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Electronic component comprising: a first integrated sub-circuit having a defined interface and a defined fixed-hardware functionality; a second, reconfigurable integrated sub-circuit being signal-connected via the interface to the first sub-circuit to exchange signals therewith; and one or more terminals for electrically connecting the electronic component to its periphery, the periphery comprising a printed circuit board of a system into which component is to be integrated, the second sub-circuit being configured as an interface circuit between the one or more terminals and the first sub-circuit; wherein the second sub-circuit further comprises a programmable circuit structure and is further configured as a reconfigurable integrated testing unit to test said hardware functionality of the first sub-circuit by applying one or more input signals to the first sub-circuit and evaluating one or more output signals received via the interface from the first sub-circuit in response to the one or more input signals for conformance with one or more predetermined test criteria; and wherein the component is configured such that any signal between the one or more terminals and the first sub-circuit of the component passes through the second sub-circuit, which thus forms a sole interface circuit between the one or more terminals and the first sub-circuit. a first integrated sub-circuit having a defined interface and a defined fixed-hardware functionality; a second, reconfigurable integrated sub-circuit being signal-connected via the interface to the first sub-circuit to exchange signals therewith; and one or more terminals for electrically connecting the electronic component to its periphery, the periphery comprising a printed circuit board of a system into which component is to be integrated, the second sub-circuit being configured as an interface circuit between the one or more terminals and the first sub-circuit; wherein the second sub-circuit further comprises a programmable circuit structure and is further configured as a reconfigurable integrated testing unit to test said hardware functionality of the first sub-circuit by applying one or more input signals to the first sub-circuit and evaluating one or more output signals received via the interface from the first sub-circuit in response to the one or more input signals for conformance with one or more predetermined test criteria; and wherein the component is configured such that any signal between the one or more terminals and the first sub-circuit of the component passes through the second sub-circuit, which thus forms a sole interface circuit between the one or more terminals and the first sub-circuit.
An electrical coupling device for coupling functional elements of a lighting system, wherein the electrical coupling device comprises a first wire, a second wire, at least one spacer and at least one coupling spacer, wherein the at least one spacer is arranged to provide a first defined distance between the first wire and the second wire at the position of the spacer, wherein the coupling spacer is arranged to provide a second defined distance between the first wire and the second wire at the position of the coupling spacer, wherein the coupling spacer is further arranged to electrically couple the functional element to the electrically coupling device, wherein the at least one spacer and the coupling spacer are physically separated from each other, and wherein the at least one coupling spacer, the at least one spacer, the first wire and the second wire are embedded in a flexible cover, wherein the coupling device embedded in the flexible cover enables bending in all three dimensions at a position between the at least one spacer and the at least one coupling spacer.
A method for producing a quinacridone solid solution pigment, the method comprising: a step of producing a crude quinacridone solid solution; a drying step of drying the crude quinacridone solid solution; and a pigmentation step of heating a dried crude quinacridone solid solution in a solvent, thereby making the dried crude quinacridone solid solution into a pigment, wherein: in the step of producing a crude quinacridone solid solution, a diarylaminoterephthalic acid and a dialkylarylaminoterephthalic acid are subjected to a co-cyclization reaction in polyphosphoric acid, thereby obtaining a water-containing crude quinacridone solid solution such that water is contained in a solid solution having a mass ratio of unsubstituted quinacridone to a 2,9-dialkylquinacridone of 80:20 to 70:30; in the drying step, the water-containing crude quinacridone solid solution is dried, thereby making a water content less than 1% and obtaining a powdery, crude quinacridone solid solution; and in the pigmentation step, the powdery, crude quinacridone solid solution is heated in a liquid medium that does not dissolve the crude quinacridone solid solution. a step of producing a crude quinacridone solid solution; a drying step of drying the crude quinacridone solid solution; and a pigmentation step of heating a dried crude quinacridone solid solution in a solvent, thereby making the dried crude quinacridone solid solution into a pigment, wherein: in the step of producing a crude quinacridone solid solution, a diarylaminoterephthalic acid and a dialkylarylaminoterephthalic acid are subjected to a co-cyclization reaction in polyphosphoric acid, thereby obtaining a water-containing crude quinacridone solid solution such that water is contained in a solid solution having a mass ratio of unsubstituted quinacridone to a 2,9-dialkylquinacridone of 80:20 to 70:30; in the drying step, the water-containing crude quinacridone solid solution is dried, thereby making a water content less than 1% and obtaining a powdery, crude quinacridone solid solution; and in the pigmentation step, the powdery, crude quinacridone solid solution is heated in a liquid medium that does not dissolve the crude quinacridone solid solution. in the step of producing a crude quinacridone solid solution, a diarylaminoterephthalic acid and a dialkylarylaminoterephthalic acid are subjected to a co-cyclization reaction in polyphosphoric acid, thereby obtaining a water-containing crude quinacridone solid solution such that water is contained in a solid solution having a mass ratio of unsubstituted quinacridone to a 2,9-dialkylquinacridone of 80:20 to 70:30; in the drying step, the water-containing crude quinacridone solid solution is dried, thereby making a water content less than 1% and obtaining a powdery, crude quinacridone solid solution; and in the pigmentation step, the powdery, crude quinacridone solid solution is heated in a liquid medium that does not dissolve the crude quinacridone solid solution.
An active noise control system that includes: a plurality of microphones (M 1, M 2, M 3, M 4), each microphone being configured to provide an error signal (e[n]) which represents a residual noise signal; a plurality of loudspeakers (L 1, L 2, L 3, L 4, L 5), each loudspeaker being configured to receive a loudspeaker signal (y i [n]) and radiate a respective acoustic signal; an adaptive filter bank supplied with a reference signal (x[n]) and configured to filter the reference signal and to provide, as filtered signals, the loudspeaker signals (y i [n]), wherein the filter characteristics (w ik [n]) of the adaptive filter bank are adapted such that a cost function (ξ MOD [n] is minimized, wherein the cost function (ξ MOD [n] represents the weighted sum squared error signals (e j [n]), characterized in that each squared error signal (e j [n]) is weighted with a weighting factor (a j [n]) that depends on the difference (c dB,j [n]) or the ratio between the power level (e dB,j [n]) of the error signal (e j [n]) and a predefined reference level (ref dB [n]). a plurality of microphones (M 1, M 2, M 3, M 4), each microphone being configured to provide an error signal (e[n]) which represents a residual noise signal; a plurality of loudspeakers (L 1, L 2, L 3, L 4, L 5), each loudspeaker being configured to receive a loudspeaker signal (y i [n]) and radiate a respective acoustic signal; an adaptive filter bank supplied with a reference signal (x[n]) and configured to filter the reference signal and to provide, as filtered signals, the loudspeaker signals (y i [n]), wherein the filter characteristics (w ik [n]) of the adaptive filter bank are adapted such that a cost function (ξ MOD [n] is minimized, wherein the cost function (ξ MOD [n] represents the weighted sum squared error signals (e j [n]), characterized in that each squared error signal (e j [n]) is weighted with a weighting factor (a j [n]) that depends on the difference (c dB,j [n]) or the ratio between the power level (e dB,j [n]) of the error signal (e j [n]) and a predefined reference level (ref dB [n]).
A breaking device for interrupting current, the breaking device comprising: - an electrically conducting outer member; - an electrically conducting inner member arranged radially inside the outer member with respect to a breaking axis; and - an electrically insulating or semiconducting breaking member arranged radially between the outer member and the inner member with respect to the breaking axis, the breaking member being arranged to move along the breaking axis from a starting position to a protruding position in which the breaking member protrudes from a space within the outer member for interrupting a current between the outer member and the inner member by means of the breaking member; characterised by - the breaking member comprising an inner tubular element and an outer tubular element, where the outer tubular element is joined to an outer surface of the inner tubular element thereby defining a recess between the outer tubular element and the inner tubular element. - an electrically conducting outer member; - an electrically conducting inner member arranged radially inside the outer member with respect to a breaking axis; and - an electrically insulating or semiconducting breaking member arranged radially between the outer member and the inner member with respect to the breaking axis, the breaking member being arranged to move along the breaking axis from a starting position to a protruding position in which the breaking member protrudes from a space within the outer member for interrupting a current between the outer member and the inner member by means of the breaking member; - the breaking member comprising an inner tubular element and an outer tubular element, where the outer tubular element is joined to an outer surface of the inner tubular element thereby defining a recess between the outer tubular element and the inner tubular element.
A light detection and ranging, LiDAR, apparatus comprising: a first rotatable mirror array including a first plurality of inclined mirrors (A1..5) arranged in a circumferential direction; a plurality of light sources (LD1..5) configured to emit light toward the first rotatable mirror array; a second rotatable mirror array including a second plurality of inclined mirrors (F1..5) arranged in the circumferential direction, the second rotatable mirror array facing the first rotatable mirror array to reflect the light reflected by the first rotatable mirror array to an outside of the LiDAR apparatus; and a photodetector configured to detect the light reflected by the second rotatable mirror array after being incident onto the second rotatable mirror array from the outside of the LiDAR apparatus, wherein the plurality of light sources are provided in a plurality of sections into which an angle range of 180 degrees or more is divided in equal intervals in the circumferential direction, characterized in that the second rotatable mirror is adapted to rotate in a continuous manner and the first rotatable mirror is adapted to rotate in a stepwise manner or in a continuous manner at a different rotation speed to the second rotatable mirror. a first rotatable mirror array including a first plurality of inclined mirrors (A1..5) arranged in a circumferential direction; a plurality of light sources (LD1..5) configured to emit light toward the first rotatable mirror array; a second rotatable mirror array including a second plurality of inclined mirrors (F1..5) arranged in the circumferential direction, the second rotatable mirror array facing the first rotatable mirror array to reflect the light reflected by the first rotatable mirror array to an outside of the LiDAR apparatus; and a photodetector configured to detect the light reflected by the second rotatable mirror array after being incident onto the second rotatable mirror array from the outside of the LiDAR apparatus, wherein the plurality of light sources are provided in a plurality of sections into which an angle range of 180 degrees or more is divided in equal intervals in the circumferential direction, characterized in that the second rotatable mirror is adapted to rotate in a continuous manner and the first rotatable mirror is adapted to rotate in a stepwise manner or in a continuous manner at a different rotation speed to the second rotatable mirror.
Gasket for an electrical cable having - a grommet extending in a longitudinal direction from a first end face to a second end face and having a through channel, the through channel being enclosed by an inner lateral surface of the grommet, and - at least two sealing lips which are spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction and are arranged on the inner lateral surface of the grommet and point inwards, wherein - the grommet has at least two sealing regions which are arranged next to one another in the longitudinal direction and are spaced apart from one another by a circumferential separating region, - a first sealing region of the sealing regions faces the first end face and a second sealing region of the sealing regions faces the second end face, and - the separation region has a smaller wall thickness than the sealing regions (28a, b), characterized in - that two sealing lips arranged next to one another in the longitudinal direction have different cross-sectional profiles from one another, in particular in that the sealing lips have alternating cross-sectional profiles, and/or - that two sealing lips arranged next to one another in the longitudinal direction are inclined differently from one another with respect to the transverse plane, in particular in that the sealing lips are alternately inclined. - a grommet extending in a longitudinal direction from a first end face to a second end face and having a through channel, the through channel being enclosed by an inner lateral surface of the grommet, and - at least two sealing lips which are spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction and are arranged on the inner lateral surface of the grommet and point inwards, wherein - the grommet has at least two sealing regions which are arranged next to one another in the longitudinal direction and are spaced apart from one another by a circumferential separating region, - a first sealing region of the sealing regions faces the first end face and a second sealing region of the sealing regions faces the second end face, and - the separation region has a smaller wall thickness than the sealing regions (28a, b), characterized in - that two sealing lips arranged next to one another in the longitudinal direction have different cross-sectional profiles from one another, in particular in that the sealing lips have alternating cross-sectional profiles, and/or - that two sealing lips arranged next to one another in the longitudinal direction are inclined differently from one another with respect to the transverse plane, in particular in that the sealing lips are alternately inclined.
An optical sensor for detecting objects in a detection range, a protective field (15, 15') being predefined in the optical sensor, and an object detection signal being generated in the optical sensor when an object is detected in the protective field (15, 15'), characterised in that a residual protective field is generated within the protective field (15, 15') in the optical sensor as a function of the detection of a permissible object, and in that, in the event of an object engagement in the residual protective field, an object detection signal is generated in the optical sensor only if this object engagement represents a deviation from an object structure of the permissible obj ect.
Upholstered furniture, with a base element, a seat element, more particularly supporting a seat cushion, wherein the base element and the seat element are connected by guide elements (5, 6) so that the seat element can be moved to and fro through a combined translational and rotational movement relative to the base from a first position, more particularly a sitting position, into a second position, a couch position, characterised in that the upholstered furniture is configured so that a portion arranged at least at the rear part of the seat element when moving from the first position into the second position runs through an approximately S-shaped trajectory which has the result that a supporting element, more particularly a support roller, mounted on the seat element for supporting the seat element, moves initially at a distance from the floor level corresponding to the floor surface underneath the base element, towards the front side of the upholstered furniture and sinks down onto the floor level only after exceeding a predetermined path.
A method for diagnosis of ovarian cancer, comprising the steps of (i) determining the level of antibodies against protease-activated receptor 1 in a sample from a subject to be diagnosed, (ii) comparing the determined level in the sample to a control level derived from subjects without cancer; wherein a decreased level in the sample from the subject to be diagnosed as compared to the control level is indicative of ovarian cancer in the subject. (i) determining the level of antibodies against protease-activated receptor 1 in a sample from a subject to be diagnosed, (ii) comparing the determined level in the sample to a control level derived from subjects without cancer;
A sulfur-containing organosilicon compound in the form of a silane coupling agent suitable to be combined with a powder in a weight ratio A/B of 70/30 to 5/95, said compound being obtainable by transesterification reaction of a sulfide-containing organosilicon compound with an amide compound, said sulfide-containing organosilicon compound having the formula: (R 1 O) (3-p) (R 2) p Si-R 3 -S n -R 3 -Si(OR 1) (3-p) (R 2) p wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently a monovalent hydrocarbon group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R 3 is a divalent hydrocarbon group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, n is a number having an average value in the range of 2 ≤ n ≤ 6, and p is an integer of 0 to 2, said amide compound having the formula: wherein R 4 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms, R 5 is a group of the formula, and R 6 is hydrogen, an alkyl group of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryl group of 6 to 12 carbon atoms or a group of the formula: *-(CH 2) s -R 7 -OH wherein R 7 is an alkylene group of 1 to 12 carbon atoms or *-O-(Y-O) m -Y-*, Y is an alkylene group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms, m is a number of 1 to 40, and s is a number of 0 to 12, and * designates a bonding site.
An oscillator circuit, comprising: a lower pair of first (M 1) and second (M 2) transistors; an upper pair of third (M 3) and fourth (M 4) transistors, all transistors being of a similar type, a source terminal of said third transistor coupled to a drain terminal of said first transistor, a source terminal of said fourth transistor coupled to a drain terminal of said second transistor, a gate terminal of said first transistor cross coupled to a gate terminal of said fourth transistor, a gate terminal of said second transistor cross coupled to a gate terminal of said third transistor; an LC-tank circuit (43, 45, C 1, C 2) including a step-up transformer having a primary winding and a seconding winding, a tuning capacitor coupled across the primary winding and a tuning capacitor coupled across the secondary winding, said secondary winding coupled between the gate terminals of the transistors in said upper pair and said primary winding coupled between the drain terminals of said lower pair, said LC-tank circuit operative to exhibit a passive voltage gain; and wherein said upper pair of transistors and said lower pair of transistors are operative to cause current through said LC-tank to reverse direction every half period. a lower pair of first (M 1) and second (M 2) transistors; an upper pair of third (M 3) and fourth (M 4) transistors, all transistors being of a similar type, a source terminal of said third transistor coupled to a drain terminal of said first transistor, a source terminal of said fourth transistor coupled to a drain terminal of said second transistor, a gate terminal of said first transistor cross coupled to a gate terminal of said fourth transistor, a gate terminal of said second transistor cross coupled to a gate terminal of said third transistor; an LC-tank circuit (43, 45, C 1, C 2) including a step-up transformer having a primary winding and a seconding winding, a tuning capacitor coupled across the primary winding and a tuning capacitor coupled across the secondary winding, said secondary winding coupled between the gate terminals of the transistors in said upper pair and said primary winding coupled between the drain terminals of said lower pair, said LC-tank circuit operative to exhibit a passive voltage gain; and wherein said upper pair of transistors and said lower pair of transistors are operative to cause current through said LC-tank to reverse direction every half period.
System for assistance in guiding an endovascular instrument in vascular structures of an anatomical region of interest of a patient, comprising an imaging device suitable for capturing two-dimensional images of parts of the body of a patient, a programmable device and a viewing unit: - the imaging device being suitable for capturing a plurality of partially superposed fluoroscopic images (F i) of the anatomical region of interest, and the programmable device being configured to form a first augmented image (P 1) representative of a complete panorama of the bones of said anatomical region of interest, - the programmable device being configured to control the imaging device in order to capture a plurality of angiographic images corresponding to said plurality of fluoroscopic images and to form a second augmented image (P 2), - the imaging device being configured to capture a new fluoroscopic image, called current fluoroscopic image (I c), of a part of the anatomical region of interest, - the programmable device being configured to register said current fluoroscopic image (I c) with respect to the first augmented image (P 1), to locate and display, on the viewing unit an image region corresponding to the current fluoroscopic image in the second augmented image (P 2), said system being characterised in that said second augmented image (P 2) is a two-dimensional image representative of an arterial panorama of the anatomical region of interest. - the imaging device being suitable for capturing a plurality of partially superposed fluoroscopic images (F i) of the anatomical region of interest, and the programmable device being configured to form a first augmented image (P 1) representative of a complete panorama of the bones of said anatomical region of interest, - the programmable device being configured to control the imaging device in order to capture a plurality of angiographic images corresponding to said plurality of fluoroscopic images and to form a second augmented image (P 2), - the imaging device being configured to capture a new fluoroscopic image, called current fluoroscopic image (I c), of a part of the anatomical region of interest, - the programmable device being configured to register said current fluoroscopic image (I c) with respect to the first augmented image (P 1), to locate and display, on the viewing unit an image region corresponding to the current fluoroscopic image in the second augmented image (P 2),