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A wear sensing device , comprising: a wear sensor ; a communication device ; a processing device ; and a housing; characterised in that the wear sensor includes a plurality of wear members , and in that the processing device is configured to generate a signal indicative of wear based on a state of the plurality of wear members, and transmit the signal with the communication device; and the housing at least partially encloses the wear sensor and includes a plurality of separate slots , wherein the plurality of wear members are positioned in the plurality of separate slots, and further wherein the housing includes a first section made from a first material and a second section made from a second material which is different than the first material. a wear sensor ; a communication device ; a processing device ; and a housing; characterised in that the wear sensor includes a plurality of wear members , and in that the processing device is configured to generate a signal indicative of wear based on a state of the plurality of wear members, and transmit the signal with the communication device; and the housing at least partially encloses the wear sensor and includes a plurality of separate slots , wherein the plurality of wear members are positioned in the plurality of separate slots, and further wherein the housing includes a first section made from a first material and a second section made from a second material which is different than the first material.
An enhanced vapor injection heat pump air-conditioning system comprising a heating circuit that comprises a compressor , a first condenser , a first heat exchanger , a first expansion valve and a second condenser which are connected end to end in sequence; wherein the first heat exchanger comprises a first channel and a second channel , a first end of the first channel is in communication with the first condenser , and a second end of the first channel is in communication with the first expansion valve ; and a first end of the second channel is in communication with the first condenser through a second expansion valve , and a second end of the second channel is in communication with an inlet of the compressor , characterized in that in the heating circuit, one part of low-temperature and high-pressure coolant flowing out of the first condenser passes through the first channel of the first heat exchanger , and the other part of the low-temperature and high-pressure coolant flowing out of the first condenser expands and absorbs heat when passing through the second expansion valve and becomes a low-temperature and low-pressure coolant which directly flows into the second channel to absorb heat from the low-temperature and high-pressure coolant in the first channel . wherein the first heat exchanger comprises a first channel and a second channel , a first end of the first channel is in communication with the first condenser , and a second end of the first channel is in communication with the first expansion valve ; and a first end of the second channel is in communication with the first condenser through a second expansion valve , and a second end of the second channel is in communication with an inlet of the compressor , characterized in that in the heating circuit, one part of low-temperature and high-pressure coolant flowing out of the first condenser passes through the first channel of the first heat exchanger , and the other part of the low-temperature and high-pressure coolant flowing out of the first condenser expands and absorbs heat when passing through the second expansion valve and becomes a low-temperature and low-pressure coolant which directly flows into the second channel to absorb heat from the low-temperature and high-pressure coolant in the first channel .
A conveyor for conveying an object from a start position to a target place, the conveyor comprising: - a plurality of zones into which the conveyor is divided, the object being conveyed across the zones; each of the zones comprising: - a linear conveying zone that linearly conveys the object; - a conveying direction changing zone selecting a conveying direction of the object to send out the object in the selected conveying direction; - a conveyance destination storage unit that is configured temporarily to store the conveyance destination information; - an information receiving unit that is configured to receive the conveyance destination information from an upstream zone; and - an information transmitting unit that is configured to transmit the conveyance destination information to a downstream zone, wherein the conveyor is configured to transfer the conveyance destination information from the upstream zone to the downstream zone with movement of the object across the zones, characterised in that the conveyor comprises: - at least one object identifying device ; - and an initial information transmitting unit transmitting a conveyance destination information of the object itself to any of the zones. - a plurality of zones into which the conveyor is divided, the object being conveyed across the zones; - a linear conveying zone that linearly conveys the object; - a conveying direction changing zone selecting a conveying direction of the object to send out the object in the selected conveying direction; - a conveyance destination storage unit that is configured temporarily to store the conveyance destination information; - an information receiving unit that is configured to receive the conveyance destination information from an upstream zone; and - an information transmitting unit that is configured to transmit the conveyance destination information to a downstream zone, - at least one object identifying device ; - and an initial information transmitting unit transmitting a conveyance destination information of the object itself to any of the zones.
A livestock tag strap having a first end and a second end , the second end having a slit to lockably receive the first end , a body element extending between the first and second ends , and an animal-safe element connecting the body element to the second end , said livestock tag strap being characterized in that the animal-safe element has a lower tensile strength than the body element .
An ophthalmologic apparatus for detecting an interested site of an eye fundus comprising: a front image acquiring device configured to acquire a front image of a fundus of a subject's eye, the front image being a frame of a moving image obtained by repeatedly digitally photographing the fundus illuminated with near infrared light; a search processor designated in the following as first search processor configured to search for an interested region, which is a region of interest, corresponding to an interested site of the fundus based on a brightness variation in the front image, and to generate and record interested region position information indicating a position of said interested region in the event that said interested region has been detected based on the brightness variation; a further search processor designated in the following as second search processor configured to search for said interested region by template matching between the front image and a template image in the event that said interested region has not been detected by the first search processor , and to generate and record interested region position information indicating a position of said interested region in the event that said interested region has been detected by the template matching; and a further search processor designated in the following as third search processor configured to detect a blood vessel region corresponding to a blood vessel of the fundus by analyzing the front image and search for said interested region based on a distribution of the blood vessel region in the event that said interested region has not been detected by the second search processor , and to generate and record position information indicating a position of said interested region in the event that said interested region has been detected based on the distribution of the blood vessel region. a front image acquiring device configured to acquire a front image of a fundus of a subject's eye, the front image being a frame of a moving image obtained by repeatedly digitally photographing the fundus illuminated with near infrared light; a search processor designated in the following as first search processor configured to search for an interested region, which is a region of interest, corresponding to an interested site of the fundus based on a brightness variation in the front image, and to generate and record interested region position information indicating a position of said interested region in the event that said interested region has been detected based on the brightness variation; a further search processor designated in the following as second search processor configured to search for said interested region by template matching between the front image and a template image in the event that said interested region has not been detected by the first search processor , and to generate and record interested region position information indicating a position of said interested region in the event that said interested region has been detected by the template matching; and
A method for secure communications between multiple parties, comprising the steps of: - transforming private information into measurement bases; - generating a plurality of sets of entangled photons, wherein each photon of said plurality of sets of entangled photons represents a corresponding optical pulse or a quantum mechanical superposition of optical pulses; - transmitting said plurality of sets of entangled photons, one set of entangled photons at a time, to a plurality of communication parties, wherein each communication party of said plurality of communication parties receives a photon from each set of said plurality of sets of entangled photons in the order in which said plurality sets of entangled photons are transmitted; - assigning each set of entangled photons an index number based on the order in which said plurality of sets of entangled photons are transmitted to said plurality of communication parties, whereby optical pulses corresponding to photons from the same corresponding set of entangled photons are associated with identical index numbers; - applying said measurement bases to said optical pulses and detecting said photons on said measurement bases to obtain respective data for each party of said plurality of communication parties in the order in which said optical pulses are received by each party; - generating from said respective data corresponding lists of relevant indices for each party of said plurality of communication parties; and - computing a secure communication by comparing said corresponding lists of relevant indices. - transforming private information into measurement bases; - generating a plurality of sets of entangled photons, wherein each photon of said plurality of sets of entangled photons represents a corresponding optical pulse or a quantum mechanical superposition of optical pulses; - transmitting said plurality of sets of entangled photons, one set of entangled photons at a time, to a plurality of communication parties, wherein each communication party of said plurality of communication parties receives a photon from each set of said plurality of sets of entangled photons in the order in which said plurality sets of entangled photons are transmitted; - assigning each set of entangled photons an index number based on the order in which said plurality of sets of entangled photons are transmitted to said plurality of communication parties, whereby optical pulses corresponding to photons from the same corresponding set of entangled photons are associated with identical index numbers; - applying said measurement bases to said optical pulses and detecting said photons on said measurement bases to obtain respective data for each party of said plurality of communication parties in the order in which said optical pulses are received by each party; - generating from said respective data corresponding lists of relevant indices for each party of said plurality of communication parties; and - computing a secure communication by comparing said corresponding lists of relevant indices.
A method performed by a first User Equipment, in the following also referred to as UE, to support PC5 Quality of Service, in the following also referred to as QoS, flow to Sidelink-Data Radio Bearer, in the following also referred to as SL-DRB, remapping, comprising: establishing a sidelink communication with a second UE ; mapping a PC5 QoS flow of the sidelink communication to a first SL-DRB ; transmitting a PC5 Radio Resource Control, in the following also referred to as RRC, message to the second UE, wherein the PC5 RRC message indicates the PC5 QoS flow is mapped to a second SL-DRB ; and transmitting an end-marker control Protocol Data Unit, in the following also referred to as PDU, to the second UE after successful transmission of the PC5 RRC message has been confirmed by lower layer(s) or after receiving a PC5 RRC complete message corresponding to the PC5 RRC message from the second UE . establishing a sidelink communication with a second UE ; mapping a PC5 QoS flow of the sidelink communication to a first SL-DRB ; transmitting a PC5 Radio Resource Control, in the following also referred to as RRC, message to the second UE, wherein the PC5 RRC message indicates the PC5 QoS flow is mapped to a second SL-DRB ; and transmitting an end-marker control Protocol Data Unit, in the following also referred to as PDU, to the second UE after successful transmission of the PC5 RRC message has been confirmed by lower layer(s) or after receiving a PC5 RRC complete message corresponding to the PC5 RRC message from the second UE .
A method of operating an imaging system comprising a tunable acoustic gradient (TAG) lens, a TAG lens controller, a camera, and an exposure time controller, in order to establish or maintain the TAG lens at a desired operating state for imaging, the method comprising: controlling the TAG lens using an imaging drive control configuration during a plurality of imaging drive mode time periods, wherein each instance of the imaging drive mode time period provides image data acquired while operating the TAG lens according to the imaging drive control configuration, wherein the imaging drive control configuration includes an imaging drive voltage and an imaging drive duration and is configured to achieve an imaging state of the TAG lens; and characterized by : controlling the TAG lens using a regulating adaptive drive control configuration during a plurality of regulating adaptive drive mode time periods that are different from the imaging drive mode time periods, wherein the regulating adaptive drive control configuration is configured to provide at least one of a different respective TAG lens regulating drive voltage and a different respective TAG lens regulating drive duration for different respective regulating adaptive drive mode time periods, based on a TAG lens monitoring signal, such as to compensate or reduce or eliminate a difference between the imaging state of the TAG lens and a current operating state of the TAG lens.
A plate heat exchanger reactor , for implementing endothermic or exothermic catalytic reactions, including: - a reactor body , formed by stacking a plurality of plates , - a reagent circuit comprising at least two reagent channels comprising a catalyst, - a coolant circuit to cool the reagent channels , comprising a plurality of cooling channels , characterised in that it further includes a stepped reagent dispensing system comprising: - at least one fluid communication groove , formed on an isthmus separating two adjacent reagent channels , for fluidly communicating both adjacent reagent channels , - at least one spacing portion longitudinally separating at least one first group of cooling channels and one second group of cooling channels , said at least one fluid communication groove and said at least one spacing portion being superimposed with each other, - at least one reagent dispensing duct , formed from the outer surface (Se) of the reactor body to said at least one fluid communication groove , through said at least one spacing portion , and extending substantially perpendicular to the reagent channels and cooling channels , said at least one reagent dispensing duct opening into the outer surface (Se) of the reactor body for at least partially supplying the heat exchanger reactor with reagents and on at least said at least one fluid communication groove for at least partially dispensing agents, and in that it includes at least one first reagent injection point (I1) formed at the inlet (E) of the reagent channels and at least one second reagent injection point (I2, I3) formed at said at least one reagent dispensing duct . - a reactor body , formed by stacking a plurality of plates , - a reagent circuit comprising at least two reagent channels comprising a catalyst, - a coolant circuit to cool the reagent channels , comprising a plurality of cooling channels , - at least one fluid communication groove , formed on an isthmus separating two adjacent reagent channels , for fluidly communicating both adjacent reagent channels , - at least one spacing portion longitudinally separating at least one first group of cooling channels and one second group of cooling channels , said at least one fluid communication groove and said at least one spacing portion being superimposed with each other, - at least one reagent dispensing duct , formed from the outer surface (Se) of the reactor body to said at least one fluid communication groove , through said at least one spacing portion , and extending substantially perpendicular to the reagent channels and cooling channels , said at least one reagent dispensing duct opening into the outer surface (Se) of the reactor body for at least partially supplying the heat exchanger reactor with reagents and on at least said at least one fluid communication groove for at least partially dispensing agents,
A regenerative shock absorber comprising: a housing that includes a compression volume and an extension volume ; a piston disposed in the housing and that in a first mode moves through at least a portion of a compression stroke to pressurize hydraulic fluid in the compression volume and that in a second mode moves at least partially through an extension stroke to pressurize hydraulic fluid in the extension volume ; a hydraulic motor including a first port in fluid communication with the compression volume and a second port in fluid communication with the extension volume ; a pressurized reservoir ; and one or more valves configured to selectively control fluid communication between the pressurized reservoir and a low pressure side of the hydraulic motor , wherein the hydraulic motor is configured and arranged to be operated as a hydraulic pump in at least one mode of operation of the regenerative shock absorber ; characterized in that the fluid communication includes flow to and from the pressurized reservoir , and in that the one or more valves are arranged in parallel to the hydraulic motor such that the flow through the one or more valves is separate from flow through the hydraulic motor . a housing that includes a compression volume and an extension volume ; a piston disposed in the housing and that in a first mode moves through at least a portion of a compression stroke to pressurize hydraulic fluid in the compression volume and that in a second mode moves at least partially through an extension stroke to pressurize hydraulic fluid in the extension volume ; a hydraulic motor including a first port in fluid communication with the compression volume and a second port in fluid communication with the extension volume ; a pressurized reservoir ; and one or more valves configured to selectively control fluid communication between the pressurized reservoir and a low pressure side of the hydraulic motor , wherein the hydraulic motor is configured and arranged to be operated as a hydraulic pump in at least one mode of operation of the regenerative shock absorber ; characterized in that the fluid communication includes flow to and from the pressurized reservoir , and in that the one or more valves are arranged in parallel to the hydraulic motor such that the flow through the one or more valves is separate from flow through the hydraulic motor .
A respirator mask , comprising: a body defining an interior space of the mask and including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface , the first surface defining the interior space ; and a passive voice transmittal feature contiguous with the body , the voice transmittal feature including a membrane and a frame , the membrane being integrally formed with a single unitary construction with the frame , the frame and the membrane being removably coupled to the body , wherein the frame includes a perimeter that extends around the outer edge of the frame and that has a convex shape in cross section, and wherein the body comprises an opening that is sized and configured to accept the frame with the opening comprising a perimeter having a concave shape in cross section. a body defining an interior space of the mask and including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface , the first surface defining the interior space ; and a passive voice transmittal feature contiguous with the body , the voice transmittal feature including a membrane and a frame , the membrane being integrally formed with a single unitary construction with the frame , the frame and the membrane being removably coupled to the body , wherein the frame includes a perimeter that extends around the outer edge of the frame and that has a convex shape in cross section, and wherein the body comprises an opening that is sized and configured to accept the frame with the opening comprising a perimeter having a concave shape in cross section.
A wafer chuck comprising a surface configured to support a wafer, said surface being processed tribologically such as to minimize the slope of the roughness of said surface as measured in a radial direction, wherein said surface comprises scratches oriented predominantly radially, wherein said surface has a lower coefficient of friction in a radial direction than in a circumferential direction. wherein said surface comprises scratches oriented predominantly radially, wherein said surface has a lower coefficient of friction in a radial direction than in a circumferential direction.
Transmission cable having a helical coil applied to a core of the cable and having a carrier , arranged on a portion of the transmission cable , in particular at one end of the transmission cable , for power transmission, for example on sunroofs or loading compartment covers of vehicles, wherein the carrier has a bore in which an internal thread corresponding to the helical coil is formed, characterized in that the internal thread is in the form of a plastics casting for screwing the carrier onto the end of the transmission cable , wherein the carrier is fixed to the transmission cable by adhesive bonding and/or fusion and/or welding.