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A vacuum cleaner, comprising: a cleaner main body which includes a suction motor for generating suction force; and a suction hose which communicates with the cleaner main body for sucking dust-containing air, wherein the cleaner main body includes a main body portion; a dust container which is provided in the main body portion, the dust container which includes a suction port in which air sucked through the suction hose is introduced and a storage space for collecting dust; and a cover member which includes a connector, which is connected with the suction hose on a side thereof, and is movable to selectively cover at least a portion of the dust container, and wherein when the cover member is moved to a position covering the portion of the dust container, the connector is aligned with an air introducing direction at the suction port in parallel, characterized in that the vacuum cleaner further comprises: a first sealing portion which is formed to be inclined and disposed on an opened end of the connector; and a second sealing portion which is formed to be inclined at the same angle as the first sealing portion and disposed at an opened end of the suction port facing the first sealing portion, wherein when the cover member is closed, the first sealing portion and the second sealing portion are in close contact with each other. a cleaner main body which includes a suction motor for generating suction force; and a suction hose which communicates with the cleaner main body for sucking dust-containing air, wherein the cleaner main body includes a main body portion; a dust container which is provided in the main body portion, the dust container which includes a suction port in which air sucked through the suction hose is introduced and a storage space for collecting dust; and a cover member which includes a connector, which is connected with the suction hose on a side thereof, and is movable to selectively cover at least a portion of the dust container, and wherein when the cover member is moved to a position covering the portion of the dust container, the connector is aligned with an air introducing direction at the suction port in parallel, characterized in that the vacuum cleaner further comprises: a first sealing portion which is formed to be inclined and disposed on an opened end of the connector; and a second sealing portion which is formed to be inclined at the same angle as the first sealing portion and disposed at an opened end of the suction port facing the first sealing portion, wherein when the cover member is closed, the first sealing portion and the second sealing portion are in close contact with each other. a first sealing portion which is formed to be inclined and disposed on an opened end of the connector; and a second sealing portion which is formed to be inclined at the same angle as the first sealing portion and disposed at an opened end of the suction port facing the first sealing portion, wherein when the cover member is closed, the first sealing portion and the second sealing portion are in close contact with each other.
A cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, said cartridge comprising: a photosensitive drum (1, 401); a discharge opening (32d; 232d; 628g; 730d; 802) for permitting discharge of toner removed from said photosensitive drum (1, 401) to an outside of said cartridge; and a coupling member (30; 230; 629; 730; 830) configured to output a rotational force, said coupling member (30; 230; 629; 730; 830) being movable relative to said photosensitive drum (1, 401) between (a) a first position and (b) a second position retracted from the first position; characterized in that the coupling member (30; 230; 629; 730; 830) is provided adjacent to said discharge opening (32d; 232d; 628g; 730d; 802); and the first position being suitable for transmitting the rotational force to the outside of the cartridge. a photosensitive drum (1, 401); a discharge opening (32d; 232d; 628g; 730d; 802) for permitting discharge of toner removed from said photosensitive drum (1, 401) to an outside of said cartridge; and a coupling member (30; 230; 629; 730; 830) configured to output a rotational force, said coupling member (30; 230; 629; 730; 830) being movable relative to said photosensitive drum (1, 401) between (a) a first position and (b) a second position retracted from the first position; characterized in that the coupling member (30; 230; 629; 730; 830) is provided adjacent to said discharge opening (32d; 232d; 628g; 730d; 802); and the first position being suitable for transmitting the rotational force to the outside of the cartridge.
A radiographic image conversion panel comprising a substate having thereon a phosphor layer formed by a vapor-accumulating method, wherein the phosphor layer has a thickness distribution of not more than ± 5 %, the thickness distribution being defined by the following formula: ( D max − D min / D max + D min × 100, provided that D max is a maximum thickness of the phosphor layer; and D min is a minimum thickness of the phosphor layer, wherein the phosphor has a thickness of 100 to 800 μm, and wherein the phosphor layer has a thickness variation coefficient of not more than 10%, the thickness variation coefficient being defined by the following formula: (D dev / D av) x 100, provided that D av is an average thickness of the phosphor layer; and D dev is a standard deviation of thickness of the phosphor layer.
An optical microscopy probe for scanning microscopy imaging of an associated object, the probe comprising: - an elongated housing with an optical window, the optical window being positioned at a side position at the distal end of the housing, - an optical guide having an objective lens rigidly coupled to an end portion of the optical guide, the optical guide being displaceably mounted in a transverse direction of the housing so as to enable optical scanning in a region of interest outside said optical window, and - a relay lens unit rigidly mounted relative to the housing at the distal end of the probe, the relay lens unit comprising a first lens, a second lens and a mirror, wherein the relay lens unit is optically arranged relative to the objective lens for allowing scanning microscopy through the optical window of the housing, wherein the first lens of the relay lens unit is positioned with an optical axis substantially parallel with a longitudinal direction of the probe, and wherein the second lens is configured to define a focal point of microscopic imaging outside of the probe. - an elongated housing with an optical window, the optical window being positioned at a side position at the distal end of the housing, - an optical guide having an objective lens rigidly coupled to an end portion of the optical guide, the optical guide being displaceably mounted in a transverse direction of the housing so as to enable optical scanning in a region of interest outside said optical window, and - a relay lens unit rigidly mounted relative to the housing at the distal end of the probe, the relay lens unit comprising a first lens, a second lens and a mirror, wherein the relay lens unit is optically arranged relative to the objective lens for allowing scanning microscopy through the optical window of the housing, wherein the first lens of the relay lens unit is positioned with an optical axis substantially parallel with a longitudinal direction of the probe, and wherein the second lens is configured to define a focal point of microscopic imaging outside of the probe.
System for controlling the rotation speed of an electric motor of a motor vehicle with electric or hybrid propulsion comprising a torque setpoint feedback-based corrector using a control model ( Ĝ ( s)), the input quantity of the corrector (C cons) being the torque setpoint as demanded by the driver, characterized in that the corrector uses a pure delay (H padé (s)), the output of said corrector being connected to a subtractor which calculates the difference between a rotation speed modelled by the control model with the pure delay (H padé (s)) and the real motor speed, the output of said subtractor communicating with the input of an additional corrector intended to attenuate the oscillations by correcting said torque setpoint, the time constant of said additional corrector being parameterized as a function of the resonance frequency of said control module.
Method for controlling the web tension of a material web moved by means of a transport device by using a web tension controller while determining control loop parameters, the control loop parameters of the web tension controller being determined in accordance with a characteristic curve that can be predefined as a function and/or at a plurality of reference points on the basis of a running length of the material web between a feed clamping point and a discharge clamping point, the control loop parameters being determined on the basis of physical characteristic variables of the material web, characterized in that the control loop parameters are determined on the basis of the moment of inertia of non-driven rolls between the feed clamping point and the discharge clamping point.
Method for verifying the volume of liquid aspirated and displaced in a pipette, which includes a piston, a shaft whose end is provided with a dispensing tip and which is intended to aspirate then dispense said volume of liquid, comprising the following steps: - defining a predetermined value for the volume to be aspirated by means of an operator adjusting a counter to a value of the volume of liquid to be dispensed thereby automatically determining a travel of said piston, - measuring at a plurality of times during aspiration the pressure at two points of the shaft and the temperature in the shaft, - calculating from said measured pressure and temperature the volume of liquid aspirated and displaced in the shaft and/or dispensing tip, - verifying if said calculated volume corresponds to said value of the volume of liquid to be dispensed, and - generating an indication relating to this verification. - defining a predetermined value for the volume to be aspirated by means of an operator adjusting a counter to a value of the volume of liquid to be dispensed thereby automatically determining a travel of said piston, - measuring at a plurality of times during aspiration the pressure at two points of the shaft and the temperature in the shaft, - calculating from said measured pressure and temperature the volume of liquid aspirated and displaced in the shaft and/or dispensing tip, - verifying if said calculated volume corresponds to said value of the volume of liquid to be dispensed, and - generating an indication relating to this verification.
Method for starting a vehicle with a fuel cell system, via which electric power reaches power electronics supplying a drive motor with electric drive power, wherein a starting process of the vehicle with the fuel cell system can be initiated by means of a remote trigger unit irrespective of a presence of the user in the immediate vicinity of the vehicle, and wherein the remote trigger unit is a mobile communication device, and wherein the starting process only happens via the mobile communication device in a freeze start of the fuel cell system, in which components are heated and defrosted if necessary, if a) a start signal of the mobile communication device is transmitted to a control unit in the vehicle, and b) temperatures detected in the vehicle, in the fuel cell system and in the environment of the vehicle simultaneously lie below a preset temperature limit value, characterised in that the mobile communication device transmits the start signal fully automatically on the basis of a continuous position detection of the mobile communication device and the comparison to the previously stored parking position of the vehicle if the user of the vehicle approaches the vehicle with the mobile communication device and if a preset distance between the mobile communication device and the vehicle is undershot. a) a start signal of the mobile communication device is transmitted to a control unit in the vehicle, and b) temperatures detected in the vehicle, in the fuel cell system and in the environment of the vehicle simultaneously lie below a preset temperature limit value,
A method for detecting presence of an object in a predefined space, with use of a system comprising at least three cascade-connected sensors (s 1, s 2,..., s n), wherein the sensors are ordered in the cascade according to increasing respective power consumption and according to increasing respective sensor accuracy, comprising the steps of: a) activating a first sensor (s 1) in the cascade, b) waiting until the first sensor detects presence, and c) when presence is detected, activating a successive sensor (s 2,..., s n) in the cascade, d) and when the successive sensor (s 2,..., s n) detects presence repeat step c), until all sensors in the cascade have been activated, or when said successive sensor (s 2,...,s n) does not detect presence, returning to step b), e) sending a confirmation message to an output device in response to an ultimat sensor in the cascade (s n) detecting presence. a) activating a first sensor (s 1) in the cascade, b) waiting until the first sensor detects presence, and c) when presence is detected, activating a successive sensor (s 2,..., s n) in the cascade, d) and when the successive sensor (s 2,..., s n) detects presence repeat step c), until all sensors in the cascade have been activated, or when said successive sensor (s 2,...,s n) does not detect presence, returning to step b), e) sending a confirmation message to an output device in response to an ultimat sensor in the cascade (s n) detecting presence.
A crosslinkable composition comprising a polymer comprising (a) a polyisobutylene segment and (b) two or more sites of carbon-carbon unsaturation and (c) a non-polyisobutylene polymer segment which is selected from polyether segments, fluoropolymer segments, polyester segments, polyacrylate segments, polymethacrylate segments, polysiloxane segments, polystyrene segments and polycarbonate segments, wherein the polymer is a urethane, urea or urethane/urea copolymer and wherein the composition further comprises a free radical thermal initiator or photoinitiator. (a) a polyisobutylene segment and (b) two or more sites of carbon-carbon unsaturation and (c) a non-polyisobutylene polymer segment which is selected from polyether segments, fluoropolymer segments, polyester segments, polyacrylate segments, polymethacrylate segments, polysiloxane segments, polystyrene segments and polycarbonate segments,
A blood pump comprising: a disposable pump head having an inlet and an outlet formed in a sealed impeller housing (30, 31), the pump head further comprising an impeller contained within the sealed impeller housing (30, 31) having a top disk and a bottom disk with impeller blades mounted therebetween, the top and bottom disks (33, 32) having respective magnetic structures (36, 37); and a re-usable levitation/drive unit having relatively movable upper and lower housing sections (65, 66, 68; 75, 76, 78), the housing sections movable to an open position for allowing insertion of the disposable pump head and a closed position for retaining the disposable pump head in a predetermined position, wherein the re-usable levitation/drive unit includes a levitation magnet in one of the housing sections and a drive magnet in the other one of the housing sections; wherein the upper housing section comprises first and second jaw elements (65, 66); 75, 76) each relatively movable with respect to the lower housing section (68; 78); and characterised in that: at least one of the first and second jaws (65, 66; 75, 76) is hinged from the lower housing section (68; 78). a disposable pump head having an inlet and an outlet formed in a sealed impeller housing (30, 31), the pump head further comprising an impeller contained within the sealed impeller housing (30, 31) having a top disk and a bottom disk with impeller blades mounted therebetween, the top and bottom disks (33, 32) having respective magnetic structures (36, 37); and a re-usable levitation/drive unit having relatively movable upper and lower housing sections (65, 66, 68; 75, 76, 78), the housing sections movable to an open position for allowing insertion of the disposable pump head and a closed position for retaining the disposable pump head in a predetermined position, wherein the re-usable levitation/drive unit includes a levitation magnet in one of the housing sections and a drive magnet in the other one of the housing sections; wherein the upper housing section comprises first and second jaw elements (65, 66); 75, 76) each relatively movable with respect to the lower housing section (68; 78); and characterised in that: at least one of the first and second jaws (65, 66; 75, 76) is hinged from the lower housing section (68; 78). at least one of the first and second jaws (65, 66; 75, 76) is hinged from the lower housing section (68; 78).
A touch sensitive display device comprising: at least one touch electrode for receiving a touch sensor driving signal (Vtx; Vm); a touch sensing circuit comprising a first input terminal (-) coupled to the at least one touch electrode to receive a touch sensor sensing signal (Vx); whereby the device is characterised in a discharge circuit comprising a discharge path (N1, Ccrj), the discharge circuit configured to discharge the first input terminal (-) of the touch sensing circuit by selectively connecting the first input terminal (-) to the discharge path (N1, Ccrj) a plurality of times at predetermined intervals during a touch driving pulse of a touch sensor driving signal (Vtx; Vm) provided to the at least one touch electrode. at least one touch electrode for receiving a touch sensor driving signal (Vtx; Vm); a touch sensing circuit comprising a first input terminal (-) coupled to the at least one touch electrode to receive a touch sensor sensing signal (Vx); whereby the device is characterised in a discharge circuit comprising a discharge path (N1, Ccrj), the discharge circuit configured to discharge the first input terminal (-) of the touch sensing circuit by selectively connecting the first input terminal (-) to the discharge path (N1, Ccrj) a plurality of times at predetermined intervals during a touch driving pulse of a touch sensor driving signal (Vtx; Vm) provided to the at least one touch electrode.
Sensor for electromagnetic radiation of microwave and terahertz frequencies comprising a bow-tie shaped semiconductor planar structure asymmetrically broadening from the center to opposite sides, wherein one side of the structure broadens more sharply than the opposite one, thereby forming a sharply broadening region and a gradually broadening region, and said bow-tie shaped planar structure includes: a semiconductor base containing: a semiconductor active region defined by the sharply broadening part, and regions of heavier doped semiconductor, doped at least by two orders in magnitude heavier as compared with the doping of the active region, defined by the gradually broadening part and at least by a part extending outwardly the sharply broadening part, the heavier doped semiconductor regions are covered with a metal layer, and an ohmic contact is formed between it and the semiconductor regions, characterized in that the said metal layer is extended inwardly to the center of the active region above the any end of the semiconductor active region by partially covering it and forming a gate which has a non-ohmic contact with the part of the semiconductor active region below it. a semiconductor active region defined by the sharply broadening part, and regions of heavier doped semiconductor, doped at least by two orders in magnitude heavier as compared with the doping of the active region, defined by the gradually broadening part and at least by a part extending outwardly the sharply broadening part, the heavier doped semiconductor regions are covered with a metal layer, and an ohmic contact is formed between it and the semiconductor regions, characterized in that the said metal layer is extended inwardly to the center of the active region above the any end of the semiconductor active region by partially covering it and forming a gate which has a non-ohmic contact with the part of the semiconductor active region below it.
An image processing apparatus, comprising: a luminance estimation unit that estimates an image, Iest, by executing a spline-smoothing process in luminance values of pixels of an input image, f; a surface reflected component enhancement unit which generates an image, fspec, wherein when a pixel value, fσ(i,j), of a result, fσ, obtained by executing a convolution operation process between f and a Gaussian function is equal or larger than Iest(i,j)-d the unit sets f(i,j) as the luminance value, fspec(i,j), and wherein when the result is smaller than Iest(i,j)-d the unit sets Iest(i,j) as the luminance value, fspec(i,j), wherein d is a positive integer that is smaller than the amplitude of a low- frequency component of Iest; a demosaicking processing unit that executes a demosaicking process on fspec; and a merging unit that generates an image by merging the image after the demosaicking process and the regions of fσ for which fσ(i,j) < Iest(i,j) holds. a luminance estimation unit that estimates an image, Iest, by executing a spline-smoothing process in luminance values of pixels of an input image, f; a surface reflected component enhancement unit which generates an image, fspec, wherein when a pixel value, fσ(i,j), of a result, fσ, obtained by executing a convolution operation process between f and a Gaussian function is equal or larger than Iest(i,j)-d the unit sets f(i,j) as the luminance value, fspec(i,j), and wherein when the result is smaller than Iest(i,j)-d the unit sets Iest(i,j) as the luminance value, fspec(i,j), wherein d is a positive integer that is smaller than the amplitude of a low- frequency component of Iest; a demosaicking processing unit that executes a demosaicking process on fspec; and a merging unit that generates an image by merging the image after the demosaicking process and the regions of fσ for which fσ(i,j) < Iest(i,j) holds.
Method for assisted or automatic coupling of a trailer vehicle to a towing vehicle, the towing vehicle being equipped with a coupling element, which has a side guide for a corresponding coupling counterpart of the trailer vehicle to be inserted into the coupling element, an electronically regulated service brake and a drive unit, an automated coupling process being started, after the towing vehicle has been aligned with and brought closer to the trailer vehicle, which process comprises the steps of starting a reverse movement at a specific speed and at a specific drive torque (M1; S3), recording the longitudinal acceleration and the lateral acceleration of the towing vehicle, and which automated coupling process is characterized by the steps of, upon the occurrence of a lateral acceleration (ay) in a first value range (Th1, Th2) with the occurrence of a longitudinal acceleration (ax) in a second value range (Th3, Th4; S5) and the subsequent occurrence of a longitudinal acceleration (ax) in a third value range, stopping the reverse movement by switching off the drive torque and/or by actuating the service brake.