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A positional input method, comprising: positioning a light source external to a display; generating a circularly polarized light using the source; passing the circularly polarized light generated by the source through a predetermined pattern of visibly transparent polarizing elements disposed on a surface of the display, the predetermined pattern defining a geographic relationship between the polarizing elements and a location on the display; reflecting at least a portion of the circularly polarized light from the surface; detecting a change in the polarization state of the reflected polarized light having passed through the polarizing elements by means of a detector; and determining the location of the detector on the surface of the display. positioning a light source external to a display; generating a circularly polarized light using the source; passing the circularly polarized light generated by the source through a predetermined pattern of visibly transparent polarizing elements disposed on a surface of the display, the predetermined pattern defining a geographic relationship between the polarizing elements and a location on the display; reflecting at least a portion of the circularly polarized light from the surface; detecting a change in the polarization state of the reflected polarized light having passed through the polarizing elements by means of a detector; and determining the location of the detector on the surface of the display.
A method of manufacturing a building panel comprising a core and a surface layer, the method comprising the steps of: • mixing fibres with a binder in powder form, colour pigments in powder form and small wear resistant particles to obtain a mix, • distributing and scattering the mix in a dry form on a core comprising a wood fibre based board; • bringing the mix and the core under high pressure and temperature and forming them to a building panel, the mix forming the surface layer of the building panel. • mixing fibres with a binder in powder form, colour pigments in powder form and small wear resistant particles to obtain a mix, • distributing and scattering the mix in a dry form on a core comprising a wood fibre based board; • bringing the mix and the core under high pressure and temperature and forming them to a building panel, the mix forming the surface layer of the building panel.
An orifice plate for a grinding machine, the orifice plate comprising a first end surface; a second end surface opposite the first end surface; and a plurality of orifices defined in the orifice plate from the first end surface to the second end surface, wherein at least one of the plurality of orifices includes a first tapered section decreasing in width as it extends in a first direction from the first end surface toward the second end surface and a second tapered section decreasing in width as it extends in a second direction from the second end surface toward the first end surface, further comprising a first outer section defined in the first end surface adjacent the at least one of the plurality of orifices and a second outer section defined in the second end surface adjacent the at least one of the plurality of orifices, characterised in that the first outer section defines a first side wall that intersects the first end surface of the orifice plate at a right angle and the second outer section defines a second side wall that intersects the second end surface of the orifice plate at a right angle. a first end surface; a second end surface opposite the first end surface; and a plurality of orifices defined in the orifice plate from the first end surface to the second end surface, wherein at least one of the plurality of orifices includes a first tapered section decreasing in width as it extends in a first direction from the first end surface toward the second end surface and a second tapered section decreasing in width as it extends in a second direction from the second end surface toward the first end surface, further comprising a first outer section defined in the first end surface adjacent the at least one of the plurality of orifices and a second outer section defined in the second end surface adjacent the at least one of the plurality of orifices, characterised in that the first outer section defines a first side wall that intersects the first end surface of the orifice plate at a right angle and the second outer section defines a second side wall that intersects the second end surface of the orifice plate at a right angle.
Bone cement system with a mixing device for the mixing and dispensing of bone cement, a reservoir container for a monomer and a conduit means, whereby the mixing device comprises the mixing cylinder, the mixing cylinder stores a bone cement powder, the monomer can be guided from the reservoir container into the mixing cylinder by means of the conduit means, a screen element is arranged between the reservoir container and the mixing device in order to prevent the bone cement powder from flowing from the mixing cylinder into the conduit means, the mixing device comprises a dispensing opening for dispensing a bone cement mixed from the bone cement powder and the monomer, characterised in that the dispensing opening comprises a panel with at least one feed-through opening, and a ratio of a surface area of the feed-through opening to the surface area of the screen element is at least 1 to 3, and a distance between the panel and the screen element is at least 1 mm.
A needle-suture combination, comprising: a surgical needle having two ends and a suture connection location arranged between the two ends; a suture; and a connection part, wherein a first end of said connection part is connected to the needle at the suture connection location and an opposite second end of the connection part is connected to the suture, wherein the connection part comprises a connection part cross section area and the suture comprises a suture cross section area, characterized in that the connection part cross section area is smaller than the suture cross section area, and in that the connection part has a length which is larger than a longest distance from the suture connection location to each of the two ends of the needle. a surgical needle having two ends and a suture connection location arranged between the two ends; a suture; and a connection part, wherein a first end of said connection part is connected to the needle at the suture connection location and an opposite second end of the connection part is connected to the suture, wherein the connection part comprises a connection part cross section area and the suture comprises a suture cross section area,
A method for controlling a wind farm (300, 400), the method comprising: (a) dividing the wind farm into a first group of wind turbines to be operated in a non-curtailed mode and a second group of wind turbines to be operated in a curtailed mode for providing a power reserve for the wind farm, wherein the first group of wind turbines includes more wind turbines than the second group; (b) determining an actual power production of the first group of wind turbines; (c) estimating a possible maximum power production of the second group at a given environmental condition; (d) estimating a possible maximum power output of the wind farm using the actual power production of the first group and the possible maximum power production of the second group; (e) estimating the power reserve using the possible maximum power output; (f) updating a power setpoint for at least one wind turbine of the second group so that an expected power production of the second group of wind turbines substantially matches a difference between the possible maximum power production and the power reserve; and (g) regularly reallocating the wind turbines between the first and second groups, and returning to step (b); wherein at least one of the wind turbines from the first group is reallocated to the second group if a wind turbine from the second group is in a maintenance state or an error state. (a) dividing the wind farm into a first group of wind turbines to be operated in a non-curtailed mode and a second group of wind turbines to be operated in a curtailed mode for providing a power reserve for the wind farm, wherein the first group of wind turbines includes more wind turbines than the second group; (b) determining an actual power production of the first group of wind turbines; (c) estimating a possible maximum power production of the second group at a given environmental condition; (d) estimating a possible maximum power output of the wind farm using the actual power production of the first group and the possible maximum power production of the second group; (e) estimating the power reserve using the possible maximum power output; (f) updating a power setpoint for at least one wind turbine of the second group so that an expected power production of the second group of wind turbines substantially matches a difference between the possible maximum power production and the power reserve; and (g) regularly reallocating the wind turbines between the first and second groups, and returning to step (b);
A pump rod for being driven by a driving surface, the pump rod comprising: a shaft having a first end, a second end, a centerline, and a shaft diameter; a neck extending from the first end of the shaft, the neck having a neck diameter that is smaller than the shaft diameter; and a head attached to the neck such that the neck is between the head and the shaft, the head having a head diameter that is larger than the neck diameter, the head forming a top surface that faces away from the neck; the pump rod further comprising: a load concentrating feature attached to and projecting from the top surface of the head, the load concentrating feature having a circular load bearing surface at a top of the load concentrating feature, the circular load bearing surface being aligned with a centerline of the shaft; wherein the load concentrating feature is a projection extending from the top surface of the head, the circular load bearing surface having a smaller area than that of the top surface of the head;and wherein the circular load bearing surface is configured to contact the driving surface, align a load from the driving surface with the centerline, and prevent the annular edge of the top surface of the head from contacting the driving surface. a shaft having a first end, a second end, a centerline, and a shaft diameter; a neck extending from the first end of the shaft, the neck having a neck diameter that is smaller than the shaft diameter; and a head attached to the neck such that the neck is between the head and the shaft, the head having a head diameter that is larger than the neck diameter, the head forming a top surface that faces away from the neck; the pump rod further comprising: a load concentrating feature attached to and projecting from the top surface of the head, the load concentrating feature having a circular load bearing surface at a top of the load concentrating feature, the circular load bearing surface being aligned with a centerline of the shaft; wherein the load concentrating feature is a projection extending from the top surface of the head, the circular load bearing surface having a smaller area than that of the top surface of the head;and wherein the circular load bearing surface is configured to contact the driving surface, align a load from the driving surface with the centerline, and prevent the annular edge of the top surface of the head from contacting the driving surface. a load concentrating feature attached to and projecting from the top surface of the head, the load concentrating feature having a circular load bearing surface at a top of the load concentrating feature, the circular load bearing surface being aligned with a centerline of the shaft; wherein the load concentrating feature is a projection extending from the top surface of the head, the circular load bearing surface having a smaller area than that of the top surface of the head;and wherein the circular load bearing surface is configured to contact the driving surface, align a load from the driving surface with the centerline, and prevent the annular edge of the top surface of the head from contacting the driving surface.
A method for wireless communications by a user equipment, UE (115, 206, 650), wherein transmissions comprise a first and a second slot in a subframe, the method comprising: providing, to a base station (105, 204, 610), an indication that the UE is capable of supporting low latency communications through one or more quick uplink channels, wherein the one or more quick uplink channels enable a reduced transmission time interval, TTI, for the low latency communications corresponding to a duration of one time slot; and performing the low latency communications with the base station, using the one or more quick uplink channels, in accordance with the reduced TTI, wherein a first set of quick physical uplink control channel, QPUCCH, formats, for transmitting uplink control information, are supported in a first of the two time slots; and a second set of QPUCCH formats are supported in a second of the two time slots. providing, to a base station (105, 204, 610), an indication that the UE is capable of supporting low latency communications through one or more quick uplink channels, wherein the one or more quick uplink channels enable a reduced transmission time interval, TTI, for the low latency communications corresponding to a duration of one time slot; and performing the low latency communications with the base station, using the one or more quick uplink channels, in accordance with the reduced TTI, wherein a first set of quick physical uplink control channel, QPUCCH, formats, for transmitting uplink control information, are supported in a first of the two time slots; and a second set of QPUCCH formats are supported in a second of the two time slots.
A method for operating a haptic system, the haptic system comprising at least one actuator and at least one haptic control device adapted to control the at least one actuator and to provide haptic feedback to a user, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining, from a feedback computational model, modelled feedback data, obtaining, from a feedback estimator, estimated feedback data based on measurement data determined from measurement made on the haptic system, overlaying the modelled feedback data and the estimated feedback data to generate blended feedback data, summing the blended feedback data and at least an active friction force, an active damping force and an active inertia force to form a total force, and providing the total force to control the haptic feedback to the user. obtaining, from a feedback computational model, modelled feedback data, obtaining, from a feedback estimator, estimated feedback data based on measurement data determined from measurement made on the haptic system, overlaying the modelled feedback data and the estimated feedback data to generate blended feedback data, summing the blended feedback data and at least an active friction force, an active damping force and an active inertia force to form a total force, and providing the total force to control the haptic feedback to the user.
An applicator set to sense an analyte level in a dermal layer of a skin of a subject, comprising: a dermal sensor having a distal portion, the dermal sensor being adapted to sense an analyte level in the dermal layer of the skin of the subject; an insertion needle having a tip portion characterised in that a longitudinal central axis along the tip portion is in a converging angled relationship with a longitudinal axis along the dermal sensor, such that the insertion needle contacts or comes close to the distal portion of the dermal sensor, and wherein the tip portion of the insertion needle is not hollow; and a base coupled with the insertion needle and the dermal sensor, wherein the insertion needle is adapted to create an insertion path for the dermal sensor while in the angled relationship such that the dermal sensor may be inserted into but not through the dermal layer when the insertion needle and the dermal sensor are inserted into the dermal layer.
A method for reconstructing a physiological signal of an artery/tissue/vein system of an organ in a surface space, said method being implemented by processing means of a processing unit of a functional imaging analysis system, and comprising a step for reconstructing said physiological signal from an experimental datum of a region of interest comprising an elementary volume-called voxel-of said organ and a surface mesh describing said surface space, said method being characterized in that said step consists of evaluating, according to a method for solving an inverse problem, an a posteriori marginal distribution for said physiological signal in a vertex of said mesh by: - assigning a direct probability distribution of the experimental datum in said surface space knowing the parameters involved in the reconstruction problem of the physiological signal of the artery/tissue/vein dynamic system for the voxel in question; - jointly assigning an a priori spatial probability distribution of said physiological signal by introducing a priori information relative to a characteristic of the experimental datum and/or a priori information relative to a property of the artery/tissue/vein dynamic system; - jointly assigning an a priori temporal probability distribution of said physiological signal by introducing a priori information relative to the impulse response of said artery/tissue/vein dynamic system. - assigning a direct probability distribution of the experimental datum in said surface space knowing the parameters involved in the reconstruction problem of the physiological signal of the artery/tissue/vein dynamic system for the voxel in question; - jointly assigning an a priori spatial probability distribution of said physiological signal by introducing a priori information relative to a characteristic of the experimental datum and/or a priori information relative to a property of the artery/tissue/vein dynamic system; - jointly assigning an a priori temporal probability distribution of said physiological signal by introducing a priori information relative to the impulse response of said artery/tissue/vein dynamic system.
A guide vane for deflecting flue gas in a wet stack, comprising a front guiding face and an opposite back face and a condensate collector for removing liquid droplets from the flue gas, wherein the condensate collector comprises - an enclosure having an inlet for entering flue gas in the front guiding face of the guiding vane, and an outlet for leaving flue gas, and wherein the enclosure defines flow path for flue gas from the inlet to the outlet, - a gutter for collecting liquid droplets separated from the flue gas arranged in the lowest part of the enclosure, characterised in that the inlet is delimited by an upper edge of a first section of the front guiding face and a lower edge of a second section of the front guiding face, wherein the lower edge of the second section is offset with respect to the upper edge of the first section thereby defining a gap upstanding from the front guiding face. - an enclosure having an inlet for entering flue gas in the front guiding face of the guiding vane, and an outlet for leaving flue gas, and - a gutter for collecting liquid droplets separated from the flue gas arranged in the lowest part of the enclosure,
A microcontainer microstructure comprising: a microcontainer film structure comprising a container portion and a sharp tip portion, wherein the container portion is loaded with a drug; characterised in that the microcontainer microstructure further comprises a substrate provided with a hole having an upper opening and a lower opening; and the microcontainer film structure is formed in contact with an inner surface of the hole. a microcontainer film structure comprising a container portion and a sharp tip portion, wherein the container portion is loaded with a drug; characterised in that the microcontainer microstructure further comprises a substrate provided with a hole having an upper opening and a lower opening; and the microcontainer film structure is formed in contact with an inner surface of the hole.
A coolant supply method for a grinding machine wherein a grinding wheel rotatably carried on a wheel head and a workpiece supported on a workpiece support device are relatively moved to grind an end surface of the workpiece with a grinding wheel end surface of the grinding wheel with coolant being supplied toward a grinding point therebetween, the method comprising the steps of: providing first and second nozzles (26, 27) for respectively ejecting first and second coolant flows (24, 25) toward a first position which is on the grinding wheel end surface (Ga or Gb) on an upstream side of the grinding point, and a second position which is on the grinding wheel end surface (Ga or Gb) and which is closer to the grinding point than the first position; ejecting the first coolant flow from the first nozzle in a direction which is inclined at a predetermined angle relative to the grinding wheel end surface (Ga or Gb) when viewed in a direction parallel to a plane including the rotational axes of the grinding wheel and the workpiece, to intercept a follow air layer on the grinding wheel end surface (Ga or Gb) by the first coolant flow; and ejecting the second coolant flow from the second nozzle in a direction which is inclined at a smaller predetermined angle than the inclination angle of the first coolant flow relative to the grinding wheel end surface (Ga or Gb) when viewed in the direction parallel to the plane, to make the second coolant flow cling onto the grinding wheel end surface (Ga or Gb) at the second position where the follow air layer has been intercepted by the first coolant flow. providing first and second nozzles (26, 27) for respectively ejecting first and second coolant flows (24, 25) toward a first position which is on the grinding wheel end surface (Ga or Gb) on an upstream side of the grinding point, and a second position which is on the grinding wheel end surface (Ga or Gb) and which is closer to the grinding point than the first position; ejecting the first coolant flow from the first nozzle in a direction which is inclined at a predetermined angle relative to the grinding wheel end surface (Ga or Gb) when viewed in a direction parallel to a plane including the rotational axes of the grinding wheel and the workpiece, to intercept a follow air layer on the grinding wheel end surface (Ga or Gb) by the first coolant flow; and ejecting the second coolant flow from the second nozzle in a direction which is inclined at a smaller predetermined angle than the inclination angle of the first coolant flow relative to the grinding wheel end surface (Ga or Gb) when viewed in the direction parallel to the plane, to make the second coolant flow cling onto the grinding wheel end surface (Ga or Gb) at the second position where the follow air layer has been intercepted by the first coolant flow.
A method for preparing aerogel particles, comprising: feeding one or a plurality of gel particles into a hot gas jet or plasma jet; exposing the one or a plurality of gel particles to the temperatures and pressures of the hot gas jet or plasma jet to create the aerogel particles; characterized in that the one or a plurality of gel particles being smaller than or equal to 2 mm in diameter to permit supercritical drying in the hot gas jet or plasma jet, and the aerogel particles are created without a sealed pressure vessel. feeding one or a plurality of gel particles into a hot gas jet or plasma jet; exposing the one or a plurality of gel particles to the temperatures and pressures of the hot gas jet or plasma jet to create the aerogel particles; characterized in that the one or a plurality of gel particles being smaller than or equal to 2 mm in diameter to permit supercritical drying in the hot gas jet or plasma jet, and the aerogel particles are created without a sealed pressure vessel.