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A steering input apparatus for a vehicle comprising: a grip position sensor configured to sense a grip position on a rim of a steering wheel of the vehicle; a grip guide output unit configured to output the grip guide information, wherein the grip guide output unit is disposed in a region of the rim of the steering wheel designed to be gripped by both hands of a user; and at least one processor configured to: based on a determination that the grip position on the rim of the steering wheel sensed through the grip position sensor is improper for a driving situation of the vehicle, perform a control operation to output grip guide information for the rim of the steering wheel, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, based on the determination that the grip position on the rim of the steering wheel of the vehicle sensed through the grip position sensor is improper for the driving situation of the vehicle, control a light emitter disposed in a region of the rim of the steering wheel designed to be gripped by a hand of the user to emit light of a first color. a grip position sensor configured to sense a grip position on a rim of a steering wheel of the vehicle; a grip guide output unit configured to output the grip guide information, wherein the grip guide output unit is disposed in a region of the rim of the steering wheel designed to be gripped by both hands of a user; and at least one processor configured to: based on a determination that the grip position on the rim of the steering wheel sensed through the grip position sensor is improper for a driving situation of the vehicle, perform a control operation to output grip guide information for the rim of the steering wheel, based on a determination that the grip position on the rim of the steering wheel sensed through the grip position sensor is improper for a driving situation of the vehicle, perform a control operation to output grip guide information for the rim of the steering wheel, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, based on the determination that the grip position on the rim of the steering wheel of the vehicle sensed through the grip position sensor is improper for the driving situation of the vehicle, control a light emitter disposed in a region of the rim of the steering wheel designed to be gripped by a hand of the user to emit light of a first color.
A shower cubicle rod comprising integrated lighting means, wherein the shower cubicle rod can be mounted as a curtain holder and/or as a handrail, and wherein the shower cubicle rod comprises a single-piece, transparent tubular housing, wherein a strip extending substantially over the entire length of the housing is arranged, together with LED lighting means distributed uniformly thereon, in the housing.
Sealing sleeve for insertion into a piping system for the purpose of sealing a leak, comprising an annularly bent, expandable steel sheet, the inner strip end and outer strip end of which overlap in the peripheral direction, comprising at least one locking device in the form of a slot which is arranged in the steel strip in the peripheral direction and has at least one row of teeth, and at least one detent member which is suitable for engaging in at least one row of teeth in a detenting manner, wherein at least one detent member is multipart with at least one guide element, at least one detent element and at least one tensioning element is formed, wherein at least one detent member with at least one tensioning element arranged in a gap between a guide element and a detent element is designed in such a manner that the clamping force between the guide element and the detent element is variable and thus the latching effect of the detent member is variable, characterized in that at least one guide element of a detent member is U-shaped such that it surrounds at least one detent element and guides movement thereof, or in that at least one detent element of a detent member is U-shaped such that it surrounds at least one guide element and guides movement thereof. comprising at least one locking device in the form of a slot which is arranged in the steel strip in the peripheral direction and has at least one row of teeth, and at least one detent member which is suitable for engaging in at least one row of teeth in a detenting manner, wherein at least one detent member is multipart with at least one guide element, at least one detent element and at least one tensioning element is formed, wherein at least one detent member with at least one tensioning element arranged in a gap between a guide element and a detent element is designed in such a manner that the clamping force between the guide element and the detent element is variable and thus the latching effect of the detent member is variable, characterized in that at least one guide element of a detent member is U-shaped such that it surrounds at least one detent element and guides movement thereof, or in that at least one detent element of a detent member is U-shaped such that it surrounds at least one guide element and guides movement thereof.
A method of drying cigar rods during manufacture of cigars, the method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of cigar rods; arranging the plurality of cigar rods in a continuous layer; and applying a radio frequency, RF, radiation to the plurality of arranged cigar rods having a first moisture level to thereby heat the cigar rods at a temperature within the range of 88° - 100°C (190 0 - 212 0 F) and reduce the first moisture level. providing a plurality of cigar rods; arranging the plurality of cigar rods in a continuous layer; and applying a radio frequency, RF, radiation to the plurality of arranged cigar rods having a first moisture level to thereby heat the cigar rods at a temperature within the range of 88° - 100°C (190 0 - 212 0 F) and reduce the first moisture level.
An atomizing apparatus that generates mist by being applied a voltage, the atomizing apparatus comprising: a discharge electrode composed of a main body, and a protrusion part whereto water that attaches to a surface of the main body is supplied; an electrode holding part that houses the discharge electrode; a water supply means that is provided apart from the discharge electrode or the electrode holding part via a space, and that supplies water to the discharge electrode or the electrode holding part; characterized in that it comprises a fixing means that prevents the discharge electrode from moving; and a counter electrode wherein electrode holding part and the discharge electrode, the counter electrode and the fixing means are formed integrally to be a kit component. a discharge electrode composed of a main body, and a protrusion part whereto water that attaches to a surface of the main body is supplied; an electrode holding part that houses the discharge electrode; a water supply means that is provided apart from the discharge electrode or the electrode holding part via a space, and that supplies water to the discharge electrode or the electrode holding part; characterized in that it comprises a fixing means that prevents the discharge electrode from moving; and a counter electrode wherein electrode holding part and the discharge electrode, the counter electrode and the fixing means are formed integrally to be a kit component.
A quick deployment cast, comprising: a flexible outer sleeve fitted for a human appendage; a bladder network within the sleeve; a fluid capable of expanding and hardening when in the presence of a curing agent, stored within the bladder network; and a mechanism (15,18) for exposing the fluid to the curing agent; characterized in that the quick deployment cast further comprises balloons for receiving excess fluid during deployment of the cast. a flexible outer sleeve fitted for a human appendage; a bladder network within the sleeve; a fluid capable of expanding and hardening when in the presence of a curing agent, stored within the bladder network; and a mechanism (15,18) for exposing the fluid to the curing agent; characterized in that the quick deployment cast further comprises balloons for receiving excess fluid during deployment of the cast.
A drive system for rotating a wheel of an aircraft landing gear, the drive system including a motor operable to rotate a first drive pinion via a first drive path, and a driven gear adapted to be fixed to the wheel, wherein the drive system has a first configuration in which the first drive pinion is meshing with the driven gear to permit the motor to drive the driven gear via the first drive path, and wherein one of the first drive pinion and the driven gear 20 comprises a first sprocket, characterised in that the other of the first drive pinion and the driven gear comprises a series of rollers (32, 36) arranged to form a ring, each roller (32, 36) being rotatable about a roller axis at a fixed distance from an axis of rotation of the first drive pinion or driven gear, respectively, wherein each of the series of rollers (32, 36) is rotatable about a pin, the pins each being fixed at at least one end to an annular support member.
A hospital bed (22, 342) having a bed frame and wireless communication circuitry operable to transmit bed status data off of the bed wirelessly to a network spaced from the bed and to receive messages wirelessly from the network, the bed having a mattress associated therewith, the bed status data including information regarding at least one feature of the mattress and at least one feature of the bed frame, wherein bed status data received by the network wirelessly from the hospital bed results in a remote computer device of the network sending a message to control a feature of the bed frame based on a state of the at least one feature of the mattress.
A first network node for providing timing information concerning at least one other network node, operating in discontinuous transmission mode, for enabling a mobile station to monitor the at least one other network node, the first network node comprising: a transmitter, configured for transmitting a signal comprising timing information, associated with a state switch between dormant state and active state of the at least one other network node and/ or associated to a monitoring operation of the at least one other network node, to be received by the mobile station; characterized in that the timing information comprises the number of discovery signal bursts left prior to the activation of said at least one other network node and further comprises an indication of periodicity of the discovery signal bursts of said at least one other network node; the discovery reference signals being signals transmitted periodically in order to aid mobile stations to detect the presence of the other network node.
System for an electric or hybrid vehicle, having a refrigerant circuit which can be operated as a heat pump for heating air for and/or in at least one part of a vehicle interior and which comprises at least one compressor, at least one heat exchanger (13, 8) which can be operated as a condenser or gas cooler, at least one expansion element (19, 35) and at least one further heat exchanger which can be operated as an evaporator, wherein the system comprises a thermal accumulator with a phase-change material as heat accumulator, which thermal accumulator is or can be coupled thermally to the high-pressure region of the refrigerant circuit operable as a heat pump, characterized - in that the compressor power can be regulated, and - in that the system comprises a controller which is configured such that, by means of said controller, the system, in heat-pump mode, can be controlled in such a way that, for a relatively low heating requirement, reducing the power of the at least one compressor has relatively high priority and releasing in a regulated manner heat stored in the thermal accumulator for covering the heating requirement for heating of air for and/or in at least one part of a vehicle interior has relatively low priority. - in that the compressor power can be regulated, and - in that the system comprises a controller which is configured such that, by means of said controller, the system, in heat-pump mode, can be controlled in such a way that, for a relatively low heating requirement, reducing the power of the at least one compressor has relatively high priority and releasing in a regulated manner heat stored in the thermal accumulator for covering the heating requirement for heating of air for and/or in at least one part of a vehicle interior has relatively low priority.
Device for controlling the temperature of a battery onboard a motor vehicle, the temperature control device including: - an air-conditioning circuit of the motor vehicle in which circulates a first heat-transfer fluid termed the "air-conditioning fluid", the air-conditioning circuit including at least one evaporator for direct transfer of heat emitted by the battery to the air-conditioning fluid, a compressor making it possible to increase the pressure and the temperature of the air-conditioning fluid; - a cooling circuit in which circulates a second heat-transfer fluid termed the "cooling fluid", the cooling circuit including at least one first heat source adapted to heat the cooling fluid and at least one main radiator for cooling the cooling fluid that can be short-circuited; characterized in that the cooling circuit includes a second, secondary radiator termed the "battery radiator " for direct transfer of heat conveyed by the hot cooling fluid to the battery when the main radiator of the cooling circuit is short-circuited. - an air-conditioning circuit of the motor vehicle in which circulates a first heat-transfer fluid termed the "air-conditioning fluid", the air-conditioning circuit including at least one evaporator for direct transfer of heat emitted by the battery to the air-conditioning fluid, a compressor making it possible to increase the pressure and the temperature of the air-conditioning fluid; - a cooling circuit in which circulates a second heat-transfer fluid termed the "cooling fluid", the cooling circuit including at least one first heat source adapted to heat the cooling fluid and at least one main radiator for cooling the cooling fluid that can be short-circuited;
A process for separating off at least one volatile component, for example mercury, thallium, organic compounds, sulphur or nitrogen compounds, from the off-gases in cement clinker production, wherein the raw materials for cement clinker production are passed through a preheater with heat exchange with the off-gases and are then burnt in a rotary kiln, wherein, owing to the heating of the raw materials in the preheater, the volatile component bound in the raw materials is vaporised and separated off from the off-gases, characterised in that a first raw material stream having a higher concentration of the volatile component is fed into a first line of the preheater and a second raw material stream having a lower concentration of the volatile component is fed into a second line of the preheater, wherein the first line of the preheater is operated with a first substream of the off-gases of the rotary kiln and the second line of the preheater is operated with a second substream of the off-gases of the rotary kiln, wherein the volatile component is separated off from the first substream of the off-gases passed through the first line of the preheater, wherein the first raw material stream heated to a temperature of at least 250°C by heat exchange with the first substream of the off-gases in the first line of the preheater is combined, at an essentially constant temperature of at least 250°C, via a connecting line between the first and second line of the preheater with the second raw material stream of the second line of the preheater.
A method of producing a three-dimensional object, comprising the steps of: additively manufacturing a preform of an object from a building material comprising a PAEK polymer; encapsulating the preform with a metal or metal alloy encapsulant that is capable of withstanding temperatures greater than the preform; heating the encapsulated preform at a predetermined temperature and for a period of time, such that the preform transmutes into the form of a carbonaceous solid residue; wherein the step of heating comprises:: increasing the temperature in the inert heating environment at a controlled rate that minimizes expansion of the preform; maintaining a temperature in the inert heating environment between 400 ° Celsius and 500 ° Celsius such that the preform transmutes into the form of a carbonaceous solid residue additively manufacturing a preform of an object from a building material comprising a PAEK polymer; encapsulating the preform with a metal or metal alloy encapsulant that is capable of withstanding temperatures greater than the preform; heating the encapsulated preform at a predetermined temperature and for a period of time, such that the preform transmutes into the form of a carbonaceous solid residue; wherein the step of heating comprises:: increasing the temperature in the inert heating environment at a controlled rate that minimizes expansion of the preform; maintaining a temperature in the inert heating environment between 400 ° Celsius and 500 ° Celsius such that the preform transmutes into the form of a carbonaceous solid residue
A hair styling method of applying ultrasound at an ultrasound frequency to hair to get a non-chemical hair styling, characterized in that the ultrasound frequency is at least 3 MHz, and the hair styling effect directly results from applying ultrasound to hair without applying chemicals or heat to hair.
A semiconductor light emitting device comprising: a semiconductor light emitting element comprising a semiconductor laminate including a p-type semiconductor layer, an active layer and an n-type semiconductor layer which are sequentially laminated, and a conductive support substrate joined to the p-type semiconductor layer side of the semiconductor laminate; a transparent sealing resin covering the semiconductor laminate; and wherein the transparent sealing resin contains first fluorescent particles, and is deposited around the semiconductor light emitting element; wherein the semiconductor laminate is divided into at least two semiconductor regions (40a, 40,b, 40c, 40d) by a trench penetrating the p-type semiconductor layer, the active layer and the n-type semiconductor layer, wherein a width of the trench is smaller than an average particle diameter of the first fluorescent particles, and characterised in that a density of the first fluorescent particles over the trench is larger than a density of the first fluorescent particles over the semiconductor laminate. a semiconductor light emitting element comprising a semiconductor laminate including a p-type semiconductor layer, an active layer and an n-type semiconductor layer which are sequentially laminated, and a conductive support substrate joined to the p-type semiconductor layer side of the semiconductor laminate; a transparent sealing resin covering the semiconductor laminate; and wherein the transparent sealing resin contains first fluorescent particles, and is deposited around the semiconductor light emitting element; wherein the semiconductor laminate is divided into at least two semiconductor regions (40a, 40,b, 40c, 40d) by a trench penetrating the p-type semiconductor layer, the active layer and the n-type semiconductor layer, wherein a width of the trench is smaller than an average particle diameter of the first fluorescent particles, and characterised in that a density of the first fluorescent particles over the trench is larger than a density of the first fluorescent particles over the semiconductor laminate.
An image processing apparatus comprising: a distortion correction circuit to which a plurality of pixels composing an input image are inputted in raster scan order, and which is configured to perform a correction operation for correcting positions of the pixels based on distortion of the input image, attach information on corrected pixel positions obtained as a result of the correction operation to the pixels, and output the pixels in random order; a plurality of output buffers (32, 33) layered to two or more stages to which an output of the distortion correction circuit is inputted, and which are configured to perform output for each transmission block which is a set of pixels with the consecutive corrected pixel positions; and a controller configured to write an output pixel of the distortion correction circuit in a first-stage output buffer of the plurality of output buffers, sequentially transfer the written pixel to a post-stage output buffer, and cause output buffers (32, 33) at respective stages to store pixels of sub-blocks into which the transmission block is divided. a distortion correction circuit to which a plurality of pixels composing an input image are inputted in raster scan order, and which is configured to perform a correction operation for correcting positions of the pixels based on distortion of the input image, attach information on corrected pixel positions obtained as a result of the correction operation to the pixels, and output the pixels in random order; a plurality of output buffers (32, 33) layered to two or more stages to which an output of the distortion correction circuit is inputted, and which are configured to perform output for each transmission block which is a set of pixels with the consecutive corrected pixel positions; and a controller configured to write an output pixel of the distortion correction circuit in a first-stage output buffer of the plurality of output buffers, sequentially transfer the written pixel to a post-stage output buffer, and cause output buffers (32, 33) at respective stages to store pixels of sub-blocks into which the transmission block is divided.
A method of evaluating a machined surface of a workpiece using evaluating criteria based on the characteristics of human sense, wherein the human sense is human visual perception, characterized by steps of: simulating a tool action for machining a surface of a workpiece; simulating the heights of cusps, the interval between cusps, and the inclination of the sides of cusps of the machined surface of a workpiece, resulting from said simulated tool action, by a calculation; calculating the maximum and minimum luminance of reflecting light on the machined surface based on the simulated machined surface of a workpiece; calculating the contrast based on the calculated maximum and minimum luminance; calculating a spatial frequency of the cusps of the machined surface; evaluating the machined surface of the workpiece by determining whether or not the contrast of the machined surface can be visibly detected by the human visual perception, by using a contrast sensitivity function (Fcs), based on the contrast and the spatial frequency; and modifying a machining process, when the contrast of the processed surface is detectable by human visual perception, so that the contrast of the processed surface cannot be detected by human visual perception. simulating a tool action for machining a surface of a workpiece; simulating the heights of cusps, the interval between cusps, and the inclination of the sides of cusps of the machined surface of a workpiece, resulting from said simulated tool action, by a calculation; calculating the maximum and minimum luminance of reflecting light on the machined surface based on the simulated machined surface of a workpiece; calculating the contrast based on the calculated maximum and minimum luminance; calculating a spatial frequency of the cusps of the machined surface; evaluating the machined surface of the workpiece by determining whether or not the contrast of the machined surface can be visibly detected by the human visual perception, by using a contrast sensitivity function (Fcs), based on the contrast and the spatial frequency; and modifying a machining process, when the contrast of the processed surface is detectable by human visual perception, so that the contrast of the processed surface cannot be detected by human visual perception.