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A bendable instrument comprising: an inner cylindrical element, an outer cylindrical element and an intermediate cylindrical element in between said inner and outer cylindrical elements; the intermediate cylindrical element having a handling end portion and an actuating end portion opposite the handling end portion, the handling end portion having a first cylindrical part and a first flexible portion, and the intermediate cylindrical element having a number of strips (60; 70) connected to said first cylindrical part such that longitudinal movement of said strips (60; 70) relative to one another results in bending of the handling end portion at said first flexible portion, the strips (60; 70) being separated by longitudinal slits in said intermediate cylindrical element; and at least one of a pair of neighbouring strips is provided with elements (66; 72) located in said slit and extending from one of the neighbouring strips at least partially in a circumferential direction toward the other one of the pair of neighbouring strips, the elements (66; 72) positioned between strips at least in the first flexible portion such as to keep the strips of said pair of neighbouring strips parallel to each other; characterized in that: the elements (66; 72) are connected to a side of the one of the pair of neighbouring strips, wherein said side is facing the other one of the pair of neighbouring strips. an inner cylindrical element, an outer cylindrical element and an intermediate cylindrical element in between said inner and outer cylindrical elements; the intermediate cylindrical element having a handling end portion and an actuating end portion opposite the handling end portion, the handling end portion having a first cylindrical part and a first flexible portion, and the intermediate cylindrical element having a number of strips (60; 70) connected to said first cylindrical part such that longitudinal movement of said strips (60; 70) relative to one another results in bending of the handling end portion at said first flexible portion, the strips (60; 70) being separated by longitudinal slits in said intermediate cylindrical element; and at least one of a pair of neighbouring strips is provided with elements (66; 72) located in said slit and extending from one of the neighbouring strips at least partially in a circumferential direction toward the other one of the pair of neighbouring strips, the elements (66; 72) positioned between strips at least in the first flexible portion such as to keep the strips of said pair of neighbouring strips parallel to each other; characterized in that: the elements (66; 72) are connected to a side of the one of the pair of neighbouring strips, wherein said side is facing the other one of the pair of neighbouring strips.
An electric control assembly for an air conditioner, comprising: an electric control board, comprising: a MCU; a driving circuit; a switch device; a rectifier circuit mounting position; a wave-filtering circuit mounting position; a first power supply interface; a second power supply interface; and a first alternating current power supply input interface; wherein, the electric control board inputs an external alternating current power supply from the first alternating current power supply input interface; wherein the first power supply interface is connected to the first alternating current power supply input interface to output a high-voltage alternating current, the second power supply interface is connected to the rectifier circuit mounting position, the rectifier circuit mounting position is connected to the wave-filtering circuit mounting position, the wave-filtering circuit mounting position is connected to the driving circuit, and the second power supply interface is configured to be connected to a low-voltage alternating current power supply or a low-voltage direct-current power supply; wherein the MCU is configured to control the driving circuit to drive the switch device to be switched on or off in order to drive a load to operate; characterized in that, the first power supply interface is a plug or a socket which is configured to be plugged in, and the second power supply interface is a plug or a socket which is configured to be plugged in. an electric control board, comprising: a MCU; a driving circuit; a switch device; a rectifier circuit mounting position; a MCU; a driving circuit; a switch device; a rectifier circuit mounting position; a wave-filtering circuit mounting position; a first power supply interface; a second power supply interface; and a first alternating current power supply input interface; wherein, the electric control board inputs an external alternating current power supply from the first alternating current power supply input interface; wherein the first power supply interface is connected to the first alternating current power supply input interface to output a high-voltage alternating current, the second power supply interface is connected to the rectifier circuit mounting position, the rectifier circuit mounting position is connected to the wave-filtering circuit mounting position, the wave-filtering circuit mounting position is connected to the driving circuit, and the second power supply interface is configured to be connected to a low-voltage alternating current power supply or a low-voltage direct-current power supply; wherein the MCU is configured to control the driving circuit to drive the switch device to be switched on or off in order to drive a load to operate; characterized in that, the first power supply interface is a plug or a socket which is configured to be plugged in, and the second power supply interface is a plug or a socket which is configured to be plugged in.
A cryogenic storage tank (100, 300, 400) comprises: a. a cryogen space (102, 402) defined by a thermally insulated vessel for storing a cryogenic fluid; b. a partition (104, 404) dividing said cryogen space (102, 402) into a main storage space (106, 406) and an auxiliary space (108, 408); c. a conduit connecting said main storage space (106, 406) with a coupling outside said storage tank (100, 300, 400); d. a first fluid passage (120, 420) through said partition (104, 404); and e. a second fluid passage (130, 430) through said partition (104, 404), wherein said second fluid passage (130, 430) comprises a restricted flow area that is dimensioned to have a cross-sectional flow area that is smaller than that of said conduit such that there is a detectable increase in back-pressure in said conduit when said cryogenic fluid is being introduced into said main storage space (106, 406) and said main storage space (106, 406) is filled with liquefied gas; characterized in that the storage tank (100, 300, 400) comprises a valve (122, 122B, 122C, 122D, 422) disposed inside said first fluid passage (120, 420), said valve (122, 122B, 122C, 122D, 422) comprising a valve member (124, 124B, 124C, 124D, 424) that is actuatable by fluid forces within said cryogen space (102,402) to move between an open position and a seated position. a. a cryogen space (102, 402) defined by a thermally insulated vessel for storing a cryogenic fluid; b. a partition (104, 404) dividing said cryogen space (102, 402) into a main storage space (106, 406) and an auxiliary space (108, 408); c. a conduit connecting said main storage space (106, 406) with a coupling outside said storage tank (100, 300, 400); d. a first fluid passage (120, 420) through said partition (104, 404); and e. a second fluid passage (130, 430) through said partition (104, 404), wherein said second fluid passage (130, 430) comprises a restricted flow area that is dimensioned to have a cross-sectional flow area that is smaller than that of said conduit such that there is a detectable increase in back-pressure in said conduit when said cryogenic fluid is being introduced into said main storage space (106, 406) and said main storage space (106, 406) is filled with liquefied gas;
Carrier for supporting a carcass part of slaughtered poultry, which carrier is suitable for a carcass part which comprises an inner face and an outer face, which carcass part further comprises at least a part of the corpus sterni of the sternum, the corpus sterni comprising at least a part of the facies visceralis sterni, and at least a part of the facies muscularis sterni, the inner face being on the same side of the sternum as the facies visceralis sterni and the outer face being on the same side of the sternum as the facies muscularis sterni, the carrier (10, 210) comprising: - a carrier body, said carrier body comprising a support surface for engaging at least a part of the inner face of the carcass part, - a hook for holding the carcass part on the carrier body, - a positioning element for positioning the carcass part relative to the carrier (10, 210), which positioning element is moveable between a retracted position and an extended position in which extended position the engagement end of the positioning element protrudes from the support surface of the carrier body, characterized in that the positioning element has a dome shaped engagement end for engaging the inner face of the carcass part and the positioning element is arranged such relative to the support surface of the carrier body that in its extended position, the dome shaped engagement end of the positioning element engages the inner face of the carcass part at or adjacent to the facies visceralis sterni of the sternum in the region between the left and right margo costalis of the sternum. - a carrier body, said carrier body comprising a support surface for engaging at least a part of the inner face of the carcass part, - a hook for holding the carcass part on the carrier body, - a positioning element for positioning the carcass part relative to the carrier (10, 210),
An image processing system for localising recognised characters in an image, comprising: a character recognition means configured to perform character recognition of the image to obtain a recognised character using a neural network that has been trained to recognise a plurality of strings of characters, wherein the recognised character is a machine-encoded character provided by an encoding standard for electronic communication; an estimation means configured to estimate a location of the recognised character that has been obtained by performing character recognition of the image; a determination means configured to determine locations of a plurality of connected components identified in the image, wherein the plurality of connected components are each defined by a plurality of adjacent pixels; a comparison means configured to compare the location of the obtained recognised character and the locations of the connected components, to identify a first connected component having a location which is closest to the location of the obtained recognised character, and a second connected component which is not associated with any recognised character and having a location which is not closest to the location of the obtained recognised character; and an association means configured to associate the obtained recognised character with the first identified connected component, the second identified connected component and the location of the first identified connected component. a character recognition means configured to perform character recognition of the image to obtain a recognised character using a neural network that has been trained to recognise a plurality of strings of characters, wherein the recognised character is a machine-encoded character provided by an encoding standard for electronic communication; an estimation means configured to estimate a location of the recognised character that has been obtained by performing character recognition of the image; a determination means configured to determine locations of a plurality of connected components identified in the image, wherein the plurality of connected components are each defined by a plurality of adjacent pixels; a comparison means configured to compare the location of the obtained recognised character and the locations of the connected components, to identify a first connected component having a location which is closest to the location of the obtained recognised character, and a second connected component which is not associated with any recognised character and having a location which is not closest to the location of the obtained recognised character; and an association means configured to associate the obtained recognised character with the first identified connected component, the second identified connected component and the location of the first identified connected component.
Offshore wind power plant comprising: - at least one hollow structural element, - at least one flow opening arranged in the shell surface of the hollow structural element and breaking through the shell surface, wherein - at least one active control element is flow-connected to the flow opening and influences a media exchange between the interior of the hollow structural element and the exterior of the hollow structural element wherein - the flow opening is flow-connected to the interior of the hollow structural element below the platform via a ventilation tube characterized in - that at least one cable entry is arranged, in an installed state, in a bottom region of the hollow structural element below sea water level, and - that a first substantially airtight platform is arranged inside the hollow structural element, above the bottom region. - at least one hollow structural element, - at least one flow opening arranged in the shell surface of the hollow structural element and breaking through the shell surface, wherein - at least one active control element is flow-connected to the flow opening and influences a media exchange between the interior of the hollow structural element and the exterior of the hollow structural element wherein - the flow opening is flow-connected to the interior of the hollow structural element below the platform via a ventilation tube - that at least one cable entry is arranged, in an installed state, in a bottom region of the hollow structural element below sea water level, and - that a first substantially airtight platform is arranged inside the hollow structural element, above the bottom region.
A method for determining the filling level of a product contained in a tank using electromagnetic signals, said method comprising the steps of: a) generating a transmission signal having a predetermined length; b) propagating said transmission signal towards a surface of said product contained in a tank; c) receiving a reflected signal resulting from reflection of said transmission signal at said surface of said product; d) determining whether said received reflected signal overlaps said transmitted signal in the time-domain; e) setting an overlap parameter to state 1 if an overlap is detected and setting said overlap parameter to state 0 if no overlap is detected; and if the state of said overlap parameter is not changed and if no overlap is detected, generating a transmission signal having an updated predetermined length exceeding said first predetermined length and repeating step b); and if the state of said overlap parameter is not changed and if an overlap is detected, generating a transmission signal having an updated predetermined length shorter than said first predetermined length and repeating step b); and if the state of said overlap parameter is changed, determining the filling level of the product contained in the tank based on the predetermined length of the transmitted signal. a) generating a transmission signal having a predetermined length; b) propagating said transmission signal towards a surface of said product contained in a tank; c) receiving a reflected signal resulting from reflection of said transmission signal at said surface of said product; d) determining whether said received reflected signal overlaps said transmitted signal in the time-domain; e) setting an overlap parameter to state 1 if an overlap is detected and setting said overlap parameter to state 0 if no overlap is detected; and
Apparatus for applying pulsed electrical stimulation to a human subject, the apparatus comprising a control circuit (106,116) having a number of output terminals (102, 108) each of which is connectable, in use, to at least one of an array of three or more electrodes adapted to be arranged externally on a body part; characterised in that the control circuit includes means (104, 110, 112) for subdividing the pulses into a plurality of consecutive time periods, and means (104, 110, 112) configured to selectively connect, for each time period, each output terminal (102, 108) such that its respective electrode(s) is/are connected as either anode, cathode or neither, and such that a combination of both spatially and temporally summated current density can be controlled at a given locus within the body part; and wherein the control circuit (106, 116) is operable such that: (i) the current during a single time period is less than a predetermined stimulation threshold for tissue in a preselected region and/or nerve type, but the time-summated current over a number of time periods is greater than a predetermined stimulation threshold for another preselected region and/or nerve type; and (ii) during at least one time period the pulse is applied simultaneously across a plurality of output terminals (102, 108) at one polarity and one or more output terminal(s) (102, 108) at the opposite polarity such that a number of electrodes act as anodes and one or more electrode(s) as a common cathode, or vice versa, such that the intensity of the current in the region of the electrodes connected to said plurality of output terminals (102, 108) is less than a predetermined stimulation threshold for that region and/or nerve type whereas the intensity of the current in the region of the electrode(s) connected to said one or more output terminal(s) (102, 108) is greater than a predetermined stimulation threshold for the latter region and/or nerve type. (i) the current during a single time period is less than a predetermined stimulation threshold for tissue in a preselected region and/or nerve type, but the time-summated current over a number of time periods is greater than a predetermined stimulation threshold for another preselected region and/or nerve type; and (ii) during at least one time period the pulse is applied simultaneously across a plurality of output terminals (102, 108) at one polarity and one or more output terminal(s) (102, 108) at the opposite polarity such that a number of electrodes act as anodes and one or more electrode(s) as a common cathode, or vice versa, such that the intensity of the current in the region of the electrodes connected to said plurality of output terminals (102, 108) is less than a predetermined stimulation threshold for that region and/or nerve type whereas the intensity of the current in the region of the electrode(s) connected to said one or more output terminal(s) (102, 108) is greater than a predetermined stimulation threshold for the latter region and/or nerve type.
A method for transmitting beam information by a user equipment, UE, in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: detecting a beam failure, BF, of one or more secondary cells among a plurality of secondary cells configured for the UE; transmitting, to a base station, BS, first beam information including a bitmap related to the detection of the BF of the one or more secondary cells and a total number K of candidate beam information for one or more secondary cells to be reported in a second beam information based on a size of uplink resources granted to the UE, and transmitting, to the BS, second beam information including the candidate beam information for the total number of secondary cells among the one or more secondary cells reported by the first bit information wherein only the candidate beams for the one or more secondary cells for the K most significant or least significant bits from the bitmap of the first information are sent. detecting a beam failure, BF, of one or more secondary cells among a plurality of secondary cells configured for the UE; transmitting, to a base station, BS, first beam information including a bitmap related to the detection of the BF of the one or more secondary cells and a total number K of candidate beam information for one or more secondary cells to be reported in a second beam information based on a size of uplink resources granted to the UE, and transmitting, to the BS, second beam information including the candidate beam information for the total number of secondary cells among the one or more secondary cells reported by the first bit information wherein only the candidate beams for the one or more secondary cells for the K most significant or least significant bits from the bitmap of the first information are sent.
Convertible vehicle having a body arranged on the bodywork side, comprising a convertible-top compartment having a convertible-top-compartment lid and a folding top which is movable from a closed position into an open position, and vice versa, and wherein a convertible-top-compartment-lid kinematic system is arranged between the body and the convertible-top-compartment lid and enables a movement of the convertible-top-compartment lid to be carried out in order to accommodate the folding top in the convertible-top compartment, wherein the convertible-top-compartment-lid kinematic system is in the form of a multi-bar-linkage kinematic arrangement, and wherein a centring device is provided between the body and the convertible-top-compartment lid, the centring device comprising supporting members on the body and sliding elements, wherein the centring device is effective substantially in the transverse direction (B-B) of the vehicle and is provided adjacent to longitudinal sides of the body, characterized in that the multi-bar-linkage kinematic arrangement is in the form of a seven-bar-linkage kinematic arrangement, wherein a first link is connected via a first end region to a bearing point, and wherein a second link is connected via a first end region at a bearing point to a structural section connected to the body, and wherein the first link is connected via its second end region via a bearing point to a structural section connected to the convertible-top-compartment lid, and wherein the second link is connected via a number of further links (34, 35) via a bearing point to the structural section, and wherein the link is coupled rotatably approximately centrally via a bearing point to the link, and in that the centring device in each case comprises two supporting members and two sliding elements which interact in pairs, and in that the supporting members are arranged spaced apart and parallel in the longitudinal direction A-A of the vehicle on the structural element in the region of the main bearing on the body, and in that the first sliding element is connected to the first link in the region above the bearing point, and in that the second sliding element is connected to the link, below the bearing point.