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Microtome for producing thin sections from a sample, comprising a) a sample retainer for holding the sample, b) a cutting edge having a specified cutting direction for cutting the sample, wherein the cutting direction and the cutting edge span a cutting plane, c) a movement device for producing a relative movement between the sample retainer and the cutting unit for cutting the sample in the cutting direction, d) an advancing device for producing a relative movement between the sample retainer and the cutting unit for cutting the sample in an advancing direction at an angle not equal to 0° to the cutting plane, e) a liquid volume having a liquid, adjoining the cutting edge facing away from the sample retainer, and f) a channel, which is arranged on the side of the cutting edge facing away from the sample retainer and which can be filled with the liquid and/or a further liquid, characterised in that the channel can be displaced towards and/or away from the cutting edge at least by means of one movement towards and/or away from it, and wherein the channel is open towards the cutting edge as an open channel end. a) a sample retainer for holding the sample, b) a cutting edge having a specified cutting direction for cutting the sample, wherein the cutting direction and the cutting edge span a cutting plane, c) a movement device for producing a relative movement between the sample retainer and the cutting unit for cutting the sample in the cutting direction, d) an advancing device for producing a relative movement between the sample retainer and the cutting unit for cutting the sample in an advancing direction at an angle not equal to 0° to the cutting plane, e) a liquid volume having a liquid, adjoining the cutting edge facing away from the sample retainer, and f) a channel, which is arranged on the side of the cutting edge facing away from the sample retainer and which can be filled with the liquid and/or a further liquid,
A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment, UE, comprising: transmitting an intended maneuver message for a maneuver of a vehicle associated with the UE, wherein the intended maneuver message identifies one or more target road resources associated with the maneuver, wherein the one or more target road resources are areas of a road; receiving , from one or more other UEs, one or more responses to the intended maneuver message based at least in part on the one or more other UEs being located within a relevant area of a target road resource of the one or more target road resources, wherein the relevant area is based at least in part on a distance ahead of the target road resource, a distance behind the target road resource, and a distance on each side of the target road resource; and performing an action based at least in part on receiving the one or more responses to the intended maneuver message. transmitting an intended maneuver message for a maneuver of a vehicle associated with the UE, wherein the intended maneuver message identifies one or more target road resources associated with the maneuver, wherein the one or more target road resources are areas of a road; receiving , from one or more other UEs, one or more responses to the intended maneuver message based at least in part on the one or more other UEs being located within a relevant area of a target road resource of the one or more target road resources, wherein the relevant area is based at least in part on a distance ahead of the target road resource, a distance behind the target road resource, and a distance on each side of the target road resource; and performing an action based at least in part on receiving the one or more responses to the intended maneuver message.
An underactuated robotic finger assembly comprising: a finger skeleton (150; 160) with multiple joints (18-1; 18-2; 18-3) including a distal joint (18-3), an intermediate joint (18-2), and a proximal joint (18-1); and a brake subsystem , in communication with each of the joints (18-1; 18-2; 18-3), adapted to selectively lock and unlock the joints individually; characterised in that the brake subsystem includes a multilayer electrolaminate composite structure that is integrated into each joint (18-1; 18-2; 18-2), the multilayer electrolaminate composite structure stiffening the joint (18-1; 18-2; 18-3) in response to an electrical signal. a finger skeleton (150; 160) with multiple joints (18-1; 18-2; 18-3) including a distal joint (18-3), an intermediate joint (18-2), and a proximal joint (18-1); and a brake subsystem , in communication with each of the joints (18-1; 18-2; 18-3), adapted to selectively lock and unlock the joints individually; characterised in that the brake subsystem includes a multilayer electrolaminate composite structure that is integrated into each joint (18-1; 18-2; 18-2), the multilayer electrolaminate composite structure stiffening the joint (18-1; 18-2; 18-3) in response to an electrical signal.
Arrangement for controlling a device of motor vehicles (4 - 7) respectively via a wireless communication connection within a communication region of an apparatus comprising a communication unit , with several devices , of which respectively one is arranged in a motor vehicle (4 - 7), wherein the arrangement comprises the apparatus and the devices , wherein the communication unit of the apparatus is designed, by sending out a wireless signal, to transpose the respective device of the motor vehicles (4 - 7) from a resting mode into an active mode, wherein a controlling device of the apparatus , or the devices are respectively designed, in the active mode, to specify a frequency to be saved in a database of the apparatus , and/or a channel (17 - 20) for sending and/or receiving the wireless signal, wherein after the specifying of the frequency and/or of the channel (17 - 20) the signal sent by the communication unit of the apparatus can be received by a communication unit of the respective device only on the specified frequency and/or the specified channel (17 - 20) and the device can only then be transposed out of the resting mode into the active mode.
A semiconductor memory circuit , comprising: a static random access memory, SRAM, cell that includes first and second pluralities of transistors (206, 208, 210, 212; 202, 204), wherein the first plurality of transistors includes a plurality of pull-down transistors and at least one pass-gate transistor ; and the second plurality of transistors includes a plurality of pull-up transistors having body terminals connected to a supply voltage (VDD); and the semiconductor memory circuit further comprises: a bias control circuit for assisting the read and write operations of the SRAM cell , wherein the bias control circuit is connected to body terminals of the first plurality of transistors for providing a bias voltage to control threshold voltages of the first plurality of transistors , wherein the bias voltage is generated based on junction leakages at the body terminals, and wherein the bias voltage is temperature-dependent, characterized in that the semiconductor memory circuit further comprising a third transistor having a gate terminal connected to the bias control circuit for receiving the bias voltage, a source terminal connected to a word line (WL) for receiving a word line voltage, a body terminal for receiving a supply voltage (VDD), and a drain terminal connected to ground, wherein the third transistor controls the word line voltage based on the bias voltage; wherein the word line (WL) is further connected to the SRAM cell; and wherein the bias control circuit includes a fourth transistor having source and body terminals connected to ground and drain and gate terminals coupled to the body terminals of the first plurality of transistors for providing the bias voltage. a bias control circuit for assisting the read and write operations of the SRAM cell , wherein the bias control circuit is connected to body terminals of the first plurality of transistors for providing a bias voltage to control threshold voltages of the first plurality of transistors , wherein the bias voltage is generated based on junction leakages at the body terminals, and wherein the bias voltage is temperature-dependent, characterized in that the semiconductor memory circuit further comprising a third transistor having a gate terminal connected to the bias control circuit for receiving the bias voltage, a source terminal connected to a word line (WL) for receiving a word line voltage, a body terminal for receiving a supply voltage (VDD), and a drain terminal connected to ground, wherein the third transistor controls the word line voltage based on the bias voltage; wherein the word line (WL) is further connected to the SRAM cell; and wherein the bias control circuit includes a fourth transistor having source and body terminals connected to ground and drain and gate terminals coupled to the body terminals of the first plurality of transistors for providing the bias voltage.
A method for additively manufacturing a three-dimensional component from multiple component layers (L i , L k ) by repeated incremental addition, in particular in layers, of a component starting material, in particular a metallic component starting material, in the form of a powder, wire or strip, and, in particular incremental, shaping consolidation of the component starting material by respectively selective melting and/or sintering by means of an amount of heat introduced by at least one energy source, in particular locally, according to a scanning strategy, wherein the method comprises dividing each component layer (L i , L k ) into segments (S 1 , S 2 , S 3 ,..., S 12 ), characterized in that the layout of the scanning vectors within a segment and the time sequence of the scanning vectors within a segment in the creation of respective segmented component layers (L i , L k ) takes place on the basis of a determined local heat dissipating capability, in particular determined in a simulation-based manner, or on the basis of a function of the same in a respective component layer, wherein in each of the segments the direction of the gradient (G1, G2, G m , G m1 , G m2 , G m3 ) of the local heat dissipating capability, preferably at the centre point (P m , P m1 , P m2 , P m3 and P s1 , P s2 , ..., P s6 ) of the respective segment, is used as a reference direction of the gradient of the local heat dissipating capability, and wherein the direction of the scan vectors in a respective segment is laid out essentially transverse to the reference direction of the gradient of the local heat dissipating capability, and wherein the sequence of the scanning of the individual scanning vectors within a segment is chosen on the basis of the reference direction of the gradient of the local heat dissipating capability, wherein the offset between two successive scanning vectors within a segment takes place in a reference direction of the gradient of the local heat dissipating capability.
A method performed at a base station providing radio coverage within a cell of a cellular wireless communication network, said method comprising: prior to scheduling cellular traffic within a frequency band used by at least one access point located within said cell and supporting non-cellular wireless communication, determining an indication of operational characteristics of said at least one access point within said cell; assessing, based on a comparison of said determined operational characteristics of said at least one access point within said cell with operational characteristics of said base station providing said radio coverage within said cell, a proportion of time that said frequency band may be used by said base station; scheduling transmission of said cellular traffic in said frequency band in accordance with said assessed proportion of time, characterised by : calculating, from said determined operational characteristics of said at least one access point within said cell, an indication of proximity of said at least one access point to said base station; and scheduling uplink cellular traffic in said frequency band from user equipment assessed to be closer to said base station than said calculated indication of proximity. prior to scheduling cellular traffic within a frequency band used by at least one access point located within said cell and supporting non-cellular wireless communication, determining an indication of operational characteristics of said at least one access point within said cell; assessing, based on a comparison of said determined operational characteristics of said at least one access point within said cell with operational characteristics of said base station providing said radio coverage within said cell, a proportion of time that said frequency band may be used by said base station; scheduling transmission of said cellular traffic in said frequency band in accordance with said assessed proportion of time, characterised by : calculating, from said determined operational characteristics of said at least one access point within said cell, an indication of proximity of said at least one access point to said base station; and scheduling uplink cellular traffic in said frequency band from user equipment assessed to be closer to said base station than said calculated indication of proximity. calculating, from said determined operational characteristics of said at least one access point within said cell, an indication of proximity of said at least one access point to said base station; and scheduling uplink cellular traffic in said frequency band from user equipment assessed to be closer to said base station than said calculated indication of proximity.
An atmospheric cold steam engine, comprising an environmental heat source, a first heat exchanger filled with refrigerant fluid for absorbing environmental heat, refrigerant fluid circulation circuits, a means for feeding refrigerant fluid, an evaporator, a capacitor and a means for conversion of thermal energy into mechanical or other consumer-acceptable energy, characterized by comprising: - two closed non-connecting refrigerant fluid circuits, where the first refrigerant fluid circuit is placed inside the evaporator of the second refrigerant fluid circuit, and where the first refrigerant fluid circuit is designed for the transfer of the environmental thermal energy collected through a circuit and concentrated by a pump , to the second refrigerant fluid in the evaporator , thereby evaporating it; - a device for transforming the second refrigerant fluid thermal energy into mechanical energy, comprising the working chamber separated from the environment by a mobile membrane , where the membrane is connected to the mechanical energy output unit ; - a tank for collecting the second refrigerant fluid condensed in the working chamber , having a valve for returning a part of the condensed fluid and waste thermal energy to an evaporator , and a pump for injecting the another part of the condensed fluid into the working chamber through a one-way valve and a nozzle to condense the second refrigerant fluid steam; - an additional heat exchanger between the first and second refrigerant fluids, designed for returning the waste heat remaining after its use for transforming heat into mechanical work in the mechanical energy output unit back to the environmental heat absorption circuit . - two closed non-connecting refrigerant fluid circuits, where the first refrigerant fluid circuit is placed inside the evaporator of the second refrigerant fluid circuit, and where the first refrigerant fluid circuit is designed for the transfer of the environmental thermal energy collected through a circuit and concentrated by a pump , to the second refrigerant fluid in the evaporator , thereby evaporating it; - a device for transforming the second refrigerant fluid thermal energy into mechanical energy, comprising the working chamber separated from the environment by a mobile membrane , where the membrane is connected to the mechanical energy output unit ; - a tank for collecting the second refrigerant fluid condensed in the working chamber , having a valve for returning a part of the condensed fluid and waste thermal energy to an evaporator , and a pump for injecting the another part of the condensed fluid into the working chamber through a one-way valve and a nozzle to condense the second refrigerant fluid steam; - an additional heat exchanger between the first and second refrigerant fluids, designed for returning the waste heat remaining after its use for transforming heat into mechanical work in the mechanical energy output unit back to the environmental heat absorption circuit .
A method for reconstructing a 3D image from 2D X-ray images acquired with an X-ray imaging system, said method comprising the steps of: a) receiving a set of 2D X-ray images of a region of a patient with said X-ray imaging system, b) computing an initial 3D image within the coordinate system of the X-ray imaging system by using the complete set of said 2D X-ray images with their respective projective geometry data; c) projecting said initial 3D image on each of said 2D X-ray images and adjusting the respective projective geometry data of said images; d) computing an updated 3D image using the complete set of 2D X-ray images with their respective adjusted projective geometry data, said method being characterized in that in step c) the adjustment of the respective projective geometry data of the 2D X-ray images is made by registration of said images with the projection of the initial 3D image using an image-to-image registration technique which determines an affine transform or a warping transform that displaces the four corners of each image independently. a) receiving a set of 2D X-ray images of a region of a patient with said X-ray imaging system, b) computing an initial 3D image within the coordinate system of the X-ray imaging system by using the complete set of said 2D X-ray images with their respective projective geometry data; c) projecting said initial 3D image on each of said 2D X-ray images and adjusting the respective projective geometry data of said images; d) computing an updated 3D image using the complete set of 2D X-ray images with their respective adjusted projective geometry data,
Modulation device for modulating a light beam, comprising: a spectral splitter (10; 30; 40; 52) for splitting an input light beam (13; 20; 31; 41; 51) into at least two partial light beams (14, 15; 32, 33; 42, 43, 44; 59, 510) having different spectral ranges, a spatial light modulator (12; 36; 47; 57), an optical unit (11; 34, 35; 45, 46; 53-56) for directing the at least two partial light beams (14, 15; 32, 33; 42, 43, 44; 59, 510) to different locations of the spatial light modulator (12; 36; 47; 57), wherein the spatial light modulator is designed to modulate the at least two partial light beams (14, 15; 32, 33; 42, 43, 44; 59, 510), wherein the optical unit (11; 34, 35; 45, 46; 53-56) is further designed for directing the at least two partial light beams after modulation from the spatial light modulator (12; 36; 47; 57) to the spectral splitter (10; 30; 40; 52), wherein the spectral splitter (10; 30; 40; 52) is further designed to combine the at least two partial light beams after modulation to form an output light beam (16; 37; 48; 58), characterized in that at least two of the at least two partial light beams pass through the modulation device in mutually opposite directions. a spectral splitter (10; 30; 40; 52) for splitting an input light beam (13; 20; 31; 41; 51) into at least two partial light beams (14, 15; 32, 33; 42, 43, 44; 59, 510) having different spectral ranges, a spatial light modulator (12; 36; 47; 57), an optical unit (11; 34, 35; 45, 46; 53-56) for directing the at least two partial light beams (14, 15; 32, 33; 42, 43, 44; 59, 510) to different locations of the spatial light modulator (12; 36; 47; 57), wherein the spatial light modulator is designed to modulate the at least two partial light beams (14, 15; 32, 33; 42, 43, 44; 59, 510), wherein the optical unit (11; 34, 35; 45, 46; 53-56) is further designed for directing the at least two partial light beams after modulation from the spatial light modulator (12; 36; 47; 57) to the spectral splitter (10; 30; 40; 52), wherein the spectral splitter (10; 30; 40; 52) is further designed to combine the at least two partial light beams after modulation to form an output light beam (16; 37; 48; 58), characterized in that at least two of the at least two partial light beams pass through the modulation device in mutually opposite directions.
Multi-functional toilet assembly with an actuating device, a flushing device comprising a concealed cistern and being actuable by means of the actuating device, a toilet body with a flushing rim, a flushing water inlet connectable to the flushing device, a waste water outlet, a wall, a cover wall and at least one further functional element, wherein, in addition to the flushing device, technical elements required for the operation of the at least one functional element are arranged in the wall behind the toilet body and an opening in the wall behind the toilet body is provided, which can be closed via the cover wall which can be detachably fastened in front of the wall, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the opening is designed as an inspection opening , via which easy access for maintenance and retrofitting of the technical elements required for the operation of the at least one further functional element is enabled and which extends at least from the upper edge of the toilet body to the actuating device integrated in the cover wall.
A self-driving cleaner comprising: a main body for driving in a cleaning area and sucking a foreign material on a floor in the cleaning area; a driving unit for moving the main body within the cleaning area; a first pattern irradiation unit arranged on a front surface of the main body , for radiating light in a predetermined pattern towards a front lower side of the main body ; a second pattern irradiation unit arranged on the front surface of the main body , for radiating light in a predetermined pattern towards a front upper side of the main body ; a camera arranged on the front surface of the main body , for capturing, at a preset interval, an image comprising a first light pattern formed by the first pattern irradiation unit and a second light pattern formed by the second pattern irradiation unit ; and a control unit for determining whether a first obstacle exists at a position upwardly spaced apart from the floor, by using the image captured by the camera, characterized in that the control unit is configured to control the driving unit such that the main body moves along the first obstacle in a state where one side surface of the main body faces the first obstacle when it is determined that the first obstacle exists. a main body for driving in a cleaning area and sucking a foreign material on a floor in the cleaning area; a driving unit for moving the main body within the cleaning area; a first pattern irradiation unit arranged on a front surface of the main body , for radiating light in a predetermined pattern towards a front lower side of the main body ; a second pattern irradiation unit arranged on the front surface of the main body , for radiating light in a predetermined pattern towards a front upper side of the main body ; a camera arranged on the front surface of the main body , for capturing, at a preset interval, an image comprising a first light pattern formed by the first pattern irradiation unit and a second light pattern formed by the second pattern irradiation unit ; and a control unit for determining whether a first obstacle exists at a position upwardly spaced apart from the floor, by using the image captured by the camera, characterized in that the control unit is configured to control the driving unit such that the main body moves along the first obstacle in a state where one side surface of the main body faces the first obstacle when it is determined that the first obstacle exists.