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A device for measuring properties of an eye, the device comprising: a surgical microscope, a wavefront sensor for performing refractive measurements of the eye, the wavefront sensor being attached to the surgical microscope to form an integrated surgical device the wavefront sensor including, a light source, for creating a beam of infrared light, a combiner mirror, at least one diffractive optical element (56, 58), and sensor for capturing images of the eye; the combiner mirror defining a common aperture for the sensor and surgical microscope; wherein the combiner mirror is positioned, in an optical pathway of the wavefront sensor and the surgical microscope; the combiner mirror being adapted - to receive the beam of infrared light from the sensor light source and to reflect the beam of infrared light to the eye; - to receive visible and infrared light reflected from the eye; and ∘ to transmit the visible light toward the surgical microscope, and ∘ to reflect the infrared light to the diffractive optical elements (56, 58) and to the sensor, characterised in that the integrated surgical device is not integrated with a surgical tool used to perform corrective eye procedures. a surgical microscope, a wavefront sensor for performing refractive measurements of the eye, the wavefront sensor being attached to the surgical microscope to form an integrated surgical device the wavefront sensor including, a light source, for creating a beam of infrared light, a combiner mirror, at least one diffractive optical element (56, 58), and sensor for capturing images of the eye; the combiner mirror defining a common aperture for the sensor and surgical microscope; wherein the combiner mirror is positioned, in an optical pathway of the wavefront sensor and the surgical microscope; the combiner mirror being adapted - to receive the beam of infrared light from the sensor light source and to reflect the beam of infrared light to the eye; - to receive visible and infrared light reflected from the eye; and ∘ to transmit the visible light toward the surgical microscope, and ∘ to reflect the infrared light to the diffractive optical elements (56, 58) and to the sensor, characterised in that the integrated surgical device is not integrated with a surgical tool used to perform corrective eye procedures. - to receive the beam of infrared light from the sensor light source and to reflect the beam of infrared light to the eye; - to receive visible and infrared light reflected from the eye; and ∘ to transmit the visible light toward the surgical microscope, and ∘ to reflect the infrared light to the diffractive optical elements (56, 58) and to the sensor, ∘ to transmit the visible light toward the surgical microscope, and ∘ to reflect the infrared light to the diffractive optical elements (56, 58) and to the sensor,
Method of MR imaging of an object positioned in an examination volume of a MR device, the method comprising the steps of: - acquiring reference MR signal data from the object using a multi-point Dixon technique and in parallel via two or more RF receiving coils (11, 12, 13) having sensitivity maps that indicate their spatial sensitivity profiles; - deriving a B 0 map from the reference MR signal data; - deriving a multi-point Dixon water map and a multi-point Dixon fat map from the reference MR signal data; - correcting the sensitivity maps according to the B 0 map for geometric distortions of the sensitivity maps; - acquiring imaging MR signal data from the object via the two or more receiving coils (11, 12, 13) with sub-sampling of k-space; - reconstructing a MR image from the imaging MR signal data, wherein sub-sampling artefacts are eliminated using the corrected sensitivity maps, wherein - the correction of the sensitivity maps includes computation of separate corrected sensitivity maps associated with signals from water and from fat, respectively and - the reconstruction of the MR image is performed by way of a regularised SENSE reconstruction scheme which employs the separate corrected sensitivity maps to simultaneously unfold a separate water image and a fat image and - the regularisation employs as a regularisation map the multi-point Dixon water map and the multi-point Dixon fat map derived form the reference MR signal data. - acquiring reference MR signal data from the object using a multi-point Dixon technique and in parallel via two or more RF receiving coils (11, 12, 13) having sensitivity maps that indicate their spatial sensitivity profiles; - deriving a B 0 map from the reference MR signal data; - deriving a multi-point Dixon water map and a multi-point Dixon fat map from the reference MR signal data; - correcting the sensitivity maps according to the B 0 map for geometric distortions of the sensitivity maps; - acquiring imaging MR signal data from the object via the two or more receiving coils (11, 12, 13) with sub-sampling of k-space; - reconstructing a MR image from the imaging MR signal data, wherein sub-sampling artefacts are eliminated using the corrected sensitivity maps, wherein - the correction of the sensitivity maps includes computation of separate corrected sensitivity maps associated with signals from water and from fat, respectively and - the reconstruction of the MR image is performed by way of a regularised SENSE reconstruction scheme which employs the separate corrected sensitivity maps to simultaneously unfold a separate water image and a fat image and - the regularisation employs as a regularisation map the multi-point Dixon water map and the multi-point Dixon fat map derived form the reference MR signal data.
A water electrolyzer comprising: a membrane having first and second opposed major surfaces, a thickness extending between the first and second major surfaces; a cathode comprising a first catalyst on the first major surface of the membrane; and an anode comprising a second catalyst on the second major surface of the membrane, wherein the membrane, if planar, has a length direction, an average length, a width direction, an average width, a thickness direction, and an average thickness, wherein the average length and the average width are each greater than the average thickness, wherein the average width is no greater than the average length, wherein the average thickness is defined between first and second major surfaces of the membrane, wherein the average length, the average width, and the average thickness define a membrane volume, wherein the length direction, the width direction, and the thickness direction are each perpendicular to each other, wherein the membrane volume comprises at least one of metallic Pt or Pt oxide, wherein the membrane volume comprises at least 5 of alternating first and second regions across at least one plane in the membrane, wherein the first region has a first concentration within a 100 micrometer 3 -volume collectively of metallic Pt and Pt oxide that is at least 0.1 microgram/cm 3, wherein the second region has a second concentration within a 100 micrometer 3 -volume collectively of metallic Pt and Pt oxide that is not greater than 0.01 microgram/cm 3, and wherein the first concentration is at least 10 times greater than the second concentration. a membrane having first and second opposed major surfaces, a thickness extending between the first and second major surfaces; a cathode comprising a first catalyst on the first major surface of the membrane; and an anode comprising a second catalyst on the second major surface of the membrane, wherein the membrane, if planar, has a length direction, an average length, a width direction, an average width, a thickness direction, and an average thickness, wherein the average length and the average width are each greater than the average thickness, wherein the average width is no greater than the average length, wherein the average thickness is defined between first and second major surfaces of the membrane, wherein the average length, the average width, and the average thickness define a membrane volume, wherein the length direction, the width direction, and the thickness direction are each perpendicular to each other, wherein the membrane volume comprises at least one of metallic Pt or Pt oxide, wherein the membrane volume comprises at least 5 of alternating first and second regions across at least one plane in the membrane, wherein the first region has a first concentration within a 100 micrometer 3 -volume collectively of metallic Pt and Pt oxide that is at least 0.1 microgram/cm 3, wherein the second region has a second concentration within a 100 micrometer 3 -volume collectively of metallic Pt and Pt oxide that is not greater than 0.01 microgram/cm 3, and wherein the first concentration is at least 10 times greater than the second concentration.
A thermal expansion valve, comprising a valve body, wherein an air box is provided at an upper end of the valve body, an inner chamber of the air box is partitioned into an upper chamber and a lower camber by a diaphragm; a valve core component and a valve port fitted with the valve core component are provided in an inner chamber of the valve body, a lower end portion of the valve body is further provided with a balance chamber configured to balance the valve core component; an upper end portion of the valve core component is arranged in the lower chamber, and a lower end portion of the valve core component is arranged in the balance chamber of the valve body, and characterised in that the balance chamber communicates with the lower chamber, and is sealed to be isolated from the inner chamber of the valve body, wherein, when the valve core component and the valve port are closed, a sealing line or a sealing surface between the valve port and the valve core component partitions the inner chamber of the valve body into a first interface chamber and a second interface chamber, wherein a first pressure-bearing surface and a second pressure-bearing surface subjected to opposite forces are provided on a side wall of the valve core component in the first interface chamber, and wherein a third pressure-bearing surface and a fourth pressure-bearing surface subjected to opposite forces are provided on the side wall of the valve core component in the second interface chamber.
A kit for detecting at least one non-nucleic acid target analyte and at least one target nucleic acid in the same vessel, comprising at least one ligase, at least one proximity detection probe set, at least one primer, at least one detector probe, at least one polymerase, at least one analyte normalizer control which is not a nucleic acid, and at least one nucleic acid normalizer control.
An inboard aircraft wheel half, comprising: an inboard flange portion, disposed on an inboard end of the inboard wheel half; a bolted flange portion, disposed on an outboard end of the inboard wheel half, the bolted flange portion comprising an o-ring seat, an o-ring disposed in the o-ring seat, an inboard bolt hole, a register, and a release channel disposed in the register; and a tubewell portion, disposed between the inboard flange portion and the bolted flange portion; characterised in that the release channel comprises a sharp edge, and/or a sharp vertex, the sharp edge or vertex configured to, and sharp enough to abrade or cut the o-ring in response to physical contact between the release channel and the o-ring. an inboard flange portion, disposed on an inboard end of the inboard wheel half; a bolted flange portion, disposed on an outboard end of the inboard wheel half, the bolted flange portion comprising an o-ring seat, an o-ring disposed in the o-ring seat, an inboard bolt hole, a register, and a release channel disposed in the register; and a tubewell portion, disposed between the inboard flange portion and the bolted flange portion; characterised in that the release channel comprises a sharp edge, and/or a sharp vertex, the sharp edge or vertex configured to, and sharp enough to abrade or cut the o-ring in response to physical contact between the release channel and the o-ring.
A system for monitoring the health of one or more bearings (14, 16) of a journal assembly, the system comprising: a journal assembly with a shaft; one or more bearings (14, 16) that are supported by the shaft; a split spacer that is disposed on the shaft of the journal assembly; one or more vibration sensors (48, 50) detecting vibrations emitted by the one or more bearings (14, 16); a speed sensor measuring the rotational speed of the one or more bearings (14, 16); a controller electronically communicating with the one or more vibration sensors (48, 50) and the speed sensor; characterized in that the split spacer includes two portions (56, 58) that define a cavity that abuts the shaft, wherein the one or more vibration sensors (48, 50) are disposed inside the split spacer and next to the one or more bearings (14, 16); and wherein the controller calculates a health status of the one or more bearings (14, 16). a journal assembly with a shaft; one or more bearings (14, 16) that are supported by the shaft; a split spacer that is disposed on the shaft of the journal assembly; one or more vibration sensors (48, 50) detecting vibrations emitted by the one or more bearings (14, 16); a speed sensor measuring the rotational speed of the one or more bearings (14, 16); a controller electronically communicating with the one or more vibration sensors (48, 50) and the speed sensor; characterized in that the split spacer includes two portions (56, 58) that define a cavity that abuts the shaft, wherein the one or more vibration sensors (48, 50) are disposed inside the split spacer and next to the one or more bearings (14, 16); and wherein the controller calculates a health status of the one or more bearings (14, 16).
Bearing for a drum of a tumble dryer, which drum is arranged in a housing and has a horizontally or obliquely rotatably mounted drum shaft, which has a bearing part which is fastened to the rear drum base and is framed by a bearing housing that is designed as a structural element and consists of a lower and upper shell-shaped housing part and, which can be attached to the rear wall of the appliance housing of the tumble dryer, the bearing housing being mountable on the rear wall of the appliance housing from the outside, and the bearing housing being able to be locked to the rear wall and being able to be unlocked for disassembly, the bearing housing being designed to receive the bearing part when the rear wall of the appliance housing is in position, characterised in that the upper and the lower housing part (11, 12) are pivotally interconnected by means of a hinge.
A method of binder jetting additive manufacturing for production of a veneer product, comprising: loading a mixture of material into one or more feed boxes of a binder jetting additive manufacturing device, the mixture of material including wood product; depositing a layer of the mixture of material into a working chamber of the binder jetting additive manufacturing device; applying a coating to the layer of the mixture of material; actuating one or more actuable plates of the binder jetting additive manufacturing device, wherein an actuation of the one or more actuable plates causes at least one of a compression or a heating of the layer; and curing the coating applied to the layer of the mixture of material to form a portion of the veneer product. loading a mixture of material into one or more feed boxes of a binder jetting additive manufacturing device, the mixture of material including wood product; depositing a layer of the mixture of material into a working chamber of the binder jetting additive manufacturing device; applying a coating to the layer of the mixture of material; actuating one or more actuable plates of the binder jetting additive manufacturing device, wherein an actuation of the one or more actuable plates causes at least one of a compression or a heating of the layer; and curing the coating applied to the layer of the mixture of material to form a portion of the veneer product.
An image processing method comprising: calculating a similarity between a current image and a previous image, wherein the calculated similarity is related to a quantity of change in RGB value or YCbCr value of pixel data between the current image and previous image; comparing the calculated similarity with a preset threshold value; selecting a first compression algorithm from a plurality of preset compression algorithms, the first compression algorithm corresponding to a lossless compression algorithm, when the calculated similarity is higher than the threshold value; selecting a second compression algorithm from the plurality of preset compression algorithms, the second compression algorithm corresponding to a lossy compression algorithm, when the calculated similarity is lower than or equal to the threshold value; and compressing the current image based upon the selected compression algorithm, wherein the plurality of preset compression algorithms are stored in a storage unit of an image processing apparatus, and wherein correspondences between similarity values and the plurality of preset compression algorithms are preset in the storage unit. calculating a similarity between a current image and a previous image, wherein the calculated similarity is related to a quantity of change in RGB value or YCbCr value of pixel data between the current image and previous image; comparing the calculated similarity with a preset threshold value; selecting a first compression algorithm from a plurality of preset compression algorithms, the first compression algorithm corresponding to a lossless compression algorithm, when the calculated similarity is higher than the threshold value; selecting a second compression algorithm from the plurality of preset compression algorithms, the second compression algorithm corresponding to a lossy compression algorithm, when the calculated similarity is lower than or equal to the threshold value; and compressing the current image based upon the selected compression algorithm, wherein the plurality of preset compression algorithms are stored in a storage unit of an image processing apparatus, and wherein correspondences between similarity values and the plurality of preset compression algorithms are preset in the storage unit.
An assembly for connecting a boot to a ski, including a binding arranged to be connected to the boot, and a section of the top surface of the ski arranged to be connected to an essentially plate-like adapter between the binding and the section, the adapter being arranged to increase the distance between at least a part of the underside of the binding and the top surface of the ski, comprising: a first locking device arranged on the underside of the binding for locking the binding to the adapter via a corresponding second locking device on the top side of the adapter; a third locking device arranged on the underside of the adapter for locking the adapter to the section via a corresponding fourth locking device, the first locking device on the binding corresponding in addition to the fourth locking device on the section in order to permit direct connection of the binding to the ski without the use of the adapter, characterised in that the adapter includes corresponding sliding grooves and locking catches for slide-guiding to a fastening position via said sliding grooves, in order to permit locking in the sliding direction by means of snap engagement via said locking catches. a first locking device arranged on the underside of the binding for locking the binding to the adapter via a corresponding second locking device on the top side of the adapter; a third locking device arranged on the underside of the adapter for locking the adapter to the section via a corresponding fourth locking device, the first locking device on the binding corresponding in addition to the fourth locking device on the section in order to permit direct connection of the binding to the ski without the use of the adapter, characterised in that the adapter includes corresponding sliding grooves and locking catches for slide-guiding to a fastening position via said sliding grooves, in order to permit locking in the sliding direction by means of snap engagement via said locking catches.
A method of selecting one or more points of interest for display by a navigation apparatus, comprising the steps of; defining, by a user of the navigation apparatus, one or more geographic areas as one or more predefined geographic areas, associating each of said one or more predefined geographic areas with one or more points of interest, associating each predefined geographic area with at least one display criterion specifying a condition to be met in order for the one or more points of interest associated with the area to be displayed by the navigation apparatus, and automatically selecting, by the navigation apparatus, the one or more points of interest associated with a predefined geographic area for display by the navigation apparatus when the at least one display criterion associated with the predefined area and a location criterion with respect to the predefined geographic area are simultaneously met; wherein the at least one display criterion is a temporal criterion and a criterion relating to a state of operation of the navigation apparatus, the temporal criterion being a requirement in relation to a given time and the state of operation being a mode of operation of the navigation apparatus selectable by a user of the navigation apparatus from a plurality of states of operation.
A stroller rocking device comprising at least one motorised element provided with a top plate that moves in a to-and-fro movement relative to a stationary plate positioned on the ground, the outer face of said top plate being suitable for receiving a wheel of the stroller. characterised in that the device includes a means for automatically starting the to-and-fro movement with a deliberate gesture by the user consisting in pushing the stroller in such a way as to drive said top plate of the motorised element.
A device for displaying information of importance for driving a vehicle to a driver inside a driver's cabin of the vehicle, the device comprising a display arrangement with a display unit having a screen configured to display said information, said display arrangement comprising two separate said display units (6, 7) with a screen (8, 9) each joined to form a display member with two screens on opposite sides thereof, the device further comprising a frame configured to be attached to a carrier inside a said driver's cabin and provided with on one hand mechanical members (10, 11) configured to interact with mechanical members (12, 13) of the display member for removable attachment of the display member to and within the frame with in use the screen (8, 9) of one of said display units (6, 7) facing the space of the driver's cabin and on the other hand with electrical connecting members for interacting with electrical connecting members (15, 16) of the display member for electrical connection of the display unit (6, 7) with in use the screen facing the space of the driver's cabin when the display member is attached to and received in said frame, characterized in that each display unit (6, 7) is a so called Driver's Machine Interface configured to display important information to the driver of a heavy transport vehicle, such as a train, so as to obtain redundancy of the operation of the DMI for such a vehicle.