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A method for automatically determining a exposure time for an intraoral x-ray projection image, the method comprising: acquiring a low dose pilot projection image of an object to be imaged; performing a sanity check to ensure that a usable exposure is attainable, wherein said performing includes calculating a cumulative histogram of all grey level values of pixels of said pilot projection image and testing for unacceptable exposure conditions and removing fixed portions of the histogram range corresponding to contributions by at least one of (i) defective pixels, (ii) metal regions of the object to be imaged and (iii) tissue regions of the object to be imaged to said cumulative histogram and, wherein said removing further includes at least one of (i) determining a pilot projection image range of all grey level values of pixels of said pilot projection image and (ii) calculating a high threshold and a low threshold using the determined pilot projection image range; estimating a remaining exposure time for obtaining an additional projection image, checking to ensure that the additional projection image will not be saturated; acquiring the additional projection image using the estimated remaining exposure time; and adding the pilot projection image and the additional projection image to form one final image. acquiring a low dose pilot projection image of an object to be imaged; performing a sanity check to ensure that a usable exposure is attainable, wherein said performing includes calculating a cumulative histogram of all grey level values of pixels of said pilot projection image and testing for unacceptable exposure conditions and removing fixed portions of the histogram range corresponding to contributions by at least one of (i) defective pixels, (ii) metal regions of the object to be imaged and (iii) tissue regions of the object to be imaged to said cumulative histogram and, wherein said removing further includes at least one of (i) determining a pilot projection image range of all grey level values of pixels of said pilot projection image and (ii) calculating a high threshold and a low threshold using the determined pilot projection image range; estimating a remaining exposure time for obtaining an additional projection image, checking to ensure that the additional projection image will not be saturated; acquiring the additional projection image using the estimated remaining exposure time; and adding the pilot projection image and the additional projection image to form one final image.
A sample test cassette (2; 2a; 2b) comprising an inlet (4; 4a; 4b) for introducing a sample liquid into the sample test cassette (2; 2a; 2b); an elongate channel for receiving an elongate lateral flow test strip and configured with a first end in liquid communication with the inlet (4; 4a; 4b); characterised in that the sample test cassette (2; 2a; 2b) further comprises an integral mechanical transport system (12; 92) adapted to generate a flow of sample liquid from outside of the inlet (4; 4a; 4b) and to the first end of the elongate channel via a conduit disposed to also provide liquid communication of the first end with the inlet (4; 4a; 4b) and with the mechanical transport system (12; 92).
A fuel cell system, comprising: a reformer for forming an anode gas, which includes hydrogen, by reforming a source gas; a fuel cell including an anode to which the anode gas is supplied and a cathode to which a cathode gas is supplied; a source gas passage for supplying the source gas to the reformer; a shut-off valve for closing the source gas passage; a desulfurizer (200, 100) provided at the source gas passage for removing sulfur component included in the source gas; and a humidity and temperature sensor provided at the source gas passage for detecting a physical quantity in association with a temperature and a humidity of the source gas to be supplied to the desulfurizer (200, 100), characterized by a case for housing the reformer, the fuel cell and the desulfurizer (200, 100); and a valve box forming a valve housing chamber covering the shut-off valve, the valve box being provided within the case at a bottom portion of the case; wherein the humidity and temperature sensor is housed in the valve housing chamber of the valve box so as not to be affected by the temperature of the reformer and/or the fuel cell. a reformer for forming an anode gas, which includes hydrogen, by reforming a source gas; a fuel cell including an anode to which the anode gas is supplied and a cathode to which a cathode gas is supplied; a source gas passage for supplying the source gas to the reformer; a shut-off valve for closing the source gas passage; a desulfurizer (200, 100) provided at the source gas passage for removing sulfur component included in the source gas; and a humidity and temperature sensor provided at the source gas passage for detecting a physical quantity in association with a temperature and a humidity of the source gas to be supplied to the desulfurizer (200, 100), characterized by a case for housing the reformer, the fuel cell and the desulfurizer (200, 100); and a valve box forming a valve housing chamber covering the shut-off valve, the valve box being provided within the case at a bottom portion of the case; wherein the humidity and temperature sensor is housed in the valve housing chamber of the valve box so as not to be affected by the temperature of the reformer and/or the fuel cell.
An optical transceiver, comprising: a first optical time domain reflectometer, OTDR, module configured to: generate a first OTDR signal, and generate a second OTDR signal, the second OTDR signal being a delayed version of the first OTDR signal; and a first optical supervisory channel, OSC, transmitter configured to: generate a first OSC signal, generate a second OSC signal, the second OSC signal being a delayed version of the first OSC signal, interleave the first OSC signal and the first OTDR signal, and interleave the second OSC signal and the second OTDR signal; a first wavelength division multiplexer, WDM, configured to transmit the first OSC signal interleaved with the first OTDR signal on a first optical fiber; and a second WDM configured to transmit the second OSC signal interleaved with the second OTDR signal on a second optical fiber; wherein, at any time during operation of the optical transceiver, at least one of the first and second OSC signals is present on a corresponding one of the first and second optical fibers. a first optical time domain reflectometer, OTDR, module configured to: generate a first OTDR signal, and generate a second OTDR signal, the second OTDR signal being a delayed version of the first OTDR signal; and generate a first OTDR signal, and generate a second OTDR signal, the second OTDR signal being a delayed version of the first OTDR signal; and a first optical supervisory channel, OSC, transmitter configured to: generate a first OSC signal, generate a second OSC signal, the second OSC signal being a delayed version of the first OSC signal, interleave the first OSC signal and the first OTDR signal, and interleave the second OSC signal and the second OTDR signal; generate a first OSC signal, generate a second OSC signal, the second OSC signal being a delayed version of the first OSC signal, interleave the first OSC signal and the first OTDR signal, and interleave the second OSC signal and the second OTDR signal; a first wavelength division multiplexer, WDM, configured to transmit the first OSC signal interleaved with the first OTDR signal on a first optical fiber; and a second WDM configured to transmit the second OSC signal interleaved with the second OTDR signal on a second optical fiber; wherein, at any time during operation of the optical transceiver, at least one of the first and second OSC signals is present on a corresponding one of the first and second optical fibers.
Friction clutch (1, 1a) having a back-pressure plate and a pressure plate (3, 3a) which is arranged fixedly such that it cannot be rotated and can be displaced axially with respect to the former, a cover part (8, 8a) which is connected fixedly to the back-pressure plate, a lever spring (7, 7a) which is clamped in between the pressure plate (3, 3a) and the cover part (8, 8a) with a circumferential force edge and levers which are distributed over the circumference and are widened radially towards the inside, and supporting regions which are widened radially towards the outside, a clutch plate with friction linings which can be brought into frictional engagement between the back-pressure plate and the pressure plate (3, 3a) counter to the action of a lining suspension means in a manner which is dependent on an axial engagement force which is applied at the levers, and an adjusting device with a drive spring (23, 23') which is arranged in the form of an open ring on the lever spring (7, 7a) and is fastened to the levers by means of sensing tongues which are widened radially towards the inside, with a pawl which is arranged at one ring end and meshes with a pinion which is arranged rotatably on the lever spring (7, 7a) and has a worm gear on the opposite side, characterized in that the friction clutch has a compensation spring (11, 11a) which counteracts the lining suspension means between the back-pressure plate and the pressure plate (3, 3a), and in that the worm gear is arranged in a drive connection with the compensation spring or the cover part, the pinion rotates in a manner which is dependent on a pawl which is displaced in a manner dependent on the engaging force, and a relative rotation is set between the lever spring (7, 7a) and the compensation spring or the cover part by means of the rotating worm gear, a radius (r 1, r 2) of a bearing region (13, 13') of the compensation spring (11, 11a) changing in a manner which is dependent on the relative rotation.
An elevator end termination, comprising: a base member comprising a proximal end and a distal end and defining an internal belt cavity opening at the proximal end of the base member; an elevator belt comprising an outer jacket and an internal load carrier of a substantially rectangular cross-section, wherein the internal load carrier is exposed on an end of the elevator belt, wherein a portion of the elevator belt end is positioned in the belt cavity; and an adhesive provided in the belt cavity at least between opposite sides of the elevator belt and opposing interior walls of the base member, wherein the elevator belt is adhesively bonded to the base member; wherein the base member comprises at least one injection port (30, 32) to inject adhesive into the belt cavity between elevator belt end and the interior walls of the belt cavity; characterized in that the at least one injection port (30, 32) comprises a plurality of injection ports (30, 32) positioned to inject the adhesive between the opposite sides of the elevator belt end and the interior walls of the belt cavity. a base member comprising a proximal end and a distal end and defining an internal belt cavity opening at the proximal end of the base member; an elevator belt comprising an outer jacket and an internal load carrier of a substantially rectangular cross-section, wherein the internal load carrier is exposed on an end of the elevator belt, wherein a portion of the elevator belt end is positioned in the belt cavity; and an adhesive provided in the belt cavity at least between opposite sides of the elevator belt and opposing interior walls of the base member, wherein the elevator belt is adhesively bonded to the base member; wherein the base member comprises at least one injection port (30, 32) to inject adhesive into the belt cavity between elevator belt end and the interior walls of the belt cavity; characterized in that the at least one injection port (30, 32) comprises a plurality of injection ports (30, 32) positioned to inject the adhesive between the opposite sides of the elevator belt end and the interior walls of the belt cavity.
A soft silicone hydrogel contact lens prepared from a silicone hydrogel lens-forming material including at least one silicone-containing monomer, at least one silicone-containing macromer, at least one silicone-containing prepolymer, or a mixture thereof, comprising: a polymeric matrix and a hydrophobic comfort agent, wherein the polymeric matrix of the soft silicone hydrogel contact lens comprises hydrophobic units derived from a silicone-containing monomer or macromer and/or a hydrophobic monomer and hydrophilic units derived from a hydrophilic monomer or macromer, wherein the hydrophobic comfort agent is a phospholipid, a monoglyceride, a diglyceride, a triglyceride, a glycolipid, a glyceroglycolipid, a sphingolipid, a sphingo-glycolipid, or a mixture thereof, wherein the hydrophobic comfort agent is not covalently linked to the polymer matrix but distributed therein, wherein the soft silicone hydrogel contact lens has a capability of gradually releasing the hydrophobic comfort agent during wear over at least 4 hours after storing in the packaging solution for at least one month from the polymer matrix into the eye of a wearer when being worn. a polymeric matrix and a hydrophobic comfort agent, wherein the polymeric matrix of the soft silicone hydrogel contact lens comprises hydrophobic units derived from a silicone-containing monomer or macromer and/or a hydrophobic monomer and hydrophilic units derived from a hydrophilic monomer or macromer, wherein the hydrophobic comfort agent is a phospholipid, a monoglyceride, a diglyceride, a triglyceride, a glycolipid, a glyceroglycolipid, a sphingolipid, a sphingo-glycolipid, or a mixture thereof, wherein the hydrophobic comfort agent is not covalently linked to the polymer matrix but distributed therein, wherein the soft silicone hydrogel contact lens has a capability of gradually releasing the hydrophobic comfort agent during wear over at least 4 hours after storing in the packaging solution for at least one month from the polymer matrix into the eye of a wearer when being worn.
An apparatus for inspecting matter, the apparatus comprising: an emitting device adapted to emit radiation; a stop element adapted to block some of the radiation emitted by the emitting device; a scanning device adapted to project a dark area caused by the stop element on the matter, and to redirect radiation having passed the stop element towards the matter, wherein at least some of the redirected radiation is scattered within the matter and passes out of the matter as scattered radiation; and a detection device adapted to receive or detect the scattered radiation via the scanning device, wherein the detection device's field of view coincides with the projected dark area, wherein said stop element is provided in an aperture placed in front of the emitting device, and wherein the aperture is substantially circular and provided with the stop element shaped like a band or rectangle intersecting the aperture along its diameter. an emitting device adapted to emit radiation; a stop element adapted to block some of the radiation emitted by the emitting device; a scanning device adapted to project a dark area caused by the stop element on the matter, and to redirect radiation having passed the stop element towards the matter, wherein at least some of the redirected radiation is scattered within the matter and passes out of the matter as scattered radiation; and a detection device adapted to receive or detect the scattered radiation via the scanning device, wherein the detection device's field of view coincides with the projected dark area, wherein said stop element is provided in an aperture placed in front of the emitting device, and wherein the aperture is substantially circular and provided with the stop element shaped like a band or rectangle intersecting the aperture along its diameter.
Adapter device for the single-phase coupling of a circuit breaker to a busbar, having a base body with a circuit breaker side and a busbar side, which faces away from the circuit breaker side and, in the assembled state, faces towards the busbar, a current path distributor with a distributor input for electrically coupling to a current path of the busbar and three distributor outputs for dividing the current path of the busbar over three current paths of the circuit breaker and a current path combining element with three combining element inputs for combining the three current paths of the circuit breaker to form one current path of the busbar and a combining element output for electrically coupling to the current path of the busbar, wherein a receptacle for receiving the circuit breaker is formed on the circuit breaker side, characterized in that the current path distributor is arranged on the receptacle of the base body in such a way that the distributor outputs can be electrically coupled to a respective current input of the circuit breaker by arranging a circuit breaker in the receptacle, and in that the current path combining element is arranged on the receptacle of the base body in such a way that the combining element inputs can be electrically coupled to a respective current output of the circuit breaker by arranging a circuit breaker in the receptacle, wherein the distributor input and the combining element output are arranged on the base body in such a way that they are electrically coupled to a current path of the busbar when the adapter device is mounted on the busbar.
A device for processing a medical image, the device comprising: an input interface configured to input a depth adjusting command from a user; an image processing and control unit configured to generate a two-dimensional reconstruction image by overlapping a part or all of CT image data in a view direction, and change a contrast of at least a part of the two-dimensional reconstruction image according to the depth adjusting command; and a display unit displaying the two-dimensional reconstruction image, characterized in that the image processing and control unit sets a plurality of sections in the CT image data along the view direction, generates a weight map (1000; 1100) for each of the plurality of sections, and changes a contrast of at least a part of the two-dimensional reconstruction image based on the weight map (1000; 1100) of a selected section according to the depth adjusting command. an input interface configured to input a depth adjusting command from a user; an image processing and control unit configured to generate a two-dimensional reconstruction image by overlapping a part or all of CT image data in a view direction, and change a contrast of at least a part of the two-dimensional reconstruction image according to the depth adjusting command; and a display unit displaying the two-dimensional reconstruction image, characterized in that the image processing and control unit sets a plurality of sections in the CT image data along the view direction, generates a weight map (1000; 1100) for each of the plurality of sections, and changes a contrast of at least a part of the two-dimensional reconstruction image based on the weight map (1000; 1100) of a selected section according to the depth adjusting command.
Construction vehicle which is a road finisher or a feeder vehicle for a road finisher, comprising: a drive (10, 18) for providing a drive function of the construction vehicle; an internal network area of the construction vehicle, the internal network area comprising a computing unit for controlling an operation of the construction vehicle; an external network area of the construction vehicle, the external network area being in data communication connection with the internal network area, characterized by a firewall configured to monitor data communication from the external network area of the construction vehicle to the internal network area of the construction vehicle, wherein the firewall has its own processor and its own operating system. a drive (10, 18) for providing a drive function of the construction vehicle; an internal network area of the construction vehicle, the internal network area comprising a computing unit for controlling an operation of the construction vehicle; an external network area of the construction vehicle, the external network area being in data communication connection with the internal network area, characterized by a firewall configured to monitor data communication from the external network area of the construction vehicle to the internal network area of the construction vehicle, wherein the firewall has its own processor and its own operating system.
A clamp comprising: a first arcuate portion; a second arcuate portion hingedly connected to the first arcuate portion; and a ratchet mechanism for locking the first and second arcuate portions (4a, 4b) in a closed position; wherein the ratchet mechanism comprises a linear rack provided with the second arcuate portion and a pawl provided with the first arcuate portion for receiving the linear rack; wherein the linear rack comprises a plurality of toothed paths each comprising one or more asymmetrical teeth; wherein the pawl comprises a plurality of fingers (36a, 36b) which are biased into engagement with the teeth of the linear rack; wherein each of the plurality of fingers (36a, 36b) are configured to engage with the teeth of one of the plurality of toothed paths; characterised in that: a first path of the plurality of toothed paths comprises one or more teeth having a larger height than the teeth of a second path of the plurality of toothed paths, wherein the teeth of the first path are positioned so as to provide tactile/audible feedback to a user to indicate an optimum clamping force. a first arcuate portion; a second arcuate portion hingedly connected to the first arcuate portion; and a ratchet mechanism for locking the first and second arcuate portions (4a, 4b) in a closed position; wherein the ratchet mechanism comprises a linear rack provided with the second arcuate portion and a pawl provided with the first arcuate portion for receiving the linear rack; wherein the linear rack comprises a plurality of toothed paths each comprising one or more asymmetrical teeth; wherein the pawl comprises a plurality of fingers (36a, 36b) which are biased into engagement with the teeth of the linear rack; wherein each of the plurality of fingers (36a, 36b) are configured to engage with the teeth of one of the plurality of toothed paths; characterised in that: a first path of the plurality of toothed paths comprises one or more teeth having a larger height than the teeth of a second path of the plurality of toothed paths, wherein the teeth of the first path are positioned so as to provide tactile/audible feedback to a user to indicate an optimum clamping force.
A fluid sample holder suitable for allowing a fluid sample to be delivered to, or received from, fluid processing equipment, the sample holder comprising: a sample fluid reservoir; a sample fluid port for providing fluid communication between said sample fluid reservoir and said fluid processing equipment; a buffer fluid port also for providing fluid communication between the reservoir and said fluid processing equipment; and a sliding seal within the reservoir having an external area which substantially sealingly engages with a wall of the reservoir thereby defining a first and a second fluid separated regions in the reservoir, said first region being in fluid communication with the sample fluid port, and said second region being in fluid communication with the buffer fluid port, the sliding seal being displaceable within the reservoir by means of a working fluid pressure differential between the first and second regions to thereby change the respective volumes of the first and second regions, the holder being characterised in that at least the external area of the sliding seal is formed from material which elastically flexes when subjected to a pressure differential greater than the working fluid pressure differential and when so flexed allows fluid flow between the first and second regions.