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An apparatus for obtaining an intraoral x-ray image from a patient, the apparatus comprising: an x-ray source; a radio-frequency transceiver coupled to the x-ray source and energizable to transmit an interrogation signal, wherein the transceiver is in signal communication with four or more antennae spaced at equal distances from each other and from an optical axis of the x-fay source; an intraoral image detector that forms an image upon exposure to radiation received from the x-ray source; a radio-frequency transponder that is coupled to the image detector and is configured to respond to the interrogation signal by transmitting a wireless response signal; a control logic processor (26, 60) that is in communication with the transceiver and that provides an output signal indicative of the spatial position of the image detector with respect to the x-ray source according to response signals received from the transponder at the four or more antennae, wherein the output signal is based on a strength of the wireless response signal at each of the four or more antennae in accordance with received signal strength indicator, RSSI; and an indicator that responds to the output signal by indicating the relative position of the image detector. an x-ray source; a radio-frequency transceiver coupled to the x-ray source and energizable to transmit an interrogation signal, wherein the transceiver is in signal communication with four or more antennae spaced at equal distances from each other and from an optical axis of the x-fay source; an intraoral image detector that forms an image upon exposure to radiation received from the x-ray source; a radio-frequency transponder that is coupled to the image detector and is configured to respond to the interrogation signal by transmitting a wireless response signal; a control logic processor (26, 60) that is in communication with the transceiver and that provides an output signal indicative of the spatial position of the image detector with respect to the x-ray source according to response signals received from the transponder at the four or more antennae, wherein the output signal is based on a strength of the wireless response signal at each of the four or more antennae in accordance with received signal strength indicator, RSSI; and an indicator that responds to the output signal by indicating the relative position of the image detector.
An in-plane switching liquid crystal display comprising: a first polarizer plate; a second polarizer plate; and a liquid crystal cell, which is horizontally aligned and filled with liquid crystal of positive dielectric anisotropy (Δε>0) or negative dielectric anisotropy (Δε<0), an optical axis of the liquid crystal filled in the liquid crystal cell being aligned in-plane in parallel to the first and second polarizer plates (1,2), wherein an absorption axis of the first polarizer plate is perpendicular to an absorption axis of the second polarizer plate, the optical axis of the liquid crystal filled in the liquid crystal cell is parallel to the absorption axis of the first polarizer plate, a positive biaxial retardation film (11; 13) defined by a following Equation is aligned between the liquid crystal cell and the second polarizer plate, an optical axis (12; 14) of the positive biaxial retardation film is perpendicular to the absorption axis of the second polarizer plate, Equation n x ≠ n y ≠ n z and n x > n y and n z > n y, wherein n x and n y are in-plane refractive indexes, n z is a thickness refractive index, and the positive biaxial retardation film (11; 13) has a positive in-plane retardation value (R in =d×(n x -n y)) and a positive thickness retardation value (R th =d×(n z -n y)) in which d is a thickness of a film, characterized in that an in-plane retardation value of the positive biaxial retardation film (11; 13) is equal to or less than 190 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm, and the positive biaxial retardation film (11; 13) is used as a protective film for the second polarizer plate. a first polarizer plate; a second polarizer plate; and a liquid crystal cell, which is horizontally aligned and filled with liquid crystal of positive dielectric anisotropy (Δε>0) or negative dielectric anisotropy (Δε<0), an optical axis of the liquid crystal filled in the liquid crystal cell being aligned in-plane in parallel to the first and second polarizer plates (1,2), wherein an absorption axis of the first polarizer plate is perpendicular to an absorption axis of the second polarizer plate, the optical axis of the liquid crystal filled in the liquid crystal cell is parallel to the absorption axis of the first polarizer plate, a positive biaxial retardation film (11; 13) defined by a following Equation is aligned between the liquid crystal cell and the second polarizer plate, an optical axis (12; 14) of the positive biaxial retardation film is perpendicular to the absorption axis of the second polarizer plate, Equation n x ≠ n y ≠ n z and n x > n y and n z > n y, wherein n x and n y are in-plane refractive indexes, n z is a thickness refractive index, and the positive biaxial retardation film (11; 13) has a positive in-plane retardation value (R in =d×(n x -n y)) and a positive thickness retardation value (R th =d×(n z -n y)) in which d is a thickness of a film, characterized in that an in-plane retardation value of the positive biaxial retardation film (11; 13) is equal to or less than 190 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm, and the positive biaxial retardation film (11; 13) is used as a protective film for the second polarizer plate.
A reflective transparent screen having a metal thin film, wherein the metal thin film is constituted by an alloy comprising Ag and at least two types of metal M selected from the group consisting of Pd, Au, Pt, Ru, Ir, Bi, Nd and Ge, provided that the alloy comprises at least one of Nd and Ge, wherein the content of Ag to the total number of metal atoms is at least 65 atomic%.
A spacecraft, comprising: a frame; an electric propulsion system coupled to the frame, the electric propulsion system comprising: a plurality of thrusters, wherein each thruster is independently moveable and/or rotatable; said electric propulsion system being arranged to enable all propulsion operations to be performed, said propulsion operations comprising attitude control, momentum control, and orbit control of the spacecraft, wherein the attitude control and the momentum control includes controlling position and rates of elements of the spacecraft about each axis; wherein the spacecraft does not include a chemical propulsion system. a frame; an electric propulsion system coupled to the frame, the electric propulsion system comprising: a plurality of thrusters, wherein each thruster is independently moveable and/or rotatable; said electric propulsion system being arranged to enable all propulsion operations to be performed, said propulsion operations comprising attitude control, momentum control, and orbit control of the spacecraft, wherein the attitude control and the momentum control includes controlling position and rates of elements of the spacecraft about each axis; wherein the spacecraft does not include a chemical propulsion system.
A mouse with liver damage, or a liver portion thereof having a urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) gene in a heterozygous form, wherein a DNA fragment containing a liver-specific promoter/enhancer and cDNA that encodes uPA operably linked under the control thereof is introduced in a heterozygous form and the serum ALT level increases at least from when the mouse is 6 weeks old to when the mouse is 8 weeks old or the serum ALT level of the at least 6-week-old or 8-week-old mouse is higher than that of a wild-type mouse having no uPA gene.
A balloon catheter comprising: a catheter that defines a first inflation lumen and a second inflation lumen; a first balloon mounted about the catheter and fluidly connected to the first inflation lumen; a second balloon mounted about the catheter and fluidly connected to the second inflation lumen; wherein the first balloon is positioned inside the second balloon; the balloon catheter having a deflated configuration, a first inflated configuration and a second inflated configuration; the first inflated configuration being characterized by the second balloon being inflated and having a shape that includes a plurality of bulb segments, and each two consecutive bulb segments being separated by a waist hoop, and each of the bulb segments having a diameter greater than a diameter of the waist hoop; and the second inflated configuration being characterized by the second balloon being inflated and the first balloon being inflated, and the first balloon bearing radially outward on the waist hoop such that the waist hoop has a larger diameter in the second inflated configuration than in the first inflated configuration. a catheter that defines a first inflation lumen and a second inflation lumen; a first balloon mounted about the catheter and fluidly connected to the first inflation lumen; a second balloon mounted about the catheter and fluidly connected to the second inflation lumen; wherein the first balloon is positioned inside the second balloon; the balloon catheter having a deflated configuration, a first inflated configuration and a second inflated configuration; the first inflated configuration being characterized by the second balloon being inflated and having a shape that includes a plurality of bulb segments, and each two consecutive bulb segments being separated by a waist hoop, and each of the bulb segments having a diameter greater than a diameter of the waist hoop; and the second inflated configuration being characterized by the second balloon being inflated and the first balloon being inflated, and the first balloon bearing radially outward on the waist hoop such that the waist hoop has a larger diameter in the second inflated configuration than in the first inflated configuration.
A contact state detection apparatus, wherein the contact state detection apparatus comprises: a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode being configured to receive an alternating current signal and a first signal to output a differential signal, the differential signal comprising the first signal and a second signal, the first signal being a detection signal of physiological information of a detected object, and the second signal being a signal formed after the alternating current signal is modulated by the first electrode and the second electrode; and a sampling circuit, the sampling circuit being connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, the sampling circuit being configured to sample the differential signal to obtain a target sampling signal, and the target sampling signal comprising a first sampling signal corresponding to a first signal and a second sampling signal corresponding to the second signal; wherein the first sampling signal is used to indicate a physiological signal of the detected object, and the second sampling signal is used to detect a contact state of the first electrode with the detected object and/or a contact state of the second electrode with the detected object. a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode being configured to receive an alternating current signal and a first signal to output a differential signal, the differential signal comprising the first signal and a second signal, the first signal being a detection signal of physiological information of a detected object, and the second signal being a signal formed after the alternating current signal is modulated by the first electrode and the second electrode; and a sampling circuit, the sampling circuit being connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, the sampling circuit being configured to sample the differential signal to obtain a target sampling signal, and the target sampling signal comprising a first sampling signal corresponding to a first signal and a second sampling signal corresponding to the second signal; wherein the first sampling signal is used to indicate a physiological signal of the detected object, and the second sampling signal is used to detect a contact state of the first electrode with the detected object and/or a contact state of the second electrode with the detected object.
A device comprising a main engine configured as a cruise missile having its own control device, and an ejection engine receivable in a launching device, wherein the ejection engine serves to accelerate the main engine out of the launching device, and wherein the ejection engine is separable from the main engine, characterized in that the ejection engine has in a main combustion chamber at least a main propellant acting on the main engine and has a brake engine with a reverse thrust combustion chamber with at least a reverse thrust propellant acting on the ejection engine, and that the ejection engine comprises means for its deceleration after initiating the acceleration of the main engine so that the ejection engine remains in the launching device, wherein the means for decelerating the ejection engine is the brake engine, which is ignited in a delayed manner, wherein a reverse thrust gas (17; 21) is producible by igniting the reverse thrust propellant in the reverse thrust combustion chamber, which exits through at least one reverse thrust nozzle.
A relay apparatus for connecting a communication link with a small delay and a communication link with a large delay, comprising: a first feedback device for receiving a packet of a media stream transmitted on said link with a small delay, and transmitting information including a packet loss rate over a predetermined period to a transmission source; the relay apparatus being further characterised by comprising adjusting means for adjusting passage of packets received from said link with small delay according to transmission capability of said communication link with a large delay; and a second feedback device for transmitting to said transmission source an acknowledge response about a packet transmitted through said adjusting means to said communication link with large delay. a first feedback device for receiving a packet of a media stream transmitted on said link with a small delay, and transmitting information including a packet loss rate over a predetermined period to a transmission source; the relay apparatus being further characterised by comprising adjusting means for adjusting passage of packets received from said link with small delay according to transmission capability of said communication link with a large delay; and a second feedback device for transmitting to said transmission source an acknowledge response about a packet transmitted through said adjusting means to said communication link with large delay.
A system for delivering laser energy to tissue, said system comprising: a probe adapted to be advanced into tissue, said probe having a shaft and a central axial passage for delivering a stream of light transmissive fluid from a proximal end to a distal end thereof; a nozzle for emitting the stream of the light transmissive fluid in a lateral direction from the distal end of the probe; a waveguide in the central axial passage for transmitting coherent light; an insufflation source connected to a port formed in a wall of the shaft; wherein the waveguide comprises an element (44, 48), the element (44, 48) comprising a lens or a shaped surface disposed to focus the coherent light within the stream of light transmissive fluid being delivered through the nozzle so that the light is carried by the fluid by total internal reflection. a probe adapted to be advanced into tissue, said probe having a shaft and a central axial passage for delivering a stream of light transmissive fluid from a proximal end to a distal end thereof; a nozzle for emitting the stream of the light transmissive fluid in a lateral direction from the distal end of the probe; a waveguide in the central axial passage for transmitting coherent light; an insufflation source connected to a port formed in a wall of the shaft; wherein the waveguide comprises an element (44, 48), the element (44, 48) comprising a lens or a shaped surface disposed to focus the coherent light within the stream of light transmissive fluid being delivered through the nozzle so that the light is carried by the fluid by total internal reflection.
A display method for use in a vehicle, comprising: obtaining information associated with a vehicle and image data for a region ahead of the vehicle; and displaying a graphical representation of a state of at least one component of the vehicle having one or more characteristics based on the information associated with the vehicle, and a representation of the image data, wherein the representations are displayed translucently and arranged to overlie a portion of the vehicle, such that the portion of the vehicle is partly visible through the displayed representations and appears at least partly transparent. obtaining information associated with a vehicle and image data for a region ahead of the vehicle; and displaying a graphical representation of a state of at least one component of the vehicle having one or more characteristics based on the information associated with the vehicle, and a representation of the image data, wherein the representations are displayed translucently and arranged to overlie a portion of the vehicle, such that the portion of the vehicle is partly visible through the displayed representations and appears at least partly transparent.
A lead-free piezo-electric porcelain composition comprising: a main phase having voids and which is formed of a first crystal phase composed of at least one of an alkali niobate-based perovskite oxide and an alkali tantalate-based perovskite oxide having piezo-electric characteristics, wherein the alkali component contains at least alkali metal(s) and may contain alkali earth metal(s); and a sub-phase containing a second crystal phase composed of an A 2 B 6 O 13 -based compound, where the element A is a monovalent element and the element B is one or more divalent to hexavalent elements, wherein the element A includes at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Li, Na and K and the element B includes at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, Mg, Ni, Zr, Zn, Mn, Al, Nb, Ta, W and Ti, wherein the sub-phase fills the voids present in the main phase. a main phase having voids and which is formed of a first crystal phase composed of at least one of an alkali niobate-based perovskite oxide and an alkali tantalate-based perovskite oxide having piezo-electric characteristics, wherein the alkali component contains at least alkali metal(s) and may contain alkali earth metal(s); and a sub-phase containing a second crystal phase composed of an A 2 B 6 O 13 -based compound, where the element A is a monovalent element and the element B is one or more divalent to hexavalent elements, wherein the element A includes at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Li, Na and K and the element B includes at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Co, Fe, Mg, Ni, Zr, Zn, Mn, Al, Nb, Ta, W and Ti, wherein the sub-phase fills the voids present in the main phase.
A tire condition detection device configured to be installed in a tire of each wheel assembly of a vehicle, the device comprising: a condition detecting section configured to detect a condition of the tire; a transmitting section configured to wirelessly transmit information detected by the condition detecting section; a receiving section configured to be capable of receiving information wirelessly transmitted from an external device; a control section configured to control the transmitting section and the receiving section; and a battery, which is a power source for the tire condition detection device, wherein the control section is configured to be capable of switching a state of the tire condition detection device between a responsive state, in which the receiving section is maintained in a standby state, in which the receiving section is capable of receiving the information wirelessly transmitted from the external device, wherein the control section performs a reception response when the information is received, and a non-responsive state, characterized in that the reception response is harder to perform than in the responsive state regardless of whether the receiving section is maintained in the standby state, the responsive state is a state in which the receiving section is driven intermittently, and the non-responsive state is a state in which the frequency at which reception responses is possible is lower than in the case of the responsive state. a condition detecting section configured to detect a condition of the tire; a transmitting section configured to wirelessly transmit information detected by the condition detecting section; a receiving section configured to be capable of receiving information wirelessly transmitted from an external device; a control section configured to control the transmitting section and the receiving section; and a battery, which is a power source for the tire condition detection device, wherein the control section is configured to be capable of switching a state of the tire condition detection device between a responsive state, in which the receiving section is maintained in a standby state, in which the receiving section is capable of receiving the information wirelessly transmitted from the external device, wherein the control section performs a reception response when the information is received, and a non-responsive state, characterized in that the reception response is harder to perform than in the responsive state regardless of whether the receiving section is maintained in the standby state, the responsive state is a state in which the receiving section is driven intermittently, and the non-responsive state is a state in which the frequency at which reception responses is possible is lower than in the case of the responsive state.