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A smartphone comprising: a cover layer; a display module; a pressure electrode (450, 460) which is located under the display module; a shielding member which is located under the pressure electrode (450, 460); and a converter which converts a sensing signal (Rx) comprising information for a change amount of capacitance outputted from the pressure electrode (450, 460) to a digital signal, wherein a touch sensor, which senses touch in a capacitive manner, comprises a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of receiving electrodes, wherein a position sensing controller applies a drive signal (Tx) to the plurality of drive electrodes of the touch sensor and obtains a sensing signal (Rx) from the plurality of receiving electrodes, and then generates touch position data, wherein a pressure sensing controller detects a magnitude of a touch pressure from the digital signal, wherein the converter is included in the pressure sensing controller, so that the pressure sensing controller receives the sensing signal (Rx-p) through the receiving electrode and converts the received sensing signal (Rx-p) in the digital signal for generating touch pressure data, and wherein the touch position data and the touch pressure data are transmitted to a processor for controlling operation of the smartphone. a cover layer; a display module; a pressure electrode (450, 460) which is located under the display module; a shielding member which is located under the pressure electrode (450, 460); and a converter which converts a sensing signal (Rx) comprising information for a change amount of capacitance outputted from the pressure electrode (450, 460) to a digital signal, wherein a touch sensor, which senses touch in a capacitive manner, comprises a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of receiving electrodes, wherein a position sensing controller applies a drive signal (Tx) to the plurality of drive electrodes of the touch sensor and obtains a sensing signal (Rx) from the plurality of receiving electrodes, and then generates touch position data, wherein a pressure sensing controller detects a magnitude of a touch pressure from the digital signal, wherein the converter is included in the pressure sensing controller, so that the pressure sensing controller receives the sensing signal (Rx-p) through the receiving electrode and converts the received sensing signal (Rx-p) in the digital signal for generating touch pressure data, and wherein the touch position data and the touch pressure data are transmitted to a processor for controlling operation of the smartphone.
Method for cutting a workpiece from a titanium alloy with the temporal succession of the following steps: i) Heating a part of the workpiece to be processed by electromagnetic induction, i.e, through exposure of parts of the workpiece of a changing magnetic field under the production of eddy currents in this part of the workpiece. ii) Machining the part of the workpiece to be treated, heated immediately before, characterized in that a device is used that comprises two or more inductors, which are spaced apart from one another in the processing direction and are arranged in front of the tool, each inductor being operated with a different frequency of the magnetic field change for the varied deep heating of the workpiece. i) Heating a part of the workpiece to be processed by electromagnetic induction, i.e, through exposure of parts of the workpiece of a changing magnetic field under the production of eddy currents in this part of the workpiece. ii) Machining the part of the workpiece to be treated, heated immediately before,
Impregnation installation of powder on at least one substrate to be treated of the yarn and/or tape type comprising: - a powder delivery unit (13, 17, 25); - a unit supplying the substrate to be treated (18a, 19a, 19b, 23, 24); - at least two electrodes connected to an alternating current generator and capable of creating an alternating electric field in the space formed between said electrodes; and - a circulation zone of the powder and of the substrate to be treated extending at least in the zone where the alternating electric field prevails, characterized in that: - the impregnation installation further comprises a containment unit having an inlet orifice for the substrate to be treated and the powder, an outlet orifice for the impregnated substrate and a closed contour area from the inlet orifice to the outlet orifice; the circulation zone being formed by the internal volume of said containment unit; and - the confinement unit is fixed with respect to at least one of the electrodes; the substrate to be treated and the powder being mobile, in the circulation zone, between the inlet orifice and the outlet orifice of said confinement unit. - a powder delivery unit (13, 17, 25); - a unit supplying the substrate to be treated (18a, 19a, 19b, 23, 24); - at least two electrodes connected to an alternating current generator and capable of creating an alternating electric field in the space formed between said electrodes; and - a circulation zone of the powder and of the substrate to be treated extending at least in the zone where the alternating electric field prevails, characterized in that: - the impregnation installation further comprises a containment unit having an inlet orifice for the substrate to be treated and the powder, an outlet orifice for the impregnated substrate and a closed contour area from the inlet orifice to the outlet orifice; the circulation zone being formed by the internal volume of said containment unit; and - the confinement unit is fixed with respect to at least one of the electrodes; the substrate to be treated and the powder being mobile, in the circulation zone, between the inlet orifice and the outlet orifice of said confinement unit.
A fluorine-containing copolymer comprising a copolymer of a polyfluoroalkyl alcohol (meth)acrylic acid derivative represented by the general formula: C n F 2n+1 (CH 2 CF 2) a (CF 2 CF 2) b (CH 2 CH 2) c OCOCR=CH 2 wherein R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, n is an integer of 1 to 6, a is an integer of 1 to 4, b is an integer of 1 to 3, and c is an integer of 1 to 3, and a polysiloxane containing a terminal (meth)acryloyloxy group represented by the general formula: wherein R 1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 2 is a C 1 -C 6 linear or branched divalent alkylene group, R 3 is a C 1 -C 30 linear or branched alkyl group, R 4 and R 5 are each a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a phenyl group, and m is an integer of 1 to 200.
A converting machine used to convert generally rigid fanfold material into packaging templates for assembly into boxes or other packaging, the converting machine comprising: an infeed guide that is configured to direct the fanfold material into the converting machine, the infeed guide comprising one or more infeed rings that are adapted to rotate as the fanfold material enters the converting machine; one or more feed rollers that are configured to move the fanfold material through the converting machine; a converting assembly that is configured to perform one or more conversion functions on the fanfold material as the fanfold material moves through the converting machine, the one or more conversion functions being selected from the group consisting of creasing, bending, folding, perforating, cutting, and scoring, to create said packaging template. an infeed guide that is configured to direct the fanfold material into the converting machine, the infeed guide comprising one or more infeed rings that are adapted to rotate as the fanfold material enters the converting machine; one or more feed rollers that are configured to move the fanfold material through the converting machine; a converting assembly that is configured to perform one or more conversion functions on the fanfold material as the fanfold material moves through the converting machine, the one or more conversion functions being selected from the group consisting of creasing, bending, folding, perforating, cutting, and scoring, to create said packaging template.
Method for measuring passive intermodulation produced in a measurement segment of a signal transmission path, comprising the following steps: (a) generation of a first HF signal (u 1 (t)) with a predetermined frequency progression and of a second HF signal (u 2 (t)) with a predetermined frequency progression; (b) feeding the first HF signal (u 1 (t)) and the second HF signal (u 2 (t)) into the signal transmission path, wherein an intermodulation signal is generated in the signal transmission path from the first HF signal (u 1 (t)) and the second HF signal (u 2 (t)) which contains a first intermodulation signal component (u rPIM (t)) generated in an input segment of the signal transmission path and a second intermodulation signal component (u PIM (t)) generated in the measurement segment of the signal transmission path, characterised by the following further steps: (c) generation of a compensation signal (u c (t)) depending on the first intermodulation signal component (u rPIM (t)) generated in the input segment; (d) introducing the compensation signal (u c (t)) into the signal transmission path in order to reduce or cancel out the first intermodulation signal component (u rPIM (t)). (a) generation of a first HF signal (u 1 (t)) with a predetermined frequency progression and of a second HF signal (u 2 (t)) with a predetermined frequency progression; (b) feeding the first HF signal (u 1 (t)) and the second HF signal (u 2 (t)) into the signal transmission path, wherein an intermodulation signal is generated in the signal transmission path from the first HF signal (u 1 (t)) and the second HF signal (u 2 (t)) which contains a first intermodulation signal component (u rPIM (t)) generated in an input segment of the signal transmission path and a second intermodulation signal component (u PIM (t)) generated in the measurement segment of the signal transmission path, characterised by the following further steps: (c) generation of a compensation signal (u c (t)) depending on the first intermodulation signal component (u rPIM (t)) generated in the input segment; (d) introducing the compensation signal (u c (t)) into the signal transmission path in order to reduce or cancel out the first intermodulation signal component (u rPIM (t)).
Negative pressure device for affixing a patient interface to a patient's eye, the negative pressure device including: - a negative pressure generator and a device-side negative pressure interface for fluidically coupling the negative pressure generator to a negative pressure cavity of the patient interface; - a fluidic pressure sensor and a device-side pressure sensor interface for coupling the pressure sensor to the patient interface in a manner functionally separate from the device-side negative pressure interface; - a control unit operatively coupled to the negative pressure generator and the pressure sensor, the control unit being configured to control the negative pressure generator to generate negative pressure in the negative pressure cavity and further being configured to evaluate a pressure determined by the pressure sensor. - a negative pressure generator and a device-side negative pressure interface for fluidically coupling the negative pressure generator to a negative pressure cavity of the patient interface; - a fluidic pressure sensor and a device-side pressure sensor interface for coupling the pressure sensor to the patient interface in a manner functionally separate from the device-side negative pressure interface; - a control unit operatively coupled to the negative pressure generator and the pressure sensor, the control unit being configured to control the negative pressure generator to generate negative pressure in the negative pressure cavity and further being configured to evaluate a pressure determined by the pressure sensor.
Optical imaging system for use with a medical scope, comprising: a common image sensor for acquiring a first image and a second image, a first optical group comprising a beamsplitter optically arranged along a common optical path with the associated medical scope to receive single optical image light in an afocal state from the associated medical scope or from a collimating lens or lens group of the optical imaging system and split the single optical image into a first portion of light directed along a first optical path and a second portion of light directed along a second optical path; characterized in that a second optical group comprising refractive elements optically arranged to receive the first and second portions of light from the beamsplitter and focus the first portion as the first image onto a first area of the common image sensor and focus the second portion as the second image onto a second area of the common image sensor wherein the first and second image areas of the common image sensor do not overlap; and one or more manipulating optical means located upstream of the second optical group to manipulate one or more of the single optical image light, the first portion of light and the second portion of light. a common image sensor for acquiring a first image and a second image, a first optical group comprising a beamsplitter optically arranged along a common optical path with the associated medical scope to receive single optical image light in an afocal state from the associated medical scope or from a collimating lens or lens group of the optical imaging system and split the single optical image into a first portion of light directed along a first optical path and a second portion of light directed along a second optical path; characterized in that a second optical group comprising refractive elements optically arranged to receive the first and second portions of light from the beamsplitter and focus the first portion as the first image onto a first area of the common image sensor and focus the second portion as the second image onto a second area of the common image sensor wherein the first and second image areas of the common image sensor do not overlap; and one or more manipulating optical means located upstream of the second optical group to manipulate one or more of the single optical image light, the first portion of light and the second portion of light.
A method of operating a welding power supply during a welding process in which an electric arc between a consumable electrode and a work piece is generated while feeding the consumable electrode and moving the arc in relation to the work piece along a welding track, wherein a transition between a DC power output of the welding power supply and an AC power output of the welding power supply, or vice versa, is made without interruption of the welding process characterized in that a surface profile of the welding track at a welding location (S(t)) is assessed and that, during an AC process, a balance between positive electrode potential (DC +) and negative electrode potential (DC -) during a welding cycle is continuously adjusted between DC-negative electrode and DC-positive electrode via the AC power output and that said balance is adjusted in dependence ofthe surface profile at the welding location(S(t)).
Method for controlling a hybrid automotive vehicle, equipped with an internal combustion engine, and an electric machine connected to an energy storage system, each of said internal combustion engine and said electric machine being adapted to deliver torque to a driveline of the vehicle, wherein said method comprises at least the following steps: a) during a mission of the vehicle, estimation of the temperature of the energy storage system at the beginning of the next mission of the vehicle; b) if the temperature estimated at step a) is below a threshold value (Ti), recharging the energy storage system on the basis of the temperature estimated at step a); characterized in that it comprises: in the course of the mission, maintaining the battery at a stage of charge which varies around a normal operating state of charge target (SOCTn) during a major portion of the operating period of the mission; - f) prior to step b), a further step of determination if the vehicle approaches the end of its mission; - if the temperature estimated at step a) is below a threshold value (Ti), recharging, before the end of the current mission of the vehicle, the energy storage system on the basis of the temperature estimated at step a); and in that c) if the energy storage system has been recharged at step b), then, at the beginning of the next operating period of the vehicle, heavily discharging the energy storage system. a) during a mission of the vehicle, estimation of the temperature of the energy storage system at the beginning of the next mission of the vehicle; b) if the temperature estimated at step a) is below a threshold value (Ti), recharging the energy storage system on the basis of the temperature estimated at step a); characterized in that it comprises: in the course of the mission, maintaining the battery at a stage of charge which varies around a normal operating state of charge target (SOCTn) during a major portion of the operating period of the mission; - f) prior to step b), a further step of determination if the vehicle approaches the end of its mission; - if the temperature estimated at step a) is below a threshold value (Ti), recharging, before the end of the current mission of the vehicle, the energy storage system on the basis of the temperature estimated at step a); and in that - f) prior to step b), a further step of determination if the vehicle approaches the end of its mission; - if the temperature estimated at step a) is below a threshold value (Ti), recharging, before the end of the current mission of the vehicle, the energy storage system on the basis of the temperature estimated at step a); and c) if the energy storage system has been recharged at step b), then, at the beginning of the next operating period of the vehicle, heavily discharging the energy storage system.
A method of driving an actuator for a printhead, wherein the actuator comprises: an actuating element; an obturator assembly, engageable with the actuating element, the actuating element is operable to assume, depending on a drive signal applied thereto: a rest configuration, in which the obturator assembly is at a first distance from a reference plane; a first deformed configuration, in which the obturator assembly is at a second distance from the reference plane greater than the first distance; and a second deformed configuration, in which the obturator assembly is in contact with the reference plane; characterized in that the method comprises: supplying the drive signal during a first operating cycle to the actuating element to cause the obturator assembly to move between the rest configuration and the first deformed configuration during a first operating cycle of expulsion of a drop; supplying the drive signal to the element, to cause the actuating element to pass the rest configuration to the second deformed configuration during a second operating cycle in which there is no expulsion of fluid. an actuating element; an obturator assembly, engageable with the actuating element, the actuating element is operable to assume, depending on a drive signal applied thereto: a rest configuration, in which the obturator assembly is at a first distance from a reference plane; a first deformed configuration, in which the obturator assembly is at a second distance from the reference plane greater than the first distance; and a second deformed configuration, in which the obturator assembly is in contact with the reference plane; characterized in that the method comprises: supplying the drive signal during a first operating cycle to the actuating element to cause the obturator assembly to move between the rest configuration and the first deformed configuration during a first operating cycle of expulsion of a drop; supplying the drive signal to the element, to cause the actuating element to pass the rest configuration to the second deformed configuration during a second operating cycle in which there is no expulsion of fluid. a rest configuration, in which the obturator assembly is at a first distance from a reference plane; a first deformed configuration, in which the obturator assembly is at a second distance from the reference plane greater than the first distance; and a second deformed configuration, in which the obturator assembly is in contact with the reference plane; characterized in that the method comprises: supplying the drive signal during a first operating cycle to the actuating element to cause the obturator assembly to move between the rest configuration and the first deformed configuration during a first operating cycle of expulsion of a drop; supplying the drive signal to the element, to cause the actuating element to pass the rest configuration to the second deformed configuration during a second operating cycle in which there is no expulsion of fluid.
A continuous method for making an absorbing pad of an absorbing article, said method comprising the following steps of: separating and orienting cotton fibers, introducing said cotton fibers into a conveying air flow having a starting higher pressure progressively decreasing to a minimum pressure value at a forming drum, conveying said cotton fibers by a conveyor which homogeneously mixes said cotton fibers and arranges said cotton fibers in a full random arrangement, without any preferred arrangement direction, homogeneously mixing said fibers with a superabsorbing polymer, conveying the mixed and randomly oriented fibers to a form member mounted on a rotary drum and having any desired size and shape to provide a target configuration pad, without a need of performing contouring or shaping process steps, and collecting said fibers in a plurality of form members mounted on the rotary drum perimeter, thereby fully covering said rotary drum perimeter and, with said rotary drum rotatively driven, successively filling said form members by a continuous material flow coming from the conveyor, characterized in that said step of separating and orienting cotton fibers is performed by rollers including a plurality of rotating and counter-rotating comb members. separating and orienting cotton fibers, introducing said cotton fibers into a conveying air flow having a starting higher pressure progressively decreasing to a minimum pressure value at a forming drum, conveying said cotton fibers by a conveyor which homogeneously mixes said cotton fibers and arranges said cotton fibers in a full random arrangement, without any preferred arrangement direction, homogeneously mixing said fibers with a superabsorbing polymer, conveying the mixed and randomly oriented fibers to a form member mounted on a rotary drum and having any desired size and shape to provide a target configuration pad, without a need of performing contouring or shaping process steps, and collecting said fibers in a plurality of form members mounted on the rotary drum perimeter, thereby fully covering said rotary drum perimeter and, with said rotary drum rotatively driven, successively filling said form members by a continuous material flow coming from the conveyor, characterized in that said step of separating and orienting cotton fibers is performed by rollers including a plurality of rotating and counter-rotating comb members.
A method for identifying effector Treg cells (eTreg) in a fluid sample comprising the steps of i) detecting the cell surface expression of CD4, CD25, CD127 and CD15s markers on the cell population contained in the fluid sample and ii) concluding that the cells expressing CD4, CD25, CD127 at low levels and CD15s are the effector Treg cells.