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Device comprising at least one motorized conveyor for conveying a flow of harvested crop between an upstream and a downstream ends of said conveyor along a longitudinal direction (D10, D13, D14); at least a sensor for monitoring a longitudinal inclination of the device relative to a nominal orientation of said device; characterised in that said device further comprising:- means for computing a conveyor speed based on said monitored longitudinal inclination, said conveyor speed being adapted to maintain the conveying kinematics of the harvested crop independent from said inclination; - means for operating the motorized conveyor at said computed conveyor speed. - means for operating the motorized conveyor at said computed conveyor speed.
An inflatable balloon device comprising - at least two chambers (2, 4, 6, 8, 10; 102, 104, 106) arranged for containing a filler material, wherein the at least two chambers (2, 4, 6, 8, 10; 102, 104, 106) are in series relative to one another, characterised in that said inflatable balloon device further comprises - a single filling manifold adapted to allow a filler material to be inserted into each one of said at least two chambers (2, 4, 6, 8, 10; 102, 104, 106) via the filling manifold, - wherein the filling manifold comprises a rotating valve including one or more holes corresponding to openings in each of the said at least two chambers (2, 4, 6, 8, 10; 102, 104, 106) the rotating valve being rotatable between a first position in which the holes in the valve are aligned with corresponding openings in the chambers such that filling material may be inserted into each of the chambers and a second position in which the holes are not aligned with openings in the chambers and the chambers are sealed, - the filling manifold being adapted to close off access to each chamber of said at least two chambers - and wherein the at least two chambers (2, 4, 6, 8, 10; 102, 104, 106) are independent chambers whereby filler material does not pass between the chambers after they have been filled. - at least two chambers (2, 4, 6, 8, 10; 102, 104, 106) arranged for containing a filler material, wherein the at least two chambers (2, 4, 6, 8, 10; 102, 104, 106) are in series relative to one another, characterised in that said inflatable balloon device further comprises - a single filling manifold adapted to allow a filler material to be inserted into each one of said at least two chambers (2, 4, 6, 8, 10; 102, 104, 106) via the filling manifold, - wherein the filling manifold comprises a rotating valve including one or more holes corresponding to openings in each of the said at least two chambers (2, 4, 6, 8, 10; 102, 104, 106) the rotating valve being rotatable between a first position in which the holes in the valve are aligned with corresponding openings in the chambers such that filling material may be inserted into each of the chambers and a second position in which the holes are not aligned with openings in the chambers and the chambers are sealed, - the filling manifold being adapted to close off access to each chamber of said at least two chambers - and wherein the at least two chambers (2, 4, 6, 8, 10; 102, 104, 106) are independent chambers whereby filler material does not pass between the chambers after they have been filled.
Method for gripping and holding dispensing elements (F), having a flange and a screw cap, for subsequent application onto packages (P), in particular cardboard/plastic composite packages for dispensable products, wherein the dispensing elements (F) are linearly supplied to the apparatus in an aligned position and wherein each dispensing element (F) is gripped individually by gripper jaws of a gripping device and is applied by means of its flange onto a package (P) characterised by the following steps: - Raising each gripping device into a start position above the supplied dispensing elements (F), - Lowering each gripping device with opened gripper jaws from their highest position to a dispensing element (F) provided therebelow, wherein the transport speed of the gripping device and the transport belt are synchronised, - Pulling a dispensing element (F) with opened gripper jaws from the transport belt to a flat delivery region, adjacing to the transport belt , - Gripping a dispensing element (F) by closing the gripper jaws , - Lowering each gripping device with gripped dispensing element (F) to a package (P) transported therebelow in an application position, - Pressing the dispensing element (F) onto the package (P) for a predefined time and - Releasing the applied dispensing element (F) and raising each gripping device to receive a newly-supplied dispensing element (F). - Raising each gripping device into a start position above the supplied dispensing elements (F), - Lowering each gripping device with opened gripper jaws from their highest position to a dispensing element (F) provided therebelow, wherein the transport speed of the gripping device and the transport belt are synchronised, - Pulling a dispensing element (F) with opened gripper jaws from the transport belt to a flat delivery region, adjacing to the transport belt , - Gripping a dispensing element (F) by closing the gripper jaws , - Lowering each gripping device with gripped dispensing element (F) to a package (P) transported therebelow in an application position, - Pressing the dispensing element (F) onto the package (P) for a predefined time and - Releasing the applied dispensing element (F) and raising each gripping device to receive a newly-supplied dispensing element (F).
A voltage supply system , comprising: a first battery adapted to generate a first voltage level; a contactor electrically coupled in series with and between an positive electrode of the first battery and an electrical node ; a first voltage sensor adapted to generate a first voltage signal indicative of the first voltage level; a second voltage sensor electrically coupled between and to the electrical node and a negative electrode of the first battery and adapted to generate a second voltage signal indicative of a second voltage level between the electrical node and the negative electrode of the first battery ; a DC-DC voltage converter electrically coupled between and to the electrical node and the negative electrode of the first battery ; a second battery adapted to receive an output voltage of the DC-DC voltage converter and generate a third voltage level less than the first voltage level; and a microprocessor operably coupled to the first voltage sensor , the second voltage sensor , the contactor , and the DC-DC voltage converter , and the microprocessor is adapted to disable operation of the DC-DC voltage converter such that the DC-DC voltage converter does not apply an output voltage to the second battery , when a contact of the contactor transitions from a closed operational position to an open operational position if the first voltage level is substantially equal to the second voltage level and the first voltage level indicating that the contact has a closed operational position, and the first voltage level is less than a first threshold voltage level. a first battery adapted to generate a first voltage level; a contactor electrically coupled in series with and between an positive electrode of the first battery and an electrical node ; a first voltage sensor adapted to generate a first voltage signal indicative of the first voltage level; a second voltage sensor electrically coupled between and to the electrical node and a negative electrode of the first battery and adapted to generate a second voltage signal indicative of a second voltage level between the electrical node and the negative electrode of the first battery ; a DC-DC voltage converter electrically coupled between and to the electrical node and the negative electrode of the first battery ; a second battery adapted to receive an output voltage of the DC-DC voltage converter and generate a third voltage level less than the first voltage level; and a microprocessor operably coupled to the first voltage sensor , the second voltage sensor , the contactor , and the DC-DC voltage converter , and the microprocessor is adapted to disable operation of the DC-DC voltage converter such that the DC-DC voltage converter does not apply an output voltage to the second battery , when a contact of the contactor transitions from a closed operational position to an open operational position if the first voltage level is substantially equal to the second voltage level and the first voltage level indicating that the contact has a closed operational position, and the first voltage level is less than a first threshold voltage level.
A robotic surgical instrument comprising: a shaft ; an articulated section extending from the shaft and terminating at its distal end in a tip , the tip having an attachment for an end effector , where the attachment is connected to the tip by a roll joint; and a drive mechanism configured to drive the articulated section via flexible driving elements thereby altering the angular orientation of the tip relative to the shaft , wherein the drive mechanism is configured to be controlled so as to always fully compress the articulated section along at least one extent at an exterior edge of the articulated section by which the articulated section connects the tip and the shaft such that the articulated section always has its shortest length along said at least one extent whilst driving the articulated section from any one configuration to any other configuration, wherein the drive mechanism constrains movement of the articulated section so as to permit the tip to move with two degrees of rotational freedom and no degrees of translational freedom relative to the shaft . a shaft ; an articulated section extending from the shaft and terminating at its distal end in a tip , the tip having an attachment for an end effector , where the attachment is connected to the tip by a roll joint; and a drive mechanism configured to drive the articulated section via flexible driving elements thereby altering the angular orientation of the tip relative to the shaft , wherein the drive mechanism is configured to be controlled so as to always fully compress the articulated section along at least one extent at an exterior edge of the articulated section by which the articulated section connects the tip and the shaft such that the articulated section always has its shortest length along said at least one extent whilst driving the articulated section from any one configuration to any other configuration, wherein the drive mechanism constrains movement of the articulated section so as to permit the tip to move with two degrees of rotational freedom and no degrees of translational freedom relative to the shaft .
A compressive encoding apparatus comprising: a controller that is configured to create a first conversion table and a second conversion table based on data of a supplied ΔΣ-modulated digital signal of one frame; an encoding unit that is configured to convert M bits of the ΔΣ-modulated digital signal into N bits, where M > N, with reference to the first conversion table, and when the M bits are not able to be converted into the N bits with the first conversion table, to convert the M bits into N' bits with reference to the second conversion table; and a data transmission unit that is configured to transmit converted data converted by the encoding unit and to transmit data of the first conversion table and the second conversion table along with the converted data, wherein a number of bit patterns of the N bits is P, wherein the first conversion table is a table storing P-1 number of M bit values having a first set of first highest generation frequencies for past bit patterns of the data of the ΔΣ-modulated digital signal, and wherein the second conversion table is a table storing P-1 number of M bit values having a second set of second highest generation frequencies for past bit patterns of the data of the ΔΣ-modulated digital signal, where the second set of second highest generation frequencies follows the first set of first highest generation frequencies. a controller that is configured to create a first conversion table and a second conversion table based on data of a supplied ΔΣ-modulated digital signal of one frame; an encoding unit that is configured to convert M bits of the ΔΣ-modulated digital signal into N bits, where M > N, with reference to the first conversion table, and when the M bits are not able to be converted into the N bits with the first conversion table, to convert the M bits into N' bits with reference to the second conversion table; and a data transmission unit that is configured to transmit converted data converted by the encoding unit and to transmit data of the first conversion table and the second conversion table along with the converted data, wherein a number of bit patterns of the N bits is P, wherein the first conversion table is a table storing P-1 number of M bit values having a first set of first highest generation frequencies for past bit patterns of the data of the ΔΣ-modulated digital signal, and wherein the second conversion table is a table storing P-1 number of M bit values having a second set of second highest generation frequencies for past bit patterns of the data of the ΔΣ-modulated digital signal, where the second set of second highest generation frequencies follows the first set of first highest generation frequencies.
A method of controlling a portable appliance , the method comprising: measuring an input current supplied to a motor of the portable appliance ; measuring a rotational speed of a shaft of the motor ; determining a current limit based on the rotational speed of the shaft using a substantially continuous function which relates a domain of rotational speeds to a range of current limits; and reducing , when the input current exceeds the current limit, the rotational speed of the shaft incrementally along the substantially continuous function until the input current is approximately equal to the current limit. measuring an input current supplied to a motor of the portable appliance ; measuring a rotational speed of a shaft of the motor ; determining a current limit based on the rotational speed of the shaft using a substantially continuous function which relates a domain of rotational speeds to a range of current limits; and reducing , when the input current exceeds the current limit, the rotational speed of the shaft incrementally along the substantially continuous function until the input current is approximately equal to the current limit.
Device for additive manufacturing with a conveying device which is configured as an extruder or as a pump, which is adapted to convey a flowable suspension and is configured as a screw extruder, planetary roller extruder, cascade extruder, multi-shaft extruder, single-screw extruder, co-rotating or counter-rotating twin-screw extruder, eccentric screw pump, piston pump or screw pump, a positioning system , and a conveying channel communicating with an outlet opening of the conveying device , wherein the conveying device is attached to the positioning system and the extruder or the pump is translationally movable by the positioning system , wherein the device has an adjusting device assigned to the conveying channel for the controlled change of an orientation of an discharge opening of the conveying channel and the conveying channel consists at least partially of a flexible material, so that the assigned adjusting device enables a change in the course of the conveying channel.
Heater for an aerosol-generating device, the heater comprising: a flexible electrically insulating substrate, wherein the flexible electrically insulating substrate comprises a first portion and a second portion , control electronics , wherein the control electronics are provided on the first portion of the flexible electrically insulating substrate, and a heating element , wherein the heating element is provided on the second portion of the flexible electrically insulating substrate, wherein the heating element comprises an induction coil , wherein the flexible electrically insulating substrate is rolled into a tube, wherein the flexible electrically insulating substrate comprises a fourth portion, and wherein the heater further comprises a susceptor element Z Z arranged on the fourth portion of the flexible electrically insulating substrate. a flexible electrically insulating substrate, wherein the flexible electrically insulating substrate comprises a first portion and a second portion , control electronics , wherein the control electronics are provided on the first portion of the flexible electrically insulating substrate, and a heating element , wherein the heating element is provided on the second portion of the flexible electrically insulating substrate, wherein the heating element comprises an induction coil , wherein the flexible electrically insulating substrate is rolled into a tube, wherein the flexible electrically insulating substrate comprises a fourth portion, and wherein the heater further comprises a susceptor element Z Z arranged on the fourth portion of the flexible electrically insulating substrate.
A connecting member for a windscreen wiper system , the connecting member comprising: a head portion ; and a shaft portion , wherein the shaft portion is configured to be assembled between an output shaft and a transmission housing of the windscreen wiper system to adjust the position of the output shaft in the transmission housing; and characterized in that an outer circumference of the shaft portion comprises a plurality of laser engraved longitudinal patterns having at least one groove engraved in an axial direction of the shaft portion , and wherein the plurality of laser engraved longitudinal patterns further includes a plurality of microscopic gripping structures formed along a boundary of the at least one groove . a head portion ; and a shaft portion , wherein the shaft portion is configured to be assembled between an output shaft and a transmission housing of the windscreen wiper system to adjust the position of the output shaft in the transmission housing; and characterized in that an outer circumference of the shaft portion comprises a plurality of laser engraved longitudinal patterns having at least one groove engraved in an axial direction of the shaft portion , and wherein the plurality of laser engraved longitudinal patterns further includes a plurality of microscopic gripping structures formed along a boundary of the at least one groove .
An electronic device comprising: a communication module configured to perform wireless communication; a location sensor ; a processor ; and a memory configured to store at least one instruction executable by the processor , wherein execution of the at least one instruction by the processor causes the processor to perform a plurality of operations comprising: receiving , from a tracking target device via the communication module , a tracking request signal, the tracking request signal comprising identification information of the tracking target device ; obtaining location information of the electronic device via the location sensor ; and transmitting , to a location tracking server via the communication module , the identification information of the tracking target device and only one of latitude information and longitude information comprised in the location information. a communication module configured to perform wireless communication; a location sensor ; a processor ; and a memory configured to store at least one instruction executable by the processor , wherein execution of the at least one instruction by the processor causes the processor to perform a plurality of operations comprising: receiving , from a tracking target device via the communication module , a tracking request signal, the tracking request signal comprising identification information of the tracking target device ; obtaining location information of the electronic device via the location sensor ; and transmitting , to a location tracking server via the communication module , the identification information of the tracking target device and only one of latitude information and longitude information comprised in the location information. receiving , from a tracking target device via the communication module , a tracking request signal, the tracking request signal comprising identification information of the tracking target device ; obtaining location information of the electronic device via the location sensor ; and transmitting , to a location tracking server via the communication module , the identification information of the tracking target device and only one of latitude information and longitude information comprised in the location information.
Method for operating a vehicle , wherein in the case of driverless driving of the vehicle within a carpark and when there is an emergency stop request that the vehicle which is driving in a driverless fashion is to stop, it is checked whether the stopping is necessary, wherein an emergency stop signal is generated only in the event of a positive check, in response to which the vehicle stops in a driverless fashion, characterized in that the checking comprises testing as to whether there is a further emergency stop request, wherein the emergency stop signal is generated only when a further emergency stop request is present, wherein the checking is carried out by means of the vehicle or a vehicle-external carpark management server , and wherein the emergency stop request is generated by the vehicle itself on the basis of a dangerous situation detected by the vehicle or has been generated by the carpark management server itself on the basis of a dangerous situation detected by the carpark management server , wherein the checking comprises the fact that the vehicle or the carpark management server checks the detected dangerous situation to determine whether the stopping is necessary, wherein the dangerous situation has been detected on the basis of a first surroundings sensing process of a first surroundings sensor, wherein the checking of the detected dangerous situation is carried out on the basis of a second surroundings sensing process of a second surroundings sensor, in order to check the plausibility of the first and second surroundings sensing processes with respect to one another, wherein the first surroundings sensor and the second surroundings sensor are surroundings sensors of a surroundings sensor system of the vehicle, or the first and second surroundings sensors are surroundings sensors of the carpark's own surroundings sensor system , or the first surroundings sensor is a surroundings sensor of a vehicle-internal surroundings sensor system , and the second surroundings sensor is a surroundings sensor of a surroundings sensor system of the actual carpark, or vice versa.