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A method for equipment networking, comprising: acquiring, by equipment, at least one of first information indicating a state of the equipment or second information indicating a state of peer equipment (101, 501); determining, by the equipment, whether a pre-set condition is met by at least one of the first information or the second information (102, 502); in response to determining that the pre-set condition is met by at least one of the first information or the second information, forming, by the equipment, a group with the peer equipment (103, 503); and after the equipment has formed the group with the peer equipment, quitting, by the equipment, the group formed with the peer equipment upon once again acquiring the first information triggered by a first physical operation or upon acquiring fourth information sent by the peer equipment according to a second physical operation, the fourth information indicating that the peer equipment is no longer a member of the group, wherein both the equipment and the peer equipment are output equipment capable of outputting data of a type, comprising at least one of display equipment capable of outputting image data, audio equipment capable of outputting audio data, or equipment capable of outputting control data. acquiring, by equipment, at least one of first information indicating a state of the equipment or second information indicating a state of peer equipment (101, 501); determining, by the equipment, whether a pre-set condition is met by at least one of the first information or the second information (102, 502); in response to determining that the pre-set condition is met by at least one of the first information or the second information, forming, by the equipment, a group with the peer equipment (103, 503); and after the equipment has formed the group with the peer equipment, quitting, by the equipment, the group formed with the peer equipment upon once again acquiring the first information triggered by a first physical operation or upon acquiring fourth information sent by the peer equipment according to a second physical operation, the fourth information indicating that the peer equipment is no longer a member of the group, wherein both the equipment and the peer equipment are output equipment capable of outputting data of a type, comprising at least one of display equipment capable of outputting image data, audio equipment capable of outputting audio data, or equipment capable of outputting control data.
A method for producing surface functionalised semiconducting nanoparticles comprising reacting first and second nanoparticle precursor species in the presence of a nanoparticle surface binding ligand, wherein the nanoparticle surface binding ligand is 11-mercapto-undecene or has a formula said reaction being effected under conditions permitting binding of said surface binding ligand to the growing nanoparticles to produce said surface functionalised nanoparticles, wherein the first nanoparticle precursor species contains a first ion selected from group 11, 12, 13 or 14 of the periodic table to be incorporated into the growing nanoparticles and the second nanoparticle precursor species contains a second ion selected from group 14, 15 or 16 of the periodic table to be incorporated into the growing nanoparticles.
An elevator system, comprising: a plurality of elevator cars (22, 24, 26, 28); a dispatch controller that assigns a first one of the elevator cars to travel to a landing in response to a first request for elevator service at the landing; at least one call button (32, 42) operative to place a second request for elevator service at the landing while the first one of the elevator cars is situated at the landing in response to the first request; and at least one sensor (36, 38, 66) that provides an output corresponding to at least one passenger at the landing that did not board the first one of the elevator cars; characterized in that: the dispatch controller determines whether the second request is valid dependent on the indication from the at least one sensor; wherein the dispatch controller assigns a second one of the elevator cars (22, 24, 28) to travel to the landing in response to the second request. a plurality of elevator cars (22, 24, 26, 28); a dispatch controller that assigns a first one of the elevator cars to travel to a landing in response to a first request for elevator service at the landing; at least one call button (32, 42) operative to place a second request for elevator service at the landing while the first one of the elevator cars is situated at the landing in response to the first request; and at least one sensor (36, 38, 66) that provides an output corresponding to at least one passenger at the landing that did not board the first one of the elevator cars; characterized in that: the dispatch controller determines whether the second request is valid dependent on the indication from the at least one sensor; wherein the dispatch controller assigns a second one of the elevator cars (22, 24, 28) to travel to the landing in response to the second request. the dispatch controller determines whether the second request is valid dependent on the indication from the at least one sensor; wherein the dispatch controller assigns a second one of the elevator cars (22, 24, 28) to travel to the landing in response to the second request.
A method for wind turbine power distribution, comprising: providing a main power circuit, the main circuit comprising a generator, a main power transformer and a first current interrupter; providing an auxiliary circuit, the auxiliary circuit comprising a second current interrupter, an auxiliary transformer, and at least one auxiliary component, whereby the auxiliary transformer is the sole source of power for the auxiliary component; coupling the main power circuit and the auxiliary circuit at a junction; and coupling the junction to the power grid; providing, when the main power transformer is coupled to the power grid via the first current interrupter, electrical power from the generator to the power grid and to the at least one auxiliary component, and wherein the method comprises further steps of: isolating the main power transformer from the power grid by uncoupling the first current interrupter for maintenance operations, and back feeding, when the main power transformer is isolated from the power grid by uncoupling the first current interrupter, electrical power from the power grid to the auxiliary transformer and to the at least one auxiliary component via the second current interrupter. providing a main power circuit, the main circuit comprising a generator, a main power transformer and a first current interrupter; providing an auxiliary circuit, the auxiliary circuit comprising a second current interrupter, an auxiliary transformer, and at least one auxiliary component, whereby the auxiliary transformer is the sole source of power for the auxiliary component; coupling the main power circuit and the auxiliary circuit at a junction; and coupling the junction to the power grid; providing, when the main power transformer is coupled to the power grid via the first current interrupter, electrical power from the generator to the power grid and to the at least one auxiliary component, and wherein the method comprises further steps of: isolating the main power transformer from the power grid by uncoupling the first current interrupter for maintenance operations, and back feeding, when the main power transformer is isolated from the power grid by uncoupling the first current interrupter, electrical power from the power grid to the auxiliary transformer and to the at least one auxiliary component via the second current interrupter. isolating the main power transformer from the power grid by uncoupling the first current interrupter for maintenance operations, and back feeding, when the main power transformer is isolated from the power grid by uncoupling the first current interrupter, electrical power from the power grid to the auxiliary transformer and to the at least one auxiliary component via the second current interrupter.
A device comprising: an image sensor for forming image information of environment of the device, display means (3.5, 5) for displaying the formed image information of the environment of the device, positioning means for determining the position of the device, and at least one set of communication means (4,9), comprising a receiver (4.2, 9.2) for receiving a signal from an object in the environment of the device, the signal comprising information and wherein the at least one set of communication means is for receiving information about the position of the object, and the device further comprising: a control block for: determining compass heading and angle of inclination to the horizontal direction of the image sensor; determining the direction from the device to the object; determining, if the object is in the image area of the image sensor, the position of the image of the object in the formed image information of the environment of the device based on the compass heading, angle of inclination to the horizontal direction and direction; and for providing for displaying at least a part of the information received from the object in the formed image information to be displayed by the display means (3.5, 5) in association with the determined position of the image of the object in the formed image information if the object is in the image area of the image sensor, wherein the control block is for providing a larger part of the received information for display when the size of the image of the object becomes larger. an image sensor for forming image information of environment of the device, display means (3.5, 5) for displaying the formed image information of the environment of the device, positioning means for determining the position of the device, and at least one set of communication means (4,9), comprising a receiver (4.2, 9.2) for receiving a signal from an object in the environment of the device, determining compass heading and angle of inclination to the horizontal direction of the image sensor; determining the direction from the device to the object; determining, if the object is in the image area of the image sensor, the position of the image of the object in the formed image information of the environment of the device based on the compass heading, angle of inclination to the horizontal direction and direction; and for providing for displaying at least a part of the information received from the object in the formed image information to be displayed by the display means (3.5, 5) in association with the determined position of the image of the object in the formed image information if the object is in the image area of the image sensor, wherein the control block is for providing a larger part of the received information for display when the size of the image of the object becomes larger.
A wire feed device with a control system for controlling the shielding gas supply to a wire welding apparatus, the wire feed device having a feed signal output which is indicative of a wire feeding speed, which wire welding apparatus is connected to a gas tank via a gas supply line (201, 202), in which supply line there may according to choice be arranged a pressure regulator and a manometer, characterized in that the control system comprises a controllable gas flow valve having a valve gas inlet adapted for connection to a gas supply (201, 202), a valve gas outlet and a valve control signal input; a gas flow sensor having a sensor gas inlet, a sensor gas outlet and a sensor signal output; and a programmable control circuit having a first and a second circuit input and a first circuit output, wherein the valve gas outlet is connected to the sensor gas inlet, the sensor gas outlet has a gas outlet connection to a shielding gas outlet, the feed signal output from the wire feed device of the wire welding apparatus is connected to the first circuit input, the sensor signal output is connected to the second circuit input, the first circuit output is connected to the valve control signal input, and the programmable control circuit comprises a processor which, in accordance with at least one program in a first memory in the programmable control circuit, and on the basis of signals received at the first and second circuit inputs, provides at the first circuit output a valve control signal, which provided valve control signal is adjustable by means of the programmable control circuit within a dynamic range of values limited by a predetermined minimum gas flow (Qmin) through the gas flow valve and a predetermined maximum gas flow (Qmax) through the gas flow valve, and the program comprises at least one instruction to the processor instructing the processor, to issue at the first circuit output a single signal that is constant and having a value which corresponds substantially to the minimum gas flow (Qmin) through the gas flow valve, from the time the signal at the first circuit input exceeds a first threshold value and in an immediately subsequent first predetermined time period.
An article of footwear comprising: an upper; and a sole assembly positioned beneath the upper, the sole assembly having a vertically extending channel formed in its bottom surface inward of a periphery of the sole assembly, the channel including a sidewall, the sole assembly comprising: a first portion having a first color; and a second portion having a second color that is different than the first color, wherein an interface between the first portion and the second portion is positioned at a central portion of the sidewall of the channel, characterized in that the first portion is formed from a single first preform that has a plurality of apertures extending through it. an upper; and a sole assembly positioned beneath the upper, the sole assembly having a vertically extending channel formed in its bottom surface inward of a periphery of the sole assembly, the channel including a sidewall, the sole assembly comprising: a first portion having a first color; and a second portion having a second color that is different than the first color, wherein an interface between the first portion and the second portion is positioned at a central portion of the sidewall of the channel, a first portion having a first color; and a second portion having a second color that is different than the first color, wherein an interface between the first portion and the second portion is positioned at a central portion of the sidewall of the channel, characterized in that the first portion is formed from a single first preform that has a plurality of apertures extending through it.
A method for controlling growth of microbes on a slaughtered meat food product, the method comprising: applying an anti-microbial wash composition to a surface of a slaughtered meat food product that may be exposed to one or more microbes, wherein the anti-microbial wash composition includes: a fluid carrier; and a ceragenin compound dispersed within the carrier, the ceragenin compound having a sterol backbone and a number of cationic groups attached thereto, wherein the anti-microbial wash composition has a concentration of ceragenin compound in a range from 10 ppm to 5000 ppm; and killing one or more types of microbes on the surface of the slaughtered meat food product. applying an anti-microbial wash composition to a surface of a slaughtered meat food product that may be exposed to one or more microbes, wherein the anti-microbial wash composition includes: a fluid carrier; and a ceragenin compound dispersed within the carrier, the ceragenin compound having a sterol backbone and a number of cationic groups attached thereto, wherein the anti-microbial wash composition has a concentration of ceragenin compound in a range from 10 ppm to 5000 ppm; and a fluid carrier; and a ceragenin compound dispersed within the carrier, the ceragenin compound having a sterol backbone and a number of cationic groups attached thereto, wherein the anti-microbial wash composition has a concentration of ceragenin compound in a range from 10 ppm to 5000 ppm; and killing one or more types of microbes on the surface of the slaughtered meat food product.
A pre-polymerized catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins CH 2 =CHR, wherein R is hydrogen or a C1-C12 hydrocarbon group, comprising (i) a non-stereospecific solid catalyst component comprising Ti, Mg and a halogen and having a porosity, due to pores with radius up to 1 μm, ranging from 0.2 to 0.8 cm 3 /g and (ii) an amount of an ethylene/alpha-olefin block (co)polymer ranging from 0.1 up to 5g per g of said solid catalyst component (i), said pre-polymerized catalyst component being characterized by a mercury porosity due to pores up to 1 μm of less than 70% the mercury porosity value of the said non-stereospecific solid catalyst component (i), the porosity being determined by intrusion of mercury under pressure using a Pascal 140 - 240 series porosimeter by Carlo Erba.
A compound, having formula C: or a salt, solvate, hydrate, glycine conjugate or taurine conjugate thereof, wherein: R 2 is hydrogen or hydroxyl; R 4 is unsubstituted alkyl; and R 16 is hydroxyl, alkoxy, or halogen. R 2 is hydrogen or hydroxyl; R 4 is unsubstituted alkyl; and R 16 is hydroxyl, alkoxy, or halogen.
A device comprising: a memory controller to: access a first portion of a memory, the first portion of the memory operating in single chip spare mode, wherein operating in single chip spare mode comprises: protecting data stored in memory with an error correction code capable of detecting and correcting a failure of a single chip; access a second portion of the memory, the second portion of the memory operating in double chip spare mode, wherein operating in double chip spare mode comprises: protecting data stored in memory with an error correction code capable of detecting and correcting up to two memory chip failures; characterized in detect an error in a first region of the first portion of the memory; select a second region in the first portion of the memory, the second region equal in size to the first region; and convert the first region containing the error and the second region to operate in double chip spare mode. a memory controller to: access a first portion of a memory, the first portion of the memory operating in single chip spare mode, wherein operating in single chip spare mode comprises: protecting data stored in memory with an error correction code capable of detecting and correcting a failure of a single chip; access a second portion of the memory, the second portion of the memory operating in double chip spare mode, wherein operating in double chip spare mode comprises: protecting data stored in memory with an error correction code capable of detecting and correcting up to two memory chip failures; access a first portion of a memory, the first portion of the memory operating in single chip spare mode, wherein operating in single chip spare mode comprises: protecting data stored in memory with an error correction code capable of detecting and correcting a failure of a single chip; protecting data stored in memory with an error correction code capable of detecting and correcting a failure of a single chip; access a second portion of the memory, the second portion of the memory operating in double chip spare mode, wherein operating in double chip spare mode comprises: protecting data stored in memory with an error correction code capable of detecting and correcting up to two memory chip failures; protecting data stored in memory with an error correction code capable of detecting and correcting up to two memory chip failures; detect an error in a first region of the first portion of the memory; select a second region in the first portion of the memory, the second region equal in size to the first region; and convert the first region containing the error and the second region to operate in double chip spare mode.
A battery-powered lighted tree base comprising: a battery holder; a battery retained within the battery holder; and, a support structure adapted to mechanically support an artificial tree and electrically connect the artificial tree to the battery, wherein the support structure further comprises quarter sections adapted to clamp to the legs of a tree stand; characterized in that at least one of the quarter sections houses electrical controls adapted to control lights in an artificial tree. a battery holder; a battery retained within the battery holder; and, a support structure adapted to mechanically support an artificial tree and electrically connect the artificial tree to the battery, wherein the support structure further comprises quarter sections adapted to clamp to the legs of a tree stand; characterized in that at least one of the quarter sections houses electrical controls adapted to control lights in an artificial tree.
A haptic interface device for presenting information to a user, comprising: an array comprising haptic stimulation elements configured to generate a stimulation pattern; and a controller configured to continually propagate the stimulation pattern on a user's skin in order to present the information, including repeatedly eliminate a portion of a first end of the stimulation pattern and replace the eliminated portion with a new portion at a second end of the stimulation pattern, characterized in that the array comprising haptic stimulation elements comprises a ring of haptic stimulation elements, wherein the controller is configured to rotate the array across the user's skin in order to propagate the stimulation pattern on the user's skin. an array comprising haptic stimulation elements configured to generate a stimulation pattern; and a controller configured to continually propagate the stimulation pattern on a user's skin in order to present the information, including repeatedly eliminate a portion of a first end of the stimulation pattern and replace the eliminated portion with a new portion at a second end of the stimulation pattern, characterized in that the array comprising haptic stimulation elements comprises a ring of haptic stimulation elements, wherein the controller is configured to rotate the array across the user's skin in order to propagate the stimulation pattern on the user's skin.
A method for producing a liquid composition, which comprises dispersing a polymer (x) having a structural unit having a ring structure and a structural unit having an ion exchange group, or a polymer (y) (excluding the polymer (x)) having either one or both of a structural unit having two ion exchange groups in a pendant group and a structural unit represented by the following formula, in a medium containing water and a hydrocarbon-type alcohol (but not including a fluorinated solvent), to prepare a dispersion wherein the concentration of the polymer (x) or the polymer (y) is from 10 to 26 mass%, and mixing the dispersion and a fluorinated solvent so that the sum of the concentration of the polymer (x) or the polymer (y) and the concentration of the fluorinated solvent becomes to be from 12 to 35 mass%, to prepare a liquid composition: wherein m is 0 or 1 p is 0 or 1, provided when p is 0, m is 0, n is an integer of from 1 to 12, and A 1 is an ion exchange group.