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A method for communication, the method comprising: performing by one or more processors and/or circuits in a global navigation satellite-based systems (GNSS) enabled mobile device (110-113, 200): if said GNSS enabled mobile device (110-113, 200) has moved from a first area , where GNSS signal quality and/or level is above a particular threshold value, to a second area , where said GNSS signal quality and/or level is below said particular threshold value, collecting, in said second area , sensor data received from a plurality of sensors (121-126) distributed within said second area for one or more encountered sensor targets (127a-127e) with known locations within said second area ; identifying sensor target location information of said one or more encountered sensor targets (127a-127e) from the received sensor data; and determining a location of said GNSS enabled mobile device (110-113, 200) within said second area by combining said identified sensor target location information of said one or more encountered sensor targets (127a-127e) with previous GNSS measurements calculated by said GNSS enabled mobile device (110-113, 200), when said GNSS enabled mobile device (110-113, 200) was in said first area . if said GNSS enabled mobile device (110-113, 200) has moved from a first area , where GNSS signal quality and/or level is above a particular threshold value, to a second area , where said GNSS signal quality and/or level is below said particular threshold value, collecting, in said second area , sensor data received from a plurality of sensors (121-126) distributed within said second area for one or more encountered sensor targets (127a-127e) with known locations within said second area ; identifying sensor target location information of said one or more encountered sensor targets (127a-127e) from the received sensor data; and determining a location of said GNSS enabled mobile device (110-113, 200) within said second area by combining said identified sensor target location information of said one or more encountered sensor targets (127a-127e) with previous GNSS measurements calculated by said GNSS enabled mobile device (110-113, 200), when said GNSS enabled mobile device (110-113, 200) was in said first area .
An imaging method performed by an imaging apparatus, the method comprising the steps of: • displaying an image obtained by picking up the image of a subject on a display unit of the imaging apparatus; • receiving a first position specification by a first tap of a user on a touch panel of the imaging apparatus, the touch panel being superimposed on the display unit; • setting an autofocus area on the display unit at a position specified by the first tap; • displaying an autofocus frame representing the autofocus area on the image of the display unit; • receiving a second position specification of the user on the touch panel of the imaging apparatus by a second tap of the user; and • when a focusing process on the subject included in the autofocus area is completed and a position specified by the second tap is in the autofocus frame displayed on the display unit, an image focused on the subject included in the autofocus area is recorded, characterized in, when the focusing process is not completed and the second tap is received within a predetermined time from the first tap, setting a second area containing the autofocus area as a new autofocus area, and performing the focusing process on the subject included in the second area, and recording an image focused on the subject included in the second area. • displaying an image obtained by picking up the image of a subject on a display unit of the imaging apparatus; • receiving a first position specification by a first tap of a user on a touch panel of the imaging apparatus, the touch panel being superimposed on the display unit; • setting an autofocus area on the display unit at a position specified by the first tap; • displaying an autofocus frame representing the autofocus area on the image of the display unit; • receiving a second position specification of the user on the touch panel of the imaging apparatus by a second tap of the user; and • when a focusing process on the subject included in the autofocus area is completed and a position specified by the second tap is in the autofocus frame displayed on the display unit, an image focused on the subject included in the autofocus area is recorded, characterized in, when the focusing process is not completed and the second tap is received within a predetermined time from the first tap, setting a second area containing the autofocus area as a new autofocus area, and performing the focusing process on the subject included in the second area, and recording an image focused on the subject included in the second area.
A sealing apparatus for a cryopreservation bag, the apparatus comprising: a bag clamping device for pinching and fixing a sealed portion of the cryopreservation bag; a laser device for radiating an infrared laser beam toward the sealed portion pinched and fixed by the bag clamping device ; a scanning structure for moving the bag clamping device ; and a frame for supporting the respective members (56 to 58), wherein the bag clamping device includes a fixed pinching block supported by a scanning base fixed to the frame , a movable pinching block supported by a guide shaft provided to the fixed pinching block to be able to come in contact with and move away from the fixed pinching block , and a clamp actuator for bringing the movable pinching block into contact with and moving the movable pinching block away from the fixed pinching block , the laser device includes a laser oscillator and a condensing lens for condensing the infrared laser beam radiated from the laser oscillator toward the sealed portion of the cryopreservation bag, the fixed pinching block includes a block base in which a radiation window for the infrared laser beam is open, a heat radiator made of solid material configured to pass through the infrared laser, and a heat radiator holder mounted to the block base to support the heat radiator so that the heat radiator faces the radiation window , and the infrared laser beam is configured to be radiated to the sealed portion of the cryopreservation bag, to form a seal bead crossing an inlet/outlet at the sealed portion in a state in which the sealed portion is pinched and fixed by the heat radiator , the heat radiator holder , and the movable pinching block and while the bag clamping device is moved by the scanning structure , wherein the heat radiator is configured to absorb and diffuse welding heat which has been generated when forming the seal bead and has reached to a back surface of the sealed portion and the movable pinching block is configured to absorb and diffuse the welding heat which has reached a front surface of the sealed portion .
An electrophysiology catheter tip for use in ablation, the catheter tip comprising: an outer layer of an electrically and thermally conducting metal, the outer layer having a thickness of approximately 40 microns; an inner layer of an electrically and thermally conducting metal, the inner layer having a thickness of approximately 40 microns; a polymer layer between the inner and outer layer, wherein the polymer layer is a printed circuit board, PCB, having a thickness of approximately 50 microns; and a plurality of thermal bridges selectively positioned between the inner and outer layers and through the polymer layer increase the heat transfer of the catheter tip through the polymer layer such that when the catheter tip is set at an angle of 45° to tissue with a penetration depth of 0.8mm and approximately 0.63 Amperes are delivered to the outer layer of the tip, ablation can be performed for 30 seconds without the temperature of the catheter tip exceeding 130°C; and when approximately 0.90 Amperes are delivered to the outer layer of the tip, ablation can be performed for 4.5 seconds without the temperature of the catheter tip exceeding 130°C, wherein a diameter of each of the plurality of thermal bridges is approximately 60 microns. an outer layer of an electrically and thermally conducting metal, the outer layer having a thickness of approximately 40 microns; an inner layer of an electrically and thermally conducting metal, the inner layer having a thickness of approximately 40 microns; a polymer layer between the inner and outer layer, wherein the polymer layer is a printed circuit board, PCB, having a thickness of approximately 50 microns; and a plurality of thermal bridges selectively positioned between the inner and outer layers and through the polymer layer increase the heat transfer of the catheter tip through the polymer layer such that when the catheter tip is set at an angle of 45° to tissue with a penetration depth of 0.8mm and approximately 0.63 Amperes are delivered to the outer layer of the tip, ablation can be performed for 30 seconds without the temperature of the catheter tip exceeding 130°C; and when approximately 0.90 Amperes are delivered to the outer layer of the tip, ablation can be performed for 4.5 seconds without the temperature of the catheter tip exceeding 130°C, wherein a diameter of each of the plurality of thermal bridges is approximately 60 microns.
A method of obtaining an output blood pressure (BP) signal, comprising: providing a plurality of N pressure sensors configured to detect pressure changes through the skin of a subject; acquiring, by an acquisition circuit, a plurality of N blood pressure waveform signals, each waveform signal acquired from one of said pressure sensors ; utilizing, by a processor, waveform signals from one or more relatively accurate pressure sensors from among said plurality of pressure sensors to calibrate one or more less accurate pressure sensors within said plurality of pressure sensors , whereby the one or more relatively accurate pressure sensors comprise resistive pressure sensors and the one or more relatively less accurate pressure sensors comprise capacitive pressure sensors; and combining, by the processor, said N blood pressure waveform signals including one or more calibrated blood pressure waveform signals to generate a composite output blood pressure signal therefrom, wherein said composite output blood pressure signal is generated by estimating and applying weight coefficients to each of said N blood pressure waveform signals, whereby the weight coefficients are estimated by an adaptive weight algorithm , and whereby the adaptive weight algorithm is configured to accept the N blood pressure waveform signals and the composite output blood pressure signal and to estimate coefficients for each of said N blood pressure waveform signals such that a signal to noise ratio (SNR) on the composite output blood pressure signal is maximized. providing a plurality of N pressure sensors configured to detect pressure changes through the skin of a subject; acquiring, by an acquisition circuit, a plurality of N blood pressure waveform signals, each waveform signal acquired from one of said pressure sensors ; utilizing, by a processor, waveform signals from one or more relatively accurate pressure sensors from among said plurality of pressure sensors to calibrate one or more less accurate pressure sensors within said plurality of pressure sensors , whereby the one or more relatively accurate pressure sensors comprise resistive pressure sensors and the one or more relatively less accurate pressure sensors comprise capacitive pressure sensors; and combining, by the processor, said N blood pressure waveform signals including one or more calibrated blood pressure waveform signals to generate a composite output blood pressure signal therefrom, wherein said composite output blood pressure signal is generated by estimating and applying weight coefficients to each of said N blood pressure waveform signals, whereby the weight coefficients are estimated by an adaptive weight algorithm , and whereby the adaptive weight algorithm is configured to accept the N blood pressure waveform signals and the composite output blood pressure signal and to estimate coefficients for each of said N blood pressure waveform signals such that a signal to noise ratio (SNR) on the composite output blood pressure signal is maximized.
A shell-and-tube heat exchanger for exchanging heat between a tube-side fluid (F1) and a shell-side fluid (F2) comprising: - a first tubesheet ; - a second tubesheet ; - a shell body that is fitted with a shell-side inlet nozzle , opposing terminal ends of the shell body bordered by the first tubesheet and the second tubesheet ; - one or more heat exchange tubes that extend through the shell body from the first tubesheet to the second tubesheet ; and - a spiral baffle following a helical trajectory with its center of rotation substantially aligned with a center line of the shell body, the spiral baffle arranged to provide a helical flow path through the shell body downstream the shell-side inlet nozzle towards the first tubesheet ; and - an outlet collector pipe that extends substantially coaxially within the shell body and that supports the spiral baffle along its length, such that the helical flow path is guided along an outer surface of the outlet collector pipe , wherein the outlet collector pipe is mounted to and passes through the second tubesheet , and wherein the outlet collector pipe is separated from the first tubesheet by a gap downstream the helical flow path to allow the shell-side fluid (F2) to enter an inlet of the collector pipe , which collector pipe inlet faces the first tubesheet across the gap, and to exit the shell body via a shell-side outlet nozzle provided on a terminal end of the outlet collector pipe opposite to the collector pipe inlet . - a first tubesheet ; - a second tubesheet ; - a shell body that is fitted with a shell-side inlet nozzle , opposing terminal ends of the shell body bordered by the first tubesheet and the second tubesheet ; - one or more heat exchange tubes that extend through the shell body from the first tubesheet to the second tubesheet ; and - a spiral baffle following a helical trajectory with its center of rotation substantially aligned with a center line of the shell body, the spiral baffle arranged to provide a helical flow path through the shell body downstream the shell-side inlet nozzle towards the first tubesheet ; and - an outlet collector pipe that extends substantially coaxially within the shell body and that supports the spiral baffle along its length, such that the helical flow path is guided along an outer surface of the outlet collector pipe ,
Method for engraving, marking and/or lettering a workpiece with a laser plotter , in which in a housing of the laser plotter one, but preferably several, in particular two beam sources in the form of lasers are used, which act preferably in alternating fashion on the workpiece to be processed, wherein the workpiece is deposited in a defined manner on a processing table and a laser beam emitted by the beam source sent via deflecting elements to at least one focusing unit from which the laser beam is deflected in the direction of the workpiece and focused for machining, wherein the control, in particular the position control, of the workpiece relative to the laser beam is effected via software running in a control unit , so that the workpiece is machined line by line by adjustment of a carriage , characterised in that from the control unit a sequence control adapted to the quality of the engraving, in which a defined ratio of a spot size to the inter-line distance and an engraving sequence of the lines to be processed is determined or carried out, respectively, and the focusing unit on the carriage is controlled in accordance with the defined parameters of the sequence control, and the engraving sequence is carried out unidirectionally block by block, wherein in each case at least two blocks are processed in alternating fashion and wherein the engraving direction changes from block to block.
Method for collision monitoring for a periodically moving, electrically driven component of a container handling machine with another component or a container, wherein a limit value for a measured variable that is indicative of a collision between the movable component and the other component or the container is stipulated that, when exceeded, prompts the drive of the component to be shut down, characterized in that the limit value for the measured variable is determined dynamically for a current period of the movement of the component on the basis of the measured variable measured during a preceding period.
A method for data processing in a digital subscriber line environment, the method comprising the steps: - determining a deterioration of a connection between a centralized unit and a decentralized unit during an initialization of the connection; - wherein the connection between the centralized unit and the decentralized unit is part of a vectoring group ; - disabling the connection based on the deterioration before a re-connection attempt is performed, wherein the connection is locked such that it cannot be initialized when still being deteriorated and/or initializing the connection in a fallback mode that limits a spectrum usage to a frequency range and/or to a lower power spectral density. - determining a deterioration of a connection between a centralized unit and a decentralized unit during an initialization of the connection; - wherein the connection between the centralized unit and the decentralized unit is part of a vectoring group ; - disabling the connection based on the deterioration before a re-connection attempt is performed, wherein the connection is locked such that it cannot be initialized when still being deteriorated and/or initializing the connection in a fallback mode that limits a spectrum usage to a frequency range and/or to a lower power spectral density.
A method of processing an audio signal comprising: receiving an audio signal input; separating the audio signal input into a plurality of frequency bands, wherein each frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands comprises a band-limited audio signal; compressing the band-limited audio signal of each of the plurality of frequency bands, wherein compressing the band-limited audio signal of each respective frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands comprises applying a time-varying gain to the band-limited audio signal of each respective frequency band based on a modeled suppressive level for the respective frequency band resulting in a compressed respective frequency band, wherein the modeled suppressive level for the respective frequency band is dependent on the instantaneous audio signal input level of one or more frequency bands adjacent to the respective frequency band to which the gain is applied; and combining the compressed respective frequency bands for use in providing an audio signal output, the method being characterised in that applying the time-varying gain to the band-limited audio signal of each respective frequency band based on the modeled suppressive level for the respective frequency band comprises determining the modeled suppressive level for the respective frequency band using equations based on two-tone suppression as observed for normal human ears for the respective frequency band. receiving an audio signal input; separating the audio signal input into a plurality of frequency bands, wherein each frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands comprises a band-limited audio signal; compressing the band-limited audio signal of each of the plurality of frequency bands, wherein compressing the band-limited audio signal of each respective frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands comprises applying a time-varying gain to the band-limited audio signal of each respective frequency band based on a modeled suppressive level for the respective frequency band resulting in a compressed respective frequency band, wherein the modeled suppressive level for the respective frequency band is dependent on the instantaneous audio signal input level of one or more frequency bands adjacent to the respective frequency band to which the gain is applied; and combining the compressed respective frequency bands for use in providing an audio signal output, the method being characterised in that applying the time-varying gain to the band-limited audio signal of each respective frequency band based on the modeled suppressive level for the respective frequency band comprises determining the modeled suppressive level for the respective frequency band using equations based on two-tone suppression as observed for normal human ears for the respective frequency band.
An implantable ophthalmic lens or an ophthalmic contact lens comprising: an anterior face and a posterior face , the faces disposed about an optical axis ; and an isolated echelette imposed on the anterior face or the posterior face so as to form: an inner portion including a center and a peripheral edge , wherein the inner portion is the echelette; an annular refractive outer portion including an inner edge and a peripheral edge ; and a diffractive transition step joining the peripheral edge of the inner portion and the inner edge of the outer portion , the diffractive transition step having a step height. an anterior face and a posterior face , the faces disposed about an optical axis ; and an isolated echelette imposed on the anterior face or the posterior face so as to form: an inner portion including a center and a peripheral edge , wherein the inner portion is the echelette; an annular refractive outer portion including an inner edge and a peripheral edge ; and a diffractive transition step joining the peripheral edge of the inner portion and the inner edge of the outer portion , the diffractive transition step having a step height. an inner portion including a center and a peripheral edge , wherein the inner portion is the echelette; an annular refractive outer portion including an inner edge and a peripheral edge ; and a diffractive transition step joining the peripheral edge of the inner portion and the inner edge of the outer portion , the diffractive transition step having a step height.