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An input device using touch panels comprising: a contact touch panel; and an optical touch panel including a retroreflective film provided to cover a surface of the contact touch panel, and a pair of detectors each constituted of a light emitter and a light receiver, wherein one detector is located above one end of one side of the contact touch panel and the other detector is located above the other end of said one side of the contact touch panel, wherein the input device is configured to distinguish and recognize a shape of an operating object, such as a hand, placed on the retroreflective film by irradiating the operating object with light from the light emitters obliquely thereabove and detecting reflected light from the retroreflective film exposed at the operating object with the light receivers, and, the input device is further configured to detect incident angles at a position of an operating object, such as a finger, moved on the retroreflective film to obtain coordinates of the operating object according to a principle of triangulation by the detectors, and the input device is further configured to affirm an input information by detecting a touch of the contact touch panel. a contact touch panel; and an optical touch panel including a retroreflective film provided to cover a surface of the contact touch panel, and a pair of detectors each constituted of a light emitter and a light receiver, wherein one detector is located above one end of one side of the contact touch panel and the other detector is located above the other end of said one side of the contact touch panel, wherein the input device is configured to distinguish and recognize a shape of an operating object, such as a hand, placed on the retroreflective film by irradiating the operating object with light from the light emitters obliquely thereabove and detecting reflected light from the retroreflective film exposed at the operating object with the light receivers, and, the input device is further configured to detect incident angles at a position of an operating object, such as a finger, moved on the retroreflective film to obtain coordinates of the operating object according to a principle of triangulation by the detectors, and the input device is further configured to affirm an input information by detecting a touch of the contact touch panel.
A photovoltaic element comprising a first photovoltaic layer (17, 24), wherein the first photovoltaic layer (17, 24) is composed of a silicon dioxide particle that has an average major axis of 100 nm or smaller, and characterized in that a thickness of the first photovoltaic layer (17, 24) in a height direction is formed to be equal to or smaller than three times an average major axis of the silicon dioxide particle. wherein the first photovoltaic layer (17, 24) is composed of a silicon dioxide particle that has an average major axis of 100 nm or smaller, and characterized in that a thickness of the first photovoltaic layer (17, 24) in a height direction is formed to be equal to or smaller than three times an average major axis of the silicon dioxide particle.
A thrust reverser (20; 30; 600; 700; 800; 900) comprising: a first moveable element (22; 33; 610a, 610b), moveable to and from a reversing position where at least a portion (28; 38) of the bypass air flow is reversed; a hydraulic actuator (28; 34; 400; 630a-d; 730a, 730b; 830a, 830b; 930a, 930b) comprising at least one fluid chamber (512, 514) and coupled to the first moveable element (22; 33; 610a, 610b) to move the first moveable element into and out of the reversing position based on a flow of hydraulic fluid through the fluid chamber, wherein the hydraulic actuator comprises a linear-to-rotary drive assembly (530, 532) configured to rotate based on movement of the first moveable element and a second moveable element, configured to move in synchronicity with the first moveable element, wherein the second moveable element comprises a screw assembly coupled to the linear-to-rotary drive assembly and configured to thread and unthread a screw to linearly extend and linearly retract the screw based on rotation of the linear-to-rotary drive assembly, and a guide plate and a first hydraulic valve (450; 633; 740; 840; 940a, 940b) coupled to the second moveable element and moveable between a restricted condition wherein the flow of hydraulic fluid is restricted, and a permit condition wherein the flow of hydraulic fluid is permitted, wherein the guide plate is configured to contact the screw on a first side, contact the first hydraulic valve on a second side opposite the first side, and move linearly based on linear extension and linear retraction of the screw. a first moveable element (22; 33; 610a, 610b), moveable to and from a reversing position where at least a portion (28; 38) of the bypass air flow is reversed; a hydraulic actuator (28; 34; 400; 630a-d; 730a, 730b; 830a, 830b; 930a, 930b) comprising at least one fluid chamber (512, 514) and coupled to the first moveable element (22; 33; 610a, 610b) to move the first moveable element into and out of the reversing position based on a flow of hydraulic fluid through the fluid chamber, wherein the hydraulic actuator comprises a linear-to-rotary drive assembly (530, 532) configured to rotate based on movement of the first moveable element and a second moveable element, configured to move in synchronicity with the first moveable element, wherein the second moveable element comprises a screw assembly coupled to the linear-to-rotary drive assembly and configured to thread and unthread a screw to linearly extend and linearly retract the screw based on rotation of the linear-to-rotary drive assembly, and a guide plate and a first hydraulic valve (450; 633; 740; 840; 940a, 940b) coupled to the second moveable element and moveable between a restricted condition wherein the flow of hydraulic fluid is restricted, and a permit condition wherein the flow of hydraulic fluid is permitted, wherein the guide plate is configured to contact the screw on a first side, contact the first hydraulic valve on a second side opposite the first side, and move linearly based on linear extension and linear retraction of the screw.
A method for communication, the method comprising: in an optical demultiplexer coupled to a photonics die, the optical demultiplexer comprising a plurality of thin film filters (407A-D) formed on a first surface of a substrate, an input fiber arranged in a V-groove of the first surface of the substrate, a first mirror on a sloping surface formed in the first surface of the substrate, and a second mirror formed on a second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface: receiving via the input fiber an input optical signal comprising a plurality of wavelength optical signals; reflecting the input optical signal from the first mirror to the second mirror; reflecting the input optical signal from the second mirror to a first of the plurality of thin film filters (407A-D); communicating an optical signal at a first wavelength of the plurality of wavelength optical signals to the photonics die while reflecting others of the plurality of wavelength optical signals to the second mirror; reflecting the others of the plurality of wavelength optical signals from the second mirror to a second of the plurality of thin film filters (407A-D); and communicating an optical signal at a second wavelength of the plurality of wavelength optical signals to the photonics die, wherein the substrate comprises silicon. receiving via the input fiber an input optical signal comprising a plurality of wavelength optical signals; reflecting the input optical signal from the first mirror to the second mirror; reflecting the input optical signal from the second mirror to a first of the plurality of thin film filters (407A-D); communicating an optical signal at a first wavelength of the plurality of wavelength optical signals to the photonics die while reflecting others of the plurality of wavelength optical signals to the second mirror; reflecting the others of the plurality of wavelength optical signals from the second mirror to a second of the plurality of thin film filters (407A-D); and communicating an optical signal at a second wavelength of the plurality of wavelength optical signals to the photonics die, wherein the substrate comprises silicon.
An apparatus for measuring fluorescence emitted from a fluid sample, the apparatus comprising: a sample holder defining an inner cavity configured to hold a fluid sample and including a surface transparent to the excitation light beam, wherein an axis of rotation (308a, 308b) of the sample holder is positioned vertically through either the center of the sample holder, or the center of the transparent surface of the sample holder; a single-wavelength light source configured to generate an excitation light beam which is capable of generating fluorescence in the sample; one or more mounts attached to at least one of the light source or the sample holder and configured to change an incident angle of the excitation light beam on the transparent surface and responsively vary the depth from the transparent surface at which the portion of the excitation light beam is incident on the sample, wherein the one or more mounts comprises a rotatable mount attached to a base of the sample holder and configured to rotate the sample holder in relation to the excitation light beam about the axis of rotation (308a, 308b) one or more optical components positioned in a path of fluorescence emission emitted from the sample via the trasparent surface and configured to guide the fluorescence emission to a detector; and a detector configured to detect an intensity of the fluorescence emission. a sample holder defining an inner cavity configured to hold a fluid sample and including a surface transparent to the excitation light beam, wherein an axis of rotation (308a, 308b) of the sample holder is positioned vertically through either the center of the sample holder, or the center of the transparent surface of the sample holder; a single-wavelength light source configured to generate an excitation light beam which is capable of generating fluorescence in the sample; one or more mounts attached to at least one of the light source or the sample holder and configured to change an incident angle of the excitation light beam on the transparent surface and responsively vary the depth from the transparent surface at which the portion of the excitation light beam is incident on the sample, wherein the one or more mounts comprises a rotatable mount attached to a base of the sample holder and configured to rotate the sample holder in relation to the excitation light beam about the axis of rotation (308a, 308b) one or more optical components positioned in a path of fluorescence emission emitted from the sample via the trasparent surface and configured to guide the fluorescence emission to a detector; and a detector configured to detect an intensity of the fluorescence emission.
A two-dimensional scale for a two-dimensional absolute encoder, the scale having a plurality of marks arranged thereon along a first direction and a second direction different from each other, wherein each of the plurality of marks has one of two or three different characteristic values each corresponding to a combination of a code value of a first absolute code for the first direction and a code value of a second absolute code for the second direction, wherein each of the first absolute code and the second absolute code has a sequence of a predetermined number of binary code values, and the characteristic values, which correspond to two combinations each being a combination of the same code values, are different from each other, and the characteristic values, which correspond to two combinations each being a combination of different code values, are the same. wherein each of the plurality of marks has one of two or three different characteristic values each corresponding to a combination of a code value of a first absolute code for the first direction and a code value of a second absolute code for the second direction, wherein each of the first absolute code and the second absolute code has a sequence of a predetermined number of binary code values, and the characteristic values, which correspond to two combinations each being a combination of the same code values, are different from each other, and the characteristic values, which correspond to two combinations each being a combination of different code values, are the same.
A server of a system for managing an interconnection network, this server comprising - a key-value associative data structure configured to store an overall status of the interconnection network; - the following connection interfaces ∘ a configuration server interface configured to communicate, in response to a configuration request from a client to join the management system, the configuration of said management system to this client; ∘ a publication server interface configured to broadcast, to a client connected to the management system, an update in the key-value associative data structure; ∘ a collection server interface configured to update, in response to an update request from a client process contained in a client connected to the management system, the key-value associative data structure; ∘ a snapshot server interface configured to communicate, in response to a snapshot request from a client process connected to the management system, a snapshot of a subset of the overall status to this client process, this overall status being stored in the key-value associative data structure; the configuration of said management system comprising the address of the publication server interface, the address of the collection server interface and the address of the snapshot server interface. - a key-value associative data structure configured to store an overall status of the interconnection network; - the following connection interfaces ∘ a configuration server interface configured to communicate, in response to a configuration request from a client to join the management system, the configuration of said management system to this client; ∘ a publication server interface configured to broadcast, to a client connected to the management system, an update in the key-value associative data structure; ∘ a collection server interface configured to update, in response to an update request from a client process contained in a client connected to the management system, the key-value associative data structure; ∘ a snapshot server interface configured to communicate, in response to a snapshot request from a client process connected to the management system, a snapshot of a subset of the overall status to this client process, this overall status being stored in the key-value associative data structure; ∘ a configuration server interface configured to communicate, in response to a configuration request from a client to join the management system, the configuration of said management system to this client; ∘ a publication server interface configured to broadcast, to a client connected to the management system, an update in the key-value associative data structure; ∘ a collection server interface configured to update, in response to an update request from a client process contained in a client connected to the management system, the key-value associative data structure; ∘ a snapshot server interface configured to communicate, in response to a snapshot request from a client process connected to the management system, a snapshot of a subset of the overall status to this client process, this overall status being stored in the key-value associative data structure;
A battery comprising: - a battery monitoring system integrated into the battery and configured to monitor a health of the battery; wherein the battery monitoring system is configured to receive an input signal from a wired interface or a wireless interface, the input signal is configured to instruct the battery monitoring system to provide feedback regarding the health of the battery, characterised in that the wired interface consists of a positive terminal and a negative terminal of the battery; and wherein the input signal is further configured to instruct the battery monitoring system to provide feedback regarding a health of the battery monitoring system in a self test mode. - a battery monitoring system integrated into the battery and configured to monitor a health of the battery; wherein the battery monitoring system is configured to receive an input signal from a wired interface or a wireless interface, the input signal is configured to instruct the battery monitoring system to provide feedback regarding the health of the battery, characterised in that the wired interface consists of a positive terminal and a negative terminal of the battery; and wherein the input signal is further configured to instruct the battery monitoring system to provide feedback regarding a health of the battery monitoring system in a self test mode.
A prosthesis or orthesis having a shaft to receive a body part, wherein the shaft has a wall bounding a body part receiving region, wherein a part of the wall is in the form of a removable wall piece, with an inner side facing the body part receiving region and an outer side remote from the body part receiving region, by means of which a through opening in the wall can be opened and closed, wherein the through opening connects the body part receiving region to an outer region of the prosthesis or orthesis in order to create an access to the body part for treatment thereof when the body part is located in the shaft, characterised in that on the inner side of the wall piece, a medicine store for dispensing a medicine onto the body part is attached or is integrated in the wall piece.
A contact device comprising a contact mechanism including a pair of fixed contacts (111, 112) disposed maintaining a predetermined distance and a movable contact disposed so as to be able to come into and out of contact with the pair of fixed contacts (111, 112), wherein the movable contact has in a contact housing case a conductive plate portion extending in a direction crossing a direction in which the movable contact is movable, wherein said contact housing case forms part of an hermetic receptacle so as to enclose a shielding gas and characterized that each of the pair of fixed contacts (111, 112) is such that an L-shaped conductor portion which generates a Lorentz force opposing an electromagnetic repulsion force generated in an opening direction between the fixed contact (111, 112) and movable contact when current is conducted is formed of an inner side conductor plate portion, one end of which is opposite to one end portion of the conductive plate portion of the movable contact and the other end portion of which extends, parallel to the conductive plate portion, toward the outside of the contact housing case, and an outer side conductor plate portion, connected to an end portion of the inner side conductor plate portion outside the contact housing case, which at least extends in a direction in which the movable contact moves away.
A printing device that authenticates a toner cartridge when using the toner cartridge for a print job, comprising: a computation module; and circuit components configured to: - generate an initial operation input value for the print job; - send the initial operation input value to the toner cartridge; - receive a response from the toner cartridge; - verify that the response contains a calculation result that matches an expected value calculated by the computation module; - verify that the response is received within a pre-defined time threshold; and - perform the print job when the verification is successful. a computation module; and circuit components configured to: - generate an initial operation input value for the print job; - send the initial operation input value to the toner cartridge; - receive a response from the toner cartridge; - verify that the response contains a calculation result that matches an expected value calculated by the computation module; - verify that the response is received within a pre-defined time threshold; and - perform the print job when the verification is successful. - generate an initial operation input value for the print job; - send the initial operation input value to the toner cartridge; - receive a response from the toner cartridge; - verify that the response contains a calculation result that matches an expected value calculated by the computation module; - verify that the response is received within a pre-defined time threshold; and - perform the print job when the verification is successful.
A method operational on a joining node (802, 1102, 1202) for generating a node identifier for a peer-to-peer overlay network, comprising: generating a first contribution; sending a join request to an introducer node (804, 1402, 1502), where the join request seeks to obtain one or more contributions for generating the node identifier within an identifier space of the overlay network; receiving a plurality of contributions from the introducer node, wherein the contributions are bound to each other and the first contribution by a prior external multi-node commitment operation; and generating the node identifier as a function of the first contribution and the received contributions. generating a first contribution; sending a join request to an introducer node (804, 1402, 1502), where the join request seeks to obtain one or more contributions for generating the node identifier within an identifier space of the overlay network; receiving a plurality of contributions from the introducer node, wherein the contributions are bound to each other and the first contribution by a prior external multi-node commitment operation; and generating the node identifier as a function of the first contribution and the received contributions.
An apparatus for separating scrap from corrugated boxes, comprising: a scrap scraper positioned laterally above a path for moving corrugated boxes potentially having scrap created by rotary die cutting, and above an opening created by surfaces that support and transport the corrugated boxes; wherein: the scrap scraper comprises a contacting edge and an upstream surface that are part of a single element in a through machine direction; and the scrap scraper is configured to: contact the moving corrugated boxes with the contacting edge; perform a scraping action against an upper surface of the boxes; and divert forward motion of the scrap using the upstream surface. a scrap scraper positioned laterally above a path for moving corrugated boxes potentially having scrap created by rotary die cutting, and above an opening created by surfaces that support and transport the corrugated boxes; wherein: the scrap scraper comprises a contacting edge and an upstream surface that are part of a single element in a through machine direction; and the scrap scraper is configured to: contact the moving corrugated boxes with the contacting edge; perform a scraping action against an upper surface of the boxes; and divert forward motion of the scrap using the upstream surface. the scrap scraper comprises a contacting edge and an upstream surface that are part of a single element in a through machine direction; and the scrap scraper is configured to: contact the moving corrugated boxes with the contacting edge; perform a scraping action against an upper surface of the boxes; and divert forward motion of the scrap using the upstream surface. contact the moving corrugated boxes with the contacting edge; perform a scraping action against an upper surface of the boxes; and divert forward motion of the scrap using the upstream surface.