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A signal processing device for processing a signal (Sin) corresponding to a vibration propagated from a string attached to a first stringed instrument, the signal processing device comprising: a signal acquisition unit that is adapted to acquire the signal (Sin) from an output element that outputs the signal (Sin); and a signal processing unit including a filter unit that is adapted to perform convolution operation using a filter coefficient set in a first filter and a second filter, the signal processing unit being adapted to apply the convolution operation to the acquired signal (Sin) through the filter unit and outputting a processed signal (Sout), characterized in that the first filter is set with a filter coefficient corresponding to an inverse transfer function of the first stringed instrument and the second filter is set with a filter coefficient corresponding to a transfer function of a second stringed instrument, such that the filter unit has a frequency response developing a plurality of peak waveforms corresponding to resonance of a body of said second stringed instrument different from the first stringed instrument within a specific frequency range and which allows components of the peak waveforms to decay more rapidly than a component of a fundamental sound in the vibration of the string in the processed signal (Sout). a signal acquisition unit that is adapted to acquire the signal (Sin) from an output element that outputs the signal (Sin); and a signal processing unit including a filter unit that is adapted to perform convolution operation using a filter coefficient set in a first filter and a second filter, the signal processing unit being adapted to apply the convolution operation to the acquired signal (Sin) through the filter unit and outputting a processed signal (Sout), characterized in that the first filter is set with a filter coefficient corresponding to an inverse transfer function of the first stringed instrument and the second filter is set with a filter coefficient corresponding to a transfer function of a second stringed instrument, such that the filter unit has a frequency response developing a plurality of peak waveforms corresponding to resonance of a body of said second stringed instrument different from the first stringed instrument within a specific frequency range and which allows components of the peak waveforms to decay more rapidly than a component of a fundamental sound in the vibration of the string in the processed signal (Sout).
A torque sensor comprising a body, a first airtight chamber provided in the body, a pressure sensor connected to the airtight chamber for measuring the pressure of the airtight chamber, and a pressure to torque converter connected with the pressure sensor, wherein the airtight chamber is arranged to change its volume by deformation of the body when the body is subjected to a torque, wherein the body is arranged to be twisted when subjected to the torque, wherein the volume change causes a change of pressure of the enclosed air in the airtight chamber.
A method for generating a focus measurement signal for a taking lens of a camera in a phase detection autofocus system, the method comprising providing a camera with the taking lens, a taking sensor, an autofocus sensor and a mirror arranged so that light from the taking lens will be directed towards the autofocus sensor when deflected by the mirror and will continue towards the taking sensor when not deflected by the mirror; focusing at least one pair of luminous bundles from the taking lens onto a corresponding pair of illuminated regions on the autofocus sensor, reading out values from the illuminated regions and performing a correlation analysis between values of pixels in the illuminated regions to generate a focus measurement signal, characterized in that the autofocus sensor is a single high-resolution, two-dimensional, CMOS image sensor separate from the taking sensor of the camera, the image sensor comprising a continuous, two-dimensional array of light sensitive pixels, each pixel having an on-chip, light-insensitive storage element associated therewith. providing a camera with the taking lens, a taking sensor, an autofocus sensor and a mirror arranged so that light from the taking lens will be directed towards the autofocus sensor when deflected by the mirror and will continue towards the taking sensor when not deflected by the mirror; focusing at least one pair of luminous bundles from the taking lens onto a corresponding pair of illuminated regions on the autofocus sensor, reading out values from the illuminated regions and performing a correlation analysis between values of pixels in the illuminated regions to generate a focus measurement signal, characterized in that the autofocus sensor is a single high-resolution, two-dimensional, CMOS image sensor separate from the taking sensor of the camera, the image sensor comprising a continuous, two-dimensional array of light sensitive pixels, each pixel having an on-chip, light-insensitive storage element associated therewith.
Bar-end electric actuation device (100; 101; 102; 300; 400; 500; 600) of a bicycle gearshift, comprising a body (110; 111; 112; 310; 410;510; 610) suitable for being mounted at an end of handlebars facing forwards in the direction of travel of the bicycle and two electric actuation members (141, 151; 241, 251; 341, 361; 451, 461; 541, 551) acting on respective electrical contacts (121, 122; 121, 122) which are mounted in the body (110; 111; 112; 310; 410; 510; 610) and are suitable for controlling gearshifting, upward and downward respectively, characterised in that the two electric actuation members (141, 151; 241, 251; 341, 361; 451, 461) are facing from said body (110; 111; 112; 310; 410) according to two respective facing directions (A1, A2; B1, B3; C2, C3), angularly spaced apart by an angle comprised between 60° and 130°.
A monitor defibrillator for recording parameters related to a medical treatment event in real time, comprising: a controller; a patient monitoring circuit including a connector for receiving a set of patient electrodes in communication with the controller, the patient monitoring circuit being operable to produce a patient electrocardiogram, ECG, and to determine the need for a defibrillating shock; a patient therapy circuit controlled by the controller and operable to deliver the defibrillating shock; an optical sensor operable to obtain a barcode image; a memory; and a processor operable to: - receive ECG data from the controller; - decode the barcode image into barcode data; - integrate the ECG data with the barcode data; and - generate a patient record file into the memory comprising the ECG data and the barcode data arranged chronologically based on the time at which the data was obtained. a controller; a patient monitoring circuit including a connector for receiving a set of patient electrodes in communication with the controller, the patient monitoring circuit being operable to produce a patient electrocardiogram, ECG, and to determine the need for a defibrillating shock; a patient therapy circuit controlled by the controller and operable to deliver the defibrillating shock; an optical sensor operable to obtain a barcode image; a memory; and a processor operable to: - receive ECG data from the controller; - decode the barcode image into barcode data; - integrate the ECG data with the barcode data; and - generate a patient record file into the memory comprising the ECG data and the barcode data arranged chronologically based on the time at which the data was obtained. - receive ECG data from the controller; - decode the barcode image into barcode data; - integrate the ECG data with the barcode data; and - generate a patient record file into the memory comprising the ECG data and the barcode data arranged chronologically based on the time at which the data was obtained.
A cutting board system comprising: a rigid support base and a slab defining a work surface for cutting food products, said slab being removably associated with the support base, with the support base holding a plurality of retaining elements and the slab having corresponding retaining openings, wherein each retaining element has a head part on top of a shoulder part on top of a body part, with the head part having a larger cross-sectional area than the shoulder part and with the body part being inserted in a corresponding recess of the support base, the height and cross-sectional area of the shoulder part being fitted to the thickness of the slab and the cross-sectional area of a retaining opening of the slab, and wherein the cross-sectional area of the retaining openings are slightly smaller than the cross-sectional area of the head part of the retaining elements, and wherein the upper surface of the head part is curved upwards, and the slab is made of an at least partly flexible material, thereby allowing the curved upwards head part of the retaining elements to be pressed through the retaining openings when fixing the slab to the support base. a rigid support base and a slab defining a work surface for cutting food products, said slab being removably associated with the support base, with the support base holding a plurality of retaining elements and the slab having corresponding retaining openings, wherein each retaining element has a head part on top of a shoulder part on top of a body part, with the head part having a larger cross-sectional area than the shoulder part and with the body part being inserted in a corresponding recess of the support base, the height and cross-sectional area of the shoulder part being fitted to the thickness of the slab and the cross-sectional area of a retaining opening of the slab, and wherein the cross-sectional area of the retaining openings are slightly smaller than the cross-sectional area of the head part of the retaining elements, and wherein the upper surface of the head part is curved upwards, and the slab is made of an at least partly flexible material, thereby allowing the curved upwards head part of the retaining elements to be pressed through the retaining openings when fixing the slab to the support base.
Method for moving a self-propelled, battery-operated work unit into a charging station, wherein the work unit has an electric traction drive (16, 17) supplied by a battery, via which the work unit is moved within an area delimited by a perimeter wire, and having a charging station for charging the battery, wherein the charging station has a search wire which crosses the perimeter wire at a predefined angle (32, 33), and a first signal is sent to the perimeter wire and a second signal is sent to the search wire and these signals are received by at least one receiver coil (8, 10) of the work unit and recognised and evaluated as different signals (S1, S2) in a controller of the work unit, characterised in that, in dependence upon the evaluation of the signals (S1, S2), the traction drive is controlled as follows to carry out a target journey to the charging station: - forward travel of the work unit until it reaches the perimeter wire; - forward travel along the perimeter wire and travel past the charging station; - stop the work unit at the end of travel past the charging station; - reverse travel of the work unit in a curve for longitudinal alignment of the work unit in front of the charging station; - forward travel of the work unit and controlled movement into the charging station until a charging position is reached. - forward travel of the work unit until it reaches the perimeter wire; - forward travel along the perimeter wire and travel past the charging station; - stop the work unit at the end of travel past the charging station; - reverse travel of the work unit in a curve for longitudinal alignment of the work unit in front of the charging station; - forward travel of the work unit and controlled movement into the charging station until a charging position is reached.
An apparatus for inspecting labelled containers, comprising: - an illumination unit for illuminating a label attached, in particular by shrinking on, to a container to be inspected; and - at least one camera for imaging the illuminated label, wherein the illumination unit is configured such that it is able to selectively irradiate the label with visible light and invisible light, in particular infrared light, characterized by a control unit which is able to control the illumination unit and the camera such that the imaging of the label takes place alternately in visible light and invisible light; and an evaluation unit which is adapted to be used for comparing the label images recorded in visible and invisible light, and/or for setting these images off against one another. - an illumination unit for illuminating a label attached, in particular by shrinking on, to a container to be inspected; and - at least one camera for imaging the illuminated label,
A computer-implemented method of updating a ledger provided by a blockchain provider the method comprising: receiving, by a data processing computer communicatively coupled to the blockchain provider, a first message indicating a data transfer from a first user of a first electronic device to a second user of a second electronic device, the first message being digitally signed with a first private key associated with the first user; sending, by the data processing computer, the first message to the second electronic device; receiving, by the data processing computer, a second message indicating acceptance by the second user of the data transfer; maintaining, by the data processing computer, an electronic record associated with the first user of the first electronic device and the second user of the second electronic device according to the received acceptance by the second user of the data transfer, the electronic record maintaining information associated with a plurality of data transfers between the first user and the second user, the plurality of data transfers comprising the data transfer; determining, by the data processing computer, a net transfer value for the electronic record based at least in part on a plurality of transfer amounts corresponding to each of the plurality of data transfers; and transmitting, by the data processing computer, data comprising the net transfer value to the blockchain provider, wherein receipt of the data by the blockchain provider causes the blockchain provider to update the ledger with the net transfer value. receiving, by a data processing computer communicatively coupled to the blockchain provider, a first message indicating a data transfer from a first user of a first electronic device to a second user of a second electronic device, the first message being digitally signed with a first private key associated with the first user; sending, by the data processing computer, the first message to the second electronic device; receiving, by the data processing computer, a second message indicating acceptance by the second user of the data transfer; maintaining, by the data processing computer, an electronic record associated with the first user of the first electronic device and the second user of the second electronic device according to the received acceptance by the second user of the data transfer, the electronic record maintaining information associated with a plurality of data transfers between the first user and the second user, the plurality of data transfers comprising the data transfer; determining, by the data processing computer, a net transfer value for the electronic record based at least in part on a plurality of transfer amounts corresponding to each of the plurality of data transfers; and transmitting, by the data processing computer, data comprising the net transfer value to the blockchain provider, wherein receipt of the data by the blockchain provider causes the blockchain provider to update the ledger with the net transfer value.
An outdoor lighting fixture (100, 200, 250, 300), comprising: a housing (108, 206); a light emitting diode board (110, 208) connected to the housing (108, 206) and comprising at least one LED light source (112, 114, 228A, 228B, 228C, 228D); and a thermally conductive sheet metal reflector (118, 212) operably connected to a front side of the LED board (110, 208) and having an opening (230, 232) to allow light emitted from the at least one LED light source (112, 114, 228A, 228B, 228C, 228D) to pass through, wherein the sheet metal reflector (118, 212) comprises an inner reflective surface and an outer surface, and wherein the inner surface reflects light from the LED light source (112, 114, 228A, 228B, 228C, 228D) towards an illumination area and the outer surface radiates heat from the LED board (110, 208) into ambient air, characterised in that the lighting fixture further comprises a thermal interface (116, 210) operably connected to the front side of the LED board (110, 208) and to the thermally conductive reflector (118, 212), wherein the thermal interface (116, 210) comprises at least an opening allowing light emitted from the at least one LED light source (112, 114, 228A, 228B, 228C, 228D) to pass through and operates to radiate heat away from the LED board (110, 208), wherein the thermal interface (116, 210) comprises a metal material capable of conducting heat. a housing (108, 206); a light emitting diode board (110, 208) connected to the housing (108, 206) and comprising at least one LED light source (112, 114, 228A, 228B, 228C, 228D); and a thermally conductive sheet metal reflector (118, 212) operably connected to a front side of the LED board (110, 208) and having an opening (230, 232) to allow light emitted from the at least one LED light source (112, 114, 228A, 228B, 228C, 228D) to pass through, wherein the sheet metal reflector (118, 212) comprises an inner reflective surface and an outer surface, and wherein the inner surface reflects light from the LED light source (112, 114, 228A, 228B, 228C, 228D) towards an illumination area and the outer surface radiates heat from the LED board (110, 208) into ambient air, characterised in that the lighting fixture further comprises a thermal interface (116, 210) operably connected to the front side of the LED board (110, 208) and to the thermally conductive reflector (118, 212), wherein the thermal interface (116, 210) comprises at least an opening allowing light emitted from the at least one LED light source (112, 114, 228A, 228B, 228C, 228D) to pass through and operates to radiate heat away from the LED board (110, 208), wherein the thermal interface (116, 210) comprises a metal material capable of conducting heat.
Method for monitoring at least one surrounding region of a vehicle by means of at least one reversing camera during the operation of at least one illuminating device for illuminating the rear number plate of a vehicle, in which the illuminating device is operated in a clocked fashion such that the illuminating device is operated alternately in a first functional state (A 2) which lasts for a first time period (t 1) and in a second functional state (B 2) which lasts for a second time period (t 2), and in which camera images of the surrounding region of the vehicle are recorded by means of the reversing camera at least during a plurality of first time periods (t 1) during which the illuminating device is operated in the first functional state, wherein during the first functional state (A 2) the illuminating device is switched off or the brightness of the illuminating device is set low such that the illuminating device does not have a negative influence on the recorded camera images, and during the second functional state (B 2) the illuminating device is switched on or the brightness of the illuminating device is set high such that the rear number plate is sufficiently illuminated, characterized in that an illuminating device which is clocked independently of the reversing camera is used, in particular with a predefined switch-on/switch-off frequency, the predefined switch-on/switch-off frequency of the illuminating device and/or the time profile of the brightness of the illuminating device are/is determined by means of an image evaluation of the reversing camera images, and the reversing camera is set chronologically in such a way that it records camera images during the presence of a brightness of the illuminating device which undershoots a predefined brightness value.
A surgical tool comprising: a jaw assembly comprising first and second jaws (372,374) pivotable about a first axis (A-A); characterized in including: a first cam pulley and a second cam pulley rotatable about a second axis (B-B) and coupled to the first and second jaws; and a cam follower coupling the first and the second pulleys to each of the first and second jaws; wherein: a rotation of the first cam pulley opens or closes the first and second jaws about the first axis; and a force applied to the second cam pulley rotates the first and second jaws about the second axis, and the pivot point of each of the jaws is spaced a lateral distance from the second axis, wherein the first cam pulley multiplies a closure force acting on the first and second jaws as the first cam pulley is rotated to close the first and second jaws, and wherein the first cam pulley includes at least one cam plate, and wherein a cam link is pivotally connected to the respective at least one cam plate and a respective second cam pulley. a first cam pulley and a second cam pulley rotatable about a second axis (B-B) and coupled to the first and second jaws; and a cam follower coupling the first and the second pulleys to each of the first and second jaws; wherein: a rotation of the first cam pulley opens or closes the first and second jaws about the first axis; and a force applied to the second cam pulley rotates the first and second jaws about the second axis, and the pivot point of each of the jaws is spaced a lateral distance from the second axis, a rotation of the first cam pulley opens or closes the first and second jaws about the first axis; and a force applied to the second cam pulley rotates the first and second jaws about the second axis, and the pivot point of each of the jaws is spaced a lateral distance from the second axis,
Process for producing a mould half for a mould which is made, at least partially, of concrete, and has a contoured portion preferably made of metal for shaping a workpiece to be manufactured with the mould half, wherein a substructure is connected to the contoured portion and at least partially surrounded by concrete in such a way that, during a shaping process, forces from the contoured portion are transferable therethrough to the concrete, and that the substructure exhibits at least two slots, characterised in that the substructure is detachably connected to the contoured portion via the slots.
A cartridge for use with apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilise at least one component of the smokable material, the cartridge comprising: smokable material; and a planar heating element comprising a plurality of layers wherein the plurality of layers comprise a layer of electrically-conductive material, the electrically-conductive material comprising stainless steel or a metal alloy; the cartridge being characterized by further comprising: an inlet portion made of porous material for admitting air into the cartridge from an exterior. smokable material; and a planar heating element comprising a plurality of layers wherein the plurality of layers comprise a layer of electrically-conductive material, the electrically-conductive material comprising stainless steel or a metal alloy; the cartridge being characterized by further comprising: an inlet portion made of porous material for admitting air into the cartridge from an exterior.