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A method of making a fiber structure by multilayer three-dimensional weaving, the fiber structure having a thickness in a direction perpendicular to the warp and weft directions that varies along the warp direction while conserving the same number of warp yarns that are woven at all points of the fiber structure along the warp direction, the method being characterized in that during a transition in the warp direction from a first portion of the fiber texture to a second portion of the fiber texture having a thickness that is greater than the thickness of the first portion, the number of warp planes is decreased and the number of layers of warp yarns is increased without changing the number of warp yarns, by constituting at least one warp plane (P'1; P"1, P"2) in the second portion with warp yarns taken from at least two different warp planes (P1, P2; P1, P2, P3) in the first portion, said at least two different warp planes being located one behind the other in the weft direction.
A total artificial heart, comprising: a pump housing comprising first, second, third and fourth vascular connectors (20, 22, 24, 26); wherein each of the vascular connectors (20, 22, 24, 26) is in fluid communication with a bore within the housing; and a rotor configured to be rotatably housed within the bore; the rotor having an impeller configured to pump blood to and from the vascular connectors (20, 22, 24, 26) upon rotation of the rotor about a central axis of the bore; wherein the rotor is responsive to magnetic forces imparted from said pump housing to drive rotation of the rotor; wherein the rotor is configured to translate along the central axis of the bore from a first position to a second position; wherein in the first position, the rotor is configured to draw a first volume of blood from the first vascular connector and pump the first volume of blood into the second vascular connector while blocking flow to and from the third and fourth vascular connectors (20 and 22); and wherein in the second position, the rotor is configured to draw a second volume of blood from the third vascular connector and pump the second volume of blood into the fourth vascular connector while blocking flow to and from the first and second vascular connectors (24 and 26). a pump housing comprising first, second, third and fourth vascular connectors (20, 22, 24, 26); wherein each of the vascular connectors (20, 22, 24, 26) is in fluid communication with a bore within the housing; and a rotor configured to be rotatably housed within the bore; the rotor having an impeller configured to pump blood to and from the vascular connectors (20, 22, 24, 26) upon rotation of the rotor about a central axis of the bore; wherein the rotor is responsive to magnetic forces imparted from said pump housing to drive rotation of the rotor; wherein the rotor is configured to translate along the central axis of the bore from a first position to a second position; wherein in the first position, the rotor is configured to draw a first volume of blood from the first vascular connector and pump the first volume of blood into the second vascular connector while blocking flow to and from the third and fourth vascular connectors (20 and 22); and wherein in the second position, the rotor is configured to draw a second volume of blood from the third vascular connector and pump the second volume of blood into the fourth vascular connector while blocking flow to and from the first and second vascular connectors (24 and 26).
A building settling detection system comprising: at least one sensor configured between a guide rail track of an elevator system (101;201) and a pit (123;223) of the elevator system (101;201); and a controller in communication with the at least one sensor, the controller configured to monitor an output of the at least one sensor and transmit a notification to a remote location when the output of the at least one sensor meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold indicating that the predetermined threshold is met or exceeded; characterised in that: the at least one sensor is located between a base material of the guide rail (109; 209) and the pit (123; 223) of the elevator system (101; 201) such that the at least one sensor receives a force from the guide rail (109; 209) as the building settles. at least one sensor configured between a guide rail track of an elevator system (101;201) and a pit (123;223) of the elevator system (101;201); and a controller in communication with the at least one sensor, the controller configured to monitor an output of the at least one sensor and transmit a notification to a remote location when the output of the at least one sensor meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold indicating that the predetermined threshold is met or exceeded;
A fan drive assembly for a vehicle comprising: a fan; a forward clutch arranged to rotate the fan in a forward direction, the forward clutch being a viscous clutch; and a reverse clutch arranged to rotate the fan in a reverse direction, the reverse clutch being an on/off clutch which is engaged when reverse fan rotation is desired, wherein the reverse clutch is selected such that the torque capacity of the engaged reverse clutch is greater than the minimum torque capacity level of the forward clutch when the reverse clutch is engaged, to rotate the fan in a reverse direction. a fan; a forward clutch arranged to rotate the fan in a forward direction, the forward clutch being a viscous clutch; and a reverse clutch arranged to rotate the fan in a reverse direction, the reverse clutch being an on/off clutch which is engaged when reverse fan rotation is desired,
Heavy vehicle comprising a bumper and a tiltable footboard system for said bumper, said footboard system comprising a step and at least an arm connecting said step and a support (11,12) fixed with respect to said bumper, said at least one arm being configured to bring said step from a first condition wherein it defines a step and a second position wherein it is integrated in said bumper, said footboard system comprising an engagement portion defining with said support (11,12) a hinge configured to allow the passage of said step between said first and second position and a stop configured to maintain said step in said second position, characterized in that said support (11,12) comprises an omega-shaped bracket and a projecting portion extending from said bracket, said support (11,12) further comprising an opening provided in said projecting portion and at least part of said bracket, said engagement portion being at least partially housed in said opening.
A method of processing shear wave elastography data with respect to an object by using an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus (100, 300), the method comprising: inducing a shear wave in a region of interest of the object by emitting a focused ultrasound beam onto the region of interest of the object; obtaining ultrasound images of the object in which the shear wave is induced, respectively at a plurality of time points; measuring, by using the ultrasound images, shear wave arrival times respectively at a plurality of measurement points that are separated by preset distances from a focal point where the focused ultrasound beam is focused; detecting a reverberation in the region of interest based on the measured shear wave arrival times; and displaying information about the detected reverberation, characterised in that the detecting of the reverberation further compries; calculating a first shear wave velocity by dividing an average of distances of the plurality of measurement points by an average of the shear wave arrival times respectively measured at the plurality of measurement points; calculating a second shear wave velocity by dividing a distance between two adjacent points among the plurality of measurement points by a difference between shear wave arrival times respectively measured at the two adjacent measurement points; and detecting occurrence of the reverberation based on the first and second shear wave velocities; detecting the occurrence of the reverberation by comparing a difference between the second and first shear wave velocities with a preset threshold. inducing a shear wave in a region of interest of the object by emitting a focused ultrasound beam onto the region of interest of the object; obtaining ultrasound images of the object in which the shear wave is induced, respectively at a plurality of time points; measuring, by using the ultrasound images, shear wave arrival times respectively at a plurality of measurement points that are separated by preset distances from a focal point where the focused ultrasound beam is focused; detecting a reverberation in the region of interest based on the measured shear wave arrival times; and displaying information about the detected reverberation, characterised in that the detecting of the reverberation further compries; calculating a first shear wave velocity by dividing an average of distances of the plurality of measurement points by an average of the shear wave arrival times respectively measured at the plurality of measurement points; calculating a second shear wave velocity by dividing a distance between two adjacent points among the plurality of measurement points by a difference between shear wave arrival times respectively measured at the two adjacent measurement points; and detecting occurrence of the reverberation based on the first and second shear wave velocities; detecting the occurrence of the reverberation by comparing a difference between the second and first shear wave velocities with a preset threshold.
A mobile phone operator-independent service provider server comprising: a communication interface; one or more processors; and one or more memories storing instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the server, for each subscriber identity module, belonging to a set comprising a plurality of physical prepaid subscriber identity module cards for a user of a mobile terminal obtained from various mobile phone operators and accommodated in an accessory coupled by short distance radio communication with the mobile terminal, to: keep balance data relating to the subscriber identity module; detect a need to top up credit of the subscriber identity module based on the balance data; and after the detection, transmit, through the communication interface, transaction data determining a payment to the mobile phone operator of the subscriber identity module in order to top up the credit of the subscriber identity module, said payment being paid from a bank account or a credit card of said service provider. a communication interface; one or more processors; and one or more memories storing instructions, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the server, for each subscriber identity module, belonging to a set comprising a plurality of physical prepaid subscriber identity module cards for a user of a mobile terminal obtained from various mobile phone operators and accommodated in an accessory coupled by short distance radio communication with the mobile terminal, to: keep balance data relating to the subscriber identity module; detect a need to top up credit of the subscriber identity module based on the balance data; and after the detection, transmit, through the communication interface, transaction data determining a payment to the mobile phone operator of the subscriber identity module in order to top up the credit of the subscriber identity module, said payment being paid from a bank account or a credit card of said service provider. keep balance data relating to the subscriber identity module; detect a need to top up credit of the subscriber identity module based on the balance data; and after the detection, transmit, through the communication interface, transaction data determining a payment to the mobile phone operator of the subscriber identity module in order to top up the credit of the subscriber identity module, said payment being paid from a bank account or a credit card of said service provider.
An arrangement of antenna structures for telecommunications, in particular by satellite, in which each antenna structure comprises a transmission-reception surface having an axis of symmetry and at least one elementary antenna having a helical shape and dimensioned to transmit and/or receive at least one electromagnetic wave having a frequency greater than 4 GHz, preferably between 4 GHz and 50 GHz, in particular in a spectrum band chosen from the X band and the Ku band, and in that at least two axes of symmetry are concurrent, characterised in that each transmission-reception surface of an antenna structure is generally circular in shape, each elementary antenna of the antenna structure extending between a first end adjacent to the transmit-receive surface and a second end remote from the transmit-receive surface, each antenna structure also comprising two sets of a plurality of elementary antennas, the elementary antennae of each assembly (30, 32) being arranged along a circle of its own radius (R1, R2) of this assembly (30, 32), all the said circles being concentric, the ratio between the radii of the two circles preferably being less than 25%.
A method for wireless communication at a user equipment, UE, comprising: determining a set of transport block sizes based at least in part on a configuration, wherein the set of transport block sizes comprises: a first subset of transport block sizes to use for random access payload based at least in part on the random access payload carrying a buffer status report without uplink data; and a second subset of transport block sizes to use for the random access payload based at least in part on the random access payload carrying the uplink data without the buffer status report; transmitting, to a base station of a non-terrestrial network, a random access request message associated with a random access procedure using a transport block size of the set of transport block sizes and a power control specified for the random access request message for the random access procedure, the random access request message including a random access preamble and a random access payload carrying a buffer status report or uplink data, or both; monitoring a response window based at least in part on transmitting the random access request message; and receiving, from the base station of the non-terrestrial network, a response message of the random access procedure during the response window. determining a set of transport block sizes based at least in part on a configuration, wherein the set of transport block sizes comprises: a first subset of transport block sizes to use for random access payload based at least in part on the random access payload carrying a buffer status report without uplink data; and a second subset of transport block sizes to use for the random access payload based at least in part on the random access payload carrying the uplink data without the buffer status report; a first subset of transport block sizes to use for random access payload based at least in part on the random access payload carrying a buffer status report without uplink data; and a second subset of transport block sizes to use for the random access payload based at least in part on the random access payload carrying the uplink data without the buffer status report; transmitting, to a base station of a non-terrestrial network, a random access request message associated with a random access procedure using a transport block size of the set of transport block sizes and a power control specified for the random access request message for the random access procedure, the random access request message including a random access preamble and a random access payload carrying a buffer status report or uplink data, or both; monitoring a response window based at least in part on transmitting the random access request message; and receiving, from the base station of the non-terrestrial network, a response message of the random access procedure during the response window.
A developing device comprising: a casing containing a housing chamber and having a developer outlet port to discharge excess developer from the housing chamber; a developer roll disposed in the housing chamber, the developer roll to carry a developer; a layer thickness regulating member to make a thickness of the developer attached to the developer roll uniform; an airflow passage to allow air to flow in from the housing chamber when the developer roll rotates; and wherein the developing device comprises a radiation member adjacent the housing chamber to transfer heat to the air flowing through the airflow passage, wherein the radiation member is to absorb heat from the developer in the housing chamber and to radiate heat to the air flowing through the airflow passage, characterized by further comprising a waste toner box to collect developer discharged from the developer outlet port, wherein an outlet end of the airflow passage is connected to the waste toner box. a casing containing a housing chamber and having a developer outlet port to discharge excess developer from the housing chamber; a developer roll disposed in the housing chamber, the developer roll to carry a developer; a layer thickness regulating member to make a thickness of the developer attached to the developer roll uniform; an airflow passage to allow air to flow in from the housing chamber when the developer roll rotates; and wherein the developing device comprises a radiation member adjacent the housing chamber to transfer heat to the air flowing through the airflow passage, wherein the radiation member is to absorb heat from the developer in the housing chamber and to radiate heat to the air flowing through the airflow passage, characterized by further comprising a waste toner box to collect developer discharged from the developer outlet port, wherein an outlet end of the airflow passage is connected to the waste toner box.
A computer-implemented method of reducing noise in an image, the method comprising: receiving frames of image data, each frame of data comprising first image data representing a first color, second image data representing a second color, and third image data representing a third color; modifying the first image data and the second image data in a current frame based on an average of the third image data; adjusting image data within spatial proximity to each other in the current frame to be within a predetermined threshold, wherein said adjusting image data comprises using a spatial function that weights pixels surrounding a current pixel in the current frame based on the difference in brightness levels between the current pixel and the surrounding pixels, the brightness level of the current pixel, and the distance of the surrounding pixels from the current pixel; and adjusting the current frame of data based on a previous frame of data. receiving frames of image data, each frame of data comprising first image data representing a first color, second image data representing a second color, and third image data representing a third color; modifying the first image data and the second image data in a current frame based on an average of the third image data; adjusting image data within spatial proximity to each other in the current frame to be within a predetermined threshold, wherein said adjusting image data comprises using a spatial function that weights pixels surrounding a current pixel in the current frame based on the difference in brightness levels between the current pixel and the surrounding pixels, the brightness level of the current pixel, and the distance of the surrounding pixels from the current pixel; and adjusting the current frame of data based on a previous frame of data.
An intra cardiac echo imaging device, comprising: an image acquisition unit configured to receive an image of a cardiac region, wherein the image provides at least one or more coronary vessels and/or at least one heart chamber; a processing unit configured to: receive imaging parameters of an intra cardiac echo probe (9,23); characterised in that the processing unit is further configured to: define at least one region of interest within the image for imaging by the intracardiac echo probe; calculate at least one of a location, an orientation and access path of the intra cardiac echo probe relative to the region of interest for imaging of the region of interest by the intra cardica echo probe, the calculation being based on: anatomical content in the region of interest and/or in the cardiac region; and the imaging parameters of the intra cardiac echo probe; output to a display a roadmap and the at least one of the calculated location, orientation and access path of the intra cardiac echo probe. an image acquisition unit configured to receive an image of a cardiac region, wherein the image provides at least one or more coronary vessels and/or at least one heart chamber; a processing unit configured to: receive imaging parameters of an intra cardiac echo probe (9,23); characterised in that the processing unit is further configured to: define at least one region of interest within the image for imaging by the intracardiac echo probe; calculate at least one of a location, an orientation and access path of the intra cardiac echo probe relative to the region of interest for imaging of the region of interest by the intra cardica echo probe, the calculation being based on: anatomical content in the region of interest and/or in the cardiac region; and the imaging parameters of the intra cardiac echo probe; output to a display a roadmap and the at least one of the calculated location, orientation and access path of the intra cardiac echo probe. receive imaging parameters of an intra cardiac echo probe (9,23); characterised in that the processing unit is further configured to: define at least one region of interest within the image for imaging by the intracardiac echo probe; calculate at least one of a location, an orientation and access path of the intra cardiac echo probe relative to the region of interest for imaging of the region of interest by the intra cardica echo probe, the calculation being based on: anatomical content in the region of interest and/or in the cardiac region; and the imaging parameters of the intra cardiac echo probe; anatomical content in the region of interest and/or in the cardiac region; and the imaging parameters of the intra cardiac echo probe; output to a display a roadmap and the at least one of the calculated location, orientation and access path of the intra cardiac echo probe.