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An optical deflecting device comprising: a mirror having a reflecting surface; a support unit to support the mirror; and a controller; wherein the support unit includes a first drive unit including a first meandering portion comprising a plurality of continuously meandering beams and a plurality of piezoelectric members (11, 12) respectively provided to the plurality of beams and further including a second meandering portion including a plurality of continuously meandering beams and a plurality of piezoelectric members (11, 12) respectively provided to the plurality of beams, the drive unit being arranged to swing the mirror around a first axis to deflect light incident on the reflecting surface of the mirror, and wherein the controller is configured to respectively apply two voltages having non-similar waveforms in parallel to each two of the first piezoelectric members (11, 12) respectively provided to adjacent two of the first beams (108a, 108b); and wherein one of the two voltages has a sawtooth waveform, and the other one of the two voltages has an inverse sawtooth waveform having a period equal to a period of the sawtooth waveform characterized in that the inverse sawtooth waveform is shifted in phase from the sawtooth waveform, such that the vibration component of the mechanical resonance attributed to the slight structural asymmetry of the meandering portions (210a, 210b) is minimized to a certain extent. a mirror having a reflecting surface; a support unit to support the mirror; and a controller; wherein the support unit includes a first drive unit including a first meandering portion comprising a plurality of continuously meandering beams and a plurality of piezoelectric members (11, 12) respectively provided to the plurality of beams and further including a second meandering portion including a plurality of continuously meandering beams and a plurality of piezoelectric members (11, 12) respectively provided to the plurality of beams, the drive unit being arranged to swing the mirror around a first axis to deflect light incident on the reflecting surface of the mirror, and wherein the controller is configured to respectively apply two voltages having non-similar waveforms in parallel to each two of the first piezoelectric members (11, 12) respectively provided to adjacent two of the first beams (108a, 108b); and wherein one of the two voltages has a sawtooth waveform, and the other one of the two voltages has an inverse sawtooth waveform having a period equal to a period of the sawtooth waveform characterized in that the inverse sawtooth waveform is shifted in phase from the sawtooth waveform, such that the vibration component of the mechanical resonance attributed to the slight structural asymmetry of the meandering portions (210a, 210b) is minimized to a certain extent.
A computer-executable method for a computing system that includes multiple heterogeneous processors (106,104,104',104",104"',104 n), comprising: establishing communication between the multiple heterogeneous processors for managing resources associated with each of the multiple heterogeneous processors, the multiple heterogeneous processors (106,104,104',104",104'",104 n) including a first subset of processors (506,106) executing an operating system including an operating system kernel, and a second subset of processors (508,104"; 510,104 n; 512,104 n) executing subordinate kernels (518,518',518") receiving a software application; and enabling the software application to run on the multiple heterogeneous processors, wherein the enabling comprises: calling, from a process of the application, for a resource through an application binary interface, ABI, shim; determining by the ABI shim whether the operating system kernel or one of the subordinate kernels (518,518',518") is controlling the resource; if the resource is found to be managed by the one of the subordinate kernels (518,518',518") calling by the ABI shim the one of the subordinate kernels; and if the resource is not found to be managed by the one of the subordinate kernels (518,518',518") calling by the ABI shim the operating system kernel. establishing communication between the multiple heterogeneous processors for managing resources associated with each of the multiple heterogeneous processors, the multiple heterogeneous processors (106,104,104',104",104'",104 n) including a first subset of processors (506,106) executing an operating system including an operating system kernel, and a second subset of processors (508,104"; 510,104 n; 512,104 n) executing subordinate kernels (518,518',518") receiving a software application; and enabling the software application to run on the multiple heterogeneous processors, wherein the enabling comprises: calling, from a process of the application, for a resource through an application binary interface, ABI, shim; determining by the ABI shim whether the operating system kernel or one of the subordinate kernels (518,518',518") is controlling the resource; if the resource is found to be managed by the one of the subordinate kernels (518,518',518") calling by the ABI shim the one of the subordinate kernels; and if the resource is not found to be managed by the one of the subordinate kernels (518,518',518") calling by the ABI shim the operating system kernel. calling, from a process of the application, for a resource through an application binary interface, ABI, shim; determining by the ABI shim whether the operating system kernel or one of the subordinate kernels (518,518',518") is controlling the resource; if the resource is found to be managed by the one of the subordinate kernels (518,518',518") calling by the ABI shim the one of the subordinate kernels; and if the resource is not found to be managed by the one of the subordinate kernels (518,518',518") calling by the ABI shim the operating system kernel.
A method for controlling current levels on a Universal Serial Bus, USB, cable (30, 50, 70), characterized in comprising: detecting whether a cable is a legacy Type-A to Type-C cable (30, 50, 70); detecting whether the cable (30, 50, 70) is compliant or not compliant with a USB Type-C specification; and setting a current draw based on whether the cable (30, 50, 70) is legacy or not legacy and on whether the cable (30, 50, 70) is compliant or not-compliant with the USB Type-C specification. detecting whether a cable is a legacy Type-A to Type-C cable (30, 50, 70); detecting whether the cable (30, 50, 70) is compliant or not compliant with a USB Type-C specification; and setting a current draw based on whether the cable (30, 50, 70) is legacy or not legacy and on whether the cable (30, 50, 70) is compliant or not-compliant with the USB Type-C specification.
A module (40, 140, 240) for powering an electronic smoking device portion (10, 12, 14, 100), the module (40, 140, 240) comprising: a first coupling element adapted to connect to the electronic smoking device portion (10, 12, 14, 100), a second coupling element adapted to connect to a portable electronic device, a power supply element adapted for powering the electronic smoking device portion (10, 12, 14, 100), wherein the power supply element comprises an energy storage, wherein the module (40, 140, 240) is adapted to supply energy, received from the portable electronic device via the second coupling element, to the energy storage, characterized in that the module (40, 140, 240) is adapted to charge a battery of an electronic smoking device (10, 100), and adapted to directly power an atomizer of an atomizer/liquid reservoir portion of the electronic smoking device (10, 100). a first coupling element adapted to connect to the electronic smoking device portion (10, 12, 14, 100), a second coupling element adapted to connect to a portable electronic device, a power supply element adapted for powering the electronic smoking device portion (10, 12, 14, 100), wherein the power supply element comprises an energy storage, wherein the module (40, 140, 240) is adapted to supply energy, received from the portable electronic device via the second coupling element, to the energy storage, characterized in that the module (40, 140, 240) is adapted to charge a battery of an electronic smoking device (10, 100), and adapted to directly power an atomizer of an atomizer/liquid reservoir portion of the electronic smoking device (10, 100).
A fluid supply system comprising: a liner-based fluid storage and dispensing package including a liner adapted to contain a fluid; and a gas source arranged to exteriorly exert on the liner a gas pressure for pressure-mediated dispensing of fluid from the liner; characterized in that the fluid supply system further comprises one of the following items (a) or (b): (a) a pressure transducer and a processor, wherein the pressure transducer is adapted to sense pressure of fluid dispensed from the liner and produce a transducer output indicative of the said pressure, and the processor is adapted to receive said transducer output and determine rate of change of pressure of said fluid, (b) a monitor adapted to monitor rate of change of pressure of fluid dispensed from the liner. a liner-based fluid storage and dispensing package including a liner adapted to contain a fluid; and a gas source arranged to exteriorly exert on the liner a gas pressure for pressure-mediated dispensing of fluid from the liner; (a) a pressure transducer and a processor, wherein the pressure transducer is adapted to sense pressure of fluid dispensed from the liner and produce a transducer output indicative of the said pressure, and the processor is adapted to receive said transducer output and determine rate of change of pressure of said fluid, (b) a monitor adapted to monitor rate of change of pressure of fluid dispensed from the liner.
Syringe having a connected hose line of a high-pressure injector which can inject at injection pressures up to 83 bar (8.3 MPa), the syringe comprising a syringe cylinder having for the hose line a hose connection which is formed at a patient-side end and a piston which is guided inside the syringe cylinder in an advance direction and which is constructed with sealing faces for sealing abutment against an inner wall of the syringe cylinder and which is constructed as a two-component injection-moulded component on the basis of thermoplastic plastics materials with a core component of a harder plastics material and a covering layer which comprises a softer plastics material and which is applied to the core component, wherein the covering layer at least forms the sealing faces and the piston surface of the piston facing the patient-side end of the syringe cylinder, characterised in that the piston has a tip with a surrounding piston surface and the piston in the region of the piston surface thereof is constructed with recesses in the piston surface whose volume with respect to the notional surface of revolution of the piston corresponds at least to the volume of the hose line which is connected to the hose connection and the sealing faces comprise at least one sealing lip which protrudes in the advance direction and which is separated from the piston surface by means of a groove-like free space which is open in the advance direction V and which can be placed on the inner wall of the syringe cylinder, wherein, when the piston is advanced by means of the high-pressure injector in the advance direction, fluid enters the free space and brings about an increase of the surface pressure of the sealing lip on the inner wall of the syringe cylinder, which increase is proportional to the injection pressure.
A mechanical seal in which a rotating-side sealing ring suitable to be attached to a shaft and a stationary-side sealing ring suitable to be attached to a housing slide relative to each other and seal, in use, between the housing and the shaft, the mechanical seal includes a case which is suitable to be attached to the housing and which contains the stationary-side sealing ring, and a seal member (23; 33; 43; 53) which is disposed between the case and the stationary-side sealing ring; and the case includes a holding part which is configured to regulate the seal member (23; 33; 43; 53) from moving to both sides in an axial direction thereof, wherein the case has an outer cylinder part suitable to be fixed to the housing, an end wall extended from one end of the outer cylinder part to a radially inside, and an inner cylinder part extended from an inner diameter side end part of the end wall to the axial direction on a side of the outer cylinder part, so that in use, an opening of the case is opposed to the rotating-side sealing ring, wherein the holding part is on an outer circumferential surface of the inner cylinder part, wherein the holding part consists of a bottom wall, an annular wall part stood from the bottom wall, and a plurality of claw parts which are formed at an end part of the inner cylinder part on a side of the opening, characterized in that each claw part is bent so as to face in a radial direction. the mechanical seal includes a case which is suitable to be attached to the housing and which contains the stationary-side sealing ring, and a seal member (23; 33; 43; 53) which is disposed between the case and the stationary-side sealing ring; and the case includes a holding part which is configured to regulate the seal member (23; 33; 43; 53) from moving to both sides in an axial direction thereof, wherein the case has an outer cylinder part suitable to be fixed to the housing, an end wall extended from one end of the outer cylinder part to a radially inside, and an inner cylinder part extended from an inner diameter side end part of the end wall to the axial direction on a side of the outer cylinder part, so that in use, an opening of the case is opposed to the rotating-side sealing ring, wherein the holding part is on an outer circumferential surface of the inner cylinder part, wherein the holding part consists of a bottom wall, an annular wall part stood from the bottom wall, and a plurality of claw parts which are formed at an end part of the inner cylinder part on a side of the opening, characterized in that each claw part is bent so as to face in a radial direction.
Composition for flavouring dairy products comprising the strain Lactobacillus helveticus LbH 210 filed at the CNCM on 20th January 2006 under the number CNCM I-3554 and at least one refining agent which is selected from the bacteria of the genus Arthrobacter, Brevibacterium, Corynebacterium, Lactobacillus, Lactococcus, Leuconostoc, Micrococcus, Pediococcus, Propionibacterium, Staphylococcus and Streptococcus.
Eyewear comprising a frame with lens and temples mounted to said frame, each of said temples comprising: (a) a branch having proximal and distal ends (111; 112) and a first curved portion with a first curvature, said first curved portion being made of a first material having a first flexibility, wherein said branch comprises an internal wall defining an aperture extending longitudinally along said branch; and (b) a member made of a second material having a second flexibility, said member having a second curved portion with a second curvature, said second curved portion registering with said first curved portion, wherein said first flexibility is greater than said second flexibility and said second curvature is different than said first curvature characterized in that said member is slidably mounted within said aperture, said member being longitudinally shorter than said aperture so that said member is capable of sliding in the longitudinal direction within said aperture, such that movement of said member along said branch displaces said branch from a first position in which a first pressure is applied to a side of a wearer's head to a second position in which a second pressure is applied to the side of the wearer's head, said second pressure being greater than said first pressure, wherein sliding said member within said aperture causes said branch to change its curvature such that the branch becomes better suited for a different shape of wearer head. (a) a branch having proximal and distal ends (111; 112) and a first curved portion with a first curvature, said first curved portion being made of a first material having a first flexibility, wherein said branch comprises an internal wall defining an aperture extending longitudinally along said branch; and (b) a member made of a second material having a second flexibility, said member having a second curved portion with a second curvature, said second curved portion registering with said first curved portion, wherein said first flexibility is greater than said second flexibility and said second curvature is different than said first curvature
Drying machine (110, 210, 310) for drying materials, for example foundry sands, laundry, cellulose and/or bulk materials, containing: - a drying container (120, 220, 320) for receiving the materials; - a condensation chamber (130, 230, 330) which is connected to the drying container, in which steam from the drying container can be condensed in thermal contact with the material in the drying container, wherein the drying container contains a rotatably mounted drum dryer (120, 220, 320), characterized in that the condensation chamber is fixedly connected to the drum dryer. - a drying container (120, 220, 320) for receiving the materials; - a condensation chamber (130, 230, 330) which is connected to the drying container, in which steam from the drying container can be condensed in thermal contact with the material in the drying container, wherein the drying container contains a rotatably mounted drum dryer (120, 220, 320),
A patch comprising a backing layer and an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer contains at least one selected from the group consisting of butorphanol and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and contains an adhesive base and an antioxidant containing a sulfur atom in its molecule, wherein the antioxidant containing a sulfur atom in its molecule is 2-mercaptobenzimidazole.
An apparatus comprising: a memory configured to store reference information for a model for estimating the direction of motion, the reference information acquired from a single reader during a training phase; said memory further configured to store a sequence of signal strength indicators, RSSIs, corresponding to a sequence of readings transmitted from a radio frequency identification, RFID, tag and received by an antenna of the reader during a subsequent recognition phase; and a processor coupled with the memory, the processor configured to determine motion-related information for the RFID tag based upon the sequence of RSSIs and the stored reference information, the motion-related information comprising information indicative of a path of motion of the RFID tag and information indicative of a direction of motion of the RFID tag along the path. a memory configured to store reference information for a model for estimating the direction of motion, the reference information acquired from a single reader during a training phase; said memory further configured to store a sequence of signal strength indicators, RSSIs, corresponding to a sequence of readings transmitted from a radio frequency identification, RFID, tag and received by an antenna of the reader during a subsequent recognition phase; and a processor coupled with the memory, the processor configured to determine motion-related information for the RFID tag based upon the sequence of RSSIs and the stored reference information, the motion-related information comprising information indicative of a path of motion of the RFID tag and information indicative of a direction of motion of the RFID tag along the path. said memory further configured to store a sequence of signal strength indicators, RSSIs, corresponding to a sequence of readings transmitted from a radio frequency identification, RFID, tag and received by an antenna of the reader during a subsequent recognition phase; and a processor coupled with the memory, the processor configured to determine motion-related information for the RFID tag based upon the sequence of RSSIs and the stored reference information, the motion-related information comprising information indicative of a path of motion of the RFID tag and information indicative of a direction of motion of the RFID tag along the path.
Method for coating a substrate, wherein a liquid, which contains coating material, is dispersed by means of an electrical field, wherein the liquid with the coating material contained therein leaves the electrode as a spray and is electrically charged by it, and an electrically conductive structure of the substrate is brought to such an electrical potential during the coating that the dispersed liquid is attracted, wherein there are one or more additional neighbored structures (4, 7) for controlling the surface geometry of the deposited material, which are brought to a potential during the coating, specifically to a potential, which repels the dispersed liquid, wherein a mask is used as neighbored structure, characterized in that the area of the voltage of the mask relative to the substrate is -50V to -100V.
An optical storage medium composition comprising: a polymer matrix; a reactant disposed within the polymer matrix and capable of undergoing a modification that alters the refractive index of the composition upon receiving an energy transfer from an excited sensitizer; a non-linear sensitizer disposed within the polymer matrix and comprising a metal-substituted subphthalocyanine (M-sub-PC) reverse saturable absorber configured to become excited upon exposure to light having an intensity above an intensity threshold and configured to transfer energy to the reactant; wherein the M-sub-PC comprises a subphthalocyanine portion, a metal binding portion (R 1) comprising any functional group or collection of functional groups configured to bind a metal, and a metal portion; and wherein the metal portion comprises one or more of indium, lead, zinc, tin, cesium, thallium, antimony, sodium, potassium, or rubidium. a polymer matrix; a reactant disposed within the polymer matrix and capable of undergoing a modification that alters the refractive index of the composition upon receiving an energy transfer from an excited sensitizer; a non-linear sensitizer disposed within the polymer matrix and comprising a metal-substituted subphthalocyanine (M-sub-PC) reverse saturable absorber configured to become excited upon exposure to light having an intensity above an intensity threshold and configured to transfer energy to the reactant; wherein the M-sub-PC comprises a subphthalocyanine portion, a metal binding portion (R 1) comprising any functional group or collection of functional groups configured to bind a metal, and a metal portion; and wherein the metal portion comprises one or more of indium, lead, zinc, tin, cesium, thallium, antimony, sodium, potassium, or rubidium.