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An apparatus (10; 110; 210; 310) for supplying user inputs to a computer program, the apparatus comprising: a case having a first part and a second part , the first part being moveable with respect to the second part; each of the first and second parts comprising one or more controls ; at least one of the first and second parts comprising a sensor for determining the position of the first part relative to the second part ; a coupler (18; 318) pivotally coupling the first part to the second part about at least one rotation axis; and characterised by a securing device for holding the first part and the second part together; the apparatus (10; 110; 210; 310) being configured for a first mode of operation in which the first and second parts are in a stowed condition in which the coupler (18; 318) is stowed at least in part within one of the first and second parts and held together by the securing device; and a second mode of operation in which the first and second parts are opened by displacing one with respect to the other and are movable with respect to each other to be spaced apart such that the first part is spaced apart from the second part , wherein, in the second mode of operation the position of the first part relative to the second part provides an input control device. a case having a first part and a second part , the first part being moveable with respect to the second part; each of the first and second parts comprising one or more controls ; at least one of the first and second parts comprising a sensor for determining the position of the first part relative to the second part ; a coupler (18; 318) pivotally coupling the first part to the second part about at least one rotation axis; and characterised by a securing device for holding the first part and the second part together; the apparatus (10; 110; 210; 310) being configured for a first mode of operation in which the first and second parts are in a stowed condition in which the coupler (18; 318) is stowed at least in part within one of the first and second parts and held together by the securing device; and a second mode of operation in which the first and second parts are opened by displacing one with respect to the other and are movable with respect to each other to be spaced apart such that the first part is spaced apart from the second part , wherein, in the second mode of operation the position of the first part relative to the second part provides an input control device.
A temperature indicator for continuously monitoring the maintenance of a temperature prevailing in the vicinity of the temperature indicator within a first preset temperature range , wherein the temperature indicator comprises mechanically actuable operating elements , wherein at least one second temperature range can be preset on the temperature indicator via one of the mechanically actuable operating elements , wherein said second temperature range differs from the first temperature range , and wherein said second temperature range can be monitored by the temperature indicator instead of the first temperature range after actuation of said operating element , characterized in that a first mechanically actuable operating element is provided for presetting a first temperature range , and a second mechanically actuable operating element is provided for presetting a second temperature range , so that after actuation of the first mechanically actuable operating element the first temperature range is monitored, and after actuation of the second mechanically actuable operating element the second temperature range is monitored.
A device including a Hall sensor (H) providing a Hall sensing signal (V H ) and a circuit, the circuit including: - an input node configured for receiving a bias voltage signal (V bias ) for the Hall sensor (H) providing said Hall sensing signal (V H ), - a bias node coupled to the Hall sensor (H) to provide a compensated bias voltage signal (V out ) to the Hall sensor (H), characterised in that the circuit further includes: - a compensation network between the input node and the bias node, wherein the compensation network has a voltage gain inversely proportional to Hall mobility of the Hall sensor, μ n ' , wherein the Hall sensing signal (V H ) is temperature-compensated. - an input node configured for receiving a bias voltage signal (V bias ) for the Hall sensor (H) providing said Hall sensing signal (V H ), - a bias node coupled to the Hall sensor (H) to provide a compensated bias voltage signal (V out ) to the Hall sensor (H), - a compensation network between the input node and the bias node, wherein the compensation network has a voltage gain inversely proportional to Hall mobility of the Hall sensor, μ n ' , wherein the Hall sensing signal (V H ) is temperature-compensated.
A method for wireless communications by a user equipment, UE, comprising: receiving a first configuration for a first grant-free communication; receiving a second configuration for at least one second grant-free communication; and performing grant-free communications with a base station, BS, based on the first configuration and the second configuration respectively, wherein the first grant-free communication is an initial uplink grant-free transmission; and the at least one second grant-free communication is at least one retransmission of the initial uplink grant-free transmission; wherein the first configuration includes a first set of resources, and the second configuration includes a second set of resources, and wherein the first set of resources has fewer resources than the second set of resources, wherein the UE and another UE are multiplexed on the second set of resources for the retransmission of the initial uplink grant-free transmission. receiving a first configuration for a first grant-free communication; receiving a second configuration for at least one second grant-free communication; and performing grant-free communications with a base station, BS, based on the first configuration and the second configuration respectively, wherein the first grant-free communication is an initial uplink grant-free transmission; and the at least one second grant-free communication is at least one retransmission of the initial uplink grant-free transmission; wherein the first configuration includes a first set of resources, and the second configuration includes a second set of resources, and wherein the first set of resources has fewer resources than the second set of resources, wherein the UE and another UE are multiplexed on the second set of resources for the retransmission of the initial uplink grant-free transmission. wherein the first configuration includes a first set of resources, and the second configuration includes a second set of resources, and wherein the first set of resources has fewer resources than the second set of resources, wherein the UE and another UE are multiplexed on the second set of resources for the retransmission of the initial uplink grant-free transmission.
A method for wireless communication, performed by a user equipment, UE, characterized in that the method comprises: being configured, by a base station, to receive a downlink channel in a set of symbols for a serving cell; and reporting, to the base station, an acknowledgement of the downlink channel in an uplink transmission, wherein the set of symbols are within a channel occupancy of the serving cell, wherein the channel occupancy of the serving cell is indicated by at least one of the followings: a downlink control information, DCI, format 2_0 or a semi-static channel occupancy. being configured, by a base station, to receive a downlink channel in a set of symbols for a serving cell; and reporting, to the base station, an acknowledgement of the downlink channel in an uplink transmission, wherein the set of symbols are within a channel occupancy of the serving cell, wherein the channel occupancy of the serving cell is indicated by at least one of the followings: a downlink control information, DCI, format 2_0 or a semi-static channel occupancy. wherein the set of symbols are within a channel occupancy of the serving cell, wherein the channel occupancy of the serving cell is indicated by at least one of the followings: a downlink control information, DCI, format 2_0 or a semi-static channel occupancy.
An elevator hoistway dimension measuring apparatus comprising: a base that is mountable to a floor; a first arm that extends in a first direction from said base so as to penetrate inside a hoistway ; characterized in that a pair of second arms that extend from two sides of said base when viewed in said first direction, and that are configured to be respectively placed in contact with inner surfaces of a facing pair of jambs of a doorframe ; a pair of third arms that extend parallel to said second arms beyond said jambs of said doorframe ; and a three-dimensional coordinate measuring machine that is mounted to an end portion of said first arm for measuring said hoistway three-dimensionally from inside said hoistway . a base that is mountable to a floor; a first arm that extends in a first direction from said base so as to penetrate inside a hoistway ; characterized in that a pair of second arms that extend from two sides of said base when viewed in said first direction, and that are configured to be respectively placed in contact with inner surfaces of a facing pair of jambs of a doorframe ; a pair of third arms that extend parallel to said second arms beyond said jambs of said doorframe ; and a three-dimensional coordinate measuring machine that is mounted to an end portion of said first arm for measuring said hoistway three-dimensionally from inside said hoistway .
A thermal energy system comprising a first thermal system in use having a cooling demand, a plurality of heat sinks and a heat sink connection system coupled to the first thermal system, the heat sink connection system being adapted to provide selective connection to the plurality of heat sinks for cooling the first thermal system, the heat sink connection system comprising a first heat exchanger system coupled to a first remote heat sink of the plurality of heat sinks, the first remote heat sink containing a working fluid, and a second heat exchanger system adapted to be coupled to ambient air as a second heat sink of the plurality of heat sinks, a fluid loop interconnecting the first thermal system , the first heat exchanger system and the second heat exchanger system , at least one mechanism for selectively altering the order of the first heat exchanger system and the second heat exchanger system in relation to a fluid flow direction around the fluid loop , a controller for actuating the at least one mechanism , characterised by the first heat exchanger system being coupled to a plurality of boreholes comprising the remote heat sink, a first temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the first heat sink and a second temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the second heat sink, wherein the controller is adapted to actuate the at least one mechanism by employing the measured temperatures of the first and second heat sinks as control parameters, and wherein the controller is adapted to actuate the at least one mechanism at least partly based on a comparison of the measured temperatures of the first and second heat sinks, wherein the fluid loop has an input and an output connected to the first thermal system , and the at least one mechanism is adapted to be actuatable to switch the fluid loop between a first fluid loop configuration in which the first heat exchanger system is upstream of the second heat exchanger system in the direction of fluid flow around the loop from the input to the output and a second fluid loop configuration in which the second heat exchanger system is upstream of the first heat exchanger system in the direction of fluid flow around the loop from the input to the output .
A piston volumetric pump which comprises: - a cylinder head provided with an inlet manifold of a fluid and a delivery manifold , - a cylinder jacket wherein an alternative piston slides, which delimits a compression chamber along with a cylinder , - said cylinder head comprising a seat for accommodating a delivery valve , which seat comprises at least a first cavity which has an opening at a cylinder head surface contacting the cylinder jacket , - said delivery valve comprising a valve body , which has a central portion accommodated in the first cavity , and a first portion fitted inside the cylinder jacket , - said valve body having a delivery duct of the fluid at high pressure and at least an inlet duct of the fluid at low pressure which has an opening at the compression chamber and an opening flowing onto a side wall of said central portion , - a high pressure gasket being interposed between the first portion of the valve body and an inner portion of the cylinder jacket , , - a chamber for supplying a low pressure fluid and which is in communication with the inlet duct of the low pressure fluid and with the inlet manifold , and is delimited by at least an outer surface of the side wall of the central portion of the valve body and from at least an inner surface of the cavity , said pump being characterised by the fact that the supply chamber is also delimited from a surface of the cylinder jacket , and in that said pump comprises a low pressure gasket between the cylinder head and the cylinder jacket , outside said cavity . - a cylinder head provided with an inlet manifold of a fluid and a delivery manifold , - a cylinder jacket wherein an alternative piston slides, which delimits a compression chamber along with a cylinder , - said cylinder head comprising a seat for accommodating a delivery valve , which seat comprises at least a first cavity which has an opening at a cylinder head surface contacting the cylinder jacket , - said delivery valve comprising a valve body , which has a central portion accommodated in the first cavity , and a first portion fitted inside the cylinder jacket , - said valve body having a delivery duct of the fluid at high pressure and at least an inlet duct of the fluid at low pressure which has an opening at the compression chamber and an opening flowing onto a side wall of said central portion , - a high pressure gasket being interposed between the first portion of the valve body and an inner portion of the cylinder jacket , , - a chamber for supplying a low pressure fluid and which is in communication with the inlet duct of the low pressure fluid and with the inlet manifold , and is delimited by at least an outer surface of the side wall of the central portion of the valve body and from at least an inner surface of the cavity ,
A clamp sprinkler bracket , which enables the fixation of the Sprinkler sleeve (S), which is the end part of the sprinkler hose in the sprinkler systems that are used as fire extinguishing systems, onto the profiles (P) formed on the ceiling, comprising; • A bottom clamp which constitutes the general structure of the said clamp sprinkler bracket and which, when installed, is fixated by being connected to the profile (P), • A profile slot , into which the said profile (P) is inserted in the said bottom clamp , • A top clamp , which is used as the corresponding part of the said bottom clamp and which also constitutes the general structure of the said clamp sprinkler bracket , • A sleeve slot , which is formed in the middle of the bottom clamp and the top clamp when they are superimposed to each other and into which, when installed, the Sprinkler sleeve (S) is placed, • Clamp sleeve gaps , which are formed on the bottom clamp and the top clamp and which enable the said sleeve slot to be formed, • A fixation element which fixates the said bottom clamp and the said top clamp to each other and by this way enables the top clamp to use this fixation point as a joint and so that the top clamp can be opened and closed, • A locking shaft which enables the locking when the top clamp is rotated by using the said fixation element as a joint and is closed onto the bottom clamp , characterized in that it comprises • A holding arm which is the extension of the locking shaft towards the out of the bottom clamp and which enables to the locking step to be performed by the locking shaft is rotated on own axis. • A bottom clamp which constitutes the general structure of the said clamp sprinkler bracket and which, when installed, is fixated by being connected to the profile (P), • A profile slot , into which the said profile (P) is inserted in the said bottom clamp , • A top clamp , which is used as the corresponding part of the said bottom clamp and which also constitutes the general structure of the said clamp sprinkler bracket , • A sleeve slot , which is formed in the middle of the bottom clamp and the top clamp when they are superimposed to each other and into which, when installed, the Sprinkler sleeve (S) is placed, • Clamp sleeve gaps , which are formed on the bottom clamp and the top clamp and which enable the said sleeve slot to be formed, • A fixation element which fixates the said bottom clamp and the said top clamp to each other and by this way enables the top clamp to use this fixation point as a joint and so that the top clamp can be opened and closed, • A locking shaft which enables the locking when the top clamp is rotated by using the said fixation element as a joint and is closed onto the bottom clamp , characterized in that it comprises • A holding arm which is the extension of the locking shaft towards the out of the bottom clamp and which enables to the locking step to be performed by the locking shaft is rotated on own axis.
A method of testing central heating and/or cooling system water for the concentration of molybdate, the method comprising the steps of: using a first colour-change dip test to test for the concentration of iron in the central heating and/or cooling system water, and comparing the colour of the first colour-change dip test to an iron testing reference to assess an iron concentration; using a second colour-change dip test (one of 12c-12f) to test for the concentration of molybdate in the central heating and/or cooling system water, and comparing the colour of the second colour-change dip test (one of 12c-12f) to a molybdate testing reference (14c-14f), and assessing the molybdate concentration based on the comparison of the second dip test (one of 12c-12f) to the reference (14c-14f), and based on the assessed concentration of iron, in which the molybdate testing reference (14c-14f) comprises a plurality of colour reference scales, a colour reference scale being selected from the plurality of colour reference scales (14c-14f) to be used in the assessment of molybdate concentration, based on the assessed concentration of iron, and in which assessment is carried out by image processing software based on a photograph of the colour-change dip tests alongside the references. using a first colour-change dip test to test for the concentration of iron in the central heating and/or cooling system water, and comparing the colour of the first colour-change dip test to an iron testing reference to assess an iron concentration; using a second colour-change dip test (one of 12c-12f) to test for the concentration of molybdate in the central heating and/or cooling system water, and comparing the colour of the second colour-change dip test (one of 12c-12f) to a molybdate testing reference (14c-14f), and assessing the molybdate concentration based on the comparison of the second dip test (one of 12c-12f) to the reference (14c-14f), and based on the assessed concentration of iron, in which the molybdate testing reference (14c-14f) comprises a plurality of colour reference scales, a colour reference scale being selected from the plurality of colour reference scales (14c-14f) to be used in the assessment of molybdate concentration, based on the assessed concentration of iron, and in which assessment is carried out by image processing software based on a photograph of the colour-change dip tests alongside the references.
A window covering system, comprising: a window; a plurality of structures arranged in front of the window and arranged to vary their color and to control the amount of light passing through the window, the plurality of structures being variable color structures that do not contact the window, the structures comprising an electro-optic medium and being configured to transition between a first color and transmission state and a second color and transmission state upon receipt of a signal; and a controller configured to send a signal to the plurality of variable color structures , thereby causing the plurality of variable color structures to transition between the first color and transmission state and the second color and transmission state, and thereby varying the color and the transmission of the variable color structures to control the amount of light passing through the window, characterized in that the structures are interwoven with fabric sections. a window; a plurality of structures arranged in front of the window and arranged to vary their color and to control the amount of light passing through the window, the plurality of structures being variable color structures that do not contact the window, the structures comprising an electro-optic medium and being configured to transition between a first color and transmission state and a second color and transmission state upon receipt of a signal; and a controller configured to send a signal to the plurality of variable color structures , thereby causing the plurality of variable color structures to transition between the first color and transmission state and the second color and transmission state, and thereby varying the color and the transmission of the variable color structures to control the amount of light passing through the window, characterized in that the structures are interwoven with fabric sections.
A method for restituting a multi-channel audio signal (SIG) in a listening zone comprising a number N of loudspeakers (HP), the multi-channel audio signal (SIG) being composed of different channels, N designating an integer greater than 1, this method comprising: - a step of analyzing (E20) the multi-channel audio signal comprising an extraction of an omnidirectional multi-channel component (C1) from the multi-channel audio signal, this omnidirectional multi-channel component (C1) satisfying a predetermined similarity criterion between the channels composing the multi-channel audio signal(SIG), and the step also comprising a subtraction of the omnidirectional multi-channel component (C1) from the channels of the multi-channel audio signal (SIG) in order to obtain a residual multi-channel component (C2); and - a step of restituting (E30, E40, E50) in the listening zone, using all or part of the N loudspeakers, the omnidirectional multi-channel component (C1) and the residual multi-channel component (C2), the omnidirectional multi-channel component (C1) being restituted homogeneously in intensity throughout the listening zone, and the residual multi-channel component (C2) being restituted using a sound spatialization technique creating a number K of virtual sound sources (SV) . - a step of analyzing (E20) the multi-channel audio signal comprising an extraction of an omnidirectional multi-channel component (C1) from the multi-channel audio signal, this omnidirectional multi-channel component (C1) satisfying a predetermined similarity criterion between the channels composing the multi-channel audio signal(SIG), and the step also comprising a subtraction of the omnidirectional multi-channel component (C1) from the channels of the multi-channel audio signal (SIG) in order to obtain a residual multi-channel component (C2); and - a step of restituting (E30, E40, E50) in the listening zone, using all or part of the N loudspeakers, the omnidirectional multi-channel component (C1) and the residual multi-channel component (C2), the omnidirectional multi-channel component (C1) being restituted homogeneously in intensity throughout the listening zone, and the residual multi-channel component (C2) being restituted using a sound spatialization technique creating a number K of virtual sound sources (SV) .