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A method (300, 700, 900) comprising: driving a component in an electromagnetic actuator back and forth during multiple cycles of the actuator using a motor controller, the actuator comprising a voice coil (106, 156); identifying an extreme of a back electromotive force 'EMF' voltage of the voice coil (106, 156) during each of at least some of the cycles using the motor controller; determining whether a stroke of the component is centered based on the extremes of the back EMF voltage of the voice coil (106, 156) using the motor controller; and based on the determination, adjusting one or more drive signals for the voice coil (106, 156) during one or more additional cycles of the actuator using the motor controller; wherein determining whether the stroke of the component is centered comprises determining whether the back EMF voltage of the voice coil (106, 156) is maximized; and wherein determining whether the back EMF voltage of the voice coil (106, 156) is maximized comprises: identifying the extremes of the back EMF voltage of the voice coil (106, 156) during different cycles of the actuator in which a centered position of the component's stroke is different; and identifying a largest extreme of the back EMF voltage. driving a component in an electromagnetic actuator back and forth during multiple cycles of the actuator using a motor controller, the actuator comprising a voice coil (106, 156); identifying an extreme of a back electromotive force 'EMF' voltage of the voice coil (106, 156) during each of at least some of the cycles using the motor controller; determining whether a stroke of the component is centered based on the extremes of the back EMF voltage of the voice coil (106, 156) using the motor controller; and based on the determination, adjusting one or more drive signals for the voice coil (106, 156) during one or more additional cycles of the actuator using the motor controller; wherein determining whether the stroke of the component is centered comprises determining whether the back EMF voltage of the voice coil (106, 156) is maximized; and wherein determining whether the back EMF voltage of the voice coil (106, 156) is maximized comprises: identifying the extremes of the back EMF voltage of the voice coil (106, 156) during different cycles of the actuator in which a centered position of the component's stroke is different; and identifying a largest extreme of the back EMF voltage. identifying the extremes of the back EMF voltage of the voice coil (106, 156) during different cycles of the actuator in which a centered position of the component's stroke is different; and identifying a largest extreme of the back EMF voltage.
An information processing method which generates verification data for verifying partial digital data obtained by selecting digital data from a pluralité of such digital data and acquiring a specified part of the selected digital data as the partial digital data; the method comprising: a discrimination information acquisition step of acquiring discrimination information for selecting digital data from a plurality of such digital data, wherein the discrimination information is information capable of uniquely discriminating such digital data; a specifying information acquisition step of acquiring specifying information for specifying the partial digital data included in the selected digital data; a partial data acquisition step of acquiring the specified partial digital data from the selected digital data; and a verification data generation step (34, 35, 36) using a cryptographic method (35, 36) to generate verification data for the specified partial digital data; characterized in that the verification data is obtained by applying (36, S55) the cryptographic method to combination data comprising the discrimination information, the specifying information, and the specified partial digital data. a discrimination information acquisition step of acquiring discrimination information for selecting digital data from a plurality of such digital data, wherein the discrimination information is information capable of uniquely discriminating such digital data; a specifying information acquisition step of acquiring specifying information for specifying the partial digital data included in the selected digital data; a partial data acquisition step of acquiring the specified partial digital data from the selected digital data; and a verification data generation step (34, 35, 36) using a cryptographic method (35, 36) to generate verification data for the specified partial digital data; characterized in that the verification data is obtained by applying (36, S55) the cryptographic method to combination data comprising the discrimination information, the specifying information, and the specified partial digital data.
A ligating barrel comprising a band deployment section and a conformable section (30, 40, 50, 70), said conformable section comprising a means for adjusting an interior diameter of the conformable section for attachment to the distal end of an endoscope; characterized in that said means comprises one of a collet, a flexible helical band, a plurality of screws and a tapered elastomeric second section having an expandable diameter with internal ribbing for providing a friction fit with the distal end of an endoscope.
Device for dosing a pulverulent filling material, having a filling-material container, at least one metering opening being disposed on the base thereof, having at least one transfer die which for transferring the filling material, which is located in the metering opening, to a vessel is introducible by way of a motion system (24, 25) into the metering opening, characterized in that additionally to the motion system (24, 25) a drive unit for exerting a force on the transfer die in order for filling material adhering to the transfer die to be released is provided.
A motor control device which, when a motor that includes a rotor and a stator including coils of a plurality of phases is started from a stopped state, estimates a rotational position of the rotor and determines an excitation phase of the plurality of phases, which is to be excited, based on the estimated rotational position, the motor control device comprising: an inductance detection unit that, when the rotational position is estimated, applies a predetermined voltage to the coils of the plurality of phases to calculate inductances of the plurality of phases; a phase selection unit that selects, of the plurality of phases, a phase the inductance of which is smallest as a first phase and a phase the inductance of which is second smallest as a second phase; and characterized in that an excitation phase determination unit that determines, if a difference between the inductance of the first phase and the inductance of the second phase is a predetermined value or less, one of the first phase and the second phase as the excitation phase, wherein the inductance of the excitation phase increases when the rotational position changes in a rotational direction of the motor. an inductance detection unit that, when the rotational position is estimated, applies a predetermined voltage to the coils of the plurality of phases to calculate inductances of the plurality of phases; a phase selection unit that selects, of the plurality of phases, a phase the inductance of which is smallest as a first phase and a phase the inductance of which is second smallest as a second phase; and characterized in that an excitation phase determination unit that determines, if a difference between the inductance of the first phase and the inductance of the second phase is a predetermined value or less, one of the first phase and the second phase as the excitation phase, wherein the inductance of the excitation phase increases when the rotational position changes in a rotational direction of the motor.
An antitheft system for a vehicle configured to collate an ID code of an engine start key (5A, 5B) with an ID code recorded in an immobilizer control unit, and to allow the engine start key (5A, 5B) to start an engine when a result of a collation is affirmative, the system comprising: an allowance tool (5C, 5D) for allowing rewriting or writing of an ID code, the allowance tool being provided separately from the engine start key (5A, 5B), the allowance tool (5C, 5D) being incapable of starting an engine; a start key registration function of collating an ID code of the allowance tool (5C, 5D) with the ID code recorded in the immobilizer control unit and rendering an ID code of an engine key corresponding to the ID code of the immobilizer control unit when the result of the collation is affirmative, so that when the engine key is inserted into a key cylinder, the inserted engine key serves as the engine start key (5A, 5B); and a start key copy function for: allowing the ID code of the engine start key registered by the start key registration function to be recorded as an engine start key in the immobilizer control unit of another vehicle; collating the ID code of the engine start key inserted into the key cylinder with the ID code recorded in the immobilizer control unit; and when a result of a collation is affirmative, writing the ID code of the engine start key into another engine key to cause the engine key to serve as the engine start key. an allowance tool (5C, 5D) for allowing rewriting or writing of an ID code, the allowance tool being provided separately from the engine start key (5A, 5B), the allowance tool (5C, 5D) being incapable of starting an engine; a start key registration function of collating an ID code of the allowance tool (5C, 5D) with the ID code recorded in the immobilizer control unit and rendering an ID code of an engine key corresponding to the ID code of the immobilizer control unit when the result of the collation is affirmative, so that when the engine key is inserted into a key cylinder, the inserted engine key serves as the engine start key (5A, 5B); and a start key copy function for: allowing the ID code of the engine start key registered by the start key registration function to be recorded as an engine start key in the immobilizer control unit of another vehicle; collating the ID code of the engine start key inserted into the key cylinder with the ID code recorded in the immobilizer control unit; and when a result of a collation is affirmative, writing the ID code of the engine start key into another engine key to cause the engine key to serve as the engine start key.
A microsphere for use in a method of embolization therapy of a solid tumour, the microsphere comprising an inner core and an outer coating, wherein: the core comprises an acrylic-based hydrogel polymer and a contrast agent; the coating comprises poly[bis(trifluoroethoxy)]phosphazene; and wherein the changes in the size of the tumour are assessed by serial examinations performed with a clinical imaging procedure. the core comprises an acrylic-based hydrogel polymer and a contrast agent; the coating comprises poly[bis(trifluoroethoxy)]phosphazene; and wherein the changes in the size of the tumour are assessed by serial examinations performed with a clinical imaging procedure.
Nuclear fuel assembly for a nuclear boiling water reactor comprising: - a bottom end-piece, a top end-piece, a bundle of fuel rods extending along a longitudinal direction between the bottom end-piece and the top end-piece; - a fuel channel surrounding the bundle of fuel rods; and - a transition piece extending the fuel channel longitudinally downwardly for fitting into a lower core plate of the nuclear boiling water reactor, wherein the bottom end-piece and the transition piece comprise releasable complementary fasteners and are releasably fastened to one another through the releasable complementary fasteners, and characterized in that the releasable complementary fasteners are means for fixing by snap-fitting and comprise female fasteners provided on one of the bottom end-piece and the transition piece and male fasteners provided on the other one of the bottom end-piece and the transition piece, each male fastener engaging with a corresponding female fastener, and wherein - each female fastener comprises a housing and a clamp, which is at least partially received in the housing, and - each male fastener comprises a retaining shoulder; and - the clamp of the female fastener is elastically engaged onto the retaining shoulder of the corresponding male fastener in order to releasably fasten the bottom end-piece to the transition piece. - a bottom end-piece, a top end-piece, a bundle of fuel rods extending along a longitudinal direction between the bottom end-piece and the top end-piece; - a fuel channel surrounding the bundle of fuel rods; and - a transition piece extending the fuel channel longitudinally downwardly for fitting into a lower core plate of the nuclear boiling water reactor, - each female fastener comprises a housing and a clamp, which is at least partially received in the housing, and - each male fastener comprises a retaining shoulder; and - the clamp of the female fastener is elastically engaged onto the retaining shoulder of the corresponding male fastener in order to releasably fasten the bottom end-piece to the transition piece.
A method of attenuating noise of aircraft comprising: researching a flow field characteristic of a region in the vicinity of an original shape of a designed object; and adding a plate-shaped object to the original shape of the designed object, characterized in that: the researching includes researching a start point of a shear layer in the vicinity of a front edge of the original shape in a case where the shear layer resulting from separation of airflow at the front edge of the original shape is close to a rear portion of the original shape; the adding the plate-shaped object includes adding the plate-shaped object to the front edge of the original shape; and the method further comprises attenuating aerodynamic noise produced by the designed object by changing the start point of the shear layer to an end edge of the plate-shaped object and making the rear portion of the noise source distant from the shear layer. researching a flow field characteristic of a region in the vicinity of an original shape of a designed object; and adding a plate-shaped object to the original shape of the designed object, characterized in that: the researching includes researching a start point of a shear layer in the vicinity of a front edge of the original shape in a case where the shear layer resulting from separation of airflow at the front edge of the original shape is close to a rear portion of the original shape; the adding the plate-shaped object includes adding the plate-shaped object to the front edge of the original shape; and the method further comprises attenuating aerodynamic noise produced by the designed object by changing the start point of the shear layer to an end edge of the plate-shaped object and making the rear portion of the noise source distant from the shear layer. the researching includes researching a start point of a shear layer in the vicinity of a front edge of the original shape in a case where the shear layer resulting from separation of airflow at the front edge of the original shape is close to a rear portion of the original shape; the adding the plate-shaped object includes adding the plate-shaped object to the front edge of the original shape; and the method further comprises attenuating aerodynamic noise produced by the designed object by changing the start point of the shear layer to an end edge of the plate-shaped object and making the rear portion of the noise source distant from the shear layer.
A method of measuring the amount of fuel aboard a spacecraft under weightless conditions, comprising the steps of opening at least one latch valve (FLV1, FLV2) for selecting an orifice (FL1, FL2) to be used and releasing a stream of a pressurizing gas from at least one high-pressure tank (THe) having at least one control valve (FCV1, FCV2) to at least one fuel tank (TOx, TFu), characterized in that the amount of fuel (mProp) in the at least one fuel tank (TOx, TFu) is determined based on a measured first pressure in the at least one fuel tank (TOx, TFu) prior to a filling procedure with pressurizing gas, a measured first temperature in the at least one fuel tank (TOx, TFu) prior to the filling procedure, a measured first vapor pressure of the fuel prior to the filling procedure, a measured time period (dt) of the filling procedure, a measured second pressure in the at least one fuel tank (TOx, TFu) after the filling procedure, a measured second temperature in the at least one fuel tank (TOx, TFu) after the filling procedure, a measured second vapor pressure of the fuel after the filling procedure, a measured third pressure, averaged over the filling procedure, in the high-pressure tank (THe), a measured third temperature, averaged over the filling procedure, in the high-pressure tank (THe), a fuel tank volume (VT(p)) depending from the internal pressure, a temperature-dependent fuel density (rho), an orifice coefficient and a parameter that takes into account the dependence of the critical flow on the supply pressure.
Synchronous electric motor with permanent magnets (1, 11) of the type having a wound stator comprising stator teeth extending axially formed in a frame and a flux-concentration type rotor comprising a plurality of said permanent magnets extending axially into first recesses of a yoke, characterized in that a dimensional ratio (r) of a first outer diameter of said rotor to a second outer diameter of said stator is predetermined so that said motor (1, 11) has maximum efficiency and so that the stator losses by Joule effect are reduced to a minimum, said dimensional ratio being between 0.63 and 0.7, said permanent magnets each having a first parallelepipedal part near a circumferential part of said rotor adjacent to a second wedge-shaped part near a central part of said rotor.
A steering wheel comprising a series of optoelectronic components (150 - 152) mounted in the steering wheel grip, each specific optoelectronic component comprising: a PCB; a light projector, comprising at least one light pulse emitter mounted on said PCB, the light projector projecting light out of said steering wheel grip at two different angles relative to the plane of the steering grip, denoted a1 and a2; a light sensor, comprising at least one light detector mounted on said PCB, the light sensor detecting reflections of the light projected by the light projectors of the optoelectronic components that neighbor the specific optoelectronic component on two opposite sides thereof, the light being reflected by an object above the steering wheel grip; and a lens (120, 121) oriented relative to said light sensor, characterized in that the lens (120, 121) is oriented relative to said light sensor in such a manner that said light sensor receives maximum intensity when light enters the lens at either of two particular angles, specifically, said light sensor receives maximum intensity when the light reflected by the object enters the lens at a particular angle b1 relative to the plane of the steering grip, and said light sensor also receives maximum intensity when light reflected by the object enters the lens at a particular angle b2 relative to the plane of the steering grip, b2 being different than b1, wherein reflections of light projected at angle a1 by the light projector of the optoelectronic component neighboring the specific optoelectronic component on one side enter the lens at angle b1, and reflections of light projected at angle a2 by the light projector of the optoelectronic component neighboring the specific optoelectronic component on the side opposite the one side enter the lens at angle b2. a PCB; a light projector, comprising at least one light pulse emitter mounted on said PCB, the light projector projecting light out of said steering wheel grip at two different angles relative to the plane of the steering grip, denoted a1 and a2; a light sensor, comprising at least one light detector mounted on said PCB, the light sensor detecting reflections of the light projected by the light projectors of the optoelectronic components that neighbor the specific optoelectronic component on two opposite sides thereof, the light being reflected by an object above the steering wheel grip; and a lens (120, 121) oriented relative to said light sensor, characterized in that the lens (120, 121) is oriented relative to said light sensor in such a manner that said light sensor receives maximum intensity when light enters the lens at either of two particular angles, specifically, said light sensor receives maximum intensity when the light reflected by the object enters the lens at a particular angle b1 relative to the plane of the steering grip, and said light sensor also receives maximum intensity when light reflected by the object enters the lens at a particular angle b2 relative to the plane of the steering grip, b2 being different than b1,
A solid polymer power generation method comprising supplying carbon dioxide to one of electrodes of a reactor having a membrane electrode assembly provided with a catalyst layer and supplying hydrogen to the other electrode to produce a hydrocarbon, controlling a voltage generated by power generation between electrodes of the reactor; humidifying at least one of the supplied carbon dioxide and the supplied hydrogen with water, and controlling a temperature of the reactor, controlling a degree of humidification and, by controlling the voltage, the temperature and the degree of the humidification, changing amounts of hydrocarbons produced per unit time and a ratio sorted by kind of the hydrocarbons.
A computer-implemented method of identifying a pupil edge in a digital image, the method comprising: receiving a digital pupil image; determining a pupil candidate region in the digital pupil image; generating a mean first portion pixel intensity of a first portion of the pupil candidate region and generating a mean second portion pixel intensity of a second portion of the pupil candidate region, wherein the first portion is an area positioned along the left side edge of the pupil candidate region and the second portion is an area positioned along the right side edge of the pupil candidate region; averaging the mean first portion pixel intensity and the mean second portion pixel intensity to generate an average pixel intensity; determining a modified standard deviation, including: calculating a standard deviation of a pixel intensity for each pixel within the first portion and the second portion; and multiplying the standard deviation by a multiplier, wherein the multiplier is more than 1 but no greater than 3; generating a threshold value by summing the average pixel intensity and the modified standard deviation; and using the threshold value, identifying the pupil edge in the digital pupil image. receiving a digital pupil image; determining a pupil candidate region in the digital pupil image; generating a mean first portion pixel intensity of a first portion of the pupil candidate region and generating a mean second portion pixel intensity of a second portion of the pupil candidate region, wherein the first portion is an area positioned along the left side edge of the pupil candidate region and the second portion is an area positioned along the right side edge of the pupil candidate region; averaging the mean first portion pixel intensity and the mean second portion pixel intensity to generate an average pixel intensity; determining a modified standard deviation, including: calculating a standard deviation of a pixel intensity for each pixel within the first portion and the second portion; and multiplying the standard deviation by a multiplier, wherein the multiplier is more than 1 but no greater than 3; calculating a standard deviation of a pixel intensity for each pixel within the first portion and the second portion; and multiplying the standard deviation by a multiplier, wherein the multiplier is more than 1 but no greater than 3; generating a threshold value by summing the average pixel intensity and the modified standard deviation; and using the threshold value, identifying the pupil edge in the digital pupil image.