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Autonomous irrigation device (10; 100) including: - a valve, switchable between an open and a closed configuration, having a water inlet pipe, a water outlet pipe, a control chamber through which the water inlet and outlet pipes are connected and a first membrane, placed in the control chamber and movable between a closed position, where the valve is in a closed configuration, in which the circulation of water through the valve is prevented, and an open position, where the valve is in an open configuration, in which the circulation of water through the valve is not prevented; - a regulator, comprising a tilting element operable so as to cause the valve to tilt between its open and closed configurations by causing the first membrane to move between its open and closed positions; and - a humidity sensor, configured to be placed in soil and operate the regulator according to soil moisture level, characterized in that: - the regulator comprises an opening actuator, which comprises an opening head configured to operate the tilting element, so as to cause the first membrane to move from its closed position to its open position when the soil moisture level, measured by the humidity sensor, reaches a minimum level, - the regulator comprises a closing actuator, which comprises a closing head configured to operate the tilting element, so as to cause the first membrane to move from its open position to its closed position when the soil moisture level, measured by the humidity sensor, reaches a maximum level, and - The opening actuator and the closing actuator are separate from each other. - a valve, switchable between an open and a closed configuration, having a water inlet pipe, a water outlet pipe, a control chamber through which the water inlet and outlet pipes are connected and a first membrane, placed in the control chamber and movable between a closed position, where the valve is in a closed configuration, in which the circulation of water through the valve is prevented, and an open position, where the valve is in an open configuration, in which the circulation of water through the valve is not prevented; - a regulator, comprising a tilting element operable so as to cause the valve to tilt between its open and closed configurations by causing the first membrane to move between its open and closed positions; and - a humidity sensor, configured to be placed in soil and operate the regulator according to soil moisture level, - the regulator comprises an opening actuator, which comprises an opening head configured to operate the tilting element, so as to cause the first membrane to move from its closed position to its open position when the soil moisture level, measured by the humidity sensor, reaches a minimum level, - the regulator comprises a closing actuator, which comprises a closing head configured to operate the tilting element, so as to cause the first membrane to move from its open position to its closed position when the soil moisture level, measured by the humidity sensor, reaches a maximum level, and - The opening actuator and the closing actuator are separate from each other.
A coupling assembly, comprising: an upper adapter having an upper adapter body that provides a latching collet and a torque collet axially spaced from the latching collet, the torque collet including a plurality of axially-extending torque members and a corresponding torque lug provided on each axially-extending torque member; and a lower adapter having a lower adapter body configured to receive the upper adapter body and providing a series of latch mating threads defined on an inner surface of the lower adapter body configured to engage, matingly, the latching collet such that interaction, between the latch mating threads and the latching collet, moves the latching collet axially, the lower adapter body further providing a torque collet profile that defines a plurality of longitudinal slots for receiving the torque lugs therein, wherein, when the upper adapter is received within the lower adapter, compression and tension loads are applicable between the upper and lower adapters, and wherein, when the torque lugs are received into the plurality of longitudinal slots, torque is applicable between the upper and lower adapters in at least one angular direction. an upper adapter having an upper adapter body that provides a latching collet and a torque collet axially spaced from the latching collet, the torque collet including a plurality of axially-extending torque members and a corresponding torque lug provided on each axially-extending torque member; and a lower adapter having a lower adapter body configured to receive the upper adapter body and providing a series of latch mating threads defined on an inner surface of the lower adapter body configured to engage, matingly, the latching collet such that interaction, between the latch mating threads and the latching collet, moves the latching collet axially, the lower adapter body further providing a torque collet profile that defines a plurality of longitudinal slots for receiving the torque lugs therein, wherein, when the upper adapter is received within the lower adapter, compression and tension loads are applicable between the upper and lower adapters, and wherein, when the torque lugs are received into the plurality of longitudinal slots, torque is applicable between the upper and lower adapters in at least one angular direction.
A suture material handling device for a thread made in particular from a surgical suture material comprising a suturing head having a first and a second jaw section, which are designed to be capable of being moved relative to one another, in particular pivoted and/or folded, and first needle elements, which are associated with the jaw sections, and which are designed for performing a first piercing as well as thread entraining operation of a first thread end of the thread in a relative position that is closed and/or in which the jaw sections have been moved toward one another or are designed to be movable by the movement of at least one of the jaw sections, by preferably manual actuation, and second needle elements, which are associated with the suturing head, in particular with the jaw sections, and which can be actuated separately from the first needle elements and which are provided adjacent to the first needle elements and which are designed to perform a second (D2, D3) piercing as well as thread entraining operation for the second thread end, which is opposite the first thread end, of the thread in the relative position of the jaw sections that is closed or in which the jaw sections have been moved toward one another, respectively, wherein, in order to perform a locally spaced apart and consecutive double piercing (D2, D3) of a suture carrier, which is received in a single layer between the jaw sections in the relative position that is closed or in which the jaw sections have been moved toward one another, respectively, the second needle elements have an entraining section, which is designed to perform a pivoting and/or curved motion that entrains the second thread end.
A method for puncturing parity bits by a transmitter in a communication system using a Low-Density Parity-Check, LDPC, code, the method comprising: determining a number N p of parity bits to be punctured in an LDPC codeword which is described in digital video broadcasting-satellite transmission 2nd generation, DVB-S2, standard; determining a number m of parity bit sets in which all parity bits are to be punctured, based on the number of parity bits to be punctured; and puncturing all parity bits of m parity bit sets P π, P π,..., P π( m -1), and (N p -360m) parity bits among parity bits of a parity bit set P π( m), wherein m = ⌊ N p 360 ⌋, wherein the parity bit sets are defined based on a following equation, P j = p k | j ≡ k mod q, 0 ≤ k < N 1 − K 1, where N 1 denotes a length of the LDPC codeword, K 1 denotes a length of an information part of the LDPC codeword, P j denotes a j -th parity bit set, p k denotes a K-th parity bit, q is a value satisfying q = ( N 1 -K 1) / 360, wherein if a modulation scheme is 16QAM, N 1 = 16200, K 1 = 7200, and q = 25, indices π,..., π(m-1) for the m parity bit sets P π, P π,..., P π( m -1) are defined based on a following table: π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π - - 16QAM 6 4 13 9 18 8 15 20 5 17 2 22 24 7 12 1 16 23 14 0 21 10 19 11 3 - - determining a number N p of parity bits to be punctured in an LDPC codeword which is described in digital video broadcasting-satellite transmission 2nd generation, DVB-S2, standard; determining a number m of parity bit sets in which all parity bits are to be punctured, based on the number of parity bits to be punctured; and puncturing all parity bits of m parity bit sets P π, P π,..., P π( m -1), and (N p -360m) parity bits among parity bits of a parity bit set P π( m), wherein m = ⌊ N p 360 ⌋, wherein the parity bit sets are defined based on a following equation, P j = p k | j ≡ k mod q, 0 ≤ k < N 1 − K 1, where N 1 denotes a length of the LDPC codeword, K 1 denotes a length of an information part of the LDPC codeword, P j denotes a j -th parity bit set, p k denotes a K-th parity bit, q is a value satisfying q = ( N 1 -K 1) / 360, wherein if a modulation scheme is 16QAM, N 1 = 16200, K 1 = 7200, and q = 25, indices π,..., π(m-1) for the m parity bit sets P π, P π,..., P π( m -1) are defined based on a following table: π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π π - - 16QAM 6 4 13 9 18 8 15 20 5 17 2 22 24 7 12 1 16 23 14 0 21 10 19 11 3 - -
A method for producing a bonded article in which a member A containing a fluorinated polymer having an adhesive functional group and a member B containing a resin material, are bonded, characterized in that in a state where at least a portion of said member A is disposed in the cavity of a mold for injection molding, said resin material is injected into the cavity and solidified to form said member B, wherein the adhesive functional group is a carbonyl group-containing group, the resin material contained in the member B is a polyamide, and the temperature of the mold is lower by at least 10°C than the melting point of the fluorinated polymer. the adhesive functional group is a carbonyl group-containing group, the resin material contained in the member B is a polyamide, and the temperature of the mold is lower by at least 10°C than the melting point of the fluorinated polymer.
A saddle-type vehicle comprising: a vehicle body frame; a pillion step supported by the vehicle body frame and on which a foot of a passenger is to be placed; a passenger seat supported by the vehicle body frame and on which the passenger is to be seated; an exhaust pipe configured to guide an exhaust gas discharged from an engine to an outside; an exhaust pipe cover covering the exhaust pipe from a lateral outside thereof; and a guard body extending laterally outward from the vehicle body frame, wherein the guard body is disposed below the pillion step, characterised by a guard body cover covering the guard body from a lateral outside thereof, wherein a saddlebag which is configured to accommodate luggage is disposed rearward and upward of the guard body cover, wherein the guard body and the guard body cover are disposed to protrude laterally from an opening part formed in the exhaust pipe cover, and wherein the guard body and the guard body cover are disposed at a lateral inner side of an outermost end portion of the saddlebag. a vehicle body frame; a pillion step supported by the vehicle body frame and on which a foot of a passenger is to be placed; a passenger seat supported by the vehicle body frame and on which the passenger is to be seated; an exhaust pipe configured to guide an exhaust gas discharged from an engine to an outside; an exhaust pipe cover covering the exhaust pipe from a lateral outside thereof; and a guard body extending laterally outward from the vehicle body frame, wherein the guard body is disposed below the pillion step, characterised by a guard body cover covering the guard body from a lateral outside thereof, wherein a saddlebag which is configured to accommodate luggage is disposed rearward and upward of the guard body cover, wherein the guard body and the guard body cover are disposed to protrude laterally from an opening part formed in the exhaust pipe cover, and wherein the guard body and the guard body cover are disposed at a lateral inner side of an outermost end portion of the saddlebag.
A method to reduce variations in total reflected energy due to thin film interference when inspecting a sample, comprising: producing p-polarized light based on at least one from a group comprising linear, circular, and random polarized light; and illuminating the sample having a top most film, wherein said illuminating uses p-polarized light from said producing; wherein the p-polarized light is p-polarized relative to the sample; characterized in that illumination used in said illuminating step comprises two uniform rings of p-polarized light, the first ring having incident angles greater than Brewster's angle and the second ring having incident angles less than Brewster's angle; wherein the variation, with respect to film thickness, in total reflected energy at incident angles less than Brewster's angle is used to balance the variation, with respect to film thickness, in the total reflected energy at incident angles greater than Brewster's angle. producing p-polarized light based on at least one from a group comprising linear, circular, and random polarized light; and illuminating the sample having a top most film, wherein said illuminating uses p-polarized light from said producing; wherein the p-polarized light is p-polarized relative to the sample; characterized in that illumination used in said illuminating step comprises two uniform rings of p-polarized light, the first ring having incident angles greater than Brewster's angle and the second ring having incident angles less than Brewster's angle; wherein the variation, with respect to film thickness, in total reflected energy at incident angles less than Brewster's angle is used to balance the variation, with respect to film thickness, in the total reflected energy at incident angles greater than Brewster's angle.
A method performed in relation to a private conversation conducted over a network between a selected group of two or more users, each of said group of users participating in the conversation from a respective instance of a communication client run on a respective user device; wherein the private conversation comprises one or more content items, each of said content items being shared by a respective source user of said group with one or more other users of said group internally within the private conversation; and the method comprises: associating a respective permissions model with each respective one of the content items, the permission model being configured to act on the communication client to control permission for the one or more other users to use the respective content item outside of said conversation; and wherein the method is characterised by receiving a request from a requesting one of the one or more other users, via a permission messaging mechanism incorporated into the communication client, requesting the permission from the respective source user to make one of the content items available outside of said private conversation; and on condition of the request being accepted by the source user, setting the respective permission model to grant the permission to the requesting user. associating a respective permissions model with each respective one of the content items, the permission model being configured to act on the communication client to control permission for the one or more other users to use the respective content item outside of said conversation; and wherein the method is characterised by receiving a request from a requesting one of the one or more other users, via a permission messaging mechanism incorporated into the communication client, requesting the permission from the respective source user to make one of the content items available outside of said private conversation; and on condition of the request being accepted by the source user, setting the respective permission model to grant the permission to the requesting user.
A method for determining participation in a joint communication by a user equipment configured as a coordinating user equipment for a user-equipment-coordination set in a wireless communications network, the method comprising the coordinating user equipment: receiving an indication from a base station specifying multiple user equipments (111, 112, 113, 114) to include in the user-equipment-coordination set; determining a first subset of the multiple user equipments (111, 112, 113) to participate in the joint communication with the base station; and transmitting one or more joint-communication-selection messages to the first subset of the multiple user equipments (111, 112, 113), the transmitting being effective to direct the first subset of the multiple user equipments (111, 112, 113) to participate in the joint communication with the base station. receiving an indication from a base station specifying multiple user equipments (111, 112, 113, 114) to include in the user-equipment-coordination set; determining a first subset of the multiple user equipments (111, 112, 113) to participate in the joint communication with the base station; and transmitting one or more joint-communication-selection messages to the first subset of the multiple user equipments (111, 112, 113), the transmitting being effective to direct the first subset of the multiple user equipments (111, 112, 113) to participate in the joint communication with the base station.
Method for thermally connecting a heat source of a battery system to a heat sink of the battery system, comprising the steps: - carrying out a setting operation by means of a setting device, in which a distance between an electrically conductive housing surface of the heat source and an electrically conductive heat transfer surface, which is part of the heatsink or adjoins the heatsink, is reduced by compressing an electrically insulating thermally conductive material arranged between them; - carrying out a continuous capacitance measurement between the housing surface and the thermal transfer surface by means of a measuring device during the setting operation; - monitoring a layer thickness of the thermally conductive material and controlling the setting device by means of a control apparatus on the basis of the capacitance measurement until a specified layer thickness of the thermally conductive material is reached. - carrying out a setting operation by means of a setting device, in which a distance between an electrically conductive housing surface of the heat source and an electrically conductive heat transfer surface, which is part of the heatsink or adjoins the heatsink, is reduced by compressing an electrically insulating thermally conductive material arranged between them; - carrying out a continuous capacitance measurement between the housing surface and the thermal transfer surface by means of a measuring device during the setting operation; - monitoring a layer thickness of the thermally conductive material and controlling the setting device by means of a control apparatus on the basis of the capacitance measurement until a specified layer thickness of the thermally conductive material is reached.
An electromagnetic proximity sensor, in particular an inductive sensor, for detecting a target object, the proximity sensor comprising a sensor element for generating a sensor signal that varies with a distance of the target object and an evaluation unit configured to detect a presence of the target object in a switching distance by comparing the sensor signal with a switching threshold, to detect an absence level of the sensor signal while no target object affects the sensor signal and/or a presence level of the sensor signal while a target object is detected as present, and to adapt the switching threshold based on the absence level and/or the presence level, characterized in that the evaluation unit is further configured to determine points in time for the detection of the absence level and/or the presence level based on an analysis the sensor signal for an expected temporal sequence of the sign of the derivation of the sensor signal.
A controller (50, 60) for heat source equipment (20, 30) connected to an air handling unit, the air handling unit comprising an air blower which draws in outside air, a heat exchanger (21, 31) which causes the outside air drawn in by the air blower and a refrigerant fed from the heat source equipment (20, 30) to exchange heat with each other, the air handling unit being provided to supply as air for air conditioning, air passing through the heat exchanger (21, 31) to space to be air-conditioned, further comprising a direct digital controller controlling the air blower and giving an instruction in operation content to the heat source equipment (20, 30), the controller (50, 60) being connected between the direct digital controller and the heat source equipment (20, 30), receiving from the direct digital controller the instruction in operation content for the heat source equipment (20, 30), and transmitting the instruction in operation content to the heat source equipment (20, 30), the heat source equipment (20, 30) transmitting to the controller (50, 60) an actual operation content actually executed by the heat source equipment (20, 30), characterized in that the controller (50, 60) is comparing the actual operation content having been received from the heat source equipment (20, 30) with the operation content having been instructed from the direct digital controller to the heat source equipment (20, 30), and, upon the actual operation content actually executed by the heat source equipment (20, 30) being a different operation content different from the operation content specified by the instruction, notifying the direct digital controller of the different operation content, thereby reflecting the different operation content in the control of the air blower kept by the direct digital controller or in the instruction given to the heat source equipment (20, 30).
A floatable wave energy converter for converting wave energy to electricity, the wave energy converter comprising a housing adapted to oscillate in response to wave motion and extending between a forward end and an aft end with the forward end thereof adapted to face into the waves in use, a forwardly facing lower portion of the housing adjacent the forward end thereof sloping in a generally downward aft direction, an air chamber formed in the housing adjacent the forward end thereof, a water accommodating duct formed in the housing and extending aft from the air chamber for accommodating water into and out of the air chamber as the housing oscillates in response to wave motion for varying the water level in the air chamber, the water accommodating duct terminating in a water accommodating opening located aft of the air chamber in the aft end of the housing, an air accommodating duct for accommodating air into and out of the air chamber in response to the varying water level therein, a converting means for converting energy in air being urged through the air accommodating duct in response to the varying water level in the air chamber to mechanical rotational energy, characterised in that a first stabilising plate extends below a waterline of the housing in a generally forward downward direction from the forwardly facing lower portion of the housing at an angle thereto adjacent the forward end of the housing for controlling the heaving and pitching motion of the housing to maximise the efficiency of conversion of the movement of the housing in water to useable energy.