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A lighting system (100, 200) for illuminating an area, comprising: - a controllable luminaire (104, 106, 108, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 220, 222, 226); - a control unit connected and adapted to control the controllable luminaire to illuminate the area according to an illumination pattern; - a manually operated control interface (114, 116) connected to the control unit, the manually operated control interface adapted to generate a control signal indicative of a user desire to adjust the illumination pattern provided by the controllable luminaire, wherein the control unit is configured to: - identify a user desired illumination pattern based on a plurality of consecutively received control signals for adjusting the illumination pattern, - determine, based on the control signals generated by the manually operated control interface, a time period of no user activity within the area, - activate a non-activity mode if the time period is above a predetermined threshold, - adjust the user desired illumination pattern based on an adjustment signal from a clock module comprised within the control unit, the adjustment signal being based on current day of the year and a physical location of the control unit, and - automatically, if the non-activity mode has been activated, control the controllable luminaire according to the adjusted user desired illumination pattern to mimic a user activity within the area without receiving further control signals from the manually operated control interface. - a controllable luminaire (104, 106, 108, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 220, 222, 226); - a control unit connected and adapted to control the controllable luminaire to illuminate the area according to an illumination pattern; - a manually operated control interface (114, 116) connected to the control unit, the manually operated control interface adapted to generate a control signal indicative of a user desire to adjust the illumination pattern provided by the controllable luminaire, - identify a user desired illumination pattern based on a plurality of consecutively received control signals for adjusting the illumination pattern, - determine, based on the control signals generated by the manually operated control interface, a time period of no user activity within the area, - activate a non-activity mode if the time period is above a predetermined threshold, - adjust the user desired illumination pattern based on an adjustment signal from a clock module comprised within the control unit, the adjustment signal being based on current day of the year and a physical location of the control unit, and - automatically, if the non-activity mode has been activated, control the controllable luminaire according to the adjusted user desired illumination pattern to mimic a user activity within the area without receiving further control signals from the manually operated control interface.
A bicomponent fibre, particularly for producing spun nonwoven fabrics, having a first component and a second component, wherein the first component has a first polymer and the second component a second polymer as a constituent, wherein the difference in the melt flow indices of the first component and the second component is less than or equal to 20 g/10 min, wherein the melt flow indices of the first component and the second component are respectively less than or equal to 50 g/10 min, wherein the melt-flow index according to ISO 1133 is measured with a test load of 2.16 kg and a test temperature of 230°C, wherein the difference in the melting points of the first component and the second component is less than 8°C, wherein the first polymer and the second polymer are a polymer and/or copolymer of propylene, characterised in that the bicomponent fibre is formed as a concentric core-sheath fibre having a round or a circular geometry in cross section, wherein the component with the higher melt-flow index in the cross section of the fibre forms the sheath of the bicomponent fibre and surrounds the component or the core with the higher melting point and wherein the mass fraction of the component with the lower melting point of the bicomponent fibre is at most 50%.
A pipe connecting device for connecting pipes for the transport of low-temperature liquids, comprising two connecting elements (10, 12) for connection to a respective pipe end, two bearing elements (16, 18) respectively connected to one of the connecting elements (10, 12), which bearing elements partially overlap each other in a longitudinal direction, a bearing arranged between the bearing elements (16, 18), a tubular interior part surrounded by the bearing elements (16, 18), wherein the connecting elements (10, 12) and the interior part define an interior space through which the liquid is conveyed, a circumferential groove open towards the interior space and provided between the interior space and one of the connecting elements (10, 12), in which groove a primary seal is arranged, and a circumferential closed chamber provided between the interior part and one of the connecting elements, in which chamber a secondary seal is arranged, characterized in that the groove is connected to an overpressure channel, and the overpressure channel is connected to a pressure-generating means. two connecting elements (10, 12) for connection to a respective pipe end, two bearing elements (16, 18) respectively connected to one of the connecting elements (10, 12), which bearing elements partially overlap each other in a longitudinal direction, a bearing arranged between the bearing elements (16, 18), a tubular interior part surrounded by the bearing elements (16, 18), wherein the connecting elements (10, 12) and the interior part define an interior space through which the liquid is conveyed, a circumferential groove open towards the interior space and provided between the interior space and one of the connecting elements (10, 12), in which groove a primary seal is arranged, and a circumferential closed chamber provided between the interior part and one of the connecting elements, in which chamber a secondary seal is arranged, characterized in that the groove is connected to an overpressure channel, and the overpressure channel is connected to a pressure-generating means.
A binding machine, comprising: a staple magazine unit configured to accommodate a staple having a crown portion and a pair of leg portions (101, 102); a staple driver provided at a position facing the crown portion; and a clincher having a clinch surface provided at a position facing tip ends of the leg portions (101, 102), the clincher being movable along an extending direction of the leg portions (101, 102), the binding machine being configured to sandwich the staple between the clinch surface of the clincher and the staple driver with a movement of the clincher along the extending direction toward the leg portions (101, 102), folding the staple, characterized in that the binding machine further comprises a regulating portion configured to regulate a movement amount of the clincher toward the leg portions by abutting with the clinch surface of the clincher. a staple magazine unit configured to accommodate a staple having a crown portion and a pair of leg portions (101, 102); a staple driver provided at a position facing the crown portion; and a clincher having a clinch surface provided at a position facing tip ends of the leg portions (101, 102), the clincher being movable along an extending direction of the leg portions (101, 102), the binding machine being configured to sandwich the staple between the clinch surface of the clincher and the staple driver with a movement of the clincher along the extending direction toward the leg portions (101, 102), folding the staple, characterized in that the binding machine further comprises a regulating portion configured to regulate a movement amount of the clincher toward the leg portions by abutting with the clinch surface of the clincher.
A method of making a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a leadframe by half-etching a sheet of conductive material, wherein the half-etching forms: an opening through the sheet and a half-etched area into the sheet, wherein a first side surface of a first contact of the leadframe is exposed within the half-etched area, a second contact of the leadframe with the opening between the first contact and the second contact, a first dambar extending between the first contact and second contact, and a second dambar extending between the first contact and second contact, wherein the first dambar, second dambar, first contact, and second contact in combination extend continuously around the opening; plating a conductive layer over the first side surface of the first contact; disposing a semiconductor die over the opening of the leadframe; and depositing an encapsulant over the leadframe and semiconductor die, wherein the half-etched area remains devoid of the encapsulant. forming a leadframe by half-etching a sheet of conductive material, wherein the half-etching forms: an opening through the sheet and a half-etched area into the sheet, wherein a first side surface of a first contact of the leadframe is exposed within the half-etched area, a second contact of the leadframe with the opening between the first contact and the second contact, a first dambar extending between the first contact and second contact, and a second dambar extending between the first contact and second contact, wherein the first dambar, second dambar, first contact, and second contact in combination extend continuously around the opening; an opening through the sheet and a half-etched area into the sheet, wherein a first side surface of a first contact of the leadframe is exposed within the half-etched area, a second contact of the leadframe with the opening between the first contact and the second contact, a first dambar extending between the first contact and second contact, and a second dambar extending between the first contact and second contact, wherein the first dambar, second dambar, first contact, and second contact in combination extend continuously around the opening; plating a conductive layer over the first side surface of the first contact; disposing a semiconductor die over the opening of the leadframe; and depositing an encapsulant over the leadframe and semiconductor die, wherein the half-etched area remains devoid of the encapsulant.
Method for regulating a motor vehicle refrigerant circuit comprising at least a first leg and a second leg, the first leg being provided with a first heat exchanger configured to thermally condition an electrical storage device of the vehicle and with a first compression device associated with the first leg, the second leg being provided with a second heat exchanger configured to thermally treat an interior of the vehicle and with a second compression device associated with the second leg, said compression devices (9, 13) being able to rotate at variable speeds in order to meet a variable objective for the cooling (71, 72) of the legs (4, 5), characterized in that, during the course of said method: - in one step, the rotational speed (61, 62) of at least one compression device (9, 13) is increased up to a rotational speed corresponding to a determined acoustic threshold as long as the cooling objective (71, 72) for the leg (4, 5) with which the compression device (9, 13) is associated has not been reached, - in another step, if the cooling objective (71, 72) for the leg (4, 5) with which the compression device (9, 13) is associated is not reached when the rotational speed (61, 62) of the compression device (9, 13) reaches the rotational speed corresponding to the determined acoustic threshold, the rotational speeds (61, 62) of the compression devices (9, 13) are made to converge until these speeds are identical to within +/-10%. - in one step, the rotational speed (61, 62) of at least one compression device (9, 13) is increased up to a rotational speed corresponding to a determined acoustic threshold as long as the cooling objective (71, 72) for the leg (4, 5) with which the compression device (9, 13) is associated has not been reached, - in another step, if the cooling objective (71, 72) for the leg (4, 5) with which the compression device (9, 13) is associated is not reached when the rotational speed (61, 62) of the compression device (9, 13) reaches the rotational speed corresponding to the determined acoustic threshold, the rotational speeds (61, 62) of the compression devices (9, 13) are made to converge until these speeds are identical to within +/-10%.
A fluid working machine comprising a controller and a working chamber of cyclically varying volume, the working chamber having an electronically controllable low pressure valve associated therewith to control the connection of the working chamber to a low pressure manifold, the controller being operable to actively control the low pressure valve, in phased relationship to cycles of working chamber volume, to determine the net displacement of fluid by the working chamber on a cycle by cycle basis, the working chamber having a fast high pressure valve associated therewith for controlling the connection of the working chamber to a primary high pressure manifold at high cycle rates, characterised in that the working chamber has associated therewith a slow high pressure valve for controlling the connection of the working chamber to a secondary high pressure manifold at low cycle rates.
Use of an enzyme which has - the amino acid sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 2; - the amino acid sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 2 in which 1 to 9 amino acids are substituted with, deleted from, inserted into, and/or added to; or - an amino acid sequence having 95% or more identity to the amino acid sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 2, for cleaving a phosphodiester bond of deoxyribonucleotide having a damaged base and deoxyribonucleotide adjacent to the 5' side of the deoxyribonucleotide in DNA strands which contain the damaged base. - the amino acid sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 2; - the amino acid sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 2 in which 1 to 9 amino acids are substituted with, deleted from, inserted into, and/or added to; or - an amino acid sequence having 95% or more identity to the amino acid sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 2,
An apparatus comprising: means (802, 804, 806) for determining, by a first user device of a first user group, that a first wireless channel of a device-to-device, D2D, wireless network is occupied by another user of the first user group; means for obtaining, by the first user device via an intra-group contention window, the first wireless channel for at least one subsequent user holding period; means (802, 804, 806) for determining, by the first user device of the first user group, that a second wireless channel of a device-to-device, D2D, wireless network is free or unoccupied; means for obtaining, by the first user device via an inter-group contention window, the second wireless channel for a group channel holding period for the first user group, and means (802, 804, 806) for controlling sending, by the first user device via the wireless channel during the group channel holding period, channel status information indicating that the first and/or second wireless channel is busy or occupied and, when the second wireless channel is obtained, information indicating that the first user group is occupying the second wireless channel. means (802, 804, 806) for determining, by a first user device of a first user group, that a first wireless channel of a device-to-device, D2D, wireless network is occupied by another user of the first user group; means for obtaining, by the first user device via an intra-group contention window, the first wireless channel for at least one subsequent user holding period; means (802, 804, 806) for determining, by the first user device of the first user group, that a second wireless channel of a device-to-device, D2D, wireless network is free or unoccupied; means for obtaining, by the first user device via an inter-group contention window, the second wireless channel for a group channel holding period for the first user group, and means (802, 804, 806) for controlling sending, by the first user device via the wireless channel during the group channel holding period, channel status information indicating that the first and/or second wireless channel is busy or occupied and, when the second wireless channel is obtained, information indicating that the first user group is occupying the second wireless channel.
A bicycle parking stand for locking a bicycle to the stand comprising: a bottom section directly or through a base affixed to the ground or pavement, said bottom section comprises a right vertical side wall, an opposite placed vertical left side wall and a back-wall, wherein the bicycle parking stand further comprising a top section fixed on top of said bottom section, said top section comprising the vertical left side wall, the back wall, a right vertical wall and a front wall, the stand further comprises a gate hinged to the joined top section and bottom section by hinges, and an electronic unit fixed inside the top section, said electronic unit comprises an electronic lock with a latch and a printed circuitry board containing electronics, the stand further comprises clamping means for releasable clamping a crankarm of the bicycle to said clamping means, and the gate is adapted to move from an open position to a closed position and a striker plate placed on the gate engages the latch of the electronic lock thereby preventing that said gate can be opened and the bicycle pulled out of the clamping means when the electronic lock is activated. a bottom section directly or through a base affixed to the ground or pavement, said bottom section comprises a right vertical side wall, an opposite placed vertical left side wall and a back-wall, wherein the bicycle parking stand further comprising a top section fixed on top of said bottom section, said top section comprising the vertical left side wall, the back wall, a right vertical wall and a front wall, the stand further comprises a gate hinged to the joined top section and bottom section by hinges, and an electronic unit fixed inside the top section, said electronic unit comprises an electronic lock with a latch and a printed circuitry board containing electronics, the stand further comprises clamping means for releasable clamping a crankarm of the bicycle to said clamping means, and the gate is adapted to move from an open position to a closed position and a striker plate placed on the gate engages the latch of the electronic lock thereby preventing that said gate can be opened and the bicycle pulled out of the clamping means when the electronic lock is activated.
A laser markable material including a laser markable layer, present as a self-supporting layer or as a layer on a support, the laser markable layer comprising an infrared absorbing pigment, the amount of the infrared absorbing pigment being between 10 ppm and 1000 ppm with respect to the laser markable layer, characterised in that the laser markable layer comprises an infrared absorbing dye.
Pharmaceutical or food supplement preparation including α-lactalbumin and at least one short-chain fatty acid selected from the group consisting of propionic acid, butyric acid, β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyric acid, valeric acid and salts, esters and mono-, di- and triglycerides thereof, for use in the treatment of disorders of the central nervous system related to serotonin deficiency.
A method for block-based encoding of an image having a plurality of blocks of pixels, the method comprising: processing the image using an initial quantization step size to obtain predictions and residuals for each of the blocks of pixels; transforming, using a block-based transform, the respective residuals to obtain initial transform domain coefficients for each of the blocks of pixels; calculating a variance for each coefficient position across all the initial transform domain coefficients of each block; achieving a predetermined pixel domain distortion for each block by determining a quantization distortion for each coefficient position in each block based on the variance for each coefficient and the predetermined pixel domain distortion for the block; selecting a quantization step size for each coefficient position in the block, based on the quantization distortion determined for that coefficient position; applying the block-based transform to each of the blocks of pixels to generate a set of transform domain coefficients for each block of pixels; for each set of transform domain coefficients, quantizing each of the transform domain coefficients using the selected quantization step size for that transform domain coefficient's coefficient position to produce a quantized coefficient; and encoding the quantized coefficients to generate a bitstream of encoded image data. processing the image using an initial quantization step size to obtain predictions and residuals for each of the blocks of pixels; transforming, using a block-based transform, the respective residuals to obtain initial transform domain coefficients for each of the blocks of pixels; calculating a variance for each coefficient position across all the initial transform domain coefficients of each block; achieving a predetermined pixel domain distortion for each block by determining a quantization distortion for each coefficient position in each block based on the variance for each coefficient and the predetermined pixel domain distortion for the block; selecting a quantization step size for each coefficient position in the block, based on the quantization distortion determined for that coefficient position; applying the block-based transform to each of the blocks of pixels to generate a set of transform domain coefficients for each block of pixels; for each set of transform domain coefficients, quantizing each of the transform domain coefficients using the selected quantization step size for that transform domain coefficient's coefficient position to produce a quantized coefficient; and
Cage valve, comprising a valve housing, a valve cage, a valve seat and a valve member that cooperates with said valve seat and with said valve cage in order to adjust the flow cross-section between a valve inlet and a valve outlet, with said valve seat having mounting bores through which said valve seat is screwed to said valve housing by means of screw means whose outer contour is non-circular or angular, characterized in that a securing element is provided which is designed so as to form an annular member that at least partially abuts the head contour of all screw means connecting said valve seat to said valve housing and thus prevents said screw means from turning.