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An electrowetting element arranged for modifying a radiation beam characteristic and comprising a first fluid and a second fluid which are immiscible with each other and are switchable between a first configuration and a second configuration by changing a voltage applied across at least one of the first and second fluids, wherein the first fluid comprises a dye having a general formula selected from the group consisting of: and wherein Q has the general formula: -Het1R1 or -Het1R1R2; V has the general formula: -Het2R3 or -Het2R3R4; Het1 and Het2 are heteroatoms; R1 and R3 are H; R2 and R4 are both H; or optionally branched and/or optionally cyclic alkyl groups comprising 1 to 20 carbon atoms, wherein at least one of R2 and R4 comprises a branched or cyclic alkyl group comprising 4 to 16 carbon atoms; T and U are H; or an optionally branched and/or optionally cyclic alkyl group comprising 1 to 20 carbon atoms; or a functional group including a heteroatom, T having the general formula: -Het3, -Het3R5 or -Het3R5R6, and U having the general formula: -Het4, -Het4R7 or -Het4R7R8, wherein Het3 and Het4 are heteroatoms and R5, R6, R7 and R8 are H or an optionally branched and/or optionally cyclic alkyl group comprising 1 to 20 carbon atoms; W, X, Y and Z are H or an alkyl group; and F, G, L and M are H or an alkyl group; said first fluid comprising a carrier fluid in which said dye is dissolved. wherein Q has the general formula: -Het1R1 or -Het1R1R2; V has the general formula: -Het2R3 or -Het2R3R4; Het1 and Het2 are heteroatoms; R1 and R3 are H; R2 and R4 are both H; or optionally branched and/or optionally cyclic alkyl groups comprising 1 to 20 carbon atoms, wherein at least one of R2 and R4 comprises a branched or cyclic alkyl group comprising 4 to 16 carbon atoms; T and U are H; or an optionally branched and/or optionally cyclic alkyl group comprising 1 to 20 carbon atoms; or a functional group including a heteroatom, T having the general formula: -Het3, -Het3R5 or -Het3R5R6, and U having the general formula: -Het4, -Het4R7 or -Het4R7R8, wherein Het3 and Het4 are heteroatoms and R5, R6, R7 and R8 are H or an optionally branched and/or optionally cyclic alkyl group comprising 1 to 20 carbon atoms; W, X, Y and Z are H or an alkyl group; and F, G, L and M are H or an alkyl group;
A method of multiuser precoding and scheduling, comprising: feeding channel state information, CSI, and statistic properties of CSI error back to a base station, BS, from a user equipment, UE; generating, at the BS, multiuser precoding matrix and scheduling scheme according to the feedback CSI and the statistic properties of CSI error; and performing multiuser precoding and scheduling on user data by using the generated multiuser precoding matrix and scheduling scheme. feeding channel state information, CSI, and statistic properties of CSI error back to a base station, BS, from a user equipment, UE; generating, at the BS, multiuser precoding matrix and scheduling scheme according to the feedback CSI and the statistic properties of CSI error; and performing multiuser precoding and scheduling on user data by using the generated multiuser precoding matrix and scheduling scheme.
A rotor blade for a gas turbine engine, comprising: an airfoil extending in span between a root and a tip region, and said airfoil includes a chord extending between leading edge and a trailing edge; a sweep angle defined at said leading edge of said airfoil; and a dihedral angle defined relative to said chord of said airfoil; characterised in that: said sweep angle and said dihedral angle are generally localized at said tip region of said airfoil, said sweep angle and said dihedral angle being formed over a distance of said airfoil equivalent to about 10% to about 40% of said span. an airfoil extending in span between a root and a tip region, and said airfoil includes a chord extending between leading edge and a trailing edge; a sweep angle defined at said leading edge of said airfoil; and a dihedral angle defined relative to said chord of said airfoil; characterised in that: said sweep angle and said dihedral angle are generally localized at said tip region of said airfoil, said sweep angle and said dihedral angle being formed over a distance of said airfoil equivalent to about 10% to about 40% of said span.
A high-contrast reflective polarizer optical film (100; 702) which transmits light incident on the optical film (100; 702) having a first polarization state referred (a) and reflects light having the orthogonal polarization state (b), wherein the optical film (100; 702) comprises: N sequentially numbered layers, N is an integer greater than 200 and less than 1000, each layer having an average thickness less than about 200 nm, a fitted curve being a best-fit linear regression applied to a layer thickness profile plotting a thickness of each layer as a function of layer number, wherein an average slope of the fitted curve in a region extending from the first layer to the Nth layer being less than about 0.2 nm/layer, such that for the substantially normally incident light in a predetermined wavelength range of 400 nm to 700 nm, the optical film has an average optical transmittance Ta greater than about 85% for the first polarization state (a), an average optical reflectance Rb greater than about 80% for the orthogonal second polarization state (b), an average reflectance Ra for the first polarization state (a), and an average optical transmittance Tb for the second polarization state (b), wherein Tb/Rb is less than about 0.002 and Ra/Ta is less than about 0.17.
A prosthetic valve for implanting at a native mitral or tricuspid valve region of the heart, the native valve region having a native valve annulus and native leaflets, the prosthetic valve comprising: a frame including an annular main body configured for placement within the native valve annulus, the main body having a double-body structure, comprising: an annular inner portion, an annular outer portion overlapping and permanently attached to the annular inner portion, a plurality of atrial anchors extending from one of the inner portion and the outer portion at an atrial end of the main body, and a plurality of ventricular anchors extending from the other one of the inner portion and the outer portion at a ventricular end of the main body and behind the native leaflets, the prosthetic valve further comprising a valve structure supported within the frame for regulating the flow of blood in one direction through the prosthetic valve. a frame including an annular main body configured for placement within the native valve annulus, the main body having a double-body structure, comprising: an annular inner portion, an annular outer portion overlapping and permanently attached to the annular inner portion, a plurality of atrial anchors extending from one of the inner portion and the outer portion at an atrial end of the main body, and a plurality of ventricular anchors extending from the other one of the inner portion and the outer portion at a ventricular end of the main body and behind the native leaflets, an annular inner portion, an annular outer portion overlapping and permanently attached to the annular inner portion, a plurality of atrial anchors extending from one of the inner portion and the outer portion at an atrial end of the main body, and a plurality of ventricular anchors extending from the other one of the inner portion and the outer portion at a ventricular end of the main body and behind the native leaflets, the prosthetic valve further comprising a valve structure supported within the frame for regulating the flow of blood in one direction through the prosthetic valve.
An arrangement for operating a biosensor emitting radiation, comprising: - an excitation light source, which generates at least one excitation radiation for the biosensor; - a coupling fiber, at the entry surface of which the excitation radiation is coupled in; - an optical detector; and - an optical Y-coupler including an excitation arm, which is connected to the exit surface of the coupling fiber, a detector arm, which is connected to the optical detector, and a sensor foot, which can be connected to the biosensor; wherein the excitation arm having a conical shape, wherein the radiation axis of the excitation arm forms an angle in the range of 5° to 70° with the main radiation axis of the detector arm at a connecting point between the detector arm and the excitation arm, wherein the diameter of the excitation arm at the connecting point to the detector arm being less than two thirds of the diameter of the detector arm, and wherein the excitation arm has a cross-section tapering in the direction of radiation. - an excitation light source, which generates at least one excitation radiation for the biosensor; - a coupling fiber, at the entry surface of which the excitation radiation is coupled in; - an optical detector; and - an optical Y-coupler including an excitation arm, which is connected to the exit surface of the coupling fiber, a detector arm, which is connected to the optical detector, and a sensor foot, which can be connected to the biosensor;
Pivoting drive for transferring a tiltable and/or pivotable window sash into a ventilation position, wherein the pivoting drive is designed and intended to be fastened to a window sash and wherein the pivoting drive has a tappet which is movable between a retracted position and an extended position and which is designed and intended, when transferring the tappet from the retracted position to the extended position, to have its free end supported on an outer frame, characterized in that the tappet has a magnet, or in that the pivoting drive has a counterpart element which is to be mounted on the outer frame and which has a magnet, and the tappet is produced from a material which can interact with the magnet, wherein the tappet has a stop element whose position relative to another component of the tappet is adjustable.
A computer-implemented process for receiving text input, comprising: using a computer to perform process actions for: receiving multiple overlapping strokes from a writing panel; automatically segmenting and compositing the overlapping strokes based on a segmentation algorithm and a plurality of segmentation models to form one or more human-readable characters prior to performing handwriting-based recognition of any of the strokes or human-readable characters, wherein the segmentation algorithm is based on a stroke segmentation graph comprising: a plurality of nodes (610, 620, 630, 640, 650) each representing a respective one of the plurality of the segmentation models, and a plurality of edges (S 11 - S 44) each being from one of the plurality of nodes (610, 620, 630, 640, 650) to another one of the plurality of nodes (610, 620, 630, 640, 650), and each being weighted by a respective score, wherein a most likely segmentation is determined by locating a path of edges (S 11 - S 44) with a maximum sum of edge weight scores; and after one or more human-readable characters have been formed, performing handwriting-based recognition of those human-readable characters to generate corresponding machine-readable text. receiving multiple overlapping strokes from a writing panel; automatically segmenting and compositing the overlapping strokes based on a segmentation algorithm and a plurality of segmentation models to form one or more human-readable characters prior to performing handwriting-based recognition of any of the strokes or human-readable characters, wherein the segmentation algorithm is based on a stroke segmentation graph comprising: a plurality of nodes (610, 620, 630, 640, 650) each representing a respective one of the plurality of the segmentation models, and a plurality of edges (S 11 - S 44) each being from one of the plurality of nodes (610, 620, 630, 640, 650) to another one of the plurality of nodes (610, 620, 630, 640, 650), and each being weighted by a respective score, wherein a most likely segmentation is determined by locating a path of edges (S 11 - S 44) with a maximum sum of edge weight scores; and a plurality of nodes (610, 620, 630, 640, 650) each representing a respective one of the plurality of the segmentation models, and a plurality of edges (S 11 - S 44) each being from one of the plurality of nodes (610, 620, 630, 640, 650) to another one of the plurality of nodes (610, 620, 630, 640, 650), and each being weighted by a respective score, wherein a most likely segmentation is determined by locating a path of edges (S 11 - S 44) with a maximum sum of edge weight scores; and after one or more human-readable characters have been formed, performing handwriting-based recognition of those human-readable characters to generate corresponding machine-readable text.
A computer-implemented method for connecting to and/or validating the respective identities of co-operating entities on a computer network, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, at an entity on the computer network, a signed digital certificate comprising: a public key associated with the entity and having a corresponding private key; and an arbitrary identifier associated with the public key; exchanging the arbitrary identifier and an arbitrary identifier of a co-operating entity with the co-operating entity on the network; connecting directly with the co-operating entity using network address information based on the exchanged arbitrary identifiers provided by a discovery service; performing a digital certificate exchange between the entities, each entity demonstrating knowledge of their respective private key; validating that the arbitrary identifiers exchanged match the arbitrary identifiers provided on the digital certificates and validating the knowledge of the private keys; and allowing a secure connection to be established between the entities if the validation is successful for both parties. receiving, at an entity on the computer network, a signed digital certificate comprising: a public key associated with the entity and having a corresponding private key; and an arbitrary identifier associated with the public key; a public key associated with the entity and having a corresponding private key; and an arbitrary identifier associated with the public key; exchanging the arbitrary identifier and an arbitrary identifier of a co-operating entity with the co-operating entity on the network; connecting directly with the co-operating entity using network address information based on the exchanged arbitrary identifiers provided by a discovery service; performing a digital certificate exchange between the entities, each entity demonstrating knowledge of their respective private key; validating that the arbitrary identifiers exchanged match the arbitrary identifiers provided on the digital certificates and validating the knowledge of the private keys; and allowing a secure connection to be established between the entities if the validation is successful for both parties.
A printing recording method comprising: a chromatic ink adhesion step of adhering a liquid droplet of a chromatic ink composition which contains a pigment and an anionic first resin particle to a cloth; a treatment liquid adhesion step of adhering a liquid droplet of a treatment liquid which contains a cationic compound to the cloth; and an achromatic ink adhesion step of adhering a liquid droplet of an achromatic ink composition which contains an anionic second resin particle to the cloth, wherein the treatment liquid adhesion step, the chromatic ink adhesion step, and the achromatic ink adhesion step are performed by an inkjet method, the ink jet method is a method to perform a main scanning a plurality of times for recording by transferring an ink jet head in a direction perpendicular to a transport direction of the cloth, and the ink jet method includes: a simultaneous adhesion step of adhering the treatment liquid and the chromatic ink composition to the same scanning region of the cloth by the same main scanning, and after the simultaneous adhesion step, a post-adhesion step of adhering the achromatic ink composition to the same scanning region of the cloth by a main scanning different from that in the simultaneous adhesion step. a chromatic ink adhesion step of adhering a liquid droplet of a chromatic ink composition which contains a pigment and an anionic first resin particle to a cloth; a treatment liquid adhesion step of adhering a liquid droplet of a treatment liquid which contains a cationic compound to the cloth; and an achromatic ink adhesion step of adhering a liquid droplet of an achromatic ink composition which contains an anionic second resin particle to the cloth, wherein the treatment liquid adhesion step, the chromatic ink adhesion step, and the achromatic ink adhesion step are performed by an inkjet method, the ink jet method is a method to perform a main scanning a plurality of times for recording by transferring an ink jet head in a direction perpendicular to a transport direction of the cloth, and the ink jet method includes: a simultaneous adhesion step of adhering the treatment liquid and the chromatic ink composition to the same scanning region of the cloth by the same main scanning, and after the simultaneous adhesion step, a post-adhesion step of adhering the achromatic ink composition to the same scanning region of the cloth by a main scanning different from that in the simultaneous adhesion step. a simultaneous adhesion step of adhering the treatment liquid and the chromatic ink composition to the same scanning region of the cloth by the same main scanning, and after the simultaneous adhesion step, a post-adhesion step of adhering the achromatic ink composition to the same scanning region of the cloth by a main scanning different from that in the simultaneous adhesion step.
A reflective microstrip tuning circuit, comprising: a port for receiving an incident signal from another circuit; one or more cascaded couplers (26a-c) configured to split the incident signal; and a plurality of adjustable tuning arms (28a-d) that are configured to receive the split incident signal; wherein the one or more cascaded couplers(26a-c) are configured to split the incident signal such that power associated with the incident signal is divided unequally among the plurality of adjustable tuning arms (28a-d), such that the dividing of the power results in different weighting effects of the adjustment of each tuning arm (28a-d); wherein each of the plurality of tuning arms (28a-d) is configured to reflect at least a portion of the split signal in each tuning arm (28a-d) back to the one or more cascaded couplers (26a-c); wherein the one or more cascaded couplers (26a-c) are configured to receive the reflected split signal from the plurality of tuning arms (28a-d) and combine the reflected split signal into a combined reflected signal; and wherein the tuning circuit further includes one or more terminators (36a-c) operatively coupled to the one or more cascaded couplers (26a-c), the one or more terminators (36a-c) configured to dissipate power in the tuning circuit based on a difference between power associated with the incident signal and power associated with the combined reflected signal. a port for receiving an incident signal from another circuit; one or more cascaded couplers (26a-c) configured to split the incident signal; and a plurality of adjustable tuning arms (28a-d) that are configured to receive the split incident signal; wherein the one or more cascaded couplers(26a-c) are configured to split the incident signal such that power associated with the incident signal is divided unequally among the plurality of adjustable tuning arms (28a-d), such that the dividing of the power results in different weighting effects of the adjustment of each tuning arm (28a-d); wherein each of the plurality of tuning arms (28a-d) is configured to reflect at least a portion of the split signal in each tuning arm (28a-d) back to the one or more cascaded couplers (26a-c); wherein the one or more cascaded couplers (26a-c) are configured to receive the reflected split signal from the plurality of tuning arms (28a-d) and combine the reflected split signal into a combined reflected signal; and wherein the tuning circuit further includes one or more terminators (36a-c) operatively coupled to the one or more cascaded couplers (26a-c), the one or more terminators (36a-c) configured to dissipate power in the tuning circuit based on a difference between power associated with the incident signal and power associated with the combined reflected signal.
A hybrid ZigBee coordinator, comprising: a ZigBee protocol stack having a ZigBee MAC layer as an initial layer; a non-ZigBee physical layer coupled to the ZigBee protocol stack and configured to communicate ZDO messaging for a ZigBee device over a non-standard ZigBee interface with a customer premises equipment, CPE, proxy; and a ZigBee physical layer coupled to the ZigBee protocol stack and the non-ZigBee physical layer and configured to transceive the ZDO messaging for the ZigBee device over a standard ZigBee interface. a ZigBee protocol stack having a ZigBee MAC layer as an initial layer; a non-ZigBee physical layer coupled to the ZigBee protocol stack and configured to communicate ZDO messaging for a ZigBee device over a non-standard ZigBee interface with a customer premises equipment, CPE, proxy; and a ZigBee physical layer coupled to the ZigBee protocol stack and the non-ZigBee physical layer and configured to transceive the ZDO messaging for the ZigBee device over a standard ZigBee interface.
A moving image processing method of an apparatus equipped with a camera, the method including acquiring images at every frame period in a moving image shooting mode, generating metadata of the images, and encoding the images into a moving image, the method characterized by: determining whether a current frame is a reference frame of a predetermined frame interval; if the current frame is the reference frame, storing the generated metadata; if the current frame is not the reference frame, detecting a difference between a first metadata of a first image corresponding to the current frame and a second metadata of a second image corresponding to a previous frame, wherein the current frame and the previous frame are consecutive frames, and generating and storing the detected difference as the metadata of the current frame; and displaying a specific metadata selected among the metadata as a supplementary function of the moving image in a moving image playback mode, and wherein the metadata includes a thumbnail image of a corresponding frame viewing image, wherein the generating metadata comprises generating metadata of the thumbnail image of the corresponding frame viewing image. determining whether a current frame is a reference frame of a predetermined frame interval; if the current frame is the reference frame, storing the generated metadata; if the current frame is not the reference frame, detecting a difference between a first metadata of a first image corresponding to the current frame and a second metadata of a second image corresponding to a previous frame, wherein the current frame and the previous frame are consecutive frames, and generating and storing the detected difference as the metadata of the current frame; and displaying a specific metadata selected among the metadata as a supplementary function of the moving image in a moving image playback mode, and wherein the metadata includes a thumbnail image of a corresponding frame viewing image, wherein the generating metadata comprises generating metadata of the thumbnail image of the corresponding frame viewing image.