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Installation for manufacturing a bead wire intended to reinforce a tyre, in particular a pneumatic tyre, said installation including: - a receiving table that is adapted to receive a braided torus that includes at least one wire, termed "braid wire", that extends longitudinally from a first end section to a second end section and that is interlaced in helicoidal turns around and along a generatrix line that forms a ring around a principal axis that corresponds to the central axis of said braided torus, - a cutting tool adapted to section the first end section and the second end section in order to adjust the length of said first and second end sections (5, 6), - a crimping tool adapted to crimp a sleeve around said first end section and said second end section in order to join and to fix said first and second end sections (5, 6) to one another, said installation comprising a configuration unit that is adapted to cause said installation to pass automatically from a first working configuration, termed "cutting configuration", in which the receiving table cooperates with the cutting tool in such a manner as to position the braided torus and the first and second end sections (5, 6) so that said first and second end sections (5, 6) are sectioned by the cutting tool, to a second working configuration, termed "crimping configuration", distinct from the first working configuration, in which the receiving table cooperates with the crimping tool in such a manner as to position the braided torus and the first and second end sections (5, 6) so that the crimping tool joins said first and second end sections by means of the sleeve. - a receiving table that is adapted to receive a braided torus that includes at least one wire, termed "braid wire", that extends longitudinally from a first end section to a second end section and that is interlaced in helicoidal turns around and along a generatrix line that forms a ring around a principal axis that corresponds to the central axis of said braided torus, - a cutting tool adapted to section the first end section and the second end section in order to adjust the length of said first and second end sections (5, 6), - a crimping tool adapted to crimp a sleeve around said first end section and said second end section in order to join and to fix said first and second end sections (5, 6) to one another,
A coated article including a coating supported by a glass substrate, the coating comprising: first and second infrared IR reflecting layers comprising silver, the first IR reflecting layer being located closer to the glass substrate than is the second IR reflecting layer; a first contact layer located over and directly contacting the first IR reflecting layer comprising silver; a dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride located over and directly contacting the first contact layer; a second contact layer located over and directly contacting the layer comprising silicon nitride; the second IR reflecting layer comprising silver located over and directly contacting the second contact layer; a third contact layer located over and directly contacting the second IR reflecting layer; another dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride located over and directly contacting the third contact layer; a layer comprising zirconium oxide located over and directly contacting the another dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride; wherein the second IR reflecting layer comprising silver is thicker than the first IR reflecting layer comprising silver; wherein each of the first and second IR reflecting layers comprising silver is at least twice as thick as the layer comprising zirconium oxide; and wherein the coated article has a visible transmission, measured monolithically, of no greater than 60%.
Computer-implemented method for operating an artificial neural network, wherein an image is supplied to the artificial neural network, wherein the artificial neural network outputs a probability value and/or a probability of an object contained in the image being able to be assigned to a specific class of objects and/or object class, or wherein the artificial neural network outputs a semantic segmentation of the image, wherein the neural network has at least one convolutional layer (12a-c) that is configured to convert an input matrix of the convolutional layer (12a-c) into an output matrix based on a convolution operation and a shift operation, the method comprising the following steps: • Determining at least one first normalization variable and one second normalization variable based on entries of the input matrix and/or based on a training dataset of the neural network, characterized in that the method furthermore comprises the following steps: • Determining a modified filter matrix ( f̃), wherein the modified filter matrix ( f̃) is determined by dividing an original filter matrix (f) of the at least one convolutional layer (12a-c) by the determined first normalization variable; • Determining a modified matrix ( b̃), wherein the modified matrix ( b̃) is determined by multiplying an original matrix (b) of the at least one convolutional layer (12a-c) by the determined and negated first normalization variable and subsequently adding the second normalization variable; and • Converting the input matrix into the output matrix based on the modified filter matrix ( f̃) and the modified matrix ( b̃), wherein the input matrix is determined by way of a convolution with the modified convolution matrix ( f̃) and a subsequent addition of the modified matrix ( b̃) to the result of the convolution. • Determining at least one first normalization variable and one second normalization variable based on entries of the input matrix and/or based on a training dataset of the neural network, characterized in that the method furthermore comprises the following steps: • Determining a modified filter matrix ( f̃), wherein the modified filter matrix ( f̃) is determined by dividing an original filter matrix (f) of the at least one convolutional layer (12a-c) by the determined first normalization variable; • Determining a modified matrix ( b̃), wherein the modified matrix ( b̃) is determined by multiplying an original matrix (b) of the at least one convolutional layer (12a-c) by the determined and negated first normalization variable and subsequently adding the second normalization variable; and • Converting the input matrix into the output matrix based on the modified filter matrix ( f̃) and the modified matrix ( b̃), wherein the input matrix is determined by way of a convolution with the modified convolution matrix ( f̃) and a subsequent addition of the modified matrix ( b̃) to the result of the convolution.
A welding-type system that can identify a weld cable, comprising a welding power supply having a controller, a power circuit connected to receive at least one signal from the controller, at least one weld cable connection connected to receive power from the power circuit, characterized by a weld cable locator module (121, 205, 104) having a cable locator output connected to at least one of the controller, the power circuit, and the weld cable connection, wherein the weld cable locator module (121, 205, 104) comprises: a memory, capable of storing cable identifier information; a receiver, capable of receiving a cable identifier signal; and a comparator, connected to compare the stored cable identifier information and the received cable identifier signal; wherein the cable locator output is responsive to the comparator. a memory, capable of storing cable identifier information; a receiver, capable of receiving a cable identifier signal; and a comparator, connected to compare the stored cable identifier information and the received cable identifier signal; wherein the cable locator output is responsive to the comparator.
A method for evaluating and improving performance of a control implementation on a quantum processor comprising multiple qubits in the presence of noise, the method comprising: modelling the noise by decomposing noise interactions described by a multi-qubit noise Hamiltonian into multiple contributory noise channels, each channel generating noise dynamics described by a unique noise-axis operator A i, where i indexes the ith noise channel; determining, for a given control implementation, the unique filter function for each noise channel representing susceptibility of the multi-qubit system to the associated noise dynamics, each of the multiple filter functions being based on a frequency transformation of the noise axis operator A i of the corresponding noise channel i to thereby evaluate the performance of the control implementation; determining an optimised control sequence based on the filter function to reduce the susceptibility of the multi-qubit system to the noise channels, thereby reducing the effective interaction with the multi-qubit noise Hamiltonian; applying the optimised control sequence to the multi-qubit system to control the quantum processor to thereby improve the performance of the control implementation. modelling the noise by decomposing noise interactions described by a multi-qubit noise Hamiltonian into multiple contributory noise channels, each channel generating noise dynamics described by a unique noise-axis operator A i, where i indexes the ith noise channel; determining, for a given control implementation, the unique filter function for each noise channel representing susceptibility of the multi-qubit system to the associated noise dynamics, each of the multiple filter functions being based on a frequency transformation of the noise axis operator A i of the corresponding noise channel i to thereby evaluate the performance of the control implementation; determining an optimised control sequence based on the filter function to reduce the susceptibility of the multi-qubit system to the noise channels, thereby reducing the effective interaction with the multi-qubit noise Hamiltonian; applying the optimised control sequence to the multi-qubit system to control the quantum processor to thereby improve the performance of the control implementation.
A lubricant vane pump for providing pressurized lubricant for an internal combustion engine, with a pump housing with a pump rotor, whereby the pump rotor is provided with radially slidable vanes rotating in a shiftable control ring which envelopes a pump chamber with numerous rotating pump compartments (19 1 - 19 7) rotating from a charge zone to a discharge zone, a pretensioning element pushing the control ring to a high pumping volume direction, a control chamber, whereby high lubricant pressure in the control chamber causes the control ring to be moved to a low pumping volume direction against the pretensioning element, and a pump outlet cavity, whereby the pump outlet cavity is fluidically connected to the control chamber, characterized in that the control ring is provided with a pressure-relief-valve (52, 52') integrated into the control ring and connecting or disconnecting the control chamber with the pump compartment (19 1) between the charge zone and the discharge zone under defined connection conditions.
A cutting tooth comprising a blade-like cutting section (59, 57A, 57B) with opposed top and bottom surfaces (75, 62), opposed front and rear ends defining a length therebetween, and opposed sides defining a width therebetween, with the front end of the cutting section terminating in a cutting edge, a mounting section (61, 61') extending down from the bottom surface of the cutting section (59, 57A, 57B), characterized in that at least a top portion of the mounting section (61, 61') adjacent the cutting section defines a width smaller than that of the cutting section (59, 57A, 57B), in that the mounting section (61, 61') has laterally extending retaining members (63, 65) spaced from the cutting section (59, 57A, 57B) and adapted to be retained in a mounting block (27, 27'), and in that at least a quarter of the length of the cutting section (59, 57A, 57B) extends past a front of the mounting section (61, 61').
A method comprising treating a transfer surface of an intermediate transfer member using an electrical discharge surface treatment to prevent a dot gain memory on the transfer surface, and/or to eliminate or at least reduce an existing dot gain memory on the transfer surface, wherein the intermediate transfer member is comprised in a liquid electrophotographic printing apparatus, wherein using the electrical discharge surface treatment includes performing a corona discharge treatment on the transfer surface, wherein subsequent printings take place after a corona application of several seconds in an off-print mode in which the printing apparatus is not currently being used to print, wherein the transfer surface has previously been used in the printing apparatus or another printing apparatus, wherein the intermediate transfer member comprises a transfer blanket and wherein the transfer surface is a surface of the transfer blanket. wherein the intermediate transfer member is comprised in a liquid electrophotographic printing apparatus, wherein using the electrical discharge surface treatment includes performing a corona discharge treatment on the transfer surface, wherein subsequent printings take place after a corona application of several seconds in an off-print mode in which the printing apparatus is not currently being used to print, wherein the transfer surface has previously been used in the printing apparatus or another printing apparatus, wherein the intermediate transfer member comprises a transfer blanket and wherein the transfer surface is a surface of the transfer blanket.
A method for remanufacturing a cleaning device including: an image bearing member; a frame configured to rotatably support the image bearing member; an assisting member (79, 179); a cleaning member fixed to the frame and configured to clean a surface of the image bearing member; and a sealing member integrally injection molded with the frame and disposed between the frame and the cleaning member, the method, sequentially performed, comprising: detaching the cleaning member from the frame; fixing the assisting member (79, 179) on the cleaning member; and attaching the cleaning member to the frame in such a manner that the assisting member (79, 179) comes into contact with the sealing member; wherein the assisting member (79, 179) is a double-sided tape that is attached to the supporting portion in the fixing of the assisting member (79, 179) and is attached to the sealing member in the attaching of the cleaning member or wherein the assisting member (79, 179) is elastomer resin and is integrally formed with the supporting portion in the fixing of the assisting member (79, 179), wherein the supporting portion includes a recess, and wherein the assisting member (79, 179) is formed by the elastomer resin flowing into the recess. detaching the cleaning member from the frame; fixing the assisting member (79, 179) on the cleaning member; and attaching the cleaning member to the frame in such a manner that the assisting member (79, 179) comes into contact with the sealing member;
A method for manufacturing glass containing one or more components from among Bi 3+, Ti 4+, Nb 5+, and W 6+, comprising melting glass starting materials, characterized in that a molten glass is contained in a container having a surface coming into contact with the molten glass that is made of a noble metal or a noble metal alloy, the molten glass is brought into contact with an electrode, a potential is applied so that the electrode serves as an anode and the surface of the container coming into contact with the molten glass serves as a cathode, at least the surface of the electrode coming into contact with the molten glass is comprised of a noble metal or a noble metal alloy having a standard electrode potential greater than the standard electrode potential of the noble metal or noble metal alloy of the surface of the container, and a voltage is applied between the cathode and the anode, with the value of the potential at which the current flowing between the cathode and anode essentially goes to zero as the upper limit thereof, to inhibit corrosion of the surface of the container coming into contact with the molten glass.
Capsule for distributing beverages through the injection of pressurized fluid within the capsule, said capsule being suitable for being introduced in a device for distributing beverages and comprising a hollow and liquid impermeable body having at least one wall defining a lateral surface and a bottom wall joined to said wall defining said lateral surface, said capsule for distributing beverages comprises means of deviation and distribution of flow (111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 115c, 119, 116c), through which said fluid transits from said hollow body towards an outlet opening in a terminal portion of the said bottom wall and wherein said means of deviation and distribution of flow (111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 115c, 119, 116c) integrated on said body and comprise passage interdiction means preventing a passage of said fluid along a substantially rectilinear path from said hollow body to said outlet opening; said capsule for distributing beverages is characterized in that said means of deviation and distribution of flow (111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 115c, 119, 116c) comprise at least one first crown of flow directing column-like elements, wherein said first crown (115c, 116c) of column-like elements comprises a plurality of vertically extending columns, defining between each other a plurality of recesses of a depth lower than the overall height defined on said first crown (115c, 116c) respective to the bottom wall.
Ultrasonic surveillance system for the interior of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one ultrasonic transmitter and at least one ultrasonic receiver, which can be installed in the interior of the motor vehicle and are configured for contactless surveillance of the interior, the ultrasonic interior surveillance system being operable in an operating mode which is active if a surveillance mode, in which the surveillance of the interior is carried out, is inactive, characterized in that in the operating mode, a direction of movement of an object, in particular a hand of a vehicle occupant, can be determined using the at least one ultrasonic transmitter and the at least one ultrasonic receiver, at least one equipment element (29a, 29b) of the vehicle can be actuated dependent on the movement direction, and the equipment element (29a, 29b) is only actuated if the movement direction deviates from a predetermined movement direction only within a tolerance value.
A stereo camera calibration method for calibrating a stereo camera including a first camera and a second camera and that captures a subject through a transparent member, the stereo camera calibration method comprising: deriving a first correction parameter and a second correction parameter used to calibrate absolute positional deviation indicating deviation in coordinates of an image of the subject due to the transparent member in each of an image obtained by the first camera and an image obtained by the second camera; capturing a calibration tool to obtain a first captured image with the first camera and a second captured image with the second camera and deriving a third correction parameter used to calibrate relative positional deviation indicating deviation in disparity between the image of the subject in a calibrated first captured image and the image of the subject in a calibrated second captured image based on a difference between the coordinates of the image of the subject in the calibrated first captured image and the coordinates of the image of the subject in the calibrated second captured image and on an ideal disparity corresponding to a distance from the stereo camera to the calibration tool; modifying at least one of the first correction parameter and the second correction parameter with the third correction parameter. deriving a first correction parameter and a second correction parameter used to calibrate absolute positional deviation indicating deviation in coordinates of an image of the subject due to the transparent member in each of an image obtained by the first camera and an image obtained by the second camera; capturing a calibration tool to obtain a first captured image with the first camera and a second captured image with the second camera and deriving a third correction parameter used to calibrate relative positional deviation indicating deviation in disparity between the image of the subject in a calibrated first captured image and the image of the subject in a calibrated second captured image based on a difference between the coordinates of the image of the subject in the calibrated first captured image and the coordinates of the image of the subject in the calibrated second captured image and on an ideal disparity corresponding to a distance from the stereo camera to the calibration tool; modifying at least one of the first correction parameter and the second correction parameter with the third correction parameter.
A method for reducing rate of surface current induced degradation for components in a hydraulic system, the hydraulic system having components exposed to phosphate-ester-based hydraulic fluid, the method comprising the step of: adding a redox couple to the hydraulic fluid, wherein the redox couple comprises a sandwich compound having the formula: M(A r) 2 +/0, where M is a transition metal, Sm or Pb, and A r is an aryl compound.
A cleaning mat, comprising a plurality of bearing rods extending in parallel to each other in a transverse direction and each provided with a strip-like cleaning covering, wherein the bearing rods are connected by means of connecting means to form a mat that can be rolled up in a longitudinal direction, and wherein the mat can be laid into a frame fixed to the ground, characterized in that at least one locking member extends through one of the bearing rods, wherein the locking member can be releasably locked in a lock member held fixed to the ground in an upright direction.
A dispensing nozzle cover comprising - an elongated chamber having a proximal end and a distal end, where the proximal end is adapted to receive a dispensing nozzle, and the distal end is closed, - a seal arranged in the vicinity of the proximal end of the elongated chamber, the seal being arranged to seal against the dispensing nozzle, characterised in that the dispensing nozzle cover further comprises - an adhesive surface area facing the ambient atmosphere. - an elongated chamber having a proximal end and a distal end, where the proximal end is adapted to receive a dispensing nozzle, and the distal end is closed, - a seal arranged in the vicinity of the proximal end of the elongated chamber, the seal being arranged to seal against the dispensing nozzle, - an adhesive surface area facing the ambient atmosphere.