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An apparatus for monitoring one or more target objects in an environment external to a host vehicle by means of at least one sensor, the apparatus being arranged to trigger at least one action responsive to the detection of prescribed relative movement between the host vehicle and the one or more target objects, wherein the apparatus is arranged to store a value of a reference angle parameter indicative of a reference angle of misalignment of the at least one sensor; and to determine whether the at least one sensor is correctly aligned with respect to the host vehicle by comparing a measured value of misalignment angle with the reference angle, whereby when the apparatus commences monitoring of the environment the apparatus is arranged not to trigger the at least one action until the apparatus has determined that the at least one sensor is correctly aligned; and, thereafter, to allow triggering of the at least one action if the apparatus has determined that the at least one sensor is correctly aligned, characterised in that the apparatus is configured to set a confidence parameter being a parameter indicative of a level of confidence that the at least one sensor is correctly aligned to a first value when the apparatus commences monitoring of the environment, the first value indicating that confidence is low, and subsequently to increment the value of the confidence parameter by a prescribed increment value each time it is determined that a difference between the measured angle of misalignment and the reference angle of misalignment is less than or equal to a prescribed tolerance angle, and only to allow triggering of the at least one action if the value of the confidence parameter exceeds a second prescribed value; and wherein the apparatus is configured to decrement the confidence parameter by a prescribed decrement value each time it is determined that a difference between the measured angle of misalignment and the reference angle is greater than the prescribed tolerance angle, wherein the prescribed decrement value is selected such that, if it is determined that a difference between a single measured angle of misalignment and the reference angle is greater than a prescribed tolerance angle, the confidence parameter is decremented below the second prescribed value so as not to permit triggering of the at least one action.
A battery powered grip-handle-strap-cutter, comprising: a housing having a grip handle, and a cutting head mounted at about an end of the housing; a power supply mounted to the housing wherein the power supply is said battery; a motor positioned at least in part in the housing; a drive train operably connected to the motor; and said cutting head including a plunger, a cutting blade operably mounted to the plunger, a hold-down biasedly mounted to the plunger, a foot and a shear edge, the drive train being operably connected to the plunger, wherein the plunger moves toward the foot to move the hold-down into contact with a strap securing the strap against the foot, and wherein as the hold-down secures the strap, the cutting blade contacts and cuts the strap at the shear edge. a housing having a grip handle, and a cutting head mounted at about an end of the housing; a power supply mounted to the housing wherein the power supply is said battery; a motor positioned at least in part in the housing; a drive train operably connected to the motor; and said cutting head including a plunger, a cutting blade operably mounted to the plunger, a hold-down biasedly mounted to the plunger, a foot and a shear edge, the drive train being operably connected to the plunger, wherein the plunger moves toward the foot to move the hold-down into contact with a strap securing the strap against the foot, and wherein as the hold-down secures the strap, the cutting blade contacts and cuts the strap at the shear edge.
Method for monitoring and signalling a traffic situation in the surroundings of a vehicle, wherein sensors (1, 2, 21, 22, 25) comprising a first sensor and a further sensor (2 22), in particular a further optical sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, a radar sensor and/or a lidar sensor, sense surroundings of the vehicle, an endangered object in the sensed surroundings is detected, a collision probability and a level of information certainty are determined for the detected endangered object, and in the case of a given collision probability and a low level of information certainty an action of a first type is carried out, and in the case of a given collision probability and a high level of information certainty an action of a second type is carried out, characterized in that the first sensor is a stereo camera and the endangered object is detected with 3D information which is acquired by means of the stereo camera, and a texture-based image recognition method.
A pavement marking composition, comprising: an isocyanate-containing component; and an amine-containing component; wherein the isocyanate-containing component is at least 35 weight percent of the composition; wherein the volume ratio of the isocyanate-containing component to the amine-containing component is 2:1. an isocyanate-containing component; and an amine-containing component; wherein the isocyanate-containing component is at least 35 weight percent of the composition; wherein the volume ratio of the isocyanate-containing component to the amine-containing component is 2:1.
Optical fiber sensor, comprising an optical fiber having embedded therein at least one fiber core (14, 16, 18, 20) extending along a length of the optical fiber, the at least one fiber core having a number of larger than ten single fiber Bragg gratings (40, 42, 44) arranged in series along the at least one fiber core (14, 16, 18, 20), wherein each fiber Bragg grating (40, 42, 44) has a single reflection spectrum around a single reflection peak wavelength when interrogated with light in an unstrained state of the at least one fiber core (14, 16, 18, 20), wherein the reflection peak wavelengths of the single reflection spectra are different from fiber Bragg grating (40, 42, 44) to fiber Bragg grating (40, 42, 44) along the at least one fiber core, wherein a difference between reflection peak wavelengths of the single reflection spectra of adjacent fiber Bragg gratings (40, 42, 44) is equal to or larger than a spectral width of the single reflection spectra of the adjacent fiber Bragg gratings (40, 42, 44), wherein a spectral width of at least one of the single reflection spectra is in a range of 10 pm - 30 pm for a length of the single fiber Bragg grating (40, 42, 44) of about 100 mm.
Room temperature control system for a floor heating comprising a plurality of hot water heating circuits for heating or cooling rooms, comprising one heating valve in each hot water heating circuit, which is operated by an electrically controlled actuator, a controller which electrically controls the actuators in order to control the room temperatures in the rooms heated with hot water, a bus system to which the controller and the actuators are connected for electrically controlling the actuators, and return temperature sensors which measure the return temperature (R RL) in the return flow of the respective hot water heating circuit and are connected to the bus system, wherein the controller is programmed to control at least one component of the room temperature control system, in particular the actuators, on the basis of the return temperatures (T RL) transferred to the controller via the bus system, characterized in that the heating valves are arranged in the return flow of the respective hot water heating circuit and the return temperature sensors are arranged in the heating valves, in particular in their valve stems, and are each connected to the actuator via an electric line which extends in the interior of the actuator.
An automatic floor cleaner (100, 700, 800, 900) comprising a cleaning and recovery unit, the cleaning and recovery unit comprises a fixable unit (110, 210, 310, 710, 810, 910), a mobile unit (54, 59, 64, 69, 74, 79, 84, 88, 94, 130, 430, 530, 630, 930, 1030, 1130, 1230, 1330), and an extension mechanism (120, 720, 920) connected to the fixable unit and the mobile unit to permit the extension and retraction of the mobile unit from and to the fixable unit, and wherein the fixable unit comprises a controller, a sensor (53, 56, 63, 66, 73, 78, 81, 83, 93, 112), a motor, a power source, and a vacuum; characterized in that the cleaning and recovery unit comprises a bracket to permanently mount the unit to a floor, wall, or lavatory appliance, or suction cups or other temporary mounting hardware to temporarily mount the unit to a floor or wall in proximity to a urinal (20, 30, 50, 55), toilet (40, 60, 65), sink or hand drying device (70, 75, 80, 85), and in that the fixable unit further comprises a disinfectant solution tank (218, 318, 816) and a recovery tank (216, 316).
An autonomous emergency braking system comprising: a front lateral detection sensor configured to detect a distance and a relative speed between a host vehicle and a peripheral object, or transmit peripheral images of the host vehicle to an electronic control unit (ECU, 30); a vehicle dynamics sensor configured to detect a driving speed of the host vehicle, and transmit the detected driving speed to the electronic control unit; and the electronic control unit configured to receive detection signals from the front lateral detection sensor and the vehicle dynamics sensor, characterized in that the electronic control unit is configured to increase an AEB control available speed and a size of an AEB control available region when at least one leading moving object or at least one external object is present in longitudinal and latitudinal directions of a forward region of the host vehicle and the host vehicle is unable to perform steering avoidance capable of preventing collision with the leading moving object or the external object. a front lateral detection sensor configured to detect a distance and a relative speed between a host vehicle and a peripheral object, or transmit peripheral images of the host vehicle to an electronic control unit (ECU, 30); a vehicle dynamics sensor configured to detect a driving speed of the host vehicle, and transmit the detected driving speed to the electronic control unit; and the electronic control unit configured to receive detection signals from the front lateral detection sensor and the vehicle dynamics sensor, characterized in that the electronic control unit is configured to increase an AEB control available speed and a size of an AEB control available region when at least one leading moving object or at least one external object is present in longitudinal and latitudinal directions of a forward region of the host vehicle and the host vehicle is unable to perform steering avoidance capable of preventing collision with the leading moving object or the external object.
An accessory system for a gas turbine engine comprising: an accessory gearbox which defines an accessory gearbox axis, the accessory gearbox including a first side and a second side; a first geartrain within the accessory gearbox including one or more shafts rotatable about axes perpendicular to the first side of the accessory gearbox; a second geartrain within the accessory gearbox including one or more shafts rotatable about axes perpendicular to the second side of the accessory gearbox; a driven gear set (78, 80) defining an input axis; a first drive gear set driven by the driven gear set about a first drive axis for driving the first geartrain; and a second drive gear set driven by the driven gear set about a second drive axis for driving the second geartrain, wherein the first drive axis and the second drive axis are substantially parallel to the input axis, characterised in that: the first drive gear set includes a first bevel gear for driving the first geartrain and the second drive gear set includes a second bevel gear for driving the second geartrain, wherein the first bevel gear defines a first inclusive angle between the first side and the first drive axis and the second bevel gear defines a second inclusive angle between the second side and the second drive axis. an accessory gearbox which defines an accessory gearbox axis, the accessory gearbox including a first side and a second side; a first geartrain within the accessory gearbox including one or more shafts rotatable about axes perpendicular to the first side of the accessory gearbox; a second geartrain within the accessory gearbox including one or more shafts rotatable about axes perpendicular to the second side of the accessory gearbox; a driven gear set (78, 80) defining an input axis; a first drive gear set driven by the driven gear set about a first drive axis for driving the first geartrain; and a second drive gear set driven by the driven gear set about a second drive axis for driving the second geartrain, wherein the first drive axis and the second drive axis are substantially parallel to the input axis, the first drive gear set includes a first bevel gear for driving the first geartrain and the second drive gear set includes a second bevel gear for driving the second geartrain, wherein the first bevel gear defines a first inclusive angle between the first side and the first drive axis and the second bevel gear defines a second inclusive angle between the second side and the second drive axis.
A processing unit for processing articles, comprising conveying means (105, 4, 130, 131) for advancing said articles along a path; said conveying means (105, 4, 130, 131) comprising, in turn: - at least one first conveyor (105, 4) which advances said articles along a first portion (S, Q) of said path; and - at least one second conveyor (4, 130), which advances said articles along a second portion (Q, U) of said path; said second conveyor (4, 130) being arranged immediately downstream of said first conveyor (105, 4) proceeding according the advancing direction of said articles along said path and adapted to receive, in use, said articles from said first conveyor (105, 4, 130) at a transfer station (I, 0); said first conveyor (105, 4) and second conveyor (4, 130) being arrangeable in an ideal mutual position with respect to one another at said transfer station (I, 0); characterized by comprising: - sensor means (20, 21, 22) for sensing a quantity associated to the vibratory state of at least one of said first and second conveyor (105, 4; 4, 130); and - a control unit configured to detect the actual mutual position of said first conveyor (105, 4) and second conveyor (4, 130) with respect to one another, on the basis of said quantity sensed, in use, by said sensor means (20, 21, 22). - at least one first conveyor (105, 4) which advances said articles along a first portion (S, Q) of said path; and - at least one second conveyor (4, 130), which advances said articles along a second portion (Q, U) of said path; said second conveyor (4, 130) being arranged immediately downstream of said first conveyor (105, 4) proceeding according the advancing direction of said articles along said path and adapted to receive, in use, said articles from said first conveyor (105, 4, 130) at a transfer station (I, 0); - sensor means (20, 21, 22) for sensing a quantity associated to the vibratory state of at least one of said first and second conveyor (105, 4; 4, 130); and - a control unit configured to detect the actual mutual position of said first conveyor (105, 4) and second conveyor (4, 130) with respect to one another, on the basis of said quantity sensed, in use, by said sensor means (20, 21, 22).
A flexible packaging comprising a polyethylene film for disposable absorbent articles, said packaging comprising a front face, a rear face and top bellows, a top part a bottom part, and an opening system, wherein said opening system is located on the top part of the packaging and wherein said opening system comprises a closing system and an easy-opening system, and wherein the packaging is capable of opening and closing semi-tightly, as many times as needed, when the packaging is filled with the articles and sealed at the bottom part; and wherein the closing system comprises first (22a, 22c) and second (22b, 22c) elements each of said elements (22a, 22b, 22c, 22d) having a flat face that is adhered to a bottom part of an inner portion of the inversed "U" and arranged in facing relationship and such that when said first (22a, 22c) and second (22b, 22d) elements are contacted, they close the packaging semi-tightly; and wherein the easy-opening system is placed above the closing system and comprises a weakening line and a removable strip, and arranged such that the weakening line extends along the whole width of the front face of the packaging and the removable strip is placed above said weakening line; characterised in that the opening system is formed by the film extending upwards above the top part on the front face of the packaging and turning itself up until the bellows are reached to form an inversed "U", and the easy-opening system comprises said weakening line and the removable strip, and the closing system, is formed by opposing inner faces of the inversed "U".
A method comprising: receiving, by a processing device (106a-106n, 108a-108n, 118a, 118b, 200), video content having a plurality of content items (205a-205d); determining, by the processing device, a plurality of segments (203a-203g) in the video content based on at least one detected transition in the video content; selecting, by the processing device, one or more segment classification algorithms based on expected content types of the video content, wherein the expected content types are based on electronic guide information, and wherein the one or more segment classification algorithms comprise one or more of frame entropy analysis, cut rate analysis, or audio-video duplicate analysis; determining a quantity of segments, of the plurality of segments (203a-203g), having repeating audio or video portions; and responsive to the quantity of segments satisfying a threshold quantity of segments, categorizing (335, 630), using the selected one or more segment classification algorithms, segments, of the plurality of segments (203a-203g), without the repeating audio or video portions as segments of a first content type and categorizing (335, 630) the segments having the repeating audio or video portions as segments of a second content type. receiving, by a processing device (106a-106n, 108a-108n, 118a, 118b, 200), video content having a plurality of content items (205a-205d); determining, by the processing device, a plurality of segments (203a-203g) in the video content based on at least one detected transition in the video content; selecting, by the processing device, one or more segment classification algorithms based on expected content types of the video content, wherein the expected content types are based on electronic guide information, and wherein the one or more segment classification algorithms comprise one or more of frame entropy analysis, cut rate analysis, or audio-video duplicate analysis; determining a quantity of segments, of the plurality of segments (203a-203g), having repeating audio or video portions; and responsive to the quantity of segments satisfying a threshold quantity of segments, categorizing (335, 630), using the selected one or more segment classification algorithms, segments, of the plurality of segments (203a-203g), without the repeating audio or video portions as segments of a first content type and categorizing (335, 630) the segments having the repeating audio or video portions as segments of a second content type. determining a quantity of segments, of the plurality of segments (203a-203g), having repeating audio or video portions; and responsive to the quantity of segments satisfying a threshold quantity of segments, categorizing (335, 630), using the selected one or more segment classification algorithms, segments, of the plurality of segments (203a-203g), without the repeating audio or video portions as segments of a first content type and categorizing (335, 630) the segments having the repeating audio or video portions as segments of a second content type.
A method for monitoring an ignition sequence of an engine, in particular a turbomachine engine, comprising the following steps: (i) determining, from a number of sparking operations of an ignition plug of the engine necessary to put the engine into operation, a time of ignition of the engine for a determined startup parameter, (ii) comparing the thus determined engine ignition time with a reference ignition time expected for a reference engine and for this startup parameter, said comparison step being carried out by comparing the number of sparking operations of the ignition plug of the engine with a number of expected sparking operations of an ignition plug of the reference engine, (iii) deducing from an indicator that the engine is put into operation, (iv) repeating the steps (i) to (iii) for this startup parameter, each time the sequence puts the engine into operation, and (v) depending on the evolution of the indicator, generating an alert of degradation of the ignition sequence of the engine. (i) determining, from a number of sparking operations of an ignition plug of the engine necessary to put the engine into operation, a time of ignition of the engine for a determined startup parameter, (ii) comparing the thus determined engine ignition time with a reference ignition time expected for a reference engine and for this startup parameter, said comparison step being carried out by comparing the number of sparking operations of the ignition plug of the engine with a number of expected sparking operations of an ignition plug of the reference engine, (iii) deducing from an indicator that the engine is put into operation, (iv) repeating the steps (i) to (iii) for this startup parameter, each time the sequence puts the engine into operation, and (v) depending on the evolution of the indicator, generating an alert of degradation of the ignition sequence of the engine.
Blade tool arrangement for a motor driven kitchen device adapted to be rotationally driven, comprising: - a clutch adapted to couple the blade tool arrangement to a corresponding motor clutch of the kitchen device - at least one blade (9, 10), each of the at least one blade (9, 10) comprising a wavy shaped cutting edge (7, 8) arranged towards the rotation direction of the motor; characterized in that, each of the at least one blade (9, 10) is bent by 1° - 20° in the width of up to 20 mm, preferably 3 - 10 mm to one side from the original plane of the blade (9, 10) in its front portion which includes the cutting edge (7, 8), the bent front portion having been sharpened into a planar grindable surface resulting in the wavy shaped cutting edge (7, 8), the plane of the grindable surface being at an angle of between -12° and 12° in relation to the original plane of the blade (9,10), wherein said grindable surface is implemented in such a way that re-sharpening of the cutting edge (7, 8) by a user of the kitchen device is allowed. - a clutch adapted to couple the blade tool arrangement to a corresponding motor clutch of the kitchen device - at least one blade (9, 10), each of the at least one blade (9, 10) comprising a wavy shaped cutting edge (7, 8) arranged towards the rotation direction of the motor;