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A magnetic field sensor for measuring movement of a target , the magnetic field sensor comprising: a substrate having a first and second surfaces; a means for generating a magnetic field disposed proximate to the first surface, wherein the means for generating includes at least two poles; and a first sensing means having a first plurality of magnetic field sensing means configured to generate a first magnetic field signal indicative of a position of the target and a second plurality of magnetic field sensing means configured to generate a second magnetic field signal indicative of the position of the target , wherein the first and second plurality of magnetic field sensing means do not share magnetic field sensing means, wherein a first pair of magnetic field sensing means of the first plurality of magnetic field sensing means are spaced a first distance from each other and a second pair of magnetic field sensing means of the second plurality of magnetic field sensing means are spaced a second, different distance from each other; wherein an axis of sensitivity of the first and second pluralities of magnetic field sensing means is rotated at a predetermined angle with respect to an axis of rotation of the target , and wherein the first sensing means is configured to generate an output signal based on the first magnetic field signal and the second magnetic field signal, the output signal corresponding to the position of the target and a change in a property of the magnetic field generated by the means for generating. a substrate having a first and second surfaces; a means for generating a magnetic field disposed proximate to the first surface, wherein the means for generating includes at least two poles; and a first sensing means having a first plurality of magnetic field sensing means configured to generate a first magnetic field signal indicative of a position of the target and a second plurality of magnetic field sensing means configured to generate a second magnetic field signal indicative of the position of the target , wherein the first and second plurality of magnetic field sensing means do not share magnetic field sensing means, wherein a first pair of magnetic field sensing means of the first plurality of magnetic field sensing means are spaced a first distance from each other and a second pair of magnetic field sensing means of the second plurality of magnetic field sensing means are spaced a second, different distance from each other; wherein an axis of sensitivity of the first and second pluralities of magnetic field sensing means is rotated at a predetermined angle with respect to an axis of rotation of the target , and wherein the first sensing means is configured to generate an output signal based on the first magnetic field signal and the second magnetic field signal, the output signal corresponding to the position of the target and a change in a property of the magnetic field generated by the means for generating.
A method of determining a route in an area covered by an electronic map, the map comprising a plurality of segments representing navigable segments of a navigable network in the area covered by the electronic map, the method comprising: generating a plurality of routes through the navigable network between a first location and a second location, a route from the the plurality of routes comprising segments, obtaining a current capacity of each segment, and determining a relative traffic flow value for each of the routes using the current capacity of the segments, wherein the relative traffic flow value for a respective route is indicative of a flow value for said route relative to the total flow for the plurality of routes; and selecting a given one of the routes from the plurality of routes for use in navigating between the first location and the second location, wherein a probability of a given one of the plurality of routes being selected is proportional to the determined relative traffic flow value for the route. generating a plurality of routes through the navigable network between a first location and a second location, a route from the the plurality of routes comprising segments, obtaining a current capacity of each segment, and determining a relative traffic flow value for each of the routes using the current capacity of the segments, wherein the relative traffic flow value for a respective route is indicative of a flow value for said route relative to the total flow for the plurality of routes; and selecting a given one of the routes from the plurality of routes for use in navigating between the first location and the second location, wherein a probability of a given one of the plurality of routes being selected is proportional to the determined relative traffic flow value for the route.
A method of making a metal product, comprising: continuously casting a molten metal in a continuous caster to form a cast product; applying ultrasonic frequency energy to the cast product at a position downstream from the continuous caster, wherein the ultrasonic frequency energy propagates through the cast product to a solidification region of the cast product within the continuous caster, and detecting ultrasonic frequency energy using an acoustic sensor or receiver positioned at a location upstream of the solidification region. continuously casting a molten metal in a continuous caster to form a cast product; applying ultrasonic frequency energy to the cast product at a position downstream from the continuous caster, wherein the ultrasonic frequency energy propagates through the cast product to a solidification region of the cast product within the continuous caster, and detecting ultrasonic frequency energy using an acoustic sensor or receiver positioned at a location upstream of the solidification region.
A toy construction system comprising toy construction elements, the toy construction elements (810a-c) comprising coupling means for releasably interconnecting the toy construction elements, the toy construction system comprising: one or more marker construction elements comprising such coupling means and each having a visual appearance recognisable by an image processing means, and a data processing system comprising image capturing means , image processing means , and display means , characterized in that the data processing system is adapted to - capture an image of a toy construction model constructed from the toy construction elements, wherein at least a first toy construction element of the toy construction model is interpreted by the data processing system as a virtual button; - process the captured image to detect, responsive to a user connecting a marker construction element to the toy construction model, a presence of said marker construction element within the captured image; - responsive to the detected marker construction element being detected connected to said first toy construction element, trigger a virtual action and to - display on said display means a composite image comprising the captured image having superimposed a generated computer-generated image . one or more marker construction elements comprising such coupling means and each having a visual appearance recognisable by an image processing means, and a data processing system comprising image capturing means , image processing means , and display means , characterized in that the data processing system is adapted to - capture an image of a toy construction model constructed from the toy construction elements, wherein at least a first toy construction element of the toy construction model is interpreted by the data processing system as a virtual button; - process the captured image to detect, responsive to a user connecting a marker construction element to the toy construction model, a presence of said marker construction element within the captured image; - responsive to the detected marker construction element being detected connected to said first toy construction element, trigger a virtual action and to - display on said display means a composite image comprising the captured image having superimposed a generated computer-generated image . - capture an image of a toy construction model constructed from the toy construction elements, wherein at least a first toy construction element of the toy construction model is interpreted by the data processing system as a virtual button; - process the captured image to detect, responsive to a user connecting a marker construction element to the toy construction model, a presence of said marker construction element within the captured image; - responsive to the detected marker construction element being detected connected to said first toy construction element, trigger a virtual action and to - display on said display means a composite image comprising the captured image having superimposed a generated computer-generated image .
A method of controlling a washing machine configured such that a drum having on a front surface thereof an inlet through which laundry is put is rotatably provided in a tub containing water, the method comprising: (a) a step of supplying water to submerge at least a portion of the drum in the tub ; (b) a step of performing at least once an operation in which the water contained in the tub is heated by operating a heater and the drum is rotated at a first set speed; (c) a step of draining the tub ; (d) a step of supplying water to submerge at least a portion of the drum in the tub , wherein a water supply amount at the step (d) is greater than a water supply amount at the step (a); and (e) a step of performing at least once an operation in which the water contained in the tub is heated by operating the heater and the drum is rotated at a second set speed which is lower than the first set speed. (a) a step of supplying water to submerge at least a portion of the drum in the tub ; (b) a step of performing at least once an operation in which the water contained in the tub is heated by operating a heater and the drum is rotated at a first set speed; (c) a step of draining the tub ; (d) a step of supplying water to submerge at least a portion of the drum in the tub , wherein a water supply amount at the step (d) is greater than a water supply amount at the step (a); and (e) a step of performing at least once an operation in which the water contained in the tub is heated by operating the heater and the drum is rotated at a second set speed which is lower than the first set speed.
Method for demolishing an offshore jacket structure wherein from the jacket each time a piece at low level, for example the bottom part, is removed and then the jacket is lowered and subsequently the then piece at a low level, for instance the lower piece, is removed, wherein the method provides the upright on shore demolition of the jacket, being a large spatial, open lattice construction of steel pipes, which has been applied as a jacket resting on the seabed, with which a platform above the sea level was carried, whereby the jacket is removed from the seabed and landed and which jacket comprises at least three or four upright legs of thin-walled steel tube and horizontal and diagonal braces of thin-walled steel tube fixed with the legs for stiffening the legs, so that the loads are carried by tensile and compressive forces in the tubes, with the jacket standing upright on shore, or on the mainland, or not on the water, or on the mainland on a dry surface above the local water level, and being demolished from below, so that work is done on or just above the ground, whereby the bottom part of the jacket is removed and then the remainder of the jacket is lowered and then the bottom piece of the remainder of the jacket is removed and then the remainder of the jacket is lowered, so that the height of the jacket decreases step by step, the lower part being removed at an earlier point in time than a higher part and the highest part being removed last, and during the entire process of demolishing the jacket, or the remainder thereof, is upright.
Casing for a control unit, the casing comprising: - a connector region which is situated on a connector side of the casing and can be closed by way of two covering hoods , each covering hood comprising two hinge elements which are arranged along an edge of the covering hood asymmetrically from a centre (M) of the edge ; and - at least four gripping arms which are configured to at least partially engage around the hinge elements of the two covering hoods and to hold them rotationally, it being possible for the two covering hoods to be placed at different positions on the connector region of the casing and to be closed rotationally. - a connector region which is situated on a connector side of the casing and can be closed by way of two covering hoods , each covering hood comprising two hinge elements which are arranged along an edge of the covering hood asymmetrically from a centre (M) of the edge ; and - at least four gripping arms which are configured to at least partially engage around the hinge elements of the two covering hoods and to hold them rotationally, it being possible for the two covering hoods to be placed at different positions on the connector region of the casing and to be closed rotationally.
A pneumatic deceleration device having a cylinder and having a piston , which is guided in this cylinder by means of a piston rod surrounded by a piston rod seal having a sealing lip pointing toward a piston rod head and which is equipped with at least one piston sealing element (71; 72) and which delimits a displacement space with respect to a compensation space , which device builds up a force opposing the stroke movement of the piston by positive pressure in the displacement space and negative pressure in the compensation space , wherein the slippage between the displacement space and the compensation space is at least dependent on the stroke direction and wherein the piston sealing element (71; 72) isolates the displacement space and the compensation space virtually hermetically from each other as pressure builds up in the displacement space , characterized in that - the deceleration device , in the piston end position of the maximum displacement space , has a pneumatic connection capable of being closed such that in this end position, the displacement space and the compensation space communicate with the environment by means of this connection and - when the connection is closed, the piston rod seal seals the cylinder inner chamber hermetically with respect to the environment in order to generate the negative pressure in the compensation space . - the deceleration device , in the piston end position of the maximum displacement space , has a pneumatic connection capable of being closed such that in this end position, the displacement space and the compensation space communicate with the environment by means of this connection and - when the connection is closed, the piston rod seal seals the cylinder inner chamber hermetically with respect to the environment in order to generate the negative pressure in the compensation space .
A method of making pelletized polyolefin resin comprising: introducing pellets comprising polyolefins to a holding vessel, wherein the pellets introduced to the holding vessel are pre-heated prior to entering said holding vessel; heating the pellets in said holding vessel to a hold temperature for 4 to 18 hours at or below the softening point of the polyolefins; maintaining the pellets at said hold temperature; purging the holding vessel of volatile materials; and treating the purged volatile materials by exposing them to at least one thermal destruction process, wherein said pellets are heated to said temperature for a time sufficient to modify the bulk density of said pellets; wherein the pellets comprise at least one multi-modal olefin polymer; and wherein the method further comprises cooling the pellets below the hold temperature. introducing pellets comprising polyolefins to a holding vessel, wherein the pellets introduced to the holding vessel are pre-heated prior to entering said holding vessel; heating the pellets in said holding vessel to a hold temperature for 4 to 18 hours at or below the softening point of the polyolefins; maintaining the pellets at said hold temperature; purging the holding vessel of volatile materials; and treating the purged volatile materials by exposing them to at least one thermal destruction process, wherein said pellets are heated to said temperature for a time sufficient to modify the bulk density of said pellets; wherein the pellets comprise at least one multi-modal olefin polymer; and wherein the method further comprises cooling the pellets below the hold temperature.
Module for a video wall, comprising a carrier comprising a multiplicity of image pixels , wherein an image pixel is formed by at least one first and one second light emitting chip, wherein each light emitting chip comprises a first and a second electrical terminal , wherein the first light emitting chip of an image pixel is connected to a first power line by the first electrical terminal , wherein the first light emitting chip of an image pixel is connected to a third power line by the second electrical terminal , wherein the second light emitting chip of the image pixel is connected to a second power line by the first electrical terminal , and wherein the second light emitting chip of the image pixel is connected to a fourth power line by the second electrical terminal , wherein the first and/or the second power line is/are embodied in the form of a surface metallization, wherein the surface metallization comprises contact sections , wherein a light emitting chip is arranged on a contact section , wherein at least between contact sections of a first and of a second power line an insulation layer is provided on the carrier , wherein the insulation layer comprises openings above the contact sections , and wherein the light emitting chips are arranged in the openings .
A multilayer waveguide grating coupler comprising: a first grating having a plurality of first copropagating waveguides , each first copropagating waveguide having a first periodically modulated width such that each of the first copropagating waveguides uniformly narrows and widens along the length of the first copropagating waveguide; and a second grating having a plurality of second copropagating waveguides positioned a grating space distance from the first grating , each waveguide of the first and second copropagating waveguides being formed parallel with each other, and each second copropagating waveguide having a second periodically modulated width such that each of the second copropagating waveguides uniformly narrows and widens along the length of the second copropagating waveguide, the second grating positioned so that a relative longitudinal phase offset is present between the first periodically modulated width of the first copropagating waveguides and the second periodically modulated width of the second copropagating waveguides , the grating spaced distance and phase offset selected so that light diffracted out of the first copropagating waveguides and the second copropagating waveguides in a first direction interferes constructively to form a first light beam and light diffracted out of the first copropagating waveguides and the second copropagating waveguides in a second direction interferes destructively. a first grating having a plurality of first copropagating waveguides , each first copropagating waveguide having a first periodically modulated width such that each of the first copropagating waveguides uniformly narrows and widens along the length of the first copropagating waveguide; and a second grating having a plurality of second copropagating waveguides positioned a grating space distance from the first grating , each waveguide of the first and second copropagating waveguides being formed parallel with each other, and each second copropagating waveguide having a second periodically modulated width such that each of the second copropagating waveguides uniformly narrows and widens along the length of the second copropagating waveguide, the second grating positioned so that a relative longitudinal phase offset is present between the first periodically modulated width of the first copropagating waveguides and the second periodically modulated width of the second copropagating waveguides , the grating spaced distance and phase offset selected so that light diffracted out of the first copropagating waveguides and the second copropagating waveguides in a first direction interferes constructively to form a first light beam and light diffracted out of the first copropagating waveguides and the second copropagating waveguides in a second direction interferes destructively.
A power tool comprising: an arbor attachment mechanism that includes a shaft that is configured to be driven to spin about a spin axis (A); and a blade size limiter that is (a) connected or connectible to the arbor attachment mechanism so that the blade size limiter is at a distance from the spin axis, and (b) is configured to prevent a blade with a radius greater than a predetermined size to be mounted onto the shaft of the arbor attachment mechanism; wherein the prevention of the mounting is by an interference between the blade size limiter and an extremity of the blade with the radius greater than the predetermined size, wherein the blade size limiter includes an extension portion that extends in a direction parallel to a direction in which the spin axis extends; wherein the shaft includes a threaded portion to which a blade is attachable and an extremity of which is at a first position along the spin axis, characterized in that the extension portion extends parallel to the spin axis (A) to a position that is parallel to a second position along the spin axis beyond the first position and to which the threaded portion does not extend. an arbor attachment mechanism that includes a shaft that is configured to be driven to spin about a spin axis (A); and a blade size limiter that is (a) connected or connectible to the arbor attachment mechanism so that the blade size limiter is at a distance from the spin axis, and (b) is configured to prevent a blade with a radius greater than a predetermined size to be mounted onto the shaft of the arbor attachment mechanism; wherein the prevention of the mounting is by an interference between the blade size limiter and an extremity of the blade with the radius greater than the predetermined size, wherein the blade size limiter includes an extension portion that extends in a direction parallel to a direction in which the spin axis extends; wherein the shaft includes a threaded portion to which a blade is attachable and an extremity of which is at a first position along the spin axis, characterized in that the extension portion extends parallel to the spin axis (A) to a position that is parallel to a second position along the spin axis beyond the first position and to which the threaded portion does not extend.
Fastening arrangement with a screw and at least one flat element near the head and one flat element distant from the head, which are connected by means of the screw with the two flat elements being hold together with the participation of the head and the thread section distant from the head; the screw having a head , a shaft and a thread , the thread having at least two different thread sections , an external diameter D Gn of a thread section near the head being smaller than an external diameter D Gf of a thread section distant from the head and larger than an external diameter Dsf of the shaft in the region of the thread section distant from the head, a head-side thread end being at a distance from the head of the screw which is less than one thread pitch, characterized in that the thread section near the head in the element distant from the head is present in an overwound state and the thread section distant from the head is arranged outside the flat element distant from the head in a finished state of the fastening arrangement .