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A robotic work tool comprising a motor for driving at least one wheel, an inclination sensor and a controller for controlling the operation of the robotic work tool, the controller being configured to: receive a signal indicating a collision; determine if the signal indicating a collision is above a collision threshold level and, if so, determine that a collision has been detected, the robotic work tool being characterized in that the controller is further configured to: receive an indication of an inclination; and to adapt the collision threshold accordingly based on said indication of an inclination. receive a signal indicating a collision; determine if the signal indicating a collision is above a collision threshold level and, if so, determine that a collision has been detected, the robotic work tool being characterized in that the controller is further configured to: receive an indication of an inclination; and to adapt the collision threshold accordingly based on said indication of an inclination. receive an indication of an inclination; and to adapt the collision threshold accordingly based on said indication of an inclination.
An automated imaging system, comprising: an automated guided vehicle having a propulsion system configured to move the vehicle, and a processor configured to control a motor and a steering system; an optical imaging system, the optical imaging system including a plurality of cameras, the cameras each being configured to have a respective field of view, the fields of view being at least partially non-overlapping with one another; a laser imaging system, the laser imaging system configured to scan a physical area to obtain respective distances between the vehicle and a plurality of locations within the physical area; and one or more processors configured to correlate a plurality of images taken by the cameras with the respective distances taken by the laser imaging system, wherein the cameras are arranged in an array, and the array is moveable in a vertical direction. an automated guided vehicle having a propulsion system configured to move the vehicle, and a processor configured to control a motor and a steering system; an optical imaging system, the optical imaging system including a plurality of cameras, the cameras each being configured to have a respective field of view, the fields of view being at least partially non-overlapping with one another; a laser imaging system, the laser imaging system configured to scan a physical area to obtain respective distances between the vehicle and a plurality of locations within the physical area; and one or more processors configured to correlate a plurality of images taken by the cameras with the respective distances taken by the laser imaging system, wherein the cameras are arranged in an array, and the array is moveable in a vertical direction.
Method for controlling the opening speed of a valve connected between a fuel tank and a filter, and configured to receive and transfer vapors to the filter and relieve the pressure inside the fuel tank into the filter, the method comprising the steps of: - Measuring a pressure in the fuel tank by a pressure sensor; - Measuring or inferring a fuel vapor temperature in the fuel tank by a temperature sensor; - Calculating an opening speed of the valve as a function of data stored in look-up tables, the pressure and the fuel vapor temperature in the fuel tank; - Opening the valve at the calculated opening speed in order to avoid corking of another valve of the fuel tank connected between the valve and the fuel tank. - Measuring a pressure in the fuel tank by a pressure sensor; - Measuring or inferring a fuel vapor temperature in the fuel tank by a temperature sensor; - Calculating an opening speed of the valve as a function of data stored in look-up tables, the pressure and the fuel vapor temperature in the fuel tank; - Opening the valve at the calculated opening speed in order to avoid corking of another valve of the fuel tank connected between the valve and the fuel tank.
Method for manufacturing a set of optical-guide microstructures, or of its moulding insert, by using a diamond turning station provided with a drum that can be rotated about an axis C and a diamond tip, each microstructure having a prismatic shape with two surfaces with a first surface, here called active surface, intended to receive a semi-reflective treatment to extract an image injected and propagated by successive total internal reflections in the optical guide, and a second surface, called passive surface, without reflective treatment, the microstructures being juxtaposed with each other, the manufacturing method being characterised in that it comprises the following steps: - installing a piece P to be machined on the drum as follows: - the piece P to be machined is offset by a distance D from the rotation axis of the drum, the distance D being the distance that separates the axis C and a reference frame fixed in relation to the set of microstructures to be machined; - the piece P to be machined is placed so that there is a mean angle Theta between the axis C and a cutting profile corresponding to the active surfaces, the angle Theta being as follows: Theta = arccos D / Ry where Ry is a required radius of curvature in the long direction of the microstructures; - moving the diamond tip along the cutting profile of the microstructures by actuating the rotation of the drum so as to machine all the microstructures on the surface of the piece P to be machined. - installing a piece P to be machined on the drum as follows: - the piece P to be machined is offset by a distance D from the rotation axis of the drum, the distance D being the distance that separates the axis C and a reference frame fixed in relation to the set of microstructures to be machined; - the piece P to be machined is placed so that there is a mean angle Theta between the axis C and a cutting profile corresponding to the active surfaces, the angle Theta being as follows: Theta = arccos D / Ry where Ry is a required radius of curvature in the long direction of the microstructures; - the piece P to be machined is offset by a distance D from the rotation axis of the drum, the distance D being the distance that separates the axis C and a reference frame fixed in relation to the set of microstructures to be machined; - the piece P to be machined is placed so that there is a mean angle Theta between the axis C and a cutting profile corresponding to the active surfaces, the angle Theta being as follows: Theta = arccos D / Ry where Ry is a required radius of curvature in the long direction of the microstructures; - moving the diamond tip along the cutting profile of the microstructures by actuating the rotation of the drum so as to machine all the microstructures on the surface of the piece P to be machined.
A valve cup for use with a container for dispensing a fluid medium stored under pressure, the valve cup adapted to support a valve and to seal an opening of the container, wherein: the valve cup comprises a central opening that is adapted to receive and support the valve; characterised in that the valve cup is formed from a first plastic material that is a semi-crystalline polyester and in that the valve cup comprises one or more enforcing members radially protruding from the central opening, the one or more enforcing members integrally formed with the valve cup and adapted to increase the rigidity of the valve cup. the valve cup comprises a central opening that is adapted to receive and support the valve; characterised in that the valve cup is formed from a first plastic material that is a semi-crystalline polyester and in that the valve cup comprises one or more enforcing members radially protruding from the central opening, the one or more enforcing members integrally formed with the valve cup and adapted to increase the rigidity of the valve cup.
A carotenoid preparation characterized that it contains a carotenoid ester selected from the group consisting of iso-propyl beta-apo-8'-carotenoate, tert.-butyl beta-apo-8'-carotenoate, 2-pentyl beta-apo-8'-carotenoate.
A storage system including a storage base, the storage base comprising: a frame including (i) a first horizontal side wall facing a second horizontal side wall, (ii) a first horizontal end wall facing a second horizontal end wall, the first and second horizontal end walls extending transversely between the first and second horizontal side walls; a partition extending transversely between the horizontal end walls (16b,16d) to divide the frame into first and second compartments (20a,20b); each of the first and second compartments (20a,20b) including (a) a planar bottom, (b) a first vertical side wall extending up from the planar bottom and terminating at a top edge, the top edge coupled to the first horizontal end wall, (c) a second vertical side wall facing the first vertical side wall extending up from the planar bottom and terminating at a top edge, the top edge coupled to the second horizontal end wall; and a cavity formed within the planar bottom and vertical side walls (14a,14b) of each compartment, each cavity at least having an open top bounded by the top edges of the horizontal end walls (16b,16d), the partition and one of the horizontal side walls (16a,16c); wherein, the partition wall includes an upper portion extending above the level of the frame to form a handle, characterized in that the handle further includes (a) first handle portion pivotally attached to a first end of the handle, (b) a second handle portion pivotally attached to a second end of the handle, (c) and a groove configured to receive the handle portions therein. a frame including (i) a first horizontal side wall facing a second horizontal side wall, (ii) a first horizontal end wall facing a second horizontal end wall, the first and second horizontal end walls extending transversely between the first and second horizontal side walls; a partition extending transversely between the horizontal end walls (16b,16d) to divide the frame into first and second compartments (20a,20b); each of the first and second compartments (20a,20b) including (a) a planar bottom, (b) a first vertical side wall extending up from the planar bottom and terminating at a top edge, the top edge coupled to the first horizontal end wall, (c) a second vertical side wall facing the first vertical side wall extending up from the planar bottom and terminating at a top edge, the top edge coupled to the second horizontal end wall; and a cavity formed within the planar bottom and vertical side walls (14a,14b) of each compartment, each cavity at least having an open top bounded by the top edges of the horizontal end walls (16b,16d), the partition and one of the horizontal side walls (16a,16c); wherein, the partition wall includes an upper portion extending above the level of the frame to form a handle, characterized in that the handle further includes (a) first handle portion pivotally attached to a first end of the handle, (b) a second handle portion pivotally attached to a second end of the handle, (c) and a groove configured to receive the handle portions therein.
Method of detecting or measuring play in an electric actuator, wherein said electric actuator comprises an electric motor having a drive shaft, a load being driven in translation by the electric motor along a translation axis, and a transmission system interposed between the electric motor and the load for converting the rotation of the drive shaft into a translation of the load, comprising the steps of: a) controlling the electric motor to apply a first test torque to the drive shaft in a first direction of rotation; b) controlling the electric motor to remove the first test torque or reduce the first test torque to a predetermined residual value; c) storing a first datum representative of a first angular position of the drive shaft assumed when removing the first test torque or upon reaching the residual torque value; d) controlling the electric motor to apply a second test torque to the drive shaft in a second direction of rotation; e) controlling the electric motor to remove the second test torque or reduce the second test torque to said predetermined residual value; f) storing a second datum representative of a second angular position of the drive shaft assumed when the second test torque is removed or upon reaching the residual torque value; g) measuring the difference between said first datum and said second datum or between a first linear position value of the drive shaft obtained from the first datum and a second linear position value of the drive shaft obtained from the second datum. a) controlling the electric motor to apply a first test torque to the drive shaft in a first direction of rotation; b) controlling the electric motor to remove the first test torque or reduce the first test torque to a predetermined residual value; c) storing a first datum representative of a first angular position of the drive shaft assumed when removing the first test torque or upon reaching the residual torque value; d) controlling the electric motor to apply a second test torque to the drive shaft in a second direction of rotation; e) controlling the electric motor to remove the second test torque or reduce the second test torque to said predetermined residual value; f) storing a second datum representative of a second angular position of the drive shaft assumed when the second test torque is removed or upon reaching the residual torque value; g) measuring the difference between said first datum and said second datum or between a first linear position value of the drive shaft obtained from the first datum and a second linear position value of the drive shaft obtained from the second datum.
A material collection system for a lawn mower, the material collection system comprising: a discharge chute, a collection container, an electronic control unit, a sensor operable to provide data to the electronic control unit, a fill level indicator connected to the electronic control unit and displaying information about any fill level of the collection container, characterized in that the sensor is mounted in the collection container above the discharge chute and directed to a portion of the collection container where a pile of grass clippings accumulates during operation of the lawn mower, and that the sensor is an ultrasonic sensor and operable to provide data to the electronic control unit regarding the distance between the pile and the ultrasonic sensor; and that the electronic control unit is operable to filter the data based on certain pre-specified criteria and correlating the distance data to a fill level of the collection container. a discharge chute, a collection container, a sensor operable to provide data to the electronic control unit, a fill level indicator connected to the electronic control unit and displaying information about any fill level of the collection container,
A method of allocating resources in a communication system which uses a plurality of sub-carriers arranged in a sequence of physical resource blocks wherein adjacent blocks of said sequence are arranged in groups, the method comprising, in a base station: determining at least one virtual resource block for allocation to a mobile communications device; signalling data identifying each virtual resource block to said mobile communications device; and mapping (S6, S7; S8, S9, S10) each allocated virtual resource block, using predetermined mapping data, onto a plurality of spaced physical resource blocks to determine the physical resource blocks to be used for communications with the mobile communications device; wherein said predetermined mapping data is such that said mapping step causes the spacing between the mapped physical resource blocks to be an integer multiple of the square of the number of physical resource blocks in each group for each of a plurality of different respective resource block group, RBG, sizes, the plurality of different RBG sizes comprising: an RBG size in which the number of physical resource blocks in each group is two; an RBG size in which the number of physical resource blocks in each group is three; and an RBG size in which the number of physical resource blocks in each group is four; and wherein the communication system is a system in which, for a given bandwidth, the bandwidth is further dividable into a plurality of RBG subsets, wherein the number of physical resource blocks 'P' in an RBG is equal to the number of RBG subsets, and wherein each RBG subset respectively consists of every P th RBG starting from the first RBG in that RBG subset. determining at least one virtual resource block for allocation to a mobile communications device; signalling data identifying each virtual resource block to said mobile communications device; and mapping (S6, S7; S8, S9, S10) each allocated virtual resource block, using predetermined mapping data, onto a plurality of spaced physical resource blocks to determine the physical resource blocks to be used for communications with the mobile communications device; wherein said predetermined mapping data is such that said mapping step causes the spacing between the mapped physical resource blocks to be an integer multiple of the square of the number of physical resource blocks in each group for each of a plurality of different respective resource block group, RBG, sizes, the plurality of different RBG sizes comprising: an RBG size in which the number of physical resource blocks in each group is two; an RBG size in which the number of physical resource blocks in each group is three; and an RBG size in which the number of physical resource blocks in each group is four; and wherein the communication system is a system in which, for a given bandwidth, the bandwidth is further dividable into a plurality of RBG subsets, wherein the number of physical resource blocks 'P' in an RBG is equal to the number of RBG subsets, and wherein each RBG subset respectively consists of every P th RBG starting from the first RBG in that RBG subset.
A compound helicopter comprising: a body; a first main wing portion extending from the body toward a right side in a proceeding direction of the body; a second main wing portion extending from the body toward a left side in the proceeding direction of the body; a main rotor disposed at an upper side of the body; a first propeller that is disposed at the first main wing portion and generates positive thrust when the proceeding direction is regarded as positive; and a second propeller that is disposed at the second main wing portion and generates positive thrust and negative thrust, wherein the first propeller includes a first propeller blade that is a propeller blade whose rotation axis extends in a direction parallel to an axis of the compound helicopter; and the second propeller includes a second propeller blade that is a propeller blade whose rotation axis extends in a direction parallel to the axis of the compound helicopter; wherein specifications of the first propeller are different from specifications of the second propeller, and characterized in that the specifications of the first propeller and the second propeller include at least one of: a washout angle (θ) corresponding to a change in an angle of attack from a base end (53a, 63a) of each propeller blade to a tip (53b, 63b) thereof; a blade sectional shape of each propeller blade (53, 63); or a planar shape of each propeller blade. a body; a first main wing portion extending from the body toward a right side in a proceeding direction of the body; a second main wing portion extending from the body toward a left side in the proceeding direction of the body; a main rotor disposed at an upper side of the body; a first propeller that is disposed at the first main wing portion and generates positive thrust when the proceeding direction is regarded as positive; and a second propeller that is disposed at the second main wing portion and generates positive thrust and negative thrust, wherein the first propeller includes a first propeller blade that is a propeller blade whose rotation axis extends in a direction parallel to an axis of the compound helicopter; and the second propeller includes a second propeller blade that is a propeller blade whose rotation axis extends in a direction parallel to the axis of the compound helicopter; wherein specifications of the first propeller are different from specifications of the second propeller, and characterized in that the specifications of the first propeller and the second propeller include at least one of: a washout angle (θ) corresponding to a change in an angle of attack from a base end (53a, 63a) of each propeller blade to a tip (53b, 63b) thereof; a blade sectional shape of each propeller blade (53, 63); or a planar shape of each propeller blade.
A method of performing a marine seismic survey, comprising: towing a streamer array that includes a plurality of streamers that each include a plurality of seismic sensors; towing a first set of one or more vibratory seismic sources within a first zone that includes offsets within a threshold offset distance from one or more locations relative to the streamer array; driving the first set of sources to emit energy within a first frequency band using a first sweep length for one or more activations of the first set of sources; towing a second set of one or more vibratory seismic sources (616, 618) in a second zone that includes offsets that are greater than the threshold offset distance from the one or more locations; driving the second set of sources to emit energy within a second frequency band using a second sweep length for one or more activations of the second set of sources, wherein the first frequency band includes higher frequencies than the second frequency band, wherein the second sweep length is longer than the first sweep length, and wherein the second set of sources is configured to activate less frequently, in time or distance, than the first set of sources; recording, using the plurality of seismic sensors, signals reflected from one or more subsea formations based on the energy emitted by the first and second set of one or more vibratory sources; and storing the recorded signals in a tangible computer-readable medium. towing a streamer array that includes a plurality of streamers that each include a plurality of seismic sensors; towing a first set of one or more vibratory seismic sources within a first zone that includes offsets within a threshold offset distance from one or more locations relative to the streamer array; driving the first set of sources to emit energy within a first frequency band using a first sweep length for one or more activations of the first set of sources; towing a second set of one or more vibratory seismic sources (616, 618) in a second zone that includes offsets that are greater than the threshold offset distance from the one or more locations; driving the second set of sources to emit energy within a second frequency band using a second sweep length for one or more activations of the second set of sources, wherein the first frequency band includes higher frequencies than the second frequency band, wherein the second sweep length is longer than the first sweep length, and wherein the second set of sources is configured to activate less frequently, in time or distance, than the first set of sources; recording, using the plurality of seismic sensors, signals reflected from one or more subsea formations based on the energy emitted by the first and second set of one or more vibratory sources; and storing the recorded signals in a tangible computer-readable medium.