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A method for manufacturing thermoplastic resin expandable granules comprising the steps of: injecting a blowing agent under pressure into a thermoplastic resin which is melted in an extruder; extruding the melted resin containing the blowing agent as an extrudate from a plurality of holes having diameters in the range of 0.5 mm to 1.0 mm in a die (2, B) attached to a distal end of the extruder directly into a coolant liquid, and directly cutting the extrudate by high-speed rotary blades; and cooling and solidifying the extrudate by contacting with the coolant liquid, and thereby obtaining the expandable granules, characterized in that the melted resin containing the blowing agent passing through land parts of the holes of the die (2, B) is extruded such that the shearing speed is 12,000 to 35,000 sec -1, and such that the apparent melt viscosity of the resin is 10 to 70 Pa s. injecting a blowing agent under pressure into a thermoplastic resin which is melted in an extruder; extruding the melted resin containing the blowing agent as an extrudate from a plurality of holes having diameters in the range of 0.5 mm to 1.0 mm in a die (2, B) attached to a distal end of the extruder directly into a coolant liquid, and directly cutting the extrudate by high-speed rotary blades; and cooling and solidifying the extrudate by contacting with the coolant liquid, and thereby obtaining the expandable granules, characterized in that the melted resin containing the blowing agent passing through land parts of the holes of the die (2, B) is extruded such that the shearing speed is 12,000 to 35,000 sec -1, and such that the apparent melt viscosity of the resin is 10 to 70 Pa s.
An exhaust turbo supercharger having: a turbine housing into which exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine is introduced; a turbine wheel which is provided within said turbine housing and which is rotation-driven by said exhaust gas; a turbine shaft, one end of which is inserted into said turbine housing, and to which said turbine wheel is attached; a bearing which supports said turbine shaft; a bearing housing which is connected to said turbine housing and inside of which said bearing is housed; and a gasket which seals, in an area outside in the radial direction of said turbine shaft, between said turbine housing and said bearing housing; characterised in that a screw hole is formed in said turbine housing, said turbine housing and said bearing housing are detachably fixed by a bolt that engages with said screw hole, and in that in said bearing housing, a bolt support section that receives said bolt is able to elastically deform in the axial direction of said bolt, and said bolt support section receives said bolt in a state of being elastically deformed to said turbine housing side. a turbine housing into which exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine is introduced; a turbine wheel which is provided within said turbine housing and which is rotation-driven by said exhaust gas; a turbine shaft, one end of which is inserted into said turbine housing, and to which said turbine wheel is attached; a bearing which supports said turbine shaft; a bearing housing which is connected to said turbine housing and inside of which said bearing is housed; and a gasket which seals, in an area outside in the radial direction of said turbine shaft, between said turbine housing and said bearing housing; characterised in that a screw hole is formed in said turbine housing, said turbine housing and said bearing housing are detachably fixed by a bolt that engages with said screw hole, and in that in said bearing housing, a bolt support section that receives said bolt is able to elastically deform in the axial direction of said bolt, and said bolt support section receives said bolt in a state of being elastically deformed to said turbine housing side.
Method for estimating an ego-motion of an apparatus between a first image and a second image of a succession of images captured by said apparatus, in a SLAM type algorithm containing a localization part including said ego-motion estimating and a mapping part, wherein said ego-motion comprises a 3D rotation of the apparatus and a position variation of the apparatus in the 3D space, the method being characterized in that said ego-motion estimating comprises performing a first part and performing a second part after having performed said first part, said first part including estimating said 3D rotation of said apparatus by a hybrid RANSAC algorithm using information originating from at least one inertial sensor, said hybrid RANSAC algorithm comprising a dynamic threshold adaptation using depths of points in the first image, wherein each point has its own threshold, and said second part including, said 3D rotation having been estimated, estimating said position variation of the apparatus in the 3D space, wherein said ego-motion estimating further comprises, before estimating said 3D rotation, generating for said first image, binary descriptors describing visual features of said first image, each binary descriptor being associated with a given point in said first image, said descriptor generation comprising determining a pattern of points pairs around said given point in the first image, processing said pattern of points of said first image with a tridimensional rotation information, obtained from inertial measurements, and representative of said apparatus rotation between the first image and the image preceding said first image, and performing intensity comparison processing between the two points of each pair, wherein processing said pattern of points of said first image comprises, for each point (p1' i) of each pair (p1' i, p2' i) of said pattern, determining the bidimensional coordinates (u1' i, v1' i) of said point (p1' i) from the bidimensional coordinates (u1 i, v1 i) of the homologue point (p1 i) in the image preceding said first image and from an in-plane rotation matrix (R (p0, γ t)) corresponding to an in-plane rotation of an in-plane angle around said given point.
A method for detecting counter-flow motion in a compressed video of a scene, the method comprising: receiving the compressed video of the scene, wherein the compressed video comprises frames; determining a flow direction for a group of frames in the compressed video, wherein the determining comprises: obtaining motion vectors from a frame in the group of the frames, wherein each motion vector comprises a magnitude and an angle, filtering the motion vectors to remove motion vectors that correspond to noise, computing a frame histogram of the angles of the motion vectors, deriving a frame direction based on the frame histogram, adding the frame direction to a flow histogram of frame directions, repeating the obtaining, filtering, computing, deriving, and adding for other frames in the group of frames, and determining a flow direction based on the flow histogram of frame directions; and detecting counter-flow motion in the compressed video of the scene by comparing motion vectors obtained for each frame to the determined flow direction. receiving the compressed video of the scene, wherein the compressed video comprises frames; determining a flow direction for a group of frames in the compressed video, wherein the determining comprises: obtaining motion vectors from a frame in the group of the frames, wherein each motion vector comprises a magnitude and an angle, filtering the motion vectors to remove motion vectors that correspond to noise, computing a frame histogram of the angles of the motion vectors, deriving a frame direction based on the frame histogram, adding the frame direction to a flow histogram of frame directions, repeating the obtaining, filtering, computing, deriving, and adding for other frames in the group of frames, and determining a flow direction based on the flow histogram of frame directions; and detecting counter-flow motion in the compressed video of the scene by comparing motion vectors obtained for each frame to the determined flow direction. obtaining motion vectors from a frame in the group of the frames, wherein each motion vector comprises a magnitude and an angle, filtering the motion vectors to remove motion vectors that correspond to noise, computing a frame histogram of the angles of the motion vectors, deriving a frame direction based on the frame histogram, adding the frame direction to a flow histogram of frame directions, repeating the obtaining, filtering, computing, deriving, and adding for other frames in the group of frames, and determining a flow direction based on the flow histogram of frame directions; and detecting counter-flow motion in the compressed video of the scene by comparing motion vectors obtained for each frame to the determined flow direction.
Method for removing castings that have solidified in sand casting mould bodies from the moulds, in which method the sand casting mould bodies are transported away from a pouring-in position one after another in a row on a support base, wherein, before an end edge of the support base is reached, which end edge establishes a breaking-up position of the sand casting mould bodies in which the moulding sand drops away from the casting, an end of at least one holding rail (13, 14) dips into the sand casting mould bodies counter to the transport direction, in order to receive the castings lined up on the holding rail (13, 14), characterized in that the castings on the holding rail (13, 14) are slid on the holding rail (13, 14) by way of the transport of the sand casting mould bodies on the support base, with the result that they form a row of abutting castings. an end of at least one holding rail (13, 14) dips into the sand casting mould bodies counter to the transport direction, in order to receive the castings lined up on the holding rail (13, 14), characterized in that the castings on the holding rail (13, 14) are slid on the holding rail (13, 14) by way of the transport of the sand casting mould bodies on the support base, with the result that they form a row of abutting castings.
A method comprising: requesting, by a controller that operates in an out of band fashion with respect to a central processing unit, a firmware module from a computing system over a network (110,112); and instructing, by the controller, the central processing unit to cease access to a previous version of the firmware module prior to causing the firmware module to be communicated to a storage controller for installation on a storage device, wherein the controller is coupled to the central processing unit and the storage controller; causing the firmware module to be communicated to the storage controller for installation on the storage device; transferring the firmware module from the storage controller to the storage device for storage thereon; sending, by the storage controller, a notification to the controller when the transfer of the firmware module to the storage device is complete; and upon receiving the notification, notifying, by the controller, the central processing unit to resume access to the firmware module. requesting, by a controller that operates in an out of band fashion with respect to a central processing unit, a firmware module from a computing system over a network (110,112); and instructing, by the controller, the central processing unit to cease access to a previous version of the firmware module prior to causing the firmware module to be communicated to a storage controller for installation on a storage device, wherein the controller is coupled to the central processing unit and the storage controller; causing the firmware module to be communicated to the storage controller for installation on the storage device; transferring the firmware module from the storage controller to the storage device for storage thereon; sending, by the storage controller, a notification to the controller when the transfer of the firmware module to the storage device is complete; and upon receiving the notification, notifying, by the controller, the central processing unit to resume access to the firmware module.
Method for non-destructive element analysis of large volume samples, in which • the sample is irradiated, pulsed with quick neutrons, • the prompt gamma radiation emitted by the sample is measured and • the amount of an element, which is contained in the sample, is evaluated after deducting the background signal from the area of the photopeak, which the element causes in a count rate-energy presentation, the sample is rotated around an axis and the gamma radiation is measured depending on the angle of rotation, characterised in that the gamma radiation emitted by a part area of the sample, in which a metal coating of the sample is selected as a part area, the composition of which is known, is evaluated for determining the neutron flow at the place in the sample. • the sample is irradiated, pulsed with quick neutrons, • the prompt gamma radiation emitted by the sample is measured and • the amount of an element, which is contained in the sample, is evaluated after deducting the background signal from the area of the photopeak, which the element causes in a count rate-energy presentation,
A device for generating a skin graft, comprising: a harvester body adapted for placement on a patient's skin; a detachable head portion having a seal for forming a reduced pressure chamber when the head portion and the harvester body are joined together and the harvester is coupled to a vacuum pump or other source of reduced pressure, the head portion further including a heating element that delivers a warm hypotonic fluid to at least a portion of the patient's skin within the reduced pressure chamber to cause the portion of the patient's skin exposed to the chamber to assimilate fluid before and/or after applying negative pressure to the reduced pressure chamber to pull the skin into the reduced pressure chamber and thereby raise a plurality of blisters; at least one temperature measuring element disposed in said harvester body or said detachable head portion for measuring temperature of the patient's skin or said reduced pressure chamber. a harvester body adapted for placement on a patient's skin; a detachable head portion having a seal for forming a reduced pressure chamber when the head portion and the harvester body are joined together and the harvester is coupled to a vacuum pump or other source of reduced pressure, the head portion further including a heating element that delivers a warm hypotonic fluid to at least a portion of the patient's skin within the reduced pressure chamber to cause the portion of the patient's skin exposed to the chamber to assimilate fluid before and/or after applying negative pressure to the reduced pressure chamber to pull the skin into the reduced pressure chamber and thereby raise a plurality of blisters; at least one temperature measuring element disposed in said harvester body or said detachable head portion for measuring temperature of the patient's skin or said reduced pressure chamber.
A shaft for a hand-held surgical device, in particular for a cystoscope, for receiving an optical system and at least one further instrument, wherein a proximal end of the tubular shaft can be coupled to an instrument body and/or a handle unit and wherein the optical system and the instrument can be positioned with their distal ends inside a distal opening, preferably a window opening, of the shaft, wherein a circumferential edge of the distal opening of the shaft has, at least in sections, an outwardly facing thickened portion, wherein the distal opening is formed obliquely, characterized in that the edge of the distal opening comprises two oblique portions (23, 24) and a horizontal portion oriented at least substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the shaft, and that the thickness of the outwardly facing thickened portion of the opening varies continuously along the shaft.
A drilling head for a tubular shank having an inside diameter and threads, the drilling head comprising: an axial body comprising: a duct exiting through a first end; threads adjacent the first end corresponding to the threads on the shank and aligning the duct with the shank inside diameter; a bore from an outer surface of the body to the duct; and two axially extending approximately parallel and offset surfaces (30, 32) adjacent a second end; and a replaceable insert affixed between the offset surfaces (30, 32), the insert comprising: a first face at least partially contacting one offset surface and a second face at least partially contacting the other offset surface; two cutting edges adjacent the first face, the second face, or both; characterised in that the insert includes a cutting lip adjacent the cutting edges, and wherein the drilling head is configured such that in use a cutting fluid is supplied towards the insert and is flushed from the cutting area through the bore into the duct to exit through the first end. an axial body comprising: a duct exiting through a first end; threads adjacent the first end corresponding to the threads on the shank and aligning the duct with the shank inside diameter; a bore from an outer surface of the body to the duct; and two axially extending approximately parallel and offset surfaces (30, 32) adjacent a second end; and a duct exiting through a first end; threads adjacent the first end corresponding to the threads on the shank and aligning the duct with the shank inside diameter; a bore from an outer surface of the body to the duct; and two axially extending approximately parallel and offset surfaces (30, 32) adjacent a second end; and a replaceable insert affixed between the offset surfaces (30, 32), the insert comprising: a first face at least partially contacting one offset surface and a second face at least partially contacting the other offset surface; two cutting edges adjacent the first face, the second face, or both; a first face at least partially contacting one offset surface and a second face at least partially contacting the other offset surface; two cutting edges adjacent the first face, the second face, or both; characterised in that the insert includes a cutting lip adjacent the cutting edges, and wherein the drilling head is configured such that in use a cutting fluid is supplied towards the insert and is flushed from the cutting area through the bore into the duct to exit through the first end.
An apparatus, comprising: an optical detector configured to sample asynchronously an optical signal from or to an optical component being one of an optical transmitter or an optical receiver; and a processor, operatively coupled to the optical detector, the processor, configured to calculate a metric value of the optical signal without an extinction ratio of the optical signal being calculated, the metric value being proportional to or indicative of the extinction ratio of the optical signal, the processor, configured to calculate a calibration value based on the optical signal if a bit rate of the optical signal is greater than an analog bandwidth of the optical detector and if a sampling frequency of the optical signal is not less than the analog bandwidth of the optical detector, the processor, configured to define an error signal based on the calibration value and the metric value of the optical signal, the processor, configured to send the error signal to the optical transmitter such that the optical transmitter modifies an output optical signal. an optical detector configured to sample asynchronously an optical signal from or to an optical component being one of an optical transmitter or an optical receiver; and a processor, operatively coupled to the optical detector, the processor, configured to calculate a metric value of the optical signal without an extinction ratio of the optical signal being calculated, the metric value being proportional to or indicative of the extinction ratio of the optical signal, the processor, configured to calculate a calibration value based on the optical signal if a bit rate of the optical signal is greater than an analog bandwidth of the optical detector and if a sampling frequency of the optical signal is not less than the analog bandwidth of the optical detector, the processor, configured to define an error signal based on the calibration value and the metric value of the optical signal, the processor, configured to send the error signal to the optical transmitter such that the optical transmitter modifies an output optical signal.
Process for producing extrudates for wiper blades of a windscreen wiper, comprising a first profile composed of an elastomer material and a second profile joined to the first profile, characterized by the following steps: a) extrusion of the first profile composed of the elastomer material in the form of a wiping rubber, b) vulcanization of the first profile composed of the elastomer material and c) extrusion of a second profile as support profile composed of a thermoplastic material onto the first profile composed of the elastomer material, wherein the first profile comprises a base section, a lip section and a tilting bar joining them. a) extrusion of the first profile composed of the elastomer material in the form of a wiping rubber, b) vulcanization of the first profile composed of the elastomer material and c) extrusion of a second profile as support profile composed of a thermoplastic material onto the first profile composed of the elastomer material, wherein the first profile comprises a base section, a lip section and a tilting bar joining them.
An imaging device configured to detect one or more caries, the device comprising: an optical sensor; a first light source configured to direct light toward a tooth such that the optical sensor measures transmission of light from the first light source through the tooth; a second light source configured to direct light toward the tooth such that the optical sensor measures reflectance from the tooth of light from the second light source; and a controller configured to: (i) compare the measured transmission to the measured reflectance; and (ii) determine, based at least in part on said comparison, whether a caries is present in the tooth; characterized in that said first and second light sources emit light having a wavelength between 900 and 1100 nm. an optical sensor; a first light source configured to direct light toward a tooth such that the optical sensor measures transmission of light from the first light source through the tooth; a second light source configured to direct light toward the tooth such that the optical sensor measures reflectance from the tooth of light from the second light source; and a controller configured to: (i) compare the measured transmission to the measured reflectance; and (ii) determine, based at least in part on said comparison, whether a caries is present in the tooth; characterized in that said first and second light sources emit light having a wavelength between 900 and 1100 nm.