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An additive manufacturing system, comprising: a plurality of additive manufacturing tools (16,218,228) configured to perform a plurality of additive manufacturing processes; a processing circuit; and a machine readable storage device comprising machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause the processing circuit to: receive a three-dimensional model of a part to be manufactured; receive information indicating the plurality of additive manufacturing processes the plurality of additive manufacturing tools are configured to perform; determine a material form and a deposition rate with which to manufacture each of a plurality of features of the part to be manufactured; determine a sequence to manufacture the part based on the model of the part, the plurality of additive manufacturing processes and the determined material form and deposition rate for each of the plurality of features to be formed via the sequence; and control the plurality of additive manufacturing tools (16,218,228) to manufacture the part according to the sequence. a plurality of additive manufacturing tools (16,218,228) configured to perform a plurality of additive manufacturing processes; a processing circuit; and a machine readable storage device comprising machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause the processing circuit to: receive a three-dimensional model of a part to be manufactured; receive information indicating the plurality of additive manufacturing processes the plurality of additive manufacturing tools are configured to perform; determine a material form and a deposition rate with which to manufacture each of a plurality of features of the part to be manufactured; determine a sequence to manufacture the part based on the model of the part, the plurality of additive manufacturing processes and the determined material form and deposition rate for each of the plurality of features to be formed via the sequence; and control the plurality of additive manufacturing tools (16,218,228) to manufacture the part according to the sequence. receive a three-dimensional model of a part to be manufactured; receive information indicating the plurality of additive manufacturing processes the plurality of additive manufacturing tools are configured to perform; determine a material form and a deposition rate with which to manufacture each of a plurality of features of the part to be manufactured; determine a sequence to manufacture the part based on the model of the part, the plurality of additive manufacturing processes and the determined material form and deposition rate for each of the plurality of features to be formed via the sequence; and control the plurality of additive manufacturing tools (16,218,228) to manufacture the part according to the sequence.
An apparatus for masking an article with a masking material comprising: a spray head in communication with a primary channel forming a passage for said masking material, said channel having a first portion, which terminates in the spray head, and a second portion, the first portion angled from the second portion; and characterised by comprising at least one secondary channel, forming an air passage, and attached to the primary angled channel and in that the second portion is longer than the first portion, a ratio of a length of the second portion to a length of the first portion being substantially equal to two to one. a spray head in communication with a primary channel forming a passage for said masking material, said channel having a first portion, which terminates in the spray head, and a second portion, the first portion angled from the second portion; and characterised by comprising at least one secondary channel, forming an air passage, and attached to the primary angled channel and in that the second portion is longer than the first portion, a ratio of a length of the second portion to a length of the first portion being substantially equal to two to one.
LED illumination device, comprising at least one LED and two separate bar-shaped optical waveguides, which are arranged such that an end face of one optical waveguide and the nearest end face of the other optical waveguide have a distance A and thus form an intermediate region having the length A, wherein in the operating state the radiation of the at least one LED is coupled into the optical waveguides by way of the end faces adjoining the intermediate region and is guided in the optical waveguides, wherein the optical waveguides have means for coupling radiation out, which reflect the in the optical waveguides guided radiation into the optical waveguides such that in the operating state the radiation passing through the optical waveguides is coupled out of the optical waveguides laterally, characterized in that the means for coupling the radiation out are located in the outer circumferential region of the optical waveguides and the distance A is selected such that in the operating state the brightness difference ΔI, measured perpendicular to the axis of the optical waveguides in the centre of the intermediate region, at a distance of 10 mm perpendicular to the axis of the optical waveguides is at most 25%, based on the maximum value of the brightness along the axis of the optical waveguides, wherein the length A of the intermediate region is at most 15 mm.
A computer-implemented method of providing visual aid to a person within a navigable environment, the method comprising: receiving, at one or more processors, via a computing device disposed within the navigable environment, an indication of an intent of a person to navigate within the navigable environment; determining, via the one or more processors, a current location of the person within the navigable environment; determining, via the one or more processors, based upon the received indication of the navigation intent, a destination of the person within the navigable environment; determining, via the one or more processors, based upon the determination of the current location and destination, an activation arrangement comprising a determination of one or more visual aid devices to be activated within the navigable environment to guide the person from the current location to the destination; and causing, via the one or more processors, activation of the one or more visual aid devices according to the activation arrangement, wherein the person within the navigable environment is a first person, and wherein the determined activation arrangement comprises a seatback unit corresponding to a second person located between the current location and the destination, and wherein causing activation of the one or more visual aid devices according to the activation arrangement comprises causing a visual alert to be displayed via the seatback unit to notify the second person of movement of the first person in the navigable environment. receiving, at one or more processors, via a computing device disposed within the navigable environment, an indication of an intent of a person to navigate within the navigable environment; determining, via the one or more processors, a current location of the person within the navigable environment; determining, via the one or more processors, based upon the received indication of the navigation intent, a destination of the person within the navigable environment; determining, via the one or more processors, based upon the determination of the current location and destination, an activation arrangement comprising a determination of one or more visual aid devices to be activated within the navigable environment to guide the person from the current location to the destination; and causing, via the one or more processors, activation of the one or more visual aid devices according to the activation arrangement, wherein the person within the navigable environment is a first person, and wherein the determined activation arrangement comprises a seatback unit corresponding to a second person located between the current location and the destination, and wherein causing activation of the one or more visual aid devices according to the activation arrangement comprises causing a visual alert to be displayed via the seatback unit to notify the second person of movement of the first person in the navigable environment.
A vehicle comprising a combined imager and rangefinder (10A, 10B) mounted on the vehicle, the combined imager and rangefinder comprising: (a) an imaging sensor for acquiring images of objects in a field of view; (b) an illuminator for directing a beam of light at least in part via said field of view; and (c) a controller for operating said imaging sensor and said illuminator in a first mode in which said imaging sensor acquires full images that span substantially all of said field of view, characterized in that said controller is further configured to determine a first range from the vehicle to one of said objects, and to switch, if said first range is less than a predetermined threshold, to operate said imaging sensor and said illuminator in a second mode in which said imaging sensor acquires partial images that span only a portion of said field of view that includes a reflection of said beam of light from said one object, and to determine from a location, in each of at least a portion of said partial images, of a part of said each partial image that images said reflection, a corresponding range to said one object; wherein said imaging sensor acquires said full images in said first mode at a first frame rate and acquires said partial images in said second mode at a second frame rate that is faster than said first frame rate. (a) an imaging sensor for acquiring images of objects in a field of view; (b) an illuminator for directing a beam of light at least in part via said field of view; and (c) a controller for operating said imaging sensor and said illuminator in a first mode in which said imaging sensor acquires full images that span substantially all of said field of view,
A method of determining a distribution of electrolytes in a flow battery, the method comprising: (a) providing a flow battery with a fixed amount of fluid electrolyte (22, 26) having a common electrochemically active species (24, 28), a portion of the fluid electrolyte (22, 26) serving as an anolyte and a remainder of the fluid electrolyte serving as a catholyte; (b) determining an average oxidation state of the common electrochemically active species (24, 28) in the anolyte and the catholyte; and (c) responsive to the determined average oxidation state, adjusting a molar ratio of the common electrochemically active species (24, 28) between the anolyte and the catholyte to increase an energy discharge capacity of the flow battery for the determined average oxidation state, characterised in that: the method further includes adjusting the molar ratio in response to an external environmental air temperature of the flow battery being below a defined threshold. (a) providing a flow battery with a fixed amount of fluid electrolyte (22, 26) having a common electrochemically active species (24, 28), a portion of the fluid electrolyte (22, 26) serving as an anolyte and a remainder of the fluid electrolyte serving as a catholyte; (b) determining an average oxidation state of the common electrochemically active species (24, 28) in the anolyte and the catholyte; and (c) responsive to the determined average oxidation state, adjusting a molar ratio of the common electrochemically active species (24, 28) between the anolyte and the catholyte to increase an energy discharge capacity of the flow battery for the determined average oxidation state, characterised in that: the method further includes adjusting the molar ratio in response to an external environmental air temperature of the flow battery being below a defined threshold.
Method for adjusting an offset of a pair of working rolls (2, 2') relative to a pair of support rolls (3, 3') in rolling equipment, said offset being defined in that a first plane (P') containing the axes of rotation of said working rolls (2, 2') is offset relative to a second plane passing through the axes of said support rolls (3, 3') of said working rolls (2, 2'), characterised by an automatic embodiment of the following steps: - identification, at the start of a rolling program, of nominal rolling parameters and special rolling parameters, said nominal rolling parameters being capable of enabling the determination of a first offset value and said special rolling parameters being capable of enabling the determination of another offset value; - determination at the start of said rolling program, from said nominal and special rolling parameters, of at least said first offset value and of said other offset value enabling a reduction in the resultant stresses parallel to a travelling plane of a strip on the working rolls (2, 2'); - a first offset at the start of the rolling program of said working rolls (2, 2') according to said first pre-determined offset value; - maintenance of said first offset until the end of the rolling program, unless at least one other offset value has been determined, said first offset being therefore maintained until the end of the rolling program, with the exception of a period of transition during which the offset will be temporarily maintained constant at said other offset value. - identification, at the start of a rolling program, of nominal rolling parameters and special rolling parameters, said nominal rolling parameters being capable of enabling the determination of a first offset value and said special rolling parameters being capable of enabling the determination of another offset value; - determination at the start of said rolling program, from said nominal and special rolling parameters, of at least said first offset value and of said other offset value enabling a reduction in the resultant stresses parallel to a travelling plane of a strip on the working rolls (2, 2'); - a first offset at the start of the rolling program of said working rolls (2, 2') according to said first pre-determined offset value; - maintenance of said first offset until the end of the rolling program, unless at least one other offset value has been determined, said first offset being therefore maintained until the end of the rolling program, with the exception of a period of transition during which the offset will be temporarily maintained constant at said other offset value.
A method for providing location information in a wireless communication system comprising mobile terminals and at least one access point in a wireless local area network, each access point being capable of serving the mobile terminals within a service area of the access point, the method comprising the steps of: - receiving a location service request, concerning a geographical location of a mobile terminal connected to the wireless local area network, routed from a first network element; - identifying the access point currently serving the mobile terminal in the wireless local area network: determining geographical location information corresponding to the geographical location of the access point currently serving the mobile terminal; and - using the location information representing the geographical location of the serving access point as the geographical location of the mobile terminal. - receiving a location service request, concerning a geographical location of a mobile terminal connected to the wireless local area network, routed from a first network element; - identifying the access point currently serving the mobile terminal in the wireless local area network: determining geographical location information corresponding to the geographical location of the access point currently serving the mobile terminal; and determining geographical location information corresponding to the geographical location of the access point currently serving the mobile terminal; and - using the location information representing the geographical location of the serving access point as the geographical location of the mobile terminal.
A key management method in a first-type electronic control unit out of a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) in an onboard network system installed in a vehicle, the onboard network system having the plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) that perform communication by frames via a network, the method comprising: storing a shared key to be mutually shared with one or more second-type electronic control units (100a-100d) other than the first-type electronic control unit, for transmission of a session key used for encryption relating to a frame transmitted or received via the network, the shared key also being stored in the one or more second-type electronic control units (100a-100d) other than the first-type electronic control unit; and characterized by executing inspection of a security state of the shared key stored by the second-type electronic control units (100a-100d) in a case where the vehicle in which the onboard network system is installed is in a stopped state where the vehicle is not driving. storing a shared key to be mutually shared with one or more second-type electronic control units (100a-100d) other than the first-type electronic control unit, for transmission of a session key used for encryption relating to a frame transmitted or received via the network, the shared key also being stored in the one or more second-type electronic control units (100a-100d) other than the first-type electronic control unit; and characterized by executing inspection of a security state of the shared key stored by the second-type electronic control units (100a-100d) in a case where the vehicle in which the onboard network system is installed is in a stopped state where the vehicle is not driving.
Clutch sensor system comprising a clutch part, which can rotate about a rotation axis and can be axially displaced in the direction of the rotation axis, and a sensor device having at least one sensor element which is designed to detect a rotational movement variable of the rotatable clutch part, wherein the rotatable clutch part is provided, on its circumference, with a circumferential transmitter structure which has structure elements (17, 18) of a first substructure and at least one second substructure, which structure elements follow one another in an alternating manner in the rotation direction and are separated by structure transitions in each case, wherein, in the event of rotation of the rotatable clutch part, the structure transitions are routed past a sensor detection region of the at least one sensor element, and the sensor device generates a sensor signal (Se) depending on the detection of the structure transitions which are routed past, that contains information about the rotational movement variable of the rotary clutch part, wherein the circumferential distance (A1, A2) of a structure transition which is detected by the sensor device in the event of a rotational movement of the rotatable clutch part from a structure transition which directly or indirectly follows in the rotation direction and is detected by the sensor device is dependent on the axial displacement of the rotatable clutch part, so that the sensor device generates a sensor signal (Se) which, in addition to the information about the rotational movement variable of the rotatable clutch part, contains information about the axial displacement position of the clutch part, characterized in that the sensor device generates a sensor signal (Se) which has a series of signal pulses depending on the detection of the structure transitions which are routed past and in that a value which represents the rotational movement variable is detected depending on the number of signal pulses detected in a prespecifiable time interval or depending on the time interval between the signal pulses.
System for supplying an electrical appliance, in particular a vacuum cleaner, with current, comprising a cable drum which has a connection cable, a coil and a coil holder, and comprising electrical and/or electronic components which are intended for switching the appliance on and off and/or for setting the power thereof, and are arranged on a support which optionally comprises a printed circuit board, characterised in that the support is pivotally mounted on the coil holder.
A method for optimization of user equipment context management in a mobile communication system wherein a connection referred to as radio resource control connection between a user equipment and a radio access network node can be released at transition from active state to idle state and re-established at transition back from idle state to active state, the method wherein a user equipment context is maintained at said user equipment and at said radio access network node upon release of said radio resource control connection, said user equipment context being identified by context identifier information shared by said user equipment and said radio access network node, said method comprising: - said radio access network node receiving said context identifier information from said user equipment upon said user equipment sending a request for re-establishment of said radio resource control connection to said radio access network node, characterized by, upon reception of said request for re-establishment of said radio resource control connection from said user equipment, if context identifier information provided by said user equipment is invalid, said radio access network node requesting said user equipment to perform a connection establishment procedure referred to as normal connection establishment procedure whereby said radio access network node does not continue a secure connection and initiates a security procedure during re-establishment of said radio resource control connection. - said radio access network node receiving said context identifier information from said user equipment upon said user equipment sending a request for re-establishment of said radio resource control connection to said radio access network node,
A prosthetic heart valve including a generally annular valve body having an interior, generally arcuate wall surface which defines a valve body passageway for blood flow therethrough which is generally symmetrical about a longitudinal centerline, a pair of cooperating leaflets, said leaflets being mounted in said valve body to alternate between an open position where the flow of blood in a downstream direction is permitted and a closed position where the flow of blood in the reverse direction is counteracted, and a pivot arrangement which guides said leaflets in moving between said open and closed positions, characterized in that said pivot arrangement comprises ears respectively projecting laterally from opposite side edges of each of said leaflets and two pairs of diametrically opposed cavities in said interior surface of said valve body, each of said ears projecting into an associated one of said cavities, said ears each have opposite ends, the ends of each ear being located upstream and downstream of that ear when said leaflets are in the open position, and each of said ears bounds at least one ear passageway (76, 77, 78, 79) through that ear, said at least one ear passageway being located spaced from said upstream and downstream ends of that ear for allowing flow through that ear and the associated one of said cavities when said leaflets are in said closed positions.