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A method of controlling a backing system for a vehicle and trailer assembly , said method comprising: recording an image of a hitch for the vehicle and trailer assembly with a camera coupled to the vehicle ; learning with an electronic control unit a plurality of geometry distances related to a geometry of the vehicle and a geometry of the trailer , the geometry distances include a vehicle wheelbase (bv), a distance from a rear axle of the vehicle to a hitch point on the vehicle (h), a length of the trailer (c), a distance of the hitch point to a first axle on trailer (a), and a height from the ground to the hitch point (g); identifying a plurality of reference points on the trailer using image analyses, the reference points including corners of the trailer , hitch attachment point, and body decals on the trailer , wherein the reference points are vertically and/or horizontally spaced from one another, and wherein the reference points are provided by a manufacturer of the vehicle; learning with the electronic control unit a plurality of relative distances (d 1 -d n ) between three or more of the plurality of reference points ; and determining a current hitch angle between the vehicle and the trailer based on the plurality of relative distances (d 1 -d n ) and the plurality of geometry distances. recording an image of a hitch for the vehicle and trailer assembly with a camera coupled to the vehicle ; learning with an electronic control unit a plurality of geometry distances related to a geometry of the vehicle and a geometry of the trailer , the geometry distances include a vehicle wheelbase (bv), a distance from a rear axle of the vehicle to a hitch point on the vehicle (h), a length of the trailer (c), a distance of the hitch point to a first axle on trailer (a), and a height from the ground to the hitch point (g); identifying a plurality of reference points on the trailer using image analyses, the reference points including corners of the trailer , hitch attachment point, and body decals on the trailer , wherein the reference points are vertically and/or horizontally spaced from one another, and wherein the reference points are provided by a manufacturer of the vehicle; learning with the electronic control unit a plurality of relative distances (d 1 -d n ) between three or more of the plurality of reference points ; and determining a current hitch angle between the vehicle and the trailer based on the plurality of relative distances (d 1 -d n ) and the plurality of geometry distances.
A multifocal ophthalmic lens , comprising: an anterior face with an anterior refractive profile and a posterior face with a posterior refractive profile , the faces disposed about an optical axis ; and a diffractive profile imposed on one of the refractive profiles, the diffractive profile characterized by a plurality of echelettes , the plurality of echelettes comprising a central echelette and a plurality of surrounding echelettes disposed about the central echelette, wherein each of the plurality of echelettes is defined by a continuous function, wherein the slope and height at the end of each echelette is the same as the slope and height at the start of the adjacent echelette to provide a smooth connection, wherein each of the surrounding echelettes has an echelette form that is unequal to the echelette form of any of the remaining surrounding echelettes, wherein the echelette form of an echelette is the shape of the profile of the echelette when plotted verses radius squared from the optical axis, and two echelettes have unequal echelette forms if profiles of each versus radius squared: are not the same when normalized to the echelette height; and could not be made equal by a simple linear scaling constant. an anterior face with an anterior refractive profile and a posterior face with a posterior refractive profile , the faces disposed about an optical axis ; and a diffractive profile imposed on one of the refractive profiles, the diffractive profile characterized by a plurality of echelettes , the plurality of echelettes comprising a central echelette and a plurality of surrounding echelettes disposed about the central echelette, wherein each of the plurality of echelettes is defined by a continuous function, wherein the slope and height at the end of each echelette is the same as the slope and height at the start of the adjacent echelette to provide a smooth connection, wherein each of the surrounding echelettes has an echelette form that is unequal to the echelette form of any of the remaining surrounding echelettes, wherein the echelette form of an echelette is the shape of the profile of the echelette when plotted verses radius squared from the optical axis, and two echelettes have unequal echelette forms if profiles of each versus radius squared: are not the same when normalized to the echelette height; and could not be made equal by a simple linear scaling constant. are not the same when normalized to the echelette height; and could not be made equal by a simple linear scaling constant.
A joint assembly , comprising: a bellows having a first end and a second end and convolutions located there between; a gimbaled joint assembly , wherein the gimbaled joint assembly comprises a first support surrounding the first end of the bellows and a portion of the convolutions ; a second support surrounding the second end of the bellows and a portion of the convolutions ; and a gimbal ring assembly ; characterized in that the gimbal ring assembly is operably coupled to the first support and the second support by a set of flexure hinges interconnected via a ring body . a bellows having a first end and a second end and convolutions located there between; a gimbaled joint assembly , wherein the gimbaled joint assembly comprises a first support surrounding the first end of the bellows and a portion of the convolutions ; a second support surrounding the second end of the bellows and a portion of the convolutions ; and a gimbal ring assembly ; characterized in that the gimbal ring assembly is operably coupled to the first support and the second support by a set of flexure hinges interconnected via a ring body . a first support surrounding the first end of the bellows and a portion of the convolutions ; a second support surrounding the second end of the bellows and a portion of the convolutions ; and a gimbal ring assembly ; characterized in that the gimbal ring assembly is operably coupled to the first support and the second support by a set of flexure hinges interconnected via a ring body .
An apparatus comprising: at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: determine power setting for a physical downlink control channel information unit based on resource consumption and available power resources, characterized by causing the apparatus further to: in response to allowed transmission power being exceeded, adjust the power setting symbol -wise by allocating power first to physical downlink control channel information units needing the power most or by distributing the power evenly over the physical downlink control channel information units.
An audio coding method, where a vector x comprising plurality of coefficients derived from an audio signal is gain shape vector quantized, wherein the vector x is split into sub-vectors for split vector quantization of a shape of the vector x , the method comprising: - determining an initial number, Np _init , of sub-vectors according to a ratio between a number of bits allocated for quantizing the shape of the vector x and a maximum number of bits, B MAX , allowed for quantizing a sub-vector; - determining energy, E i , of each Np _init sub-vector by summing energies of sub-vector coefficients; - determining a final number, Np, of sub-vectors by increasing the initial number Np _init of sub-vectors by one if a maximum deviation of the sub-vector energy, E i , from a mean energy, E AVG , is larger than a threshold proportional to the difference between B MAX and an average number of bits per sub-vector, B AVG , wherein B AVG is based on a ratio between the number of bits allocated for quantizing the shape of the vector x and Np _init ; and - providing the final number Np to the split vector quantizer to be used in quantization of the shape of the vector x. - determining an initial number, Np _init , of sub-vectors according to a ratio between a number of bits allocated for quantizing the shape of the vector x and a maximum number of bits, B MAX , allowed for quantizing a sub-vector; - determining energy, E i , of each Np _init sub-vector by summing energies of sub-vector coefficients; - determining a final number, Np, of sub-vectors by increasing the initial number Np _init of sub-vectors by one if a maximum deviation of the sub-vector energy, E i , from a mean energy, E AVG , is larger than a threshold proportional to the difference between B MAX and an average number of bits per sub-vector, B AVG , wherein B AVG is based on a ratio between the number of bits allocated for quantizing the shape of the vector x and Np _init ; and - providing the final number Np to the split vector quantizer to be used in quantization of the shape of the vector x.
A key for a cylinder lock, characterised in that the key has encodings of different depths, which taper from a surface of the key in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the key, wherein at least two encodings are provided, whose extensions on the surface are substantially identical and which differ in their depths and inclination of their tapering in the direction of the longitudinal axis , characterised in that the encodings on the surface of the key are connected by a groove running continuously parallel to the longitudinal axis of the key without the formation of edges.
A polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence that has at least 97% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:2, or a fragment of the polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide or fragment has antibacterial activity.
An apparatus, comprising: (a) a shaft assembly; (b) an end effector positioned at a distal end of the shaft assembly, wherein the end effector is operable to engage tissue of a patient; (c) a control module configured to generate a power output to power the end effector; (d) a first electrical connector operatively coupled with the control module, wherein the first electrical connector includes a first plurality of electrical contacts , wherein at least one electrical contact of the first plurality of electrical contacts is configured to transfer the power output to a second plurality of electrical contacts of a second electrical connector while the first and second electrical connectors are coupled; and (e) a plurality of nonconductive structures disposed adjacent each of the plurality of first electrical contacts , wherein each nonconductive structure of the plurality of nonconductive structures is disposed between two electrical contacts of the first plurality of electrical contacts , wherein the plurality of nonconductive structures are configured to prevent a signal interference between each electrical contact of the first plurality of electrical contacts. (a) a shaft assembly; (b) an end effector positioned at a distal end of the shaft assembly, wherein the end effector is operable to engage tissue of a patient; (c) a control module configured to generate a power output to power the end effector; (d) a first electrical connector operatively coupled with the control module, wherein the first electrical connector includes a first plurality of electrical contacts , wherein at least one electrical contact of the first plurality of electrical contacts is configured to transfer the power output to a second plurality of electrical contacts of a second electrical connector while the first and second electrical connectors are coupled; and (e) a plurality of nonconductive structures disposed adjacent each of the plurality of first electrical contacts , wherein each nonconductive structure of the plurality of nonconductive structures is disposed between two electrical contacts of the first plurality of electrical contacts , wherein the plurality of nonconductive structures are configured to prevent a signal interference between each electrical contact of the first plurality of electrical contacts.
A server at a cluster of servers in a data center , the server comprising: a memory being part of a distributed memory of the cluster; at least one processor executing transactions and lock-free reads on data comprising software objects stored in regions of the distributed memory, the software objects and logs of the transactions being replicated in the distributed memory, the processor arranged to receive a message indicating a new configuration of the cluster comprising addition, removal or potential failure of at least one of the other servers; the processor configured to use a recovery process which enables the lock-free reads and committed ones of the transactions to retain the properties of atomicity, consistency, isolation and durability across configuration changes; and wherein the recovery process comprises a lock recovery process to recover write locks of transactions already being committed at the time of the new configuration, the lock recovery process operating to recover the write locks from the replicated transaction logs, which have been written with at least some one-sided writes. a memory being part of a distributed memory of the cluster; at least one processor executing transactions and lock-free reads on data comprising software objects stored in regions of the distributed memory, the software objects and logs of the transactions being replicated in the distributed memory, the processor arranged to receive a message indicating a new configuration of the cluster comprising addition, removal or potential failure of at least one of the other servers; the processor configured to use a recovery process which enables the lock-free reads and committed ones of the transactions to retain the properties of atomicity, consistency, isolation and durability across configuration changes; and wherein the recovery process comprises a lock recovery process to recover write locks of transactions already being committed at the time of the new configuration, the lock recovery process operating to recover the write locks from the replicated transaction logs, which have been written with at least some one-sided writes.
A method for determining the wear rate of a spark plug electrode of an ignition system, the method comprising: determining a risetime number indicating a time required for raising a primary current and hence an ignition energy which is supplied to an ignition coil of the spark plug from an inactive level to a predetermined level, determining an operating condition indicator indicating an operating condition of the ignition system, and determining a first spark plug state indicator indicating a state of the spark plug electrode at a first time instance and a second spark plug state indicator indicating a state of the spark plug electrode at a second time instance, wherein the first time instance and the second time instance are separated by a predetermined time interval and the spark plug state indicators are determined as values based on the determined risetime number and the determined operating condition indicator, characterized by the further step determining a wear rate of the spark plug electrode based on a difference of the first spark plug state indicator and the second spark plug state indicator, wherein the risetime number is determined based on a risetime mean value and a risetime standard deviation. determining a risetime number indicating a time required for raising a primary current and hence an ignition energy which is supplied to an ignition coil of the spark plug from an inactive level to a predetermined level, determining an operating condition indicator indicating an operating condition of the ignition system, and determining a first spark plug state indicator indicating a state of the spark plug electrode at a first time instance and a second spark plug state indicator indicating a state of the spark plug electrode at a second time instance, wherein the first time instance and the second time instance are separated by a predetermined time interval and the spark plug state indicators are determined as values based on the determined risetime number and the determined operating condition indicator, characterized by the further step determining a wear rate of the spark plug electrode based on a difference of the first spark plug state indicator and the second spark plug state indicator, wherein the risetime number is determined based on a risetime mean value and a risetime standard deviation.
A key management method in an onboard network system installed in a vehicle, the onboard network system having a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) that perform communication by frames via a bus , the method comprising: storing, in a first-type electronic control unit out of the plurality of electronic control units, a shared key to be mutually shared with one or more second-type electronic control units (100a-100d) other than the first-type electronic control unit , the shared key also being stored in the one or more second-type electronic control units (100a-100d) other than the first -type electronic control unit ; acquiring, by each of the second-type electronic control units (100a-100d), a session key by communication with the first-type electronic control unit based on the stored shared key, and after this acquisition, executing encryption processing regarding a frame transmitted or received via the bus , using this session key; and characterized by executing, by the first-type electronic control unit , inspection of a security state of the shared key stored by the second-type electronic control units (100a-100d) in a case where the vehicle in which the onboard network system is installed is in a stopped state where the vehicle is not driving. storing, in a first-type electronic control unit out of the plurality of electronic control units, a shared key to be mutually shared with one or more second-type electronic control units (100a-100d) other than the first-type electronic control unit , the shared key also being stored in the one or more second-type electronic control units (100a-100d) other than the first -type electronic control unit ; acquiring, by each of the second-type electronic control units (100a-100d), a session key by communication with the first-type electronic control unit based on the stored shared key, and after this acquisition, executing encryption processing regarding a frame transmitted or received via the bus , using this session key; and characterized by executing, by the first-type electronic control unit , inspection of a security state of the shared key stored by the second-type electronic control units (100a-100d) in a case where the vehicle in which the onboard network system is installed is in a stopped state where the vehicle is not driving.
An LED display box transport cart, comprising: a transport frame and wheels detachably and rotatably connected to the bottom of the transport frame , wherein the transport frame comprises a chassis , an upper cover and two side covers symmetrically arranged between the chassis and the upper cover ; the upper end of the side cover is detachably connected with the upper cover ; characterized in that : the chassis is provided with an arcuate groove with an upward opening, the arcuate groove includes a groove body , and a first edge and a second edge symmetrically disposed at the opening of the groove body , the first edge extends toward the second edge to form a groove edge ; and the lower end of the side cover corresponding to the position of the arcuate groove is provided with a hook , the hook comprises a rectangular plate and a circular arc plate , the circular arc plate is rotatably connected in the arcuate groove , the circular arc plate comprises a first straight edge , a second straight edge and an arcuate edge which are connected end to end, the lower edge of the rectangular plate is fixedly connected on the second straight edge, the arcuate edge is in sliding contact with the inner wall of the groove body , and the first straight edge can abut against the lower surface of the groove edge . the upper end of the side cover is detachably connected with the upper cover ; characterized in that : the chassis is provided with an arcuate groove with an upward opening, the arcuate groove includes a groove body , and a first edge and a second edge symmetrically disposed at the opening of the groove body , the first edge extends toward the second edge to form a groove edge ; and the lower end of the side cover corresponding to the position of the arcuate groove is provided with a hook , the hook comprises a rectangular plate and a circular arc plate , the circular arc plate is rotatably connected in the arcuate groove , the circular arc plate comprises a first straight edge , a second straight edge and an arcuate edge which are connected end to end, the lower edge of the rectangular plate is fixedly connected on the second straight edge, the arcuate edge is in sliding contact with the inner wall of the groove body , and the first straight edge can abut against the lower surface of the groove edge .
A method for selectively operating a dense phase powder pump in a powder conveying operating mode or a flushing operating mode, wherein the dense phase powder pump comprises at least one conveying chamber having a powder inlet valve and a powder outlet valve , and wherein the powder inlet valve and the powder outlet valve are each configured as a pneumatically actuable pinch valve able to be closed upon application of an actuating pressure, wherein a pressure regulator having a control valve (V7) and a pressure sensor (S1) is provided, wherein the powder inlet valve and/or the powder outlet valve is/are fluidically connectable to a compressed air source , wherein the pressure sensor (S1) detects the pressure level of the actuating air for the powder inlet valve and/or the powder outlet valve, wherein in the powder conveying operating mode of the dense phase powder pump , the pressure value of the actuating air is set to a first pressure level by the control valve (V7) which is sufficient enough to be able to close the powder inlet valve configured as a pinch valve or respectively the powder outlet valve configured as a pinch valve in gas-tight manner during the powder conveying operating mode, and wherein in the flushing operating mode of the dense phase powder pump , the pressure value of the actuating air is set to a second pressure level by the control valve (V7) which is sufficient enough to be able to close the powder inlet valve configured as a pinch valve or respectively the powder outlet valve configured as a pinch valve in gas-tight manner during the flushing operating mode, wherein the second pressure level is higher than the first pressure level, and wherein the pressure value of the actuating pressure selected to close the powder inlet valve and/or powder outlet valve is regulated, and namely: - as a function of the respective operating mode of the dense phase powder pump ; - as a function of a pressure prevailing within the conveying chamber ; - as a function of an amount of compressed carrier gas supplied to the conveying chamber per unit of time in the powder conveying operating mode; and/or - as a function of an amount of coating powder conveyed by the dense phase powder pump per unit of time in the powder conveying operating mode. - as a function of the respective operating mode of the dense phase powder pump ; - as a function of a pressure prevailing within the conveying chamber ; - as a function of an amount of compressed carrier gas supplied to the conveying chamber per unit of time in the powder conveying operating mode; and/or - as a function of an amount of coating powder conveyed by the dense phase powder pump per unit of time in the powder conveying operating mode.