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An interaction method in a call, wherein the method is applied to a call scenario of a wearable device and a communication peer device, and the method comprises: the wearable device starting communication with the communication peer device; determining (S 1200) whether a phone number of the communication peer device is a service number, wherein a service number corresponds to a call in which a digit or symbol needs to be entered to select a service; displaying a voice assistant icon on a call screen of the wearable device if a phone number of the communication peer device is a service number; detecting that the voice assistant icon has been pressed to activate the voice assistant icon; converting (S 1500) received voice information into a dual tone multi frequency, DTMF, tone when the voice assistant icon is activated; and sending the DTMF tone to the communication peer device. the wearable device starting communication with the communication peer device; determining (S 1200) whether a phone number of the communication peer device is a service number, wherein a service number corresponds to a call in which a digit or symbol needs to be entered to select a service; displaying a voice assistant icon on a call screen of the wearable device if a phone number of the communication peer device is a service number; detecting that the voice assistant icon has been pressed to activate the voice assistant icon; converting (S 1500) received voice information into a dual tone multi frequency, DTMF, tone when the voice assistant icon is activated; and sending the DTMF tone to the communication peer device.
A vehicle having a bumper device and two bumper support carriers (10, 12) which are arranged parallel to the vehicle longitudinal median plane, the bumper device having a bumper crossmember arrangement which is arranged transversely to the vehicle longitudinal median plane and has two fastening sections (21, 23), and which has a middle section and two lateral end sections (22, 24), the bumper crossmember arrangement with its two fastening sections (21, 23) being connected directly or by means of a respective connecting structure to the corresponding bumper support carriers (10, 12), the middle section of the bumper crossmember arrangement being formed as a frame support surrounding an opening and having an upper crossmember, a lower crossmember, a left support post and a right support post, the middle section being provided between the fastening sections (21, 23) and the two lateral end sections (22, 24) projecting laterally beyond the fastening sections (21, 23), characterized in that the clear width (w) between the upper and lower crossmembers (26, 27) is greater than or equal to the height extension (h) of the bumper support carriers (10, 12) and in that the bumper device is designed in such a way that inflowing cooling air can flow essentially unhindered through the opening surrounded by the frame support to a cooler located behind the bumper device.
An optical assembly for high-G impact applications comprising: a circular optical element formed from a brittle material, the circular optical element comprising: an outer diameter surface; a first curved optical surface radially spanning the outer diameter surface; and a second curved optical surface, opposite the first curved optical surface, radially spanning the outer diameter surface; a rigid frame with a channel that surrounds outer diameter regions of the circular optical element, the outer diameter regions including the outer diameter surface of the circular optical element and a perimeter portion of the first and second curved optical surfaces of the circular optical element adjacent to the outer diameter surface; and a compliant material (32, 34) that fills a space between the rigid frame and the outer diameter regions of the circular optical element within the channel such that the circular optical element is only in contact with the compliant material an the compliant material is in contact with at least a portion of the outer diameter surface and at least a portion of at least of the perimeter portions of the first and second curved optical surfaces, the compliant material (32, 34) comprises ceramic based cements, low melting point solders, copper, aluminum alloys, or mixtures thereof. an outer diameter surface; a first curved optical surface radially spanning the outer diameter surface; and a second curved optical surface, opposite the first curved optical surface, radially spanning the outer diameter surface; a rigid frame with a channel that surrounds outer diameter regions of the circular optical element, the outer diameter regions including the outer diameter surface of the circular optical element and a perimeter portion of the first and second curved optical surfaces of the circular optical element adjacent to the outer diameter surface; and a compliant material (32, 34) that fills a space between the rigid frame and the outer diameter regions of the circular optical element within the channel such that the circular optical element is only in contact with the compliant material an the compliant material is in contact with at least a portion of the outer diameter surface and at least a portion of at least of the perimeter portions of the first and second curved optical surfaces, the compliant material (32, 34) comprises ceramic based cements, low melting point solders, copper, aluminum alloys, or mixtures thereof.
Optical interferometer, having an output-beam beam input for coupling in an output beam and having a beam splitter device for splitting the output beam into at least one first sub-beam and one second sub-beam, wherein the interferometer is in the form of a heterodyne interferometer in that at least one optical frequency shifter is arranged in the beam path of the interferometer and wherein the interferometer has one or more optical waveguide elements (2, F2, F3, F4) by means of which optical waveguides are formed at least between the output-beam beam input, the beamsplitter device and the frequency shifter, wherein the frequency shifter is arranged in the beam path of one of the sub-beams, characterised in that the frequency shifter is in the form of a birefringent waveguide which converts one polarisation with a frequency shift into the second polarisation direction, and the interferometer has at least one polarisation filter, wherein in the sub-beam in which the frequency shifter is arranged, the frequency shifter is arranged between the polarisation filter and the beam splitter device, so that disturbing light in the wrong polarisation can be minimised.
A method for forming a thermoelectric element, comprising: (a) providing a substrate in a reaction space, wherein said substrate comprises a semiconductor material, wherein said substrate has a pattern of metallic particles adjacent to said substrate, which metallic particles are configured to catalyze the oxidation of said substrate; (b) exposing said metallic particles to a gas comprising a vapor phase oxidizing agent and a vapor phase chemical etchant; and (c) etching said substrate at an etch rate of at least about 0.01 micrometers/second to form holes in or wires from the substrate, thereby forming said thermoelectric element, wherein (i) an electric field is applied across said substrate while etching said substrate, (ii) said thermoelectric element has a figure-of-merit of at least about 0.5, and (iii) said metallic particles have an Euler characteristic less than about 2. (a) providing a substrate in a reaction space, wherein said substrate comprises a semiconductor material, wherein said substrate has a pattern of metallic particles adjacent to said substrate, which metallic particles are configured to catalyze the oxidation of said substrate; (b) exposing said metallic particles to a gas comprising a vapor phase oxidizing agent and a vapor phase chemical etchant; and (c) etching said substrate at an etch rate of at least about 0.01 micrometers/second to form holes in or wires from the substrate, thereby forming said thermoelectric element,
Shaft for a medical instrument, in particular for a mono- or bipolar medical instrument, having a shaft body which receives a tool at the distal end, said tool having a first mouth part and a second mouth part which is transferable from an opening position into a closing position with a pull/push rod guided in the shaft body and said shaft body having a connecting piece at the proximal end for fastening to a handling device, by means of which the pull/push rod is moveable back and forth, characterised in that the shaft body consists of a first and second body half (34, 35) which are formed as half shells which are connectable to a closed shaft body.
Device for observing an object, including: - an excitation-light source able to produce, in an excitation spectral band (λ ex), an excitation beam that propagates toward an object; - an emission-image sensor that is able to collect emission light emitted, in an emission spectral band (λ em, λ fluo), by the object under the effect of said excitation beam, the emission-image sensor being able to acquire an emission image (I em, I fluo) on the basis of the collected emission light; and - a distance sensor including a rangefinding light source that is able to emit, in a rangefinding spectral band (λ d), a rangefinding beam that propagates toward the object, - the distance sensor also including a rangefinding-light sensor that is able to detect rangefinding light reflected, in the rangefinding spectral band (λ d), by the object, the device being characterized in that it includes: - a projecting element (5a, 5f) that is configured to project said excitation beam and said rangefinding beam toward the object, in one and the same projection solid angle (Ω), - the distance sensor being able to measure, on the basis of a duration between the emission of the rangefinding beam by the rangefinding-light source and the detection, by the rangefinding-light sensor, of the rangefinding light reflected by the object, a shortest distance (d), in the projection solid angle, between the projecting element (5a, 5f) and the object; and - a modulator that is configured to modulate an intensity of the excitation beam depending on said distance (d) measured by the distance sensor. - an excitation-light source able to produce, in an excitation spectral band (λ ex), an excitation beam that propagates toward an object; - an emission-image sensor that is able to collect emission light emitted, in an emission spectral band (λ em, λ fluo), by the object under the effect of said excitation beam, the emission-image sensor being able to acquire an emission image (I em, I fluo) on the basis of the collected emission light; and - a distance sensor including a rangefinding light source that is able to emit, in a rangefinding spectral band (λ d), a rangefinding beam that propagates toward the object, - the distance sensor also including a rangefinding-light sensor that is able to detect rangefinding light reflected, in the rangefinding spectral band (λ d), by the object, - a projecting element (5a, 5f) that is configured to project said excitation beam and said rangefinding beam toward the object, in one and the same projection solid angle (Ω), - the distance sensor being able to measure, on the basis of a duration between the emission of the rangefinding beam by the rangefinding-light source and the detection, by the rangefinding-light sensor, of the rangefinding light reflected by the object, a shortest distance (d), in the projection solid angle, between the projecting element (5a, 5f) and the object; and - a modulator that is configured to modulate an intensity of the excitation beam depending on said distance (d) measured by the distance sensor.
A method for determining the sequence of a target nucleic acid molecule comprising the steps of: a) providing a capture oligonucleotide probe attached to an encoded microcarrier, wherein the code of said microcarrier identifies the sequence of said oligonucleotide probe, said code being a non-chromophoric bar code that is written several times on the microcarrier, and wherein the code can be read by optical devices, b) hybridizing said capture oligonucleotide probe with a sample comprising a nucleic acid molecule, wherein said nucleic acid molecule comprises a sequence which is at least partially complementary to the sequence of the capture oligonucleotide probe, c) determining the sequence of the hybridized nucleic acid molecule of step b) by polymerase dependent nucleotide incorporation, thereby generating a sequence read of at least 2 nucleotides, wherein the capture oligonucleotide probe serves as a sequencing primer, and determining the sequence of the incorporated nucleotides in said sequence read, d) determining the code on the microcarrier with an optical method, e) identifying the nucleotide sequence of the capture oligonucleotide probe corresponding with the code on the microcarrier, f) combining the sequence information determined in step c) with the information identified in step e) to determine the sequence of the target nucleic acid molecule. a) providing a capture oligonucleotide probe attached to an encoded microcarrier, wherein the code of said microcarrier identifies the sequence of said oligonucleotide probe, said code being a non-chromophoric bar code that is written several times on the microcarrier, and wherein the code can be read by optical devices, b) hybridizing said capture oligonucleotide probe with a sample comprising a nucleic acid molecule, wherein said nucleic acid molecule comprises a sequence which is at least partially complementary to the sequence of the capture oligonucleotide probe, c) determining the sequence of the hybridized nucleic acid molecule of step b) by polymerase dependent nucleotide incorporation, thereby generating a sequence read of at least 2 nucleotides, wherein the capture oligonucleotide probe serves as a sequencing primer, and determining the sequence of the incorporated nucleotides in said sequence read, d) determining the code on the microcarrier with an optical method, e) identifying the nucleotide sequence of the capture oligonucleotide probe corresponding with the code on the microcarrier, f) combining the sequence information determined in step c) with the information identified in step e) to determine the sequence of the target nucleic acid molecule.
Method for ohmic-heating a particulate liquid, including degassing the particulate liquid in a vacuum tank prior to ohmic-heating it, the vacuum tank including a vacuum pump, a vertical internal wall and a central region that is away from the internal walls of the tank, characterized in that said central region is unobstructed and in that said degassing step comprises the substeps of: - bringing the liquid into the tank through a sprayer provided with a nozzle arranged for spraying the liquid onto the vertical internal wall, thus establishing a downwards liquid flowing film on said wall while keeping the central region of the tank substantially free of liquid; - letting the liquid film to flow down the whole length of the vertical wall, thus allowing the air present in the liquid to leave the liquid film and reach the unobstructed central region of the tank; - extracting the air floating in said central region through an exit at the top region of the tank by means of the vacuum pump; - collecting the deaerated liquid at the bottom region of the tank and drawing it from the tank through an outlet. - bringing the liquid into the tank through a sprayer provided with a nozzle arranged for spraying the liquid onto the vertical internal wall, thus establishing a downwards liquid flowing film on said wall while keeping the central region of the tank substantially free of liquid; - letting the liquid film to flow down the whole length of the vertical wall, thus allowing the air present in the liquid to leave the liquid film and reach the unobstructed central region of the tank; - extracting the air floating in said central region through an exit at the top region of the tank by means of the vacuum pump; - collecting the deaerated liquid at the bottom region of the tank and drawing it from the tank through an outlet.
A balloon catheter including a catheter having proximal and distal ends (16, 18); and a balloon fixed at the distal end of the catheter, the balloon including a plurality of layers superimposed on one another, a first of said layers being a strengthening layer including a strengthening element in the form of a strengthening sleeve and a second of said layers being a radiopaque layer, the radiopaque layer being positioned inside the strengthening layer and being the innermost balloon layer.
Rotor plate for a permanently excited electrical machine, which has a central recess for a shaft and is subdivided into a plurality of sectors, each having a first half-sector and a second half-sector delimited from the first half-sector by a radial central line, a first passage opening arrangement with a magnetic pocket through-opening being formed within the first half-sector, which has two parallel edge lines (15, 16) extending along an extension direction, and a further passage opening arrangement which is mirror-symmetrical with respect to the passage opening arrangement with respect to the central line being formed within the second half-sector, the first passage opening arrangement having a relief passage opening which is located completely in the first half-sector and the radially innermost point of which lies further inwards than a radially innermost point of the magnetic pocket through-opening, wherein the relief passage opening is formed into an incircle-free trapezium with two base sides (26, 27), of which a first base side is closer to the center line than a second base side, a first leg extending on a first straight line having a first angular distance from the center line and a second leg extending on a second straight line having a second angular distance from the central line, wherein the first straight line and the second straight line intersect at an acute angle on sides of the first base side, and the first angular distance and the second angular distance are each greater than a magnetic pocket angular distance of the extension direction from the center line, characterized in that the relief passage opening has a first edge line extending along at least a portion of the first straight line and/or has a second edge line extending along at least a portion of the second straight line.
A reel for a harvester, in particular for a combine harvester comprising a reel supporting pipe and star-shaped supports provided at the ends of the reel, consisting of an annular hub that is co-axially pushed on the outer diameter of the supporting pipe, star arms being connected to each other by means of tine rods which run parallel to the supporting pipe, characterized in that the star-shaped supports at the ends are at least partially specifically reinforced for the absorption by one or more of the tine rods of the tensile and/or compression forces acting on the supporting pipe by at least one star arm comprising at least two triangular shaped plates having the shortest side positioned on the surface of the hub and a side running outwards in a radial direction from the hub.
A locating system for machine tools comprising: - a machine tool suitable for working on a machining surface of an object by removing material and including a tool, movement means suitable to be placed in direct contact with said machining surface and for moving said machine tool and, therefore, said tool with respect to said object while said tool works on said object. - at least two locating apparatuses each including a supporting portion suitable to be placed at a fixed point on said machining surface, detection means comprising a first cable or a second cable designed to connect said locating apparatus to said machine tool, and a locating portion configured to release or receive said cable (70, 71) in such a way as to measure the distance (L1, L2) detected between said machine tool and said locating apparatus, and characterised in that - said detection means are configured to also allow mutual connection, by means of one single said cable (70, 71), of said locating apparatuses in such a way as to allow the direct empirical measurement of the distance between said locating apparatuses, - said distance being further obtainable indirectly from the distances (L1, L2) detected by said detection means between said machine tool and said locating apparatuses. - a machine tool suitable for working on a machining surface of an object by removing material and including a tool, movement means suitable to be placed in direct contact with said machining surface and for moving said machine tool and, therefore, said tool with respect to said object while said tool works on said object. - at least two locating apparatuses each including a supporting portion suitable to be placed at a fixed point on said machining surface, detection means comprising a first cable or a second cable designed to connect said locating apparatus to said machine tool, and a locating portion configured to release or receive said cable (70, 71) in such a way as to measure the distance (L1, L2) detected between said machine tool and said locating apparatus, and characterised in that - said detection means are configured to also allow mutual connection, by means of one single said cable (70, 71), of said locating apparatuses in such a way as to allow the direct empirical measurement of the distance between said locating apparatuses, - said distance being further obtainable indirectly from the distances (L1, L2) detected by said detection means between said machine tool and said locating apparatuses.
A power over Ethernet method, comprising: retrieving, by an operating system, power management information for a computing device, said power management information including computing device parameters that identify an operating state of one or more hardware components (142, 144, 146) of said computing device and application parameters that identify an application load of one or more software applications running on said computing device; generating a power request based on said power management information, said generating being responsive to a specified level of accuracy that determines how close said power request matches a power management analysis based on said power management information; and allocating power, by a power sourcing equipment, to said computing device based on said power request. retrieving, by an operating system, power management information for a computing device, said power management information including computing device parameters that identify an operating state of one or more hardware components (142, 144, 146) of said computing device and application parameters that identify an application load of one or more software applications running on said computing device; generating a power request based on said power management information, said generating being responsive to a specified level of accuracy that determines how close said power request matches a power management analysis based on said power management information; and allocating power, by a power sourcing equipment, to said computing device based on said power request.