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A low frequency, LF, antenna control circuit, comprising: an antenna driver to drive an antenna; a current and phase measurement circuit to measure antenna current and signal phase; a modulator to modulate a signal to be transmitted via the antenna, wherein the signal includes encoded bits of data to be transmitted; and a controller configured to drive the antenna through the antenna driver using a first fixed amplitude for a first time period (T1, 202), a second fixed amplitude for a second time period (T2, 204) that is subsequent to the first time period and, subsequent to the second time period, to drive the antenna using step up/down voltages based on the measured antenna current and signal phase. an antenna driver to drive an antenna; a current and phase measurement circuit to measure antenna current and signal phase; a modulator to modulate a signal to be transmitted via the antenna, wherein the signal includes encoded bits of data to be transmitted; and a controller configured to drive the antenna through the antenna driver using a first fixed amplitude for a first time period (T1, 202), a second fixed amplitude for a second time period (T2, 204) that is subsequent to the first time period and, subsequent to the second time period, to drive the antenna using step up/down voltages based on the measured antenna current and signal phase.
A method for estimating the angular deviation of a moving element relative to a reference direction, the method comprising the following steps: - acquisition of a reference image that is representative of a reference direction of the moving element; - acquisition of a current image that is representative of the current direction of the moving element; - identification of points of interest in the reference image and in the current image; - determination of at least two pairs of points of interest, one pair being made up of a point of interest in the current image and of a point of interest corresponding thereto in the reference image; - determination of the angular deviation between the current direction and the reference direction of the moving element by using the at least two pairs of points identified in the preceding step; characterised in that: - the refresh rate of the current image is adapted according to the estimated mean distance between the points of interest identified in the current image, the refresh rate being increased when the points of interest approach one another. - acquisition of a reference image that is representative of a reference direction of the moving element; - acquisition of a current image that is representative of the current direction of the moving element; - identification of points of interest in the reference image and in the current image; - determination of at least two pairs of points of interest, one pair being made up of a point of interest in the current image and of a point of interest corresponding thereto in the reference image; - determination of the angular deviation between the current direction and the reference direction of the moving element by using the at least two pairs of points identified in the preceding step; characterised in that: - the refresh rate of the current image is adapted according to the estimated mean distance between the points of interest identified in the current image, the refresh rate being increased when the points of interest approach one another.
Pressure measuring device for detecting a pressure in a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, having a force transmission body which is arranged in a housing, is exposed to the combustion chamber, and transmits the combustion chamber pressure to a pressure measuring unit at least indirectly by means of an axial movement, and having a resiliently flexible diaphragm which is arranged between the force transmission body and the housing, the resiliently flexible diaphragm being of sprung configuration, in order to realise the axial movement of the force transmission body within the housing, characterized in that - the force transmission body is held within the housing by means of the resiliently flexible diaphragm, and in that - a resiliently flexible additional diaphragm is connected in front of the resiliently flexible diaphragm on the combustion chamber side, which additional diaphragm seals the resiliently flexible diaphragm towards the combustion chamber, the additional diaphragm being manufactured from a flexurally slack material, in such a way that the flexural stiffness of the resiliently flexible additional diaphragm is considerably lower than the flexural stiffness of the resiliently flexible diaphragm, with the result that the additional diaphragm does not absorb any substantial flexural stresses and, to this extent, has only minimum mechanical effects on the pressure force which is absorbed by means of the force transmission body. - the force transmission body is held within the housing by means of the resiliently flexible diaphragm, and in that - a resiliently flexible additional diaphragm is connected in front of the resiliently flexible diaphragm on the combustion chamber side, which additional diaphragm seals the resiliently flexible diaphragm towards the combustion chamber, the additional diaphragm being manufactured from a flexurally slack material, in such a way that the flexural stiffness of the resiliently flexible additional diaphragm is considerably lower than the flexural stiffness of the resiliently flexible diaphragm, with the result that the additional diaphragm does not absorb any substantial flexural stresses and, to this extent, has only minimum mechanical effects on the pressure force which is absorbed by means of the force transmission body.
Cement applicator for introducing bone cement during the implantation of prostheses in bone, comprising at least - a universal connection for connection to a mixing system - a prechamber comprising a first side, a second side and a jacket which connects the first side and the second side to one another in a fluid-tight manner, - wherein the first side can be connected to the universal connection through which fluid can flow and is suitable for receiving bone cement from a mixing system, and - wherein the second side is arranged opposite the first side and has at least one outlet hole through which the bone cement can emerge, - an outlet region, which is arranged adjacent to the prechamber, wherein the second side of the prechamber forms the first side of the outlet region, so that the outlet region is connected to the prechamber via the at least one outlet hole so that fluid can flow through it, so that bone cement can flow from the prechamber into the outlet region, wherein the outlet region is further designed such that its second side opposite the prechamber is open and can be arranged on a bone, - a torsion protection guide, wherein this is arranged between the prechamber and the outlet chamber, so that the cement applicator can rest flat on a bone characterised in that the cement applicator further comprises a guide mandrel which is arranged such that it projects with a first end into the prechamber such that it can pierce a closure of a mixing system through at least one universal connection, so that bone cement can pass from the mixing system via the universal connection into the antechamber, wherein a second end of the guide mandrel opposite the first end can be attached within a prepared medullary canal of a bone. - a universal connection for connection to a mixing system - a prechamber comprising a first side, a second side and a jacket which connects the first side and the second side to one another in a fluid-tight manner, - wherein the first side can be connected to the universal connection through which fluid can flow and is suitable for receiving bone cement from a mixing system, and - wherein the second side is arranged opposite the first side and has at least one outlet hole through which the bone cement can emerge, - an outlet region, which is arranged adjacent to the prechamber, wherein the second side of the prechamber forms the first side of the outlet region, so that the outlet region is connected to the prechamber via the at least one outlet hole so that fluid can flow through it, so that bone cement can flow from the prechamber into the outlet region, wherein the outlet region is further designed such that its second side opposite the prechamber is open and can be arranged on a bone, - a torsion protection guide, wherein this is arranged between the prechamber and the outlet chamber, so that the cement applicator can rest flat on a bone
An endoscope system including an endoscope and a medical instrument (50a, 50b), the medical instrument (50a, 50b) being adapted to be inserted into a channel in an insertion portion of the endoscope, the endoscope being equipped with an elongated insertion portion which includes an image pickup/illumination optical system and a bending portion installed in a distal part, and is provided with the channel, the medical instrument (50a, 50b) comprising: an elongated sheath (52a, 52b) which has a treating portion (51a, 51b) consecutively installed on a distal side and used to perform various treatments in a body cavity by being extended from a distal end of the insertion portion, the sheath (52a, 52b) including a rigid portion (60a, 60b) with predetermined flexibility which is disposed at the distal side, and a flexible portion (61a, 61b) which is consecutively installed on a proximal side of the rigid portion (60a, 60b) and is more flexible than the rigid portion (60a, 60b) characterised in that the rigid portion is longer than the channel of the insertion portion. an elongated sheath (52a, 52b) which has a treating portion (51a, 51b) consecutively installed on a distal side and used to perform various treatments in a body cavity by being extended from a distal end of the insertion portion, the sheath (52a, 52b) including a rigid portion (60a, 60b) with predetermined flexibility which is disposed at the distal side, and a flexible portion (61a, 61b) which is consecutively installed on a proximal side of the rigid portion (60a, 60b) and is more flexible than the rigid portion (60a, 60b) characterised in that the rigid portion is longer than the channel of the insertion portion.
Carbonation curing equipment comprising: a carbonation curing tank having a shielded internal space wherein in the carbonation curing tank, an object, namely concrete (hardened cement paste), to be carbonation-cured is held in such a manner that its surface necessary to be carbonated is exposed to the gas atmosphere in the shielded space and in a form-removal state; a flue gas circulator for supplying the flue gas exhausted from a thermal power plant to the inside of the carbonation curing tank and for circulating the flue gas in the carbonation curing tank; a temperature/humidity regulating device for regulating the temperature and humidity of the flue gas in the carbonation curing tank; a flue gas feed pipe branched out from a flue for communicating (connecting) a flue gas exhaust port of the thermal power plant and a chimney, wherein the flue gas exhausted (discharged)from the thermal power plant is supplied to the inside of the carbonation curing tank through an air conveying blower provided at the flue gas feed pipe and through the flue gas circulator during the carbonation curing period. a carbonation curing tank having a shielded internal space wherein in the carbonation curing tank, an object, namely concrete (hardened cement paste), to be carbonation-cured is held in such a manner that its surface necessary to be carbonated is exposed to the gas atmosphere in the shielded space and in a form-removal state; a flue gas circulator for supplying the flue gas exhausted from a thermal power plant to the inside of the carbonation curing tank and for circulating the flue gas in the carbonation curing tank; a temperature/humidity regulating device for regulating the temperature and humidity of the flue gas in the carbonation curing tank; a flue gas feed pipe branched out from a flue for communicating (connecting) a flue gas exhaust port of the thermal power plant and a chimney, wherein the flue gas exhausted (discharged)from the thermal power plant is supplied to the inside of the carbonation curing tank through an air conveying blower provided at the flue gas feed pipe and through the flue gas circulator during the carbonation curing period.
A method for manufacturing a stiff, multilayer card body for a portable data carrier having the following steps of: - making available a layer of an opaque plastic, - making available a carbon fiber layer (2, 4) of carbon fiber fabric, - impregnating the carbon fiber layer (2, 4) with epoxy resin, - fusing the layers (2, 3, 4) to form a semifinished product, - printing the upper side of the carbon fiber layer of the semifinished product with a graphic pattern in a screen printing process or an offset printing process, - detaching the card body from the semifinished product by means of a separating tool that is guided relative to the semifinished product along a path describing the edge contour of the card body. - making available a layer of an opaque plastic, - making available a carbon fiber layer (2, 4) of carbon fiber fabric, - impregnating the carbon fiber layer (2, 4) with epoxy resin, - fusing the layers (2, 3, 4) to form a semifinished product, - printing the upper side of the carbon fiber layer of the semifinished product with a graphic pattern in a screen printing process or an offset printing process, - detaching the card body from the semifinished product by means of a separating tool that is guided relative to the semifinished product along a path describing the edge contour of the card body.
A method for transmitting a signal field in a wireless local area network, WLAN, the method comprising: generating, by a first station, STA, a signal field having a first signaling part and a second signaling part, wherein the first signaling part is a legacy signal, L-SIG, field and the second signaling part is high efficiency WLAN signal, HEW-SIG, field; and transmitting, by the first STA, the signal field in a physical layer protocol data unit, PPDU, to a second STA, wherein the PPDU includes a reference orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, OFDM, symbol transporting the first signaling part, preceding at least a first, second and third OFDM symbol transporting the second signaling part, wherein at least one of a second constellation used in the second OFDM symbol and a third constellation used in the third OFDM symbol is rotated based on a first constellation used in the reference OFDM symbol and the first OFDM symbol, and characterized in that the second signaling part includes information on duration of a transmission opportunity, TXOP, for the second STA. generating, by a first station, STA, a signal field having a first signaling part and a second signaling part, wherein the first signaling part is a legacy signal, L-SIG, field and the second signaling part is high efficiency WLAN signal, HEW-SIG, field; and transmitting, by the first STA, the signal field in a physical layer protocol data unit, PPDU, to a second STA, wherein the PPDU includes a reference orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, OFDM, symbol transporting the first signaling part, preceding at least a first, second and third OFDM symbol transporting the second signaling part, wherein at least one of a second constellation used in the second OFDM symbol and a third constellation used in the third OFDM symbol is rotated based on a first constellation used in the reference OFDM symbol and the first OFDM symbol, and characterized in that the second signaling part includes information on duration of a transmission opportunity, TXOP, for the second STA.
A video decoding apparatus for subjecting a video image to motion compensated decoding, the apparatus comprising: an acquisition module configured to acquire available blocks having motion vectors and number of the available blocks from decoded blocks adjacent to a to-be-decoded block; a selection information decoding module configured to select one selection code table from a plurality of code tables depending on the number of the available blocks and decode selection information specifying one selection block from the available blocks using a code table having the same number of entries as the number of the available blocks and not to decode the selection information when the number of available blocks is 1; a selection module configured to select one selection block from the available blocks according to the selection information; and an image decoding module to subject the to-be-decoded block to a motion compensated prediction decoding using a motion vector of the selected block. an acquisition module configured to acquire available blocks having motion vectors and number of the available blocks from decoded blocks adjacent to a to-be-decoded block; a selection information decoding module configured to select one selection code table from a plurality of code tables depending on the number of the available blocks and decode selection information specifying one selection block from the available blocks using a code table having the same number of entries as the number of the available blocks and not to decode the selection information when the number of available blocks is 1; a selection module configured to select one selection block from the available blocks according to the selection information; and an image decoding module to subject the to-be-decoded block to a motion compensated prediction decoding using a motion vector of the selected block.
A method for weather forecasting, comprising the steps of: - capturing an image of a scene with a thermal imaging camera; characterized in that it further comprises the steps of: - identifying at least two different elements within the image by an element recognition module; - determining at least one common physical parameter of the elements, wherein each element is described with its own physical parameter value; - reading temperatures of the elements; - correlating the temperatures of the elements with their physical parameter values; - analyzing the temperatures and physical parameter values of the elements, comprising determining a thermal parameter of the elements based on their physical parameter values and comparing temperatures of the elements; and - determining changes in ambient temperature based on the thermal parameter and temperatures of the elements. - capturing an image of a scene with a thermal imaging camera; - identifying at least two different elements within the image by an element recognition module; - determining at least one common physical parameter of the elements, wherein each element is described with its own physical parameter value; - reading temperatures of the elements; - correlating the temperatures of the elements with their physical parameter values; - analyzing the temperatures and physical parameter values of the elements, comprising determining a thermal parameter of the elements based on their physical parameter values and comparing temperatures of the elements; and - determining changes in ambient temperature based on the thermal parameter and temperatures of the elements.
A charging container configured to store and charge a pair of wireless earbuds (200A; 200B), the charging container being formed and sized to accommodate the pair of wireless earbuds (200A; 200B), and the charging container comprising: a first part comprising a molded part including a recess to receive the pair of wireless earbuds (200A; 200B) for placement of the pair of wireless earbuds (200A; 200B), wherein the shape of the recess corresponds to the shape of the pair of wireless earbuds (200A; 200B); and a second part attached to the first part to form a lid for enclosing the pair of wireless earbuds (200A; 200B) when the second part faces the first part, and wherein the whole or substantially the whole second part is made of a flexible material thereby enabling tactile feedback for confirming the presence or non-presence of the pair of wireless earbuds (200A; 200B) when the charging container is in a closed position; and wherein the charging container is configured to charge the pair of wireless earbuds (200A; 200B) when the pair of wireless earbuds (200A; 200B) is positioned in said recess. a first part comprising a molded part including a recess to receive the pair of wireless earbuds (200A; 200B) for placement of the pair of wireless earbuds (200A; 200B), wherein the shape of the recess corresponds to the shape of the pair of wireless earbuds (200A; 200B); and a second part attached to the first part to form a lid for enclosing the pair of wireless earbuds (200A; 200B) when the second part faces the first part, and wherein the whole or substantially the whole second part is made of a flexible material thereby enabling tactile feedback for confirming the presence or non-presence of the pair of wireless earbuds (200A; 200B) when the charging container is in a closed position; and wherein the charging container is configured to charge the pair of wireless earbuds (200A; 200B) when the pair of wireless earbuds (200A; 200B) is positioned in said recess.
A stent system for use within a body lumen, the system comprising: an interior stent component having a proximal end, a distal end, and a generally tubular cylindrical body defining a central flow lumen there through; and characterised by an exterior stent component including a plurality of longitudinally-extending connectors, wherein the proximal and distal ends of the interior stent component are attached to the exterior stent component such that the longitudinally-extending connectors are radially positioned around the tubular body of the interior stent component, wherein when the stent system is in an expanded configuration the longitudinally-extending connectors of the exterior stent component are configured to bow radially outward against a vessel wall of the body lumen while the interior stent component remains radially positioned within the longitudinally-extending connectors, wherein foreshortening of the interior stent component occurs between an unexpanded configuration and the expanded configuration of the stent system to control radial expansion of the longitudinally-extending connectors. an interior stent component having a proximal end, a distal end, and a generally tubular cylindrical body defining a central flow lumen there through; and characterised by an exterior stent component including a plurality of longitudinally-extending connectors, wherein the proximal and distal ends of the interior stent component are attached to the exterior stent component such that the longitudinally-extending connectors are radially positioned around the tubular body of the interior stent component, wherein when the stent system is in an expanded configuration the longitudinally-extending connectors of the exterior stent component are configured to bow radially outward against a vessel wall of the body lumen while the interior stent component remains radially positioned within the longitudinally-extending connectors, wherein foreshortening of the interior stent component occurs between an unexpanded configuration and the expanded configuration of the stent system to control radial expansion of the longitudinally-extending connectors.