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Capacitive sensor element having integrated measuring and reference capacitance, comprising: a support comprising a capacitor electrode and a reference electrode electrically separated therefrom; and a membrane that can be deflected in at least one area and comprises a deflection area effective as a capacitor counterelectrode and a margin area, the membrane being fastened to the support at a fastening portion, and the capacitor electrode and the capacitor counterelectrode forming the measuring capacitance (C mess); wherein the reference electrode forms, at least with one portion of the margin area of the membrane that is effective as the reference counterelectrode, the reference capacitance (C ref), the capacitance value of which represents at least one component of an interference effect (C par) acting on the measuring capacitance (C mess); and wherein that portion of the margin area of the membrane that is effective as the reference counterelectrode comprises an elevation, said elevation being configured to obtain a distance between the reference electrode and the reference counterelectrode at the reference capacitance (C ref) that is larger than the distance between the capacitor electrode and the oppositely located capacitor counterelectrode at the measuring capacitance (C mess). a support comprising a capacitor electrode and a reference electrode electrically separated therefrom; and a membrane that can be deflected in at least one area and comprises a deflection area effective as a capacitor counterelectrode and a margin area, the membrane being fastened to the support at a fastening portion, and the capacitor electrode and the capacitor counterelectrode forming the measuring capacitance (C mess); wherein the reference electrode forms, at least with one portion of the margin area of the membrane that is effective as the reference counterelectrode, the reference capacitance (C ref), the capacitance value of which represents at least one component of an interference effect (C par) acting on the measuring capacitance (C mess); and wherein that portion of the margin area of the membrane that is effective as the reference counterelectrode comprises an elevation, said elevation being configured to obtain a distance between the reference electrode and the reference counterelectrode at the reference capacitance (C ref) that is larger than the distance between the capacitor electrode and the oppositely located capacitor counterelectrode at the measuring capacitance (C mess).
A three-dimensional molding apparatus comprising two molding materials for constructing a molded product, the materials being a material A and a material B, wherein material A is a photo-curable resin material and wherein material B is a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic resin composition, the apparatus further comprising: - reservoir portions (20, 30) for storing the molding materials, - a light irradiation portion, - nozzle portions (23, 33) for dispensing the two or more molding materials, wherein a nozzle curing prevention portion is further provided to the nozzle portion for dispensing the material A, - liquid-sending units for transporting the materials from the reservoir portions (20, 30) to the nozzle portions (23, 33), temperature control units, - a molding stage, - a relative movement mechanism for three-dimensionally relatively moving the molding stage and the two or more nozzle portions (23, 33), and - a computer for controlling the liquid-sending units, the temperature control units, and the relative movement mechanism; wherein the nozzle curing prevention portion limits an irradiation area of a light emitted from the light irradiation portion, and the not irradiated area is a circle concentric with an end of the nozzle portion for dispensing the material A, said circle having a diameter ranging from more than 1 to 100 times the diameter of the end of the nozzle portion for dispensing the material A. - reservoir portions (20, 30) for storing the molding materials, - a light irradiation portion, - nozzle portions (23, 33) for dispensing the two or more molding materials, wherein a nozzle curing prevention portion is further provided to the nozzle portion for dispensing the material A, - liquid-sending units for transporting the materials from the reservoir portions (20, 30) to the nozzle portions (23, 33), temperature control units, - a molding stage, - a relative movement mechanism for three-dimensionally relatively moving the molding stage and the two or more nozzle portions (23, 33), and - a computer for controlling the liquid-sending units, the temperature control units, and the relative movement mechanism;
A drug delivery device, comprising: a body (104, 116) having a reservoir disposed therein for containing a medicament; a rotor disposed in the body and rotatable from a pre-activated position to an activated position to activate the device; an injection needle for penetrating the skin of a patient, the needle providing a path for the medicament between the reservoir and the patient, and being disposed on a needle-manifold; a removable needle cover configured to cover the injection needle and prevent movement of the rotor to prevent device activation; characterized in that the needle cover comprises: a needle covering portion having an eyelet opening and being engageable with the needle-manifold; a needle cover clip rotatably disposed on a needle-covering portion via a cantilevered clip portion inserted through the eyelet opening; and a lockout pin disposed on the needle cover clip and engageable with the rotor through an opening in the device body to prevent device activation; and the rotor includes an engagement slot, the lockout pin being received in the engagement slot in the pre-activated position to prevent movement of the rotor. a body (104, 116) having a reservoir disposed therein for containing a medicament; a rotor disposed in the body and rotatable from a pre-activated position to an activated position to activate the device; an injection needle for penetrating the skin of a patient, the needle providing a path for the medicament between the reservoir and the patient, and being disposed on a needle-manifold; a removable needle cover configured to cover the injection needle and prevent movement of the rotor to prevent device activation; characterized in that the needle cover comprises: a needle covering portion having an eyelet opening and being engageable with the needle-manifold; a needle cover clip rotatably disposed on a needle-covering portion via a cantilevered clip portion inserted through the eyelet opening; and a lockout pin disposed on the needle cover clip and engageable with the rotor through an opening in the device body to prevent device activation; and a needle covering portion having an eyelet opening and being engageable with the needle-manifold; a needle cover clip rotatably disposed on a needle-covering portion via a cantilevered clip portion inserted through the eyelet opening; and a lockout pin disposed on the needle cover clip and engageable with the rotor through an opening in the device body to prevent device activation; and the rotor includes an engagement slot, the lockout pin being received in the engagement slot in the pre-activated position to prevent movement of the rotor.
A saddle for a string instrument, comprising: a string contact surface comprising a first material; a saddle end surface, generally opposite the string contact surface, comprising the first material; characterized in that two opposing side surfaces (106, 108) comprising a vibration-absorbent material different than the first material, wherein: the vibration-absorbent material serves to dampen longitudinal waves produced by strings of the string instrument; the vibration-absorbent material does not contact the strings; and the first material serves to allow transverse waves produced by the strings to transfer to a body of the string instrument via the string contact surface and the saddle end surface. a string contact surface comprising a first material; a saddle end surface, generally opposite the string contact surface, comprising the first material; characterized in that two opposing side surfaces (106, 108) comprising a vibration-absorbent material different than the first material, wherein: the vibration-absorbent material serves to dampen longitudinal waves produced by strings of the string instrument; the vibration-absorbent material does not contact the strings; and the first material serves to allow transverse waves produced by the strings to transfer to a body of the string instrument via the string contact surface and the saddle end surface. the vibration-absorbent material serves to dampen longitudinal waves produced by strings of the string instrument; the vibration-absorbent material does not contact the strings; and the first material serves to allow transverse waves produced by the strings to transfer to a body of the string instrument via the string contact surface and the saddle end surface.
Method for direction-dependent signalling by a vehicle, comprising: display of two or more graphical messages from the same vehicle region to the outside; wherein each of the graphical messages has an associated spatial angle from which only the respective graphical message is visible, but not the other graphical message(s); wherein the spatial angles differ at least in one angle parameter; characterized in that at least one of the graphical messages is/are created on the basis of a map of the surroundings that is captured using means of the vehicle; and/or at least one of the graphical messages is/are created on the basis of an image sequence that is recorded from the surroundings of the vehicle, wherein the at least one image sequence or map of the surroundings is conditioned using image processing means. display of two or more graphical messages from the same vehicle region to the outside; wherein each of the graphical messages has an associated spatial angle from which only the respective graphical message is visible, but not the other graphical message(s); wherein the spatial angles differ at least in one angle parameter; characterized in that at least one of the graphical messages is/are created on the basis of a map of the surroundings that is captured using means of the vehicle; and/or at least one of the graphical messages is/are created on the basis of an image sequence that is recorded from the surroundings of the vehicle, wherein the at least one image sequence or map of the surroundings is conditioned using image processing means.
An ultrasonic sensor device for a motor vehicle, comprising an ultrasonic sensor, which comprises a membrane for emitting and/or receiving ultrasonic waves, and comprising a stiffening unit for attaching to a trim part of the motor vehicle and for stiffening the trim part, wherein the stiffening unit comprises a passage opening for the membrane of the ultrasonic sensor, wherein the stiffening unit comprises at least two separate stiffening parts (18 to 21), which are formed for attaching to the trim part and for stiffening the trim part, wherein at least two stiffening parts (18 to 21) are formed of different materials, characterized in that the stiffening unit is divided into at least two stiffening parts (18 to 21) in circumferential direction, which are arranged spaced from each other in circumferential direction.
Hose coupling for a hydrant, wherein the hose coupling comprises a backflow preventer installed in an inner conduit of the hose coupling, wherein the backflow preventer contains a non-return device comprising a closing body, a seal seat and a resetting device, wherein the resetting device is adapted to resiliently pretension the closing body into sealing engagement against the seal seat, wherein the closing body comprises two pivotally articulated substantially semicircular sealing plates (216',216'') which are resiliently pretensioned by the resetting device in such a way that the sealing plates (216',216'') can be applied at least in sections in a sealing manner against the sealing seat, wherein the resetting device comprises a torsion spring having two legs, wherein the two legs resiliently pretension each of the two sealing plates (216',216'') into sealing engagement against the seal seat.
Tool for drilling bone tissue, substantially disposed all the way along a longitudinal axis in relation to which said tool is designed to rotate, characterised in that it comprises: - a cylindrical non-cutting main body, a shaft and a cutting tip, - a narrowed area for retaining bone, located between the cutting tip and the main body,wherein said narrowed area is narrower than the cutting tip and the main body, where - the cutting tip comprises a series of cutting blades, each one of which is provided with a front cutting edge substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a lateral cutting edge that forms an angle of between 0 and 10° with the longitudinal axis, where - spaces for receiving bone are disposed between the cutting blades and are connected to the narrowed area. - a cylindrical non-cutting main body, a shaft and a cutting tip, - a narrowed area for retaining bone, located between the cutting tip and the main body,wherein said narrowed area is narrower than the cutting tip and the main body, where - the cutting tip comprises a series of cutting blades, each one of which is provided with a front cutting edge substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a lateral cutting edge that forms an angle of between 0 and 10° with the longitudinal axis, where - spaces for receiving bone are disposed between the cutting blades and are connected to the narrowed area.
A device for the migration of aquatic animals, wherein the device has at least one channel body with an upstream end and with a downstream end, wherein the channel body has a longitudinal axis extending between the upstream end and the downstream end, wherein the bottom of the channel body is provided, at least in sections along the longitudinal axis of the channel body, with a cover layer made of natural bottom substrate and/or debris material, and the cover layer has a ridge running essentially along the longitudinal axis, wherein plate-shaped lamellae are arranged in the channel body transversely to the longitudinal axis of the channel body, characterized in that the lamellae have a downwardly open lower cut-out, which is limited at the top by a transverse element, wherein the cross-sectional area of the lower cut-out is dimensioned in such a way that the ridge of the cover layer may be accommodated in the lower cut-out, wherein the upper edge of the transverse element has a contour, which is inclined towards the centre and defines a lower boundary of an upper cut-out of the lamellae extending upwards from the transverse element.
An image processing system comprising: a segmentation circuit configured to generate a segmentation map comprising pixel-by-pixel class inference information of a first image and a confidence map comprising confidence of the class inference information using a trained neural network model, wherein the neural network model has been trained by using an arbitrary pixel and a correct answer class labeled in correspondence to the arbitrary pixel; and an image processing circuit comprising: a tuning circuit configured to receive the segmentation map and the confidence map, determine classes of respective pixels of the first image, correction effects for each pixel of the first image, and correction values indicating intensity of the correction effects based on the segmentation map and the confidence map, and generate a correction map based on the classes and the correction values of the respective pixels; and at least one correcting circuit configured to generate an enhanced image by applying correction effects according to the correction values to the respective pixels of the first image based on the correction map. a segmentation circuit configured to generate a segmentation map comprising pixel-by-pixel class inference information of a first image and a confidence map comprising confidence of the class inference information using a trained neural network model, wherein the neural network model has been trained by using an arbitrary pixel and a correct answer class labeled in correspondence to the arbitrary pixel; and an image processing circuit comprising: a tuning circuit configured to receive the segmentation map and the confidence map, determine classes of respective pixels of the first image, correction effects for each pixel of the first image, and correction values indicating intensity of the correction effects based on the segmentation map and the confidence map, and generate a correction map based on the classes and the correction values of the respective pixels; and at least one correcting circuit configured to generate an enhanced image by applying correction effects according to the correction values to the respective pixels of the first image based on the correction map. a tuning circuit configured to receive the segmentation map and the confidence map, determine classes of respective pixels of the first image, correction effects for each pixel of the first image, and correction values indicating intensity of the correction effects based on the segmentation map and the confidence map, and generate a correction map based on the classes and the correction values of the respective pixels; and at least one correcting circuit configured to generate an enhanced image by applying correction effects according to the correction values to the respective pixels of the first image based on the correction map.
Strain belonging to the species Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis, registered on 14/05/12 under accession number CECT8145 in the Colección Española de Cultivos Tipo (Spanish Type Culture Collection - CECT).
A method for forming a nanowire field effect transistor device, the method comprising: forming a nanowire over a substrate (100,104); forming a gate material around a portion of the nanowire; forming a capping layer on the gate material; forming first spacers adjacent to sidewalls of the capping layer and around portions of the nanowire; forming a hardmask layer on the capping layer and the spacers; removing exposed portions of the nanowire to form cavities partially defined by the gate material and exposed cross sections of the nanowire; forming a second spacer adjacent one of the first spacers such that the opening of a first cavity (801 a) is obscured; epitaxially growing a semiconductor material on the exposed cross section of the nanowire in the second cavity; removing the second spacer adjacent the first spacer and epitaxially growing a semiconductor material on the exposed cross section of the nanowire in the first cavity; removing the hardmask layer and the capping layer; forming a second capping layer around the semiconductor materials (803a,803b) epitaxially grown in the cavities (801a,801b) to define a channel region; and forming a source region and a drain region contacting the channel region, wherein the semiconductor material epitaxially grown in the first cavity and the semiconductor material epitaxially grown in the second cavity are different materials. forming a nanowire over a substrate (100,104); forming a gate material around a portion of the nanowire; forming a capping layer on the gate material; forming first spacers adjacent to sidewalls of the capping layer and around portions of the nanowire; forming a hardmask layer on the capping layer and the spacers; removing exposed portions of the nanowire to form cavities partially defined by the gate material and exposed cross sections of the nanowire; forming a second spacer adjacent one of the first spacers such that the opening of a first cavity (801 a) is obscured; epitaxially growing a semiconductor material on the exposed cross section of the nanowire in the second cavity; removing the second spacer adjacent the first spacer and epitaxially growing a semiconductor material on the exposed cross section of the nanowire in the first cavity; removing the hardmask layer and the capping layer; forming a second capping layer around the semiconductor materials (803a,803b) epitaxially grown in the cavities (801a,801b) to define a channel region; and forming a source region and a drain region contacting the channel region,
An exhaust aftertreatment unit configured to be sealingly arranged in a fluid passage of an exhaust aftertreatment system for treating exhaust from an internal combustion engine, said exhaust aftertreatment unit comprising an exhaust aftertreatment element confined by an outer wall of said exhaust aftertreatment unit, characterized in that a leakage treatment member is arranged to an outer periphery of the outer wall of the exhaust aftertreatment unit, said leakage treatment member being configured to be arranged between an inner perimeter of the fluid passage of the exhaust aftertreatment system and the outer wall of the exhaust aftertreatment unit, the leakage treatment member further comprising an exhaust aftertreatment component for aftertreatment of any leakage of exhaust gases past said aftertreatment unit in said fluid passage.
A method for modifying transmit diversity signals by a communication device having at least first and second antennas, the method comprising: receiving at least one input parameter from a base station; calculating at least one virtual parameter based on said at least one input parameter; converting said at least one virtual parameter into an actual parameter wherein said actual parameter corresponds to a value of a transmit diversity parameter; modifying a transmit diversity signal based on said actual parameter; and transmitting, by the communication device, the transmit diversity signal, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting a first signal on the first antenna and transmitting a second signal on the second antenna, the first and second signal differing by said value of the transmit diversity parameter. receiving at least one input parameter from a base station; calculating at least one virtual parameter based on said at least one input parameter; converting said at least one virtual parameter into an actual parameter wherein said actual parameter corresponds to a value of a transmit diversity parameter; modifying a transmit diversity signal based on said actual parameter; and transmitting, by the communication device, the transmit diversity signal, wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting a first signal on the first antenna and transmitting a second signal on the second antenna, the first and second signal differing by said value of the transmit diversity parameter.