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A system for optically scanning a region comprising a sample on a conveyor belt of which a chemical composition is to be determined, comprising: a pulsed laser source for emitting a pulsed laser beam comprising a plurality of temporally ordered laser pulses; a focusing device for adjusting the position of the waist of the pulsed laser beam to a given position along the optical path of the pulsed laser beam; a beam deflector for adjusting a propagation direction of the pulsed laser beam to a desired scan direction; a controller being in communication with the focusing device and the beam deflector, the controller for varying, via the beam deflector, the propagation direction of the pulsed laser beam according to a predefined beam path and varying, via the focusing device, the given position of the waist of the pulsed laser beam along the optical path of the pulsed laser beam; and a photodetector for detecting light emitted by a plasma created when a given one of the laser pulses has an irradiance at a surface of a sample located on the optical path is greater than a breakdown threshold, the detected light being indicative of the chemical composition of the sample, wherein the system is adapted to scan a sample present on a conveyor belt, wherein the controller is adapted to choose the speed of variation of the propagation direction of the pulsed laser beam to be much greater than the speed of the conveyor belt and the speed of variation of a focal plane position of the focusing device to be much greater than the speed of variation of the propagation direction of the pulsed laser beam. a pulsed laser source for emitting a pulsed laser beam comprising a plurality of temporally ordered laser pulses; a focusing device for adjusting the position of the waist of the pulsed laser beam to a given position along the optical path of the pulsed laser beam; a beam deflector for adjusting a propagation direction of the pulsed laser beam to a desired scan direction; a controller being in communication with the focusing device and the beam deflector, the controller for varying, via the beam deflector, the propagation direction of the pulsed laser beam according to a predefined beam path and varying, via the focusing device, the given position of the waist of the pulsed laser beam along the optical path of the pulsed laser beam; and a photodetector for detecting light emitted by a plasma created when a given one of the laser pulses has an irradiance at a surface of a sample located on the optical path is greater than a breakdown threshold, the detected light being indicative of the chemical composition of the sample, wherein the system is adapted to scan a sample present on a conveyor belt, wherein the controller is adapted to choose the speed of variation of the propagation direction of the pulsed laser beam to be much greater than the speed of the conveyor belt and the speed of variation of a focal plane position of the focusing device to be much greater than the speed of variation of the propagation direction of the pulsed laser beam.
A solid-state imaging device having a layout in which one sharing unit (21,81) includes an array of photodiodes (PD1 to PD8) in vertical and horizontal directions, wherein a layout in the one sharing unit comprises: a first structural portion and a second structural portion which are arranged in a vertical direction of a pixel portion, each of the first and second structural portions (23,25) including four readout transistors (Tr11 to Tr18) and one floating diffusion (FD1,FD2) with respect to four readout transistors (Tr11 to Tr18); an amplification transistor; a reset transistor; a select transistor connected to the amplification transistor; readout wirings (261 to 268) which are connected to the readout gate electrodes (221 to 228) of the readout transistors, respectively; a reset wiring which is connected to a reset gate electrode of the reset transistor; a select wiring which is connected to a select gate electrode of the select transistor; a first power supply wiring which is connected to a drain region of the reset transistor; and a connection wiring which is connected to the first and second floating diffusions (FD1, FD2), an amplification gate electrode of the amplification transistor, and a source region of the reset transistor, wherein the floating diffusion (FD1, FD2) is formed at a central region which is surrounded by the four readout transistors (Tr11 to Tr18). a first structural portion and a second structural portion which are arranged in a vertical direction of a pixel portion, each of the first and second structural portions (23,25) including four readout transistors (Tr11 to Tr18) and one floating diffusion (FD1,FD2) with respect to four readout transistors (Tr11 to Tr18); an amplification transistor; a reset transistor; a select transistor connected to the amplification transistor; readout wirings (261 to 268) which are connected to the readout gate electrodes (221 to 228) of the readout transistors, respectively; a reset wiring which is connected to a reset gate electrode of the reset transistor; a select wiring which is connected to a select gate electrode of the select transistor; a first power supply wiring which is connected to a drain region of the reset transistor; and a connection wiring which is connected to the first and second floating diffusions (FD1, FD2), an amplification gate electrode of the amplification transistor, and a source region of the reset transistor, wherein the floating diffusion (FD1, FD2) is formed at a central region which is surrounded by the four readout transistors (Tr11 to Tr18).
A cutting chain comprising a plurality of pivotally interconnected chain link segments, each chain link segment including a center link having front and rear holes (28,26), a pair of side links (16,18), each side link having front and rear holes (30,32,34,36) and a fastener pivotally connecting the center link between the pair of side links, the rear holes of the side links and the front hole of the center link aligned and receiving the fastener therethrough, the rear hole of the center link and the front holes of a pair of side links of an adjacent chain link segment receiving another fastener, pivotally interconnecting the chain link segments to each other to form a looped cutting chain, each side link having an annular rib or an annular groove surrounding each of the front and rear holes on an inner side facing the center link and the center link having the other of the annular rib or annular groove surrounding the respective front and rear holes (30,32,34,36) on both sides of the center link, each of the annular ribs or annular grooves of the side links (16,18) cooperating with the other of the annular ribs or annular grooves of the center link to form a debris trap, characterised in that at least one side link of the pair of side links includes a protrusion or a depression at an outer side of the at least one side link, engaging the fastener to resist rotation of the fastener relative to the at least one side link.
Non-therapeutic use of a compound represented by formula (Ia), or an agriculturally and horticulturally acceptable salt thereof as a hemipteran pest control agent: wherein Het 2 represents 3-pyridyl, R 11 represents hydroxyl, R 12, R 13 and R 14 represents acetyloxy. Het 2 represents 3-pyridyl, R 11 represents hydroxyl, R 12, R 13 and R 14 represents acetyloxy.
An instrument cluster, in particular for a vehicle, comprising: - a dial having a plurality of graphic areas; - a backlighting device for backlighting said graphic areas; the backlighting device comprising at least one light source, a front light-guiding element having a front face at least partially covered by a back surface of said dial, and a rear light-guiding element comprising: a) a receiving portion facing said light source for directly receiving a light beam emitted, in use, by said light source, and b) a transmitting portion for transmitting and guiding the light received by said receiving portion; said transmitting portion being spaced apart from and facing a rear face of said front light-guiding element; - optical compensation means for varying the intensity of the light transmitted from said transmission portion to the different graphic areas; characterized in that said optical compensation means define part of said rear face and comprise at least one lens surface (35, 36) which is curved convex or curved concave. - a dial having a plurality of graphic areas; - a backlighting device for backlighting said graphic areas; the backlighting device comprising at least one light source, a front light-guiding element having a front face at least partially covered by a back surface of said dial, and a rear light-guiding element comprising: a) a receiving portion facing said light source for directly receiving a light beam emitted, in use, by said light source, and b) a transmitting portion for transmitting and guiding the light received by said receiving portion; said transmitting portion being spaced apart from and facing a rear face of said front light-guiding element; a) a receiving portion facing said light source for directly receiving a light beam emitted, in use, by said light source, and b) a transmitting portion for transmitting and guiding the light received by said receiving portion; said transmitting portion being spaced apart from and facing a rear face of said front light-guiding element; - optical compensation means for varying the intensity of the light transmitted from said transmission portion to the different graphic areas;
An optical communications network, comprising: an optical transmitter, further comprising: a forward error correction encoder; a precoder: and a modulator; an optical receiver connected to the optical transmitter by an optical fiber, further comprising: a detector; a FEC decoder; a decision block; and an error check block; analyzing means (200, 142), configured to use received signals to generate nonlinear statistics of an optical channel in the optical fiber, and means for adapting the encoder, the precoder and the modulator, individually or in any combination to the nonlinear statistics, the analyzing means comprising: means for measuring a histogram of an output of the detector given feedback information from the FEC decoder to generate and analyze an extrinsic information transfer (EXIT) chart, said means for adapting comprising means for adapting the FEC encoder to the EXIT chart. an optical transmitter, further comprising: a forward error correction encoder; a precoder: and a modulator; a forward error correction encoder; a precoder: and a modulator; an optical receiver connected to the optical transmitter by an optical fiber, further comprising: a detector; a FEC decoder; a decision block; and an error check block; analyzing means (200, 142), configured to use received signals to generate nonlinear statistics of an optical channel in the optical fiber, and means for adapting the encoder, the precoder and the modulator, individually or in any combination to the nonlinear statistics, the analyzing means comprising: means for measuring a histogram of an output of the detector given feedback information from the FEC decoder to generate and analyze an extrinsic information transfer (EXIT) chart, said means for adapting comprising means for adapting the FEC encoder to the EXIT chart. a detector; a FEC decoder; a decision block; and an error check block; analyzing means (200, 142), configured to use received signals to generate nonlinear statistics of an optical channel in the optical fiber, and means for adapting the encoder, the precoder and the modulator, individually or in any combination to the nonlinear statistics, the analyzing means comprising: means for measuring a histogram of an output of the detector given feedback information from the FEC decoder to generate and analyze an extrinsic information transfer (EXIT) chart, said means for adapting comprising means for adapting the FEC encoder to the EXIT chart. means for measuring a histogram of an output of the detector given feedback information from the FEC decoder to generate and analyze an extrinsic information transfer (EXIT) chart, said means for adapting comprising means for adapting the FEC encoder to the EXIT chart.
A method for generating cartographic data, in which at least one, mobile, measurement instrument is designed to measure distances between a current position of the instrument and obstacles in an environment of the instrument, the method comprising the steps: a) performing at least N measurements of distances between the instrument and obstacles in said environment, by successive angular intervals of A/N each, where A is a predetermined angular sector defining at least partially said environment of the instrument, and associating said distances with the respective angular intervals in a work memory, to establish map data, b) displacing the instrument and repeating step a) for a new current position of the instrument, and c) determining, as a function of the distances measured for each angular interval of the current position of step b) and of the previous position of step a), at one and the same time: - the current position of the instrument in step b), on said map, with respect to its initial position in step a), and - new data of said map, The method being characterized in that, in step c): - a function of global distance between the instrument and the obstacles, with respect to the map determined in step a), is determined, and - a local minimum of said function is determined, characterizing a current position of the instrument in step b). a) performing at least N measurements of distances between the instrument and obstacles in said environment, by successive angular intervals of A/N each, where A is a predetermined angular sector defining at least partially said environment of the instrument, and associating said distances with the respective angular intervals in a work memory, to establish map data, b) displacing the instrument and repeating step a) for a new current position of the instrument, and c) determining, as a function of the distances measured for each angular interval of the current position of step b) and of the previous position of step a), at one and the same time: - the current position of the instrument in step b), on said map, with respect to its initial position in step a), and - new data of said map, The method being characterized in that, in step c): - a function of global distance between the instrument and the obstacles, with respect to the map determined in step a), is determined, and - a local minimum of said function is determined, characterizing a current position of the instrument in step b). - the current position of the instrument in step b), on said map, with respect to its initial position in step a), and - new data of said map, - a function of global distance between the instrument and the obstacles, with respect to the map determined in step a), is determined, and - a local minimum of said function is determined, characterizing a current position of the instrument in step b).
A method for servicing a shock strut system comprising: providing a shock strut comprising a cylinder, a piston, and a sealed fluid chamber, wherein the sealed fluid chamber comprises a gas portion and a liquid portion; determining a first servicing gas pressure; pressurizing the gas portion to the first servicing gas pressure; determining a second servicing gas pressure; and pressurizing the liquid portion until the second servicing gas pressure is achieved in the gas portion, and characterized by the step of determining the second servicing gas pressure comprising utilizing the equations: P gas, servicing, 2 = P gas, nom × T gas, servicing T nom × V tot − V oil, nom V tot − A p S − V oil @ T gas, servicing & P gas, servicing, 2 and V oil @ T gas, servicing & P gas, servicing, 2 = V oil, nom × 1 + a T gas, servicing − T nom × 1 − P gas, servicing, 2 − P gas, nom B, wherein Tnom is the nominal servicing temperature, T(gas,servicing) is the ambient temperature at which servicing is performed, V(oil,nom) is the nominal oil volume at Tnom, Vtot is the volume of sealed fluid chamber 110, Pgas,nom is the nominal pressure of the gas at Tnom, V(oil@Tgas,servicing&Pgas,servicing2) is the volume of oil at T(gas,servicing) and P(gas,servicing2), α is the thermal expansion coefficient of the oil, and B is the oil bulk modulus, A p is the surface area of the piston, and S is the stroke of the shock strut. providing a shock strut comprising a cylinder, a piston, and a sealed fluid chamber, wherein the sealed fluid chamber comprises a gas portion and a liquid portion; determining a first servicing gas pressure; pressurizing the gas portion to the first servicing gas pressure; determining a second servicing gas pressure; and pressurizing the liquid portion until the second servicing gas pressure is achieved in the gas portion, and characterized by the step of determining the second servicing gas pressure comprising utilizing the equations: P gas, servicing, 2 = P gas, nom × T gas, servicing T nom × V tot − V oil, nom V tot − A p S − V oil @ T gas, servicing & P gas, servicing, 2 and V oil @ T gas, servicing & P gas, servicing, 2 = V oil, nom × 1 + a T gas, servicing − T nom × 1 − P gas, servicing, 2 − P gas, nom B, wherein Tnom is the nominal servicing temperature, T(gas,servicing) is the ambient temperature at which servicing is performed, V(oil,nom) is the nominal oil volume at Tnom, Vtot is the volume of sealed fluid chamber 110, Pgas,nom is the nominal pressure of the gas at Tnom, V(oil@Tgas,servicing&Pgas,servicing2) is the volume of oil at T(gas,servicing) and P(gas,servicing2), α is the thermal expansion coefficient of the oil, and B is the oil bulk modulus, A p is the surface area of the piston, and S is the stroke of the shock strut.
A device for connecting an end of a HV cable to an HV installation, comprising a) a pre-fabricated pipe-like unit, which comprises b) a connection piece (6, 6b) for electrically connecting conductors of the HV cables to be joined or for electrically connecting a conductor of the HV cable to a termination lug, made out of an electrically conducting material, c) an insulator tube (5, 5r) which is connected to the connection piece (6, 6b) in a fluid-tight way and d) a fluid-filled cable connector (4, 4r) which is a part of the pre-fabricated pipe-like unit. a) a pre-fabricated pipe-like unit, which comprises b) a connection piece (6, 6b) for electrically connecting conductors of the HV cables to be joined or for electrically connecting a conductor of the HV cable to a termination lug, made out of an electrically conducting material, c) an insulator tube (5, 5r) which is connected to the connection piece (6, 6b) in a fluid-tight way and d) a fluid-filled cable connector (4, 4r) which is a part of the pre-fabricated pipe-like unit.
A method for supporting one or more user equipments, UEs, in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: transmitting from an access node a first reference signal in a beam; determining at the access node whether the access node received at least one indication from a UE about the UE's presence in the coverage area of the beam; switching from transmitting of the first reference signal to transmitting a second reference signal in the beam from the access node if it is determined that the access node received at least one indication about the UE's presence in the coverage area of the beam, and deactivating the beam, if it is determined that no indication about the UE's presence in the coverage area is received within a first predetermined time period. transmitting from an access node a first reference signal in a beam; determining at the access node whether the access node received at least one indication from a UE about the UE's presence in the coverage area of the beam; switching from transmitting of the first reference signal to transmitting a second reference signal in the beam from the access node if it is determined that the access node received at least one indication about the UE's presence in the coverage area of the beam, and deactivating the beam, if it is determined that no indication about the UE's presence in the coverage area is received within a first predetermined time period.
A method for producing a 3D item by means of fused deposition modelling, the method comprising a 3D printing stage comprising layer-wise depositing 3D printable material, to provide the 3D item comprising 3D printed material, wherein the 3D item comprises layers of 3D printed material, wherein the 3D printable material comprises thermoplastic material, wherein during at least part of the 3D printing stage the 3D printable material further comprises porous inorganic particles embedded in the thermoplastic material, wherein the porosity of the inorganic particles is in the range of 5 to 60 vol. %, characterized in that the inorganic particles have an open porosity.
A fuel cell system comprising: - a fuel cell stack - a catalytic reformer, filled with a catalyst, having an inlet for receiving a flow of gas and an outlet for delivering a syngas to the fuel cell stack, the reformer comprising at least two chambers for containing the catalyst, the chambers each having an inlet for receiving the flow of gas and an outlet for passing the flow of gas to the succeeding chamber or the outlet of the reformer - an evaporator for evaporating a mixture of methanol and water to be fed through the catalytic reformer for producing portions of free hydrogen, - the fuel cell stack being composed of a number of proton exchange membrane fuel cells each featuring electrodes in form of an anode and a cathode for delivering an electric current, the reaction of free hydrogen into ionic form with contact to the anode being proportional to the flow of electric current between the electrodes Characterized in, that the reformer is formed as an elongated cube for integration into a flat, rackmountable system and where the chambers are provided by separating the reformer entity into chambers by insertion of walls, where the walls for separation are arranged protruding down from the top of the entity or protruding up from the bottom of the entity, where at least one opening in the wall is provided between the chambers to serve as a pathway for the flow of gas,and where the walls are comprising protruding elements in form of noses for redirecting the gas flow away from the walls of the chambers. - a fuel cell stack - a catalytic reformer, filled with a catalyst, having an inlet for receiving a flow of gas and an outlet for delivering a syngas to the fuel cell stack, the reformer comprising at least two chambers for containing the catalyst, the chambers each having an inlet for receiving the flow of gas and an outlet for passing the flow of gas to the succeeding chamber or the outlet of the reformer - an evaporator for evaporating a mixture of methanol and water to be fed through the catalytic reformer for producing portions of free hydrogen, - the fuel cell stack being composed of a number of proton exchange membrane fuel cells each featuring electrodes in form of an anode and a cathode for delivering an electric current, the reaction of free hydrogen into ionic form with contact to the anode being proportional to the flow of electric current between the electrodes