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A radar system that comprises processing circuitry , the processing circuitry configured to perform acts comprising: computing, for a temporal detection window and based upon a frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) signal emitted by the radar system: a velocity for a detection in a scene; and a direction of the detection relative to the radar system; generating a velocity-direction histogram for the detection window, wherein the velocity-direction histogram comprises bins, and further wherein the detection is assigned to a bin in the bins based upon: the velocity assigned to the detection; and the direction of the detection relative to the radar system; identifying the detection as being caused by an interfering signal based upon a number of detections assigned to the bin in the velocity-direction histogram for the detection window; and generating, based upon the FMCW signal, output data that identifies detections in the scene, wherein the detections identified in the output data fail to include the detection identified as being caused by the interfering signal. computing, for a temporal detection window and based upon a frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) signal emitted by the radar system: a velocity for a detection in a scene; and a direction of the detection relative to the radar system; a velocity for a detection in a scene; and a direction of the detection relative to the radar system; generating a velocity-direction histogram for the detection window, wherein the velocity-direction histogram comprises bins, and further wherein the detection is assigned to a bin in the bins based upon: the velocity assigned to the detection; and the direction of the detection relative to the radar system; the velocity assigned to the detection; and the direction of the detection relative to the radar system; identifying the detection as being caused by an interfering signal based upon a number of detections assigned to the bin in the velocity-direction histogram for the detection window; and generating, based upon the FMCW signal, output data that identifies detections in the scene, wherein the detections identified in the output data fail to include the detection identified as being caused by the interfering signal.
A method for controlling an electric actuator of an electromechanical power steering system having a control unit, in which method - a manipulated variable T1 of an actuating motor is determined by a controller, the manipulated variable T1 being the torque output by the actuating motor, wherein a target current value and/or a target voltage value which is fed to the actuating motor is determined on the basis of the manipulated variable T1, - in order, starting from an actual position X as state variable of the actuator, which is the position of a rack and/or a pivoting angle of a wheel, - to reach a target position Xd as target position, wherein a steering angle applied to a steering wheel is measured in a steering sensor , the target position Xd is determined therefrom in a signal processing unit and the determined target position Xd as well as an actual position of the rack or of the pivoting angle of the wheel is transmitted to the control unit as actual value X, and in which - a control value of the electric actuator is calculated on the basis of the manipulated variable T1, characterized in that the manipulated variable T1 of the actuating motor is calculated by using the second time derivative of the target position d 2 Xd/dt 2 and an achieved control change ΔX| τ - ΔX| 0 , where ΔX | τ = Difference target - actual position at time τ and ΔX | 0 = Difference target - actual position at time t = t 0. - a manipulated variable T1 of an actuating motor is determined by a controller, the manipulated variable T1 being the torque output by the actuating motor, wherein a target current value and/or a target voltage value which is fed to the actuating motor is determined on the basis of the manipulated variable T1, - in order, starting from an actual position X as state variable of the actuator, which is the position of a rack and/or a pivoting angle of a wheel, - to reach a target position Xd as target position, wherein a steering angle applied to a steering wheel is measured in a steering sensor , the target position Xd is determined therefrom in a signal processing unit and the determined target position Xd as well as an actual position of the rack or of the pivoting angle of the wheel is transmitted to the control unit as actual value X, and in which - a control value of the electric actuator is calculated on the basis of the manipulated variable T1, characterized in that the manipulated variable T1 of the actuating motor is calculated by using the second time derivative of the target position d 2 Xd/dt 2 and an achieved control change ΔX| τ - ΔX| 0 , where ΔX | τ = Difference target - actual position at time τ and ΔX | 0 = Difference target - actual position at time t = t 0.
A door handle for a vehicle, which is mounted on a door of the vehicle and which is handled when the door is operated to open or close, the door handle comprising: a handle main body ; and a decoration member that is disposed on a surface of the handle main body , wherein an operation opening to a cylinder lock fixed to the door is opened in the handle main body , wherein the decoration member blocks the operation opening in a blocking posture, wherein the blocking of the operation opening is capable of being released by detaching the decoration member from the handle main body or by operating the decoration member to transit to a non-blocking posture, wherein the decoration member covers almost the entire area in a longitudinal direction of the handle main body so that a design continuation of the handle main body is prevented from being inhibited by the operating opening being exposed to the surface of the door handle and an appearance is improved, characterized in that the decoration member has one end portion which is connected to the handle main body in a rotatable manner and the other end portion which covers the cylinder lock . a handle main body ; and a decoration member that is disposed on a surface of the handle main body , wherein an operation opening to a cylinder lock fixed to the door is opened in the handle main body , wherein the decoration member blocks the operation opening in a blocking posture, wherein the blocking of the operation opening is capable of being released by detaching the decoration member from the handle main body or by operating the decoration member to transit to a non-blocking posture, wherein the decoration member covers almost the entire area in a longitudinal direction of the handle main body so that a design continuation of the handle main body is prevented from being inhibited by the operating opening being exposed to the surface of the door handle and an appearance is improved, characterized in that the decoration member has one end portion which is connected to the handle main body in a rotatable manner and the other end portion which covers the cylinder lock .
An air terminal device for a ventilation system of a building, said air terminal device comprising. a pressure box , provided with at least one inlet for admitting supply air into the pressure box and a plurality of outlet openings for admitting supply air out of the pressure box , said air terminal device further comprises a first cover plate and a second cover plate whereof each cover plate is arranged to control and change the open area of a plurality of said outlet openings , said plurality of outlet openings are arranged on an outlet surface of the pressure box characterized in that the first cover plate and the second cover plate are arranged to move non linearly and slide relative each other and to be in contact with and slide relative the outlet surface while changing the open area of the outlet openings, said outlet surface provided with a first actuating rod attached to the first cover plate at its first end and attached to the second cover plate at its second end and having a pivotal point attached at the centre of the first rod to the outlet surface , said first actuating rod being connected to a rotating actuator so as to be rotated around its pivotal point .
A system , comprising: a signal receiver circuit , configured to receive a physiologic signal obtained from a subject; a physiologic event detector circuit , configured to detect a target physiologic event using a first portion of the received physiologic signal, wherein the first portion includes a first data window of the received physiologic signal, and the second portion includes a second data window temporally located at a specified location within a latter half of the first data window; a data storage decision circuit , coupled to the signal receiver circuit and the physiologic event detector circuit , configured to: confirm the target physiologic event using a second portion of the received physiologic signal, the second portion including at least part of the first portion of the received physiologic signal; and generate a data storage trigger signal using the detection and the confirmation of the target physiologic event; and a controller circuit , coupled to the data storage decision circuit , configured to store in a memory, in response to the data storage trigger signal, physiologic information associated with the confirmed target physiologic event. a signal receiver circuit , configured to receive a physiologic signal obtained from a subject; a physiologic event detector circuit , configured to detect a target physiologic event using a first portion of the received physiologic signal, wherein the first portion includes a first data window of the received physiologic signal, and the second portion includes a second data window temporally located at a specified location within a latter half of the first data window; a data storage decision circuit , coupled to the signal receiver circuit and the physiologic event detector circuit , configured to: confirm the target physiologic event using a second portion of the received physiologic signal, the second portion including at least part of the first portion of the received physiologic signal; and generate a data storage trigger signal using the detection and the confirmation of the target physiologic event; and confirm the target physiologic event using a second portion of the received physiologic signal, the second portion including at least part of the first portion of the received physiologic signal; and generate a data storage trigger signal using the detection and the confirmation of the target physiologic event; and a controller circuit , coupled to the data storage decision circuit , configured to store in a memory, in response to the data storage trigger signal, physiologic information associated with the confirmed target physiologic event.
An accelerometric sensor, comprising a housing , a pendulum fixed to the housing, a movable electrode (5.3) carried by the pendulum and connected to a detection circuit , a first electrode (5.1) and a second electrode (5.2) which are fixed integral with the housing to form with the movable electrode two capacitors of variable capacity depending on a distance between the electrodes, and a control unit configured to carry out detection operations to measure the variable capacities of the capacitors and a control operation of the movable electrode depending on the capacities measured by applying a logic signal (bs) for driving a switch for selective connection of the fixed electrodes to an excitation circuit delivering a control signal (u) to the fixed electrodes to maintain the pendulum in a predetermined position, characterised in that the control unit is configured to apply, during sampling periods, a first detection signal to one of said fixed electrodes chosen according to the logic level of the drive signal, and a second detection signal to the other fixed electrode, the control signal (u) being applied to the electrode to which the second detection signal is applied.
A canopy , in particular for a paraglider, parachute, flexkite, or surfkite, comprising an upper sail and a lower sail , and ribs forming a profile, wherein at least two separate pressure zones are formed in the canopy that have different opening and emptying times, wherein the pressure zones are formed by cells, characterized in that the cells are formed by transverse ribs that enable an air exchange between the pressure zones, with the air exchange between the pressure zones taking place through openings in the transverse ribs or through valves in the transverse ribs .
Method for diagnosing a proportional oxygen probe positioned downstream of the post-treatment system of a control-ignition internal combustion engine also equipped with an oxygen probe positioned downstream of the post-treatment system, in which method the richness of the exhaust gases is regulated with a richness setpoint that is variable as a function of the predefined conditions of the catalytic converter and of the measurement from the proportional upstream oxygen probe characterized in that it comprises the following steps: determining whether the running conditions are compatible with carrying out a diagnosis, when these conditions are satisfied, the internal combustion engine is made to operate in such a way as to obtain at least three alternations of periods of emission of exhaust gas with rich mixture and of periods of emission of exhaust gas with lean mixture and, for each period, the richness of the exhaust gas is measured using the upstream oxygen probe, then corrected richness measurements are determined by high-pass filtering the measurements of the richness of the exhaust gases using the upstream oxygen probe with a cutoff frequency equal to the inverse of the period of emission of exhaust gas with rich mixture and of the period of emission of exhaust gas with lean mixture, a diagnostic criterion for the upstream oxygen probe is calculated as the mean, over the number of alternations, of the difference for each period between the corrected maximum richness measurement with rich mixture and the minimum corrected richness measurement with lean mixture, then if the diagnostic criterion is above a stored value, the probe is determined to be in good working order, if not, the probe is determined to be malfunctioning. determining whether the running conditions are compatible with carrying out a diagnosis, when these conditions are satisfied, the internal combustion engine is made to operate in such a way as to obtain at least three alternations of periods of emission of exhaust gas with rich mixture and of periods of emission of exhaust gas with lean mixture and, for each period, the richness of the exhaust gas is measured using the upstream oxygen probe, then corrected richness measurements are determined by high-pass filtering the measurements of the richness of the exhaust gases using the upstream oxygen probe with a cutoff frequency equal to the inverse of the period of emission of exhaust gas with rich mixture and of the period of emission of exhaust gas with lean mixture, a diagnostic criterion for the upstream oxygen probe is calculated as the mean, over the number of alternations, of the difference for each period between the corrected maximum richness measurement with rich mixture and the minimum corrected richness measurement with lean mixture, then if the diagnostic criterion is above a stored value, the probe is determined to be in good working order, if not, the probe is determined to be malfunctioning.
A battery assembly for a vehicle comprising a pair of longitudinally extending frame rails , the battery assembly comprising a first and a second vehicle battery module, the first vehicle battery module being stacked vertically on top of the second vehicle battery module , wherein the battery assembly is configured to be connected to the vehicle vertically below the frame rails by attaching an upper surface of the first vehicle battery module to a horizontally extending portion of a pair of brackets , the pair of brackets being attachable to a respective one of the longitudinally extending frame rails .
An apparatus to provide an indication of at least one refractive error of an eye of a subject, the apparatus comprising: means for displaying of at least one target image over a display area; at least one processor comprising means for receiving feedback of the subject for each displayed target image indicating that the subject is positioned at a maximum distance of best acuity, MDBA, from the target image out of multiple distances experienced by the subject when viewing the target image with one eye thereof, said MDBA being the maximum distance at which said subject is to clearly recognize one or more visual elements of said target image using said eye; at least one sensor for acquiring data representing an actual distance between the eye of the subject and said target image corresponding to the subjective MDBA; the at least one processor further comprising a distance estimation and calibration module for estimating the MDBA according to said acquired data, and a feedback module , and it is configured to calculate at least one parameter associated with the refractive error of the eye, the at least one calculated parameter is based on said target image and the estimated MDBA. means for displaying of at least one target image over a display area; at least one processor comprising means for receiving feedback of the subject for each displayed target image indicating that the subject is positioned at a maximum distance of best acuity, MDBA, from the target image out of multiple distances experienced by the subject when viewing the target image with one eye thereof, said MDBA being the maximum distance at which said subject is to clearly recognize one or more visual elements of said target image using said eye; at least one sensor for acquiring data representing an actual distance between the eye of the subject and said target image corresponding to the subjective MDBA; the at least one processor further comprising a distance estimation and calibration module for estimating the MDBA according to said acquired data, and a feedback module , and it is configured to calculate at least one parameter associated with the refractive error of the eye, the at least one calculated parameter is based on said target image and the estimated MDBA.
A spectrometer comprising: a light filter (200; 300; 400; 500; 600; 700; 800; 900; 1000) comprising a plurality of spectrum modulation portions (210, 220, 230; 310, 320, 330; 410, 420, 430; 510, 520, 530; 610, 620, 630; 710, 720, 730; 810, 820, 830; 910, 920, 930; 1010, 1020, 1030); and a sensing unit configured to receive light transmitted through the light filter, wherein each spectrum modulation portion of the light filter has a transmittance spectrum different from a transmittance spectrum of any other spectrum modulation portion of the light filter; wherein the transmittance spectrum of each spectrum modulation portion of the light filter does not intersect with the transmittance spectrum of any other spectrum modulation portion of the light filter over the full wavelength range measured by the spectrometer; and wherein the transmittance spectrum of each spectrum modulation portion of the light filter is not parallel to the transmittance spectrum of any other spectrum modulation portion of the light filter over the full wavelength range measured by the spectrometer. a light filter (200; 300; 400; 500; 600; 700; 800; 900; 1000) comprising a plurality of spectrum modulation portions (210, 220, 230; 310, 320, 330; 410, 420, 430; 510, 520, 530; 610, 620, 630; 710, 720, 730; 810, 820, 830; 910, 920, 930; 1010, 1020, 1030); and a sensing unit configured to receive light transmitted through the light filter, wherein each spectrum modulation portion of the light filter has a transmittance spectrum different from a transmittance spectrum of any other spectrum modulation portion of the light filter; wherein the transmittance spectrum of each spectrum modulation portion of the light filter does not intersect with the transmittance spectrum of any other spectrum modulation portion of the light filter over the full wavelength range measured by the spectrometer; and wherein the transmittance spectrum of each spectrum modulation portion of the light filter is not parallel to the transmittance spectrum of any other spectrum modulation portion of the light filter over the full wavelength range measured by the spectrometer.
An optical unit for directing a laser beam to selectively solidify areas of powder layers in a selective laser solidification apparatus for building objects by layerwise solidification of powder material, the apparatus comprising a build chamber containing a build platform , a device for depositing layers of powder material on to the build platform , the optical unit comprising titlable mirrors for steering the laser beam onto the powder layer and focussing optics for focussing the laser beam on the powder layer as a deflection angle of the laser beam changes, and a photodetector arranged for detecting characteristic radiation generated by interaction of material in the layer with the or a further laser beam, characterised in that the focussing optics comprises movable focussing optics, wherein movement of the movable focussing optics is controlled synchronously with movement of the tiltable mirrors , and the photodetector (173. 187) is arranged to detect characteristic radiation that is collected by the tiltable mirrors and movable focussing optics .
A method of controlling fouling of a membrane during a fluid filtering process , comprising: accepting a selection of a filtrate flow rate; selecting a maximum transmembrane pressure ; predicting an estimated procedure end time to separate at least a portion of a filtrate fluid from a bulk fluid; determining a control point corresponding to the maximum transmembrane pressure and the estimated procedure end time ; flowing the bulk fluid past the membrane; changing (1108, 1110; 1208, 1210) a filtrate flow rate until the selected filtrate flow rate through the membrane is achieved; determining a transmembrane pressure and time elapsed when the selected filtrate flow rate is achieved; determining an acceptable fouling rate, as defined by a slope of a plot of a current transmembrane pressure and the control point , and determining a slope of a plot of periodically-measured transmembrane pressures versus time; comparing the two slopes to determine an acceptable rate of pressure change with time of the transmembrane pressure; and adjusting (1012; 1120, 1126; 1220, 1226) the filtrate flow rate based on the determined acceptable rate of change with time of the transmembrane pressure to cause the plot of periodically-measured transmembrane pressures versus time to approximate the plot of the acceptable fouling rate. accepting a selection of a filtrate flow rate; selecting a maximum transmembrane pressure ; predicting an estimated procedure end time to separate at least a portion of a filtrate fluid from a bulk fluid; determining a control point corresponding to the maximum transmembrane pressure and the estimated procedure end time ; flowing the bulk fluid past the membrane; changing (1108, 1110; 1208, 1210) a filtrate flow rate until the selected filtrate flow rate through the membrane is achieved; determining a transmembrane pressure and time elapsed when the selected filtrate flow rate is achieved; determining an acceptable fouling rate, as defined by a slope of a plot of a current transmembrane pressure and the control point , and determining a slope of a plot of periodically-measured transmembrane pressures versus time; comparing the two slopes to determine an acceptable rate of pressure change with time of the transmembrane pressure; and adjusting (1012; 1120, 1126; 1220, 1226) the filtrate flow rate based on the determined acceptable rate of change with time of the transmembrane pressure to cause the plot of periodically-measured transmembrane pressures versus time to approximate the plot of the acceptable fouling rate.