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An eye-contact assembly for stabilizing a patient's eye at a selected position in an external coordinate system, comprising: (a) an eve-contact member comprising an inner contact surface for contacting a front surface of a patient's eye, an outer surface and, a vacuum port formed within the eye-contact member by which a negative pressure can be applied between a patient's eye and the contact surface, to stabilize the position of the eye with respect to the contact member, (b) a positioning arm for positioning the eye-contact member at a selected position, with a patient's eye stabilized therein, (c) releasable coupling members (410, 415; 412, 417) carried on the contact member and positioning arm, the releasable coupling members (410, 415; 412, 417) being releasably coupled to each other with a release force sufficient to allow the contact member and a patient's eye stabilized therein to be moved by the arm, and the releasable coupling members (410, 415; 412, 417)being configured to release from one another when an above-threshold force greater than the release force is applied by or to the eye; wherein one or more pressure sensors (450,452,454) are positioned on a coupling member (410,415; 412,417) and (d) a control unit, configured to control the positioning arm, wherein, when a force threshold on and toward the patient's eye by the eye-contact member is reached, the control unit restricts further movement of the positioning arm and the eye-contact member toward the eye while the patient's eye remains stabilized in the contact member, wherein the force is monitored by the pressure sensors. (a) an eve-contact member comprising an inner contact surface for contacting a front surface of a patient's eye, an outer surface and, a vacuum port formed within the eye-contact member by which a negative pressure can be applied between a patient's eye and the contact surface, to stabilize the position of the eye with respect to the contact member, (b) a positioning arm for positioning the eye-contact member at a selected position, with a patient's eye stabilized therein, (c) releasable coupling members (410, 415; 412, 417) carried on the contact member and positioning arm, the releasable coupling members (410, 415; 412, 417) being releasably coupled to each other with a release force sufficient to allow the contact member and a patient's eye stabilized therein to be moved by the arm, and the releasable coupling members (410, 415; 412, 417)being configured to release from one another when an above-threshold force greater than the release force is applied by or to the eye; wherein one or more pressure sensors (450,452,454) are positioned on a coupling member (410,415; 412,417) and (d) a control unit, configured to control the positioning arm, wherein, when a force threshold on and toward the patient's eye by the eye-contact member is reached, the control unit restricts further movement of the positioning arm and the eye-contact member toward the eye while the patient's eye remains stabilized in the contact member, wherein the force is monitored by the pressure sensors.
An audio signal processing apparatus configured to transform an input audio signal sequence according to at least one of i) a time stretch or compression rate and ii) a frequency modulation rate, said audio signal processing apparatus comprising: a filter bank configured to transform the input audio signal sequence into Quadrature Mirror Filter, QMF, coefficients respectively represented as complex numbers using a filter for Quadrature Mirror Filter analysis and an adjusting unit including a calculating circuit configured to calculate phase information for each of combinations of one of time slots and one of sub-bands of the QMF coefficients; and an adjusting circuit configured to adjust the QMF coefficients by adjusting the phase information for each combination of the time slot and the sub-band, depending on an adjustment factor indicating the at least one of i) the time stretch or compression rate and ii) the frequency modulation rate, characterised in that the number of QMF coefficients after being subjected to the adjustment is equal to the number of QMF coefficients before being subjected to the adjustment. a filter bank configured to transform the input audio signal sequence into Quadrature Mirror Filter, QMF, coefficients respectively represented as complex numbers using a filter for Quadrature Mirror Filter analysis and an adjusting unit including a calculating circuit configured to calculate phase information for each of combinations of one of time slots and one of sub-bands of the QMF coefficients; and an adjusting circuit configured to adjust the QMF coefficients by adjusting the phase information for each combination of the time slot and the sub-band, depending on an adjustment factor indicating the at least one of i) the time stretch or compression rate and ii) the frequency modulation rate, characterised in that the number of QMF coefficients after being subjected to the adjustment is equal to the number of QMF coefficients before being subjected to the adjustment.
A method, comprising: operating a vehicle including a hybrid drivetrain structured to provide torque to one or more accessories, the hybrid drivetrain including an internal combustion engine with one or more reciprocating pistons and an electromechanical device, wherein the internal combustion engine further includes a crankshaft extending from a rear side of the internal combustion engine coupled to a load; in a first mode of operation, providing torque to operate the accessories from the internal combustion engine; wherein the providing torque to operate the accessories from the internal combustion engine further comprises transferring the torque from the internal combustion engine to the accessories through a shaft which extends through the electro-mechanical device to a clutch disposed between the internal combustion engine and the electro-mechanical device, and is operably connected to a flywheel of the crankshaft at the rear of the engine via the clutch, and is further operably connected to the accessory drive system at the front of the engine; and in a second mode of operation, providing torque to operate the accessories from the electro-mechanical device while the internal combustion engine is in an on state. operating a vehicle including a hybrid drivetrain structured to provide torque to one or more accessories, the hybrid drivetrain including an internal combustion engine with one or more reciprocating pistons and an electromechanical device, wherein the internal combustion engine further includes a crankshaft extending from a rear side of the internal combustion engine coupled to a load; in a first mode of operation, providing torque to operate the accessories from the internal combustion engine; wherein the providing torque to operate the accessories from the internal combustion engine further comprises transferring the torque from the internal combustion engine to the accessories through a shaft which extends through the electro-mechanical device to a clutch disposed between the internal combustion engine and the electro-mechanical device, and is operably connected to a flywheel of the crankshaft at the rear of the engine via the clutch, and is further operably connected to the accessory drive system at the front of the engine; and in a second mode of operation, providing torque to operate the accessories from the electro-mechanical device while the internal combustion engine is in an on state.
A grain oriented electrical steel sheet comprising: linear grooves formed on a surface of the steel sheet at intervals of 1.5 mm to 20.0 mm, and at an angle in the range of ±30° relative to a direction perpendicular to the rolling direction, and wherein the linear grooves having a depth of 10 μm to 50 μm and a width of 50 μm to 300 μm provided on a surface of the steel sheet; a forsterite film on the surface; and an insulating coating applied to the surface of the forsterite film, wherein assuming that a 1 (μm) denotes a film thickness of the insulating coating at the floors of the linear grooves and a 2 (μm) denotes a film thickness of the insulating coating on the surface of the steel sheet at portions other than the linear grooves, a 1 and a 2 satisfy the following formulas and: 0.3 μ m ≤ a 2 ≤ 3.5 μ m and a 1 / a 2 ≤ 2.5
An orthodontic treatment device comprising a receiving element (2, 2') fastenable on a jaw of a patient for receiving a gingival and an occlusal wire arch portion (3a, 30a, 3b) of a gingival or occlusal orthodontic wire arch (3, 3', 30), respectively, and a securing element (4, 5, 6) for securing the gingival and occlusal wire arch (3, 3', 30) in the receiving element (2, 2'), wherein the receiving element (2, 2') comprises a base plate, a gingival receiving pocket for receiving the gingival wire arch portion (3a, 3b) and an occlusal receiving pocket for receiving the occlusal wire arch portion, which together form a C-shaped receiving opening for the securing element (4, 5, 6); wherein the securing element (4, 5, 6), in an inserted state, is being held in the C-shaped receiving opening; wherein the gingival receiving pocket as well as the the occlusal receiving pocket each have an inner surface (22a, 23a) which is bent with a constant radius and, when the securing element is in the inserted state, the gingival wire arch (3, 3') is holdable in the gingival receiving pocket and is able to be placed on the bent inner surface of the gingival receiving pocket and, when the securing element is in the inserted state, the occlusal wire arch is holdable in the occlusal receiving pocket and is able to be placed on the bent inner surface of the occlusal receiving pocket; and wherein the securing element (4, 5, 6) has a gingival contact surface (44, 44a, 44b, 54, 64), adapted to the gingival wire arch portion (3a, 3b), for securing the gingival wire arch (3, 3') in the gingival receiving pocket.
A solvent-borne or UV-curable fugitive ink composition for application to a substrate that is to be provided with indicia, wherein the ink composition comprises at least one halochromic compound and at least one filler compound and is capable of preventing indicia formed with a heat sensitive erasable ink on an area of the substrate carrying the fugitive ink composition and thereafter subjected to a thermal treatment from becoming invisible to an unaided eye.
A pump cassette, comprising: a rigid body comprising: a compliant membrane that defines a controllable fluid pathway that extends from an inlet port to an outlet port; an interface-facing frame portion configured to face at least one conductive coil in a cassette recess of an infusion pump; and a base portion, wherein the compliant membrane is disposed between the interface-facing frame portion and the base portion; and an inductive identifier comprising a coded pattern of at least two features that are laterally separated in a direction parallel to a surface of the interface-facing frame portion, the pattern of at least two features having an inductance that entirely identifies the pump cassette, wherein each of the at least two features is configured to be aligned with a corresponding conductive coil of the cassette recess when the rigid body is installed in the cassette recess, characterized in that the inductive identifier comprises an inductive identifier film on the surface of the interface-facing frame portion, the at least two features having a pattern of at least two openings that are laterally separated on the film in the direction parallel to the surface of the interface-facing frame portion, the pattern of at least two openings defining the inductance that entirely identifies the pump cassette. a rigid body comprising: a compliant membrane that defines a controllable fluid pathway that extends from an inlet port to an outlet port; an interface-facing frame portion configured to face at least one conductive coil in a cassette recess of an infusion pump; and a base portion, wherein the compliant membrane is disposed between the interface-facing frame portion and the base portion; and a compliant membrane that defines a controllable fluid pathway that extends from an inlet port to an outlet port; an interface-facing frame portion configured to face at least one conductive coil in a cassette recess of an infusion pump; and a base portion, wherein the compliant membrane is disposed between the interface-facing frame portion and the base portion; and an inductive identifier comprising a coded pattern of at least two features that are laterally separated in a direction parallel to a surface of the interface-facing frame portion, the pattern of at least two features having an inductance that entirely identifies the pump cassette, wherein each of the at least two features is configured to be aligned with a corresponding conductive coil of the cassette recess when the rigid body is installed in the cassette recess, characterized in that the inductive identifier comprises an inductive identifier film on the surface of the interface-facing frame portion, the at least two features having a pattern of at least two openings that are laterally separated on the film in the direction parallel to the surface of the interface-facing frame portion, the pattern of at least two openings defining the inductance that entirely identifies the pump cassette.
Method for controlling an induction cooktop, wherein the induction cooktop includes a cooktop hotplate and a number of induction heating coils underneath, each of the coils controllable individually and in combination, wherein: - a placed-on cooking vessel defines a cooking zone with its surface area occupied and those induction heating coils that are at least partially covered by the cooking zone are controlled in combination for jointly heating the cooking vessel, characterized in that - in a first case of operation, which is defined as operation at a very high power density, at least with that induction heating coil of the combination which has the least covering by the cooking zone, the frequency of controlling is increased such that said induction heating coil works at a higher frequency than other induction heating coils and the remaining induction heating coils, respectively, underneath said cooking zone. - a placed-on cooking vessel defines a cooking zone with its surface area occupied and those induction heating coils that are at least partially covered by the cooking zone are controlled in combination for jointly heating the cooking vessel, characterized in that - in a first case of operation, which is defined as operation at a very high power density, at least with that induction heating coil of the combination which has the least covering by the cooking zone, the frequency of controlling is increased such that said induction heating coil works at a higher frequency than other induction heating coils and the remaining induction heating coils, respectively, underneath said cooking zone.
Spectacles for a wearer with at least one eye, with at least one spectacle lens; wherein the at least one spectacle lens comprises a liquid crystal cell, the transmission of which may be varied by a suitable control; an eye tracker which determines the viewing direction of the eye; at least one sensor (IL, IR) for measuring the brightness of the visible light incident thereon; wherein the at least one sensor (IL, IR) is arranged on the eye-side of the spectacle lens; wherein the at least one sensor (IL, IR) measures the brightness through the at least one spectacle lens; wherein the at least one sensor (IL, IR) comprises an imaging system with a camera or at least three sensors that span a coordinate system or a compound eye; wherein the at least one sensor (IL, IR) determines the brightness of the visible light which is incident upon it from the viewing direction of the eye determined by the eye tracker; and a closed-loop control circuit to control the transmission of the liquid crystal cell; wherein a setpoint value for the brightness at the eye is preset; wherein the control circuit takes the brightness measured by the at least one sensor (IL, IR) in the viewing direction of the eye as the actual value. at least one spectacle lens; wherein the at least one spectacle lens comprises a liquid crystal cell, the transmission of which may be varied by a suitable control; an eye tracker which determines the viewing direction of the eye; at least one sensor (IL, IR) for measuring the brightness of the visible light incident thereon; wherein the at least one sensor (IL, IR) is arranged on the eye-side of the spectacle lens; wherein the at least one sensor (IL, IR) measures the brightness through the at least one spectacle lens; wherein the at least one sensor (IL, IR) comprises an imaging system with a camera or at least three sensors that span a coordinate system or a compound eye; wherein the at least one sensor (IL, IR) determines the brightness of the visible light which is incident upon it from the viewing direction of the eye determined by the eye tracker; and a closed-loop control circuit to control the transmission of the liquid crystal cell; wherein a setpoint value for the brightness at the eye is preset; wherein the control circuit takes the brightness measured by the at least one sensor (IL, IR) in the viewing direction of the eye as the actual value.
A memory comprising: an array of memory cells, the array including a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows, each memory cell in the array of memory cells including a magnetic tunnel junction, MTJ, device coupled to a dual-gate transistor, the dual-gate transistor having a first gate coupled to a word line of a plurality of word lines and having a second gate coupled to a write enable line of a plurality of write enable lines; wherein at least one column of the plurality of columns is controllable by the write enable line during a write operation, and wherein at least one row of the plurality of rows is controllable by the word line during a read operation, and wherein the read operation is operative to be performed by biasing the write enable line and the word line to enable a read current and not a write current through the MTJ device. an array of memory cells, the array including a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows, each memory cell in the array of memory cells including a magnetic tunnel junction, MTJ, device coupled to a dual-gate transistor, the dual-gate transistor having a first gate coupled to a word line of a plurality of word lines and having a second gate coupled to a write enable line of a plurality of write enable lines; wherein at least one column of the plurality of columns is controllable by the write enable line during a write operation, and wherein at least one row of the plurality of rows is controllable by the word line during a read operation, and wherein the read operation is operative to be performed by biasing the write enable line and the word line to enable a read current and not a write current through the MTJ device.
A method of producing a stretchable nonwoven fabric comprising the steps of: non-homogeneous stretching of a nonwoven fabric to be treated comprising elastic fiber and extensible fiber while transporting the nonwoven fabric to be treated so that a nonwoven fabric having high-stretch regions and low-stretch regions is formed, and heating the nonwoven fabric having high-stretch regions and low-stretch regions for 0.1 to 10 seconds at a temperature of 40°C or higher and below the melting point of the elastic fiber, wherein the nonwoven fabric having high-stretch regions and low-stretch regions has the high-stretch regions and low-stretch regions alternating in the machine direction, each parallel to the direction perpendicular to the machine direction; wherein in the step of heating, heating is performed so that the nonwoven fabric having high-stretch regions and low-stretch regions undergoes heat shrinkage in a range of 30% to 99%. non-homogeneous stretching of a nonwoven fabric to be treated comprising elastic fiber and extensible fiber while transporting the nonwoven fabric to be treated so that a nonwoven fabric having high-stretch regions and low-stretch regions is formed, and heating the nonwoven fabric having high-stretch regions and low-stretch regions for 0.1 to 10 seconds at a temperature of 40°C or higher and below the melting point of the elastic fiber, wherein the nonwoven fabric having high-stretch regions and low-stretch regions has the high-stretch regions and low-stretch regions alternating in the machine direction, each parallel to the direction perpendicular to the machine direction;
A tube coupling to receive and hold a tube, the coupling comprising: a coupling body having a throughway open at one end to receive a portion of the tube; a collet comprising an annular portion received in an open end of the coupling body and having an outwardly projecting annular flange to allow insertion of the tube into the collet and having a plurality of legs with outer surfaces that engage with a tapered surface in the coupling body which urges the legs inwardly to resist withdrawal of the tube and a biasing member which provides a biasing force without the tube inserted to urge the legs axially onto the tapered surface; characterised in that the tube coupling further comprises a tubular insert receivable in the end of the tube, the tubular insert having a first portion insertable into the portion of the tube and a second portion receivable in the coupling body, the first portion having a seal to seal with an inner diameter of the tube when the first portion is inserted into the portion of the tube, and the second portion having a seal to seal with the coupling body. a coupling body having a throughway open at one end to receive a portion of the tube; a collet comprising an annular portion received in an open end of the coupling body and having an outwardly projecting annular flange to allow insertion of the tube into the collet and having a plurality of legs with outer surfaces that engage with a tapered surface in the coupling body which urges the legs inwardly to resist withdrawal of the tube and a biasing member which provides a biasing force without the tube inserted to urge the legs axially onto the tapered surface; characterised in that the tube coupling further comprises a tubular insert receivable in the end of the tube, the tubular insert having a first portion insertable into the portion of the tube and a second portion receivable in the coupling body, the first portion having a seal to seal with an inner diameter of the tube when the first portion is inserted into the portion of the tube, and the second portion having a seal to seal with the coupling body.