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A hearing aid configured to be worn by a user, fully or partially on the head of the user, the hearing aid comprising • At least one input transducer for converting a sound comprising a target sound from a target talker and additional sound in an environment of the user, when the user wears the hearing aid, to an electric sound signal representative of said sound, • an auxiliary input unit comprising receiver circuitry for receiving a signal E s (n) representing said target sound or characteristics thereof, and configured to provide an auxiliary electric signal (e s (n)) representative of said target sound or properties thereof, • a processor connected to said input transducer and to said auxiliary input unit, and wherein said processor is configured to apply a noise reduction algorithm to said electric sound signal, or a signal derived therefrom, to provide an enhanced signal by attenuating components of said additional sound relative to components of said target sound in said electric sound signal, or in said signal derived therefrom, characterised in that said auxiliary electric signal is derived from visual information from a camera containing information of a current mechanical vibration of a facial or throat region of said target talker originating from the vocal cords of said target talker, and wherein said noise reduction algorithm is configured to use said auxiliary electric signal or said signal derived therefrom to provide said enhanced signal. • At least one input transducer for converting a sound comprising a target sound from a target talker and additional sound in an environment of the user, when the user wears the hearing aid, to an electric sound signal representative of said sound, • an auxiliary input unit comprising receiver circuitry for receiving a signal E s (n) representing said target sound or characteristics thereof, and configured to provide an auxiliary electric signal (e s (n)) representative of said target sound or properties thereof, • a processor connected to said input transducer and to said auxiliary input unit, and wherein said processor is configured to apply a noise reduction algorithm to said electric sound signal, or a signal derived therefrom, to provide an enhanced signal by attenuating components of said additional sound relative to components of said target sound in said electric sound signal, or in said signal derived therefrom,
A robotic tool positioner for positioning tooling or testing equipment in a tube array wherein the tube array has a plurality of tube openings, wherein said positioner comprises: a housing comprising at least one gripper; a sliding body comprising at least three grippers; all grippers being individually extendable from the robotic tool positioner and into a tube opening for engaging the tube and all grippers also being individually retractable back towards the robotic tool positioner; and the housing being movable when the at least three grippers engage a tube and the at least one gripper is retracted from another tube, so that the housing can be moved and repositioned relative to the tube array by the movement. a housing comprising at least one gripper; a sliding body comprising at least three grippers; all grippers being individually extendable from the robotic tool positioner and into a tube opening for engaging the tube and all grippers also being individually retractable back towards the robotic tool positioner; and the housing being movable when the at least three grippers engage a tube and the at least one gripper is retracted from another tube, so that the housing can be moved and repositioned relative to the tube array by the movement.
A vapor etching method comprising: (a) locating a sample to be etched in a main chamber; (b) following step (a), causing atmosphere inside the main chamber to be evacuated therefrom; (c) following the evacuation of the main chamber, causing etching gas to be input into the main chamber; (d) following step (c), causing the etching gas to be evacuated from the main chamber; (e) following step (d), causing cooling/purging gas to be input into the main chamber; (f) following step (e), causing the cooling/purging gas to be evacuated from the main chamber; and (g) repeating steps (c) - (f) until the sample has been etched to a desired extent, wherein: between steps (c) and (d), the etching gas is caused to remain in the main chamber for a specified period of time for etching the sample; between steps (e) and (f), the cooling/purging gas input into the main chamber is allowed to remain in the main chamber for a sufficient period of time to reduce the temperature of the sample to a desired temperature; the etching gas is xenon difluoride, krypton difluoride, or a halogen fluoride; and the cooling/purging gas is helium, nitrogen, or argon. (a) locating a sample to be etched in a main chamber; (b) following step (a), causing atmosphere inside the main chamber to be evacuated therefrom; (c) following the evacuation of the main chamber, causing etching gas to be input into the main chamber; (d) following step (c), causing the etching gas to be evacuated from the main chamber; (e) following step (d), causing cooling/purging gas to be input into the main chamber; (f) following step (e), causing the cooling/purging gas to be evacuated from the main chamber; and (g) repeating steps (c) - (f) until the sample has been etched to a desired extent, wherein: between steps (c) and (d), the etching gas is caused to remain in the main chamber for a specified period of time for etching the sample; between steps (e) and (f), the cooling/purging gas input into the main chamber is allowed to remain in the main chamber for a sufficient period of time to reduce the temperature of the sample to a desired temperature; the etching gas is xenon difluoride, krypton difluoride, or a halogen fluoride; and the cooling/purging gas is helium, nitrogen, or argon. between steps (c) and (d), the etching gas is caused to remain in the main chamber for a specified period of time for etching the sample; between steps (e) and (f), the cooling/purging gas input into the main chamber is allowed to remain in the main chamber for a sufficient period of time to reduce the temperature of the sample to a desired temperature; the etching gas is xenon difluoride, krypton difluoride, or a halogen fluoride; and the cooling/purging gas is helium, nitrogen, or argon.
A method for improving NarrowBand Internet of Things, NB-IoT, radio network utilization by establishing a connection procedure between a base station, eNodeB, and a user equipment, UE, the UE trying to connect to a first radio frequency band, where the eNodeB sends a SystemInformationBlockType5-NB message, which comprises other radio frequency bands of interest that are supported by the eNodeB, to the UE and the UE sends a RRCConnectionRequest message, which comprises information about signal conditions of cells that have been found on the other radio frequency bands at the UE provided by measurement results obtained in idle mode, back to the eNodeB and the eNodeB configures the UE with an additional NB-IoT carrier using a RRCConntectionSetup message, so that multi-carrier operations are performable across the other radio frequency bands, that are supported by the eNodeB.
A plate heat exchanger for treatment of a medium, comprising a number of compression-molded heat exchanger plates, which are successively provided in a plate package and which form first plate interspaces and second plate interspaces, wherein the first plate interspaces and the second plate interspaces are provided in an alternating order in the plate package, where the inlet and outlets (17, 18, 42, 43, 50) of the heat exchanger plate are located in a centre portion of the plate heat exchanger, and where the plate package is arranged between end plates on each side of the plate package, wherein at least one of the end plates are provided with connections in the centre portion of the at least one end plate and the location of the connections on the at least one end plate correspond to the location of the inlet and outlets of the heat exchanger plate, wherein at least one connection (19, 20, 44, 45, 55) of the end plate is arranged in a connecting part on the end plate, where the connecting part extends along a vertical axis of the end plate corresponding to the centre axis of heat exchanger plate, characterized in that the connecting part projects from the end plate in a direction away from the plate package and the connecting part is arranged as a reinforcement part of the end plate.
A method for obtaining data relating to the performance of a plurality of participants in a sporting event held on a playing surface, comprising the steps of: determining the position of each participant on the playing surface at different times from an indication of the location of each participant in a calibrated video image of the playing surface captured at different times; storing position data indicating the position of each participant at different times, characterised in that the method further comprises: indicating the occurrence of a match event by identifying the match event from a video image of the sporting event; storing match event data time correlated with the position data for all of the plurality of participants, wherein the match event data indicates the nature of the match event, the participant associated with the match event and an indication of the time of the match; and determining a playing object trajectory data set from the stored match event data and the position data so that the trajectory of the playing object can be determined without tracking the trajectory of the playing object. determining the position of each participant on the playing surface at different times from an indication of the location of each participant in a calibrated video image of the playing surface captured at different times; storing position data indicating the position of each participant at different times, characterised in that the method further comprises: indicating the occurrence of a match event by identifying the match event from a video image of the sporting event; storing match event data time correlated with the position data for all of the plurality of participants, wherein the match event data indicates the nature of the match event, the participant associated with the match event and an indication of the time of the match; and determining a playing object trajectory data set from the stored match event data and the position data so that the trajectory of the playing object can be determined without tracking the trajectory of the playing object. indicating the occurrence of a match event by identifying the match event from a video image of the sporting event; storing match event data time correlated with the position data for all of the plurality of participants, wherein the match event data indicates the nature of the match event, the participant associated with the match event and an indication of the time of the match; and determining a playing object trajectory data set from the stored match event data and the position data so that the trajectory of the playing object can be determined without tracking the trajectory of the playing object.
A terminal block device configured to be coupled to a seat that is part of a motor main body, wherein the seat includes a space for insertion of a first wire, the first wire extends through the space and is then bent to extend in an axial direction of a rotation shaft of the motor main body, the terminal block device, comprising: a terminal block formed from an insulative material and configured to be coupled to the seat; and a terminal unit arranged on the terminal block and configured to electrically connect the first wire and a second wire, wherein the terminal block includes a lower terminal block and an upper terminal block which is configured to cover the first wire extending out of the space, when the terminal block device is coupled to the motor main body, a direction in which the first wire extends out of the space toward the terminal unit is an extension direction of the first wire, and the terminal block device is configured such that, when it is coupled to the motor main body, the seat, a partition wall, and the first wire are arranged next to one another in the extension direction so that the partition wall is located between the seat and the first wire inserted through the space, characterized in that the upper terminal block includes the partition wall, and the lower terminal block includes an opening open in the axial direction of the rotation shaft, wherein the opening is configured to be connected to the space when the lower terminal block is fastened to the seat. a terminal block formed from an insulative material and configured to be coupled to the seat; and a terminal unit arranged on the terminal block and configured to electrically connect the first wire and a second wire, wherein the terminal block includes a lower terminal block and an upper terminal block which is configured to cover the first wire extending out of the space, when the terminal block device is coupled to the motor main body, a direction in which the first wire extends out of the space toward the terminal unit is an extension direction of the first wire, and the terminal block device is configured such that, when it is coupled to the motor main body, the seat, a partition wall, and the first wire are arranged next to one another in the extension direction so that the partition wall is located between the seat and the first wire inserted through the space, characterized in that the upper terminal block includes the partition wall, and the lower terminal block includes an opening open in the axial direction of the rotation shaft, wherein the opening is configured to be connected to the space when the lower terminal block is fastened to the seat.
A label printer cassette comprising: a housing having a length dimension and a width dimension, wherein the length dimension and the width dimension define a generally rectangular shape; a supply of image receiving medium; a supply of ink ribbon provided on an ink ribbon supply spool; an ink ribbon take up spool; a print area for receiving at least part of a print mechanism of said label printer, wherein said supply of image receiving medium is arranged to one side of said supply of ink ribbon, said ink ribbon take up spool and said print area, characterised in that an axis of rotation of said ink ribbon supply spool, an axis of rotation of said ink ribbon take up spool, and said print area are linearly arranged in a straight line substantially parallel to the width dimension of the housing; and in that said supply of ink ribbon is provided adjacent to said print area, between said print area and said ink ribbon take up spool. a housing having a length dimension and a width dimension, wherein the length dimension and the width dimension define a generally rectangular shape; a supply of image receiving medium; a supply of ink ribbon provided on an ink ribbon supply spool; an ink ribbon take up spool; a print area for receiving at least part of a print mechanism of said label printer, wherein said supply of image receiving medium is arranged to one side of said supply of ink ribbon, said ink ribbon take up spool and said print area, characterised in that an axis of rotation of said ink ribbon supply spool, an axis of rotation of said ink ribbon take up spool, and said print area are linearly arranged in a straight line substantially parallel to the width dimension of the housing; and in that said supply of ink ribbon is provided adjacent to said print area, between said print area and said ink ribbon take up spool.
A conveying device for conveying goods on a transport surface, wherein an apparatus for position determination is provided at a stationary carrier of the conveying device and at least one code pattern is applied to the moving transport surface such that it is scanned by the optical scanning unit on a movement of the transport surface, wherein the apparatus for position determination comprises: an optical scanning unit which is to be moved relative to a surface, the optical scanning unit including an image sensor for detecting light intensity patterns of light which is reflected by the surface and preferably including an imaging optics for focusing the light onto the image sensor; and an electronic processing unit which is associated with the image sensor and which is configured to determine a traveled movement path and/or a movement speed of the optical scanning unit relative to the surface from a difference between light intensity patterns detected after one another in time, characterized in that the or a further processing unit is configured to produce an intensity correlated signal which correlates with the intensity of the light reflected by the surface, with an evaluation device being associated with the image sensor and being configured to recognize a graphical code pattern located on the surface with respect to the intensity correlated signal and to read out information from the code pattern, with a regulator being provided which uses the intensity correlated signal as an adjustment signal for regulating an amplification factor of an input amplifier of the processing unit of the optical scanning unit or for regulating an amplification factor of an output amplifier adapting the power of a light source of the optical scanning unit. an optical scanning unit which is to be moved relative to a surface, the optical scanning unit including an image sensor for detecting light intensity patterns of light which is reflected by the surface and preferably including an imaging optics for focusing the light onto the image sensor; and an electronic processing unit which is associated with the image sensor and which is configured to determine a traveled movement path and/or a movement speed of the optical scanning unit relative to the surface from a difference between light intensity patterns detected after one another in time, characterized in that the or a further processing unit is configured to produce an intensity correlated signal which correlates with the intensity of the light reflected by the surface, with an evaluation device being associated with the image sensor and being configured to recognize a graphical code pattern located on the surface with respect to the intensity correlated signal and to read out information from the code pattern, with a regulator being provided which uses the intensity correlated signal as an adjustment signal for regulating an amplification factor of an input amplifier of the processing unit of the optical scanning unit or for regulating an amplification factor of an output amplifier adapting the power of a light source of the optical scanning unit.
An uninterruptable power supply, comprising: a positive DC bus, a neutral DC bus, and a negative DC bus; a battery charger circuit having an inductor, a first diode, a second diode, a first charger output and a second charger output, the first diode being coupled to a first end of the inductor and the second diode being coupled between a second end of the inductor and the first charger output; a first switch connected to the first end of the inductor and configured to selectively couple the positive DC bus with the first charger output via the inductor and the second diode; and a second switch connected to the second end of the inductor and configured to selectively couple the negative DC bus with the inductor; wherein the neutral DC bus is coupled to the second charger output and, via the first diode, to the first end of the inductor; and wherein the battery charger circuit is configured to draw power from at least one of the positive DC bus and the negative DC bus to charge a battery coupled to the first charger output and the second charger output. a positive DC bus, a neutral DC bus, and a negative DC bus; a battery charger circuit having an inductor, a first diode, a second diode, a first charger output and a second charger output, the first diode being coupled to a first end of the inductor and the second diode being coupled between a second end of the inductor and the first charger output; a first switch connected to the first end of the inductor and configured to selectively couple the positive DC bus with the first charger output via the inductor and the second diode; and a second switch connected to the second end of the inductor and configured to selectively couple the negative DC bus with the inductor; wherein the neutral DC bus is coupled to the second charger output and, via the first diode, to the first end of the inductor; and wherein the battery charger circuit is configured to draw power from at least one of the positive DC bus and the negative DC bus to charge a battery coupled to the first charger output and the second charger output.
A method of forming a hexagonal tube bundle, which comprises: forming strips of conductive material into corrugated strips, abrading intended abutting portions of the corrugated strips, applying adhesive to the abraded mating surface(s), and assembling multiple ones of the corrugated strips with corrugations in abutting relationship until the desired bundle size has been achieved. forming strips of conductive material into corrugated strips, abrading intended abutting portions of the corrugated strips, applying adhesive to the abraded mating surface(s), and assembling multiple ones of the corrugated strips with corrugations in abutting relationship until the desired bundle size has been achieved.
A combustion system with an exhaust gas duct for discharging an exhaust gas and, arranged therein, a catalyst device through which the exhaust gas can flow for catalytic exhaust gas purification, which catalyst device has inlet openings for the exhaust gas on the inlet side, a cleaning device being provided on the inlet side which comprises a cleaning brush for mechanically removing deposits on the inlet side, characterised in that the cleaning brush covers only a subregion of the inlet side and is displaceable over the inlet side and in that the cleaning brush is of roller-shaped construction and is rotatable about a roller longitudinal axis.
Application unit for applying a sealing profile to a body component serving to close a body opening, comprising a rolling head, wherein the sealing profile is guided along a curved first path in an interior of the rolling head during an operating situation, and an alignment device with a plurality of alignment elements which are movable between an open position and an approximated position on a base frame of the alignment device, characterized in that a sealing profile guided between the alignment elements in the approximated position assumes a second path corresponding to the first path during an operating situation of the rolling head, wherein the rolling head and/or the alignment device are movable relative to one another between a starting position and a transfer position and the rolling head and the alignment device are arranged at a distance from one another in the starting position and at least approximately to one another in the transfer position. a rolling head, wherein the sealing profile is guided along a curved first path in an interior of the rolling head during an operating situation, and an alignment device with a plurality of alignment elements which are movable between an open position and an approximated position on a base frame of the alignment device, characterized in that a sealing profile guided between the alignment elements in the approximated position assumes a second path corresponding to the first path during an operating situation of the rolling head, wherein the rolling head and/or the alignment device are movable relative to one another between a starting position and a transfer position and the rolling head and the alignment device are arranged at a distance from one another in the starting position and at least approximately to one another in the transfer position.