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A control unit in an interventional procedure simulation system, said system comprising an interface unit (120, 500) in communication with said control unit to simulate handling of a number of nested instruments simultaneously interfaced by said interface unit (120, 500), each instrument being arranged to move and rotate independently of each other propagating said movement and rotation to other nested instruments, the control unit comprising: ▪ a description of said instruments including instrument properties, ▪ a three dimensional geometry representing a body cavity to be simulated, ▪ a first instruction set for handling and processing input from a user, ▪ a third instruction set for generating control signals relating to an interaction between said instruments and a surrounding geometry relating to a part of said simulated body part representing said body cavity, said control unit being configured to: handle and process input from said user and based on said input to generate a second instruction set, based on said input, control said interface unit (120, 500), and generate control signals relating to an interaction between said nested instruments and a surrounding geometry relating to a part of said simulated body part, characterised in that said control unit is further configured to receive information about a type of the nested real instruments from a detection member in said interface unit and to generate said control signals with respect to movement of said nested real instruments. ▪ a description of said instruments including instrument properties, ▪ a three dimensional geometry representing a body cavity to be simulated, ▪ a first instruction set for handling and processing input from a user, ▪ a third instruction set for generating control signals relating to an interaction between said instruments and a surrounding geometry relating to a part of said simulated body part representing said body cavity, said control unit being configured to: handle and process input from said user and based on said input to generate a second instruction set, based on said input, control said interface unit (120, 500), and generate control signals relating to an interaction between said nested instruments and a surrounding geometry relating to a part of said simulated body part, characterised in that said control unit is further configured to receive information about a type of the nested real instruments from a detection member in said interface unit and to generate said control signals with respect to movement of said nested real instruments. handle and process input from said user and based on said input to generate a second instruction set, based on said input, control said interface unit (120, 500), and generate control signals relating to an interaction between said nested instruments and a surrounding geometry relating to a part of said simulated body part, characterised in that said control unit is further configured to receive information about a type of the nested real instruments from a detection member in said interface unit and to generate said control signals with respect to movement of said nested real instruments.
A system for determining rotation frequency of a rotatable member, the system comprising: a rotatable member; a magnet for generating a magnetic field proximate the rotatable member, wherein the rotatable member is arranged such that rotation of the rotatable member causes changes in the magnetic field generated by the magnet, wherein the rotatable member includes a toothed phonic wheel aligned proximate the magnet such that changes in position of teeth of the toothed phonic wheel relative to the magnet causes the changes in the magnetic field; a Fabry-Perot cavity formed between a first mirror and a second mirror, the second mirror is bonded to a magneto-strictive material having a thickness dimension that changes in response to changes in the magnetic field caused by rotation of the rotatable member, thereby moving the second mirror relative to the first mirror, wherein the Fabry-Perot cavity is located between the magnet and the toothed phonic wheel, and wherein the Fabry-Perot cavity is aligned such that the cavity dimension is transverse to a line segment of shortest dimension directed between the magnet and the toothed phonic wheel; a light source configured to project light into the Fabry-Perot cavity; a detector configured to detect light reflected from the Fabry-Perot cavity; and a speed calculator configured to determine rotation frequency of the rotatable member based on a principal wavelength of light detected by the detector. a rotatable member; a magnet for generating a magnetic field proximate the rotatable member, wherein the rotatable member is arranged such that rotation of the rotatable member causes changes in the magnetic field generated by the magnet, wherein the rotatable member includes a toothed phonic wheel aligned proximate the magnet such that changes in position of teeth of the toothed phonic wheel relative to the magnet causes the changes in the magnetic field; a Fabry-Perot cavity formed between a first mirror and a second mirror, the second mirror is bonded to a magneto-strictive material having a thickness dimension that changes in response to changes in the magnetic field caused by rotation of the rotatable member, thereby moving the second mirror relative to the first mirror, wherein the Fabry-Perot cavity is located between the magnet and the toothed phonic wheel, and wherein the Fabry-Perot cavity is aligned such that the cavity dimension is transverse to a line segment of shortest dimension directed between the magnet and the toothed phonic wheel; a light source configured to project light into the Fabry-Perot cavity; a detector configured to detect light reflected from the Fabry-Perot cavity; and a speed calculator configured to determine rotation frequency of the rotatable member based on a principal wavelength of light detected by the detector.
Wind turbine having a rotor which is rotatable about a substantially horizontal axis and which comprises at least two rotor blades which are fastened to a rotor hub, wherein, between the rotor hub and the individual rotor blades, provision is made in each case of a blade adaptor for rotor blades of wind turbines for increasing the rotor diameter, said blade adaptor having a first end for fastening to the rotor hub and having an axially spaced-apart second end for connection to the blade root of a rotor blade, wherein, at its first and second ends (11, 12), the blade adaptor has in each case one hole circle for connection to the rotor hub or to the rotor blade, wherein the axially extending wall of the blade adaptor opens, from the first end towards the second end, frustoconically outwards in at least one section and the wall of the blade adaptor is configured in such a way that the axially extending wall of the blade adaptor, at the first end, extends within the hole circle at the first end and, at the second end, extends outside the hole circle at the second end, wherein the cross section through the blade adaptor has, with the wall of the blade adaptor and the two hole circles, a Z-like shape, wherein the hole circles are arranged on L-flanges which are connected fixedly to the wall of the blade adaptor, and wherein the blade adaptor is hollow and a connection, produced at the second end via the hole circle, between rotor blade and blade adaptor is accessible from the interior of the rotor hub.
A method of controlling blade pitch angle using a primary and a secondary electrical control system, the method comprising the steps of: a. Comparing (60, 72) a demanded (54, 56) and a measured (58, 74) blade pitch angle and calculating any difference (62, 76) therebetween, b. in the primary electrical control system, where there is a difference, applying a torque to a blade pitch regulator to reduce the magnitude of the difference to zero, and c. in the secondary electrical control system, where the difference is greater than a pre-determined threshold, applying a torque to a blade pitch regulator to reduce the magnitude of the difference to the pre-determined threshold. a. Comparing (60, 72) a demanded (54, 56) and a measured (58, 74) blade pitch angle and calculating any difference (62, 76) therebetween, b. in the primary electrical control system, where there is a difference, applying a torque to a blade pitch regulator to reduce the magnitude of the difference to zero, and c. in the secondary electrical control system, where the difference is greater than a pre-determined threshold, applying a torque to a blade pitch regulator to reduce the magnitude of the difference to the pre-determined threshold.
Current collector device for a cable of the type comprising an electric screen surrounding a central conductor, said electric screen being arranged under the outer protective sheath of said cable, said device comprising a conductive element, itself comprising a first tubular section of substantially cylindrical shape forming a conductive sleeve designed to be inserted on the cable in contact with the screen and a second tubular section substantially cylindrical, with a diameter greater than the diameter of the first section, the two sections being linked to each other by a frustoconical tubular intermediate section; as well as an insulating element of cylindrical shape, made of insulating and elastic material, designed to be inserted at least partially into the second tubular section of the conductive element, characterized in that the wall of the second tubular section has at least one opening extending on the wall of the intermediate section, said opening being designed to allow the insertion of a conductor of diameter determined by the wall of the conductive element so as to ensure, after insertion, its retention in place in the opening and its permanent electrical connection with the first element, in that the opening is designed to allow the insertion of the conductor obliquely with respect to the body of the first section of the conductive element and to present, on its part extending on the wall of the intermediate section, a constricted zone designed to allow in said constricted zone, the insertion of the conductor when, after insertion into the opening, it is folded against the first section of the conductive element, and in that the edges of the opening are shaped, at least at the level of the constricted zone, so as to present a cutting edge which is designed to score the surface of the conductor when the latter is folded against the first section of the conductive element.
Manually operated garden shears having a latching mechanism which permits a cutting process as a closing process of two initially open jaws (B1, B2) of the shears by moving two hand levers (H1, H2) in several steps with alternating closing movement and opening movement of the hand levers (H1, H2), characterized in that means for alternately carrying out a complete cutting process with only a closing movement of the hand levers (H1, H2) as a direct cutting action are provided, in that, starting from an opening position of the hand levers (H1, H2), in a first initial cutting process, force is transmitted from the hand levers (H1, H2) to the jaws (B1, B2) of the shears in an initial ratcheting position by means of the ratcheting mechanism (RH, RS), and in that, when the end of the closing movement of the hand levers (H1, H2) is reached, which closing movement is associated with the initial ratcheting position, both the means (FO, AF, GF) for carrying out a direct cutting action automatically become operative and permit a continuation of the closing movement of the hand levers (H1, H2) for a continuation of the cutting process as a direct cutting action and a continuation of the cutting process after an opening movement of the hand levers (H1, H2) in the event of renewed closing movement is possible by means of one of the next ratcheting stages.
A light emitting device comprising: a light source which emits near-ultraviolet laser light; and a fluorescent member (12, 17) which includes a fluorescent body that is excited by the light emitted from the light source so as to emit light, wherein the fluorescent member (12, 17) includes: a substrate which is formed with a highly heat conductive member; and a fluorescent body layer in which a plurality of layers of particles of the fluorescent body are deposited on the substrate in a direction from the substrate to a surface of the fluorescent body layer, and characterised in that the particles of the fluorescent body are continuously connected between the surface of the fluorescent body layer and the substrate. a light source which emits near-ultraviolet laser light; and a fluorescent member (12, 17) which includes a fluorescent body that is excited by the light emitted from the light source so as to emit light, a substrate which is formed with a highly heat conductive member; and a fluorescent body layer in which a plurality of layers of particles of the fluorescent body are deposited on the substrate in a direction from the substrate to a surface of the fluorescent body layer, and characterised in that the particles of the fluorescent body are continuously connected between the surface of the fluorescent body layer and the substrate.
An image recording apparatus, comprising: a roller configured to rotate in a direction of conveyance (Ds) of a recording medium (Pc) in a state of contact with the recording medium that is to be conveyed, a detector configured to detect a force received from the recording medium (Pc) via the roller; characterized in that the image recording apparatus further comprises: a fixation member fixing the roller movably in the direction intersecting with the direction of conveyance; the detector is positioned between the roller and the fixation member, a support member having an elastic member; and a roller movement unit connected to the support member, the roller movement unit being configured to move the roller in the direction intersecting with the direction of conveyance; and in that the roller has a support shaft extending in a direction (Da) intersecting with the direction of conveyance; the roller has a rotating member that is configured to rotate about the support shaft as a rotating shaft and move in the direction intersecting with the direction of conveyance along with the support shaft, the rotating member is configured to contact the recording medium that is to be conveyed, the fixation member supports the support shaft via the detector, and the support member is joined to the support shaft via the elastic member. a roller configured to rotate in a direction of conveyance (Ds) of a recording medium (Pc) in a state of contact with the recording medium that is to be conveyed, a fixation member fixing the roller movably in the direction intersecting with the direction of conveyance; the detector is positioned between the roller and the fixation member, a support member having an elastic member; and a roller movement unit connected to the support member, the roller movement unit being configured to move the roller in the direction intersecting with the direction of conveyance;
An in vitro method for early detection and diagnosis of cancer in biological samples of extracellular fluids in non-diabetic subjects, comprising the steps of: a) determining the production level of methylglyoxal in a biological sample of said subjects from an extracellular fluid; b) comparing said production level to a control value, i.e. to the MG level in non-cancer subjects; wherein if the production level of MG in said biological samples is higher than said control value, said subjects are considered to be suffering from cancer. a) determining the production level of methylglyoxal in a biological sample of said subjects from an extracellular fluid; b) comparing said production level to a control value, i.e. to the MG level in non-cancer subjects; wherein if the production level of MG in said biological samples is higher than said control value, said subjects are considered to be suffering from cancer.
An apparatus for performing a measurement on a material that has an optical response sensitive to a characteristic of an environment and is characterized by at least one time parameter, the apparatus comprising: a light source configured to excite the material with light whose intensity is modulated according to a modulation signal, the modulation signal including multiple transitions between at least two intensity levels, with a time pattern that is selected to have particular time and frequency characteristics, wherein the time pattern includes a plurality of time intervals, each time interval occurring between different respective pairs of adjacent transitions, and a plurality of time spans over which the excitation light is present, wherein the modulation signal is selected according to an irregular pattern such that the time intervals are different and the time spans are of different lengths, wherein the irregular pattern is determined according to a stochastic process or a pseudo random code; and a detector configured to detect the optical response of the material. a light source configured to excite the material with light whose intensity is modulated according to a modulation signal, the modulation signal including multiple transitions between at least two intensity levels, with a time pattern that is selected to have particular time and frequency characteristics, wherein the time pattern includes a plurality of time intervals, each time interval occurring between different respective pairs of adjacent transitions, and a plurality of time spans over which the excitation light is present, wherein the modulation signal is selected according to an irregular pattern such that the time intervals are different and the time spans are of different lengths, wherein the irregular pattern is determined according to a stochastic process or a pseudo random code; and a detector configured to detect the optical response of the material.
Method for applying at least one perforated protective film to a surface of at least one component using an apparatus which comprises a base frame, a receptacle (3.01) for a supply roller comprising a protective film, at least one component receptacle for receiving the at least one component and a pressure roller, comprising the following steps: a) configuring the at least one component receptacle at a setting angle with respect to the base frame; b) arranging the supply roller comprising the protective film in such a way that the unrolled protective film is at approximately the same setting angle with respect to the base frame; c) placing and fixing the at least one component; d) unrolling the protective film via at least one deflecting roller which spans the protective film, and positioning and fixing the unrolled protective film so as not to contact the at least one component; e) applying the protective film to the at least one component by means of the pressure roller, which is guided over the at least one component and is kept in position by at least one counterweight (6.04); f) severing the protective film above the at least one component and removing excess parts of the protective film; g) removing the component with applied film from the component receptacle. a) configuring the at least one component receptacle at a setting angle with respect to the base frame; b) arranging the supply roller comprising the protective film in such a way that the unrolled protective film is at approximately the same setting angle with respect to the base frame; c) placing and fixing the at least one component; d) unrolling the protective film via at least one deflecting roller which spans the protective film, and positioning and fixing the unrolled protective film so as not to contact the at least one component; e) applying the protective film to the at least one component by means of the pressure roller, which is guided over the at least one component and is kept in position by at least one counterweight (6.04); f) severing the protective film above the at least one component and removing excess parts of the protective film; g) removing the component with applied film from the component receptacle.
A method for decoding a video signal in intra planar prediction mode, comprising: receiving the video signal, the video signal including a current prediction unit that includes a plurality of video data samples to be predicted; predicting a video data sample included in the current prediction unit by processing a bi-linear interpolation of a first reference sample, a second reference sample, a third reference sample and a fourth reference sample, the first reference sample being a neighboring left sample of the current prediction unit and being on a same y-coordinate line as the video data sample, the second reference sample being a neighboring top sample of the current prediction unit and being on a same x-coordinate line as the video data sample, the third reference sample being a reconstructed reference sample taken from a neighboring top-right block of the current prediction unit, the fourth reference sample being a reconstructed reference sample taken from a neighboring bottom-left block of the current prediction unit, wherein the same third and fourth reference samples are used in the bi-linear interpolation process for each of the plurality of video data samples to be predicted within the current prediction unit, and reconstructing the video data sample. receiving the video signal, the video signal including a current prediction unit that includes a plurality of video data samples to be predicted; predicting a video data sample included in the current prediction unit by processing a bi-linear interpolation of a first reference sample, a second reference sample, a third reference sample and a fourth reference sample, the first reference sample being a neighboring left sample of the current prediction unit and being on a same y-coordinate line as the video data sample, the second reference sample being a neighboring top sample of the current prediction unit and being on a same x-coordinate line as the video data sample, the third reference sample being a reconstructed reference sample taken from a neighboring top-right block of the current prediction unit, the fourth reference sample being a reconstructed reference sample taken from a neighboring bottom-left block of the current prediction unit, wherein the same third and fourth reference samples are used in the bi-linear interpolation process for each of the plurality of video data samples to be predicted within the current prediction unit, and reconstructing the video data sample.