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A method for determining phase offsets in a complex-valued image acquired with a receiver coil at an echo time following an excitation by a transmitter coil in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, each pixel of said image representing a volume element of a 3-dimensional object, comprising: immobilising the object and acquiring a first image (S 1,c) of the object at a predetermined first echo time (TE 1), the first image (S 1,c) being separated into a first magnitude image and a first phase image (Θ 1,c), and a second image (S 2,c) of the object at a predetermined second echo time (TE 2), the second image (S 2,c) being separated into a second magnitude image and a second phase image (Θ 2,c), wherein a ratio between said first echo time (TE 1) and said second echo time (TE 2) is chosen to be n:(n+1), n being a positive integer; generating, pixel by pixel, a phase evolution image (ΔΘ) representing phase changes from the first phase image (Θ 1,c) to the second phase image (Θ 2,c); and subtracting, pixel by pixel, an n-fold of the phase evolution image (ΔΘ) from the first phase image (Θ 1,c) to obtain a phase offset image (Θ o,c) containing said phase offsets. immobilising the object and acquiring a first image (S 1,c) of the object at a predetermined first echo time (TE 1), the first image (S 1,c) being separated into a first magnitude image and a first phase image (Θ 1,c), and a second image (S 2,c) of the object at a predetermined second echo time (TE 2), the second image (S 2,c) being separated into a second magnitude image and a second phase image (Θ 2,c), wherein a ratio between said first echo time (TE 1) and said second echo time (TE 2) is chosen to be n:(n+1), n being a positive integer; generating, pixel by pixel, a phase evolution image (ΔΘ) representing phase changes from the first phase image (Θ 1,c) to the second phase image (Θ 2,c); and subtracting, pixel by pixel, an n-fold of the phase evolution image (ΔΘ) from the first phase image (Θ 1,c) to obtain a phase offset image (Θ o,c) containing said phase offsets.
A method for identifying fat content in a region of interest, the method comprising: directing an energy signal toward the region of interest, wherein the region of interest has an object of interest, a reference with known properties, and a boundary area with one or more boundary locations between the object of interest and the reference; receiving a plurality of thermoacoustic bipolar signals from the one or more boundary locations, wherein the thermoacoustic bipolar signals are induced by the energy signal; and calculating a fat concentration that is a function of a difference between two peaks of the thermoacoustic bipolar signal at each respective boundary location and a distance or distances between each respective boundary location.
A method for managing a filter of particles emitted by an internal combustion engine, a regeneration of the filter being triggered according to the value of a facility parameter characterizing the facility of realizing the regeneration taking into account status variables of the vehicle, according to whether this facility parameter corresponds to a favourable run or an unfavourable run, either by exceeding a first load threshold by a value which is determined by an open loop load estimator from an estimation of production of particles by the engine, or by exceeding a second load threshold by a value which is determined by a closed loop load estimator from the measurement of a physical quantity dependent on the load of the filter, characterized in that the estimation of production of particles is corrected by a correction factor which is determined as a function of a discriminating deviation between the proportion of the regenerations triggered by the closed loop load estimator and a theoretical proportion of the regenerations which should have been triggered by the closed loop estimator taking into account the mean value of the facility parameter.
A method comprising: receiving, at a first cache device (135A-D), a request to send a first asset to a second device (110, 135A-D); determining whether the first asset is stored at the first cache device; when the determining whether the first asset is stored at the first cache device indicates that first asset is not stored at the first cache device, obtaining, at the first cache device, the first asset, performing a comparison operation based on an average inter-arrival time of the first asset with respect to the first cache device and a characteristic time of the first cache device, the average inter-arrival time being based on exponentially weighted moving average of periods of time between consecutive receipts of requests, at the first cache device, to send the first asset to another device, the characteristic time of the first cache device being an average period of time between receipt of last requests for, and eviction of, assets cached at the first cache device, and determining whether or not to cache the obtained first asset at the first cache device based on the comparison operation; and sending the obtained first asset to the second device. receiving, at a first cache device (135A-D), a request to send a first asset to a second device (110, 135A-D); determining whether the first asset is stored at the first cache device; when the determining whether the first asset is stored at the first cache device indicates that first asset is not stored at the first cache device, obtaining, at the first cache device, the first asset, performing a comparison operation based on an average inter-arrival time of the first asset with respect to the first cache device and a characteristic time of the first cache device, the average inter-arrival time being based on exponentially weighted moving average of periods of time between consecutive receipts of requests, at the first cache device, to send the first asset to another device, the characteristic time of the first cache device being an average period of time between receipt of last requests for, and eviction of, assets cached at the first cache device, and determining whether or not to cache the obtained first asset at the first cache device based on the comparison operation; and sending the obtained first asset to the second device. obtaining, at the first cache device, the first asset, performing a comparison operation based on an average inter-arrival time of the first asset with respect to the first cache device and a characteristic time of the first cache device, the average inter-arrival time being based on exponentially weighted moving average of periods of time between consecutive receipts of requests, at the first cache device, to send the first asset to another device, the characteristic time of the first cache device being an average period of time between receipt of last requests for, and eviction of, assets cached at the first cache device, and determining whether or not to cache the obtained first asset at the first cache device based on the comparison operation; and sending the obtained first asset to the second device.
A blood sampling device comprising: a housing having a forward end with an opening therein; a lancet comprising a lancet body having a radial projection, the lancet body supporting a lancet needle at a forward end thereof, the lancet being moveably mounted within said housing; an urging member for urging the lancet forwardly, in use, relative to the housing between a rearward primed position in which the lancet needle is within the housing and a forward lancing position in which the tip of the lancet needle projects forwardly from the opening at the forward end of the housing; wherein said housing defines cavity, the cavity including a passageway along which the lancet travels between the rearward primed position and the forward lancing position and the housing having an abutment member extending into the cavity defining a fixed abutment surface for holdingly engaging a front surface of the radial projection of the lancet in the rearward primed position; and the blood sampling device further comprising a trigger moveable from a rest position to a fire position to release the lancet for forward movement, wherein the trigger contacts the radial projection to deflect the lancet body in a direction generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the housing such that the entire lancet body rotates so that the radial projection 62a is no longer engaged with the abutment surface allowing the lancet body to move forwardly past the fixed abutment surface. a housing having a forward end with an opening therein; a lancet comprising a lancet body having a radial projection, the lancet body supporting a lancet needle at a forward end thereof, the lancet being moveably mounted within said housing; an urging member for urging the lancet forwardly, in use, relative to the housing between a rearward primed position in which the lancet needle is within the housing and a forward lancing position in which the tip of the lancet needle projects forwardly from the opening at the forward end of the housing; wherein said housing defines cavity, the cavity including a passageway along which the lancet travels between the rearward primed position and the forward lancing position and the housing having an abutment member extending into the cavity defining a fixed abutment surface for holdingly engaging a front surface of the radial projection of the lancet in the rearward primed position; and the blood sampling device further comprising a trigger moveable from a rest position to a fire position to release the lancet for forward movement, wherein the trigger contacts the radial projection to deflect the lancet body in a direction generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the housing such that the entire lancet body rotates so that the radial projection 62a is no longer engaged with the abutment surface allowing the lancet body to move forwardly past the fixed abutment surface.
A fiber-reinforced pressure vessel comprising an inner vessel with a rotationally symmetrical middle part, preferably a cylindrical middle part, with an axis of symmetry, preferably a cylinder axis, along the middle part and two dome-shaped pole caps which close off the middle part, and an outer layer, wound on the inner vessel to reinforce it, made of fiber composite material made of a plurality of plies of fibers embedded in a matrix material which are arranged one above the other, which run as a fiber band made of a number of fibers with a location-dependent and position-dependent fiber orientation across the inner vessel, wherein the fiber band at least in some of the plies enters from the middle part at a respective entry fiber angle relative to the axis of symmetry into the region of the dome-shaped pole caps and is guided there at a respective point of reversal in its winding direction back in the direction of the middle part, characterized in that the fiber band has at least one twist in the region of the pole caps.
A method for changing a setting of a portable electronic device, the method comprising: receiving a first biometric image of a biometric attribute that is associated with a user; determining (408, 410) if the first biometric image matches a first reference biometric image that is associated with a user authorized to change the setting; if the first biometric image matches the first reference biometric image: changing the setting of the electronic device; and if the first biometric image does not match the first reference biometric image: not changing the setting; placing the portable electronic device in a safe mode that locks the portable electronic device and requires one or more additional items of user identification data to exit the safe mode, the safe mode restricting access to a number of functions or applications that were accessible to the user prior to entering the safe mode; and providing an input screen that is configured to be displayed while in safe mode, the input screen configured to receive the one or more additional items of user identification data to exit the safe mode. receiving a first biometric image of a biometric attribute that is associated with a user; determining (408, 410) if the first biometric image matches a first reference biometric image that is associated with a user authorized to change the setting; if the first biometric image matches the first reference biometric image: changing the setting of the electronic device; and if the first biometric image does not match the first reference biometric image: not changing the setting; placing the portable electronic device in a safe mode that locks the portable electronic device and requires one or more additional items of user identification data to exit the safe mode, the safe mode restricting access to a number of functions or applications that were accessible to the user prior to entering the safe mode; and providing an input screen that is configured to be displayed while in safe mode, the input screen configured to receive the one or more additional items of user identification data to exit the safe mode. not changing the setting; placing the portable electronic device in a safe mode that locks the portable electronic device and requires one or more additional items of user identification data to exit the safe mode, the safe mode restricting access to a number of functions or applications that were accessible to the user prior to entering the safe mode; and providing an input screen that is configured to be displayed while in safe mode, the input screen configured to receive the one or more additional items of user identification data to exit the safe mode.
A label paper waste removing method, characterized in that it comprises steps of: forming a label sheet of label paper with a cut line for peeling off which is continuous widthwise thereof; peeling off a base sheet an upstream side portion of sheet of label paper bordered and starting with said cut line as it is being bent at a sharp angle by a movable guide roller for peeling-off initiation when in a peeling-off position and a peeling-off initiating member, the label paper being conveyed along a path of label paper conveyance; carrying said portion of label sheet peeled off to a waste take-up means by a movable vacuum conveyer when in a carrying position; and winding onto said waste take-up means, said portion of label sheet carried to the waste take-up means, whereby winding the portion of label sheet onto the waste take-up means causes a label sheet waste of succeeding label paper to be peeled off the base sheet and taken up onto the waste take-up means. forming a label sheet of label paper with a cut line for peeling off which is continuous widthwise thereof; peeling off a base sheet an upstream side portion of sheet of label paper bordered and starting with said cut line as it is being bent at a sharp angle by a movable guide roller for peeling-off initiation when in a peeling-off position and a peeling-off initiating member, the label paper being conveyed along a path of label paper conveyance; carrying said portion of label sheet peeled off to a waste take-up means by a movable vacuum conveyer when in a carrying position; and winding onto said waste take-up means, said portion of label sheet carried to the waste take-up means, whereby winding the portion of label sheet onto the waste take-up means causes a label sheet waste of succeeding label paper to be peeled off the base sheet and taken up onto the waste take-up means.
A display control device for controlling a displaying part, the displaying part provided on a structure of a vehicle body that hinders a field of view of a vehicle driver, and the display control device comprising: an obstacle identifying part that is configured to identify an obstacle area (R') that comprises an obstacle in an image acquired from an imaging part that captures images around a vehicle; a driver information acquiring part that is configured to acquire driver information regarding the field of view of the vehicle driver; a blocked area identifying part that is configured to identify a blocked area (N') based on driver information where the field of view of the driver is blocked by the structure; a displaying controlling part that is configured to control the image displayed on the displaying part; characterized in that a blocked area ratio calculating part that is configured to calculate a blocked area ratio, the blocked area ratio being a ratio of an area that the blocked area (N') overlaps the obstacle area (R') out of a total area of the obstacle area (R'); and wherein the display controlling part is configured to: display a driver's point of view image obtained by converting a viewpoint of the image captured by the imaging part based on the driver information when the blocked area ratio equals to a predetermined value or higher; and not to display the driver's point of view image on the displaying part when the blocked area ratio is less than the predetermined value. an obstacle identifying part that is configured to identify an obstacle area (R') that comprises an obstacle in an image acquired from an imaging part that captures images around a vehicle; a driver information acquiring part that is configured to acquire driver information regarding the field of view of the vehicle driver; a blocked area identifying part that is configured to identify a blocked area (N') based on driver information where the field of view of the driver is blocked by the structure; a displaying controlling part that is configured to control the image displayed on the displaying part; characterized in that a blocked area ratio calculating part that is configured to calculate a blocked area ratio, the blocked area ratio being a ratio of an area that the blocked area (N') overlaps the obstacle area (R') out of a total area of the obstacle area (R'); and wherein the display controlling part is configured to: display a driver's point of view image obtained by converting a viewpoint of the image captured by the imaging part based on the driver information when the blocked area ratio equals to a predetermined value or higher; and not to display the driver's point of view image on the displaying part when the blocked area ratio is less than the predetermined value. display a driver's point of view image obtained by converting a viewpoint of the image captured by the imaging part based on the driver information when the blocked area ratio equals to a predetermined value or higher; and not to display the driver's point of view image on the displaying part when the blocked area ratio is less than the predetermined value.
An electric vehicle battery attaching /detaching device comprising: a battery mounting unit formed on an electric vehicle and adapted to detachably mount a battery; a loader having a plurality of battery stands, each battery stand being adapted to detachably mount a fully-charged battery to be exchanged with the battery mounted on the battery mounting unit; and a battery attaching/detaching unit adapted to move along X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis between the battery mounting unit and the battery stand by means of a movement device, detach a battery mounted on the battery mounting unit or the battery stand, and exchange/mount the battery on the battery stand or the battery mounting unit, wherein the battery mounting unit having grasping holders for grasping a battery formed on both sides of a bottom portion of the battery mounting unit and being adapted to rotate by a predetermined angle about a center axis, in response to electric signals, characterized in that the grasping holders have stepped portions at their free ends. a battery mounting unit formed on an electric vehicle and adapted to detachably mount a battery; a loader having a plurality of battery stands, each battery stand being adapted to detachably mount a fully-charged battery to be exchanged with the battery mounted on the battery mounting unit; and a battery attaching/detaching unit adapted to move along X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis between the battery mounting unit and the battery stand by means of a movement device, detach a battery mounted on the battery mounting unit or the battery stand, and exchange/mount the battery on the battery stand or the battery mounting unit, wherein the battery mounting unit having grasping holders for grasping a battery formed on both sides of a bottom portion of the battery mounting unit and being adapted to rotate by a predetermined angle about a center axis, in response to electric signals, characterized in that the grasping holders have stepped portions at their free ends.
A method of transitioning a reception level to monitor a scheduling channel in a wireless communication system, carried out in a user equipment, comprising: monitoring continuously the scheduling channel in a non-discontinuous reception (Non-DRX) level; upon receiving a DRX indicator, transitioning to a second DRX level with a second DRX period; and after an interval for the second DRX level elapses, transitioning from the second DRX level to a first DRX level with a first DRX period, wherein the first DRX period is longer than the second DRX period, and wherein the DRX indicator indicates that the Non-DRX level should be transitioned into the second DRX level. monitoring continuously the scheduling channel in a non-discontinuous reception (Non-DRX) level; upon receiving a DRX indicator, transitioning to a second DRX level with a second DRX period; and after an interval for the second DRX level elapses, transitioning from the second DRX level to a first DRX level with a first DRX period, wherein the first DRX period is longer than the second DRX period, and wherein the DRX indicator indicates that the Non-DRX level should be transitioned into the second DRX level.
An apparatus, comprising: a first metallization layer coupled to a piezoelectric layer, wherein a first voltage is formed at the first metallization layer in response to an ultrasonic wave reflecting off an item-to-be-imaged and propagating through the piezoelectric layer, and wherein the first metallization layer is situated above a substrate; a second metallization layer situated between the first metallization layer and the substrate; and a device configured to apply a second voltage to the second metallization layer to reduce a parasitic capacitance between the first metallization layer and the substrate, characterised in that the device comprises a buffer amplifier including an input coupled to the first metallization layer and an output coupled to the second metallization layer. a first metallization layer coupled to a piezoelectric layer, wherein a first voltage is formed at the first metallization layer in response to an ultrasonic wave reflecting off an item-to-be-imaged and propagating through the piezoelectric layer, and wherein the first metallization layer is situated above a substrate; a second metallization layer situated between the first metallization layer and the substrate; and a device configured to apply a second voltage to the second metallization layer to reduce a parasitic capacitance between the first metallization layer and the substrate, characterised in that the device comprises a buffer amplifier including an input coupled to the first metallization layer and an output coupled to the second metallization layer.
An image-bearing member protecting agent comprising: a hydrophobic organic compound; an inorganic lubricant; and inorganic fine particles, wherein each of the inorganic fine particles has a specific surface area of 2.0 m 2 /g to 6.5 m 2 /g, wherein the hydrophobic organic compound is a material having a lamella crystal, and is a metal salt of fatty acid. a hydrophobic organic compound; an inorganic lubricant; and inorganic fine particles, wherein each of the inorganic fine particles has a specific surface area of 2.0 m 2 /g to 6.5 m 2 /g, wherein the hydrophobic organic compound is a material having a lamella crystal, and is a metal salt of fatty acid.