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A sonar transducer assembly comprising: at least one transducer element ; a flexible printed circuit board PCB comprising at least one set of electrical connections for the at least one transducer element ; and a support structure comprising at least one aperture for the at least one transducer element , wherein the support structure is configured to retain the at least one transducer element in the at least one aperture , wherein the transducer element is installed into the aperture in a direction that is perpendicular to the PCB plane, characterised in that the electrical connections of the PCB comprise flex tabs configured to flex out of a PCB plane defined by a body of the PCB ; and in that the support structure is configured to support the body of the PCB , and configured to allow flexion of the flex tabs into the aperture , wherein the transducer element is installed into the aperture in a direction that is perpendicular to the PCB plane to cause the flex tabs to flex outwardly from the PCB plane , the flexion of the flex tabs causing an elastic force of the flex tabs to be applied against opposing ends of the at least one transducer element . at least one transducer element ; a flexible printed circuit board PCB comprising at least one set of electrical connections for the at least one transducer element ; and a support structure comprising at least one aperture for the at least one transducer element , wherein the support structure is configured to retain the at least one transducer element in the at least one aperture , wherein the transducer element is installed into the aperture in a direction that is perpendicular to the PCB plane, characterised in that the electrical connections of the PCB comprise flex tabs configured to flex out of a PCB plane defined by a body of the PCB ; and in that the support structure is configured to support the body of the PCB , and configured to allow flexion of the flex tabs into the aperture , wherein the transducer element is installed into the aperture in a direction that is perpendicular to the PCB plane to cause the flex tabs to flex outwardly from the PCB plane , the flexion of the flex tabs causing an elastic force of the flex tabs to be applied against opposing ends of the at least one transducer element .
Lighting system for uniform light output, with a light guide unit ; the light guide unit comprises: a light guide plate ; several structures arranged on the light guide plate for decoupling light from the light guide plate , wherein the structures are cuboid-like and/or cylinder-like and designed in such a way that light can only exit at flanks of the structures ; wherein the lighting system additionally comprises: at least one light unit mounted on a side surface of the light guide plate for the introduction of light into the light guide plate ; and a glare suppression unit which is mounted on the light guide unit and on which are arranged several collimating elements ; wherein to each structure is assigned a collimating element ; and wherein each collimating element is designed to deflect, by total reflection, light that exits at the flanks of the structure assigned to it so that the light exits the lighting system ; wherein each collimating element comprises an opening ; and each structure projects into the collimating element assigned to it, wherein each structure is completely accommodated in the collimating element assigned to it, and wherein the collimating elements have the outer shape of cones cut off at the top with a circular base surface or of pyramids cut off at the top with a rectangular base surface, wherein an opening for completely accommodating the structures is formed on the surface, produced by the cut, of each collimating element. a light guide plate ; several structures arranged on the light guide plate for decoupling light from the light guide plate , wherein the structures are cuboid-like and/or cylinder-like and designed in such a way that light can only exit at flanks of the structures ; wherein the lighting system additionally comprises: at least one light unit mounted on a side surface of the light guide plate for the introduction of light into the light guide plate ; and a glare suppression unit which is mounted on the light guide unit and on which are arranged several collimating elements ; at least one light unit mounted on a side surface of the light guide plate for the introduction of light into the light guide plate ; and a glare suppression unit which is mounted on the light guide unit and on which are arranged several collimating elements ; wherein to each structure is assigned a collimating element ; and wherein each collimating element is designed to deflect, by total reflection, light that exits at the flanks of the structure assigned to it so that the light exits the lighting system ; wherein each collimating element comprises an opening ; and each structure projects into the collimating element assigned to it, wherein each structure is completely accommodated in the collimating element assigned to it, and wherein the collimating elements have the outer shape of cones cut off at the top with a circular base surface or of pyramids cut off at the top with a rectangular base surface, wherein an opening for completely accommodating the structures is formed on the surface, produced by the cut, of each collimating element.
An evacuation station for a cleaning robot , comprising: an air mover ; one or more sensors positioned along or proximate airflow pathways of the evacuation station; and a controller configured to: after the robot has docked at the evacuation station, initiate an evacuation process; during the evacuation process, activate the air mover, thereby generating an airflow to evacuate debris from a debris bin of the robot; determines a presence or absence of a clog or other obstruction or an air leak within the airflow pathways of the evacuation station using one or more signals received from the one or more sensors ; transmit data indicative of the presence of a clog or other obstruction or air leak to a remote computing device . an air mover ; one or more sensors positioned along or proximate airflow pathways of the evacuation station; and a controller configured to: after the robot has docked at the evacuation station, initiate an evacuation process; during the evacuation process, activate the air mover, thereby generating an airflow to evacuate debris from a debris bin of the robot; determines a presence or absence of a clog or other obstruction or an air leak within the airflow pathways of the evacuation station using one or more signals received from the one or more sensors ; transmit data indicative of the presence of a clog or other obstruction or air leak to a remote computing device . after the robot has docked at the evacuation station, initiate an evacuation process; during the evacuation process, activate the air mover, thereby generating an airflow to evacuate debris from a debris bin of the robot; determines a presence or absence of a clog or other obstruction or an air leak within the airflow pathways of the evacuation station using one or more signals received from the one or more sensors ; transmit data indicative of the presence of a clog or other obstruction or air leak to a remote computing device .
A power supply comprising: a receiver portion of a wireless power transfer apparatus, the receiver portion configured to be positioned inside an electrical equipment rack and, with the receiver portion being inside the electrical equipment rack, configured to be vertically positioned above a transmitter portion of the wireless power transfer apparatus that is located under a floor directly beneath the electrical equipment rack ; wherein the receiver portion is enclosed by an enclosure configured to contact the transmitter portion during wireless power transfer from the transmitter portion to the receiver portion . a receiver portion of a wireless power transfer apparatus, the receiver portion configured to be positioned inside an electrical equipment rack and, with the receiver portion being inside the electrical equipment rack, configured to be vertically positioned above a transmitter portion of the wireless power transfer apparatus that is located under a floor directly beneath the electrical equipment rack ; wherein the receiver portion is enclosed by an enclosure configured to contact the transmitter portion during wireless power transfer from the transmitter portion to the receiver portion .
Method for preparing ethylene in which ethane is partially catalytically converted in a reaction feed by oxidative dehydrogenation in the presence of oxygen to obtain a gaseous first component mixture comprising at least ethane, ethylene, acetic acid and water, wherein at least some of the gaseous first component mixture is subjected to scrubbing with a scrubbing liquid to obtain a liquid second component mixture which comprises water and acetic acid, characterized in that a first portion of the second component mixture is used to form the scrubbing liquid, in that a second portion of the second component mixture is subjected to a solvent extraction to obtain a liquid third component mixture comprising at least one organic solvent and acetic acid, and in that at least some of the liquid third component mixture is heated and subjected to distillation to obtain a liquid comprising predominantly or exclusively acetic acid, wherein the heating of the third component mixture or of the part thereof subjected to distillation is carried out at least partially in heat exchange with the first component mixture and/or with the first and/or with the second portion of the second component mixture.
Method for producing a sandwich element having at least a first cover layer , a core layer and an insert , wherein, in the sandwich element , a connection face of the core layer is connected to a connection face of the cover layer and a first face of the insert is connected at least partially to the connection face of the cover layer , characterized in that the core layer comprises a foam , in which method - a recess is introduced at least into the foam of the core layer , - the insert is positioned in the recess with a gap in relation to the foam , during the positioning of the insert at least one spacer is placed between the insert and the foam and the insert has at least one recess , into which the spacer is inserted, in particular partially inserted, - curable adhesive is filled into the gap , wherein the adhesive forms a layer between the insert and the foam , and - the adhesive cures. wherein, in the sandwich element , a connection face of the core layer is connected to a connection face of the cover layer and a first face of the insert is connected at least partially to the connection face of the cover layer , characterized in that the core layer comprises a foam , in which method - a recess is introduced at least into the foam of the core layer , - the insert is positioned in the recess with a gap in relation to the foam , during the positioning of the insert at least one spacer is placed between the insert and the foam and the insert has at least one recess , into which the spacer is inserted, in particular partially inserted, - curable adhesive is filled into the gap , wherein the adhesive forms a layer between the insert and the foam , and - the adhesive cures. - a recess is introduced at least into the foam of the core layer , - the insert is positioned in the recess with a gap in relation to the foam , during the positioning of the insert at least one spacer is placed between the insert and the foam and the insert has at least one recess , into which the spacer is inserted, in particular partially inserted, - curable adhesive is filled into the gap , wherein the adhesive forms a layer between the insert and the foam , and - the adhesive cures.
A computer-implemented method to process video, the method comprising: for a plurality of frames of the video, classifying an object which has been detected in one or more of the plurality of frames of the video; determining a filter parameter of a filter based on the classifying of the object, wherein an absence of the object in the one or more frames renders the filter parameter needing adjustment; temporally smoothing the determined filter parameter based on the classifying of the object; and applying the filter with a corresponding smoothed filter parameter to the plurality of frames of the video. for a plurality of frames of the video, classifying an object which has been detected in one or more of the plurality of frames of the video; determining a filter parameter of a filter based on the classifying of the object, wherein an absence of the object in the one or more frames renders the filter parameter needing adjustment; temporally smoothing the determined filter parameter based on the classifying of the object; and applying the filter with a corresponding smoothed filter parameter to the plurality of frames of the video.
An ophthalmologic apparatus comprising: an optical system for acquiring data of a subject's eye optically; an image acquiring unit that acquires a first image of an anterior segment of the subject's eye and a second image of the anterior segment at different timings from each other; a rotational movement amount calculator that calculates a rotational movement amount between a partial image in the second image and a corresponding partial image in the first image, the corresponding partial image corresponding to the partial image; a registration unit that performs registration between the corresponding partial image and the partial image in a rotation direction based on the rotational movement amount; a parallel movement amount calculator that performs a phase only correlation processing on the corresponding partial image and the partial image registered by the registration unit to calculate a parallel movement amount between the corresponding partial image and the partial image; a movement mechanism that moves the subject's eye and the optical system relative to each other; a controller that controls the movement mechanism based on at least one of the rotational movement amount and the parallel movement amount, a specifying unit that specifies the partial image in the second image, wherein the rotational movement calculator calculates the rotational movement amount between the corresponding partial image and the partial image specified by the specifying unit , and wherein the specifying unit specifies, as the partial image, an image of a predetermined region in the second image. an optical system for acquiring data of a subject's eye optically; an image acquiring unit that acquires a first image of an anterior segment of the subject's eye and a second image of the anterior segment at different timings from each other; a rotational movement amount calculator that calculates a rotational movement amount between a partial image in the second image and a corresponding partial image in the first image, the corresponding partial image corresponding to the partial image; a registration unit that performs registration between the corresponding partial image and the partial image in a rotation direction based on the rotational movement amount; a parallel movement amount calculator that performs a phase only correlation processing on the corresponding partial image and the partial image registered by the registration unit to calculate a parallel movement amount between the corresponding partial image and the partial image; a movement mechanism that moves the subject's eye and the optical system relative to each other; a controller that controls the movement mechanism based on at least one of the rotational movement amount and the parallel movement amount, a specifying unit that specifies the partial image in the second image, wherein the rotational movement calculator calculates the rotational movement amount between the corresponding partial image and the partial image specified by the specifying unit , and wherein the specifying unit specifies, as the partial image, an image of a predetermined region in the second image.
A method for producing packs with a carrying handle , with at least two articles being at least partly wrapped and held together by means of a shrink film , a banderole, or the like outer packaging , wherein the carrying handle is fixed to the pack at contact points by means of sealing bonds and/or adhesive bonds , characterized in that the contact points at least partly coincide with cut-outs in the outer packaging and penetrate the outer packaging in such a way that sealing bonds and/or adhesive bonds are produced between respective ends of the carrying handles and the outer surfaces of the articles .
A method for cycling autonomous underwater vehicles, AUVs, that record seismic signals during a marine seismic survey, the method comprising: deploying plural current AUVs on the ocean bottom; recording the seismic signals during the marine seismic survey with the plural current AUVs ; releasing from an underwater base a new AUV to replace a corresponding current AUV from the plural current AUVs ; recovering the corresponding current AUV ; and continuing to record the seismic signals with the new AUV . deploying plural current AUVs on the ocean bottom; recording the seismic signals during the marine seismic survey with the plural current AUVs ; releasing from an underwater base a new AUV to replace a corresponding current AUV from the plural current AUVs ; recovering the corresponding current AUV ; and continuing to record the seismic signals with the new AUV .
Method for manufacturing a calcium sulfoaluminate cement having at least 90% by weight C4A3$ in crystalline or amorphous form or as a mixture of crystalline and amorphous parts and a specific grinding fineness according to Blaine between 3500 cm2/g and 6250 cm2/g, wherein for manufacturing the calcium sulfoaluminate cement a mixture of raw materials is used, which contains between 41 and 50% by weight Al 2 O 3 , between 34 and 41% by weight CaO and between 11 and 19% by weight SO 3 , as well as between 0.1 and 3% by weight SiO 2 and/or between 0.1 and 1% by weight Fe 2 O 3 and/or between 0.05 and 2.5% by weight TiO 2 and/or between 0.05 and 2.5% by weight ZnO, the method comprising the steps: pulverizing the raw materials to a mixture with a specific grinding fineness according to Blaine between 3500 cm 2 /g and 6000 cm 2 /g and calcining the mixture at a calcining temperature of at least 1150°C. pulverizing the raw materials to a mixture with a specific grinding fineness according to Blaine between 3500 cm 2 /g and 6000 cm 2 /g and calcining the mixture at a calcining temperature of at least 1150°C.
A heart pump system comprising: a catheter ; a motor ; a rotor operatively coupled to the motor ; and a pump housing at least partially surrounding the rotor so that actuating the motor drives the rotor and pumps blood through the pump housing; a sensor configured to detect a hemodynamic parameter over time; and a controller configured to: detect over time a motor parameter associated with the motor , receive an input from the sensor of the detected hemodynamic parameter over time, determine a relationship between the detected hemodynamic parameter and the detected motor parameter, characterize the relationship between the hemodynamic parameter and the motor parameter using a polynomial best fit algorithm, and store the determined relationship in a memory. a catheter ; a motor ; a rotor operatively coupled to the motor ; and a pump housing at least partially surrounding the rotor so that actuating the motor drives the rotor and pumps blood through the pump housing; a sensor configured to detect a hemodynamic parameter over time; and a controller configured to: detect over time a motor parameter associated with the motor , receive an input from the sensor of the detected hemodynamic parameter over time, determine a relationship between the detected hemodynamic parameter and the detected motor parameter, characterize the relationship between the hemodynamic parameter and the motor parameter using a polynomial best fit algorithm, and store the determined relationship in a memory. detect over time a motor parameter associated with the motor , receive an input from the sensor of the detected hemodynamic parameter over time, determine a relationship between the detected hemodynamic parameter and the detected motor parameter, characterize the relationship between the hemodynamic parameter and the motor parameter using a polynomial best fit algorithm, and store the determined relationship in a memory.
A method for preserving fresh food comprising the following steps: (a) providing an aqueous solution , wherein the solution is an alkaline solution with a pH value > 11.5; (b) providing an aqueous solution , comprising 0.5% to 25% w/w ascorbate and/or isoascorbate ions; (c) applying the solution on the fresh food; and (d) in a subsequent step applying the solution on the same fresh food. (a) providing an aqueous solution , wherein the solution is an alkaline solution with a pH value > 11.5; (b) providing an aqueous solution , comprising 0.5% to 25% w/w ascorbate and/or isoascorbate ions; (c) applying the solution on the fresh food; and (d) in a subsequent step applying the solution on the same fresh food.
A folding belt for transporting and screening of crushed harvested crop of different sizes being transported thereon for a harvester, in particular a hemp harvester for picking flowers or buds of a plant to be harvested, the plant preferably being a hemp plant, wherein the folding belt is a belt running on rollers guided on a frame having folding rakes hingedly connected thereto, the folding rakes are designed with their tips foldable away from the surface of the belt about a pivot axis perpendicular to the direction of motion of the belt, and pieces of the harvested crop may be selectively filtered during transport on the folding belt by means of the gaps between the projections of the folding rakes in accordance with their size by falling therethrough, characterized in that sliding links are disposed on the folding rakes that are at least identical in shape with the projections on the folding rakes and are slideable perpendicular to the direction of motion of the belt, wherein the gap openings of the folding rakes may be reduced effectively by sliding the sliding links away from the overlap with the folding rakes. wherein the folding belt is a belt running on rollers guided on a frame having folding rakes hingedly connected thereto, the folding rakes are designed with their tips foldable away from the surface of the belt about a pivot axis perpendicular to the direction of motion of the belt, and pieces of the harvested crop may be selectively filtered during transport on the folding belt by means of the gaps between the projections of the folding rakes in accordance with their size by falling therethrough, characterized in that sliding links are disposed on the folding rakes that are at least identical in shape with the projections on the folding rakes and are slideable perpendicular to the direction of motion of the belt, wherein the gap openings of the folding rakes may be reduced effectively by sliding the sliding links away from the overlap with the folding rakes.