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A control apparatus that is connected to a device for detecting a user's hand motion and controls a motion of a virtual character, the control apparatus comprising: a decision section adapted to decide, in accordance with a detection result of the user's hand motion by the device, whether the detected user's hand motion is a first instruction action that achieves a match between a hand motion of the character and the user's hand motion or a second instruction action that instructs an action different from the user's hand motion; and a character control section adapted to achieve a match between the character's hand motion and the detected user's hand motion when it is decided, as a result of the decision, that the detected user's hand motion is the first instruction action and adapted to cause the character to perform, on the basis of the detected user's hand motion, an action different from the user's hand motion when it is decided, as a result of the decision, that the detected user's hand motion is the second instruction action, characterized in that the device further includes a button to be pushed in in response to a user's action of clenching his or her fist; the control apparatus further includes a force sense presentation section adapted to present a force sense that resists the pushing in of the button; and in a case where the character performs an action of grasping a target in a virtual space and when an amount of pushing in of the button becomes equivalent to a size of the target, the character control section instructs the force sense presentation section to present a force sense that resists the pushing in of the button. a decision section adapted to decide, in accordance with a detection result of the user's hand motion by the device, whether the detected user's hand motion is a first instruction action that achieves a match between a hand motion of the character and the user's hand motion or a second instruction action that instructs an action different from the user's hand motion; and a character control section adapted to achieve a match between the character's hand motion and the detected user's hand motion when it is decided, as a result of the decision, that the detected user's hand motion is the first instruction action and adapted to cause the character to perform, on the basis of the detected user's hand motion, an action different from the user's hand motion when it is decided, as a result of the decision, that the detected user's hand motion is the second instruction action, characterized in that the device further includes a button to be pushed in in response to a user's action of clenching his or her fist; the control apparatus further includes a force sense presentation section adapted to present a force sense that resists the pushing in of the button; and in a case where the character performs an action of grasping a target in a virtual space and when an amount of pushing in of the button becomes equivalent to a size of the target, the character control section instructs the force sense presentation section to present a force sense that resists the pushing in of the button.
A quick-attach absorbent article assembly comprising: a base assembly selectively attachable to an undergarment; and an absorbent article; wherein said base assembly consists of (i) a base substrate having a garment facing surface provided with a garment attachment adhesive and an opposed upper surface and (ii) a fastener substrate that is arranged on top of, and secured to, the upper surface of the base substrate, wherein said fastener substrate includes a plurality of protrusions, wherein said base substrate is formed from liquid-impermeable materials or is rendered liquid-impermeable by a separate treatment, and wherein said absorbent article is structured and arranged to be engaged by and held in place in said undergarment by said protrusions. a base assembly selectively attachable to an undergarment; and an absorbent article; wherein said base assembly consists of (i) a base substrate having a garment facing surface provided with a garment attachment adhesive and an opposed upper surface and (ii) a fastener substrate that is arranged on top of, and secured to, the upper surface of the base substrate, wherein said fastener substrate includes a plurality of protrusions, wherein said base substrate is formed from liquid-impermeable materials or is rendered liquid-impermeable by a separate treatment, and wherein said absorbent article is structured and arranged to be engaged by and held in place in said undergarment by said protrusions.
A strand guide system for guiding at least one elongated strand of material past a material dispensing apparatus such that material dispensed from the material dispensing apparatus can be properly coated upon the at least one elongated strand of material, comprising: a material dispensing assembly having at least one material dispensing nozzle disposed thereon for dispensing a material to be coated upon at least one elongated strand of material as the at least one elongated strand of material is conveyed past said at least one material dispensing nozzle; a module assembly for supplying the material to be dispensed to said material dispensing assembly and said at least one material dispensing nozzle disposed upon said material dispensing assembly; means for mounting said material dispensing assembly upon said module assembly; and a strand positioning guide mechanism (476, 576, 676, 776) comprising a strand positioning guide block (582, 682, 782) fixedly mounted upon said module assembly and having at least one strand guide slot (584, 684, 784) defined therein for guiding the at least one elongated strand of material as the at least one elongated strand of material is conveyed past said at least one material dispensing nozzle, wherein said at least one strand guide slot (584, 684, 784) has a substantially V-shaped cross-sectional configuration, comprising an apex portion (592, 692, 792), characterized by said apex portion (592, 692, 792) of said at least one strand guide slot (584, 684, 784) being oriented so as to extend remotely away from said at least one material dispensing nozzle. a material dispensing assembly having at least one material dispensing nozzle disposed thereon for dispensing a material to be coated upon at least one elongated strand of material as the at least one elongated strand of material is conveyed past said at least one material dispensing nozzle; a module assembly for supplying the material to be dispensed to said material dispensing assembly and said at least one material dispensing nozzle disposed upon said material dispensing assembly; means for mounting said material dispensing assembly upon said module assembly; and a strand positioning guide mechanism (476, 576, 676, 776) comprising a strand positioning guide block (582, 682, 782) fixedly mounted upon said module assembly and having at least one strand guide slot (584, 684, 784) defined therein for guiding the at least one elongated strand of material as the at least one elongated strand of material is conveyed past said at least one material dispensing nozzle, wherein said at least one strand guide slot (584, 684, 784) has a substantially V-shaped cross-sectional configuration, comprising an apex portion (592, 692, 792), characterized by said apex portion (592, 692, 792) of said at least one strand guide slot (584, 684, 784) being oriented so as to extend remotely away from said at least one material dispensing nozzle.
A method comprising: receiving, at a first communication terminal (302, 302a), a first optical signal (320, 320a) from a second communication terminal (302, 302b) through a free space optical link; determining, by control hardware (800, 800a) of the first communication terminal (302, 302a), a receiving power for the optical link at the first communication terminal (302, 302a) based on the received first optical signal (320, 320a); adjusting, by the control hardware (800, 800a), an output amplification at the first communication terminal (302, 302a) using the receiving power for the optical link at the first communication terminal (302, 302a) based on a minimum transmission power for maintaining the optical link; transmitting the second optical signal (320, 320b) from the first communication terminal (302, 302a) to the second communication terminal (302, 302b) through the optical link; and transmitting a telemetry signal (720, 720b) from the first communication terminal (302, 302a) to the second communication terminal (302, 302b) through the optical link, the telemetry signal (720, 720b) providing the receiving power for the optical link at the first communication terminal (302, 302a). receiving, at a first communication terminal (302, 302a), a first optical signal (320, 320a) from a second communication terminal (302, 302b) through a free space optical link; determining, by control hardware (800, 800a) of the first communication terminal (302, 302a), a receiving power for the optical link at the first communication terminal (302, 302a) based on the received first optical signal (320, 320a); adjusting, by the control hardware (800, 800a), an output amplification at the first communication terminal (302, 302a) using the receiving power for the optical link at the first communication terminal (302, 302a) based on a minimum transmission power for maintaining the optical link; transmitting the second optical signal (320, 320b) from the first communication terminal (302, 302a) to the second communication terminal (302, 302b) through the optical link; and transmitting a telemetry signal (720, 720b) from the first communication terminal (302, 302a) to the second communication terminal (302, 302b) through the optical link, the telemetry signal (720, 720b) providing the receiving power for the optical link at the first communication terminal (302, 302a).
An operating head for processing wood components or the like comprising an electrospindle comprising, in turn, a first support casing and a first electric motor, which is housed inside the first casing, and presents a first output shaft mounted so as to rotate around an axis; a tool assembly (7; 18; 31) fitted to the electrospindle and comprising, in turn, a second support casing (8; 20) mounted so as to rotate around said axis, an input shaft (6; 19), which is engaged in a rotating manner through the second casing (8; 20) and is connected to the first output shaft, and a cutting tool (9; 24), which is actuated by said input shaft (6; 19); an orienting device for orienting the second casing (8; 20) around said axis; and a resting member (10; 25), which is moved by the orienting device in contact with a component being processed; the resting member (10; 25) being an anti-splinter member or a tracing member or a copying member or a tracing and copying member; and characterised in that the orienting device comprises a second electric motor having a second output shaft, which is mounted so as to rotate around said axis; a measuring device being provided, so as to measure a torque generated by the second electric motor and to selectively control a resting force exerted by the resting member (10; 25) on the component being processed.
A lumbar support device including a belt made of elastic material presenting a central portion intended to be positioned on the lumbar region of a user and extended with two side portions (6a, 6b), the side portions (6a, 6b) being provided with means (4, 5) for closing the belt, and presenting a transverse plane separating said belt into an upper portion and a lower portion, a strap the ends of which are provided with attachment means (8, 9), and means for connecting the strap and the belt, characterized in that the connecting means are adapted to allow a rotation of 180° of the strap relative to the belt around a center of rotation, the strap being asymmetrical relative to the transverse plane passing by the center of rotation, in order to allow the positioning of the strap in a position called "high" position of the lumbar support device, in which the pressure of the belt and that of the strap are added to each other in the dorso-lumbar region of the user by the closing of the strap, and a position called "low" position of the lumbar support device, in which the pressure of the belt and that of the strap are added to each other in the lumbo-sacral region of the user by the closing of the strap.
Container holder assembly for use in a medicament delivery device, comprising - a tubular body elongated in an axial direction, said tubular body having a proximal end and an opposite distal end, and - a retaining member releasably arranged to said tubular body for securing an elongated container placed inside the tubular body, - said retaining member comprises a resilient structure capable of exerting an axial force on said container in said tubular body for holding the container in a fixed position inside the tubular body and thereby avoiding breakage or displacement of the container, characterized in that the retaining member and the tubular body respectively comprises a first locking means in the form of at least two protrusions and a second locking means in the form of at least two cut-outs that are capable of guiding said at least two protrusions along the at least two cut-outs as the first and second locking means are rotated relative each other in the fashion of a bayonet connection wherein the retaining member is guided in an axial direction in relation to the tubular body and thereby locks the retaining member to the tubular body, and wherein said retaining member is releasably arranged to an end of the tubular body and adapted to resiliently abut an end of said container for axially urging the container and tubular body towards each other, wherein said retaining member is arranged with flexible gripping means capable of abutting the end of the container, such as to achieve said axial force by the resilient structure of said retaining member. - a tubular body elongated in an axial direction, said tubular body having a proximal end and an opposite distal end, and - a retaining member releasably arranged to said tubular body for securing an elongated container placed inside the tubular body, - said retaining member comprises a resilient structure capable of exerting an axial force on said container in said tubular body for holding the container in a fixed position inside the tubular body and thereby avoiding breakage or displacement of the container,
A scrambling code generation method, comprising: transforming an input phase offset into a binary number, generating an access address of a rotation coefficient according to a position of a significant bit with a maximum weight in the binary number, and selecting a corresponding rotation coefficient from a rotation coefficient table based on the access address; mapping a K-bit initial scrambling code sequence onto a 2K-bit scrambling code sequence, calculating the mapped scrambling code sequence with the rotation coefficient to obtain a rotated scrambling code sequence, wherein K is a positive integer; updating the significant bit currently with the maximum weight to zero, if an updated phase offset is zero, outputting the rotated scrambling code sequence, if the updated phase offset is not zero, taking the updated phase offset as a current input phase offset, and taking the rotated scrambling code sequence as the initial scrambling code sequence and repeating the abovementioned procedures. transforming an input phase offset into a binary number, generating an access address of a rotation coefficient according to a position of a significant bit with a maximum weight in the binary number, and selecting a corresponding rotation coefficient from a rotation coefficient table based on the access address; mapping a K-bit initial scrambling code sequence onto a 2K-bit scrambling code sequence, calculating the mapped scrambling code sequence with the rotation coefficient to obtain a rotated scrambling code sequence, wherein K is a positive integer; updating the significant bit currently with the maximum weight to zero, if an updated phase offset is zero, outputting the rotated scrambling code sequence, if the updated phase offset is not zero, taking the updated phase offset as a current input phase offset, and taking the rotated scrambling code sequence as the initial scrambling code sequence and repeating the abovementioned procedures.
A positive displacement roots blower comprising: a housing having an inlet structured to receive an incoming flow of a compressible fluid, an outlet structured to exhaust an outgoing flow of the compressible fluid from the housing, a pair of intermeshed rotating members (54,56) supported for complementary rotation within a cavity of the housing located between the inlet and the outlet, the rotating members and housing forming respective operating volumes there between which rotate with the rotating member; and a venturi feedback, the venturi feedback connecting the outlet with the cavity within the housing, and having a venturi feedback inlet opening into the cavity between the inlet and the outlet, such that the venturi feedback increases pressure inside the operating volumes prior to the rotating members (54,56) discharging the outgoing fluid through the outlet. an inlet structured to receive an incoming flow of a compressible fluid, an outlet structured to exhaust an outgoing flow of the compressible fluid from the housing, a pair of intermeshed rotating members (54,56) supported for complementary rotation within a cavity of the housing located between the inlet and the outlet, the rotating members and housing forming respective operating volumes there between which rotate with the rotating member; and a venturi feedback, the venturi feedback connecting the outlet with the cavity within the housing, and having a venturi feedback inlet opening into the cavity between the inlet and the outlet, such that the venturi feedback increases pressure inside the operating volumes prior to the rotating members (54,56) discharging the outgoing fluid through the outlet.
A medical assembly comprising: a sub-urethral implant having a first end portion and a second end portion, characterized in that the assembly is further provided with a tab (204, 206) including a top surface and a bottom surface, the tab being devoid of a lumen, the bottom surface configured to be attached to a surface of the implant at the first end portion of the implant and the top surface configured to contact a bodily tissue, the tab having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, the distal end portion including a curved protruded portion (244, 246), wherein the first end portion tapers between the distal end portion and the proximal end portion in the direction of the proximal end portion and the protruded portion is coupled to the implant. a sub-urethral implant having a first end portion and a second end portion, characterized in that the assembly is further provided with a tab (204, 206) including a top surface and a bottom surface, the tab being devoid of a lumen, the bottom surface configured to be attached to a surface of the implant at the first end portion of the implant and the top surface configured to contact a bodily tissue, the tab having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, the distal end portion including a curved protruded portion (244, 246), wherein the first end portion tapers between the distal end portion and the proximal end portion in the direction of the proximal end portion and the protruded portion is coupled to the implant.
A method for producing a multicomponent copolymer having a conjugated diene unit, a non-conjugated olefin unit and an aromatic vinyl unit, the method comprising the steps of: (i) providing a reactor containing a catalyst, a non-conjugated olefin compound, an aromatic vinyl compound and 0.001 mol to 1 mol of a conjugated diene compound, and (ii) adding continuously or intermittently continuously an additional amount of the conjugated diene compound into the reactor. (i) providing a reactor containing a catalyst, a non-conjugated olefin compound, an aromatic vinyl compound and 0.001 mol to 1 mol of a conjugated diene compound, and (ii) adding continuously or intermittently continuously an additional amount of the conjugated diene compound into the reactor.
A method for producing liquid biofuel from bio-based oils and/or fats, wherein the process steps include: - mixing alcohol with a raw material for forming a reaction mixture, - pumping the reaction mixture to a reactor, - mixing catalyst with the reaction mixture in a selected process step either before or after the supply of the reaction mixture to a high-pressure pump, - adjusting the temperature and pressure of the reactor so that the reaction mixture achieves the supercritical state, - esterifying the reaction mixture to produce biofuel, and - separating by-products and alcohol from biofuel, characterised in that - using biogas as catalyst in the method which biogas includes methane, carbon dioxide and sulphur and - recovering methane separated from biogas after the reactor, - using as the reactor a reactor composed of at least one spiral pipe (16.2) for creating a reaction volume and a heat transfer tank (16.1) surrounding said pipe (16.2) for recirculating a heat transfer medium. - mixing alcohol with a raw material for forming a reaction mixture, - pumping the reaction mixture to a reactor, - mixing catalyst with the reaction mixture in a selected process step either before or after the supply of the reaction mixture to a high-pressure pump, - adjusting the temperature and pressure of the reactor so that the reaction mixture achieves the supercritical state, - esterifying the reaction mixture to produce biofuel, and - separating by-products and alcohol from biofuel, characterised in that - using biogas as catalyst in the method which biogas includes methane, carbon dioxide and sulphur and - recovering methane separated from biogas after the reactor, - using as the reactor a reactor composed of at least one spiral pipe (16.2) for creating a reaction volume and a heat transfer tank (16.1) surrounding said pipe (16.2) for recirculating a heat transfer medium.
An automated system (10;50;80) for punching out pieces of a porous substrate (20;82a) for biological samples comprising, a puncher (12;92); an ejector pin (14;94) having an cross-sectional dimension; a porous substrate support with an opening larger the cross-sectional dimension of the ejector pin; one or more sample piece receptacles; and a handling subsystem (18;52) that moves in x, y, and z directions and aligns an opening in one or more of the receptacles substantially flush with the opening in the support, characterised in that each of the one or more sample piece receptacles comprise a plurality of cover flaps that comprise a thin film material having a low modulus and inherently high flexibility so that the punched piece can fall or be pushed by the ejector pin into the receptacle through the cover flaps and wherein the cover flaps may curve inward and form a low resistance opening in the cover.