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A method of generating terrain in a virtual world, the method comprising: receiving in a terrain generator a plurality of procedural rules that define the terrain in a virtual world, wherein each rule affects the generation of an area of the terrain, each rule including boundaries, filters and affectors; generating terrain in the virtual world in accordance with the plurality of procedural rules by writing data to a buffer for rendering terrain in real time on a visual display; wherein the plurality of procedural rules is organised into hierarchical layers such that a single location in the terrain can have multiple procedural rules that overlap, wherein when multiple procedural rules overlap the terrain generator specifies a blend region and initiates a boundary influence computation to blend heights and colours to prevent hard, visible discontinuities at the overlap of the procedural rules, wherein the procedural rules are textually represented so that the boundaries, filters and affectors are assigned numeric values that represent desired attributes in a logical, textual format, wherein modification of the terrain in the virtual world is enabled by adding or deleting at least one procedural rule from the plurality of procedural rules; and providing a resource management policy for deallocating memory allocated to unused or unnecessary areas of the terrain. receiving in a terrain generator a plurality of procedural rules that define the terrain in a virtual world, wherein each rule affects the generation of an area of the terrain, each rule including boundaries, filters and affectors; generating terrain in the virtual world in accordance with the plurality of procedural rules by writing data to a buffer for rendering terrain in real time on a visual display; wherein the plurality of procedural rules is organised into hierarchical layers such that a single location in the terrain can have multiple procedural rules that overlap, wherein when multiple procedural rules overlap the terrain generator specifies a blend region and initiates a boundary influence computation to blend heights and colours to prevent hard, visible discontinuities at the overlap of the procedural rules, wherein the procedural rules are textually represented so that the boundaries, filters and affectors are assigned numeric values that represent desired attributes in a logical, textual format, wherein modification of the terrain in the virtual world is enabled by adding or deleting at least one procedural rule from the plurality of procedural rules; and providing a resource management policy for deallocating memory allocated to unused or unnecessary areas of the terrain.
A marine load raising and lowering system (1; 31) for use on a vessel, preferably a vessel for laying an offshore pipeline, which system comprises: i. a first winch (2; 32) comprising first driving means (3; 33; 133) for raising or lowering a first cable (4; 34; 61; 134) from the first winch; ii. a second winch (5; 35) comprising second driving means (6; 36; 133) for raising or lowering a second cable (7; 37; 62; 134') from the second winch; iii. operating means (8; 38; 133) connected to the first and second driving means of respectively the first and second winch for synchronising the driving means so as to perform synchronous raising or lowering of the first and second cable; iv. a load connector (11; 41); wherein the system further comprises a first tension equalizing mechanism (13; 43; 136) adapted to equalize the tension in the first and second cables, said first tension equalizing mechanism having interconnected first cable-engaging members (14, 15; 39, 40; 69, 70; 114, 115) to engage with the first and second cable, wherein said first cable-engaging members are moveable relative to a first reference structure (17; 47; 77; 117) to be mounted on the vessel, and wherein said first tension equalizing mechanism is configured to move the first cable-engaging members under the effect of a difference in tension in the first and second cable so as to equalize said tensions, characterized in that the first and second cable are both connected to the load connector with a respective terminal end (4c, 7c; 34c, 37c) of the first and second cable. i. a first winch (2; 32) comprising first driving means (3; 33; 133) for raising or lowering a first cable (4; 34; 61; 134) from the first winch; ii. a second winch (5; 35) comprising second driving means (6; 36; 133) for raising or lowering a second cable (7; 37; 62; 134') from the second winch; iii. operating means (8; 38; 133) connected to the first and second driving means of respectively the first and second winch for synchronising the driving means so as to perform synchronous raising or lowering of the first and second cable; iv. a load connector (11; 41);
A pond skimmer apparatus for use in removing solid waste from the surface of a body of water and having a floating upper portion, a lower portion including a water inlet, a water outlet, and a suspension that connects the lower portion to the floating upper portion, characterized in that the lower portion further includes a vortex chamber and a horizontally mounted pump, wherein the water inlet, vortex chamber, horizontally mounted pump and water outlet are operatively arranged so that both water and the solid waste from the body enters via the water inlet, forms a vortex in the vortex chamber, and is pumped out of the water outlet.
A dishwasher comprising a washing tub wherein items to be washed are placed, a receptacle which is located at the lower portion of the washing tub and wherein the water in the washing tub is collected during the washing process, a hollow cylindrical microfilter which is located in the middle of the receptacle and which holds the residues carried by the water that passes from the receptacle to the water circulation or discharge line, a pump which returns the water accumulated in the receptacle to the washing tub, and a sprayer which is disposed into the microfilter and which has more than one nozzle that are located on the surface of the sprayer and that provide the water to be sprayed towards the inner surface of the microfilter, wherein the nozzles are disposed such that the exit direction of the water from their orifices will be in the same radial direction, and wherein the sprayer rotates around its own axis by the moment effect created by the water that is sprayed through the nozzles and an additional line, one end of which is connected to the pump and the other end opening to the middle of the microfilter, wherein the water to be sprayed by the nozzles is received from the receptacle and is supplied from the pump by means of the additional line, characterized by the sprayer that is configured as a truncated cone whose cross-sectional area narrows upwardly, wherein the nozzles are disposed on the surface of the sprayer such that the exit direction of the water from the nozzles is substantially tangential to the outer surface of the sprayer.
An actuation operator device for opening and closing elevator cabin doors with at least one leaf, comprising: - an operator support fixable to an elevator cabin, - a driver carriage to which at least one door leaf of the elevator cabin is associatable, - a horizontal guide along which, or along a first section of which, the driver carriage is moveable; - a clutch, fixedly attached to the driver carriage, comprising locking means for locking the cabin door and a male group of those formed by two clutch arms (6, 7) which is configured to, in a certain position, connect the landing doors with the driver carriage in order to enable the simultaneous and automatic opening or closing of the cabin door and a landing door, when the cabin stops at a landing, - a rotation axle provided in the operator support, actuated by a motor and connected to a transmission system comprised in the operator support, the transmission system to which the clutch is attached such that the rotation of the axle causes the horizontal movement of the clutch and the driver carriage in one direction or another depending on the direction of rotation of the axle, characterised in that the horizontal guide along which the driver carriage is moveable is a telescopic guide formed by a base guideway that is fixed to the operator support, and at least one first telescopic guideway (52, 53) that is capable of moving along and beyond the base guideway in a door opening position. - an operator support fixable to an elevator cabin, - a driver carriage to which at least one door leaf of the elevator cabin is associatable, - a horizontal guide along which, or along a first section of which, the driver carriage is moveable; - a clutch, fixedly attached to the driver carriage, comprising locking means for locking the cabin door and a male group of those formed by two clutch arms (6, 7) which is configured to, in a certain position, connect the landing doors with the driver carriage in order to enable the simultaneous and automatic opening or closing of the cabin door and a landing door, when the cabin stops at a landing, - a rotation axle provided in the operator support, actuated by a motor and connected to a transmission system comprised in the operator support, the transmission system to which the clutch is attached such that the rotation of the axle causes the horizontal movement of the clutch and the driver carriage in one direction or another depending on the direction of rotation of the axle,
Method of providing a drumstick from a poultry's leg suspended by the ankles in hooks of a carrier, wherein said poultry's leg comprises said drumstick, a knee joint, and a thighbone from which the thighbone meat has been or has to be removed, said method comprising the step of clamping the poultry's leg with a clamp and arranging that the poultry's leg is kept in position, followed by the step of cutting the ligaments between the drumstick and the thighbone for removal of the thighbone from which the thighbone meat has been or still has to be removed by providing that a cutter is positioned at a predetermined altitude and is activated to cut through the knee joint so as to separate the thighbone from the drumstick, and providing the drumstick, characterized in that the step of clamping the poultry's leg is followed by raising the clamp with the poultry's leg so as to raise the ankles from the hooks of the carrier and arrange that the knee joint is positioned at the predetermined altitude before the cutter is activated to cut through the knee joint so as to separate the thighbone from the drumstick.
Arrangement for inserting a surgical implant with at least one implant attachment portion, comprising: a guide element having a distal tissue piercing end; a cannula having proximal end, a distal end and a channel extending between the proximal end and distal end, wherein the guide element is slidably receivable in the channel; and a retrieval device having a capture element at a distal end of the retrieval device for capturing the at least one implant attachment portion of the surgical implant; wherein the cannula, with the guide element slidably received therein, being dimensioned to pass through the pelvic cavity of a patient from an external incision through the surrounding tissue into a cavity of the human body, particularly a patient's vagina, and the channel of the cannula is designed for a passage of the retrieval device and the captured implant attachment portion, wherein the cannula in a first state, in which the guide element is disposed within the channel of the cannula, conforms to the shape of the guide element, and that the distal end of the cannula, which extends into the cavity of the human body, particularly the vagina, is substantially straight in a second state during insertion of the surgical implant, in which the retrieval device is arranged in the channel of the cannula, characterized in that the cannula consists of at least one plastic with an internal stiffening element. a guide element having a distal tissue piercing end; a cannula having proximal end, a distal end and a channel extending between the proximal end and distal end, wherein the guide element is slidably receivable in the channel; and a retrieval device having a capture element at a distal end of the retrieval device for capturing the at least one implant attachment portion of the surgical implant; wherein the cannula, with the guide element slidably received therein, being dimensioned to pass through the pelvic cavity of a patient from an external incision through the surrounding tissue into a cavity of the human body, particularly a patient's vagina, and the channel of the cannula is designed for a passage of the retrieval device and the captured implant attachment portion, wherein the cannula in a first state, in which the guide element is disposed within the channel of the cannula, conforms to the shape of the guide element, and that the distal end of the cannula, which extends into the cavity of the human body, particularly the vagina, is substantially straight in a second state during insertion of the surgical implant, in which the retrieval device is arranged in the channel of the cannula, characterized in that the cannula consists of at least one plastic with an internal stiffening element.
A sensor (100, 104) comprising: an input for receiving a pulse density modulated signal that is proportional to a sensed analog signal produced in response to an applied measurand; a trigger configured to receive the pulse density modulated signal and provide a count enable signal based on the pulse density modulated signal; a clock configured to provide a timing signal; a gate for controlling the flow of the timing signal in response to the count enable signal, wherein the gate produces a pulse train signal; a first counter configured to be incremented by the pulse train signal; a second counter configured to be incremented by the timing signal wherein the count of the first counter is equal to the count of the second counter multiplied by an average duty cycle of the pulse density modulated signal over an interval defined by edges of the count enable signal; a plurality of holding registers (217, 218) for capturing count data for the first counter and the second counter at the edges of the count enable signal; an output circuit configured to receive a control signal and the captured count data and to supply an output signal representative of the at least one sensed parameter based on an implemented signal processing mode, the received pulse density modulated signal and the timing signal upon interrogation by the control signal. an input for receiving a pulse density modulated signal that is proportional to a sensed analog signal produced in response to an applied measurand; a trigger configured to receive the pulse density modulated signal and provide a count enable signal based on the pulse density modulated signal; a clock configured to provide a timing signal; a gate for controlling the flow of the timing signal in response to the count enable signal, wherein the gate produces a pulse train signal; a first counter configured to be incremented by the pulse train signal; a second counter configured to be incremented by the timing signal wherein the count of the first counter is equal to the count of the second counter multiplied by an average duty cycle of the pulse density modulated signal over an interval defined by edges of the count enable signal; a plurality of holding registers (217, 218) for capturing count data for the first counter and the second counter at the edges of the count enable signal; an output circuit configured to receive a control signal and the captured count data and to supply an output signal representative of the at least one sensed parameter based on an implemented signal processing mode, the received pulse density modulated signal and the timing signal upon interrogation by the control signal.
A method comprising: determining, at a first transmitter, whether to permit reuse of a first transmit opportunity, TXOP, of a message; setting a value of a control portion of the message based in determining to permit reuse of the first TXOP; and sending the control portion of the message from the first transmitter to a first receiver, wherein the portion of the message indicates that reuse, by a reuse transmitter, of the first TXOP is permitted, and wherein, when reuse of the first TXOP is permitted, the reuse transmitter is permitted to send a second message while the first transmitter sends a second control portion of the message to the first receiver during the first TXOP. determining, at a first transmitter, whether to permit reuse of a first transmit opportunity, TXOP, of a message; setting a value of a control portion of the message based in determining to permit reuse of the first TXOP; and sending the control portion of the message from the first transmitter to a first receiver, wherein the portion of the message indicates that reuse, by a reuse transmitter, of the first TXOP is permitted, and wherein, when reuse of the first TXOP is permitted, the reuse transmitter is permitted to send a second message while the first transmitter sends a second control portion of the message to the first receiver during the first TXOP.
A connection terminal comprising: a movable contact, which is adapted to project outside from a contact hole of a housing such that the movable contact can be pressed; at least two curved portions (27, 35) wherein the second curved portion connected to the first curved portion through a connecting portion is placed closest to the movable contact, wherein each curved portion (27, 35) being pushable and widenable by a load applied to the movable contact; a base portion of the first curved portion which is located farthest from the movable contact; and a press-fitting and fixing portion formed at the base portion for the connection with the housing, characterized in that the connecting portion has a spring constant greater than a spring constant of each of the first and second curved portions (27, 35). a movable contact, which is adapted to project outside from a contact hole of a housing such that the movable contact can be pressed; at least two curved portions (27, 35) wherein the second curved portion connected to the first curved portion through a connecting portion is placed closest to the movable contact, wherein each curved portion (27, 35) being pushable and widenable by a load applied to the movable contact; a base portion of the first curved portion which is located farthest from the movable contact; and a press-fitting and fixing portion formed at the base portion for the connection with the housing, characterized in that the connecting portion has a spring constant greater than a spring constant of each of the first and second curved portions (27, 35).
A method for obtaining information, the method comprising: receiving (210, 310), by a terminal device, information carried on a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, from a network device, wherein the information comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information and second indication information are 2 bits and are used to jointly indicate that the PDCCH carries a short message or scheduling information of a paging message, wherein: 01 indicates that the scheduling information of the paging message is carried on the PDCCH, 10 indicates that the short message is carried on the PDCCH; and obtaining (220, 320), by the terminal device based on the PDCCH, one or more types of the information carried on the PDCCH, wherein downlink control information, DCI, is carried on the PDCCH, and the one or more types of the first indication information, the second indication information, the short message, and the scheduling information of the paging message are carried in the DCI, wherein N bits of a first field in the DCI are reused in the first indication information, K bits of a second field in the DCI are reused in the second indication information, and the first field and the second field are the same or different, wherein N ≥ 1 and N is an integer, and K ≥ 1 and K is an integer; and wherein the short message comprises a system update message, an earthquake and tsunami warning system, ETWS, message, or a commercial mobile alert service, CMAS, information. receiving (210, 310), by a terminal device, information carried on a physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, from a network device, wherein the information comprises first indication information and second indication information, the first indication information and second indication information are 2 bits and are used to jointly indicate that the PDCCH carries a short message or scheduling information of a paging message, wherein: 01 indicates that the scheduling information of the paging message is carried on the PDCCH, 10 indicates that the short message is carried on the PDCCH; and obtaining (220, 320), by the terminal device based on the PDCCH, one or more types of the information carried on the PDCCH, wherein downlink control information, DCI, is carried on the PDCCH, and the one or more types of the first indication information, the second indication information, the short message, and the scheduling information of the paging message are carried in the DCI, wherein N bits of a first field in the DCI are reused in the first indication information, K bits of a second field in the DCI are reused in the second indication information, and the first field and the second field are the same or different, wherein N ≥ 1 and N is an integer, and K ≥ 1 and K is an integer; and wherein the short message comprises a system update message, an earthquake and tsunami warning system, ETWS, message, or a commercial mobile alert service, CMAS, information.
A sealing member used in a sealing part in which a friction occurs, comprising: a substrate including silicon carbide; and a plurality of cylindrical or polygonal columnar graphites dispersed in the substrate, wherein the plurality of cylindrical or polygonal columnar graphites are disposed parallel to adjacent cylindrical or polygonal columnar graphites, and the plurality of cylindrical or polygonal columnar graphites are disposed in a direction perpendicular to a wear surface, and a substrate surface including silicon carbide exposed on the wear surface and cross-sections of the plurality of cylindrical or polygonal columnar graphites form a plane. a substrate including silicon carbide; and a plurality of cylindrical or polygonal columnar graphites dispersed in the substrate, wherein the plurality of cylindrical or polygonal columnar graphites are disposed parallel to adjacent cylindrical or polygonal columnar graphites, and the plurality of cylindrical or polygonal columnar graphites are disposed in a direction perpendicular to a wear surface, and a substrate surface including silicon carbide exposed on the wear surface and cross-sections of the plurality of cylindrical or polygonal columnar graphites form a plane.