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A method for controlling inductive power transfer in an inductive power transfer system, the system comprising a primary unit (10; 700) operable to generate an electromagnetic field and at least one secondary device (30; 600), separate from the primary unit (10; 700), and adapted to couple with said field when the secondary device (30; 600) is in proximity to the primary unit (10; 700) so that power is received inductively by the secondary device (30; 600) from the primary unit (10; 700) without direct electrical conductive contacts therebetween, characterized in that the method comprises: registering, in the primary unit (10; 700), a power requirement of at least one secondary device (30; 600); receiving, in the primary unit (10; 700), from the secondary device or devices (30; 600) information identifying the secondary device or devices (30; 600); retrieving, in the primary unit (10; 700), the registered power requirement of the secondary device or devices (30; 600) based on the received information; measuring a power, and determining that there is a foreign object present in said proximity to the primary unit (10; 700) by detecting a substantial difference between, on the one hand, the measured power and, on the other hand, the required power; and following such determination of the presence of the foreign object, restricting or stopping the inductive power supply from the primary unit (10; 700). registering, in the primary unit (10; 700), a power requirement of at least one secondary device (30; 600); receiving, in the primary unit (10; 700), from the secondary device or devices (30; 600) information identifying the secondary device or devices (30; 600); retrieving, in the primary unit (10; 700), the registered power requirement of the secondary device or devices (30; 600) based on the received information; measuring a power, and determining that there is a foreign object present in said proximity to the primary unit (10; 700) by detecting a substantial difference between, on the one hand, the measured power and, on the other hand, the required power; and following such determination of the presence of the foreign object, restricting or stopping the inductive power supply from the primary unit (10; 700).
A pumping assembly for pumping a fluid from a reservoir, the pumping assembly comprising: a reservoir; a pumping chamber having an inlet connectable to provide fluid communication with the reservoir and a pump outlet; and a force application assembly (54,9221) adapted to provide a compressive stroke to the pumping chamber, wherein the compressive stroke causes a restriction of retrograde flow of fluid from the pumping chamber through the inlet while urging fluid from the pumping chamber toward the pump outlet; wherein the force application assembly (54,9221) effects sealing of the inlet prior to compression of the pumping chamber so as to urge flow through the outlet; and wherein the force application assembly comprises an inlet sealing member and a pump compressing member; characterised by further comprising a driving member that actuates both the inlet sealing member and the pump compressing member, the inlet sealing member including a sealing spring positioned between the driving member and an integral support of the inlet sealing member, the inlet sealing member slidably seated in an opening of the driving member, the pump compressing member including a return spring positioned between a distal compressing member support and the driving member, wherein during the compressive stroke, the driving member compresses the sealing spring to transmit a driving force to the inlet sealing member via the integral support while the driving member slides along a shaft of the inlet sealing member, even while driving the pump compressing member toward the pumping chamber. a reservoir; a pumping chamber having an inlet connectable to provide fluid communication with the reservoir and a pump outlet; and a force application assembly (54,9221) adapted to provide a compressive stroke to the pumping chamber, wherein the compressive stroke causes a restriction of retrograde flow of fluid from the pumping chamber through the inlet while urging fluid from the pumping chamber toward the pump outlet;
An in-vehicle interior light unit, comprising: a housing-shaped base formed of a non-heat-resistant thermoplastic resin with an internal space thereof being divided by right and left partition plates, the partition plates formed on the base with the same thermoplastic resin; general purpose bulbs installed in bulb holders in right and left spaces in the base in the vicinity of the respective partition plates; wherein general-purpose bulb cassettes accommodate the bulb holders and have a socket function for the general purpose bulbs, wherein the cassettes are installed in the housing-shaped base; heat shield plates installed between the right and left general purpose bulbs and the respective right and left partition plates; and wherein the heat shield plates are formed integrally with a bus bar and are arranged to rise with respect to the bus bar in a direction into the left and right spaces in the base, the bus bar being electrically connected to the bulb holders; and wherein lenses are attached to the base such that the lenses cover an opening of the base. a housing-shaped base formed of a non-heat-resistant thermoplastic resin with an internal space thereof being divided by right and left partition plates, the partition plates formed on the base with the same thermoplastic resin; general purpose bulbs installed in bulb holders in right and left spaces in the base in the vicinity of the respective partition plates; wherein general-purpose bulb cassettes accommodate the bulb holders and have a socket function for the general purpose bulbs, wherein the cassettes are installed in the housing-shaped base; heat shield plates installed between the right and left general purpose bulbs and the respective right and left partition plates; and wherein the heat shield plates are formed integrally with a bus bar and are arranged to rise with respect to the bus bar in a direction into the left and right spaces in the base, the bus bar being electrically connected to the bulb holders; and wherein lenses are attached to the base such that the lenses cover an opening of the base.
A breathing system (100,200, 500) for ventilating a patient, said system having a gas channel having a gas channel volume and a compliance, said system comprising; a flow calculation unit operative to determine a gas flow estimate (Fe) at a flow estimate location (117, 128) in said gas channel, wherein said gas flow estimate is based on a relationship between a monitored gas flow (Fm) in said gas channel and a compressible gas flow (Fc) dependent on said compliance in said gas channel, wherein said monitored gas flow is a gas flow at a monitoring location (129,130) in said gas channel and said compressible gas flow (Fc) is a flow of gas in said gas channel between said flow estimate location and said monitoring location, and wherein said flow estimate location is remote from said monitoring location and wherein said system comprises at least one pressure sensor (113, 114, 115, 116) in communication with said system for measuring at least one pressure (P 1, P 2, P 3, P 4, P k) at a pressure measurement location in said system respectively, a pressure estimator unit connected to said at least one pressure sensor and operative to determine an estimated pressure (Pe) in said system based on said at least one measured pressure, and wherein said flow calculation unit is operative to determine said compressible gas flow (Fc) based on a relationship between said compliance and a differential of said estimated pressure for providing said gas flow estimate.
Pleasure boat with an endothermic and electric hybrid engine comprising a photovoltaic complex for the production of electric energy suitable for recharging batteries of said boat also intended to supply electric motors of said boat, said photovoltaic complex comprising: - a wind-solar apparatus comprising: - a sail (7, 9) coated with photovoltaic panels, - a first mechanized supporting structure adapted to support said sail (7, 9) and move it from a horizontal position in which it longitudinal rests on the hull to a vertical or sub-vertical position suitable for exploiting the thrust of the wind; said boat being characterized in that it comprises: - a solar apparatus comprising a flat supporting structure integrated in a roof located on the top of a deck plan, preferably of a fly-bridge, of said boat, said flat supporting structure being substantially a container which carries a fixed solar panel on which two further solar panels are placed hinged longitudinally so as to be able to rotate to the sides of said container, - a control and management system based on algorithms and instrumental commands suitable for activating and controlling the operation of said wind-solar apparatus and of said solar apparatus; and wherein in a not-in-use configuration said solar panels (31, 32) of said solar apparatus and said wind-solar apparatus are housed inside said container located on the roof on the top of a deck plan of said boat. - a wind-solar apparatus comprising: - a sail (7, 9) coated with photovoltaic panels, - a first mechanized supporting structure adapted to support said sail (7, 9) and move it from a horizontal position in which it longitudinal rests on the hull to a vertical or sub-vertical position suitable for exploiting the thrust of the wind; - a sail (7, 9) coated with photovoltaic panels, - a first mechanized supporting structure adapted to support said sail (7, 9) and move it from a horizontal position in which it longitudinal rests on the hull to a vertical or sub-vertical position suitable for exploiting the thrust of the wind; - a solar apparatus comprising a flat supporting structure integrated in a roof located on the top of a deck plan, preferably of a fly-bridge, of said boat, said flat supporting structure being substantially a container which carries a fixed solar panel on which two further solar panels are placed hinged longitudinally so as to be able to rotate to the sides of said container, - a control and management system based on algorithms and instrumental commands suitable for activating and controlling the operation of said wind-solar apparatus and of said solar apparatus; and
A method of transmitting data in a communication system comprising a transmitter and a plurality of receiver devices, each receiver device being connected to the transmitter via a respective channel, wherein the channels are wire connections, the method comprising: i) precoding the data for transmission on the channels, thereby to provide first precoded data; ii) using the first precoded data, for each of the channels, computing a number of bits to be allocated to that channel; iii) determining that the bit allocation does not achieve a maximum bit limit on one or more of the channels; iv) for each channel, determining PC i = ∑ j ‖ h i, j ‖ 2, where i and j are indices for the channels, and h i,j is a channel transfer function dependent on crosstalk transmissions from the jth channel onto the ith channel, and responsive to step iii), ranking the channels based on the determined values of PC i; v) discarding for use as a direct channel, one or more of the channels based on the ranking; vi) precoding the data for transmission on the channels such that the one or more discarded channels are not used as a direct channel, thereby to provide second precoded data; and vii) transmitting, by the transmitter, the second precoded data on the channels. i) precoding the data for transmission on the channels, thereby to provide first precoded data; ii) using the first precoded data, for each of the channels, computing a number of bits to be allocated to that channel; iii) determining that the bit allocation does not achieve a maximum bit limit on one or more of the channels; iv) for each channel, determining PC i = ∑ j ‖ h i, j ‖ 2, where i and j are indices for the channels, and h i,j is a channel transfer function dependent on crosstalk transmissions from the jth channel onto the ith channel, and responsive to step iii), ranking the channels based on the determined values of PC i; v) discarding for use as a direct channel, one or more of the channels based on the ranking; vi) precoding the data for transmission on the channels such that the one or more discarded channels are not used as a direct channel, thereby to provide second precoded data; and vii) transmitting, by the transmitter, the second precoded data on the channels.
Feed system for feeding a CNG or LNG fuel from a tank to an internal combustion engine, wherein the feed system has at least one line, one heating device and one gas pressure regulator, wherein the line can be connected via a first end to the tank and is connected via a second end to the gas pressure regulator; wherein at least the gas pressure regulator can be heated via the heating device, wherein the heating device comprises at least one heating source and one first chamber in which a first heat transfer medium is arranged; wherein heating of the gas pressure regulator can be realized from the heating source and at least via the first heat transfer medium; wherein the heating comprises at least one phase transition at least of the first heat transfer medium; wherein the heating device comprises at least one second chamber in which a second heat transfer medium is arranged; wherein the heating of the gas pressure regulator is realized from the heating source firstly via the second heat transfer medium and then at least via the first heat transfer medium.
A method for displaying one or more of context-dependent past, current and future events on a wearable device, the method comprising: determining a current context of a user of the wearable device based at least in part on sensors available on the wearable device; device; capturing, by sensors available on the wearable device, at least one event; storing the captured at least one event as part of a plurality of stored past, current and future events; receiving a rotational input on the wearable device; selecting one or more events based on the determined current context and the rotational input; and providing on the wearable device a representation of at least one of the selected one or more of the plurality of events; characterised by: responsive to receiving the rotational input, determining a rate of the rotational input, determining a number and granularity of events to be selected based on the determined rate of the rotational input, and determining a magnitude of the rotational input, wherein said selecting is based on the determined current context, the determined number and granularity of events to be selected and the determined magnitude of the rotational input. determining a current context of a user of the wearable device based at least in part on sensors available on the wearable device; device; capturing, by sensors available on the wearable device, at least one event; storing the captured at least one event as part of a plurality of stored past, current and future events; receiving a rotational input on the wearable device; selecting one or more events based on the determined current context and the rotational input; and providing on the wearable device a representation of at least one of the selected one or more of the plurality of events; characterised by: responsive to receiving the rotational input, determining a rate of the rotational input, determining a number and granularity of events to be selected based on the determined rate of the rotational input, and determining a magnitude of the rotational input, wherein said selecting is based on the determined current context, the determined number and granularity of events to be selected and the determined magnitude of the rotational input.
A method for detecting light sleep or arousal of a sleeping subject during a time period the method is executed in an electronic arrangement, such as a mobile cell phone or a personal computer device, said arrangement including a microphone, to record sound signals, means to perform an awakening alarm, a power supply, such as a rechargeable battery, provided with sufficient capacity for executing predetermined functions and providing a predetermined operation time, a memory and a processor to operate the arrangement, characterized in that - an advantageous moment of time for awakening, indicating arousal or light sleep during a predetermined awakening-time-window, is detected utilizing the analysis of the sound signals from the rustle of bed clothes or a pillow produced by movements of the sleeping subject and recorded by the electronic arrangement, wherein the analysis includes the analysis of the power (amplitude), frequency contents, duration and/or distribution of the sound signals, and - after detecting the aforementioned advantageous moment, one or more predetermined functions are performed by said electronic arrangement, including the awakening alarm. - an advantageous moment of time for awakening, indicating arousal or light sleep during a predetermined awakening-time-window, is detected utilizing the analysis of the sound signals from the rustle of bed clothes or a pillow produced by movements of the sleeping subject and recorded by the electronic arrangement, wherein the analysis includes the analysis of the power (amplitude), frequency contents, duration and/or distribution of the sound signals, and - after detecting the aforementioned advantageous moment, one or more predetermined functions are performed by said electronic arrangement, including the awakening alarm.
A wearable absorbent hygiene article comprising: an electronics unit; a power source; and a magnetic switch operably coupling the electronics unit to the power source, the magnetic switch configured such that the power source supplies power to the electronics unit when the magnetic switch is in an ON state and such that the power source does not supply power to the electronics unit when the magnetic switch is in an OFF state, wherein: the magnetic switch is configured such that a change in a magnetic field experienced by the magnetic switch switches the magnetic switch from the OFF state to the ON state. an electronics unit; a power source; and a magnetic switch operably coupling the electronics unit to the power source, the magnetic switch configured such that the power source supplies power to the electronics unit when the magnetic switch is in an ON state and such that the power source does not supply power to the electronics unit when the magnetic switch is in an OFF state, wherein: the magnetic switch is configured such that a change in a magnetic field experienced by the magnetic switch switches the magnetic switch from the OFF state to the ON state.
A method for producing a seat structure, wherein a pre-moulded part is injection-molded and then, in an injection mold, provided with fiber layers which are subsequently filled with reactive components, wherein the reactive components are mixed in a mixing chamber immediately before injection into the injection mold to provide a reactive matrix, wherein the injection is effected before any reaction of the reactive matrix has concluded characterized in that the pre-moulded part is injection-molded in the same injection mold in which it is subsequently provided with fiber layers and in which these are provided with reactive components, wherein the pre-moulded part is used as a seal for the reactive matrix wherein the pre-moulded part is provided with a protruding region angled toward the fiber layer as a seal for the reactive matrix.
A piston-type compressor comprising: a housing having a shaft hole and a plurality of cylinder bores provided around the shaft hole; a drive shaft inserted and rotationally supported in the shaft hole; a plurality of pistons inserted in the respective cylinder bores, wherein the pistons are caused to reciprocate within the cylinder bores by rotation of the drive shaft; a plurality of communication passages providing communication between the cylinder bores and the shaft hole; and a valve mechanism arranged to operate integrally with the drive shaft in the shaft hole and including a residual gas bypass passage in communication with the communication passages to guide high-pressure residual gas in a cylinder bore to a low-pressure cylinder bore; a communication hole formed inside the drive shaft; and a cylindrical body (70; 80; 90; 100; 111) inserted in the communication hole to disconnect the residual gas bypass passage and the communication hole from each other and to open the interior space of the cylindrical body (70; 80; 90; 100; 111) to the communication hole, characterized in that the valve mechanism includes an annular space (75; 114) defined outside the cylindrical body (70; 80; 90; 100; 111) in the communication hole, and a plurality of connection holes (65, 66) providing communication between the annular space (75; 114) and the communication passages, and the residual gas bypass passage is formed of the annular space (75; 114) and the connection holes (65, 66). a housing having a shaft hole and a plurality of cylinder bores provided around the shaft hole; a drive shaft inserted and rotationally supported in the shaft hole; a plurality of pistons inserted in the respective cylinder bores, wherein the pistons are caused to reciprocate within the cylinder bores by rotation of the drive shaft; a plurality of communication passages providing communication between the cylinder bores and the shaft hole; and a valve mechanism arranged to operate integrally with the drive shaft in the shaft hole and including a residual gas bypass passage in communication with the communication passages to guide high-pressure residual gas in a cylinder bore to a low-pressure cylinder bore; a communication hole formed inside the drive shaft; and a cylindrical body (70; 80; 90; 100; 111) inserted in the communication hole to disconnect the residual gas bypass passage and the communication hole from each other and to open the interior space of the cylindrical body (70; 80; 90; 100; 111) to the communication hole, characterized in that the valve mechanism includes an annular space (75; 114) defined outside the cylindrical body (70; 80; 90; 100; 111) in the communication hole, and a plurality of connection holes (65, 66) providing communication between the annular space (75; 114) and the communication passages, and the residual gas bypass passage is formed of the annular space (75; 114) and the connection holes (65, 66).