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A method for measuring signal phase differences of antenna elements of an antenna array device, the method comprising the steps of providing a first antenna element and a second antenna element essentially symmetrical about a first phase probe, providing a third antenna element and a second phase probe such that the second antenna element and the third antenna element are provided essentially symmetrical about the second phase probe, emitting a first pair signal via the first phase probe, receiving from the first phase probe the first antenna element first pair signal via the first antenna element, and at the same time receiving the second antenna element first pair signal via the second antenna element, measuring a first pair transmission phase difference between the first antenna element first pair signal and the second antenna element first pair signal, emitting a second pair signal via the second phase probe, receiving from the second phase probe the second antenna element second pair signal via the second antenna element, and at the same time receiving the third antenna element second pair signal via the third antenna element, and measuring a second pair transmission phase difference between the second antenna element second pair signal and the third antenna element second pair signal. providing a first antenna element and a second antenna element essentially symmetrical about a first phase probe, providing a third antenna element and a second phase probe such that the second antenna element and the third antenna element are provided essentially symmetrical about the second phase probe, emitting a first pair signal via the first phase probe, receiving from the first phase probe the first antenna element first pair signal via the first antenna element, and at the same time receiving the second antenna element first pair signal via the second antenna element, measuring a first pair transmission phase difference between the first antenna element first pair signal and the second antenna element first pair signal, emitting a second pair signal via the second phase probe, receiving from the second phase probe the second antenna element second pair signal via the second antenna element, and at the same time receiving the third antenna element second pair signal via the third antenna element, and measuring a second pair transmission phase difference between the second antenna element second pair signal and the third antenna element second pair signal.
A method for determining an angle of a target surface of a waveguide to be polished relative to at least one reference surface of the waveguide, thereby achieving accurate perpendicular polishing of the target surface relative to a reference surface, wherein the waveguide includes a plurality of mutually parallel partially reflective internal surfaces (102a-102x), and wherein the at least one reference surface includes one or more surfaces parallel to the partially reflective internal surfaces (102a-102x), the method characterized by comprising: illuminating the target surface with one or more first collimated light beams that impinge substantially perpendicular to the target surface; illuminating the reference surface with one or more second collimated light beams that impinge substantially perpendicular to the at least one reference surface; collecting, by at least one optical sensor, one or more first light beams reflected from the target surface in response to illumination by the one or more first collimated light beams and one or more second light beams reflected from the at least one reference surface in response to illumination by the one or more second collimated light beams, wherein at least one of the first light beams or the second light beams are directed to the at least one optical sensor via a reflecting element; and determining the angle of the target surface relative to the at least one reference surface based on an angle of the one or more first light beams and an angle of the one or more second light beams as measured by the optical sensor. illuminating the target surface with one or more first collimated light beams that impinge substantially perpendicular to the target surface; illuminating the reference surface with one or more second collimated light beams that impinge substantially perpendicular to the at least one reference surface; collecting, by at least one optical sensor, one or more first light beams reflected from the target surface in response to illumination by the one or more first collimated light beams and one or more second light beams reflected from the at least one reference surface in response to illumination by the one or more second collimated light beams, wherein at least one of the first light beams or the second light beams are directed to the at least one optical sensor via a reflecting element; and determining the angle of the target surface relative to the at least one reference surface based on an angle of the one or more first light beams and an angle of the one or more second light beams as measured by the optical sensor.
A pool cleaning robot comprising: a housing; wherein the pool cleaning robot is characterized by comprising a filter manipulator that is at least partially located within the housing and is arranged to (a) receive a filter and (b) introduce a movement between the filter and the housing thereby positioning the filter within a filtering position in which the filter is at least partially disposed within a fluid path formed between a first fluid opening and a second fluid opening of the housing thereby allowing the filter to apply a filtering operation on fluid that passes through the fluid path.
A plant cultivation method using UV, comprising: applying supplemental UVA lighting treatment to the plant; measuring a maximum quantum yield of the plant; and characterised in that the method comprising: determining a cultivation stage of the plant based on the measured maximum quantum yield, wherein, in determining the cultivation stage of the plant, if the measured maximum quantum yield falls within a preset range, a determination to harvest the plant is made, and, if the measured maximum quantum yield is outside the preset range, a determination to sustain growth of the plant is made. applying supplemental UVA lighting treatment to the plant; measuring a maximum quantum yield of the plant; and characterised in that the method comprising: determining a cultivation stage of the plant based on the measured maximum quantum yield, wherein, in determining the cultivation stage of the plant, if the measured maximum quantum yield falls within a preset range, a determination to harvest the plant is made, and, if the measured maximum quantum yield is outside the preset range, a determination to sustain growth of the plant is made.
A biologic ventricular assist device capable of capturing, culturing, and delivering therapeutic biologic or pharmacologic entities, either alone or in combination, within a heart to which the device is attached, comprising an inflow path (7,8), a pump, and an outflow path (6,2), through which blood flows, characterized by: a stem cell collection accessory attached on an external path to the inflow path (7,8), the outflow path (6,2), and the pump for capturing circulating therapeutic, biologic or pharmacologic entities in the blood, the stem cell collection accessory comprising a chamber through which blood flows having walls of selective permeability and a surrounding gel having a chemical gradient sufficient to cause migration of stem cells from the blood through the walls and into the surrounding gel. a stem cell collection accessory attached on an external path to the inflow path (7,8), the outflow path (6,2), and the pump for capturing circulating therapeutic, biologic or pharmacologic entities in the blood, the stem cell collection accessory comprising a chamber through which blood flows having walls of selective permeability and a surrounding gel having a chemical gradient sufficient to cause migration of stem cells from the blood through the walls and into the surrounding gel.
Composite based at least on a component exhibiting a metallic surface and on a polymer matrix comprising a diene elastomer DE and a functional diene polymer, which functional diene polymer is a diene polymer bearing at least one functional group, the functional group being the phosphonic acid functional group, the phosphonic hemiacid functional group, the phosphonic acid diester functional group or a salt of the phosphonic acid or phosphonic hemiacid functional group.
A bifurcated stent graft including: a stent graft body having a main body opening and at least two exit openings (13, 14); the stent graft body including at least one stent attached to a graft fabric material, a bifurcation and a dividing wall that divides a combined flow path into a first flow path and a second flow path that each terminate at one of the respective exit openings; characterised in that the dividing wall including a thickness profile that terminates at a leading edge radius that extends across a width of the combined flow path. a stent graft body having a main body opening and at least two exit openings (13, 14); the stent graft body including at least one stent attached to a graft fabric material, a bifurcation and a dividing wall that divides a combined flow path into a first flow path and a second flow path that each terminate at one of the respective exit openings; characterised in that the dividing wall including a thickness profile that terminates at a leading edge radius that extends across a width of the combined flow path.
A packaging apparatus for producing packaging units, the packaging units comprising at least one article, in particular comprising at least one beverage can, on which article at least one at least in some areas flatly designed packaging blank is arranged, which packaging blank has at least one passage opening in the flatly designed area for the at least one article; the packaging apparatus comprising • at least one feeder device for the at least one article or for assemblies of at least two articles; • a pre-treatment module to prepare the packaging blank for the application to the at least one article; • a first packaging module to apply and locate the packaging blank, which has been prepared in the pre-treatment module, to the at least one article; • wherein the pre-treatment module comprises at least one device designed to reduce a resistance force in an edge area of the at least one passage opening of the packaging blank, which has been prepared in the pre-treatment module, during the subsequent application of the packaging blank to the at least one article, • which device of the pre-treatment module is designed to increase an average diameter of the at least one passage opening. • at least one feeder device for the at least one article or for assemblies of at least two articles; • a pre-treatment module to prepare the packaging blank for the application to the at least one article; • a first packaging module to apply and locate the packaging blank, which has been prepared in the pre-treatment module, to the at least one article; • wherein the pre-treatment module comprises at least one device designed to reduce a resistance force in an edge area of the at least one passage opening of the packaging blank, which has been prepared in the pre-treatment module, during the subsequent application of the packaging blank to the at least one article, • which device of the pre-treatment module is designed to increase an average diameter of the at least one passage opening.
An ink cartridge having a communication tag on which cartridge information including ink information related to ink filled in an ink container is written, the ink cartridge being attachable to a printer provided with a function of reading the cartridge information and supplying the ink in the ink container, characterised in that the communication tag is bonded in a manner such as to be partially superposed on a tag-removing hole formed at a position located out of a corner part of an engagement part engaging with the printer, the tag-removing hole being formed through the engagement part.
A magnetic container-closure system that comprises: a container that has: a shoulder that supports a neck, the neck having a landing area; an internal reservoir that is suitable for holding a product which may be accessed through an opening in the neck of the container; a wiper located in an opening of the neck and comprising a lower opening and an upper opening that is surrounded by a beveled surface and a sealing lip that extends upwardly and outwardly from the beveled surface; and one or more magnetic elements attached to the neck; a closure that comprises: an overshell; a handle that is secured into the overshell; a conic section that depends from the handle; a wand that depends from the conic section and that supports an application surface on its distal end; one or more ferromagnetic elements secured in the overshell; such that, when the closure is fully seated on the container, the attraction of the magnetic elements of the container for the ferromagnetic elements of the closure causes the compression of the sealing lip by the bottom of the handle, and compression of the beveled surface by the conic section. a container that has: a shoulder that supports a neck, the neck having a landing area; an internal reservoir that is suitable for holding a product which may be accessed through an opening in the neck of the container; a wiper located in an opening of the neck and comprising a lower opening and an upper opening that is surrounded by a beveled surface and a sealing lip that extends upwardly and outwardly from the beveled surface; and one or more magnetic elements attached to the neck; a shoulder that supports a neck, the neck having a landing area; an internal reservoir that is suitable for holding a product which may be accessed through an opening in the neck of the container; a wiper located in an opening of the neck and comprising a lower opening and an upper opening that is surrounded by a beveled surface and a sealing lip that extends upwardly and outwardly from the beveled surface; and one or more magnetic elements attached to the neck; a closure that comprises: an overshell; a handle that is secured into the overshell; a conic section that depends from the handle; a wand that depends from the conic section and that supports an application surface on its distal end; one or more ferromagnetic elements secured in the overshell; an overshell; a handle that is secured into the overshell; a conic section that depends from the handle; a wand that depends from the conic section and that supports an application surface on its distal end; one or more ferromagnetic elements secured in the overshell; such that, when the closure is fully seated on the container, the attraction of the magnetic elements of the container for the ferromagnetic elements of the closure causes the compression of the sealing lip by the bottom of the handle, and compression of the beveled surface by the conic section.
An image label comprising: a loss sheet consisting of a transparent sheet and a loss layer where an image is formed, wherein the transparent sheet is placed on top of the loss layer; and wherein the loss layer is configured to be destroyed by laser beam projection when a laser beam is projected to a surface of the loss layer to form a projected area, a dark sheet that is attached to a lower surface of the loss sheet and which does not respond to a laser beam, wherein the dark sheet is a first pre-determined color; a color ink layer characterized in that the color ink layer is a second pre-determined color which does not respond to a laser beam and is attached to an upper surface of said loss sheet, wherein the color ink layer comprising the second pre-determined color is configured such that the first pre-determined color of the dark sheet can be seen through the projected area and the color ink layer. a loss sheet consisting of a transparent sheet and a loss layer where an image is formed, wherein the transparent sheet is placed on top of the loss layer; and wherein the loss layer is configured to be destroyed by laser beam projection when a laser beam is projected to a surface of the loss layer to form a projected area, a dark sheet that is attached to a lower surface of the loss sheet and which does not respond to a laser beam, wherein the dark sheet is a first pre-determined color; a color ink layer characterized in that the color ink layer is a second pre-determined color which does not respond to a laser beam and is attached to an upper surface of said loss sheet, wherein the color ink layer comprising the second pre-determined color is configured such that the first pre-determined color of the dark sheet can be seen through the projected area and the color ink layer.
A lumped element resonator structure comprising: an inductive element on a first surface; a capacitive element on the first surface and a second surface; and an interconnect structure between the first surface and the second surface, wherein the capacitive element comprises the interconnect structure, and wherein the inductive element, the capacitive element, and the interconnect structure comprise a superconducting material. a capacitive element on the first surface and a second surface; and an interconnect structure between the first surface and the second surface, wherein the capacitive element comprises the interconnect structure, and wherein the inductive element, the capacitive element, and the interconnect structure comprise a superconducting material.
Device for isolating an electric accumulator, designed to isolate an electric accumulator from an electrical circuit while ensuring the continuity of this electrical circuit, characterized in that it comprises: - a first terminal for connecting the isolating device to an electric accumulator; - a second terminal for connecting the isolating device to an electric accumulator and to an electrical circuit; - a third terminal for connecting the isolating device to an electrical circuit; - a bridging chamber in which is arranged a bridging device which comprises two bridging conductors (6, 7) separated by a gap, one of the bridging conductors being attached to the second terminal and the other bridging conductor being attached to the third terminal; - a fuse comprising a circuit-breaker conductor connected between the first terminal and the third terminal, this circuit-breaker conductor being arranged in the bridging chamber, the fuse being calibrated to ensure that the circuit-breaker conductor melts when the intensity of the current passing through it exceeds a predetermined threshold value; - a reserve of fusible conductive material the melting temperature of which is lower than the melting temperature of the circuit-breaker conductor, the reserve of fusible conductive material being arranged in the bridging chamber and being designed to be transferred in the liquid state to the bridging device. - a first terminal for connecting the isolating device to an electric accumulator; - a second terminal for connecting the isolating device to an electric accumulator and to an electrical circuit; - a third terminal for connecting the isolating device to an electrical circuit; - a bridging chamber in which is arranged a bridging device which comprises two bridging conductors (6, 7) separated by a gap, one of the bridging conductors being attached to the second terminal and the other bridging conductor being attached to the third terminal; - a fuse comprising a circuit-breaker conductor connected between the first terminal and the third terminal, this circuit-breaker conductor being arranged in the bridging chamber, the fuse being calibrated to ensure that the circuit-breaker conductor melts when the intensity of the current passing through it exceeds a predetermined threshold value; - a reserve of fusible conductive material the melting temperature of which is lower than the melting temperature of the circuit-breaker conductor, the reserve of fusible conductive material being arranged in the bridging chamber and being designed to be transferred in the liquid state to the bridging device.
A method comprising: determining a difference in elevation between one of a plurality of physical speakers (302A-D) and one of a plurality of virtual speakers (300A-H) arranged in a spherical or polyhedral geometry; adjusting an elevation of the one of the plurality of virtual speakers (300A-H) within the geometry based on the determined difference in elevation and prior to mapping the plurality of virtual speakers (300A-H) to the plurality of physical speakers (302A-D), the adjusting of the elevation of the one of the plurality of virtual speakers (300A-H) comprising projecting the one of the plurality of virtual speakers to an elevation lower or higher than an original elevation of the one of the plurality of virtual speakers (300A-H) when the determined difference in elevation exceeds a threshold value; generating, after adjusting the elevation of the one of the plurality of virtual speakers, a renderer that maps the plurality of virtual speakers to the plurality of physical speakers using two-dimensional vector-based amplitude panning; and applying, to a plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients that describe a sound field, the renderer to generate a plurality of loudspeaker channel signals for the plurality of physical speakers that configure the plurality of physical speakers to reproduce the sound field such that the reproduced sound field includes at least one sound that appears to originate from the adjusted elevation of the one of the plurality of virtual speakers. determining a difference in elevation between one of a plurality of physical speakers (302A-D) and one of a plurality of virtual speakers (300A-H) arranged in a spherical or polyhedral geometry; adjusting an elevation of the one of the plurality of virtual speakers (300A-H) within the geometry based on the determined difference in elevation and prior to mapping the plurality of virtual speakers (300A-H) to the plurality of physical speakers (302A-D), the adjusting of the elevation of the one of the plurality of virtual speakers (300A-H) comprising projecting the one of the plurality of virtual speakers to an elevation lower or higher than an original elevation of the one of the plurality of virtual speakers (300A-H) when the determined difference in elevation exceeds a threshold value; generating, after adjusting the elevation of the one of the plurality of virtual speakers, a renderer that maps the plurality of virtual speakers to the plurality of physical speakers using two-dimensional vector-based amplitude panning; and applying, to a plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients that describe a sound field, the renderer to generate a plurality of loudspeaker channel signals for the plurality of physical speakers that configure the plurality of physical speakers to reproduce the sound field such that the reproduced sound field includes at least one sound that appears to originate from the adjusted elevation of the one of the plurality of virtual speakers.