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An apparatus for driving an actuator, having an energy storage device for supplying the actuator, an antenna device with which via a contactless communication of a transmitting device energy for charging the energy storage device and one or several control signals comprising a trigger command for triggering the actuator are receivable, and a control unit for controlling the energy supply of the energy storage device to the actuator depending on the control signals, characterized in that the apparatus is configured such that after reception of the trigger command, the state of charge of the energy storage device is determined, wherein upon a state of charge of the energy storage device which is less than a state-of-charge threshold value sufficient for triggering the actuator, a response signal for continuing the contactless communication via the antenna device for reception by the transmitting device is emitted, and wherein upon a state of charge of the energy storage device which is greater than or equal to the state-of-charge threshold value, the control unit controls the energy supply of the energy storage device to the actuator such that a triggering of the actuator is made possible.
A method of operating a service controller of a communication network, the method comprising: receiving (1701; Op. 1, Fig. 4) an operation request for a service, wherein the operation request is for a consumer node of the communication network, and wherein the operation request includes a context identifier referring to a context related to the operation request, wherein the context identifier is associated with a device, session, and/or subscription; forwarding (1705; Op. 3, Fig. 4) the operation request for the service to a first service instance set, wherein the first service instance set is identified by the service controller as handling the context related to the operation request; and responsive to determining (Op. 6, Fig. 4) that the first service instance set is unreachable or unavailable, selecting a second service instance set as a candidate to handle the context related to the operation request; wherein the first service instance set comprises a first plurality of instances of the service, and wherein the second service instance set comprises a second plurality of instances of the service, and wherein the first service instance set and the second service instance set share a common service storage resource, whereby context data is stored; and forwarding (1713; Op 8, Fig. 4) the operation request for the service to the second service instance set based on selecting the second service instance set. receiving (1701; Op. 1, Fig. 4) an operation request for a service, wherein the operation request is for a consumer node of the communication network, and wherein the operation request includes a context identifier referring to a context related to the operation request, wherein the context identifier is associated with a device, session, and/or subscription; forwarding (1705; Op. 3, Fig. 4) the operation request for the service to a first service instance set, wherein the first service instance set is identified by the service controller as handling the context related to the operation request; and responsive to determining (Op. 6, Fig. 4) that the first service instance set is unreachable or unavailable, selecting a second service instance set as a candidate to handle the context related to the operation request;
An ophthalmic surgical laser system comprising: a laser delivery system for delivering a pulsed laser beam to a target in a subject's eye; an XY-scan device to deflect the pulsed laser beam; a Z-scan device to modify a depth of a focus of the pulsed laser beam; and a controller configured to control the XY-scan device and the Z-scan device to form a concave lens cut (1200, 1300) comprising a bottom concave lenticular incision of a lens in a cornea (1240, 1306) of the subject's eye, characterised by the concave lens cut (1200, 1300) further comprising a top concave lenticular incision, wherein the top concave lenticular incision and the bottom concave lenticular incision are mirror symmetric to each other. a laser delivery system for delivering a pulsed laser beam to a target in a subject's eye; an XY-scan device to deflect the pulsed laser beam; a Z-scan device to modify a depth of a focus of the pulsed laser beam; and a controller configured to control the XY-scan device and the Z-scan device to form a concave lens cut (1200, 1300) comprising a bottom concave lenticular incision of a lens in a cornea (1240, 1306) of the subject's eye, characterised by the concave lens cut (1200, 1300) further comprising a top concave lenticular incision, wherein the top concave lenticular incision and the bottom concave lenticular incision are mirror symmetric to each other.
An electric cable including at least one wireless transmitter and/or wireless receiver, further including a plurality of transmission and/or reception antennas located on a predetermined electrically insulating layer of said cable, said at least one wireless transmitter and/or wireless receiver communicating by means of at least one antenna of said plurality of antennas, characterized in that each antenna of said plurality of antennas is oriented differently.
Transport star-wheel for guiding containers in a container handling facility, comprising: - A star-wheel with a plurality of star pockets each for receiving one of the containers, and - an adjustment device with a plurality of linear units (5a-5x), arranged in the radial direction, for moving the star-wheel pockets, a coupling unit connecting the linear units (5a-5x) and the star-wheel pockets, and a guide unit for guiding the star-wheel pockets in the radial and vertical direction, wherein the transport star-wheel does not have any gripping or clamping elements for gripping or taking hold of a container, wherein the guide unit comprises a driver dog element, arranged in a guide curve and coupled to one of the star-wheel pockets. - A star-wheel with a plurality of star pockets each for receiving one of the containers, and - an adjustment device with a plurality of linear units (5a-5x), arranged in the radial direction, for moving the star-wheel pockets, a coupling unit connecting the linear units (5a-5x) and the star-wheel pockets, and a guide unit for guiding the star-wheel pockets in the radial and vertical direction, wherein the transport star-wheel does not have any gripping or clamping elements for gripping or taking hold of a container, wherein the guide unit comprises a driver dog element, arranged in a guide curve and coupled to one of the star-wheel pockets.
A winding device with a drum including upward teeth located on an upper side of the drum, wherein the drum is configured to wind a lace, with a base (3; 3a) including a drum accommodation portion (33; 33a) that accommodates the drum, wherein the accommodation portion (33; 33a) is cylindrical and has a closed end and wherein the drum accommodation portion (33; 33a) includes a cylindrical annular wall to rotationally accommodate the drum, with a dial (5; 5a) including downward teeth located on a lower side of the dial and engaging with the upward teeth of the drum to rotate the drum, wherein the dial (5; 5a) is movable along a rotation axis direction of the dial (5; 5a) to a locked state in which the downward teeth of the dial (5; 5a) are engaged with the upward teeth of the drum to transmit rotation of the dial (5; 5a) to the drum and a unlocked state in which the downward teeth are disengaged from the upward teeth of the drum to freely rotate the drum, characterized by an annular gear (53; 53a) formed on a circumferential portion of the dial (5; 5a), wherein the annular gear (53; 53a) includes projections and troughs extending in the rotation axis direction of the dial (5; 5a), and a pawl protruding from the drum accommodation portion (33; 33a), wherein the pawl engages with the annular gear (53; 53a), wherein the pawl protrudes outward from a spring portion arranged concyclically with the cylindrical annular wall that configures the drum accommodation portion (33; 33a), wherein the pawl is integrated with the cylindrical annular wall that configures the drum accommodation portion (33; 33a), wherein the pawl protrudes outward from a spring portion formed by cutting out the cylindrical annular wall that configures the drum accommodation portion (33; 33a), and elastic deformation of the spring portion toward an inside of the drum accommodation portion (33; 33a) causes the pawl to slide up and over the projection of the annular gear (53; 53a), which is formed to be cylindrical on the circumferential portion of the dial (5; 5a), allowing the dial (5; 5a) to rotate, and wherein the annular gear (53; 53a) and the pawl control rotation of the dial (5; 5a).
A rotary electric machine comprising: a core having a plurality of slots; and several coil pieces (20A, 20B, 20C) which are mounted onto the core and connected to one another with a connecting wire, wherein each of the coil pieces (20A, 20B, 20C) has first portions each inserted into one of the slots and second portions that are not inserted into the slots, and wherein the first portions and the second portions are arranged alternately along a direction in which the wire extends, characterized in that each of the coil pieces (20A, 20B, 20C) is formed by repeatedly winding wire having a rectangular cross-section so that the wire forms a plurality of wire layers that are laminated in a single row, with the wider surfaces of the rectangular wire serving as laminated surfaces, the wire layers in each first portion are laminated while being aligned along a circumferential direction of the core, which intersects the depth of the corresponding slot, and the coil pieces (20A, 20B, 20C) are inserted into the slots so that all the coil pieces (20A, 20B, 20C) in the same slot are in phase, and so that the several coil pieces (20A, 20B, 20C) form several laminated rows in each slot which are arranged in the direction of the depth of the slot. a core having a plurality of slots; and several coil pieces (20A, 20B, 20C) which are mounted onto the core and connected to one another with a connecting wire,
A fuel control system for a gas turbine engine having a gas generator and a power turbine driven by the gas generator, comprising: a main fuel regulator, configured to determine a demand (W f dem) of fuel flow (W f) to be introduced in the gas turbine engine, based on an input request; a speed rate-of-change limiter configured to cause an adjustment to the fuel flow (W f) when the gas generator speed rate of change (N g dot) is determined to overcome a scheduled acceleration, or deceleration, engine safety operating limit, wherein the speed rate-of-change limiter comprises a predictor, configured to perform a prediction of the fuel flow rate of change (W f dot), or fuel flow (W f), allowing the gas generator speed rate of change (N g dot) to track a scheduled reference value (Ngdot ref); wherein the adjustment to the fuel flow (W f) is based on the prediction; wherein the speed rate-of-change limiter further comprises a feedback regulator, configured to provide a corrective term for the prediction, based on an error (Err) between a feedback gas generator speed rate of change (N g dot fdbk), measured in the gas turbine engine, and the scheduled reference value (Ngdot re f). a main fuel regulator, configured to determine a demand (W f dem) of fuel flow (W f) to be introduced in the gas turbine engine, based on an input request; a speed rate-of-change limiter configured to cause an adjustment to the fuel flow (W f) when the gas generator speed rate of change (N g dot) is determined to overcome a scheduled acceleration, or deceleration, engine safety operating limit, wherein the speed rate-of-change limiter comprises a predictor, configured to perform a prediction of the fuel flow rate of change (W f dot), or fuel flow (W f), allowing the gas generator speed rate of change (N g dot) to track a scheduled reference value (Ngdot ref); wherein the adjustment to the fuel flow (W f) is based on the prediction; wherein the speed rate-of-change limiter further comprises a feedback regulator, configured to provide a corrective term for the prediction, based on an error (Err) between a feedback gas generator speed rate of change (N g dot fdbk), measured in the gas turbine engine, and the scheduled reference value (Ngdot re f).
A device for generating scan data for use in an additive manufacturing process, in which an energy beam is scanned across layers of flowable material to consolidate the material in a layer-by-layer manner to build a part, the device comprising a display and a processor, the processor arranged to determine scan data, including scan paths, for slices of the part to be built in the additive manufacturing process and characterised in that the processor is arranged to cause the display to display the scan data that has been determined for one of the slices whilst determining the scan data for other ones of the slices, wherein the processor is arranged to receive a selection of at least one slice from the user input, wherein, in response to receiving the selection, the processor determines the scan data for the slices in an order such that scan data for the at least one selected slice is displayed on the display whilst scan data for other ones of the slices is being determined and modifies a predetermined sequence of slices for which scan data is determined based upon the selection of the at least one slice.
An ultrasound system, comprising: an ultrasound data acquisition unit configured to transmit and receive ultrasound signals to and from a living body to acquire first ultrasound data and second ultrasound data; a user input unit configured to receive input information corresponding to a region of interest and a balance threshold value having a predetermined brightness value; and a processing unit in communication with the ultrasound data acquisition unit and the user input unit, the processing unit being configured to form a brightness mode image and a color Doppler mode image corresponding to the region of interest based on the first and second ultrasound data, respectively, set a contrast stretching curve for securing connectivity of blood vessels of the living body based on the balance threshold value of the input information and the brightness mode image, form a mask for performing a balance process upon the color Doppler mode image based on the contrast stretching curve, and perform the balance process upon the color Doppler mode image based on the mask. an ultrasound data acquisition unit configured to transmit and receive ultrasound signals to and from a living body to acquire first ultrasound data and second ultrasound data; a user input unit configured to receive input information corresponding to a region of interest and a balance threshold value having a predetermined brightness value; and a processing unit in communication with the ultrasound data acquisition unit and the user input unit, the processing unit being configured to form a brightness mode image and a color Doppler mode image corresponding to the region of interest based on the first and second ultrasound data, respectively, set a contrast stretching curve for securing connectivity of blood vessels of the living body based on the balance threshold value of the input information and the brightness mode image, form a mask for performing a balance process upon the color Doppler mode image based on the contrast stretching curve, and perform the balance process upon the color Doppler mode image based on the mask.
A system for thermal energy storage and delivery, comprising: a thermal storage assemblage including a plurality of thermal storage blocks, wherein at least some of the thermal storage blocks include multiple radiation cavities and multiple fluid flow slots, wherein some of the radiation cavities and some of the fluid flow slots are configured to define fluid pathways through the thermal storage blocks; a plurality of heater elements positioned within the thermal storage assemblage and adjacent to at least some of the radiation cavities, wherein each of the plurality of heater elements is configured to heat at least one of the thermal storage blocks via energy radiated into multiple ones of the radiation cavities and onto surfaces that bound the respective radiation cavities; and a fluid movement system (213, 4223) configured to direct a stream of fluid through the fluid pathways. a thermal storage assemblage including a plurality of thermal storage blocks, wherein at least some of the thermal storage blocks include multiple radiation cavities and multiple fluid flow slots, wherein some of the radiation cavities and some of the fluid flow slots are configured to define fluid pathways through the thermal storage blocks; a plurality of heater elements positioned within the thermal storage assemblage and adjacent to at least some of the radiation cavities, wherein each of the plurality of heater elements is configured to heat at least one of the thermal storage blocks via energy radiated into multiple ones of the radiation cavities and onto surfaces that bound the respective radiation cavities; and a fluid movement system (213, 4223) configured to direct a stream of fluid through the fluid pathways.
Method for operating a hearing aid, a. wherein the hearing aid comprises an ANC unit, b. wherein the ANC unit comprises a feedforward unit, which outputs a feedforward signal (ff) for suppressing external interference noises entering an auditory canal of a user of the hearing aid from the outside, c. wherein the ANC unit comprises a feedback unit, which outputs a feedback signal (fb) for suppressing internal interference noises present within the auditory canal, d. wherein the hearing aid has a signal processing unit, which has an adjustable amplification and which amplifies an input signal of the hearing aid and outputs it as an amplified signal, e. wherein the amplification is set in dependence of the frequency, namely only in those frequency ranges, in which the user's own voice lies, characterized in f. that the feedback signal (fb) is used as a measure of the user's own voice and the amplification of the signal processing unit is set depending on the feedback signal (fb) and thus also depending on the own voice. a. wherein the hearing aid comprises an ANC unit, b. wherein the ANC unit comprises a feedforward unit, which outputs a feedforward signal (ff) for suppressing external interference noises entering an auditory canal of a user of the hearing aid from the outside, c. wherein the ANC unit comprises a feedback unit, which outputs a feedback signal (fb) for suppressing internal interference noises present within the auditory canal, d. wherein the hearing aid has a signal processing unit, which has an adjustable amplification and which amplifies an input signal of the hearing aid and outputs it as an amplified signal, e. wherein the amplification is set in dependence of the frequency, namely only in those frequency ranges, in which the user's own voice lies, characterized in f. that the feedback signal (fb) is used as a measure of the user's own voice and the amplification of the signal processing unit is set depending on the feedback signal (fb) and thus also depending on the own voice.
A method for polarity detection, the method comprising: receiving, by a secondary device, a first signal and a second signal from a primary device during a half-duplex stage of a link initialization, wherein a handshaking signal that is encoded by the first signal and the second signal is set to false; receiving a clock source from the primary device for the link initialization; receiving training symbols during the half-duplex stage of the link initialization; determining, during the half-duplex stage of the link initialization, whether a first polarity of the first signal and a second polarity of the second signal are reversed by determining whether a descrambler of the secondary device can be locked to a scrambler of the primary device based at least on the first polarity of the first signal and reversing the first polarity and the second polarity when the descrambler cannot be locked based at least on the first polarity of the first signal; changing a symbol boundary associated with the first signal and the second signal, when the descrambler cannot be locked based at least on the first polarity of the first signal, and determining whether the descrambler of the secondary device can be locked to the scrambler of the primary device based at least on the reversed first polarity of the first signal and the changed symbol boundary; and reversing, by the secondary device, polarities of signals subsequently received from, and transmitted to, the primary device when the first polarity of the first signal and the second polarity of the second signal are reversed. receiving, by a secondary device, a first signal and a second signal from a primary device during a half-duplex stage of a link initialization, wherein a handshaking signal that is encoded by the first signal and the second signal is set to false; receiving a clock source from the primary device for the link initialization; receiving training symbols during the half-duplex stage of the link initialization; determining, during the half-duplex stage of the link initialization, whether a first polarity of the first signal and a second polarity of the second signal are reversed by determining whether a descrambler of the secondary device can be locked to a scrambler of the primary device based at least on the first polarity of the first signal and reversing the first polarity and the second polarity when the descrambler cannot be locked based at least on the first polarity of the first signal; changing a symbol boundary associated with the first signal and the second signal, when the descrambler cannot be locked based at least on the first polarity of the first signal, and determining whether the descrambler of the secondary device can be locked to the scrambler of the primary device based at least on the reversed first polarity of the first signal and the changed symbol boundary; and reversing, by the secondary device, polarities of signals subsequently received from, and transmitted to, the primary device when the first polarity of the first signal and the second polarity of the second signal are reversed.