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A method comprising: employing a plurality of sensors associated with and placed on a handheld controller (132, 134; 200), wherein each of the plurality of sensors comprises one of a hover, touch, and force/pressure sensor, the plurality of sensors including several types of sensors, wherein at least one of the sensors is a hover or touch sensor using capacitive sensing to sense the position of the user's hand or one or more fingers and wherein at least one of the sensors is a force/pressure sensor using inductive sensing to sense when the user's hand or one or more fingers are in contact with the force/pressure sensor, and incorporating hysteresis functions; generating, by the plurality of sensors, sensor data associated with position(s) of a user's hand and/or one or more fingers in relation to the handheld controller (132, 134; 200); combining the sensor data from the plurality of sensors to form aggregate sensor data using data from multiple sensors concurrently; sending the aggregate sensor data to a processor; and generating estimated position(s) of the user's hand and/or one or more fingers based on the aggregate sensor data. employing a plurality of sensors associated with and placed on a handheld controller (132, 134; 200), wherein each of the plurality of sensors comprises one of a hover, touch, and force/pressure sensor, the plurality of sensors including several types of sensors, wherein at least one of the sensors is a hover or touch sensor using capacitive sensing to sense the position of the user's hand or one or more fingers and wherein at least one of the sensors is a force/pressure sensor using inductive sensing to sense when the user's hand or one or more fingers are in contact with the force/pressure sensor, and incorporating hysteresis functions; generating, by the plurality of sensors, sensor data associated with position(s) of a user's hand and/or one or more fingers in relation to the handheld controller (132, 134; 200); combining the sensor data from the plurality of sensors to form aggregate sensor data using data from multiple sensors concurrently; sending the aggregate sensor data to a processor; and generating estimated position(s) of the user's hand and/or one or more fingers based on the aggregate sensor data.
A method for manufacturing a material consisting of fibers and shaped in a strip, by wet papermaking process, this material being multilayered and including a first layer of fibers and at least a second layer of fibers assembled together, method during which each layer of fibers (4, 5) is formed individually by draining on a forming fabric in a forming section, then conveyed in a strip towards an assembling section in which said layers (4, 5) are assembled to form the multilayer material, and then towards a pressing and drying section, characterized in that at least one longitudinal ribbon of fibrous material is removed, using a pressurized fluid, between said forming and assembling sections, from only one of said layers (4, 5) so as to form therein a continuous longitudinal window, that two jets of pressurized fluid which are positioned so as to delimit the opposite edges of said longitudinal window are used for each longitudinal ribbon, and that said jets are oriented in a convergent manner, namely that they are oriented towards the center of said longitudinal ribbon to be withdrawn, so as to form with the plane in which said strip is contained an angle x° less than 90°, in particular comprised between 45° and 90°, preferably comprised between 45° and 85° and more preferably comprised between 50° and 75°.
Centrifugal pump in the form of a radial pump or a diagonal pump, having a housing having a stator region receiving a stator and a rotor chamber which receives a rotor part which is mounted so as to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis, and through which chamber a delivery medium can flow, wherein an annular gap is formed between a rear portion of the rotor part that runs around the stator and an outer side wall of the housing, characterized in that the gap has a widening portion in which the radial dimension of the gap gradually increases in the axial direction and which extends in the axial direction over a length which is greater than 10%, preferably greater than 20%, in particular greater than 30%, of the total length of the gap in the axial direction, wherein the widening portion opens at its front end towards a delivery region of the rotor chamber through which blade parts of the rotor part can run.
A particle therapy system comprising: a gantry (601, 605) that is rotatable relative to a patient position; a particle accelerator mounted to the gantry, the particle accelerator for outputting a particle beam essentially directly to the patient position, wherein the particle accelerator comprises: a cavity in which particles are accelerated orbitally; an extraction channel for receiving particles from the cavity; and an absorber wheel placed at an entry point of the extraction channel; and a control system to generate machine instructions for configuring operational characteristics of the particle therapy system, at least one of the operational characteristics relating to, or being affected by, a rotational angle of the gantry relative to the patient position, wherein configuring operational characteristics of the particle therapy system comprises adjusting a position of the absorber wheel. a gantry (601, 605) that is rotatable relative to a patient position; a particle accelerator mounted to the gantry, the particle accelerator for outputting a particle beam essentially directly to the patient position, wherein the particle accelerator comprises: a cavity in which particles are accelerated orbitally; an extraction channel for receiving particles from the cavity; and an absorber wheel placed at an entry point of the extraction channel; and a cavity in which particles are accelerated orbitally; an extraction channel for receiving particles from the cavity; and an absorber wheel placed at an entry point of the extraction channel; and a control system to generate machine instructions for configuring operational characteristics of the particle therapy system, at least one of the operational characteristics relating to, or being affected by, a rotational angle of the gantry relative to the patient position, wherein configuring operational characteristics of the particle therapy system comprises adjusting a position of the absorber wheel.
An electrochemical energy storage device comprising a container including a negative electrode, a positive electrode and an electrolyte disposed between said negative and positive electrodes, wherein the electrochemical energy storage device has a first potential difference between the negative and positive electrodes at a first temperature that is less than about 50 °C and a second potential difference between the negative and positive electrodes at a second temperature of at least about 250 °C, wherein the second potential difference is greater than the first potential difference, wherein at least two of the positive electrode, electrolyte and negative electrode are liquid at the second temperature, wherein the container has a surface area-to-volume ratio of less than or equal to about 100 m -1.
Transmitter device for a closed hydraulic system for handlebar-guided vehicles, comprising a pressure chamber, in which hydraulic fluid is pressurized upon actuation of the transmitter device in order to actuate a receiving device, a hydraulic line connection element, which has a connecting piece for connecting a hydraulic line and a threaded section for screwing into a main body of the transmitter device, and a vent opening for venting the hydraulic system, characterized in that the hydraulic line connection element and the main body form a valve that closes the connection between pressure chamber and vent opening when the hydraulic line connection element is fully screwed in, and/or characterized in that the hydraulic line connection element has a sealing surface and the main body has a sealing element, which cooperate with each other in such a way that the pressure chamber is sealed with respect to the vent opening when the hydraulic line connection element is fully screwed into the main body, and in that the pressure chamber communicates with the vent opening, when the hydraulic line connection element is arranged in a partially screwed-in position and/or characterized in that the hydraulic line connection element has a seal and the main body has a sealing surface, which cooperate with one another in such a way that the pressure chamber is sealed with respect to the vent opening when the hydraulic line connection element is fully screwed into the main body, and in that the pressure chamber communicates with the vent opening when the hydraulic line connection element is arranged in a partially screwed-in position.
A method of monitoring a CO 2 geological storage site, from a first set of seismic data imaging a subsoil zone and acquired before a CO 2 injection in an underground formation of said zone, and from a second set of seismic data imaging said subsoil zone and acquired after CO 2 injection, characterized in that a free CO 2 plume formed after said injection is located by carrying out the following stages: - constructing for each seismic data set a P-wave seismic impedance cube and an S-wave seismic impedance cube, by means of a stratigraphic inversion, - constructing a density variation cube from said P-wave and S-wave seismic impedance cubes before and after CO 2 injection, said density variation cube discretizing said subsoil zone into a set of cells, - constructing an incompressibility modulus variation cube from said P-wave and S-wave seismic impedance cubes before and after CO 2 injection, said incompressibility modulus variation cube discretizing said subsoil zone into a set of cells, - locating said free CO 2 plume in said zone, by identifying cells where said density variation is negative and where said incompressibility modulus variation is negative, and of absolute value greater than a given positive threshold, said cells thus identified delimiting said free CO 2 plume. - checking an integrity of said storage site by detecting a CO 2 leak through analysis of said location of said free CO 2 plume, and implementing remediation techniques to stop said leak, and/or - modifying storage site exploitation conditions after detecting a transformation of free CO 2 by comparison of a volume and/or of a mass of said free CO 2 plume with a volume and/or a mass of CO 2 injected. - constructing for each seismic data set a P-wave seismic impedance cube and an S-wave seismic impedance cube, by means of a stratigraphic inversion, - constructing a density variation cube from said P-wave and S-wave seismic impedance cubes before and after CO 2 injection, said density variation cube discretizing said subsoil zone into a set of cells, - constructing an incompressibility modulus variation cube from said P-wave and S-wave seismic impedance cubes before and after CO 2 injection, said incompressibility modulus variation cube discretizing said subsoil zone into a set of cells, - locating said free CO 2 plume in said zone, by identifying cells where said density variation is negative and where said incompressibility modulus variation is negative, and of absolute value greater than a given positive threshold, said cells thus identified delimiting said free CO 2 plume. - checking an integrity of said storage site by detecting a CO 2 leak through analysis of said location of said free CO 2 plume, and implementing remediation techniques to stop said leak, and/or - modifying storage site exploitation conditions after detecting a transformation of free CO 2 by comparison of a volume and/or of a mass of said free CO 2 plume with a volume and/or a mass of CO 2 injected.
A ratchet buckle and strap assembly comprising: a strap; and a ratchet buckle (32; 332), the ratchet buckle comprising: a passageway configured to slidably receive the strap, the passageway having a front portion and a rear portion; a pawl constructed and arranged to engage a first side of the strap and prevent movement of the strap in a direction from the rear portion toward the front portion, while allowing movement of the strap in a direction from the front portion toward the rear portion of the passageway, the pawl being positioned below the passageway; and a drive actuator constructed and arranged to engage a second side of the strap opposite the first side and feed the strap through the passageway from the front portion toward the rear portion of the passageway, the drive actuator being pivotable about a drive actuator axis positioned above the passageway. a strap; and a ratchet buckle (32; 332), the ratchet buckle comprising: a passageway configured to slidably receive the strap, the passageway having a front portion and a rear portion; a pawl constructed and arranged to engage a first side of the strap and prevent movement of the strap in a direction from the rear portion toward the front portion, while allowing movement of the strap in a direction from the front portion toward the rear portion of the passageway, the pawl being positioned below the passageway; and a drive actuator constructed and arranged to engage a second side of the strap opposite the first side and feed the strap through the passageway from the front portion toward the rear portion of the passageway, the drive actuator being pivotable about a drive actuator axis positioned above the passageway. a passageway configured to slidably receive the strap, the passageway having a front portion and a rear portion; a pawl constructed and arranged to engage a first side of the strap and prevent movement of the strap in a direction from the rear portion toward the front portion, while allowing movement of the strap in a direction from the front portion toward the rear portion of the passageway, the pawl being positioned below the passageway; and a drive actuator constructed and arranged to engage a second side of the strap opposite the first side and feed the strap through the passageway from the front portion toward the rear portion of the passageway, the drive actuator being pivotable about a drive actuator axis positioned above the passageway.
A method of communicating in a software-defined wide area network, SD-WAN, configured in a hub-and-spoke topology, the method characterized in: in the hub-and-spoke topology, where each of a plurality of spoke devices are configured with an overlay tunnel to a corresponding one of a plurality of hub devices such that a first spoke device configured with a tunnel to a first hub device communicates with a second spoke device configured with a tunnel to a second hub device via a first path through the first hub device and the second hub device, determining, with a software-defined networking, SDN, controller facilitating SD-WAN services across the SD-WAN, information indicative of traffic flowing between the first and second spoke devices via the first path; determining, with the SDN controller, that a second path for communicating between the first spoke device and the second spoke device is to be configured based on the determined information, wherein the second path bypasses both the first hub device and the second hub device; configuring, with the SDN controller and in response to the determination, parameters required for the second path between the first spoke device and the second spoke device through the SD-WAN that bypasses both the first hub device and the second hub device; and outputting, with the SDN controller, the parameters to at least one of the first or second spoke devices to configure the at least one of the first or second spoke devices with the second path and causing the first and second spoke devices to communicate traffic based on the second path. in the hub-and-spoke topology, where each of a plurality of spoke devices are configured with an overlay tunnel to a corresponding one of a plurality of hub devices such that a first spoke device configured with a tunnel to a first hub device communicates with a second spoke device configured with a tunnel to a second hub device via a first path through the first hub device and the second hub device, determining, with a software-defined networking, SDN, controller facilitating SD-WAN services across the SD-WAN, information indicative of traffic flowing between the first and second spoke devices via the first path; determining, with the SDN controller, that a second path for communicating between the first spoke device and the second spoke device is to be configured based on the determined information, wherein the second path bypasses both the first hub device and the second hub device; configuring, with the SDN controller and in response to the determination, parameters required for the second path between the first spoke device and the second spoke device through the SD-WAN that bypasses both the first hub device and the second hub device; and outputting, with the SDN controller, the parameters to at least one of the first or second spoke devices to configure the at least one of the first or second spoke devices with the second path and causing the first and second spoke devices to communicate traffic based on the second path.
A method of enabling a user in a mobile environment to conduct transactions via a self-service merchant terminal, comprising: a) maintaining a mobile phone identification and a security key in a mobile phone; characterized by b) imprinting at least an association of the security key and the mobile phone identification into at least one associated portable pilot device to enable the portable pilot device to transfer at least the mobile phone identification from the portable pilot device to a self-service merchant terminal through an initial short-range radio link; and c) establishing a secure short-range connection between the self-service terminal and the mobile phone based on the transferred mobile phone identification information; d) enabling verification of the portable pilot device by providing a response comprising a random generated number from the mobile phone to the self-service terminal; and e) establishing a secure short-range connection between the self-service terminal and the mobile phone based on the security key wherein the initial short-range radio link has a significantly smaller radio coverage than the secure short-range connection. a) maintaining a mobile phone identification and a security key in a mobile phone; characterized by b) imprinting at least an association of the security key and the mobile phone identification into at least one associated portable pilot device to enable the portable pilot device to transfer at least the mobile phone identification from the portable pilot device to a self-service merchant terminal through an initial short-range radio link; and c) establishing a secure short-range connection between the self-service terminal and the mobile phone based on the transferred mobile phone identification information; d) enabling verification of the portable pilot device by providing a response comprising a random generated number from the mobile phone to the self-service terminal; and e) establishing a secure short-range connection between the self-service terminal and the mobile phone based on the security key wherein the initial short-range radio link has a significantly smaller radio coverage than the secure short-range connection.
A method for detecting and quantifying an analyte in a liquid sample, using a test strip of thickness of 10 μm to 10 mm, comprising a sample-receiving zone, a reading zone and a movable entity in the form of reagent bound to one or several magnetic particles as a detectable label and based on the detection of an amount of magnetic particles which become bound to a reading zone of a test strip as a result of performing the method, said amount being linked through a function to the analyte content of the sample, wherein the magnetic particles exhibit a nonlinear magnetization characteristic, which test strip is made of porous material that allows the liquid sample and the analyte to flow from the sample receiving zone in the direction of and through the reading zone and is arranged inside a case or cartridge which is surrounding the test strip and which is provided with a sample window facing the sample-receiving zone allowing to put the liquid sample into contact with the strip to form an assay device, wherein the case is entirely made of a blind (non-transparent) material that is permeable to magnetic field, wherein for the reading of the reaction, the assay device is positioned in a measure cell of a magnetic reading device which detects the amount of magnetic particles in the reading zone by submitting it to at least one excitation magnetic field having about 90 % of its power within one frequency band or a plurality of frequency bands, and the reading device measures the induced magnetic response field outside said frequency band or said plurality of frequency bands.
A method performed by a network node for controlling Channel State Information, CSI, estimates transmitted by one or more wireless devices (121, 122) in CSI reports of at least one CSI process configured for the one or more wireless devices (121, 122) to the network node in a radio communications network, characterized by the steps of determining that the CSI estimates from the one or more wireless devices (121, 122) are no longer valid due to change in transmitting beams used in beamforming transmissions to the one or more wireless devices (121, 122); and transmitting, to the one or more wireless devices (121, 122), a message comprising an indication to discard existing CSI estimates and/or an indication to use CSI estimates corresponding to a determined period of time. determining that the CSI estimates from the one or more wireless devices (121, 122) are no longer valid due to change in transmitting beams used in beamforming transmissions to the one or more wireless devices (121, 122); and transmitting, to the one or more wireless devices (121, 122), a message comprising an indication to discard existing CSI estimates and/or an indication to use CSI estimates corresponding to a determined period of time.
A battery module comprising: a plurality of battery cells; and an integrated battery module controller, the integrated battery module controller comprising an analog-to-digital converter and at least one connector for connecting to tabs of the plurality of battery cells, wherein the at least one connector is to generate an analog signal indicative of a sensed voltage associated with at least one battery cell of the plurality of battery cells and the analog-to-digital converter is to convert the analog signal to a digital signal indicative of the sensed voltage, wherein a distance between the analog-to-digital converter and the at least one connector is between 20-100 mm, wherein the integrated battery module controller is configured to be in signal communication with a master battery management controller located remotely from the battery module to communicate the digital signal to the master battery management controller. a plurality of battery cells; and an integrated battery module controller, the integrated battery module controller comprising an analog-to-digital converter and at least one connector for connecting to tabs of the plurality of battery cells, wherein the at least one connector is to generate an analog signal indicative of a sensed voltage associated with at least one battery cell of the plurality of battery cells and the analog-to-digital converter is to convert the analog signal to a digital signal indicative of the sensed voltage, wherein a distance between the analog-to-digital converter and the at least one connector is between 20-100 mm, wherein the integrated battery module controller is configured to be in signal communication with a master battery management controller located remotely from the battery module to communicate the digital signal to the master battery management controller.