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An image forming apparatus, comprising: an apparatus main body; a container which is removably mountable to the apparatus main body and has a discharge port configured to discharge toner contained in the container; a connecting unit provided in the apparatus main body and having an opening portion (Ma), and a route through which the toner supplied to the opening portion (Ma) passes, the connecting unit being connectable to the container so as to connect the opening portion (Ma) and the discharge port; a guiding unit provided in the apparatus main body and configured to guide the container in a mounting direction in which the container is mounted to the apparatus main body, and to guide the container in a removing direction in which the container is removed from the apparatus main body; a moving unit provided in the apparatus main body and configured to move the connecting unit between a position in which the opening portion (Ma) is connected to the discharge port and a position in which the opening portion (Ma) is not connected to the discharge port; and characterized by a rubbing unit provided in the guiding unit, disposed downstream of the opening portion (Ma) with respect to the removing direction, and configured to rub against a part of the container to clean the part of the container, wherein the container is moved relative to the rubbing unit while the container is guided in the removing direction by the guiding unit, so that the rubbing unit rubs the part of the container. an apparatus main body; a container which is removably mountable to the apparatus main body and has a discharge port configured to discharge toner contained in the container; a connecting unit provided in the apparatus main body and having an opening portion (Ma), and a route through which the toner supplied to the opening portion (Ma) passes, the connecting unit being connectable to the container so as to connect the opening portion (Ma) and the discharge port; a guiding unit provided in the apparatus main body and configured to guide the container in a mounting direction in which the container is mounted to the apparatus main body, and to guide the container in a removing direction in which the container is removed from the apparatus main body; a moving unit provided in the apparatus main body and configured to move the connecting unit between a position in which the opening portion (Ma) is connected to the discharge port and a position in which the opening portion (Ma) is not connected to the discharge port; and characterized by a rubbing unit provided in the guiding unit, disposed downstream of the opening portion (Ma) with respect to the removing direction, and configured to rub against a part of the container to clean the part of the container, wherein the container is moved relative to the rubbing unit while the container is guided in the removing direction by the guiding unit, so that the rubbing unit rubs the part of the container.
A flight management system for aircraft, said aircraft being intended to carry out missions in a non-segregated airspace and/or in a segregated airspace, said system comprising at least: - one missions computer; - one main flight management computer; - one automatic pilot; - human-machine interfaces; - display devices; - one secondary flight management computer comprising means for acquiring tactical instructions from said missions computer and means for computing the trajectory and for laterally guiding said aircraft, said tactical instructions differing from controlled airspace navigation procedures; characterised in that said flight management system comprises: - selection and connection means that are arranged so that: ∘ when said aircraft carries out a mission in a non-segregated airspace, only the main flight management computer is connected to said automatic pilot and to said display devices, said secondary flight management computer not being connected; ∘ when said aircraft carries out a mission in a segregated airspace, only said secondary flight management computer is connected to said missions computer, to said automatic pilot and to said display devices. - one missions computer; - one main flight management computer; - one automatic pilot; - human-machine interfaces; - display devices; - one secondary flight management computer comprising means for acquiring tactical instructions from said missions computer and means for computing the trajectory and for laterally guiding said aircraft, said tactical instructions differing from controlled airspace navigation procedures; - selection and connection means that are arranged so that: ∘ when said aircraft carries out a mission in a non-segregated airspace, only the main flight management computer is connected to said automatic pilot and to said display devices, said secondary flight management computer not being connected; ∘ when said aircraft carries out a mission in a segregated airspace, only said secondary flight management computer is connected to said missions computer, to said automatic pilot and to said display devices. ∘ when said aircraft carries out a mission in a non-segregated airspace, only the main flight management computer is connected to said automatic pilot and to said display devices, said secondary flight management computer not being connected; ∘ when said aircraft carries out a mission in a segregated airspace, only said secondary flight management computer is connected to said missions computer, to said automatic pilot and to said display devices.
A method of thawing an organic material, such as frozen organic material, such as pieces of frozen fish, said method comprising: - arranging said organic material in a thawing compartment of a thawing apparatus, wherein the organic material is subjected to a thawing medium; - thawing said organic material by circulating said thawing medium reaching within said thawing compartment a first temperature, T1 between 10°C and 30°C, through said thawing compartment; - monitoring a heat transfer resistance of said organic material by monitoring temperature variations from T1 of said thawing medium during said circulating and by monitoring a frequency and/or an amplitude of said temperature variations of said thawing medium from T1 during said circulating to detect a shift between outer heat resistance transferral and inner heat resistance transferral of said organic material; wherein said shift is detected when said monitoring shows that said monitored frequency and/or amplitude of said temperature variations from T1 differ/s at least by 5% from an average amplitude value and/or an average frequency value, wherein the average amplitude or frequency is calculated after measured temperature has over-shoot or under-shoot T1 at least two times for a specific time frame and when said shift is detected: - lowering the temperature of said thawing medium to a second temperature, T2, wherein T2 is lower than T1; and - thawing said organic material further by circulating said thawing medium reaching said T2 through said thawing compartment. - arranging said organic material in a thawing compartment of a thawing apparatus, wherein the organic material is subjected to a thawing medium; - thawing said organic material by circulating said thawing medium reaching within said thawing compartment a first temperature, T1 between 10°C and 30°C, through said thawing compartment; - monitoring a heat transfer resistance of said organic material by monitoring temperature variations from T1 of said thawing medium during said circulating and by monitoring a frequency and/or an amplitude of said temperature variations of said thawing medium from T1 during said circulating to detect a shift between outer heat resistance transferral and inner heat resistance transferral of said organic material; - lowering the temperature of said thawing medium to a second temperature, T2, wherein T2 is lower than T1; and - thawing said organic material further by circulating said thawing medium reaching said T2 through said thawing compartment.
Operating device for an electrical appliance, in particular a cooking hob, the operating device having: - a control panel, in particular formed by a hob plate, - capacitive touch switches on the control panel along a first line, each capacitive touch switch being formed by a capacitive sensor element under the control panel and has a capacitive touch area at the top of the control panel above the capacitive sensor element, - optical touch switches on the control panel along a second line next to and parallel to the first line of capacitive touch switches, each optical touch switch having an optical touch area at the top of the control panel, characterized by a distance of 1 mm to 30 mm between the first line and the second line, wherein a distance between adjacent optical touch switches along the second line is equal to or greater than a distance between adjacent capacitive touch switches along the first line, preferably wherein said distance is at least twice as great. - a control panel, in particular formed by a hob plate, - capacitive touch switches on the control panel along a first line, each capacitive touch switch being formed by a capacitive sensor element under the control panel and has a capacitive touch area at the top of the control panel above the capacitive sensor element, - optical touch switches on the control panel along a second line next to and parallel to the first line of capacitive touch switches, each optical touch switch having an optical touch area at the top of the control panel, characterized by a distance of 1 mm to 30 mm between the first line and the second line, wherein a distance between adjacent optical touch switches along the second line is equal to or greater than a distance between adjacent capacitive touch switches along the first line, preferably wherein said distance is at least twice as great.
An apparatus comprising: means for passing ultra wide band data through an original channel in an ultra wide band; means for communicating radio frequency radiation in at least one radio frequency band having potential to cause interference with at least a portion of the original channel; means (730,735) for shifting the ultra wide band data from the original channel to an alternative path (633,920,962) when ultra wide band link quality of the original channel is less than a threshold value, said alternative path being predetermined to be less affected than the original channel by the interference caused by the communication in the at least one radio frequency band; and means (735,715) for communicating the ultra wide band data through the alternative path (633,920,962), wherein the means for communicating radio frequency radiation comprises at least one narrowband transceiver. means for passing ultra wide band data through an original channel in an ultra wide band; means for communicating radio frequency radiation in at least one radio frequency band having potential to cause interference with at least a portion of the original channel; means (730,735) for shifting the ultra wide band data from the original channel to an alternative path (633,920,962) when ultra wide band link quality of the original channel is less than a threshold value, said alternative path being predetermined to be less affected than the original channel by the interference caused by the communication in the at least one radio frequency band; and means (735,715) for communicating the ultra wide band data through the alternative path (633,920,962), wherein the means for communicating radio frequency radiation comprises at least one narrowband transceiver.
An optical transmitting apparatus adapted to convert input data (10, 20) into an optical signal shaped into RZ pulses, and synthesize two optical signals of the same wavelength by setting polarization states of the two optical signals orthogonal to each other to transmit the synthesized signal, comprising: a bias voltage changing unit adapted to give a deflection to a reference bias voltage value applied to a pulse shaping unit that is adapted to convert the input data into the optical signal shaped into the RZ pulses; and a deflection adjusting unit adapted to control the bias voltage changing unit to adjust the deflection, and change a duty of the optical signal shaped into the RZ pulses to suppress a quality deterioration resulting from polarization mode dispersion by adjusting the deflection. a bias voltage changing unit adapted to give a deflection to a reference bias voltage value applied to a pulse shaping unit that is adapted to convert the input data into the optical signal shaped into the RZ pulses; and a deflection adjusting unit adapted to control the bias voltage changing unit to adjust the deflection, and change a duty of the optical signal shaped into the RZ pulses to suppress a quality deterioration resulting from polarization mode dispersion by adjusting the deflection.
A metering device for filling pourable products into sacks or containers, comprising a product feed, a metering unit, a scale comprising a connection area for the sack or container to be filled, a control, which controls the metering unit as a function of a filling weight, which is predetermined and which is measured by the scale, a flexible connection between the metering unit and the connection area of the scale, said flexible connection closes a closed area with the interiors of the metering unit, of the connection area of the scale and the sack or container so as to form a seal, wherein a suction line, which makes it possible for air or gas to be discharged from the closed area via a cleaning filter, a suction valve and a fan, is connected to the closed area, characterised in that the control can adapt the discharge of air or gas, respectively, from the closed area during the metering to the product flow changed by the metering element so as to be variable over time, so that at least in a phase comprising a large product flow, the performance of the fan is higher than in at least a further phase comprising a smaller product flow.
A packaged high-power radio frequency, RF, amplifier circuit comprising a differential amplifier circuit, the differential amplifier circuit comprising: a semiconductor die having a high resistivity substrate and comprising a first and second LDMOS transistor, wherein a source of the first LDMOS transistor is electrically connected to a source of the second LDMOS transistor by a source-to-source connection, characterized in that the differential amplifier circuit further comprises: a first plurality of bond wires extending between a drain of the first LDMOS transistor and a drain of the second LDMOS transistor; wherein the source-to-source connection is formed from an intermediate layer of metal such that a mid-point thereof becomes a virtual AC ground due to the differential operation of the differential amplifier circuit, the source of the first and second LDMOS transistor each being DC grounded by a physical connection to ground that is separate from said source-to-source connection; and wherein the high resistivity substrate has a resistivity greater than 50 Ω*cm. a semiconductor die having a high resistivity substrate and comprising a first and second LDMOS transistor, wherein a source of the first LDMOS transistor is electrically connected to a source of the second LDMOS transistor by a source-to-source connection, characterized in that the differential amplifier circuit further comprises: a first plurality of bond wires extending between a drain of the first LDMOS transistor and a drain of the second LDMOS transistor; wherein the source-to-source connection is formed from an intermediate layer of metal such that a mid-point thereof becomes a virtual AC ground due to the differential operation of the differential amplifier circuit, the source of the first and second LDMOS transistor each being DC grounded by a physical connection to ground that is separate from said source-to-source connection; and wherein the high resistivity substrate has a resistivity greater than 50 Ω*cm. a first plurality of bond wires extending between a drain of the first LDMOS transistor and a drain of the second LDMOS transistor; wherein the source-to-source connection is formed from an intermediate layer of metal such that a mid-point thereof becomes a virtual AC ground due to the differential operation of the differential amplifier circuit, the source of the first and second LDMOS transistor each being DC grounded by a physical connection to ground that is separate from said source-to-source connection; and wherein the high resistivity substrate has a resistivity greater than 50 Ω*cm.
Control method for semiconductor light sources, wherein the semiconductor light sources are operated with short, powerful pulses by an operating device, wherein the characteristic light decrease of a semiconductor light source that is caused by the great heating of the semiconductor chip is stored depending on the power introduced into the semiconductor light source in the operating device, characterized in that the introduced power within a pulse is varied in such a way that the emitted quantity of light of said semiconductor light source substantially remains constant within the pulse duration.
A display system (60, 250) comprising: a head-mountable, augmented reality display (62, 70) configured to display virtual content, wherein the display comprises a waveguide stack including a plurality of waveguides (270, 280, 290, 300, 310, 670, 680, 690), wherein some waveguides of the plurality of waveguides are configured to output light with different amounts of wavefront divergence than other waveguides of the plurality of waveguides, wherein the different amounts of wavefront divergence correspond to different depth planes; one or more inwardly-directed sensors (24, 28, 30, 32, 120); one or more processors; and one or more computer storage media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: performing a neurological analysis by: determining a reaction to a stimulus by receiving data from the one or more inwardly-directed sensors (24, 28, 30, 32, 120); and identifying a neurological abnormality or deficiency associated with the reaction. a head-mountable, augmented reality display (62, 70) configured to display virtual content, wherein the display comprises a waveguide stack including a plurality of waveguides (270, 280, 290, 300, 310, 670, 680, 690), wherein some waveguides of the plurality of waveguides are configured to output light with different amounts of wavefront divergence than other waveguides of the plurality of waveguides, wherein the different amounts of wavefront divergence correspond to different depth planes; one or more inwardly-directed sensors (24, 28, 30, 32, 120); one or more processors; and one or more computer storage media storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: performing a neurological analysis by: determining a reaction to a stimulus by receiving data from the one or more inwardly-directed sensors (24, 28, 30, 32, 120); and identifying a neurological abnormality or deficiency associated with the reaction. determining a reaction to a stimulus by receiving data from the one or more inwardly-directed sensors (24, 28, 30, 32, 120); and identifying a neurological abnormality or deficiency associated with the reaction.
A respiratory humidification system, comprising: a capillary passage in communication with a ventilator, the ventilator adapted to deliver an air stream; a supply of water to the capillary passage; a heater operable to at least partially vaporize water in the capillary passage; a pumping unit adapted to supply water to the capillary passage from the supply, wherein the water upon heating is at least partially vaporized to form an aerosol stream, and wherein the aerosol stream is combined with the air stream to form a humidified air stream; a valve upstream of the capillary passage; a controller having an on-off switch and programmed such that the controller is configured to continuously operate the pump and to maintain the capillary in a heated condition when the controller switch is on; and a water recirculation arrangement which, in cooperation with the valve maintains the pumping unit in a continuously running condition; the system being configured such that, when the controller receives a demand signal, the system delivers water to the heated capillary to create and discharge the aerosol stream of water vapour. a capillary passage in communication with a ventilator, the ventilator adapted to deliver an air stream; a supply of water to the capillary passage; a heater operable to at least partially vaporize water in the capillary passage; a pumping unit adapted to supply water to the capillary passage from the supply, wherein the water upon heating is at least partially vaporized to form an aerosol stream, and wherein the aerosol stream is combined with the air stream to form a humidified air stream; a valve upstream of the capillary passage; a controller having an on-off switch and programmed such that the controller is configured to continuously operate the pump and to maintain the capillary in a heated condition when the controller switch is on; and a water recirculation arrangement which, in cooperation with the valve maintains the pumping unit in a continuously running condition; the system being configured such that, when the controller receives a demand signal, the system delivers water to the heated capillary to create and discharge the aerosol stream of water vapour.
Switch heating validation system for validating the operating state of the railway switch heating system 1618) for heating a railway switch, the switch heating validation system comprising: - a sensor unit which is configured for fixing to a rail (11, 12) or a switch tip (13, 14) the railway switch, for measuring a momentary temperature of the railway switch; - a control interface configured for communication with a control unit of the railway switch heating system, for establishing the operating state of the railway switch heating system which defines whether one or more heating units of the railway switch heating system are activated or deactivated; and - a communication unit configured for transmitting the momentary temperature and the operating state of the railway switch heating system to a remotely located central processing unit, characterized in that the switch heating validation system validates the operating state of the railway switch heating system on the basis of the established momentary temperature and the establishing, via the control interface, of the activation of the railway switch heating system. - a sensor unit which is configured for fixing to a rail (11, 12) or a switch tip (13, 14) the railway switch, for measuring a momentary temperature of the railway switch; - a control interface configured for communication with a control unit of the railway switch heating system, for establishing the operating state of the railway switch heating system which defines whether one or more heating units of the railway switch heating system are activated or deactivated; and - a communication unit configured for transmitting the momentary temperature and the operating state of the railway switch heating system to a remotely located central processing unit, characterized in that the switch heating validation system validates the operating state of the railway switch heating system on the basis of the established momentary temperature and the establishing, via the control interface, of the activation of the railway switch heating system.