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A sonar data compression system for installation on a water going vehicle, the sonar data compression system comprising: an acoustic transceiver for use with plural transducers in a single projector array arranged with respect to plural transducers in a single hydrophone array such that, in use, a transmit beam projected by the projector array is intersected by multiple receive beams of the hydrophone array; the transceiver for synthesizing a transmitter message to excite the projector array such that a swath beneath the vehicle is ensonified; the transceiver comprising a receive beamformer configured such that, in use, a plurality Q of receive beams are formed by the receive beamformer as said multiple receive beams; and the transceiver is configured such that (a) during a time that echoes from the message reach the hydrophone array, the Q receive beams are sampled a plurality of times; and,(b) for each of the times that the receive beams are sampled, the receive beam with the largest magnitude β x1 is identified as a characterizing beam; and to use the data associated with the characterizing beams as a compressed characterization of the ensonified region. an acoustic transceiver for use with plural transducers in a single projector array arranged with respect to plural transducers in a single hydrophone array such that, in use, a transmit beam projected by the projector array is intersected by multiple receive beams of the hydrophone array; the transceiver for synthesizing a transmitter message to excite the projector array such that a swath beneath the vehicle is ensonified; the transceiver comprising a receive beamformer configured such that, in use, a plurality Q of receive beams are formed by the receive beamformer as said multiple receive beams; and the transceiver is configured such that (a) during a time that echoes from the message reach the hydrophone array, the Q receive beams are sampled a plurality of times; and,(b) for each of the times that the receive beams are sampled, the receive beam with the largest magnitude β x1 is identified as a characterizing beam; and to use the data associated with the characterizing beams as a compressed characterization of the ensonified region.
A system for spacing and transferring of objects advancing in procession on transport means (8, 108) along a track (11, 111) from a minimum pitch to a preset pitch larger than said minimum pitch, and for transferring said spaced objects to handling means, wherein said system comprises a driving wheel (15', 115'), said driving wheel (15', 115') comprising a plurality of recesses (26, 126) for driving a plurality of mandrels (12, 112), each mandrel (12, 112) carrying one of said objects, the recesses (26, 126) being spaced by a pitch larger than said minimum pitch of the objects in the transport means (8, 108), said pitch of the recesses (26, 126) being equal to or lower than said preset pitch, characterized in that the system comprises: - handling and spacing means (44b; 144', 144") of the mandrels (12, 112) carrying the objects from said minimum pitch to a pitch substantially corresponding to the pitch of the recesses (26, 126), the said handling and spacing means (44b; 144', 144") being arranged at the junction point between a rectilinear length (13', 113') of the track (11, 111) and the driving wheel (15', 115'); and - a plurality of pliers that are mounted on a guide structure arranged below the driving wheel (15', 115') and rotating integrally thereto, the pliers being radially extendible from the driving wheel (15', 115'), said pliers being driven by a cam profile (55, 55') that determines the path of said pliers, said pliers being adapted to engage the said objects carried by the mandrels (12, 112) and to transfer the objects to said handling means. - handling and spacing means (44b; 144', 144") of the mandrels (12, 112) carrying the objects from said minimum pitch to a pitch substantially corresponding to the pitch of the recesses (26, 126), the said handling and spacing means (44b; 144', 144") being arranged at the junction point between a rectilinear length (13', 113') of the track (11, 111) and the driving wheel (15', 115'); and - a plurality of pliers that are mounted on a guide structure arranged below the driving wheel (15', 115') and rotating integrally thereto, the pliers being radially extendible from the driving wheel (15', 115'), said pliers being driven by a cam profile (55, 55') that determines the path of said pliers, said pliers being adapted to engage the said objects carried by the mandrels (12, 112) and to transfer the objects to said handling means.
A catalytic thruster comprising: a reaction chamber that extends between first and second opposed chamber ends (22a, 22b), the first chamber end including a thermal standoff cup; a catalyst bed in the reaction chamber; and a feed tube that extends into the reaction chamber through the thermal standoff cup; characterised in that: the feed tube extends a distance D1 into the reaction chamber, the distance D1 being defined from an inside surface of a narrow bottom of the thermal standoff cup where the feed tube enters to a tip of the feed tube in the reaction chamber; the reaction chamber is disposed about a central axis and has a radial dimension D2 relative to the central axis; and a penetration ratio of the distance D1 to the radial dimension D2 is greater than or equal to 1:1. a reaction chamber that extends between first and second opposed chamber ends (22a, 22b), the first chamber end including a thermal standoff cup; a catalyst bed in the reaction chamber; and a feed tube that extends into the reaction chamber through the thermal standoff cup; characterised in that: the feed tube extends a distance D1 into the reaction chamber, the distance D1 being defined from an inside surface of a narrow bottom of the thermal standoff cup where the feed tube enters to a tip of the feed tube in the reaction chamber; the reaction chamber is disposed about a central axis and has a radial dimension D2 relative to the central axis; and a penetration ratio of the distance D1 to the radial dimension D2 is greater than or equal to 1:1. the feed tube extends a distance D1 into the reaction chamber, the distance D1 being defined from an inside surface of a narrow bottom of the thermal standoff cup where the feed tube enters to a tip of the feed tube in the reaction chamber; the reaction chamber is disposed about a central axis and has a radial dimension D2 relative to the central axis; and a penetration ratio of the distance D1 to the radial dimension D2 is greater than or equal to 1:1.
A method of producing a non-enveloped virus particle, the method comprising: (a) a step of treating a sample containing a non-enveloped virus particle with a first concentration of polyethylene glycol, (b) a step of removing a precipitate produced in step (a) and treating a supernatant with a second concentration of PEG, and (c) a step of obtaining a non-enveloped virus particle from a precipitate produced in step (b), wherein the first concentration of PEG is 0.5 to 4%, and the second concentration of PEG is higher than the first concentration of PEG. (a) a step of treating a sample containing a non-enveloped virus particle with a first concentration of polyethylene glycol, (b) a step of removing a precipitate produced in step (a) and treating a supernatant with a second concentration of PEG, and (c) a step of obtaining a non-enveloped virus particle from a precipitate produced in step (b),
A method for controlling a plurality of lighting units (LUs 1 - 8) in an outdoor lighting network, the method comprising the steps of: detecting at least one object within a sensing range by at least one of the plurality of lighting units (LUs 1 - 8); confirming if the detection of the at least one object is true by checking a previous local detection status and/or a previous light level status of the at least one of the plurality of lighting units (LUs 1 - 8) and/or status data received from others of the plurality of lighting units (LUs 1-8) to confirm if the detection of the at least one object is true; if the detection is confirmed by the at least one of the plurality of lighting units (LUs 1-8), determining a response range based upon a velocity of the at least one object, the response range having a number of said lighting units that should be turned on or off based upon the detection; characterized in that the method further comprises: selecting one of a plurality of messaging protocols based upon the determined response range; and sending a control message, using the selected one messaging protocol, to another one or more of the plurality of lighting units (LUs 1 - 8) including at least said number of lighting units to control a light level of the another one or more of the plurality of lighting units (LUs 1 - 8). detecting at least one object within a sensing range by at least one of the plurality of lighting units (LUs 1 - 8); confirming if the detection of the at least one object is true by checking a previous local detection status and/or a previous light level status of the at least one of the plurality of lighting units (LUs 1 - 8) and/or status data received from others of the plurality of lighting units (LUs 1-8) to confirm if the detection of the at least one object is true; if the detection is confirmed by the at least one of the plurality of lighting units (LUs 1-8), determining a response range based upon a velocity of the at least one object, the response range having a number of said lighting units that should be turned on or off based upon the detection; characterized in that the method further comprises: selecting one of a plurality of messaging protocols based upon the determined response range; and sending a control message, using the selected one messaging protocol, to another one or more of the plurality of lighting units (LUs 1 - 8) including at least said number of lighting units to control a light level of the another one or more of the plurality of lighting units (LUs 1 - 8). selecting one of a plurality of messaging protocols based upon the determined response range; and sending a control message, using the selected one messaging protocol, to another one or more of the plurality of lighting units (LUs 1 - 8) including at least said number of lighting units to control a light level of the another one or more of the plurality of lighting units (LUs 1 - 8).
Test device for carrying out a functional test of a communication system in an aircraft cabin of an aircraft, comprising: - a transmission path which comprises at least one leaky line antenna arranged in the aircraft cabin; - a control device which is coupled to the transmission path and comprises a generating unit for generating a broadband noise signal and a transmission unit for feeding an HF signal to the leaky line antenna, the fed HF signal having a predetermined power level and containing at least the generated broadband noise signal; - at least one measuring unit, which is coupled to the transmission path at a predetermined coupling point at the end of the transmission path, for measuring the power level of the HF signal at the coupling point and for providing a measurement signal which is proportional to the measured power level; and - an evaluation means for providing a test result by comparing the provided measurement signal and a setpoint signal which is dependent on the power level of the fed HF signal; wherein the measuring unit is placed in a test mode in which a coupling loss is switched to be minimal in order to be able to set the power level of the HF signal to be so low that the radiation of the signal via the leaky line antenna lies below a predetermined threshold outside the aircraft cabin and services outside the aircraft are not disturbed. - a transmission path which comprises at least one leaky line antenna arranged in the aircraft cabin; - a control device which is coupled to the transmission path and comprises a generating unit for generating a broadband noise signal and a transmission unit for feeding an HF signal to the leaky line antenna, the fed HF signal having a predetermined power level and containing at least the generated broadband noise signal; - at least one measuring unit, which is coupled to the transmission path at a predetermined coupling point at the end of the transmission path, for measuring the power level of the HF signal at the coupling point and for providing a measurement signal which is proportional to the measured power level; and - an evaluation means for providing a test result by comparing the provided measurement signal and a setpoint signal which is dependent on the power level of the fed HF signal;
A high power laser diode pump module comprising: a plurality of emitters outputting respective substantially parallel beams along a light path; a focusing lens impinged upon by and operative to converge the parallel beams at an angle range smaller than a reference value and corresponding to relatively low numerical aperture, NA, rays and at another angle range above the reference value and corresponding to relatively high numerical aperture, NA, rays, characterized in that the high power laser diode pump module further comprising: a ferule channel structure defining a bounded inner central channel aligned with the focusing lens; and an optical multimode fiber mounted within the ferule channel structure such that an upstream end of the optical multimode fiber is spaced at a predetermined distance D downstream from an upstream end of the ferule channel structure to create a void at the upstream end of the ferule channel structure, so that the relatively high NA rays are reflected from a terminal surface of an upstream end of the ferule channel structure, while the relatively low NA rays are coupled into a core of the fiber so as to excite a low number of modes. a plurality of emitters outputting respective substantially parallel beams along a light path; a focusing lens impinged upon by and operative to converge the parallel beams at an angle range smaller than a reference value and corresponding to relatively low numerical aperture, NA, rays and at another angle range above the reference value and corresponding to relatively high numerical aperture, NA, rays, characterized in that a ferule channel structure defining a bounded inner central channel aligned with the focusing lens; and an optical multimode fiber mounted within the ferule channel structure such that an upstream end of the optical multimode fiber is spaced at a predetermined distance D downstream from an upstream end of the ferule channel structure to create a void at the upstream end of the ferule channel structure, so that the relatively high NA rays are reflected from a terminal surface of an upstream end of the ferule channel structure, while the relatively low NA rays are coupled into a core of the fiber so as to excite a low number of modes.
A method of decoding a single bitstream at a decoder having two or more parallel entropy decoders, the single bitstream having a payload of concatenated encoded subsequences, wherein each of the encoded subsequences has been generated from a binary sequence, wherein bits of the binary sequence have been respectively assigned to one of the subsequences based on a respective estimated probability defined by a context model associated with the respective bit; wherein each of the subsequences has been entropy encoded so as to generate each of the encoded subsequences and such that each of the encoded subsequences is associated with a respective one of the set of estimated probabilities defined by the context model; characterized in that the method comprises at the decoder: extracting from the single bitstream a length of each of the encoded subsequences so that the decoder is capable of identifying the start point and end point of each of the concatenated encoded subsequences in the bitstream; partitioning the payload into a plurality of segments for parallel decoding, the segments being of same decoding computational complexity; whereby the segments are of weighted bit lengths calculated using a weighted distributor function using the length of each of the encoded subsequences or the segments are of equal bit lengths calculated by dividing the payload into an equal number of bits, wherein the partitioning divides at least one of the encoded subsequences into a first part within one of the plurality of segments and a second part within another of the plurality of segments; reading auxiliary information from the single bitstream; and decoding the plurality of segments using the two or more parallel entropy decoders, wherein the auxiliary information enables decoding of the second part without first decoding the first part. extracting from the single bitstream a length of each of the encoded subsequences so that the decoder is capable of identifying the start point and end point of each of the concatenated encoded subsequences in the bitstream; partitioning the payload into a plurality of segments for parallel decoding, the segments being of same decoding computational complexity; whereby the segments are of weighted bit lengths calculated using a weighted distributor function using the length of each of the encoded subsequences or the segments are of equal bit lengths calculated by dividing the payload into an equal number of bits, wherein the partitioning divides at least one of the encoded subsequences into a first part within one of the plurality of segments and a second part within another of the plurality of segments; reading auxiliary information from the single bitstream; and decoding the plurality of segments using the two or more parallel entropy decoders, wherein the auxiliary information enables decoding of the second part without first decoding the first part.
An information processing apparatus comprising: selection means for selecting a printer, reception means configured to receive information of the selected printer from the selected printer; and determination means for determining whether or not the selected printer includes an operation screen on the basis of the received information from the selected printer; display control means configured to: display a first message related to an operation method of the printer on display means of the information processing apparatus, in a case where it is determined that the selected printer does not include an operation screen; and display a second message different from the first message on the display means of the information processing apparatus in a case where it is determined that the selected printer includes an operation screen; and wireless communication means configured to execute authentication processing for wirelessly connecting the information processing apparatus to the selected printer in a case where a user executes the operation method related to the first message or a user executes operation of the information processing apparatus related to the second message. selection means for selecting a printer, reception means configured to receive information of the selected printer from the selected printer; and determination means for determining whether or not the selected printer includes an operation screen on the basis of the received information from the selected printer; display control means configured to: display a first message related to an operation method of the printer on display means of the information processing apparatus, in a case where it is determined that the selected printer does not include an operation screen; and display a second message different from the first message on the display means of the information processing apparatus in a case where it is determined that the selected printer includes an operation screen; and display a first message related to an operation method of the printer on display means of the information processing apparatus, in a case where it is determined that the selected printer does not include an operation screen; and display a second message different from the first message on the display means of the information processing apparatus in a case where it is determined that the selected printer includes an operation screen; and wireless communication means configured to execute authentication processing for wirelessly connecting the information processing apparatus to the selected printer in a case where a user executes the operation method related to the first message or a user executes operation of the information processing apparatus related to the second message.
A method of treating a metal object so as to form thereon a surface layer which is integral with the metal object, and which includes a biocidal material, the method comprising: (a) immersing the metal object, which is to provide a substrate for the surface layer, in an anodising electrolyte containing a solvent, and passivating the metal to form an anodised integral surface layer on the metal object; (b) continuing the application of a potential to produce pits through the integral surface and into the substrate; (c) producing a hydrous metal oxide by treating the metal object with a chemical reducing agent after steps (a and b), wherein the chemical reductant is a solution of one or more of the following: KBr, NaI, Ti 3+ or H 3 PO 3; and (d) contacting the anodised metal object resulting from step c) with a solution containing a biocidal material so as to incorporate said biocidal material into the surface layer. (a) immersing the metal object, which is to provide a substrate for the surface layer, in an anodising electrolyte containing a solvent, and passivating the metal to form an anodised integral surface layer on the metal object; (b) continuing the application of a potential to produce pits through the integral surface and into the substrate; (c) producing a hydrous metal oxide by treating the metal object with a chemical reducing agent after steps (a and b), wherein the chemical reductant is a solution of one or more of the following: KBr, NaI, Ti 3+ or H 3 PO 3; and (d) contacting the anodised metal object resulting from step c) with a solution containing a biocidal material so as to incorporate said biocidal material into the surface layer.
A lubricating composition comprising: (i) a base oil; (ii) a non-silicone anti-foam agent;and (iii) one or more performance additives; and wherein the non-silicone anti-foam agent is an alkyl polyacrylate present at a level of from 10 ppm to 500 ppm by weight of the composition; wherein the base oil comprises one or more Fischer-Tropsch derived base oils; and wherein the composition has a kinematic viscosity at 100°C (according to ASTM D445) of 16.3 mm 2 /s or less, a low temperature cranking viscosity of at most 6600cP at -30°C (ASTM D5293) and a NOACK volatility of at most 11% according to CEC-L-40-93. (i) a base oil; (ii) a non-silicone anti-foam agent;and (iii) one or more performance additives; and