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Method for characterising the structure of a metal strip or sheet, - in which, during a measurement, a surface of the strip or sheet is irradiated with expanded X-rays, - said surface having a size of several square millimetres or several square centimetres, and - wherein the X-ray radiation has at least partially a continuous spectrum, - wherein the intensity pattern including a forward scattering or transmission of the X-ray radiation is measured in a spatially resolved manner such that a spatially resolved intensity pattern integrated over a spectral range of the X-ray radiation is obtained, and - in which an output variable dependent on the fluctuation of the measured intensity pattern is determined and output for assessing the grain size, grain size distribution and/or grain orientation. - in which, during a measurement, a surface of the strip or sheet is irradiated with expanded X-rays, - said surface having a size of several square millimetres or several square centimetres, and - wherein the X-ray radiation has at least partially a continuous spectrum, - wherein the intensity pattern including a forward scattering or transmission of the X-ray radiation is measured in a spatially resolved manner such that a spatially resolved intensity pattern integrated over a spectral range of the X-ray radiation is obtained, and - in which an output variable dependent on the fluctuation of the measured intensity pattern is determined and output for assessing the grain size, grain size distribution and/or grain orientation.
A method for preparing fermentation broth of fruits and vegetables comprising steps of: mixing fruits, vegetables, bacteria liquid of Lactobacillus acidophilus, bacteria liquid of Bifidobacterium longum, bacteria liquid of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus, and bacteria liquid of Streptococcus thermophilus, and processing fermentation to obtain a fermentation product, i.e., the fermentation broth of fruits and vegetables, wherein the fermenting period is 10 days -180 days and wherein the fruits and the vegetables refer to a mixture of 54 kinds of fruits and vegetables, which are konjak, eggplant, asparagus, spinach, bean sprout, broccoli, cabbage, radish, cucumber, peas, red pepper, celery, scallion, garlic, grapes, grapefruit, watermelon, peach, tangerine, blue berry, sweet orange, banana, litchi, balsam pear, leek, pomegranate, pitaya, carrot, tomato, Chinese cabbage, parsley, bell pepper, lettuce, pear, ginger, taro, kidney bean, pumpkin, lotus root, cherry, kiwi fruit, plum, strawberry, fig, kumquat, mandarin orange, Nanguo pear, cantaloup, Hami melon, papaya, onion, mulberry, sugar beet, and lemon.
A computer implemented method for generating a route for a vessel to travel from a start point to an end point, the computer implemented method comprising: identifying a start point and an end point for the vessel; obtaining a forecast of weather conditions during a period of time; obtaining a model of the vessel, wherein the model includes parameters used to calculate a response of the vessel to the weather conditions; and generating a route from the start point (402, 1200, 1600, 1704) to the end point (404, 1204, 1602, 1702) for the vessel to travel on using the model of the vessel and the forecast of the weather conditions, using Dijkstra's algorithm with minimum angular resolution, comprising considering all neighbor grid points within a maximum radius and selecting neighbor grid points within the maximum radius such that a minimum angular separation between any two neighbor grid points is achieved and such that a number of selected neighbor grid points is minimized, subject to a difference between adjacent headings falling below a given maximum, wherein the route avoids treacherous conditions with a lowest cost to travel from the start point to the end point. identifying a start point and an end point for the vessel; obtaining a forecast of weather conditions during a period of time; obtaining a model of the vessel, wherein the model includes parameters used to calculate a response of the vessel to the weather conditions; and generating a route from the start point (402, 1200, 1600, 1704) to the end point (404, 1204, 1602, 1702) for the vessel to travel on using the model of the vessel and the forecast of the weather conditions, using Dijkstra's algorithm with minimum angular resolution, comprising considering all neighbor grid points within a maximum radius and selecting neighbor grid points within the maximum radius such that a minimum angular separation between any two neighbor grid points is achieved and such that a number of selected neighbor grid points is minimized, subject to a difference between adjacent headings falling below a given maximum, wherein the route avoids treacherous conditions with a lowest cost to travel from the start point to the end point.
A stent with a variable radial force comprising: a first serpentine band comprising struts interconnected by proximal turns and distal turns, a first strut angle, a first number of strut pairs, and a first wall thickness; and a second serpentine band comprising struts interconnected by proximal turns and distal turns, a second strut angle less than the first strut angle, a second number of strut pairs greater than the first number of strut pairs, and a second wall thickness greater than the first wall thickness;. the first serpentine band being two serpentine end bands, one of the two serpentine end bands forming one end of the stent and the other of the two serpentine end bands forming the other end of the stent, and the second serpentine band being a plurality of serpentine center bands positioned between the two serpentine end bands. a first serpentine band comprising struts interconnected by proximal turns and distal turns, a first strut angle, a first number of strut pairs, and a first wall thickness; and a second serpentine band comprising struts interconnected by proximal turns and distal turns, a second strut angle less than the first strut angle, a second number of strut pairs greater than the first number of strut pairs, and a second wall thickness greater than the first wall thickness;. the first serpentine band being two serpentine end bands, one of the two serpentine end bands forming one end of the stent and the other of the two serpentine end bands forming the other end of the stent, and the second serpentine band being a plurality of serpentine center bands positioned between the two serpentine end bands.
An antifouling coating composition comprising: 100 parts by weight of room temperature-curable silicone resin, and 1 to 200 parts by weight of silicone oil having a polyether, a long-chain alkyl and an aralkyl group in the molecule, said polyether, long-chain alkyl, and aralkyl groups having the following structures: polyether group: -C k H 2k -O-(C 2 H 4 O) m -(C 3 H 6 O) n -R 1 wherein k is an integer of 1 to 3, m and n are integers of 0 to 40, m+n is an integer of 1 to 50, R 1 is a group selected from hydrogen, methyl, butyl, allyl and acetyl; long-chain alkyl group: -C a H 2a+1 wherein a is an integer of 4 to 20, and aralkyl group: wherein R 2 is alkylene group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms. 100 parts by weight of room temperature-curable silicone resin, and 1 to 200 parts by weight of silicone oil having a polyether, a long-chain alkyl and an aralkyl group in the molecule, said polyether, long-chain alkyl, and aralkyl groups having the following structures: polyether group: -C k H 2k -O-(C 2 H 4 O) m -(C 3 H 6 O) n -R 1 wherein k is an integer of 1 to 3, m and n are integers of 0 to 40, m+n is an integer of 1 to 50, R 1 is a group selected from hydrogen, methyl, butyl, allyl and acetyl; long-chain alkyl group: -C a H 2a+1 wherein a is an integer of 4 to 20, and aralkyl group: wherein R 2 is alkylene group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms. polyether group: -C k H 2k -O-(C 2 H 4 O) m -(C 3 H 6 O) n -R 1 wherein k is an integer of 1 to 3, m and n are integers of 0 to 40, m+n is an integer of 1 to 50, R 1 is a group selected from hydrogen, methyl, butyl, allyl and acetyl; long-chain alkyl group: -C a H 2a+1 wherein a is an integer of 4 to 20, and aralkyl group: wherein R 2 is alkylene group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms.
A method of determining the identity of a fluid in a vessel using time domain reflectometry, comprising the steps of: transmitting an interrogation pulse into a vessel containing a fluid (150, 160, 170); receiving a reflection of the interrogation pulse off of a transition boundary (180, 190); characterised in that the method further comprises the steps of: characterizing the properties of the reflection, where the properties comprise change in phase, change in slope, and relative amplitude together forming a boundary transition signature; and comparing the properties of the boundary transition signature to a reference boundary transition signature, wherein a match or near match of the boundary transition signature and the reference boundary transition signature is used to determine the identity of a fluid on one side of the transition boundary (180, 190). transmitting an interrogation pulse into a vessel containing a fluid (150, 160, 170); receiving a reflection of the interrogation pulse off of a transition boundary (180, 190); characterizing the properties of the reflection, where the properties comprise change in phase, change in slope, and relative amplitude together forming a boundary transition signature; and comparing the properties of the boundary transition signature to a reference boundary transition signature, wherein a match or near match of the boundary transition signature and the reference boundary transition signature is used to determine the identity of a fluid on one side of the transition boundary (180, 190).
A thin-film solar cell comprising, arranged on each other in the following order, - a substrate; - a first electrode layer; - a p-type light absorption layer formed by a Group I-III-VI 2 compound; and - an n-type second electrode layer, wherein the p-type light absorption layer has a first surface facing the side of the first electrode layer and a second surface facing the side of the n-type second electrode layer, and wherein the p-type light absorption layer comprises Cu as a Group I element and Ga and In as Group III elements; and the atomic ratio of Cu over the Group III elements in the entire p-type absorption layer is < 1.0, characterized in that the atomic ratio of Cu over the Group III elements in the second surface of the p-type light absorption layer and its vicinity in a thickness direction is ≥ 1.0; and the atomic ratio of Ga over the Group III elements in the second surface of the p-type light absorption layer and its vicinity in the thickness direction is ≤ 0.13. - a substrate; - a first electrode layer; - a p-type light absorption layer formed by a Group I-III-VI 2 compound; and - an n-type second electrode layer, wherein the p-type light absorption layer has a first surface facing the side of the first electrode layer and a second surface facing the side of the n-type second electrode layer, and wherein the p-type light absorption layer comprises Cu as a Group I element and Ga and In as Group III elements; and the atomic ratio of Cu over the Group III elements in the entire p-type absorption layer is < 1.0, characterized in that the atomic ratio of Cu over the Group III elements in the second surface of the p-type light absorption layer and its vicinity in a thickness direction is ≥ 1.0; and the atomic ratio of Ga over the Group III elements in the second surface of the p-type light absorption layer and its vicinity in the thickness direction is ≤ 0.13.
A processing apparatus for estimating a noise amplitude spectrum of noise included in a sound signal, the processing apparatus comprising: an amplitude spectrum calculation part configured to calculate an amplitude spectrum of the sound signal for each of frames obtained from dividing the sound signal into units of time; and a noise amplitude spectrum estimation part configured to estimate the noise amplitude spectrum of the noise detected from the frames, wherein the noise amplitude spectrum estimation part includes a first estimation part configured to estimate the noise amplitude spectrum based on a difference between the amplitude spectrum calculated by the amplitude spectrum calculation part and the amplitude spectra of the frames occurring before the noise is detected, and a second estimation part configured to estimate the noise amplitude spectrum based on an attenuation function obtained from the noise amplitude spectrum of the frames occurring after the noise is detected. an amplitude spectrum calculation part configured to calculate an amplitude spectrum of the sound signal for each of frames obtained from dividing the sound signal into units of time; and a noise amplitude spectrum estimation part configured to estimate the noise amplitude spectrum of the noise detected from the frames, wherein the noise amplitude spectrum estimation part includes a first estimation part configured to estimate the noise amplitude spectrum based on a difference between the amplitude spectrum calculated by the amplitude spectrum calculation part and the amplitude spectra of the frames occurring before the noise is detected, and a second estimation part configured to estimate the noise amplitude spectrum based on an attenuation function obtained from the noise amplitude spectrum of the frames occurring after the noise is detected. a first estimation part configured to estimate the noise amplitude spectrum based on a difference between the amplitude spectrum calculated by the amplitude spectrum calculation part and the amplitude spectra of the frames occurring before the noise is detected, and a second estimation part configured to estimate the noise amplitude spectrum based on an attenuation function obtained from the noise amplitude spectrum of the frames occurring after the noise is detected.
A gateway for configuring a device management bootstrapping service address in a machine-to-machine, M2M, device, the gateway being configured to; send a request to a dynamic host configuration protocol for internet protocol version six, DHCPv6, server for identity association for prefix delegation, IA_PD, and receive a response from the DHCPv6 server comprising at least one prefix of an Internet Protocol for version 6, IPv6, address assigned to the gateway, and the gateway being further configured to receive from a node, a device management bootstrapping service address, wherein the node is the DHCPv6 server, and the gateway is configured to receive the device management bootstrapping service address from the DHCPv6 server in response to its request for IA_PD, wherein the gateway is further configured to send to the M2M device an IPv6 address, based on the prefix, together with the device management bootstrapping service address, and wherein the gateway is configured to receive a request from an M2M device for an IPv6 address, to configure an IPv6 address based on the prefix received from the DHCPv6 server and assign said IPv6 address to the M2M device, and then send it to the M2M device together with the device management bootstrapping service address.
A vision system for a motor vehicle, comprising a stereo imaging apparatus adapted to capture images from the surrounding of the motor vehicle and a processing device adapted to perform image processing on images captured by said imaging apparatus and to control a driver assistance device depending on the result of said image processing, wherein said processing device is adapted to identify object candidates in said images, wherein said processing device is further adapted to determine artefacts in the form of light swords in said images, wherein said light sword artefacts come from scatter effects on scratches in a windshield of the motor vehicle, which scatter effects are perpendicular to the motion curve of a wiper of the motor vehicle, characterized in that said processing device is adapted to calculate a disparity gradient k in a vertical direction for at least part of captured images, and to determine and remove said light sword artefacts in said images on the basis of said vertical disparity gradient k, wherein for each said object candidate an average vertical disparity gradient is determined based on said vertical disparity gradient k, wherein said processing device comprises a filter adapted to filter out object candidates, which are considered to be light swords, having an average vertical disparity gradient within a predetermined value range around a set value k_ls or to keep only object candidates having the average vertical disparity gradient around zero, wherein said set value k_ls corresponds to the vertical disparity gradient of a light sword artefact and is determined by k_ls = b/y, where b is the stereo baseline of the imaging apparatus and y is the vertical windscreen height. wherein said processing device is adapted to identify object candidates in said images, wherein said processing device is further adapted to determine artefacts in the form of light swords in said images, wherein said light sword artefacts come from scatter effects on scratches in a windshield of the motor vehicle, which scatter effects are perpendicular to the motion curve of a wiper of the motor vehicle, characterized in that said processing device is adapted to calculate a disparity gradient k in a vertical direction for at least part of captured images, and to determine and remove said light sword artefacts in said images on the basis of said vertical disparity gradient k, wherein for each said object candidate an average vertical disparity gradient is determined based on said vertical disparity gradient k, wherein said processing device comprises a filter adapted to filter out object candidates, which are considered to be light swords, having an average vertical disparity gradient within a predetermined value range around a set value k_ls or to keep only object candidates having the average vertical disparity gradient around zero, wherein said set value k_ls corresponds to the vertical disparity gradient of a light sword artefact and is determined by k_ls = b/y, where b is the stereo baseline of the imaging apparatus and y is the vertical windscreen height.
A combustion staging system for fuel injectors of a multi-stage combustor of a gas turbine engine, the system having: a splitting unit which receives a metered fuel flow and controllably splits the metered fuel flow into out-going pilot and mains fuel flows to perform pilot-only and pilot-and-mains staging control of the combustor; pilot (31, 32) and mains fuel manifolds which respectively receive the pilot and mains fuel flows; and a plurality of parallel mains flow scheduling valves which distribute the mains fuel flow from the mains manifold to mains discharge orifices of respective injectors of the combustor and which also pass the pilot fuel flow from the pilot manifold (31, 32) to pilot discharge orifices of the respective injectors; characterized in that; each mains flow scheduling valve has a chamber containing a movable piston, the chamber to a pilot side of the piston being in fluid communication with the pilot fuel manifold (31, 32) and the chamber to a mains side of the piston being in fluid communication with the mains fuel manifold, the piston being biased towards a closed, pilot-only position which prevents flow out of the mains side of the chamber to the mains discharge orifice of the respective injector, and the piston being movable under an increase in pressure in the mains fuel manifold to an open, pilot-and-mains position which allows flow out of the mains side of the chamber to the mains discharge orifice of the respective injector. a splitting unit which receives a metered fuel flow and controllably splits the metered fuel flow into out-going pilot and mains fuel flows to perform pilot-only and pilot-and-mains staging control of the combustor; pilot (31, 32) and mains fuel manifolds which respectively receive the pilot and mains fuel flows; and a plurality of parallel mains flow scheduling valves which distribute the mains fuel flow from the mains manifold to mains discharge orifices of respective injectors of the combustor and which also pass the pilot fuel flow from the pilot manifold (31, 32) to pilot discharge orifices of the respective injectors; characterized in that; each mains flow scheduling valve has a chamber containing a movable piston, the chamber to a pilot side of the piston being in fluid communication with the pilot fuel manifold (31, 32) and the chamber to a mains side of the piston being in fluid communication with the mains fuel manifold, the piston being biased towards a closed, pilot-only position which prevents flow out of the mains side of the chamber to the mains discharge orifice of the respective injector, and the piston being movable under an increase in pressure in the mains fuel manifold to an open, pilot-and-mains position which allows flow out of the mains side of the chamber to the mains discharge orifice of the respective injector.
A method for transmitting signalling information via an out-of-band communication channel in an optical communications network comprising a master device and slave devices (141, 142, 143) connected to the master device via optical fiber, the signalling information containing identifying information aiming at identifying the slave device transmitting said signalling information, the optical communications network being adapted to enable in-band communications, the out-of-band communication channel being intended to enable transmissions of said signalling information with respect to the in-band communications, collisions occurring in the out-of-band communication channel when plural slave devices access the out-of-band communication channel by using respective carrier wavelengths that match each other, wherein the master device transmits, to each slave device likely to concurrently access the out-of-band communication channel, information representative at least of a mask that said slave devices has to apply to respective full identifiers of said slave devices so as to obtain respective reduced identifying information to be used by said slave devices within further signalling information to be respectively transmitted by said slave devices, the reduced identifying information for each slave device aiming at containing enough bits according to said mask to enable distinguishing said slave device from the other slave devices likely to concurrently access the out-of-band communication channel, wherein the master device further receives, via the out-of-band communication channel, a so-called announcing signalling information, and the master device transmits said information representative at least of said mask, in response to said announcing signalling information, wherein, when the identifying information contained in said announcing signalling information enables discriminating said slave device from other slave devices likely to concurrently access the out-of-band communication channel, the master device stores said identifying information, and wherein when the in-band communications are setup from said slave device to said master device, the master device receives the full identifier of slave device within said in-band communications and replaces the stored identifying information by the full identifier of said slave device.
A process for granulation of hot liquid slag wherein the hot liquid slag is mixed with solid metallic particles so as to form a solidified, vitrified slag cake mixed with said metallic particles and said slag cake mixed with said metallic particles is discharged in a water bath, wherein the hot liquid slag is poured first into a mold and subsequently the solid metallic particles are poured into the mold containing the hot liquid slag and mixed with solid metallic particles so as to form the solidified, vitrified slag cake.