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A variable displacement refrigerant compressor having a drive shaft rotationally driven by a drive source, a cylinder block provided with a cylinder bore allowing a piston to reciprocate therein to thereby compress a refrigerant sucked from a suction chamber and discharge the refrigerant after compression into a discharge chamber, a variable inclination cam plate arranged in a crank chamber to reciprocate the piston on the basis of the rotation of the drive shaft and to change a reciprocating stroke of the piston in response to an adjustable change in a crank chamber pressure prevailing in the crank chamber, a controlling passage fluidly connecting the crank chamber to the discharge chamber, and a flow control valve arranged in said controlling passage to regulate a flow of the refrigerant which passes through a predetermined portion of said controlling passage, wherein said flow control valve comprises: a pressure sensing member arranged to perform a movement upon sensing at least one of a suction pressure and a crank chamber pressure; a valve element operatively engaged with the pressure sensing member to adjustably change an opening formed in a predetermined portion of said controlling passage in response to the movement of said pressure sensing member caused by the sensing of at least one of the suction and crank chamber pressures; characterized in that said pressure sensing member and said valve element have a flow controlling characteristics such that the suction pressure increases in compliance with an increase in a discharge pressure prevailing in said discharge chamber, wherein said valve element is arranged in said controlling passage fluidly interconnecting said crank chamber and said discharge chamber of said variable displacement refrigerant compressor in a manner such that the discharge pressure acts on said valve element to urge the movement thereof in a direction increasing the opening of said predetermined portion of said controlling passage. a pressure sensing member arranged to perform a movement upon sensing at least one of a suction pressure and a crank chamber pressure; a valve element operatively engaged with the pressure sensing member to adjustably change an opening formed in a predetermined portion of said controlling passage in response to the movement of said pressure sensing member caused by the sensing of at least one of the suction and crank chamber pressures; characterized in that said pressure sensing member and said valve element have a flow controlling characteristics such that the suction pressure increases in compliance with an increase in a discharge pressure prevailing in said discharge chamber, wherein said valve element is arranged in said controlling passage fluidly interconnecting said crank chamber and said discharge chamber of said variable displacement refrigerant compressor in a manner such that the discharge pressure acts on said valve element to urge the movement thereof in a direction increasing the opening of said predetermined portion of said controlling passage.
Method for immobilising live cells within biological samples for analytical and diagnostic purposes comprising the steps of: - providing a biological sample containing a predetermined number of cells to analyse; - providing a planar support particularly suitable for use in an analytical device; - said planar support comprising a surface functionalised with a surface coating comprising a nanostructured material; - depositing a laminar layer of said biological sample on said functionalised surface of said planar support in order to cause the cells contained in the biological sample to adhere to the functionalised surface of the planar support; and - positioning a fixative on the laminar layer of the biological sample; - adhering the cells contained in the biological sample to the functionalised surface of the planar support, wherein the nanostructured material of the film is selected from among any one of the following: Zinc Oxide (ZnO), Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO 2), Titanium Dioxide (TiO 2), characterised in that said steps are performed at a temperature lower than 25°C. - providing a biological sample containing a predetermined number of cells to analyse; - providing a planar support particularly suitable for use in an analytical device; - said planar support comprising a surface functionalised with a surface coating comprising a nanostructured material; - depositing a laminar layer of said biological sample on said functionalised surface of said planar support in order to cause the cells contained in the biological sample to adhere to the functionalised surface of the planar support; and - positioning a fixative on the laminar layer of the biological sample; - adhering the cells contained in the biological sample to the functionalised surface of the planar support, wherein the nanostructured material of the film is selected from among any one of the following: Zinc Oxide (ZnO), Zirconium Dioxide (ZrO 2), Titanium Dioxide (TiO 2), characterised in that said steps are performed at a temperature lower than 25°C.
An estimation method for estimating at least one quality index (I1, I2, I3) of a gray-scale encoded three-dimensional image (im3D) of a composite material part, the estimation method comprising: • an obtaining step for obtaining a histogram (HIST) from the image, representing for each class of a plurality of classes each comprising at least one gray-scale level, the number of voxels of the image having a gray-scale level belonging to the class; • an extraction step for extracting a predetermined number of Gaussian functions present in the histogram, the predetermined number corresponding to a number of distinct phases present in the composite material greater than two; and • an estimation step for estimating at least one quality index of the image from parameters characterizing the Gaussian functions extracted from the histogram. • an obtaining step for obtaining a histogram (HIST) from the image, representing for each class of a plurality of classes each comprising at least one gray-scale level, the number of voxels of the image having a gray-scale level belonging to the class; • an extraction step for extracting a predetermined number of Gaussian functions present in the histogram, the predetermined number corresponding to a number of distinct phases present in the composite material greater than two; and • an estimation step for estimating at least one quality index of the image from parameters characterizing the Gaussian functions extracted from the histogram.
An information transmission method performed by a system comprising at least one unmanned aerial vehicle and a base station, wherein, the information transmission method comprises: sending, by the unmanned aerial vehicle, mode switching information to the base station, after a flight mode is switched from a first flight mode to a second flight mode, wherein the first flight mode is a flight mode with a fixed flight path and the second flight mode is a flight mode with a variable flight path, and receiving, by the base station, the mode switching information sent by the unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the mode switching information is configured to indicate that the flight mode of the unmanned aerial vehicle has been switched from the first flight mode to the second flight mode, characterized in that, the information transmission method further comprises: obtaining, by the base station, after receiving the mode switching information, a control strategy corresponding to the second flight mode, controlling, by the base station, the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the control strategy, and instructing, by the base station the unmanned aerial vehicle to measure neighboring cells when the unmanned aerial vehicle is in the second flight mode. sending, by the unmanned aerial vehicle, mode switching information to the base station, after a flight mode is switched from a first flight mode to a second flight mode, wherein the first flight mode is a flight mode with a fixed flight path and the second flight mode is a flight mode with a variable flight path, and receiving, by the base station, the mode switching information sent by the unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the mode switching information is configured to indicate that the flight mode of the unmanned aerial vehicle has been switched from the first flight mode to the second flight mode, characterized in that, the information transmission method further comprises: obtaining, by the base station, after receiving the mode switching information, a control strategy corresponding to the second flight mode, controlling, by the base station, the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the control strategy, and instructing, by the base station the unmanned aerial vehicle to measure neighboring cells when the unmanned aerial vehicle is in the second flight mode. obtaining, by the base station, after receiving the mode switching information, a control strategy corresponding to the second flight mode, controlling, by the base station, the unmanned aerial vehicle based on the control strategy, and instructing, by the base station the unmanned aerial vehicle to measure neighboring cells when the unmanned aerial vehicle is in the second flight mode.
An optical information reading device, comprising: a computation means for adding widths of 2 elements through n elements of a barcode, the 2 elements containing a bar and a space that are adjacent within one character of the barcode, wherein n is greater than 2, the n greater than 2 elements containing two or more bars and one or more spaces and one or more bars and two or more spaces that are adjacent within said character, to derive respective 2- through n-element added widths and for converting each of the 2- through n-element added widths into a module number for said character to derive an actual measurement value of the module numbers of the 2- through n-element added widths; characterized in that it further comprises: an extraction means for narrowing down target characters wherein each of errors between the actual measurement value and an ideal value of the module number for all the 1-element being a bar or a space within said character and the 2- through n-element added widths derived by said computation means is equal to or less than 1, to extract candidate characters; and a search means for searching the one candidate character, having the minimum of summed errors as the readout decode result. a computation means for adding widths of 2 elements through n elements of a barcode, the 2 elements containing a bar and a space that are adjacent within one character of the barcode, wherein n is greater than 2, the n greater than 2 elements containing two or more bars and one or more spaces and one or more bars and two or more spaces that are adjacent within said character, to derive respective 2- through n-element added widths and for converting each of the 2- through n-element added widths into a module number for said character to derive an actual measurement value of the module numbers of the 2- through n-element added widths; characterized in that it further comprises: an extraction means for narrowing down target characters wherein each of errors between the actual measurement value and an ideal value of the module number for all the 1-element being a bar or a space within said character and the 2- through n-element added widths derived by said computation means is equal to or less than 1, to extract candidate characters; and a search means for searching the one candidate character, having the minimum of summed errors as the readout decode result. an extraction means for narrowing down target characters wherein each of errors between the actual measurement value and an ideal value of the module number for all the 1-element being a bar or a space within said character and the 2- through n-element added widths derived by said computation means is equal to or less than 1, to extract candidate characters; and a search means for searching the one candidate character, having the minimum of summed errors as the readout decode result.
Plug-in connection comprising a plug with a guide and with a plug housing for the plug, wherein the plug has a first guide section and a second guide section for guiding the plug in the plug housing, wherein the second guide section is spaced further apart from the plug face than the first guide section, and the first guide section and the second guide section have respective cross sections which are contoured differently from one another, wherein the guide length of the first guide section in the insertion direction of the plug and the guide length of the second guide section in the insertion direction of the plug are configured in such a way that the required release travel for releasing the plug from the corresponding plug housing is smaller than or equal to the guide length of the second guide section, wherein the guide length is in each case the region in which the plug is enclosed in an interlocking manner by the plug housing at least in sections, characterized in that the first guide section is shorter than the second guide section, wherein an electrical line in the housing of the plug is angled through 90° and is guided away from the plug at an angle, wherein the plug housing forms a guide for the plug, wherein the second guide section is produced by encapsulation by injection moulding which creates the connection between the cable, which is connected to the plug, and the actual plug.
A stainless steel sheet for fuel cell separators comprising a substrate made of stainless steel sheet, and low-electrical-resistivity metal particles, wherein the substrate has a textured structure on a surface thereof, where the textured structure includes projected parts and recessed parts, and an average interval between the projected parts is 10 nm or more and 300 nm or less, the low-electrical-resistivity metal particles have an average particle size of 50 nm to 1.0 μm, and the low-electrical-resistivity metal particles are attached to the surface of the substrate having the textured structure at a density of 1.0 particle or more for 1 μm 2, and a ratio of the average particle size of the low-electrical-resistivity metal particles to the average interval between the projected parts is 1.0 to 15.0.
An engine system control device to be applied to an engine system provided with an engine having a variable compression ratio mechanism capable of changing a compression ratio, comprising: a compression ratio acquiring unit (200, 218) configured to acquire a setting state of the compression ratio by the variable compression ratio mechanism; a compression ratio control system failure detecting unit (200, 218) configured to detect generation of failure in a compression ratio control system (14, 125, 126, 213a, 213b, 218) including the variable compression ratio mechanism and the compression ratio acquiring unit (200, 218); and an intake and exhaust system determining unit configured to determine a state of a member placed in an intake and exhaust system of the engine; characterized by an intake and exhaust system determination permitting unit configured to permit determination by the intake and exhaust system determining unit, wherein the intake and exhaust system determination permitting unit is configured to inhibit the determination by the intake and exhaust system determining unit, in the case where the compression ratio control system failure detecting unit (200, 218) detects the generation of the failure, and the intake and exhaust system determination permitting unit is configured to permit the determination by the intake and exhaust system determining unit, in the case where the compression ratio control system failure detecting unit (200, 218) detects the generation of the failure but the setting state of the compression ratio is acquirable. a compression ratio acquiring unit (200, 218) configured to acquire a setting state of the compression ratio by the variable compression ratio mechanism; a compression ratio control system failure detecting unit (200, 218) configured to detect generation of failure in a compression ratio control system (14, 125, 126, 213a, 213b, 218) including the variable compression ratio mechanism and the compression ratio acquiring unit (200, 218); and an intake and exhaust system determining unit configured to determine a state of a member placed in an intake and exhaust system of the engine; characterized by an intake and exhaust system determination permitting unit configured to permit determination by the intake and exhaust system determining unit, wherein the intake and exhaust system determination permitting unit is configured to inhibit the determination by the intake and exhaust system determining unit, in the case where the compression ratio control system failure detecting unit (200, 218) detects the generation of the failure, and the intake and exhaust system determination permitting unit is configured to permit the determination by the intake and exhaust system determining unit, in the case where the compression ratio control system failure detecting unit (200, 218) detects the generation of the failure but the setting state of the compression ratio is acquirable.
A line replaceable unit, LRU, for an integrated modular avionics architecture, the LRU comprising at least one input/output interface and a plurality of connectors, wherein each connector includes at least one pin and each connector is adapted for connection to a single wire route bundle (11,12) segregated from dissimilar wire route bundle(s) according to segregation rules, characterised in that at least one of the input/output interfaces is a multi-interface comprising hardware electrically connected within the LRU to one or more pins of each of at least two of the connectors, and in that the LRU is configured such that the hardware of the multi-interface is selectively available on one of the at least two connectors by connecting one of the pins of the multi-interface to one of the single wire route bundles, and configured such that it is not possible to connect more than one of the pins of the multi-interface to a wire route bundle at any instance.
A cholesteric, liquid crystal device comprising a plurality of discrete spheroidal bodies (101, 102, 103) of chiral nematic, liquid crystal, microencapsulated by a polymer shell and arranged in an electro-optical layer (24a, 24b) sandwiched between electrodes (11a,11b), said bodies of liquid crystal being selectively operable in at least two states, a first state that transmits light through a liquid crystal body and a second state that scatters or absorbs light in a liquid crystal body, each body in said second state having an ordered liquid crystal texture that minimizes disclinations or domains within the liquid crystal body, said liquid crystal texture comprising a superstructure of helices of chiral nematic, liquid crystal arranged in a lamellar-like structure (133,134; 143,144) having curvature and forming a generally concentric, equidistant-curve pattern (120, 123, 124, 125) within a generally spherical body.
A server device connected to a communication terminal in a bidirectionally communicable manner and configured to receive a departure point, a destination, and a route retrieval request from the departure point to the destination from the communication terminal and to deliver a route retrieved in response to the received route retrieval request to the communication terminal, the server device comprising: route information acquiring means for acquiring, when the route retrieval request is acquired from the communication terminal, route information related to a target route that is a route corresponding to a predetermined distance from the departure point in a terminal-recommended route that is a route from the departure point to the destination and is retrieved by using terminal-side map information provided in the communication terminal; route retrieving means for retrieving a route to the destination that includes at least a part of the target route by using device-side map information provided in the server device and the route information; and route delivering means for delivering the route retrieved by the route retrieving means to the communication terminal. route information acquiring means for acquiring, when the route retrieval request is acquired from the communication terminal, route information related to a target route that is a route corresponding to a predetermined distance from the departure point in a terminal-recommended route that is a route from the departure point to the destination and is retrieved by using terminal-side map information provided in the communication terminal; route retrieving means for retrieving a route to the destination that includes at least a part of the target route by using device-side map information provided in the server device and the route information; and route delivering means for delivering the route retrieved by the route retrieving means to the communication terminal.
Device for monitoring movement and orientation of a person, the device comprising: - an imaging unit for obtaining images over time, - a holding means (12, 13) for holding said imaging unit to obtain images from the surroundings of the person, the holding means (12, 13) comprising a holder configured to hold the imaging unit onto the person's chest, in particular onto a clothing or a cover covering the person's chest, such that the imaging unit is configured to face away from the person to obtain images from the surroundings of the person, and - a processing unit for detecting movement and orientation of the person and detect periodic movements of the person's chest caused by respiration by detecting changes in subsequently obtained images. - an imaging unit for obtaining images over time, - a holding means (12, 13) for holding said imaging unit to obtain images from the surroundings of the person, the holding means (12, 13) comprising a holder configured to hold the imaging unit onto the person's chest, in particular onto a clothing or a cover covering the person's chest, such that the imaging unit is configured to face away from the person to obtain images from the surroundings of the person, and - a processing unit for detecting movement and orientation of the person and detect periodic movements of the person's chest caused by respiration by detecting changes in subsequently obtained images.
A method for the horizontal movement of an article group or article layer from a first vertically movable support level of a first module onto a second vertically movable support level of a second module immediately downstream of the first module in a conveying direction (20, 50) by means of at least one transfer device, characterised in that the first support level of the first module and the second support level of the second module move vertically upward or downward together and largely synchronously at least temporarily or in phases during the transfer of the article group or article layer.
An angioplasty balloon catheter comprising an angioplasty balloon, wherein said angioplasty balloon comprises a coating comprising as sole active ingredient, an amnion tissue preparation; or as sole active ingredients, an amnion tissue preparation and one or more therapeutic agents selected from the group consisting of a corticosteroid, a glucocorticoid, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, dexamethasone, an antibiotic, an antifungal agent, an antiproliferative drug, or an immunosuppressive drug. as sole active ingredient, an amnion tissue preparation; or as sole active ingredients, an amnion tissue preparation and one or more therapeutic agents selected from the group consisting of a corticosteroid, a glucocorticoid, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, dexamethasone, an antibiotic, an antifungal agent, an antiproliferative drug, or an immunosuppressive drug.