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An ultrasound imaging system for shear wave imaging comprising: a probe configured to acquire ultrasound echo signals for producing shear wave images of anisotropic tissue (105, 305) of a subject along an imaging plane, wherein the probe is configured to be coupled to a position tracking system for tracking a position of the probe with respect to the subject; a processor in communication with the probe and configured to receive position tracking data from the position tracking system, wherein the processor further is configured to: define at least one target plane in the anisotropic tissue (105, 305) at an angle with respect to a reference plane of the anisotropic tissue; determine a difference between a first position of the imaging plane (110, 310) of the probe at the position indicated by the position tracking data and a second position of the at least one target plane; and provide a visual indicator of the difference on a display of the ultrasound system, wherein the processor is configured to dynamically update the visual indicator responsive to a change in the position of the imaging plane (110, 310) with respect to the target plane. a probe configured to acquire ultrasound echo signals for producing shear wave images of anisotropic tissue (105, 305) of a subject along an imaging plane, wherein the probe is configured to be coupled to a position tracking system for tracking a position of the probe with respect to the subject; a processor in communication with the probe and configured to receive position tracking data from the position tracking system, wherein the processor further is configured to: define at least one target plane in the anisotropic tissue (105, 305) at an angle with respect to a reference plane of the anisotropic tissue; determine a difference between a first position of the imaging plane (110, 310) of the probe at the position indicated by the position tracking data and a second position of the at least one target plane; and provide a visual indicator of the difference on a display of the ultrasound system, wherein the processor is configured to dynamically update the visual indicator responsive to a change in the position of the imaging plane (110, 310) with respect to the target plane. define at least one target plane in the anisotropic tissue (105, 305) at an angle with respect to a reference plane of the anisotropic tissue; determine a difference between a first position of the imaging plane (110, 310) of the probe at the position indicated by the position tracking data and a second position of the at least one target plane; and provide a visual indicator of the difference on a display of the ultrasound system, wherein the processor is configured to dynamically update the visual indicator responsive to a change in the position of the imaging plane (110, 310) with respect to the target plane.
Method for regulating the headlight range of at least one headlamp of a vehicle, including the following steps: reading a camera image from at least one camera of the vehicle, wherein the camera image comprises at least part of an image of a projection surface of a light cone of the headlamp in front of the vehicle; determining at least one coordinate of at least one predefined brightness transition and/or a predefined brightness inhomogeneity in the camera image; comparing the coordinate to a setpoint coordinate in order to obtain difference between the coordinate and the setpoint coordinate, the setpoint coordinate representing a coordinate at which the predefined brightness transition or the predefined brightness inhomogeneity is expected; and actuating the headlamp with a headlight range modification signal, which depends on the difference, in order to change the headlight range, characterized in that, prior to the reading step, a step of initializing the headlamp is implemented, wherein the headlamp is actuated by an initialization signal in the initialization step in order to modify, in particular reduce, the projection surface. reading a camera image from at least one camera of the vehicle, wherein the camera image comprises at least part of an image of a projection surface of a light cone of the headlamp in front of the vehicle; determining at least one coordinate of at least one predefined brightness transition and/or a predefined brightness inhomogeneity in the camera image; comparing the coordinate to a setpoint coordinate in order to obtain difference between the coordinate and the setpoint coordinate, the setpoint coordinate representing a coordinate at which the predefined brightness transition or the predefined brightness inhomogeneity is expected; and actuating the headlamp with a headlight range modification signal, which depends on the difference, in order to change the headlight range, characterized in that, prior to the reading step, a step of initializing the headlamp is implemented, wherein the headlamp is actuated by an initialization signal in the initialization step in order to modify, in particular reduce, the projection surface.
A method for determining if an amount of deposition of scale, on a heating element arranged for heating a liquid in a heating space of a household appliance, exceeds a reference amount of deposition of scale or not, characterised in that the method comprises: - measuring temperature of said heating element, - obtaining a start temperature of said heating element, wherein said start temperature of the heating element corresponds to a liquid start temperature of said liquid in said heating space (), - turning on said heating element at first point in time to heat the liquid from said liquid start temperature and simultaneously starting measuring a time interval (tint) from said first point in time, - monitoring, at a second point in time, a behaviour of the measured temperature of said heating element during heating of the liquid in the heating space in order to determine if a boiling temperature of said liquid has been reached or not, wherein said time interval (tint) is measured to said second point in time, - comparing said measured time interval (tint) with a reference heating duration (trd) required for heating said liquid from said liquid start temperature to the boiling temperature of said liquid when heated by a reference heating element having the reference amount of deposition of scale and - determining if the amount of deposition of scale on said heating element exceeds said reference amount of deposition of scale or not based on said monitoring and on said comparison. - measuring temperature of said heating element, - obtaining a start temperature of said heating element, wherein said start temperature of the heating element corresponds to a liquid start temperature of said liquid in said heating space (), - turning on said heating element at first point in time to heat the liquid from said liquid start temperature and simultaneously starting measuring a time interval (tint) from said first point in time, - monitoring, at a second point in time, a behaviour of the measured temperature of said heating element during heating of the liquid in the heating space in order to determine if a boiling temperature of said liquid has been reached or not, wherein said time interval (tint) is measured to said second point in time, - comparing said measured time interval (tint) with a reference heating duration (trd) required for heating said liquid from said liquid start temperature to the boiling temperature of said liquid when heated by a reference heating element having the reference amount of deposition of scale and - determining if the amount of deposition of scale on said heating element exceeds said reference amount of deposition of scale or not based on said monitoring and on said comparison.
A thermosetting resin composition comprising a heat-curable thermosetting resin having a molecular weight of from 200 to 3000, and from 0.5 to 40 percent by weight, based on the resin composition, of a viscosity modifier which is a thermoplastic resin having a molecular weight of at least 5000 and a hydroxyl content not exceeding 0.2 hydroxyl equivalents per 100 g of the resin composition, wherein the viscosity modifier is an oxazolidone ring-containing compound which is the reaction product of: a) a polyisocyanate having an isocyanate functionality of from 1.9 to 2.1; b) a polyepoxide having an epoxide functionality of from 1.9 to 2.1; and optionally, c) a chain extender. a) a polyisocyanate having an isocyanate functionality of from 1.9 to 2.1; b) a polyepoxide having an epoxide functionality of from 1.9 to 2.1; and optionally, c) a chain extender.
Apparatus for drying high moisture, low calorific value lignite for a generating set and recovering water contained therein, comprising a rotary steam tube dryer, a washing cooling tower, a coal mill, a 1st bag filter, a 2nd bag filter, a weighing surge bunker, a wet coal bunker, a nitrogen gas heater and a pulverized coal collecting tank; wherein the input end of the rotary steam tube dryer is connected with the wet coal bunker, the upper portion and the lower portion of the other end of the rotary steam tube dryer is connected with the 1st bag filter and the weighing surge bunker respectively, the upper portion of the 1st bag filter is connected to the washing cooling tower, the weighing surge bunker is connected to the coal mill, one side of the coal mill is connected to the nitrogen gas heater, the top of the coal mill is connected to the 2nd bag filter, the upper portion of the 2nd bag filter is connected to the washing cooling tower and the other side thereof is connected to the inlet of the nitrogen gas heater, and the lower portion of the 2nd bag filter is connected to the pulverized coal collecting tank; the upper portion of the 1st bag filter is connected to the washing cooling tower, and the lower portion thereof is connected to the pulverized coal collecting tank; one side of the washing cooling tower is connected to the nitrogen gas heater.
An integrated circuit used in a drive circuit that is configured to output a drive signal for driving a capacitive load, the integrated circuit comprising: a modulation circuit that is configured to modulate a base drive signal (aA) to output a modulation signal (Ms); a switching circuit that is configured to output an amplification control signal (Hgd; Lgd) according to the modulation signal; a discharge circuit that is configured to discharge a charge based on the drive signal; a constant voltage output circuit that is configured to output a DC voltage signal; and an output terminal (VFB-In) from which the DC voltage signal is output, wherein the constant voltage output circuit and the discharge circuit are electrically coupled to the output terminal, and a shortest distance between the output terminal and the constant voltage output circuit is shorter than a shortest distance between the output terminal and the discharge circuit. a modulation circuit that is configured to modulate a base drive signal (aA) to output a modulation signal (Ms); a switching circuit that is configured to output an amplification control signal (Hgd; Lgd) according to the modulation signal; a discharge circuit that is configured to discharge a charge based on the drive signal; a constant voltage output circuit that is configured to output a DC voltage signal; and an output terminal (VFB-In) from which the DC voltage signal is output, wherein the constant voltage output circuit and the discharge circuit are electrically coupled to the output terminal, and a shortest distance between the output terminal and the constant voltage output circuit is shorter than a shortest distance between the output terminal and the discharge circuit.
A printer comprising: a print head, a web path for a longitudinally extending web of record members having longitudinally spaced high frequency RFID transponders, the web path extending in a downstream direction to the print head, a high frequency magnetic coupler disposed along the web path, the coupler being capable of magnetically coupling with the transponders by writing to and/or reading the transponders one-at-a-time, the coupler including at least one inductor capable of radiating or receiving magnetic energy, said at least one inductor mounted on a circuit board, each inductor having a magnetizable core and an energizable winding surrounding the core, the coupler being arranged to radiate or receive magnetic energy at a level to write to or read a transponder in the web generally aligned with the core but insufficient to write to or read any transponder in the web not generally aligned with at least one core, and at least one electrically grounded conductor to diminish magnetic radiation to a transponder not generally aligned with the at least one core, and said circuit board extending transversely to the web path, characterized in that the at least one grounded conductor comprises a grounded conductive trace on the circuit board, said trace extending substantially across the width of the web path at the upstream side of the at least one inductor. a print head, a web path for a longitudinally extending web of record members having longitudinally spaced high frequency RFID transponders, the web path extending in a downstream direction to the print head, a high frequency magnetic coupler disposed along the web path, the coupler being capable of magnetically coupling with the transponders by writing to and/or reading the transponders one-at-a-time, the coupler including at least one inductor capable of radiating or receiving magnetic energy, said at least one inductor mounted on a circuit board, each inductor having a magnetizable core and an energizable winding surrounding the core, the coupler being arranged to radiate or receive magnetic energy at a level to write to or read a transponder in the web generally aligned with the core but insufficient to write to or read any transponder in the web not generally aligned with at least one core, and at least one electrically grounded conductor to diminish magnetic radiation to a transponder not generally aligned with the at least one core, and said circuit board extending transversely to the web path, characterized in that the at least one grounded conductor comprises a grounded conductive trace on the circuit board, said trace extending substantially across the width of the web path at the upstream side of the at least one inductor.
A pneumatically actuated valve comprising: a valve body comprising: a valve housing defining a flow passage having a flow passage diameter; and a valve disc positioned in the valve housing; a pneumatic actuator for rotating the valve disc in the valve housing; and a pitot tube connected to the pneumatic actuator and having a tip extending into the flow passage of the valve housing upstream of the valve disc, wherein the tip has an inlet orifice angled toward a downstream flow direction, characterised in that the tip is spaced apart from the valve housing by at least 1/20 of the flow passage diameter, and in that the pitot tube has a body bent away from the valve disc so that the tip is radially offset from the valve disc when the valve disc is in an open position, and is configured so that the tip is substantially free of downstream obstructions for a distance equal to at least 1/2 of the flow passage diameter when the valve is in the open position. a valve body comprising: a valve housing defining a flow passage having a flow passage diameter; and a valve disc positioned in the valve housing; a valve housing defining a flow passage having a flow passage diameter; and a valve disc positioned in the valve housing; a pneumatic actuator for rotating the valve disc in the valve housing; and a pitot tube connected to the pneumatic actuator and having a tip extending into the flow passage of the valve housing upstream of the valve disc, wherein the tip has an inlet orifice angled toward a downstream flow direction, characterised in that the tip is spaced apart from the valve housing by at least 1/20 of the flow passage diameter, and in that the pitot tube has a body bent away from the valve disc so that the tip is radially offset from the valve disc when the valve disc is in an open position, and is configured so that the tip is substantially free of downstream obstructions for a distance equal to at least 1/2 of the flow passage diameter when the valve is in the open position.
A fuel-air premixer for a gas turbine, comprising: a dual counter-rotating swirler comprising an outer rotor, which includes first blades configured to move the outer rotor in a first direction, and an inner rotor, which includes second blades configures to move the inner rotor in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, wherein the outer rotor and the inner rotor are configured to spin about a shaft and the dual counter-rotating swirler is configured to create a turbulent flow of compressed air and to direct the flow of air in a downstream direction; and a centerbody arranged entirely downstream of the dual counter-rotating swirler and coupled to the dual counter-rotating swirler via the shaft, wherein the centerbody comprises an airfoil shape, wherein the airfoil shape comprises a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein the leading edge is upstream of the trailing edge, and wherein a diameter of the centerbody increases and then decreases when moving from the leading edge to the trailing egdge, and wherein the centerbody further comprises first fuel orifices on a surface of the centerbody, the first fuel orifices are configured to inject fuel into the flow of air to create a fuel-air mixture, and the airfoil shape of the centerbody being configured to reduce or eliminate formation of a recirculation pocket when in use. a dual counter-rotating swirler comprising an outer rotor, which includes first blades configured to move the outer rotor in a first direction, and an inner rotor, which includes second blades configures to move the inner rotor in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, wherein the outer rotor and the inner rotor are configured to spin about a shaft and the dual counter-rotating swirler is configured to create a turbulent flow of compressed air and to direct the flow of air in a downstream direction; and a centerbody arranged entirely downstream of the dual counter-rotating swirler and coupled to the dual counter-rotating swirler via the shaft, wherein the centerbody comprises an airfoil shape, wherein the airfoil shape comprises a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein the leading edge is upstream of the trailing edge, and wherein a diameter of the centerbody increases and then decreases when moving from the leading edge to the trailing egdge, and wherein the centerbody further comprises first fuel orifices on a surface of the centerbody, the first fuel orifices are configured to inject fuel into the flow of air to create a fuel-air mixture, and the airfoil shape of the centerbody being configured to reduce or eliminate formation of a recirculation pocket when in use.
A near-eye diffraction grating-based backlight display comprising: a planar plate light guide having a plurality of diffraction grating segments at a surface of the plate light guide, the diffraction grating segments having straight diffractive features, wherein the diffraction grating segments are configured to collectively diffractively couple light out of the plate light guide and to concentrate light coupled out of the plate light guide into an eyebox; and a first planar light valve array oriented substantially parallel to the plate light guide and positioned so that the light coupled out of the plate light guide passes through the first light valve array to form an image in the eyebox. a planar plate light guide having a plurality of diffraction grating segments at a surface of the plate light guide, the diffraction grating segments having straight diffractive features, wherein the diffraction grating segments are configured to collectively diffractively couple light out of the plate light guide and to concentrate light coupled out of the plate light guide into an eyebox; and a first planar light valve array oriented substantially parallel to the plate light guide and positioned so that the light coupled out of the plate light guide passes through the first light valve array to form an image in the eyebox.
A method of making a solid cleansing composition, the composition comprising: (a) at least 15 %wt of a non-soap anionic surfactant having a melting point of at least 45°C; (b) at least 10 %wt of a carrier having a melting point of at least 45°C; (c) at least 1 %wt of an emulsifier; and (d) at least 7 %wt water; wherein the carrier (b) is a triglyceride; wherein the composition is a solid throughout the range from 0°C to 40°C; and wherein the method comprises: (i) preparing an emulsion containing the components (a) to (d), but with a greater mass of water present than in the solid cleaning composition, the temperature of the emulsion being at least 45°C, (ii) subjecting the emulsion to cooling and solidification, wherein the water content is reduced during the cooling and solidification to produce the solid cleansing composition having components (a) to (d) in the amounts defined. (a) at least 15 %wt of a non-soap anionic surfactant having a melting point of at least 45°C; (b) at least 10 %wt of a carrier having a melting point of at least 45°C; (c) at least 1 %wt of an emulsifier; and (d) at least 7 %wt water; wherein the carrier (b) is a triglyceride; wherein the composition is a solid throughout the range from 0°C to 40°C; and wherein the method comprises: (i) preparing an emulsion containing the components (a) to (d), but with a greater mass of water present than in the solid cleaning composition, the temperature of the emulsion being at least 45°C, (ii) subjecting the emulsion to cooling and solidification, wherein the water content is reduced during the cooling and solidification to produce the solid cleansing composition having components (a) to (d) in the amounts defined. (i) preparing an emulsion containing the components (a) to (d), but with a greater mass of water present than in the solid cleaning composition, the temperature of the emulsion being at least 45°C, (ii) subjecting the emulsion to cooling and solidification, wherein the water content is reduced during the cooling and solidification to produce the solid cleansing composition having components (a) to (d) in the amounts defined.