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A drive assembly for driving an imaging catheter having a rotatable fiber and a rotatable drive shaft, the drive assembly comprising: a fiber optic rotating junction having a stationary portion with a stationary fiber therein and a rotatable portion with a rotatable fiber therein; a first optical connection configured to connect the stationary fiber with a light source; a motor configured to rotate the rotatable portion of the fiber optic rotating junction, the motor having a hollow shaft configured to house a portion of the fiber optic rotating junction such that the motor and the fiber optical rotating junction are coaxial; a second optical connection configured to connect the rotatable portion of the fiber optic rotating junction with both the drive shaft and the rotatable fiber of the imaging catheter so as to transmit torque from the motor to the drive shaft and the rotatable fiber of the catheter and so as to transmit light from the light source to the rotatable fiber of the catheter; an alignment mechanism for aligning the drive assembly with the catheter; and a locking mechanism configured to lock a handle of the imaging catheter to the drive assembly, wherein the rotatable fiber of the fiber optic rotating junction and the rotatable fiber of the imaging catheter comprise angled cleaves, and wherein the alignment mechanism is configured to align the fibers with the angled cleaves lined up to allow light to travel from one optical fiber to the other. a fiber optic rotating junction having a stationary portion with a stationary fiber therein and a rotatable portion with a rotatable fiber therein; a first optical connection configured to connect the stationary fiber with a light source; a motor configured to rotate the rotatable portion of the fiber optic rotating junction, the motor having a hollow shaft configured to house a portion of the fiber optic rotating junction such that the motor and the fiber optical rotating junction are coaxial; a second optical connection configured to connect the rotatable portion of the fiber optic rotating junction with both the drive shaft and the rotatable fiber of the imaging catheter so as to transmit torque from the motor to the drive shaft and the rotatable fiber of the catheter and so as to transmit light from the light source to the rotatable fiber of the catheter; an alignment mechanism for aligning the drive assembly with the catheter; and a locking mechanism configured to lock a handle of the imaging catheter to the drive assembly, wherein the rotatable fiber of the fiber optic rotating junction and the rotatable fiber of the imaging catheter comprise angled cleaves, and wherein the alignment mechanism is configured to align the fibers with the angled cleaves lined up to allow light to travel from one optical fiber to the other.
A washing machine, comprising: a rotating tub configured to receive laundry; a motor configured to apply a driving force to the rotating tub ; a detector configured to detect an electrical signal of the motor ; and a controller configured to: receive the electrical signal detected by the detector during a predetermined time when a speed of the motor during a dehydration stroke is a predetermined speed, obtain an average value of the electrical signal received during the predetermined time, check a ripple value having a highest value among the ripple values in the electrical signal received during the predetermined time, obtain an eccentric value corresponding to the average value of the electrical signal divided by the highest ripple value, control an operation of the motor to stop the dehydration stroke when the obtained eccentric value is equal to or larger than a predetermined value, and control the operation of the motor to maintain the dehydration stroke when the obtained eccentric value is less than the predetermined value. a rotating tub configured to receive laundry; a motor configured to apply a driving force to the rotating tub ; a detector configured to detect an electrical signal of the motor ; and a controller configured to: receive the electrical signal detected by the detector during a predetermined time when a speed of the motor during a dehydration stroke is a predetermined speed, obtain an average value of the electrical signal received during the predetermined time, check a ripple value having a highest value among the ripple values in the electrical signal received during the predetermined time, obtain an eccentric value corresponding to the average value of the electrical signal divided by the highest ripple value, control an operation of the motor to stop the dehydration stroke when the obtained eccentric value is equal to or larger than a predetermined value, and control the operation of the motor to maintain the dehydration stroke when the obtained eccentric value is less than the predetermined value. receive the electrical signal detected by the detector during a predetermined time when a speed of the motor during a dehydration stroke is a predetermined speed, obtain an average value of the electrical signal received during the predetermined time, check a ripple value having a highest value among the ripple values in the electrical signal received during the predetermined time, obtain an eccentric value corresponding to the average value of the electrical signal divided by the highest ripple value, control an operation of the motor to stop the dehydration stroke when the obtained eccentric value is equal to or larger than a predetermined value, and control the operation of the motor to maintain the dehydration stroke when the obtained eccentric value is less than the predetermined value.
A multilayer body, comprising a base body and a carbon material layer disposed on said base body, wherein said base body is water permeable; said base body is thermally insulating, wherein said base body has a thermal conductivity of less than 1 W/(m·K) in at least one direction when wetted with water; wherein said base body comprises a water absorbent material with capillary pores and a material with low thermal conductivity, said material with low thermal conductivity has a thermal conductivity of less than 1W/(m·K); wherein said material with low thermal conductivity is wrapped by said water absorbent material with capillary pores; or said material with low thermal conductivity is penetrated by said water absorbent material with capillary pores; water can be conveyed to the carbon material layer by virtue of capillary force provided by the capillary pores of the base body; said carbon material comprises a substance selected from the group consisting of: graphite, graphene, graphene oxide, graphene modified by chemical functional groups, carbon nanotubes and combinations thereof. said base body is thermally insulating, wherein said base body has a thermal conductivity of less than 1 W/(m·K) in at least one direction when wetted with water; wherein said base body comprises a water absorbent material with capillary pores and a material with low thermal conductivity, said material with low thermal conductivity has a thermal conductivity of less than 1W/(m·K); wherein said material with low thermal conductivity is wrapped by said water absorbent material with capillary pores; or said material with low thermal conductivity is penetrated by said water absorbent material with capillary pores; water can be conveyed to the carbon material layer by virtue of capillary force provided by the capillary pores of the base body; said carbon material comprises a substance selected from the group consisting of: graphite, graphene, graphene oxide, graphene modified by chemical functional groups, carbon nanotubes and combinations thereof.
A remote-controlled tugboat for assisting a marine vessel to maneuver, the tugboat comprising: a towing line attached to the tugboat at one end and attachable to the marine vessel at another end; a towing line force sensor; and a control unit having a transmitter-receiver configured to wirelessly receive pilot-control thrust commands transmitted from at least one of a land-based control center and a mobile remote controller unit , said pilot-control thrust commands being for assisting the marine vessel to maneuver in dependence on sensor data from the towing line force sensor, wherein the control unit is configured to command the tugboat based on the pilot-control thrust commands and said tugboat is configured to execute said pilot-control thrust commands to assist said marine vessel with a required tension on the towing line . a towing line attached to the tugboat at one end and attachable to the marine vessel at another end; a towing line force sensor; and a control unit having a transmitter-receiver configured to wirelessly receive pilot-control thrust commands transmitted from at least one of a land-based control center and a mobile remote controller unit , said pilot-control thrust commands being for assisting the marine vessel to maneuver in dependence on sensor data from the towing line force sensor,
A method of load cell gain compensation comprising: determining, by an electric brake actuator controller , a nominal load cell current during a first operating condition; measuring, by the electric brake actuator controller , a load cell current of a load cell by an electric brake actuator ; comparing, by the electric brake actuator controller, the load cell current and the nominal load cell current; and adjusting, by the electric brake actuator controller , a load cell gain in response to the load cell current being less than the nominal load cell current, characterized in that the nominal load cell current and load cell current being measured are drawn by the load cell from the EBAC along power wiring . determining, by an electric brake actuator controller , a nominal load cell current during a first operating condition; measuring, by the electric brake actuator controller , a load cell current of a load cell by an electric brake actuator ; comparing, by the electric brake actuator controller, the load cell current and the nominal load cell current; and adjusting, by the electric brake actuator controller , a load cell gain in response to the load cell current being less than the nominal load cell current, characterized in that the nominal load cell current and load cell current being measured are drawn by the load cell from the EBAC along power wiring .
Method in which a three-dimensional component is manufactured and is provided with a machine-readable code on its component surface , characterized in that the code is manufactured as one piece with the component and from the same starting material, and comprises a plurality of three-dimensionally designed code elements which depict the encoded data in a binary format, using raised areas and non-raised areas with reference to a reference plane, wherein the component and the code are produced layer by layer on an additive production machine on the basis of a 3D-CAD dataset, wherein the 3D-CAD dataset comprises data defining the geometry of the component and data relating to the position of the code on the component surface , or is made up of these data, and wherein data relating to the geometry of the code are added to the 3D-CAD dataset by means of CAM software before the additive production.
A surface cleaning machine, including a cleaning head (14; 184; 304; 406) having at least one driven cleaning roller unit (18; 186; 306; 310; 408), a dirty fluid reservoir device (66; 188; 320; 414) arranged on the cleaning head (14; 184; 304; 406), and a scraping guide device (142; 200; 338; 448) for dirty fluid that acts on the at least one cleaning roller unit (18; 186; 306; 310; 408), characterised in that the dirty fluid reservoir device (66; 188; 320; 414) has a container device (98; 190; 330; 438) for dirty fluid and a cover device (100; 192; 332; 440) for the container device (98; 190; 330; 438), in that a duct device (122; 198; 336; 444) for cleaning liquid is arranged on the cover device (100; 192; 332; 440), and in that there is arranged on the cover device (100; 192; 332; 440) an orifice device (124; 196; 334; 446) which is fluidically connected to the duct device (122; 198; 336; 444) and by means of which cleaning liquid is applicable to the at least one cleaning roller unit (18; 186; 306; 310; 408).
A secondary battery provided with a pouch , in which a sealing portion formed on an edge thereof is sealed when an electrode assembly and an electrolyte are enclosed, the secondary battery comprising: a valve which is mounted on a sealing portion so that one end thereof is disposed inside the pouch , and the other end thereof is disposed outside the pouch and discharges a gas generated inside the pouch to the outside, characterised in that the valve comprises an inner tube filled with an adhesive and made of a material that is deformed when swelling occurs, and when the swelling occurs due to increase in pressure inside the pouch , a gap is generated in a portion that is filled with the adhesive , and the gas within the pouch is discharged to the outside though the gap. a valve which is mounted on a sealing portion so that one end thereof is disposed inside the pouch , and the other end thereof is disposed outside the pouch and discharges a gas generated inside the pouch to the outside, characterised in that the valve comprises an inner tube filled with an adhesive and made of a material that is deformed when swelling occurs, and when the swelling occurs due to increase in pressure inside the pouch , a gap is generated in a portion that is filled with the adhesive , and the gas within the pouch is discharged to the outside though the gap.
An electrical machine consisting of: a stator with front and rear bearing plates comprising bearings wherein the stator is located between the bearings ; a rotor; wherein the stator comprising windings conducting electric current and embedded in a composite material and shaped into winding segments forming a section of a ring, wherein the winding segments are inserted between external discs and internal discs of the rotor, made of non-magnetic composite and reinforced with fibres, in which magnetic poles consisting of at least one permanent magnet are embedded and magnetised towards the axial direction of the internal discs , whereas the magnetic poles are separated from each other with a spacing made of the non-magnetic composite material of the internal and external discs structure; characterized in that said external disc and internal disc are reinforced with fibres of a strength exceeding 1 GPa; each external disc and internal disc has on the circumference an external reinforcing ring and , respectively, made of a non-magnetic composite material reinforced with fibres of a strength exceeding 1 GPa, formed by winding the fibres together with resin on the cylindrical surface of the discs, while the first and last external discs of the rotor have a ring closing the magnetic circuit made of ferromagnetic material; and in that said winding segments forming a section of a ring have an angular span of 120 degrees or 90 degrees. a stator with front and rear bearing plates comprising bearings wherein the stator is located between the bearings ; a rotor; wherein the stator comprising windings conducting electric current and embedded in a composite material and shaped into winding segments forming a section of a ring, wherein the winding segments are inserted between external discs and internal discs of the rotor, made of non-magnetic composite and reinforced with fibres, in which magnetic poles consisting of at least one permanent magnet are embedded and magnetised towards the axial direction of the internal discs , whereas the magnetic poles are separated from each other with a spacing made of the non-magnetic composite material of the internal and external discs structure; characterized in that said external disc and internal disc are reinforced with fibres of a strength exceeding 1 GPa; each external disc and internal disc has on the circumference an external reinforcing ring and , respectively, made of a non-magnetic composite material reinforced with fibres of a strength exceeding 1 GPa, formed by winding the fibres together with resin on the cylindrical surface of the discs, while the first and last external discs of the rotor have a ring closing the magnetic circuit made of ferromagnetic material; and in that said winding segments forming a section of a ring have an angular span of 120 degrees or 90 degrees.
An image processing method for a camera comprising a lens , comprising: enabling an optical image stabilization, OIS, of the camera during a period from a first timestamp (T1) to a second timestamp (T2); and obtaining, a first image by the camera , a first lens position by a position sensor at the first timestamp (T1) and a first distance (d1), the first distance (d1) being the distance between the two parallel optical axes of the lens at the first lens position and the camera in the enabled OIS; characterized by obtaining, by an inertial measurement unit, IMU, sensor , an IMU signal indicating a moving distance (d2) of the camera between the first timestamp (T1) and the second timestamp (T2); obtaining, a second image by the camera , a second lens position by the position sensor at the second timestamp (T2) and a second distance (d3), the second distance (d3) being the distance between the two parallel optical axes of the lens at the second lens position and the camera in the enabled OIS calculating, by a processing circuit , a relative geometry value between the first image and the second image, wherein the relative geometry value of the first image and the second image is calculated according to the first lens position, the second lens position, and the IMU signal by using the first distance (d1), the moving distance (d2), and the second distance (d3) that are obtained; and performing, by the processing circuit , a depth calculation to the first image and the second image based on the relative geometry value on the condition that the relative geometry value meets a geometry threshold. enabling an optical image stabilization, OIS, of the camera during a period from a first timestamp (T1) to a second timestamp (T2); and obtaining, a first image by the camera , a first lens position by a position sensor at the first timestamp (T1) and a first distance (d1), the first distance (d1) being the distance between the two parallel optical axes of the lens at the first lens position and the camera in the enabled OIS; characterized by obtaining, by an inertial measurement unit, IMU, sensor , an IMU signal indicating a moving distance (d2) of the camera between the first timestamp (T1) and the second timestamp (T2); obtaining, a second image by the camera , a second lens position by the position sensor at the second timestamp (T2) and a second distance (d3), the second distance (d3) being the distance between the two parallel optical axes of the lens at the second lens position and the camera in the enabled OIS calculating, by a processing circuit , a relative geometry value between the first image and the second image, wherein the relative geometry value of the first image and the second image is calculated according to the first lens position, the second lens position, and the IMU signal by using the first distance (d1), the moving distance (d2), and the second distance (d3) that are obtained; and performing, by the processing circuit , a depth calculation to the first image and the second image based on the relative geometry value on the condition that the relative geometry value meets a geometry threshold.
A device comprising: a controller; a pulse generator in communication with the controller; and an electrode configured to encircle or be placed in contact with a nerve or neuron, the electrode in electrical communication with the pulse generator, wherein the device is configured to apply an electrical stimulation comprising charge-balanced, biphasic, symmetric electrical pulses to the nerve or neuron, wherein the electrical stimulation is of an intensity below an initial excitation threshold of the nerve or neuron, optionally wherein the intensity of the electrical stimulation is below a pain threshold of the nerve or neuron, for a length of time sufficient to produce a block of nerve conduction or neuron excitation, wherein the controller is programmed or configured to instruct the pulse generator to deliver said charge-balanced, biphasic, symmetric electrical pulses. a controller; a pulse generator in communication with the controller; and an electrode configured to encircle or be placed in contact with a nerve or neuron, the electrode in electrical communication with the pulse generator, wherein the device is configured to apply an electrical stimulation comprising charge-balanced, biphasic, symmetric electrical pulses to the nerve or neuron, wherein the electrical stimulation is of an intensity below an initial excitation threshold of the nerve or neuron, optionally wherein the intensity of the electrical stimulation is below a pain threshold of the nerve or neuron, for a length of time sufficient to produce a block of nerve conduction or neuron excitation, wherein the controller is programmed or configured to instruct the pulse generator to deliver said charge-balanced, biphasic, symmetric electrical pulses.
An apparatus for additive manufacturing, comprising: a print bed having thereon powdered print material ; a dispersing head configured to disperse one or more heat-actuated agents onto the powdered print material as indicated by a print plan ; a broadband infrared energy source configured to pass over the print bed so as to actuate the dispersed agent ; and a heat energy filter interfaced to the broadband energy source configured to filter the actuating energy to one wavelength or a range of wavelengths of the infrared energy source that is less than the available broadband, characterized in that ; the filtering is manual, wherein the heat energy filter is configured to be rotatable around a center axis to provide filtering for specific wavelengths for the print materials , such as may be specified in accordance with markings at each rotation available to the heat energy filter . a print bed having thereon powdered print material ; a dispersing head configured to disperse one or more heat-actuated agents onto the powdered print material as indicated by a print plan ; a broadband infrared energy source configured to pass over the print bed so as to actuate the dispersed agent ; and a heat energy filter interfaced to the broadband energy source configured to filter the actuating energy to one wavelength or a range of wavelengths of the infrared energy source that is less than the available broadband,