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Slide for guiding a roller shutter or the like used to seal or, on the contrary, release an opening disposed in an opening of a building, comprising: - a main profile arranged to be applied to a vertical face of said opening, comprising a longitudinal pivot axis and a longitudinal retaining element, and forming one of the longitudinal edges of a guide slot, - a removable profile comprising a longitudinal hinge element and cooperating in a functional position with said main profile to form the other longitudinal edge of the guide slot, and - a clamping member elastically deformable and provided with an engagement protrusion, said slide being configured so that the rotation of the hinge element of the removable profile about the pivot axis to the functional position of said removable profile ensures that said engagement protrusion engages on the retaining element, said slide being characterised in that the clamping member is detachably attached to the removable profile. - a main profile arranged to be applied to a vertical face of said opening, comprising a longitudinal pivot axis and a longitudinal retaining element, and forming one of the longitudinal edges of a guide slot, - a removable profile comprising a longitudinal hinge element and cooperating in a functional position with said main profile to form the other longitudinal edge of the guide slot, and - a clamping member elastically deformable and provided with an engagement protrusion, said slide being configured so that the rotation of the hinge element of the removable profile about the pivot axis to the functional position of said removable profile ensures that said engagement protrusion engages on the retaining element, said slide being characterised in that the clamping member is detachably attached to the removable profile.
A spectacle lens design system, comprising: an eyeball rotation center determination means that identifies an corneal apex position of an eye of a subject based on at least two distinct images photographed by a predetermined photographing apparatus and determines an eyeball rotation center position of the subject based on the identified corneal apex position, the predetermined photographing apparatus being configured as two RGB-D cameras (154-1, 154-2) being able to photograph a two dimensional RGB image and a distance image; a visual line information calculation means that calculates visual line information of the subject defined when the subject watches a visual target disposed at two distinct positions, based on the eyeball rotation center position determined by the eyeball rotation center determination means and the position of the visual target, at least one of the two RGB-D cameras photographs an RGB image and a distance image of the visual target for each of its two distinct positions; and a shape design means that designs a shape of a spectacle lens based on predetermined prescription information and the visual line information calculated by the visual line information calculation means. an eyeball rotation center determination means that identifies an corneal apex position of an eye of a subject based on at least two distinct images photographed by a predetermined photographing apparatus and determines an eyeball rotation center position of the subject based on the identified corneal apex position, the predetermined photographing apparatus being configured as two RGB-D cameras (154-1, 154-2) being able to photograph a two dimensional RGB image and a distance image; a visual line information calculation means that calculates visual line information of the subject defined when the subject watches a visual target disposed at two distinct positions, based on the eyeball rotation center position determined by the eyeball rotation center determination means and the position of the visual target, at least one of the two RGB-D cameras photographs an RGB image and a distance image of the visual target for each of its two distinct positions; and a shape design means that designs a shape of a spectacle lens based on predetermined prescription information and the visual line information calculated by the visual line information calculation means.
A method of cleaning power cells in an array of power cells, comprising: coupling at least one first power cell to second power cells in an array of power cells; and causing the second power cells to drive the at least one first power cell with a voltage to clean catalyst on the at least one first power cell. coupling at least one first power cell to second power cells in an array of power cells; and causing the second power cells to drive the at least one first power cell with a voltage to clean catalyst on the at least one first power cell.
A method of degrading a plant biomass sample so as to release fermentable sugars therein, the method comprising obtaining a plant degrading cocktail comprising rubisco and an accessory plant degrading compound which is_swollenin, and at least two cell extracts, each cell extract comprising an active plant degrading enzyme recombinantly expressed in cells from which each said cell extract is derived, said at least two cell extracts being plant extracts or bacterial extracts, or a combination of both; and admixing said plant degrading cocktail with said biomass sample, wherein said at least two enzyme containing cell extracts comprise an enzyme selected from, cellulase, ligninase, beta-glucosidase, xylanase, hemicellulase, alpha amylase, amyloglucosidase, pectate lyase, cutinase, lipase, maltogenic alpha-amylase, or pectolyase, wherein said accessory plant degrading compound and said plant degrading enzymes synergistically elevate the amount of fermentable sugars produced from said biomass sample.
A method of performing packet duplication, PD, at a user equipment, UE, comprising: receiving a Radio Resource Control, RRC, signaling from a radio access network, RAN, node for configuring a PD mode for a radio bearer to be one of activating and deactivating; performing one of activating and deactivating the PD, wherein MAC control elements, MAC CEs, are conveyed between the UE and the RAN node to trigger the activating or the deactivating of the PD; after activating the PD, duplicating a Packet Data Convergence Protocol, PDCP, protocol data unit, PDU, at the PDCP layer of the UE, and transmitting the PDCP PDU and its duplicate to two RLC entities (110, 111); and after deactivating the PD, transmitting the PDCP PDU (455, 475) to one RLC entity without duplicating it. receiving a Radio Resource Control, RRC, signaling from a radio access network, RAN, node for configuring a PD mode for a radio bearer to be one of activating and deactivating; performing one of activating and deactivating the PD, wherein MAC control elements, MAC CEs, are conveyed between the UE and the RAN node to trigger the activating or the deactivating of the PD; after activating the PD, duplicating a Packet Data Convergence Protocol, PDCP, protocol data unit, PDU, at the PDCP layer of the UE, and transmitting the PDCP PDU and its duplicate to two RLC entities (110, 111); and after deactivating the PD, transmitting the PDCP PDU (455, 475) to one RLC entity without duplicating it.
All-terrain and autonomous robot comprising a locomotion system comprising four wheels controlled independently in relation to both steering and traction, a transmission gears enclosed in sealed metal boxes, a chassis composed of two boxes, box A and box B, batteries, a main processing unit, internal sensors, a global position system device, an inertial measurement unit and a steering unit characterized in that: a) each wheel of the locomotion system comprises a hand locking and a manual clutch; b) the two boxes, box A and box B, are hermetically closed to the outside and communicating centrally through the hole of the central hub for any electrical connections; c) the inertial measurement unit is composed of a set of accelerometers and three-dimensional gyroscopes; d) the main processing unit is composed of industrial board and embedded software; e) the steering unit is coupled with secondary reduction gears; and further characterized in that the robot further comprises: f) a central joint connecting the boxes and transmission arms bearing the wheels, sealed with a rubber ring at the base and wheel hub junction; d) a laser unit mounted on a servo drive; e) a ring of ultrasonic sensors; f) a closed video circuit. a) each wheel of the locomotion system comprises a hand locking and a manual clutch; b) the two boxes, box A and box B, are hermetically closed to the outside and communicating centrally through the hole of the central hub for any electrical connections; c) the inertial measurement unit is composed of a set of accelerometers and three-dimensional gyroscopes; d) the main processing unit is composed of industrial board and embedded software; e) the steering unit is coupled with secondary reduction gears; and further characterized in that the robot further comprises: f) a central joint connecting the boxes and transmission arms bearing the wheels, sealed with a rubber ring at the base and wheel hub junction; d) a laser unit mounted on a servo drive; e) a ring of ultrasonic sensors; f) a closed video circuit.
A remotely operated clamp device (10, 80, 110) comprising: a gripping mechanism (25, 85) operable for gripping a stud of a wheel mounting assembly, the gripping mechanism (25, 85) movable between an open position and a closed position; an actuating link (24, 84) engaging the gripping mechanism (25, 85), the actuating link (24, 84) selectively movable between a first position and a second position, the gripping mechanism (25, 85) being in the open position when the actuating link (24, 84) is in the first position and the gripping mechanism (25, 85) being in the closed position when the actuating link (24, 84) is in the second position; an actuator (26, 86) engaging the actuating link (24, 84) and selectively moving the actuating link (24, 84) to the first position and the second position; and characterized by an attachment mechanism (22, 82) operable for attaching the clamp device (10, 80, 110) to a wheel of the wheel mounting assembly; a transmitter (28, 88) for transmitting operating commands inputted by a user; and a receiver (29, 89) controlling the actuator (26, 86) and causing the actuator (26, 86) to selectively move the actuating link (24, 84) to the first position and to the second position in response to the operating commands. a gripping mechanism (25, 85) operable for gripping a stud of a wheel mounting assembly, the gripping mechanism (25, 85) movable between an open position and a closed position; an actuating link (24, 84) engaging the gripping mechanism (25, 85), the actuating link (24, 84) selectively movable between a first position and a second position, the gripping mechanism (25, 85) being in the open position when the actuating link (24, 84) is in the first position and the gripping mechanism (25, 85) being in the closed position when the actuating link (24, 84) is in the second position; an actuator (26, 86) engaging the actuating link (24, 84) and selectively moving the actuating link (24, 84) to the first position and the second position; and characterized by an attachment mechanism (22, 82) operable for attaching the clamp device (10, 80, 110) to a wheel of the wheel mounting assembly; a transmitter (28, 88) for transmitting operating commands inputted by a user; and a receiver (29, 89) controlling the actuator (26, 86) and causing the actuator (26, 86) to selectively move the actuating link (24, 84) to the first position and to the second position in response to the operating commands.
A method of encoding a digital video, comprising: receiving a digital video at a video encoder; providing a perceptual quantizer function at said video encoder, said perceptual quantizer function defined by PQ L = c 1 + c 2 L m 1 1 + c 3 L m 1 m 2, wherein L is a luminance value, c 1, c 2, c 3, and m 1 are parameters with fixed values, and m 2 is a parameter with a variable value; adapting said perceptual quantizer function at said video encoder by adjusting the value of said m 2 parameter based on different luminance value ranges found within a coding level of said digital video, wherein the coding level corresponds to a sub-picture level, picture level, or supra-picture level, and wherein a lower value of m 2 is used for a lower range of luminance values and a higher value of m 2 is used for a higher range of luminance values; encoding said digital video into a bitstream with said video encoder using, in part, said perceptual quantizer function; and transmitting said bitstream to a decoder. receiving a digital video at a video encoder; providing a perceptual quantizer function at said video encoder, said perceptual quantizer function defined by PQ L = c 1 + c 2 L m 1 1 + c 3 L m 1 m 2, wherein L is a luminance value, c 1, c 2, c 3, and m 1 are parameters with fixed values, and m 2 is a parameter with a variable value; adapting said perceptual quantizer function at said video encoder by adjusting the value of said m 2 parameter based on different luminance value ranges found within a coding level of said digital video, wherein the coding level corresponds to a sub-picture level, picture level, or supra-picture level, and wherein a lower value of m 2 is used for a lower range of luminance values and a higher value of m 2 is used for a higher range of luminance values; encoding said digital video into a bitstream with said video encoder using, in part, said perceptual quantizer function; and transmitting said bitstream to a decoder.
An ultrasonic probe apparatus comprising: an ultrasound transmitting/receiving unit adapted to transmit unfocused or defocused ultrasonic signals to an object and receive reflected ultrasonic echo signals having a first frame rate; a conversion unit adapted to convert the plurality of ultrasonic echo signals received by the ultrasound transmitting/receiving unit into digital signals; an image processing unit adapted to generate a plurality of image data by processing the digital signals converted by the conversion unit; a composing unit adapted to compose the plurality of image data having the first frame rate into a plurality of composite image data having a second frame rate; and a transmitting unit adapted to transmit the plurality of composite image data having the second frame rate to an external display apparatus characterised in that the plurality of image data having different sizes and shapes are generated due to receiving the ultrasonic echo signals that are reflected in response to transmitting the defocused ultrasonic signals or transmitting the unfocused ultrasonic signals and changing a steering angle of the ultrasonic probe apparatus, and the image processing unit is adapted to edit the plurality of image data having the different sizes and shapes into the plurality of image data all having the same predetermined size and shape by leaving image data in an area corresponding to the predetermined size and shape, and cutting off the remaining area of the image data. an ultrasound transmitting/receiving unit adapted to transmit unfocused or defocused ultrasonic signals to an object and receive reflected ultrasonic echo signals having a first frame rate; a conversion unit adapted to convert the plurality of ultrasonic echo signals received by the ultrasound transmitting/receiving unit into digital signals; an image processing unit adapted to generate a plurality of image data by processing the digital signals converted by the conversion unit; a composing unit adapted to compose the plurality of image data having the first frame rate into a plurality of composite image data having a second frame rate; and a transmitting unit adapted to transmit the plurality of composite image data having the second frame rate to an external display apparatus characterised in that the plurality of image data having different sizes and shapes are generated due to receiving the ultrasonic echo signals that are reflected in response to transmitting the defocused ultrasonic signals or transmitting the unfocused ultrasonic signals and changing a steering angle of the ultrasonic probe apparatus, and the image processing unit is adapted to edit the plurality of image data having the different sizes and shapes into the plurality of image data all having the same predetermined size and shape by leaving image data in an area corresponding to the predetermined size and shape, and cutting off the remaining area of the image data.
A method for unlocking a device, the method comprising: detecting a touch signal moving on a screen over a path having a start point and an end point; and being triggered to enter an unlocked state if the number of loops moved by the touch signal is the same as a preset reference number of loops; characterised in that: detecting the touch signal includes detecting a first moving direction of the touch signal; triggering the unlocked state also requires that the first moving direction is the same as a preset reference direction and wherein the preset reference direction is clockwise or anticlockwise; and further characterised in that the method further comprises: determining whether the number of loops moved by the touch signal is the same as the preset reference number of loops by the process of detecting that a motion trace of the touch signal forms a first closed shape, increasing the recorded number of the closed shapes by one, removing the motion trace previously determined, and repeating the process for subsequent motion traces until the touch signal has ended detecting a touch signal moving on a screen over a path having a start point and an end point; and being triggered to enter an unlocked state if the number of loops moved by the touch signal is the same as a preset reference number of loops; detecting the touch signal includes detecting a first moving direction of the touch signal; triggering the unlocked state also requires that the first moving direction is the same as a preset reference direction and wherein the preset reference direction is clockwise or anticlockwise; and further characterised in that the method further comprises: determining whether the number of loops moved by the touch signal is the same as the preset reference number of loops by the process of detecting that a motion trace of the touch signal forms a first closed shape, increasing the recorded number of the closed shapes by one, removing the motion trace previously determined, and repeating the process for subsequent motion traces until the touch signal has ended determining whether the number of loops moved by the touch signal is the same as the preset reference number of loops by the process of detecting that a motion trace of the touch signal forms a first closed shape, increasing the recorded number of the closed shapes by one, removing the motion trace previously determined, and repeating the process for subsequent motion traces until the touch signal has ended
An apparatus for treating mammalian meibomian glands having a meibomian gland channel and a meibomian gland orifice at a top of the meibomian gland channel, the apparatus comprising a device capable of coupling to the eyelid and applying thermal energy from a regulated heat source to the eyelid a temperature of between about 42°C and about 46°C, so that the eyelid reaches a temperature adequate to soften an obstruction within the meibomian glands, the device comprising a coupling surface, to be positioned behind the eyelid and a motion transmitting surface arranged to grip the eyelid there between, the apparatus further comprising means for applying a regulated force to the motion transmitting surface to express the obstruction from the meibomian gland.
A method of producing a protein having a triple-helix structure, wherein the method comprises: (a) introducing DNA encoding a protein having a triple-helix structure into a pNOW/CMV-AA vector, wherein the DNA is selected from: (i) a DNA comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 10; and (ii) a DNA hybridizing under stringent conditions with a DNA comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 10; (b) transforming a CHO cell by transfer of the gene vector; and (c) culturing or breeding the transformant, and collecting the protein having a triple-helix structure from the cell or culture supernatant thereof, wherein the protein having a triple-helix structure is human type III collagen or a partial peptide thereof. (a) introducing DNA encoding a protein having a triple-helix structure into a pNOW/CMV-AA vector, wherein the DNA is selected from: (i) a DNA comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 10; and (ii) a DNA hybridizing under stringent conditions with a DNA comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 10; (i) a DNA comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 10; and (ii) a DNA hybridizing under stringent conditions with a DNA comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 10; (b) transforming a CHO cell by transfer of the gene vector; and (c) culturing or breeding the transformant, and collecting the protein having a triple-helix structure from the cell or culture supernatant thereof,
An anti-CD19 antibody modified to comprise a variant human IgG1 Fc region, in which either: Phe243 is substituted by Leu, Arg292 is substituted by Pro, Tyr300 is substituted by Leu, Val305 is substituted by Leu Lys326 is substituted by Ala and Pro396 is substituted by Leu, or wherein, Phe243 is substituted by Leu, Arg292 is substituted by Pro, Tyr300 is substituted by Leu, Val305 is substituted by Leu Lys326 is substituted by Ala, Pro396 is substituted by Leu and Glu333 is substituted by Ala, wherein the numbering of the amino acid residues in the Fc region is the one of the Kabat, and wherein the antibody has ADCC and CDC activity. Phe243 is substituted by Leu, Arg292 is substituted by Pro, Tyr300 is substituted by Leu, Val305 is substituted by Leu Lys326 is substituted by Ala and Pro396 is substituted by Leu, or wherein, Phe243 is substituted by Leu, Arg292 is substituted by Pro, Tyr300 is substituted by Leu, Val305 is substituted by Leu Lys326 is substituted by Ala, Pro396 is substituted by Leu and Glu333 is substituted by Ala, wherein the numbering of the amino acid residues in the Fc region is the one of the Kabat, and wherein the antibody has ADCC and CDC activity.
A method for controlling a state of a battery (105, 305, 505), comprising: - providing and using a specific connecting interface to connect the battery and a portable device (510, 610); and - controlling the battery to enter a shipping mode and exit the shipping mode by using the specific connecting interface, wherein: - the specific connecting interface comprises a supply line (VBAT), and characterised by: - the step of controlling the battery to enter the shipping mode and exit the shipping mode comprises controlling the battery to enter the shipping mode and exit the shipping mode by changing a voltage level at the supply line (VBAT). - providing and using a specific connecting interface to connect the battery and a portable device (510, 610); and - controlling the battery to enter a shipping mode and exit the shipping mode by using the specific connecting interface, - the specific connecting interface comprises a supply line (VBAT), and characterised by: - the step of controlling the battery to enter the shipping mode and exit the shipping mode comprises controlling the battery to enter the shipping mode and exit the shipping mode by changing a voltage level at the supply line (VBAT).