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A system for suppressing transient noise, the system comprising: a plurality of input sensors adapted to input audio signals captured from one or more sources, wherein the audio signals contain voice data and transient noise captured by the input sensors; a reference sensor adapted to input a reference signal containing data about the transient noise, wherein the reference sensor is located separately from the input sensors; and a plurality of filters adapted to selectively filter the transient noise from the audio signals to extract the voice data based on the data contained in the reference signal, and output an enhanced audio signal containing the extracted voice data, wherein each of the filters is a broadband finite impulse response filter. a plurality of input sensors adapted to input audio signals captured from one or more sources, wherein the audio signals contain voice data and transient noise captured by the input sensors; a reference sensor adapted to input a reference signal containing data about the transient noise, wherein the reference sensor is located separately from the input sensors; and a plurality of filters adapted to selectively filter the transient noise from the audio signals to extract the voice data based on the data contained in the reference signal, and output an enhanced audio signal containing the extracted voice data, wherein each of the filters is a broadband finite impulse response filter.
A vehicle that is caused to travel by rotating an output shaft coupled to a drive wheel using drive power generated by at least one of an engine and a motor, the vehicle comprising: a generator that generates electric power using the power of the engine; a battery configured to be connectable to the motor and the generator; and a control apparatus that controls the motor and the generator, wherein the control apparatus drives the motor through pulse width modulation control when a vehicle speed is lower than a threshold (Vsh) and wherein the control apparatus drives the motor through rectangular control in which the motor can output a larger torque but poor controllability in comparison with the pulse width modulation control, when the vehicle speed exceeds the threshold, the control apparatus performs battery-less travel control in which the battery is disconnected from the motor and the generator and the motor is driven using the electric power generated by the generator when an abnormality occurs in the battery, and during the battery-less travel control, the control apparatus suppresses execution of the rectangular control by implementing a vehicle speed limitation. a generator that generates electric power using the power of the engine; a battery configured to be connectable to the motor and the generator; and a control apparatus that controls the motor and the generator, wherein the control apparatus drives the motor through pulse width modulation control when a vehicle speed is lower than a threshold (Vsh) and wherein the control apparatus drives the motor through rectangular control in which the motor can output a larger torque but poor controllability in comparison with the pulse width modulation control, when the vehicle speed exceeds the threshold, the control apparatus performs battery-less travel control in which the battery is disconnected from the motor and the generator and the motor is driven using the electric power generated by the generator when an abnormality occurs in the battery, and during the battery-less travel control, the control apparatus suppresses execution of the rectangular control by implementing a vehicle speed limitation.
A safety wall intended to be placed in front of at least one obstacle for partially absorbing a collision impact with the said obstacle, the said safety wall comprising a first element comprising an intake arranged to be connected to a pressurised air source, the said first element being arranged so that it can be inflated with air to a first predetermined pressure and having a collision zone, the said first element further being connected to a second element arranged to be inflated with air to a second predetermined pressure, characterized in that: the said first element communicates with the said second element via at least one decompression valve allowing transfer of the air contained in the said first element towards the said second element over and above a pressure threshold in the said first element, the said second element also having at least one evacuation valve evacuating air externally and arranged to allow transfer of the air contained in said second element towards a surrounding medium over and above a predetermined pressure threshold in said second element. the said first element communicates with the said second element via at least one decompression valve allowing transfer of the air contained in the said first element towards the said second element over and above a pressure threshold in the said first element, the said second element also having at least one evacuation valve evacuating air externally and arranged to allow transfer of the air contained in said second element towards a surrounding medium over and above a predetermined pressure threshold in said second element.
A linear projector for projecting a linear beam of light, which has a large ratio of beam dimensions in orthogonal directions transverse to the direction of propagation, on a distant object, the projector comprising: an array of independently-controllable laser diode bars (44A-Z) distributed along a common axis, each of the independently-controllable laser diode bars configured to emit a beam of light in an emission direction,D E, orthogonal to the common axis, the emitted beam of light diverging about the emission direction at a first divergence angle in the plane including the emission direction and a fast-axis direction, D FA, and diverging about the emission direction at a second divergence angle in the plane including the emission direction and a slow-axis direction, D SA, wherein the second divergence angle is less than the first divergence angle; and a lens stack (45,46,48,50) configured to collimate the beam of light emitted by each of the independently-controllable laser diode bars in the fast-axis direction and diverge the beam of light emitted by each of the independently-controllable laser diode bars in the slow-axis direction, the projector characterized by being configured to energize the laser diode bars (44A-Z) in a sequence from a top row of the bars to a bottom row of the bars, so as to generate a corresponding sequence of linear beams focused at different angles of elevation with respect to the projector. an array of independently-controllable laser diode bars (44A-Z) distributed along a common axis, each of the independently-controllable laser diode bars configured to emit a beam of light in an emission direction,D E, orthogonal to the common axis, the emitted beam of light diverging about the emission direction at a first divergence angle in the plane including the emission direction and a fast-axis direction, D FA, and diverging about the emission direction at a second divergence angle in the plane including the emission direction and a slow-axis direction, D SA, wherein the second divergence angle is less than the first divergence angle; and a lens stack (45,46,48,50) configured to collimate the beam of light emitted by each of the independently-controllable laser diode bars in the fast-axis direction and diverge the beam of light emitted by each of the independently-controllable laser diode bars in the slow-axis direction, the projector characterized by being configured to energize the laser diode bars (44A-Z) in a sequence from a top row of the bars to a bottom row of the bars, so as to generate a corresponding sequence of linear beams focused at different angles of elevation with respect to the projector.
A fine bubble-containing liquid generating apparatus (1, 1a) comprising: a generator including a lead-in part adapted to lead in liquid under pressure and gas, a pressurized-liquid generating tank comprising an interior which is adapted to be pressurized to a state in which a pressure is higher than atmospheric pressure, wherein the pressurized-liquid generating tank is adapted to dissolve the gas led in from said lead-in part in the liquid under pressure and a pressurized liquid is generated, and a discharge part formed as a fine-bubble generating nozzle adapted to generate and discharge liquid that contains fine bubbles of the gas from said pressurized liquid provided from said pressurized-liquid generating tank to discharge; a circulation passage adapted to return the liquid discharged from said fine-bubble generating nozzle to said lead-in part in a state in which the liquid is isolated from outside air; an extraction part adapted to extract, as a fine-bubble containing liquid, part of liquid circulating through said generator and said circulation passage; and a replenisher (14, 14a) adapted to replenish said circulation passage with liquid to maintain an amount of liquid circulating through said generator and said circulation passage. a generator including a lead-in part adapted to lead in liquid under pressure and gas, a pressurized-liquid generating tank comprising an interior which is adapted to be pressurized to a state in which a pressure is higher than atmospheric pressure, wherein the pressurized-liquid generating tank is adapted to dissolve the gas led in from said lead-in part in the liquid under pressure and a pressurized liquid is generated, and a discharge part formed as a fine-bubble generating nozzle adapted to generate and discharge liquid that contains fine bubbles of the gas from said pressurized liquid provided from said pressurized-liquid generating tank to discharge; a circulation passage adapted to return the liquid discharged from said fine-bubble generating nozzle to said lead-in part in a state in which the liquid is isolated from outside air; an extraction part adapted to extract, as a fine-bubble containing liquid, part of liquid circulating through said generator and said circulation passage; and a replenisher (14, 14a) adapted to replenish said circulation passage with liquid to maintain an amount of liquid circulating through said generator and said circulation passage.
A low-pressure casting secondary pressure process for an aluminum wheel, comprising low-pressure filling and secondary pressurization, wherein the holding pressure is delayed for a period of time after a mold cavity is full of molten aluminum alloy under the low-pressure filling process, and the mold cavity is closed after a rim is completely solidified under low pressure feeding; wherein five extrusion rods at corresponding positions of the wheel center of the aluminum wheel move down to apply mechanical pressure for secondary pressure feeding of the aluminum wheel to realize sequential solidification, until the forming process of crystallization and solidification of a casting is completed; a low pressure holding delay stage should be set after the cavity is full of the molten aluminum alloy and before a sprue spreader is lowered to seal the low pressure in a holding furnace, in which the pressure holding time is between 10 and 20 seconds; the sprue spreader is in clearance fit with a center sprue with a clearance distance of 0 to 2 mm; the clearance fit surface of the sprue spreader and the center sprue is a tapered surface, and in order to facilitate de-molding, the tapered angle is between 0° and 5°; before the center extrusion rods move down, a water cooling holding delay stage is set, and the delayed pressure holding time is between 10 and 20 seconds; the lowering stage of the center extrusion rods is divided into first low speed and then high speed, the lowering speed at the low-speed stage of the lowering process of the center extrusion rods is 0 to 0.2 mm/s, the lowering speed at the high-speed stage of the lowering process of the center extrusion rods is 0.5 to 0.8 mm/s, and the cross section diameters of the center extrusion rods are 50 mm.
A microwave generator system for use in a microwave plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition (MPECVD) system, the microwave generator system comprising: a microwave generator unit configured to produce microwaves at an operating power output suitable for fabricating synthetic diamond material via a chemical vapour deposition process; a fault detection system configured to detect a fault in the microwave generator unit which results in a reduction in the operating power output or a change in frequency, wherein the fault detection system is configured to detect at least one of a tube arcing fault and a π-1 oscillation mode fault; and a re-start system configured to restart the microwave generator unit in response to a fault being detected and recover the operating power output or frequency in a time period of less than 10 seconds after the fault in the microwave generator unit which caused the reduction in the operating power output or the change in frequency. a microwave generator unit configured to produce microwaves at an operating power output suitable for fabricating synthetic diamond material via a chemical vapour deposition process; a fault detection system configured to detect a fault in the microwave generator unit which results in a reduction in the operating power output or a change in frequency, wherein the fault detection system is configured to detect at least one of a tube arcing fault and a π-1 oscillation mode fault; and a re-start system configured to restart the microwave generator unit in response to a fault being detected and recover the operating power output or frequency in a time period of less than 10 seconds after the fault in the microwave generator unit which caused the reduction in the operating power output or the change in frequency.
A method of producing liposomes free of organic solvents, the method being without the use of organic solvents using high shear mixing for hydrating a lipid powder in an aqueous solution, wherein the lipid powder is a homogenous mixture where one lipid component is a quaternary ammonium compound having the general formula NR 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 -X wherein R 1 and R 2 independently each is a short chain alkyl group containing from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R 3 is independently hydrogen or a methyl or an alkyl group containing from 12 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably 14 to 18 carbon atoms, R4 is independently a hydrocarbon group containing from 12 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably from 14 to 18 carbon atoms, and X is a nontoxic pharmaceutically acceptable anion, and one component is a neutral lipid or a glycolipid, wherein said lipid powder is obtained without the use of organic solvents from a supercritical fluid or by cooling of a melt, and wherein said high shear mixing is based on the rotor-stator principle.
A monitoring system comprising: an acoustic signal providing unit, providing an acoustic signal indicative of at least one physiological variable of a subject, a feature extraction unit that is configured to provide a detection signal based on spectral representations of successive overlapping time windows of the acoustic signal, wherein said detection signal is a time-series of features extracted from said spectral representations, thereby the detection signal being a signal in the time domain that reflects the local structure of the acoustic signal in a simplified form; a detection signal decomposition unit that is configured to decompose the detection signal into at least one detection signal component; and a physiological variable providing unit that is configured to derive said at least one physiological variable from at least one reconstructed physiological signal, wherein said at least one reconstructed physiological signal is based on said at least one detection signal component. an acoustic signal providing unit, providing an acoustic signal indicative of at least one physiological variable of a subject, a feature extraction unit that is configured to provide a detection signal based on spectral representations of successive overlapping time windows of the acoustic signal, wherein said detection signal is a time-series of features extracted from said spectral representations, thereby the detection signal being a signal in the time domain that reflects the local structure of the acoustic signal in a simplified form; a detection signal decomposition unit that is configured to decompose the detection signal into at least one detection signal component; and a physiological variable providing unit that is configured to derive said at least one physiological variable from at least one reconstructed physiological signal, wherein said at least one reconstructed physiological signal is based on said at least one detection signal component.
A method for improving the freeze/thaw stability of an aqueous coating composition comprising an aqueous polymeric dispersion, the method comprising adding the compound of Formula 1 to the aqueous coating composition: wherein n = 3 to 10 and further comprising adding at least one coalescent to the aqueous coating composition, wherein the coalescent comprises at least one of propylene glycol phenyl ether, ethylene glycol phenyl ether, dipropylene glycol n-butyl ether, ethylene glycol n-butyl ether benzoate, tripropylene glycol n-butyl ether, 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol monoisobutyrate, triethylene glycol bis-2-ethylhexanoate, tributyl citrate and a compound of Formula 2: wherein 5 to 10 percent by weight of the compound of Formula 1 is added, based on the weight of the polymeric dispersion solids.
A method of detecting the occurrence of HPV-induced high-grade precancerous cervical lesions and/or HPV-induced invasive cervical cancers comprising assaying a cervico-vaginal lavage sample for the presence of an alteration in methylation of T-lymphocyte maturation associated protein and hsa-miR124, wherein said alteration indicates the presence of HPV-induced precursor lesions with invasive potential and/or HPV-induced invasive cancers.
A wireless network element operably couplable to an antenna array, wherein the antenna array comprises a plurality of radiating elements where at least one first radiating element of the plurality of radiating elements is arranged to create a radiation pattern in a sector of a communication cell, wherein the wireless network element comprises: a receiver arranged to receive at least one signal from the at least one remote wireless communication unit via the at least one first radiating element; and wherein the wireless network element is characterised by: a beam scanning module operably coupled to at least one receiver for sweeping the radiation pattern through the sector of the communication cell, and process the at least one received signal from the at least one remote wireless communication unit to identify signal parameters representative of incoming signal power and angle of arrival in order to log user activity within the communication cell, wherein the beam scanning module is operably couplable to a database for recording values representative of incoming signal power and angle of arrival for at least one remote wireless communication unit when sweeping the radiation pattern through the sector of the communication cell. a receiver arranged to receive at least one signal from the at least one remote wireless communication unit via the at least one first radiating element; and a beam scanning module operably coupled to at least one receiver for sweeping the radiation pattern through the sector of the communication cell, and process the at least one received signal from the at least one remote wireless communication unit to identify signal parameters representative of incoming signal power and angle of arrival in order to log user activity within the communication cell,
A lighting device comprising a light source configured to generate light source light and a light converter element, wherein the light converter element comprises a light transmissive matrix, wherein the light transmissive matrix comprises: (i) a first luminescent material configured to convert at least part of one or more of (a) the light source light and (b) optionally a second luminescent material light from an optional second luminescent material into a first luminescent material light; and (ii) a thermo-responsive liquid crystalline compound; wherein the light transmissive matrix is configured in thermal contact with the light source, wherein the lighting device is further configured to provide lighting device light comprising said light source light, said first luminescent material light and optionally said second luminescent material light, and wherein said light converter element is arranged for changing one or more of the color and color temperature of the lighting device light with the electrical power provided to the light source. (i) a first luminescent material configured to convert at least part of one or more of (a) the light source light and (b) optionally a second luminescent material light from an optional second luminescent material into a first luminescent material light; and (ii) a thermo-responsive liquid crystalline compound;