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A method for a robotic cleaning device of detecting a difference in level of a surface in front of the robotic cleaning device, comprising: illuminating (S101) the surface with light ; capturing (S102) an image of the surface; detecting (S103) a luminous section in the captured image caused by the light ; the method being characterized in further comprising: identifying (S104) at least a first segment and a second segment (30b") representing the detected luminous section; and detecting (S104), from a positional relationship between the identified first and second segment (30b', 30b"), the difference in level of the surface and determining, from coordinates of the captured image, a distance (l) to a proximal end of the identified first segment and a vertical distance between the identified first and second segment (30b', 30b"), the vertical distance constituting the height (h) of the detected difference in level. illuminating (S101) the surface with light ; capturing (S102) an image of the surface; detecting (S103) a luminous section in the captured image caused by the light ; the method being characterized in further comprising: identifying (S104) at least a first segment and a second segment (30b") representing the detected luminous section; and detecting (S104), from a positional relationship between the identified first and second segment (30b', 30b"), the difference in level of the surface and determining, from coordinates of the captured image, a distance (l) to a proximal end of the identified first segment and a vertical distance between the identified first and second segment (30b', 30b"), the vertical distance constituting the height (h) of the detected difference in level. identifying (S104) at least a first segment and a second segment (30b") representing the detected luminous section; and detecting (S104), from a positional relationship between the identified first and second segment (30b', 30b"), the difference in level of the surface and determining, from coordinates of the captured image, a distance (l) to a proximal end of the identified first segment and a vertical distance between the identified first and second segment (30b', 30b"), the vertical distance constituting the height (h) of the detected difference in level.
A glass break detection testing system comprising: a speaker communicatively coupled to a remote device, the remote device being configured to transmit a recorded sound file to the speaker thereby causing the speaker to emit the transmitted sound file; characterized in that the remote device is exterior to a room including the speaker , and the remote device is connected to the speaker via one of a local wireless communication protocol and a hardwired network the remote device is connected to one of a sensor within a room and a security system, the security system being connected to the sensor within the room , such that the remote device is capable of monitoring a reaction of the one of the sensor and the security system. a speaker communicatively coupled to a remote device, the remote device being configured to transmit a recorded sound file to the speaker thereby causing the speaker to emit the transmitted sound file; characterized in that the remote device is exterior to a room including the speaker , and the remote device is connected to the speaker via one of a local wireless communication protocol and a hardwired network the remote device is connected to one of a sensor within a room and a security system, the security system being connected to the sensor within the room , such that the remote device is capable of monitoring a reaction of the one of the sensor and the security system.
A machine for preparing a beverage comprising a body that has: - a fluid line (1",1''') extending from a liquid inlet (1") to a beverage outlet , such as a liquid inlet (1") connectable to a source of liquid, e.g. a liquid tank that has an outlet connected to the liquid inlet (1"); - a bottom that has a periphery , the bottom forming a foot for placing such machine on an external support surface in an orientation for dispensing a beverage via the beverage outlet (1"'); and - an outside face that is user-visible when said machine is placed on the bottom , the outside face extending along substantially the entire periphery , the outside face : - delimiting an opening of a body inlet for supplying to the fluid line (1",1'''), e.g. to a mixing chamber comprised in the fluid line, a flavouring ingredient, e.g. a flavouring ingredient supplied within a capsule to the fluid line (1",1'''); - extending all over the body from the periphery of the bottom to the opening of the body inlet over the bottom to confine the body ; and - having outwardly protruding edges (1t',1u',1v',1x', 1x"), the body having an operative mode for driving liquid from the inlet (1") to the outlet (1"') and an inoperative mode when such machine is switched-off or in a standby mode, characterised in that no outwardly protruding edge (1t',1u',1v',1w',1x") that is user-visible in the inoperative mode and that is confined within the outside face , has a radius of less than 5 mm, such as a radius of less than 10 mm, e.g. a radius of less than 20 mm, for instance a radius of less than 30 mm, optionally one or more outwardly protruding edges (1v",1w") delimited by the outside face and the bottom at the periphery of the bottom and/or one or more outwardly protruding edges delimited by the outside face and the body inlet at the opening of the body inlet has/have radii of less than 5 mm, e.g. in the range of 0.1 to 3 mm. - a fluid line (1",1''') extending from a liquid inlet (1") to a beverage outlet , such as a liquid inlet (1") connectable to a source of liquid, e.g. a liquid tank that has an outlet connected to the liquid inlet (1"); - a bottom that has a periphery , the bottom forming a foot for placing such machine on an external support surface in an orientation for dispensing a beverage via the beverage outlet (1"'); and - an outside face that is user-visible when said machine is placed on the bottom , the outside face extending along substantially the entire periphery , the outside face : - delimiting an opening of a body inlet for supplying to the fluid line (1",1'''), e.g. to a mixing chamber comprised in the fluid line, a flavouring ingredient, e.g. a flavouring ingredient supplied within a capsule to the fluid line (1",1'''); - extending all over the body from the periphery of the bottom to the opening of the body inlet over the bottom to confine the body ; and - having outwardly protruding edges (1t',1u',1v',1x', 1x"),
A monitoring device configured to monitor conditions to either side behind a vehicle (C), the monitoring device comprising: a radar configured to perform detection in two first detection areas for detecting a traveling object to either side behind the vehicle (C) and in two second detection areas having a width in a vehicle width direction narrower than a width of each of the first detection areas; a detector configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle (C), the traveling state including a traveling direction and traveling speed of the vehicle (C); and a controller configured to control the radar , characterized in that : the controller is configured to switch the detection areas from the first detection areas to the second detection areas in a case that the detector detects the vehicle (C) traveling forward at a speed less than or equal to a predetermined speed, the first detection areas are respectively set on left and right sides behind the vehicle on either side of the vehicle and the second detection areas are respectively set on left and right sides behind the vehicle, and an end of the second detection areas closer to the vehicle (C) is set to a position nearer to the vehicle (C) than a position of an end of the first detection areas closer to the vehicle (C). a radar configured to perform detection in two first detection areas for detecting a traveling object to either side behind the vehicle (C) and in two second detection areas having a width in a vehicle width direction narrower than a width of each of the first detection areas; a detector configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle (C), the traveling state including a traveling direction and traveling speed of the vehicle (C); and a controller configured to control the radar , characterized in that : the controller is configured to switch the detection areas from the first detection areas to the second detection areas in a case that the detector detects the vehicle (C) traveling forward at a speed less than or equal to a predetermined speed, the first detection areas are respectively set on left and right sides behind the vehicle on either side of the vehicle and the second detection areas are respectively set on left and right sides behind the vehicle, and an end of the second detection areas closer to the vehicle (C) is set to a position nearer to the vehicle (C) than a position of an end of the first detection areas closer to the vehicle (C). the controller is configured to switch the detection areas from the first detection areas to the second detection areas in a case that the detector detects the vehicle (C) traveling forward at a speed less than or equal to a predetermined speed, the first detection areas are respectively set on left and right sides behind the vehicle on either side of the vehicle and the second detection areas are respectively set on left and right sides behind the vehicle, and an end of the second detection areas closer to the vehicle (C) is set to a position nearer to the vehicle (C) than a position of an end of the first detection areas closer to the vehicle (C).
A fuel pump controller adapted for an internal combustion engine , wherein the internal combustion engine includes a first high-pressure fuel pump configured to discharge fuel by increasing pressure, a first fuel passage , through which the fuel discharged by the first high-pressure fuel pump flows, a first fuel injection valve configured to inject the fuel supplied from the first fuel passage , a second high-pressure fuel pump configured to discharge fuel by increasing pressure, a second fuel passage , through which the fuel discharged by the second high-pressure fuel pump flows, a second fuel injection valve configured to inject the fuel supplied from the second fuel passage , and a connecting passage , which connects the first fuel passage and the second fuel passage to each other, such that the fuel inside the first fuel pipe , and the fuel inside the second fuel pipe can flow into each other via the connecting passage so that the actual fuel pressure (FPH) inside the first fuel pipe , the second fuel pipe , and the connecting passage is almost the same, characterized in that the internal combustion engine further includes: a temperature sensor configured to detect an ambient temperature of the first high-pressure fuel pump or the second high-pressure fuel pump , wherein the fuel pump controller comprises a pump switching unit configured to switch a drive mode of the first high-pressure fuel pump and the second high-pressure fuel pump , in accordance with an operating state of the internal combustion engine , either to a twin-drive mode, in which both the first high-pressure fuel pump and the second high-pressure fuel pump are driven, or to a single-drive mode, in which either one of the first high-pressure fuel pump and the second high-pressure fuel pump is driven, and the pump switching unit is configured to switch to the twin-drive mode in a state that the single-drive mode is performed in a case where the ambient temperature detected by the temperature sensor becomes equal to or higher than a first temperature at which the fuel inside one of the first high-pressure fuel pump and the second high-pressure fuel pump that has been stopped boils to generate vapor. a first high-pressure fuel pump configured to discharge fuel by increasing pressure, a first fuel passage , through which the fuel discharged by the first high-pressure fuel pump flows, a first fuel injection valve configured to inject the fuel supplied from the first fuel passage , a second high-pressure fuel pump configured to discharge fuel by increasing pressure, a second fuel passage , through which the fuel discharged by the second high-pressure fuel pump flows, a second fuel injection valve configured to inject the fuel supplied from the second fuel passage , and a connecting passage , which connects the first fuel passage and the second fuel passage to each other, such that the fuel inside the first fuel pipe , and the fuel inside the second fuel pipe can flow into each other via the connecting passage so that the actual fuel pressure (FPH) inside the first fuel pipe , the second fuel pipe , and the connecting passage is almost the same,
A surgical shield for insertion into and protection of an orifice of a patient; the surgical shield comprising: a guard portion being made of cut-resistant material and having a generally tubular shape defining a lumen extending along a longitudinal axis between a proximal opening at a proximal end and a distal opening at a distal end; the guard portion having a lateral axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; characterized in that the distal opening lies in a distal plane that is angled with respect to the longitudinal axis to facilitate insertion of the distal end of the shield into an orifice of the patient; the surgical shield comprising a leading distal insertion angle that is defined by a projection of the distal plane and the guard portion onto a plane perpendicular to the lateral axis. a guard portion being made of cut-resistant material and having a generally tubular shape defining a lumen extending along a longitudinal axis between a proximal opening at a proximal end and a distal opening at a distal end; the guard portion having a lateral axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; characterized in that the distal opening lies in a distal plane that is angled with respect to the longitudinal axis to facilitate insertion of the distal end of the shield into an orifice of the patient; the surgical shield comprising a leading distal insertion angle that is defined by a projection of the distal plane and the guard portion onto a plane perpendicular to the lateral axis.
A method of making a fabric-creped absorbent cellulosic sheet, the method comprising: compactively dewatering a papermaking furnish to form a web; creping the web under pressure in a nip defined between a transfer surface and a structuring fabric, the structuring fabric having machine direction (MD) yarns that form (i) knuckles extending in substantially MD lines along the structuring fabric, and (ii) substantially continuous lines of pockets extending in substantially MD lines along the structuring fabric between the lines of knuckles, and the structuring fabric having cross machine direction (CD) yarns that are completely located below a plane defined by the knuckles of the MD yarns at a top surface of the structuring fabric, wherein a planar volumetric density index (PVDI) of the structuring fabric multiplied by the ratio (KR) of the length of the knuckles to the width of the knuckles (PVDI-KR) is at least about 43; and drying the web to form the absorbent cellulosic sheet. compactively dewatering a papermaking furnish to form a web; creping the web under pressure in a nip defined between a transfer surface and a structuring fabric, the structuring fabric having machine direction (MD) yarns that form (i) knuckles extending in substantially MD lines along the structuring fabric, and (ii) substantially continuous lines of pockets extending in substantially MD lines along the structuring fabric between the lines of knuckles, and the structuring fabric having cross machine direction (CD) yarns that are completely located below a plane defined by the knuckles of the MD yarns at a top surface of the structuring fabric, wherein a planar volumetric density index (PVDI) of the structuring fabric multiplied by the ratio (KR) of the length of the knuckles to the width of the knuckles (PVDI-KR) is at least about 43; and drying the web to form the absorbent cellulosic sheet.
A self-healing mircrocapsule comprising: a) a polymeric shell; b) a healing-agent compartmentalized inside the polymeric shell; and c) a catalyst deposited on the surface of the polymeric shell, wherein the polymeric shell comprises a monovinyl monomer selected from one or more of the following: styrene, methyl styrene, ethylene, propylene, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, cyclohexyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, hydroxyethyl methacrylate, glycidyl methacrylate, acrylic acid preferably the monovinyl monomer is methyl methacrylate; wherein the healing-agent is selected from epoxy polymer, diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA), diglycidyl ether of bisphenol F (DGEBF), polyglycidyl ether of phenol-formaldehyde novolac, polyglycidyl ether of o-cresol-formaldehyde novolac, N,N,N',N',-tetraglycidyl methylenedianiline, bisphenol-A novolac, triglycidyl ether of trisphenol-methane, triglycidyl p-aminophenol, 3,4-epoxycyclohexylmethyl-3,4-epoxycyclohexane carboxylate and mixtures thereof; wherein the catalyst is scandium (III) triflate. a) a polymeric shell; b) a healing-agent compartmentalized inside the polymeric shell; and c) a catalyst deposited on the surface of the polymeric shell,
Method for installing a window frame in an opening in a roof structure defining a roof plane using an installation unit for facilitating the installation, which installation unit comprises an installation sheet and at least one insulation member , where the installation sheet has an inner side and an outer side opposite the inner side, where the inner side and outer side are meeting in an edge , and where at least one insulation member is attached to the outer side of the installation sheet , extending in a length direction (L) of the installation unit , where the method comprises the steps of: A) arranging the installation unit in the opening in the roof structure with its length direction (L) parallel to the roof plane, such that it lines the opening and such that at least one insulation member comes into contact with the roof structure, and B) placing a window frame in the opening , which is lined with the installation unit , such that the window frame comes into engagement with the inner side of the installation sheet , thereby compressing at least one insulation member . A) arranging the installation unit in the opening in the roof structure with its length direction (L) parallel to the roof plane, such that it lines the opening and such that at least one insulation member comes into contact with the roof structure, and B) placing a window frame in the opening , which is lined with the installation unit , such that the window frame comes into engagement with the inner side of the installation sheet , thereby compressing at least one insulation member .
A process for the synthesis of a compound of formula wherein A is absent or is a 6-membered nitrogen containing heteroaryl optionally substituted with a -C 1-3 alkyl group; R a and R b are the same or different selected from -C 1-4 alkyl and -CH 2 -phenyl; or R a and R b together form a 5- to 7-membered saturated heterocyclyl attached via the nitrogen atom; comprising the steps of: • obtaining the compound of formula by reacting 5,6-dibromo-pyridin-2-yl-amine with a 1,1-dialkoxy- N,N- dialkylmethyl-amine of the formula (R z O) 2 -CHN(R a ,R b ), wherein R z is a -C 1-3 alkyl group; • reacting the compound of formula with a compound of formula A is absent or is a 6-membered nitrogen containing heteroaryl optionally substituted with a -C 1-3 alkyl group; R a and R b are the same or different selected from -C 1-4 alkyl and -CH 2 -phenyl; or R a and R b together form a 5- to 7-membered saturated heterocyclyl attached via the nitrogen atom; • obtaining the compound of formula by reacting 5,6-dibromo-pyridin-2-yl-amine with a 1,1-dialkoxy- N,N- dialkylmethyl-amine of the formula (R z O) 2 -CHN(R a ,R b ), wherein R z is a -C 1-3 alkyl group; • reacting the compound of formula with a compound of formula
System consisting of a first individually moveable cleaning trolley and a second individually moveable cleaning trolley with: - a coupling device for connecting the first cleaning trolley with the second cleaning trolley ; wherein the coupling device comprises - a first locking element arranged at a first height and a second locking element arranged at a second height on one side of the first or second cleaning trolley; and - a first locking device arranged at the first height as well as a second locking device arranged at the second height on one side of the other cleaning trolley; wherein - the first locking device is coupled functionally with the second locking device , and the first and second locking device are preloaded in a locking position and can be moved manually by a user into a release position; characterised in that the coupling device further comprises: - at least one depression on one side of the first cleaning trolley ; and - at least one centring element on one side of the second cleaning trolley which can engage in a form-locking manner in each of the at least one depressions . - a coupling device for connecting the first cleaning trolley with the second cleaning trolley ; wherein the coupling device comprises - a first locking element arranged at a first height and a second locking element arranged at a second height on one side of the first or second cleaning trolley; and - a first locking device arranged at the first height as well as a second locking device arranged at the second height on one side of the other cleaning trolley; wherein - the first locking device is coupled functionally with the second locking device , and the first and second locking device are preloaded in a locking position and can be moved manually by a user into a release position; - at least one depression on one side of the first cleaning trolley ; and - at least one centring element on one side of the second cleaning trolley which can engage in a form-locking manner in each of the at least one depressions .
A self-aligning light source and detector assembly , comprising: a mounting block , a sensor support mounted in a first predetermined, fixed position to the mounting block , a light source holder mounted in a second predetermined, fixed position relative to the sensor support to the mounting block , a sensor mounted in a fixed position on the sensor support , the assembly characterized in that it comprises a lamp assembly removably mounted to the light source holder in a predetermined position defined by mating surfaces which engage each other and seat the lamp assembly in the predetermined position whenever the lamp assembly is installed in the light source holder , and wherein the light source holder and the sensor support are received in corresponding bores of a probe head . a mounting block , a sensor support mounted in a first predetermined, fixed position to the mounting block , a light source holder mounted in a second predetermined, fixed position relative to the sensor support to the mounting block , a sensor mounted in a fixed position on the sensor support , the assembly characterized in that it comprises a lamp assembly removably mounted to the light source holder in a predetermined position defined by mating surfaces which engage each other and seat the lamp assembly in the predetermined position whenever the lamp assembly is installed in the light source holder , and wherein the light source holder and the sensor support are received in corresponding bores of a probe head .