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A method for determining a position of a mobile device, the method comprising: scanning a wireless signal from an access point with the mobile device; measuring a signal strength or round trip time, RTT, associated with the wireless signal at a plurality of points (131,132); determining a timestamp associated with each measurement; and estimating a position of each point based on a pedestrian dead reckoning technique; determining a position of the mobile device based on the signal strength or RTT and a known location of said access point using a particle-filter technique, including determining a modeled signal strength or RTT at each estimated position dependent on the distance to the access point, and comparing the measured signal strength or RTT with the modeled signal strength or RTT at each point to map the scanned wireless signal to a position of the mobile device at a time associated with the time stamp. scanning a wireless signal from an access point with the mobile device; measuring a signal strength or round trip time, RTT, associated with the wireless signal at a plurality of points (131,132); determining a timestamp associated with each measurement; and estimating a position of each point based on a pedestrian dead reckoning technique; determining a position of the mobile device based on the signal strength or RTT and a known location of said access point using a particle-filter technique, including determining a modeled signal strength or RTT at each estimated position dependent on the distance to the access point, and comparing the measured signal strength or RTT with the modeled signal strength or RTT at each point to map the scanned wireless signal to a position of the mobile device at a time associated with the time stamp. determining a modeled signal strength or RTT at each estimated position dependent on the distance to the access point, and comparing the measured signal strength or RTT with the modeled signal strength or RTT at each point to map the scanned wireless signal to a position of the mobile device at a time associated with the time stamp.
A method to reduce wear and friction in a ceramic matrix composite -to-metal attachment of an apparatus, comprising: providing a CMC component having a first surface including engineered surface feature, wherein the engineered surface feature is a protrusion and wherein the protrusion is composed of fiber tows comprising bundles of filaments of the CMC material; providing a metal component having a second surface; arranging the first surface of the CMC component in sliding contact with the second surface of the metal component, the sliding contact resulting in formation of debris along the sliding contact surfaces (32, 34); substantially preventing an accumulation of debris along the sliding contact first surface of the CMC component relative to the contacting second surface of the metal component during operation of the apparatus. providing a CMC component having a first surface including engineered surface feature, wherein the engineered surface feature is a protrusion and wherein the protrusion is composed of fiber tows comprising bundles of filaments of the CMC material; providing a metal component having a second surface; arranging the first surface of the CMC component in sliding contact with the second surface of the metal component, the sliding contact resulting in formation of debris along the sliding contact surfaces (32, 34); substantially preventing an accumulation of debris along the sliding contact first surface of the CMC component relative to the contacting second surface of the metal component during operation of the apparatus.
A supporting means for a front end of a passenger motor vehicle, with at least one vehicle body component extending in the vertical direction of the vehicle, by way of which component respective, laterally associated, side-member elements (6, 7, 10) of corresponding side-member planes are connected together, with a cross member of a front end module held on the vehicle body of the passenger motor vehicle, with at least a first supporting element which is provided on the body component on a side facing outwards in the transverse direction of the vehicle and has a receptacle, and with at least a second supporting element which is arranged in the transverse direction of the vehicle outside the body component, is provided on the cross member and extends backwards from the cross member, which second element in an initial state of the supporting means is spaced apart from the first supporting element and as a result of a corresponding application of force caused by an accident is movable at least partially into the receptacle and thereby into support with the first supporting element, wherein the second supporting element has a first length region arranged in the initial state in the receptacle and a second length region adjoining the first length region and arranged in the initial state outside the receptacle, which region as a result of the application of force caused by an accident is movable into the receptacle.
A control device for an electric parking brake which controls a motor for driving a friction member of the electric parking brake, the control device comprising: a processing unit which is configured to start the motor in order to drive the friction member to a direction for placing the electric parking brake in a locked state; to measure a current value of the motor in an operating state thereof; to determine a cut-off current, by which a braking force necessary in the locked state of the electric parking brake is exerted, (Ic) and to stop the motor when the current value of the motor reaches the determined cut-off current value, characterised in that the processing unit is configured to determine the cut-off current value according to a predetermined rule defining a correlation between the cut-off current value of the motor, and an increasing rate of the current (ΔI/Δt). a processing unit which is configured to start the motor in order to drive the friction member to a direction for placing the electric parking brake in a locked state; to measure a current value of the motor in an operating state thereof; to determine a cut-off current, by which a braking force necessary in the locked state of the electric parking brake is exerted, (Ic) and to stop the motor when the current value of the motor reaches the determined cut-off current value, characterised in that the processing unit is configured to determine the cut-off current value according to a predetermined rule defining a correlation between the cut-off current value of the motor, and an increasing rate of the current (ΔI/Δt).
Support base applicable to an existing rung ladder, which base includes a support element that can be fixed to the ladder and a levelling member mounted oscillating on the support element by means of a single hinge, wherein the levelling member comprises a single central element connected to the hinge and two bearing legs to the terrain, the central element being provided with two removable housing seats of the bearing legs, wherein the hinge comprises a through hole made in the support element of the ladder, two wings fixed to the central element of the levelling member and a pin placed orthogonal to the plane where the ladder lies, which wings are spaced from each other so as to arrange themselves on opposite faces of the support element at the opposite openings of the hole of the support element, the wings being provided with holes so that said holes of the wings are overlapping the opposite openings of the hole of the support element and in these holes a bushing and a pin are inserted which constrain in a freely oscillating way the central element of the levelling member to the support element, characterized in that the central element consists of two plates parallel to each other and at least one connecting wall for the two plates, which plates are shaped to form the said wings at a first end and the walls of two said seats at a second end, which seats are arranged to form an angle between them and are delimited by the two said plates and by the connecting wall, being the connecting wall placed at the said second end.
A method of encoding video data with prediction offset in a video coding system, comprising: receiving input data associated with a current block in a current picture; deriving a prediction offset for the current block from a reconstructed residual signal of one or more coded blocks; calculating a residual signal for the current block by subtracting a prediction signal and the prediction offset from an original signal of the current block; and encoding the residual signal for the current block to generate an encoded bitstream; characterized by: selecting said one or more coded block from a plurality of candidate coded blocks by comparing motion information of the candidate coded blocks with motion information of the current block, wherein a first coded block is selected from the candidate coded bocks to derive the prediction offset if a first motion vector and a first reference picture index of the first coded block are equal to a current motion vector and a current reference picture index of the current block, respectively. receiving input data associated with a current block in a current picture; deriving a prediction offset for the current block from a reconstructed residual signal of one or more coded blocks; calculating a residual signal for the current block by subtracting a prediction signal and the prediction offset from an original signal of the current block; and encoding the residual signal for the current block to generate an encoded bitstream; characterized by: selecting said one or more coded block from a plurality of candidate coded blocks by comparing motion information of the candidate coded blocks with motion information of the current block, wherein a first coded block is selected from the candidate coded bocks to derive the prediction offset if a first motion vector and a first reference picture index of the first coded block are equal to a current motion vector and a current reference picture index of the current block, respectively.
An information storage device comprising: a storage unit in which key information is stored; and a controller that executes processing which records the key information in the storage unit, wherein the controller compares a key version that is set to correspond to the key information and an allowance minimum key version which is recorded, in advance, within the controller, and records the key information in the storage unit under the condition that it is confirmed that the key version is equal to or greater in value than the allowance minimum key version, wherein the key information is a media key set, MKS, that includes a media public key and a media private key that are inherent to the information storage device, which is generated by a license management apparatus and an MKS version that is the key version that is set by the license management apparatus, wherein the allowance minimum key version is an allowance minimum MKS version that is set by a controller manufacturing apparatus, and wherein the controller executes processing that compares the MKS version that is recorded in the MKS by inputting the MKS, and the allowance minimum MKS version, and records the media public key and the media private key in the storage unit under the condition that it is confirmed that the MKS version is equal to or greater in value than the allowance minimum MKS version. a storage unit in which key information is stored; and a controller that executes processing which records the key information in the storage unit, wherein the controller compares a key version that is set to correspond to the key information and an allowance minimum key version which is recorded, in advance, within the controller, and records the key information in the storage unit under the condition that it is confirmed that the key version is equal to or greater in value than the allowance minimum key version, wherein the key information is a media key set, MKS, that includes a media public key and a media private key that are inherent to the information storage device, which is generated by a license management apparatus and an MKS version that is the key version that is set by the license management apparatus, wherein the allowance minimum key version is an allowance minimum MKS version that is set by a controller manufacturing apparatus, and wherein the controller executes processing that compares the MKS version that is recorded in the MKS by inputting the MKS, and the allowance minimum MKS version, and records the media public key and the media private key in the storage unit under the condition that it is confirmed that the MKS version is equal to or greater in value than the allowance minimum MKS version.
A screening device for the screening of a window, comprising a screening body movable in a longitudinal direction of the window parallel to the plane of the window between a first end position in which it occupies a rolled-up, pleated or folded position at one of the top and bottom frame or sash members of the window and a second, active end position in which, for the screening of the window, it is extended between said top and bottom frame or sash members, in which the movement of the screening body from said first to said second end position is obtained by a cord guidance comprising at least one cord (8, 9), which in one end is connected to a winding reel (1a, 1b) at one of said frame or sash members, and in the other end is connected to a bottom bar or the like, the at least one cord (8, 9) being spring-loaded at its respective other end, said cord (8, 9) of said cord guidance being adapted, in a winding operation, to be wound up about an axis of said winding reel (1a, 1b), said winding reel (1a, 1b) having a radial direction normal to said axis, said winding reel (1a, 1b) comprising a cord thread with a width in a direction of said axis corresponding substantially to a diameter of said cord, said cord thread comprising a first cord thread portion substantially having the configuration of an ascending helix such that each rotation of said first cord thread portion has a different circumference, characterized in that said cord thread further comprises a second cord thread portion of substantially circular configuration, said second cord thread portion being provided in axial continuation of said first cord thread portion and having a cord thread depth in said radial direction such as to be able to take up at least two windings of said cord (8, 9), said screening device being arranged such that when said cord (8, 9) is wound up on said winding reel (1a, 1b), said second cord thread portion takes up at least two windings of said cord (8, 9).
A method of customizing an article of footwear (1100, 304), comprising: manufacturing a first article of footwear (1100, 304) having a first sole structure with a forefoot region, a heel region (1110, 1506, 1606, 1706, 2210) opposite the forefoot region, and a midfoot region disposed between the forefoot region and the heel region (1110, 1506, 1606, 1706, 2210), wherein the first article of footwear (1100, 304) has a first heel stiffness profile; providing the first article of footwear (1100, 304) to a customer; providing an evaluation system to the customer through a mobile device used by the customer; receiving a customer evaluation of heel stability of the first article of footwear (1100, 304) through user input entered via the mobile device; manufacturing a second article of footwear (1100, 304) having a second sole structure with a forefoot region, a heel region (1110, 1506, 1606, 1706, 2210) opposite the forefoot region, and a midfoot region disposed between the forefoot region and the heel region (1110, 1506, 1606, 1706, 2210); using the customer evaluation of heel stability to determine a second heel stiffness profile for the second sole structure, wherein the second heel stiffness profile is different from the first heel stiffness profile; adjusting the second sole structure of the second article of footwear (1100, 304) to have the second heel stiffness profile; and providing the second article of footwear (1100, 304) to the customer. manufacturing a first article of footwear (1100, 304) having a first sole structure with a forefoot region, a heel region (1110, 1506, 1606, 1706, 2210) opposite the forefoot region, and a midfoot region disposed between the forefoot region and the heel region (1110, 1506, 1606, 1706, 2210), wherein the first article of footwear (1100, 304) has a first heel stiffness profile; providing the first article of footwear (1100, 304) to a customer; providing an evaluation system to the customer through a mobile device used by the customer; receiving a customer evaluation of heel stability of the first article of footwear (1100, 304) through user input entered via the mobile device; manufacturing a second article of footwear (1100, 304) having a second sole structure with a forefoot region, a heel region (1110, 1506, 1606, 1706, 2210) opposite the forefoot region, and a midfoot region disposed between the forefoot region and the heel region (1110, 1506, 1606, 1706, 2210); using the customer evaluation of heel stability to determine a second heel stiffness profile for the second sole structure, wherein the second heel stiffness profile is different from the first heel stiffness profile; adjusting the second sole structure of the second article of footwear (1100, 304) to have the second heel stiffness profile; and providing the second article of footwear (1100, 304) to the customer.
Cooling method using a heat exchanger, the method being intended to cool a first fluid by means of a second fluid, method wherein the first fluid leaves and enters the heat exchanger multiple times so as to exchange with itself and with the second fluid, by indirect contact, method wherein: - the first fluid enters and leaves the heat exchanger a first time, forming a first passage for said first fluid in the heat exchanger, - the first fluid enters and leaves the heat exchanger a second time, forming a second passage for said first fluid in the heat exchanger, characterized in that - the first fluid enters and leaves the heat exchanger a third time, forming a third passage for said first fluid in the heat exchanger, - the first fluid enters and leaves the heat exchanger a fourth time, forming a fourth passage for said first fluid in the heat exchanger, method wherein the first fluid, during its first passage, exchanges successively with the first fluid during its second passage then with the first fluid during its fourth passage while exchanging with the second fluid, method wherein the first fluid is steam and the second fluid is carbon dioxide in supercritical phase. - the first fluid enters and leaves the heat exchanger a first time, forming a first passage for said first fluid in the heat exchanger, - the first fluid enters and leaves the heat exchanger a second time, forming a second passage for said first fluid in the heat exchanger, characterized in that - the first fluid enters and leaves the heat exchanger a third time, forming a third passage for said first fluid in the heat exchanger, - the first fluid enters and leaves the heat exchanger a fourth time, forming a fourth passage for said first fluid in the heat exchanger,
A flow control device (100, 1000) comprising: a body (120, 1200) locatable with a tubular a flow regulator (105, 1050), housed within the body (120, 1200), the flow regulator (105, 1050) defining a flow path through the body (120, 1200) to accommodate flow between internal and external locations of a tubular in use, the flow regulator (105, 1050) comprising a valve arrangement (107, 1070) forming part of the flow path, and a biasing mechanism (190, 1900) configured to urge the valve arrangement (107, 1070) towards an open configuration from a restricted configuration in which fluid flow though the flow path is restricted, wherein the biasing mechanism (190, 1900) and flow path through the flow control device (100, 1000) are configured such that a differential pressure acting across the flow regulator (105, 1050), in excess of a particular threshold, moves the valve arrangement (107, 1070) from the open configuration towards the restricted configuration in order to limit flow through the flow control device (100, 1000), wherein the biasing mechanism (190, 1900) is provided with a shroud arrangement (310, 3100), characterized by the shroud arrangement (310, 3100) comprising two shroud members (320, 330, 3200, 3300), wherein the shroud members (320, 330, 3200, 3300) cooperate in a sliding arrangement to maintain a tortuous path that inhibits fluid/debris entering the biasing mechanism (190, 1900). a body (120, 1200) locatable with a tubular a flow regulator (105, 1050), housed within the body (120, 1200), the flow regulator (105, 1050) defining a flow path through the body (120, 1200) to accommodate flow between internal and external locations of a tubular in use, the flow regulator (105, 1050) comprising a valve arrangement (107, 1070) forming part of the flow path, and a biasing mechanism (190, 1900) configured to urge the valve arrangement (107, 1070) towards an open configuration from a restricted configuration in which fluid flow though the flow path is restricted, wherein the biasing mechanism (190, 1900) and flow path through the flow control device (100, 1000) are configured such that a differential pressure acting across the flow regulator (105, 1050), in excess of a particular threshold, moves the valve arrangement (107, 1070) from the open configuration towards the restricted configuration in order to limit flow through the flow control device (100, 1000), wherein the biasing mechanism (190, 1900) is provided with a shroud arrangement (310, 3100), characterized by the shroud arrangement (310, 3100) comprising two shroud members (320, 330, 3200, 3300), wherein the shroud members (320, 330, 3200, 3300) cooperate in a sliding arrangement to maintain a tortuous path that inhibits fluid/debris entering the biasing mechanism (190, 1900).