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An image erasing apparatus comprising: a reading unit configured to read identification information formed on a sheet conveyed; an erasing unit, provided at a downstream side with respect to the reading unit in a conveying direction of the sheet, which is configured to erase a part or all of a first image formed on the sheet; an image forming unit, provided at a downstream side with respect to the erasing unit in the conveying direction of the sheet, which is configured to form an image, which replaces the first image that has been erased, onto the sheet after the erasing unit finishes erasing; and a controller configured to obtain-image data corresponding to the identification information that is read by the reading unit, and to control the image forming unit so as to form a second image, which is indicated by the obtained image data, onto the sheet from which the first image has been erased, wherein the controller is configured to control the reading unit to read identification information formed on the sheet conveyed, characterized in that the image erasing apparatus further includes a user authentication unit carrying out individual authentication based on individual authentication information about a user, and when the user authentication unit authenticates an individual, the controller is configured to control the reading unit so as to read identification information formed on the sheet conveyed. a reading unit configured to read identification information formed on a sheet conveyed; an erasing unit, provided at a downstream side with respect to the reading unit in a conveying direction of the sheet, which is configured to erase a part or all of a first image formed on the sheet; an image forming unit, provided at a downstream side with respect to the erasing unit in the conveying direction of the sheet, which is configured to form an image, which replaces the first image that has been erased, onto the sheet after the erasing unit finishes erasing; and a controller configured to obtain-image data corresponding to the identification information that is read by the reading unit, and to control the image forming unit so as to form a second image, which is indicated by the obtained image data, onto the sheet from which the first image has been erased, wherein
An auto-location system for locating a position of a tire supporting a vehicle, the system comprising: a sensor unit being mounted on the tire, the sensor unit including a footprint length measurement sensor to measure a length of a footprint of the tire; a processor in electronic communication with the sensor unit, the processor being configured for receiving the measured footprint length; a driving event classifier for execution on the processor, the driving event classifier operationally employing the measured footprint length to determine the position of the tire on the vehicle; and an auto-location output block (112, 124, 136, 148, 154) for executing on the processor, the auto-location output block being configured for receiving the determined position of the tire on the vehicle and for generating a message correlating the sensor unit to the position of the tire on the vehicle; characterized in that the system further comprises at least one of an acceleration T-test for employing acceleration data to compare footprint-length based position determinations, a braking-based T-test for employing braking data to compare footprint-length based position determinations, a right-turn based T-test for employing right turn data to compare right turn determinations, a left-turn based T-test for employing left turn data to compare left turn determinations, and a received signal strength indicator based T-test for employing received signal strength indicators to compare position determinations. a sensor unit being mounted on the tire, the sensor unit including a footprint length measurement sensor to measure a length of a footprint of the tire; a processor in electronic communication with the sensor unit, the processor being configured for receiving the measured footprint length; a driving event classifier for execution on the processor, the driving event classifier operationally employing the measured footprint length to determine the position of the tire on the vehicle; and an auto-location output block (112, 124, 136, 148, 154) for executing on the processor, the auto-location output block being configured for receiving the determined position of the tire on the vehicle and for generating a message correlating the sensor unit to the position of the tire on the vehicle; characterized in that the system further comprises at least one of an acceleration T-test for employing acceleration data to compare footprint-length based position determinations, a braking-based T-test for employing braking data to compare footprint-length based position determinations, a right-turn based T-test for employing right turn data to compare right turn determinations, a left-turn based T-test for employing left turn data to compare left turn determinations, and a received signal strength indicator based T-test for employing received signal strength indicators to compare position determinations.
A surgical screwdriver comprising: - a first rotating shaft configured to be rotated about a respective longitudinal axis; - a second rotating shaft extending along a respective development axis and having a shaped end tip which can be inserted into the head of a screw; - a transmission member having a homokinetic spherical joint interposed between respective first ends (2a, 3a) of the shafts (2, 3) to transfer the rotation from the first shaft to the second shaft; - a cylindrical sleeve which is internally hollow to accommodate at least partially said shafts (2, 3) and said homokinetic spherical joint; said first shaft having a second end opposite to the first and projecting out of a first opening of the sleeve; said shaped tip of the second shaft projecting out of a second opening of the sleeve opposite to the first opening; characterized in that said first shaft comprises a first portion and a second portion configured to be coaxially joined to each other inside the sleeve; said second end of the first shaft being located in the first portion which is distal from the second shaft; the first portion having a shaped pin configured to be reversibly joined to a respective shaped seat of the second portion, so that the first portion can be removed from the sleeve. - a first rotating shaft configured to be rotated about a respective longitudinal axis; - a second rotating shaft extending along a respective development axis and having a shaped end tip which can be inserted into the head of a screw; - a transmission member having a homokinetic spherical joint interposed between respective first ends (2a, 3a) of the shafts (2, 3) to transfer the rotation from the first shaft to the second shaft; - a cylindrical sleeve which is internally hollow to accommodate at least partially said shafts (2, 3) and said homokinetic spherical joint; said first shaft having a second end opposite to the first and projecting out of a first opening of the sleeve; said shaped tip of the second shaft projecting out of a second opening of the sleeve opposite to the first opening; characterized in that said first shaft comprises a first portion and a second portion configured to be coaxially joined to each other inside the sleeve; said second end of the first shaft being located in the first portion which is distal from the second shaft; the first portion having a shaped pin configured to be reversibly joined to a respective shaped seat of the second portion, so that the first portion can be removed from the sleeve. characterized in that said first shaft comprises a first portion and a second portion configured to be coaxially joined to each other inside the sleeve; said second end of the first shaft being located in the first portion which is distal from the second shaft; the first portion having a shaped pin configured to be reversibly joined to a respective shaped seat of the second portion, so that the first portion can be removed from the sleeve.
A warning system for a host vehicle, which system comprises at least one viewing device with a viewing surface adapted to present vehicles which are in the vicinity of the host vehicle, a processing unit adapted to receive one or more sensor signals from one or more sensors which are adapted to measure at least the speed of and distance to a vehicle in the vehicle's vicinity, to calculate Δv, which is the difference between the respective speeds of said vehicle and the host vehicle, and to compare Δv with at least one threshold value v t, wherein the warning system comprises at least one indicating means situated close to said viewing device and adapted to generate at least one warning indication for presentation on or close to the viewing surface of the viewing device, characterised in that the indicating means is further adapted to indicate the location of said vehicle in corresponding parts of the viewing surface, and in that said indicating means is grouped in an upper section and a lower section and the lower section is configured to light up when said vehicle has been overtaken and the distance from the vehicle overtaken is greater than the length of the host vehicle and there is room for the host vehicle to move into the same lane as the overtaken vehicle and drive on ahead of it.
A method of turbo/non-turbo differential decoding to decode a forward error correction, FEC, and differentially encoded signal, the method comprising: obtaining the FEC and differentially encoded signal received via a communication channel; supplying the FEC and differentially encoded signal to a soft-input soft-output, SISO, differential decoder that is bi-directionally coupled to a SISO FEC decoder configured to perform low density parity check decoding; operating over a first number of decoding iterations of the FEC and differentially encoded signal, the SISO differential decoder and the SISO forward error correction decoder in a turbo decoding mode in which soft-decision messages generated by the SISO differential decoder, SDD messages, are passed to the SISO FEC decoder and FEC messages generated by the SISO FEC decoder are passed to the SISO differential decoder for updating the SDD messages, wherein the SISO FEC decoder stores the SDD messages passed on from the SISO differential decoder; after the first number of decoding iterations, switching to a non-turbo decoding mode comprising operating over a second number of decoding iterations of the FEC and differentially encoded signal, the SISO differential decoder and the SISO FEC decoder in the non-turbo decoding mode in which the SISO FEC decoder operates without any messages passing to and from the SISO differential decoder by using the stored SDD messages; and, obtaining decoder output from the SISO FEC decoder, wherein the decoder output comprises the decoded FEC and differentially encoded signal. obtaining the FEC and differentially encoded signal received via a communication channel; supplying the FEC and differentially encoded signal to a soft-input soft-output, SISO, differential decoder that is bi-directionally coupled to a SISO FEC decoder configured to perform low density parity check decoding; operating over a first number of decoding iterations of the FEC and differentially encoded signal, the SISO differential decoder and the SISO forward error correction decoder in a turbo decoding mode in which soft-decision messages generated by the SISO differential decoder, SDD messages, are passed to the SISO FEC decoder and FEC messages generated by the SISO FEC decoder are passed to the SISO differential decoder for updating the SDD messages, wherein the SISO FEC decoder stores the SDD messages passed on from the SISO differential decoder; after the first number of decoding iterations, switching to a non-turbo decoding mode comprising operating over a second number of decoding iterations of the FEC and differentially encoded signal, the SISO differential decoder and the SISO FEC decoder in the non-turbo decoding mode in which the SISO FEC decoder operates without any messages passing to and from the SISO differential decoder by using the stored SDD messages; and, obtaining decoder output from the SISO FEC decoder, wherein the decoder output comprises the decoded FEC and differentially encoded signal.
An implant, in the form of a vascular support, in particular for implantation into a vulnerable plaque or for disrupting flow to an aneurysm, wherein the implant can be fully biodegraded within a time period of less than 360 days, in particular less than 180 days, preferably less than 90 days, and wherein the implant in particular comprises a magnesium alloy or is made thereof, wherein the Mg alloy is a Mg alloy having a Zn content between 1.5 wt.% and 20.0 wt.% Zn and comprising 0 wt.% to 1 wt.% Ca, characterized in that the implant is provided with a net being made of one of the aforementioned biodegradable metal alloys and having wires, wherein the diameter of the wires that are used ranges between 10 μm and 100 μm.
A fastening means for attaching components, such as insulation boards and similar insulating material or wooden substructures to a supporting subsurface, comprising an anchoring sleeve (9; 11) constructed with a spreading zone and a plastic expansion nail, which has guide ribs (2a, 2b) running in the mounting direction and, at the front end of the expansion nail in the mounting direction, a thread-like spreading section, which radially widens the spreading zone of the anchoring sleeve (9; 11) when knocked in, the anchoring sleeve (9; 11) being introduced into a hole pre-drilled through the component (21; 22) down into the subsurface, a plurality of such holes being provided depending on the component dimensions, and the anchoring sleeve being introduced and anchored in the subsurface by knocking in the plastic expansion nail, the plastic expansion nail being constructed with at least two reinforcing guide ribs (2a, 2b) provided diametrically to one another, which run continuously from below the nail head skimming the spreading section up to the nail tip, the reinforcing guide ribs (2a; 2b) having a width measured from the outer edge of one rib to the outer edge of the other rib, which approximately corresponds to the outer diameter of the anchoring sleeve (9; 11), but is not larger than the diameter of the pre-drilled hole, and the anchoring sleeve (9; 11) having a continuous longitudinal slot (13a, 13) from below the anchor head to the anchor tip, for accommodating the reinforcing guide ribs (2a, 2b) on at least two opposite sides, the guide ribs (22, 26) dipping into the longitudinal slots (13a, 13b) of the anchoring sleeve (9; 11).
A computer-implemented method for correcting a capillary pressure curve (700, 770, 900), comprising: obtaining at least one of capillary pressure data representing capillary pressure in a reservoir and permeability data representing permeability in the reservoir, wherein the at least one of the capillary pressure data or permeability data is at least partially derived from a core sample; creating a capillary pressure curve (700, 770, 900) using at least one of the obtained capillary pressure data and permeability data; displaying the capillary pressure curve (700, 770, 900); determining a closure correction pressure cutoff of the capillary pressure curve (700, 770, 900); and correcting the capillary pressure curve (700, 770, 900) based at least in part on the closure correction pressure cutoff, wherein the correcting of the capillary pressure curve (700, 770, 900) comprises at least one of normalizing the capillary pressure curve (700, 770, 900) and extrapolating the capillary pressure curve (700, 770, 900), characterized in that the capillary pressure curve (700, 770, 900) is created using also multiple linked hyperbolic tangents (310, 320, 330, 340, 450, 360, 370, 420, 430, 710, 720), and in that determining the closure correction pressure cutoff of the capillary pressure curve (700, 770, 900) comprises determining a local minimum (801, 802) of the second derivative of the capillary pressure curve (700, 770, 900), wherein the closure correction pressure cutoff corresponds to the local minima (801, 802) where the capillary pressure is the lowest. obtaining at least one of capillary pressure data representing capillary pressure in a reservoir and permeability data representing permeability in the reservoir, wherein the at least one of the capillary pressure data or permeability data is at least partially derived from a core sample; creating a capillary pressure curve (700, 770, 900) using at least one of the obtained capillary pressure data and permeability data; displaying the capillary pressure curve (700, 770, 900); determining a closure correction pressure cutoff of the capillary pressure curve (700, 770, 900); and correcting the capillary pressure curve (700, 770, 900) based at least in part on the closure correction pressure cutoff, wherein the correcting of the capillary pressure curve (700, 770, 900) comprises at least one of normalizing the capillary pressure curve (700, 770, 900) and extrapolating the capillary pressure curve (700, 770, 900), characterized in that the capillary pressure curve (700, 770, 900) is created using also multiple linked hyperbolic tangents (310, 320, 330, 340, 450, 360, 370, 420, 430, 710, 720), and in that determining the closure correction pressure cutoff of the capillary pressure curve (700, 770, 900) comprises determining a local minimum (801, 802) of the second derivative of the capillary pressure curve (700, 770, 900), wherein the closure correction pressure cutoff corresponds to the local minima (801, 802) where the capillary pressure is the lowest.
Apparatus for monitoring in real time the movement of a plurality of substances in a mixture, the apparatus comprising an X-ray scanner arranged to make a plurality of scans of the mixture over a monitoring period to produce, for each scan, a plurality of plane image data sets relating to a plurality of layers of the mixture, the layers being in different positions from each other, wherein the apparatus further comprises control means arranged to combine the data sets to form a tomographic image data set, for each scan, and to analyse the tomographic image data sets to identify volumes of each of the substances and to measure their movement, and the scanner comprises a plurality of X-ray sources and the control means is arranged to control which of the sources is active at any time thereby to make the scans, characterized in hat the control means is arranged to analyse one of the data sets in two stages, one stage providing a lower spatial resolution and higher contrast resolution than the other.
An electret sheet, comprising a synthetic resin sheet electrified by injecting electric charges thereinto, the synthetic resin sheet comprising two types of synthetic resins incompatible with each other, these synthetic resins forming a phase separated structure and being cross-linked through a polyfunctional monomer.
An ultrasonic tool, comprising: (i) a vibrating tip having a connecting end and a working end, and having at least two bends (110, 111) and an internal fluid passageway, (ii) a connecting body having an irregular shape, and (iii) a stack, characterized in that - the vibrating tip is coined only from the tip of the working end to a distance of 1.27 mm (0.05 inch) to 3.05 mm (0.12 inch) as measured from the tip of the working end, wherein the coining creates a polygonal shape such that the tip of the working end has a polygonal shape. (i) a vibrating tip having a connecting end and a working end, and having at least two bends (110, 111) and an internal fluid passageway, (ii) a connecting body having an irregular shape, and (iii) a stack, - the vibrating tip is coined only from the tip of the working end to a distance of 1.27 mm (0.05 inch) to 3.05 mm (0.12 inch) as measured from the tip of the working end, wherein the coining creates a polygonal shape such that the tip of the working end has a polygonal shape.
A process for demodulating a low frequency half-duplex frequency shift keyed HDX FSK signal, comprising: receiving a HDX FSK signal (902, 921) using a resonant antenna; the process for demodulating a low frequency HDX FSK signal (902, 921) characterized by: upwardly mixing the HDX FSK signal (902, 921) to an intermediate frequency; filtering the intermediate frequency FSK signal (912, 926) using at least one ceramic bandpass filter (908, 910); demodulating the filtered intermediate frequency FSK signal (912, 926) to produce a binary output; and wherein HDX FSK frequencies (902, 921) are 134.2 KHz and 124.2 KHz. receiving a HDX FSK signal (902, 921) using a resonant antenna; the process for demodulating a low frequency HDX FSK signal (902, 921) characterized by: upwardly mixing the HDX FSK signal (902, 921) to an intermediate frequency; filtering the intermediate frequency FSK signal (912, 926) using at least one ceramic bandpass filter (908, 910); demodulating the filtered intermediate frequency FSK signal (912, 926) to produce a binary output; and wherein HDX FSK frequencies (902, 921) are 134.2 KHz and 124.2 KHz. upwardly mixing the HDX FSK signal (902, 921) to an intermediate frequency; filtering the intermediate frequency FSK signal (912, 926) using at least one ceramic bandpass filter (908, 910); demodulating the filtered intermediate frequency FSK signal (912, 926) to produce a binary output; and wherein HDX FSK frequencies (902, 921) are 134.2 KHz and 124.2 KHz.
A device for distributing, on a surface of a living body, a product containing an active component or forming a cosmetic product, the device comprising a housing and a cartridge, releasably coupled to the housing, wherein: - the cartridge comprises an applicator element and a reservoir containing said product and having a movable or deformable wall part for reducing the volume of the reservoir, wherein at least one opening is provided between the reservoir and the applicator element for applying the product to the applicator element by reducing the volume of the reservoir; and - the housing comprises at least one light source for radiating light through and/or alongside the cartridge and a drive for driving the movable and/or deformable wall part of the reservoir for reducing the volume of the reservoir - wherein the device comprises at least one light guide for guiding the light from the at least one light source to an end of the light guide for transmitting the light to a surface of the skin; and, - wherein the applicator element is made of a material which is substantially hard, substantially rigid, substantially impermeable for the product and substantially non-absorbent for the product. - the cartridge comprises an applicator element and a reservoir containing said product and having a movable or deformable wall part for reducing the volume of the reservoir, wherein at least one opening is provided between the reservoir and the applicator element for applying the product to the applicator element by reducing the volume of the reservoir; and - the housing comprises at least one light source for radiating light through and/or alongside the cartridge and a drive for driving the movable and/or deformable wall part of the reservoir for reducing the volume of the reservoir - wherein the device comprises at least one light guide for guiding the light from the at least one light source to an end of the light guide for transmitting the light to a surface of the skin; and, - wherein the applicator element is made of a material which is substantially hard, substantially rigid, substantially impermeable for the product and substantially non-absorbent for the product.