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A subsea well apparatus for releasing a drilling riser from a subsea wellhead housing, the apparatus comprising: an external tieback connector adapted to be secured to a lower end of the riser, the tieback connector having a locking element for engaging an external profile on the wellhead housing, the tieback connector having a piston within a piston chamber for releasing the locking element; characterized by an umbilical adapted to extend from a floating platform alongside the riser to the tieback connector, the umbilical having a communication line; first communication means arranged for moving the piston and the locking element of the tieback connector to a released position in response to a signal from the floating platform over the communication line of the umbilical; an acoustic transducer adapted to be deployed subsea on a transducer cable, the transducer configured to emit an acoustic signal; an acoustic signal receiver mounted to the tieback connector for receiving the acoustic signal; and second communication means arranged for moving the piston and the locking element of the tieback connector to the released position in response to a signal from the floating platform over the transducer cable to the transducer to emit the acoustic signal. an external tieback connector adapted to be secured to a lower end of the riser, the tieback connector having a locking element for engaging an external profile on the wellhead housing, the tieback connector having a piston within a piston chamber for releasing the locking element; characterized by an umbilical adapted to extend from a floating platform alongside the riser to the tieback connector, the umbilical having a communication line; first communication means arranged for moving the piston and the locking element of the tieback connector to a released position in response to a signal from the floating platform over the communication line of the umbilical; an acoustic transducer adapted to be deployed subsea on a transducer cable, the transducer configured to emit an acoustic signal; an acoustic signal receiver mounted to the tieback connector for receiving the acoustic signal; and second communication means arranged for moving the piston and the locking element of the tieback connector to the released position in response to a signal from the floating platform over the transducer cable to the transducer to emit the acoustic signal.
A head-mounted display worn by a user, comprising: a display section configured to be disposed in front of eyes of the user; a camera attached to the head-mounted display worn by the user and configured to capture an image of what is ahead of the display section; a detection section configured to detect a direction of a visual line of the user's eyes; a camera control section configured to control a direction of an optical axis of the camera in accordance with the detected direction of the visual line of the user's eyes; the head-mounted display being characterized in that it comprises: a display control section configured to cause the display section to display partial images cut out from the captured images on the basis of the direction of the optical axis of the camera such that when the direction of the optical axis of the camera is changed in a first direction, a position in the captured image from which the partial image is cut out is changed in a second direction, the second direction being in an opposite direction to the first direction. a display section configured to be disposed in front of eyes of the user; a camera attached to the head-mounted display worn by the user and configured to capture an image of what is ahead of the display section; a detection section configured to detect a direction of a visual line of the user's eyes; a camera control section configured to control a direction of an optical axis of the camera in accordance with the detected direction of the visual line of the user's eyes; the head-mounted display being characterized in that it comprises: a display control section configured to cause the display section to display partial images cut out from the captured images on the basis of the direction of the optical axis of the camera such that when the direction of the optical axis of the camera is changed in a first direction, a position in the captured image from which the partial image is cut out is changed in a second direction, the second direction being in an opposite direction to the first direction.
An image processing apparatus comprising: an acquiring unit for acquiring a current video frame and a scene model based on an input video, wherein said scene model includes visual element models at least representing appearance features in said current video frame and in previous video frames thereof, of visual elements; a first updating unit for updating visual element models in said scene model, which match with the visual elements in said current video frame, based on the visual elements in said current video frame; characterized by further comprising: a second updating unit for updating visual element models as a background visual element model in said scene model, which do not match with the visual elements in said current video frame, based on a difference between the appearance features in said current video frame and in said previous video frames, of a reference visual element model associated with the unmatched visual element model, wherein the reference visual element model is a background visual element model which can vary immediately following a variation in the environment illumination and obtained using visual element models of one or more previous video frames. an acquiring unit for acquiring a current video frame and a scene model based on an input video, wherein said scene model includes visual element models at least representing appearance features in said current video frame and in previous video frames thereof, of visual elements; a first updating unit for updating visual element models in said scene model, which match with the visual elements in said current video frame, based on the visual elements in said current video frame; characterized by further comprising: a second updating unit for updating visual element models as a background visual element model in said scene model, which do not match with the visual elements in said current video frame, based on a difference between the appearance features in said current video frame and in said previous video frames, of a reference visual element model associated with the unmatched visual element model, wherein the reference visual element model is a background visual element model which can vary immediately following a variation in the environment illumination and obtained using visual element models of one or more previous video frames.
An in vitro or ex vivo method for transducing a target cell, the method comprising the step of contacting a target cell with a retroviral vector and a poloxamer having a molecular weight of about 14,6 kDa, wherein said poloxamer has the formula HO(C 2 H 4 O) x -(C 3 H 6 O) z -(C 2 H 4 O) y H, wherein x+y = about 265 and z = about 50 on average, wherein "about" refers to -10% to +20%, and wherein said poloxamer is provided at a concentration of about 50 to 5000 μg/ml.
A method of continuously generating route data, comprising: receiving a position data feed pertaining to a position of an image capturing device travelling along a route in a navigable network; receiving images of the route captured using the image capturing device as it progresses along the route so as to obtain a view of the route; monitoring the position of a vanishing point in the view of the route; extracting scan line data from said images, said scan line data for an image comprising a linear portion of the image of a predetermined width that extends along a scan line of a predetermined shape, wherein the scan line is arranged at a predetermined position with respect to the vanishing point; and storing said scan line data in memory together with respective positional data for the scan line, wherein said positional data is based on the position data feed. receiving a position data feed pertaining to a position of an image capturing device travelling along a route in a navigable network; receiving images of the route captured using the image capturing device as it progresses along the route so as to obtain a view of the route; monitoring the position of a vanishing point in the view of the route; extracting scan line data from said images, said scan line data for an image comprising a linear portion of the image of a predetermined width that extends along a scan line of a predetermined shape, wherein the scan line is arranged at a predetermined position with respect to the vanishing point; and storing said scan line data in memory together with respective positional data for the scan line, wherein said positional data is based on the position data feed.
A fuel injection control method for an internal combustion engine fuelled with a gaseous fuel that is injected directly into a combustion chamber (144, 244) through a fuel injection valve (141, 220), the method comprising: receiving input data indicating values associated with engine speed (320, 420, 514, 610, 710) and a pre-selected parameter indicative of engine operating conditions (310, 410, 510, 612, 712), and during each engine's compression stroke, controlling injection of the gaseous fuel, wherein the receiving input data further comprises receiving input data indicating values associated with a parameter indicative of an engine state (330, 430, 516, 616, 716) that is one of a predefined plurality of engine states (330, 430, 514, 610, 710) and the controlling of the injection of the gaseous fuel is carried out through a gaseous fuel injection parameter whose value is selected from one of a plurality of look-up tables (340, 342, 440, 442, 530, 532) which are each associated with one of the predefined plurality of engine states, wherein the table values correct the gaseous fuel injection parameter based on the engine speed (320, 420, 514) and the pre-selected parameter indicative of the engine operating conditions and the selected gaseous fuel injection parameter (390, 480, 594) is selected from the table associated with the engine state that matches the input data associated with the parameter indicative of the engine state (330, 430, 516), characterized in that the pre-selected parameter indicative of the engine operating conditions is a total fuelling amount. receiving input data indicating values associated with engine speed (320, 420, 514, 610, 710) and a pre-selected parameter indicative of engine operating conditions (310, 410, 510, 612, 712), and during each engine's compression stroke, controlling injection of the gaseous fuel, wherein the receiving input data further comprises receiving input data indicating values associated with a parameter indicative of an engine state (330, 430, 516, 616, 716) that is one of a predefined plurality of engine states (330, 430, 514, 610, 710) and the controlling of the injection of the gaseous fuel is carried out through a gaseous fuel injection parameter whose value is selected from one of a plurality of look-up tables (340, 342, 440, 442, 530, 532) which are each associated with one of the predefined plurality of engine states, wherein the table values correct the gaseous fuel injection parameter based on the engine speed (320, 420, 514) and the pre-selected parameter indicative of the engine operating conditions and the selected gaseous fuel injection parameter (390, 480, 594) is selected from the table associated with the engine state that matches the input data associated with the parameter indicative of the engine state (330, 430, 516), characterized in that the pre-selected parameter indicative of the engine operating conditions is a total fuelling amount.
A device for providing a flow of partially ionised gaseous plasma for treatment of a treatment region, the device comprising a miniature plasma cell defining a volume in which gas passing through a cell inlet from a gas source can be energised to form a non-thermal gaseous plasma and be discharged through a cell outlet, and a plurality of electrodes (26, 28) for receiving electrical power for energising gas in the cell to form said non-thermal gaseous plasma, wherein the device comprises an applicator head which is configured for location adjacent a treatment region and the plasma cell is located in the applicator head, characterised in that the applicator head is detachable from the device and the device further comprises a housing for housing a gas source and a source of electrical power, the housing having a connection portion for connecting to a complementary portion of the applicator head so that, when connected, gas can be supplied to the cell and electrical power supplied to the electrodes (26, 28).
A method comprising the following steps performed by a test system: obtaining, via the test system, data from one or more tests of a mobile network having at least one antenna, wherein the data includes a stream of Radio Frequency, RF, samples captured over-the-air or from a Common Public Radio Interface, CPRI, or an enhanced CPRI, eCPRI, link; processing (S1-S2) the data to detect peaks; performing (S3-S4) an analysis of any detected peaks to identify any issues on the mobile network, said analysis including determining a relative power of said detected peaks, the determining a relative power including obtaining a baseline power of a subset of said data and comparing an absolute power of said peaks to said baseline power, said relative power being used to assign a severity estimation; and causing display of a user interface that includes a reporting of said relative power and the severity estimation with the user interface. obtaining, via the test system, data from one or more tests of a mobile network having at least one antenna, wherein the data includes a stream of Radio Frequency, RF, samples captured over-the-air or from a Common Public Radio Interface, CPRI, or an enhanced CPRI, eCPRI, link; processing (S1-S2) the data to detect peaks; performing (S3-S4) an analysis of any detected peaks to identify any issues on the mobile network, said analysis including determining a relative power of said detected peaks, the determining a relative power including obtaining a baseline power of a subset of said data and comparing an absolute power of said peaks to said baseline power, said relative power being used to assign a severity estimation; and causing display of a user interface that includes a reporting of said relative power and the severity estimation with the user interface.
A method of aided input especially for a computer management tool, the management tool being executed in a computer system possessing an operating system furnished with instrumentation services allowing to discover the model and content of a pre-existing input screen and to simulate user actions, which comprises the following steps: (a) integration of raw data from an exterior source, (b) extraction of related data from said raw data, (c) transcription of the said extracted data towards corresponding fields of a pre-existing input interface belonging to the management tool, in view to allow additional inputs and an overall validation, characterized in that the transcription step is performed by call of the instrumentation services of the operating system to simulate an input in the input module fields of the management tool. (a) integration of raw data from an exterior source, (b) extraction of related data from said raw data, (c) transcription of the said extracted data towards corresponding fields of a pre-existing input interface belonging to the management tool, in view to allow additional inputs and an overall validation, characterized in that the transcription step is performed by call of the instrumentation services of the operating system to simulate an input in the input module fields of the management tool.
An antibody or fragment thereof that is capable of specifically binding to and blocking TREM-1, wherein the antibody or fragment thereof is capable of blocking PGLYRP1-induced activation of TREM-1, and has an epitope comprising one, two, three, four, five, six, seven or all of the amino acid residues D38, V39, K40, C41, D42, Y43, T44 and L45 and one, two or all of the amino acid residues E46, K47, F48 of SEQ ID NO:1 representing the amino acid sequence of human TREM-1.
A monoclonal antibody capable of binding to human GDF-15, or an antigen-binding portion thereof, wherein the heavy chain variable domain comprises a CDR1 region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, a CDR2 region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, and a CDR3 region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5, and wherein the light chain variable domain comprises a CDR1 region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6, a CDR2 region comprising the amino acid sequence ser-ala-ser, and a CDR3 region comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7, wherein the heavy chain variable domain comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 28, or an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical thereto, and wherein the light chain variable domain comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 31, or an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical thereto, wherein the constant domain of the heavy chain comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 29, or an amino acid sequence at least 85% identical thereto, and wherein the constant domain of the light chain comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 32, or an amino acid sequence at least 85% identical thereto. wherein the heavy chain variable domain comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 28, or an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical thereto, and wherein the light chain variable domain comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 31, or an amino acid sequence at least 90% identical thereto, wherein the constant domain of the heavy chain comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 29, or an amino acid sequence at least 85% identical thereto, and wherein the constant domain of the light chain comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No: 32, or an amino acid sequence at least 85% identical thereto.
A mirror replacement system for a vehicle, comprising an image capturing unit, a supply unit, and a rendering unit adapted to be arranged in the vehicle interior and visible for the driver, wherein the supply unit and/or the image capturing unit are adapted to carry out video processing of the images captured by the image capturing unit for reducing the data volume to be transmitted to the rendering unit; wherein the image capturing unit and the supply unit are arranged in separate installation spaces (13, 15) with regard to sealing, and are respectively arranged separate from and outside of the rendering unit; characterized in that the image capturing unit and the supply unit are arranged in a common housing.
A circuit, comprising: two bus line terminals (301, 302) for coupling to a bus; a transmit data input; a bridge circuit with adjustable resistances (310, 315, 320, 325); and an edge detector coupled to the transmit data input, wherein the edge detector is configured to detect a transition on the transmit data input, wherein the bridge circuit has two legs, wherein each leg comprises an adjustable pull resistance (315, 325) and an adjustable push resistance (310, 320) connected in series with a respective one of the two bus line terminals (301, 302), wherein the adjustable resistances of the bridge circuit enable to independently adjust a driver impedance, Z DRIVE, and to independently adjust a differential driver voltage, V DIFF, on the bus, wherein the edge detector is further configured, in response to a dominant to recessive transition, to adjust the adjustable pull resistances (315, 325) and the adjustable push resistances (310, 320) to target impedances such that the circuit drives the bus with a target driver impedance, Z DRIVE, for a predefined subperiod, T ACTREC, of a bit time, T Bit; and to adjust the adjustable pull resistances (315, 325) and the adjustable push resistances (310, 320) such that the circuit drives the bus high ohmic for a remaining subperiod of the bit time, T Bit. two bus line terminals (301, 302) for coupling to a bus; a transmit data input; a bridge circuit with adjustable resistances (310, 315, 320, 325); and an edge detector coupled to the transmit data input, wherein the edge detector is configured to detect a transition on the transmit data input, wherein the bridge circuit has two legs, wherein each leg comprises an adjustable pull resistance (315, 325) and an adjustable push resistance (310, 320) connected in series with a respective one of the two bus line terminals (301, 302), wherein the adjustable resistances of the bridge circuit enable to independently adjust a driver impedance, Z DRIVE, and to independently adjust a differential driver voltage, V DIFF, on the bus, wherein the edge detector is further configured, in response to a dominant to recessive transition, to adjust the adjustable pull resistances (315, 325) and the adjustable push resistances (310, 320) to target impedances such that the circuit drives the bus with a target driver impedance, Z DRIVE, for a predefined subperiod, T ACTREC, of a bit time, T Bit; and to adjust the adjustable pull resistances (315, 325) and the adjustable push resistances (310, 320) such that the circuit drives the bus high ohmic for a remaining subperiod of the bit time, T Bit.
A liquid crystal display apparatus that arranged to display a fixed predetermined pattern, comprising: a first electrode and a second electrode disposed so as to mutually overlap in plan view, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first electrode has cut-outs outlining said fixed predetermined pattern, and comprises a plurality of longitudinal first openings (18a, 18f), each extending in a first direction, wherein the region where the first electrode and the second electrode overlap is composed of a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is demarcated by contours of said cut-outs and a first boundary region between the first and second regions in which the electrode width of the first electrode in the first direction between opposed cut-outs is 1.5 times or less the length of said first openings (18a-18f), and wherein the second region is defined as the region other than the first region, wherein the plurality of first openings (18a, 18f) is disposed in the second region and not disposed in the first region, wherein said second electrode comprises a plurality of second openings (19a, 19b, 19c, 19d, 19h, 19i) disposed in the first region and not in the second region. a first electrode and a second electrode disposed so as to mutually overlap in plan view, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first electrode has cut-outs outlining said fixed predetermined pattern, and comprises a plurality of longitudinal first openings (18a, 18f), each extending in a first direction, wherein the region where the first electrode and the second electrode overlap is composed of a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is demarcated by contours of said cut-outs and a first boundary region between the first and second regions in which the electrode width of the first electrode in the first direction between opposed cut-outs is 1.5 times or less the length of said first openings (18a-18f), and wherein the second region is defined as the region other than the first region, wherein the plurality of first openings (18a, 18f) is disposed in the second region and not disposed in the first region, wherein said second electrode comprises a plurality of second openings (19a, 19b, 19c, 19d, 19h, 19i) disposed in the first region and not in the second region.