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A vehicle driver assist system (10; 110) comprising: a housing (12; 112) having a camera mounted therein, the housing (12; 112) having at least one tab (30; 130); and a mounting bracket (14; 114) connectable with the vehicle, the mounting bracket (14; 114) including a channel (20; 120) for receiving the tab (30; 130) on the housing (12; 112), the channel (20; 120) being at least partially defined by an arm extending from a sidewall of the bracket (14; 114), the arm having an end surface and the sidewall having a guide surface, the end surface of the arm and the guide surface at least partially defining an insertion opening that faces generally downwardly, the tab (30; 130) on the housing (12; 112) sliding into the channel (20; 120) in the mounting bracket (14; 114) through the insertion opening to connect the housing (12; 112) to the mounting bracket (14; 114), the housing (12; 112) and the tab (30; 130) being pivotal relative to the bracket (14; 114) after the tab (30; 130) has slid into the channel (20; 120), wherein a V-shaped notch in the guide surface is defined by first and second side surfaces (52, 54) of the notch extending at an angle to each other, the first and second side surfaces (52, 54) of the notch extending transverse to the guide surface, wherein the tab (30; 130) engages the second notch side surface and a stop surface on the arm when the housing (12; 112) is connected to the bracket (14; 114). a housing (12; 112) having a camera mounted therein, the housing (12; 112) having at least one tab (30; 130); and a mounting bracket (14; 114) connectable with the vehicle, the mounting bracket (14; 114) including a channel (20; 120) for receiving the tab (30; 130) on the housing (12; 112), the channel (20; 120) being at least partially defined by an arm extending from a sidewall of the bracket (14; 114), the arm having an end surface and the sidewall having a guide surface, the end surface of the arm and the guide surface at least partially defining an insertion opening that faces generally downwardly, the tab (30; 130) on the housing (12; 112) sliding into the channel (20; 120) in the mounting bracket (14; 114) through the insertion opening to connect the housing (12; 112) to the mounting bracket (14; 114), the housing (12; 112) and the tab (30; 130) being pivotal relative to the bracket (14; 114) after the tab (30; 130) has slid into the channel (20; 120), wherein a V-shaped notch in the guide surface is defined by first and second side surfaces (52, 54) of the notch extending at an angle to each other, the first and second side surfaces (52, 54) of the notch extending transverse to the guide surface, wherein the tab (30; 130) engages the second notch side surface and a stop surface on the arm when the housing (12; 112) is connected to the bracket (14; 114).
An apparatus for assisting in vaginal penetration provided to receive a work tool, comprising: - a handling shaft; - a speculum tube extending axially from the handling shaft to a distal end at which it has an opening; - a video viewing system comprising an objective disposed within the speculum tube and a transmission device connected to the objective and connectable to a remotely located screen for viewing the image obtained by said objective; and - an objective support to hold the objective in a predetermined position relative to the speculum tube in which the objective is in the neighborhood of said opening of the speculum tube and faces the space located beyond said opening of the speculum tube; characterized in that said speculum tube comprises an end part and a main part extending between said end part and said handling shaft, said end part being disposed around said objective support and delimiting said opening, said end part being of elastically deformable material and said main part being of rigid material. - a handling shaft; - a speculum tube extending axially from the handling shaft to a distal end at which it has an opening; - a video viewing system comprising an objective disposed within the speculum tube and a transmission device connected to the objective and connectable to a remotely located screen for viewing the image obtained by said objective; and - an objective support to hold the objective in a predetermined position relative to the speculum tube in which the objective is in the neighborhood of said opening of the speculum tube and faces the space located beyond said opening of the speculum tube;
A system of assisting in rotor speed control in a rotorcraft, the system comprising: a sensor configured for measuring the rotor speed; and a computer (201, 125) having a droop protection loop control law, the droop protection loop configured to detect a drop in rotor speed beyond a droop rotor limit speed, the droop protection loop control law operable to generate a decrease collective pitch command to an actuator (124a, 124b, 124c) in response to a measured rotor speed decreasing below a lower droop limit that is below a normal lower rotor speed range; a vertical loops control law, the vertical loops control law being configured to generate a decrease collective pitch command so that the rotorcraft can hold a desired vertical axis state such as vertical speed or vertical altitude; and a selector configured to choose the lesser of the decrease collective pitch commands made by the vertical loops control law and the droop protection loop control law. a sensor configured for measuring the rotor speed; and a computer (201, 125) having a droop protection loop control law, the droop protection loop configured to detect a drop in rotor speed beyond a droop rotor limit speed, the droop protection loop control law operable to generate a decrease collective pitch command to an actuator (124a, 124b, 124c) in response to a measured rotor speed decreasing below a lower droop limit that is below a normal lower rotor speed range; a vertical loops control law, the vertical loops control law being configured to generate a decrease collective pitch command so that the rotorcraft can hold a desired vertical axis state such as vertical speed or vertical altitude; and a selector configured to choose the lesser of the decrease collective pitch commands made by the vertical loops control law and the droop protection loop control law.
A hook-and-loop fastener comprising a base fabric having existing on a surface thereof plural loop engagement elements, characterized in that the fibers constituting the loop engagement elements are formed of a polybutylene terephthalate-based polyester containing 1 to 8% by mass of polytrimethylene terephthalate.
A cell culture medium, wherein the cell culture medium is supplemented with amorphous calcium carbonate stabilized by at least one stabilizing agent and wherein said cell culture medium is suitable for growth of and enhances the growth of a biological culture, wherein the biological culture is a culture of human or non-human mammal cells, wherein the cells are selected from nerve, muscle, epithelial, adipose, stem cell, and blood cells and the stabilizer is selected from the group consisting of an inorganic polyphosphate comprising 2 to 10 phosphate groups, phosphorylated amino acids, organic acids, phosphorylated, phosphonated, sulfated or sulfonated organic compounds, phosphoric or sulfuric esters of hydroxy carboxylic acids, bisphosphonate, and any combinations thereof.
A circuit, comprising: a first power switch configured to selectively couple a coil current to energize a stepper motor coil in response to asserting a first control signal; a second power switch coupled to the first power switch and configured to selectively couple the coil current to de-energize the stepper motor coil in response to asserting a second control signal; a calibrator configured to detect a body diode effect of the second power switch occurring in response to de-asserting the second power switch, wherein the body diode effect is detected by sensing a positive or negative body-diode voltage, and adjusting a selected offset in response to the detection of the body diode effect of the second power switch; and a comparator circuit configured to compare an offset reference voltage to a motor voltage developed in response to the coil current, wherein the offset reference voltage includes a reference voltage being offset by a voltage indicated by the selected offset, wherein the selected offset is adjusted in response to the detection of the body diode effect of the body diode of the second power switch, and wherein the second control signal is one of asserted and de-asserted in response to the comparison of the offset reference voltage to the motor voltage. a first power switch configured to selectively couple a coil current to energize a stepper motor coil in response to asserting a first control signal; a second power switch coupled to the first power switch and configured to selectively couple the coil current to de-energize the stepper motor coil in response to asserting a second control signal; a calibrator configured to detect a body diode effect of the second power switch occurring in response to de-asserting the second power switch, wherein the body diode effect is detected by sensing a positive or negative body-diode voltage, and adjusting a selected offset in response to the detection of the body diode effect of the second power switch; and a comparator circuit configured to compare an offset reference voltage to a motor voltage developed in response to the coil current, wherein the offset reference voltage includes a reference voltage being offset by a voltage indicated by the selected offset, wherein the selected offset is adjusted in response to the detection of the body diode effect of the body diode of the second power switch, and wherein the second control signal is one of asserted and de-asserted in response to the comparison of the offset reference voltage to the motor voltage.
A needle assembly for detecting a microwave field, the needle assembly comprising: a distal portion including a coaxial arrangement of a first outer conductor structure defining a first chamber portion (22, 36) at a distal end thereof, an inner conductor pin and an insulator therebetween, the inner conductor pin being electrically connected to the outer conductor in the first chamber portion; an end cap at a distal end of the outer conductor structure of the distal portion; a proximal portion having a coaxial arrangement of the inner conductor pin and a second outer conductor structure and an insulator therebetween; a dielectric junction member between, and mechanically connecting, the first outer conductor of the distal portion and the second outer conductor of the proximal portion, the junction member defining a recess; and a rectifier element disposed in the recess and including a first terminal electrically coupled to the second outer conductor of the distal portion and a second terminal electrically coupled to the first outer conductor of the proximal portion. a distal portion including a coaxial arrangement of a first outer conductor structure defining a first chamber portion (22, 36) at a distal end thereof, an inner conductor pin and an insulator therebetween, the inner conductor pin being electrically connected to the outer conductor in the first chamber portion; an end cap at a distal end of the outer conductor structure of the distal portion; a proximal portion having a coaxial arrangement of the inner conductor pin and a second outer conductor structure and an insulator therebetween; a dielectric junction member between, and mechanically connecting, the first outer conductor of the distal portion and the second outer conductor of the proximal portion, the junction member defining a recess; and a rectifier element disposed in the recess and including a first terminal electrically coupled to the second outer conductor of the distal portion and a second terminal electrically coupled to the first outer conductor of the proximal portion.
A camera comprising: - a first imaging part for capturing IR image data of a first field of view, said first imaging part comprising IR optics, and - a second imaging part for capturing visible light data of a second field of view at least partially overlapping the first field of view, said second imaging part comprising visible light optics, characterized in that at least the first or second imaging part comprises a movable focus motor (11, 25) for focusing of the IR optics or visible light optics, respectively, and in that said camera further comprises sensing means arranged to sense the position of the movable focus motor (11, 25), and processing means arranged to: - determine a focusing distance (dF) travelled by the movable focus motor (11, 25) on the basis of the position of the movable focus motor (11,25); - determine a distance (z) to an object in the corresponding field of view on the basis of the focusing distance (dF), - determine the displacement needed to align the IR image data and the visible light image data based on the distance (z) to the object; and - perform the determined displacement to align the IR image data and the visible light image data, wherein the distance (z) to the object is determined according to the equation z = a/(dF - b), where a is a constant indicating the contribution of the parallax to the distance between the first field of view and the second field of view, and b is a constant indicating the contribution of the angle between the optical angles of the IR optics and the visible light optics to the distance between the first field of view and the second field of view. - a first imaging part for capturing IR image data of a first field of view, said first imaging part comprising IR optics, and - a second imaging part for capturing visible light data of a second field of view at least partially overlapping the first field of view, said second imaging part comprising visible light optics, - determine a focusing distance (dF) travelled by the movable focus motor (11, 25) on the basis of the position of the movable focus motor (11,25); - determine a distance (z) to an object in the corresponding field of view on the basis of the focusing distance (dF), - determine the displacement needed to align the IR image data and the visible light image data based on the distance (z) to the object; and - perform the determined displacement to align the IR image data and the visible light image data,
An exhaust gas treating method comprising the steps of: preheating a combustion air of a combustion apparatus by an exhaust gas discharged from the combustion apparatus; recovering heat from the exhaust gas by a heat recovery unit after the air preheating; and recovering soot/dust in the exhaust gas at an exit of the heat recovery unit by a dry precipitator; characterized in that after adjusting an exhaust gas temperature at the exit of the heat recovery unit to not more than a dew point temperature of sulfur trioxide, a heavy metal adsorbent is supplied into the exhaust gas at an entrance of the dry precipitator or into an intermediate position within the dry precipitator, and wherein the heat of the exhaust gas is recovered in a heating medium in the heat recovery unit, the heating medium is circulatingly supplied to a reheater, disposed for heating the desulfurized exhaust gas by the heating medium supplied from the heat recovery unit, or to a cooler, disposed for cooling the heating medium supplied from the heat recovery unit, and after adjusting the exhaust gas temperature at the exit of the heat recovery unit to not more than the dew point temperature of sulfur trioxide by at least one among a circulation amount of the circulating heating medium, between the heat recovery unit and the reheater, a heating amount of the heating medium, and a cooling amount of the heating medium, the heavy metal adsorbent is supplied into the exhaust gas at the entrance of the dry precipitator or into the intermediate position within the dry precipitator. preheating a combustion air of a combustion apparatus by an exhaust gas discharged from the combustion apparatus; recovering heat from the exhaust gas by a heat recovery unit after the air preheating; and recovering soot/dust in the exhaust gas at an exit of the heat recovery unit by a dry precipitator; characterized in that after adjusting an exhaust gas temperature at the exit of the heat recovery unit to not more than a dew point temperature of sulfur trioxide, a heavy metal adsorbent is supplied into the exhaust gas at an entrance of the dry precipitator or into an intermediate position within the dry precipitator, and wherein the heat of the exhaust gas is recovered in a heating medium in the heat recovery unit, the heating medium is circulatingly supplied to a reheater, disposed for heating the desulfurized exhaust gas by the heating medium supplied from the heat recovery unit, or to a cooler, disposed for cooling the heating medium supplied from the heat recovery unit, and after adjusting the exhaust gas temperature at the exit of the heat recovery unit to not more than the dew point temperature of sulfur trioxide by at least one among a circulation amount of the circulating heating medium, between the heat recovery unit and the reheater, a heating amount of the heating medium, and a cooling amount of the heating medium, the heavy metal adsorbent is supplied into the exhaust gas at the entrance of the dry precipitator or into the intermediate position within the dry precipitator.
Method for operating a vehicle function based on a natural frequency and/or a moment of inertia of a steering wheel assembly in a steering system, comprising the following steps: - Specifying an electromotoric steering intervention in order to move the steering system by providing a steering intervention force or a steering intervention torque; - Determining a natural frequency and/or a moment of inertia of the steering wheel assembly depending on the response of the steering wheel assembly due to the electromotoric steering intervention; - Operating the vehicle function based on the determined natural frequency and/or the determined moment of inertia of the steering wheel assembly, characterized in that a steering position adjustment is performed on the basis of one or more control parameters, wherein the one or more control parameters are associated with the determined natural frequency and/or the moment of inertia, or wherein the one or more control parameters are determined based on the natural frequency and/or the moment of inertia. - Specifying an electromotoric steering intervention in order to move the steering system by providing a steering intervention force or a steering intervention torque; - Determining a natural frequency and/or a moment of inertia of the steering wheel assembly depending on the response of the steering wheel assembly due to the electromotoric steering intervention; - Operating the vehicle function based on the determined natural frequency and/or the determined moment of inertia of the steering wheel assembly,
A system for electrocardiography, ECG, monitoring of a subject, the system comprising: multiple non-invasive capacitive sensors configured to generate output signals conveying electrophysiological information of the subject, wherein individual ones of the capacitive sensors are further configured to emit carrier signals, and wherein the generated output signals include a representation of the emitted carrier signals; computer program modules; and one or more processors configured to execute the computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising: a coupling module configured to determine coupling levels for individual ones of the capacitive sensors based on the output signals; a selection module configured to select one or more capacitive sensors based on the determined coupling levels; and a reconstruction module configured to determine an electrocardiogram, ECG, signal based on the generated output signals from the selected one or more capacitive sensors; wherein the coupling module is further configured to determine which capacitive sensor has the highest coupling level, characterised in that the selection of the one or more capacitive sensors is based on one or more correlation coefficients between the output signals generated by the capacitive sensor having the highest coupling level and the output signals generated by one or more other capacitive sensors. multiple non-invasive capacitive sensors configured to generate output signals conveying electrophysiological information of the subject, wherein individual ones of the capacitive sensors are further configured to emit carrier signals, and wherein the generated output signals include a representation of the emitted carrier signals; computer program modules; and one or more processors configured to execute the computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising: a coupling module configured to determine coupling levels for individual ones of the capacitive sensors based on the output signals; a selection module configured to select one or more capacitive sensors based on the determined coupling levels; and a reconstruction module configured to determine an electrocardiogram, ECG, signal based on the generated output signals from the selected one or more capacitive sensors; a coupling module configured to determine coupling levels for individual ones of the capacitive sensors based on the output signals; a selection module configured to select one or more capacitive sensors based on the determined coupling levels; and a reconstruction module configured to determine an electrocardiogram, ECG, signal based on the generated output signals from the selected one or more capacitive sensors; wherein the coupling module is further configured to determine which capacitive sensor has the highest coupling level,
Apparatus for fastening and contacting a lighting means and/or lighting module, in particular an LED module, wherein the apparatus has a socket housing, wherein the lighting means and/or lighting module, in particular LED module, is arranged in the socket housing of the apparatus and pressed onto a cooling element connected with the apparatus, wherein this pressing at least takes place via spring means of the apparatus, wherein the spring means are integrally formed with the socket housing; characterized in that the apparatus has locking means for mechanically fastening the lighting means and/or lighting module, in particular LED module, in the socket housing, wherein the spring means are present in the locking means.