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A boost control apparatus comprising a first switching element (Q1) with a first anti-parallel diode (D1) and a second switching element (Q2) with a second anti-parallel diode (D1) connected in series, said boost apparatus being configured to implement one-side element control, during which only either one of the first switching element (Q1) and the second switching element (Q2) is driven and the current flows in the first switching element (Q1) and the second diode (D2) or in the second switching element (Q2) and the first diode (D1), the connection between first switch/diode (Q1,D1) and second switch/diode (Q2,D2) being for connection to an inductor (L1), said boost control apparatus comprising a controlling device configured (i) to perform first duty control by using a first control parameter if output current (IL) that flows through the inductor (L1) is determined as non-zero crossing, and (ii) to perform second duty control by using a second control parameter if the output current is determined as zero crossing;said boost control apparatus being characterized by further comprising: a rate calculating device configured to calculate (S101) a duty change amount in the duty control, (S102) a change amount of the output current with respect to said duty change amount (S103) a change rate (α) of said change amount of said output current divided by said duty change amount; and a control determining device configured to control said controlling device by determining whether or not the output current is zero crossing on the basis of the change rate calculated by the rate calculating device , and to perform the second duty control regardless of the output current, if the change rate (α) is less than a predetermined value, thus determining that the output current is zero crossing. a rate calculating device configured to calculate (S101) a duty change amount in the duty control, (S102) a change amount of the output current with respect to said duty change amount (S103) a change rate (α) of said change amount of said output current divided by said duty change amount; and (S101) a duty change amount in the duty control, (S102) a change amount of the output current with respect to said duty change amount (S103) a change rate (α) of said change amount of said output current divided by said duty change amount; and a control determining device configured to control said controlling device by determining whether or not the output current is zero crossing on the basis of the change rate calculated by the rate calculating device , and to perform the second duty control regardless of the output current, if the change rate (α) is less than a predetermined value, thus determining that the output current is zero crossing.
A device for indicating a test result of a specimen using recognizable symbols, comprising a reagent strip , the reagent strip comprising a detection zone including an analyte binding area and a positive control area , and the positive control area including a light-emitting element which emits light after energizing, the light emitted by the element is projected to the positive control area , thereby combining with the analyte binding area to form a symbol to indicate the test result, characterized in that the light-emitting element emits light after a current circuit of the light-emitting element is formed by conduction of a liquid sample.
A method, comprising: identifying a message that is associated with two or more users, wherein the users include a sender and one or more recipients, and wherein the message includes one or more terms; determining one or more vague terms of the terms; determining that the one or more vague terms include a reference to a given user of the users, the given user being the sender or one of the recipients; identifying, based on determining that the one or more vague terms include a reference to the given user, a user-restricted database, wherein the user-restricted database is associated with the given user and includes content personal to the given user, and wherein access to the user-restricted database is limitable by the given user; determining, based on the user-restricted database, additional information that is related to the vague term, wherein the additional information comprises one or more of: a location, an address, and an identity of an entity; and providing electronically the additional information for display to at least one of the users. identifying a message that is associated with two or more users, wherein the users include a sender and one or more recipients, and wherein the message includes one or more terms; determining one or more vague terms of the terms; determining that the one or more vague terms include a reference to a given user of the users, the given user being the sender or one of the recipients; identifying, based on determining that the one or more vague terms include a reference to the given user, a user-restricted database, wherein the user-restricted database is associated with the given user and includes content personal to the given user, and wherein access to the user-restricted database is limitable by the given user; determining, based on the user-restricted database, additional information that is related to the vague term, wherein the additional information comprises one or more of: a location, an address, and an identity of an entity; and providing electronically the additional information for display to at least one of the users.
A continuous recovery system comprising: a trough including a ridge portion and a furrow portion , the furrow portion including a first section and a second section ; an inlet pipe connected to the trough , the inlet pipe including an outlet opening that opens up to the first section of the furrow portion of the trough; an exit pipe connected to the trough, the exit pipe including an entrance opening that opens up to the second section of the furrow portion of the trough; a chain extending through the inlet and exit pipes and along the furrow portion of the trough, the chain being in a continuous loop form; and a plurality of flights secured to the chain; wherein the furrow portion includes a curved section between the first section and second section ; wherein the trough includes a first end and an opposing second end, the inlet pipe and exit pipe are disposed at the first end of the trough, and the curved section of the furrow portion is disposed at the second end of the trough. a trough including a ridge portion and a furrow portion , the furrow portion including a first section and a second section ; an inlet pipe connected to the trough , the inlet pipe including an outlet opening that opens up to the first section of the furrow portion of the trough; an exit pipe connected to the trough, the exit pipe including an entrance opening that opens up to the second section of the furrow portion of the trough; a chain extending through the inlet and exit pipes and along the furrow portion of the trough, the chain being in a continuous loop form; and a plurality of flights secured to the chain; wherein the furrow portion includes a curved section between the first section and second section ; wherein the trough includes a first end and an opposing second end, the inlet pipe and exit pipe are disposed at the first end of the trough, and the curved section of the furrow portion is disposed at the second end of the trough.
An adjustment arrangement for offline-adjustment of a scanner head comprising a scanner head for laser material processing with a focusing optic , with the aid which a laser beam can be focused in a processing location , and a beam position system for influencing an actual position of the laser beam , which is upstream of the focusing optic in the direction of propagation of the laser beam , which comprises at least two controllable movable optical elements and by means of which an angle of incidence (α) of the laser beam on a processing surface of a workpiece is adjustable by a parallel displacement of the laser beam perpendicular to an optical axis of the focusing optic , and the processing location of the laser beam is movable on the processing surface in two dimensions, characterized in that the adjustment arrangement comprises a computing unit , connected to a beam position sensor and a controlling unit of the scanner head , and that the beam position sensor is downstream of the beam position system in the direction of propagation of the laser beam and which is designed in a way that by means of it, at least four independent position parameters of the laser beam and the actual position of the laser beam determined by it can be detected.
A circuit of a frequency divider arranged to divide a frequency of an input clock signal (Clk in ) by odd integer N, comprising: a shift register comprising a number of N+1 clock gating cells (100, 400.0 to 400.7) being connected in series to each other and a shift logic , wherein an input clock signal (Clk in ) is fed into clock signal inputs (ck) of each one of the number of N+1 clock gating cells (100, 400.0 to 400.7), wherein the shift logic configured to receive enable signals (clk.0, ..., clk.4) from a set of the number of N+1 clock gating cells (100, 400.0 to 400.4) and to generate a feedback signal (F back ), which is supplied to a gate enable input (g) of the first one of the number of N+1 clock gating cells (100, 400.0 to 400.7); a multiplexer configured to receive at input ports (Mux.0 to Mux.7) N+1 gated clock signals (g_clk.0 to g_clk.7) and to output a rotation clock signal (Clk rot ), which has a frequency of 2/N of the frequency of the input clock signal; a multiplexer control logic configured to receive the rotation clock signal (Clk rot ) and to control a selective connection of one of the input ports (Mux. 0 to Mux.7) to the output of the multiplexer based on the rotation clock signal (Clk rot ), and a frequency generator configured to receive the rotation clock signal (Clk rot ) and to generate an output clock signal (Clk ou t) having a frequency of 1/N. a shift register comprising a number of N+1 clock gating cells (100, 400.0 to 400.7) being connected in series to each other and a shift logic , wherein an input clock signal (Clk in ) is fed into clock signal inputs (ck) of each one of the number of N+1 clock gating cells (100, 400.0 to 400.7), wherein the shift logic configured to receive enable signals (clk.0, ..., clk.4) from a set of the number of N+1 clock gating cells (100, 400.0 to 400.4) and to generate a feedback signal (F back ), which is supplied to a gate enable input (g) of the first one of the number of N+1 clock gating cells (100, 400.0 to 400.7); a multiplexer configured to receive at input ports (Mux.0 to Mux.7) N+1 gated clock signals (g_clk.0 to g_clk.7) and to output a rotation clock signal (Clk rot ), which has a frequency of 2/N of the frequency of the input clock signal; a multiplexer control logic configured to receive the rotation clock signal (Clk rot ) and to control a selective connection of one of the input ports (Mux. 0 to Mux.7) to the output of the multiplexer based on the rotation clock signal (Clk rot ), and a frequency generator configured to receive the rotation clock signal (Clk rot ) and to generate an output clock signal (Clk ou t) having a frequency of 1/N.
Method for operating a respiratory gas analyser after prolonged storage, the respiratory gas analyser comprising at least one gas sensor and at least one humidity sensor and at least one humidity-regulating system element that is arranged in an air conduction path , characterized in that the humidity state of the gas sensor is checked, with a humidity of a gas sample in the respiratory gas analyser being determined using the humidity sensor and by virtue of evaluating a measured difference in the different influences on the humidity of its gas sample in air conduction via the air conduction path with the humidity-regulating system element in comparison with air conduction via a humidity-regulating-element-free air conduction path which is in parallel with the air conduction path and via which the air flow is guided in a gas analytical measurement.
An epitaxial group-III-nitride buffer-layer structure on a silicon or heterosubstrate, wherein the buffer-layer structure comprises at least one stress management layer sequence including an interlayer structure arranged between and adjacent to a first and a second group-III-nitride layer, wherein the interlayer structure comprises a group-III-nitride interlayer material having a larger band gap than the materials of the first and second group-III-nitride layers, and wherein a p-type-dopant-concentration profile drops, starting from at least 1x10 18 cm -3 , by at least a factor of two in transition from the interlayer structure to the first and second group-III-nitride layers, wherein the stress management layer sequence S is followed by an AlGaN back barrier layer with a graded carbon concentration starting with a carbon concentration of 1x10 18 cm -3 at an interface between back barrier layer and third group-ill-nitride layer , and ending with a carbon concentration of less than 4x10 16 cm -3 at an interface between back barrier layer and a following active layer , and the back barrier layer is followed by an active layer and wherein an Fe concentration within the buffer-layer structure is less than 4.10 16 cm -3 .
An apparatus for diagnosing a current sensor provided on a charging and discharging path for supplying a charging and discharging current to a cell assembly , the apparatus comprising: a voltage measuring unit configured to be electrically connected to the cell assembly to measure a both-end voltage of the cell assembly ; a current measuring unit configured to be electrically connected to the current sensor to receive an electric signal from the current sensor and measure a current flowing through the charging and discharging path based on the electric signal; and a processor configured to calculate a change value of a voltage-based charged charge amount based on a measured voltage measured at each of at least two preset reference times by the voltage measuring unit , calculate a change value of a current-based charged charge amount based on a measured current accumulatively measured between the preset reference times by the current measuring unit , and diagnose the current sensor based on the change value of the voltage-based charged charge amount and the change value of the current-based charged charge amount, wherein the processor is configured to compare the change value of the voltage-based charged charge amount and the change value of the current-based charged charge amount, and diagnoses that the current sensor is in a normal state when an error rate between the change value of the voltage-based charged charge amount and the change value of the current-based charged charge amount falls within a normal range. a voltage measuring unit configured to be electrically connected to the cell assembly to measure a both-end voltage of the cell assembly ; a current measuring unit configured to be electrically connected to the current sensor to receive an electric signal from the current sensor and measure a current flowing through the charging and discharging path based on the electric signal; and a processor configured to calculate a change value of a voltage-based charged charge amount based on a measured voltage measured at each of at least two preset reference times by the voltage measuring unit , calculate a change value of a current-based charged charge amount based on a measured current accumulatively measured between the preset reference times by the current measuring unit , and diagnose the current sensor based on the change value of the voltage-based charged charge amount and the change value of the current-based charged charge amount, wherein the processor is configured to compare the change value of the voltage-based charged charge amount and the change value of the current-based charged charge amount, and diagnoses that the current sensor is in a normal state when an error rate between the change value of the voltage-based charged charge amount and the change value of the current-based charged charge amount falls within a normal range.
Method for handling containers of collapsible type in a filling machine comprising consecutively arranged stations (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6) comprising a filling station (S3) and a gas filling station (S5), each container comprising two flexible opposing side walls defining a product compartment communicating with the environment via a filling duct and a separate handle compartment communicating with the environment via a inlet arranged in one of the two side walls , the method comprising intermittently moving the containers to the consecutively arranged stations (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6), supplying, at the filling station (S3), liquid product into the product compartment by means of a filling tube inserted in the filling duct of the container and supplying, at the gas filling station (S5), gas into the handle compartment , comprising applying a nozzle over the inlet by relative motion of the nozzle and an abutment towards each other thereby clamping the container with the inlet facing the nozzle and subsequently supplying the gas through the nozzle , wherein the filling station (S3) and the gas filling station (S5) are operated such that liquid product is supplied to the product compartment of one of the containers situated at the filling station (S3) while gas is supplied to the handle compartment of another of the containers situated at the gas filling station (S5), characterized in that the step of supplying gas at the gas filling station (S5) comprises providing a first gas flow (Q 1 ) at a first pressure (P 1 ) and delivering said first gas flow (Q 1 ) from the nozzle to the handle compartment via said inlet , and subsequently providing a second gas flow (Q 2 ) at a second pressure (P 2 ), lower than said first pressure (P 1 ), and delivering said second gas flow (Q 2 ) from the nozzle to the handle compartment via said inlet for establishing a target pressure (P T ) inside said handle compartment corresponding to said second pressure (P 2 ).
A tissue-removing catheter for removing tissue in a body lumen, the tissue-removing catheter comprising: an elongate body having an axis (LA1) and proximal and distal end portions spaced apart from one another along the axis (LA1), the elongate body being rotatable and sized and shaped to be received in the body lumen; a tissue-removing element mounted on the distal end portion of the elongate body , the tissue-removing element being configured to remove the tissue as the tissue-removing element is rotated by the elongate body within the body lumen; a guidewire lumen extending through the elongate body from a distal end of the catheter to an intermediate location on the catheter spaced distally from a proximal end of the catheter, the guidewire lumen being configured to receive a guidewire such the catheter can be removed from the body lumen by pulling the catheter along the guidewire without removing the guidewire from the body lumen; and a junction box located at the intermediate location of the catheter, the junction box defining a guidewire port for receiving the guidewire . an elongate body having an axis (LA1) and proximal and distal end portions spaced apart from one another along the axis (LA1), the elongate body being rotatable and sized and shaped to be received in the body lumen; a tissue-removing element mounted on the distal end portion of the elongate body , the tissue-removing element being configured to remove the tissue as the tissue-removing element is rotated by the elongate body within the body lumen; a guidewire lumen extending through the elongate body from a distal end of the catheter to an intermediate location on the catheter spaced distally from a proximal end of the catheter, the guidewire lumen being configured to receive a guidewire such the catheter can be removed from the body lumen by pulling the catheter along the guidewire without removing the guidewire from the body lumen; and a junction box located at the intermediate location of the catheter, the junction box defining a guidewire port for receiving the guidewire .
An image processing apparatus comprising: first generating means for generating gradation data corresponding to an achromatic color generated by combining three or more colors among a plurality of colors, for an excess amount of a total gradation value exceeding a predetermined value, the total gradation value being a sum of gradation values of the plurality of colors used for recording a pixel of interest, and generating gradation data corresponding to the plurality of colors, based on the generated gradation data corresponding to the achromatic color; and second generating means for quantizing the gradation data generated by the first generating means, and generating data to control recording of dots corresponding to the pixel of interest, wherein the predetermined value is a maximum value of the normalized gradation values, indicating whether or not to record the dots in an overlapping manner, in case it is determined in a dithering process based on a preset dither pattern that the dots corresponding to the total gradation value are to be recorded. first generating means for generating gradation data corresponding to an achromatic color generated by combining three or more colors among a plurality of colors, for an excess amount of a total gradation value exceeding a predetermined value, the total gradation value being a sum of gradation values of the plurality of colors used for recording a pixel of interest, and generating gradation data corresponding to the plurality of colors, based on the generated gradation data corresponding to the achromatic color; and second generating means for quantizing the gradation data generated by the first generating means, and generating data to control recording of dots corresponding to the pixel of interest, wherein the predetermined value is a maximum value of the normalized gradation values, indicating whether or not to record the dots in an overlapping manner, in case it is determined in a dithering process based on a preset dither pattern that the dots corresponding to the total gradation value are to be recorded.