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An image processing device comprising: a coding unit that codes an image acquired on a basis of an opto-electronic transfer function related to conversion between light and an image signal; and a control unit that is configured to determine a type of the opto-electronic transfer function, and to scale, based on the type of the opto-electronic transfer function, at least one of a prediction residual code amount and a mode code amount, wherein the prediction residual code amount and the mode code amount are used for prediction mode selection when the image is coded by the coding unit, and wherein the mode code amount indicates an amount of mode information indicating a prediction mode. a coding unit that codes an image acquired on a basis of an opto-electronic transfer function related to conversion between light and an image signal; and a control unit that is configured to determine a type of the opto-electronic transfer function, and to scale, based on the type of the opto-electronic transfer function, at least one of a prediction residual code amount and a mode code amount, wherein the prediction residual code amount and the mode code amount are used for prediction mode selection when the image is coded by the coding unit, and wherein the mode code amount indicates an amount of mode information indicating a prediction mode.
A nuclear reactor containment vessel comprising: a primary reactor containment vessel containing a reactor pressure vessel and having a certain pressure resistance higher than atmospheric pressure and a certain leak-tightness; a secondary reactor containment vessel installed outside of the primary reactor containment vessel and having a pressure resistance and a leak-tightness equivalent to the pressure resistance and the leak tightness of the primary reactor containment vessel; an air bag installed in the secondary reactor containment vessel and being configured to receive high-pressure gas released from the primary reactor containment vessel upon an occurrence of an accident in the primary reactor containment vessel, and to expand while confining the gas therein; and a gas phase vent pipe connecting the primary reactor containment vessel and the air bag, characterized in that the air bag is configured to expand until the pressure in the secondary reactor containment vessel is equalized with the pressure in the air bag, thereby passively preventing leakage of the high-pressure gas from the primary containment vessel and the air bag. a primary reactor containment vessel containing a reactor pressure vessel and having a certain pressure resistance higher than atmospheric pressure and a certain leak-tightness; a secondary reactor containment vessel installed outside of the primary reactor containment vessel and having a pressure resistance and a leak-tightness equivalent to the pressure resistance and the leak tightness of the primary reactor containment vessel; an air bag installed in the secondary reactor containment vessel and being configured to receive high-pressure gas released from the primary reactor containment vessel upon an occurrence of an accident in the primary reactor containment vessel, and to expand while confining the gas therein; and a gas phase vent pipe connecting the primary reactor containment vessel and the air bag,
A cochlear implant electrode array comprising: an electrode array core (300, 1000, 1400, 1600) made of a flexible polymer material including an elongated helical portion having a plurality of helical turns; a plurality of electrode wires (302, 1002, 1602) embedded within the array core (300, 1000, 1400, 1600) for carrying electrical stimulation signals; at a terminal end of each electrode wire (302, 1002, 1602), an electrode stimulation contact (303, 1003, 1403, 1603) exposed through the array core (300, 1000, 1400, 1600) for applying the electrical stimulation signals to adjacent neural tissue; and an electrode carrier of resilient material encasing the electrode array core (300, 1000, 1400, 1600) and having an outer surface with a plurality of contact openings exposing the stimulation contacts (303, 1003, 1403, 1603). an electrode array core (300, 1000, 1400, 1600) made of a flexible polymer material including an elongated helical portion having a plurality of helical turns; a plurality of electrode wires (302, 1002, 1602) embedded within the array core (300, 1000, 1400, 1600) for carrying electrical stimulation signals; at a terminal end of each electrode wire (302, 1002, 1602), an electrode stimulation contact (303, 1003, 1403, 1603) exposed through the array core (300, 1000, 1400, 1600) for applying the electrical stimulation signals to adjacent neural tissue; and an electrode carrier of resilient material encasing the electrode array core (300, 1000, 1400, 1600) and having an outer surface with a plurality of contact openings exposing the stimulation contacts (303, 1003, 1403, 1603).
An elongated protective corner for applying against a portion of a product during transport or packaging so as to protect the portion of the product, the corner comprising: at least two non-corrugated paperboard plies combined together, each ply folded into a plurality of ply sections so as to create first and second wings (16, 18) intersecting substantially perpendicularly at an apex, characterized in that: each ply comprises at least a first, a second, a third, a fourth and a fifth ply section, and being configured so that at least the first and the fifth ply sections are superimposed and completely overlap, and the first and second wings (16, 18) have a thickness in the range of about 2.5 mm (100 points) to about 6.25 mm (250 points), and each ply is made from a paperboard having a grammage of about 120 to about 380 g/m 2, so that the apex has a resistance force of about 45 kg (100 lbs) to about 227 kg (500 lbs), the resistance force of the apex and the thickness of the wings being related in an exponential manner, the resistance force being obtainable by mounting the corner upon two blocks, both blocks being about 3.81 cm (1.5 inches) wide and separated by about 25.4 cm (10 inches), and a force being applied to the apex at a middle of the corner until a fracture is detected, the resistance force being the force at which the corner fractures. at least two non-corrugated paperboard plies combined together, each ply folded into a plurality of ply sections so as to create first and second wings (16, 18) intersecting substantially perpendicularly at an apex, each ply comprises at least a first, a second, a third, a fourth and a fifth ply section, and being configured so that at least the first and the fifth ply sections are superimposed and completely overlap, and the first and second wings (16, 18) have a thickness in the range of about 2.5 mm (100 points) to about 6.25 mm (250 points), and each ply is made from a paperboard having a grammage of about 120 to about 380 g/m 2,
A scroll member comprising: an end plate; a spiral lap standing on one side surface of the end plate, and extending from a center side to an outer peripheral end side; a top end side step portion provided on a top end side of the lap, the center side of the top end side step portion being lower than the outer peripheral end side of the top end side step portion; and a base end side step portion provided on a base end side of the lap, the center side of the base end side step portion being higher than the outer peripheral end side of the base end side step portion, characterized in that a thinned portion is provided only in a predetermined engagement range from at least an engagement start position of the lap in one or both of the top end side step portion and the base end side step portion. an end plate; a spiral lap standing on one side surface of the end plate, and extending from a center side to an outer peripheral end side; a top end side step portion provided on a top end side of the lap, the center side of the top end side step portion being lower than the outer peripheral end side of the top end side step portion; and a base end side step portion provided on a base end side of the lap, the center side of the base end side step portion being higher than the outer peripheral end side of the base end side step portion, characterized in that a thinned portion is provided only in a predetermined engagement range from at least an engagement start position of the lap in one or both of the top end side step portion and the base end side step portion.
Ball joint having a joint housing, which comprises an inner space adapted for housing the joint ball of a ball pin and also an opening on one side for the passage of the joint ball, wherein the joint ball has an adjoining pin portion of the ball pin, - having a contact region, present on the outer lateral surface of the housing, for fastening a sealing boot edge of a sealing boot in a sealing manner, - having a joint closure, formed in one piece on the housing, for fixing the joint ball of the ball pin in a rotatable and pivotable manner in the inner space, wherein the joint closure is formed by cold-forming a circumferential forming portion of the housing in the direction of the midpoint of the joint ball, characterized in that the joint housing is produced as a whole by a cold-forming method, in that, after the housing has been finished, the material displaced during this cold-forming method forms the forming portion of the housing, and in that the opening is formed as an elongated hole by forming the forming portion of the housing, wherein the forming portion has two recessed edge portions lying diametrically opposite one another and, between the recessed edge portions, in each case raised edge portions. - having a contact region, present on the outer lateral surface of the housing, for fastening a sealing boot edge of a sealing boot in a sealing manner, - having a joint closure, formed in one piece on the housing, for fixing the joint ball of the ball pin in a rotatable and pivotable manner in the inner space, wherein
Leather with change of surface colour depending on the temperature, where the aforesaid leather comprises at least a leather base material layer and a coating material layer, where the aforesaid coating material layer comprises at least a first coating material layer applied on the aforesaid leather base material layer, and a functional layer applied on the aforesaid first coating material layer, where in the aforesaid functional layer there is an agent with reversible heat-sensitive colour change, so that the aforesaid functional layer performs a colour change on reaching a temperature of 30 - 80°C, where the aforesaid functional layer performs a colour change preferably on reaching a temperature of 30 - 50°C, characterized in that the aforesaid functional layer is applied regionally on the aforesaid first coating material layer in the form of a particular pattern, the aforesaid particular pattern preferably being a LOGO. where in the aforesaid functional layer there is an agent with reversible heat-sensitive colour change, so that the aforesaid functional layer performs a colour change on reaching a temperature of 30 - 80°C, where the aforesaid functional layer performs a colour change preferably on reaching a temperature of 30 - 50°C, characterized in that the aforesaid functional layer is applied regionally on the aforesaid first coating material layer in the form of a particular pattern, the aforesaid particular pattern preferably being a LOGO.
A parabolic antenna positioner comprising: - a base, - a support cradle being mounted so it can rotate relative to the base along a first axis of rotation, - a mobile assembly including a parabolic antenna, supported by the support cradle, and mounted so that it can rotate relative to the support cradle along a second axis of rotation, orthogonal to the first axis of rotation, the second axis of rotation being separated from the axis of rotation of the support cradle by a non-null distance measured in the plane of rotation of the cradle, characterized in that said distance is such that the center of gravity of the support cradle and the mobile assembly is situated on the first axis of rotation. - a base, - a support cradle being mounted so it can rotate relative to the base along a first axis of rotation, - a mobile assembly including a parabolic antenna, supported by the support cradle, and mounted so that it can rotate relative to the support cradle along a second axis of rotation, orthogonal to the first axis of rotation, the second axis of rotation being separated from the axis of rotation of the support cradle by a non-null distance measured in the plane of rotation of the cradle,
A method of extracting radioisotope fission products from a nuclear fuel target, wherein the nuclear fuel target is irradiated by a nuclear reactor, and wherein the nuclear fuel target contains nuclear fuel material present as an oxide, characterised in that a gas mixture containing both oxygen atoms and halide atoms is used to extract said radioisotope fission products.
A shutoff valve for pipes and the like, which has a housing (1, 1a) that incorporates at least one rotatable flap disk which can be used to shut off a flow cross sectional area of the shutoff valve inside of the housing (1, 1a), and which has a seal (5, 5a) bordering the flow cross sectional area in the area of the shutoff valve, wherein the seal (5, 5a) consists of two annular ring bodies (7, 7a, 7', 7a') which abut each other, wherein the annular ring bodies (7, 7a, 7', 7a') of the seal (5, 5a) are aligned concentrically to each other, wherein a first annular ring body (7, 7a) of the seal (5, 5a) has a larger annular ring body height than a second annular ring body (7',7a') of the seal, wherein the annular ring bodies (7, 7a, 7', 7a') comprising the seal (5, 5a) butt against each other on the outside center to a closed position of the flap disk, characterized in that a shaft shank of the flap disk extends through the entire flap disk.
A rearview device for a motor vehicle, comprising a camera arrangement for detecting a rearward traffic situation and an output unit, in particular a screen, which is connected to the camera arrangement and on which the rearward traffic situation captured by the camera arrangement is displayed as a camera image at least for a driver of the motor vehicle, wherein the output unit is an output unit that is partially reflective at least in regions and, without a displayed camera image, visibly displays a conventional mirror image of the rearward traffic situation at least in regions of the output unit and, in the switched-on state, displays a camera image with suitable image properties, which make the conventional mirror image appear so as to be at least predominantly invisible, and the rearview device additionally comprises a control unit for determining a degree of impairment of the camera image, wherein the control unit, when a predetermined degree of impairment of the camera image is exceeded, automatically actuates the output unit such that the camera image is no longer displayed on the output unit and instead the output unit displays the rearward traffic situation using a conventional mirror image, characterized in that the degree of impairment of the camera image is brought about by contamination of the camera arrangement, and in that the control unit recognizes that the contamination has been removed and, in response thereto, switches on the output unit again. wherein the output unit is an output unit that is partially reflective at least in regions and, without a displayed camera image, visibly displays a conventional mirror image of the rearward traffic situation at least in regions of the output unit and, in the switched-on state, displays a camera image with suitable image properties, which make the conventional mirror image appear so as to be at least predominantly invisible, and the rearview device additionally comprises a control unit for determining a degree of impairment of the camera image, wherein the control unit, when a predetermined degree of impairment of the camera image is exceeded, automatically actuates the output unit such that the camera image is no longer displayed on the output unit and instead the output unit displays the rearward traffic situation using a conventional mirror image, characterized in that the degree of impairment of the camera image is brought about by contamination of the camera arrangement, and in that the control unit recognizes that the contamination has been removed and, in response thereto, switches on the output unit again.
A system for treating dental or periodontal problems, the system comprising: a solution for being dispensed in the root canal or area of interest; said at least one solution having a first component which enlarges and porositizes nerve tissue and a second component which dissolves nerve tissue and debrides the accompanying area; a source of pulsed laser light for applying an activating energy to the first solution upon being dispensed in the root canal or area of interest in order to activate the first component of the solution, thereby mechanically removing tissue from walls of the root canal or from the area of interest,; an optical light fiber attached to a proximal end of the laser source having an application tip at a distal end of the optical light fiber so that pulsed light from the laser source is transmitted into and through the application tip for being emitted into the first solution to produce a photoacoustic wave therein; said application tip having a tapered angle; wherein the optical light fiber comprises cladding which is stripped rearwardly from about 5 mm to about 15 mm of the distal end of the optical light fiber. a solution for being dispensed in the root canal or area of interest; said at least one solution having a first component which enlarges and porositizes nerve tissue and a second component which dissolves nerve tissue and debrides the accompanying area; a source of pulsed laser light for applying an activating energy to the first solution upon being dispensed in the root canal or area of interest in order to activate the first component of the solution, thereby mechanically removing tissue from walls of the root canal or from the area of interest,; an optical light fiber attached to a proximal end of the laser source having an application tip at a distal end of the optical light fiber so that pulsed light from the laser source is transmitted into and through the application tip for being emitted into the first solution to produce a photoacoustic wave therein; said application tip having a tapered angle; wherein the optical light fiber comprises cladding which is stripped rearwardly from about 5 mm to about 15 mm of the distal end of the optical light fiber.
A surgical instrument assembly comprising: a processor; a surgical instrument configured to operate on an anatomical structure, the surgical instrument comprises a cutting instrument having a cutting tip configured to remove anatomical material from a target location of the anatomical structure; a display coupled to the processor and attached to the surgical instrument, the display configured to display fluoroscopic data of the anatomical structure, the fluoroscopic data generated by an imaging device; and a memory in communication with the processor, the memory having stored therein instructions that, upon execution by the processor, cause the surgical instrument assembly to receive the fluoroscopic data in real-time from the imaging device, characterized in that the memory has further stored therein instructions that, upon execution by the processor, cause the surgical instrument assembly to display an indication of error on the display when a quality of a communication link between the imaging device and the surgical instrument assembly is below a predetermined threshold. a processor; a surgical instrument configured to operate on an anatomical structure, the surgical instrument comprises a cutting instrument having a cutting tip configured to remove anatomical material from a target location of the anatomical structure; a display coupled to the processor and attached to the surgical instrument, the display configured to display fluoroscopic data of the anatomical structure, the fluoroscopic data generated by an imaging device; and a memory in communication with the processor, the memory having stored therein instructions that, upon execution by the processor, cause the surgical instrument assembly to receive the fluoroscopic data in real-time from the imaging device, characterized in that the memory has further stored therein instructions that, upon execution by the processor, cause the surgical instrument assembly to display an indication of error on the display when a quality of a communication link between the imaging device and the surgical instrument assembly is below a predetermined threshold.
A lithium ion battery positive electrode material comprising an active composition comprising lithium cobalt oxide LiCoO2 coated with an inorganic coating composition wherein the coating composition comprises a metal chloride, metal bromide, metal iodide, or combinations thereof.
A tolerance ring comprising: a body including a plurality of sidewall segments, each sidewall segment having a thickness and a height, wherein a pair of sidewall segments meet at angles A, wherein each angle A is no less than 60°, wherein the body has an aspect ratio, as measured by a ratio of the height of the sidewall segment to the thickness of the sidewall segment, of at least 2:1, wherein each sidewall segment is generally planar in an unassembled state, wherein at least one sidewall segment of the plurality of sidewall segments is adapted to form one point of contact with an inner component and two points of contact with an outer component, and wherein the tolerance ring comprises a regular equilateral polygon. a body including a plurality of sidewall segments, each sidewall segment having a thickness and a height, wherein a pair of sidewall segments meet at angles A, wherein each angle A is no less than 60°, wherein the body has an aspect ratio, as measured by a ratio of the height of the sidewall segment to the thickness of the sidewall segment, of at least 2:1, wherein each sidewall segment is generally planar in an unassembled state, wherein at least one sidewall segment of the plurality of sidewall segments is adapted to form one point of contact with an inner component and two points of contact with an outer component, and wherein the tolerance ring comprises a regular equilateral polygon.