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Equipment for automatically commissioning a lighting system comprising a plurality of luminaires for illuminating one or more regions within a space, the equipment comprising: a positioning system interface configured to receive signals from a positioning system, indicating a respective location within said space at which each of a plurality of physical entities is detected by the positioning system, each of the entities being a person or a movable nonhuman object; a controller configured to control the plurality of luminaires and configured to determine a spatial distribution of at least some of said entities based on the locations indicated by the signals from the positioning system, and to determine a region within said space corresponding to said spatial distribution, said region being smaller than said space; and wherein the controller is configured to identify a group of the luminaires that are arranged to illuminate said region and to store identifiers of the luminaries of the group together as a group in a commissioning database, the group of luminaires being fewer than the plurality of luminaires of the lighting system, and wherein the controller is configured to control the group of luminaires together. a positioning system interface configured to receive signals from a positioning system, indicating a respective location within said space at which each of a plurality of physical entities is detected by the positioning system, each of the entities being a person or a movable nonhuman object; a controller configured to control the plurality of luminaires and configured to determine a spatial distribution of at least some of said entities based on the locations indicated by the signals from the positioning system, and to determine a region within said space corresponding to said spatial distribution, said region being smaller than said space; and wherein the controller is configured to identify a group of the luminaires that are arranged to illuminate said region and to store identifiers of the luminaries of the group together as a group in a commissioning database, the group of luminaires being fewer than the plurality of luminaires of the lighting system, and wherein the controller is configured to control the group of luminaires together.
A series-wound motor having a stator (26, 26a, 26b) and an armature, having at least one field winding (14, 16) which is connected in series with an armature winding, and having at least two permanent magnets (34, 38, 42), whose magnetic field is superimposed on the main field produced by the at least one field winding (14, 16), characterized in that at least two permanent magnets are provided and are arranged asymmetrically on the pole shoes (28, 30), in that they are displaced from the pole shoe center and the neutral zone into a direction opposite to the preferred direction of the armature.
A distance-measuring sensor for detecting and determining the distance of objects in a monitored zone, the distance-measuring sensor comprising a transmitter for transmitting transmitted pulses, a receiver for generating a received signal from the transmitted pulses remitted in the monitored zone, a first comparator unit and a second comparator unit for digitizing the received signal with reference to a first threshold and a second threshold, as well as a control and evaluation unit which is configured to transmit a plurality of transmitted pulses via the transmitter, to collect the received signals thereupon generated by the receiver in a histogram and to determine a received point in time from the histogram and thus to determine a measured value for the signal transit time from the sensor to the object, characterized in that the first comparator unit, the second comparator unit and the control and evaluation unit are configured to acquire three digital states of a respective section of the received signal with reference to the first threshold and to the second threshold and to weight the contributions of the section to the histogram in dependence on the digital state, and in that the two thresholds are placed on both sides of a zero line of the received signal, in particular symmetrically, and the digital state between the two thresholds corresponds to a noise band to be suppressed.
Process for preparing, by photo-assisted condensation, a composition comprising a support containing a semiconductor having, at its surface, particles of core-shell type, said core comprising one or more element(s) M in the metal state chosen from platinum, palladium, gold, nickel, cobalt, ruthenium, silver, copper, rhenium or rhodium, said shell comprising a metal oxide M' x O y, wherein said core is in direct contact with said semiconductor of the support and the shell at least partially covers said core, said process comprising the following steps: a) a semiconductor comprising particles comprising one or more element (s) M in the metal state at its surface is provided, and is suspended with stirring and under irradiation by an irradiation source such that at least one part of the emission spectrum of said source is composed of photons having energies greater than the bandgap of the semiconductor, b) a soluble precursor of a metal M' with the same oxidation state as that of the metal oxide of the M' x O y shell desired is introduced, with stirring and under irradiation from said irradiation source, into the suspension of step a), said metal precursor M' containing gallium, indium, cerium, tin, thallium, lead or bismuth, c) a basic or acidic agent is then introduced, with stirring and under irradiation from said irradiation source, so as to bring about the precipitation of the metal oxide M' x O y in the suspension of step b), d) the composition is then separated from the suspension of step c), e) the composition obtained in step d) is dried, f) optionally, the dried composition obtained in step e) is subjected to a heat treatment. a) a semiconductor comprising particles comprising one or more element (s) M in the metal state at its surface is provided, and is suspended with stirring and under irradiation by an irradiation source such that at least one part of the emission spectrum of said source is composed of photons having energies greater than the bandgap of the semiconductor, b) a soluble precursor of a metal M' with the same oxidation state as that of the metal oxide of the M' x O y shell desired is introduced, with stirring and under irradiation from said irradiation source, into the suspension of step a), said metal precursor M' containing gallium, indium, cerium, tin, thallium, lead or bismuth, c) a basic or acidic agent is then introduced, with stirring and under irradiation from said irradiation source, so as to bring about the precipitation of the metal oxide M' x O y in the suspension of step b), d) the composition is then separated from the suspension of step c), e) the composition obtained in step d) is dried, f) optionally, the dried composition obtained in step e) is subjected to a heat treatment.
A fibronectin type III polypeptide monobody comprising a plurality of Fn3 β-strand domain sequences that are linked to a plurality of loop region sequences, wherein one or more of the monobody loop region sequences vary by deletion, insertion or replacement of at least two amino acids from the corresponding loop region sequences in wild-type Fn3; wherein the Fn3 polypeptide monobody comprises a stabilizing mutation of at least one amino acid residue as compared to a wild-type Fn3 molecule, wherein the stabilizing mutation is a substitution of at least one amino acid residue that is involved in an unfavourable electrostatic interaction, wherein the stabilizing mutation is a substitution of at least one Asp 7, Asp23 or Glu 9 with another amino acid residue, wherein said stabilizing mutation increases the melting point of the Fn3 polypeptide monobody by more than 0.1°C as compared to a Fn3 polypeptide monobody that is identical except for the change.
Method for transferring a liquefied natural gas, hereinafter LNG, contained at an initial pressure (Pi) in a methane tanker, to at least one storage tank at a storage pressure (Ps) and storing it therein, before its regasification for emission to a transport network, the method comprising the following steps: - the LNG is extracted from the methane tanker by pumping means; - the extracted LNG is transferred to the storage tank in liquid form and at a storage pressure (Ps), - the LNG is kept in the storage tank in subcooled state; - as the tank is filled with the LNG from the methane tanker, the evaporated LNG, hereinafter BOG, is removed from the storage tank, characterized in that it comprises a step wherein the BOG is expanded by passing through depressurizing means such that the BOG is at a pressure equivalent to the initial pressure (Pi); and a step wherein a fraction of the BOG quantity is removed then reinjected into the methane tanker at a volume flow rate equivalent to the LNG extraction flow rate so as to maintain the pressure in the methane tanker substantially equal to the initial pressure (Pi), the storage pressure being at least 200 millibars higher than the initial pressure. - the LNG is extracted from the methane tanker by pumping means; - the extracted LNG is transferred to the storage tank in liquid form and at a storage pressure (Ps), - the LNG is kept in the storage tank in subcooled state; - as the tank is filled with the LNG from the methane tanker, the evaporated LNG, hereinafter BOG, is removed from the storage tank,
A vehicle lamp with at least one illuminant comprising at least one light source for the fulfilling of at least one light function (BL, FRA, NL, SL), the vehicle lamp comprising at least: - one acceleration sensor outputting an acceleration signal that is proportional to at least a brake delay, and - a control unit connected to the acceleration sensor and to at least one illuminant of the vehicle lamp, wherein the control unit evaluates the acceleration signal, compares the thus obtained brake delay with at least one specified threshold value of a critical brake delay, and, depending on the result of this comparison, activates at least one illuminant at least one time at least briefly, which illuminant is connected to the control unit and provided for the fulfilling of at least one light function (FRA, NL, SL) of the vehicle lamp, in order to realize an adaptive autonomous brake light function upon an exceeding of a threshold value, characterised in that the vehicle lamp has a plurality of luminous surfaces, each of which is assigned to the fulfilling of one or more light functions, and in that the adaptive brake light function comprises a lighting up of the brake light function and an inclusion of the luminous surfaces of other light functions in order to display and/or emphasize the brake light function, wherein at least one light function activated at least one time at least briefly upon an exceeding of the threshold value is a light function other than the brake light function. - one acceleration sensor outputting an acceleration signal that is proportional to at least a brake delay, and - a control unit connected to the acceleration sensor and to at least one illuminant of the vehicle lamp, wherein the control unit evaluates the acceleration signal, compares the thus obtained brake delay with at least one specified threshold value of a critical brake delay, and, depending on the result of this comparison, activates at least one illuminant at least one time at least briefly, which illuminant is connected to the control unit and provided for the fulfilling of at least one light function (FRA, NL, SL) of the vehicle lamp, in order to realize an adaptive autonomous brake light function upon an exceeding of a threshold value, characterised in that the vehicle lamp has a plurality of luminous surfaces, each of which is assigned to the fulfilling of one or more light functions, and in that the adaptive brake light function comprises a lighting up of the brake light function and an inclusion of the luminous surfaces of other light functions in order to display and/or emphasize the brake light function, wherein at least one light function activated at least one time at least briefly upon an exceeding of the threshold value is a light function other than the brake light function.
A fluid diversion device for controlling fluid flow in a delivery system to deploy a prosthetic heart valve device, the fluid diversion device comprising: a housing including a first side, a second side, a junction structure (184, 204, 254), and a plurality of channels (202, 252) traversing the housing from the first side through the junction structure to the second side, and wherein the junction structure extends laterally across the plurality of channels; an occlusion member disposed in the junction structure, wherein rotation of the occlusion member enables selective occlusion of either a first subset of channels (252a, 252b) of the plurality of channels or a second subset of channels (252c, 252d) of the plurality of channels; and an actuator operably coupled to the occlusion member to enable selective positioning of the occlusion member in at least a first position that occludes the first subset of channels and a second position that occludes the second subset of channels for fluid communication in different directions relative to a first chamber and a second chamber of a delivery device. a housing including a first side, a second side, a junction structure (184, 204, 254), and a plurality of channels (202, 252) traversing the housing from the first side through the junction structure to the second side, and wherein the junction structure extends laterally across the plurality of channels; an occlusion member disposed in the junction structure, wherein rotation of the occlusion member enables selective occlusion of either a first subset of channels (252a, 252b) of the plurality of channels or a second subset of channels (252c, 252d) of the plurality of channels; and an actuator operably coupled to the occlusion member to enable selective positioning of the occlusion member in at least a first position that occludes the first subset of channels and a second position that occludes the second subset of channels for fluid communication in different directions relative to a first chamber and a second chamber of a delivery device.
An electronic device comprising: a display unit for three-dimensionally displaying a predetermined object; an operation unit for executing an operation associated with the object; an imaging unit for capturing images of a predetermined material body, which is a finger, in three-dimensional space where the object is displayed; and a control unit for determining a strength of an operation performed on the object and changing a content of the operation according to the determined strength; characterized in that the control unit is adapted to determine the strength of the operation based on a time from capturing an image of the finger upon a start of the operation to capturing an image in which a fingertip most largely appears. a display unit for three-dimensionally displaying a predetermined object; an operation unit for executing an operation associated with the object; an imaging unit for capturing images of a predetermined material body, which is a finger, in three-dimensional space where the object is displayed; and a control unit for determining a strength of an operation performed on the object and changing a content of the operation according to the determined strength; characterized in that the control unit is adapted to determine the strength of the operation based on a time from capturing an image of the finger upon a start of the operation to capturing an image in which a fingertip most largely appears.
Method for producing a display element for an electrowetting display with the steps: a) Provision of a display chamber with a first volume, the bottom of which is formed by a first intermediate film which has a first opening, whereby the display chamber is closed by an at least partly transparent cover (14; 14a, 14b) which is at some distance from the first intermediate film; b) Provision of a reservoir chamber for fluid with a second volume, the bottom of which is formed by a substrate and which has a second intermediate film at some distance from it which closes the reservoir chamber and has a second opening; c) Provision of a quantity of a first fluid which is greater than both the first volume as well as the second volume but is less than the sum of the first volume and second volume; d) Division of the quantity of fluid into a first partial drop and a second partial drop; e) Introduction of the first partial drop into the display chamber; f) Introduction of the second partial drop into the reservoir chamber; g) Bringing together of the display chamber and the reservoir chamber so that the first opening and the second opening at least partly overlap; h) Application of an electrical field to the display chamber and to the reservoir chamber, thereby uniting the first partial drop and the second partial drop (40a, 40b). a) Provision of a display chamber with a first volume, the bottom of which is formed by a first intermediate film which has a first opening, whereby the display chamber is closed by an at least partly transparent cover (14; 14a, 14b) which is at some distance from the first intermediate film; b) Provision of a reservoir chamber for fluid with a second volume, the bottom of which is formed by a substrate and which has a second intermediate film at some distance from it which closes the reservoir chamber and has a second opening; c) Provision of a quantity of a first fluid which is greater than both the first volume as well as the second volume but is less than the sum of the first volume and second volume; d) Division of the quantity of fluid into a first partial drop and a second partial drop; e) Introduction of the first partial drop into the display chamber; f) Introduction of the second partial drop into the reservoir chamber; g) Bringing together of the display chamber and the reservoir chamber so that the first opening and the second opening at least partly overlap; h) Application of an electrical field to the display chamber and to the reservoir chamber, thereby uniting the first partial drop and the second partial drop (40a, 40b).
A hair styling iron comprising: a handle to which a barrel is mounted, a heating element in the barrel; a rotary drive that rotates for moving the barrel; a control circuit including a timer; a drive switch which is user actuable and connected to the control circuit for controlling operation of the rotary drive; wherein the control circuit monitors at least one change of state of the drive switch to determine a starting time, and actuates a response after an elapsed time measured from the starting time, wherein the rotary drive rotates the barrel in a first direction upon actuation of the drive switch through a first angle of rotation, and the response initiated by the control circuit after the elapsed time comprises turning the barrel in a second direction opposite to the first direction through a second angle that is proportional to the first angle. a handle to which a barrel is mounted, a heating element in the barrel; a rotary drive that rotates for moving the barrel; a control circuit including a timer; a drive switch which is user actuable and connected to the control circuit for controlling operation of the rotary drive; wherein the control circuit monitors at least one change of state of the drive switch to determine a starting time, and actuates a response after an elapsed time measured from the starting time, wherein the rotary drive rotates the barrel in a first direction upon actuation of the drive switch through a first angle of rotation, and the response initiated by the control circuit after the elapsed time comprises turning the barrel in a second direction opposite to the first direction through a second angle that is proportional to the first angle.
A polypeptide of 6 to 16 amino acids comprising at least 6 consecutive amino acids from the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 4 for use in the treatment of an inflammatory condition, wherein said polypeptide comprises the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 8.
A stackable construction block for building a construction block assembly by joining two or more such stackable construction blocks when provided in stacked form using at least one block-joining element, the stackable construction block having a body with first and second mutually opposed, spaced surfaces (14a, 14b), which are joined around their peripheries by one or more external surfaces (13a, 13b, 13c, 13d, 13e, 13f) across which at least one open-ended channel extends, wherein the first and second surfaces (14a, 14b) are provided with one or more protrusions and/or recesses adapted to aid stacking of said two or more blocks, wherein the one or more protrusions and/or recesses provided in the first surface are arranged so as to be mutually complementary with the one or more protrusions and/or recesses provided in the second surface; wherein said at least one open-ended channel is adapted to receive said block-joining element to join said two or more stackable construction blocks when provided in stacked form, thereby building said construction block assembly, and characterized in that the stackable construction block is formed from a polymeric material having a density of no more than 45 kg/m 3. wherein the first and second surfaces (14a, 14b) are provided with one or more protrusions and/or recesses adapted to aid stacking of said two or more blocks, wherein the one or more protrusions and/or recesses provided in the first surface are arranged so as to be mutually complementary with the one or more protrusions and/or recesses provided in the second surface; wherein said at least one open-ended channel is adapted to receive said block-joining element to join said two or more stackable construction blocks when provided in stacked form, thereby building said construction block assembly, and characterized in that