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A computer-implemented method for operating an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising: perceiving a surrounding environment of an autonomous vehicle to identify one or more vehicles nearby; for each of the identified vehicles, based on a current location of the identified vehicle, obtaining vehicle-independent information to determine context surrounding the identified vehicle, wherein the vehicle-independent information includes vehicle surrounding information that defines physical constraints imposed on the identified vehicle, wherein the vehicle-independent information further includes a time when the vehicle is identified; and predicting one or more trajectories for the identified vehicle based at least in part on the vehicle-independent information associated with the identified vehicle; and controlling the autonomous vehicle based on the one or more predicted trajectories of the one or more identified vehicles. perceiving a surrounding environment of an autonomous vehicle to identify one or more vehicles nearby; for each of the identified vehicles, based on a current location of the identified vehicle, obtaining vehicle-independent information to determine context surrounding the identified vehicle, wherein the vehicle-independent information includes vehicle surrounding information that defines physical constraints imposed on the identified vehicle, wherein the vehicle-independent information further includes a time when the vehicle is identified; and predicting one or more trajectories for the identified vehicle based at least in part on the vehicle-independent information associated with the identified vehicle; and based on a current location of the identified vehicle, obtaining vehicle-independent information to determine context surrounding the identified vehicle, wherein the vehicle-independent information includes vehicle surrounding information that defines physical constraints imposed on the identified vehicle, wherein the vehicle-independent information further includes a time when the vehicle is identified; and predicting one or more trajectories for the identified vehicle based at least in part on the vehicle-independent information associated with the identified vehicle; and controlling the autonomous vehicle based on the one or more predicted trajectories of the one or more identified vehicles.
A fishing rod comprising: a rod body extending from a handle end to a tip end, wherein the rod body comprises: a shaft; and a shape memory member including a shape memory material and configured to self-return toward a normal shape upon removal of an applied load, wherein the shape memory member is secured over at least a portion of a tip region of the shaft, said fishing rod being characterized in that the shape memory member is a tubular body having a tubular shape with a section of the tubular shape removed to define an incomplete tube. a shaft; and a shape memory member including a shape memory material and configured to self-return toward a normal shape upon removal of an applied load, wherein the shape memory member is secured over at least a portion of a tip region of the shaft, said fishing rod being characterized in that the shape memory member is a tubular body having a tubular shape with a section of the tubular shape removed to define an incomplete tube.
A method of operating a first communications device which interacts with a second communications device, the method comprising: performing at least one of receiving and transmitting control information reporting format definition information via a wireless communications link (126, 128, 130, 132); and generating a control information report in accordance with one of the received and transmitted reporting format definition information, characterized in that the first communications device selects the reporting format as a function of an application being executed by one of said first and second communications devices (300, 400). performing at least one of receiving and transmitting control information reporting format definition information via a wireless communications link (126, 128, 130, 132); and generating a control information report in accordance with one of the received and transmitted reporting format definition information, characterized in that the first communications device selects the reporting format as a function of an application being executed by one of said first and second communications devices (300, 400).
Cover device for a side sill of a passenger car, comprising an inherently stiff outer cover element which is arranged in a longitudinal region of the side sill beneath a door opening, is pivotable about a bearing axis extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction (x) between a cover position and a release position and covers a side sill part on the bodyshell side to the outside in the vehicle transverse direction (y), a flexible cover element being provided, one end of which is arranged at least indirectly on the inherently stiff cover element and can be shifted together with the inherently stiff cover element during a shifting movement between the cover position and the release position, characterized in that the bearing axis is located in a lower sub-region of the cover element, in that the flexible cover element is arranged in a region of the side sill covered by a vehicle door associated with the door opening when the outer cover element is arranged in the cover position, and in that, when the outer cover element is arranged in the cover position, a gap between the end of the inherently stiff outer cover element having the flexible cover element and another component is covered and a free space arranged thereunder between the inherently stiff cover element located in the cover position and a further cover element or a body part is covered.
A method for operating a self-disinfecting odor trap arrangement which is provided for installation in a waste water pipe and comprises an odor trap having a first pipe section in the form of a downpipe, the first pipe section having a drain connection at the input side for the inflow of waste water, and having a second pipe section adjoining the first pipe section and discharging the waste water; the odor trap arrangement further having a nebulizer for generating a disinfecting active substance mist and a connecting line arranged between the nebulizer and the first pipe section for feeding the active substance mist into the odor trap; the second pipe section being closable by an odor-trapping blocking means (07; 14) which serves as a spatial boundary for the active substance mist which can be fed into the odor trap; and the method comprising the following steps: - generating an active substance mist by operating the nebulizer; and - feeding the generated active substance mist into the odor trap via the connecting line thereby building up a standing active substance mist column over the blocking means (07; 14), wherein the standing active substance mist column is permanently maintained, insofar as this is allowed by waste water flowing through the drain connection into the first pipe section. - generating an active substance mist by operating the nebulizer; and - feeding the generated active substance mist into the odor trap via the connecting line thereby building up a standing active substance mist column over the blocking means (07; 14),
A cage for a radial roller bearing, that is made into a single piece by injection molding using an axial draw mold having a pair of split molds, the cage comprising: a pair of rim sections, a plurality of column sections, a plurality of pockets and a fitting section, and provided with a non-continuous section (11, 22) at one location in the circumferential direction, wherein the pair of rim sections is incomplete ring shaped, and is provided concentric to each other with a space between them in the axial direction, with concave sections that are recessed in the radial direction and that are formed at positions of the circumferential surfaces of these rim sections that are aligned in the axial direction with the pockets, and the formation locations of these concave sections are opposite in the radial direction on both sides in the axial direction of the pockets; the column sections are provided intermittently in the circumferential direction and span between the rim sections; the pockets are provided in portions that are surrounded on four sides by the rim sections and the column sections that are adjacent in the circumferential direction; and the fitting section fits together end sections that are provided on both sides of the non-continuous section (11, 22); the fitting section comprises: an inside fitting piece that is provided in the middle section in the axial direction of one of the end sections, and extends in the circumferential direction toward the other end section; and a pair of outside fitting pieces that are provided in separated portions on both sides in the axial direction of the other end section characterized in that: the pair of outside fitting pieces are provided such that their formation positions in the radial direction are offset from each other so as not to overlap each other when seen from the axial direction, and extend in the circumferential direction toward the one end section; and by placing the inside fitting piece in the portion between the outside fitting pieces, the inside fitting piece and the outside fitting pieces fit together in the axial direction without the inside fitting piece and the outside fitting pieces overlapping each other in the radial direction. the pair of outside fitting pieces are provided such that their formation positions in the radial direction are offset from each other so as not to overlap each other when seen from the axial direction, and extend in the circumferential direction toward the one end section; and by placing the inside fitting piece in the portion between the outside fitting pieces, the inside fitting piece and the outside fitting pieces fit together in the axial direction without the inside fitting piece and the outside fitting pieces overlapping each other in the radial direction.
A sound reproducing apparatus, comprising: an audible band signal source that produces a signal in an audible band; a carrier oscillator that produces a carrier; a modulator that modulates the signal in the audible band with the carrier; and a sound emitting unit that outputs a signal, outputted from the modulator, as a sound wave by means of an ultrasonic transducer, wherein the ultrasonic transducer has a cylindrical piezoelectric body and has a plurality of resonance modes in which vibration displacement ξ L are maximal at the resonance mode frequencies, and is excited in a mode-coupled vibration at a frequency between the resonance mode frequencies, characterized in that the mode-coupled vibration is generated over a frequency band between the resonance mode frequencies and the difference in vibration displacement ξ L is small over the frequency band, and wherein the carrier oscillator is set to a carrier frequency within the frequency band in which the mode-coupled vibration can be excited, and wherein when a thickness and a diameter of the piezoelectric body are respectively referred to as L and D, the dimensional ratio L/D of the cylindrical piezoelectric body is from 0.4 to 1.0. an audible band signal source that produces a signal in an audible band; a carrier oscillator that produces a carrier; a modulator that modulates the signal in the audible band with the carrier; and a sound emitting unit that outputs a signal, outputted from the modulator, as a sound wave by means of an ultrasonic transducer, wherein the ultrasonic transducer has a cylindrical piezoelectric body and has a plurality of resonance modes in which vibration displacement ξ L are maximal at the resonance mode frequencies, and is excited in a mode-coupled vibration at a frequency between the resonance mode frequencies, characterized in that the mode-coupled vibration is generated over a frequency band between the resonance mode frequencies and the difference in vibration displacement ξ L is small over the frequency band, and wherein the carrier oscillator is set to a carrier frequency within the frequency band in which the mode-coupled vibration can be excited, and wherein when a thickness and a diameter of the piezoelectric body are respectively referred to as L and D, the dimensional ratio L/D of the cylindrical piezoelectric body is from 0.4 to 1.0.
A chemical vapor deposition system comprising: a susceptor; a preheat ring configured to form an opening for receiving the susceptoi therein, wherein the susceptor is spaced from the preheat ring to form a substantially circular gap therebetween, the preheat ring having a top surface and a bottom surface and comprising: a first portion; a second portion selectively coupled to the first portion, wherein each of the first portion and the second portion is independently moveable with respect to each other to control a size of the gap; and a plurality of grooves formed in the bottom surface of the preheat ring ring; a ring support coupled to the preheat ring, pring, the ring support including a plurality of posts, each post being received in a groove formed in the bottom surface of the preheat ring, wherein the posts are configured to slide along the grooves to facilitate independently moving the first and second ring portions (158, 160) to adjust the size of the gap. a susceptor; a preheat ring configured to form an opening for receiving the susceptoi therein, wherein the susceptor is spaced from the preheat ring to form a substantially circular gap therebetween, the preheat ring having a top surface and a bottom surface and comprising: a first portion; a second portion selectively coupled to the first portion, wherein each of the first portion and the second portion is independently moveable with respect to each other to control a size of the gap; and a first portion; a second portion selectively coupled to the first portion, wherein each of the first portion and the second portion is independently moveable with respect to each other to control a size of the gap; and a plurality of grooves formed in the bottom surface of the preheat ring ring; a ring support coupled to the preheat ring, pring, the ring support including a plurality of posts, each post being received in a groove formed in the bottom surface of the preheat ring, wherein the posts are configured to slide along the grooves to facilitate independently moving the first and second ring portions (158, 160) to adjust the size of the gap.
A modular dispensing unit comprising: a frame having a front side, back side, two sidewalls (5, 6), a top wall, an intermediate wall and a bottom wall; a first enclave and a second enclave within the frame; a first beverage dispenser located in the first enclave; a second beverage dispenser located in the second enclave; an ice dispenser positioned between the first enclave and the second enclave; and an ice dispenser housing disposed within the frame and having a front wall, wherein the front wall is disposed within the frame and has an opening that allows access to an ice outlet of the ice dispenser; characterized in that: the ice dispenser housing surrounds the ice dispenser and further has two housing sidewalls (19, 20); the first enclave is defined by one of the two sidewalls (5, 6), the back side, the front side, the intermediate wall, and one of the ice dispenser housing sidewalls (19, 20); and the second enclave is defined by one of the two sidewalls (5, 6), the back side, the front side, the intermediate wall, and the other of the ice dispenser housing sidewalls (19, 20). a frame having a front side, back side, two sidewalls (5, 6), a top wall, an intermediate wall and a bottom wall; a first enclave and a second enclave within the frame; a first beverage dispenser located in the first enclave; a second beverage dispenser located in the second enclave; an ice dispenser positioned between the first enclave and the second enclave; and an ice dispenser housing disposed within the frame and having a front wall, wherein the front wall is disposed within the frame and has an opening that allows access to an ice outlet of the ice dispenser; characterized in that: the ice dispenser housing surrounds the ice dispenser and further has two housing sidewalls (19, 20); the first enclave is defined by one of the two sidewalls (5, 6), the back side, the front side, the intermediate wall, and one of the ice dispenser housing sidewalls (19, 20); and the second enclave is defined by one of the two sidewalls (5, 6), the back side, the front side, the intermediate wall, and the other of the ice dispenser housing sidewalls (19, 20). the ice dispenser housing surrounds the ice dispenser and further has two housing sidewalls (19, 20); the first enclave is defined by one of the two sidewalls (5, 6), the back side, the front side, the intermediate wall, and one of the ice dispenser housing sidewalls (19, 20); and the second enclave is defined by one of the two sidewalls (5, 6), the back side, the front side, the intermediate wall, and the other of the ice dispenser housing sidewalls (19, 20).
A thermally foamable microsphere, comprising: a foaming agent which is at least one member selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbons, chlorofluorocarbons and tetraalkylsilanes; and an outer shell encapsulating the foaming agent and formed of a copolymer having a polymethacrylimide structure from a mixture of polymerizable monomers, wherein the polymethacrylimide structure is formed by a copolymerization reaction of methacrylonitrile and methacrylic acid, and wherein the mixture of polymerizable monomers comprises methacrylonitrile and methacrylic acid in a total weight of 90 to 100% by weight and in a molar ratio of methacrylonitrile to methacrylic acid of 1:9 to 9:1. a foaming agent which is at least one member selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbons, chlorofluorocarbons and tetraalkylsilanes; and an outer shell encapsulating the foaming agent and formed of a copolymer having a polymethacrylimide structure from a mixture of polymerizable monomers, wherein the polymethacrylimide structure is formed by a copolymerization reaction of methacrylonitrile and methacrylic acid, and wherein the mixture of polymerizable monomers comprises methacrylonitrile and methacrylic acid in a total weight of 90 to 100% by weight and in a molar ratio of methacrylonitrile to methacrylic acid of 1:9 to 9:1.
An external part component of a watch, a fashion item or a jewellery item, comprising a substrate made of a transparent material, said substrate comprising an upper face opposite to a polished lower face, the external part component being characterised in that it comprises a base layer deposited over a first portion of the upper face and at least one secondary layer deposited over a second portion of the upper face, the first and second portions (1101, 1102) of the upper face having different surface conditions, the external part component being characterised in that it also includes a lower base layer deposited over a first portion of the lower face, said external part component also comprising a lower secondary layer deposited over a structured second portion of the lower face, said lower base and lower secondary layers including a lower through opening leading onto a third portion of the lower face extending at least opposite the first and second portions (1101, 1102) of the upper face.
A method comprising: a communication device receiving a request to establish a media session with a remote endpoint; in response to receiving the request, the communication device exchanging media-session control data with the remote endpoint on behalf of a local endpoint to establish the requested media session between the local endpoint and the remote endpoint, wherein the communication device is communicatively connected to the local endpoint via a Personal Area Network communication link, the PAN communication link comprising a Bluetooth communication link; and the communication device relaying media-session payload data between the local and remote endpoints, wherein the media-session payload data (i) is associated with the media session and (ii) is encrypted based on at least one payload-data cryptographic key that is not accessible to the communication device, characterized in that relaying the media-session payload data comprises relaying the media-session payload data via the Bluetooth communication link according to a first Bluetooth profile including an Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP), and in that the communication device provides local-endpoint media-session control data to the local endpoint via the Bluetooth communication link according to a second Bluetooth profile that is different from the first Bluetooth profile, the second Bluetooth profile includes a Serial Port Profile or a non-audio Bluetooth profile, the local-endpoint media-session control data being based on the media-session control data. a communication device receiving a request to establish a media session with a remote endpoint; in response to receiving the request, the communication device exchanging media-session control data with the remote endpoint on behalf of a local endpoint to establish the requested media session between the local endpoint and the remote endpoint, wherein the communication device is communicatively connected to the local endpoint via a Personal Area Network communication link, the PAN communication link comprising a Bluetooth communication link; and the communication device relaying media-session payload data between the local and remote endpoints, wherein the media-session payload data (i) is associated with the media session and (ii) is encrypted based on at least one payload-data cryptographic key that is not accessible to the communication device,
An artificial wrist comprising: - a static body adapted to be bound to a support; - a movable body adapted to be bound to an end effector; - a junction block between said static body and said movable body and defining at least one axis of rotation between said static body and said movable body; and characterised in that said junction block comprises - at least one cable having one end bound to said static body and the other end to said movable body so as to be moved by mutual rotation of said static body and said movable body around said axis of rotation; - elastic means placing said cable under tensile stress and working in opposition to the movement of said cable so as to define a rest position in which said cable and said elastic means exert a zero resulting torque on said static body and said movable body, and an activation position in which said cable and elastic means exert a non-zero resulting torque on said static body and said movable body, bringing said static body and said movable body back to said rest position. - a static body adapted to be bound to a support; - a movable body adapted to be bound to an end effector; - a junction block between said static body and said movable body and defining at least one axis of rotation between said static body and said movable body; and characterised in that said junction block comprises - at least one cable having one end bound to said static body and the other end to said movable body so as to be moved by mutual rotation of said static body and said movable body around said axis of rotation; - elastic means placing said cable under tensile stress and working in opposition to the movement of said cable so as to define a rest position in which said cable and said elastic means exert a zero resulting torque on said static body and said movable body, and an activation position in which said cable and elastic means exert a non-zero resulting torque on said static body and said movable body, bringing said static body and said movable body back to said rest position.