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A method of processing signal outputs of a plurality of topologically distinct sensors in response to mechanical stimuli, the method comprising obtaining a plurality of topologically arranged temporal sensor outputs in parallel, extracting features by arithmetic processing in parallel of neighbouring temporal sensor outputs in a topology consistent way, including preserving their spatial localisation, the features being identified by a dynamic behaviour pattern, the dynamic behaviour comprising any of a variation (606, 608), vibration and/or oscillation (610, 612, 614, 616), characterized in that said extracting of features in a topology consistent way comprises arranging the features in a topology maintaining array or arrays, and/or recognising the features in sensor outputs, determining a quality of the extracted features; and spatially filtering or spatio-temporal filtering of the array or arrays.
A method for service management of a passive optical fiber network comprising an optical line terminal, OLT, an optical network unit, ONU, and an optical network unit management control interface for realizing a virtualization network function, OMCI VNF, characterized in that the method comprises, determining a network connection status between the OLT and the OMCI VNF; maintaining communication with the OLT; acquiring optical network unit management control interface, OMCI, frame data transferred via the OLT; acquiring service information of the ONU according to the OMCI frame data; performing the service management to the passive optical fiber network according to the network connection status between the OLT and the OMCI VNF, and service information of the ONU, which comprises, performing service management to the ONU according to the service information of the ONU, in response to a disconnection between the OLT and the OMCI VNF; and performing a synchronization of the service information of the ONU with the OMCI VNF, according to the service information of the ONU, in response to a recovery of network status from disconnected status to connected status, between the OLT and the OMCI VNF; and responding, by a passive optical fiber network service management device provided external to the OLT, to an OMCI request of the ONU instead of the OMCI VNF to maintain proper performance of service of the ONU. determining a network connection status between the OLT and the OMCI VNF; maintaining communication with the OLT; acquiring optical network unit management control interface, OMCI, frame data transferred via the OLT; acquiring service information of the ONU according to the OMCI frame data; performing the service management to the passive optical fiber network according to the network connection status between the OLT and the OMCI VNF, and service information of the ONU, which comprises, performing service management to the ONU according to the service information of the ONU, in response to a disconnection between the OLT and the OMCI VNF; and performing a synchronization of the service information of the ONU with the OMCI VNF, according to the service information of the ONU, in response to a recovery of network status from disconnected status to connected status, between the OLT and the OMCI VNF; and responding, by a passive optical fiber network service management device provided external to the OLT, to an OMCI request of the ONU instead of the OMCI VNF to maintain proper performance of service of the ONU. performing service management to the ONU according to the service information of the ONU, in response to a disconnection between the OLT and the OMCI VNF; and performing a synchronization of the service information of the ONU with the OMCI VNF, according to the service information of the ONU, in response to a recovery of network status from disconnected status to connected status, between the OLT and the OMCI VNF; and
A method of making an optical-fiber ribbon, comprising: ( i) arranging a plurality of optical fibers into a longitudinal optical-fiber assembly having width w, wherein the plurality of optical fibers are parallel and respectively adjacent to each other; ( ii) advancing the longitudinal optical-fiber assembly at linear velocity v; and ( iii) applying bonding material to a surface of the optical-fiber assembly via a dispenser that is revolving around a central axis at a cyclical frequency r, characterized in that * the pitch v / r is 50 millimeters or greater and/or * the ratio of pitch v / r to the width w of the optical-fiber assembly is between 12 and 150. ( i) arranging a plurality of optical fibers into a longitudinal optical-fiber assembly having width w, wherein the plurality of optical fibers are parallel and respectively adjacent to each other; ( ii) advancing the longitudinal optical-fiber assembly at linear velocity v; and ( iii) applying bonding material to a surface of the optical-fiber assembly via a dispenser that is revolving around a central axis at a cyclical frequency r, characterized in that * the pitch v / r is 50 millimeters or greater and/or * the ratio of pitch v / r to the width w of the optical-fiber assembly is between 12 and 150. * the pitch v / r is 50 millimeters or greater and/or * the ratio of pitch v / r to the width w of the optical-fiber assembly is between 12 and 150.
An integrated circuit provided on a first substrate and configured for coupling to a DSP that is provided on a second, different, substrate, the integrated circuit comprising a voltage-controlled oscillator, VCO, and a VCO tuning circuit, the VCO tuning circuit comprising: a pulse-width modulator, PWM, configured to provide coarse tuning of the VCO; and a digital-to-analog converter, DAC, configured to provide fine tuning of the VCO; and wherein the VCO tuning circuit is configured to operably receive a digital tuning control signal from the digital signal processor. a pulse-width modulator, PWM, configured to provide coarse tuning of the VCO; and a digital-to-analog converter, DAC, configured to provide fine tuning of the VCO; and
A method implemented in a site selection controller, comprising: receiving, at the site selection controller from at least one requesting entity (200, 202, 204, 302) via a network interface (140, 150) of the site selection controller, at least one request for establishing a session, contents of the at least one request defining a geographical distribution of one or more participants to a session; preselecting, at the site selection controller, one or more geographically distributed sites from a list of potential serving sites based on the geographical distribution of the participants to the session; sending a probe request from the site selection controller to each of the preselected sites via the network interface (140, 150); receiving, at the site selection controller via the network interface (140, 150), probe responses from at least one of the preselected sites; selecting, at the site selection controller, a serving site for the session among the preselected sites based on the received probe responses; and responding, from the site selection controller to the at least one requesting entity (200, 202, 204, 302) via the network interface (140, 150), by sending an identification of the selected serving site for the session. receiving, at the site selection controller from at least one requesting entity (200, 202, 204, 302) via a network interface (140, 150) of the site selection controller, at least one request for establishing a session, contents of the at least one request defining a geographical distribution of one or more participants to a session; preselecting, at the site selection controller, one or more geographically distributed sites from a list of potential serving sites based on the geographical distribution of the participants to the session; sending a probe request from the site selection controller to each of the preselected sites via the network interface (140, 150); receiving, at the site selection controller via the network interface (140, 150), probe responses from at least one of the preselected sites; selecting, at the site selection controller, a serving site for the session among the preselected sites based on the received probe responses; and responding, from the site selection controller to the at least one requesting entity (200, 202, 204, 302) via the network interface (140, 150), by sending an identification of the selected serving site for the session.
Method for operating a motor vehicle, wherein according to the method - situation variables are detected by means of a number of environment sensors (8, 10), - a current driving situation is derived from the number of situation variables by means of a controller, - a number of control inputs used to control the motor vehicle are detected, - a behaviour pattern for a specific driver is determined by means of the controller on the basis of the control inputs, is assigned to the current driving situation, and is stored in a memory unit of the controller, - should it be concluded on the basis of the situation variables that the view is restricted, the lack of safety of the behaviour pattern determined for the current driving situation is compared with that of a behaviour pattern for the same driver determined for a driving situation with an unrestricted view, and - the use of a view enhancement system is recommended if a lack of safety for the driver is identified on the basis of the comparison. - situation variables are detected by means of a number of environment sensors (8, 10), - a current driving situation is derived from the number of situation variables by means of a controller, - a number of control inputs used to control the motor vehicle are detected, - a behaviour pattern for a specific driver is determined by means of the controller on the basis of the control inputs, is assigned to the current driving situation, and is stored in a memory unit of the controller, - should it be concluded on the basis of the situation variables that the view is restricted, the lack of safety of the behaviour pattern determined for the current driving situation is compared with that of a behaviour pattern for the same driver determined for a driving situation with an unrestricted view, and - the use of a view enhancement system is recommended if a lack of safety for the driver is identified on the basis of the comparison.
A combine harvester for harvesting plants, comprising: - at least one threshing means, by means of which fruit from harvested plants can be detached from plant debris from the harvested plants, - at least one separating means for separating the detached fruits from the plant debris, - at least one conveying device (4, 5) for transferring a material flow of plant debris from the separating means, - at least one comminuting means for comminuting plant debris, as well as - at least one discharge device, by means of which a material flow of comminuted plant debris can be transferred from the comminuting means and discharged from the combine harvester, wherein the discharge device comprises at least two distributing devices (8, 9) disposed side by side as well as a dividing element, by means of which the material flow originating from the comminuting means can be divided onto the two distributing devices (8, 9), wherein the discharge device is disposed behind the conveying device (4, 5) in a manner such that the material flow conveyed by means of the conveying device (4, 5) can be transferred to the discharge device, characterized in that entry points (11, 12) for the material flow originating from the conveying device (4, 5) disposed on the distributing devices (8, 9) are disposed outside an effective range of the dividing element, wherein the dividing element is disposed in a central region between the distributing devices (8, 9) and extends in the direction of the comminuting means, so that the material flow originating from the comminuting means can be divided at the dividing element into two substreams which can respectively be fed to one of the distributing devices (8, 9). - at least one threshing means, by means of which fruit from harvested plants can be detached from plant debris from the harvested plants, - at least one separating means for separating the detached fruits from the plant debris, - at least one conveying device (4, 5) for transferring a material flow of plant debris from the separating means, - at least one comminuting means for comminuting plant debris, as well as - at least one discharge device, by means of which a material flow of comminuted plant debris can be transferred from the comminuting means and discharged from the combine harvester,
A power supply and drive device for a permanent magnet electric motor, the device comprising a full-wave voltage rectifier stage, configured to be supplied with an alternating current voltage to provide a rectified voltage, a power factor corrector stage, at least one smoothing capacitor to provide a direct current voltage and a motor drive stage, which is supplied with said direct current voltage; said at least one smoothing capacitor being not of the electrolytic type and the power factor corrector stage comprising control means to control an input current (IPFC) of the power factor corrector stage; wherein said control means are feedback control means, which are designed to generate a reference current (IREF) as a function of said direct current voltage and to control said input current (IPFC) as a function of the reference current (IREF), the device being characterised in that said motor drive stage is configured to provide a first signal indicating a measure of the power required by the motor and said feedback control means are configured to generate said reference current as a function of said first signal and comprises first signal processing means to obtain a second signal as a function of a voltage difference (VDIF) between said direct current voltage and a reference voltage value (VREF), second signal processing means to obtain a third signal as a function of a division of the first signal by said reference voltage value (VREF) and third signal processing means (16, 18) to obtain said reference current (IREF) as a function of the second signal and of the third signal; said first signal processing means comprising a low-pass filter to filter said voltage difference (VDIF).
An absorbent article comprising: a topsheet; a backsheet film; an absorbent core positioned at least partially intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet; an outer cover nonwoven material in a facing relationship with at least a portion of the backsheet film, the outer cover nonwoven material comprising a nonwoven fabric comprising a garment-facing surface; the nonwoven fabric comprising a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on the garment-facing surface, each of the three-dimensional features defining a microzone comprising a first region and a second region, the first and second regions having a difference in values for an intensive property, wherein the intensive property is one or more of: thickness, basis weight, and volumetric density; wherein a portion of the garment-facing surface has a total region one area in the range of about 5% to about 25% of a total area of the portion of the garment-facing surface, the region one area corresponding to a resin pattern on a forming belt used for making the nonwoven fabric, with the remainder of the portion of the garment-facing surface being a total region two area, the region two area corresponding to areas on the forming belt that are resin free, said portion of the garment-facing surface having a TS7 value in the range of about 1 dB V 2 rms to about 4.5 dB V 2 rms, according to the Emtec Test; and wherein the portion of the garment-facing surface has a TS750 value in the range of about 6 dB V 2 rms to about 30 dB V 2 rms, according to the Emtec Test. a topsheet; a backsheet film; an absorbent core positioned at least partially intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet; an outer cover nonwoven material in a facing relationship with at least a portion of the backsheet film, the outer cover nonwoven material comprising a nonwoven fabric comprising a garment-facing surface; the nonwoven fabric comprising a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on the garment-facing surface, each of the three-dimensional features defining a microzone comprising a first region and a second region, the first and second regions having a difference in values for an intensive property, wherein the intensive property is one or more of: thickness, basis weight, and volumetric density; wherein a portion of the garment-facing surface has a total region one area in the range of about 5% to about 25% of a total area of the portion of the garment-facing surface, the region one area corresponding to a resin pattern on a forming belt used for making the nonwoven fabric, with the remainder of the portion of the garment-facing surface being a total region two area, the region two area corresponding to areas on the forming belt that are resin free, said portion of the garment-facing surface having a TS7 value in the range of about 1 dB V 2 rms to about 4.5 dB V 2 rms, according to the Emtec Test; and wherein the portion of the garment-facing surface has a TS750 value in the range of about 6 dB V 2 rms to about 30 dB V 2 rms, according to the Emtec Test.
A control system to control the quality of at least one reflector body of a lamp of a motor vehicle, the control system is characterized in that it comprises a validation system to validate the quality of the reflector body comprising: at least one first light source, which is designed to emit a first predetermined light beam to irradiate the reflecting surface of said reflector body, an image capturing apparatus, which is arranged so as to capture one or more first images (IMG1(i)) containing the irradiated reflecting surface of said reflector body, a processing device, which is configured so as to: - process said one or more first images (IMG1(i)) in order to determine the actual reflectance of the reflector body, - determine a quality condition of said reflector body to be validated based on said actual reflectance. at least one first light source, which is designed to emit a first predetermined light beam to irradiate the reflecting surface of said reflector body, an image capturing apparatus, which is arranged so as to capture one or more first images (IMG1(i)) containing the irradiated reflecting surface of said reflector body, - process said one or more first images (IMG1(i)) in order to determine the actual reflectance of the reflector body, - determine a quality condition of said reflector body to be validated based on said actual reflectance.
A component carrier comprising a base structure comprising a first metallic layer and a second metallic layer being separated by at least one dielectric layer; an antenna arrangement having at least a first antenna element (442, 742) and a second antenna element (446, 746), wherein both antennas elements are embedded within the base structure; and an electronic component, which is embedded within the base structure and which is operatively connected both with the first antenna element (442, 742) and the second antenna element (446, 746), wherein the electronic component is an active electronic component which is capable of (i) providing a first transmit signal to the first antenna element and a second transmit signal to the second antenna element and/or (ii) processing a first receive signal received from the first antenna element and a second receive signal received from the second antenna element, wherein the antenna elements (442, 446, 742, 746) include at least a part of the firstmetallic layer and at least a part of the second metallic layer, characterized in that the antenna elements (142, 146) comprise a recess or a slot formed within a structure made from an electrically conductive material and are each formed within and at least partially at a side wall of an opening which itself is formed at an upper surface of the base structure and within the base structure. a base structure comprising a first metallic layer and a second metallic layer being separated by at least one dielectric layer; an antenna arrangement having at least a first antenna element (442, 742) and a second antenna element (446, 746), wherein both antennas elements are embedded within the base structure; and an electronic component, which is embedded within the base structure and which is operatively connected both with the first antenna element (442, 742) and the second antenna element (446, 746), wherein the electronic component is an active electronic component which is capable of (i) providing a first transmit signal to the first antenna element and a second transmit signal to the second antenna element and/or (ii) processing a first receive signal received from the first antenna element and a second receive signal received from the second antenna element, (i) providing a first transmit signal to the first antenna element and a second transmit signal to the second antenna element and/or (ii) processing a first receive signal received from the first antenna element and a second receive signal received from the second antenna element, wherein the antenna elements (442, 446, 742, 746) include at least a part of the firstmetallic layer and at least a part of the second metallic layer, characterized in that the antenna elements (142, 146) comprise a recess or a slot formed within a structure made from an electrically conductive material and are each formed within and at least partially at a side wall of an opening which itself is formed at an upper surface of the base structure and within the base structure.
A CT scanner subassembly comprising: a common stationary gantry frame; a radiation translucent bore of one of a plurality of selectable cross sectional sizes; a plurality of common bearing members mounted to the stationary gantry; a common annular bearing race rotatably supported on the bearing members; at least one common motor module for rotating the annular bearing race; and a means for mounting an x-ray source and a radiation detector at any of a plurality of selectable distances radially inward from the bearing race such that the common bearing members and the bearing race are used to fabricate CT scanners with any of a plurality of bore sizes. a common stationary gantry frame; a radiation translucent bore of one of a plurality of selectable cross sectional sizes; a plurality of common bearing members mounted to the stationary gantry; a common annular bearing race rotatably supported on the bearing members; at least one common motor module for rotating the annular bearing race; and a means for mounting an x-ray source and a radiation detector at any of a plurality of selectable distances radially inward from the bearing race such that the common bearing members and the bearing race are used to fabricate CT scanners with any of a plurality of bore sizes.
A piece of seating furniture, comprising a backrest that has two frame parts (1.1, 1.2), between which a textile material (1.3) is arranged in a tensioned manner in order to form a back supporting surface for a user, wherein at least a section (1.3.1) of the textile material (1.3) extending between the two frame parts (1.1, 1.2) is realized less elastic in the horizontal direction than in the vertical direction, characterized in that an adjusting mechanism, which interacts with the textile material (1.3) and serves for applying additional tension to the textile material, is provided on the backrest.