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A method for controlling power generation from a power plant which comprises a plurality of power generating units including at least one wind turbine generator, where the power plant is connected to an electrical power grid for supplying power from the power generating units to the electrical power grid, and where the power plant is controllable to produce power dependent on a power plant reference (Pref), - determining a first available power production capability (Paval_pl1) of a selection of one or more power generating units of first priority, - determining a first power production gap (Pgap1) as a difference between the power reference (Pref) and the first available power production capability (Paval_pl1), - determining if the first power production gap (Pgap1) is greater or less than zero, - setting a maximal allowed power production (Pmax) for each power generating unit in a selection of one or more power generating units of second priority to a non-zero value, where the maximal allowed power production (Pmax) is determined dependent on whether the first power production gap (Pgap1) is greater or less than zero and dependent on a comparison of the first power production gap (Pgap1) with a second available power production capability (Paval_pl2) of the selection of the one or more power generating units of the second priority, wherein the method further comprising maintaining the selections of the one or more power generating units of the first and the second priorities for different values of the power plant reference or for variations in the power plant reference. - determining a first available power production capability (Paval_pl1) of a selection of one or more power generating units of first priority, - determining a first power production gap (Pgap1) as a difference between the power reference (Pref) and the first available power production capability (Paval_pl1), - determining if the first power production gap (Pgap1) is greater or less than zero, - setting a maximal allowed power production (Pmax) for each power generating unit in a selection of one or more power generating units of second priority to a non-zero value, where the maximal allowed power production (Pmax) is determined dependent on whether the first power production gap (Pgap1) is greater or less than zero and dependent on a comparison of the first power production gap (Pgap1) with a second available power production capability (Paval_pl2) of the selection of the one or more power generating units of the second priority,
A relatively high speed method for increasing the bulk density of coal particles to provide an elongate bed of dry, compacted coal for charging to a coking oven, the method comprising the steps of: depositing coal particles onto a charging plate external to a coking oven, the charging plate having side walls, and at least one movable end wall to provide an elongate bed of dry, uncompacted coal having an upper surface on the charging plate; and applying impact pressure to the upper surface of the bed of dry, uncompacted coal while degassing the coal to provide a dry, compacted coal bed having a bulk density ranging from 960 to 1200 kilograms per cubic meter; wherein degassing the coal bed is comprised of applying a vacuum source to one or more probes inserted in the uncompacted coal bed. depositing coal particles onto a charging plate external to a coking oven, the charging plate having side walls, and at least one movable end wall to provide an elongate bed of dry, uncompacted coal having an upper surface on the charging plate; and applying impact pressure to the upper surface of the bed of dry, uncompacted coal while degassing the coal to provide a dry, compacted coal bed having a bulk density ranging from 960 to 1200 kilograms per cubic meter; wherein degassing the coal bed is comprised of applying a vacuum source to one or more probes inserted in the uncompacted coal bed.
A robot control device comprising: an obtaining unit configured to obtain a captured image from an image sensor configured to capture an image of a workpiece group to be handled by a robot; a simulation unit configured to execute simulation of operation of the robot; and a control unit configured to perform control such that an image captured by the image sensor is obtained if, in the simulation, the robot is retracted from at least one image capture forbidden space, in which an image is potentially captured with the workpiece group and the robot overlapping each other, the image capture forbidden space being a space set based on either or both a first space, which is a visual field range of the image sensor, and at least one columnar second space, which is obtained by taking a workpiece region including the workpiece group or each of a plurality of divided regions (42A, 42B, 42C, 42D) into which the workpiece region is divided, as a bottom area, and extending the bottom area to the position of the image sensor. an obtaining unit configured to obtain a captured image from an image sensor configured to capture an image of a workpiece group to be handled by a robot; a simulation unit configured to execute simulation of operation of the robot; and a control unit configured to perform control such that an image captured by the image sensor is obtained if, in the simulation, the robot is retracted from at least one image capture forbidden space, in which an image is potentially captured with the workpiece group and the robot overlapping each other, the image capture forbidden space being a space set based on either or both a first space, which is a visual field range of the image sensor, and at least one columnar second space, which is obtained by taking a workpiece region including the workpiece group or each of a plurality of divided regions (42A, 42B, 42C, 42D) into which the workpiece region is divided, as a bottom area, and extending the bottom area to the position of the image sensor.
Aerial cable transport system, in particular a chair lift or gondola lift, comprising several vehicles (2 to 5) coupled to the aerial cable and separated apart from one another along the line of the aerial cable, at least one vehicle (2 to 5) comprising: - a radiofrequency transmitter designed to transmit signals containing at least one information; and the system comprising a monitoring device of the on-line positions of the vehicles (2 to 5) comprising: - at least one radiofrequency receiver designed to receive the signals transmitted by the radiofrequency transmitters; and - a processing unit coupled to at least one radiofrequency receiver to retrieve the information contained in the transmitted signals, characterized in that said at least one information transmitted by the radiofrequency transmitter enables the on-line position of the vehicle to be determined and in that the processing unit comprises a computing module configured to determine the on-line position of at least one vehicle from said at least one information retrieved, and a comparison module configured to compare the determined on-line position with at least one reference position. - a radiofrequency transmitter designed to transmit signals containing at least one information; - at least one radiofrequency receiver designed to receive the signals transmitted by the radiofrequency transmitters; and - a processing unit coupled to at least one radiofrequency receiver to retrieve the information contained in the transmitted signals,
A method for synchronizing time at a master clock side in a Passive Optical Network, PON, comprising: sending a first downstream frame based on a PON protocol, the first downstream frame carrying a first clock packet; acquiring time at a packet time stamp generating point that matches frame data of the first downstream frame at a PON Media Access Control, MAC, layer, wherein a match rule for matching the packet time stamp generating point is predefined on a master clock side; wherein the packet time stamp generating point is located at the last bit of a physical synchronization, Psync, field in the frame header of a Gigabit PON Transmission Convergence layer, GTC, TC frame or the last bit of the Header Error Control, HEC, field in the frame header of a GPON Encapsulation Method, GEM, frame of the first downstream frame at a TC adapter sub-layer; regarding the acquired time as the time the first clock packet is sent; and sending a second downstream frame based on the PON protocol, the second downstream frame carrying a second clock packet that carries the time the first clock packet is sent. sending a first downstream frame based on a PON protocol, the first downstream frame carrying a first clock packet; acquiring time at a packet time stamp generating point that matches frame data of the first downstream frame at a PON Media Access Control, MAC, layer, wherein a match rule for matching the packet time stamp generating point is predefined on a master clock side; wherein the packet time stamp generating point is located at the last bit of a physical synchronization, Psync, field in the frame header of a Gigabit PON Transmission Convergence layer, GTC, TC frame or the last bit of the Header Error Control, HEC, field in the frame header of a GPON Encapsulation Method, GEM, frame of the first downstream frame at a TC adapter sub-layer; regarding the acquired time as the time the first clock packet is sent; and sending a second downstream frame based on the PON protocol, the second downstream frame carrying a second clock packet that carries the time the first clock packet is sent.
A device comprising a plurality of acoustic transducers (8, 10) as part of a user interface capable of being used by a user to interact with the device, using an input object, wherein the device is arranged to: transmit acoustic signals through air towards the input object; receive, from the input object, reflections of the airborne acoustic signals; estimate an angular or three-dimensional position of the input object, from the reflections; characterise a motion of the input object from the reflections; and be controlled in dependence on the angular or three-dimensional position and the motion of the input object, wherein said transducers are used to transmit and/or receive the acoustic signals, and characterised in that said transducers are arranged in at least two parallel rows (12, 14; 16, 18. 20), the distance between adjacent transducers along each row being equal to or less than half the base wavelength of the acoustic signals transmitted by the device. transmit acoustic signals through air towards the input object; receive, from the input object, reflections of the airborne acoustic signals; estimate an angular or three-dimensional position of the input object, from the reflections; characterise a motion of the input object from the reflections; and be controlled in dependence on the angular or three-dimensional position and the motion of the input object, wherein said transducers are used to transmit and/or receive the acoustic signals, and characterised in that said transducers are arranged in at least two parallel rows (12, 14; 16, 18. 20), the distance between adjacent transducers along each row being equal to or less than half the base wavelength of the acoustic signals transmitted by the device.
A method of selecting a service area identifier, SAI, for a user equipment (10, 220, 230), UE, in a femto cell (41, 200) that is served by a femto radio base station, RBS, (11, 40, 210) said femto RBS being connected to a wireless communications network, the method characterized in that it comprises the following steps performed in a network apparatus: - acquiring information identifying said UE (10, 220, 230), being allowed to access the femto RBS (11, 40, 210); - requesting, using said information identifying the UE (10, 220, 230) and an information identifying the femto RBS (11, 40, 210), a database (13, 272) for an information on a user type of the UE (10, 220, 230); - selecting a SAI based on the information on the user type of the UE (10, 220, 230) received from the database (13, 272). - acquiring information identifying said UE (10, 220, 230), being allowed to access the femto RBS (11, 40, 210); - requesting, using said information identifying the UE (10, 220, 230) and an information identifying the femto RBS (11, 40, 210), a database (13, 272) for an information on a user type of the UE (10, 220, 230); - selecting a SAI based on the information on the user type of the UE (10, 220, 230) received from the database (13, 272).
A cover plate, comprising: a flat portion having a flat front surface and a first side surface, wherein the flat front surface has a first sideline and a second sideline connected with the first sideline; and a curved portion connected with the flat portion, wherein the curved portion is arranged around a periphery of the flat portion and has a curved surface and a second side surface, the curved surface is connected between the flat front surface and the second side surface, wherein the first sideline serves as a boundary line between the curved surface and the flat front surface, the second sideline serves as a boundary line between the flat front surface and the first side surface, and the first side surface is in the same direction as the second side surface; the cover plate has a light incident region and a light shielding region surrounding the light incident region, and the light incident region allows external lights to pass through, the light shielding region is coated with a light shielding material; a region of the cover plate between the light incident region and the second sideline is directly connected with and perpendicular to the first side surface. a flat portion having a flat front surface and a first side surface, wherein the flat front surface has a first sideline and a second sideline connected with the first sideline; and a curved portion connected with the flat portion, wherein the curved portion is arranged around a periphery of the flat portion and has a curved surface and a second side surface, the curved surface is connected between the flat front surface and the second side surface, wherein the first sideline serves as a boundary line between the curved surface and the flat front surface, the second sideline serves as a boundary line between the flat front surface and the first side surface, and the first side surface is in the same direction as the second side surface; the cover plate has a light incident region and a light shielding region surrounding the light incident region, and the light incident region allows external lights to pass through, the light shielding region is coated with a light shielding material; a region of the cover plate between the light incident region and the second sideline is directly connected with and perpendicular to the first side surface.
A transdermal microneedle array patch comprising: a bottom cover having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a top cover combined with the bottom cover; a metal sheet provided on the first surface of the bottom cover; a substrate disposed within the top cover; a first probe and a second probe disposed in an open circuit between the top cover and the bottom cover to electrically connect to the substrate; and the metal sheet in contact with the first probe and the second probe to form a closed circuit. a bottom cover having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a top cover combined with the bottom cover; a metal sheet provided on the first surface of the bottom cover; a substrate disposed within the top cover; a first probe and a second probe disposed in an open circuit between the top cover and the bottom cover to electrically connect to the substrate; and the metal sheet in contact with the first probe and the second probe to form a closed circuit.
A composition for forming marks or indicia of at least one coloring agent in particulate form encapsulated and retained in a polymeric surface upon laser irradiation, the composition comprising: solvent; at least one coloring agent in particulate form; at least one agent selected from the group consisting of a surfactant, a dispersant, and combinations thereof; wherein the composition is free of both (i) a light absorber or light adsorption enhancer, and (ii) a polymeric carrier. solvent; at least one coloring agent in particulate form; at least one agent selected from the group consisting of a surfactant, a dispersant, and combinations thereof; wherein the composition is free of both (i) a light absorber or light adsorption enhancer, and (ii) a polymeric carrier.
A computer-implemented method of navigating in a series of related images, comprising the steps of: - creating and storing one or more navigational entities, each navigational entity relating to an object depicted in one or more images of the series of related images, wherein each navigational entity comprises a first navigational part to be displayed on a display and a second navigational part, said second navigational part comprising a reference to an image within the series of related images; - displaying the first navigational part of the navigational entity on the display; - providing means for letting a user choose said first navigational part; and - displaying the image referenced by the second navigational part of the navigational entity, when the first navigational part of said navigational entity is chosen by the user; characterized in that the method further comprises, for each navigational entity: - segmenting the object depicted in the one or more images; - identifying the segmented object; - creating the first navigational part of the navigational entity to be representative of the identified object, wherein the first navigational part of said navigational entity comprises an image (31, 32, 33, 34), an icon and/or a keyword (35, 36, 37, 38, 39) representative of the identified object; and - creating the second navigational part to comprise a reference to an image within the series of related images which comprises the identified object. - creating and storing one or more navigational entities, each navigational entity relating to an object depicted in one or more images of the series of related images, wherein each navigational entity comprises a first navigational part to be displayed on a display and a second navigational part, said second navigational part comprising a reference to an image within the series of related images; - displaying the first navigational part of the navigational entity on the display; - providing means for letting a user choose said first navigational part; and - displaying the image referenced by the second navigational part of the navigational entity, when the first navigational part of said navigational entity is chosen by the user; - segmenting the object depicted in the one or more images; - identifying the segmented object; - creating the first navigational part of the navigational entity to be representative of the identified object, wherein the first navigational part of said navigational entity comprises an image (31, 32, 33, 34), an icon and/or a keyword (35, 36, 37, 38, 39) representative of the identified object; and - creating the second navigational part to comprise a reference to an image within the series of related images which comprises the identified object.
A flexible film article, comprising a film body having a first surface, a second surface opposite to said first surface, and at least one surrounding surface extending from said first surface to said second surface and defining at least one through hole extending through said film body, said flexible film article wherein each one of said at least one trough holes comprises a central member spaced apart from said surrounding surface; a plurality of spaced-apart extending members, each of which having a first end connected to said surrounding surface and a second end opposite to said first end and connected to said central member, said central member, said spaced-apart extending members and said surrounding surface of said film body cooperatively defining a micropore; said central member driving said extending members together therewith to move away from said film body when a gaseous substance permeates through micropore; said extending members and said central member cooperatively defining a funnel-shaped space indented from one of said first surface and said second surface towards the other of said first surface and said second surface when said central member drives said extending members together therewith to move away from said film body; and said central member and said extending members are coplanar when no gaseous substance permeates through said micropore.
A copolymer composition comprising a copolymer which comprises lactide-co-glycolide and polyethylenimine wherein lactide-co-glycolide single units are conjugated to the PEI through amide linkages and the copolymer is obtainable by reacting poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) having a molecular weight of 12-16 kDa, a lactide:glycolide of 50:50 mol/mol, and an inherent viscosity of 0.50-0.65, and branched PEI having an average molecular weight of 25 kDa in a w/w ratio of PLGA to PEI of 0.5:1 and in a molar ratio of PLGA to PEI of 1:1, wherein the reaction is carried out in the organic solvent tetrahydrofuran at room temperature for at least 48 hours, wherein the composition further comprises at least one therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent and the copolymer comprises the agent in a nanoparticle.
A process for the preparation of L-Iditol comprising at least the process steps: i) a L-Sorbose comprising composition is subjected to hydrogenation with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrophobic stereoselective ruthenium catalyst complex in a homogeneous solution, wherein the ruthenium catalyst complex comprises at least one chiral ligand containing at least two phosphorus atom, which are capable of coordinating to the ruthenium yielding in a composition comprising L-Iditol as the main product; ii) separation of the reaction products produced in step i) from the ruthenium catalyst complex; iii) reactivating the separated ruthenium catalyst complex of step ii) by adding a chloride source and reusing the reactivated ruthenium catalyst complex in step i). i) a L-Sorbose comprising composition is subjected to hydrogenation with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrophobic stereoselective ruthenium catalyst complex in a homogeneous solution, wherein the ruthenium catalyst complex comprises at least one chiral ligand containing at least two phosphorus atom, which are capable of coordinating to the ruthenium yielding in a composition comprising L-Iditol as the main product; ii) separation of the reaction products produced in step i) from the ruthenium catalyst complex; iii) reactivating the separated ruthenium catalyst complex of step ii) by adding a chloride source and reusing the reactivated ruthenium catalyst complex in step i).