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A free-piston combustion engine system, comprising: a cylinder comprising a combustion section ; at least one free-piston assembly in contact with the combustion section ; at least one gas spring in contact with the at least one free-piston assembly, wherein the at least one gas spring is configured to store energy from the at least one free-piston assembly during an expansion stroke of a piston cycle; at least one linear electromagnetic machine for directly converting between kinetic energy of the at least one free-piston assembly and electrical energy; and processing circuitry configured to: determine a sufficient amount of energy for performing a subsequent stroke, and to cause the at least one gas spring to store at least the determined amount of energy from the at least one free-piston assembly during the expansion stroke to perform the subsequent stroke of the piston cycle by controlling one or more properties of the at least one gas spring to avoid net electrical energy input, wherein the linear electromagnetic machine is configured to convert at least some of the energy stored in the gas spring into electrical energy during the subsequent stroke of the piston cycle. a cylinder comprising a combustion section ; at least one free-piston assembly in contact with the combustion section ; at least one gas spring in contact with the at least one free-piston assembly, wherein the at least one gas spring is configured to store energy from the at least one free-piston assembly during an expansion stroke of a piston cycle; at least one linear electromagnetic machine for directly converting between kinetic energy of the at least one free-piston assembly and electrical energy; and processing circuitry configured to: determine a sufficient amount of energy for performing a subsequent stroke, and to cause the at least one gas spring to store at least the determined amount of energy from the at least one free-piston assembly during the expansion stroke to perform the subsequent stroke of the piston cycle by controlling one or more properties of the at least one gas spring to avoid net electrical energy input, wherein the linear electromagnetic machine is configured to convert at least some of the energy stored in the gas spring into electrical energy during the subsequent stroke of the piston cycle. determine a sufficient amount of energy for performing a subsequent stroke, and to cause the at least one gas spring to store at least the determined amount of energy from the at least one free-piston assembly during the expansion stroke to perform the subsequent stroke of the piston cycle by controlling one or more properties of the at least one gas spring to avoid net electrical energy input, wherein the linear electromagnetic machine is configured to convert at least some of the energy stored in the gas spring into electrical energy during the subsequent stroke of the piston cycle.
A road safety device group , comprising a road safety device arranged and designed for absorbing at least a part of a kinetic energy of a vehicle in a case of an impact of the vehicle against the road safety device , with the aim of reducing a velocity of the vehicle, reducing a risk of injury for occupants of the vehicle, which road safety device comprises a frame subjected to at most reversible deformation of small entity under impact and solidly constrained to and arranged on a road surface and an irreversibly deformable part connected to the frame for absorbing the at least part of the kinetic energy of the vehicle, and a road safety device monitoring system for identifying an impact of a vehicle against the road safety device ;the road safety device monitoring system comprises: a control unit ; image acquiring means for acquiring at least an image of a vehicle registration number which vehicle is nearing the road safety device , which image acquiring means are connected to the control unit ; a memory for storing the at least an image acquired by the image acquiring means ; the road safety device group being characterised in that : the road safety device monitoring system comprises a vibration and/or deformation sensor which is connected to the frame of the road safety device for detecting said reversible deformation of the frame of the road safety device , which vibration and/or deformation sensor is connected to the control unit ; the control unit is predisposed to identify an impact of a vehicle against the road safety device on the basis of data received from the vibration and/or deforming sensor . a control unit ; image acquiring means for acquiring at least an image of a vehicle registration number which vehicle is nearing the road safety device , which image acquiring means are connected to the control unit ; a memory for storing the at least an image acquired by the image acquiring means ; the road safety device group being characterised in that : the road safety device monitoring system comprises a vibration and/or deformation sensor which is connected to the frame of the road safety device for detecting said reversible deformation of the frame of the road safety device , which vibration and/or deformation sensor is connected to the control unit ; the control unit is predisposed to identify an impact of a vehicle against the road safety device on the basis of data received from the vibration and/or deforming sensor . the road safety device monitoring system comprises a vibration and/or deformation sensor which is connected to the frame of the road safety device for detecting said reversible deformation of the frame of the road safety device , which vibration and/or deformation sensor is connected to the control unit ; the control unit is predisposed to identify an impact of a vehicle against the road safety device on the basis of data received from the vibration and/or deforming sensor .
A structural underblanket unit for blanket cylinders of printing machines, comprising: - a first layer made of rubber and having a predefined transversal thickness (S11); - a second layer made of polyester and having a predefined transversal thickness (S12); - a third layer made of fabric and having a predefined transversal thickness (S13), said layers being solidly bonded to one another so as to define a multilayer structural underblanket unit having an overall transversal thickness (S) corresponding to the sum of the transversal thicknesses (S11, S12, S13) of said layers , the order of bonding of said first and third layers being arbitrary, wherein said structural underblanket unit has no printing blanket , and is thus configured to be distinct and independently removable from a corresponding printing blanket with which, in use, it is adapted to cooperate, wherein the second layer made of polyester is interposed between and bonded to said first and third layers. - a first layer made of rubber and having a predefined transversal thickness (S11); - a second layer made of polyester and having a predefined transversal thickness (S12); - a third layer made of fabric and having a predefined transversal thickness (S13),
Removable interrupting element for an electric current, comprising - a first housing part and a second housing part which are capable of being fitted together and are reversibly displaceable relative to one another between an assembled configuration and a partially disassembled configuration, - fixed electrical contacts which are secured to the first housing part , - movable electrical contacts which are displaceable relative to the fixed electrical contacts , the movable electrical contacts being housed in the second housing part and being displaceable relative to the second housing part , the first housing part having lateral walls provided with through inspection windows , the second housing part having insulating walls which each delimit a volume within the second housing part around a corresponding movable conductor , the first and second housing parts being so arranged relative to one another that, in the assembled configuration, the insulating walls conceal the inspection windows and, in the intermediate configuration, the insulating walls are moved away from the inspection windows in order to free access to the inspection windows . - a first housing part and a second housing part which are capable of being fitted together and are reversibly displaceable relative to one another between an assembled configuration and a partially disassembled configuration, - fixed electrical contacts which are secured to the first housing part , - movable electrical contacts which are displaceable relative to the fixed electrical contacts , the movable electrical contacts being housed in the second housing part and being displaceable relative to the second housing part ,
An electrically charged filter , comprising: a liquid-charged nonwoven fabric layer that is charged by application of a force via a polar liquid; and a tribo-electrically charged nonwoven fabric layer that is charged by friction between fiber components of a plurality of types; characterized in that the tribo-electrically charged nonwoven fabric layer comprises fibers made from a polyolefin resin and fibers made from an acrylic resin; wherein the acrylic resin has a circular fiber cross-section; and wherein an average diameter of fibers constituting the liquid-charged nonwoven fabric layer is no less than 1 μm and no more than 10 μm. a liquid-charged nonwoven fabric layer that is charged by application of a force via a polar liquid; and a tribo-electrically charged nonwoven fabric layer that is charged by friction between fiber components of a plurality of types; characterized in that the tribo-electrically charged nonwoven fabric layer comprises fibers made from a polyolefin resin and fibers made from an acrylic resin; wherein the acrylic resin has a circular fiber cross-section; and wherein an average diameter of fibers constituting the liquid-charged nonwoven fabric layer is no less than 1 μm and no more than 10 μm.
A table top for a vehicle (V) compartment (H) accommodating passengers, in particular a rail vehicle, this table top including a stationary part connected to the vehicle (V) and at least one moving tray intended to be located across from a passenger chair (F) or seat, this tray being movable with reference to an axis of rotation (Y6) parallel to a plane (P2) of the table top , characterized in that it comprises a chassis on which the tray is mounted with the possibility of rotating with reference to the axis (Y6) parallel to the plane (P2) of the tray , this chassis being movable in translation relative to the stationary part of the tray along an axis (X8) parallel to the plane (P2) of the tray and perpendicular to the axis (Y6) of rotation of the tray , and in that : - in a deployed configuration, the tray is deployed jointly with the stationary part of the table top , the chassis being in a position maximally distanced from the stationary part of the table top ; - in a folded configuration, the tray is pivoted about its axis of rotation (Y6) in an inclined position relative to the stationary part of the table top , the chassis being in a position minimally distanced from the stationary part of the table top . - in a deployed configuration, the tray is deployed jointly with the stationary part of the table top , the chassis being in a position maximally distanced from the stationary part of the table top ; - in a folded configuration, the tray is pivoted about its axis of rotation (Y6) in an inclined position relative to the stationary part of the table top , the chassis being in a position minimally distanced from the stationary part of the table top .
A computer-implemented method for detecting barcodes in a digital image represented as a two-dimensional digital image array comprising: applying a filter to the image array , computing a discrete Radon transformation of the filtered image array, wherein the discrete Radon Transformation is computed for a plurality of discrete lines across the filtered image array , wherein for each given discrete line with a given slope the discrete Radon transformation is computed for a number of different displacements of the given discrete line , wherein said number of displacements is less than two times a dimension of the image array, detecting in the output of the discrete Radon transformation of the filtered image array the vertex points of a pattern , converting the detected vertex points back to discrete lines in the image array for constraining the location of a barcode present in the digital image . applying a filter to the image array , computing a discrete Radon transformation of the filtered image array, wherein the discrete Radon Transformation is computed for a plurality of discrete lines across the filtered image array , wherein for each given discrete line with a given slope the discrete Radon transformation is computed for a number of different displacements of the given discrete line , wherein said number of displacements is less than two times a dimension of the image array, detecting in the output of the discrete Radon transformation of the filtered image array the vertex points of a pattern , converting the detected vertex points back to discrete lines in the image array for constraining the location of a barcode present in the digital image .
A non-thermal equilibrium plasma ignition plug , comprising: a tubular metallic shell having an axial hole extending along an axial line (O); an insulator disposed in such a manner as to form a gap in cooperation with a wall surface of the axial hole at a forward end portion of the metallic shell , wherein the insulator is held to the metallic shell ; and a center electrode held at the center of the insulator , the non-thermal equilibrium plasma ignition plug is adapted for generating non-equilibrium plasma in response to voltage applied thereto from a power supply, characterized in that the insulator has a plurality of depressions (Dp) or protrusions (Pr) formed on a surface thereof which faces a discharge space (DS) therearound. a tubular metallic shell having an axial hole extending along an axial line (O); an insulator disposed in such a manner as to form a gap in cooperation with a wall surface of the axial hole at a forward end portion of the metallic shell , wherein the insulator is held to the metallic shell ; and a center electrode held at the center of the insulator , the non-thermal equilibrium plasma ignition plug is adapted for generating non-equilibrium plasma in response to voltage applied thereto from a power supply, characterized in that the insulator has a plurality of depressions (Dp) or protrusions (Pr) formed on a surface thereof which faces a discharge space (DS) therearound.
Control member for a timepiece comprising a head and a stem able to pass through a case of the timepiece and to cooperate with a mechanism of a movement of the timepiece, the head of the control member having a planar front face , characterised in that said planar front face comprises two blades emerging from this planar front face , each extending substantially parallel to the stem ; and in that a precious or semi-precious stone in the form of a cabochon is cut so as to have a planar base and two end faces each provided with a notch , rests by its planar base on the planar front face of the head ; this stone being held in place by the upper parts of the blades which are pushed back into said notches in the end faces of the stone .
A method of making an electrical input device , the method comprising operating a multi-material 3D-printing process to integrally print a non-conductive material portion and a conductive material portion , wherein deformations of the conductive material portion or the non-conductive material portion of the electrical input device during use of the electrical input device cause an electrical variance through the conductive material portion that is responsive to the deformations, wherein the electrical variance through the conductive material portion comprises closing an electrical circuit formed by the conductive material portion.
A method of manufacturing a graphene and graphene oxide layer comprising the steps of: a) preparing a suspension of a mixture of graphene and graphene oxide comprising a mixture of flake shaped graphene and graphene oxide particles in a suspension liquid, wherein the suspension liquid is water, b) applying the suspension of the mixture of graphene and graphene oxide on a support, c) heating the suspension and the support to evaporate at least a part of the suspension liquid for forming a layer of graphene and graphene oxide on the support, and d) subjecting the graphene and graphene oxide layer and the support to pressure. a) preparing a suspension of a mixture of graphene and graphene oxide comprising a mixture of flake shaped graphene and graphene oxide particles in a suspension liquid, wherein the suspension liquid is water, b) applying the suspension of the mixture of graphene and graphene oxide on a support, c) heating the suspension and the support to evaporate at least a part of the suspension liquid for forming a layer of graphene and graphene oxide on the support, and d) subjecting the graphene and graphene oxide layer and the support to pressure.
A test method for predicting or diagnosing cerebral infarction in a subject, or asymptomatic cerebral infarction, the method comprising the step: a) measuring the number of SSEA-3-positive pluripotent stem cells present in the blood sample which has been collected from the subject; b) comparing the number of the measured pluripotent stem cells with a cutoff value of 3.5 cells/μl and determining that the test is positive if it is higher than the cutoff value, wherein the pluripotent stem cells have all of the following properties: (i) SSEA-3 positive; (ii) CD105 positive; (iii) low or absent telomerase activity; (iv) ability to differentiate into cells of any of the three germ layers; (v) absence of demonstration of neoplastic proliferation; and (vi) presence of self-renewal ability. a) measuring the number of SSEA-3-positive pluripotent stem cells present in the blood sample which has been collected from the subject; b) comparing the number of the measured pluripotent stem cells with a cutoff value of 3.5 cells/μl and determining that the test is positive if it is higher than the cutoff value, (i) SSEA-3 positive; (ii) CD105 positive; (iii) low or absent telomerase activity; (iv) ability to differentiate into cells of any of the three germ layers; (v) absence of demonstration of neoplastic proliferation; and (vi) presence of self-renewal ability.
A moiré occurrence prediction device comprising: a communication unit for receiving an input image; a periodic structure inclusion determination unit for dividing the input image into plural processing regions of a fixed size, and determining, for each of the plural processing regions of the input image, whether or not the respective processing region of the input image is a periodic structure region that includes a periodic structure that induces the occurrence of moiré in the input image; an obtaining unit for obtaining a halftone dot image corresponding to the input image; a generation unit for generating a difference extraction image as a difference between the input image and the halftone dot image; a moiré prediction unit for determining a degree of risk of moiré occurrence in each periodic structure region by performing a predetermined frequency analysis process only with respect to each of the determined periodic structure regions in the difference extraction image, generating a moiré occurrence notification that indicates the degree of risk for each periodic structure region, and outputting the moiré occurrence notification. a communication unit for receiving an input image; a periodic structure inclusion determination unit for dividing the input image into plural processing regions of a fixed size, and determining, for each of the plural processing regions of the input image, whether or not the respective processing region of the input image is a periodic structure region that includes a periodic structure that induces the occurrence of moiré in the input image; an obtaining unit for obtaining a halftone dot image corresponding to the input image; a generation unit for generating a difference extraction image as a difference between the input image and the halftone dot image; a moiré prediction unit for determining a degree of risk of moiré occurrence in each periodic structure region by performing a predetermined frequency analysis process only with respect to each of the determined periodic structure regions in the difference extraction image, generating a moiré occurrence notification that indicates the degree of risk for each periodic structure region, and outputting the moiré occurrence notification.
A handheld X-ray scanner (100;200), comprising: an X-ray detector (106;206) configured to output a digital image based on incident X-ray radiation; an X-ray tube (104;218) configured to output X-ray radiation using a tube voltage between 40kV and 120kV; a frame (102;202) configured to hold the X-ray detector (106;206) and the X-ray tube (104;218), and configured to enable attachment of a shielding device to the frame (102;202); and a trigger configured to control the X-ray tube (104;218) to output the X-ray radiation in response to user input, wherein the handheld X-ray scanner (100;200) further comprises a computing device configured to control the tube voltage, said handheld X-ray scanner being characterized in that the computing device is configured to restrict operation of the X-ray tube (104;218) when attachment of the shielding device to the frame (102;202) is not detected and when the computing device is configured to use a tube voltage above 40kV. an X-ray detector (106;206) configured to output a digital image based on incident X-ray radiation; an X-ray tube (104;218) configured to output X-ray radiation using a tube voltage between 40kV and 120kV; a frame (102;202) configured to hold the X-ray detector (106;206) and the X-ray tube (104;218), and configured to enable attachment of a shielding device to the frame (102;202); and a trigger configured to control the X-ray tube (104;218) to output the X-ray radiation in response to user input, wherein the handheld X-ray scanner (100;200) further comprises a computing device configured to control the tube voltage, said handheld X-ray scanner being characterized in that the computing device is configured to restrict operation of the X-ray tube (104;218) when attachment of the shielding device to the frame (102;202) is not detected and when the computing device is configured to use a tube voltage above 40kV.