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An imaging steering apparatus comprising: an transthoracic echocardiography probe having a current position and having a current orientation in a current field of view, said probe having a plurality of transducer elements arranged to function as ultrasound sensors; and an imaging processor configured for: acquiring, via multiple ones of the transducer elements and from the current position, and current orientation, an ultrasound image of an object of interest; and, based on a model, segmenting the acquired image; characterized in that the imaging processor is further configured for determining, based on a result of the segmenting, a target position, and a target orientation, with at least one of said target position and said target orientation differing correspondingly from said current position and said current orientation; wherein the apparatus is further configured for assessing a rib blockage at said target position, and, based on the assessment, deciding whether to make said current position said target position in a repetition of said determining, for recalculating said target orientation. an transthoracic echocardiography probe having a current position and having a current orientation in a current field of view, said probe having a plurality of transducer elements arranged to function as ultrasound sensors; and an imaging processor configured for: acquiring, via multiple ones of the transducer elements and from the current position, and current orientation, an ultrasound image of an object of interest; and, based on a model, segmenting the acquired image; characterized in that the imaging processor is further configured for determining, based on a result of the segmenting, a target position, and a target orientation, with at least one of said target position and said target orientation differing correspondingly from said current position and said current orientation; wherein the apparatus is further configured for assessing a rib blockage at said target position, and, based on the assessment, deciding whether to make said current position said target position in a repetition of said determining, for recalculating said target orientation.
A particle detector including: a detector chamber; a light source producing a focused beam traversing the detector chamber; a photo detector arranged to view a portion of the beam and receive light scattered from said portion of the beam, the portion of the beam viewed by the photo detector defining a region of interest of the particle detector; a filter arrangement for removing elongate particles from a fluid upstream of said detector chamber, the filter arrangement including a plurality of screen portions (118, 120) through which the fluid passes, wherein the plurality of screen portions (118, 120) includes a first screen portion and a second screen portion separated from the first screen portion by a predetermined distance, the first and second screen portions (118, 120) being arranged to be traversed in series by the fluid, characterized in that: a critical particle length is equal to the minimum distance between a wall defining at least part of the detector chamber and the region of interest of the particle detector; and in that the predetermined distance is not more than the critical particle length of the particle detector such that at least elongate particles having a length equal to or greater than the critical particle length contact the first and second screen portions simultaneously and are filtered from the fluid. a detector chamber; a light source producing a focused beam traversing the detector chamber; a photo detector arranged to view a portion of the beam and receive light scattered from said portion of the beam, the portion of the beam viewed by the photo detector defining a region of interest of the particle detector; a filter arrangement for removing elongate particles from a fluid upstream of said detector chamber, the filter arrangement including a plurality of screen portions (118, 120) through which the fluid passes, wherein the plurality of screen portions (118, 120) includes a first screen portion and a second screen portion separated from the first screen portion by a predetermined distance, the first and second screen portions (118, 120) being arranged to be traversed in series by the fluid, characterized in that: a critical particle length is equal to the minimum distance between a wall defining at least part of the detector chamber and the region of interest of the particle detector; and in that the predetermined distance is not more than the critical particle length of the particle detector such that at least elongate particles having a length equal to or greater than the critical particle length contact the first and second screen portions simultaneously and are filtered from the fluid. a critical particle length is equal to the minimum distance between a wall defining at least part of the detector chamber and the region of interest of the particle detector; and in that the predetermined distance is not more than the critical particle length of the particle detector such that at least elongate particles having a length equal to or greater than the critical particle length contact the first and second screen portions simultaneously and are filtered from the fluid.
An instant black tea comprising a beverage material comprising black tea leaves and a dried green tea extract and sealed in a tea bag, wherein a mass ratio of the non-polymer catechins/tannin in the beverage material is from 0.65 to 0.95, wherein the mass ratio of the non-polymer catechins/tannin in the black tea leaves is from 0.2 to 0.9 and wherein a mass ratio of the non-polymer catechins/tannin in the dried green tea extract is from 0.83 to 1.3.
A combine harvester with a driver assistance system which controls the distribution of a stream of material being discharged onto the ground from the combine harvester, which is provided with a processing unit and at least one display unit, wherein the processing unit processes information generated by sensor systems within the machine, external information and information which can be stored in the processing unit, and the stream of material to be distributed on the ground passes through a comminuting and/or distributing device in the rearward region of the combine harvester, wherein the driver assistance system comprises selectable distribution strategies for controlling the distribution of the stream of material being discharged from the combine harvester, characterized in that the selectable distribution strategies comprise at least one or more of the distribution strategies "uniform material distribution", "chop quality" and "energy efficiency", wherein the driver assistance system executes the respective distribution strategy taking into consideration the available information and characteristics (116, 119, 120) stored in the processing unit and implements an optimisation of the material distribution, chop quality and energy requirement quality criteria.
A process for separating off acid gases from a water-comprising fluid stream, in which a) the water-comprising fluid stream is contacted in an absorption zone with an absorbent that comprises at least one amine, wherein a deacidified fluid stream and an acid gas-loaded absorbent is obtained, b) the deacidified fluid stream is contacted with an aqueous scrubbing liquid in a scrubbing zone through which the scrubbing liquid is conducted in a single pass without pumping it in circulation, in order to transfer entrained amine at least in part to the scrubbing liquid, wherein a deaminated, deacidified fluid stream and an amine-loaded scrubbing liquid are obtained, c) the deaminated, deacidified fluid stream is cooled downstream of the scrubbing zone, wherein an absorber top condensate is condensed out of the deaminated, deacidified fluid stream, d) the loaded absorbent is passed into a desorption zone in which the acid gases are at least in part released, wherein a regenerated absorbent and desorbed acid gases are obtained, e) the regenerated absorbent is returned to the absorption zone in order to form an absorbent circuit, f) the amine-loaded scrubbing liquid and the absorber top condensate are introduced into the absorbent circuit, and g) the desorbed acid gases are conducted through an enrichment zone which has a structured packing, a random packing and/or a plurality of trays and the acid gases exiting at the top of the enrichment zone are cooled, in order to condense out of the acid gases a desorber top condensate which in part is returned to the enrichment zone and in part is passed out of the process. a) the water-comprising fluid stream is contacted in an absorption zone with an absorbent that comprises at least one amine, wherein a deacidified fluid stream and an acid gas-loaded absorbent is obtained, b) the deacidified fluid stream is contacted with an aqueous scrubbing liquid in a scrubbing zone through which the scrubbing liquid is conducted in a single pass without pumping it in circulation, in order to transfer entrained amine at least in part to the scrubbing liquid, wherein a deaminated, deacidified fluid stream and an amine-loaded scrubbing liquid are obtained, c) the deaminated, deacidified fluid stream is cooled downstream of the scrubbing zone, wherein an absorber top condensate is condensed out of the deaminated, deacidified fluid stream, d) the loaded absorbent is passed into a desorption zone in which the acid gases are at least in part released, wherein a regenerated absorbent and desorbed acid gases are obtained, e) the regenerated absorbent is returned to the absorption zone in order to form an absorbent circuit, f) the amine-loaded scrubbing liquid and the absorber top condensate are introduced into the absorbent circuit, and g) the desorbed acid gases are conducted through an enrichment zone which has a structured packing, a random packing and/or a plurality of trays and the acid gases exiting at the top of the enrichment zone are cooled, in order to condense out of the acid gases a desorber top condensate which in part is returned to the enrichment zone and in part is passed out of the process.
Use of a first roughness lay to reduce micropitting in a roller bearing that experiences sliding at a rolling contact interface in a direction (y) transverse to the direction of rolling (x), the bearing comprising an inner ring, an outer ring and at least one set of rollers, which are disposed between an inner raceway of the bearing inner ring and an outer raceway of the bearing outer ring, wherein - an outer surface of at least one roller is defined as a first rolling contact surface; - at least one of the inner raceway and the outer raceway is defined as a second rolling contact surface; and - one of the first and second rolling contact surfaces has a greater surface roughness than the other of the first and second rolling contact surfaces, and wherein the first roughness lay has an orientation angle θ relative to the direction of rolling of between 0 and 90° and is provided on the rougher of the first and second rolling contact surfaces. - an outer surface of at least one roller is defined as a first rolling contact surface; - at least one of the inner raceway and the outer raceway is defined as a second rolling contact surface; and - one of the first and second rolling contact surfaces has a greater surface roughness than the other of the first and second rolling contact surfaces, and wherein the first roughness lay has an orientation angle θ relative to the direction of rolling of between 0 and 90° and is provided on the rougher of the first and second rolling contact surfaces.
A method in a cellular communication system for identifying a Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN, (120, 130), the method comprising: identifying WLAN availability comprising identifying an available WLAN by an Extended Service Set Identifier, ESSID; and broadcasting a WLAN advertisement via a common communication channel of the cellular communication system, wherein the WLAN advertisement includes the ESSID of the available WLAN, and wherein the broadcasting via the common communication channel enables multiple remote stations to access the WLAN advertisement, wherein the WLAN advertisement further comprises location information for an Access Point, AP, supporting the WLAN for determining if a current location of a remote station is proximate the AP. identifying WLAN availability comprising identifying an available WLAN by an Extended Service Set Identifier, ESSID; and broadcasting a WLAN advertisement via a common communication channel of the cellular communication system, wherein the WLAN advertisement includes the ESSID of the available WLAN, and wherein the broadcasting via the common communication channel enables multiple remote stations to access the WLAN advertisement, wherein the WLAN advertisement further comprises location information for an Access Point, AP, supporting the WLAN for determining if a current location of a remote station is proximate the AP.
A friction stir welding tool insert comprising a polycrystalline cubic boron nitride, PCBN, composite material with a textured surface layer, as determined by optical microscopy or scanning electron microscopy, characterised in that the textured surface layer has a depth of between 0.5 and 50 μm, and wherein the textured surface layer comprises a pre-defined repeating pattern, wherein the pre-defined repeating pattern is defined as the repetitive deviation from the nominal surface that forms the three dimensional topography of the surface and includes roughness as nanoand microroughness, waviness as macroroughness, lay, and flaws.
A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus comprising: a medium supporting portion arranged to move in a first direction in a state of supporting a medium; a liquid droplet ejecting portion arranged to eject liquid droplets onto an ejection area of the medium supported by the medium supporting portion; a detection portion arranged to detect a light amount of reflected light of light having been emitted toward the medium supporting portion or the medium supported by the medium supporting portion; and a carriage arranged to reciprocate in a second direction intersecting the first direction, in a state of supporting the liquid droplet ejecting portion and the detection portion, wherein a reflection pattern constituted of a high reflection portion having a high reflectance and a low reflection portion having a low reflectance which are repeatedly arranged in the second direction is formed on the medium supporting portion, characterized in that the medium supporting portion includes a mounting table on which the medium is mountable, and a frame member that can press the medium onto the mounting table by being attached to the mounting table so as to form a rim surrounding the ejection area, and the reflection pattern is formed on an area of the frame member, the area facing the detection portion. a medium supporting portion arranged to move in a first direction in a state of supporting a medium; a liquid droplet ejecting portion arranged to eject liquid droplets onto an ejection area of the medium supported by the medium supporting portion; a detection portion arranged to detect a light amount of reflected light of light having been emitted toward the medium supporting portion or the medium supported by the medium supporting portion; and a carriage arranged to reciprocate in a second direction intersecting the first direction, in a state of supporting the liquid droplet ejecting portion and the detection portion, wherein a reflection pattern constituted of a high reflection portion having a high reflectance and a low reflection portion having a low reflectance which are repeatedly arranged in the second direction is formed on the medium supporting portion, characterized in that the medium supporting portion includes a mounting table on which the medium is mountable, and a frame member that can press the medium onto the mounting table by being attached to the mounting table so as to form a rim surrounding the ejection area, and the reflection pattern is formed on an area of the frame member, the area facing the detection portion.
A nonwoven web laying device for forming a nonwoven web from a plurality of pile layers, consisting of a continuously circulating infeed belt, a counter belt continuously circulating in the opposite direction at the same speed, wherein the infeed and counter belts (E,G) are guided by two adjacent laying rollers (LE,LG) forming a laying gap, wherein said laying rollers (LE,LG) are arranged in a laying carriage, which effects a pile deposit and is movably mounted above and transversely to the direction of conveyance of a depositing conveyor receiving the nonwoven web to be laid and which runs back and forth periodically, and the infeed and counter belts (E,G) and the laying carriage can be controlled independently of each other via allocated drives, characterized by an apparatus (AK,SE) by means of which the pile can be subjected to an air flow after leaving the laying gap, said air flow penetrating the pile and being directed toward the depositing conveyor.
A method, performed by an electronic device, of providing a voice recognition service, the method comprising: obtaining a user call keyword configured to activate the voice recognition service, based on a first user voice input of a user; generating a user-customized voice database, DB, by inputting the obtained user call keyword to a text to speech, TTS, module, wherein the TTS module is trained to output an audio signal based on acoustic features of the user's voice; and obtaining a user-customized feature by inputting the audio signal of the user-customized voice DB to a wake-up recognition module. obtaining a user call keyword configured to activate the voice recognition service, based on a first user voice input of a user; generating a user-customized voice database, DB, by inputting the obtained user call keyword to a text to speech, TTS, module, wherein the TTS module is trained to output an audio signal based on acoustic features of the user's voice; and obtaining a user-customized feature by inputting the audio signal of the user-customized voice DB to a wake-up recognition module.
An elevator apparatus comprising a door opening side vertical frame, a door closing side vertical frame, a gateway upper frame connecting the upper parts of both the vertical frames, those constituting a platform gateway at an elevator platform, an opening and closing door to open and close the platform gateway and being configured so that a door hanger (2a, 2b) suspended on a hanger rail (4a, 4b) fixed to a hoistway is installed at the upper part of the opening and closing door, and a hanger roller (5a-d) rolling over the hanger rail (4a, 4b) and having a buffer material comprising a synthetic resin over a rolling surface which is installed at the door hanger (2a, 2b), characterized by a buffer material receiving member (14a, 14b-1, 14b-2) extending in the shifting directions of the hanger roller (5a-d), receiving the buffer material of a melting state, and inhibiting the buffer material from dropping over the gateway upper frame is arranged between the upper part of the gateway upper frame and the hanger roller (5a-d).
A method for scavenging hydrogen sulfide and/or mercaptans from a fluid comprising: contacting the fluid with an effective amount of a protic composition having a pH of greater than 9 to reduce the amount of hydrogen sulfide and/or mercaptans as compared to an identical method absent the protic composition, the protic composition consisting of: a protic solvent; a non-nitrogen based compound having a formula selected from the group consisting of: wherein each R 1, R 2, R 3, and R 4 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl, an alkenyl, an aryl, an acyl, a halogen, a hydroxyl, an alkyl ester, an aryl ester, an alkyl ether, an aryl ether, a hydroxymethyl, an anhydride, and a sulfide; and optionally a base; where the fluid is an aqueous phase. a protic solvent; a non-nitrogen based compound having a formula selected from the group consisting of: wherein each R 1, R 2, R 3, and R 4 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl, an alkenyl, an aryl, an acyl, a halogen, a hydroxyl, an alkyl ester, an aryl ester, an alkyl ether, an aryl ether, a hydroxymethyl, an anhydride, and a sulfide; and optionally a base;
A method of producing a sulphate or a phosphate-based fertilizer from a waste or by-product stream comprising hydrogen sulphide, said method comprising: a. creating a feedstock stream comprising hydrogen sulphide in a proportion greater than 50% by volume and carbon dioxide in an amount no more than 50% from the waste or by-product stream; b. feeding the feedstock stream and air to a furnace; c. burning the acid gas stream to produce a stream comprising sulphur dioxide; d. feeding the sulphur dioxide stream to a reactor to produce a stream comprising sulphuric acid and a gaseous waste stream comprising carbon dioxide; and e. reacting the sulphuric acid with a potassium source or a phosphate source to convert the sulphuric acid to a phosphate-based or sulphate-based fertilizer. a. creating a feedstock stream comprising hydrogen sulphide in a proportion greater than 50% by volume and carbon dioxide in an amount no more than 50% from the waste or by-product stream; b. feeding the feedstock stream and air to a furnace; c. burning the acid gas stream to produce a stream comprising sulphur dioxide; d. feeding the sulphur dioxide stream to a reactor to produce a stream comprising sulphuric acid and a gaseous waste stream comprising carbon dioxide; and e. reacting the sulphuric acid with a potassium source or a phosphate source to convert the sulphuric acid to a phosphate-based or sulphate-based fertilizer.
An antenna housing comprising a polymer composition, wherein the polymer composition comprises a thermoplastic polymer, glass fiber and an inorganic filler, wherein the thermoplastic polymer is a heterophasic propylene copolymer consisting of a propylene-based matrix and a dispersed ethylene-α-olefin copolymer, wherein the heterophasic copolymer comprises between 70 and 90 wt % of said matrix and between 10 and 30 wt % of said dispersed phase, wherein the inorganic filler is present in an amount of 2 to 20 wt% of the total polymer composition, the total amount of glass fiber and the inorganic filler is from 21 to 50 wt%, and wherein the ratio between the amount of glass fiber and the amount of inorganic filler is from 1.0 to 16.0. wherein the inorganic filler is present in an amount of 2 to 20 wt% of the total polymer composition, the total amount of glass fiber and the inorganic filler is from 21 to 50 wt%, and wherein the ratio between the amount of glass fiber and the amount of inorganic filler is from 1.0 to 16.0.