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An assembly for locking the door (A) of vehicles (B), of the type of vans, trucks, lorries, semi-trailer trucks, trailers and the like, which comprises an abutment unit comprising a plate that can be rigidly applied to the chassis (C) of a vehicle (B) proximate to a door (A) that is normally arranged in the position for closing an access to an internal compartment of the vehicle (B), and an engagement element comprising a stem which can be rigidly anchored to one end of a rod which is adapted to be rotatably supported by the door (A), and a pawl element which is supported rigidly by said stem and can be inserted between said plate and a retaining pin , supported in a cantilever manner by walls that protrude from respective flanks of said plate , in order to define a configuration for locking the door (A) in the closed position, at least one said wall having, along its free edge directed away from said plate , a curved slotway which has a profile that corresponds to the cross-section of an end segment of said stem and is configured to stably accommodate said stem , at least when said pawl element is arranged in said configuration for locking the door (A), characterized in that said pawl element is substantially shaped like a right prism with bases constituted by triangles with rounded corners, and in that said pawl element has, proximate to the corner edge arranged on the opposite side with respect to said stem , at least one indentation provided along a side face .
A method for detecting a length of a welding wire protruding from a welding nozzle belonging to a welding torch further comprising means for generating a welding arc so as to create a welding bath , a camera being able to capture images of an assembly (E) formed by the welding nozzle , the welding wire , the welding arc , and the welding bath , said method comprising: - a step of detecting a free end of the welding wire via an image processing, - a step of detecting the welding nozzle via an image processing, and - a step of calculating a length (L) of the welding wire protruding from the welding nozzle by calculating the Euclidean distance between the end of the welding wire and the welding nozzle , characterized in that the step of detecting the free end of the welding wire comprises: - a step of detecting a brightest region in an image of the assembly (E) by detecting pixels of said image of the assembly (E) whose intensity is the highest, - a step of defining a search zone (Z2) in the welding wire , - a step of detecting the welding wire by local thresholding in the search zone (Z2), according to which all of the pixels in the search zone (Z2) are candidates, the pixels retained being those whose intensity is lower than that of their neighbors, - a step of detecting the free end in the welding wire previously detected. - a step of detecting a free end of the welding wire via an image processing, - a step of detecting the welding nozzle via an image processing, and - a step of calculating a length (L) of the welding wire protruding from the welding nozzle by calculating the Euclidean distance between the end of the welding wire and the welding nozzle , - a step of detecting a brightest region in an image of the assembly (E) by detecting pixels of said image of the assembly (E) whose intensity is the highest, - a step of defining a search zone (Z2) in the welding wire , - a step of detecting the welding wire by local thresholding in the search zone (Z2), according to which all of the pixels in the search zone (Z2) are candidates, the pixels retained being those whose intensity is lower than that of their neighbors, - a step of detecting the free end in the welding wire previously detected.
A peritoneal dialysis machine comprising: a console including a compartment configured to releasably receive a dialysis fluid cassette and first and second movable piston heads , wherein the first and second movable piston heads are movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the dialysis fluid cassette when the dialysis fluid cassette is received in the compartment, wherein the first and second movable piston heads of the console each include one or more thermoelectric modules located thereon and arranged to be adjacent the cassette while the cassette is received by the compartment and to effectuate energy transfer with a dialysis fluid in a respective pump chamber of the cassette that is adjacent the one or more thermoelectric modules; and one or more processors coupled to the console and configured to control the one or more thermoelectric modules such that: i) during a heating mode the one or more thermoelectric modules heat the dialysis fluid in the fluid flow path of the cassette and ii) during a cooling mode the one or more thermoelectric modules cool the dialysis fluid in the fluid flow path of the cassette. a console including a compartment configured to releasably receive a dialysis fluid cassette and first and second movable piston heads , wherein the first and second movable piston heads are movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the dialysis fluid cassette when the dialysis fluid cassette is received in the compartment, wherein the first and second movable piston heads of the console each include one or more thermoelectric modules located thereon and arranged to be adjacent the cassette while the cassette is received by the compartment and to effectuate energy transfer with a dialysis fluid in a respective pump chamber of the cassette that is adjacent the one or more thermoelectric modules; and a compartment configured to releasably receive a dialysis fluid cassette and first and second movable piston heads , wherein the first and second movable piston heads are movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the dialysis fluid cassette when the dialysis fluid cassette is received in the compartment, wherein the first and second movable piston heads of the console each include one or more thermoelectric modules located thereon and arranged to be adjacent the cassette while the cassette is received by the compartment and to effectuate energy transfer with a dialysis fluid in a respective pump chamber of the cassette that is adjacent the one or more thermoelectric modules; and one or more processors coupled to the console and configured to control the one or more thermoelectric modules such that: i) during a heating mode the one or more thermoelectric modules heat the dialysis fluid in the fluid flow path of the cassette and ii) during a cooling mode the one or more thermoelectric modules cool the dialysis fluid in the fluid flow path of the cassette.
A tableted pharmaceutical composition comprising nalfurafine or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof; a binder component selected from the group consisting of maltose, maltitol, dextrin and pullulan; and a carrier, wherein said nalfurafine or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof is contained in an amount of 0.1 to 10 μg, and the weight of said binder component is 100,000 to 2,000,000 weight % based on the weight of said nalfurafine or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof and 5 to 20 weight % based on the total weight of the resulting pharmaceutical composition. wherein said nalfurafine or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof is contained in an amount of 0.1 to 10 μg, and the weight of said binder component is 100,000 to 2,000,000 weight % based on the weight of said nalfurafine or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof and 5 to 20 weight % based on the total weight of the resulting pharmaceutical composition.
A system comprising: A fluorescent probe with a fluorescence spectrum including a fluorescence peak at a wavelength less than 900 nm and at least a portion of a tail having a wavelength greater than 900 nm; and an excitation source that emits electromagnetic radiation at wavelengths less than 900 nm; a detector having a plurality of pixels, the detector being configured to detect fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent probe, wherein the detector is configured to detect electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths greater than 900 nm; and a computing device , wherein the detector is configured to output a detected fluorescence signal from the fluorescent probe to the computing device , characterized in that the computing device is configured to compare, for at least one pixel or grouping of pixels, a detected fluorescence signal within the portion of the tail having a wavelength greater than 900 nm to an intensity threshold to determine a tissue state of a tissue in which the fluorescent probe is provided during use. A fluorescent probe with a fluorescence spectrum including a fluorescence peak at a wavelength less than 900 nm and at least a portion of a tail having a wavelength greater than 900 nm; and an excitation source that emits electromagnetic radiation at wavelengths less than 900 nm; a detector having a plurality of pixels, the detector being configured to detect fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent probe, wherein the detector is configured to detect electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths greater than 900 nm; and a computing device , wherein the detector is configured to output a detected fluorescence signal from the fluorescent probe to the computing device , characterized in that the computing device is configured to compare, for at least one pixel or grouping of pixels, a detected fluorescence signal within the portion of the tail having a wavelength greater than 900 nm to an intensity threshold to determine a tissue state of a tissue in which the fluorescent probe is provided during use.
A blade angle feedback assembly for a variable-pitch aircraft propeller rotor , the rotor rotatable about a longitudinal axis (A) and having an adjustable blade pitch angle, the assembly comprising: a feedback device having at least one position marker provided thereon; at least one sensor mounted adjacent the feedback device , one of the feedback device and the at least one sensor configured to be coupled to rotate with the rotor about the axis (A) and to be displaced axially along the axis (A) with adjustment of the blade pitch angle, the at least one sensor configured to detect a relative passage of the at least one position marker as the one of the feedback device and the at least one sensor rotates about the axis (A), the at least one sensor comprising a housing and a magnet having a first pole and a second pole opposite the first pole, the magnet having a magnetic field; and a magnetic shield mounted to the at least one sensor and configured to define a magnetic return path for some magnetic flux of the magnetic field exiting from the first pole of the magnet toward the second pole, the magnetic shield comprising at least one wall member positioned adjacent the at least one position marker , the at least one wall member comprising a bottom wall , characterised in that : the bottom wall comprises at least one extension member that extends laterally away from the exterior of the housing and spans the distance over which the at least one position marker is configured to be displaced relative to the at least one sensor with axial displacement of the one of the feedback device and the at least one sensor along the axis (A) with adjustment of the blade pitch angle. a feedback device having at least one position marker provided thereon; at least one sensor mounted adjacent the feedback device , one of the feedback device and the at least one sensor configured to be coupled to rotate with the rotor about the axis (A) and to be displaced axially along the axis (A) with adjustment of the blade pitch angle, the at least one sensor configured to detect a relative passage of the at least one position marker as the one of the feedback device and the at least one sensor rotates about the axis (A), the at least one sensor comprising a housing and a magnet having a first pole and a second pole opposite the first pole, the magnet having a magnetic field; and a magnetic shield mounted to the at least one sensor and configured to define a magnetic return path for some magnetic flux of the magnetic field exiting from the first pole of the magnet toward the second pole, the magnetic shield comprising at least one wall member positioned adjacent the at least one position marker , the at least one wall member comprising a bottom wall ,
A method of driving a vibration device having a light-transmitting body and a piezoelectric element connected to the light-transmitting body so as to vibrate the light-transmitting body, the method being configured to atomize and remove liquid drops sticking to the light-transmitting body, wherein a driving voltage for vibrating the piezoelectric element is swept at a sweep speed in a range of 1 Hz to 50 Hz so as to sweep a vibration frequency of the piezoelectric element to cover a frequency range including both of a resonant frequency of the light-transmitting body without liquid drops sticking to the light-transmitting body and a resonant frequency of the light-transmitting body with the liquid drops sticking to the light-transmitting body.
A packaging machine , comprising a control unit , a plurality of measuring devices as well as a plurality of working units for different processes, wherein the control unit is functionally connected to the working units and the measuring devices , wherein the measuring devices are configured to detect actual process values (I) at the respective working units and to forward them to the control unit , so as to monitor a process status at the respective working units , wherein the control unit is configured to establish in a self-controlling manner, by a comparison (V) of the actual process values (I) forwarded to the control unit from the respective measuring devices and of associated target process values (S) from a memory connected to said control unit , a program sequence (P) for the respective individual working units and/or such that the program sequences (P) of the respective working units are adapted with respect to one another, wherein, according to this program sequence (P), the respective working units operate, depending on the actual process values (I) detected thereat, individually and/or such that they are adapted with respect to one another, wherein a work cycle at the packaging machine comprises at least a first functional process and a second functional process at one or at different working units , the second functional process starting later than the first functional process, wherein the control unit is configured for executing an early start for the second functional process of a working unit , when an actual process value of the preceding first functional process of the program sequence (P) of the working unit or of another working unit has not yet reached the respective target process value (S), and wherein the control unit is configured for executing the early start based on a predetermined reaction time of the working unit for the second functional process of the program sequence (P) of the working unit , characterized in that the control unit is configured for controlling the early start of the second functional process based on an approximation method for predetermining the temporal end of the first functional process by means of a time-dependent measured variable of the first functional process detected at the working unit by means of one of the measuring devices .
A method of determining a thickness of an elongate or extended structure using elastic waves , the method comprising: receiving at least one time-domain signal from a transducer including contributions from at least one guided wave mode; generating a frequency-domain signal in dependence upon the at least one time-domain signal, said frequency-domain signal including one or more characteristic features corresponding to the at least one mode; reducing noise in the frequency-domain signal to provide a de-noised frequency-domain signal ; comparing the de-noised frequency-domain signal with at least two reference signals to determine which reference signal best matches the de-noised frequency-domain signal, each reference signal corresponding to a respective thickness and including one or more characteristic features; and determining the thickness of the elongate or extended structure based on the best-matching reference signal. receiving at least one time-domain signal from a transducer including contributions from at least one guided wave mode; generating a frequency-domain signal in dependence upon the at least one time-domain signal, said frequency-domain signal including one or more characteristic features corresponding to the at least one mode; reducing noise in the frequency-domain signal to provide a de-noised frequency-domain signal ; comparing the de-noised frequency-domain signal with at least two reference signals to determine which reference signal best matches the de-noised frequency-domain signal, each reference signal corresponding to a respective thickness and including one or more characteristic features; and determining the thickness of the elongate or extended structure based on the best-matching reference signal.
A molded part , in particular a decorative part or a lining or trim part, designed as a molded part for a vehicle interior, comprising a decorative layer and a substrate arranged on the back side of the decorative layer , wherein the decorative layer comprises a decorative sheet or coating and a light-conducting optical layer having a first refractive index, wherein the optical layer is arranged on a front side of the decorative layer that is designed as the visible side, wherein at least one light source is provided in or on the molded part for illuminating and/or shining through the optical layer , wherein the light source is arranged so that light emitted by the light source is input directly and/or indirectly into the optical layer at the side, characterized in that a light-conducting additional layer having a second refractive index is provided in the decorative layer between the decorative sheet or coating and the optical layer , wherein the first refractive index of the optical layer is greater than the second refractive index of the additional layer .
A system configured to diagnose sleep comprising an apparatus configured to be attached to a patient ; the apparatus comprising: - an optical sensor configured to measure a blood volume pulse of the patient; and - a wireless communication interface configured to wirelessly transmit the measured blood volume pulse; and wherein the system further comprises means for performing: - obtaining the wirelessly transmitted measured blood volume pulse; and - deriving , from the blood volume pulse, a peripheral arterial tone ; - determining occurrences of sleep events from changes in the peripheral arterial tone; wherein the apparatus further comprises control circuitry for performing: - gradually increasing the light output of the light emitter; - measuring the gradually increased light by the light sensor; and when the light sensor is saturated by the gradually increased light, configuring the light output of the light emitter below the saturation point of the light sensor thereby calibrating the optical sensor. - an optical sensor configured to measure a blood volume pulse of the patient; and - a wireless communication interface configured to wirelessly transmit the measured blood volume pulse; and wherein the system further comprises means for performing: - obtaining the wirelessly transmitted measured blood volume pulse; and - deriving , from the blood volume pulse, a peripheral arterial tone ; - determining occurrences of sleep events from changes in the peripheral arterial tone; - obtaining the wirelessly transmitted measured blood volume pulse; and - deriving , from the blood volume pulse, a peripheral arterial tone ; - determining occurrences of sleep events from changes in the peripheral arterial tone; wherein the apparatus further comprises control circuitry for performing: - gradually increasing the light output of the light emitter; - measuring the gradually increased light by the light sensor; and - gradually increasing the light output of the light emitter; - measuring the gradually increased light by the light sensor; and when the light sensor is saturated by the gradually increased light, configuring the light output of the light emitter below the saturation point of the light sensor thereby calibrating the optical sensor.
A device for converting a pencil to an active stylus, the device being an activation unit adapted to fit on the pencil , the activation unit comprising: a connector configured to electrically contact a conductive core of the pencil ; and a circuit powered by a power source (140; 480) and electrically connected to the contact, the circuit including a signal generator and a transmitter, and the circuit configured to transmit a signal via the contact and the conductive core . a connector configured to electrically contact a conductive core of the pencil ; and a circuit powered by a power source (140; 480) and electrically connected to the contact, the circuit including a signal generator and a transmitter, and the circuit configured to transmit a signal via the contact and the conductive core .
A minigastrin derivate having the formula: i) X-Z-Ala-Tyr-Gly-Trp-Met-Asp-Phe-NH 2 (Y), or ii) DOTA-DGlu-DGlu-DGlu-DGlu-DGlu-DGlu- Ala-Tyr-Gly-Trp-Nle-Asp-Phe-NH 2 , or iii) DOTA-DGlu- Ala-Tyr-Gly-Trp-Met-Asp-Phe-NH 2 , wherein at least one of the connecting or terminal amide bonds between, before or after the amino acids of the sequence Z, Ala, Tyr, Gly, Trp, Met or Nle, Asp, Phe and NH 2 or Y (C-terminal) is replaced by a 1,4-disubstituted or a 1,5-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole, while X stands for a chemical group attached to the peptide for the purpose of diagnostic and/or therapeutic intervention at CCK-2 receptor relevant diseases, Y stands for C-terminal modifications of the peptide, such as amide, primary and secondary amides, free carboxylic acids and carboxylic ester derivatives including but not limited to amides and esters derived from linear or branched alkyl-,alkenyl-, alkynyl- aromatic-, and heterocyclic alcohols, and Z stands for a linker or DGlu* wherein DGlu* stands for a chain of DGlu having 1 to 6 repetitions (-DGlu- to -DGlu-DGlu-DGlu-DGlu-DGlu-DGlu-). i) X-Z-Ala-Tyr-Gly-Trp-Met-Asp-Phe-NH 2 (Y), or ii) DOTA-DGlu-DGlu-DGlu-DGlu-DGlu-DGlu- Ala-Tyr-Gly-Trp-Nle-Asp-Phe-NH 2 , or iii) DOTA-DGlu- Ala-Tyr-Gly-Trp-Met-Asp-Phe-NH 2 ,
A device for the movement and positioning of an object in space comprising a base element , a movable element , three articulated composite arms (17, 117; 18, 118; 22, 122) assembled by means of joints , which arms connect said base element and said movable element by means of further joints, three rotational actuators each of which is operatively connected to activate one of said three arms (17, 117; 18, 118; 22, 122), said arms being arranged so that two first arms (17, 117; 18, 118) oscillate in a plane orthogonal to a plane in which the third arm oscillates, said third arm and its associated actuator being rotatingly supported with respect to said base element by a support , the device further comprising a differential provided with two inputs and one output and arranged so as to operate between said three actuators , wherein each input is connected to a respective actuator of said two first arms and the output is connected to said support by means of a transmission .