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An apparatus for punching and welding plastic parts, in particular for motor vehicles, comprising a top tool and a bottom tool which can be set relative to one another along an axis (z) perpendicular to a workpiece plane; and also comprising at least one punch die and at least one sonotrode which are both attached either to the top tool or to the bottom tool, characterized in that the sonotrode is rigidly fastened to the tool; and in that the punch die is rigidly fastened to the sonotrode or to the tool.
A control device for hybrid vehicle comprising: - an engine, - a motor disposed in a driveline between the engine and driving wheels (RL, RR), - mode switching means for selectively switching between a hybrid vehicle mode using the engine and motor as driving source and an electric vehicle mode using the motor as driving source, and - a transmission disposed between the motor and the driving wheels (RL, RR), and - an electric vehicle mode control means, characterized in that the electric vehicle mode control means is configured such that, - during a travel in the electric vehicle mode and the transmission ratio being at a value of 1,0 or less, the value of engine startup torque (TmES) preserved for transition to the hybrid vehicle mode is set to a smaller torque than required for the engine startup, - the engine startup torque (TmES) is set smaller as a transmission ratio of the transmission decreases, and - the clutch engagement capacity of a clutch selectively engaged at the downstream of the motor is reduced by a difference between the required torque for engine startup and the set torque for engine startup, thereby the torque necessary for engine startup will be compensated for to enable an engine startup. - an engine, - a motor disposed in a driveline between the engine and driving wheels (RL, RR), - mode switching means for selectively switching between a hybrid vehicle mode using the engine and motor as driving source and an electric vehicle mode using the motor as driving source, and - a transmission disposed between the motor and the driving wheels (RL, RR), and - an electric vehicle mode control means, characterized in that the electric vehicle mode control means is configured such that, - during a travel in the electric vehicle mode and the transmission ratio being at a value of 1,0 or less, the value of engine startup torque (TmES) preserved for transition to the hybrid vehicle mode is set to a smaller torque than required for the engine startup, - the engine startup torque (TmES) is set smaller as a transmission ratio of the transmission decreases, and - the clutch engagement capacity of a clutch selectively engaged at the downstream of the motor is reduced by a difference between the required torque for engine startup and the set torque for engine startup, thereby the torque necessary for engine startup will be compensated for to enable an engine startup. - during a travel in the electric vehicle mode and the transmission ratio being at a value of 1,0 or less, the value of engine startup torque (TmES) preserved for transition to the hybrid vehicle mode is set to a smaller torque than required for the engine startup, - the engine startup torque (TmES) is set smaller as a transmission ratio of the transmission decreases, and - the clutch engagement capacity of a clutch selectively engaged at the downstream of the motor is reduced by a difference between the required torque for engine startup and the set torque for engine startup, thereby the torque necessary for engine startup will be compensated for to enable an engine startup.
A process for producing a nitrogen-containing carbon material, comprising a first step of subjecting azulmic acid to a first heat treatment in an oxygen-containing gas atmosphere, thereby preparing a heat-treated product, and a second step of subjecting said heat-treated product to a second heat treatment in an inert gas atmosphere, wherein said first heat treatment is carried out at 170 to 600°C.
A process for operation by a wireless communications device, the process comprising the steps of: - receiving a signal from a local area network router to which the wireless communications device is currently wirelessly connected, indicative that the local area network router has detected absence of a primary backhaul connection to a data network, - operating as a secondary access point to route data traffic between other wireless communication devices (4, 5, 6) and the data network through the second access point and a secondary network connection, Characterised by - retrieving a wireless configuration identity through which the router identifies itself to the wireless communications device - broadcasting a wireless configuration identity for the wireless communications device replicating the wireless configuration identity of the router - using the replicated wireless configuration identity to establish a wireless secondary backhaul connection to the data network independent of the router. - receiving a signal from a local area network router to which the wireless communications device is currently wirelessly connected, indicative that the local area network router has detected absence of a primary backhaul connection to a data network, - operating as a secondary access point to route data traffic between other wireless communication devices (4, 5, 6) and the data network through the second access point and a secondary network connection, Characterised by - retrieving a wireless configuration identity through which the router identifies itself to the wireless communications device - broadcasting a wireless configuration identity for the wireless communications device replicating the wireless configuration identity of the router - using the replicated wireless configuration identity to establish a wireless secondary backhaul connection to the data network independent of the router.
An energizing method of a transformer, the transformer comprising at least two groups (5a, 5b) of coils forming primary transformer windings, all of coils that form the at least two groups (5a, 5b) of coils are connected or connectible in parallel to each other, and at least one secondary transformer winding, wherein the method comprises in the stated order: a. Supplying a supply voltage to a first number of the groups (5a, 5b) of coils for a predetermined amount of time, the first number being less than the entirety of groups (5a, 5b) of coils, thereby passing a common magnetic flux through the groups (5a, 5b) of coils; and b. Supplying the supply voltage to the entirety of the groups (5a, 5b) of coils. a. Supplying a supply voltage to a first number of the groups (5a, 5b) of coils for a predetermined amount of time, the first number being less than the entirety of groups (5a, 5b) of coils, thereby passing a common magnetic flux through the groups (5a, 5b) of coils; and b. Supplying the supply voltage to the entirety of the groups (5a, 5b) of coils.
A container recognition system for recognizing containers to be filled with and/or emptied of a given type of product using a filling and/or emptying station, wherein the containers are equipped with a device for closing and opening the mouth through which the product to be introduced and/or removed into and from the container is designed to pass, characterized in that - said station has a section configured for receiving the device for closing and opening the mouth of the container, said section having a three-dimensional shape that mates the three-dimensional shape that the device for closing and opening the container assumes in the open configuration for introduction or removal of the product through the mouth, - the device for closing and opening said container is equipped with NFC electronic identification means, - said station comprises a reading and writing device for detecting the NFC electronic identification means associated with the closing and opening device. - said station has a section configured for receiving the device for closing and opening the mouth of the container, said section having a three-dimensional shape that mates the three-dimensional shape that the device for closing and opening the container assumes in the open configuration for introduction or removal of the product through the mouth, - the device for closing and opening said container is equipped with NFC electronic identification means, - said station comprises a reading and writing device for detecting the NFC electronic identification means associated with the closing and opening device.
An apparatus (1; 2) for stimulating neurons, the apparatus comprising: a non-invasive stimulation unit configured to generate stimuli in a plurality of stimulation channels, wherein the stimulation unit is configured such that the stimuli stimulate a neuronal population in the brain and/or the spinal cord of a patient over the stimulation channels at respective different points; and a control unit configured to control the stimulation unit to generate repetitive sequences of the stimuli, wherein an order of the plurality of stimulation channels in which the stimuli are generated within each sequence is kept constant for at least 20 sequences generated after one another and is varied thereafter. a non-invasive stimulation unit configured to generate stimuli in a plurality of stimulation channels, wherein the stimulation unit is configured such that the stimuli stimulate a neuronal population in the brain and/or the spinal cord of a patient over the stimulation channels at respective different points; and a control unit configured to control the stimulation unit to generate repetitive sequences of the stimuli, wherein an order of the plurality of stimulation channels in which the stimuli are generated within each sequence is kept constant for at least 20 sequences generated after one another and is varied thereafter.
A ski boot comprising: a substantially rigid foot-casing which is adapted to accommodate the foot of the user and has the lower part structured so as to be able to couple with a ski binding device; a substantially rigid cuff which is adapted to enclose the lower part of the leg of the user, and pivotally joined to the foot-casing so as to be able to rotate about a reference axis substantially perpendicular to the midplane of the ski boot; and a manually-operated cuff locking device which is adapted to selectively lock the cuff to the foot-casing in a predetermined downhill position; the cuff locking device comprising: a support plate placed on the cuff, above the heel of the ski boot; a movable arm which is butt hinged onto the support plate so as to be able to rotate to and from a locking position wherein the movable arm extends downwards and couples in releasable manner to the foot-casing beneath; and an elastic counteracting member which is adapted to bring and maintain, in elastic manner, the movable arm into said locking position; the ski boot being characterised in that the head of the movable arm is additionally fixed onto the support plate with the capability of sliding on the support plate in a first direction (d) which is substantially parallel to the laying- and rotation- plane of the movable arm and locally substantially tangent to the surface of the cuff; and in that the elastic counteracting member is also adapted to counteract in elastic manner the sliding of the movable arm on the support plate. the cuff locking device comprising: a support plate placed on the cuff, above the heel of the ski boot; a movable arm which is butt hinged onto the support plate so as to be able to rotate to and from a locking position wherein the movable arm extends downwards and couples in releasable manner to the foot-casing beneath; and an elastic counteracting member which is adapted to bring and maintain, in elastic manner, the movable arm into said locking position; the ski boot being characterised in that the head of the movable arm is additionally fixed onto the support plate with the capability of sliding on the support plate in a first direction (d) which is substantially parallel to the laying- and rotation- plane of the movable arm and locally substantially tangent to the surface of the cuff; and in that the elastic counteracting member is also adapted to counteract in elastic manner the sliding of the movable arm on the support plate.
A terminal comprising: a transmitting section configured to perform uplink transmission by an active bandwidth part, BWP; and a control section configured to utilize an active first BWP in an uplink and an active second BWP in a supplementary uplink for the uplink transmission, characterized in that the active first BWP and the active second BWP are configured as initial active BWPs using higher layer signaling. a transmitting section configured to perform uplink transmission by an active bandwidth part, BWP; and a control section configured to utilize an active first BWP in an uplink and an active second BWP in a supplementary uplink for the uplink transmission, characterized in that the active first BWP and the active second BWP are configured as initial active BWPs using higher layer signaling.
A method for processing a gray image, comprising: calculating a mean value and a standard difference in an adjacent area of each of edge pixels needing to be processed in an original gray image, and determining a predefined noise variance nv of each of the edge pixels according to the mean value and the standard difference; performing two-dimensional discrete cosine transform on an original gray image of a first adjacent area of each of the edge pixels; performing two-dimensional Wiener filtering on the two-dimensional discrete cosine transformed image data according to the noise variance nv by using the formula: Wn u v = 2 ⁢ DWN d u v = mean u v + var u v − nv var u v d u v − mean u v wherein Wn(u,v) denotes a two-dimensional Wiener filtered image data of the image data of pixel d(u,v) in the DCT domain, and two-dimensional Wiener filtering is performed on the image data in the first adjacent area of the edge pixels in the DCT domain according to the determined noise variance nv, so as to obtain two-dimensional Wiener filtered image data; performing two-dimensional discrete cosine inverse transform on the two-dimensional Wiener filtered image data, so as to obtain a filtered gray image of the first adjacent area; and extracting a filtered pixel value of each of the edge pixels from the filtered gray image of the first adjacent area, and performing weighted summation on the filtered pixel value of each of the edge pixels and an original pixel value of the edge pixel so as to obtain a processed pixel value of each of the edge pixels. calculating a mean value and a standard difference in an adjacent area of each of edge pixels needing to be processed in an original gray image, and determining a predefined noise variance nv of each of the edge pixels according to the mean value and the standard difference; performing two-dimensional discrete cosine transform on an original gray image of a first adjacent area of each of the edge pixels; performing two-dimensional Wiener filtering on the two-dimensional discrete cosine transformed image data according to the noise variance nv by using the formula: Wn u v = 2 ⁢ DWN d u v = mean u v + var u v − nv var u v d u v − mean u v wherein Wn(u,v) denotes a two-dimensional Wiener filtered image data of the image data of pixel d(u,v) in the DCT domain, and two-dimensional Wiener filtering is performed on the image data in the first adjacent area of the edge pixels in the DCT domain according to the determined noise variance nv, so as to obtain two-dimensional Wiener filtered image data; performing two-dimensional discrete cosine inverse transform on the two-dimensional Wiener filtered image data, so as to obtain a filtered gray image of the first adjacent area; and extracting a filtered pixel value of each of the edge pixels from the filtered gray image of the first adjacent area, and performing weighted summation on the filtered pixel value of each of the edge pixels and an original pixel value of the edge pixel so as to obtain a processed pixel value of each of the edge pixels.
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, a plurality of video frames of a content item, wherein each video frame of the plurality of video frames comprises a plurality of pixels; determining, for a first pixel in a first video frame of the plurality of video frames, a prior corresponding pixel in a preceding frame of the plurality of video frames; determining, based on at least one of an intensity level of a pixel region or a complexity level of the pixel region in the preceding frame, whether to filter the first pixel, wherein the pixel region comprises: the prior corresponding pixel, and one or more pixels that surround the prior corresponding pixel; and based on a determination to filter the first pixel: determining, based on at least one of the intensity level of the pixel region or the complexity level of the pixel region, one or more parameters for filtering the first pixel; filtering, based on the one or more parameters and to obtain a filtered first pixel, the first pixel; and encoding a portion of the content item comprising the filtered first pixel. receiving, by a computing device, a plurality of video frames of a content item, wherein each video frame of the plurality of video frames comprises a plurality of pixels; determining, for a first pixel in a first video frame of the plurality of video frames, a prior corresponding pixel in a preceding frame of the plurality of video frames; determining, based on at least one of an intensity level of a pixel region or a complexity level of the pixel region in the preceding frame, whether to filter the first pixel, wherein the pixel region comprises: the prior corresponding pixel, and one or more pixels that surround the prior corresponding pixel; and the prior corresponding pixel, and one or more pixels that surround the prior corresponding pixel; and based on a determination to filter the first pixel: determining, based on at least one of the intensity level of the pixel region or the complexity level of the pixel region, one or more parameters for filtering the first pixel; filtering, based on the one or more parameters and to obtain a filtered first pixel, the first pixel; and encoding a portion of the content item comprising the filtered first pixel. determining, based on at least one of the intensity level of the pixel region or the complexity level of the pixel region, one or more parameters for filtering the first pixel; filtering, based on the one or more parameters and to obtain a filtered first pixel, the first pixel; and encoding a portion of the content item comprising the filtered first pixel.
Dishwasher, in particular domestic dishwasher, having at least one spray facility, which is supported with a central connecting stud so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation on an upper spray arm assembly for liquid, and on the wall of which which opposes the opening of the connecting stud a flow conduit body is arranged, which splits the washing liquid flowing into the spray facility from the upper spray arm assembly for liquid into two partial flows (30, 32) and deflects the same into directions oriented opposite to one another and parallel to a longitudinal axis of the spray facility, characterised in that the flow conduit body is formed by ribs which run at right angles to the longitudinal axis, the lateral edges of which form an inflow angle for the water escaping into the spray facility from the upper spray arm assembly for liquid, and that the flow conduit body is arranged on the spray facility such that it rotates herewith.
A method of manufacturing a medical device, comprising: providing a preform of a balloon arrangement (10, 20, 30) in a folded configuration; crimping a stent onto the preform; disposing a preforming mold (410, 510, 610, 710) over the preform on which the stent is crimped so that the preform on which the stent is crimped is housed in a molding chamber (511, 716) of the preforming mold (410, 510, 610, 710); and heating the preform in the molding chamber (511, 716) and filling a fluid in the preform so that a protrusion (11, 21, 31) is formed and shaped on the preform in the molding chamber (511, 716), thereby obtaining a molded structure of the balloon arrangement (10, 20, 30), wherein: the protrusion (21, 31) has a cross section of an inverted L shape along an axial direction of the molded structure. providing a preform of a balloon arrangement (10, 20, 30) in a folded configuration; crimping a stent onto the preform; disposing a preforming mold (410, 510, 610, 710) over the preform on which the stent is crimped so that the preform on which the stent is crimped is housed in a molding chamber (511, 716) of the preforming mold (410, 510, 610, 710); and heating the preform in the molding chamber (511, 716) and filling a fluid in the preform so that a protrusion (11, 21, 31) is formed and shaped on the preform in the molding chamber (511, 716), thereby obtaining a molded structure of the balloon arrangement (10, 20, 30), wherein: the protrusion (21, 31) has a cross section of an inverted L shape along an axial direction of the molded structure.
A system for cooling an energy storage system of a hybrid electric vehicle, said energy storage system comprising a plurality of energy storage devices, which include a maximum temperature storage device having a maximum temperature and a minimum temperature storage device having a minimum temperature, said system comprising: a cooling fluid duct in flow communication with an inlet and said energy storage devices; a blower positioned within said cooling fluid duct for drawing cooling fluid into said inlet and through said cooling fluid duct for passing said cooling fluid over or through said at least one energy storage devices; and wherein said cooling fluid duct and blower are coupled to form a common cooling system for said at least one energy storage system; a controller coupled with said at least one energy storage device, being configured to increase the temperature of said energy storage device having a temperature below said maximum temperature reduced by at least a predetermined threshold, to preheat each energy storage device having a temperature below said maximum temperature reduced by at least a predetermined threshold to a predetermined range of said maximum temperature, and to preheat each energy storage device during a dynamic braking mode and prior to the termination of a dynamic braking mode of said vehicle. a cooling fluid duct in flow communication with an inlet and said energy storage devices; a blower positioned within said cooling fluid duct for drawing cooling fluid into said inlet and through said cooling fluid duct for passing said cooling fluid over or through said at least one energy storage devices; and wherein said cooling fluid duct and blower are coupled to form a common cooling system for said at least one energy storage system; a controller coupled with said at least one energy storage device, being configured to increase the temperature of said energy storage device having a temperature below said maximum temperature reduced by at least a predetermined threshold, to preheat each energy storage device having a temperature below said maximum temperature reduced by at least a predetermined threshold to a predetermined range of said maximum temperature, and to preheat each energy storage device during a dynamic braking mode and prior to the termination of a dynamic braking mode of said vehicle.