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A shaving device, adapted for detecting and cutting a hair near a skin surface of a human body part or animal body part, comprising a detector adapted for detecting the hair, wherein the shaving device further comprises an optical cutting source, preferably a cutting laser, which is arranged to supply an amount of optical energy to at least a portion of at least one hair and is adapted for cutting the hair, and wherein the detector comprises: - a source adapted for emitting optical radiation comprising at least a first wavelength, a second wavelength and an incident polarization state, and - an imaging unit adapted for imaging the hair near the skin surface, wherein the imaging unit comprises: - a detection unit arranged for separately detecting, and separately at the first wavelength and at the second wavelength, optical radiation scattered and/or reflected by the hair and/or the skin surface comprising a first polarization state corresponding to the incident polarization state and optical radiation scattered and/or reflected by the hair and/or the skin surface comprising a second polarization state being different from the first polarization state, and - a control unit adapted for processing a signal from the detection unit for discrimination between the hair and the skin surface, the control unit being further adapted for controlling the optical cutting source, wherein the control unit is adapted for performing a mathematical subtraction and/or a division on a first signal, measured at the first wavelength and obtained by subtracting a signal corresponding to the detected optical radiation comprising the first polarization state from a signal corresponding to the detected optical radiation comprising the second polarization state, relative to a second signal, measured at the second wavelength and obtained by subtracting a signal corresponding to the detected optical radiation comprising the first polarization state from a signal corresponding to the detected optical radiation comprising the second polarization state, for discrimination between the hair and the skin surface. - a source adapted for emitting optical radiation comprising at least a first wavelength, a second wavelength and an incident polarization state, and - an imaging unit adapted for imaging the hair near the skin surface, wherein the imaging unit comprises: - a detection unit arranged for separately detecting, and separately at the first wavelength and at the second wavelength, optical radiation scattered and/or reflected by the hair and/or the skin surface comprising a first polarization state corresponding to the incident polarization state and optical radiation scattered and/or reflected by the hair and/or the skin surface comprising a second polarization state being different from the first polarization state, and - a control unit adapted for processing a signal from the detection unit for discrimination between the hair and the skin surface, the control unit being further adapted for controlling the optical cutting source,
A method for detecting speeding offences with restrictive data storage, wherein vehicles drive through the measurement range (1.1) of a multi-target radar device and at least one object field (2.1) of a camera device comprising at least one camera, wherein the radar device, which provides measurement data, and the camera device, which provides object field data, are arranged and aligned with respect to a roadway and to each other such that the measurement range (1.1) and the at least one object field (2.1), overlapping at least partly, constitute a surveillance area, object tracking data based on the measurement data, and at least image tracking data based on the object field data and comprising image data of several pictures assigned to the image of one single vehicle, are derived and stored for a vehicle driving through the surveillance area, wherein a measured, confirmed speed assigned to the vehicle concerned is derived from the object tracking data and a computed speed assigned to the vehicle concerned is derived from the image tracking data, the measured, confirmed speed and the computed speed are checked to determine if they correspond to each other, are optionally compared to a limit and, if the limit is exceeded, an evidentiary photograph of the vehicle concerned is produced, characterised in that prior to comparing a confirmed speed with the limit, an assumed speed assigned to the vehicle concerned is derived from the object tracking data and compared with the limit, and if the limit is exceeded, the image tracking data are temporarily stored as an image sequence, before only the image tracking data among the object field data are permanently stored upon determining that the measured, confirmed speed corresponds to the computed speed and exceeds the limit.
A method of modulating flow of a fluid in a chromatography system including a laminated wafer microfluidic device (5800, 6315) fluidically coupled to a first switching valve (6110, 6320) and a second switching valve (6120, 6325), the method comprising independently actuating the first switching valve (6110, 6320) and the second switching valve (6120, 6325) between a first position and a second position, the first position of the first switching valve (6110, 6320) permitting fluid flow from a switching gas source to a port of the laminated wafer microfluidic device (5800, 6315), and to a first internal microchannel formed from lamination of the wafers (5900, 6000) of the microfluidic device (5800, 6315), the first position of the second switching valve (6120, 6325) permitting fluid flow from the switching gas source to another port of the laminated wafer microfluidic device (5800, 6315), and to a second internal microchannel formed from lamination of the wafers (5900, 6000) of the microfluidic device (5800, 6315), in which the actuation of the first switching valve (6110, 6320) and the second switching valve (6120, 6325) is configured to provide three-way switching using the microfluidic device (5800, 6315).
A method of estimating processor load, the method comprising, at a device for transmitting a media stream comprising an encoder and a processor capable of executing instructions for the encoder: encoding a first media frame associated with a first timestamp and a second media frame associated with a second timestamp at the encoder; determining a first time period between the first timestamp associated with the first media frame and the second timestamp associated with the second media frame; determining a second time period between a first completion time representing completion of the encoding of the first media frame and a second completion time representing completion of the encoding of the second media frame; and forming a measure of processor load in dependence on a difference between the first and second time periods. encoding a first media frame associated with a first timestamp and a second media frame associated with a second timestamp at the encoder; determining a first time period between the first timestamp associated with the first media frame and the second timestamp associated with the second media frame; determining a second time period between a first completion time representing completion of the encoding of the first media frame and a second completion time representing completion of the encoding of the second media frame; and forming a measure of processor load in dependence on a difference between the first and second time periods.
A method to identify shared risk link groups in optical transport systems, in which two optical links sharing at least one single point of failure are considered to be non-disjoint, characterized by the steps of emitting polarized test pulses into said optical links; measuring and recording a polarization state characteristic for each link from backscattered test pulses; comparing the polarization state characteristics of said optical links; and judging optical links with same polarization state characteristics at a specific location of the optical links to be non-disjoint and therefore to be in a same shared risk link group. emitting polarized test pulses into said optical links; measuring and recording a polarization state characteristic for each link from backscattered test pulses; comparing the polarization state characteristics of said optical links; and judging optical links with same polarization state characteristics at a specific location of the optical links to be non-disjoint and therefore to be in a same shared risk link group.
A method performed by a Machine-Type Communications MTC UE for transmitting MTC data to an eNB, comprising: receiving a data transmission request at the MTC UE, wherein the data transmission request identifies an MTC data size; choosing a preamble ID for the request, wherein the preamble ID is at least in part dependent on the MTC data size; transmitting a random access preamble message to the eNB via a Physical Random Access Channel, wherein the random access preamble message includes the preamble ID; receiving a random access response message from the eNB via a Physical Downlink Shared Channel, wherein the random access response message identifies resource allocated in a Physical Uplink Control Channel and the random access response message includes one or more transmission power control parameters associated with the Physical Uplink Control Channel; determining whether the MTC data size is less than or equal to a payload of the allocated resources in the Physical Uplink Control Channel; and after determining (350, 440) that the MTC data size is less than or equal to the allocated resources in the Physical Uplink Control Channel, transmitting a scheduled transmission message including the data to be transmitted to the eNB using the allocated resource in the Physical Uplink Control Channel at a transmission power level determined by the one or more transmission power control parameters. receiving a data transmission request at the MTC UE, wherein the data transmission request identifies an MTC data size; choosing a preamble ID for the request, wherein the preamble ID is at least in part dependent on the MTC data size; transmitting a random access preamble message to the eNB via a Physical Random Access Channel, wherein the random access preamble message includes the preamble ID; receiving a random access response message from the eNB via a Physical Downlink Shared Channel, wherein the random access response message identifies resource allocated in a Physical Uplink Control Channel and the random access response message includes one or more transmission power control parameters associated with the Physical Uplink Control Channel; determining whether the MTC data size is less than or equal to a payload of the allocated resources in the Physical Uplink Control Channel; and after determining (350, 440) that the MTC data size is less than or equal to the allocated resources in the Physical Uplink Control Channel, transmitting a scheduled transmission message including the data to be transmitted to the eNB using the allocated resource in the Physical Uplink Control Channel at a transmission power level determined by the one or more transmission power control parameters.
Guide device for guiding a rapier in a gripper weaving machine, wherein in use the guide device is arranged adjacent to a drive wheel for driving the rapier at a side opposite to the shed in order to guide the rapier between the drive wheel and a lower side of the gripper weaving machine, wherein the guide device comprises a first straight part that in use is arranged adjacent to the drive wheel and comprises a second straight part that in use is arranged farther away from the drive wheel at an angle to the first straight part, and wherein the first straight part and the second straight part are connected to each other via a curved transition section, characterized in that the guide device further comprises a cooling device in order to cool the guide device at least in the area of the curved transition section, wherein the guide device is provided with at least one channel (14, 23, 24) for a cooling fluid running near a guiding surface (27, 28) for guiding the rapier.
A process for obtaining a creamy food, said creamy food being a cream based on/with cheese, said process comprising the following steps: - providing a cream base; - providing a mixable ingredient, said mixable ingredient being a hard cheese and being adapted to define a granular mass of the mixable ingredient, said hard cheese having a percentage of water by weight and/or by volume less than 40%; and - joining to said cream base said mixable ingredient followed by pasteurizing said cream base and the mixable ingredient at a temperature not higher than 85°C and in a time period not exceeding 30 seconds, characterized by the fact that said step of providing a cream base comprises the following sub-steps: obtaining an acid clot through lactic fermentation by means of mesophilic bacteria active on a predetermined quantity of a suitable mixture of milk and cream; separating said acid clot from an excess whey, thereby obtaining a cream base having a dry matter content of between 35% and 40% and/or a fat substances content of between 28% and 30% by mass and/or in volume; said step of providing said mixable ingredient comprises a sub-step of purely mechanical processing of the mixable ingredient, said purely mechanical processing not comprising thermal melting processes of the mixable ingredient, said purely mechanical processing comprising a sub-step of trimming and/or a sub-step of grating the mixable ingredient; said step of joining the mixable ingredient to the cream base comprises a sub-step of quantitatively determining a mixing proportion, by weight and/or volume, of the mixable ingredient with respect to the cream base between 25% and 30%. - providing a cream base; - providing a mixable ingredient, said mixable ingredient being a hard cheese and being adapted to define a granular mass of the mixable ingredient, said hard cheese having a percentage of water by weight and/or by volume less than 40%; and - joining to said cream base said mixable ingredient followed by pasteurizing said cream base and the mixable ingredient at a temperature not higher than 85°C and in a time period not exceeding 30 seconds, obtaining an acid clot through lactic fermentation by means of mesophilic bacteria active on a predetermined quantity of a suitable mixture of milk and cream; separating said acid clot from an excess whey, thereby obtaining a cream base having a dry matter content of between 35% and 40% and/or a fat substances content of between 28% and 30% by mass and/or in volume; said step of providing said mixable ingredient comprises a sub-step of purely mechanical processing of the mixable ingredient, said purely mechanical processing not comprising thermal melting processes of the mixable ingredient, said purely mechanical processing comprising a sub-step of trimming and/or a sub-step of grating the mixable ingredient; said step of joining the mixable ingredient to the cream base comprises a sub-step of quantitatively determining a mixing proportion, by weight and/or volume, of the mixable ingredient with respect to the cream base between 25% and 30%.
An electrical panel box assembly comprising: an electrical contactor assembly, the electrical contactor assembly comprising: an electrical contactor; a post in electrical communication with the electrical contactor; an insulator body in intimate mechanical contact with the post; and a heat sink in intimate mechanical contact with the insulator body, wherein the heat sink is in thermal communication with the electrical contactor through the post and the insulator body such that heat flowing between contactor and the heat sink flows through the post and the insulator body; a bus bar electrically connected to the electrical contactor by the post; and a panel separating the bus bar from the electrical contactor, wherein the insulator body is in intimate mechanical contact with a lateral surface of the post, wherein the electrical contactor is in intimate mechanical contact with an axial face of the post, and wherein the heat sink has an L-shaped profile compressively fixing the insulator body between the lateral surface of the heat sink and the post. an electrical contactor assembly, the electrical contactor assembly comprising: an electrical contactor; a post in electrical communication with the electrical contactor; an insulator body in intimate mechanical contact with the post; and a heat sink in intimate mechanical contact with the insulator body, wherein the heat sink is in thermal communication with the electrical contactor through the post and the insulator body such that heat flowing between contactor and the heat sink flows through the post and the insulator body; an electrical contactor; a post in electrical communication with the electrical contactor; an insulator body in intimate mechanical contact with the post; and a heat sink in intimate mechanical contact with the insulator body, a bus bar electrically connected to the electrical contactor by the post; and a panel separating the bus bar from the electrical contactor, wherein the insulator body is in intimate mechanical contact with a lateral surface of the post, wherein the electrical contactor is in intimate mechanical contact with an axial face of the post, and wherein the heat sink has an L-shaped profile compressively fixing the insulator body between the lateral surface of the heat sink and the post.
An optical surgical system with compensation for angular distortions, the system comprising a plurality of light emitters (110-1, 110-2, 110-3) disposed at a working enc of a surgical instrument on a first surface a plurality of light sensors (112-1, 112-2,... 112-n) disposed at the working end of the surgical instrument on a second surface opposing the first surface, the first and second surfaces disposed on a pair of non-parallel jaws with an angle (θ) between the first and second opposing surfaces; and a controller coupled to the plurality of light emitters and the plurality of light sensors, the controller configured to model a non-pulsatile illumination pattern according to the intensities of individual emitters of the plurality of light emitters, compare the non-pulsatile illumination pattern according to the model against a non-pulsatile illumination pattern detected using the plurality of light sensors, and vary the intensities of the individual emitters of the plurality of light emitters based on the comparison of the non-pulsatile illumination pattern according to the model and the non-pulsatile illumination pattern detected using the plurality of light sensors until angular distortion has been removed. a plurality of light emitters (110-1, 110-2, 110-3) disposed at a working enc of a surgical instrument on a first surface a plurality of light sensors (112-1, 112-2,... 112-n) disposed at the working end of the surgical instrument on a second surface opposing the first surface, the first and second surfaces disposed on a pair of non-parallel jaws with an angle (θ) between the first and second opposing surfaces; and a controller coupled to the plurality of light emitters and the plurality of light sensors, the controller configured to model a non-pulsatile illumination pattern according to the intensities of individual emitters of the plurality of light emitters, compare the non-pulsatile illumination pattern according to the model against a non-pulsatile illumination pattern detected using the plurality of light sensors, and vary the intensities of the individual emitters of the plurality of light emitters based on the comparison of the non-pulsatile illumination pattern according to the model and the non-pulsatile illumination pattern detected using the plurality of light sensors until angular distortion has been removed. model a non-pulsatile illumination pattern according to the intensities of individual emitters of the plurality of light emitters, compare the non-pulsatile illumination pattern according to the model against a non-pulsatile illumination pattern detected using the plurality of light sensors, and vary the intensities of the individual emitters of the plurality of light emitters based on the comparison of the non-pulsatile illumination pattern according to the model and the non-pulsatile illumination pattern detected using the plurality of light sensors until angular distortion has been removed.
Photovoltaic system comprising - a plurality of bifacial PV modules, which are arranged upright on a support construction, - wherein the support construction has a plurality of posts which are attached to or in, in particular are anchored to, the ground, - wherein bars which each connect two adjacent posts to each other are attached to the posts, and - wherein in each case two posts and in each case two bars define a substantially rectangular mounting field, in which at least one PV module is arranged, characterized - in that the posts are divided at least into an attachment portion, which is connected to the ground, and a holding portion, which is connected to the attachment portion and extends above the attachment portion, - in that the attachment portion and the holding portion are both designed as longitudinal profiles, - in that in each case corresponding contact surfaces are formed on the attachment portion and the holding portion, wherein the two portions (7, 8) of the respective post rest against each other by the contact surfaces and thus overlap, - in that the contact surfaces have a planar design such that the attachment portion and the holding portion lie back-to-back in the mounted state and the overlap between the attachment portion and the holding portion is configured to be rotatable, and - in that the holding portion is configured to be displaceable along the longitudinal extent of the attachment portion. - a plurality of bifacial PV modules, which are arranged upright on a support construction, - wherein the support construction has a plurality of posts which are attached to or in, in particular are anchored to, the ground, - wherein bars which each connect two adjacent posts to each other are attached to the posts, and - wherein in each case two posts and in each case two bars define a substantially rectangular mounting field, in which at least one PV module is arranged, - in that the posts are divided at least into an attachment portion, which is connected to the ground, and a holding portion, which is connected to the attachment portion and extends above the attachment portion, - in that the attachment portion and the holding portion are both designed as longitudinal profiles, - in that in each case corresponding contact surfaces are formed on the attachment portion and the holding portion, wherein the two portions (7, 8) of the respective post rest against each other by the contact surfaces and thus overlap, - in that the contact surfaces have a planar design such that the attachment portion and the holding portion lie back-to-back in the mounted state and the overlap between the attachment portion and the holding portion is configured to be rotatable, and - in that the holding portion is configured to be displaceable along the longitudinal extent of the attachment portion.
A fan cowl support system for an aircraft, including a fan cowl support, an engine pylon, an engine fan case and an engine fan cowl, the fan cowl support comprising a support having a forward end connected to the engine fan case by a plurality of forward links (150, 152) between the forward end of the support and an underlying portion of the fan case, wherein a first end of each forward link is pivotally connected to the forward end of the support and a second end of each forward link is pivotally connected to the underlying portion of the fan case; and the fan cowl support further comprising an aft end connected to a forward end of the engine pylon by at least one pinned connection (50, 52) between the aft end of the support and the engine pylon, wherein at least a portion of the engine fan cowl is connected to the support.