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A method of adjusting a slope of a current-voltage characteristic curve of a selected memory cell in a flash memory system, comprising: receiving an input voltage (Vgs); multiplying the input voltage by a coefficient (k) to generate an output voltage (Vgs'); applying the output voltage to a gate of the selected memory cell; and performing a sense operation using the selected memory cell and a reference device to determine a value stored in the selected memory cell; wherein a slope of a current-voltage characteristic curve of the reference device and a slope of the current-voltage characteristic curve of the selected memory cell are approximately equal during the sense operation. receiving an input voltage (Vgs); multiplying the input voltage by a coefficient (k) to generate an output voltage (Vgs'); applying the output voltage to a gate of the selected memory cell; and performing a sense operation using the selected memory cell and a reference device to determine a value stored in the selected memory cell; wherein a slope of a current-voltage characteristic curve of the reference device and a slope of the current-voltage characteristic curve of the selected memory cell are approximately equal during the sense operation.
An anchoring system for securing soft tissue to bone, the system comprising an implant having a body for securement into a bone tunnel, pre-loaded sutures extending from the implant body and an insert comprising a nanofiber material attached to the implant body and having an extended surface for contacting the soft tissue.
A process for the preparation of a supported catalyst comprising partially or completely tetragonally stabilized zirconium dioxide, which comprises (a) adding 10% by mass of rare earth metal nitrates to zirconium hydroxide, (b) the nitrates of the rare earth metals are precipitated as hydroxides with the aid of urea for a long period of 18 hours, (c) the mixture is heated under reflux for at least 6 h, cooled, filtered and dried, (d) alcining the resulting solid at 700 to 1,000 °C, (e) impregnating the resulting support material with an aqueous solution of a pure salt of the rare earth metals, and (f) the reaction product is first freed from water and then calcined at temperatures above 500 °C. (a) adding 10% by mass of rare earth metal nitrates to zirconium hydroxide, (b) the nitrates of the rare earth metals are precipitated as hydroxides with the aid of urea for a long period of 18 hours, (c) the mixture is heated under reflux for at least 6 h, cooled, filtered and dried, (d) alcining the resulting solid at 700 to 1,000 °C, (e) impregnating the resulting support material with an aqueous solution of a pure salt of the rare earth metals, and (f) the reaction product is first freed from water and then calcined at temperatures above 500 °C.
A method for use in monitoring traffic on a traffic network, said traffic network including a plurality of geographically distributed sensors (S1 - S12, 401-403), the method comprising: monitoring packetized data communications associated with sources on said traffic network, said packetized data communications comprising a stream of data packets wherein an individual packet includes identification information for identifying a source of said individual packet; operating a first sensor (S1 -S12, 401-403) and second sensor (S1 -S12, 401-403) on different roadways of said geographically distributed sensors to provide, to a processor system, first and second sensor information, respectively, associated with a first source based on said packetized data communications including a signal strength profile over time; receiving said first sensor information and said second sensor information at said processor system; processing at said processor system said first sensor information and said second sensor information so as to correlate data for the same source from the sensors to determine the travel path of the first source of the received packetized data communications. monitoring packetized data communications associated with sources on said traffic network, said packetized data communications comprising a stream of data packets wherein an individual packet includes identification information for identifying a source of said individual packet; operating a first sensor (S1 -S12, 401-403) and second sensor (S1 -S12, 401-403) on different roadways of said geographically distributed sensors to provide, to a processor system, first and second sensor information, respectively, associated with a first source based on said packetized data communications including a signal strength profile over time; receiving said first sensor information and said second sensor information at said processor system; processing at said processor system said first sensor information and said second sensor information so as to correlate data for the same source from the sensors to determine the travel path of the first source of the received packetized data communications.
A method for encoding a video stream into groups of pictures, each group of pictures comprising at least one frame of an intra-coded frame type and one or more frames that are encoded with reference to other frames, said one or more frames comprising at least one of a frame of a predictive frame type or a frame of a bi-directional frame type, the method comprising: encoding, by a device, a first frame of a first group of pictures of the video stream, wherein the first frame is of the intra-coded frame type, said frames of the intra-coded frame type being encoded without reference to other frames of the video stream; and characterized by encoding, by the device, a second frame of a trick frame type in the first group of pictures, wherein the second frame of the trick frame type is encoded with reference to a third frame from a second group of pictures of the video stream, and wherein the second group of pictures is encoded before the first group of pictures, wherein the first group of pictures is separated in the encoding of the video stream from the second group of pictures by at least one intermediate group of pictures having a fourth frame of the intra-coded frame type encoded without reference to other frames of the video stream. encoding, by a device, a first frame of a first group of pictures of the video stream, wherein the first frame is of the intra-coded frame type, said frames of the intra-coded frame type being encoded without reference to other frames of the video stream; and characterized by encoding, by the device, a second frame of a trick frame type in the first group of pictures, wherein the second frame of the trick frame type is encoded with reference to a third frame from a second group of pictures of the video stream, and wherein the second group of pictures is encoded before the first group of pictures, wherein the first group of pictures is separated in the encoding of the video stream from the second group of pictures by at least one intermediate group of pictures having a fourth frame of the intra-coded frame type encoded without reference to other frames of the video stream.
A cooking device comprising a heater that heats the air in its vicinity, a fan that activates the heated air, one or more trays that can be arranged one above the other, into which food items to be cooked are placed, a cooking chamber wherein the tray is emplaced, a distribution volume in which the heater and the fan are situated, and a rear wall that separates the cooking chamber from the distribution volume, providing the homogeneous distribution of the air in the distribution volume into the cooking chamber and preventing the fan and the heater in the distribution volume from being harmed and characterized by a distribution panel that is attached to the bottom of the tray wherein the distribution panel is utilized as an element integrated with the tray, covering the base of the tray, forming a space between itself and the base of the tray, providing the flow of the air received from the distribution volume in the space between itself and the tray, and heating the base of the tray that it is attached, by means of hot air contacting the base of the tray.
A covering for underlays of flooring, comprising: - a membrane with a base from which studs extend which protrude upward with respect to a laying plane, - a draining layer which is joined in an upper region to said membrane at the top of said studs, - an anchoring lower layer which is joined in a lower region to said membrane at least at said base, characterized in that said anchoring lower layer is adapted to anchor said covering, and in that said covering further comprises: - a connecting strip, adapted for preventing the passage of water joining two adjacent coverings, that is joined to the perimetric region of said membrane, below said anchoring lower layer. - a membrane with a base from which studs extend which protrude upward with respect to a laying plane, - a draining layer which is joined in an upper region to said membrane at the top of said studs, - an anchoring lower layer which is joined in a lower region to said membrane at least at said base, characterized in that said anchoring lower layer is adapted to anchor said covering, and in that said covering further comprises: - a connecting strip, adapted for preventing the passage of water joining two adjacent coverings, that is joined to the perimetric region of said membrane, below said anchoring lower layer. characterized in that said anchoring lower layer is adapted to anchor said covering, and in that said covering further comprises: - a connecting strip, adapted for preventing the passage of water joining two adjacent coverings, that is joined to the perimetric region of said membrane, below said anchoring lower layer. - a connecting strip, adapted for preventing the passage of water joining two adjacent coverings, that is joined to the perimetric region of said membrane, below said anchoring lower layer.
Household appliance with a body and a door hinged onto the body by at least one hinge, and with a body limiting the opening, having at least two sections (32, 34), of which a first section is held in an opening-limited position of the door on the body and of which a second section is attached to the door, wherein the body limiting the opening is designed, when the door strikes the stop in the limited-opening position, to convert at least a part of the kinetic energy of the door into spring energy of the body limiting the opening, wherein the body limiting the opening visibly elastically deforms, wherein the body limiting the opening has at least one arm which, when the door strikes the stop, flexes elastically in the limited-opening position, wherein the first section projects from the arm as a cantilever and engages behind a section of the hinge defined on the body, wherein the flexible arm, at least close to its transition into the first section, rests on a support, in order to transmit a force aligned at least partly parallel to the pivot axis of the hinge to the door when the door strikes the stop in its limited-opening position, and is held at its end lying opposite the first section, wherein the first section of the body limiting the opening runs substantially in parallel to the pivot axis and the second section runs substantially at a right angle to the pivot axis, wherein the arm rests at least approximately over its length on the support, characterised in that the arm, when the door strikes the stop in its limited-opening position, is curved away by a support surface of the door acting as a support, wherein the support surface is aligned at an angle to the pivot axis.
A computer-implemented method of analysing utility consumption at a utility supply location, the method performed at an analysis server and comprising the steps of: receiving from a utility meter (110, 118) utility consumption data corresponding to utility consumption at the utility supply location over a time period to be analysed; generating a recurring consumption model indicative of repeating consumption patterns in the utility consumption data; identifying divergences between the utility consumption data and the recurring consumption model; computing a diagnostic measure indicative of irregular consumption based on the identified divergences; and sending a message to adjust, based on the diagnostic measure, one or both of: the utility supply from one or more suppliers; and the utility consumption of one or more utility supply locations; wherein the message includes one of: a control command to utility supply or generation equipment to increase or decrease production or supply; and a control command to control operation of utility consuming equipment. receiving from a utility meter (110, 118) utility consumption data corresponding to utility consumption at the utility supply location over a time period to be analysed; generating a recurring consumption model indicative of repeating consumption patterns in the utility consumption data; identifying divergences between the utility consumption data and the recurring consumption model; computing a diagnostic measure indicative of irregular consumption based on the identified divergences; and sending a message to adjust, based on the diagnostic measure, one or both of: the utility supply from one or more suppliers; and the utility consumption of one or more utility supply locations; the utility supply from one or more suppliers; and the utility consumption of one or more utility supply locations; wherein the message includes one of: a control command to utility supply or generation equipment to increase or decrease production or supply; and a control command to control operation of utility consuming equipment. a control command to utility supply or generation equipment to increase or decrease production or supply; and a control command to control operation of utility consuming equipment.
A method in a Radio Network Controller, RNC, for transmitting data in a wireless communication network including at least one NodeB and one or more user equipments, UEs, the method characterized by receiving data from two or more radio bearers on two or more respective logical channels at a dedicated Medium Access Control, MAC-d, function; multiplexing the data from two or more logical channels into a single MAC-d flow; encapsulating the multiplexed MAC-d flow into MAC-d Protocol Data Units, PDUs, without a C/T field identifying the logical channels in MAC-d PDU headers; mapping two or more logical channels to a Priority Queue, PQ, in a high speed Medium Access Control function of a NodeB, wherein the mapping comprises configuring the high speed Medium Access Control function of the NodeB by a higher protocol layer application; and transmitting logical channel identifiers, LCH-IDs, from said RNC to a UE with the multiplexed MAC-d flows.
Handle device of a surgical instrument, with a first and at least one second handle element (10, 12) and with a scissors joint via which the two handle elements (10, 12) are pivotably connected, and with a coupling unit which is provided for holding the two handle elements (10, 12) together, the coupling unit comprising at least one coupling element (16, 18), which is provided to establish a form-fit connection of the handle elements (10, 12) depending on a relative position of the handle elements (10, 12), the form-fit connection comprising at least the coupling element (16, 18), which is embodied in a one-part implementation with one of the handle elements (10, 12), and with a tool unit comprising a tool sleeve in which a tool is movably supported, at least one of the handle elements (10, 12) comprising a drive element for translationally driving the tool, at least one of the handle elements (10, 12) comprising a securing device for mechanically securing the tool unit, characterised in that at least the first and the second handle element (10, 12) respectively comprise centering elements (20, 22), which are provided for centering the form-fit connection, the tool unit at least partially forming a mechanical stop for the coupling unit.
An environmental control system of an aircraft comprising: a ram air circuit including a ram air shell that in use receives and directs ram air and having at least one heat exchanger (34, 36,38) positioned in the ram air shell; a dehumidification system configured to receive a medium from at least one of the at least one heat exchanger (34, 36, 38); an air cycle machine having inlets fluidly connected to one or more of the at least one heat exchanger (34, 36, 38) and to an outlet of the dehumidification system, wherein an outlet of the air cycle machine is connected into the ram air shell upstream of the one or more heat exchanger (34, 36, 38) with reference to the flow of ram air; and an expansion device, separate from the air cycle machine, arranged in fluid communication with the ram air circuit, wherein an outlet of the expansion device is connected to the ram air shell upstream of the one or more heat exchanger (34,36,38) with reference to the flow of ram air; and a regenerative heat exchanger in fluid communication with at least one of the at least one heat exchanger (34, 36, 38) of the ram air circuit and arranged downstream from the outlet of the air cycle machine and the outlet of the expansion device and upstream from the ram air shell; wherein at least one of the air cycle machine and the expansion device is selectively operable to deliver a flow of medium to the ram air circuit to meet a demand of the aircraft, such that a mixture of ram air and the flow of medium is provided to the at least one heat exchanger (34, 36, 38) of the ram air circuit. a ram air circuit including a ram air shell that in use receives and directs ram air and having at least one heat exchanger (34, 36,38) positioned in the ram air shell; a dehumidification system configured to receive a medium from at least one of the at least one heat exchanger (34, 36, 38); an air cycle machine having inlets fluidly connected to one or more of the at least one heat exchanger (34, 36, 38) and to an outlet of the dehumidification system, wherein an outlet of the air cycle machine is connected into the ram air shell upstream of the one or more heat exchanger (34, 36, 38) with reference to the flow of ram air; and an expansion device, separate from the air cycle machine, arranged in fluid communication with the ram air circuit, wherein an outlet of the expansion device is connected to the ram air shell upstream of the one or more heat exchanger (34,36,38) with reference to the flow of ram air; and a regenerative heat exchanger in fluid communication with at least one of the at least one heat exchanger (34, 36, 38) of the ram air circuit and arranged downstream from the outlet of the air cycle machine and the outlet of the expansion device and upstream from the ram air shell; wherein at least one of the air cycle machine and the expansion device is selectively operable to deliver a flow of medium to the ram air circuit to meet a demand of the aircraft, such that a mixture of ram air and the flow of medium is provided to the at least one heat exchanger (34, 36, 38) of the ram air circuit.
Planar light guide delimited by a light entrance surface, a light exit surface opposite the light entrance surface, a first bottom or top surface, a second bottom or top surface opposite the first bottom or top surface, and two opposing side surfaces (60, 62), the light entrance surface comprising several partial-coupling surfaces (64, 66, 68, 70, 72), each of which is designed to couple light of an associated semiconductor light source (26, 28, 30, 32, 34) into the planar light guide and which are arranged, separated by gaps (d), in series next to one another between the two side surfaces (60, 62) and in each case individually between the first bottom or top surface and the second bottom or top surface, surfaces of cross sections of the planar light guide that are arranged in parallel with the light entrance surface becoming larger with increasing distance from the light entrance surface, the light entrance surface having no notches between the partial-coupling surfaces (64, 66, 68, 70, 72) at which surfaces push against one another with an angle smaller than 90°, characterised in that the light entrance surface has no notches that break the continuity of the light entrance surface between the partial-coupling surfaces (64, 66, 68, 70, 72), and the planar light guide comprising cut-out regions (76, 78) that reach from both the first bottom or top surface and from the second bottom or top surface into the volume of the planar light guide, which cut-out regions are delimited, in the direction of the bottom or top surfaces (56, 58), by first surfaces (80, 82) that rise obliquely towards the bottom or top surfaces (56, 58), and, in the direction of the side surfaces (60, 62), by second surfaces (84, 86) that extend obliquely away from the partial-coupling surfaces (64, 66, 68, 70, 72).
An apparatus for determining start of electric machine, comprising: a converter configured to output a first Alternating Current, AC signal corresponding to a frequency of at least one phase current inputted from an inverter to a 3-phase motor and a second AC signal 90 degree lagged in phase angle from the first AC signal; an estimator configured to estimate a frequency from the second AC signal; and a determinator configured to determine whether the 3-phase motor has started using a difference between the frequency estimated by the estimator and a frequency of an output voltage of the inverter, characterized in that: the estimator receives a positive input frequency that the motor is inoperable and when start of the motor is not made, the estimator outputs the input frequency and determines whether the start of the motor has been successfully made, and the determinator determines that the start has failed when the difference between the frequency estimated by the estimator and the frequency of output voltage of the inverter exceeds a preset allowable frequency scope. a converter configured to output a first Alternating Current, AC signal corresponding to a frequency of at least one phase current inputted from an inverter to a 3-phase motor and a second AC signal 90 degree lagged in phase angle from the first AC signal; an estimator configured to estimate a frequency from the second AC signal; and a determinator configured to determine whether the 3-phase motor has started using a difference between the frequency estimated by the estimator and a frequency of an output voltage of the inverter, characterized in that: the estimator receives a positive input frequency that the motor is inoperable and when start of the motor is not made, the estimator outputs the input frequency and determines whether the start of the motor has been successfully made, and the determinator determines that the start has failed when the difference between the frequency estimated by the estimator and the frequency of output voltage of the inverter exceeds a preset allowable frequency scope. the estimator receives a positive input frequency that the motor is inoperable and when start of the motor is not made, the estimator outputs the input frequency and determines whether the start of the motor has been successfully made, and the determinator determines that the start has failed when the difference between the frequency estimated by the estimator and the frequency of output voltage of the inverter exceeds a preset allowable frequency scope.