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Device for removing containers in groups from a continuous container flow and for supplying a container group with a predetermined number of containers to a clocked processing machine, comprising at least one entry device, at least one linear feeding unit having at least one first linear section (4.1), and a transfer device, wherein the entry device comprises a main supplying unit, configured in the form of an inlet star, and at least one first and second star distributors (30, 40), wherein the main supplying unit comprises a plurality (n) of supporting and retaining elements for the hanging transport of the containers in the form of a continuous container flow, and is designed and arranged in such a way that a first transfer region is formed for the individual transfer of containers from the container flow to the first star distributor, and a second transfer region is formed for the transfer of containers to the second star distributor, wherein at least the first star distributor is configured such as to transfer the containers removed from the continuous container flow from the main supplying unit in the first transfer region to the first linear section (4.1) of the linear feeding unit, characterised in that at least the first star distributor has at least one receiving section, having a number (m) of supporting and retaining elements for receiving the containers from the continuous container flow along its periphery, that the at least one receiving section of the first star distributor is adjoined by an unoccupied empty section for interrupting the receiving of containers, and that the number (m) of the supporting and retaining elements of the at least one receiving section corresponds to the predetermined number of a container group.
Control method for riding a bicycle in a wind shadow, wherein the bicycle is configured to be driven manually by means of a pedalling force of the cyclist on the pedals of the bicycle and by motor by means of a motor torque of a drive motor, wherein the control method has at least the following steps: • acquiring a pedalling variable which represents the pedalling force, and • acquiring at least one longitudinal distance of the bicycle from a vehicle travelling ahead, • acquiring a lateral offset of the bicycle with respect to the vehicle travelling ahead, and • controlling the motor torque of the drive motor as a function of the longitudinal distance, the lateral offset and the pedalling variable for controlling the bicycle in the wind shadow of the vehicle travelling ahead, wherein the motor torque is controlled only if the longitudinal distance exceeds as a safety measure, a safety distance or exceeds a target distance as an aid for riding in a wind shadow, characterized in that the safety distance and/or the target distance are adapted as a function of the lateral offset. • acquiring a pedalling variable which represents the pedalling force, and • acquiring at least one longitudinal distance of the bicycle from a vehicle travelling ahead, • acquiring a lateral offset of the bicycle with respect to the vehicle travelling ahead, and • controlling the motor torque of the drive motor as a function of the longitudinal distance, the lateral offset and the pedalling variable for controlling the bicycle in the wind shadow of the vehicle travelling ahead, wherein the motor torque is controlled only if the longitudinal distance exceeds as a safety measure, a safety distance or exceeds a target distance as an aid for riding in a wind shadow, characterized in that the safety distance and/or the target distance are adapted as a function of the lateral offset.
An image processing device for filtering Bayer-type images or color filter array images, comprising: a feature quantity detecting unit for detecting a feature quantity of an object to be photographed which exists around an aimed pixel in a two-dimensional image; a directional correlation value calculating unit for calculating a directional correlation value of the object to be photographed which exists around said aimed pixel from the feature quantity detected by said feature quantity detecting unit; a filter value calculating unit for referring to a pixel signal of said aimed pixel and pixel signals of neighboring pixels in a neighborhood of said aimed pixel to calculate a plurality of filter values; and an output value calculating unit for performing weighting arithmetic operations on the plurality of filter values calculated by said filter value calculating unit by using the feature quantity detected by said feature quantity detecting unit and the directional correlation value calculated by said directional correlation value calculating unit, and for multiplying a result of said weighting arithmetic operations by a sensitization magnification to create pixel signals of a correctly exposed image, wherein the filter value calculating unit calculates a low pass filter value in a one-dimensional direction including the aimed pixel, a median filter value in a one-dimensional direction including said aimed pixel, a two-dimensional low pass filter value including said aimed pixel, and a two-dimensional median filter value including said aimed pixel. a feature quantity detecting unit for detecting a feature quantity of an object to be photographed which exists around an aimed pixel in a two-dimensional image; a directional correlation value calculating unit for calculating a directional correlation value of the object to be photographed which exists around said aimed pixel from the feature quantity detected by said feature quantity detecting unit; a filter value calculating unit for referring to a pixel signal of said aimed pixel and pixel signals of neighboring pixels in a neighborhood of said aimed pixel to calculate a plurality of filter values; and an output value calculating unit for performing weighting arithmetic operations on the plurality of filter values calculated by said filter value calculating unit by using the feature quantity detected by said feature quantity detecting unit and the directional correlation value calculated by said directional correlation value calculating unit, and for multiplying a result of said weighting arithmetic operations by a sensitization magnification to create pixel signals of a correctly exposed image, wherein the filter value calculating unit calculates a low pass filter value in a one-dimensional direction including the aimed pixel, a median filter value in a one-dimensional direction including said aimed pixel, a two-dimensional low pass filter value including said aimed pixel, and a two-dimensional median filter value including said aimed pixel.
Device for protecting a sensor holder during transport, comprising a container with a polygonal, preferably quadrangular base and with side walls (22, 23, 24, 25) which are connected to the base along the respective base edges (26, 27, 28, 29), wherein a first flat body is arranged on a first side wall, which flat body is pivotable relative to the first side wall and, in a first functional position, is aligned substantially parallel to the base, thereby at least partially covering an opening of the container, and which first flat body, in a second functional position, is aligned essentially in a plane parallel to the base, thereby exposing the opening of the container, wherein, on a first side of the first flat body, which, in the first functional position, faces the base of the container, there is provided a fixing region formed by a fixing means, in particular by suction cups or by an adhesive material, by means of which fixing region the device can be fastened to a vehicle pane in the second functional position of the first flat body, and wherein the device is composed predominantly of cardboard, characterized in that only one first flat body is provided.
An arrangement made of an implantable cardiac electrode lead for intracardiac sensing of cardiac action potentials and/or for electrical stimulation or defibrillation of the heart, and a guide wire for insertion of the electrode lead into the heart of a patient, wherein the guide wire has, on the proximal end of the arrangement, means to lock the proximal end of the guide wire and the electrode lead with one another in a detachable manner, the means of locking having a deformation that presses in an elastic manner against certain points on the wall of a lumen of the electrode lead to produce a frictional engagement with a frictional force to hold the guide wire securely in the electrode lead during all manipulations that occur in connection with the insertion of the electrode lead, however to allow the locking to be undone after the end of the implantation.
A device for purifying room air, comprising an upright, tubular air guiding element made of an opaque material having an air inlet and an air outlet, as well as at least one flow drive arranged therebetween and causing a downward flow in the air guiding element, and an illumination device internally associated with the air guiding element, which comprises at least one UV-C illuminant, characterized in that between the air inlet and the at least one UV-C illuminant and between the air outlet and the at least one UV-C illuminant, the air guiding element is assigned a honeycomb arrangement with honeycombs which are long in comparison with their diameter, the air guiding element being assigned a UV-C reflector which surrounds the UV-C illuminants and is made from a cylindrically shaped aluminum sheet, wherein a base is associated with the air guiding element below the air outlet, which base is frustoconical in shape and has a concave outer surface, and wherein the flow drive is arranged below a lower honeycomb arrangement, draws air axially from the air guiding element and discharges it axially downwards, so that the flow drive directs the air onto the outer surface of the base.
A medical grasping device for use in an interventional procedure in a body lumen of a patient, the medical grasping device comprising: an elongate member; a first resilient prong extending from a distal end of the elongate member, the first resilient prong comprising a first engagement feature, wherein the first engagement feature includes a first retaining face oriented at a first angle relative to an extension of a longitudinal axis of the elongate member when the medical grasping device is in an open configuration; and a second resilient prong extending from a distal end of the elongate member, the second resilient prong comprising a second engagement feature, wherein the second engagement feature includes a second retaining face oriented at a second angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the elongate member when the medical grasping device is in the open configuration, wherein the first retaining face is oriented at a third angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the elongate member, and the second retaining face is oriented at a fourth angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the elongate member when the medical grasping device is in a closed configuration; wherein the first and second angles are obtuse angles relative to the longitudinal axis; wherein the third and fourth angles are acute angles relative to the longitudinal axis; and wherein the first engagement feature is configured to interlock with the second engagement feature when the medical grasping device is in the closed configuration. an elongate member; a first resilient prong extending from a distal end of the elongate member, the first resilient prong comprising a first engagement feature, wherein the first engagement feature includes a first retaining face oriented at a first angle relative to an extension of a longitudinal axis of the elongate member when the medical grasping device is in an open configuration; and a second resilient prong extending from a distal end of the elongate member, the second resilient prong comprising a second engagement feature, wherein the second engagement feature includes a second retaining face oriented at a second angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the elongate member when the medical grasping device is in the open configuration, wherein the first retaining face is oriented at a third angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the elongate member, and the second retaining face is oriented at a fourth angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the elongate member when the medical grasping device is in a closed configuration; wherein the first and second angles are obtuse angles relative to the longitudinal axis; wherein the third and fourth angles are acute angles relative to the longitudinal axis; and wherein the first engagement feature is configured to interlock with the second engagement feature when the medical grasping device is in the closed configuration.
A Method for forming a transistor on a semi-conductor on insulator type substrate comprising steps consisting in: a) rendering amorphous and doping, by means of one or more localised implantation(s), of regions (121a, 123a) of blocks (121, 123) of crystalline semi-conductor material lying on an insulating layer of the semi-conductor on insulator substrate and intended to form source and drain blocks arranged on either side of a zone in which a channel of the transistor is intended to be formed, the implantation(s) being carried out so as to keep at the surface of said blocks (121, 123) a thickness of crystalline semi-conductor material on said given regions of semi-conductor material rendered amorphous, the amorphization and the doping being carried out at step a) by more than one step of implantation comprising in the following order or in the opposite order: - an implantation by means of a non-doping species so as to render amorphous at least one portion of said given regions (121a, 123a), - another implantation of a doping species so as to carry out an N-type or P-type doping of at least one portion of said given regions, this other implantation being carried out a temperature above a critical temperature above which said portion is not rendered amorphous by this other implantation, b) recrystallization and activation annealing of the dopants of at least one portion of said given regions (121a, 123a). a) rendering amorphous and doping, by means of one or more localised implantation(s), of regions (121a, 123a) of blocks (121, 123) of crystalline semi-conductor material lying on an insulating layer of the semi-conductor on insulator substrate and intended to form source and drain blocks arranged on either side of a zone in which a channel of the transistor is intended to be formed, the implantation(s) being carried out so as to keep at the surface of said blocks (121, 123) a thickness of crystalline semi-conductor material on said given regions of semi-conductor material rendered amorphous, the amorphization and the doping being carried out at step a) by more than one step of implantation comprising in the following order or in the opposite order: - an implantation by means of a non-doping species so as to render amorphous at least one portion of said given regions (121a, 123a), - another implantation of a doping species so as to carry out an N-type or P-type doping of at least one portion of said given regions, this other implantation being carried out a temperature above a critical temperature above which said portion is not rendered amorphous by this other implantation, - an implantation by means of a non-doping species so as to render amorphous at least one portion of said given regions (121a, 123a), - another implantation of a doping species so as to carry out an N-type or P-type doping of at least one portion of said given regions, this other implantation being carried out a temperature above a critical temperature above which said portion is not rendered amorphous by this other implantation, b) recrystallization and activation annealing of the dopants of at least one portion of said given regions (121a, 123a).
A vessel with at least one segmentable floating body lifting pillar for lifting the vessel above a water surface, wherein the floating body lifting pillar comprises at least two or more floating body lifting pillar segments (211, 311, 313), and the floating body lifting pillar segment (211, 311, 313) comprises a means for absorbing pressure in a pressure direction, a means acting oppositely to the pressure direction for absorbing tension and a segment coupling receptacle and an oppositely disposed counter-segment coupling receptacle, by way of which the respective further floating body lifting pillar segments can be flange-mounted, wherein the vessel to be lifted or to be carried has a mass of more than 100 t, in particular more than 1,000 t, preferably more than 5,000 t, most preferably more than 10,000t, wherein the counter-segment coupling receptacle comprises a cone as a tapering on its longitudinal side, so that in a case, in which a first floating body lifting pillar segment and a second floating body lifting pillar segment are coupled, a pressure caused by a weight of the vessel to be lifted or carried can be transferred from the segment coupling receptacle of the first floating body lifting pillar segment to the segment coupling receptacle of the second floating body lifting pillar segment, wherein due to the coupling, the first floating body lifting pillar segment and the second floating body lifting pillar segment and/or further floating body lifting pillar segments are assembled into a floating body lifting pillar and a hull of the vessel comprises a guide receptacle for the floating body lifting pillar, wherein the floating body lifting pillar is displaceable by way of the guide receptacle, so that the floating body lifting pillar can be adapted to the depth of the water at any time.
A method for generating haptic output, comprising: receiving, in an electronic device having a trackpad, a force signal that a force sensor of the trackpad generates based on a user input at the trackpad; receiving, in the electronic device, a touch signal that a touch sensor of the trackpad generates based on the user input, the touch signal reflecting a size of an area of the trackpad involved in the user input; selecting, by the electronic device and based on at least one of the force signal or the touch signal, a first driver signal waveform from among multiple driver signal waveforms applicable to an actuator coupled to the trackpad; scaling, by the electronic device, the first driver signal waveform into a second driver signal waveform, the scaling based on at least one of the force signal or the touch signal; comparing the size of the area with a baseline area size, wherein the scaling is based at least in part on the comparison; and generating, by the electronic device, a haptic output in response to the user input by providing the second driver signal waveform to the actuator. receiving, in an electronic device having a trackpad, a force signal that a force sensor of the trackpad generates based on a user input at the trackpad; receiving, in the electronic device, a touch signal that a touch sensor of the trackpad generates based on the user input, the touch signal reflecting a size of an area of the trackpad involved in the user input; selecting, by the electronic device and based on at least one of the force signal or the touch signal, a first driver signal waveform from among multiple driver signal waveforms applicable to an actuator coupled to the trackpad; scaling, by the electronic device, the first driver signal waveform into a second driver signal waveform, the scaling based on at least one of the force signal or the touch signal; comparing the size of the area with a baseline area size, wherein the scaling is based at least in part on the comparison; and generating, by the electronic device, a haptic output in response to the user input by providing the second driver signal waveform to the actuator.
A heat flux measurement apparatus, comprising: a first measurement unit that measures a temperature difference between a first measurement location and a second measurement location that is lower in temperature than the first measurement location, using a thermocouple; a second measurement unit that measures a temperature difference between a third measurement location that can be assumed to be isothermal with the first measurement location and a fourth measurement location that can be assumed to be isothermal with the second measurement location, using a thermocouple different in time constant from the thermocouple of the first measurement unit; and a heat flux calculation unit that, using measured temperature differences respectively acquired from thermal electromotive forces of the thermocouples of the respective measurement units and time differential values of the actual measured temperature differences of the respective measurement units, detects a time constant of the thermocouple of at least one of the measurement units, calculates a compensated temperature difference by compensating a response lag of the actual measured temperature difference using the detected time constant, and calculates a heat flux based on the compensated temperature difference. a first measurement unit that measures a temperature difference between a first measurement location and a second measurement location that is lower in temperature than the first measurement location, using a thermocouple; a second measurement unit that measures a temperature difference between a third measurement location that can be assumed to be isothermal with the first measurement location and a fourth measurement location that can be assumed to be isothermal with the second measurement location, using a thermocouple different in time constant from the thermocouple of the first measurement unit; and a heat flux calculation unit that, using measured temperature differences respectively acquired from thermal electromotive forces of the thermocouples of the respective measurement units and time differential values of the actual measured temperature differences of the respective measurement units, detects a time constant of the thermocouple of at least one of the measurement units, calculates a compensated temperature difference by compensating a response lag of the actual measured temperature difference using the detected time constant, and calculates a heat flux based on the compensated temperature difference.