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A system for tracking an elongated medical instrument in a field of interest, comprising: - a tracking arrangement; and - a processing unit; wherein the tracking arrangement is configured to obtain images of the medical instrument, the images including an instrument marker located on the medical instrument at a marker position remote from a tip of the medical instrument, and wherein the processing unit is configured to i) detect line segments and the instrument marker in the obtained images; ii) select the line segment of said line segments along which the instrument marker is detected, the selected line segment corresponding to the medical instrument; and iii) to determine an offset of a position of the tip of the medical instrument based on the medical instrument touching a reference marker. - a tracking arrangement; and - a processing unit; wherein the tracking arrangement is configured to obtain images of the medical instrument, the images including an instrument marker located on the medical instrument at a marker position remote from a tip of the medical instrument, and wherein the processing unit is configured to i) detect line segments and the instrument marker in the obtained images; ii) select the line segment of said line segments along which the instrument marker is detected, the selected line segment corresponding to the medical instrument; and iii) to determine an offset of a position of the tip of the medical instrument based on the medical instrument touching a reference marker. i) detect line segments and the instrument marker in the obtained images; ii) select the line segment of said line segments along which the instrument marker is detected, the selected line segment corresponding to the medical instrument; and iii) to determine an offset of a position of the tip of the medical instrument based on the medical instrument touching a reference marker.
Marking system for marking a marking object, having a marking device for applying a marking to a marking object, characterized by a detection device (15, 16) for detecting identification information associated with the marking object, and a control device for controlling the marking device, wherein the control device is designed to authenticate the identification information detected by the detection device (15, 16) and to control the marking device depending on the authentication.
A transmission apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit for acquiring a power consumption of each of a plurality of power loads; a communication unit for transmitting data associated with the power consumption to a server via a network; and a controller for acquiring a congestion degree of the network, wherein the controller is adapted to determine a priority of the data based on the congestion degree and to control the communication unit to transmit the data in priority order, and characterized in that the controller is adapted to deal with a total power consumption, corresponding to a sum of the power consumptions, as main data and to give the main data a highest priority, wherein the controller is adapted to calculate, when the congestion degree is equal to or higher than a first congestion threshold and based on the power consumption, a power consumption of each power distribution type corresponding to a sum of the power consumptions of the power loads connected in each distribution system in a power grid as sub-data, and to give the sub-data a second highest priority next to the main data. an acquisition unit for acquiring a power consumption of each of a plurality of power loads; a communication unit for transmitting data associated with the power consumption to a server via a network; and a controller for acquiring a congestion degree of the network, wherein the controller is adapted to determine a priority of the data based on the congestion degree and to control the communication unit to transmit the data in priority order, and characterized in that the controller is adapted to deal with a total power consumption, corresponding to a sum of the power consumptions, as main data and to give the main data a highest priority, wherein the controller is adapted to calculate, when the congestion degree is equal to or higher than a first congestion threshold and based on the power consumption, a power consumption of each power distribution type corresponding to a sum of the power consumptions of the power loads connected in each distribution system in a power grid as sub-data, and to give the sub-data a second highest priority next to the main data.
A pH sensor agent comprising the general structure of: wherein R 1 and R 2 are independently: H, a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group, an aryl group consisting of a 5-6 membered ring containing 0-4 heteroatoms independently selected from N, O and S, L-W; wherein R 3 -R 8 are independently: H, F, Cl, a C 1 -C 20 alkoxide group, a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group, an aryl group consisting of a 5-6 membered ring containing 0-4 heteroatoms independently selected from N, O and S; and wherein R 9 -R 12 are independently H, F, Cl, Br, I, OH, a C 1 -C 20 alkoxide group, a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group, an aryl group consisting of a 5-6 membered ring containing 0-4 heteroatoms independently selected from N, O and S, CO 2 H, SO 3 H, L-CO 2 H, L-SO 3 H, L-R, or L-W; wherein L is a linear, branched, and/or cyclic covalent linkage comprising 0-16 non-hydrogen atoms and comprising any suitable combination of: ester, acid, sulphonic acid, sulfamide, amine, amide, alcohol, ether, thioether, halide, single bonds, double bonds, triple bonds, and aromatic bonds; wherein W is a reactive group, said reactive group being a chemical moiety capable of reacting with a partner chemical moiety to form a covalent linkage; wherein X is: O, CR 17, MR 17; wherein R 17 is: H, F, Cl, Br, I, OH, a C 1 -C 20 alkoxide group, a C 1 -C 20 alkyl group, an aryl group consisting of a 5-6 membered ring containing 0-4 heteroatoms independently selected from N, O and S, CO 2 H, SO 3 H, L-CO 2 H, or L-SO 3 H,; and wherein M is selected from C, N, O, Si, P, S, Ge, As, Se, Sn, Sb, Te, Pb, Bl, and Po.
A measurement method for measuring video latency induced by a piece of video playback equipment that is connected to a piece of decoder equipment having a photosensitive sensor incorporated therein, the measurement method being performed in the decoder equipment and including a measurement stage (Pm) comprising the steps of: • causing a screen of the video playback equipment to generate emitted light test signals; • using the photosensitive sensor to acquire captured light signals including received light test signals resulting from the emitted light test signals being reflected on at least one surface of surroundings of the video playback equipment; • acquiring measurement signals produced by the photosensitive sensor from the captured light signals, and analyzing the measurement signals in order to obtain a video latency measurement. • causing a screen of the video playback equipment to generate emitted light test signals; • using the photosensitive sensor to acquire captured light signals including received light test signals resulting from the emitted light test signals being reflected on at least one surface of surroundings of the video playback equipment; • acquiring measurement signals produced by the photosensitive sensor from the captured light signals, and analyzing the measurement signals in order to obtain a video latency measurement.
Food preparation appliance with a food preparation vessel, with a rotatable mixing tool for mixing and/or chopping a food in a bottom region of the food preparation vessel, with a control unit with which the rotational speed for the mixing tool can be set, wherein a rotational speed of at least 5000 revolutions per minute, preferably of at least 8000 revolutions per minute, can be set by the control unit for the mixing tool, wherein a collecting basket can be inserted or is inserted into the food preparation vessel or is detachably positioned on the food preparation vessel, with a rotatable chopping tool for chopping food, wherein the chopping tool is arranged or can be arranged relative to the collecting basket in such a way that, after chopping by means of the chopping tool, a food falls downwards due to gravity in order to be collected in the collecting basket, characterized in that the food preparation vessel is liquid-tight and the mixing tool comprises a blade protruding from a shaft.
Pressure regulating system (1; 20; 30; 40; 50) suited to regulate the pressure of a gas, comprising: - a regulating device suited to regulate the pressure of a first gas stream, provided with an inlet for the gas at a supply pressure and with an outlet for the gas at a regulated pressure lower than said supply pressure; - a vortex tube configured in such a way that it receives a gas stream through an inlet, separates it into a hot portion and a cold portion and delivers said hot and cold portions through corresponding outlets (3b, 3c); - a heat exchanger coupled with said vortex tube in order to heat said first gas stream before it flows into said regulating device; characterized in that it comprises a recovery duct suited to collect a first portion of said first gas stream at a collection point located downstream of said heat exchanger and to convey it to said inlet of said vortex tube. - a regulating device suited to regulate the pressure of a first gas stream, provided with an inlet for the gas at a supply pressure and with an outlet for the gas at a regulated pressure lower than said supply pressure; - a vortex tube configured in such a way that it receives a gas stream through an inlet, separates it into a hot portion and a cold portion and delivers said hot and cold portions through corresponding outlets (3b, 3c); - a heat exchanger coupled with said vortex tube in order to heat said first gas stream before it flows into said regulating device;
A chemical indicator for monitoring a vaporous hydrogen peroxide sterilization process, comprising: a reactive composition adhered to a substrate; the reactive composition comprising from 20% to 65% by weight of a transition metal reagent, and from 0.01% to 15% by weight of an oxidizing agent selected from potassium dichromate, sodium dichromate, potassium permanganate, or a mixture of two or more thereof; and from 25% to 75% by weight of a resin for adhering the transition metal reagent and the oxidizing agent to the substrate. a reactive composition adhered to a substrate; the reactive composition comprising from 20% to 65% by weight of a transition metal reagent, and from 0.01% to 15% by weight of an oxidizing agent selected from potassium dichromate, sodium dichromate, potassium permanganate, or a mixture of two or more thereof; and from 25% to 75% by weight of a resin for adhering the transition metal reagent and the oxidizing agent to the substrate.
An apparatus, comprising: an encoder capable of encoding a block of a video frame using either a first partitioning method or a geometric model-based partitioning method, wherein the first partitioning method includes at least uniform block partitioning or tree-based partitioning, and the geometric model-based partitioning method includes determining a set of parameters of a line or curve to partition the block into two regions that are separated by the line or curve, characterized in that said encoder skips a testing of a mode of the geometric model-based partitioning method based on at least a mode selected using the first partitioning method for encoding the block, information of one or more neighboring blocks, or motion vector information. an encoder capable of encoding a block of a video frame using either a first partitioning method or a geometric model-based partitioning method, wherein the first partitioning method includes at least uniform block partitioning or tree-based partitioning, and the geometric model-based partitioning method includes determining a set of parameters of a line or curve to partition the block into two regions that are separated by the line or curve, characterized in that said encoder skips a testing of a mode of the geometric model-based partitioning method based on at least a mode selected using the first partitioning method for encoding the block, information of one or more neighboring blocks, or motion vector information.
An apparatus, comprising: a base station configured to transmit multiple polls to a subscriber station in a wireless network at a first predetermined time interval between polls, and to receive a wireless indication from the subscriber station to each of the multiple polls, the indication indicating whether the subscriber station has data to transmit to the base station; wherein the wireless indication consists of either 1) a wireless reply to the poll containing information on whether the subscriber station has data to transmit, or 2) no wireless reply if the subscriber station has no data to transmit; and characterised in that the base station is configured to begin adaptive polling, responsive to a particular number greater than one of consecutive indications from the subscriber station each indicating the subscriber station has no data to transmit to the base station; and wherein the adaptive polling comprises increasing the time interval between each consecutive poll to the subscriber station. a base station configured to transmit multiple polls to a subscriber station in a wireless network at a first predetermined time interval between polls, and to receive a wireless indication from the subscriber station to each of the multiple polls, the indication indicating whether the subscriber station has data to transmit to the base station;
Biochemical process for the denitrification of an hypersaline wastewater composition, comprising a concentration of at least 0.1 % (w/v) of nitrate and a concentration of at least 5 % (w/v) of chloride, comprising the step of using a community of halophilic and/or halotolerant bacteria, and optionally also containing non-specialized members, for the denitrification of said hypersaline wastewater, wherein said process comprises selecting said community from a sludge mix consisting of from 85 to 95 weight% of activated sludge from the denitrification step of a municipal waste water treatment plan and of from 5 to 15 weight% of saline sludge from the crystallizer pond of a solar saltern, and wherein the sludge comprises bacteria from at least the following genera: Pseudomonas, Bacillus and Halomonas.
A method of configuring a motor controller of an actuator system, comprising: loading configuration data of a linear variable differential transformer, LVDT, onto a removable circuit card assembly, CCA: installing the removable circuit card, CCA, on which the configuration data is pre-loaded, into the system; interconnecting the linear variable differential transformer to a motor controller through the removable circuit card assembly, CCA, wherein the LVDT is configured to measure displacement of a linear motor, and the motor controller is configured to control the motor based on displacement data from the LVDT; and transmitting the preloaded configuration data of the LVDT from memory of the CCA to the motor controller to calibrate the motor controller for use of the LVDT. installing the removable circuit card, CCA, on which the configuration data is pre-loaded, into the system; interconnecting the linear variable differential transformer to a motor controller through the removable circuit card assembly, CCA, wherein the LVDT is configured to measure displacement of a linear motor, and the motor controller is configured to control the motor based on displacement data from the LVDT; and transmitting the preloaded configuration data of the LVDT from memory of the CCA to the motor controller to calibrate the motor controller for use of the LVDT.
A sliding door assembly comprising a door frame, a door leaf, a pelmet, at least partly inside of which is provided a door suspension arrangement arranged to guide said door leaf in sliding between an open position and a closed position, wherein said sliding door assembly comprises a support arrangement, wherein said support arrangement comprises a pair of horizontally elongated metal profiles (12, 13) configured to mate with one another, one of which is provided along an upper side of said door leaf, and one of which is provided between said door leaf and said pelmet, characterized in that said horizontally elongated metal profile that is provided between said door leaf and said pelmet is U-shaped and is oriented such that the bottom part of the U is facing upwards, towards the pelmet, and is arranged to cover a gap between said door leaf and said door frame, wherein said horizontally elongated metal profile that is provided between said door leaf and said pelmet has a frame connecting side and a supporting side, wherein the supporting side and the door frame connecting side are the two side walls of the U-shaped metal profile, and wherein said horizontally elongated metal profile provided along an upper side of said door leaf protrudes between said door frame connecting side and said supporting side. a door frame, a door leaf, a pelmet, at least partly inside of which is provided a door suspension arrangement arranged to guide said door leaf in sliding between an open position and a closed position, wherein said sliding door assembly comprises a support arrangement, wherein said support arrangement comprises a pair of horizontally elongated metal profiles (12, 13) configured to mate with one another, one of which is provided along an upper side of said door leaf, and one of which is provided between said door leaf and said pelmet, characterized in that said horizontally elongated metal profile that is provided between said door leaf and said pelmet is U-shaped and is oriented such that the bottom part of the U is facing upwards, towards the pelmet, and is arranged to cover a gap between said door leaf and said door frame, wherein said horizontally elongated metal profile that is provided between said door leaf and said pelmet has a frame connecting side and a supporting side, wherein the supporting side and the door frame connecting side are the two side walls of the U-shaped metal profile, and wherein said horizontally elongated metal profile provided along an upper side of said door leaf protrudes between said door frame connecting side and said supporting side.
A medicament container holder for a medicament delivery device, comprising: a C-shaped tubular body having a longitudinal gap extending along the entire axial extension of the C-shaped tubular body, which C-shaped tubular body is configured to be placed around a medicament container, wherein the C-shaped tubular body has a first axial end provided with an end flange extending radially inwards and configured to bear against a neck of a medicament container, and characterized in that the first axial end is provided with a lip extending from the end flange towards a needle end of a medicament container inside the medicament container holder. a C-shaped tubular body having a longitudinal gap extending along the entire axial extension of the C-shaped tubular body, which C-shaped tubular body is configured to be placed around a medicament container, wherein the C-shaped tubular body has a first axial end provided with an end flange extending radially inwards and configured to bear against a neck of a medicament container, and characterized in that the first axial end is provided with a lip extending from the end flange towards a needle end of a medicament container inside the medicament container holder.
An assembly nest for transporting a tubular sub assembly of a drug delivery device on an automated production line, wherein said tubular sub assembly comprises a tubular body and a cap that is wider than the tubular body, the assembly nest comprising: - a base (9, 36, 45) against which a sub assembly of a drug delivery device is mountable to orientate said sub assembly in a predetermined position; and - a locking mechanism having a resilient member to urge the locking mechanism into one of: - an unlocked position, in which a sub assembly of a drug delivery device can be mounted to the base (9, 36, 45); or - a locked position, in which the locking mechanism engages a mounted sub assembly to retain it in its predetermined position on the base (9, 36, 45); wherein the locking mechanism comprises a locking pin having a gripping end that abuts a sub assembly mounted on the base when the locking mechanism is in the locked position and is spaced from said sub assembly when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked position; and wherein the resilient member is a coil spring arranged about the pin and arranged to urge the gripping end against a sub assembly mounted to the base. - a base (9, 36, 45) against which a sub assembly of a drug delivery device is mountable to orientate said sub assembly in a predetermined position; and - a locking mechanism having a resilient member to urge the locking mechanism into one of: - an unlocked position, in which a sub assembly of a drug delivery device can be mounted to the base (9, 36, 45); or - a locked position, in which the locking mechanism engages a mounted sub assembly to retain it in its predetermined position on the base (9, 36, 45); wherein the locking mechanism comprises a locking pin having a gripping end that abuts a sub assembly mounted on the base when the locking mechanism is in the locked position and is spaced from said sub assembly when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked position; and wherein the resilient member is a coil spring arranged about the pin and arranged to urge the gripping end against a sub assembly mounted to the base. - an unlocked position, in which a sub assembly of a drug delivery device can be mounted to the base (9, 36, 45); or - a locked position, in which the locking mechanism engages a mounted sub assembly to retain it in its predetermined position on the base (9, 36, 45); wherein the locking mechanism comprises a locking pin having a gripping end that abuts a sub assembly mounted on the base when the locking mechanism is in the locked position and is spaced from said sub assembly when the locking mechanism is in the unlocked position; and wherein the resilient member is a coil spring arranged about the pin and arranged to urge the gripping end against a sub assembly mounted to the base.
A fabric conditioner composition comprising: a. 1 to 50 wt. % quaternary ammonium compound, the quaternary ammonium compound comprising at least one chain derived from fatty acids; b. 0.125 to 3 wt. % triglyceride; and c. Water; wherein the triglyceride comprises at least 60 % C18 chains and wherein the triglyceride comprises at least 50 wt. % unsaturated carbon chains; and wherein the quaternary ammonium compound is an ester quat. a. 1 to 50 wt. % quaternary ammonium compound, the quaternary ammonium compound comprising at least one chain derived from fatty acids; b. 0.125 to 3 wt. % triglyceride; and c. Water; wherein the triglyceride comprises at least 60 % C18 chains and wherein the triglyceride comprises at least 50 wt. % unsaturated carbon chains; and wherein the quaternary ammonium compound is an ester quat.