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An insulated structure for a household appliance , the insulated structure comprising: a metallic liner; an outer metallic wrapper; an insulating cavity defined between the metallic liner and outer metallic wrapper; and a pressure sensing device disposed within the insulating cavity , wherein the pressure sensing device is located to detect a pressure status and transmit the pressure status through at least one of the metallic liner and the outer metallic wrapper, wherein at least one of the metallic liner and the metallic outer wrapper includes a window configured to allow a wireless signal to pass therethrough, the window being sealedly coupled to an opening defined by one of the metallic liner and the outer metallic wrapper, characterised in that the pressure sensing device is a strain gauge . a metallic liner; an outer metallic wrapper; an insulating cavity defined between the metallic liner and outer metallic wrapper; and a pressure sensing device disposed within the insulating cavity , wherein the pressure sensing device is located to detect a pressure status and transmit the pressure status through at least one of the metallic liner and the outer metallic wrapper, wherein at least one of the metallic liner and the metallic outer wrapper includes a window configured to allow a wireless signal to pass therethrough, the window being sealedly coupled to an opening defined by one of the metallic liner and the outer metallic wrapper, characterised in that the pressure sensing device is a strain gauge .
A method of securely implementing functions in a secure software application, comprising: - determining, by a processor, two functions to be implemented by the secure software application; - generating a first function lookup table implementing the first of the two functions; - encrypting the first function lookup table; - sorting the first function lookup table by encrypted operand; - generating a second function lookup table implementing the second of the two functions; - encrypting the second function lookup table; - sorting the second function lookup table by encrypted operand; - generating a flattened lookup table from a combination of the encrypted first and second function lookup tables; - permutating the flattened table indices; and - sorting the flattened table by the permutated flattened table indices; characterized in that the flattened table indices are permutated using public key cryptography encryption, or wherein permutating the flattened table indices includes converting the flattened lookup table into a hash table by transforming the flattened table indices by means of a one-way function and using the transformed values as keys for the hash table. - determining, by a processor, two functions to be implemented by the secure software application; - generating a first function lookup table implementing the first of the two functions; - encrypting the first function lookup table; - sorting the first function lookup table by encrypted operand; - generating a second function lookup table implementing the second of the two functions; - encrypting the second function lookup table; - sorting the second function lookup table by encrypted operand; - generating a flattened lookup table from a combination of the encrypted first and second function lookup tables; - permutating the flattened table indices; and - sorting the flattened table by the permutated flattened table indices;
A calibrated three-dimensional optical measuring apparatus , for the three-dimensional measurement of geometric parameters of a rope , comprising: - a frame which defines and is arranged around a rope receiving cavity ; - a plurality of image acquisition devices (C0, C1, C2, C3) adapted to acquire a multiplicity of digital images of at least one region of an outer surface of the rope , said image acquisition devices (C0, C1, C2, C3) being fixed to the frame and being arranged around the rope when the three-dimensional optical measuring apparatus receives the rope in the rope receiving cavity ; - an attachment device adapted to constrain the three-dimensional optical measuring apparatus to the rope in a relatively translatable manner with respect to the rope ; - an electronic digital image processing device, configured to process the multiplicity of digital images and to obtain a three-dimensional photogrammetric reconstruction of the points of the digital images of the rope acquired by the image acquisition devices. - a frame which defines and is arranged around a rope receiving cavity ; - a plurality of image acquisition devices (C0, C1, C2, C3) adapted to acquire a multiplicity of digital images of at least one region of an outer surface of the rope , said image acquisition devices (C0, C1, C2, C3) being fixed to the frame and being arranged around the rope when the three-dimensional optical measuring apparatus receives the rope in the rope receiving cavity ; - an attachment device adapted to constrain the three-dimensional optical measuring apparatus to the rope in a relatively translatable manner with respect to the rope ; - an electronic digital image processing device, configured to process the multiplicity of digital images and to obtain a three-dimensional photogrammetric reconstruction of the points of the digital images of the rope acquired by the image acquisition devices.
A method of estimating torque, comprising: disposing at least one measurement assembly at a downhole component , the at least one measurement assembly including a first set of directional sensors disposed at a first axial location along the downhole component , and a second set of directional sensors disposed at a second axial location along the downhole component ; collecting directional measurement data from the first set of directional sensors and the second set of directional sensors during rotation of the downhole component ; and estimating, by a processing device , an amount of torque on the downhole component based on the directional measurement data; wherein estimating the amount of torque includes calculating an angle of torsion based on a calculated angle between an orientation of the first set of directional sensors and an orientation of the second set of directional sensors ; characterised in that : collecting the directional measurement data includes measuring a first static toolface angle of the first set of directional sensors and a second static toolface angle of the second set of directional sensors when the downhole component is rotationally fixed, and estimating the amount of torque includes calculating a static toolface offset angle based on a difference between the first static toolface angle and the second static toolface angle. disposing at least one measurement assembly at a downhole component , the at least one measurement assembly including a first set of directional sensors disposed at a first axial location along the downhole component , and a second set of directional sensors disposed at a second axial location along the downhole component ; collecting directional measurement data from the first set of directional sensors and the second set of directional sensors during rotation of the downhole component ; and estimating, by a processing device , an amount of torque on the downhole component based on the directional measurement data; wherein estimating the amount of torque includes calculating an angle of torsion based on a calculated angle between an orientation of the first set of directional sensors and an orientation of the second set of directional sensors ; characterised in that : collecting the directional measurement data includes measuring a first static toolface angle of the first set of directional sensors and a second static toolface angle of the second set of directional sensors when the downhole component is rotationally fixed, and estimating the amount of torque includes calculating a static toolface offset angle based on a difference between the first static toolface angle and the second static toolface angle.
A surgical access device comprising: a proximal housing having proximal and distal end portions, the distal end portion of the housing being configured and adapted to engage a proximal portion of a flexible wound retractor , the proximal housing having a plenum chamber being defined in the proximal housing , the plenum chamber being in fluid communication with at least one nozzle , configured to direct pressurized fluid in an axial direction from the plenum chamber into a central bore of the surgical access device to provide a constant gaseous seal around a surgical instrument inserted therethrough, while inhibiting a loss of pressurized fluid from the body cavity therethrough, wherein the plenum chamber is adapted and configured to receive pressurized fluid from a source of pressurized fluid through an inlet port and conduct the pressurized fluid to the at least one nozzle , wherein a pressure sensing chamber is defined within the housing , and is adapted and configured to be in fluid communication with the abdominal cavity of the patient to facilitate sensing of abdominal pressure and wherein the distal end portion of the housing is adapted and configured to detachably engage with the proximal portion of the flexible wound retractor .
A refrigeration cycle device which comprises: a casing having a first opening and a second opening , one of which is an inlet and the other of which is an outlet, and having therein an air course providing communication between the first opening and the second opening ; and a refrigerant circuit provided in the air course in the casing and filled with a refrigerant having a higher concentration than air under atmospheric pressure, characterized in that the casing has a plurality of third openings providing communication between the air course and outside of the casing , the third openings are arranged below the refrigerant circuit , and lower edges of the third openings are located below lower edges of the first opening and the second opening , the third openings are at least vertically arranged, and for the third openings , a total area of an opening group in a relatively vertically lower position is smaller than a total area of an opening group in a relatively vertically upper position, and the device further comprises diffusion means configured to diffuse the refrigerant leaking from the refrigerant circuit and flowing from the air course through the third openings out of the casing . a casing having a first opening and a second opening , one of which is an inlet and the other of which is an outlet, and having therein an air course providing communication between the first opening and the second opening ; and a refrigerant circuit provided in the air course in the casing and filled with a refrigerant having a higher concentration than air under atmospheric pressure, characterized in that the casing has a plurality of third openings providing communication between the air course and outside of the casing , the third openings are arranged below the refrigerant circuit , and lower edges of the third openings are located below lower edges of the first opening and the second opening , the third openings are at least vertically arranged, and for the third openings , a total area of an opening group in a relatively vertically lower position is smaller than a total area of an opening group in a relatively vertically upper position, and the device further comprises diffusion means configured to diffuse the refrigerant leaking from the refrigerant circuit and flowing from the air course through the third openings out of the casing .
Regulating device for regulating an air stream for an air inlet of a motor vehicle, comprising a duct defining a flow channel where an air stream flows, in which is arranged a cooling unit comprising at least one heat exchanger and engine fans , the duct comprising at least one acoustic absorption means arranged so as to at least partially limit the propagation of noise pollution towards the outside of the duct , wherein the duct comprises one or more cavities acting as Helmholtz resonator.
A modified vinyl alcohol-based polymer having at least one monomer unit represented by the following general formula (I) and a modification rate of from 0.01 mol% to 10 mol%: in which BO represents an oxybutylene unit; EO represents an oxyethylene unit; and each of m and n is a number of repeating unit of the respective oxyalkylene units; 1 ≤ m ≤ 10; and 1 ≤ n ≤ 60.
A communication system comprising: a first slave device (110; 120; 130; 140) that belongs to a group for which arbitration is necessary and configured to sequentially transmit a slave side start bit indicating communication start and a first address in which a value different from a first bit of predetermined pattern data is set in a first bit, and transmit and receive data; and a master device (110; 140) configured to sequentially transmit a master side start bit and the predetermined pattern data, wherein the master device (110; 140) arbitrates the master device (110; 140) and the first slave device (110; 120; 130; 140) on a basis of the first bit, wherein the master device (110; 140) allocates the first address to the first slave device (110; 120; 130; 140) on a basis of setting information, wherein the first slave device (110; 120; 130; 140) stores the setting information indicating inclusion in a group for which arbitration is necessary. a first slave device (110; 120; 130; 140) that belongs to a group for which arbitration is necessary and configured to sequentially transmit a slave side start bit indicating communication start and a first address in which a value different from a first bit of predetermined pattern data is set in a first bit, and transmit and receive data; and a master device (110; 140) configured to sequentially transmit a master side start bit and the predetermined pattern data, wherein the master device (110; 140) arbitrates the master device (110; 140) and the first slave device (110; 120; 130; 140) on a basis of the first bit, wherein the master device (110; 140) allocates the first address to the first slave device (110; 120; 130; 140) on a basis of setting information, wherein the first slave device (110; 120; 130; 140) stores the setting information indicating inclusion in a group for which arbitration is necessary.
Conveyor for loading and unloading semi-trailers of articulated lorries on/from wagons able to form a train , characterized in that it is in closed-loop and comprises a belt on which at least one pair of translating tracks able to support a wagon is fixed.
An instruction projecting device which generates a projection image to be projected on a parcel (P) based on sensing information of the parcel (P), the device comprising: a processor ; and a memory , wherein by cooperating with the memory , the processor is configured to determine whether or not the parcel (P) is picked up based on the sensing information, characterized in that in a case where it is determined that the parcel (P) is picked up, the processor is configured to generate the projection image including detail information of the parcel (P) and to send a projection instruction to cause an image output device to project the projection image including detail information on the parcel (P). a processor ; and a memory , wherein by cooperating with the memory , the processor is configured to determine whether or not the parcel (P) is picked up based on the sensing information, characterized in that in a case where it is determined that the parcel (P) is picked up, the processor is configured to generate the projection image including detail information of the parcel (P) and to send a projection instruction to cause an image output device to project the projection image including detail information on the parcel (P).
A surgical stapling assembly, comprising: a cartridge jaw , comprising: a proximal end; a distal end positioned opposite said proximal end; a bottom wall ; lateral side walls extending from said bottom wall; and a longitudinal slot defined in said bottom wall, wherein said longitudinal slot comprises a plurality of jaw windows defined in said bottom wall; a staple cartridge positionable between said lateral side walls in said cartridge jaw, wherein said staple cartridge comprises: a cartridge body; staples removably stored in said cartridge body; and a sled movable toward said distal end during a firing stroke to eject said staples from said cartridge body, wherein the progress of said sled during said firing stroke is observable through said jaw windows, wherein said longitudinal slot defines a longitudinal axis, characterised in that said jaw windows are offset with respect to said longitudinal axis. a cartridge jaw , comprising: a proximal end; a distal end positioned opposite said proximal end; a bottom wall ; lateral side walls extending from said bottom wall; and a longitudinal slot defined in said bottom wall, wherein said longitudinal slot comprises a plurality of jaw windows defined in said bottom wall; a proximal end; a distal end positioned opposite said proximal end; a bottom wall ; lateral side walls extending from said bottom wall; and a longitudinal slot defined in said bottom wall, wherein said longitudinal slot comprises a plurality of jaw windows defined in said bottom wall; a staple cartridge positionable between said lateral side walls in said cartridge jaw, wherein said staple cartridge comprises: a cartridge body; staples removably stored in said cartridge body; and a sled movable toward said distal end during a firing stroke to eject said staples from said cartridge body, wherein the progress of said sled during said firing stroke is observable through said jaw windows, wherein said longitudinal slot defines a longitudinal axis, characterised in that said jaw windows are offset with respect to said longitudinal axis. a cartridge body; staples removably stored in said cartridge body; and a sled movable toward said distal end during a firing stroke to eject said staples from said cartridge body, wherein the progress of said sled during said firing stroke is observable through said jaw windows, wherein said longitudinal slot defines a longitudinal axis, characterised in that said jaw windows are offset with respect to said longitudinal axis.
A method of direction finding of a signal source comprising the steps of: - switching (S1) a directional antenna module to a maximum direction finding mode where an inphase summation signal (Σ) output by a 180-degree hybrid connected to at least two antenna elements of an antenna array within said directional antenna module is output by said directional antenna module ; - then in the maximum direction finding mode pivoting (S2) the directional antenna module until the inphase summation signal output by the directional antenna module reaches a maximum; - then switching (S3) said directional antenna module to a minimum direction finding mode wherein an out-of-phase summation signal output (Δ) by said 180-degree hybrid connected to the at least two antenna elements of said antenna array within the directional antenna module is output by said directional antenna module ; and - then in the minimum direction finding mode pivoting (S4) the directional antenna module until the out-of-phase summation signal output by said directional antenna module reaches a minimum indicating a bearing of the signal source. - switching (S1) a directional antenna module to a maximum direction finding mode where an inphase summation signal (Σ) output by a 180-degree hybrid connected to at least two antenna elements of an antenna array within said directional antenna module is output by said directional antenna module ; - then in the maximum direction finding mode pivoting (S2) the directional antenna module until the inphase summation signal output by the directional antenna module reaches a maximum; - then switching (S3) said directional antenna module to a minimum direction finding mode wherein an out-of-phase summation signal output (Δ) by said 180-degree hybrid connected to the at least two antenna elements of said antenna array within the directional antenna module is output by said directional antenna module ; and - then in the minimum direction finding mode pivoting (S4) the directional antenna module until the out-of-phase summation signal output by said directional antenna module reaches a minimum indicating a bearing of the signal source.
A system for automatically harmonizing the position and/or orientation between an apparatus on board a mobile carrier and a reference frame (R IMU ) of said mobile carrier, said mobile carrier being equipped with an inertial unit able to provide measurements of acceleration and angular velocity of rotation of said mobile carrier in said reference frame, characterized in that it includes: - at least one accelerometer mechanically coupled to the onboard apparatus , and providing acceleration measurements in a reference frame (R RAD ) referred to as the associated onboard apparatus, said accelerometer being an accelerometer able to provide acceleration measurements along three spatial axes; - a reception unit configured to receive measurements provided by said inertial unit and measurements provided by the accelerometer , - a computing unit configured to calculate values of parameters defining a geometric transformation for conversion of data between the reference frame (R IMU ) of the carrier and the reference frame (R RAD ) of the onboard apparatus, from said measurements, carried out for at least two different flight orientations, by said inertial unit and by said accelerometer , wherein said mobile carrier is an aircraft, said onboard apparatus is a radar system including at least one antenna panel , the or each antenna panel having an associated phase center, and including an accelerometer mechanically coupled to the antenna panel and having a reference frame (R RAD ) centered on said phase center. - at least one accelerometer mechanically coupled to the onboard apparatus , and providing acceleration measurements in a reference frame (R RAD ) referred to as the associated onboard apparatus, said accelerometer being an accelerometer able to provide acceleration measurements along three spatial axes; - a reception unit configured to receive measurements provided by said inertial unit and measurements provided by the accelerometer , - a computing unit configured to calculate values of parameters defining a geometric transformation for conversion of data between the reference frame (R IMU ) of the carrier and the reference frame (R RAD ) of the onboard apparatus, from said measurements, carried out for at least two different flight orientations, by said inertial unit and by said accelerometer , wherein said mobile carrier is an aircraft, said onboard apparatus is a radar system including at least one antenna panel , the or each antenna panel having an associated phase center, and including an accelerometer mechanically coupled to the antenna panel and having a reference frame (R RAD ) centered on said phase center.
An apparatus for cold chain monitoring of perishable goods, comprising: at least one environmental sensor to monitor at least one environmental parameter; at least one event detector to detect at least one of an environmental altering event and a user induced event; and a controller to receive and log a plurality of readings from the at least one environmental sensor at a selected sampling rate; characterised in that the apparatus is adapted to adjust the sampling rate depending on at least one of the environmental altering event and the user induced event. at least one environmental sensor to monitor at least one environmental parameter; at least one event detector to detect at least one of an environmental altering event and a user induced event; and a controller to receive and log a plurality of readings from the at least one environmental sensor at a selected sampling rate; characterised in that the apparatus is adapted to adjust the sampling rate depending on at least one of the environmental altering event and the user induced event.