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An intake manifold having a surge tank connected to an air intake passage for air to be supplied to an internal combustion engine, the intake manifold comprising: a gas introduction section communicated to the air intake passage or the surge tank for introducing gas containing fuel component to the surge tank; and a negative pressure feed passage communicated to a portion of the air intake passage or the surge tank which portion is upstream of the gas introduction section in the movement direction of the air and configured to feed a negative pressure inside the surge tank to the outside; wherein the negative pressure feed passage is connected to the air intake passage or the surge tank via an expansion chamber having a larger cross-sectional area than the cross-sectional area of the negative pressure feed passage; and wherein: the expansion chamber includes a first opening communicated to the negative pressure feed passage and a second opening communicated to at least one of the air intake passage and the surge tank; characterized in that the second opening is provided with an opening area greater than that of the first opening (51 a), wherein the second opening has a shape whose longitudinal direction is the direction of its extension in the air movement direction and whose width direction is the direction of its extension in the direction perpendicular to the air movement direction; and the length of the edge portion of the second opening in the width direction is shorter on the upstream side in the air movement direction than on the downstream side in the air movement direction. a gas introduction section communicated to the air intake passage or the surge tank for introducing gas containing fuel component to the surge tank; and a negative pressure feed passage communicated to a portion of the air intake passage or the surge tank which portion is upstream of the gas introduction section in the movement direction of the air and configured to feed a negative pressure inside the surge tank to the outside; wherein the negative pressure feed passage is connected to the air intake passage or the surge tank via an expansion chamber having a larger cross-sectional area than the cross-sectional area of the negative pressure feed passage; and wherein: the expansion chamber includes a first opening communicated to the negative pressure feed passage and a second opening communicated to at least one of the air intake passage and the surge tank; characterized in that the second opening is provided with an opening area greater than that of the first opening (51 a), wherein the second opening has a shape whose longitudinal direction is the direction of its extension in the air movement direction and whose width direction is the direction of its extension in the direction perpendicular to the air movement direction; and the length of the edge portion of the second opening in the width direction is shorter on the upstream side in the air movement direction than on the downstream side in the air movement direction.
A method for maintaining fluid in suspension in a mixing tank of a waste water treatment plant including fibers comprising: providing a reversible mixer comprising a shaft and an impeller; rotating the mixer in a normal direction in which fibers buildup on the mixer; and rotating the mixer in an abnormal direction to shed the fibers from the mixer; the method further comprising: sensing if the buildup exists; and rotating the mixer in the abnormal direction to shed the fibers from the mixer if the buildup exists, wherein the sensing includes sensing a voltage or current drawn from the mixer. providing a reversible mixer comprising a shaft and an impeller; rotating the mixer in a normal direction in which fibers buildup on the mixer; and rotating the mixer in an abnormal direction to shed the fibers from the mixer; the method further comprising: sensing if the buildup exists; and rotating the mixer in the abnormal direction to shed the fibers from the mixer if the buildup exists, wherein the sensing includes sensing a voltage or current drawn from the mixer. sensing if the buildup exists; and rotating the mixer in the abnormal direction to shed the fibers from the mixer if the buildup exists, wherein the sensing includes sensing a voltage or current drawn from the mixer.
A shift control system for a vehicle including an automatic transmission that performs an upshift based on an increase in a vehicle speed, the shift control system comprising: a detector that detects a longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle; a calculator that calculates a change amount per unit time of an accelerator opening that changes in response to a depression of an accelerator pedal; and a controller that controls the automatic transmission, wherein the controller is configured to repeatedly execute, at a predetermined shift interval, upshift to reduce a speed ratio of the automatic transmission, upon satisfaction of a first condition in that the acceleration increasing the vehicle speed is greater than or equal to a predetermined first threshold value, in that the change amount is in a stable state falling within a certain range, and in that a time period that the change amount keeps falling within the certain range has exceeded a second threshold value. a detector that detects a longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle; a calculator that calculates a change amount per unit time of an accelerator opening that changes in response to a depression of an accelerator pedal; and a controller that controls the automatic transmission, wherein the controller is configured to repeatedly execute, at a predetermined shift interval, upshift to reduce a speed ratio of the automatic transmission, upon satisfaction of a first condition in that the acceleration increasing the vehicle speed is greater than or equal to a predetermined first threshold value, in that the change amount is in a stable state falling within a certain range, and in that a time period that the change amount keeps falling within the certain range has exceeded a second threshold value.
Method for modulating the resistance of a plant to a fungal infection by Sclerotiniaceae, comprising, modulating in said plant the expression of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence of at least 60% identity to the sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 1, wherein modulating the resistance of a plant constitutes either an increase or a decrease of the resistance of a plant, wherein an increase of expression of said protein results in the increase of the resistance of said plant to a fungal infection by Sclerotiniaceae and wherein the decrease of expression results in a decrease of the resistance of said plant to a fungal infection by Sclerotiniaceae.
A system comprising: a processor; a touchscreen display interacting with the processor; an interface application executable by the processor to control the touchscreen display, wherein the interface application is configured to control the touchscreen display to provide user interface controls (215, 220, 225, 230, 235), the user interface controls including a first user interface control provided on a first layer (310, 315, 320) of a multilayer display arrangement of a user interface and a second user interface control provided on a second layer (310, 315, 320) of the multilayer display arrangement that overlaps the first layer (310, 315, 320), wherein the interface application is configured to: determine a motion magnitude of a manipulation of the touchscreen display, based on a determination that the motion magnitude of the manipulation does not exceed a threshold value, execute a hierarchical search of the first layer and the second layer to identify a selection of a user interface control of the user interface controls that is proximate to the manipulation; and identify a gesture based on a determination that the motion magnitude of the manipulation exceeds the threshold value. a processor; a touchscreen display interacting with the processor; an interface application executable by the processor to control the touchscreen display, wherein the interface application is configured to control the touchscreen display to provide user interface controls (215, 220, 225, 230, 235), the user interface controls including a first user interface control provided on a first layer (310, 315, 320) of a multilayer display arrangement of a user interface and a second user interface control provided on a second layer (310, 315, 320) of the multilayer display arrangement that overlaps the first layer (310, 315, 320), wherein the interface application is configured to: determine a motion magnitude of a manipulation of the touchscreen display, based on a determination that the motion magnitude of the manipulation does not exceed a threshold value, execute a hierarchical search of the first layer and the second layer to identify a selection of a user interface control of the user interface controls that is proximate to the manipulation; and identify a gesture based on a determination that the motion magnitude of the manipulation exceeds the threshold value. determine a motion magnitude of a manipulation of the touchscreen display, based on a determination that the motion magnitude of the manipulation does not exceed a threshold value, execute a hierarchical search of the first layer and the second layer to identify a selection of a user interface control of the user interface controls that is proximate to the manipulation; and identify a gesture based on a determination that the motion magnitude of the manipulation exceeds the threshold value.
A detection system for detecting at least one edge portion (46,48) of an object in front of a dark background, the system comprising: - an imaging device for generating at least one image of the object, the imaging device being a camera and having a field of view; - at least one auxiliary light reflective surface that is - structured and arranged for passively illuminating the at least one edge portion (46,48) of the object and that is disposed adjacent to the dark background; and - at least one illumination device (11,13) for actively illuminating the object and the at least one auxiliary light reflective surface, whereby light reflected from the at least one auxiliary light reflective surface results in the passive illumination of the at least one edge portion (46,48) of the object, characterized in that the at least one auxiliary light reflective surface - includes auxiliary light reflective surface areas which are, - respectively, disposed at opposing ends of the dark background, and - are arranged so that the areas are not within the field of view of the camera. - an imaging device for generating at least one image of the object, the imaging device being a camera and having a field of view; - at least one auxiliary light reflective surface that is - structured and arranged for passively illuminating the at least one edge portion (46,48) of the object and that is disposed adjacent to the dark background; and - structured and arranged for passively illuminating the at least one edge portion (46,48) of the object and that is disposed adjacent to the dark background; and - at least one illumination device (11,13) for actively illuminating the object and the at least one auxiliary light reflective surface, whereby light reflected from the at least one auxiliary light reflective surface results in the passive illumination of the at least one edge portion (46,48) of the object, characterized in that the at least one auxiliary light reflective surface - includes auxiliary light reflective surface areas which are, - respectively, disposed at opposing ends of the dark background, and - respectively, disposed at opposing ends of the dark background, and - are arranged so that the areas are not within the field of view of the camera.
An image processing apparatus comprising: a generator configured to generate distribution data indicating a two-dimensional frequency distribution of horizontal distance values of a range image based on the range image having pixel values according to distance of an object in a plurality of captured images; a detector configured to detect an object based on the distribution data with respect to the range image; a position predictor configured to predict a predicted position of the object in the distribution data with respect to a range image of a current frame based on the distribution data with respect to range images of a plurality of previous frames; and a tracking unit configured to integrate a plurality of objects detected by the detector based on the predicted position to track an integrated object in range images of subsequent frames, characterized in that the tracking unit is further configured to determine whether to integrate the plurality of objects, based on whether each of regions of the plurality of objects is included in a region corresponding to the predicted position, and based on respective distances in the distribution data between the predicted position and each of the positions of the plurality of objects. a generator configured to generate distribution data indicating a two-dimensional frequency distribution of horizontal distance values of a range image based on the range image having pixel values according to distance of an object in a plurality of captured images; a detector configured to detect an object based on the distribution data with respect to the range image; a position predictor configured to predict a predicted position of the object in the distribution data with respect to a range image of a current frame based on the distribution data with respect to range images of a plurality of previous frames; and a tracking unit configured to integrate a plurality of objects detected by the detector based on the predicted position to track an integrated object in range images of subsequent frames, characterized in that the tracking unit is further configured to determine whether to integrate the plurality of objects, based on whether each of regions of the plurality of objects is included in a region corresponding to the predicted position, and based on respective distances in the distribution data between the predicted position and each of the positions of the plurality of objects.
Loading system for continuous ovens particularly for the treatment of metallic items, comprising: - a first conveyor belt for advancing items to be treated in a first direction towards an unloading end of the same first conveyor belt; - a second conveyor belt for advancing items to be treated in a second direction transversal with respect to said first direction, said second conveyor belt being positioned below said unloading end of said first conveyor belt in an operative step of the same first conveyor belt; characterized in that it comprises - means for the alternate translation of said first conveyor belt in said first direction; - a mobile anti-falling retaining wall, positioned transversally to said second conveyor belt and close to an unloading end of said second conveyor belt; - means for the movement of said mobile anti-falling retaining wall between a lowered configuration, for holding items to be treated on said second conveyor belt, and a raised configuration adapted for allowing the passage of said items to be treated towards said unloading end of said second conveyor belt; - moving means for said items to be treated, configured to transit below said unloading end of said second conveyor belt. - a first conveyor belt for advancing items to be treated in a first direction towards an unloading end of the same first conveyor belt; - a second conveyor belt for advancing items to be treated in a second direction transversal with respect to said first direction, said second conveyor belt being positioned below said unloading end of said first conveyor belt in an operative step of the same first conveyor belt; - means for the alternate translation of said first conveyor belt in said first direction; - a mobile anti-falling retaining wall, positioned transversally to said second conveyor belt and close to an unloading end of said second conveyor belt; - means for the movement of said mobile anti-falling retaining wall between a lowered configuration, for holding items to be treated on said second conveyor belt, and a raised configuration adapted for allowing the passage of said items to be treated towards said unloading end of said second conveyor belt; - moving means for said items to be treated, configured to transit below said unloading end of said second conveyor belt.
A method for removing an echo signal in a signal transmission/reception apparatus of a communication system, the method comprising: estimating an input channel response using a training sequence; generating a first signal by using a first additive mixer to remove the input channel response from a signal output from a second additive mixer; detecting an echo channel impulse response using the first signal; detecting an echo signal removing coefficient using the echo channel impulse response; delaying the signal output from the second additive mixer; generating a second signal in which an echo signal is removed by applying the echo signal removing coefficient to the delayed signal output from the second additive mixer, removing the second signal from a reception signal using the second additive mixer. estimating an input channel response using a training sequence; generating a first signal by using a first additive mixer to remove the input channel response from a signal output from a second additive mixer; detecting an echo channel impulse response using the first signal; detecting an echo signal removing coefficient using the echo channel impulse response; delaying the signal output from the second additive mixer; generating a second signal in which an echo signal is removed by applying the echo signal removing coefficient to the delayed signal output from the second additive mixer, removing the second signal from a reception signal using the second additive mixer.
A robotic wheel gripper unit configured for gripping and transporting a wheel to a predetermined position, comprising: a selectively moveable arm; and a gripper tool that is connected to a first end of the moveable arm; wherein the gripper tool further includes a plurality of gripper fingers carried on platforms and configured for selectively engaging a portion of a wheel; characterized in that the gripper tool further comprises at least one sensor mounted to at least one of the platforms and configured to detect a location of a predetermined element on the wheel, the moveable arm being configured to rotate the gripper tool about the wheel until the sensor detects the location of the predetermined element on the wheel. a selectively moveable arm; and a gripper tool that is connected to a first end of the moveable arm; wherein the gripper tool further includes a plurality of gripper fingers carried on platforms and configured for selectively engaging a portion of a wheel; characterized in that the gripper tool further comprises at least one sensor mounted to at least one of the platforms and configured to detect a location of a predetermined element on the wheel, the moveable arm being configured to rotate the gripper tool about the wheel until the sensor detects the location of the predetermined element on the wheel.
A crystalline Form II of compound of Formula, wherein the X-ray powder diffraction pattern is as defined by the following table: 2theta d spacing Relative intensity % 7.26 12.18 80.22 9.31 9.50 16.60 10.87 8.14 94.25 11.21 7.89 29.44 12.14 7.29 59.63 14.60 6.07 68.00 15.10 5.87 4.89 16.96 5.23 4.01 17.52 5.06 18.17 18.00 4.93 100.00 19.33 4.59 5.61 19.64 4.52 18.18 19.96 4.45 4.49 20.73 4.29 0.89 21.27 4.18 3.69 22.03 4.03 19.86 22.42 3.96 13.33 22.59 3.94 24.49 23.60 3.77 5.99 24.18 3.68 1.69 25.67 3.47 6.76 26.70 3.34 3.41 27.30 3.27 3.07 27.53 3.24 5.43 28.28 3.16 2.93 28.84 3.10 5.32 29.51 3.03 17.10 29.92 2.99 4.03 30.55 2.93 1.16 31.07 2.88 1.20 31.78 2.82 4.30 34.22 2.62 5.60 35.54 2.53 1.72 37.42 2.40 1.93 38.49 2.34 1.02
A refrigerator comprising: a first body having an opening in a front face and defining a refrigerator compartment; a second body having an opening in a front face and defining a freezer compartment; an outer casing which is made of a metal and covers said first body and said second body that are arranged next to each other in a horizontal direction; a compressor disposed below said second body; a first condenser connected to said compressor and disposed below said first body, said first condenser providing direct heat exchange with air; a second condenser connected to said first condenser and disposed between said first body and said outer casing, said second condenser providing heat exchange with air through said outer casing an evaporator which is connected to said second condenser and by which a refrigerant is evaporated; and a blower which is disposed between said compressor and said first condenser and generates an air flow for cooling said compressor and said first condenser. a first body having an opening in a front face and defining a refrigerator compartment; a second body having an opening in a front face and defining a freezer compartment; an outer casing which is made of a metal and covers said first body and said second body that are arranged next to each other in a horizontal direction; a compressor disposed below said second body; a first condenser connected to said compressor and disposed below said first body, said first condenser providing direct heat exchange with air; a second condenser connected to said first condenser and disposed between said first body and said outer casing, said second condenser providing heat exchange with air through said outer casing an evaporator which is connected to said second condenser and by which a refrigerant is evaporated; and a blower which is disposed between said compressor and said first condenser and generates an air flow for cooling said compressor and said first condenser.
A heat source for a smoking article having an upstream end and an opposed downstream end, the heat source comprising: a combustible carbonaceous core; and an integral, non-combustible, thermally insulating, peripheral layer, wherein the core extends from the upstream end of the heat source to the downstream end of the heat source and the peripheral layer extends from the upstream end of the heat source only part way along the length of the heat source and circumscribes an upstream portion of the core. a combustible carbonaceous core; and an integral, non-combustible, thermally insulating, peripheral layer, wherein the core extends from the upstream end of the heat source to the downstream end of the heat source and the peripheral layer extends from the upstream end of the heat source only part way along the length of the heat source and circumscribes an upstream portion of the core.