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Pigging system for transporting liquid or pasty substances, in particular paints, comprising a) a first pigging station (3; 103), which has a pigging channel , which can receive a pig (13; 113) in a parking position, in which it lies against a first stop ; b) a second pigging station , which likewise has a pigging channel, which can receive a pig (13; 113) in a parking position, in which it lies against a second stop; c) a pigging line (2; 102), which connects the pigging channel of the first pigging station (3; 103) to the pigging channel of the second pigging station ; d) a pig changing device (8; 108), with which a pig (13; 113) located in the pigging system (1; 101) can be exchanged for another pig (13; 113); characterized in that e) the pig changing device (8; 108) ea) is arranged within the path of movement of the pig (13; 113) between the two stops ; eb) has a movable element (31; 131), which has at least two receptacles (12; 112) for a pig (13; 113), which can optionally be brought into the path of movement of the pig (13; 113) between the two stops and into a path of movement of the pig (13; 113) over which the pig (13; 113) can be removed from the pigging system (1; 101). a) a first pigging station (3; 103), which has a pigging channel , which can receive a pig (13; 113) in a parking position, in which it lies against a first stop ; b) a second pigging station , which likewise has a pigging channel, which can receive a pig (13; 113) in a parking position, in which it lies against a second stop; c) a pigging line (2; 102), which connects the pigging channel of the first pigging station (3; 103) to the pigging channel of the second pigging station ; d) a pig changing device (8; 108), with which a pig (13; 113) located in the pigging system (1; 101) can be exchanged for another pig (13; 113); characterized in that e) the pig changing device (8; 108) ea) is arranged within the path of movement of the pig (13; 113) between the two stops ; eb) has a movable element (31; 131), which has at least two receptacles (12; 112) for a pig (13; 113), which can optionally be brought into the path of movement of the pig (13; 113) between the two stops and into a path of movement of the pig (13; 113) over which the pig (13; 113) can be removed from the pigging system (1; 101). ea) is arranged within the path of movement of the pig (13; 113) between the two stops ; eb) has a movable element (31; 131), which has at least two receptacles (12; 112) for a pig (13; 113), which can optionally be brought into the path of movement of the pig (13; 113) between the two stops and into a path of movement of the pig (13; 113) over which the pig (13; 113) can be removed from the pigging system (1; 101).
A method of encoding a plurality of views of a scene into a multi-view video bitstream, the method comprising: determining that a first picture of a first view is used as a reference picture for a second picture of another view; storing at least said first picture in a decoded picture buffer (DPB); based on said determining that said first picture of said first view is used as a reference picture for said second picture of another view, marking at least said first picture in the decoded picture buffer with an inter_view_reference_flag equal to 1 indicating that said first picture is used for long-term reference and is to be treated as a temporary multi-view long-term reference picture for said second picture; buffering any memory management control operations targeted to the first picture until the first and any subsequent picture on a given temporal axis have been encoded; encoding said second picture of another view using at least said first picture buffered in the decoded picture buffer; re-performing reference picture marking in decoding order for the first and any subsequent picture on said temporal axis after said first and any subsequent pictures have been encoded, and marking said first picture either as used for a short-term reference picture if it is used for inter prediction or unused for reference if it is not used for inter prediction in said encoding using a sliding window operation or memory management control operations. determining that a first picture of a first view is used as a reference picture for a second picture of another view; storing at least said first picture in a decoded picture buffer (DPB); based on said determining that said first picture of said first view is used as a reference picture for said second picture of another view, marking at least said first picture in the decoded picture buffer with an inter_view_reference_flag equal to 1 indicating that said first picture is used for long-term reference and is to be treated as a temporary multi-view long-term reference picture for said second picture; buffering any memory management control operations targeted to the first picture until the first and any subsequent picture on a given temporal axis have been encoded; encoding said second picture of another view using at least said first picture buffered in the decoded picture buffer; re-performing reference picture marking in decoding order for the first and any subsequent picture on said temporal axis after said first and any subsequent pictures have been encoded, and marking said first picture either as used for a short-term reference picture if it is used for inter prediction or unused for reference if it is not used for inter prediction in said encoding using a sliding window operation or memory management control operations.
Supporting device for supporting a garment, the supporting device comprising a hanger-shaped body on which a garment can be arranged, and tensioning means which are configured to tension the garment in order to facilitate the smoothing thereof, the tensioning means comprising flexible strings and a control mechanism configured to move the flexible strings between a rest position and a tensioning position in which the flexible strings are elastically deformed and exert a tension on the garment, wherein the flexible strings comprise a first sleeve string and a second sleeve string configured to extend respectively in a first sleeve and a second sleeve of the garment and configured to exert a tension respectively on the first and second sleeves of the garment when the first and second sleeve strings occupy the tensioning position, characterised in that the control mechanism comprises a first winder to which is connected the first sleeve string and whereon the first sleeve string is configured to be at least partially wound, and a second winder to which is connected the second sleeve string and whereon the second sleeve string is configured to be at least partially wound, and in that the control mechanism is configured in such a way that: - a rotation of the first winder in a first direction of rotation drives an unwinding of the first sleeve string from the first winder and a movement of the first sleeve string from the rest position to the tensioning position, and a rotation of the first winder in a second direction of rotation drives an unwinding of the first sleeve string on the first winder and a movement of the first sleeve string from the tensioning position to the rest position, and - a rotation of the second winder in a first direction of driving drives an unwinding of the second sleeve string from the second winder and a movement of the second sleeve string from the rest position to the tensioning position, and a rotation of the second winder in a second direction of driving drives a winding of the second sleeve string on the second winder and a movement of the second sleeve string from the tensioning position to the rest position. - a rotation of the first winder in a first direction of rotation drives an unwinding of the first sleeve string from the first winder and a movement of the first sleeve string from the rest position to the tensioning position, and a rotation of the first winder in a second direction of rotation drives an unwinding of the first sleeve string on the first winder and a movement of the first sleeve string from the tensioning position to the rest position, and - a rotation of the second winder in a first direction of driving drives an unwinding of the second sleeve string from the second winder and a movement of the second sleeve string from the rest position to the tensioning position, and a rotation of the second winder in a second direction of driving drives a winding of the second sleeve string on the second winder and a movement of the second sleeve string from the tensioning position to the rest position.
A composition for the treatment of chronic vulval or perineal pain or a symptom or condition associated therewith, the composition comprising an estrogen and a tricyclic antidepressant, wherein the composition is formulated for topical, transdermal or transmucosal administration, wherein the estrogen is estriol and the tricyclic antidepressant is selected from amitriptyline and nortriptyline.
A method for handling at least one trailer in a work site , the at least one trailer being at least partly autonomous and/or remotely controllable, a first trailer being attached to a first transporting vehicle , characterized in that the method comprises - performing a handover of control of the first trailer , which handover triggers an initiation of a first loading and/or unloading operation to be performed by a first loading equipment on the first trailer , - detecting whether or not a candidate trailer is available to be transported by the first transporting vehicle , and - when detecting that the candidate trailer is available to be transported by the first transporting vehicle , attaching the candidate trailer to the first transporting vehicle . - performing a handover of control of the first trailer , which handover triggers an initiation of a first loading and/or unloading operation to be performed by a first loading equipment on the first trailer , - detecting whether or not a candidate trailer is available to be transported by the first transporting vehicle , and - when detecting that the candidate trailer is available to be transported by the first transporting vehicle , attaching the candidate trailer to the first transporting vehicle .
A method for controlling an autonomous drive related operation of a vehicle , the method comprising: - detecting a pre-determined foot arrangement of an occupant in a front seat of the vehicle ; and - controlling a state of the autonomous drive related operation, based on the detected pre-determined foot arrangement , wherein the controlling comprises retracting the front seat in a direction towards a back end of the vehicle such that the occupant is out of reach of the one or more pedals of the vehicle , or returning the front seat in a direction towards a front end of the vehicle such that the front seat is in an initial position, the method further being characterized in that the detecting the pre-determined foot arrangement constitutes one of at least two conditions for the controlling , the method further comprising: - issuing an alert signal when the detecting does not occur within a predetermined time duration measured from a time instant when at least one other condition out of the at least two conditions is fulfilled. - detecting a pre-determined foot arrangement of an occupant in a front seat of the vehicle ; and - controlling a state of the autonomous drive related operation, based on the detected pre-determined foot arrangement , wherein the controlling comprises retracting the front seat in a direction towards a back end of the vehicle such that the occupant is out of reach of the one or more pedals of the vehicle , or returning the front seat in a direction towards a front end of the vehicle such that the front seat is in an initial position, the method further being characterized in that the detecting the pre-determined foot arrangement constitutes one of at least two conditions for the controlling , the method further comprising: - issuing an alert signal when the detecting does not occur within a predetermined time duration measured from a time instant when at least one other condition out of the at least two conditions is fulfilled.
A color conversion panel comprising: a plurality of partitioning walls disposed on a substrate ; a plurality of reflective layers , each reflective layer being disposed on an outer surface of a partitioning wall ; a plurality of overcoat layers , each overcoat layer being disposed on an outer surface of a reflective layer and having water repellency; a spacer overlapping a part of a partitioning wall and protruding from a part of a corresponding one of the plurality of overcoat layers ; and a plurality of color conversion layers , each color conversion layer being disposed in an area between two overcoat layers defined by two adjacent partitioning walls , wherein the spacer and the corresponding overcoat layer are formed as a same layer. a plurality of partitioning walls disposed on a substrate ; a plurality of reflective layers , each reflective layer being disposed on an outer surface of a partitioning wall ; a plurality of overcoat layers , each overcoat layer being disposed on an outer surface of a reflective layer and having water repellency; a spacer overlapping a part of a partitioning wall and protruding from a part of a corresponding one of the plurality of overcoat layers ; and a plurality of color conversion layers , each color conversion layer being disposed in an area between two overcoat layers defined by two adjacent partitioning walls , wherein the spacer and the corresponding overcoat layer are formed as a same layer.
An airless tire comprising: an annular tread portion which comes into contact with a road surface; an annular inner circumferential portion which is disposed inward of the tread portion in a tire radial direction and comes into contact with a wheel having conductivity; and a spoke portion which connects the tread portion and the inner circumferential portion , wherein the tread portion includes a first portion having a ground-contact surface and having conductivity, and a second portion placed on the inner circumferential portion side so as to be in contact with the first portion , the second portion , the spoke portion , and the inner circumferential portion are formed from a resin or elastomer, the resin or elastomer contains an antistatic agent, and the antistatic agent is blended in an amount of 0.5 to 20% by mass per 100% by mass of a base component of the resin or elastomer, characterized in that the antistatic agent is a polymer-based antistatic agent or surfactant-based antistatic agent. the tread portion includes a first portion having a ground-contact surface and having conductivity, and a second portion placed on the inner circumferential portion side so as to be in contact with the first portion , the second portion , the spoke portion , and the inner circumferential portion are formed from a resin or elastomer, the resin or elastomer contains an antistatic agent, and the antistatic agent is blended in an amount of 0.5 to 20% by mass per 100% by mass of a base component of the resin or elastomer, characterized in that the antistatic agent is a polymer-based antistatic agent or surfactant-based antistatic agent.
An encoding method, comprising: performing , by a transmit end , check encoding on to-be-encoded information to obtain a check encoding codeword, wherein the check encoding codeword comprises information bits and check bits, a length of the information bits is K, and a length of the check bits is J; performing , by the transmit end , an interleaving operation on the check encoding codeword; and performing , by the transmit end , polar encoding on a check encoding codeword obtained after the interleaving operation; wherein the method is characterized in that : an interleaving sequence S used in the interleaving operation comprises J subsequences, the J subsequences are concatenated successively, and an i th subsequence comprises a position index of an element 1 in an intermediate result vector T i and a value of (K+i), wherein 1≤i≤J, i is an integer, T i =(~M)&(V i ), M=M|(V i ), M is a masked vector, V i is a column vector of a checking part matrix P, P is a submatrix of a system-form generator matrix G for check encoding, ~ represents a bit-by-bit NOT operation, & represents a bit-by-bit AND operation, and | represents a bit-by-bit OR operation, wherein values of i are assigned in any one of following orders: an ascending order of values of i; a descending order of values of i; an ascending order of quantities of elements 1 in column vectors V i ; or a descending order of quantities of elements 1 in column vectors V i . performing , by a transmit end , check encoding on to-be-encoded information to obtain a check encoding codeword, wherein the check encoding codeword comprises information bits and check bits, a length of the information bits is K, and a length of the check bits is J; performing , by the transmit end , an interleaving operation on the check encoding codeword; and performing , by the transmit end , polar encoding on a check encoding codeword obtained after the interleaving operation; wherein the method is characterized in that : an interleaving sequence S used in the interleaving operation comprises J subsequences, the J subsequences are concatenated successively, and an i th subsequence comprises a position index of an element 1 in an intermediate result vector T i and a value of (K+i), wherein 1≤i≤J, i is an integer, T i =(~M)&(V i ), M=M|(V i ), M is a masked vector, V i is a column vector of a checking part matrix P, P is a submatrix of a system-form generator matrix G for check encoding, ~ represents a bit-by-bit NOT operation, & represents a bit-by-bit AND operation, and | represents a bit-by-bit OR operation, wherein values of i are assigned in any one of following orders: an ascending order of values of i; a descending order of values of i; an ascending order of quantities of elements 1 in column vectors V i ; or a descending order of quantities of elements 1 in column vectors V i .
Apparatus for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material which can be consolidated by means of an irradiation device characterized in that the apparatus comprises an irradiation device in accordance with claim 13.
A method of associating wireless devices with a wireless medical body area network, MBAN, that comprises at least one host, the method comprising: activating the host to search for wireless devices in range; displaying a list on the host of available wireless devices in range, wherein each wireless device is displayed on the list with a unique visual feature which is the same unique visual feature displayed on a display of the respective wireless device itself, wherein the unique visual feature comprises a sequenced flash pattern; receiving selection of a wireless device on the list; and establishing communication between the selected wireless device on the list and the host . activating the host to search for wireless devices in range; displaying a list on the host of available wireless devices in range, wherein each wireless device is displayed on the list with a unique visual feature which is the same unique visual feature displayed on a display of the respective wireless device itself, wherein the unique visual feature comprises a sequenced flash pattern; receiving selection of a wireless device on the list; and establishing communication between the selected wireless device on the list and the host .
A control device that controls a light scanning device which performs Lissajous scanning of light by irradiating a movable mirror which swings about a first axis and about a second axis, with light which is subjected to intensity modulation in accordance with an input image, the control device comprising: a first measurement portion that measures, as a first elapsed time, an elapsed time from a first reference point at which a deflection angle of the movable mirror about the first axis becomes equal to a first reference angle; a second measurement portion that measures, as a second elapsed time, an elapsed time from a second reference point at which a deflection angle of the movable mirror about the second axis becomes equal to a second reference angle; an information storage portion in which intensity information representing a correspondence relationship between the first elapsed time and the second elapsed time, and a signal intensity of the input image is stored; a readout portion that reads out the signal intensity corresponding to the first elapsed time measured by the first measurement portion and to the second elapsed time measured by the second measurement portion from the information storage portion; and a light emission control portion that causes a light emitting device to perform the intensity modulation of the light based on the signal intensity read out by the readout portion. a first measurement portion that measures, as a first elapsed time, an elapsed time from a first reference point at which a deflection angle of the movable mirror about the first axis becomes equal to a first reference angle; a second measurement portion that measures, as a second elapsed time, an elapsed time from a second reference point at which a deflection angle of the movable mirror about the second axis becomes equal to a second reference angle; an information storage portion in which intensity information representing a correspondence relationship between the first elapsed time and the second elapsed time, and a signal intensity of the input image is stored; a readout portion that reads out the signal intensity corresponding to the first elapsed time measured by the first measurement portion and to the second elapsed time measured by the second measurement portion from the information storage portion; and a light emission control portion that causes a light emitting device to perform the intensity modulation of the light based on the signal intensity read out by the readout portion.
An optical sensing system comprising: an optical fibre comprising one or more optical sensors ; a light source placed at a first end of the optical fibre, wherein the light source is configured to direct light towards the one or more optical sensors; a first interrogator placed at the first end of the optical fibre; and a second interrogator placed at a second, opposite end of the optical fibre, wherein the first interrogator is configured to receive reflected light from the one or more optical sensors, and the second interrogator is configured to receive transmitted light from the one or more optical sensors; wherein the first and second interrogators are configured to analyse the light received from the one or more optical sensors to determine changes in strain or temperature along the optical fibre; and wherein the optical sensing system is characterised in that it further comprises a comparing unit configured to compare the strains or temperatures determined by the first and second interrogators. an optical fibre comprising one or more optical sensors ; a light source placed at a first end of the optical fibre, wherein the light source is configured to direct light towards the one or more optical sensors; a first interrogator placed at the first end of the optical fibre; and a second interrogator placed at a second, opposite end of the optical fibre, wherein the first interrogator is configured to receive reflected light from the one or more optical sensors, and the second interrogator is configured to receive transmitted light from the one or more optical sensors; wherein the first and second interrogators are configured to analyse the light received from the one or more optical sensors to determine changes in strain or temperature along the optical fibre; and wherein the optical sensing system is characterised in that it further comprises a comparing unit configured to compare the strains or temperatures determined by the first and second interrogators.