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A method for transitioning a vehicle from a statically-stable state to a dynamically-balanced state, the vehicle (100, 200, 268, 500) comprising a support (104, 204, 272), at least one wheel (110, 210, 260, 264), a coupling structure having a support portion(l72a) coupled to the support (104, 204, 272) and a platform portion portion coupled to the at least one wheel (110, 210, 260, 264) that allows the support portion to move or slide fore and aft with respect to the platform portion, a drive coupled to the at least one wheel (110, 210, 260, 264) to dynamically balance the vehicle 100, 200, 268, 500) and provide power to the at least one wheel (110, 210, 260, 264) to propel the vehicle (100, 200, 268, 500), an actuator (190, 640) coupled to the coupling structure to control the position of the support portion relative to the platform portion, a controller (194, 292, 302, 400) coupled to the drive to control the drive and coupled to the actuator (190, 640) to control the actuator (190, 640), and landing gear coupled to the vehicle (100, 200, 268, 500), wherein the combination of the landing gear and the at least one wheel (110, 210, 260, 264) maintain the vehicle (100, 200, 268, 500) in the statically-stable state when the vehicle (100, 200, 268, 500) is operating in the statically-stable state, the method characterised by: controlling the drive to command the at least one wheel (110, 210, 260, 264) to hold a zero speed condition and to hold the vehicle (100, 200, 268, 500) in a stationary position with respect to an underlying surface; controlling the actuator (190, 640) to move or slide the position of the support portion relative to the platform portion to alter the vehicle center of gravity position toward a location where the vehicle (100, 200, 268, 500) is capable of balancing with the at least one wheel (110, 210, 260, 264); and initiating dynamic balancing of the vehicle (100, 200, 268, 500) -with the at least one wheel (110, 210, 260, 264) when the location of the vehicle center of gravity satisfies a predetermined condition. controlling the drive to command the at least one wheel (110, 210, 260, 264) to hold a zero speed condition and to hold the vehicle (100, 200, 268, 500) in a stationary position with respect to an underlying surface; controlling the actuator (190, 640) to move or slide the position of the support portion relative to the platform portion to alter the vehicle center of gravity position toward a location where the vehicle (100, 200, 268, 500) is capable of balancing with the at least one wheel (110, 210, 260, 264); and initiating dynamic balancing of the vehicle (100, 200, 268, 500) -with the at least one wheel (110, 210, 260, 264) when the location of the vehicle center of gravity satisfies a predetermined condition.
A sensing device for measuring force and/or torque comprising a top part (3; 23) with a top electrode structure (4; 26), a bottom part (5; 25) with a bottom electrode structure (6; 29), and a support structure; the support structure comprising spring elements for supporting the top part on the bottom part with the top electrode structure parallel to and facing the bottom electrode structure, the spring elements arranged for providing a gap between the top and bottom electrode structures; the spring elements being arranged for allowing displacement of the top part relative to the bottom part in three orthogonal directions (X, Y, Z) two parallel and one perpendicular to the bottom part, and for rotation of the top part relative to the bottom part around three orthogonal axes, corresponding with said two parallel and one perpendicular directions (X, Y, Z); the top and bottom electrode structures being located in positions on the top and the bottom part, respectively, and positioned in such a way that a change in distance between and/or a change in overlap area of the top and bottom electrodes and a corresponding change of capacitance are induced by the displacement and/or rotation of the top and bottom electrode structures relative to each other, characterised in that each spring element comprises at least one pillar, each pillar is arranged to be both longitudinally deformable and transversely flexible, each pillar provides a mechanical coupling of the top part to the bottom part, and the pillars are arranged along a two-dimensional lattice over the surface of the top and bottom electrode (4; 6).
A system for determining the temperature of a voice coil of a loudspeaker comprising; at least one input for receiving at least one signal indicative of the current and voltage through the voice coil when the voice coil is being driven with signal components at first and second frequencies, the first frequency being greater than the second frequency; an impedance extraction module configured to receive said at least one signal indicative of the current and voltage through the voice coil and determine a first value of impedance of the voice coil at the first frequency and a second value of impedance of the voice coil at the second frequency; a ratio estimation module configured to use said first and second values of impedance to determine a value based on the resistance of the voice coil and a value based on the inductance of the voice coil and wherein the ratio estimation module is further configured to determine an estimated ratio value corresponding to a ratio between the value based on the resistance of the voice coil and the value based on the inductance of the voice coil; and a temperature estimation module configured to determine an estimated temperature of the voice coil based on the estimated ratio value and at least one reference value. at least one input for receiving at least one signal indicative of the current and voltage through the voice coil when the voice coil is being driven with signal components at first and second frequencies, the first frequency being greater than the second frequency; an impedance extraction module configured to receive said at least one signal indicative of the current and voltage through the voice coil and determine a first value of impedance of the voice coil at the first frequency and a second value of impedance of the voice coil at the second frequency; a ratio estimation module configured to use said first and second values of impedance to determine a value based on the resistance of the voice coil and a value based on the inductance of the voice coil and wherein the ratio estimation module is further configured to determine an estimated ratio value corresponding to a ratio between the value based on the resistance of the voice coil and the value based on the inductance of the voice coil; and a temperature estimation module configured to determine an estimated temperature of the voice coil based on the estimated ratio value and at least one reference value.
A seat belt retractor for a seat belt, having a belt reel onto which the seat belt is wound when the strap is reeled in and from which the seat belt can be unwound when the belt strap is pulled out, a belt strap-sensitive blocking means which when the belt strap is pulled out with excessive acceleration blocks extension of the belt strap, and a vehicle-sensitive blocking means which blocks extension of the belt strap upon excessive acceleration or deceleration, wherein the movement of a second inhibition means (21, 22) which prevents activation of the vehicle-sensitive blocking means at the beginning of pulling out the belt strap over a specific belt extension length is controlled due to the rotation of the belt reel by means of a gear mechanism (17, 19, 20), characterised in that a first inhibition means is in a rotary connection with the belt reel, which means at the beginning of extension of the belt prevents activation of the belt strap-sensitive blocking means over a specific belt extension length.
A multiple-input-multiple-output. MIMO, communication device comprising a link controller adapted to assign transmit power to two or more transmission channels, each of said transmission channels having preassigned a portion of transmit power for each of a group of subcarriers, characterized in that said link controller being further adapted to assign, for each subcarrier of said group of subcarriers, at least part of the preassigned transmit power portion of a transmission channel that is not used for transmitting information at the subcarrier, to one or more transmission channels that are used for transmitting information at the subcarrier.
A method of forming conductive connections of an electronic chip, comprising the successive steps of: a) depositing an insulating layer (7, 9) on a surface of a wafer; b) forming a layer made up of at least one metal covering the insulating layer and provided with first openings; c) etching second openings in the insulating layer (7, 9) in line with the first openings by etching with a plasma made up of at least one halogenated compound; d) exposing the assembly formed by structure obtained after step c) to oxygen, to a mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen, or to a mixture of methane and nitrogen; e) annealing said assembly in vacuum; and f) forming, after step e), the conductive connections in the second openings. a) depositing an insulating layer (7, 9) on a surface of a wafer; b) forming a layer made up of at least one metal covering the insulating layer and provided with first openings; c) etching second openings in the insulating layer (7, 9) in line with the first openings by etching with a plasma made up of at least one halogenated compound; d) exposing the assembly formed by structure obtained after step c) to oxygen, to a mixture of hydrogen and nitrogen, or to a mixture of methane and nitrogen; e) annealing said assembly in vacuum; and f) forming, after step e), the conductive connections in the second openings.
A filtration medium in the form of a thermally bonded nonwoven structure, the medium comprising an amount of bicomponent fibers blended with glass fibers, characterized in that the medium comprises secondary fibers that cooperate with the glass fibers and bicomponent fibers, the secondary fibers being monocomponent fibers.
Apparatus for a pressure-based detection of a clot in an extracorporeal blood circuit, comprising: a cyclically operating pump for conveying the fluid located in the extracorporeal circuit, a pressure sensor which is arranged to determine the current pressure development over time in the fluid conveyed by the pump in a current conveying cycle of the pump, a memory in which at least one reference pressure development is stored which is based on at least one pressure development over time which was determined in a conveying cycle of the pump preceding the current conveying cycle of the pump, and an evaluation unit which is configured such that it compares the current pressure development with the reference pressure development over a corresponding time, wherein the apparatus detects a clot based on this detection. a cyclically operating pump for conveying the fluid located in the extracorporeal circuit, a pressure sensor which is arranged to determine the current pressure development over time in the fluid conveyed by the pump in a current conveying cycle of the pump, a memory in which at least one reference pressure development is stored which is based on at least one pressure development over time which was determined in a conveying cycle of the pump preceding the current conveying cycle of the pump, and an evaluation unit which is configured such that it compares the current pressure development with the reference pressure development over a corresponding time, wherein the apparatus detects a clot based on this detection.
A turbulent fluidized-bed reactor for preparing propylene and C4 hydrocarbons from oxygen-containing compounds, comprising a reactor shell, n reactor feed distributors, a first reactor gas-solid separator, a second reactor gas-solid separator, a reactor heat extractor, a product gas outlet and a reactor stripper, wherein the lower part of the turbulent fluidized-bed reactor is a reaction zone, the upper part of the turbulent fluidized-bed reactor is a settling zone, the n reactor feed distributors are disposed in the reaction zone, the reactor heat extractor is disposed in the reaction zone, the first reactor gas-solid separator and the second reactor gas-solid separator are placed in the settling zone or outside the reactor shell, the first reactor gas-solid separator is equipped with a regenerated catalyst inlet, the catalyst outlet of the first reactor gas-solid separator is located at the bottom of the reaction zone, the gas outlet of the first reactor gas-solid separator is located in the settling zone, the inlet of the second reactor gas-solid separator is located in the settling zone, the catalyst outlet of the second reactor gas-solid separator is placed in the reaction zone, the gas outlet of the second reactor gas-solid separator is connected to the product gas outlet, the reactor stripper passes through the reactor shell from outside to inside at the bottom of the turbulent fluidized-bed reactor and is opened in the reaction zone of the turbulent fluidized-bed reactor, a reactor stripping gas inlet is arranged at the bottom of the reactor stripper, and a spent catalyst outlet is arranged at the bottom of the reactor stripper; wherein the n reactor feed distributors are disposed in the reaction zone from bottom to top, and 0<n<10.
A coding method comprising the step of: coding an information sequence in such a manner that upon performing error correction coding after carrying out RLL coding of said information sequence, the maximum number of consecutive 1-bits or 0-bits is α-β or less in an RLL code word over a range from bit p-α to bit p+α-1 of said RLL code word and that a β-bit error correcting code parity sequence is inserted between bit p-1 and bit p of said RLL code word, where α is a number larger than 1 representing the maximum number of consecutive 0-bits or 1-bits in an n-bit RLL code word and where p is a natural number. coding an information sequence in such a manner that upon performing error correction coding after carrying out RLL coding of said information sequence, the maximum number of consecutive 1-bits or 0-bits is α-β or less in an RLL code word over a range from bit p-α to bit p+α-1 of said RLL code word and that a β-bit error correcting code parity sequence is inserted between bit p-1 and bit p of said RLL code word, where α is a number larger than 1 representing the maximum number of consecutive 0-bits or 1-bits in an n-bit RLL code word and where p is a natural number.
An arrangement comprising a lighting system and a target object, the lighting system being arranged to illuminate a target surface of the target object with a primary light output having a primary illumination spectrum representing a first color, and with a secondary light output having a secondary illumination spectrum representing a second color, wherein the primary and secondary illumination spectra have different spectral power distributions, the target surface comprising a first target surface area and a second target surface area, wherein the first target surface area and the second target surface area have a first contrast upon illumination with the primary illumination spectrum, and a second contrast upon illumination with the secondary illumination spectrum, the second contrast being larger than the first contrast, characterized in that the first and second colors have a color difference (ΔE) that is equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold (Δ E T) that is the lower of 20 and the outcome of the following equation: Δ E T = Δ E 0 + α Δ t wherein Δ E 0 is equal to 8, α is equal to 8 per second, and Δ t represents the shortest time it takes the illumination of an arbitrary area on the target surface to change between the primary light output and the secondary light output, wherein the color difference (ΔE) is given by: ΔE = √ L * 2 − L * 1 2 + a * 2 − a * 1 2 + b * 2 − b * 1 2 where L * 1 and L * 2 respectively relate to lightness of the first and second colors, a * 1 and b * 1 relate to chromaticity of the first color and a * 2 and b * 2 refer to chromaticity of the second color, for two colors in the CIE 1976 ( L*a*b*) color space.
A compound selected from compounds of Formula and salts thereof: wherein: R 4 is C 1 -C 8 alkyl, C 1 -C 8 alkenyl, C 1 -C 8 alkynyl, C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl or heteroarylalkyl each optionally substituted with C 1 -C 8 alkyl. R 4 is C 1 -C 8 alkyl, C 1 -C 8 alkenyl, C 1 -C 8 alkynyl, C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl, arylalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl or heteroarylalkyl each optionally substituted with C 1 -C 8 alkyl.
Method for producing a tension member of a conveyor belt or a transport belt, wherein the tension member is constructed from at least one cable which is composed of a plurality of strands, said method comprising at least the following method steps: - introducing individual wires (2, 2′, 2′′, 2′′′, 2′′′′) of a first strand into a stranding head of a stranding machine; and - in a subsequent method step, applying at least one coating agent partially or completely to at least 50% of the individual wires (2, 2′, 2′′, 2′′′, 2′′′′) of the first strand prior to twisting the individual wires (2, 2′, 2′′, 2′′′, 2′′′′) to form the first strand, or simultaneously with twisting the individual wires (2, 2′, 2′′, 2′′′, 2′′′′) to form the first strand, wherein the coating agent is based on an elastomer, and wherein chemical propellants and/or microspheres are mixed into the coating agent, and wherein the elastomer is a rubber, and wherein the rubber is selected from the group comprising styrene-butadiene rubber and/or butadiene rubber and/or natural rubber; and - twisting the individual wires (2, 2′, 2′′, 2′′′, 2′′′′) to form the first strand; and - making the cable from a plurality of strands, wherein at least one of the strands is the first strand. - introducing individual wires (2, 2′, 2′′, 2′′′, 2′′′′) of a first strand into a stranding head of a stranding machine; and - in a subsequent method step, applying at least one coating agent partially or completely to at least 50% of the individual wires (2, 2′, 2′′, 2′′′, 2′′′′) of the first strand prior to twisting the individual wires (2, 2′, 2′′, 2′′′, 2′′′′) to form the first strand, or simultaneously with twisting the individual wires (2, 2′, 2′′, 2′′′, 2′′′′) to form the first strand, wherein the coating agent is based on an elastomer, and wherein chemical propellants and/or microspheres are mixed into the coating agent, and wherein the elastomer is a rubber, and wherein the rubber is selected from the group comprising styrene-butadiene rubber and/or butadiene rubber and/or natural rubber; and - twisting the individual wires (2, 2′, 2′′, 2′′′, 2′′′′) to form the first strand; and - making the cable from a plurality of strands, wherein at least one of the strands is the first strand.
An applicator device (100, 200, 300) for use in interventional brachytherapy, wherein the applicator device (100, 200, 300) is configured to be inserted in, or near a region of interest within a living body, and the applicator device is defining a lumen (101, 201, 301) for receiving a radiation source (103, 203, 303), wherein the applicator device (100, 200, 300) comprises one or more sensor elements (102, 202, 302) each arranged at a predetermined position and configured to generate an output signal indicative of whether or not the radiation source (103, 203, 303) is at the predetermined position in the lumen (101, 201, 301), wherein the one or more sensor elements is/are one or more optical sensors, the applicator device being characterised in that: each sensor element comprises an optical source (102a, 202a, 302a) adapted to emit an optical signal into the lumen (101, 201, 301, 401) and an optical receiver (103b, 203b, 303b) adapted to receive the emitted optical signal from the lumen (101, 201, 301, 401), wherein the optical source (102a, 202a, 302a) and the optical receiver are positioned relative to each other such that the emitted optical signal is either blocked from reaching the optical receiver or redirected to the optical receiver when the radiation source (103, 203, 303) is at the predetermined position, wherein the optical signal received by the optical receiver when the radiation source is at the predetermined position differs from when the radiation source is not at the predetermined position.
An image segmentation method for estimating boundaries of layers in a multi-layer body, said method comprising: - providing image data of the multi-layer body, the image data representing a plurality of image elements, the image elements comprising pixels; - determining a plurality of initial interfaces corresponding to regions of the image data to segment; - concurrently propagating the initial interfaces corresponding to the regions to segment and thereby estimating the boundaries of the layers of the multi-layer body, propagating the initial interfaces comprising using a fast marching model based on a gray level probability function describing at least one characteristic of the image elements. - providing image data of the multi-layer body, the image data representing a plurality of image elements, the image elements comprising pixels; - determining a plurality of initial interfaces corresponding to regions of the image data to segment; - concurrently propagating the initial interfaces corresponding to the regions to segment and thereby estimating the boundaries of the layers of the multi-layer body, propagating the initial interfaces comprising using a fast marching model based on a gray level probability function describing at least one characteristic of the image elements.
A feeder assembly characterised by comprising: a pan member; an outer grill member which is operatively associated with said pan member, said outer grill member defining a plurality of apertures therethrough through which birds can eat feed provided on said pan member; and first and second inner grill members (408, 408') which are positioned generally inside of said outer grill member, said first inner grill member configured to be movable relative to said outer grill member in a first direction in order to mask portions of a first set of said apertures through said outer grill member in order to effectively change said width of said first set of said apertures through said grill member, said second inner grill member configured to be movable relative to said outer grill member in a second, opposite direction in order to mask portions of a second set of apertures through said outer grill member in order to effectively change said width of said second set of said apertures through said grill member. a pan member; an outer grill member which is operatively associated with said pan member, said outer grill member defining a plurality of apertures therethrough through which birds can eat feed provided on said pan member; and first and second inner grill members (408, 408') which are positioned generally inside of said outer grill member, said first inner grill member configured to be movable relative to said outer grill member in a first direction in order to mask portions of a first set of said apertures through said outer grill member in order to effectively change said width of said first set of said apertures through said grill member, said second inner grill member configured to be movable relative to said outer grill member in a second, opposite direction in order to mask portions of a second set of apertures through said outer grill member in order to effectively change said width of said second set of said apertures through said grill member.