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A method of performing character isolation in an optical character recognition process, the method comprising: receiving image data representing one or more character columns; determining a number of black pixels in each column of the image data; defining a vertical separation threshold which is a maximum number of black pixels in a column; dividing the columns into different pixel groups and groups of excluded columns by excluding any columns with a number of black pixels below the vertical separation threshold; identifying the pixel group representing the left most character column in the image data, comprising identifying the pixel group immediately to the right of the left most group of excluded columns; determining whether there are one or two pixel groups representing character columns in the image data by determining the width of the left most group of excluded columns and if it is determined that the width of the left most group of excluded columns is below a maximum left margin threshold value, determining that there are two pixel groups representing character columns in the image data; and if it is determined that there are two pixel groups representing character columns, using a predetermined width value for a right most character column in order to identify a right hand boundary of the right most character column. receiving image data representing one or more character columns; determining a number of black pixels in each column of the image data; defining a vertical separation threshold which is a maximum number of black pixels in a column; dividing the columns into different pixel groups and groups of excluded columns by excluding any columns with a number of black pixels below the vertical separation threshold; identifying the pixel group representing the left most character column in the image data, comprising identifying the pixel group immediately to the right of the left most group of excluded columns; determining whether there are one or two pixel groups representing character columns in the image data by determining the width of the left most group of excluded columns and if it is determined that the width of the left most group of excluded columns is below a maximum left margin threshold value, determining that there are two pixel groups representing character columns in the image data; and if it is determined that there are two pixel groups representing character columns, using a predetermined width value for a right most character column in order to identify a right hand boundary of the right most character column.
An integrated communication and smoke detection system comprising: a fiber harness having at least one fiber optic cable for transmitting light, the at least one fiber optic cable defining a node arranged to measure one or more conditions at a predetermined area, the one or more conditions including smoke; a light source operably connected to the fiber harness to transmit light along the at least one fiber optic cable to the node; and a control system operably coupled to the fiber harness such that scattered light associated with the node is transmitted to the control system, wherein the control system analyzes the scattered light to determine at least one of a presence and magnitude of the one or more conditions at the node, the one or more conditions including smoke; wherein the control system is configured to allow multiple inputs and outputs for communication of information through the fiber harness and node using modulated light. a fiber harness having at least one fiber optic cable for transmitting light, the at least one fiber optic cable defining a node arranged to measure one or more conditions at a predetermined area, the one or more conditions including smoke; a light source operably connected to the fiber harness to transmit light along the at least one fiber optic cable to the node; and a control system operably coupled to the fiber harness such that scattered light associated with the node is transmitted to the control system, wherein the control system analyzes the scattered light to determine at least one of a presence and magnitude of the one or more conditions at the node, the one or more conditions including smoke; wherein the control system is configured to allow multiple inputs and outputs for communication of information through the fiber harness and node using modulated light.
An antireflection optical member which is an antireflection structure for preventing reflection from a substrate, the antireflection optical member comprising: a laminate structure including a dielectric layer, an ultra-low refractive index layer, and the substrate that are laminated in this order, wherein the ultra-low refractive index layer has a metamaterial structure in which a host medium includes guests having a smaller size than a wavelength λ of light whose reflection is to be prevented, a real part n2 of a refractive index of the ultra-low refractive index layer satisfies n2<1, a physical thickness d2 of the ultra-low refractive index layer satisfies the following Expression 1, and the dielectric layer satisfies the following Expression 2, d 2 < λ / 10 M − λ / 8 < n 1 × d 1 < M + λ / 8 M = 4 m + 1 × λ / 8 where d1 represents a physical thickness of the dielectric layer, n1 represents a real part of a refractive index of the dielectric layer, and m represents an integer of 0 or more, wherein the substrate is a film and the real part n2 of a refractive index of the ultra-low refractive index layer is lower than the real part n3 of a refractive index of the substrate, and the substrate comprises a film or a laminated film including a polyolefin resin, a polyester resin, a polycarbonate resin, a polyvinyl chloride resin, a polyphenylene sulfide resin, a polyether sulfone resin, a polyphenylene ether resin, a styrene resin, an acrylic resin, a polyamide resin, a polyimide resin, or cellulose resin. a laminate structure including a dielectric layer, an ultra-low refractive index layer, and the substrate that are laminated in this order, wherein the ultra-low refractive index layer has a metamaterial structure in which a host medium includes guests having a smaller size than a wavelength λ of light whose reflection is to be prevented, a real part n2 of a refractive index of the ultra-low refractive index layer satisfies n2<1, a physical thickness d2 of the ultra-low refractive index layer satisfies the following Expression 1, and the dielectric layer satisfies the following Expression 2, d 2 < λ / 10 M − λ / 8 < n 1 × d 1 < M + λ / 8 M = 4 m + 1 × λ / 8 where d1 represents a physical thickness of the dielectric layer, n1 represents a real part of a refractive index of the dielectric layer, and m represents an integer of 0 or more, wherein the substrate is a film and the real part n2 of a refractive index of the ultra-low refractive index layer is lower than the real part n3 of a refractive index of the substrate, and the substrate comprises a film or a laminated film including a polyolefin resin, a polyester resin, a polycarbonate resin, a polyvinyl chloride resin, a polyphenylene sulfide resin, a polyether sulfone resin, a polyphenylene ether resin, a styrene resin, an acrylic resin, a polyamide resin, a polyimide resin, or cellulose resin.
A nicotine powder inhaler comprising: a body extending between a mouthpiece portion and a distal end portion; an airflow channel (13, 15) extending between the mouthpiece portion and a distal end portion; a nicotine powder receptacle disposed along the airflow channel (13, 15); a capsule received in the nicotine powder receptacle, the capsule comprising a dose of nicotine powder, wherein the nicotine powder comprises nicotine salt; wherein the dose of nicotine powder can be inhaled into lungs of a user at an inhalation rate of less than about 5 L/min. a body extending between a mouthpiece portion and a distal end portion; an airflow channel (13, 15) extending between the mouthpiece portion and a distal end portion; a nicotine powder receptacle disposed along the airflow channel (13, 15); a capsule received in the nicotine powder receptacle, the capsule comprising a dose of nicotine powder, wherein the nicotine powder comprises nicotine salt; wherein the dose of nicotine powder can be inhaled into lungs of a user at an inhalation rate of less than about 5 L/min.
A pulley assembly for raising and lowering an associated vehicle body, said pulley assembly comprising: a housing including an outer sleeve extending along an axis; at least one top pulley wheel operably connected to said outer sleeve; at least one bottom pulley wheel operably connected to said outer sleeve and moveable relative to said at least one top pulley wheel along said axis; a cable weaved between said at least one top pulley wheel and said at least one bottom pulley wheel; and an actuator operably connected to said cable to reel-in said cable and draw said at least one top pulley wheel relative to and towards said at least one bottom pulley wheel along said axis to lower said associated vehicle body and to reel-out said cable to permit said at least one top pulley wheel to move relative to and away from said at least one bottom pulley wheel to raise said associated vehicle body, characterized in that said at least one top pulley wheel is connected to an upper mounting ring and said at least one bottom pulley wheel is connected to a lower mounting ring, wherein one of said upper mounting ring and said lower mounting ring is slidably connected to said outer sleeve and said other of said upper mounting ring and said lower mounting ring is statically connected to said outer sleeve. a housing including an outer sleeve extending along an axis; at least one top pulley wheel operably connected to said outer sleeve; at least one bottom pulley wheel operably connected to said outer sleeve and moveable relative to said at least one top pulley wheel along said axis; a cable weaved between said at least one top pulley wheel and said at least one bottom pulley wheel; and an actuator operably connected to said cable to reel-in said cable and draw said at least one top pulley wheel relative to and towards said at least one bottom pulley wheel along said axis to lower said associated vehicle body and to reel-out said cable to permit said at least one top pulley wheel to move relative to and away from said at least one bottom pulley wheel to raise said associated vehicle body, characterized in that said at least one top pulley wheel is connected to an upper mounting ring and said at least one bottom pulley wheel is connected to a lower mounting ring, wherein one of said upper mounting ring and said lower mounting ring is slidably connected to said outer sleeve and said other of said upper mounting ring and said lower mounting ring is statically connected to said outer sleeve.
At a first display device, a method comprising: capturing image data of a physical environment; identifying in the image data a first shared anchor tag comprising a first object located in the physical environment; identifying in the image data a second shared anchor tag comprising a second object located in the physical environment; transmitting the first shared anchor tag image data to a server computing device; receiving one or more data packet comprising a shared anchor (270, 266) that is linked to the first and/or second shared anchor tag and associated with a second display device, wherein the shared anchor defines a three-dimensional location in the physical environment wherein the or each data packet comprises data retrieved by the server computing device using at least a portion of the first and/or second shared anchor tag image data; based on identifying the first shared anchor tag and the second shared anchor tag, displaying a first selection indicator at a first location that is associated with the first shared anchor tag and a second selction indicator at a second location that is associated with the second shared anchor tag; receiving a user input selecting one of the first or second selection indicators; and in response to receiving the user input, displaying a hologram at a target location corresponding to the selected selection indicator associated with the relevant anchor point. capturing image data of a physical environment; identifying in the image data a first shared anchor tag comprising a first object located in the physical environment; identifying in the image data a second shared anchor tag comprising a second object located in the physical environment; transmitting the first shared anchor tag image data to a server computing device; receiving one or more data packet comprising a shared anchor (270, 266) that is linked to the first and/or second shared anchor tag and associated with a second display device, wherein the shared anchor defines a three-dimensional location in the physical environment wherein the or each data packet comprises data retrieved by the server computing device using at least a portion of the first and/or second shared anchor tag image data; based on identifying the first shared anchor tag and the second shared anchor tag, displaying a first selection indicator at a first location that is associated with the first shared anchor tag and a second selction indicator at a second location that is associated with the second shared anchor tag; receiving a user input selecting one of the first or second selection indicators; and in response to receiving the user input, displaying a hologram at a target location corresponding to the selected selection indicator associated with the relevant anchor point.
A method for manufacturing a power module (300U - 300W) having an insulating structure in which two conductive members are insulated by an insulating member made from a resin, wherein the method comprises: fixing the two conductive members to the insulating member by thermocompression bonding involving pressure-bonding while applying heat in a vacuum, and characterised by, when a thickness of the insulating member is di (mm), a relative permittivity of the insulating member is εr, a surge voltage generated between the conductive members is V t, an allowable thickness of voids present in an interface between the insulating member and the conductive members or voids included in the insulating member is db (mm), and a lowest atmospheric pressure to which the insulating structure is exposed is p (atm), setting di and εr using di > 1.36 × 10 − 8 × V t 2 + 3.4 × 10 − 5 × V t − 0.015 × ε r / p; or di > 1.36 × 10 − 8 × V t 2 + 3.4 × 10 − 5 × V t − 0.015 × ε r + db; or di > 1.36 × 10 − 8 × V t 2 + 3.4 × 10 − 5 × V t − 0.015 × ε r + db / p. fixing the two conductive members to the insulating member by thermocompression bonding involving pressure-bonding while applying heat in a vacuum, and characterised by, when a thickness of the insulating member is di (mm), a relative permittivity of the insulating member is εr, a surge voltage generated between the conductive members is V t, an allowable thickness of voids present in an interface between the insulating member and the conductive members or voids included in the insulating member is db (mm), and a lowest atmospheric pressure to which the insulating structure is exposed is p (atm), setting di and εr using di > 1.36 × 10 − 8 × V t 2 + 3.4 × 10 − 5 × V t − 0.015 × ε r / p; or di > 1.36 × 10 − 8 × V t 2 + 3.4 × 10 − 5 × V t − 0.015 × ε r + db; or di > 1.36 × 10 − 8 × V t 2 + 3.4 × 10 − 5 × V t − 0.015 × ε r + db / p.
A filter cigarillo comprising tobacco, a filter extending up to the mouth-sided end of the filter cigarillo, and a cover layer extending over the entire length of the filter cigarillo, characterized by a banderole-like marking which is arranged on the mouth-sided half of the cover layer and leaves free the mouth-sided end of the filter cigarillo.
Method for assisting the selection of an IOL to be implanted into an eye, on the basis of the use of a calculation formula with which the IOL to be implanted and the effective lens positions thereof are ascertained on the basis of the geometric data of the eye, wherein the ascertained IOL is inserted into an individual model of the eye to be implanted at the effective lens position and displaced until the residual refraction of the individual model corresponds to the residual refraction ascertained using the calculation formula, and the expected visual performance is simulated by means of ray tracing.
User equipment for feeding back, to a base station, a first Precoding Matrix Index W1, a second Precoding Matrix Index W2, and a Rank Index RI, the user equipment comprising means for: (i) creating a specific joint coding value obtained by jointly coding the Rank Index RI of a specific value and the first Precoding Matrix Index W1 of a specific value, and (ii) determining a pre-coding matrix from the first Precoding Matrix Index W1 and the second Precoding Matrix Index W2, wherein the specific joint coding value is any one of a plurality of possible values of joint coding of the Rank Index RI and the first Precoding Matrix Index W1; each value, of at least half of the plurality of possible values, represent the Rank Index RI of 1 or 2 and the first Precoding Matrix Index W1; each value, of a second part of the plurality of possible values, which does not comprise the at least half of the plurality of possible values, represent the Rank Index RI of more than 2 and the first Precoding Matrix Index W1, and characterized in that, the second part of the plurality of possible values includes (i) at least two values, each of which represents the Rank Index RI of 3 and the first Precoding Matrix Index W1, and (ii) at least another two values, each of which represents the Rank Index RI of 4 and the first Precoding Matrix Index W1. (i) creating a specific joint coding value obtained by jointly coding the Rank Index RI of a specific value and the first Precoding Matrix Index W1 of a specific value, and (ii) determining a pre-coding matrix from the first Precoding Matrix Index W1 and the second Precoding Matrix Index W2, wherein
A support structure (10, 110,) for use in conjunction with a prosthesis component, the support structure (10, 110) comprising: a platform (14,114) having a proximal surface and a distal surface defining a platform thickness therebetween, said proximal surface and said distal surface cooperating to define a platform outer periphery shaped to correspond with a periphery of a resected proximal tibia, said platform outer periphery defining a platform medial-lateral width and a platform anteroposterior length; and a medullary portion (16, 116) extending distally from said distal surface of said platform, said medullary portion (16,116) monolithically formed with said platform (14,114) and comprising: a medullary portion (16,116) anteroposterior diameter less than said platform anteroposterior length; a medullary portion (16, 116) medial-lateral diameter less than said platform medial-lateral width; and a medullary portion height measured along a proximal/distal extent of said medullary portion characterised in that said monolithically formed platform (14,114) and medullary portion (16,116) are formed with a single piece of porous bone-ingrowth material. a platform (14,114) having a proximal surface and a distal surface defining a platform thickness therebetween, said proximal surface and said distal surface cooperating to define a platform outer periphery shaped to correspond with a periphery of a resected proximal tibia, said platform outer periphery defining a platform medial-lateral width and a platform anteroposterior length; and a medullary portion (16, 116) extending distally from said distal surface of said platform, said medullary portion (16,116) monolithically formed with said platform (14,114) and comprising: a medullary portion (16,116) anteroposterior diameter less than said platform anteroposterior length; a medullary portion (16, 116) medial-lateral diameter less than said platform medial-lateral width; and a medullary portion height measured along a proximal/distal extent of said medullary portion a medullary portion (16,116) anteroposterior diameter less than said platform anteroposterior length; a medullary portion (16, 116) medial-lateral diameter less than said platform medial-lateral width; and a medullary portion height measured along a proximal/distal extent of said medullary portion characterised in that said monolithically formed platform (14,114) and medullary portion (16,116) are formed with a single piece of porous bone-ingrowth material.
Multiple nozzle body with a plurality of discharge nozzles for arrangement on the liquid line of an agricultural field sprayer, wherein the liquid line is connectable to the feed line of the multiple nozzle body, wherein the feed line opens out in a distributing chamber, wherein a plurality of connecting lines each leading to a discharge nozzle branch off from the distributing chamber, wherein a shut-off element which is assigned to a connecting line and is designed as a shut-off valve is in each case assigned in the distributing chamber, wherein one or more connecting lines are optionally connectable to the feed line and/or can be shut off in relation thereto by means of the shut-off elements of the shut-off valves, said shut-off elements being actuable via a switchable actuating element, wherein the actuating element has a plurality of switching cams and is rotatable into different switching positions about an axis of rotation, wherein the shut-off elements are of spherical design and, in their shut-off position, are arranged in a sealing manner in a valve seat having an annular portion, wherein the spherical shut-off elements are moveable in an at least approximately perpendicular direction to the axis of rotation of the actuating element from the valve seat over the oblique walls of the annular portion of the valve seat into a position releasing the throughflow to the respective connecting line, wherein the spherical valve elements are designed as balls and can be pressed into their valve seat in the sealing position by means of compression springs, characterized in that an intermediate piece is arranged between the respective compression spring and the respective ball, in that that surface of the intermediate piece which lies against the valve ball is designed in the inner region so as to be recessed concavely in relation to the outer circumferential region, and in that that surface of the intermediate piece which lies against the valve ball has a configuration similar to a spherical portion and the radius of the concave surface of the intermediate piece that lies against the valve ball is at least 1.5 times, preferably 2 to 5 times larger than the radius of the valve balls.
A stator for use in a slotted axial flux machine, the stator comprising at least one stator tooth, wherein the shape of the at least one stator tooth is adapted to induce an air gap between a surface of the stator tooth and an axially opposing radial surface of a magnetic material of a rotor of the axial flux machine, said air gap is changing along the radial direction, and being static in time characterized in that the surface of the at least one stator tooth has an inclination with respect to the radial direction over the whole circumferential width of the stator tooth.