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A method to ensure proper operation of an actuator of an auditory prosthesis comprising: applying an input signal to the actuator, wherein the actuator comprises an adjustable assembly (310, 316, 318, 320) comprising a seismic mass; analyzing a distortion of an output signal generated by the actuator in response to the input signal; and positioning the adjustable assembly (310, 316, 318, 320) based at least in part on the analysis by repositioning at least a component of the seismic mass relative to a counterweight so as to reduce the distortion. applying an input signal to the actuator, wherein the actuator comprises an adjustable assembly (310, 316, 318, 320) comprising a seismic mass; analyzing a distortion of an output signal generated by the actuator in response to the input signal; and positioning the adjustable assembly (310, 316, 318, 320) based at least in part on the analysis by repositioning at least a component of the seismic mass relative to a counterweight so as to reduce the distortion.
Device for measuring the relative time of arrival of at least two signals, the device comprising at least one TDC, each TDC receiving a reference clock signal which determines a period of oscillation (T CK) and comprising at least one channel each adapted to read a time of arrival (t' A,n=1-N, t" A,n=1-N) of an event signal (S n=1-N), wherein each TDC comprises a free-running ring oscillator as well as at least one supplementary channel (Ch CLK) dedicated to said reference clock signal, and wherein each TDC is adapted to measure, concurrently to measuring said time of arrival (t' A,n=1-N, t" A,n=1-N) of an event signal (S n=1-N) and by use of said free-running ring oscillator, at least two of preceding and/or subsequent edges (t CK0, t CK1) of the reference clock signal such as to allow, event by event or at least periodically, to measure the current period of oscillation (T' DT) of the reference clock signal of each TDC by use of said at least one supplementary channel (Ch CLK) of each TDC dedicated to the reference clock signal.
A head mounted bone-conductive acoustic device, comprising: a head wearable equipment which is eyeglasses comprising a leg, a bone-conductive acoustic member, and a connection structure, through which the bone-conductive acoustic member is at least rotatably connected to the leg of the head wearable equipment, the connection structure includes a rotating shaft bracket and a connecting member, the rotating shaft bracket being connected to the leg, characterized in that the rotating shaft bracket is provided with a hole to be passed through by the connecting member, and the bone-conductive acoustic member comprises at least two housings, respectively a first housing and a second housing, and the connecting member comprises a rotating shaft, which is connected to an inner side of the first housing at one end and connected to an inner side of the second housing after passing through the hole in the rotating shaft bracket. a head wearable equipment which is eyeglasses comprising a leg, a bone-conductive acoustic member, and a connection structure, through which the bone-conductive acoustic member is at least rotatably connected to the leg of the head wearable equipment, the connection structure includes a rotating shaft bracket and a connecting member, the rotating shaft bracket being connected to the leg, characterized in that the rotating shaft bracket is provided with a hole to be passed through by the connecting member, and the bone-conductive acoustic member comprises at least two housings, respectively a first housing and a second housing, and the connecting member comprises a rotating shaft, which is connected to an inner side of the first housing at one end and connected to an inner side of the second housing after passing through the hole in the rotating shaft bracket.
A system for monitoring and controlling the pH of a drilling fluid, the system comprising: a drilling fluid heater (122, 220, 322, 420, 522, 622, 720); a first sensor (210, 314, 410, 514, 610, 614, 710) configured to sense a first pH-value and an associated first temperature of the drilling fluid prior to being heated by the drilling fluid heater (122, 220, 322, 420, 522, 622, 720); a second sensor (212, 316, 412, 516, 612, 616, 712) configured to sense a second pH-value and an associated second temperature of the drilling fluid subsequent to being heated by the drilling fluid heater (122, 220, 322, 420, 522, 622, 720); and a controller comprising a memory having computer readable instructions and a processing device for executing the computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions comprising: receiving the first pH-value and first temperature from the first sensor (210, 314, 410, 514, 610, 614, 710); receiving the second pH-value and second temperature from the second sensor (212, 316, 412, 516, 612, 616, 712); and determining an amount of additive to add by means of an additive system to the drilling fluid to maintain a desired pH-value at the second temperature; wherein the controller is configured to adjust the drilling fluid heater (122, 220, 322, 420, 522, 622, 720) to heat the drilling fluid to the expected temperature downhole. a drilling fluid heater (122, 220, 322, 420, 522, 622, 720); a first sensor (210, 314, 410, 514, 610, 614, 710) configured to sense a first pH-value and an associated first temperature of the drilling fluid prior to being heated by the drilling fluid heater (122, 220, 322, 420, 522, 622, 720); a second sensor (212, 316, 412, 516, 612, 616, 712) configured to sense a second pH-value and an associated second temperature of the drilling fluid subsequent to being heated by the drilling fluid heater (122, 220, 322, 420, 522, 622, 720); and a controller comprising a memory having computer readable instructions and a processing device for executing the computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions comprising: receiving the first pH-value and first temperature from the first sensor (210, 314, 410, 514, 610, 614, 710); receiving the second pH-value and second temperature from the second sensor (212, 316, 412, 516, 612, 616, 712); and determining an amount of additive to add by means of an additive system to the drilling fluid to maintain a desired pH-value at the second temperature; receiving the first pH-value and first temperature from the first sensor (210, 314, 410, 514, 610, 614, 710); receiving the second pH-value and second temperature from the second sensor (212, 316, 412, 516, 612, 616, 712); and determining an amount of additive to add by means of an additive system to the drilling fluid to maintain a desired pH-value at the second temperature; wherein the controller is configured to adjust the drilling fluid heater (122, 220, 322, 420, 522, 622, 720) to heat the drilling fluid to the expected temperature downhole.
A method for controlling a Leptinotarsa species infestation of a plant comprising: causing mortality or stunting in larvae of said Leptinotarsa species by providing in the diet of said larvae at least one double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:1117, 1118, and 1119.
An acoustic device, comprising: a first member including an opening; and a second member joined to the first member, thereby forming a cavity, the second member is formed of a material with a density lower than a material of the first member; and characterised in that: a flange of the first member forms the opening. a first member including an opening; and a second member joined to the first member, thereby forming a cavity, the second member is formed of a material with a density lower than a material of the first member; and characterised in that: a flange of the first member forms the opening.
A separating device (10, 10') for a combine harvester which operates on the axial flow principle, comprising: - a housing having a separating concave arrangement and a cover arrangement which jointly form a hollow cylinder, - a separating rotor accommodated mounted rotatably in the hollow cylinder of the housing so that an intermediate space for conveying crop material is defined between the housing and the separating rotor peripherally and along a longitudinal axis of the separating rotor; wherein provided at an inner surface of the cover arrangement, that faces the separating rotor, are crop flow engagement means adapted to engage ramp-like peripherally of the separating rotor into a crop flow that circulates in the intermediate space upon peripheral conveyance of the crop flow, wherein the crop flow engagement means are adjustable so that a radial engagement depth of the crop flow engagement means into the intermediate space is variable, and drive means are provided which are connected to the crop flow engagement means in order to drive adjustment thereof and are actuable from outside the housing for the adjusting drive of the the crop flow engagement means, characterised in that the crop flow engagement means comprise a plurality of comb-like crop flow engagement elements which are disposed along the longitudinal axis of the separating rotor in succession in accordance with their respective length and are adjustable independently of each other so that their respective radial engagement depth into the intermediate space is variable. - a housing having a separating concave arrangement and a cover arrangement which jointly form a hollow cylinder, - a separating rotor accommodated mounted rotatably in the hollow cylinder of the housing so that an intermediate space for conveying crop material is defined between the housing and the separating rotor peripherally and along a longitudinal axis of the separating rotor;
A method for generating a mail item, label or tag, the method comprising the steps of: generating an address block image digest comprising pixels of an image of a destination address block of the mail item and also a description of the address block in terms of the number of lines and words contained in the address; using the address block image digest as a recoverable portion of a cryptographic validation code; formatting the recoverable portion of the cryptographic validation code with other postal data for digital postage mark information computation; and printing the digital postage mark information on one of the mail item, label or tag. generating an address block image digest comprising pixels of an image of a destination address block of the mail item and also a description of the address block in terms of the number of lines and words contained in the address; using the address block image digest as a recoverable portion of a cryptographic validation code; formatting the recoverable portion of the cryptographic validation code with other postal data for digital postage mark information computation; and printing the digital postage mark information on one of the mail item, label or tag.
A method for coating with titanium, comprising: coating titanium on a surface of polyether ether ketone "PEEK" via magnetron sputtering; polishing the surface of the titanium coated on the surface of PEEK via an electromagnetic polishing apparatus; and forming a thin-film with titanium dioxide "TiO 2 " having a microporous structure on the polished surface of the titanium via an anodic oxidation treatment, wherein the electromagnetic polishing apparatus comprises: a magnetic field generator having a permanent magnet generating an N pole magnetic field and a permanent generating an S pole magnetic field; a magnetic field converter rotating the magnetic field generator, to convert the positions of the N pole magnetic field and the S pole magnetic field repeatedly by a relatively short period; a polishing receiver configured into which the PEEK having the surface coated with titanium and a polishing material having magnetism are provided, into which the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator is supplied; and a receiving plate disposed over the magnetic field converter and receiving the polishing receiver. coating titanium on a surface of polyether ether ketone "PEEK" via magnetron sputtering; polishing the surface of the titanium coated on the surface of PEEK via an electromagnetic polishing apparatus; and forming a thin-film with titanium dioxide "TiO 2 " having a microporous structure on the polished surface of the titanium via an anodic oxidation treatment, wherein the electromagnetic polishing apparatus comprises: a magnetic field generator having a permanent magnet generating an N pole magnetic field and a permanent generating an S pole magnetic field; a magnetic field converter rotating the magnetic field generator, to convert the positions of the N pole magnetic field and the S pole magnetic field repeatedly by a relatively short period; a polishing receiver configured into which the PEEK having the surface coated with titanium and a polishing material having magnetism are provided, into which the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator is supplied; and a receiving plate disposed over the magnetic field converter and receiving the polishing receiver. a magnetic field generator having a permanent magnet generating an N pole magnetic field and a permanent generating an S pole magnetic field; a magnetic field converter rotating the magnetic field generator, to convert the positions of the N pole magnetic field and the S pole magnetic field repeatedly by a relatively short period; a polishing receiver configured into which the PEEK having the surface coated with titanium and a polishing material having magnetism are provided, into which the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator is supplied; and a receiving plate disposed over the magnetic field converter and receiving the polishing receiver.
An LED dimming apparatus comprising: current adjusting means for variably controlling a magnitude of a current flowing through an LED load; switching means for intermittently controlling the current flowing through the LED load; and dimming controlling means for controlling the current adjusting means and the switching means upon receiving a dimming signal outputted from a dimmer, wherein the LED dimming apparatus is arranged such that in a case where the dimming signal outputted from the dimmer is on a higher brightness side than a predetermined level (a), the dimming controlling means flows a continuous current though the LED load, and dims the LED load based on a magnitude of the continuous flowing current, and in a case where the dimming signal outputted from the dimmer is on a lower brightness side than the predetermined level (a), the dimming controlling means flows a pulse current through the LED load, and changes a mean value of waveforms of the pulse current, thereby dimming the LED load, characterized in that the predetermined level (a) is set in a range where a ratio of a voltage change with respect to a current change becomes three to five times a case where a rated current flows through the LED load in voltage-current (V-I) characteristics of the LED load. current adjusting means for variably controlling a magnitude of a current flowing through an LED load; switching means for intermittently controlling the current flowing through the LED load; and dimming controlling means for controlling the current adjusting means and the switching means upon receiving a dimming signal outputted from a dimmer, wherein the LED dimming apparatus is arranged such that in a case where the dimming signal outputted from the dimmer is on a higher brightness side than a predetermined level (a), the dimming controlling means flows a continuous current though the LED load, and dims the LED load based on a magnitude of the continuous flowing current, and in a case where the dimming signal outputted from the dimmer is on a lower brightness side than the predetermined level (a), the dimming controlling means flows a pulse current through the LED load, and changes a mean value of waveforms of the pulse current, thereby dimming the LED load, characterized in that the predetermined level (a) is set in a range where a ratio of a voltage change with respect to a current change becomes three to five times a case where a rated current flows through the LED load in voltage-current (V-I) characteristics of the LED load.
A method of enhancing an audio signal from an audio output device, the method comprising, for a frequency band of the audio signal: i) obtaining a user masking contour curve, covering at least a part of said frequency band, wherein the user masking contour curve provides an estimate of the user's cochlear spectral resolution, ii) deriving a target masking contour curve from the user masking contour curve, such that the target masking contour curve reflects an improved hearing ability compared to the user masking contour curve, iii) parameterizing a digital compression system based on the sound level of the target masking contour curve at a given frequency and the sound level of the user masking contour curve at the same given frequency, wherein the parameterizing of the digital compression system comprises the setup of at least two parameters of the digital compression system, iv) outputting the parameters of the digital compression system, and v) processing, using the parameters, said audio signal to provide an enhanced audio signal. i) obtaining a user masking contour curve, covering at least a part of said frequency band, wherein the user masking contour curve provides an estimate of the user's cochlear spectral resolution, ii) deriving a target masking contour curve from the user masking contour curve, such that the target masking contour curve reflects an improved hearing ability compared to the user masking contour curve, iii) parameterizing a digital compression system based on the sound level of the target masking contour curve at a given frequency and the sound level of the user masking contour curve at the same given frequency, wherein the parameterizing of the digital compression system comprises the setup of at least two parameters of the digital compression system, iv) outputting the parameters of the digital compression system, and v) processing, using the parameters, said audio signal to provide an enhanced audio signal.
A jaw set comprising: a first jaw pivotally coupled to a second jaw at a pivot axis by a pivot pin extending through the first jaw and the second jaw at the position of the pivotal connection characterized in that the jaw set further comprises at least one removable pin stub, the removable pin stub comprising: a flange portion having a first side and a second side, the flange portion having at least one through opening extending from the first side to the second side; and a stub portion extending from the first side of the flange portion, the removable pin stub being fastened to the first jaw or the second jaw such that the stub portion protrudes from an outer surface of the jaw set, wherein the removable pin stub is positioned at the pivot axis. a first jaw pivotally coupled to a second jaw at a pivot axis by a pivot pin extending through the first jaw and the second jaw at the position of the pivotal connection characterized in that the jaw set further comprises at least one removable pin stub, the removable pin stub comprising: a flange portion having a first side and a second side, the flange portion having at least one through opening extending from the first side to the second side; and a stub portion extending from the first side of the flange portion, the removable pin stub being fastened to the first jaw or the second jaw such that the stub portion protrudes from an outer surface of the jaw set, wherein the removable pin stub is positioned at the pivot axis. a flange portion having a first side and a second side, the flange portion having at least one through opening extending from the first side to the second side; and a stub portion extending from the first side of the flange portion, the removable pin stub being fastened to the first jaw or the second jaw such that the stub portion protrudes from an outer surface of the jaw set, wherein the removable pin stub is positioned at the pivot axis.
A device for measuring a particle beam comprising a front face and a rear face as well as: - a first part, referred to as the central part, including means for forming a space charge zone for a particle beam to be measured to pass therethrough, charge carriers of a first type and of a second type being generated by said beam when the same passes through the space charge zone; - a second part, referred to as the peripheral part, including means for collecting at least one type of charge carrier among the first type or the second type of charge carriers generated at the space charge zone; the central part having a thickness less than or equal to the thickness of the peripheral part, the peripheral part surrounding the central part so that a particle beam can pass through the central part without passing through the peripheral part, the device being characterised in that it includes, in a region of the central part and opening onto the rear face, a layer of a porous material forming a porous region so that the effective thickness perceived by the beam when it passes through the device at the central part by passing through the porous region along an axis normal to the front face is less than the thickness of the central part, the space charge zone being situated outside the porous region. - a first part, referred to as the central part, including means for forming a space charge zone for a particle beam to be measured to pass therethrough, charge carriers of a first type and of a second type being generated by said beam when the same passes through the space charge zone; - a second part, referred to as the peripheral part, including means for collecting at least one type of charge carrier among the first type or the second type of charge carriers generated at the space charge zone;