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A method of preparing map information for use for displaying maps on a mapping or navigation apparatus, the method comprising: receiving initial map information representing a map or maps to be displayed, the map information containing a plurality of map features, each of the map features relating to a graphical representation of an element on the map or maps to be displayed; characterised in that the method comprises the steps of: analysing the initial map information to identify map features that are similar in terms of their shape and/or appearance when displayed; preparing a further representation of the initial map information based on the similarity analysis; and storing the further representation of the map information for use by a mapping or navigation apparatus, wherein the similarity analysis and preparation of the further map representation comprises generating a set of base features from the initial map information; using the set of base features to re-construct the map or maps that the initial map information represents when displayed. analysing the initial map information to identify map features that are similar in terms of their shape and/or appearance when displayed; preparing a further representation of the initial map information based on the similarity analysis; and storing the further representation of the map information for use by a mapping or navigation apparatus, wherein the similarity analysis and preparation of the further map representation comprises generating a set of base features from the initial map information; using the set of base features to re-construct the map or maps that the initial map information represents when displayed.
An antenna device comprising: an array antenna with multiple antenna elements that are arranged in two dimensions, the multiple antenna elements being arranged along each of a first axis and a second axis; at least one phase adjusting unit configured to adjust, with respect to a first axial direction, a phase of power supplied to each of the multiple antenna elements; a fisheye lens; an image capturing unit configured to capture an image through the fisheye lens; a position converting unit configured to convert a first position, which is used in the image capturing unit, of a marker included in the image captured by the image capturing unit, into a second position of polar coordinates on a first plane that includes the first axis and the second axis, the marker being attached to a target to be irradiated with a beam through the array antenna; an elevation-angle acquiring unit configured to determine, within a second plane that includes the first axis and a third axis, an elevation angle (θa) of a projected position (P1a) relative to the third axis, based on the second position and based on a geometric relationship between the first position and the projected position (P1a), the projected position (P1a) being obtained by projecting the first position onto the second plane; and a control unit configured to control the phase adjusting unit such that a direction of a beam radiated through the array antenna is derived from the elevation angle (θa) within the second plane. an array antenna with multiple antenna elements that are arranged in two dimensions, the multiple antenna elements being arranged along each of a first axis and a second axis; at least one phase adjusting unit configured to adjust, with respect to a first axial direction, a phase of power supplied to each of the multiple antenna elements; a fisheye lens; an image capturing unit configured to capture an image through the fisheye lens; a position converting unit configured to convert a first position, which is used in the image capturing unit, of a marker included in the image captured by the image capturing unit, into a second position of polar coordinates on a first plane that includes the first axis and the second axis, the marker being attached to a target to be irradiated with a beam through the array antenna; an elevation-angle acquiring unit configured to determine, within a second plane that includes the first axis and a third axis, an elevation angle (θa) of a projected position (P1a) relative to the third axis, based on the second position and based on a geometric relationship between the first position and the projected position (P1a), the projected position (P1a) being obtained by projecting the first position onto the second plane; and a control unit configured to control the phase adjusting unit such that a direction of a beam radiated through the array antenna is derived from the elevation angle (θa) within the second plane.
An apparatus for directing a surgical laser beam onto tissue in a treatment area of an eye of a patient during ocular surgery, the apparatus comprising: a beam delivery system for generating and guiding the surgical laser beam along a beam path to a desired focal point in the treatment area; a means for using the eye to establish a reference datum; an optical detector for creating an image extending into the eye wherein the image includes visualizations of the reference datum and the treatment area where the tissue that is to be altered by laser surgery is located; a means, connected to the beam delivery system and to the optical detector, for positioning the focal point in the treatment area relative to the reference datum in the image, for guiding the beam during surgery; a means for sequentially creating a plurality of images with the optical detector; a means for continuously monitoring the reference datum with a computer; a means for using the reference datum to determine a delta for each image, wherein the delta is a distance between an actual position of the focal point and the position of the desired focal point; and a means in the beam delivery system for maintaining the delta at a substantial null; wherein the reference datum is the anterior surface of a cornea and the treatment area is inside the cornea or wherein the optical detector is an optical coherence tomograph. a beam delivery system for generating and guiding the surgical laser beam along a beam path to a desired focal point in the treatment area; a means for using the eye to establish a reference datum; an optical detector for creating an image extending into the eye wherein the image includes visualizations of the reference datum and the treatment area where the tissue that is to be altered by laser surgery is located; a means, connected to the beam delivery system and to the optical detector, for positioning the focal point in the treatment area relative to the reference datum in the image, for guiding the beam during surgery; a means for sequentially creating a plurality of images with the optical detector; a means for continuously monitoring the reference datum with a computer; a means for using the reference datum to determine a delta for each image, wherein the delta is a distance between an actual position of the focal point and the position of the desired focal point; and a means in the beam delivery system for maintaining the delta at a substantial null;
A method for wireless communication at a user equipment, UE, comprising: identifying a first set of signal strength metrics for signal strengths of transmit beams of a base station using receive beams of the UE; identifying a second set of signal strength metrics for signal strengths of transmit beams of the UE using receive beams of the UE; transmitting an indication of the first set of signal strength metrics and the second set of signal strength metrics to the base station; and communicating with the base station based at least in part on the indication. identifying a first set of signal strength metrics for signal strengths of transmit beams of a base station using receive beams of the UE; identifying a second set of signal strength metrics for signal strengths of transmit beams of the UE using receive beams of the UE; transmitting an indication of the first set of signal strength metrics and the second set of signal strength metrics to the base station; and communicating with the base station based at least in part on the indication.
A driving support apparatus for automatic driving comprising: a travelable range detection device configured to detect a travelable range of a vehicle; a traveling control device configured to control the vehicle such that the vehicle travels in the travelable range detected by the travelable range detection device; and a vehicle control device configured to control a behavior of the vehicle; characterized by: a controller configured to suppress a controlled variable of the traveling control device until a follow-up driving operation for causing the vehicle to follow the travelable range is detected after start of control of the traveling control device, the follow-up driving operation being carried out by a driver with the vehicle control device. a travelable range detection device configured to detect a travelable range of a vehicle; a traveling control device configured to control the vehicle such that the vehicle travels in the travelable range detected by the travelable range detection device; and a vehicle control device configured to control a behavior of the vehicle; a controller configured to suppress a controlled variable of the traveling control device until a follow-up driving operation for causing the vehicle to follow the travelable range is detected after start of control of the traveling control device, the follow-up driving operation being carried out by a driver with the vehicle control device.
A process for the formation of a plurality of pellets, each pellet containing a single core of superhard material coated with an encapsulating material, the pellets being substantially free of agglomeration, the process including the steps of: i. providing a source of cores of superhard material, ii. providing a mixture comprising an organic binder, water or an organic solvent, and the encapsulating material, iii. combining the cores and the mixture in a shovel rotor comprising a vessel including a rotor, the vessel adapted to receive a stream of gas, iv. rotating the rotor at an appropriate velocity such that the cores are encapsulated by the mixture to form a plurality of pellets, each pellet containing a single core and the encapsulating material, the pellets being substantially free of agglomeration, v. introducing the pellets into a rotating vessel, vi. contacting the pellets with encapsulating material to form pellets of greater mass than the pellets introduced into the rotating vessel, each pellet containing a single core and the encapsulating material, the pellets being substantially free of agglomeration, wherein the superhard material is selected from diamond, cubic boron nitride, wurtzitic boron nitride, a carbide, oxide or silicide, Si 3 N 4, SiC, Al 2 O 3, AIC, SiO 2 and/or clusters of any of the above. i. providing a source of cores of superhard material, ii. providing a mixture comprising an organic binder, water or an organic solvent, and the encapsulating material, iii. combining the cores and the mixture in a shovel rotor comprising a vessel including a rotor, the vessel adapted to receive a stream of gas, iv. rotating the rotor at an appropriate velocity such that the cores are encapsulated by the mixture to form a plurality of pellets, each pellet containing a single core and the encapsulating material, the pellets being substantially free of agglomeration, v. introducing the pellets into a rotating vessel, vi. contacting the pellets with encapsulating material to form pellets of greater mass than the pellets introduced into the rotating vessel, each pellet containing a single core and the encapsulating material, the pellets being substantially free of agglomeration,
A method for monitoring quality of an over-the-top, OTT, video, comprising: intercepting, by an OTT video monitoring apparatus, a message sent by an OTT video terminal to an OTT video source for requesting to watch an OTT video; sending, by the OTT video monitoring apparatus, a response message to the OTT video terminal, wherein the OTT video monitoring apparatus masquerades as the OTT video source so that the OTT video terminal obtains identifier information of the OTT video according to the response message, wherein the identifier information of the OTT video comprises: a protocol type, a source IP address, a destination IP address, a source port number, and a destination port number of the OTT video; obtaining, by the OTT video monitoring apparatus, the identifier information of the OTT video from the OTT video terminal; and monitoring, by the OTT video monitoring apparatus, quality of the OTT video according to the identifier information of the OTT video; wherein the monitoring comprises: copying, from a network, traffic of the OTT video according to the identifier information of the OTT video, and analyzing and monitoring the quality of the OTT video. intercepting, by an OTT video monitoring apparatus, a message sent by an OTT video terminal to an OTT video source for requesting to watch an OTT video; sending, by the OTT video monitoring apparatus, a response message to the OTT video terminal, wherein the OTT video monitoring apparatus masquerades as the OTT video source so that the OTT video terminal obtains identifier information of the OTT video according to the response message, wherein the identifier information of the OTT video comprises: a protocol type, a source IP address, a destination IP address, a source port number, and a destination port number of the OTT video; obtaining, by the OTT video monitoring apparatus, the identifier information of the OTT video from the OTT video terminal; and monitoring, by the OTT video monitoring apparatus, quality of the OTT video according to the identifier information of the OTT video; wherein the monitoring comprises: copying, from a network, traffic of the OTT video according to the identifier information of the OTT video, and analyzing and monitoring the quality of the OTT video. copying, from a network, traffic of the OTT video according to the identifier information of the OTT video, and analyzing and monitoring the quality of the OTT video.
An inhaler comprising a source of inhalable composition, an outlet flow path for the composition from the source to a composition outlet, at an outlet end of the inhaler, and means to generate a flow of composition from the source along the outlet flow path and out of the composition outlet when suction is applied to the outlet end; characterised by a pair of air outlets at the outlet end arranged on opposite sides of the composition outlet through which air is drawn in respective air jets when suction is applied to the outlet end, the composition and air outlets being arranged such that, in use, the pair of air jets impinge on the composition plume.
Device for processing a signal, having: a detecting device, which is designed to detect a signal with a first sampling rate in a first time grid; a differentiating device, which is designed to differentiate the detected signal in the first time grid and calculate difference quotients and output them in a second time grid; and a processing device, which is designed to process the differentiated signal in the second time grid, the difference quotients being low-pass filtered, the time intervals in the first time grid being smaller than the time intervals in the second time grid. a detecting device, which is designed to detect a signal with a first sampling rate in a first time grid; a differentiating device, which is designed to differentiate the detected signal in the first time grid and calculate difference quotients and output them in a second time grid; and a processing device, which is designed to process the differentiated signal in the second time grid, the difference quotients being low-pass filtered, the time intervals in the first time grid being smaller than the time intervals in the second time grid.
A respiratory ventilation apparatus configured to deliver a respiratory gas to a patient interface, comprising: a gas pressurization unit being located in a main body of the respiratory ventilation apparatus; a humidification assembly being removably coupled to the main body of the respiratory ventilation apparatus, the humidification assembly including a liquid chamber configured to accommodate one or more liquids; characterized in that the liquid chamber is in detachable connection with the main body of the respiratory ventilation apparatus through a push-push mechanism. a gas pressurization unit being located in a main body of the respiratory ventilation apparatus; a humidification assembly being removably coupled to the main body of the respiratory ventilation apparatus, the humidification assembly including a liquid chamber configured to accommodate one or more liquids; characterized in that the liquid chamber is in detachable connection with the main body of the respiratory ventilation apparatus through a push-push mechanism.
Cosmetic or dermatological preparation comprising one of more antiperspirant-effective substances and one or more charged surfactants, where the weight ratio of the antiperspirant-effective substances to surfactants is in the range 1:1 to 30:1, characterized in that the surfactant present is at least one compound of the formula where R1 is a saturated or unsaturated, linear, branched or cyclic alkyl or aryl group having 8 to 24 carbon atoms, R2 is a saturated or unsaturated, linear, branched or cyclic, substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and 0 to 5 hydroxy groups, R3, R4, R5, independently of one another, are hydrogen, a C1-C4-alkyl group, a C5- or C6-cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or a C2-C4-hydroxyalkyl group, and X- is a monovalent anion. R1 is a saturated or unsaturated, linear, branched or cyclic alkyl or aryl group having 8 to 24 carbon atoms, R2 is a saturated or unsaturated, linear, branched or cyclic, substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and 0 to 5 hydroxy groups, R3, R4, R5, independently of one another, are hydrogen, a C1-C4-alkyl group, a C5- or C6-cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or a C2-C4-hydroxyalkyl group, and X- is a monovalent anion.
A method of contrast enhancement of a three-dimensional light sheet microscopy image formed from N individual images each corresponding to a light sheet plane and spaced apart from each other in the z-direction by at least a distance d, the x/y-plane being the light sheet plane and the z-direction being the propagation direction of the light sheet of the light sheet plane, comprising: Deconvolution of the three-dimensional image in the z-direction, comprising: For each intensity vector of N intensities (I x,y,1,..., I x,y,N) having the same x/y value, performing a multiplication with a tridiagonal N X N deconvolution matrix, which assigns to each voxel (x, y, n) a correction parameter f1, with which, by the multiplication of the deconvolution matrix with the intensity vector (I x,y,1,..., I x,y,N), for a component I(x, y, n) of the intensity vector the intensities I(x, y,n+1) and I(x, y,n-1) of the corresponding voxels of the neighboring image plane are multiplied, before they are subtracted from the intensity value I(x, y,n), wherein the distance between two light sheet planes is larger than the half-width of the point spread function in the z-direction. Deconvolution of the three-dimensional image in the z-direction, comprising: For each intensity vector of N intensities (I x,y,1,..., I x,y,N) having the same x/y value, performing a multiplication with a tridiagonal N X N deconvolution matrix, which assigns to each voxel (x, y, n) a correction parameter f1, with which, by the multiplication of the deconvolution matrix with the intensity vector (I x,y,1,..., I x,y,N), for a component I(x, y, n) of the intensity vector the intensities I(x, y,n+1) and I(x, y,n-1) of the corresponding voxels of the neighboring image plane are multiplied, before they are subtracted from the intensity value I(x, y,n), wherein the distance between two light sheet planes is larger than the half-width of the point spread function in the z-direction.
Electrically operable angle grinder comprising at least one handle housing (14a; 14b; 14c), comprising at least one switching unit (16a; 16b; 16c), which has at least one operating element (18a; 18b; 18c) mounted at least on one side, wherein the operating element (18a; 18b; 18c), in each operating state, is arranged on a side (20a; 20b; 20c) of the handle housing (14a; 14b; 14c) that is different from a further side (26a; 26b; 26c) of the handle housing (14a; 14b; 14c) that faces toward an output side of an output housing of the angle grinder, wherein the switching unit (16a; 16b; 16c) is provided to actuate a switching element the switching unit (16a; 16b; 16c) by means of an actuation of the operating element (18a; 18b; 18c), in order to open or close an electric circuit for supplying energy, at least to a drive unit of the angle grinder (10a; 10b; 10c), wherein the operating element (18a; 18b; 18c) is arranged on a side (20a; 20b; 20c) of the handle housing (14a; 14b; 14c) that faces toward an inner surface of an operator's hand, when the handle housing (14a; 14b; 14c) is gripped for proper manipulation, characterized in that the operating element (18a; 18b; 18c) has a maximum longitudinal extent (50a; 50b; 50c) that corresponds to at least 60 % of a maximum longitudinal extent (52a; 52b; 52c) of a stem-type grip region (54a; 54b; 54c) of the handle housing (14a; 14b; 14c).
An electrode, comprising: a carbon substrate; a metal layer, wherein the metal layer is disposed on the carbon substrate, and wherein the metal layer consists of a plurality of metal particles; and a crystalline carbon material disposed between the carbon substrate and the metal layer, wherein the crystalline carbon material is in direct contact with the carbon substrate or the metal layer. a carbon substrate; a metal layer, wherein the metal layer is disposed on the carbon substrate, and wherein the metal layer consists of a plurality of metal particles; and a crystalline carbon material disposed between the carbon substrate and the metal layer, wherein the crystalline carbon material is in direct contact with the carbon substrate or the metal layer.
Laundry care appliance having a tub for receiving water and a drain pump for pumping water, wherein the drain pump has a pump pressure chamber and a first discharge port fluidically connected to the pump pressure chamber for discharging water under pressure, and having a variable-speed pump drive for driving the drain pump, characterised in that a second discharge port for discharging water under pressure is fluidically connected to the pump pressure chamber, wherein the first and second discharge ports (127, 129) tangentially abut the pump pressure chamber, wherein the drain pump has a further pump pressure chamber and a third discharge port fluidically connected to the further pump pressure chamber for discharging water under pressure, in particular a drain port for draining water or a transfer port for transferring water into the tub, wherein the drain pump has a suction chamber and a suction port fluidly connected to the suction chamber, wherein the suction chamber is fluidically connected to the respective pump pressure chamber (125, 131) of the drain pump, and wherein a partition wall is arranged in each case between the suction chamber and the respective pump pressure chamber (125, 131), such that foreign bodies in the suction chamber are held back and the pump function in the pressure chamber is not affected.