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A method for supporting a user of a vehicle with information regarding a departure time duration, comprising the steps of: measuring a departure time duration for a first vehicle user associated to a geographical area, wherein the measuring of the departure time duration for the first vehicle user starts from when the first vehicle user arrives at the vehicle and ends when the vehicle is in motion, reporting the measured departure time duration for the first vehicle user and the associated geographical area, estimating a current departure time duration for at least a second vehicle user associated to the geographical area based on the measured departure time duration for the first vehicle user, determining any deviation of the estimated current departure time duration from a default departure time duration, and when a deviation is determined, notifying the at least second vehicle user with information regarding the determined deviation of said departure time duration for the geographical area. measuring a departure time duration for a first vehicle user associated to a geographical area, wherein the measuring of the departure time duration for the first vehicle user starts from when the first vehicle user arrives at the vehicle and ends when the vehicle is in motion, reporting the measured departure time duration for the first vehicle user and the associated geographical area, estimating a current departure time duration for at least a second vehicle user associated to the geographical area based on the measured departure time duration for the first vehicle user, determining any deviation of the estimated current departure time duration from a default departure time duration, and when a deviation is determined, notifying the at least second vehicle user with information regarding the determined deviation of said departure time duration for the geographical area.
The non-therapeutic cosmetic use of fructans of Agave tequilana comprising natural inulins for protecting the hair fiber by improving the hydrophobicity of the hair fiber.
A communication apparatus comprising: a communication unit configured to transmit and receive a signal; and a control unit configured to control the transmission and reception of the signal, wherein the control unit controls transmission of an induction signal to a plurality of destination stations to each of which a signal has been transmitted by the communication unit, the induction signal inducing transmission, by a destination station, of an acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement signal with respect to the signal, wherein the induction signal contains information associated with a plurality of candidate regions with respect to which the acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement signal is transmittable, and wherein the induction signal contains information associated with a size of the candidate regions on a frequency axis. a communication unit configured to transmit and receive a signal; and a control unit configured to control the transmission and reception of the signal, wherein the control unit controls transmission of an induction signal to a plurality of destination stations to each of which a signal has been transmitted by the communication unit, the induction signal inducing transmission, by a destination station, of an acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement signal with respect to the signal, wherein the induction signal contains information associated with a plurality of candidate regions with respect to which the acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement signal is transmittable, and wherein the induction signal contains information associated with a size of the candidate regions on a frequency axis.
A method of manufacturing a hydrogel contact lens, comprising: providing a polymerizable composition comprising (a) at least one hydrophilic monomer, and (b) at least one phosphine-containing compound, wherein the at least one phosphine-containing compound is present in an unoxidized form at the time it is combined with the at least one hydrophilic monomer in the polymerizable composition; and reacting the polymerizable composition to form a polymeric lens body. providing a polymerizable composition comprising (a) at least one hydrophilic monomer, and (b) at least one phosphine-containing compound, wherein the at least one phosphine-containing compound is present in an unoxidized form at the time it is combined with the at least one hydrophilic monomer in the polymerizable composition; and (a) at least one hydrophilic monomer, and (b) at least one phosphine-containing compound, wherein the at least one phosphine-containing compound is present in an unoxidized form at the time it is combined with the at least one hydrophilic monomer in the polymerizable composition; and reacting the polymerizable composition to form a polymeric lens body.
A parametric signal emitting system, comprising: a signal processing system that is configured to generate an ultrasonic carrier signal having an audio signal modulated thereon; an amplifier, operable to amplify the carrier signal having the audio signal modulated thereon; and an emitter, capable of emitting into a fluid medium the carrier signal having the audio signal modulated thereon; characterised in that the system further comprises: a pot core transformer, operatively coupled between the amplifier and the emitter; wherein a secondary winding of the pot core transformer and the emitter are arranged in a parallel resonant circuit; and wherein a number of turns in the secondary winding of the pot core transformer is selected to produce electrical resonance with a capacitance of the emitter; and a number of turns in a primary winding of the pot core transformer is selected to achieve an optimal level of load impedance experienced by the amplifier. a signal processing system that is configured to generate an ultrasonic carrier signal having an audio signal modulated thereon; an amplifier, operable to amplify the carrier signal having the audio signal modulated thereon; and an emitter, capable of emitting into a fluid medium the carrier signal having the audio signal modulated thereon; characterised in that the system further comprises: a pot core transformer, operatively coupled between the amplifier and the emitter; wherein a secondary winding of the pot core transformer and the emitter are arranged in a parallel resonant circuit; and wherein a number of turns in the secondary winding of the pot core transformer is selected to produce electrical resonance with a capacitance of the emitter; and a number of turns in a primary winding of the pot core transformer is selected to achieve an optimal level of load impedance experienced by the amplifier. a pot core transformer, operatively coupled between the amplifier and the emitter; wherein a secondary winding of the pot core transformer and the emitter are arranged in a parallel resonant circuit; and wherein a number of turns in the secondary winding of the pot core transformer is selected to produce electrical resonance with a capacitance of the emitter; and a number of turns in a primary winding of the pot core transformer is selected to achieve an optimal level of load impedance experienced by the amplifier.
An adaptable solar airframe (200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1510, 1610, 1700, 1810, 1900, 2000) comprising: an expandable body (210, 310, 1010, 1110, 1210, 1310, 1710) to continuously change its shape and conform to various specific profiles and having an aerodynamic cross-section that reduces parasitic air drag at any given thickness of the body, further being able to change its shape in flight in response to changes in the relative position of the sun; and a solar photovoltaic system (220, 320, 800, 1220, 1320, 1615, 1720) being either a flexible solar photovoltaic system attached to a surface of the expandable body; or an integrated solar power system (220; 320) comprising thin-film photovoltaic solar cells and modules; the solar photovoltaic system being configured to increase an area of capture of sunlight to improve solar collection efficiency; and the adaptable solar airframe shape is configured to adapt to minimize drag for the capture area under given flight conditions. an expandable body (210, 310, 1010, 1110, 1210, 1310, 1710) to continuously change its shape and conform to various specific profiles and having an aerodynamic cross-section that reduces parasitic air drag at any given thickness of the body, further being able to change its shape in flight in response to changes in the relative position of the sun; and a solar photovoltaic system (220, 320, 800, 1220, 1320, 1615, 1720) being either a flexible solar photovoltaic system attached to a surface of the expandable body; or an integrated solar power system (220; 320) comprising thin-film photovoltaic solar cells and modules; the solar photovoltaic system being configured to increase an area of capture of sunlight to improve solar collection efficiency; and the adaptable solar airframe shape is configured to adapt to minimize drag for the capture area under given flight conditions.
A method of creating a prognosis of a life-cycle of a particular rolling-element bearing (102; 118), the method comprises: as from manufacturing of the particular rolling-element bearing and during a life-cycle of the particular rolling-element bearing, the life-cycle including a period of non-use of the particular rolling elements bearing, obtaining: service life data, indicative of one or more factors occurring during the life-cycle of the particular rolling-element bearing and affecting a length of the life-cycle of the particular rolling-element bearing, and identification data, representative of a machine-readable identifier, applied to the particular rolling-element bearing at the manufacturing of the particular rolling-element bearing, for uniquely identifying the particular rolling-element bearing; using the obtained identification data for identifying in a database a history log of the particular rolling-element bearing; accumulating the obtained service life data, as from the manufacturing, in the history log of the particular rolling-element bearing; using the history log with a specific mathematical life-cycle model for creating an update of the prognosis; characterized in that the method further comprises: determining the specific mathematical life-cycle model from a plurality of mathematical life-cycle models on the basis of the identification data. as from manufacturing of the particular rolling-element bearing and during a life-cycle of the particular rolling-element bearing, the life-cycle including a period of non-use of the particular rolling elements bearing, obtaining: service life data, indicative of one or more factors occurring during the life-cycle of the particular rolling-element bearing and affecting a length of the life-cycle of the particular rolling-element bearing, and identification data, representative of a machine-readable identifier, applied to the particular rolling-element bearing at the manufacturing of the particular rolling-element bearing, for uniquely identifying the particular rolling-element bearing; service life data, indicative of one or more factors occurring during the life-cycle of the particular rolling-element bearing and affecting a length of the life-cycle of the particular rolling-element bearing, and identification data, representative of a machine-readable identifier, applied to the particular rolling-element bearing at the manufacturing of the particular rolling-element bearing, for uniquely identifying the particular rolling-element bearing; using the obtained identification data for identifying in a database a history log of the particular rolling-element bearing; accumulating the obtained service life data, as from the manufacturing, in the history log of the particular rolling-element bearing; using the history log with a specific mathematical life-cycle model for creating an update of the prognosis; determining the specific mathematical life-cycle model from a plurality of mathematical life-cycle models on the basis of the identification data.
An air conditioning indoor unit comprising: a casing in which is formed an air outlet from which outlet air is blown out; a horizontal blade that changes an up and down direction flow of the outlet air; a Coanda blade that cooperates with the horizontal blade to utilize the Coanda effect to change the outlet air to a Coanda airflow along an undersurface of the Coanda blade; and a control unit that can adjust a relative angle between the Coanda blade and the horizontal blade; characterized in that the control unit is adapted to adjust the relative angle between the Coanda blade and the horizontal blade in such a way as to selectively use either of a first airflow state, in which the control unit adjusts the relative angle to a predetermined angle in a first angular range to produce the Coanda airflow on substantially the entire region of the undersurface of the Coanda blade, and a second airflow state, in which the control unit adjusts the relative angle to a predetermined angle in a second angular range larger than the first angular range to not produce the Coanda airflow; and wherein, when the relative angle is adjusted to a predetermined angle in a third angular range, this results in a third airflow state in which the Coanda airflow is produced on part of the undersurface of the Coanda blade, and the first angular range and the second angular range are set in such a way as to exclude the third angular range. a casing in which is formed an air outlet from which outlet air is blown out; a horizontal blade that changes an up and down direction flow of the outlet air; a Coanda blade that cooperates with the horizontal blade to utilize the Coanda effect to change the outlet air to a Coanda airflow along an undersurface of the Coanda blade; and a control unit that can adjust a relative angle between the Coanda blade and the horizontal blade; characterized in that the control unit is adapted to adjust the relative angle between the Coanda blade and the horizontal blade in such a way as to selectively use either of a first airflow state, in which the control unit adjusts the relative angle to a predetermined angle in a first angular range to produce the Coanda airflow on substantially the entire region of the undersurface of the Coanda blade, and a second airflow state, in which the control unit adjusts the relative angle to a predetermined angle in a second angular range larger than the first angular range to not produce the Coanda airflow; and wherein, when the relative angle is adjusted to a predetermined angle in a third angular range, this results in a third airflow state in which the Coanda airflow is produced on part of the undersurface of the Coanda blade, and the first angular range and the second angular range are set in such a way as to exclude the third angular range.
A method for securely updating files in a distributed directory group with a plurality of members therein, the method comprising: for a file to be stored, storing corresponding directory entries on each member (102, 104, 106) of the distributed directory group and storing the file on at least f+1 computers, which may or may not be members of the distributed directory group; receiving by each member of the plurality of members (102, 104, 106) one of n authenticators; receiving over an insecure channel a transmit containing one or more file updates secured with a hash of file content and a vector of message authentication codes created using the n authenticators; and authenticating the file updates by requiring a predetermined number of members in the distributed directory group to verify a predetermined number of the message authentication codes in the vector of message authentication codes, wherein the number of members in the distributed directory group is at least 3f+1, the number of members required to verify the predetermined number of message authentication codes is f+1 and the predetermined number of message authentication codes is 2f+1, wherein f is the number of faults tolerable by the distributed directory group. for a file to be stored, storing corresponding directory entries on each member (102, 104, 106) of the distributed directory group and storing the file on at least f+1 computers, which may or may not be members of the distributed directory group; receiving by each member of the plurality of members (102, 104, 106) one of n authenticators; receiving over an insecure channel a transmit containing one or more file updates secured with a hash of file content and a vector of message authentication codes created using the n authenticators; and authenticating the file updates by requiring a predetermined number of members in the distributed directory group to verify a predetermined number of the message authentication codes in the vector of message authentication codes, wherein the number of members in the distributed directory group is at least 3f+1, the number of members required to verify the predetermined number of message authentication codes is f+1 and the predetermined number of message authentication codes is 2f+1, wherein f is the number of faults tolerable by the distributed directory group.
An image recording method comprising the following steps (a) to (c): (a) forming a barrier layer on a recording medium by using a solution which contains an acidic group-containing polymer in a nonaqueous medium having a moisture content of less than 1% by mass, and drying the solution; (b) forming an organic acid-containing layer on the barrier layer by applying an organic acid solution onto the barrier layer and drying the solution; and (c) forming an image by jetting an aqueous ink onto the organic acid-containing layer by an ink jet method. (a) forming a barrier layer on a recording medium by using a solution which contains an acidic group-containing polymer in a nonaqueous medium having a moisture content of less than 1% by mass, and drying the solution; (b) forming an organic acid-containing layer on the barrier layer by applying an organic acid solution onto the barrier layer and drying the solution; and (c) forming an image by jetting an aqueous ink onto the organic acid-containing layer by an ink jet method.
Driver assistance system for motor vehicles (4, 14), comprising: - at least one sensor apparatus for detecting and determining the position of objects (5, 6, 7, 10, 15, 16) in the environment of the motor vehicle (4, 14), - at least one evaluation unit for processing and/or evaluating the sensor data from the sensor apparatus and for forwarding said data to a display apparatus, the evaluation unit comprising means for correcting measurement errors, characterized in that the means use the environmental coordinates from a navigation system, together with sensor data from at least one sensor apparatus, with respect to an object in order to determine a coordinate of the object therefrom, characterized in that the evaluation unit assigns sensor data and/or environmental coordinates from the navigation system to the coordinates of the object and generates further data therefrom, and in that the evaluation unit is designed to create a representation (11, 12) of at least one part of the environment from a bird's eye view. - at least one sensor apparatus for detecting and determining the position of objects (5, 6, 7, 10, 15, 16) in the environment of the motor vehicle (4, 14), - at least one evaluation unit for processing and/or evaluating the sensor data from the sensor apparatus and for forwarding said data to a display apparatus, the evaluation unit comprising means for correcting measurement errors, characterized in that the means use the environmental coordinates from a navigation system, together with sensor data from at least one sensor apparatus, with respect to an object in order to determine a coordinate of the object therefrom, characterized in that the evaluation unit assigns sensor data and/or environmental coordinates from the navigation system to the coordinates of the object and generates further data therefrom, and in that the evaluation unit is designed to create a representation (11, 12) of at least one part of the environment from a bird's eye view.
A system comprising: a bulk food product gravity-feed dispenser for use by customers in a retail setting, the gravity-feed dispenser comprising: a compartment configured to receive and store bulk food material; a valve separating the compartment from an outlet, the valve operable to open and close to selectively permit bulk food material to pass from the compartment through the outlet; a controller configured to, upon operation of the valve, calculate an estimated dispense volume based upon the operation of the valve and an estimated dispense price based upon the estimated dispense volume; and a graphical display operable by the controller to present a visual indication of an estimated dispense amount and the estimated dispense price, wherein the estimated dispense amount is the estimated dispense volume or an estimated dispense mass calculated from the estimated dispense volume; wherein the system further comprises a weighing and labeling station separate from the dispenser and comprising a scale configured to perform a measure for trade weight measurement, wherein the controller is configured to communicate at least one of an identification of the bulk food material, a dispense event, a customer identification, or the estimated dispense amount to the weighing and labeling station. a compartment configured to receive and store bulk food material; a valve separating the compartment from an outlet, the valve operable to open and close to selectively permit bulk food material to pass from the compartment through the outlet; a controller configured to, upon operation of the valve, calculate an estimated dispense volume based upon the operation of the valve and an estimated dispense price based upon the estimated dispense volume; and a graphical display operable by the controller to present a visual indication of an estimated dispense amount and the estimated dispense price, wherein the estimated dispense amount is the estimated dispense volume or an estimated dispense mass calculated from the estimated dispense volume; wherein the system further comprises a weighing and labeling station separate from the dispenser and comprising a scale configured to perform a measure for trade weight measurement, wherein the controller is configured to communicate at least one of an identification of the bulk food material, a dispense event, a customer identification, or the estimated dispense amount to the weighing and labeling station.
An array substrate, comprising a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of oxide thin film transistors, the plurality of data lines and the plurality of gate lines intersecting with each other in different planes to divide the array substrate into a plurality of pixel units, in each of which the oxide thin film transistor being provided, wherein the array substrate further comprises a metal oxide layer provided at least below a portion of the data line overlapping with the gate line, and an upper surface of the metal oxide layer is in contact with a lower surface of the data line, wherein an etch stop layer made of silicon oxide is provided on the active layer of the oxide thin film transistor, and the data line is in contact with the metal oxide layer in such a manner that at least a part of the data line is formed within a trench penetrating through the etch stop layer.