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An illumination device for a tissue removal system, comprising: a sleeve configured to be arranged at least partially on an outer cannula of the tissue removal system and including a light source configured to provide light to a surgical site through a distal sleeve opening of the sleeve ; a hub including a semi-cylindrical body configured to selectively attach around an upper housing of the tissue removal system and maintain the sleeve thereon, the semi-cylindrical body being selectively rotatable; and wherein the semi-cylindrical body defines at least one snap feature having a tapered end defining a concave shape for said attachment and configured to engage a ring disposed on a portion of the tissue removal system, wherein the snap feature is defined by a slit formed in the semi-cylindrical body , the slit extending from a proximal end of the semi-cylindrical body toward a distal end of the semi-cylindrical body along a portion of a length of the cylindrical body such that the snap feature is pliable to deflect outwardly over the ring and then retract to secure the hub to the tissue removal system . a sleeve configured to be arranged at least partially on an outer cannula of the tissue removal system and including a light source configured to provide light to a surgical site through a distal sleeve opening of the sleeve ; a hub including a semi-cylindrical body configured to selectively attach around an upper housing of the tissue removal system and maintain the sleeve thereon, the semi-cylindrical body being selectively rotatable; and wherein the semi-cylindrical body defines at least one snap feature having a tapered end defining a concave shape for said attachment and configured to engage a ring disposed on a portion of the tissue removal system, wherein the snap feature is defined by a slit formed in the semi-cylindrical body , the slit extending from a proximal end of the semi-cylindrical body toward a distal end of the semi-cylindrical body along a portion of a length of the cylindrical body such that the snap feature is pliable to deflect outwardly over the ring and then retract to secure the hub to the tissue removal system .
A food and beverage preparation machine comprising a machine body , a fluid system adapted to mix a fluid with an ingredient for the preparation of a food or beverage product, and a dispensing opening for delivering the food or beverage into a cup or other receptacle , and further comprising a cup tray that can be attached to the machine body in at least two alternative height positions relative to said dispensing opening, wherein: i. said machine body comprises a pit with a cylindrical opening located below the dispensing opening, said cylindrical opening comprising at least one guiding pin extending inwardly from the pit's opening peripheral edge , and ii. said cup tray comprises a horizontal plate and a cylinder extending vertically downwardly therefrom, the outer surface of said cylinder having at least one vertical cam groove adapted to receive said guiding pin in a slidable manner for displacing the cup tray in height, said food and beverage machine being characterized in that said cup tray comprises at least two discrete superimposed horizontal groove branches extending from the vertical groove , for fixing the cup tray at predetermined height positions. i. said machine body comprises a pit with a cylindrical opening located below the dispensing opening, said cylindrical opening comprising at least one guiding pin extending inwardly from the pit's opening peripheral edge , and ii. said cup tray comprises a horizontal plate and a cylinder extending vertically downwardly therefrom, the outer surface of said cylinder having at least one vertical cam groove adapted to receive said guiding pin in a slidable manner for displacing the cup tray in height, said food and beverage machine being characterized in that said cup tray comprises at least two discrete superimposed horizontal groove branches extending from the vertical groove , for fixing the cup tray at predetermined height positions.
Method for optical distance measurement, wherein a plurality of measuring pulses is transmitted by at least one transmission matrix with several transmitting elements (12 0,0 to 12 127,255 ), wherein at least one transmitted measuring pulse is reflected by a measuring object in the form of a reflected measuring pulse, wherein the at least one measuring pulse reflected on the measuring object is received by at least one reception matrix with several receiving elements (52 0,0 to 52 127,255 ), wherein the transit time of the at least one measuring pulse to the measuring object is determined, wherein the distance covered by the measuring pulse to the measuring object is determined using the speed of light, wherein the transmission matrix has a first subset of the transmitting elements (12 0,0 to 12 127,255 ) and a second subset of the transmitting elements (12 0,0 to 12 127,255 ), each comprising at least one transmitting element, wherein the transmitting elements (12 0,0 to 12 127,255 ) of the transmission matrix are activated and / or deactivated in such a way that at a first point in time only the first subset of the transmitting elements (12 0,0 to 12 127,255 ) is active, so that only the at least one transmitting element assigned to the first subset of the transmitting elements (12 0,0 to 12 127,255 ) sends out a measuring pulse, and that at a second point in time only the second subset of the transmitting elements (12 0,0 to 12 127,255 ) is active, so that only at least one transmitting element assigned to the second subset of the transmitting elements (12 0,0 to 12 127,255 ) sends out a measuring pulse, characterized in that a first subset of the receiving elements (52 0,0 to 52 127,255 ) comprising at least one receiving element is assigned to the first subset of the transmitting elements (12 0,0 to 12 127,255 ), wherein a second subset of the receiving elements (52 0.0 to 52 127.255 ) comprising at least one receiving element is assigned to the second subset of the transmitting elements (12 0,0 to 12 127,255 ), wherein the receiving elements (52 0,0 to 52 127,255 ) are activated and / or deactivated in such a way that essentially simultaneously with the activation of the first subset of the transmitting elements (12 0,0 to 12 127,255 ) only the first subset of the receiving elements (52 0,0 to 52 127,255 ) is active, so that the first subset of the receiving elements (52 0,0 to 52 127,255 ) receives the measuring pulses emitted and reflected by the first subset of the transmitting elements (12 0,0 to 12 127,255 ), and that essentially simultaneously with the activation of the second subset of the transmitting elements (12 0,0 to 12 127,255 ) only the second subset of the receiving elements (52 0,0 to 52 127,255 ) is active, so that the second subset of the receiving elements (52 0,0 to 52 127,255 ) receives the measuring pulses transmitted and reflected by the second subset of the transmitting elements (12 0,0 to 12 127,255 ).
Praline or filled chocolate comprising a chocolate composition as coating, wherein the chocolate composition comprises a milk fat fraction wherein the milk fat fraction has a SFC25 of at least 36%, and/or a SFC30 of at least 25% and/or a SFC35 of at least 15%, preferably wherein the milk fat fraction has a SFC25 of at least 41.5%, and/or a SFC30 of at least 32.5% and/or a SFC35 of at least 21.5%, more preferably wherein the milk fat fraction has a SFC25 of at least 30%, and/or a SFC30 of at least 20% and/or a SFC35 of at least 10%.
A coating system, comprising: a reflective cool down chamber that forms an ovoid-like shape, with at least one arcuate wall ; an infrared lamp directed at the arcuate wall ; and a diffusion lens mounted to the infrared lamp , wherein the coating system is configured to receive a workpiece holder within the reflective cool down chamber , the diffusion lens facilitating diffusion of radiation from the infrared lamp in a suitably wide cone to permit uniform heating of a workpiece in the workpiece holder , the cooling workpiece dissipating heat primarily through radiation, and the arcuate wall of the reflective cool down chamber reflecting radiation back to the workpiece, thereby reducing a cooling rate of the workpiece. a reflective cool down chamber that forms an ovoid-like shape, with at least one arcuate wall ; an infrared lamp directed at the arcuate wall ; and a diffusion lens mounted to the infrared lamp , wherein the coating system is configured to receive a workpiece holder within the reflective cool down chamber , the diffusion lens facilitating diffusion of radiation from the infrared lamp in a suitably wide cone to permit uniform heating of a workpiece in the workpiece holder , the cooling workpiece dissipating heat primarily through radiation, and the arcuate wall of the reflective cool down chamber reflecting radiation back to the workpiece, thereby reducing a cooling rate of the workpiece. wherein the coating system is configured to receive a workpiece holder within the reflective cool down chamber , the diffusion lens facilitating diffusion of radiation from the infrared lamp in a suitably wide cone to permit uniform heating of a workpiece in the workpiece holder , the cooling workpiece dissipating heat primarily through radiation, and the arcuate wall of the reflective cool down chamber reflecting radiation back to the workpiece, thereby reducing a cooling rate of the workpiece.
A computer-implemented method of providing context aware audio prompts on an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a plurality of services utilizing audio, the method comprising: determining whether an audio session is active where a first audio service of the plurality of services is cognitively listening to a user voice, and the first audio service is currently receiving a voice input from a user; if the first audio service is currently receiving the voice input from the user, suppressing all audio prompts; if the first audio service is not currently receiving voice input from the user, determining whether a conversational audio session comprising sending and receiving spoken words is currently active on a second audio service of the plurality of services ; if the conversational audio session is currently active, allowing non-verbal audio prompts; and if the first audio service is not currently receiving the voice input and the conversational audio session is currently not active on the second audio service, allowing verbal audio prompts. determining whether an audio session is active where a first audio service of the plurality of services is cognitively listening to a user voice, and the first audio service is currently receiving a voice input from a user; if the first audio service is currently receiving the voice input from the user, suppressing all audio prompts; if the first audio service is not currently receiving voice input from the user, determining whether a conversational audio session comprising sending and receiving spoken words is currently active on a second audio service of the plurality of services ; if the conversational audio session is currently active, allowing non-verbal audio prompts; and if the first audio service is not currently receiving the voice input and the conversational audio session is currently not active on the second audio service, allowing verbal audio prompts.
Heating, ventilation and/or air-conditioning device for a motor vehicle, comprising a main body having at least a first duct for circulation of air (F1), intended to supply a first part of an interior of a motor vehicle, a second duct for circulation of air (F2), intended to supply a second part of the interior, an air-inlet housing mounted on the main body upstream of the said first and second circulation ducts of the main body with respect to the direction of circulation of the air (F1, F2), the air-inlet housing having, passing through it, a first air-inlet duct that opens facing the first circulation duct of the main body and a second air-inlet duct that opens facing the second circulation duct of the main body , the first and second air-inlet ducts of the housing being separated by a first separating partition of the air-inlet housing , the surface area of the air passage section of the first air-inlet duct at the air-inlet housing being different from the surface area of the air passage section of the second air-inlet duct , the first air-inlet duct being subdivided into a first conduit and a second conduit that are separated from one another by a second separating partition of the air-inlet housing and the second air-inlet duct being subdivided to a first conduit and a second conduit that are separated from one another by a third separating partition of the air-inlet housing , characterized in that the device is equipped with obturating means by which it is possible to independently close off each one of the first and the second conduits of each of the first and second air-inlet ducts.
A method comprising: receiving a plurality of video image frames ; extracting a plurality of image blocks (504A-504D) from the received video image frames along motion trajectories , wherein the motion trajectories are modeled to include a random variable that represents random spatial displacements due to distortion in the received video image frames ; smoothing the motion trajectories to suppress the random displacements, wherein the smoothing is adaptive to a temporal length of the motion trajectories and/or a standard deviation of the random variable; and aggregating the image blocks (1304A-1304E) according to the smoothed trajectories to generate a plurality of processed video image frames, wherein at least some of the distortion is suppressed in the processed video image frames. receiving a plurality of video image frames ; extracting a plurality of image blocks (504A-504D) from the received video image frames along motion trajectories , wherein the motion trajectories are modeled to include a random variable that represents random spatial displacements due to distortion in the received video image frames ; smoothing the motion trajectories to suppress the random displacements, wherein the smoothing is adaptive to a temporal length of the motion trajectories and/or a standard deviation of the random variable; and aggregating the image blocks (1304A-1304E) according to the smoothed trajectories to generate a plurality of processed video image frames, wherein at least some of the distortion is suppressed in the processed video image frames.
A fastener arrangement for establishing a screw-connection comprising - a main body with a central axis having o a head and o a shaft protruding from the lower side of the head in direction of the central axis , and having at its end facing away from the head a thread , - a driving element penetrated by the shaft and abutting with an upper end against the lower side of the head , wherein the driving element positively engages with the main body in a rotational direction around the central axis in screw-in direction of the thread , and wherein the positive engagement between the main body and the driving element is designed such that if a first shaft section of the main body that penetrates the driving element lengthens to a certain extent in the indented use of the fastener arrangement , the positive engagement is released. - a main body with a central axis having o a head and o a shaft protruding from the lower side of the head in direction of the central axis , and having at its end facing away from the head a thread , o a head and o a shaft protruding from the lower side of the head in direction of the central axis , and having at its end facing away from the head a thread , - a driving element penetrated by the shaft and abutting with an upper end against the lower side of the head , wherein the driving element positively engages with the main body in a rotational direction around the central axis in screw-in direction of the thread , and wherein the positive engagement between the main body and the driving element is designed such that if a first shaft section of the main body that penetrates the driving element lengthens to a certain extent in the indented use of the fastener arrangement , the positive engagement is released. wherein the driving element positively engages with the main body in a rotational direction around the central axis in screw-in direction of the thread , and wherein the positive engagement between the main body and the driving element is designed such that if a first shaft section of the main body that penetrates the driving element lengthens to a certain extent in the indented use of the fastener arrangement , the positive engagement is released.
A vision system for measurement of a pitch of a plurality of graduated marks on a syringe , comprising: an optical sensor having a field of view throughout which the optical sensor is operative to capture image data corresponding to a measurement area of a field of view of the optical sensor to generate image data; a fixture engageable with a syringe to locate a syringe body of the syringe on a predetermined axis at an imaging position relative to the optical sensor such that a plurality of graduated marks on the syringe body are disposable within the field of view of the optical sensor, wherein the optical sensor is operable to generate image data comprising measurement area data corresponding to at least one row of pixels extending perpendicularly to a direction in which each given one of the graduated marks extends on the syringe body; and a processing module , executed on a processor of the vision system, configured to process the measurement area data corresponding to the syringe to transform the measurement area data into a frequency domain representation of the measurement area data for the syringe that is indicative of a fundamental frequency of the measurement area data for the syringe, wherein the processing module is configured to determine a pitch of the plurality of graduated marks on the syringe body based on a known correspondence between the fundamental frequency of the measurement area data for the syringe and the pitch of the graduated marks on the syringe body. an optical sensor having a field of view throughout which the optical sensor is operative to capture image data corresponding to a measurement area of a field of view of the optical sensor to generate image data; a fixture engageable with a syringe to locate a syringe body of the syringe on a predetermined axis at an imaging position relative to the optical sensor such that a plurality of graduated marks on the syringe body are disposable within the field of view of the optical sensor, wherein the optical sensor is operable to generate image data comprising measurement area data corresponding to at least one row of pixels extending perpendicularly to a direction in which each given one of the graduated marks extends on the syringe body; and a processing module , executed on a processor of the vision system, configured to process the measurement area data corresponding to the syringe to transform the measurement area data into a frequency domain representation of the measurement area data for the syringe that is indicative of a fundamental frequency of the measurement area data for the syringe, wherein the processing module is configured to determine a pitch of the plurality of graduated marks on the syringe body based on a known correspondence between the fundamental frequency of the measurement area data for the syringe and the pitch of the graduated marks on the syringe body.
A method in a user equipment for determining a transmit power to be used by the user equipment when transmitting in a radio communications network, wherein the user equipment is served by a radio network node in the radio communications network, the method comprising: receiving multiple sets of power control parameters from the radio network node during configuration of the user equipment, wherein the multiple sets of power control parameters are stored at the user equipment, wherein the multiple sets of power control parameters comprise a specific set of power control parameters to apply for a subframe set; receiving, from the radio network node, an indication indicating a set of power control parameters out of the multiple sets of power control parameters, wherein the indication indicates a subframe comprised in the subframe set; determining the transmit power for the indicated subframe based on the indicated set of power control parameters. receiving multiple sets of power control parameters from the radio network node during configuration of the user equipment, wherein the multiple sets of power control parameters are stored at the user equipment, wherein the multiple sets of power control parameters comprise a specific set of power control parameters to apply for a subframe set; receiving, from the radio network node, an indication indicating a set of power control parameters out of the multiple sets of power control parameters, wherein the indication indicates a subframe comprised in the subframe set; determining the transmit power for the indicated subframe based on the indicated set of power control parameters.
A method implemented in a microcircuit, comprising: - a step of checking the normal operation of the microcircuit; and - depending on the result of the checking : - when the operation of the circuit is normal, a step of writing a first data at a first address (@ A ) ; - when the operation of the circuit is abnormal, a step of writing a second data at a second address (@ A' ); said method being characterized in that said second address points to a dedicated memory area (M A ') of the microcircuit, and said second data is obtained by substituting part of said first data which would be written in normal operation (A n ) by an identifier (ID) of the abnormal operation. - a step of checking the normal operation of the microcircuit; and - depending on the result of the checking : - when the operation of the circuit is normal, a step of writing a first data at a first address (@ A ) ; - when the operation of the circuit is abnormal, a step of writing a second data at a second address (@ A' ); said method being characterized in that said second address points to a dedicated memory area (M A ') of the microcircuit, and said second data is obtained by substituting part of said first data which would be written in normal operation (A n ) by an identifier (ID) of the abnormal operation. - when the operation of the circuit is normal, a step of writing a first data at a first address (@ A ) ; - when the operation of the circuit is abnormal, a step of writing a second data at a second address (@ A' ); said method being characterized in that said second address points to a dedicated memory area (M A ') of the microcircuit, and said second data is obtained by substituting part of said first data which would be written in normal operation (A n ) by an identifier (ID) of the abnormal operation.