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A computer-implemented method comprising: broadcasting a beacon signal (180, 260), wherein the beacon signal (180, 260) comprises one or more temporal attributes and a proximity range and complies with a Bluetooth low energy protocol, wherein the one or more temporal attributes comprises one or more of a rule defining a predefined time period before expiration and a rule defining a threshold number of beacon uses; receiving a request from an access device (160, 240) to authenticate with the beacon signal (180, 260); authenticating the access device (160, 240) with the beacon signal (180, 260) when the access device (160, 240) is within the proximity range and determining whether a usage of a beacon device (150, 230) by the access device (160, 240) does not exceed the threshold number of beacon uses, and if it is determined that the usage of a beacon device (150, 230) by the access device (160, 240) has exceeded the threshold number of beacon uses - invalidating the authentication of the access device (160, 240) with the beacon signal; authenticating a location of the beacon device (150, 230) broadcasting the beacon signal (180, 260), wherein the detected location of the beacon device (150, 230) corresponds to a location of record for the beacon device (150, 230); and transmitting one or more content items to the access device (160, 240) in accordance with the one or more temporal attributes while the access device (160, 240) is authenticated with the beacon signal (180, 260). broadcasting a beacon signal (180, 260), wherein the beacon signal (180, 260) comprises one or more temporal attributes and a proximity range and complies with a Bluetooth low energy protocol, wherein the one or more temporal attributes comprises one or more of a rule defining a predefined time period before expiration and a rule defining a threshold number of beacon uses; receiving a request from an access device (160, 240) to authenticate with the beacon signal (180, 260); authenticating the access device (160, 240) with the beacon signal (180, 260) when the access device (160, 240) is within the proximity range and determining whether a usage of a beacon device (150, 230) by the access device (160, 240) does not exceed the threshold number of beacon uses, and if it is determined that the usage of a beacon device (150, 230) by the access device (160, 240) has exceeded the threshold number of beacon uses - invalidating the authentication of the access device (160, 240) with the beacon signal; authenticating a location of the beacon device (150, 230) broadcasting the beacon signal (180, 260), wherein the detected location of the beacon device (150, 230) corresponds to a location of record for the beacon device (150, 230); and transmitting one or more content items to the access device (160, 240) in accordance with the one or more temporal attributes while the access device (160, 240) is authenticated with the beacon signal (180, 260).
A method of operating a network node of a communications network, the method comprising: - obtaining one or more positioning conditions of a wireless communication device, - selecting a positioning reference signal resource allocation for positioning reference signals from a set of positioning reference signal resource allocations based on the one or more positioning conditions of the wireless communication device and based on one or more further positioning reference signal resource allocations of one or more further wireless communication devices, and - creating a group by assigning those wireless communication devices of the wireless communication device and the one or more further wireless communication devices to the group for which a same positioning reference signal resource allocation is selected. - obtaining one or more positioning conditions of a wireless communication device, - selecting a positioning reference signal resource allocation for positioning reference signals from a set of positioning reference signal resource allocations based on the one or more positioning conditions of the wireless communication device and based on one or more further positioning reference signal resource allocations of one or more further wireless communication devices, and - creating a group by assigning those wireless communication devices of the wireless communication device and the one or more further wireless communication devices to the group for which a same positioning reference signal resource allocation is selected.
A contactor configured for use in a dehumidification system comprising: a plurality of contact modules, each contact module having a porous membrane that defines an internal space through which a hygroscopic material flows, wherein at least one of thermal conductivity and permeability of the porous membrane of at least one contact module is distinct from the other membranes of the plurality of contact modules, wherein the porous membrane is permeable to water vapor and impermeable to the hygroscopic material.
A medium transport apparatus comprising: a transport unit configured to transport a medium toward a processing unit for processing the medium; a driving unit (26, 27) configured to drive the transport unit; a control unit configured to control the driving unit (26, 27) of the medium transport apparatus; a sound detection unit configured to detect a magnitude of sound; and an auxiliary detection unit configured to detect a value different from the magnitude of a sound, wherein, in a case where the sound detection unit has detected a sound having a magnitude equal to or greater than a first threshold value, the control unit is configured to stop driving of the transport unit when the value detected by the auxiliary detection unit is equal to or greater than a second threshold value, and continues the driving of the transport unit when the value detected by the auxiliary detection unit is smaller than the second threshold value; and wherein the auxiliary detection unit is configured to detect a load on the driving unit (26, 27). a transport unit configured to transport a medium toward a processing unit for processing the medium; a driving unit (26, 27) configured to drive the transport unit; a control unit configured to control the driving unit (26, 27) of the medium transport apparatus; a sound detection unit configured to detect a magnitude of sound; and an auxiliary detection unit configured to detect a value different from the magnitude of a sound, wherein, in a case where the sound detection unit has detected a sound having a magnitude equal to or greater than a first threshold value, the control unit is configured to stop driving of the transport unit when the value detected by the auxiliary detection unit is equal to or greater than a second threshold value, and continues the driving of the transport unit when the value detected by the auxiliary detection unit is smaller than the second threshold value; and wherein the auxiliary detection unit is configured to detect a load on the driving unit (26, 27).
An optical arrangement, comprising: a light transmissive panel defining two opposing boundary surfaces configured to guide light by total internal reflection, and an optical component for transferring light between an electro-optical device (2; 3) and the light transmissive panel (5, 6), the electro-optical device (2; 3) having an operative solid angle (Ω) given by first and second device divergence angles (α x, α y) in orthogonal first and second device planes, wherein the optical component comprises: a first light transmission surface configured to face the electro-optical device (2; 3), a second light transmission surface arranged to face and be affixed to one of the boundary surfaces (5, 6), and a control surface arrangement (23, 24; 30-33) configured to direct the light between the first and second light transmission surfaces (21, 22) by one or more reflections so as to expand the first device divergence angle (α x) into a first component divergence angle (φ c) at the second light transmission surface, the first component divergence angle (φ c) being arranged to define, with respect to light propagating by internal reflections inside the light transmissive panel, a divergence (φ p) inside the light transmissive panel in a direction parallel to the boundary surfaces (5, 6). a light transmissive panel defining two opposing boundary surfaces configured to guide light by total internal reflection, and an optical component for transferring light between an electro-optical device (2; 3) and the light transmissive panel (5, 6), the electro-optical device (2; 3) having an operative solid angle (Ω) given by first and second device divergence angles (α x, α y) in orthogonal first and second device planes, wherein the optical component comprises: a first light transmission surface configured to face the electro-optical device (2; 3), a second light transmission surface arranged to face and be affixed to one of the boundary surfaces (5, 6), and a control surface arrangement (23, 24; 30-33) configured to direct the light between the first and second light transmission surfaces (21, 22) by one or more reflections so as to expand the first device divergence angle (α x) into a first component divergence angle (φ c) at the second light transmission surface, the first component divergence angle (φ c) being arranged to define, with respect to light propagating by internal reflections inside the light transmissive panel, a divergence (φ p) inside the light transmissive panel in a direction parallel to the boundary surfaces (5, 6).
A surface acoustic antenna of the type comprising an array of planar pressure sensors made of plastic piezoelectric material and fixed in a planar manner in a support structure, said antenna forming a panel that can be mounted on the hull of a vessel, characterised in that some of said sensors are replaced by particle velocity sensors, said sensors being arranged on the antenna so that their phase centre coincides with that of said pressure sensors, and in that the signal coming from said pressure sensors and the signal coming from said velocity sensors are combined so as to obtain a heart shaped directivity having a "zero" in a normal direction to the panel and being oriented towards the hull, said directivity allowing the acoustic waves received via the face of the antenna facing the hull to be rejected.
A kit for treating a treatment area in a vasculature, comprising: a first catheter adapted for positioning at the treatment area, said first catheter including a first balloon having a radiopaque material corresponding to the treatment area; and a second catheter adapted for positioning at the treatment area, said second catheter having a treatment that matches the radiopaque material. a first catheter adapted for positioning at the treatment area, said first catheter including a first balloon having a radiopaque material corresponding to the treatment area; and a second catheter adapted for positioning at the treatment area, said second catheter having a treatment that matches the radiopaque material.
A modulator for an optical communication system, comprising: a first Mach-Zehnder modulation module, configured to: receive first to-be-modulated data, and output a first optical field transmission curve according to the first to-be-modulated data; a second Mach-Zehnder modulation module, configured to: receive second to-be-modulated data, and output a second optical field transmission curve according to the second to-be-modulated data, characterized in that a period of the second optical field transmission curve is half of a period of the first optical field transmission curve; and in that the modulator further comprises a combination module, configured to perform phase superposition on the first optical field transmission curve and the second optical field transmission curve, to obtain a combined linear result. a first Mach-Zehnder modulation module, configured to: receive first to-be-modulated data, and output a first optical field transmission curve according to the first to-be-modulated data; a second Mach-Zehnder modulation module, configured to: receive second to-be-modulated data, and output a second optical field transmission curve according to the second to-be-modulated data, characterized in that a period of the second optical field transmission curve is half of a period of the first optical field transmission curve; and in that the modulator further comprises a combination module, configured to perform phase superposition on the first optical field transmission curve and the second optical field transmission curve, to obtain a combined linear result.
An MRI-compatible medical device, comprising: an elongated sheath having a distal end, an opposite proximal end, and a central lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends, wherein the sheath includes at least one tracking member adjacent the sheath distal end; a dilator movably disposed within the sheath lumen and having a distal end, an opposite proximal end, and a lumen extending between the dilator proximal and distal ends, wherein the dilator includes at least one tracking member adjacent the dilator distal end, wherein the at least one tracking member includes a cable for electrically connecting it to an MRI scanner, and wherein the dilator distal end is configurable to extend outwardly from the sheath distal end; and a needle movably disposed within the dilator lumen and having a distal end, an opposite proximal end, and a central lumen extending between the needle proximal and distal ends, wherein the needle comprises a main body portion of an MRI-compatible material and a tip portion, wherein the tip portion is located at the needle distal end, wherein the needle is movable between retracted and extended positions, wherein the needle distal end is within the dilator lumen when in the retracted position and wherein the needle distal end extends outwardly from the dilator distal end when in the extended position, wherein the needle tip portion includes a tracking member that is closely spaced-apart from the at least one tracking member on the dilator distal end when the needle is in the extended position. an elongated sheath having a distal end, an opposite proximal end, and a central lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends, wherein the sheath includes at least one tracking member adjacent the sheath distal end; a dilator movably disposed within the sheath lumen and having a distal end, an opposite proximal end, and a lumen extending between the dilator proximal and distal ends, wherein the dilator includes at least one tracking member adjacent the dilator distal end, wherein the at least one tracking member includes a cable for electrically connecting it to an MRI scanner, and wherein the dilator distal end is configurable to extend outwardly from the sheath distal end; and a needle movably disposed within the dilator lumen and having a distal end, an opposite proximal end, and a central lumen extending between the needle proximal and distal ends, wherein the needle comprises a main body portion of an MRI-compatible material and a tip portion, wherein the tip portion is located at the needle distal end, wherein the needle is movable between retracted and extended positions, wherein the needle distal end is within the dilator lumen when in the retracted position and wherein the needle distal end extends outwardly from the dilator distal end when in the extended position, wherein the needle tip portion includes a tracking member that is closely spaced-apart from the at least one tracking member on the dilator distal end when the needle is in the extended position.
A reagent vessel for an analytical instrument, wherein the reagent vessel is configured to store a liquid reagent, comprising a cover and a lower part, wherein the lower part comprises a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall two opposing side walls, and at least one connection wall, wherein the cover, the bottom wall, the front wall, the rear wall and the two opposing side walls define at least one internal volume for storing at least one liquid reagent, wherein the two opposing side walls are at least partially connected to one another by means of the at least one connection wall located within the at least one internal volume, wherein the connection wall is spaced apart from the bottom wall, wherein the connection wall and at least the two opposing side walls are injection-molded and monolithically formed, characterised in that the at least one connection wall is spaced apart from the bottom wall by a distance of 2.0 to 30.0 mm.
A peripheral device configured to be placed over an image sensor and a screen or flash of a portable computing device to assist the portable computing device in reading a reaction area on a test strip in the peripheral device, wherein the image sensor and the screen or flash are on the same side of the portable computing device, the peripheral device comprising: a test strip slot configured to receive a test strip, a light guide consisting of a block of scattering material, located above a portion of the screen or flash and adjacent to the test strip when the test strip is placed in the test strip slot, and, arranged so that light from the screen or flash on said side of the portable computing device scatters within the light guide, reflects diagonally downward from the reaction area on the test strip, and impinges the image sensor on said same side of the portable computing device; and an alignment feature configured to abut against an edge of the portable computing device so as to place the light guide over a portion of the screen or flash and the test strip over the image sensor. a test strip slot configured to receive a test strip, a light guide consisting of a block of scattering material, located above a portion of the screen or flash and adjacent to the test strip when the test strip is placed in the test strip slot, and, arranged so that light from the screen or flash on said side of the portable computing device scatters within the light guide, reflects diagonally downward from the reaction area on the test strip, and impinges the image sensor on said same side of the portable computing device; and an alignment feature configured to abut against an edge of the portable computing device so as to place the light guide over a portion of the screen or flash and the test strip over the image sensor.
Method for controlling a car panel of an elevator car in an elevator system, which comprises at least one elevator, an elevator car of which comprises at least one car panel and which elevator serves at least one floor comprising a collective call panel and at least one second floor comprising a destination call panel, characterized in that the method comprises the phases: - a plurality of floor-specific views to be presented in the car panel is determined, i.e. layouts, in which e.g. the floor call buttons are either visible or they are dimmed or concealed; - up-to-date floor data of the elevator car is determined; - the view to be presented in the car panel is selected from the aforementioned plurality of views on the basis of the aforementioned floor data, wherein a control system is monitoring the opening of the elevator doors and is selecting the view, at the latest in connection with the opening of the elevator door when the elevator stops at a floor. - a plurality of floor-specific views to be presented in the car panel is determined, i.e. layouts, in which e.g. the floor call buttons are either visible or they are dimmed or concealed; - up-to-date floor data of the elevator car is determined; - the view to be presented in the car panel is selected from the aforementioned plurality of views on the basis of the aforementioned floor data,
A power supply unit comprising a) an AC line filter at the input of the power supply unit, b) and a first bridge rectifier which rectifies an AC line voltage into a bulk capacitor (C bk) directly connected to a first port of a two position switch, c) and a second bridge rectifier which rectifies parallel to the first bridge rectifier the AC line voltage directly into a second port of the two position switch and d) a DC-DC stage having a first input port which is connected to a common primary ground and a second input port which is connected to the output port of the two position switch, while a DC-DC stage output is connected to the output of the power supply unit e) wherein V br is a rectified voltage delivered by the second bridge rectifier, and V inMIN is a minimum input voltage of the DC-DC stage f) and a control means wherein a control algorithm of the two position switch implemented, the control algorithm being designed to minimize the voltage ripple on said bulk capacitor (C bk) by switching the two position switch to connect the first port if V br < V inMIN and to connect the second port if V br ≥ V inMIN, g) such that the bulk capacitor voltage (V bk) s always smaller or equal to the maximum of the rectified voltage V br delivered by the second rectifier bridge. a) an AC line filter at the input of the power supply unit, b) and a first bridge rectifier which rectifies an AC line voltage into a bulk capacitor (C bk) directly connected to a first port of a two position switch, c) and a second bridge rectifier which rectifies parallel to the first bridge rectifier the AC line voltage directly into a second port of the two position switch and d) a DC-DC stage having a first input port which is connected to a common primary ground and a second input port which is connected to the output port of the two position switch, while a DC-DC stage output is connected to the output of the power supply unit e) wherein V br is a rectified voltage delivered by the second bridge rectifier, and V inMIN is a minimum input voltage of the DC-DC stage f) and a control means wherein a control algorithm of the two position switch implemented, the control algorithm being designed to minimize the voltage ripple on said bulk capacitor (C bk) by switching the two position switch to connect the first port if V br < V inMIN and to connect the second port if V br ≥ V inMIN, g) such that the bulk capacitor voltage (V bk) s always smaller or equal to the maximum of the rectified voltage V br delivered by the second rectifier bridge.
A pallet displacement system for a pallet storage assembly, comprising: a pair of spaced apart rail assemblies, each rail assembly including: a rail having a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted thereon for supporting one or more pallet; a pallet engagement element slidingly engaged to the rail; and a pair of springs operatively connecting the pallet engagement element to a front end of the rail on respective sides thereof; wherein sequentially positioning a plurality of pallets onto the rail assemblies results in a first pallet engaging the pallet engagement elements, extending the springs and therefore accumulating potential energy, which potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy as one or more of the plurality of pallets is removed from the rail assemblies, pulling the pallet engagement elements toward the front of the rail assemblies, which in turn displaces remaining pallets toward the front. a rail having a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted thereon for supporting one or more pallet; a pallet engagement element slidingly engaged to the rail; and a pair of springs operatively connecting the pallet engagement element to a front end of the rail on respective sides thereof;