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An image pickup apparatus comprising: a tilt angle control means configured to control a tilt angle (b) between an image pickup element and an image pickup optical system of the image pickup apparatus, wherein the tilt angle is an angle formed between an imaging plane of the image pickup element and a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the image pickup optical system; and an imaging condition acquiring means configured to acquire an imaging condition of the image pickup apparatus; characterized in that the tilt angle control means controls the image pickup element or the image pickup optical system at a driving speed determined by determining means when the tilt angle control means searches for an angle at which a contrast evaluation value reaches a peak by changing the tilt angle, wherein the determining means determines the driving speed at which the image pickup element or the image pickup optical system is tilted based on the imaging condition acquired by the imaging condition acquiring means, thereby improving the accuracy of searching of the peak, and wherein the imaging condition includes at least one of focal length information of the image pickup optical system, object distance information about a distance to an object, focal plane angle information about an angle between an optical axis of the imaging optical system and a focal plane, aperture amount information, and luminance gain information for electrically adjusting luminance. a tilt angle control means configured to control a tilt angle (b) between an image pickup element and an image pickup optical system of the image pickup apparatus, wherein the tilt angle is an angle formed between an imaging plane of the image pickup element and a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the image pickup optical system; and an imaging condition acquiring means configured to acquire an imaging condition of the image pickup apparatus; characterized in that the tilt angle control means controls the image pickup element or the image pickup optical system at a driving speed determined by determining means when the tilt angle control means searches for an angle at which a contrast evaluation value reaches a peak by changing the tilt angle, wherein the determining means determines the driving speed at which the image pickup element or the image pickup optical system is tilted based on the imaging condition acquired by the imaging condition acquiring means, thereby improving the accuracy of searching of the peak, and wherein the imaging condition includes at least one of focal length information of the image pickup optical system, object distance information about a distance to an object, focal plane angle information about an angle between an optical axis of the imaging optical system and a focal plane, aperture amount information, and luminance gain information for electrically adjusting luminance.
A computer implemented method of compressing data, the computer implemented method comprising: obtaining (504, 604) floating-point data comprising a plurality of floating-point numbers, each of the plurality of floating-point numbers comprising one or more sign bits, a plurality of exponent bits, and a plurality of mantissa bits; wherein a first portion of each floating-point number comprises the one or more sign bits, the plurality of exponent bits, and one or more most significant mantissa bits of the plurality of mantissa bits; and a second portion of each floating point number comprises one or more least significant mantissa bits of the plurality of mantissa bits; performing a first lossless compression technique to compress the first portion of each floating-point number of the floating point data and obtain first lossless compressed data; transforming (506, 606) the second portion of each floating point number of the floating point data to obtain transformed data, wherein said transforming further comprises performing a Kashin Decomposition on the second portion of each floating point number of the floating point data; quantizing (508, 608) the transformed data to obtain quantized data; and storing the first lossless compressed data and the quantized data; and/or transmitting the first compressed data and the quantized data to another computing device, wherein the other computing device is configured to decompress the compressed data and de-quantize the quantized data to obtain the first portion and a reconstruction of the second portion. obtaining (504, 604) floating-point data comprising a plurality of floating-point numbers, each of the plurality of floating-point numbers comprising one or more sign bits, a plurality of exponent bits, and a plurality of mantissa bits; wherein a first portion of each floating-point number comprises the one or more sign bits, the plurality of exponent bits, and one or more most significant mantissa bits of the plurality of mantissa bits; and a second portion of each floating point number comprises one or more least significant mantissa bits of the plurality of mantissa bits; performing a first lossless compression technique to compress the first portion of each floating-point number of the floating point data and obtain first lossless compressed data; transforming (506, 606) the second portion of each floating point number of the floating point data to obtain transformed data, wherein said transforming further comprises performing a Kashin Decomposition on the second portion of each floating point number of the floating point data; quantizing (508, 608) the transformed data to obtain quantized data; and storing the first lossless compressed data and the quantized data; and/or transmitting the first compressed data and the quantized data to another computing device, wherein the other computing device is configured to decompress the compressed data and de-quantize the quantized data to obtain the first portion and a reconstruction of the second portion.
Method for authenticating a subscriber (IMSli) within a local network (LNj) comprising the preliminary steps of, for a home authentication center (HAuC) of a home subscriber server (HHSS) hosted in a home network, wherein no on-the-fly communication between the local and the home network occurs during the authentication: - storing a subscriber key (SMKi) per subscriber (IMSli) in the home authentication center (HAuC), said home authentication center (HAuC) having a key derivation function and said subscriber key (SMKi) being dedicated to the authentication of this subscriber (IMSli) within any local network (LNj) having an agreement with the home operator, - deriving local keys (LKi) from the subscriber key (SMKi), one local key (LKi LNj) for each local network (LNj) the subscriber (IMSli) is authorized to access, - provisioning each local network (LNj) the subscriber (IMSli) is authorized to access with its own local key (LKi LN j), - provisioning an UICC application of the subscriber (IMSli) with the subscriber key (SMKi) and the key derivation function, - provisioning the UICC application of the subscriber (IMSli) with an algorithm to perform local authentication, said method further comprising the steps of, when an authentication is required in a given local network (LNj), for the UICC application: - receiving a network identifier (Id(LNj)), - deriving a local key (LKi LNj) in the UICC application of the subscriber (IMSli) using the network identifier (LNj) of the local network, the key derivation function and the subscriber key (SMKi), - using the derived local key (LKi LNj) in the algorithm to perform local authentication in the local network (LNj). - storing a subscriber key (SMKi) per subscriber (IMSli) in the home authentication center (HAuC), said home authentication center (HAuC) having a key derivation function and said subscriber key (SMKi) being dedicated to the authentication of this subscriber (IMSli) within any local network (LNj) having an agreement with the home operator, - deriving local keys (LKi) from the subscriber key (SMKi), one local key (LKi LNj) for each local network (LNj) the subscriber (IMSli) is authorized to access, - provisioning each local network (LNj) the subscriber (IMSli) is authorized to access with its own local key (LKi LN j), - provisioning an UICC application of the subscriber (IMSli) with the subscriber key (SMKi) and the key derivation function, - provisioning the UICC application of the subscriber (IMSli) with an algorithm to perform local authentication, - receiving a network identifier (Id(LNj)), - deriving a local key (LKi LNj) in the UICC application of the subscriber (IMSli) using the network identifier (LNj) of the local network, the key derivation function and the subscriber key (SMKi), - using the derived local key (LKi LNj) in the algorithm to perform local authentication in the local network (LNj).
An exhaust gas heater for an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine, comprising a carrier arrangement through which exhaust gas can flow substantially in the direction of an exhaust gas heater longitudinal axis and at least one heating conductor (18, 20) supported on the carrier arrangement, wherein the at least one heating conductor (18, 20) is constructed with bent flat material, for the provision of a heating conductor profile which is meandering at least in regions, with heating conductor flat sides (44, 46) opposite one another and heating conductor broad sides (40, 42) opposite one another, wherein the at least one heating conductor (18, 20) comprises at least one heating conductor meandering field (F 1, F 2, F 3, F 4) with a multiplicity of meandering portions which are longitudinally extended in the direction of a meandering portion longitudinal direction and are substantially parallel to one another, wherein directly adjacent meandering portions in in each case one of their meandering portion end regions (50, 52) are connected to one another by a meandering portion connecting portion (54, 56) transversely to the meandering portion longitudinal direction, characterized in that at least one meandering portion is formed between its meandering portion end regions (50, 52) at least in regions in an undulating manner with a multiplicity of consecutive wave crests (60, 61) in the meandering portion longitudinal direction.
A method for casting a titanium alloy article of manufacture comprising the steps of: (a) forming a melt comprising, by weight, 3.0 % to 6.0% aluminum (Al), 0% to 1.5% tin (Sn), 2.0% to 4.0% vanadium, 0.5% to 4.5% molybdenum (Mo), 1.0% to 2.5% chromium (Cr), 0% to 0.35% oxygen, 0% to 0.007% boron, 0% to 0.55% iron (Fe), 0% to 0.60% other unavoidable impurities, and the balance of weight percent comprising titanium (Ti), wherein each numerical limit is accurate to ±10%; (b) casting said melt; (c) cooling said casting; (d) annealing said alloy at a temperature above the β transus temperature of the alloy to form a substantially single phase microstructure of β-phase with a body-centered cubic crystal structure; and (e) cooling said alloy from the β-phase at a cooling rate between 0.03°C per second to 10°C per second to form an α-phase with a hexagonal close packed crystal structure having a basketweave morphology. (a) forming a melt comprising, by weight, 3.0 % to 6.0% aluminum (Al), 0% to 1.5% tin (Sn), 2.0% to 4.0% vanadium, 0.5% to 4.5% molybdenum (Mo), 1.0% to 2.5% chromium (Cr), 0% to 0.35% oxygen, 0% to 0.007% boron, 0% to 0.55% iron (Fe), 0% to 0.60% other unavoidable impurities, and the balance of weight percent comprising titanium (Ti), wherein each numerical limit is accurate to ±10%; (b) casting said melt; (c) cooling said casting; (d) annealing said alloy at a temperature above the β transus temperature of the alloy to form a substantially single phase microstructure of β-phase with a body-centered cubic crystal structure; and (e) cooling said alloy from the β-phase at a cooling rate between 0.03°C per second to 10°C per second to form an α-phase with a hexagonal close packed crystal structure having a basketweave morphology.
A portable, handheld tool with a combustion engine, characterized by a floor plate with an essentially flat surface with a continuous outer edge and one or more openings (14, 15) with a related edge (14a, 15a), wherein the at least one edge of an opening exhibits an element that projects at an inclined angle (α) and is arranged to act as a baffle plate to route flying sparks from inside a housing of the tool from the back out of area toward the front through the opening and outside the housing.
Pipe connection system, having a pipe connector for connecting a media pipe of a local or district heating line to an empty pipe into which a portion of the media pipe is introduced, wherein the pipe connector is able to be brought to bear in the manner of a sleeve on the media pipe, on the one hand, and on the empty pipe, on the other hand, characterized by a cable feedthrough element which has a number of cable feedthrough openings, said cable feedthrough element being able to be placed between the pipe connector and the media pipe so as to seal the pipe connection in such a manner that said cable feedthrough element bears simultaneously on the external wall of the media pipe and on the internal wall of the pipe connector.
Method for producing dry flatbread, wherein a baking mixture is produced consisting at least of dried egg white and at least one cereal product or a plurality of cereal products, the mixture is mixed and is baked by supplying heat, characterised in that a baking tray or baking sheet, optionally having baking paper laid thereon, is wetted or sprayed with water, in that then 1 weight percent to 30 weight percent of powdered dried egg white and 90 weight percent to 5 weight percent of at least one dry cereal product or a plurality of dry cereal products, 0 weight percent to 70 weight percent of oilseed, 0 weight percent to 20 weight percent of fat, 0 weight percent to 15 weight percent of sugar, 0 weight percent to 15 weight percent of bran, 0 weight percent to 5 weight percent of salt, 0 weight percent to 5 weight percent of yeast or yeast extract, 0 weight percent to 10 weight percent of milk protein, 0 weight percent to 10 weight percent of colour malt, 0 weight percent to 10 weight percent of dried sourdough or isolated acids, 0 weight percent to 20 weight percent of spices are mixed in the dry state to form the baking mixture and are applied or scattered uniformly on the baking sheet or baking tray, and then wetted, sprinkled or sprayed with water over the entire surface and then baked.
A method to determine the required rotational speed of a package drive roller when driving a conical cross-wound package, which is held in the package cradle of a workstation of a textile machine that produces cross-wound packages, whereby the yarn to be wound is continuously fed using a yarn take-up device and whereby the single-motor-controlled package drive roller of the workstation frictionally engaged drives the conical cross-wound package, characterised in that the rotational pulses of the cross-wound package are recorded using sensors, that the temporal sequence of the rotational pulses is recorded, that the relevant drive diameter of the conical cross-wound package is calculated from this, that the rotational speed of the package drive roller is determined based on this drive diameter, that the recording of the rotational pulses is carried out prior to an attaching process on a still blank cross-wound package and that the drive diameter calculated based on the sequence of the rotational pulses is already taken as a basis of the selection of the adjusted rotational speed of the package drive roller during the attaching process of the still blank cross-wound package.
Ionizing arrangement (10; 20; 30) for electrically charging particles in an air flow in an air duct (1; 2), said air duct comprising a section B extending along an axis A, said arrangement comprising: a shielding electrode (11; 21) intended to be arranged within the air duct, said shielding electrode having a portion for arrangement in a plane substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis A, said portion having a shape corresponding to the cross sectional shape of the duct; and at least one corona electrode (12; 22) arranged in the centre of the portion, wherein the shielding electrode is further arranged to provide shielding of an electromagnetic field emanating from the corona electrode, characterized in that said portion is a member (13; 23) for arrangement in a plane substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis A, said member having a shape corresponding to the cross sectional shape of the duct, and wherein the shielding electrode further comprises: at least three arc shaped elements (15; 25) extending from the upstream side of the member; and/or at least three arc shaped elements (16; 26; 36) extending from the downstream side of the member. a shielding electrode (11; 21) intended to be arranged within the air duct, said shielding electrode having a portion for arrangement in a plane substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis A, said portion having a shape corresponding to the cross sectional shape of the duct; and at least one corona electrode (12; 22) arranged in the centre of the portion, wherein the shielding electrode is further arranged to provide shielding of an electromagnetic field emanating from the corona electrode, characterized in that said portion is a member (13; 23) for arrangement in a plane substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis A, said member having a shape corresponding to the cross sectional shape of the duct, and wherein the shielding electrode further comprises: at least three arc shaped elements (15; 25) extending from the upstream side of the member; and/or at least three arc shaped elements (16; 26; 36) extending from the downstream side of the member. at least three arc shaped elements (15; 25) extending from the upstream side of the member; and/or at least three arc shaped elements (16; 26; 36) extending from the downstream side of the member.
An air conditioning system, comprising: a heat pump section for performing indoor air-warming by using a vapor-compression refrigeration cycle; a separate heat source section for performing indoor air-warming by using a heat source separate from the heat pump section; and a control unit for controlling actions of the heat pump section and the separate heat source section; characterized in that when an operation is switched from a separate heat source air-warming operation for performing indoor air-warming by using the separate heat source section to a heat pump air-warming operation for performing indoor air-warming by using the heat pump section, the control unit starting the heat pump air-warming operation while the separate heat source air-warming operation is continued, and after an overlapping air-warming ending condition is met, the control unit ending the separate heat source air-warming operation, wherein the overlapping air-warming ending condition is that a temperature difference resulting from subtracting a target indoor temperature from an indoor temperature is equal to or greater than an overlapping air-warming ending air temperature difference. a heat pump section for performing indoor air-warming by using a vapor-compression refrigeration cycle; a separate heat source section for performing indoor air-warming by using a heat source separate from the heat pump section; and a control unit for controlling actions of the heat pump section and the separate heat source section; characterized in that when an operation is switched from a separate heat source air-warming operation for performing indoor air-warming by using the separate heat source section to a heat pump air-warming operation for performing indoor air-warming by using the heat pump section, the control unit starting the heat pump air-warming operation while the separate heat source air-warming operation is continued, and after an overlapping air-warming ending condition is met, the control unit ending the separate heat source air-warming operation, wherein the overlapping air-warming ending condition is that a temperature difference resulting from subtracting a target indoor temperature from an indoor temperature is equal to or greater than an overlapping air-warming ending air temperature difference.
A compound comprising: a compound derived from a polyamine through its reactions with an activated olefin and an epoxide, wherein: the activated olefin has the following formula; the epoxide is X is NH or O; R 2 is H, CH 3, or an unsubstituted, linear or branched C 2 -C 10 alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl group; R 3 is absent or an unsubstituted, linear or branched C 1 -C 30 alkylene group; Y is -NR 4 R 5 R 6 (+); R 4, R 5, and R 6 are independently an unsubstituted C 1 -C 10 alkyl group; R 7 is H or alkyl; and R 8 is alkyl, or -(CH 2) k -O-alkyl, wherein k is an integer of 1 to 30; wherein the polyamine and activated olefin undergo aza Michael Addition reaction and the polyamine and epoxide undergo ring opening reaction; wherein the compound is a multiple charged cationic compound having 1, 2, 3, or more positive charges from the activated olefin and at least one nonionic group from the epoxide, or a multiple charged anionic compound having 1, 2, 3, or more negative charges from the activated olefin and at least one nonionic group from the epoxide. the activated olefin has the following formula; the epoxide is X is NH or O; R 2 is H, CH 3, or an unsubstituted, linear or branched C 2 -C 10 alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl group; R 3 is absent or an unsubstituted, linear or branched C 1 -C 30 alkylene group; Y is -NR 4 R 5 R 6 (+); R 4, R 5, and R 6 are independently an unsubstituted C 1 -C 10 alkyl group; R 7 is H or alkyl; and R 8 is alkyl, or -(CH 2) k -O-alkyl, wherein k is an integer of 1 to 30; wherein the polyamine and activated olefin undergo aza Michael Addition reaction and the polyamine and epoxide undergo ring opening reaction; wherein the compound is a multiple charged cationic compound having 1, 2, 3, or more positive charges from the activated olefin and at least one nonionic group from the epoxide, or a multiple charged anionic compound having 1, 2, 3, or more negative charges from the activated olefin and at least one nonionic group from the epoxide.
A method of packaging a product within a packaging bag, said packaging bag including an inner liner and an outer liner, said method including the steps of: a) marking the inner liner with a first marking means, b) filling the bag with the product, before or after marking the inner liner with the first marking means, and c) marking the outer liner with a second marking means, characterised in that the marking on the inner liner and the marking on the outer liner are different, such that a person would be unable to match the inner liner with the outer liner, when viewing the markings on the inner and outer liners, after they have been separated, and listing in a written record on paper or an electronic record in a database the marking on the inner liner and matching it with the marking on the outer liner, the record usable to determine whether an outer liner subsequently removed from an inner liner is/was the same outer liner associated with the same inner liner, at the time when the bag was filled and/or packaged. a) marking the inner liner with a first marking means, b) filling the bag with the product, before or after marking the inner liner with the first marking means, and c) marking the outer liner with a second marking means, characterised in that the marking on the inner liner and the marking on the outer liner are different, such that a person would be unable to match the inner liner with the outer liner, when viewing the markings on the inner and outer liners, after they have been separated, and listing in a written record on paper or an electronic record in a database the marking on the inner liner and matching it with the marking on the outer liner, the record usable to determine whether an outer liner subsequently removed from an inner liner is/was the same outer liner associated with the same inner liner, at the time when the bag was filled and/or packaged.