored in the central repository, wherein the one or more widgets integrated into a digital application of the one or more digital applications enables a user of the digital application to access the compliance content of that digital application from the central repository; further comprising integrating the widget with an Application Programming Interface of the digital application to make an API call to the central repository; and establishing the API call to the central repository upon selection of the one or more widgets in the digital application by the user; and facilitating display of the compliance content of the digital application in the one or more widgets. accessing, by a server system, one or more digital applications, each of the one or more digital applications configured to be accessed by a plurality of users; determining, by the server system, compliance content in each of the one or more digital applications; removing the compliance content determined from each of the one or more digital applications; storing the compliance content removed from each of the one or more digital applications in a central repository; and facilitating integration of one or more widgets into each of the one or more digital applications to access the compliance content stored in the central repository, wherein the one or more widgets integrated into a digital application of the one or more digital applications enables a user of the digital application to access the compliance content of that digital application from the central repository; further comprising integrating the widget with an Application Programming Interface of the digital application to make an API call to the central repository; and establishing the API call to the central repository upon selection of the one or more widgets in the digital application by the user; and facilitating display of the compliance content of the digital application in the one or more widgets.
Food product for use in treating an allergic person, in particular for ameliorating an allergic reaction in an allergic person, the use comprising enterally administering the food product to the person, wherein the food product, comprises - an amino acid fraction comprising at least one component selected from the group consisting of amino acids and peptides having a degree of polymerisation of 7 or less; - a non-digestible carbohydrate fraction comprising at least 80 wt. %, based on the weight of said non-digestible carbohydrate fraction, of oligosaccharides having a degree of polymerisation in the range of 3-20, the oligosaccharides comprising at least one or more moieties selected from fructose, galactose, glucuronic acid, galacturonic acids, xylose, mannose and arabinose moieties, the content of said non-digestible carbohydrate fraction being 0.4-3 g non-digestible carbohydrate per 100 kcal product; _ and - a lipid fraction comprising at least one fatty acid selected from the group consisting of arachidonic acid and docosahexanoic acid, the composition having a content of proteins and other peptides having a molecular weight of 1000 dalton or more of less than 0.01 wt. %, based on the dry weight, preferably less than 0.001 wt. %, more preferably less than 0.0001 wt%, - an amino acid fraction comprising at least one component selected from the group consisting of amino acids and peptides having a degree of polymerisation of 7 or less; - a non-digestible carbohydrate fraction comprising at least 80 wt. %, based on the weight of said non-digestible carbohydrate fraction, of oligosaccharides having a degree of polymerisation in the range of 3-20, the oligosaccharides comprising at least one or more moieties selected from fructose, galactose, glucuronic acid, galacturonic acids, xylose, mannose and arabinose moieties, the content of said non-digestible carbohydrate fraction being 0.4-3 g non-digestible carbohydrate per 100 kcal product; _ and - a lipid fraction comprising at least one fatty acid selected from the group consisting of arachidonic acid and docosahexanoic acid,
Method to prepare a filler with a hyaluronic acid base comprising the crosslinking of the hyaluronic acid by means of the following steps: A1) mixing the following components in a reaction chamber equipped with a mixer: water, hyaluronic acid, a crosslinking agent selected from the class of polyethylene glycols, a solution of alkali metal hydroxide; A2) dividing the mixture thus obtained into a number n of partial portions and transferring said partial portions to a sequence of n containers to subject them to an ultrasound treatment, the number n of partial portions and containers being comprised between 4 and 32; A3) disposing the n containers comprising said partial portions of mixture in an incubator for a period of time comprised between 4 and 8 hours in order to terminate the crosslinking of hyaluronic acid and promote the formation of a gel of crosslinked hyaluronic acid. A1) mixing the following components in a reaction chamber equipped with a mixer: water, hyaluronic acid, a crosslinking agent selected from the class of polyethylene glycols, a solution of alkali metal hydroxide; A2) dividing the mixture thus obtained into a number n of partial portions and transferring said partial portions to a sequence of n containers to subject them to an ultrasound treatment, the number n of partial portions and containers being comprised between 4 and 32; A3) disposing the n containers comprising said partial portions of mixture in an incubator for a period of time comprised between 4 and 8 hours in order to terminate the crosslinking of hyaluronic acid and promote the formation of a gel of crosslinked hyaluronic acid.
Medicament delivery device comprising, - a housing (10, 114) having a proximal and a distal end, - a delivery member connected to the housing, the delivery member including an injection needle having a proximal pointed end and a distal pointed end; - a medicament container operably arranged within the housing; - a drive mechanism (102, 108) comprising a plunger rod and capable of acting on the medicament container for priming and for expelling a dose of medicament; characterised in that the device further comprises an activator mechanism configured to interact with the drive mechanism; wherein the activator mechanism includes a rotator operably arranged inside the housing (10, 114); a safety member removably arranged to the distal end of the housing and operably connected to the rotator; wherein the safety member comprises second contact members arranged with side edges having a curved shape; wherein removal of the safety member by pulling in a distal direction causes curved side surfaces, which are in contact with an end surface of a first outer guiding member of the rotator, to force a rotation of the rotator causing first contact members of the plunger rod to move from an initial state where they leave contact with a first inner transversal and circumferential section (100 II) of an inner guiding member on the inner surface of the rotator and come in contact with an inner inclined section (100 III) of the inner guiding member (100 III), such that the drive mechanism (102, 108) moves the medicament container and a medicament container holder as a unit in the proximal direction toward the distal pointed end of the injection needle, to first penetrate the protective sheath and then a septum at the neck portion of the medicament container, while compressing a protective sheath surrounding the distal end of the needle. - a housing (10, 114) having a proximal and a distal end, - a delivery member connected to the housing, the delivery member including an injection needle having a proximal pointed end and a distal pointed end; - a medicament container operably arranged within the housing; - a drive mechanism (102, 108) comprising a plunger rod and capable of acting on the medicament container for priming and for expelling a dose of medicament;
Ventilation device, in particular a tracheostomy cannula or an endotracheal tube, comprising • a cannula tube, of which a tube wall has an extracorporeal portion, a stoma portion and a tracheal portion, • an inflatable cuff, which extends in the tracheal portion annularly about the cannula tube, on the outer side of the tube wall, • a cuff air line, which has an air outlet in the cuff, • a voice air line, which has an air outlet in the region between stoma portion and cuff, characterized in that the voice air line, in the region of the stoma portion and/or of the tracheal portion, is formed at least in part by a film (11, 12, 13, 14) arranged on the outer side of the cannula tube, which film defines a variable lumen for the passage of voice air, wherein - the variable lumen of a portion n of the voice air line formed by the film (11, 12, 13, 14) has, at a voice air volumetric flow of 5 litres per minute and at an ambient pressure of 1000 mbar, a cross section Q n, - with an overpressure of up to 15 mbar acting on the outer side of the film, the cross section of the lumen of the portion n is reduced by at least 30%, compared to the cross section Q n, when no voice air flows through the voice air line. • a cannula tube, of which a tube wall has an extracorporeal portion, a stoma portion and a tracheal portion, • an inflatable cuff, which extends in the tracheal portion annularly about the cannula tube, on the outer side of the tube wall, • a cuff air line, which has an air outlet in the cuff, • a voice air line, which has an air outlet in the region between stoma portion and cuff, - the variable lumen of a portion n of the voice air line formed by the film (11, 12, 13, 14) has, at a voice air volumetric flow of 5 litres per minute and at an ambient pressure of 1000 mbar, a cross section Q n, - with an overpressure of up to 15 mbar acting on the outer side of the film, the cross section of the lumen of the portion n is reduced by at least 30%, compared to the cross section Q n, when no voice air flows through the voice air line.
A method for checking the tyres on the wheels of a vehicle comprising the following steps: - when the vehicle is at a first operating position, where a first and a second wheel on one of the vehicle axles are positioned at a first and a second check station (4A, 4B), respectively, located along two corresponding tracks running parallel to each other and oriented in a longitudinal direction, capturing image information relating to a sidewall of the tyre of the first and the second wheel, using at least a first and a second optical device (5A, 5B) located on opposite sides of the tracks and oriented towards each other; the method is characterized in that: - for each of the first and second wheels, displaying the image information on a screen in real time, in order to provide a user with image data representing an identification code printed on the tyres to indicate their type, wherein the capturing step comprises capturing a first and a second auxiliary image of at least one part of the sidewall of the tyre in different illumination conditions and processing the first and second auxiliary images by comparing them to derive the image information displayed on the screen. - when the vehicle is at a first operating position, where a first and a second wheel on one of the vehicle axles are positioned at a first and a second check station (4A, 4B), respectively, located along two corresponding tracks running parallel to each other and oriented in a longitudinal direction, capturing image information relating to a sidewall of the tyre of the first and the second wheel, using at least a first and a second optical device (5A, 5B) located on opposite sides of the tracks and oriented towards each other; the method is characterized in that: - for each of the first and second wheels, displaying the image information on a screen in real time, in order to provide a user with image data representing an identification code printed on the tyres to indicate their type, wherein the capturing step comprises capturing a first and a second auxiliary image of at least one part of the sidewall of the tyre in different illumination conditions and processing the first and second auxiliary images by comparing them to derive the image information displayed on the screen. - for each of the first and second wheels, displaying the image information on a screen in real time, in order to provide a user with image data representing an identification code printed on the tyres to indicate their type,