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An electrophoretic medium comprising a plurality of electrically charged particles dispersed in a suspending fluid, the particles comprising at least two types of particles having substantially the same electrophoretic mobility but differing colors intended to generate a custom mixed color, the medium being characterized in that the electrically charged particles and the suspending fluid are held within at least one capsule.
A torque limiting assembly for use with an actuator of an actuated orthotic devices having a torque transfer output, the assembly comprising: a brake pad; a band connected at a first extremity to a first extremity of the brake pad; and a cam linking a second extremity of the band to a second extremity of the brake pad; wherein the brake pad and the band are configured to wrap around the torque transfer output and whereby the positioning of the cam in a first position frictionally engages the brake pad and the band with the torque transfer output, and positioning of the cam in a second position disengages the brake pad and the band with the torque transfer output. a brake pad; a band connected at a first extremity to a first extremity of the brake pad; and a cam linking a second extremity of the band to a second extremity of the brake pad; wherein the brake pad and the band are configured to wrap around the torque transfer output and whereby the positioning of the cam in a first position frictionally engages the brake pad and the band with the torque transfer output, and positioning of the cam in a second position disengages the brake pad and the band with the torque transfer output.
A seismic streamer array tracking and positioning system, comprising: an array of seismic streamers arranged in an array geometry; a towing vessel for towing the array; an active streamer positioning device (ASPD) attached to a seismic streamer in the array of seismic streamers for positioning the seismic streamer relative to other seismic streamers in the array; characterized in that the system comprises a monitor for determining whether one or more seismic streamers in the array of seismic streamers have failed; and a master controller for issuing positioning commands to each ASPD to adjust the array geometry based on the one or more failed seismic streamers. an array of seismic streamers arranged in an array geometry; a towing vessel for towing the array; an active streamer positioning device (ASPD) attached to a seismic streamer in the array of seismic streamers for positioning the seismic streamer relative to other seismic streamers in the array; characterized in that the system comprises a monitor for determining whether one or more seismic streamers in the array of seismic streamers have failed; and a master controller for issuing positioning commands to each ASPD to adjust the array geometry based on the one or more failed seismic streamers. a monitor for determining whether one or more seismic streamers in the array of seismic streamers have failed; and a master controller for issuing positioning commands to each ASPD to adjust the array geometry based on the one or more failed seismic streamers.
A method comprising: analyzing, by a conferencing application hosted on a server, video data received from a user computing system operating as one of a plurality of participants in a conference managed by the conferencing application to detect one or more video pause conditions based at least in part on analyzing the video data; setting a video pause indicator when the one or more video pause conditions are detected; pausing distribution of the video data to computing systems of other participants of the conference when the video pause indicator is set receiving the video data from the user computing system while the video pause indicator is set; analyzing the video data; updating the video pause indicator to cleared when the one or more video pause conditions are no longer detected based at least in part on analyzing the video data; and triggering a countdown on a conferencing display of the user computing system, the countdown notifying a user of the user computing system that distribution of the video data to computing systems of other participants of the conference will be resumed in X seconds, wherein the user can cancel the resumption of the distribution of the video data prior to expiry of the countdown. analyzing, by a conferencing application hosted on a server, video data received from a user computing system operating as one of a plurality of participants in a conference managed by the conferencing application to detect one or more video pause conditions based at least in part on analyzing the video data; setting a video pause indicator when the one or more video pause conditions are detected; pausing distribution of the video data to computing systems of other participants of the conference when the video pause indicator is set receiving the video data from the user computing system while the video pause indicator is set; analyzing the video data; updating the video pause indicator to cleared when the one or more video pause conditions are no longer detected based at least in part on analyzing the video data; and triggering a countdown on a conferencing display of the user computing system, the countdown notifying a user of the user computing system that distribution of the video data to computing systems of other participants of the conference will be resumed in X seconds, wherein the user can cancel the resumption of the distribution of the video data prior to expiry of the countdown.
A recreational vehicle comprising a conduit for electrical cables attached to an exterior surface thereof, the conduit comprising: a surface that is substantially conformable to the exterior surface of the RV, the surface comprising at least one aperture through which electrical cables can pass into and out from an inside of the conduit; a cover operable to expose the inside of the conduit, and pathways for the electrical cables, said pathways being defined by cable retaining clips inside the conduit, wherein the conduit is attached to the exterior surface of the RV with the at least one aperture positioned such that the electrical cables can pass between the inside of the conduit and an interior of the RV. a surface that is substantially conformable to the exterior surface of the RV, the surface comprising at least one aperture through which electrical cables can pass into and out from an inside of the conduit; a cover operable to expose the inside of the conduit, and pathways for the electrical cables, said pathways being defined by cable retaining clips inside the conduit, wherein the conduit is attached to the exterior surface of the RV with the at least one aperture positioned such that the electrical cables can pass between the inside of the conduit and an interior of the RV.
Horological movement comprising a mechanical resonator and an escapement (12, 12A) which is associated with this mechanical resonator, the escapement comprising an escapement wheel (16, 16A) and a pallet assembly (14, 14A) separate from the mechanical resonator and of which the axis of rotation is different from that of the mechanical resonator; the mechanical resonator being coupled with the pallet assembly such that, when this mechanical resonator has an oscillation, the pallet assembly is subject to an alternating movement between two rest positions wherein the pallet assembly remains alternately during successive time intervals; the pallet assembly comprising at least one magnetic pallet-stone formed of a magnet (30, 31, 32) and the escapement wheel comprising a periodic magnetised structure (36, 36A) which defines a plurality of increasing gradients of magnetic potential energy (38, 38A) for said magnetic pallet-stone, each of these increasing gradients of magnetic potential energy being configured such that said magnetic pallet-stone can climb it when the pallet assembly is in a corresponding rest position of the two rest positions and that a force torque supplied to the escapement wheel corresponds to a normal operation of the horological movement, this force torque being equal to a nominal force torque or within a range of values which is selected for the normal operation of the horological movement, said magnetic pallet and the periodic magnetised structure being arranged such that the pallet assembly is subject to a magnetic force impulse in the direction of the alternating movement thereof, after said magnetic pallet-stone has climbed any one of said increasing gradients of magnetic potential energy, when the pallet assembly tips from one of the two rest positions having enabled this magnetic pallet-stone to climb said any one increasing gradient of magnetic potential energy to the other rest position; characterised in that the pallet assembly comprises at least one mechanical banking (28, 28A, 29) and the escapement wheel comprises protruding parts; and in that the pallet assembly and the escapement wheel are arranged such that, when said force torque is equal to said nominal force torque or has a value within at least an upper part of said value range and when the pallet assembly has said alternating movement, one of said protruding parts of the escapement wheel is subjected to at least one shock on a mechanical banking of said at least one mechanical banking after said magnetic pallet-stone has climbed any one of said increasing gradients of magnetic potential energy following a tipping of the pallet assembly in the rest position enabling this magnetic pallet-stone to climb this any gradient of magnetic potential energy, said at least one shock occurring so as to dissipate at least partially a kinetic energy of the escapement wheel acquired following said tipping.
An animal guiding device with one part that can be placed on the body of the animal and an attached cord (11,12), as well as a force measuring device, to activate a generator that produces an ultrasonic wave and/or a sound signal characterized in that the frequency and/or the volume of the ultrasonic waves, or the signals created by the generator, can each be regulated with a control device.
A method for selection of a biological binding molecule which specifically binds to an autonomously active or autonomously activated B-cell receptor as target receptor, but which does not bind to a non-active or non-activated B-cell receptor, in the course of a cell-based system using unripe B-cells being in the pro/pre stadium, comprising the following steps: (a) provision of a plurality of antibodies or functional fragments thereof as biological binding molecules, which have been generated by immunization of a mammal with recombinantly produced soluble forms of B-cell receptors as well as by subsequent immortalization and purification, (b) provision of unripe B-cells in the pro/pre stadium which are not capable of expressing the native genes for RAG2 and/or RAG1 as well as Lambda5, but which have been set to be able to express autonomously active or autonomously activated B-cell receptors as target receptors on their cell surface, (c) provision of unripe B-cells in the pro/pre stadium which are not capable of expressing the native genes for RAG2 and/or RAG1 as well as Lambda5, but which have been set to be able to express non-active or non-activated B-cell receptors as reference receptors on their cell surface, (d) comparative analysis of the binding characteristics of the binding molecules as provided in step (a) vis a vis cells as provided in steps (b) and (c), (e) selection of at least one binding molecule which specifically binds to cells as provided in step (b), but which does not bind to cells as provided in step (c). (a) provision of a plurality of antibodies or functional fragments thereof as biological binding molecules, which have been generated by immunization of a mammal with recombinantly produced soluble forms of B-cell receptors as well as by subsequent immortalization and purification, (b) provision of unripe B-cells in the pro/pre stadium which are not capable of expressing the native genes for RAG2 and/or RAG1 as well as Lambda5, but which have been set to be able to express autonomously active or autonomously activated B-cell receptors as target receptors on their cell surface, (c) provision of unripe B-cells in the pro/pre stadium which are not capable of expressing the native genes for RAG2 and/or RAG1 as well as Lambda5, but which have been set to be able to express non-active or non-activated B-cell receptors as reference receptors on their cell surface, (d) comparative analysis of the binding characteristics of the binding molecules as provided in step (a) vis a vis cells as provided in steps (b) and (c), (e) selection of at least one binding molecule which specifically binds to cells as provided in step (b), but which does not bind to cells as provided in step (c).
A method for determining contaminations of heparin with other sulfated glycans, comprising the steps of: - incubating a predetermined amount of heparin with a predetermined amount of a specific heparin-digesting enzyme for a predetermined time period, wherein the amount of the enzyme approximately corresponds to the amount of enzyme which would entirely degrade an approximately identical amount of contaminants-free heparin in the predetermined time period, or is higher, - incubating the digested heparin with an indicator molecule changing its fluorescence characteristics in the presence of sulfated glycans, - detecting the fluorescence of the digested heparin incubated with the indicator molecule, wherein the presence of a fluorescence indicative for sulfated glycans indicates the presence of contaminants and wherein the activity of the specific heparin-degrading enzyme is controlled by means of a contaminants-free heparin-containing standard sample before and after incubation with the enzyme by means of the indicator molecule changing its fluorescence characteristics in the presence of sulfated glycans. - incubating a predetermined amount of heparin with a predetermined amount of a specific heparin-digesting enzyme for a predetermined time period, wherein the amount of the enzyme approximately corresponds to the amount of enzyme which would entirely degrade an approximately identical amount of contaminants-free heparin in the predetermined time period, or is higher, - incubating the digested heparin with an indicator molecule changing its fluorescence characteristics in the presence of sulfated glycans, - detecting the fluorescence of the digested heparin incubated with the indicator molecule,
A method for priority signaling over a wireless serial communication channel, the method comprising: at a first communication device: establishing a first short range wireless data path to a second communication device for exchanging non-priority data; establishing a second short range wireless data path to the second communication device, which is different than the first short range wireless data path, for exchanging priority data, wherein the second short range wireless data path comprises a wireless serial communication channel operated by a lower layer of a protocol stack, wherein the first and second wireless data paths are both established by an upper layer of the protocol stack, in the first communication device, that includes an application layer, and further wherein the established second short range wireless data path bypasses the upper layers of the protocol stack, that include the application layer. at a first communication device: establishing a first short range wireless data path to a second communication device for exchanging non-priority data; establishing a second short range wireless data path to the second communication device, which is different than the first short range wireless data path, for exchanging priority data, wherein the second short range wireless data path comprises a wireless serial communication channel operated by a lower layer of a protocol stack, wherein the first and second wireless data paths are both established by an upper layer of the protocol stack, in the first communication device, that includes an application layer, and further wherein the established second short range wireless data path bypasses the upper layers of the protocol stack, that include the application layer. establishing a first short range wireless data path to a second communication device for exchanging non-priority data; establishing a second short range wireless data path to the second communication device, which is different than the first short range wireless data path, for exchanging priority data, wherein the second short range wireless data path comprises a wireless serial communication channel operated by a lower layer of a protocol stack, wherein the first and second wireless data paths are both established by an upper layer of the protocol stack, in the first communication device, that includes an application layer, and further wherein the established second short range wireless data path bypasses the upper layers of the protocol stack, that include the application layer.
A fiber sheet, comprising: a surface sheet layer comprising a first surface sheet layer and a second surface sheet layer that is a paper material formed from pulp paper or a material having pulp as a principal raw material; and a softness imparting layer constituted by a plurality of fibers of crushed pulp or a plurality of fibers having crushed pulp as a principal raw material, a degree of density of the fibers in a thickness direction varying, and a side where the fibers are sparse and a side where the fibers are dense being formed; wherein the fiber sheet is subjected to embossing and a binder is applied to the fiber sheet; and a first joining strength of the softness imparting layer and the first surface sheet layer on the side where a density of the fibers is dense is stronger than a second joining strength of the softness imparting layer and the second surface sheet layer on the side where a density of the fibers is sparse, wherein depressions are formed via the embossing and, thereafter, the binder is applied, wherein the binder is present between the first surface sheet layer and the softness imparting layer and/or between the second surface sheet layer and the softness imparting layer. a surface sheet layer comprising a first surface sheet layer and a second surface sheet layer that is a paper material formed from pulp paper or a material having pulp as a principal raw material; and a softness imparting layer constituted by a plurality of fibers of crushed pulp or a plurality of fibers having crushed pulp as a principal raw material, a degree of density of the fibers in a thickness direction varying, and a side where the fibers are sparse and a side where the fibers are dense being formed; wherein the fiber sheet is subjected to embossing and a binder is applied to the fiber sheet; and a first joining strength of the softness imparting layer and the first surface sheet layer on the side where a density of the fibers is dense is stronger than a second joining strength of the softness imparting layer and the second surface sheet layer on the side where a density of the fibers is sparse, the fiber sheet is subjected to embossing and a binder is applied to the fiber sheet; and a first joining strength of the softness imparting layer and the first surface sheet layer on the side where a density of the fibers is dense is stronger than a second joining strength of the softness imparting layer and the second surface sheet layer on the side where a density of the fibers is sparse,
Method of updating software and/or firmware of plural devices (5,7,9,11) of a wind turbine, the plural devices being connected in a communication network to a main computing device, the method comprising: obtaining information regarding a topology of the communication network at the main computing device; obtaining update packages at the main computing device; triggering, by the main computing device, updating all devices for which an update package is present in a topology derived order, starting at a periphery and continuing inwards, wherein the topology indicates for each of the plural devices a chain (9e, 9d, 5a, 7a) of none, one or more other devices, the number of devices defining a length of the chain, a sequential arrangement of devices defining a device sequence in the chain, via which the main computing device is connected to this device, wherein supplying the respective update packages and/or the triggering updating is performed in an order derived from lengths of chains and/or from device sequences in the chains. obtaining information regarding a topology of the communication network at the main computing device; obtaining update packages at the main computing device; triggering, by the main computing device, updating all devices for which an update package is present in a topology derived order, starting at a periphery and continuing inwards, wherein the topology indicates for each of the plural devices a chain (9e, 9d, 5a, 7a) of none, one or more other devices, the number of devices defining a length of the chain, a sequential arrangement of devices defining a device sequence in the chain, via which the main computing device is connected to this device, wherein supplying the respective update packages and/or the triggering updating is performed in an order derived from lengths of chains and/or from device sequences in the chains.
A method for identifying different types of energy sources used to charge a battery, the method comprising the steps of: receiving energy from at least one of the different types of energy sources at input terminals; determining the voltage of the energy source at the input terminals; identifying the type of energy source; and selecting a mode for charging the battery based on the type of energy source identified, the method characterized in that the step of identifying the type of energy source comprises the steps of: determining the transition time for transitioning from substantially no voltage at the input terminals to when the voltage at the input terminals is substantially constant and/or at or above a voltage threshold; and comparing the transition time to a transition time threshold. receiving energy from at least one of the different types of energy sources at input terminals; determining the voltage of the energy source at the input terminals; identifying the type of energy source; and selecting a mode for charging the battery based on the type of energy source identified, the method characterized in that the step of identifying the type of energy source comprises the steps of: determining the transition time for transitioning from substantially no voltage at the input terminals to when the voltage at the input terminals is substantially constant and/or at or above a voltage threshold; and comparing the transition time to a transition time threshold. determining the transition time for transitioning from substantially no voltage at the input terminals to when the voltage at the input terminals is substantially constant and/or at or above a voltage threshold; and comparing the transition time to a transition time threshold.