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A method for use in locating at least one device operably coupled to the Internet and having an Internet Protocol, IP, address, the method comprising: obtaining a first estimated geographic location of the at least one device , the first estimated geographic location based on the IP address of the at least one device ; measuring, from each sensor in a plurality of sensors operably coupled to the Internet, a latency distribution associated with transmissions to, or to and from, the at least one device , each sensor in the plurality of sensors being at a different geographic location; computing, for each sensor in the plurality of sensors , a latency from the latency distribution measured from said each sensor using a technique that reduces or eliminates outliers; selecting a shortest latency from among the computed latencies; identifying a particular sensor , from the plurality of sensors , that corresponds to the selected shortest latency; estimating a maximum possible geographic distance from the particular sensor to the at least one device based at least in part on the selected shortest latency corresponding to the particular sensor ; determining if the first estimated geographic location of the at least one device is within the estimated maximum possible geographic distance from the particular sensor ; and responsive to determining that the first estimated geographic location of the at least one device is not within the estimated maximum possible geographic distance from the particular sensor , discarding the first estimated geographic location as implausible. obtaining a first estimated geographic location of the at least one device , the first estimated geographic location based on the IP address of the at least one device ; measuring, from each sensor in a plurality of sensors operably coupled to the Internet, a latency distribution associated with transmissions to, or to and from, the at least one device , each sensor in the plurality of sensors being at a different geographic location; computing, for each sensor in the plurality of sensors , a latency from the latency distribution measured from said each sensor using a technique that reduces or eliminates outliers; selecting a shortest latency from among the computed latencies; identifying a particular sensor , from the plurality of sensors , that corresponds to the selected shortest latency; estimating a maximum possible geographic distance from the particular sensor to the at least one device based at least in part on the selected shortest latency corresponding to the particular sensor ; determining if the first estimated geographic location of the at least one device is within the estimated maximum possible geographic distance from the particular sensor ; and responsive to determining that the first estimated geographic location of the at least one device is not within the estimated maximum possible geographic distance from the particular sensor , discarding the first estimated geographic location as implausible.
A system for icing prediction of an aircraft comprising: an environmental sensor suite configured to be installed on an aircraft and configured to measure at least two different kinds of environmental parameters corresponding to conditions external to the aircraft as the aircraft travels along a flight path, data acquisition circuitry communicatively coupled to the environmental sensor suite and configured to acquire and deliver real-time environmental data from the environmental sensor suite ; a computer system configured to be installed onboard the aircraft, communicatively coupled to the data acquisition circuitry to receive real-time the environmental data, the computer system comprising: a supervised learning engine configured to process the real-time environmental data to compute a probability that the aircraft will experience icing along the flight path, a reinforcement learning engine configured to generate an icing risk alert and/or a recommended icing avoidance maneuver based on user-defined parameters and the computed probability of icing, and a database storing a library of learning comprising information about the success or failure of previous icing avoidance maneuvers, and wherein the reinforcement learning engine is configured to issue no icing risk alert and recommended no icing avoidance maneuver based on a determination of a tolerable risk of icing made based on the information in the library of learning. an environmental sensor suite configured to be installed on an aircraft and configured to measure at least two different kinds of environmental parameters corresponding to conditions external to the aircraft as the aircraft travels along a flight path, data acquisition circuitry communicatively coupled to the environmental sensor suite and configured to acquire and deliver real-time environmental data from the environmental sensor suite ; a computer system configured to be installed onboard the aircraft, communicatively coupled to the data acquisition circuitry to receive real-time the environmental data, the computer system comprising: a supervised learning engine configured to process the real-time environmental data to compute a probability that the aircraft will experience icing along the flight path, a reinforcement learning engine configured to generate an icing risk alert and/or a recommended icing avoidance maneuver based on user-defined parameters and the computed probability of icing, and a database storing a library of learning comprising information about the success or failure of previous icing avoidance maneuvers, and wherein the reinforcement learning engine is configured to issue no icing risk alert and recommended no icing avoidance maneuver based on a determination of a tolerable risk of icing made based on the information in the library of learning.
A method of removing fluid from a rock formation using a sampling tool , the method comprising: deploying first and second probes of the sampling tool to first and second positions respectively along a wellbore within the rock formation; simultaneously withdrawing fluid from the rock formation through the first and second probes during a first period of time; after the first period of time, disabling the second probe to prevent fluid from being withdrawn from the rock formation through the second probe; while the second probe is disabled, withdrawing fluid from the rock formation through the first probe during a second period of time; after the second period of time, disabling the first probe to prevent fluid from being withdrawn from the rock formation through the first probe; and while the first probe is disabled, withdrawing fluid from the rock formation through the second probe during a third period of time. deploying first and second probes of the sampling tool to first and second positions respectively along a wellbore within the rock formation; simultaneously withdrawing fluid from the rock formation through the first and second probes during a first period of time; after the first period of time, disabling the second probe to prevent fluid from being withdrawn from the rock formation through the second probe; while the second probe is disabled, withdrawing fluid from the rock formation through the first probe during a second period of time; after the second period of time, disabling the first probe to prevent fluid from being withdrawn from the rock formation through the first probe; and while the first probe is disabled, withdrawing fluid from the rock formation through the second probe during a third period of time.
Method for operating a packaging machine for products, in particular for tobacco products such as cigarettes, or for sanitary items, having a bobbin , drivable by a servo motor, having a material web wound thereonto, in which, for determining the diameter of the bobbin , a) the bobbin is (positively or negatively) accelerated in a targeted manner, b) the motor current of the servo motor is measured in the acceleration phase, and c) the electric current values measured in the acceleration phase are evaluated, characterized in that the diameter to be determined is an initial diameter of a fresh bobbin , the material web of which in the context of a bobbin changeover, in particular in a bobbin changeover installation, is connected as a fresh web to an expiring material web of an expiring bobbin , wherein the diameter is determined prior to the fresh web being connected to the expiring web . a) the bobbin is (positively or negatively) accelerated in a targeted manner, b) the motor current of the servo motor is measured in the acceleration phase, and c) the electric current values measured in the acceleration phase are evaluated, characterized in that the diameter to be determined is an initial diameter of a fresh bobbin , the material web of which in the context of a bobbin changeover, in particular in a bobbin changeover installation, is connected as a fresh web to an expiring material web of an expiring bobbin , wherein the diameter is determined prior to the fresh web being connected to the expiring web .
A spray drying system for drying liquid into powder comprising: an elongated body supported in an upright position; a closure arrangement at opposite upper and lower ends of the elongated body for forming a drying chamber within the elongated body; one of the closure arrangements including a drying gas inlet for coupling to a heated drying gas source and for directing heated drying gas into the drying chamber ; an electrostatic spray nozzle assembly supported in one of the closure arrangements; said electrostatic spray nozzle assembly including a nozzle body having a liquid inlet for coupling to a supply of liquid, a discharge spray tip assembly at a downstream end for directing liquid to be dried into the drying chamber and an electrode for coupling to an electrical source for electrically charging liquid passing through the spray nozzle assembly into the drying chamber , and said lower end closure arrangement including a powder collection vessel for collecting powder dried in the drying chamber , an upper end of the powder collection vessel being in communication with the drying chamber characterized by : said powder collection vessel including a blanket gas inlet near the upper end of the powder collection vessel that communicates with a blanket gas supply and is configured such that blanket gas from the blanket gas supply is directed into the interior of the powder collection vessel to blanket the powder in the powder collection vessel and thereby protect the dried powder in the collection vessel from exposure to heat, moisture, and oxygen from the heated drying gas from the drying chamber . an elongated body supported in an upright position; a closure arrangement at opposite upper and lower ends of the elongated body for forming a drying chamber within the elongated body; one of the closure arrangements including a drying gas inlet for coupling to a heated drying gas source and for directing heated drying gas into the drying chamber ; an electrostatic spray nozzle assembly supported in one of the closure arrangements; said electrostatic spray nozzle assembly including a nozzle body having a liquid inlet for coupling to a supply of liquid, a discharge spray tip assembly at a downstream end for directing liquid to be dried into the drying chamber and an electrode for coupling to an electrical source for electrically charging liquid passing through the spray nozzle assembly into the drying chamber , and said lower end closure arrangement including a powder collection vessel for collecting powder dried in the drying chamber , an upper end of the powder collection vessel being in communication with the drying chamber characterized by : said powder collection vessel including a blanket gas inlet near the upper end of the powder collection vessel that communicates with a blanket gas supply and is configured such that blanket gas from the blanket gas supply is directed into the interior of the powder collection vessel to blanket the powder in the powder collection vessel and thereby protect the dried powder in the collection vessel from exposure to heat, moisture, and oxygen from the heated drying gas from the drying chamber .
A method comprising: identifying a notification generated for a user, the notification being associated with a media content item ; determining whether the user has interacted with the media content item ; determining whether the user has interacted with the notification by selecting a reference to the media content item within the notification ; responsive to determining that the user has interacted with the media content item and has not interacted with the notification associated with the media content item , calculating, by a processing device , an affinity score of the user with respect to the notification , wherein calculating, by the processing device , the affinity score of the user with respect to the notification comprises: (i) defining an initial affinity score; (ii) determining whether the interaction of the user with the media content item occurred within a threshold period of time from a transmission of the notification to the user; and (iii) based on a determination that the user has accessed the media content item within the threshold period of time, modifying the initial affinity score; and determining a condition associated with providing a subsequent notification to the user based on the calculated affinity score of the user. identifying a notification generated for a user, the notification being associated with a media content item ; determining whether the user has interacted with the media content item ; determining whether the user has interacted with the notification by selecting a reference to the media content item within the notification ; responsive to determining that the user has interacted with the media content item and has not interacted with the notification associated with the media content item , calculating, by a processing device , an affinity score of the user with respect to the notification , wherein calculating, by the processing device , the affinity score of the user with respect to the notification comprises: (i) defining an initial affinity score; (ii) determining whether the interaction of the user with the media content item occurred within a threshold period of time from a transmission of the notification to the user; and (iii) based on a determination that the user has accessed the media content item within the threshold period of time, modifying the initial affinity score; and (i) defining an initial affinity score; (ii) determining whether the interaction of the user with the media content item occurred within a threshold period of time from a transmission of the notification to the user; and (iii) based on a determination that the user has accessed the media content item within the threshold period of time, modifying the initial affinity score; and determining a condition associated with providing a subsequent notification to the user based on the calculated affinity score of the user.
A surgical tool comprising: at least one brush disposed on a shaft extending through a tube , the tube having a corresponding brush slot for each brush ; a motor operable to rotate the shaft to cause the at least one brush to move from a closed position to a cleaning position, the at least one brush positioned entirely inside of the tube when in the closed position and at least partially outside of the tube when in the cleaning position; and a fluid source operable to supply fluid to the at least one brush as the at least one brush passes through the brush slot . at least one brush disposed on a shaft extending through a tube , the tube having a corresponding brush slot for each brush ; a motor operable to rotate the shaft to cause the at least one brush to move from a closed position to a cleaning position, the at least one brush positioned entirely inside of the tube when in the closed position and at least partially outside of the tube when in the cleaning position; and a fluid source operable to supply fluid to the at least one brush as the at least one brush passes through the brush slot .
Cattle shackle to prevent a cattle from kicking, with two bracket elements which are movable relatively to each other and are adapted to hold the cattle shackle at the cattle between a flank and a spinal column of the cattle , characterized in that , when the cattle shackle is hold at the cattle the two bracket elements are created shiftable relatively to each other due to a move of the cattle , and the shift of the two bracket elements is created by means of an elastic tensioning device that connects the two bracket elements .
A mutant of PQQ-dependent soluble glucose dehydrogenase (s-GDH; EC 1.1.5.2) with improved specificity for glucose as compared to maltose, having a substitution of threonine at position 348 by either glycine, alanine or serine, wherein said mutant additionally comprises a) at least one mutation for improving the stability of the mutant, b) at least one mutation for improving the affinity of the mutant to glucose, wherein said mutation for improving the affinity to glucose is selected from the group consisting of L110H or Y; N229A, G or S; Q246H, M or N; Y333A; G339T; and V436P, and optionally c) one or more mutation(s) for further improving the specificity of the mutant for glucose as compared to maltose, and wherein these positions correspond to the amino acid positions known from the A. calcoaceticus s-GDH wild-type sequence (SEQ ID NO: 2). a) at least one mutation for improving the stability of the mutant, b) at least one mutation for improving the affinity of the mutant to glucose, wherein said mutation for improving the affinity to glucose is selected from the group consisting of L110H or Y; N229A, G or S; Q246H, M or N; Y333A; G339T; and V436P, and optionally c) one or more mutation(s) for further improving the specificity of the mutant for glucose as compared to maltose, and
A method of processing video data, the method comprising: obtaining the video data; using frame rate up-conversion bilateral matching coding mode for a block of the video data, wherein using the frame rate up-conversion bilateral matching coding mode includes: using a translational motion model to derive translational motion information; using the derived translational motion information as an input into an affine motion model to derive affine motion information, the affine motion information including first affine motion information for a first reference picture and second affine motion information for a second reference picture; and determining at least one prediction for the block using the first affine motion information and the second affine motion information. obtaining the video data; using frame rate up-conversion bilateral matching coding mode for a block of the video data, wherein using the frame rate up-conversion bilateral matching coding mode includes: using a translational motion model to derive translational motion information; using the derived translational motion information as an input into an affine motion model to derive affine motion information, the affine motion information including first affine motion information for a first reference picture and second affine motion information for a second reference picture; and determining at least one prediction for the block using the first affine motion information and the second affine motion information. using a translational motion model to derive translational motion information; using the derived translational motion information as an input into an affine motion model to derive affine motion information, the affine motion information including first affine motion information for a first reference picture and second affine motion information for a second reference picture; and determining at least one prediction for the block using the first affine motion information and the second affine motion information.
A pool cleaning robot comprising: a housing ; a propulsion mechanism configured to propel the pool cleaning robot along an interior surface of a pool; brushes to clean surfaces of the pool during a cleaning cycle; a filtering system ; a suction mechanism to draw liquid from the pool through an inlet into the housing and to discharge it from an outlet; and a detachable module that is detachably coupled to the housing or to any other part of the pool cleaning robot, wherein the detachable module is a detachable battery; characterized in that the detachable battery is detacheably coupled to the housing or to any other part of the pool cleaning robot in a magnetic manner. a housing ; a propulsion mechanism configured to propel the pool cleaning robot along an interior surface of a pool; brushes to clean surfaces of the pool during a cleaning cycle; a filtering system ; a suction mechanism to draw liquid from the pool through an inlet into the housing and to discharge it from an outlet; and a detachable module that is detachably coupled to the housing or to any other part of the pool cleaning robot, wherein the detachable module is a detachable battery; characterized in that the detachable battery is detacheably coupled to the housing or to any other part of the pool cleaning robot in a magnetic manner.
Aircraft provided with a rotary wing and a power plant , said power plant comprising a power transmission gearbox provided with a main output shaft rotating said rotary wing , said power plant comprising at least one combustion engine connected by a mechanical input connection to an input shaft of said power transmission gearbox , said aircraft comprising at least one accessory which is set in motion by a secondary output shaft of the power transmission gearbox , said aircraft comprising an assistance system provided with a mechanical connection module having a connection shaft which is connected to the secondary output shaft , wherein said assistance system comprises a motor apparatus which houses an electric motor , said mechanical connection module comprising a casing in which the connection shaft as well as a first mechanical connection and a second connection member are at least partially located, said casing being attached to the power transmission gearbox , said at least one accessory being attached to said casing , said motor apparatus being attached to said casing , said assistance system comprising a first connection member connected to said at least one accessory and connected, by said first mechanical connection inside said said casing , to the connection shaft , said mechanical connection module comprising said second connection member connected to said electric motor and connected, by a second mechanical connection inside said casing , to the connection shaft , and wherein said electric motor is an irreversible motor operating only in motor mode, said electric motor being requested to set said main output shaft in motion in the event of a failure of at least one combustion engine via the mechanical connection module . wherein said assistance system comprises a motor apparatus which houses an electric motor , said mechanical connection module comprising a casing in which the connection shaft as well as a first mechanical connection and a second connection member are at least partially located, said casing being attached to the power transmission gearbox , said at least one accessory being attached to said casing , said motor apparatus being attached to said casing , said assistance system comprising a first connection member connected to said at least one accessory and connected, by said first mechanical connection inside said said casing , to the connection shaft , said mechanical connection module comprising said second connection member connected to said electric motor and connected, by a second mechanical connection inside said casing , to the connection shaft , and wherein said electric motor is an irreversible motor operating only in motor mode, said electric motor being requested to set said main output shaft in motion in the event of a failure of at least one combustion engine via the mechanical connection module .