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A method of measuring the reflectivity of a region of an article to electromagnetic radiation comprising the steps of: a) arranging the article in the near-field of a transceiver antenna, b) aligning the antenna along a direction substantially orthogonal to a surface of the region to be measured and at a predetermined distance from said surface, c) illuminating the region of the article with electromagnetic radiation transmitted from the antenna over a desired frequency range, d) receiving electromagnetic radiation reflected from the region of the article in the near-field of the antenna using said antenna, e) measuring the reflected radiation and determining there-from the reflectivity of said article in said region, characterised in that at least one substantially rigid spacing member is provided in mechanical communication with the article and the antenna so as to align the antenna, and the spacing member comprises an optical element comprising a polymer foam disposed between the antenna and the article and wherein the illuminating and measuring steps are performed through said optical element. a) arranging the article in the near-field of a transceiver antenna, b) aligning the antenna along a direction substantially orthogonal to a surface of the region to be measured and at a predetermined distance from said surface, c) illuminating the region of the article with electromagnetic radiation transmitted from the antenna over a desired frequency range, d) receiving electromagnetic radiation reflected from the region of the article in the near-field of the antenna using said antenna, e) measuring the reflected radiation and determining there-from the reflectivity of said article in said region, at least one substantially rigid spacing member is provided in mechanical communication with the article and the antenna so as to align the antenna, and the spacing member comprises an optical element comprising a polymer foam disposed between the antenna and the article and wherein the illuminating and measuring steps are performed through said optical element.
Use of Clonostachys rosea in inhibiting and/or controlling Septoria tritici blotch caused by Mycosphaerella graminicola on a wheat plant infected by M. graminicola.
A wheelchair suspension comprising: a frame member; a pivoting assembly having: a first linkage pivotally coupled to the frame member by a first pivotal connection; and a second linkage pivotally coupled to the frame member by a second pivotal connection; a drive assembly coupled to the first linkage; and at least one rear caster; characterized in that: the first pivotal connection is at a location on the frame member that is vertically higher than a location of the second pivotal connection on the frame member; a front caster assembly is pivotally coupled to the first linkage at a third pivotal connection and the front caster assembly is pivotally coupled to the second linkage at a fourth pivotal connection; and a length of the first linkage between the first pivotal connection and the third pivotal connection is greater than a length of the second linkage between the second pivotal connection and the fourth pivotal connection, such that upward pivotal movement of the first and second linkages (319, 334) causes the front caster assembly to undergo upward movement and pivot a wheel of the front caster assembly to pivot toward the drive assembly. a frame member; a pivoting assembly having: a first linkage pivotally coupled to the frame member by a first pivotal connection; and a second linkage pivotally coupled to the frame member by a second pivotal connection; a first linkage pivotally coupled to the frame member by a first pivotal connection; and a second linkage pivotally coupled to the frame member by a second pivotal connection; a drive assembly coupled to the first linkage; and at least one rear caster; the first pivotal connection is at a location on the frame member that is vertically higher than a location of the second pivotal connection on the frame member; a front caster assembly is pivotally coupled to the first linkage at a third pivotal connection and the front caster assembly is pivotally coupled to the second linkage at a fourth pivotal connection; and a length of the first linkage between the first pivotal connection and the third pivotal connection is greater than a length of the second linkage between the second pivotal connection and the fourth pivotal connection, such that upward pivotal movement of the first and second linkages (319, 334) causes the front caster assembly to undergo upward movement and pivot a wheel of the front caster assembly to pivot toward the drive assembly.
A transition piece (20b;20e) demarcating a periphery of a combustion gas flow path where combustion gas flows in operation from an upstream side (Su) to a downstream side (Sd) in an axial direction (Da) in which an axis (Ac) extends, wherein: a plurality of cooling passages which extend in the axial direction (Da) and inside which a cooling medium flows in operation are formed so as to be aligned in the axial direction (Da) and a circumferential direction (Dc) with regard to the axis (Ac); one or more downstream side passage(s) (43b,44b;44e,45e) which is/are a portion of the plurality of cooling passages is/are formed in a downstream side region (Rd1b,Rd2b;Rdb) on the downstream side (Sd) within at least one circumferential region (Rc) in the circumferential direction (Dc), and one or more upstream side passage(s) (41b,42b;41e,42e) which is/are another portion of the plurality of cooling passages is/are formed in an upstream side region (Ru1,Ru2b;Rub) on the upstream side (Su) with regard to the downstream side region (Rd1b,Rd2b;Rdb) within the circumferential region (Rc); characterised in that a ratio of a cross-sectional area of the downstream side passage(s) (43b,44b;44e,45e) to a length (L2b) in the axial direction (Da) of the downstream side passage(s) (43b,44b;44e,45e) is larger than a ratio of a cross-sectional area of the upstream side passage(s) (41b,42b;41e,42e) to a length (L1b) in the axial direction (Da) of the upstream side passage(s) (41b,42b;41e,42e), wherein the length (L2b) in the axial direction (Da) of the downstream side passage(s) (43b,44b;44e,45e) is shorter than the length (L1b) in the axial direction (Da) of the upstream side passage(s) (41b,42b;41e,42e). a plurality of cooling passages which extend in the axial direction (Da) and inside which a cooling medium flows in operation are formed so as to be aligned in the axial direction (Da) and a circumferential direction (Dc) with regard to the axis (Ac); one or more downstream side passage(s) (43b,44b;44e,45e) which is/are a portion of the plurality of cooling passages is/are formed in a downstream side region (Rd1b,Rd2b;Rdb) on the downstream side (Sd) within at least one circumferential region (Rc) in the circumferential direction (Dc), and one or more upstream side passage(s) (41b,42b;41e,42e) which is/are another portion of the plurality of cooling passages is/are formed in an upstream side region (Ru1,Ru2b;Rub) on the upstream side (Su) with regard to the downstream side region (Rd1b,Rd2b;Rdb) within the circumferential region (Rc); characterised in that a ratio of a cross-sectional area of the downstream side passage(s) (43b,44b;44e,45e) to a length (L2b) in the axial direction (Da) of the downstream side passage(s) (43b,44b;44e,45e) is larger than a ratio of a cross-sectional area of the upstream side passage(s) (41b,42b;41e,42e) to a length (L1b) in the axial direction (Da) of the upstream side passage(s) (41b,42b;41e,42e), wherein the length (L2b) in the axial direction (Da) of the downstream side passage(s) (43b,44b;44e,45e) is shorter than the length (L1b) in the axial direction (Da) of the upstream side passage(s) (41b,42b;41e,42e).
A method of delivering video frame data to multiple virtual reality displays (HMD1, HMD2), comprising: generating content for a first VR display and a second VR display; sensing for competing needs for resources with real time requirements of the first VR display and the second VR display; if competing needs for resources with real time requirements are sensed, determining a selected refresh offset for refreshes of the first VR display and the second VR display to avoid conflict between the competing needs for resources of the first VR display and the second VR display, the selected refresh offset comprising an offset between a refresh of the first VR display and the second VR display; imposing the selected refresh offset; and delivering the content to the first VR display and the second VR display. generating content for a first VR display and a second VR display; sensing for competing needs for resources with real time requirements of the first VR display and the second VR display; if competing needs for resources with real time requirements are sensed, determining a selected refresh offset for refreshes of the first VR display and the second VR display to avoid conflict between the competing needs for resources of the first VR display and the second VR display, the selected refresh offset comprising an offset between a refresh of the first VR display and the second VR display; imposing the selected refresh offset; and delivering the content to the first VR display and the second VR display.
Tree grate (10, 60) for covering, and for protecting, the region surrounding a tree trunk, wherein the tree grate forms a surface (5, 65, 75), which can be subjected to foot and/or wheeled traffic, and has a plurality of apertures (7, 62, 77) of different shapings or the same shapings for the through-passage of water, characterized in that elevated directing crosspieces (8, 18, 28, 38, 48, 68, 78) are provided on the surface between the apertures (7, 62, 77) and extend from periphery to periphery of the apertures (7, 62, 77), and in that the directing crosspieces (8, 18, 28, 38, 48, 68, 78) are designed, in terms of height and arrangement, such that water flowing out on the surface (5, 65, 75) is directed into the apertures (7, 62, 77).
A refrigerator, comprising: a cabinet having a storage compartment; a refrigerator door opening or closing the storage compartment; an ice maker defining a space for generating ice and including a rotation shaft; an ice bin mounted to the refrigerator door and disposed below the ice maker to receive the ice generated in the ice maker, the ice bin having a discharge hole at a bottom and an inlet (301 a); a motor assembly provided in the refrigerator door and including a connection member; an ice discharge member disposed in the ice bin to selectively discharge the ice in the ice bin while rotating, and including: a rotation axis horizontally disposed within ice bin; a plurality of rotation blades fixed to the rotation axis and disposed spaced from each other in an extending direction of the rotation axis, the plurality of rotation blades configured to rotate in a first direction for crushing the ice and rotate in a second direction for discharging the ice in a non-crushed state; and a plurality of fixed blades alternately disposed with the plurality of rotation blades in the extending direction of the rotation axis; wherein the rotation axis is horizontally disposed to cross the rotation shaft within ice bin when viewed from the top; wherein the inlet of the ice bin is disposed at a position lower than the ice maker to pass the ice dropping downwardly; characterized in that a portion of ice cubes separated from the ice maker directly drops into at least one rotation blade of the plurality of rotation blades, and in that the refrigerator further comprises an opening/closing member disposed at a lateral side of the plurality of fixed blades; and an elastic member having one end fixed to the ice bin and the other end seated on a surface of the opening/closing member to elastically support the opening/closing member; wherein the opening/closing member is downwardly rotated by compression force of the ices and the rotation blades, when the rotation blades rotate in the second direction; wherein the ice discharge member includes a connection plate selectively connected to the connection member, the rotation axis passing through the connection plate; wherein the opening/closing member is configured to return to its initial position by elastic force of the elastic member; wherein an operation restriction part is disposed below the opening/closing member to restrict an operation range of the opening/closing member.
Apparatus for generating a bandwidth extended audio signal from an input signal, comprising: a patch generator (82, 102a, 102b) for generating one or more patch signals from the input signal, wherein a patch signal has a patch center frequency being different from a patch center frequency of a different patch or from a center frequency of the input audio signal, wherein the patch generator (82, 102a, 102b) is configured for performing a time stretching (90a, 90b, 90c; 1808; 130) of subband signals from an analysis filterbank, and wherein the patch generator (82, 102a, 102b) comprises a phase adjuster (1806, 124a, 124b, 124c) for adjusting phases of the subband signals using a filterbank-channel dependent phase correction (151, 152, 153). a patch generator (82, 102a, 102b) for generating one or more patch signals from the input signal, wherein a patch signal has a patch center frequency being different from a patch center frequency of a different patch or from a center frequency of the input audio signal, wherein the patch generator (82, 102a, 102b) is configured for performing a time stretching (90a, 90b, 90c; 1808; 130) of subband signals from an analysis filterbank, and wherein the patch generator (82, 102a, 102b) comprises a phase adjuster (1806, 124a, 124b, 124c) for adjusting phases of the subband signals using a filterbank-channel dependent phase correction (151, 152, 153).
A method of producing a hydrogenated product of aromatic polycarboxylic acid, which comprises a step of producing the hydrogenated product of aromatic polycarboxylic acid by hydrogenating an aromatic ring of the aromatic polycarboxylic acid in the presence of a catalyst and satisfies the following requirements to: the catalyst is a supported catalyst comprising rhodium in combination with palladium supported on a carbon support; rhodium is used in an amount of 0.05 part by weight or more and less than 0.5 part by weight per 100 parts by weight of the aromatic polycarboxylic acid; palladium is used in an amount of 0.5 part by weight or more and less than 5.0 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the aromatic polycarboxylic acid; the hydrogen partial pressure is 1.0 to 15 MPa; the reaction temperature is 30 to 80 °C; and the aromatic polycarboxylic acid is dissolved or suspended in a reaction solvent. the catalyst is a supported catalyst comprising rhodium in combination with palladium supported on a carbon support; rhodium is used in an amount of 0.05 part by weight or more and less than 0.5 part by weight per 100 parts by weight of the aromatic polycarboxylic acid; palladium is used in an amount of 0.5 part by weight or more and less than 5.0 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the aromatic polycarboxylic acid; the hydrogen partial pressure is 1.0 to 15 MPa; the reaction temperature is 30 to 80 °C; and the aromatic polycarboxylic acid is dissolved or suspended in a reaction solvent.
A separator for a lead acid battery comprising: a porous polyolefinic membrane having a positive electrode face and a negative electrode face; wherein the membrane comprises a backweb and ribs, characterized in that a plurality of only longitudinally extending ribs is disposed upon said positive electrode face; and a plurality of only substantially transversely extending ribs is disposed upon said negative electrode face, wherein said transverse ribs disposed upon said negative electrode face being adapted to be juxtaposed to a negative electrode, when the separator is placed within the lead acid battery. a porous polyolefinic membrane having a positive electrode face and a negative electrode face; wherein the membrane comprises a backweb and ribs, characterized in that a plurality of only longitudinally extending ribs is disposed upon said positive electrode face; and a plurality of only substantially transversely extending ribs is disposed upon said negative electrode face, wherein said transverse ribs disposed upon said negative electrode face being adapted to be juxtaposed to a negative electrode, when the separator is placed within the lead acid battery.
A chucking device with a rotationally-drivable spindle on which chucking means for the mechanical chucking of a chucked object are arranged, wherein the chucking means comprise a rotating body, which allows, by the execution of a relative rotational movement of the rotating body with respect to the spindle, the chucked object to be chucked or unchucked, wherein - the rotating body has gear teeth, - the chucking device comprises a drive gearwheel, which is provided with gear teeth, which are designed as complementary to the gear teeth of the rotating body, wherein the drive gearwheel is positioned engaged with the rotating body, - the chucking device comprises a drive for rotationally driving the drive gearwheel, characterized in that the gear teeth of the rotating body were designed together with the gear teeth of the drive gearwheel with provision of a flank play (F1, F2) such that the drive gearwheel can assume a neutral angular position with respect to the rotating body, in which neither a leading nor a trailing tooth flank (24, 25) of the gear teeth of the drive gearwheel are in contact with the corresponding tooth flanks (26, 27) of the gear teeth of the rotating body. - the rotating body has gear teeth, - the chucking device comprises a drive gearwheel, which is provided with gear teeth, which are designed as complementary to the gear teeth of the rotating body, wherein the drive gearwheel is positioned engaged with the rotating body, - the chucking device comprises a drive for rotationally driving the drive gearwheel,
A method of processing information by a content receiver, the method comprising: detecting multi-dimensional code data from a content provided through broadcast or the Internet when the content is reproduced, the multi-dimensional code data being inserted into the content in a split manner; temporarily storing the detected multi-dimensional code data; and synthesizing the temporarily stored multi-dimensional code data into a multi-dimensional code, characterized in that the multi-dimensional code data includes splitting information associated with splitting of the multi-dimensional code into a number of pieces, and data for each of said pieces, generated when the multi-dimensional code is split, the splitting information being necessary for synthesizing a multi-dimensional code image from said data for the pieces, wherein the content is split in time into sections, the number of the sections being the same as the number of the split pieces and the data for each piece is inserted in a section randomly selected among sections constituting the content, and wherein a region of the multi-dimensional code including main information necessary for decoding the multi-dimensional code image is split into one piece and repeatedly inserted into two or more of sections constituting the content. detecting multi-dimensional code data from a content provided through broadcast or the Internet when the content is reproduced, the multi-dimensional code data being inserted into the content in a split manner; temporarily storing the detected multi-dimensional code data; and synthesizing the temporarily stored multi-dimensional code data into a multi-dimensional code, characterized in that the multi-dimensional code data includes splitting information associated with splitting of the multi-dimensional code into a number of pieces, and data for each of said pieces, generated when the multi-dimensional code is split, the splitting information being necessary for synthesizing a multi-dimensional code image from said data for the pieces, wherein the content is split in time into sections, the number of the sections being the same as the number of the split pieces and the data for each piece is inserted in a section randomly selected among sections constituting the content, and wherein a region of the multi-dimensional code including main information necessary for decoding the multi-dimensional code image is split into one piece and repeatedly inserted into two or more of sections constituting the content.
A system for a mobile electronic device, comprising: a Wide camera for providing at least one Wide image; a Tele camera comprising a Tele lens module; characterized by further comprising: a lens actuator for moving the Tele lens module for focusing to any distance or set of distances between 3.0cm and 35cm with an object-to-image magnification between 1:5 and 25:1; and an application processor configured to analyse image data from the Wide camera to automatically select an object and to define a capture strategy for capturing the object with the Tele camera in a sequence of Macro images with a focus plane shifted from one captured Macro image to another captured Macro image, and to generate a new Macro image from this sequence. a Wide camera for providing at least one Wide image; a Tele camera comprising a Tele lens module; characterized by further comprising: a lens actuator for moving the Tele lens module for focusing to any distance or set of distances between 3.0cm and 35cm with an object-to-image magnification between 1:5 and 25:1; and an application processor configured to analyse image data from the Wide camera to automatically select an object and to define a capture strategy for capturing the object with the Tele camera in a sequence of Macro images with a focus plane shifted from one captured Macro image to another captured Macro image, and to generate a new Macro image from this sequence. a lens actuator for moving the Tele lens module for focusing to any distance or set of distances between 3.0cm and 35cm with an object-to-image magnification between 1:5 and 25:1; and an application processor configured to analyse image data from the Wide camera to automatically select an object and to define a capture strategy for capturing the object with the Tele camera in a sequence of Macro images with a focus plane shifted from one captured Macro image to another captured Macro image, and to generate a new Macro image from this sequence.
A method for producing a viscoelastic tissue property metric using an ultrasound system, the steps of the method comprising: a) applying a mechanical stress to a tissue during a creep period using an ultrasound system, wherein the mechanical stress generates at least a creep response; b) measuring a tissue displacement resulting from the applied mechanical stress during a recovery period that follows the creep period; c) extracting a relative complex modulus value from the tissue displacement measured during the recovery period that follows the creep period; d) calculating a loss tangent from the extracted complex modulus; and e) calculating a viscoelastic tissue property metric based on the calculated loss tangent. a) applying a mechanical stress to a tissue during a creep period using an ultrasound system, wherein the mechanical stress generates at least a creep response; b) measuring a tissue displacement resulting from the applied mechanical stress during a recovery period that follows the creep period; c) extracting a relative complex modulus value from the tissue displacement measured during the recovery period that follows the creep period; d) calculating a loss tangent from the extracted complex modulus; and e) calculating a viscoelastic tissue property metric based on the calculated loss tangent.