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Ultrasonic NDT sensor arrangement for inspecting surfaces of variable geometry of metal bodies, comprising: a) a housing with a hollow inner space and an opening, through which part of an incoming sound beam exits the housing to enter a metal body to be tested; b) an ultrasonic sensor coupled to said housing such that it emits said incoming sound beam directly into said hollow inner space in a direction towards said opening, whereby c) said inner space of said housing is filled with a first coupling fluid, wherein that first coupling fluid is water and d) said opening of said housing is closed with a closing member, which has a similar density and velocity of sound compared to said first coupling fluid; the sensor being characterized by the fact that: the closing member is made of a silicone material and the ultrasonic sensor is supported by a plastic wedge and is oriented with respect to said opening or closing member such that said part of the incoming sound beam, which exits the housing, enters said metal body at a predetermined angle to its surface; the ultrasonic sensor comprises a short-pulsed, broad-bandwidth piezoelectric element. a) a housing with a hollow inner space and an opening, through which part of an incoming sound beam exits the housing to enter a metal body to be tested; b) an ultrasonic sensor coupled to said housing such that it emits said incoming sound beam directly into said hollow inner space in a direction towards said opening, whereby c) said inner space of said housing is filled with a first coupling fluid, wherein that first coupling fluid is water and d) said opening of said housing is closed with a closing member, which has a similar density and velocity of sound compared to said first coupling fluid; the closing member is made of a silicone material and the ultrasonic sensor is supported by a plastic wedge and is oriented with respect to said opening or closing member such that said part of the incoming sound beam, which exits the housing, enters said metal body at a predetermined angle to its surface; the ultrasonic sensor comprises a short-pulsed, broad-bandwidth piezoelectric element.
A failure analysis system for monitoring sub-system failures in an aircraft that comprises a plurality of sub-systems (101, 102, 103), the aircraft having a plurality of functions, wherein each function is available when one or more associated sub-systems is operating normally, the failure analysis system comprising: a plurality of monitors (111, 112, 113) for monitoring the status of one or more sub-systems of the aircraft and thereby determining if a failure of the one or more sub-systems has occurred; a memory arranged to store a list of a plurality of flight phases or operating modes to be completed by the aircraft and data associating one or more of the functions with each of the flight phases or operating modes; and a processor in communication with the plurality of monitors and the memory, characterised in that the processor is arranged to model the response of the sub-systems to a failure determined by the monitors to identify which functions required by the flight phases or operating modes are degraded or are not available, wherein: the list of flight phases or operating modes is an ordered list representing a mission plan; the failure analysis system comprises a human-computer interface for indicating that one of the functions is not available or is degraded; and the failure analysis system is configured such the human-computer interface is arranged to display a list of alerts ordered in dependence upon the order of flight phases or operating modes stored in the memory. a plurality of monitors (111, 112, 113) for monitoring the status of one or more sub-systems of the aircraft and thereby determining if a failure of the one or more sub-systems has occurred; a memory arranged to store a list of a plurality of flight phases or operating modes to be completed by the aircraft and data associating one or more of the functions with each of the flight phases or operating modes; and a processor in communication with the plurality of monitors and the memory, characterised in that the processor is arranged to model the response of the sub-systems to a failure determined by the monitors to identify which functions required by the flight phases or operating modes are degraded or are not available, the list of flight phases or operating modes is an ordered list representing a mission plan; the failure analysis system comprises a human-computer interface for indicating that one of the functions is not available or is degraded; and the failure analysis system is configured such the human-computer interface is arranged to display a list of alerts ordered in dependence upon the order of flight phases or operating modes stored in the memory.
A cell monitoring device, comprising: an outline detecting section that detects edge pixels of a not stained cell image from a captured color bright field image of cells arranged in a single layer and generates an edge image including the detected edge pixels; a pigmented region detecting section that, using RGB intensity pixel values, detects pixels of a pigmented region of the cell image in the captured image, and generates a pigmented region image including the detected pixels of the pigmented region; and an image segmentation section which overlays the edge image and the pigmented region image, removes extra edge portions in the edge image, performs completion of incomplete cell shapes in the edge image, thereby generates a new edge image, and performs a region segmentation of the captured image based on the new edge image; and a detection section which determines an intensity variance of pixels in each of segments in the captured image using a result of the region segmentation, and uses the intensity variance to determine cell segments, corresponding to cell image regions, and background segments in the captured image; and a cell region detecting section which calculates a similarity of the cell image regions to a circular model image by using a chordiogram technique, and detects a circular region based on the similarity. an outline detecting section that detects edge pixels of a not stained cell image from a captured color bright field image of cells arranged in a single layer and generates an edge image including the detected edge pixels; a pigmented region detecting section that, using RGB intensity pixel values, detects pixels of a pigmented region of the cell image in the captured image, and generates a pigmented region image including the detected pixels of the pigmented region; and an image segmentation section which overlays the edge image and the pigmented region image, removes extra edge portions in the edge image, performs completion of incomplete cell shapes in the edge image, thereby generates a new edge image, and performs a region segmentation of the captured image based on the new edge image; and a detection section which determines an intensity variance of pixels in each of segments in the captured image using a result of the region segmentation, and uses the intensity variance to determine cell segments, corresponding to cell image regions, and background segments in the captured image; and a cell region detecting section which calculates a similarity of the cell image regions to a circular model image by using a chordiogram technique, and detects a circular region based on the similarity.
A nozzle for a cleaner, comprising: - a steam generating device; and - a body discharging steam generated in the steam generating device to an outside, wherein the steam generating device includes a steam case in which water is stored, and a heater for heating water stored in the steam case, characterized in that the steam generating device further comprises an absorption element for absorbing water stored in the steam case, in which at least some of the absorption element surrounds an external surface of the heater. - a steam generating device; and - a body discharging steam generated in the steam generating device to an outside,
A method for securing graphics-related information, comprising: receiving, by a graphics management module, graphics control information from a processor circuit arranged to execute a graphics application, said graphics control information comprising user mode and/or kernel mode graphics drivers; storing said graphics control information in a graphics memory unit; receiving graphics information from said processor circuit, said graphics information comprising application-level graphics instructions and/or data; receiving the graphics control information from the graphics memory unit; generating, by the graphics management module, graphics processing information based on the graphics control information and the graphics information, said graphics processing information comprising graphics vertices; and sending the graphics processing information to a graphics processor circuit arranged to generate graphics display information based on the graphics processing information, said graphics display information comprising pixel color values. receiving, by a graphics management module, graphics control information from a processor circuit arranged to execute a graphics application, said graphics control information comprising user mode and/or kernel mode graphics drivers; storing said graphics control information in a graphics memory unit; receiving graphics information from said processor circuit, said graphics information comprising application-level graphics instructions and/or data; receiving the graphics control information from the graphics memory unit; generating, by the graphics management module, graphics processing information based on the graphics control information and the graphics information, said graphics processing information comprising graphics vertices; and sending the graphics processing information to a graphics processor circuit arranged to generate graphics display information based on the graphics processing information, said graphics display information comprising pixel color values.
A method, comprising: sensing a contact event occurring between a body part of a user and a touch sensor; measuring pressure exerted at different locations of the touch sensor by the user's body part during the contact event; storing, by a processor in a memory for the contact event, a sequence of data frames comprising spatial contact data associated with a different portion of the user's body part and temporal data associated with the development of a contact pattern and a pressure profile for the contact event that evolves over time during the contact event, wherein each of the data frames is associated with a different portion of the user's body part; and generating, by the processor, a time-dependent contact pattern for the user using the sequence of data frames and the measured pressure, the time-dependent contact pattern defining a biometric signature for the user. sensing a contact event occurring between a body part of a user and a touch sensor; measuring pressure exerted at different locations of the touch sensor by the user's body part during the contact event; storing, by a processor in a memory for the contact event, a sequence of data frames comprising spatial contact data associated with a different portion of the user's body part and temporal data associated with the development of a contact pattern and a pressure profile for the contact event that evolves over time during the contact event, wherein each of the data frames is associated with a different portion of the user's body part; and generating, by the processor, a time-dependent contact pattern for the user using the sequence of data frames and the measured pressure, the time-dependent contact pattern defining a biometric signature for the user.
A pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising a tacky adhesive polymer and a chlorinated polyolefin, a heat of fusion of the chlorinated polyolefin being 0 to 5 J/g, wherein the heat of fusion is measured by differential scanning calorimetry in accordance with JIS K 7121, and a content of chlorine in the chlorinated polyolefin being 16 to 25 mass %; wherein the adhesive comprises 0.05 to 5.0 parts by mass of the chlorinated polyolefin relative to 100 parts by mass of the tacky adhesive polymer.
A method for the cultivation of climbing plants comprising: a) potting rooted cuttings of a climbing plant, b) growing the potted cuttings in a greenhouse, c) cutting the grown climbing plants, d) growing the cut climbing plants in the greenhouse under the same conditions of temperature and illumination as the previous growing step b), e) optionally repeating the cutting and growing steps c) and d), in which way plants are obtained which are suitable for delivery, characterized in that growing in the case of steps b) and d) is performed at a daily temperature of 5 to 20 °C, and an illumination with a illuminance of 2000 to 15000 lux and an illumination duration of 8 to 20 hours per day. a) potting rooted cuttings of a climbing plant, b) growing the potted cuttings in a greenhouse, c) cutting the grown climbing plants, d) growing the cut climbing plants in the greenhouse under the same conditions of temperature and illumination as the previous growing step b), e) optionally repeating the cutting and growing steps c) and d),
A tilt mechanism for a chair, configured to effect a coordinated movement of a chair seat and chair back, said tilt mechanism comprising: a base, a first support configured to support a chair seat, a second support configured to support a chair back and pivotably coupled to said base, a coupling mechanism (20, 21, 36, 37, 40) comprising a pin attached to the first support, characterized in that the pin is directly attached to the first support, and the coupling mechanism (20, 21, 36, 37, 40) further comprises a first linear guide slot (20, 21) provided on said base, a second linear guide slot (36, 37) provided on said second support, wherein said pin is slideably received in both said first linear guide slot (20, 21) and said second linear guide slot (36, 37), and wherein said second linear guide slot (36, 37) slopes upwardly in a forward direction of said tilt mechanism when said tilt mechanism is in a zero-tilt position, wherein the forward direction refers to a direction moving away from the chair back and in front of a chair occupant along an axis which extends parallel to a flat support surface beneath the chair, to drive said pin along said first linear guide slot (20, 21) when said second support pivots relative to said base. a base, a first support configured to support a chair seat, a second support configured to support a chair back and pivotably coupled to said base, a coupling mechanism (20, 21, 36, 37, 40) comprising a pin attached to the first support, characterized in that the pin is directly attached to the first support, and the coupling mechanism (20, 21, 36, 37, 40) further comprises a first linear guide slot (20, 21) provided on said base, a second linear guide slot (36, 37) provided on said second support, wherein said pin is slideably received in both said first linear guide slot (20, 21) and said second linear guide slot (36, 37), and wherein said second linear guide slot (36, 37) slopes upwardly in a forward direction of said tilt mechanism when said tilt mechanism is in a zero-tilt position, wherein the forward direction refers to a direction moving away from the chair back and in front of a chair occupant along an axis which extends parallel to a flat support surface beneath the chair, to drive said pin along said first linear guide slot (20, 21) when said second support pivots relative to said base. a first linear guide slot (20, 21) provided on said base, a second linear guide slot (36, 37) provided on said second support, wherein said pin is slideably received in both said first linear guide slot (20, 21) and said second linear guide slot (36, 37), and wherein said second linear guide slot (36, 37) slopes upwardly in a forward direction of said tilt mechanism when said tilt mechanism is in a zero-tilt position, wherein the forward direction refers to a direction moving away from the chair back and in front of a chair occupant along an axis which extends parallel to a flat support surface beneath the chair, to drive said pin along said first linear guide slot (20, 21) when said second support pivots relative to said base.
An apparatus for identifying an electrically conductive binding marker of a display panel, comprising an induction unit and an identification unit, the apparatus being configured to set the position of the induction unit corresponding to the position of the binding marker, and the induction unit being capable of inducing a charge in the induction unit when the induction unit is positioned to correspond to the position of the binding marker and when the binding marker is powered by an electric signal, the identification unit being coupled to the induction unit, and configured to receive the charge induced by the induction unit, and identifying the binding marker according to the induced charge, characterized in that the induction unit comprises an insulating substrate and a plurality of conductive sheets set on the insulating substrate, and the plurality of conductive sheets are spaced apart from each other and arranged in an array, and each of the conductive sheets is coupled to a signal line which is configured to pass the charge induced on the conductive sheet to the identification unit.
A method for controlling a timer, implemented in a user equipment, comprising: activating a first bandwidth part in response to a first message; and thereafter continue controlling (S102-a) a target timer to perform timing based on a unit time length of a second bandwidth part until the target timer is stopped or the target timer expires, thereafter controlling the target timer to perform timing based on a unit time length of the first bandwidth part, wherein the target timer comprises a discontinuous reception DRX-retransmission timer and/or a DRX HARQ RTT timer; the second bandwidth part is a bandwidth part that has been activated before the user equipment activates the first bandwidth part; the unit time length of the first bandwidth part is different from the unit time length of the second bandwidth part; and the target timer has been started based on the unit time length of the second bandwidth part before the user equipment activates the first bandwidth part. activating a first bandwidth part in response to a first message; and thereafter continue controlling (S102-a) a target timer to perform timing based on a unit time length of a second bandwidth part until the target timer is stopped or the target timer expires, thereafter controlling the target timer to perform timing based on a unit time length of the first bandwidth part, wherein the target timer comprises a discontinuous reception DRX-retransmission timer and/or a DRX HARQ RTT timer; the second bandwidth part is a bandwidth part that has been activated before the user equipment activates the first bandwidth part; the unit time length of the first bandwidth part is different from the unit time length of the second bandwidth part; and the target timer has been started based on the unit time length of the second bandwidth part before the user equipment activates the first bandwidth part.
A cable tray assembly, comprising: - a cable tray with a bottom wall and two side walls facing one another extending respectively from the two longitudinal sides of said bottom wall and demarcating with respect to one another an open upper face of said cable tray; - a lid which is arranged on said cable tray, covering said open upper face of the cable tray in at least one segment of said cable tray; - spacers which are fixed to each of said side walls spaced apart from one another along each side wall, said spacers being arranged between said lid and said side walls and thereby separating said lid from said open upper face of the cable tray; wherein each of said spacers is made up of a single part and comprises an upper end to which said lid is coupled and a lower end having a complementary shape with respect to an upper portion (10A, 10B) of said side walls, said upper portion (10A, 10B) of the side walls having a constant section along the side wall, such that said lower end of the spacer is press fit onto said upper portion (10A, 10B) of the side wall in any position along said side wall; characterized in that said upper end of the spacers reproduces the section shape of said upper portion of the side walls, such that said lid can be coupled both to said upper end of the spacers and to said upper portion of the side walls, and such that two spacers can be coupled one on top of the other by press fitting the lower end of one spacer onto the upper end of the other spacer. - a cable tray with a bottom wall and two side walls facing one another extending respectively from the two longitudinal sides of said bottom wall and demarcating with respect to one another an open upper face of said cable tray; - a lid which is arranged on said cable tray, covering said open upper face of the cable tray in at least one segment of said cable tray; - spacers which are fixed to each of said side walls spaced apart from one another along each side wall, said spacers being arranged between said lid and said side walls and thereby separating said lid from said open upper face of the cable tray;
Motor-vehicle lighting device comprising at least a first lighting sub-device configured to generate a first light beam, and a second sub-device configured to generate a second light beam, said second sub-device comprising a digital micro-mirror device configured to form a light sub-beam taking the form of pixelated rays and forming at least some of said second light beam, the second light beam having a degree of overlap with the first light beam comprised between 25% and 80%, the second sub-device comprising at least a second digital micro-mirror device configured to form a second light sub-beam taking the form of pixelated rays and forming at least some of said second light beam, the second light sub-beam partially overlapping the light sub-beam, characterized in that the first lighting sub-device is a stripwise lighting sub-device and in that the stripwise first light beam and the second light beam have a lateral angular offset comprised between 4o and 10o.