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A method for detecting the angular positions of the blades of a rotor wheel of a turbine engine, the turbine engine having at least two rotor wheels (3, 17) each having a stream of air passing therethrough and being coupled together directly or indirectly, the first wheel having a first number of blades (31 to 35) regularly distributed around its circumference and the second wheel having a second number of blades (171, 177) regularly distributed around its circumference, wherein the method comprises detecting the passage of each blade (31 to 35) of the first wheel past a first sensor, detecting the passage of each blade (171 to 177) of the second wheel past a second sensor, calculating the time intervals between the passage of a blade of the first wheel and the passages of each of the blades (171 to 177) of the second wheel, and determining the relative angular position of each blade (31 to 35) of the first wheel relative to the angular positions of the blades (171 to 177) of the second wheel, the first number of blades of the first wheel and the second number of blades of the second wheel being distinct and mutually prime.
A cargo ship, comprising a plurality of Magnus rotors, wherein an individually actuable electric motor is associated with each of the plurality of Magnus rotors to rotate the Magnus rotor, wherein a converter is associated with each electric motor to control the rotary speed and/or the direction of rotation of the electric motor, a central control unit connected to the converters for controlling the individual converters to control the rotary speed and/or the direction of rotation of the Magnus rotors respectively independently of the other Magnus rotors, an electric motor as the main drive of the ship, wherein a converter is associated with the electric motor for controlling the electric motor, wherein the control unit in a first operating mode actuates the Magnus rotors in such a way that a maximum propulsion is obtained, wherein the difference between the desired propulsion and the propulsion obtained by the rotation of the Magnus rotors is obtained by the electric motor, in a second operating mode shuts down the Magnus rotors and the desired propulsion is obtained by the electric motor, and in a third operating mode actuates the Magnus rotors in such a way that a propulsion is obtained by the Magnus rotors, which is less than the maximum propulsion of the Magnus rotors, wherein the difference of the desired propulsion and the propulsion obtained by the rotation of the Magnus rotors is obtained by the electric motor, and a propeller which has an adjustable pitch angle and is driven by the electric motor, an internal combustion engine coupled to an electric generator (G1, G2) to generate electrical energy, and an operating unit for presetting the desired propulsion, wherein in the first operating mode the desired propulsion is the absolute or relative speed of the ship, wherein in the second operating mode the desired propulsion is adjustable by way of the pitch inclination of the pitch angle of the propeller, and wherein in the third operating mode the desired propulsion is the absolute or relative power of the electric motor.
Method for manufacturing a product made from red ceramic material for the bijouterie, horology or jewellery field, characterised in that it includes the following steps: a) mixing a ceramic powder chosen from zirconia, alumina and a mixture of zirconia and alumina, with a cerium sulphide pigment powder so as to obtain a homogeneous mixture of powders comprising a percentage by mass of cerium sulphide pigment of between 1% and 20%; b) flash sintering, by heating by electric-current pulses, of the homogeneous mixture of powders under vacuum in order to densify said mixture, said flash sintering being performed at a predetermined so-called sintering temperature of between 950°C and 1150°C and including a prior step b 1) of heating said homogeneous mixture of powders in accordance with a temperature profile comprising: • a first temperature-rise phase at a first rate A for a first length of time t 1, • and a second temperature-rise phase at a second rate B lower than the first rate A for a second period of time t 2, until the sintering temperature is reached. a) mixing a ceramic powder chosen from zirconia, alumina and a mixture of zirconia and alumina, with a cerium sulphide pigment powder so as to obtain a homogeneous mixture of powders comprising a percentage by mass of cerium sulphide pigment of between 1% and 20%; b) flash sintering, by heating by electric-current pulses, of the homogeneous mixture of powders under vacuum in order to densify said mixture, said flash sintering being performed at a predetermined so-called sintering temperature of between 950°C and 1150°C and including a prior step b 1) of heating said homogeneous mixture of powders in accordance with a temperature profile comprising: • a first temperature-rise phase at a first rate A for a first length of time t 1, • and a second temperature-rise phase at a second rate B lower than the first rate A for a second period of time t 2, until the sintering temperature is reached. • a first temperature-rise phase at a first rate A for a first length of time t 1, • and a second temperature-rise phase at a second rate B lower than the first rate A for a second period of time t 2, until the sintering temperature is reached.
A surface enhanced luminescence nano pillar stage comprising: a substrate; an array of closable pillars (26, 526) extending from the substrate; a fluid supply connected to the array of pillars (26, 526); and a controller; characterized in that the controller is configured to, during use of the surface enhanced luminescence nano pillar stage upon initial supply of fluid to the array of closable pillars (26, 526) by the fluid supply, adjust further supply of fluid from the fluid supply during evaporation of the fluid to at least partially replenish fluid amongst the pillars (26, 526) of the array that has evaporated to maintain a level of the fluid amongst the pillars (26, 526) of the array below tops of the pillars (26, 526). a substrate; an array of closable pillars (26, 526) extending from the substrate; a fluid supply connected to the array of pillars (26, 526); and a controller;
A base station for supporting a gateway which communicates with a terminal apparatus via a wireless local area network and provides a security tunnel for communication via the wireless local area network, comprising: an information obtaining unit configured to obtain a tunnel endpoint identifier of which one of the base station and a core network node notifies the other of the base station and the core network node, and a first communication processing unit configured to notify, of the tunnel endpoint identifier, the gateway. an information obtaining unit configured to obtain a tunnel endpoint identifier of which one of the base station and a core network node notifies the other of the base station and the core network node, and a first communication processing unit configured to notify, of the tunnel endpoint identifier, the gateway.
A method for modifying a cellular polymer foam with apparent porosity, preferably made from polyurethane, comprising the following steps: a) supplying a cellular polymer foam with apparent porosity (a), the mean equivalent diameter of the opening of the pores of the cellular polymer foam being comprised between 100 μm and 5,000 μm; b) placing said cellular polymer foam in contact with at least one compound (b) chosen from among compounds including at least one catechol unit, and preferably from among catecholamines, to obtain a cellular polymer foam comprising, on its surface, an intermediate phase formed from said compound including at least one catechol unit. a) supplying a cellular polymer foam with apparent porosity (a), the mean equivalent diameter of the opening of the pores of the cellular polymer foam being comprised between 100 μm and 5,000 μm; b) placing said cellular polymer foam in contact with at least one compound (b) chosen from among compounds including at least one catechol unit, and preferably from among catecholamines, to obtain a cellular polymer foam comprising, on its surface, an intermediate phase formed from said compound including at least one catechol unit.
An additive manufacturing processing machine comprising: a laser emission unit to emit laser light; a material supply unit to supply a material to be melted by the laser light to an optical path of the laser light; and a workpiece holding unit capable of holding a workpiece on which a shaped object is to be formed by the material molten by the laser light, characterized in that the workpiece holding unit includes: a first plate; a second plate provided closer to the laser emission unit than the first plate; a plurality of fins having plate surfaces, and the fins being sandwiched between the first plate and the second plate; a space is formed between the plate surfaces of the plurality of fins so as to let air through; and a thermal conductivity of the first plate is equal to or lower than thermal conductivities of the second plate and the fins. a laser emission unit to emit laser light; a material supply unit to supply a material to be melted by the laser light to an optical path of the laser light; and a workpiece holding unit capable of holding a workpiece on which a shaped object is to be formed by the material molten by the laser light, characterized in that the workpiece holding unit includes: a first plate; a second plate provided closer to the laser emission unit than the first plate; a plurality of fins having plate surfaces, and the fins being sandwiched between the first plate and the second plate; a space is formed between the plate surfaces of the plurality of fins so as to let air through; and a thermal conductivity of the first plate is equal to or lower than thermal conductivities of the second plate and the fins. a first plate; a second plate provided closer to the laser emission unit than the first plate; a plurality of fins having plate surfaces, and the fins being sandwiched between the first plate and the second plate; a space is formed between the plate surfaces of the plurality of fins so as to let air through; and a thermal conductivity of the first plate is equal to or lower than thermal conductivities of the second plate and the fins.
A multiple resonant antenna unit comprising: an electrically conductive surface element coupled to a point-like current feed region, a single, spiral antenna branch that is coplanar with and that extends from the surface element, the spiral antenna branch having a total length from the surface element to an end of the spiral antenna branch, wherein: the entirety of the spiral antenna branch forms a first resonant antenna structure for a lower frequency range, an end portion of the spiral antenna branch, having a partial length of the total length, forms a second resonant antenna structure for a higher frequency range, the end portion is coplanar with the surface element and is electromagnetically coupled to the surface element; and the surface element is interposed between the point-like current feed region and the spiral antenna branch. an electrically conductive surface element coupled to a point-like current feed region, a single, spiral antenna branch that is coplanar with and that extends from the surface element, the spiral antenna branch having a total length from the surface element to an end of the spiral antenna branch, wherein: the entirety of the spiral antenna branch forms a first resonant antenna structure for a lower frequency range, an end portion of the spiral antenna branch, having a partial length of the total length, forms a second resonant antenna structure for a higher frequency range, the end portion is coplanar with the surface element and is electromagnetically coupled to the surface element; and the surface element is interposed between the point-like current feed region and the spiral antenna branch. the entirety of the spiral antenna branch forms a first resonant antenna structure for a lower frequency range, an end portion of the spiral antenna branch, having a partial length of the total length, forms a second resonant antenna structure for a higher frequency range, the end portion is coplanar with the surface element and is electromagnetically coupled to the surface element; and the surface element is interposed between the point-like current feed region and the spiral antenna branch.
A method of manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly having both a catalytic layer and a gas diffusion layer on opposing surfaces of an electrolyte membrane, the method comprising: measuring thicknesses of the catalytic layer and the gas diffusion layer; determining a thickness of a gasket portion according to the thicknesses of the catalytic layer and the gas diffusion layer, wherein the thickness of the gasket portion is less than the thickness of both the catalytic layer and the gas diffusion layer; and molding the gasket portion having the determined thickness around at least a portion of the catalytic layer and the gas diffusion layer. measuring thicknesses of the catalytic layer and the gas diffusion layer; determining a thickness of a gasket portion according to the thicknesses of the catalytic layer and the gas diffusion layer, wherein the thickness of the gasket portion is less than the thickness of both the catalytic layer and the gas diffusion layer; and molding the gasket portion having the determined thickness around at least a portion of the catalytic layer and the gas diffusion layer.
Timepiece movement (2A,30,44,54) provided with an analogue display device for an item of information whose value varies periodically or intermittently, this analogue display device including an indicator (4A,4B,4C) for said information provided with a toothing (5A,5B,5C) and a mechanism for the periodic or intermittent driving of the indicator, said mechanism comprising a rotating wheel set whose pinion, in a meshing relationship with said toothing, is formed of two pins (34,36,46,56) which are diametrically opposite relative to the rotational axis of the rotating wheel set, these two pins being configured to alternately penetrate successive hollows (7A,7B,7C) in said toothing and to form a self-locking system when the timepiece movement is subjected to shocks, at least when the pinion is in either of the two tangential positions where the two pins are oriented substantially tangentially to the indicator toothing, each of the two pins having, in a general plane of said toothing perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rotating wheel set, a transverse profile having a first outer portion substantially in the arc of a circle centred on the axis of rotation, the two pins of said pinion being configured with respect to said indicator toothing such that there is a dead angle (α) for the driving of said indicator by said pinion in at least one direction of rotation from each of said two tangential positions of the pinion, said rotating wheel set thus does not drive the indicator in two dead angle zones defined inside an angular marker connected to the timepiece movement and centred on the axis of rotation of the rotating wheel set, said two dead angle zones including at least said dead angle respectively from the two tangential positions of the pinion, the first outer portion of the transverse profile of the two pins extending over an angular distance (β) substantially equal to or greater than said dead angle.
A dishwasher comprising: a circulation pump that supplies water to a nozzle; a drainage pump that discharges the water; a driving current supply unit that supplies a driving current to one of the circulation pump and the drainage pump; a controller that transmits a driving control signal to the driving current supply unit; and a door opening detection unit that detects whether a door of the dishwasher is an open state and, when the door is detected to be open, transmits a door opening detection signal to the controller and the driving current supply unit, wherein, when the door opening detection signal is received while the driving current is supplied to the circulation pump, the driving current supply unit stops the supply of the driving current to the circulation pump and characterised in that when the door detection signal is received the current supply unit supplies the driving current to the drainage pump. a circulation pump that supplies water to a nozzle; a drainage pump that discharges the water; a driving current supply unit that supplies a driving current to one of the circulation pump and the drainage pump; a controller that transmits a driving control signal to the driving current supply unit; and a door opening detection unit that detects whether a door of the dishwasher is an open state and, when the door is detected to be open, transmits a door opening detection signal to the controller and the driving current supply unit, wherein, when the door opening detection signal is received while the driving current is supplied to the circulation pump, the driving current supply unit stops the supply of the driving current to the circulation pump and characterised in that when the door detection signal is received the current supply unit supplies the driving current to the drainage pump.
A method for managing localization data at an electronic device comprising: generating, at the electronic device, localization data for the electronic device based on imagery captured at the electronic device and based on received non-visual pose information obtained from non-visual sensors; identifying a plurality of features of an environment of the electronic device based on the captured imagery, and assigning a quality value to each identified feature based on characteristics of features identified from the localization data, wherein the characteristics of the plurality of features comprise a consistency of position of each of the plurality of features in different images of the captured imagery; identifying a quality value threshold derived from at least one of an average of the quality values, a median of the quality values, and a value based on a number of quality values that exceed the quality value threshold; reducing the localization data based on characteristics of the plurality of features by removing data associated with features having a quality value below the quality value threshold; and mapping the environment of the electronic device based on the reduced localization data. generating, at the electronic device, localization data for the electronic device based on imagery captured at the electronic device and based on received non-visual pose information obtained from non-visual sensors; identifying a plurality of features of an environment of the electronic device based on the captured imagery, and assigning a quality value to each identified feature based on characteristics of features identified from the localization data, wherein the characteristics of the plurality of features comprise a consistency of position of each of the plurality of features in different images of the captured imagery; identifying a quality value threshold derived from at least one of an average of the quality values, a median of the quality values, and a value based on a number of quality values that exceed the quality value threshold; reducing the localization data based on characteristics of the plurality of features by removing data associated with features having a quality value below the quality value threshold; and mapping the environment of the electronic device based on the reduced localization data.
A method of predicting a cancer patient's response to a cancer treatment regimen comprising a DNA damaging agent, an anthracycline, a topoisomerase I inhibitor, radiation, and/or a PARP inhibitor, said method comprising: determining, in a cancer cell, the total number of LOH regions in at least one pair of human chromosomes of said cancer cell that are longer than a first length but shorter than the length of the whole chromosome containing the LOH region, wherein said at least one pair of human chromosomes is not a human X/Y sex chromosome pair, wherein said first length is about 11 or more megabases, wherein the cancer cell is a primary cancer cell of ovarian cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer or esophageal cancer; and correlating said total number that is greater than a reference number with an increased likelihood that said cancer patient will respond to said cancer treatment regimen wherein said reference number is 10 or greater. determining, in a cancer cell, the total number of LOH regions in at least one pair of human chromosomes of said cancer cell that are longer than a first length but shorter than the length of the whole chromosome containing the LOH region, wherein said at least one pair of human chromosomes is not a human X/Y sex chromosome pair, wherein said first length is about 11 or more megabases, wherein the cancer cell is a primary cancer cell of ovarian cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer or esophageal cancer; and correlating said total number that is greater than a reference number with an increased likelihood that said cancer patient will respond to said cancer treatment regimen wherein said reference number is 10 or greater.
A method of evaluating performance of a hydrostatic transmission system having a primary pump, a hydraulic motor, and a charge pump fluidically connected via a closed hydraulic fluid circuit, the method comprising: defining an initial charge pressure of the charge pump at a defined operating position of the primary pump; controlling the primary pump with a transmission controller to operate at the defined operating position; sensing a current charge pressure from the charge pump when the primary pump is operating at the defined operating position with a charge pressure sensor; calculating a pressure difference between the initial charge pressure of the charge pump and the current charge pressure of the charge pump with the transmission controller; and correlating the pressure difference to a system state of health of the hydrostatic transmission system with the transmission controller. defining an initial charge pressure of the charge pump at a defined operating position of the primary pump; controlling the primary pump with a transmission controller to operate at the defined operating position; sensing a current charge pressure from the charge pump when the primary pump is operating at the defined operating position with a charge pressure sensor; calculating a pressure difference between the initial charge pressure of the charge pump and the current charge pressure of the charge pump with the transmission controller; and correlating the pressure difference to a system state of health of the hydrostatic transmission system with the transmission controller.