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A dust collecting apparatus comprising: a first dust separator configured to primarily separate a first dust portion from suctioned air; a first dust storage configured to store the first dust portion separated in the first dust separator; a pressing member configured to compress the first dust portion stored in the first dust storage, and having a pressing plate support part and a pressing plate supported by the pressing plate support part; a second dust separator configured to once more separate a second dust portion from the air passed through a dust separation process in the first dust separator; and a second dust storage configured to store the second dust portion separated in the second dust separator, characterised in that the second dust storage is located at an inside of the pressing plate support part. a first dust separator configured to primarily separate a first dust portion from suctioned air; a first dust storage configured to store the first dust portion separated in the first dust separator; a pressing member configured to compress the first dust portion stored in the first dust storage, and having a pressing plate support part and a pressing plate supported by the pressing plate support part; a second dust separator configured to once more separate a second dust portion from the air passed through a dust separation process in the first dust separator; and a second dust storage configured to store the second dust portion separated in the second dust separator, characterised in that the second dust storage is located at an inside of the pressing plate support part.
A communication method, comprising: sending, by a user plane network element, indication information to a first access device, wherein the indication information is used to indicate the first access device to notify the user plane network element after the first access device sends a first downlink data packet of a data flow of a first session to a terminal device; and after the user plane network element receives response information, sending, by the user plane network element, a second downlink data packet of the data flow to the terminal device by using a second access device, wherein the response information is used to indicate that the first downlink data packet is already sent to the terminal device, the first access device supports a first access technology, and the second access device supports a second access technology. sending, by a user plane network element, indication information to a first access device, wherein the indication information is used to indicate the first access device to notify the user plane network element after the first access device sends a first downlink data packet of a data flow of a first session to a terminal device; and after the user plane network element receives response information, sending, by the user plane network element, a second downlink data packet of the data flow to the terminal device by using a second access device, wherein the response information is used to indicate that the first downlink data packet is already sent to the terminal device, the first access device supports a first access technology, and the second access device supports a second access technology.
An information processing apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to control processing on an operation object displayed on a display unit based on detection of a user from at least one information signal input to the apparatus from outside of the apparatus, wherein an operation right of the operation object is given to the user, characterized in that the control unit is configured to set (i) a user occupying area in a screen of the display unit for each user detected from the at least one information signal, and to give the operation right of the operation object in the user occupying area to the corresponding user, and (ii) all area of the screen other than the user occupying area of each user detected as a common area commonly usable by all users detected, and the control unit is further configured to: when a further user approaches the information processing apparatus and is detected, and a further user occupying area has been newly set for the further user, automatically rotate the operation object which is present in the area which has become the further user occupying area for the further user and which operation object has originally faced an other user, in a direction in which the operation object faces the further user when the further user occupying area appears, without touch input to the display unit. a control unit configured to control processing on an operation object displayed on a display unit based on detection of a user from at least one information signal input to the apparatus from outside of the apparatus, wherein an operation right of the operation object is given to the user, characterized in that the control unit is configured to set (i) a user occupying area in a screen of the display unit for each user detected from the at least one information signal, and to give the operation right of the operation object in the user occupying area to the corresponding user, and (ii) all area of the screen other than the user occupying area of each user detected as a common area commonly usable by all users detected, and the control unit is further configured to: when a further user approaches the information processing apparatus and is detected, and a further user occupying area has been newly set for the further user, automatically rotate the operation object which is present in the area which has become the further user occupying area for the further user and which operation object has originally faced an other user, in a direction in which the operation object faces the further user when the further user occupying area appears, without touch input to the display unit.
A fluid working machine comprising: a cylinder block having an axial bore; a crankshaft which extends within the axial bore and is rotatable about an axis of rotation; and first and second valve cylinder devices provided in the cylinder block arranged about and extending outwards with respect to the axial bore, the first and second valve cylinder devices being axially offset from each other, the first and second valve cylinder devices being offset from each other about the axis of rotation, wherein the first and second valve cylinder devices comprise first valves having respective first working fluid ports (48, 49), the said respective first working fluid ports (48, 49) of the first valves of the first and second valve cylinder devices being in fluid communication with each other via a common conduit (50, 52) extending within the cylinder block and characterised in that the first valve cylinder device having an axial extent which overlaps the axial extent of the second valve cylinder device.
A rotor for a track-bound vehicle electric machine configured to generate a traction force of a said vehicle, said rotor comprising: • a rotor body comprising a laminated assembly of mutually electrically insulated annular plates of magnetic steel axially stacked with respect to an axis of rotation of the rotor, and • a plurality of permanent magnets fixed with respect to said rotor body for defining magnetic poles of the rotor and having each a magnetic polarity direction being substantially perpendicular to said axis of rotation, said rotor body comprising a plurality of longitudinal slots (8, 9) extending in parallel with said axis of rotation and at a distance from a circumferential outer surface of the rotor body, said permanent magnets being buried in said rotor body by being arranged in said slots (8, 9) in the form of a package of two or more permanent magnets arranged in one layer side by side in the transversal and/or longitudinal direction of the slot with the permanent magnets arranged in the same slot having the same magnetic polarity direction being substantially perpendicular to said one layer formed by said package, layers (12, 13, 15, 20) of electrically insulating material separating on one hand said permanent magnets of each said package with respect to each other and on the other outer surfaces of said permanent magnets package with respect to portions of said rotor body plates defining the respective slot, characterized in that it comprises layers (12, 13, 15, 20) of electrically insulating material separate from said permanent magnets in the form of sheets arranged between adjacent permanent magnets of a said package and between these permanent magnets and said portions of the rotor body plates defining the respective slot, and that it comprises at least one said sheet of electrically insulating material separate from said permanent magnets arranged in a said slot between said permanent magnets package and said portions of the rotor body plates and defining the respective slot while forming a tube-like electrically insulating structure receiving said permanent magnets package. • a rotor body comprising a laminated assembly of mutually electrically insulated annular plates of magnetic steel axially stacked with respect to an axis of rotation of the rotor, and • a plurality of permanent magnets fixed with respect to said rotor body for defining magnetic poles of the rotor and having each a magnetic polarity direction being substantially perpendicular to said axis of rotation,
A refill unit for a foam soap or sanitizer dispenser comprising: a first container and a second container; a first pump chamber associated with the first container and a second pump chamber associated with the second container; the first and second pump chambers (230, 232) having a liquid inlet valve and a liquid outlet valve (206, 208); wherein expanding the first and second pump chambers (230, 232) draws liquid into the first and second pump chambers (230, 232) through the liquid inlet valves (202, 204) and compressing the first and second pump chambers (230, 232) forces liquid through the liquid outlet valves; a mixing chamber located downstream of the liquid outlet valves; and an outlet nozzle (124, 424) located downstream of the mixing chamber, characterised in that the mixing chamber is formed at least in part by a flexible membrane. a first container and a second container; a first pump chamber associated with the first container and a second pump chamber associated with the second container; the first and second pump chambers (230, 232) having a liquid inlet valve and a liquid outlet valve (206, 208); wherein expanding the first and second pump chambers (230, 232) draws liquid into the first and second pump chambers (230, 232) through the liquid inlet valves (202, 204) and compressing the first and second pump chambers (230, 232) forces liquid through the liquid outlet valves; wherein expanding the first and second pump chambers (230, 232) draws liquid into the first and second pump chambers (230, 232) through the liquid inlet valves (202, 204) and compressing the first and second pump chambers (230, 232) forces liquid through the liquid outlet valves; a mixing chamber located downstream of the liquid outlet valves; and an outlet nozzle (124, 424) located downstream of the mixing chamber, characterised in that the mixing chamber is formed at least in part by a flexible membrane.
A synchronization method for synchronizing a first audio signal played back by a first sound playback device (11; 31) with a second audio signal played back by a second sound playback device (12; 32), the first audio signal and the second audio signal being derived from a single original audio signal, the method comprising the steps of: - measuring a superposed audio signal (Sup) resulting from playing back the first audio signal and the second audio signal; - processing the superposed audio signal in order to obtain a first processed signal, the processing comprising calculating a cross-correlation function or an auto-correlation function; - from the first processed signal, estimating an absolute value for a time shift (Δt) between the first audio signal and the second audio signal; - modifying at least one characteristic of the first audio signal or of the second audio signal; - measuring the superposed sound signal once more; - performing processing once more on the superposed sound signal in order to obtain a second processed signal; - estimating the sign of the time shift from the second processed signal; - synchronizing the first audio signal and the second audio signal by applying to the first audio signal or to the second audio signal a delay time or an advance time corresponding to the time shift. - measuring a superposed audio signal (Sup) resulting from playing back the first audio signal and the second audio signal; - processing the superposed audio signal in order to obtain a first processed signal, the processing comprising calculating a cross-correlation function or an auto-correlation function; - from the first processed signal, estimating an absolute value for a time shift (Δt) between the first audio signal and the second audio signal; - modifying at least one characteristic of the first audio signal or of the second audio signal; - measuring the superposed sound signal once more; - performing processing once more on the superposed sound signal in order to obtain a second processed signal; - estimating the sign of the time shift from the second processed signal; - synchronizing the first audio signal and the second audio signal by applying to the first audio signal or to the second audio signal a delay time or an advance time corresponding to the time shift.
An encoding method for encoding, with a predetermined number of bits, an acoustic signal in a predetermined time interval, the encoding method comprising: a step of converting the acoustic signal into a frequency-domain sample sequence; an encoding step of encoding, by variable-length encoding, an integer corresponding to the value of each sample in the frequency-domain sample sequence to generate a variable-length code; an error calculation step of calculating a sequence of error values each obtained by subtracting the integer corresponding to the value of each sample in the frequency-domain sample sequence from the value of the sample; and an error encoding step of encoding the sequence of error values with the number of surplus bits obtained by subtracting the number of bits of the variable-length code from the predetermined number of bits to generate error codes, the surplus bits being saved by performing the variable-length encoding, wherein, among error samples constituting the sequence of error values, error samples whose corresponding integers are not 0 are encoded with priority with the number of surplus bits in the error encoding step. a step of converting the acoustic signal into a frequency-domain sample sequence; an encoding step of encoding, by variable-length encoding, an integer corresponding to the value of each sample in the frequency-domain sample sequence to generate a variable-length code; an error calculation step of calculating a sequence of error values each obtained by subtracting the integer corresponding to the value of each sample in the frequency-domain sample sequence from the value of the sample; and an error encoding step of encoding the sequence of error values with the number of surplus bits obtained by subtracting the number of bits of the variable-length code from the predetermined number of bits to generate error codes, the surplus bits being saved by performing the variable-length encoding,
An ice-making container comprising: a base and a freestanding side extending from the base to define a mouth; at least one divider extending from at least one of the base and the freestanding side so as to divide the container into at least two ice-making compartments; a first zipper member extending from a first interior portion of the mouth; a second zipper member extending from a second interior portion of the mouth, wherein the mouth is deformable between open and closed configurations and the first and second zipper members (57, 58) are disengagable when the mouth is open and engageable when the mouth is closed, characterized in that the mouth is opposite the base and the base, freestanding side, at least one divider, and zipper members (57, 58) are a unitary whole container made from silicone material without assembled parts. a base and a freestanding side extending from the base to define a mouth; at least one divider extending from at least one of the base and the freestanding side so as to divide the container into at least two ice-making compartments; a first zipper member extending from a first interior portion of the mouth; a second zipper member extending from a second interior portion of the mouth, wherein the mouth is deformable between open and closed configurations and the first and second zipper members (57, 58) are disengagable when the mouth is open and engageable when the mouth is closed, characterized in that the mouth is opposite the base and the base, freestanding side, at least one divider, and zipper members (57, 58) are a unitary whole container made from silicone material without assembled parts.
An intraluminal device including an elongated structure formed of a plurality of wires, the device comprising: a plurality of cables each formed of a subset of the plurality of wires, wherein pairs of cables cross each other at a plurality of intersection locations; wherein at the plurality of intersection locations, wires from each pair of crossing cables are unwound and woven together with wires from a paired crossing cable; wherein the wires of the crossing cables are woven together at the intersection locations in a manner permitting the woven-together wires to move relative to each other when an opening force is applied to the elongated structure; and wherein in response to the opening force exerted thereon, at the intersection locations, pairs of crossing cables are configured to pivot relative to each other as the elongated structure transitions between a collapsed position for delivery to a treatment site, and an expanded clot capture position in which interstices are formed between the intersection locations enabling a clot to be captured. a plurality of cables each formed of a subset of the plurality of wires, wherein pairs of cables cross each other at a plurality of intersection locations; wherein at the plurality of intersection locations, wires from each pair of crossing cables are unwound and woven together with wires from a paired crossing cable; wherein the wires of the crossing cables are woven together at the intersection locations in a manner permitting the woven-together wires to move relative to each other when an opening force is applied to the elongated structure; and wherein in response to the opening force exerted thereon, at the intersection locations, pairs of crossing cables are configured to pivot relative to each other as the elongated structure transitions between a collapsed position for delivery to a treatment site, and an expanded clot capture position in which interstices are formed between the intersection locations enabling a clot to be captured.
An induction-based cordless iron soleplate (101, 201, 301) comprising a metallic layer (102, 202,302) configured to have a specific heat capable of providing heat-carrying capacity during an active phase of ironing and a thermal conductivity capable of providing a uniform heat distribution, and a ferromagnetic layer (103, 204,305), characterised in that the induction-based cordless iron soleplate (101, 201, 301) comprises further a non-ferromagnetic layer (104, 205, 306), wherein the ferromagnetic layer (103, 204, 305) is sandwiched between said metallic layer (102,202,302) and said non-ferromagnetic layer (104,205,306), wherein said non-ferromagnetic layer forms an ironing plate for contacting a cloth during active phase of ironing.
A method for detecting a disturbance relative to an initial state in a device comprising at least one resonating mechanical element having a physical parameter that is sensitive to a disturbance such that said disturbance modifies the resonant frequency of said resonating mechanical element, said method comprising: - exciting said resonating mechanical element, which allows said resonating mechanical element to vibrate in a non-linear response domain in terms of amplitude at a variable vibration frequency, said amplitude and said frequency being linked by an initial function, said disturbance generating a measurement function; - detecting and analysing variations in amplitude of vibrations of said mechanical element between an amplitude of said initial function and an amplitude of the measurement function resulting from the excitation, characterised in that said initial function has a frequency, called bifurcation frequency Ω lim, that corresponds to a change in the growth and decay of the frequency as a function of the amplitude and has at least one unstable frequency band (B INS), in which at least two stable amplitudes exist for the same frequency, and at least one stable frequency band (B S), in which a single stable amplitude corresponds to a single frequency, said step of exciting said resonating mechanical element being carried out: - by vibrating said mechanical element at the variable vibration frequency in a frequency band that is defined by a minimum frequency (Ω min) and a maximum frequency (Ω max); and - according to at least one frequency cycle centred on a central frequency Ω op, with one of said minimum or maximum frequencies being located in the stable frequency band of said initial function, the other maximum or minimum frequency being located in the unstable frequency band. - exciting said resonating mechanical element, which allows said resonating mechanical element to vibrate in a non-linear response domain in terms of amplitude at a variable vibration frequency, - detecting and analysing variations in amplitude of vibrations of said mechanical element between an amplitude of said initial function and an amplitude of the measurement function resulting from the excitation, - by vibrating said mechanical element at the variable vibration frequency in a frequency band that is defined by a minimum frequency (Ω min) and a maximum frequency (Ω max); and - according to at least one frequency cycle centred on a central frequency Ω op, with one of said minimum or maximum frequencies being located in the stable frequency band of said initial function, the other maximum or minimum frequency being located in the unstable frequency band.