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A control method for smart furniture, wherein the smart furniture comprises a furniture body, a movable part and a concealing part, the movable part and the concealing part being disposed on the furniture body; a cavity for receiving the movable part is provided on the furniture body; the concealing part's deployed position for concealing the cavity and retracted position for exposing the cavity are provided on the furniture body; inside the furniture body are provided a first drive device (400, 300) for switching the concealing part between the deployed position and the retracted position, and a second drive device (400, 300) for driving the movable part to extend out of or retract into the cavity; inside the furniture body are further provided a sensor for detecting positions of the movable part and the concealing part, a controller for controlling the first drive device (400, 300) and the second drive device (400, 300), and a receiving box for receiving a control instruction; the controller is connected to the sensor to obtain position information of the movable part and the concealing part, and connected to the receiving box to analyse the control instruction; characterized in that the control method comprises: analysing, by the controller, after the receiving box receives a control instruction directed to the movable part or the concealing part, the control instruction to estimate moving direction of the movable part or the concealing part; obtaining, by the sensor, current positions of the movable part and the concealing part, and estimating, by the controller, whether movement of the movable part or the concealing part is to be interfered with based on information from the sensor; and controlling, based on estimated direction and interference estimation in conjunction with the control instruction, drive direction and drive distance of the first drive device (400, 300) and/or the second drive device (400, 300).
Method for determining a type of computing device of a unit of a motor vehicle, wherein the computing device is designed to at least partially control at least one function of the unit; comprising the following steps: accessing at least one register (R1-Rn) of a memory device of the unit; and determining the type of computing device based on a result of the access process; characterized in that the accessing of the at least one register (R1-Rn) comprises read accessing of at least one predefined register (R1-Rn), and the type of computing device is determined using a presence or absence of a transmission error. accessing at least one register (R1-Rn) of a memory device of the unit; and determining the type of computing device based on a result of the access process; characterized in that the accessing of the at least one register (R1-Rn) comprises read accessing of at least one predefined register (R1-Rn), and the type of computing device is determined using a presence or absence of a transmission error.
A surgical suture comprising: an elongated body; a plurality of barbs extending from the elongated body and forming a barb angle between the barbs and the elongated body, at least a portion of the plurality of barbs being made from a shape memory polymer such that the barbs extend at different barb angles when in a temporary shape than in a permanent shape; and an effective amount of a bioactive agent disposed within the barb angles formed between the barbs and the elongated body, characterised in that the plurality of barbs comprises multiple barbs having different shape recovery temperatures in which a portion of the barbs recover their permanent shape upon exposure to a temperature greater than room temperature and lower than body temperature with other barbs recovering their shape upon exposure to body temperature thereby providing automatic sustained release of the bioactive agent on implantation. an elongated body; a plurality of barbs extending from the elongated body and forming a barb angle between the barbs and the elongated body, at least a portion of the plurality of barbs being made from a shape memory polymer such that the barbs extend at different barb angles when in a temporary shape than in a permanent shape; and an effective amount of a bioactive agent disposed within the barb angles formed between the barbs and the elongated body, characterised in that the plurality of barbs comprises multiple barbs having different shape recovery temperatures in which a portion of the barbs recover their permanent shape upon exposure to a temperature greater than room temperature and lower than body temperature with other barbs recovering their shape upon exposure to body temperature thereby providing automatic sustained release of the bioactive agent on implantation.
A method for operating a first nodeB, NB, which operates in a first access mode for changing an access mode of a second NB which operates in a second access mode, in a wireless communication system where both NBs use the same frequency, the method comprising: receiving, from a terminal served by the first NB, information regarding the second NB in which the terminal is not registered upon the terminal entering a coverage area of the second NB; determining a level of an interference for the terminal caused by the second NB based on the information; transmitting, to the second NB, a request message for requesting to change the access mode of the second NB from the second access mode to the first access mode, if the level of the interference is greater than a threshold; and receiving a response message indicating whether the access mode of the second NB has been changed responsive to the request message, wherein the second NB changes the access mode of the second NB from the second access mode to the first access mode based on the request message, so that the terminal entering the coverage area of the second NB may access the second NB even though it is not registered in the second NB, wherein when a NB operates in the first access mode of a plurality of access modes, the NB grants access to at least one terminal registered in the NB and at least one terminal not registered in the NB, and wherein when a NB operates in the second access mode of a plurality of access modes, the NB grants access to at least one terminal registered in the NB and denies access to at least one terminal not registered in the second NB. receiving, from a terminal served by the first NB, information regarding the second NB in which the terminal is not registered upon the terminal entering a coverage area of the second NB; determining a level of an interference for the terminal caused by the second NB based on the information; transmitting, to the second NB, a request message for requesting to change the access mode of the second NB from the second access mode to the first access mode, if the level of the interference is greater than a threshold; and receiving a response message indicating whether the access mode of the second NB has been changed responsive to the request message,
A vacuum pump control apparatus which controls a vacuum pump main body, the vacuum pump control apparatus comprising: a plurality of circuit boards including a first circuit board and a second circuit board which constitute a control circuit that controls the vacuum pump main body; a housing having an internal space in which the plurality of the circuit boards are arranged, wherein one side of the housing is open; a heat radiating plate to which the first circuit board is mounted so as to enable heat radiation and which is arranged on the housing so as to close the opening of the housing; and a board fixing means which fixes the second circuit board to an inner surface of the housing so as to enable heat radiation, characterized in that the board fixing means includes: a mounting hole which is provided so as to penetrate the housing; and a screwing means which screws and fixes the second circuit board and the housing with each other by a mounting screw that is mounted through the mounting hole. a plurality of circuit boards including a first circuit board and a second circuit board which constitute a control circuit that controls the vacuum pump main body; a housing having an internal space in which the plurality of the circuit boards are arranged, wherein one side of the housing is open; a heat radiating plate to which the first circuit board is mounted so as to enable heat radiation and which is arranged on the housing so as to close the opening of the housing; and a board fixing means which fixes the second circuit board to an inner surface of the housing so as to enable heat radiation, characterized in that the board fixing means includes: a mounting hole which is provided so as to penetrate the housing; and a screwing means which screws and fixes the second circuit board and the housing with each other by a mounting screw that is mounted through the mounting hole. a mounting hole which is provided so as to penetrate the housing; and a screwing means which screws and fixes the second circuit board and the housing with each other by a mounting screw that is mounted through the mounting hole.
Method for imaging a sample by means of a microscope which comprises at least an illumination unit, an imaging optical unit and an image sensor, wherein the following steps are carried out for imaging purposes: a) a region of the sample is illuminated by illumination radiation by means of the illumination unit and b) the illuminated sample region is imaged in a magnified fashion on the image sensor by means of the imaging optical unit and an image of the illuminated sample region is recorded using a predetermined number of image pixels, characterized in that c) a plurality of different regions of one or more comparison samples are provided, d) a reference measurement is performed on each comparison sample region provided in step c), wherein the comparison sample region is in each case illuminated by illumination radiation by means of the illumination unit and imaged in a magnified fashion on the image sensor by means of the imaging optical unit and recorded as a reference image with the predetermined number of image pixels, e) a brightness correction image with the predetermined number of image pixels is ascertained, in which brightness correction image the value for each image pixel of the brightness correction image is ascertained from the values of the assigned image pixels of the reference images, wherein the values of the assigned image pixels of the reference images are averaged, and f) the image of the region of the sample recorded by means of steps a) and b) is corrected on the basis of the brightness correction image and output as a corrected image. a) a region of the sample is illuminated by illumination radiation by means of the illumination unit and b) the illuminated sample region is imaged in a magnified fashion on the image sensor by means of the imaging optical unit and an image of the illuminated sample region is recorded using a predetermined number of image pixels, characterized in that c) a plurality of different regions of one or more comparison samples are provided, d) a reference measurement is performed on each comparison sample region provided in step c), wherein the comparison sample region is in each case illuminated by illumination radiation by means of the illumination unit and imaged in a magnified fashion on the image sensor by means of the imaging optical unit and recorded as a reference image with the predetermined number of image pixels, e) a brightness correction image with the predetermined number of image pixels is ascertained, in which brightness correction image the value for each image pixel of the brightness correction image is ascertained from the values of the assigned image pixels of the reference images, wherein the values of the assigned image pixels of the reference images are averaged, and f) the image of the region of the sample recorded by means of steps a) and b) is corrected on the basis of the brightness correction image and output as a corrected image.
An electrical equipment configured for comprising an electrically insulating fluid, said electrical equipment comprising a water absorbing element protected by a water resistant material which inhibits the water absorbing element from absorbing water from its surroundings, said water resistant material being dissolvable by the electrically insulating fluid.
Compact epicyclic gearing having a first stage comprising at least one input shaft kinematically connected to at least one input planet gear engaged with at least one first planet gear rotatably supported by a first planet carrier and meshed with a first outer gear internal to a case of the epicyclic gearing, the latter being characterized in that the at least one input planet gear is joined to a respective input planet gear shaft, at one end thereof a respective pulley is keyed on which is engaged an annular belt or chain of an annular gearing which is engaged to a pinion keyed on the input shaft whose rotation is transmitted by means of the belt or chain to the at least one pulley which sets in rotation the relative input planet gear shaft of the at least one input planet gear, with the input planet gear shaft axis parallel to the axis of the input shaft and rotating along a circumference, dragging in rotation, by means of the at least one first planet gear, the first planet carrier whose rotation axis is coaxial to the input shaft axis.
A skin adherable device for delivering a therapeutic fluid into a body of a patient, comprising: (i) a tip for delivering the therapeutic fluid into the body of the patient and for monitoring bodily analyte in the body of the patient; (ii) a patch unit including: a monitoring apparatus including sensing means a dispensing apparatus; a processor, for controlling operation of at least one of the monitoring apparatus and the dispensing apparatus; and a reservoir with an outlet port; and characterised by (iii) a skin-adherable cradle unit to which the patch unit is capable of being connected and disconnected, the skin-adherable cradle unit comprising a passageway for inserting the tip and at least one connector for connecting the patch unit to the skin-adherable cradle unit, with the outlet port of the reservoir allowing fluid communication between the reservoir and the tip when the patch unit is connected to the skin-adherable cradle unit; and in that the monitoring apparatus further includes connection wires configured to establish electrical communication between the tip and the processor. (i) a tip for delivering the therapeutic fluid into the body of the patient and for monitoring bodily analyte in the body of the patient; (ii) a patch unit including: a monitoring apparatus including sensing means a dispensing apparatus; a processor, for controlling operation of at least one of the monitoring apparatus and the dispensing apparatus; and a reservoir with an outlet port; and characterised by a monitoring apparatus including sensing means a dispensing apparatus; a processor, for controlling operation of at least one of the monitoring apparatus and the dispensing apparatus; and a reservoir with an outlet port; and characterised by (iii) a skin-adherable cradle unit to which the patch unit is capable of being connected and disconnected, the skin-adherable cradle unit comprising a passageway for inserting the tip and at least one connector for connecting the patch unit to the skin-adherable cradle unit, with the outlet port of the reservoir allowing fluid communication between the reservoir and the tip when the patch unit is connected to the skin-adherable cradle unit; and in that the monitoring apparatus further includes connection wires configured to establish electrical communication between the tip and the processor. and in that the monitoring apparatus further includes connection wires configured to establish electrical communication between the tip and the processor.
A log rest assembly comprising: ∘ a vertically extending log rest post; ∘ a post housing assembled with the post, said post being vertically displaceable therewith; characterized by: ∘ a rack secured to the post and a pinion secured to the housing, the rack and pinion for raising and lowering the post in relation to the post housing; ∘ a tensioned chain attached to the log rest assembly; the rack comprising a first ratcheted wheel attached to the post housing for engaging teeth on the tensioned chain; ∘ a second ratcheted wheel; ∘ a rotatable shaft extending from the first ratcheted wheel to the second ratcheted wheel; and ∘ a handle attached to the second ratcheted wheel for actuating the ratcheted wheel, ∘ wherein rotation of the handle causes the ratcheted wheel to raise or lower the vertical position of the post. ∘ a vertically extending log rest post; ∘ a post housing assembled with the post, said post being vertically displaceable therewith; characterized by: ∘ a rack secured to the post and a pinion secured to the housing, the rack and pinion for raising and lowering the post in relation to the post housing; ∘ a tensioned chain attached to the log rest assembly; the rack comprising a first ratcheted wheel attached to the post housing for engaging teeth on the tensioned chain; ∘ a second ratcheted wheel; ∘ a rotatable shaft extending from the first ratcheted wheel to the second ratcheted wheel; and ∘ a handle attached to the second ratcheted wheel for actuating the ratcheted wheel, ∘ a rack secured to the post and a pinion secured to the housing, the rack and pinion for raising and lowering the post in relation to the post housing; ∘ a tensioned chain attached to the log rest assembly; the rack comprising a first ratcheted wheel attached to the post housing for engaging teeth on the tensioned chain; ∘ a second ratcheted wheel; ∘ a rotatable shaft extending from the first ratcheted wheel to the second ratcheted wheel; and ∘ a handle attached to the second ratcheted wheel for actuating the ratcheted wheel, ∘ wherein rotation of the handle causes the ratcheted wheel to raise or lower the vertical position of the post.
A magnesium alloy sheet material, being a sheet material comprising magnesium alloy; wherein: (a) the magnesium alloy forms a matrix that contains hard particles, the hard particles having a coefficient of elasticity higher than that of the matrix-foming alloy; and (b) when in the thickness direction of the sheet material, a region from each surface of the sheet material to a position away from the surface by 40% of the thickness of the sheet material is defined as a surface region and the remaining region is defined as the center region, hard particles existing in the center region have a maximum diameter of more than 20 μm and less than 50 μm and hard particles existing in the surface region have a maximum diameter of 5 μm or less, a content of the hard particles in the surface region is 0.5 vol.% or more and 15 vol.% or less of the total volume of the sheet material and a content of hard particles in the center region is 0.5 vol.% or more and 15 vol.% or less of the total volume of the sheet material. (a) the magnesium alloy forms a matrix that contains hard particles, the hard particles having a coefficient of elasticity higher than that of the matrix-foming alloy; and (b) when in the thickness direction of the sheet material, a region from each surface of the sheet material to a position away from the surface by 40% of the thickness of the sheet material is defined as a surface region and the remaining region is defined as the center region, hard particles existing in the center region have a maximum diameter of more than 20 μm and less than 50 μm and hard particles existing in the surface region have a maximum diameter of 5 μm or less, a content of the hard particles in the surface region is 0.5 vol.% or more and 15 vol.% or less of the total volume of the sheet material and a content of hard particles in the center region is 0.5 vol.% or more and 15 vol.% or less of the total volume of the sheet material.
An environmental sensor (1, 10) for measuring physical quantities associated with a surrounding environment, the environmental sensor (1, 10) comprising: one or more sensor elements (4a - 4g) configured to detect the physical quantities; and a user recognition unit configured to recognize a change in a physical quantity detected by at least one of the sensor elements (4a - 4g) as being caused by a user when the physical quantity changes in accordance with a predetermined rule; characterized by further comprising: an installation state change detection unit configured to detect a change in an installation state of the environmental sensor (1, 10); and an abnormality processing unit configured to perform predetermined abnormality processing when the change in the installation state of the environmental sensor (1, 10) is detected without recognition being achieved by the user recognition unit. one or more sensor elements (4a - 4g) configured to detect the physical quantities; and a user recognition unit configured to recognize a change in a physical quantity detected by at least one of the sensor elements (4a - 4g) as being caused by a user when the physical quantity changes in accordance with a predetermined rule; characterized by further comprising: an installation state change detection unit configured to detect a change in an installation state of the environmental sensor (1, 10); and an abnormality processing unit configured to perform predetermined abnormality processing when the change in the installation state of the environmental sensor (1, 10) is detected without recognition being achieved by the user recognition unit. an installation state change detection unit configured to detect a change in an installation state of the environmental sensor (1, 10); and an abnormality processing unit configured to perform predetermined abnormality processing when the change in the installation state of the environmental sensor (1, 10) is detected without recognition being achieved by the user recognition unit.
A flow machine, in particular an axial pump operated in a standing manner, with an inner housing part, in which a shaft carrying a propeller wheel is mounted, and with an outer housing part, wherein a flow path for the fluid delivered by the propeller wheel is formed between the inner and outer housing part, and the inner housing part is designed for receiving a fluid buffer for at least one seal and comprises at least one opening for the supply and drainage of the buffer, wherein a recess is provided in the outer housing part, via which recess the opening is accessible from the outside, characterised in that a valve is provided in or on the inner housing part, with which valve a conduit leading through the opening can be blocked.