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A light control film comprising: a first laminate having at least an alignment layer; a second laminate having at least an alignment layer; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second laminates; and electrodes (22B, 22A), which are provided in the first and second laminates, configured to control alignment of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer to control transmitted light when the electrodes are driven, wherein the first laminate has a spacer provided on a base formed of a transparent film material to maintain a thickness of the liquid crystal layer, a front end of the spacer abuts on the second laminate, and a Vickers hardness Xs of the spacer is set to 16.9 to 40.2 inclusive, and a Vickers hardness Xf of the second laminate is set to 11.8 to 35.9 inclusive. a first laminate having at least an alignment layer; a second laminate having at least an alignment layer; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second laminates; and electrodes (22B, 22A), which are provided in the first and second laminates, configured to control alignment of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer to control transmitted light when the electrodes are driven, wherein the first laminate has a spacer provided on a base formed of a transparent film material to maintain a thickness of the liquid crystal layer, a front end of the spacer abuts on the second laminate, and a Vickers hardness Xs of the spacer is set to 16.9 to 40.2 inclusive, and a Vickers hardness Xf of the second laminate is set to 11.8 to 35.9 inclusive.
A method for producing a cold casting mold for producing molded parts, in particular dental molded parts, from a mixing compound, wherein the cold casting mold, having a cavity that corresponds geometrically to the molded part, in particular the dental molded part, is additively constructed from a starting material by means of an additive material construction method, in particular a 3D printing method using a 3D printer, on the basis of a digital data set in particular based on a three-dimensional model of the oral cavity of a patient and with at least one first opening that opens into the cavity for filling with the mixing compound, characterized in that the cold casting mold is additively constructed having at least one second opening opening into the cavity and/or leading out of the cavity for discharging gases, in particular air inclusions, and/or liquids, in particular diluents.
A plant system comprising: an access node connected to a network; a plurality of controller groups, each including a plurality of controllers, the plurality of controllers configured to perform distributed control on a plurality of field devices provided in a plant; and a plurality of wireless communication units provided in each of the plurality of controller groups, each of the plurality of wireless communication units being connected to all the plurality of controllers in the corresponding controller group via a wired connection, and configured to connect each of the plurality of controllers to the access node via a wireless connection, wherein a number of the plurality of controllers in each of the plurality of controller groups is larger than a number of the plurality of wireless communication units in the corresponding controller group, the plurality of wireless communication units in each of the plurality of controller groups are provided at different locations in the corresponding controller group, respectively, the access node is configured, if a plurality of traffics are to be transmitted, to assign a wireless resource primarily to a traffic which is required to have a real-time property, and the access node is configured to set a plurality of paths for a traffic that requires high reliability. an access node connected to a network; a plurality of controller groups, each including a plurality of controllers, the plurality of controllers configured to perform distributed control on a plurality of field devices provided in a plant; and a plurality of wireless communication units provided in each of the plurality of controller groups, each of the plurality of wireless communication units being connected to all the plurality of controllers in the corresponding controller group via a wired connection, and configured to connect each of the plurality of controllers to the access node via a wireless connection, wherein a number of the plurality of controllers in each of the plurality of controller groups is larger than a number of the plurality of wireless communication units in the corresponding controller group, the plurality of wireless communication units in each of the plurality of controller groups are provided at different locations in the corresponding controller group, respectively, the access node is configured, if a plurality of traffics are to be transmitted, to assign a wireless resource primarily to a traffic which is required to have a real-time property, and the access node is configured to set a plurality of paths for a traffic that requires high reliability.
A bi-pin connector for a luminaire or light fixture comprising: a base attached to an end cap of an associated luminaire housing, the base including a plurality of extensions and the end cap including connection structures configured to receive the plurality of extensions of the base 14); and pins that rotate relative to the base about a rotational axis spaced from each pin and are movable relative to the housing in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis via the connection between the connection structures and the plurality of extensions. a base attached to an end cap of an associated luminaire housing, the base including a plurality of extensions and the end cap including connection structures configured to receive the plurality of extensions of the base 14); and pins that rotate relative to the base about a rotational axis spaced from each pin and are movable relative to the housing in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis via the connection between the connection structures and the plurality of extensions.
A system for evaluating tissue for abnormal glucose uptake within a region of interest within a patient, the system comprising: a positron emission tomography scanner configured to obtain a set of at least one PET image that includes the region of interest and at least a portion of a liver of the patient; a standard uptake value calculator configured to calculate a first set of at least one SUV representing the region of interest and a second set of at least one SUV representing the liver from the set of at least one PET image; a standardization component configured to calculate a correction value as a function of the second set of at least one SUV and an average SUV for the liver across a population of patients and apply the correction value to a chosen one of a decision threshold associated with the region of interest and the first set of at least one SUVs; a diagnosis component configured to compare the first set of SUVs to the decision threshold associated with the region of interest to determine if the glucose uptake within the region of interest is abnormal; and a display (20, 216) configured to display the determination if the glucose uptake within the region of interest is abnormal to a user. a positron emission tomography scanner configured to obtain a set of at least one PET image that includes the region of interest and at least a portion of a liver of the patient; a standard uptake value calculator configured to calculate a first set of at least one SUV representing the region of interest and a second set of at least one SUV representing the liver from the set of at least one PET image; a standardization component configured to calculate a correction value as a function of the second set of at least one SUV and an average SUV for the liver across a population of patients and apply the correction value to a chosen one of a decision threshold associated with the region of interest and the first set of at least one SUVs; a diagnosis component configured to compare the first set of SUVs to the decision threshold associated with the region of interest to determine if the glucose uptake within the region of interest is abnormal; and a display (20, 216) configured to display the determination if the glucose uptake within the region of interest is abnormal to a user.
A method of addressing a plurality of nodes for a communication network, the method comprising: detecting, by a first node of the plurality of nodes, connection of the first node to a host computer on the communication network; starting, by the first node, a first timer upon the detection of connection of the first node to the host computer; providing, from the host computer, a first address to the first node over the communication network; connecting, by the first node, a first communication input to a first communication output if the first address is successfully received by the first node; stopping, by the first node, the first timer if the first address is successfully received by the first node; sending, by the first node, an acknowledge of receipt of the first address over the communication network if the first address is successfully received; connecting, by the first node, the first communication input to the first communication output if the first timer reaches a first threshold; and providing, from the host computer, a second address to a second node of the plurality of nodes. detecting, by a first node of the plurality of nodes, connection of the first node to a host computer on the communication network; starting, by the first node, a first timer upon the detection of connection of the first node to the host computer; providing, from the host computer, a first address to the first node over the communication network; connecting, by the first node, a first communication input to a first communication output if the first address is successfully received by the first node; stopping, by the first node, the first timer if the first address is successfully received by the first node; sending, by the first node, an acknowledge of receipt of the first address over the communication network if the first address is successfully received; connecting, by the first node, the first communication input to the first communication output if the first timer reaches a first threshold; and providing, from the host computer, a second address to a second node of the plurality of nodes.
An on-road running test apparatus for use in a running test for measuring exhaust gas components or fuel consumption of a vehicle comprising: a running data acquisition part for sequentially acquiring actual running data of the vehicle under execution of the running test on a road; the test apparatus characterized in that it further comprises a tendency data output part for sequentially producing and outputting tendency data indicating a tendency as to whether or not the running test for measuring exhaust gas components or fuel consumption is valid, based on the actual running data during the running test. a running data acquisition part for sequentially acquiring actual running data of the vehicle under execution of the running test on a road; the test apparatus characterized in that it further comprises a tendency data output part for sequentially producing and outputting tendency data indicating a tendency as to whether or not the running test for measuring exhaust gas components or fuel consumption is valid, based on the actual running data during the running test.
An image pickup apparatus comprising: a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, each of the pixels outputting a photoelectric conversion signal based on incident light; counter means configured to output a count signal including a signal of a first bit; a plurality of AD conversion means (102, 104), each of the AD conversion means being provided to correspond to a column of the plurality of pixels and configured to convert the photoelectric conversion signal into a plural-bit digital signal by using the count signal; and selection means, wherein each of the plurality of AD conversion means includes memory means that holds the digital signal, wherein the memory means includes a first bit memory and a second bit memory, wherein the image pickup apparatus further comprises: a first data line to which each of the first bit memories of the plurality of AD conversion means is connected; and a second data line to which each of the second bit memories of the plurality of AD conversion means is connected, and wherein the selection means selects one of the first data line and the second data line as a data line for outputting the signal of the first bit to each of the memory means of the plurality of AD conversion means. a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, each of the pixels outputting a photoelectric conversion signal based on incident light; counter means configured to output a count signal including a signal of a first bit; a plurality of AD conversion means (102, 104), each of the AD conversion means being provided to correspond to a column of the plurality of pixels and configured to convert the photoelectric conversion signal into a plural-bit digital signal by using the count signal; and selection means, wherein each of the plurality of AD conversion means includes memory means that holds the digital signal, wherein the memory means includes a first bit memory and a second bit memory, wherein the image pickup apparatus further comprises: a first data line to which each of the first bit memories of the plurality of AD conversion means is connected; and a second data line to which each of the second bit memories of the plurality of AD conversion means is connected, and wherein the selection means selects one of the first data line and the second data line as a data line for outputting the signal of the first bit to each of the memory means of the plurality of AD conversion means. a first data line to which each of the first bit memories of the plurality of AD conversion means is connected; and a second data line to which each of the second bit memories of the plurality of AD conversion means is connected, and wherein the selection means selects one of the first data line and the second data line as a data line for outputting the signal of the first bit to each of the memory means of the plurality of AD conversion means.
A power management system for a medical device while operating on battery power, wherein the medical device is an automated peritoneal dialysis device and the power management system comprises: a medical device having a plurality of functions, each function associated with one of a pre-determined number of levels of power consumption; an electronic circuit configured to measure an amount of charge remaining in a battery powering the medical device, and to associate the amount of charge with one of the pre-determined levels of power consumption; and a controller configured to allow the medical device to perform one or more functions of the plurality of functions, as long as the one or more functions and the measured amount of charge are associated with the same level of power consumption. a medical device having a plurality of functions, each function associated with one of a pre-determined number of levels of power consumption; an electronic circuit configured to measure an amount of charge remaining in a battery powering the medical device, and to associate the amount of charge with one of the pre-determined levels of power consumption; and a controller configured to allow the medical device to perform one or more functions of the plurality of functions, as long as the one or more functions and the measured amount of charge are associated with the same level of power consumption.
Industrial truck with a lifting frame which has a lifting mast adjustable relative to a vehicle frame and a load carrying means adjustable in height along the lifting mast, a measuring device being provided with which a deflection of the lifting mast and/or of the load carrying means relative to the vehicle frame can be detected, characterized in that a control system is provided which can actuate a hydraulic cylinder adjusting the lifting mast for mast damping via a valve, wherein the controller compares a measured value for the current deflection of the lift mast with a predetermined minimum value and, when the minimum value is exceeded, determines a control curve which determines a degree of opening of the at least one valve (40, 44) for controlled mast damping which varies with time and in which the lift mast moves relative to the vehicle frame as a result of its deflection when the valve (40, 44) is open.
Method for generating electric power, from renewable energy, in an installation for supplying power to an electrical network comprising at least two devices for transforming at least two types of renewable energy into an electric current having characteristics matched to those of the network, namely a first device for transforming solar power and a second device for transforming hydropower, respectively, including a hydroelectric generator group fed from a water reservoir via at least one pipeline through which the water flows provided with means for regulating the electric power delivered by said second transformer device, characterized in that the network supplied with power by the installation is a general public grid for delivering and distributing electric power, generated by very high capacity power plants, throughout a territory, in that the first transformer device is a solar power plant generating additional electric power that is continuously injected into the public distribution grid by a delivery substation to which the solar power plant is connected, in that this additional power injected must have a stable value governed by an undertaking contract of the installation operator, in that the second transformer device is a hydroelectric power plant comprising a generator group linked to a water reservoir via at least one pipeline provided with means for continuously regulating the power generated, in that this hydroelectric power plant has a rated power of the same order as that of the solar power plant and is connected, in parallel, to the same delivery substation as the latter, in order to inject, into the general grid, the electric current generated, at any given time, by said hydroelectric power plant, and in that the means for regulating the power generated by the hydroelectric power plant are controlled by a control unit that continuously measures the power (a') delivered by the solar power plant and calculates, at any given time, the additional power (b') to be delivered by the hydroelectric power plant, in order to control the power regulating means such that the overall power (c' = a' + b') injected by the delivery substation into the general distribution grid is continuously maintained at a value that is substantially constant corresponding to the undertaking contract of the operator, in order to deliver the set additional power to the general grid.
Port electrical power supply substation comprising a metal enclosure housing a first compartment comprising a voltage transformer and a frequency-conversion compartment, characterized in that the substation comprises a second compartment comprising a voltage transformer, the enclosure housing the three compartments (100, 200, 100') which are separated from one another by internal partitions, the frequency-conversion compartment being flanked by the first and the second compartment (100, 100'), the frequency-conversion compartment comprising: - air inlet means located on a bottom end part of the enclosure and provided with at least one filter; - air outlet means located on a top end part of the enclosure; - a ventilation device for causing the air to circulate in the enclosure and comprising extraction means associated with the air outlet means and at least one fan associated with the frequency-conversion means; - a heating device; - first means (165, 260) for measuring the temperature (T100, T200) in the enclosure and located in the region of the air outlet means; - means for checking the environmental conditions inside the enclosure and for starting the frequency-conversion means when the environmental conditions are met, the checking of the environmental conditions including comparing the measured temperature against a limit value (T200_min); - means for regulating the temperature and able to control the speed of the extraction means and the heating device according to the measured temperature. - air inlet means located on a bottom end part of the enclosure and provided with at least one filter; - air outlet means located on a top end part of the enclosure; - a ventilation device for causing the air to circulate in the enclosure and comprising extraction means associated with the air outlet means and at least one fan associated with the frequency-conversion means; - a heating device; - first means (165, 260) for measuring the temperature (T100, T200) in the enclosure and located in the region of the air outlet means; - means for checking the environmental conditions inside the enclosure and for starting the frequency-conversion means when the environmental conditions are met, the checking of the environmental conditions including comparing the measured temperature against a limit value (T200_min); - means for regulating the temperature and able to control the speed of the extraction means and the heating device according to the measured temperature.