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An engine control device that controls an engine including a starter motor to be driven by electric power supplied from a battery and a crankshaft, the engine control device comprising: an angular velocity-equivalent information acquiring means that acquires information equivalent to an angular velocity of the crankshaft before starting of the engine is completed when starting the engine by actuating the starter motor; and a battery deterioration judging means that judges that the battery has deteriorated when information acquired by the angular velocity-equivalent information acquiring means is equivalent to an angular velocity of a predetermined value or less; characterized in that the engine includes an ignition plug that causes spark discharge inside a combustion chamber and an ignition coil that stores energy to be supplied to the ignition plug, the engine control device includes an ignition control section that energizes the ignition coil when the rotation position of the crankshaft reaches an energization start position, and stops energization of the ignition coil and makes the ignition plug cause spark discharge when the rotation position of the crankshaft reaches an ignition position, and the angular velocity-equivalent information acquiring means measures an energization time of the ignition coil. an angular velocity-equivalent information acquiring means that acquires information equivalent to an angular velocity of the crankshaft before starting of the engine is completed when starting the engine by actuating the starter motor; and a battery deterioration judging means that judges that the battery has deteriorated when information acquired by the angular velocity-equivalent information acquiring means is equivalent to an angular velocity of a predetermined value or less; the engine includes an ignition plug that causes spark discharge inside a combustion chamber and an ignition coil that stores energy to be supplied to the ignition plug, the engine control device includes an ignition control section that energizes the ignition coil when the rotation position of the crankshaft reaches an energization start position, and stops energization of the ignition coil and makes the ignition plug cause spark discharge when the rotation position of the crankshaft reaches an ignition position, and the angular velocity-equivalent information acquiring means measures an energization time of the ignition coil.
A rubber band machine, comprising a feeding device, a cutting device and a looping device, characterized in that the feeding device comprises a first rack and a second rack arranged at intervals, the first rack being provided with a first feeding drive wheel driven by a first motor, the second rack being provided with a second feeding drive wheel driven by a second motor; the looping device comprises a first gripper capable of rotating around a first axis, a second gripper capable of rotating around a second axis, a bracket disposed between the first gripper and the second gripper, and a third gripper capable of rotating around a third axis; the first feeding drive wheel being capable of rotating and inputting-a predetermined length of rubber band between the first feeding drive wheel and the second feeding drive wheel, the third gripper being capable of gripping one end of the rubber band at the discharge port of the second feeding drive wheel and rotating around the third axis under the auxiliary feeding of the second feeding drive wheel to allow a predetermined length of the rubber band to pass through the first gripper and the second gripper, and the cutting device being capable of cutting then the rubber band at the discharge port of the second feeding drive wheel, the first gripper and the second gripper being capable of rotating around the first axis and the second axis, respectively, after gripping two ends of the cut rubber band, to fix the two ends of the rubber band onto the bracket.
Apparatus comprising: - a base machine provided with a crane and at least one drum; - a ground excavation apparatus, comprising a pump, and provided with excavating means; - a plurality of flexible hoses and/or cables which, starting from the pump of the ground excavation apparatus, extend with one or more ascending branches (18", they are wound around pulleys from the top of crane and continue with one or more descending branches up to said at least one drum, carried by base machine, around which they are unwound; - at least one guiding device adapted to wind/unwind said flexible hoses and/or cables on/from said at least one drum; said ground excavation apparatus is adapted to descend vertically into the excavation in a water-based drilling fluids used for stabilizing the walls of the excavation; said hoses and/or cables are adapted to descend vertically into the excavation in the water-based drilling fluids, said hoses and/or cables are adapted to feed at least one between electric motor and hydraulic motor of said excavating means; said apparatus being characterized in that: - said guiding device comprises a plurality of floating elements, associated to said hoses/cables, able to reduce the tractive forces on said hoses/cables - said floating elements being flexible and periodically arranged and spaced extending substantially over the entire length of said hoses and/or cables; - said floating elements are configured so as to provide as many housings as the number of hoses and/or cables; - said floating elements are wound together with said hoses and/or cables on said drum assuming a uniform winding shape. - a base machine provided with a crane and at least one drum; - a ground excavation apparatus, comprising a pump, and provided with excavating means; - a plurality of flexible hoses and/or cables which, starting from the pump of the ground excavation apparatus, extend with one or more ascending branches (18", they are wound around pulleys from the top of crane and continue with one or more descending branches up to said at least one drum, carried by base machine, around which they are unwound; - at least one guiding device adapted to wind/unwind said flexible hoses and/or cables on/from said at least one drum; - said guiding device comprises a plurality of floating elements, associated to said hoses/cables, able to reduce the tractive forces on said hoses/cables - said floating elements being flexible and periodically arranged and spaced extending substantially over the entire length of said hoses and/or cables; - said floating elements are configured so as to provide as many housings as the number of hoses and/or cables; - said floating elements are wound together with said hoses and/or cables on said drum assuming a uniform winding shape.
A computer-implemented method, comprising: obtaining, for a subterranean region, a set of sedimentary pathways (204, 310, 332, 334, 408), a map of a sediment attribute, and a subterranean area of interest (109, 410); determining a sedimentary fairway (210, 212, 218, 300, 302, 354, 406) and a sedimentary fairway attribute based, at least in part, on a spatial location of an origin point (200, 402) of each member of the set of sedimentary pathways (204, 310, 332, 334, 408), and a spatial location of a terminal point of each member of the set of sedimentary pathways (204, 310, 332, 334, 408); dividing the sedimentary fairway (210, 212, 218, 300, 302, 354, 406) into one or more sedimentary pathway domains (328, 330, 416, 417, 418); determining a sedimentary pathway attribute profile for each sedimentary pathway domain (328, 330, 416, 417, 418) based, at least in part on the map of the sediment attribute and a trajectory of each sedimentary pathway (204, 310, 332, 334, 408); determining an intersection of the trajectory of each sedimentary pathway (204, 310, 332, 334, 408) with a boundary of the subterranean area of interest (109, 410); and determining a spatial change in a sediment attribute within the subterranean area of interest (109, 410) based, at least in part, on the intersection and the sedimentary pathway attribute profile for each sedimentary pathway domain (328, 330, 416, 417, 418). obtaining, for a subterranean region, a set of sedimentary pathways (204, 310, 332, 334, 408), a map of a sediment attribute, and a subterranean area of interest (109, 410); determining a sedimentary fairway (210, 212, 218, 300, 302, 354, 406) and a sedimentary fairway attribute based, at least in part, on a spatial location of an origin point (200, 402) of each member of the set of sedimentary pathways (204, 310, 332, 334, 408), and a spatial location of a terminal point of each member of the set of sedimentary pathways (204, 310, 332, 334, 408); dividing the sedimentary fairway (210, 212, 218, 300, 302, 354, 406) into one or more sedimentary pathway domains (328, 330, 416, 417, 418); determining a sedimentary pathway attribute profile for each sedimentary pathway domain (328, 330, 416, 417, 418) based, at least in part on the map of the sediment attribute and a trajectory of each sedimentary pathway (204, 310, 332, 334, 408); determining an intersection of the trajectory of each sedimentary pathway (204, 310, 332, 334, 408) with a boundary of the subterranean area of interest (109, 410); and determining a spatial change in a sediment attribute within the subterranean area of interest (109, 410) based, at least in part, on the intersection and the sedimentary pathway attribute profile for each sedimentary pathway domain (328, 330, 416, 417, 418).
A screwing device for installing and aligning substructures, particularly in dry construction, consisting of a bit holder with a shaft (2.1) for connection to a screwing tool and a bit receptacle, wherein the bit holder is surrounded on the circumferential side at least to some extent along the longitudinal axis thereof by a sleeve element being displaceable along the longitudinal axis of the bit holder, and a measuring scale is applied on the outer side of the sleeve element, characterised in that the sleeve element, starting from a resting position, is displaceable in two opposite directions.
An optical node comprising: P optical switching planes interconnected by an S × S cross-plane optical switch, P > 1, S is an integer; and N i degrees per optical switching plane P i where i = 1 to P, each degree formed by corresponding degree components having R ports for multiplexing or demultiplexing channels optically, wherein a first set of ports of the R ports is for intra-plane optical switching, a second set of ports of the R ports is for inter-plane optical switching, and a third set of ports of the R ports is for in-plane optical add/drop. P optical switching planes interconnected by an S × S cross-plane optical switch, P > 1, S is an integer; and N i degrees per optical switching plane P i where i = 1 to P, each degree formed by corresponding degree components having R ports for multiplexing or demultiplexing channels optically, wherein a first set of ports of the R ports is for intra-plane optical switching, a second set of ports of the R ports is for inter-plane optical switching, and a third set of ports of the R ports is for in-plane optical add/drop.
A wavelength selective SERS nanotag comprising: a SERS enhancing core; a SERS active reporter molecule associated with the core; an encapsulant encapsulating the core and reporter association; and either: 1) a blocking material associated with the encapsulant that wholly or partially blocks the passage of light energy at a selected wavelength to the reporter molecule, or wholly or partially blocks the radiation of light energy at a selected wavelength from the reporter molecule, or 2) a masking material associated with the encapsulant that wholly or partially masks light energy radiated at a selected wavelength from the reporter molecule. a SERS enhancing core; a SERS active reporter molecule associated with the core; an encapsulant encapsulating the core and reporter association; and either: 1) a blocking material associated with the encapsulant that wholly or partially blocks the passage of light energy at a selected wavelength to the reporter molecule, or wholly or partially blocks the radiation of light energy at a selected wavelength from the reporter molecule, or 2) a masking material associated with the encapsulant that wholly or partially masks light energy radiated at a selected wavelength from the reporter molecule. 1) a blocking material associated with the encapsulant that wholly or partially blocks the passage of light energy at a selected wavelength to the reporter molecule, or wholly or partially blocks the radiation of light energy at a selected wavelength from the reporter molecule, or 2) a masking material associated with the encapsulant that wholly or partially masks light energy radiated at a selected wavelength from the reporter molecule.
An organic electroluminescent element comprising at least an emission layer sandwiched between an anode and a cathode, wherein the emission layer comprises at least a compound represented by Formula, wherein X represent O and Y represent S or N-R (R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent); n1, n2 and n represent an integer of 1 or more; A 1 and A 2 each represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent; and at least one of A 1 and A 2 is a substituent.
A method of encrypting data in a network device having a plurality of ports, the method comprising: receiving a frame including data by one of the plurality of ports, the frame having a header including a source address and a destination address; obtaining the data from the frame by the one of the plurality of ports; encrypting the data by the one of the plurality of ports to generate encrypted data; generating a modified frame including the encrypted data by the one of the plurality of ports; and transmitting the modified frame including the encrypted data by the one of the plurality of ports to the destination address, wherein the obtaining, encrypting, and generating are performed by a processor dedicated to the one of the plurality of ports. receiving a frame including data by one of the plurality of ports, the frame having a header including a source address and a destination address; obtaining the data from the frame by the one of the plurality of ports; encrypting the data by the one of the plurality of ports to generate encrypted data; generating a modified frame including the encrypted data by the one of the plurality of ports; and transmitting the modified frame including the encrypted data by the one of the plurality of ports to the destination address, wherein the obtaining, encrypting, and generating are performed by a processor dedicated to the one of the plurality of ports.
Automatic facial recognition method executed by a system comprising an image capturing device and a light source able to illuminate a face positioned in front of said device, the automatic facial recognition method comprising a recognition procedure comprising acquiring a plurality of images of a face, the light source producing a different illumination of the face during each image acquisition and extracting values representative of the face from the plurality of images, characterized in that the method furthermore comprises: - acquiring a first image of a face from said device; - estimating a value, called estimated value, representative of a signal-to-noise ratio of an image of said face illuminated exclusively by the light source by calculating a product of a value representative of a reference signal-to-noise ratio, called reference value, the reference value having been calculated from a value representative of an image of said face illuminated exclusively by the light source and obtained from a plurality of images of said face, called reference plurality, a first term representative of a ratio between an overall luminance index of the face in a scene in which the face is located during the acquisition of the first image and an overall luminance index of the face in a scene in which the face was located during the acquisition of the reference plurality, and a second term representative of a square of a ratio between a value representative of a distance between the face and said device during the acquisition of the first image and a value representative of a distance between the face and said device during the acquisition of the reference plurality; - using the estimated value to determine whether or not the recognition procedure should be executed. - acquiring a first image of a face from said device; - estimating a value, called estimated value, representative of a signal-to-noise ratio of an image of said face illuminated exclusively by the light source by calculating a product of a value representative of a reference signal-to-noise ratio, called reference value, the reference value having been calculated from a value representative of an image of said face illuminated exclusively by the light source and obtained from a plurality of images of said face, called reference plurality, a first term representative of a ratio between an overall luminance index of the face in a scene in which the face is located during the acquisition of the first image and an overall luminance index of the face in a scene in which the face was located during the acquisition of the reference plurality, and a second term representative of a square of a ratio between a value representative of a distance between the face and said device during the acquisition of the first image and a value representative of a distance between the face and said device during the acquisition of the reference plurality; - using the estimated value to determine whether or not the recognition procedure should be executed.
Mounting device for drawing a tape (33, 34) into a groove (43, 44) extending in the longitudinal direction of a scale carrier, comprising - a base (101, 201) having a guide (102, 202) for the longitudinal guidance of the mounting device (100, 200) on the scale carrier; - a driver (103, 203) for hooking into a cut-out (332, 342) in the tape (33, 34) and for driving the tape (33, 34) in the hooked-in state; - a spring means (104, 204), which is designed to hold the driver (103, 203) on the base (101, 201) in such a way that, during the longitudinal guidance of the mounting device (100, 200) relative to the tape (33, 34), the driver (103, 203) is preloaded in the direction of the surface of the tape (33, 34) in positions outside the cut-out (332, 342) and, at the position of the cut-out (332, 342), latches into the latter, so that during the further longitudinal guidance of the mounting device (100, 200), the tape (33, 34) is carried along by the driver (103, 203). - a base (101, 201) having a guide (102, 202) for the longitudinal guidance of the mounting device (100, 200) on the scale carrier; - a driver (103, 203) for hooking into a cut-out (332, 342) in the tape (33, 34) and for driving the tape (33, 34) in the hooked-in state; - a spring means (104, 204), which is designed to hold the driver (103, 203) on the base (101, 201) in such a way that, during the longitudinal guidance of the mounting device (100, 200) relative to the tape (33, 34), the driver (103, 203) is preloaded in the direction of the surface of the tape (33, 34) in positions outside the cut-out (332, 342) and, at the position of the cut-out (332, 342), latches into the latter, so that during the further longitudinal guidance of the mounting device (100, 200), the tape (33, 34) is carried along by the driver (103, 203).
A process for periplasmic expression of a bacterial toxoid comprising the steps of: a) growing a culture of a gram negative host cell in a fermentation medium, wherein the host cell is transformed with a polynucleotide, and wherein the polynucleotide encodes the bacterial toxoid and a periplasmic signal sequence; a(i)) inducing expression of the bacterial toxoid; b) maturing the host cell, wherein the maturing step comprises: I) subjecting the host cell to a pH shock; II) incubating the host cell with no feed addition; or III) subjecting the host cell to a temperature below -20°C; and c) extracting the bacterial toxoid from the host cell wherein the extraction process comprises osmotic shock wherein the gram negative host cell is selected from the group consisting of E.coli, Pseudomonas and Moraxella, wherein the host cell is alive during step b) and wherein the process is carried out in a fermentor which contains 10-5000 litres of culture. a) growing a culture of a gram negative host cell in a fermentation medium, wherein the host cell is transformed with a polynucleotide, and wherein the polynucleotide encodes the bacterial toxoid and a periplasmic signal sequence; a(i)) inducing expression of the bacterial toxoid; b) maturing the host cell, wherein the maturing step comprises: I) subjecting the host cell to a pH shock; II) incubating the host cell with no feed addition; or III) subjecting the host cell to a temperature below -20°C; and I) subjecting the host cell to a pH shock; II) incubating the host cell with no feed addition; or III) subjecting the host cell to a temperature below -20°C; and c) extracting the bacterial toxoid from the host cell wherein the extraction process comprises osmotic shock wherein the gram negative host cell is selected from the group consisting of E.coli, Pseudomonas and Moraxella, wherein the host cell is alive during step b) and wherein the process is carried out in a fermentor which contains 10-5000 litres of culture.
A hot and cold water air conditioning system that includes a heat pump heat source apparatus including a compressor driven according to an operation frequency, an air-conditioning apparatus configured to perform air conditioning in a room, pipes connecting the heat pump heat source apparatus and the air-conditioning apparatus in a ring shape thereby forming a circulation path, and a water circulation pump configured to circulate water inside the pipes, the system comprising: a water temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of water flowing out of the heat pump heat source apparatus by an operation of the water circulation pump; and a controller configured to perform, in a heating operation, on/off normal control that turns on the compressor when the water temperature detected by the water temperature sensor becomes lower than a target water temperature and turns off the compressor when the water temperature becomes higher than a first temperature value higher than the target water temperature, wherein the controller is configured to switch from the on/off normal control, upon repeating an on/off operation of the compressor at a minimum frequency necessary for an operation of the compressor in the on/off normal control, to on/off restriction control that turns on the compressor when the water temperature becomes lower than a second temperature value lower than the target water temperature and turns off the compressor when the water temperature becomes equal to or higher than a third temperature value higher than the target water temperature. a water temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of water flowing out of the heat pump heat source apparatus by an operation of the water circulation pump; and a controller configured to perform, in a heating operation, on/off normal control that turns on the compressor when the water temperature detected by the water temperature sensor becomes lower than a target water temperature and turns off the compressor when the water temperature becomes higher than a first temperature value higher than the target water temperature, wherein the controller is configured to switch from the on/off normal control, upon repeating an on/off operation of the compressor at a minimum frequency necessary for an operation of the compressor in the on/off normal control, to on/off restriction control that turns on the compressor when the water temperature becomes lower than a second temperature value lower than the target water temperature and turns off the compressor when the water temperature becomes equal to or higher than a third temperature value higher than the target water temperature.