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An automatic milking arrangement comprising a self-driven device, and a milking unit transportable by the self-driven device to a milking location, the milking unit being automatically demountable from the self-driven device at the milking location, the milking unit comprising milking equipment including one or more teat cups for milking the animal at the milking location, the self-driven device having a connecting means for connecting the teat cup(s) to the teats of the animal, and the milking unit being capable of milking the animal after the teat cups have been connected to the teats without requiring the self-driven device to be present or nearby, wherein the milking unit is arranged to be transported on the self driven device allowing it to be maintained clear of a floor of an animal accommodation until it has been delivered to the milking location; and wherein the self-driven device has a robot arm mounted thereon for connecting the teat cup(s) to the teats of the animal, and wherein the milking unit is arranged to be lifted from the self-driven device onto a supporting structure at the milking location, and the robot arm serves as a lifting means for lifting the milk unit from the self-driven device.
A walker (100, 2000) that provides support for an upper extremity of an associated user, the walker comprising: a frame; at least first and second wheels (330, 2010) operatively secured to and supporting the frame for selective rolling movement; and first and second upper extremity support assemblies (700, 2030) for supporting upper extremities of the user, wherein the first and second upper extremity support assemblies (700, 2030) are mounted to respective first and second sides of the frame and configured to have relative movement in relation to the respective sides of the frame, characterized by a reverse motion linkage operatively associated with and providing a mechanical connection between the first and second upper extremity support assemblies (700, 2030), the reverse motion linkage including a first state configured to provide independent movement of the first and second upper extremity support assemblies (700, 2030), and a second state configured to provide interrelated reciprocating movement of the first and second upper extremity support assemblies (700, 2030) in relation to the respective sides of the frame. a frame; at least first and second wheels (330, 2010) operatively secured to and supporting the frame for selective rolling movement; and first and second upper extremity support assemblies (700, 2030) for supporting upper extremities of the user, wherein the first and second upper extremity support assemblies (700, 2030) are mounted to respective first and second sides of the frame and configured to have relative movement in relation to the respective sides of the frame, characterized by a reverse motion linkage operatively associated with and providing a mechanical connection between the first and second upper extremity support assemblies (700, 2030), the reverse motion linkage including a first state configured to provide independent movement of the first and second upper extremity support assemblies (700, 2030), and a second state configured to provide interrelated reciprocating movement of the first and second upper extremity support assemblies (700, 2030) in relation to the respective sides of the frame.
An apparatus for input and fingerprint recognition comprising: a touch surface (215, 315, 415) comprising a first region and a second region, the second region (220, 320, 420) being distinct from the first region and occupying less than an entire portion of a total surface area of the touch surface (215, 315, 415); and, a data processor coupled to the touch surface (215, 315, 415), the data processor being configured to selectively operate the touch surface (215, 315, 415) in a touch input mode or a fingerprint detection mode, in the touch input mode the data processor being configured to operate the second region (220, 320, 420) at a first resolution comparable to that of the first region to detect a touch input anywhere on the touch surface (215, 315, 415), in the fingerprint detection mode the data processor being configured to operate the second region (220, 320, 420) at a higher resolution than the first resolution to detect a fingerprint on the second region (220, 320, 420). a touch surface (215, 315, 415) comprising a first region and a second region, the second region (220, 320, 420) being distinct from the first region and occupying less than an entire portion of a total surface area of the touch surface (215, 315, 415); and, a data processor coupled to the touch surface (215, 315, 415), the data processor being configured to selectively operate the touch surface (215, 315, 415) in a touch input mode or a fingerprint detection mode, in the touch input mode the data processor being configured to operate the second region (220, 320, 420) at a first resolution comparable to that of the first region to detect a touch input anywhere on the touch surface (215, 315, 415), in the fingerprint detection mode the data processor being configured to operate the second region (220, 320, 420) at a higher resolution than the first resolution to detect a fingerprint on the second region (220, 320, 420).
An article of footwear having an upper and a sole structure, the upper comprising: a base component extending through a length of the article of footwear and defining an exterior surface and an opposite interior surface, the exterior surface facing outward from the article of footwear, and the interior surface defining at least a portion of a void within the upper for receiving a foot of a wearer; and a knit component (110, 303, 304, 305, 306) having a first surface and an opposite second surface, characterized in that: the knit component (110, 303, 304, 305, 306) incorporates a fusible yarn and a non-fusible yarn that form a knitted structure, the fusible yarn being located on at least the first surface, and the fusible yarn being at least partially formed from a thermoplastic polymer material, the first surface of the knit component (110, 303, 304, 305, 306) being thermal bonded to the base component with the thermoplastic polymer material of the fusible yarn. a base component extending through a length of the article of footwear and defining an exterior surface and an opposite interior surface, the exterior surface facing outward from the article of footwear, and the interior surface defining at least a portion of a void within the upper for receiving a foot of a wearer; and a knit component (110, 303, 304, 305, 306) having a first surface and an opposite second surface, characterized in that: the knit component (110, 303, 304, 305, 306) incorporates a fusible yarn and a non-fusible yarn that form a knitted structure, the fusible yarn being located on at least the first surface, and the fusible yarn being at least partially formed from a thermoplastic polymer material, the first surface of the knit component (110, 303, 304, 305, 306) being thermal bonded to the base component with the thermoplastic polymer material of the fusible yarn. the knit component (110, 303, 304, 305, 306) incorporates a fusible yarn and a non-fusible yarn that form a knitted structure, the fusible yarn being located on at least the first surface, and the fusible yarn being at least partially formed from a thermoplastic polymer material, the first surface of the knit component (110, 303, 304, 305, 306) being thermal bonded to the base component with the thermoplastic polymer material of the fusible yarn.
A method of transmitting data that is representable by N data symbols of a finite field, the size of which field is an integer power of a Mersenne prime, characterized in that the method further comprising the steps of: determining, based on the N data symbols, a polynomial over the finite field; and transmitting or initiating to transmit the data using more than N code symbols of the finite field, at least one of the code symbols corresponding to an evaluation of the polynomial at a non-primitive element of the finite field. determining, based on the N data symbols, a polynomial over the finite field; and transmitting or initiating to transmit the data using more than N code symbols of the finite field, at least one of the code symbols corresponding to an evaluation of the polynomial at a non-primitive element of the finite field.
A communication method, applied to a user equipment, the method comprising: receiving first control signaling transmitted by using a first time-frequency area which is at least one time-frequency area with a fixed subcarrier interval, the first control signaling carrying time-frequency location information about a second time-frequency area which is a time-frequency area with a variable subcarrier interval; and communicating with a base station by using the second time-frequency area, according to the time-frequency location information about the second time-frequency area indicated by the first control signaling, and the first control signaling comprises time-frequency location information about a time-frequency area for bearing second control signaling in the second time-frequency area, wherein the first control signaling further comprises at least one of the following: time-frequency location information about a time-frequency area for receiving a reference signal, time-frequency location information about a time-frequency area for transmitting data, time-frequency location information about a time-frequency area for retransmitting data, power control information and schedule information, and wherein the method further comprises switching from a current sub-band area of the second time-frequency area to another sub-band area of the second time-frequency area based on the schedule information in the first control signaling, the schedule information indicating time-frequency location information about the other sub-band area; and communicating with the base station by using the other sub-band area. receiving first control signaling transmitted by using a first time-frequency area which is at least one time-frequency area with a fixed subcarrier interval, the first control signaling carrying time-frequency location information about a second time-frequency area which is a time-frequency area with a variable subcarrier interval; and communicating with a base station by using the second time-frequency area, according to the time-frequency location information about the second time-frequency area indicated by the first control signaling, and the first control signaling comprises time-frequency location information about a time-frequency area for bearing second control signaling in the second time-frequency area, wherein the first control signaling further comprises at least one of the following: time-frequency location information about a time-frequency area for receiving a reference signal, time-frequency location information about a time-frequency area for transmitting data, time-frequency location information about a time-frequency area for retransmitting data, power control information and schedule information, and wherein the method further comprises switching from a current sub-band area of the second time-frequency area to another sub-band area of the second time-frequency area based on the schedule information in the first control signaling, the schedule information indicating time-frequency location information about the other sub-band area; and communicating with the base station by using the other sub-band area.
An energy cable comprising at least one cable core comprising an electric conductor, a crosslinked electrically insulating layer comprising at least one polyolefin crosslinked by reaction with at least one organic peroxide, and zeolite particles placed in the cable core.
A method of testing an elevator car door interlock and deterrent mechanism in an elevator system, with an elevator car operating in a hoistway having an elevator car door and a plurality of landings each with a landing door, the method comprising: moving the elevator car to a selected landing, opening the elevator car door and the landing door and then notifying and directing passengers to exit the elevator car; ensuring that no passengers are in the elevator car; closing the elevator car door and the landing door; operating the elevator car to stop the elevator car when it is not at any landing of the plurality of landings; commanding the elevator car door to open for a predetermined duration and measuring a displacement of the elevator car door from a closed position; and closing the elevator car door and operating the elevator car to return to a landing of the plurality of landings. moving the elevator car to a selected landing, opening the elevator car door and the landing door and then notifying and directing passengers to exit the elevator car; ensuring that no passengers are in the elevator car; closing the elevator car door and the landing door; operating the elevator car to stop the elevator car when it is not at any landing of the plurality of landings; commanding the elevator car door to open for a predetermined duration and measuring a displacement of the elevator car door from a closed position; and closing the elevator car door and operating the elevator car to return to a landing of the plurality of landings.
A shoe sole member, formed by at least two types of polymer compositions, a first polymer composition and a second polymer composition, comprising: a first part formed by the first polymer composition; a second part formed by the second polymer composition; the first part arranged in an inner foot, and the second part arranged more in an outer foot than the first part; and a third part formed by a mixture of the first polymer composition and the second polymer composition between the first part and the second part, wherein the first part has an Asker C hardness higher than the second part, the value of an Asker C hardness of the third part in a cross section orthogonal to a central axis of the shoe changes both when the measurement point is moved in a horizontal direction and when the measurement point is moved in a vertical direction, and the value of the Asker C hardness of the third part decreases from the first part side toward the second part side and decreases both upward and downward from the center in thickness directions. a first part formed by the first polymer composition; a second part formed by the second polymer composition; the first part arranged in an inner foot, and the second part arranged more in an outer foot than the first part; and a third part formed by a mixture of the first polymer composition and the second polymer composition between the first part and the second part, wherein the first part has an Asker C hardness higher than the second part, the value of an Asker C hardness of the third part in a cross section orthogonal to a central axis of the shoe changes both when the measurement point is moved in a horizontal direction and when the measurement point is moved in a vertical direction, and the first part has an Asker C hardness higher than the second part, the value of an Asker C hardness of the third part in a cross section orthogonal to a central axis of the shoe changes both when the measurement point is moved in a horizontal direction and when the measurement point is moved in a vertical direction, and the value of the Asker C hardness of the third part decreases from the first part side toward the second part side and decreases both upward and downward from the center in thickness directions.
A fluid container reloading tool for a downhole fluid sampling tool, comprising: an elongated cylindrical body, wherein the body comprises a bottom opening sized to engage with a fluid sampling tool deployed within a borehole; a cache of fluid containers disposed within the body; a piston coupled to at least one of the fluid containers in the cache of fluid containers; and a pump in fluid communication with the piston. an elongated cylindrical body, wherein the body comprises a bottom opening sized to engage with a fluid sampling tool deployed within a borehole; a cache of fluid containers disposed within the body; a piston coupled to at least one of the fluid containers in the cache of fluid containers; and a pump in fluid communication with the piston.
A process for the manufacturing of naltrexone, comprising reacting noroxymorphone with cyclopropylmethyl halide in the presence of N-ethyl-2-pyrrolidone.
A building structure comprising: a building core extending vertically from a ground; at least one perimeter column (36, 56, 90) spaced from the building core and at the exterior perimeter of the building structure; at least one outrigger beam (32, 52, 62, 70, 80, 92) having a main body portion (52A, 1225) connected to the building core, an end portion distal from the building core in a direction of the at least one perimeter column (36, 56, 90, 1210) and a vane portion (46, 48, 88) extending from said end portion; at least one damper (34, 50, 60, 78, 82, 90, 1020) having a high-viscosity fluid container connected to said at least one perimeter column (36, 56, 90); characterized in that: said vane portion (46, 48, 88) extends vertically into and out of said high-viscosity fluid container to couple the building core to the at least one perimeter column (36, 56, 90), such that permanent differential vertical deformations in the building structure are accommodated by said vane portion (46, 48, 88) extending vertically into or out of said high-viscosity fluid container; and whereby when the building structure is subjected to lateral loads and the building core is displaced with respect to the at least one perimeter column (36, 56, 90), high-viscosity fluid within the high-viscosity fluid container is sheared by said vane portion (46, 48, 88) to damp vibrations in the building structure. a building core extending vertically from a ground; at least one perimeter column (36, 56, 90) spaced from the building core and at the exterior perimeter of the building structure; at least one outrigger beam (32, 52, 62, 70, 80, 92) having a main body portion (52A, 1225) connected to the building core, an end portion distal from the building core in a direction of the at least one perimeter column (36, 56, 90, 1210) and a vane portion (46, 48, 88) extending from said end portion; at least one damper (34, 50, 60, 78, 82, 90, 1020) having a high-viscosity fluid container connected to said at least one perimeter column (36, 56, 90); characterized in that: said vane portion (46, 48, 88) extends vertically into and out of said high-viscosity fluid container to couple the building core to the at least one perimeter column (36, 56, 90), such that permanent differential vertical deformations in the building structure are accommodated by said vane portion (46, 48, 88) extending vertically into or out of said high-viscosity fluid container; and whereby when the building structure is subjected to lateral loads and the building core is displaced with respect to the at least one perimeter column (36, 56, 90), high-viscosity fluid within the high-viscosity fluid container is sheared by said vane portion (46, 48, 88) to damp vibrations in the building structure.
A hydraulic variable pitch propeller for an air, land or water craft, comprising at least two propeller blades that are mounted in the area of a propeller hub and whose pitch can be varied by means of a hydraulically powered piston assembly, said piston assembly having two mechanically interconnected servo pistons (20, 22), each of said servo pistons being assigned to an independent hydraulic circuit, characterized in that each of said servo pistons (20, 22) is realized as a double-acting piston, the two hydraulic circuits comprising a common valve assembly by means of which a desired servo pressure can be synchronously applied to the two servo pistons (20, 22), and the valve assembly and the servo pistons (20, 22) being interconnected via a control tube comprising four control passageways (81, 82, 83, 84), each of which is assigned to a pressure space (26, 27, 28, 29), two each of which are adjacent to one of the two servo pistons (20, 22).
A monolithically integrated optical device including: a waveguide of refractive index n a for carrying at least one mode of at least one wavelength, and at least one resonator with a resonant wavelength in a layer of material of refractive index n b, wherein the resonator has a mode volume of less than ten cubic resonant wavelengths, wherein in use light in the waveguide is vertically coupled into the at least one resonator, and the waveguide and resonator(s) are arranged to provide wave-vector matching between at least one mode of the resonator and at least one mode of the waveguide, wherein the device further comprises a barrier layer of refractive index n c, and a lower cladding layer of refractive index n d, wherein the resonator is between the barrier layer and the lower cladding layer, and the waveguide is on top of the barrier layer and aligned with the at least one resonator, wherein n c is less than n a; n c is less than n b; n b is not equal to n a, and n d is less than n b.
A medical device in the form of a blunt cannula comprising an elongated, tubular member, the member having a proximal portion extending distally from a proximal end and a distal portion extending distally from the proximal portion and terminating in a rounded tip end, a central lumen extending through the proximal portion and into the distal portion, and at least one fluid opening communicating through an aspect of the distal portion with the central lumen, characterized in that the distal portion has a non-uniform taper proximal the tip end defined by a plurality of tapered segments (22, 24, 26 and/or 28) located proximally of the rounded tip end and having different tapers, the plurality of tapered segments each progressively closer to the rounded tip end and each adjacent to and contiguous with at least one other segment, at least one of the tapered segments (22 or 26) having a conical taper and at least another of the tapered segments (24 or 28) having an arcuate taper.
An apparatus comprising: means for obtaining received symbols for a first set of tones in a time slot; means for processing the received symbols for the first set of tones to obtain detected signaling; and means for determining whether to process a second set of tones in the time slot for a data transmission based on the detected signaling; the apparatus being characterized in that the means for processing the received symbols for the first set of tones to obtain the detected signaling comprises: means for computing a metric for each of the multiple codewords that might be sent for the signaling, based on the received symbols, means for determining whether any one of the multiple codewords was sent based on the computed metric for each codeword, and means for obtaining the detected signaling based on determining whether any one of the multiple codewords was sent, the detected signaling indicating that no second set of tones is to be processed if none of the multiple codewords is determined to have been sent. means for obtaining received symbols for a first set of tones in a time slot; means for processing the received symbols for the first set of tones to obtain detected signaling; and means for determining whether to process a second set of tones in the time slot for a data transmission based on the detected signaling; the apparatus being characterized in that the means for processing the received symbols for the first set of tones means for computing a metric for each of the multiple codewords that might be sent for the signaling, based on the received symbols, means for determining whether any one of the multiple codewords was sent based on the computed metric for each codeword, and means for obtaining the detected signaling based on determining whether any one of the multiple codewords was sent, the detected signaling indicating that no second set of tones is to be processed if none of the multiple codewords is determined to have been sent.