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A furcula remover apparatus , for a poultry breast fileting system , comprising: a guide frame for attachment to a main body of a poultry breast fileting system in a conveying path thereof in a plane of conveyance; a carriage slidably mounted to the guide frame for movement with respect to the guide frame between a first position upstream of a direction of conveyance , and a second position downstream of the direction of conveyance ; a furcula grappling unit moveably connected to the carriage for movement in a direction perpendicular to the plane of conveyance between a retracted and an extended position, the furcula grappling unit comprising a guide unit on a downstream end thereof; and a knife carrier slidably connected to the guide unit , for movement between a retracted and extended position, for grappling a furcula of a poultry carcass when extended; wherein the furcula grappling unit , when in use and the guide frame attached to a poultry breast fileting system , is arranged for being engaged by one of a mandrel or a conveyor component of a poultry fileting system for movement from the first position to the second position, wherein the carriage is resiliently biased into the first position, for receiving the poultry carcass, and arranged for translatory movement from the first position to the second position in the direction of conveyance against the resilient bias when engaged, and from the second position to the first position in a direction opposite the direction of conveyance. a guide frame for attachment to a main body of a poultry breast fileting system in a conveying path thereof in a plane of conveyance; a carriage slidably mounted to the guide frame for movement with respect to the guide frame between a first position upstream of a direction of conveyance , and a second position downstream of the direction of conveyance ; a furcula grappling unit moveably connected to the carriage for movement in a direction perpendicular to the plane of conveyance between a retracted and an extended position, the furcula grappling unit comprising a guide unit on a downstream end thereof; and a knife carrier slidably connected to the guide unit , for movement between a retracted and extended position, for grappling a furcula of a poultry carcass when extended; wherein the furcula grappling unit , when in use and the guide frame attached to a poultry breast fileting system , is arranged for being engaged by one of a mandrel or a conveyor component of a poultry fileting system for movement from the first position to the second position, wherein the carriage is resiliently biased into the first position, for receiving the poultry carcass, and arranged for translatory movement from the first position to the second position in the direction of conveyance against the resilient bias when engaged, and from the second position to the first position in a direction opposite the direction of conveyance.
System for enabling an interactive inspection of a region of interest in a medical image , the system comprising display means for displaying user interface elements of actions associated with the interactive inspection of the region of interest and a processor for executing one of the actions when a user selects an associated one of the user interface elements, the system further comprising: - establishing means for establishing the region of interest in the medical image; - determining means for determining an anatomical property of the region of interest by comparing an image property of the region of interest to a reference image property of a reference region of interest to establish the anatomical property as being indicative of a deviation of the region of interest with respect to the reference region of interest; and - the display means being arranged for (i), in dependence on the anatomical property, establishing a display configuration of the user interface elements for dynamically adapting a display of the user interface elements to the deviation of the region of interest, and (ii) displaying the user interface elements in accordance with the display configuration, wherein the determining means is arranged for determining the anatomical property by applying a Hough transform to the region of interest , comprising using a first Hough table and a second Hough table, the first Hough table being constructed from regions of interests having the anatomical property , the second Hough table being constructed from regions of interests not having the anatomical property, and comparing Hough accumulators of both Hough tables. - establishing means for establishing the region of interest in the medical image; - determining means for determining an anatomical property of the region of interest by comparing an image property of the region of interest to a reference image property of a reference region of interest to establish the anatomical property as being indicative of a deviation of the region of interest with respect to the reference region of interest; and - the display means being arranged for (i), in dependence on the anatomical property, establishing a display configuration of the user interface elements for dynamically adapting a display of the user interface elements to the deviation of the region of interest, and (ii) displaying the user interface elements in accordance with the display configuration, wherein the determining means is arranged for determining the anatomical property by applying a Hough transform to the region of interest , comprising using a first Hough table and a second Hough table, the first Hough table being constructed from regions of interests having the anatomical property , the second Hough table being constructed from regions of interests not having the anatomical property, and comparing Hough accumulators of both Hough tables.
Gas supply device for a laser processing head for generating a homogeneous gas flow, comprising: a gas inlet ; at least one storage chamber connected to the gas inlet and providing a storage volume; at least one throttling element containing a plurality of passages; a common volume for superimposing a laser beam and a gas flow; and an outlet opening at a first end of the common volume for providing the homogeneous gas flow; wherein the throttling element connects the storage chamber to the common volume , characterized in that the throttling element and the storage chamber are configured to generate a homogeneous gas flow in the common volume , wherein the passages include a ratio of the passage length to the passage diameter between 2 and 8, and wherein the limit values are included. a gas inlet ; at least one storage chamber connected to the gas inlet and providing a storage volume; at least one throttling element containing a plurality of passages; a common volume for superimposing a laser beam and a gas flow; and an outlet opening at a first end of the common volume for providing the homogeneous gas flow; wherein the throttling element connects the storage chamber to the common volume , characterized in that the throttling element and the storage chamber are configured to generate a homogeneous gas flow in the common volume , wherein the passages include a ratio of the passage length to the passage diameter between 2 and 8, and wherein the limit values are included.
A method for determining information relating to the operation of a traffic light, comprising: using digital map data indicative of a location of the traffic light to select live positional data relating to one or more devices having position determining capability moving along a path subject to control by the traffic light; using the live positional data to determine the distance of the one or more devices from the traffic light when at a standstill; using the live positional data to determine the time that the one or more devices pass the traffic light; using the live positional data to compute the red-green transition time of the traffic light using the distance and time measurements; using the transition time data to determine cycle time data indicative of a cycle time of the traffic light; and using the transition time data and cycle time data to predict one or more times at which a future transition between phases of the traffic light is expected to occur. using digital map data indicative of a location of the traffic light to select live positional data relating to one or more devices having position determining capability moving along a path subject to control by the traffic light; using the live positional data to determine the distance of the one or more devices from the traffic light when at a standstill; using the live positional data to determine the time that the one or more devices pass the traffic light; using the live positional data to compute the red-green transition time of the traffic light using the distance and time measurements; using the transition time data to determine cycle time data indicative of a cycle time of the traffic light; and using the transition time data and cycle time data to predict one or more times at which a future transition between phases of the traffic light is expected to occur.
A rotary engine having an N-lobed rotor , an intake port , an exhaust port , and a housing with respect to which the rotor is mounted for rotational motion relative to the housing, the housing having N+1 lobe-receiving regions configured to successively receive the lobes as the rotor rotates relative to the housing, the housing having (i) a pair of sides axially disposed on first and second sides of the rotor, and (ii) a peak disposed between each pair of adjacent lobe-receiving regions, and , wherein the housing is further configured in relation to the rotor so as to establish a chamber associated with each one the lobe-receiving regions, wherein at least one of the chambers is configured to handle, in succession, intake, compression, combustion, expansion, and exhaust phases, characterized by : configuration of the housing in relation to the rotor so as to establish at least one chamber dedicated solely to a function selected from the group consisting of cooling, compressing, pumping and any combination of any of the foregoing.
- Telecommunications satellite intended to be placed in earth orbit, comprising an antenna having a reflector and an array of feed elements , wherein: - said satellite comprises adaptive analogue beam-forming networks , said adaptive analogue beam-forming networks being connected to different respective groups of feed elements of the array of feed elements , said groups of feed elements serving different respective geographic regions on the Earth's surface, - each adaptive analogue beam-forming network is suitable for simultaneously activating a predetermined number of beams serving respective geographic zones within the geographic region served by the group of feed elements to which said beam-forming network is connected, - said satellite comprises a module for controlling said adaptive analogue beam-forming networks, configured so as to modify the active beams of each adaptive analogue beam-forming network, - each group of feed elements comprises feed elements shared with other groups of feed elements, characterised in that: - at least one geographic region has a geographic overlap of at least 30% with other geographic regions. - said satellite comprises adaptive analogue beam-forming networks , said adaptive analogue beam-forming networks being connected to different respective groups of feed elements of the array of feed elements , said groups of feed elements serving different respective geographic regions on the Earth's surface, - each adaptive analogue beam-forming network is suitable for simultaneously activating a predetermined number of beams serving respective geographic zones within the geographic region served by the group of feed elements to which said beam-forming network is connected, - said satellite comprises a module for controlling said adaptive analogue beam-forming networks, configured so as to modify the active beams of each adaptive analogue beam-forming network, - each group of feed elements comprises feed elements shared with other groups of feed elements, - at least one geographic region has a geographic overlap of at least 30% with other geographic regions.
An electrochromic, EC, system , comprising: an EC device comprising: a working electrode ; a counter electrode ; a solid state electrolyte layer disposed between the counter and working electrodes; and a control unit configured to selectively apply a sweep voltage between the working and counter electrodes, such that the sweep voltage is applied when an open circuit voltage between the working and counter electrodes is less than a threshold voltage, further comprising a voltage detector configured to detect the open circuit voltage, wherein: the control unit is configured to apply the sweep voltage when the voltage detector detects that the open circuit voltage is below the threshold voltage; the threshold voltage is between 0V and -2V; the sweep voltage is a positive voltage and results in an increase in the transparency of the electrochromic device, and the magnitude of the sweep voltage is greater than or equal to the magnitude of the open circuit voltage. an EC device comprising: a working electrode ; a counter electrode ; a solid state electrolyte layer disposed between the counter and working electrodes; and a working electrode ; a counter electrode ; a solid state electrolyte layer disposed between the counter and working electrodes; and a control unit configured to selectively apply a sweep voltage between the working and counter electrodes, such that the sweep voltage is applied when an open circuit voltage between the working and counter electrodes is less than a threshold voltage, further comprising a voltage detector configured to detect the open circuit voltage, wherein: the control unit is configured to apply the sweep voltage when the voltage detector detects that the open circuit voltage is below the threshold voltage; the threshold voltage is between 0V and -2V; the sweep voltage is a positive voltage and results in an increase in the transparency of the electrochromic device, and the magnitude of the sweep voltage is greater than or equal to the magnitude of the open circuit voltage. the control unit is configured to apply the sweep voltage when the voltage detector detects that the open circuit voltage is below the threshold voltage; the threshold voltage is between 0V and -2V; the sweep voltage is a positive voltage and results in an increase in the transparency of the electrochromic device, and the magnitude of the sweep voltage is greater than or equal to the magnitude of the open circuit voltage.
Rotatable coupling for connecting pipes, said coupling comprising a first hollow female element suited to be connected, for instance, to a first portion of a pipe or to a pipe fitting and a second tubular male element with a first end portion at least partially housed inside said first female element so as to define an inner common space through which a fluid can flow, and with a second end portion suited to be connected to a second portion of a pipe, said first and said second element being suited to be rotated with respect to each other and respectively comprising a first abutment surface and a second abutment surface adjacent to said first abutment surface (IS), wherein said first and said second abutment surface are arranged at a predefined mutual distance from each other so as to define an interspace (I), at least one first elastic annular sealing element (B1) and one second elastic annular sealing element (B2) being interposed between said first and said second abutment surface , wherein the surface areas of the portions of the external surface of said first elastic annular sealing element (B1) in contact respectively with said first and said second abutment surface are minimal in the absence of a fluid and increase when said first elastic annular sealing element (B1) is subjected to pressure exerted by a fluid inside said interspace (I), wherein the surface areas of the portions of the external surface of said second elastic annular sealing element (B2) in contact respectively with said first and said second abutment surface are minimal in the absence of a fluid and increase when said second elastic annular sealing element (B2) is subjected to pressure exerted by a fluid inside said interspace (I), said rotatable coupling further comprises a duct (CB) that extends from the interspace (I) to the external surface of the first hollow female element , wherein the duct (CB) extends from a portion of the interspace (I) between the first and second elastic annular sealing element (B1, B2), and wherein each of said first and second annular sealing element (B1, B2) is hollow with open cross section and is provided with an opening or slit (F1) that places the inner space delimited by said first and second annular sealing element (B1, B2) in communication with the outside of said first and second annular sealing element (B1, B2), respectively, wherein each opening or slit (F1) is oriented toward said duct (CB), wherein the opening or slit (F1) of the first elastic annular sealing element (B1) is oriented toward the opening or slit (F1) of the second elastic annular sealing element (B2), wherein said duct (CB) is open to the space outside of the coupling .
A multiple input multiple output (MIMO) radar system for detecting a moving object, the system comprising: a set of transmitters and a set of receivers forming a virtual array of unique pairwise combinations of the transmitters and the receivers to measure reflections of transmissions; characterized by further comprising a memory configured to store an explicit signal model that accounts for waveform separation residuals by relating measurements of the virtual array to an auto-correlation term including a Kronecker product of object-receiver signatures and transmitter-object signatures, and a cross-correlation term including a Kronecker product of object-receiver signatures and transmitter-object residual signatures; wherein each of the transmitter-object signatures is a function of a relative angle between each transmitter of the set of transmitters and the detected object, wavelength of transmitted signal, and a relative distance between the two consecutive transmitter elements of the set of transmitters ; and a processor configured to detect a moving object by executing a spatial MIMO detector configured to detect the moving object using the explicit signal model; and an output interface configured to output parameters associated with the detected object. a set of transmitters and a set of receivers forming a virtual array of unique pairwise combinations of the transmitters and the receivers to measure reflections of transmissions; characterized by further comprising a memory configured to store an explicit signal model that accounts for waveform separation residuals by relating measurements of the virtual array to an auto-correlation term including a Kronecker product of object-receiver signatures and transmitter-object signatures, and a cross-correlation term including a Kronecker product of object-receiver signatures and transmitter-object residual signatures; wherein each of the transmitter-object signatures is a function of a relative angle between each transmitter of the set of transmitters and the detected object, wavelength of transmitted signal, and a relative distance between the two consecutive transmitter elements of the set of transmitters ; and a processor configured to detect a moving object by executing a spatial MIMO detector configured to detect the moving object using the explicit signal model; and an output interface configured to output parameters associated with the detected object.
An integrated hydrotreating and steam pyrolysis process for the direct processing of a crude oil to produce a fuel oil blend, and olefinic and aromatic petrochemicals, the process comprising: a. separating the crude oil into light components and heavy components; b. charging the light components and hydrogen to a hydroprocessing zone operating under conditions effective to produce a hydroprocessed effluent having a reduced content of contaminants, an increased paraffinicity, reduced Bureau of Mines Correlation Index, and an increased American Petroleum Institute gravity; c. thermally cracking the hydroprocessed effluent in the presence of steam to produce a mixed product stream; d. separating the thermally cracked mixed product stream; e. purifying hydrogen recovered in step (d) and recycling it to step (b); f. recovering olefins and aromatics from the separated mixed product stream; and g. recovering a combined stream of pyrolysis fuel oil from the separated mixed product stream and heavy components from step (a) as a fuel oil blend. a. separating the crude oil into light components and heavy components; b. charging the light components and hydrogen to a hydroprocessing zone operating under conditions effective to produce a hydroprocessed effluent having a reduced content of contaminants, an increased paraffinicity, reduced Bureau of Mines Correlation Index, and an increased American Petroleum Institute gravity; c. thermally cracking the hydroprocessed effluent in the presence of steam to produce a mixed product stream; d. separating the thermally cracked mixed product stream; e. purifying hydrogen recovered in step (d) and recycling it to step (b); f. recovering olefins and aromatics from the separated mixed product stream; and g. recovering a combined stream of pyrolysis fuel oil from the separated mixed product stream and heavy components from step (a) as a fuel oil blend.
A shipping container comprising: a box formed of corrugated cardboard and defining an interior surface; and a paper fiber pad positioned by the interior surface of the box, the paper fiber pad having paper reinforcement fibers interlocked with meltable polyethylene/polypropylene bi-component thermoplastic binder fibers distributed substantially randomly within the paper reinforcement fibers, the meltable polyethylene/polypropylene bi-component thermoplastic binder fibers making up about 0.5% to 25% by weight of the paper fiber pad, the paper fiber pad having a thickness that is at least about 1.59 millimetres, wherein subjecting the shipping container to a repulpability test produces greater than 85% repulpability, wherein the repulpability test follows requirements set by Fibre Box Association of Elk Grove Village, IL, and recited in Voluntary Standard For Repulping and Recycling Corrugated Fiberboard Treated to Improve Its Performance in the Presence of Water and Water Vapor as revised on 16 August 2013. a box formed of corrugated cardboard and defining an interior surface; and a paper fiber pad positioned by the interior surface of the box, the paper fiber pad having paper reinforcement fibers interlocked with meltable polyethylene/polypropylene bi-component thermoplastic binder fibers distributed substantially randomly within the paper reinforcement fibers, the meltable polyethylene/polypropylene bi-component thermoplastic binder fibers making up about 0.5% to 25% by weight of the paper fiber pad, the paper fiber pad having a thickness that is at least about 1.59 millimetres, wherein subjecting the shipping container to a repulpability test produces greater than 85% repulpability, wherein the repulpability test follows requirements set by Fibre Box Association of Elk Grove Village, IL, and recited in Voluntary Standard For Repulping and Recycling Corrugated Fiberboard Treated to Improve Its Performance in the Presence of Water and Water Vapor as revised on 16 August 2013.