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A method for receiving a signal over a power line channel, wherein said signal is OFDM-modulated on a set of sub-carriers, said sub-carriers being separated by a frequency separation, comprising: receiving a noise signal from said power line channel; characterized by determining respective signal values of said received noise signal within a plurality of fine frequency bands with a first resolution bandwidth, wherein said first resolution bandwidth is smaller than said frequency separation; determining a first disturbed frequency band of said plurality of fine frequency bands based on a comparison of said respective signal values; notching said first disturbed frequency band from a received communication spectrum. receiving a noise signal from said power line channel; characterized by determining respective signal values of said received noise signal within a plurality of fine frequency bands with a first resolution bandwidth, wherein said first resolution bandwidth is smaller than said frequency separation; determining a first disturbed frequency band of said plurality of fine frequency bands based on a comparison of said respective signal values; notching said first disturbed frequency band from a received communication spectrum.
A method of generating a key in a secure electronic payment system, the method comprising: obtaining unique transaction data relating to a transaction, the unique transaction data comprising a plurality of bits; normalising the unique transaction data according to a predetermined normalisation format; generating a transaction identifier for uniquely identifying the transaction among a plurality of transactions by applying a first predetermined key derivation function to the normalised unique transaction data; generating an encryption key based on the normalised unique transaction data, using a second predetermined key derivation function; obtaining additional data associated with the transaction identifier, the additional data being data other than the unique transaction data that has been stored in association with the transaction identifier and encrypted using the encryption key; and decrypting the obtained additional data using the generated encryption key. obtaining unique transaction data relating to a transaction, the unique transaction data comprising a plurality of bits; normalising the unique transaction data according to a predetermined normalisation format; generating a transaction identifier for uniquely identifying the transaction among a plurality of transactions by applying a first predetermined key derivation function to the normalised unique transaction data; generating an encryption key based on the normalised unique transaction data, using a second predetermined key derivation function; obtaining additional data associated with the transaction identifier, the additional data being data other than the unique transaction data that has been stored in association with the transaction identifier and encrypted using the encryption key; and decrypting the obtained additional data using the generated encryption key.
A low-order explosive shaped charge having a liner, in which the liner is a generally conical liner, characterised in that the liner is formed from a low-density metallic material capable of burning and in that the liner has an internal apex angle in the range of 107-109 degrees.
A bread maker comprising: a stock bin having a bin body, said bin body being configured to temporary receive bread ingredients and having an inner periphery defining an opening; and a door mechanism disposed on said bin body, and including a door panel unit pivoted to said inner periphery of said bin body to openably close said opening; a hinge unit configured to pivotally connect said door panel unit to said inner periphery of said bin body; wherein said door panel unit is movable between a closed position, in which said door panel unit closes said opening in said bin body to prevent the bread ingredients from falling, and an open position, in which said door panel unit exposes said opening in said bin body to permit falling of the bread ingredients from said bin body; characterised in that said door mechanism comprises a rotary wheel unit for controlling rotation of said hinge unit; a drive unit pivoted between said rotary wheel unit and said hinge unit; and a motor unit for driving rotation of said rotary wheel unit; wherein, when said rotary wheel unit is driven by said motor unit to rotate, said rotary wheel unit drives rotation of said drive unit which in turn drives said hinge unit to rotate said door panel unit to the open or closed position; said door panel unit includes two door panels hinged to left and right sides of said inner periphery of said bin body, respectively, said hinge unit including two pivot shafts each of which is used to connect a respective one of said door panels to a corresponding one of said left and right sides of said inner periphery of said bin body, said drive unit including two drive rods each of which is pivoted between said rotary wheel unit and a corresponding one of said pivot shafts, said door panels cooperating with each other for closing said opening in said bin body when said door panel unit is in the closed position, and being spaced apart from each other for exposing said opening in said bin body when said door panel unit is in the open position; and said rotary wheel unit includes a rotary wheel disposed between said pivot shafts, said rotary wheel having a rotational axis passing through a wheel center thereof, each of said drive rods having a first end pivoted to a corresponding one of said pivot shafts, and a second end opposite to said first end and pivoted to said rotary wheel offset from said wheel center, said second ends of said drive rods being spaced apart from each other. a door panel unit pivoted to said inner periphery of said bin body to openably close said opening; a hinge unit configured to pivotally connect said door panel unit to said inner periphery of said bin body;
A method for forming a semiconductor device using a substrate, comprising; providing a layer to be patterned overlying the substrate; providing a patterned photoresist layer (18, 20, 22) overlying the layer to be patterned, the patterned photoresist layer having a minimum dimension; trimming the patterned photoresist layer (24, 26, 28); fluorinating the trimmed patterned photoresist layer by applying molecular fluorine gas to the trimmed patterned photoresist layer (24, 26, 28) to change a property of the photoresist layer (54, 56, 58) to be more resistant to a subsequent etch processing; and transferring the pattern of the trimmed patterned photoresist layer (54, 56, 58) into the layer to be patterned.
A networked control system comprising: a plurality of devices connected to a network, at least one device of the plurality of devices having a logical address that includes a device location in an environment and at least one of a device type, a device owner, an intended device function, a device feature and a device manufacturer of the at least one device; processor configured to: - maintain a mapping from the logical address to a physical network address of the at least one device and - execute control logic on the at least one device using the logical address characterized in that the networked control system further comprises a sensing means operationally coupled to the processor and the sensing means configured to detect a device location of the at least one device for use in the logical address. a plurality of devices connected to a network, at least one device of the plurality of devices having a logical address that includes a device location in an environment and at least one of a device type, a device owner, an intended device function, a device feature and a device manufacturer of the at least one device; processor configured to: - maintain a mapping from the logical address to a physical network address of the at least one device and - execute control logic on the at least one device using the logical address characterized in that the networked control system further comprises - maintain a mapping from the logical address to a physical network address of the at least one device and - execute control logic on the at least one device using the logical address characterized in that the networked control system further comprises a sensing means operationally coupled to the processor and the sensing means configured to detect a device location of the at least one device for use in the logical address.
A method for producing a steel part having a long rolling contact fatigue life, the method comprising hot-working steel, spheroidizing annealing the steel by maintaining the steel at 800°C to 850°C for 5 hours or more and cooling to 700°C or less at a rate of 0.01 °C/s or less, hardening the steel at 800°C to 950°C and tempering the steel, the steel having a composition consisting of: C: 0.7% by mass to 1.1 % by mass; Si: 0.5% by mass to 2.0% by mass; Mn: 0.4% by mass to 2.5% by mass; Cr: 1.6% by mass to 5.0% by mass; Mo: 0.1 % by mass to less than 0.5% by mass; Al: 0.010% by mass to 0.050% by mass; optionally at least one selected from the following: Ni: 0.5% by mass to 2.0% by mass; V: 0.05% by mass to 1.00% by mass; Nb: 0.005% by mass to 0.50% by mass; less than 0.0015% by mass of Sb as an impurity, and the balance composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, and wherein a portion from the surface to a depth of 5 mm has a steel structure in which residual cementite has a grain diameter of 0.05 to 1.5 μm, prior austenite has a grain diameter of 30 μm or less, and the ratio by volume of the residual austenite is less than 25%. C: 0.7% by mass to 1.1 % by mass; Si: 0.5% by mass to 2.0% by mass; Mn: 0.4% by mass to 2.5% by mass; Cr: 1.6% by mass to 5.0% by mass; Mo: 0.1 % by mass to less than 0.5% by mass; Al: 0.010% by mass to 0.050% by mass; optionally at least one selected from the following: Ni: 0.5% by mass to 2.0% by mass; V: 0.05% by mass to 1.00% by mass; Nb: 0.005% by mass to 0.50% by mass; less than 0.0015% by mass of Sb as an impurity, and the balance composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, and wherein a portion from the surface to a depth of 5 mm has a steel structure in which residual cementite has a grain diameter of 0.05 to 1.5 μm, prior austenite has a grain diameter of 30 μm or less, and the ratio by volume of the residual austenite is less than 25%. Ni: 0.5% by mass to 2.0% by mass; V: 0.05% by mass to 1.00% by mass; Nb: 0.005% by mass to 0.50% by mass; less than 0.0015% by mass of Sb as an impurity, and the balance composed of Fe and inevitable impurities, and wherein a portion from the surface to a depth of 5 mm has a steel structure in which residual cementite has a grain diameter of 0.05 to 1.5 μm, prior austenite has a grain diameter of 30 μm or less, and the ratio by volume of the residual austenite is less than 25%.
Retroreflective, elongated, filamentous product, comprising: a core of non-metallic filamentous material; a first polymer matrix layer comprising a polymer resin, located around an outer peripheral surface of, and-penetrating- into, the core of non-metallic filamentous- material; a reflective material located on an outer peripheral surface of said first polymer matrix layer; a second polymer matrix layer comprising a polymer resin, forming a primer layer on top of said reflective material; and a plurality of refractive microparticles distributed in said second polymer matrix primer layer, wherein said plurality of refractive microparticles is partially embedded in said second polymer matrix primer layer. a core of non-metallic filamentous material; a first polymer matrix layer comprising a polymer resin, located around an outer peripheral surface of, and-penetrating- into, the core of non-metallic filamentous- material; a reflective material located on an outer peripheral surface of said first polymer matrix layer; a second polymer matrix layer comprising a polymer resin, forming a primer layer on top of said reflective material; and a plurality of refractive microparticles distributed in said second polymer matrix primer layer, wherein said plurality of refractive microparticles is partially embedded in said second polymer matrix primer layer.
Communication device in a communication network comprising at least two communication devices, the device comprises: - means for storing, for each source and destination communication device pair of said communication network, series of contacts chronologically ordered between communication device pairs connecting the source communication device and the destination communication device, called paths, in the form of pair lists (LD, EA), where EA is an earliest arrival time to a first communication device and LD is a latest departure time from a second communication device for any series of contacts, so that for each of said paths from said source communication devices to said destination communication devices, the latest departure time associated with each one of said paths corresponds to the last time for which a path can start and the earliest arrival time associated with each one of said paths corresponds to the first time for which a path can end, - means for maintaining, for each network node, a backward routing table containing information on observed previous paths from all the source communication devices in the network toward said node; and - means for transmitting data to another communication device via a node selected by using a history of observed previous paths extracted from the backward routing tables. - means for storing, for each source and destination communication device pair of said communication network, series of contacts chronologically ordered between communication device pairs connecting the source communication device and the destination communication device, called paths, in the form of pair lists (LD, EA), where EA is an earliest arrival time to a first communication device and LD is a latest departure time from a second communication device for any series of contacts, so that for each of said paths from said source communication devices to said destination communication devices, the latest departure time associated with each one of said paths corresponds to the last time for which a path can start and the earliest arrival time associated with each one of said paths corresponds to the first time for which a path can end, - means for maintaining, for each network node, a backward routing table containing information on observed previous paths from all the source communication devices in the network toward said node; and - means for transmitting data to another communication device via a node selected by using a history of observed previous paths extracted from the backward routing tables.
A track section for rail vehicles with consecutively arranged sleepers and rails supported on the sleepers, wherein the sleepers each exhibit respectively spaced apart bearing areas for the rails, wherein the sleepers are raised in the bearing areas, and the ends of the sleeper elevation(s) are rounded as viewed from above, wherein the elevation is designed in such a manner that a free space between a lower edge of the rails and the track bed is remaining, wherein the free space extends over a vertical height of at least 8 cm, especially at least 12 cm, characterized in that the sleeper comprises a base body designed with an essentially uniform height and at least one raising element that is attached to the base body and forms the elevation, that a respective base plate serving as a rail pad is fastened in the elevated bearing areas of the sleepers and that the base plate exhibits retaining and/or clamping members for rail fastening means.
A high oxidation-resistant alloy having a nominal composition consisting of: Co 9.07 wt% W 9.36 wt% Cr 8.43 wt% Al 5.73 wt% Ti 0.65 wt% Ta 2.93 wt% Mo 0.51 wt% Hf 1.02 wt% Mn up to 0.001 wt% Mg up to 0.060 wt% Si 0.06 wt% B 0.010 wt% Zr 0.012 wt% Fe 0.035 wt% O 0.014 wt% N 0.002 wt% S up to 0.010 wt% C 0.043 wt% Re 0.0 wt% Ni balance based on the alloy weight.
A machine-readable medium having machine-executable instructions configured to perform a method for analyzing the ophthalmic anatomy of a patient posterior to the cornea, the method comprising: scanning a focus of a femtosecond laser beam along a path within the patient's eye, wherein at least a portion of the path is disposed posterior to the patient's cornea, and wherein the path includes a first focus location (620, 1214) and a second focus location (620, 1216); characterized by the method comprising acquiring a first reflectance image associated with the focus disposed at the first focus location (620, 1612); acquiring a second reflectance image associated with the focus disposed at the second focus location (620, 1614); the method further comprising determining the presence or absence of an ophthalmic anatomical feature of the eye based on a comparison between the first reflectance image and the second reflectance image. scanning a focus of a femtosecond laser beam along a path within the patient's eye, wherein at least a portion of the path is disposed posterior to the patient's cornea, and wherein the path includes a first focus location (620, 1214) and a second focus location (620, 1216); characterized by the method comprising acquiring a first reflectance image associated with the focus disposed at the first focus location (620, 1612); acquiring a second reflectance image associated with the focus disposed at the second focus location (620, 1614); the method further comprising determining the presence or absence of an ophthalmic anatomical feature of the eye based on a comparison between the first reflectance image and the second reflectance image.
A power conversion device comprising: - an inverter circuit that includes a bridge-connected power semiconductor element and is connected to a DC power supply through an openable and closable contactor; - a driver circuit to drive the power semiconductor element; - a driver circuit control part that performs Pulse Width Modulation, PWM, control on the driver circuit and causes the power semiconductor element to perform a switching operation; - a voltage smoothing capacitor connected in parallel to an input side of the inverter circuit; - a driver power supply circuit that is connected in parallel to the voltage smoothing capacitor, is inputted with a voltage applied to the voltage smoothing capacitor and supplies electric power to the driver circuit, wherein a discharge power consuming resistor is provided at a secondary side of the driver power supply circuit and in parallel to the driver circuit; - a discharge circuit that includes a resistor for discharging an electric charge of the voltage smoothing capacitor and a discharging switching element connected in series to the resistor, and is connected in parallel to the voltage smoothing capacitor; and - a discharge control part that turns on the discharging switching element when the contactor is placed in an open state and causes the discharge circuit to discharge. - an inverter circuit that includes a bridge-connected power semiconductor element and is connected to a DC power supply through an openable and closable contactor; - a driver circuit to drive the power semiconductor element; - a driver circuit control part that performs Pulse Width Modulation, PWM, control on the driver circuit and causes the power semiconductor element to perform a switching operation; - a voltage smoothing capacitor connected in parallel to an input side of the inverter circuit; - a driver power supply circuit that is connected in parallel to the voltage smoothing capacitor, is inputted with a voltage applied to the voltage smoothing capacitor and supplies electric power to the driver circuit, wherein a discharge power consuming resistor is provided at a secondary side of the driver power supply circuit and in parallel to the driver circuit; - a discharge circuit that includes a resistor for discharging an electric charge of the voltage smoothing capacitor and a discharging switching element connected in series to the resistor, and is connected in parallel to the voltage smoothing capacitor; and - a discharge control part that turns on the discharging switching element when the contactor is placed in an open state and causes the discharge circuit to discharge.
Method to sterilize a packaging machine provided with a feed circuit, comprising a first feed line configured to feed a first flow of product, a second feed line configured to feed a second flow of sterilizing solution, and a third feed line configured to feed a third flow of gaseous fluid, and a forming and filling station equipped with a delivery member fluidically connected to said feed lines (101, 102, 103) and around which it is provided to form a tubular wrapping of heat-sealable film, characterized in that the start-up step comprises a sterilization sub-step in which said second flow of sterilizing solution is fed into said first feed line.
A coil unit configured to transmit or receive electric power by electromagnetic induction in a noncontact manner, comprising: a coil having terminals for inputting or outputting a high-frequency voltage; a metal conductor placed near the coil; and a first capacitor and a second capacitor serially connected to the respective terminals of the coil, characterized in that the ratio of a capacitance C1 of the first capacitor and a capacitance C2 of the second capacitor, where C1 and C2 are different from each other, is set to a value at which a current induced into the metal conductor due to capacitance coupling when the high-frequency voltage is input into or output from the coil is smaller than a current induced when C1 is equal to C2. a coil having terminals for inputting or outputting a high-frequency voltage; a metal conductor placed near the coil; and a first capacitor and a second capacitor serially connected to the respective terminals of the coil, characterized in that the ratio of a capacitance C1 of the first capacitor and a capacitance C2 of the second capacitor, where C1 and C2 are different from each other, is set to a value at which a current induced into the metal conductor due to capacitance coupling when the high-frequency voltage is input into or output from the coil is smaller than a current induced when C1 is equal to C2.