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A controller area network, CAN, node for communicating through a CAN bus as a member of a set of communicatively coupled CAN nodes deployed in an automobile having a vehicle-carried warning system , the vehicle-carried warning system including an output device and an input device , the output device configured to change an output status representing a state of a light or a siren for the vehicle-carried warning system, the input device configured to change an input status in response to a state of a user or an automobile input, each member of the set having, and configured to monitor status of, one or both input and output devices for establishing the vehicle-carried warning system, the CAN node comprising: a non-transitory machine-readable storage device configured to store machine-readable instructions representing a behavioral equation that defines a configurable relationship between a global variable and a device status of the CAN node, the global variable acting as a shared data structure maintained by the set of communicatively coupled CAN nodes for representing one of the input status or the output status; and processor circuitry that, in response to execution of the machine-readable instructions, evaluates the behavioral equation and generates a CAN message in response to an event changing the input status associated with the input device, the CAN message configured to be broadcast over the CAN bus to update the output status associated to the output device, the CAN message including a value obtained from evaluation of the behavioral equation and a key identifying the global variable to be updated by other members of the set of communicatively coupled CAN nodes. a non-transitory machine-readable storage device configured to store machine-readable instructions representing a behavioral equation that defines a configurable relationship between a global variable and a device status of the CAN node, the global variable acting as a shared data structure maintained by the set of communicatively coupled CAN nodes for representing one of the input status or the output status; and processor circuitry that, in response to execution of the machine-readable instructions, evaluates the behavioral equation and generates a CAN message in response to an event changing the input status associated with the input device, the CAN message configured to be broadcast over the CAN bus to update the output status associated to the output device, the CAN message including a value obtained from evaluation of the behavioral equation and a key identifying the global variable to be updated by other members of the set of communicatively coupled CAN nodes.
A method for producing a fried noodle lump which is prevented from being inverted in a cup-shaped container, whose barrel has a tapered structure which becomes wider toward an opening of the container, by external shock in a state where the fried noodle lump is held at the midpoint of the cup-shaped container such that a lateral side of the noodle lump is in contact with an internal lateral side of the cup-shaped container, wherein the fried noodle lump has a similar tapered structure to the cup-shaped container or a tapered structure with a taper angle larger than that of the cup-shaped container, and has a flat portion on an upper side thereof, dried ingredients are added to a top of the fried noodle lump and the opening of the container is covered with a lid, wherein the inverting includes a state where the upper side and underside of the fried noodle lump are reversed within the cup-shaped container and a case where the fried noodle lump is generally inclined at an angle of approximately 20° or larger with respect to a horizontal plane within the cup-shaped container, the method comprising the step of: securing the shape retention of a bottom end portion of the fried noodle lump by storing a group of noodle strings after gelatinization in a retainer which is a porous fluid permeable metal mold, placing a porous lid on an upper portion of the retainer, immersing a lower portion of the retainer in the fry oil at 10% to 80% of the height of the retainer, keeping the state where the lower portion of the retainer is immersed in the fry oil for a predetermined time, so as to fry the lower end portion of the group of noodle strings such that frying time is of 10 to 60 seconds and frying temperature is of 140 to 180°C ; and immersing the whole retainer in a fry oil, after the step of securing the shape retention of the bottom end portion of the fried noodle lump, wherein immersing a lower portion of the retainer in the fry oil and immersing the whole retainer in a fry oil is a frying step of drying the noodle lump under oil heat by passing through an oil of 120 C to 170 C for 1 minute to 3 minutes. securing the shape retention of a bottom end portion of the fried noodle lump by storing a group of noodle strings after gelatinization in a retainer which is a porous fluid permeable metal mold, placing a porous lid on an upper portion of the retainer, immersing a lower portion of the retainer in the fry oil at 10% to 80% of the height of the retainer, keeping the state where the lower portion of the retainer is immersed in the fry oil for a predetermined time, so as to fry the lower end portion of the group of noodle strings such that frying time is of 10 to 60 seconds and frying temperature is of 140 to 180°C ; and immersing the whole retainer in a fry oil, after the step of securing the shape retention of the bottom end portion of the fried noodle lump, wherein immersing a lower portion of the retainer in the fry oil and immersing the whole retainer in a fry oil is a frying step of drying the noodle lump under oil heat by passing through an oil of 120 C to 170 C for 1 minute to 3 minutes.
A method for manufacturing a carburized part, comprising: vacuum carburizing a steel under a reduced pressure of 2 kPa or less, so that a surface carbon concentration after slow cooling performed after carburizing falls in a range of, in mass percent, 0.9 to 1.5%, where the steel has a composition consisting of, by mass percent, C: 0.15 to 0.25%, Si: 0.90 to 1.30%, Mn: 0.70 to 1.10%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.100% or less, Cu: 0.01 to 0.50%, Ni: 0.01 to 0.50%, Cr: 0.20 to 0.50%, Mo: 0.50% or less, Al: 0.30% or less, N: 0.05% or less, Nb: 0.02 to 0.20% as an optional element, Ti: 0.02 to 0.20% as an optional element, B: 0.0005 to 0.0100% as an optional element, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and satisfying following Expression [Si] + [Ni] + [Cu] - [Cr] > 0.5 ... where each element symbol in Expression represents a content in mass percent of the element; performing the slow cooling by air cooling at a cooling rate of 5°C/s to 0.2°C/s that causes pearlite transformation, to transform a surface structure into pearlite; and thereafter, performing induction hardening under such heating and cooling conditions that produce fine carbides in a range of up to 0.1 mm from a surface by finely dividing cementite in the pearlite structure, where the fine carbides contain, in area ratio, 90% or more of carbides of 1 μm or less, the induction hardening being performed at a heating temperature of 750 to 850°C. C: 0.15 to 0.25%, Si: 0.90 to 1.30%, Mn: 0.70 to 1.10%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.100% or less, Cu: 0.01 to 0.50%, Ni: 0.01 to 0.50%, Cr: 0.20 to 0.50%, Mo: 0.50% or less, Al: 0.30% or less, N: 0.05% or less, Nb: 0.02 to 0.20% as an optional element, Ti: 0.02 to 0.20% as an optional element, B: 0.0005 to 0.0100% as an optional element, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and satisfying following Expression [Si] + [Ni] + [Cu] - [Cr] > 0.5 ... where each element symbol in Expression represents a content in mass percent of the element; performing the slow cooling by air cooling at a cooling rate of 5°C/s to 0.2°C/s that causes pearlite transformation, to transform a surface structure into pearlite; and thereafter, performing induction hardening under such heating and cooling conditions that produce fine carbides in a range of up to 0.1 mm from a surface by finely dividing cementite in the pearlite structure, where the fine carbides contain, in area ratio, 90% or more of carbides of 1 μm or less, the induction hardening being performed at a heating temperature of 750 to 850°C.
A method for producing polyhydroxyalkanoic acid, the method comprising a step (a) and a step (b) below: a step (a) of preparing an aqueous suspension liquid containing polyhydroxyalkanoic acid and polyvinyl alcohol and having a pH of 7 or less; and a step (b) of spray-drying the aqueous suspension liquid prepared in the step (a). a step (a) of preparing an aqueous suspension liquid containing polyhydroxyalkanoic acid and polyvinyl alcohol and having a pH of 7 or less; and a step (b) of spray-drying the aqueous suspension liquid prepared in the step (a).
An apparatus, the apparatus comprising means configured to; based on first imagery comprising imagery being captured of at least part of a body of a user, and contemporaneously captured second imagery comprising imagery of a scene, wherein the first imagery is captured by a first camera of a device and the second imagery is captured by a second camera of the same device, the second imagery comprising a plurality of images taken over time, and based on expression-time information indicative of when a user expression of the user is determined to have occurred in the first imagery, provide a time window temporally extending from a first time comprising a predetermined reaction time prior to the time indicated in the expression-time information, to a second time comprising a time equal to or prior to the first time, the time window provided to identify at least one expression-causing image from the plurality of images of the second imagery that was captured in said time window, wherein the predetermined reaction time comprises a reaction time of the user determined from analysis of previously captured first and second imagery, and provide for association and recordal of the at least one expression-causing image with at least one expression-time image comprising at least one image from the first imagery based on the time indicated in the expression-time information. based on first imagery comprising imagery being captured of at least part of a body of a user, and contemporaneously captured second imagery comprising imagery of a scene, wherein the first imagery is captured by a first camera of a device and the second imagery is captured by a second camera of the same device, the second imagery comprising a plurality of images taken over time, and based on expression-time information indicative of when a user expression of the user is determined to have occurred in the first imagery, provide a time window temporally extending from a first time comprising a predetermined reaction time prior to the time indicated in the expression-time information, to a second time comprising a time equal to or prior to the first time, the time window provided to identify at least one expression-causing image from the plurality of images of the second imagery that was captured in said time window, wherein the predetermined reaction time comprises a reaction time of the user determined from analysis of previously captured first and second imagery, and provide for association and recordal of the at least one expression-causing image with at least one expression-time image comprising at least one image from the first imagery based on the time indicated in the expression-time information.
Machine for manufacturing a reinforced net that has hexagonal meshes comprising a plurality of permanently deformable wires and at least one reinforcing element , the machine comprising a mechanism for the reciprocal coiling of first wires and second wires in twos, which mechanism is provided with passages for the reinforcing elements , and a feed system for: - the first wires , fed in from a plurality of containers that are mounted on board the machine and provided internally with a predetermined length of said first wires , - part of the second wires , fed in alternately with the first wires so as to be interwoven therewith in twos in the coiling mechanism, and - the reinforcing elements , fed into the machine, characterised in that , for each reinforcing element , a reel is provided for feeding one of the remaining said second wires , the reel being rotatable around the reinforcing element. - the first wires , fed in from a plurality of containers that are mounted on board the machine and provided internally with a predetermined length of said first wires , - part of the second wires , fed in alternately with the first wires so as to be interwoven therewith in twos in the coiling mechanism, and - the reinforcing elements , fed into the machine,
An electric system comprising a single-phase permanent-magnet electric machine and a control system , characterised in that the control system drives the electric machine under load over an operating speed range having a minimum greater than 60 krpm and a maximum greater than 80 krpm, the control system sequentially excites and freewheels a winding of the electric machine , and the control system varies an advance time at which the winding is excited or a freewheel time over which the winding is freewheeled such that the electric system has an efficiency of at least 80% over the operating speed range.
A plate for a heat exchange arrangement for the exchange of heat between a first and a second medium, wherein the plate has a first heat transferring surface (A) arranged in use to be in contact with the first medium and a second heat transferring surface (B) arranged in use to be in contact with the second medium; wherein the plate comprises an inlet porthole for the first medium; an inlet porthole for the second medium, and an outlet porthole (6,6',6") for the first medium; wherein the first heat transferring surface (A) comprises a protrusion forming at least one ridge which is arranged to divide said heat transfer surface into at least a first region (A1), which is in direct thermal contact with the said inlet porthole for the second medium, and a second region (A2), which is not in direct thermal contact with the inlet porthole for the second medium, the second region substantially surrounds the first region, the inlet porthole for the first medium is arranged in said first region (A1), and the outlet porthole (6,6',6") for the first medium is arranged in the second region (A2), characterised in that the said at least one ridge forms at least one elongated transfer channel arranged to convey the said first medium from the first region (A1) to the second region (A2), and in that the inlet porthole for the second medium is located between the inlet porthole for the first medium and an inlet (5;5a,5b) of said transfer channel , at the first region (A1). wherein the plate has a first heat transferring surface (A) arranged in use to be in contact with the first medium and a second heat transferring surface (B) arranged in use to be in contact with the second medium; wherein the plate comprises an inlet porthole for the first medium; an inlet porthole for the second medium, and an outlet porthole (6,6',6") for the first medium; wherein the first heat transferring surface (A) comprises a protrusion forming at least one ridge which is arranged to divide said heat transfer surface into at least a first region (A1), which is in direct thermal contact with the said inlet porthole for the second medium, and a second region (A2), which is not in direct thermal contact with the inlet porthole for the second medium, the second region substantially surrounds the first region, the inlet porthole for the first medium is arranged in said first region (A1), and the outlet porthole (6,6',6") for the first medium is arranged in the second region (A2), characterised in that the said at least one ridge forms at least one elongated transfer channel arranged to convey the said first medium from the first region (A1) to the second region (A2), and in that the inlet porthole for the second medium is located between the inlet porthole for the first medium and an inlet (5;5a,5b) of said transfer channel , at the first region (A1).
Method of cleaning contaminated material comprising mineral components being contaminated with hydrocarbons, wherein - a slurry or mud is formed by applying a process liquid to the contaminated material , - -flotation agents are added to the slurry or mud in a flotation device comprising either a series of square/rectangular or circular shaped flotation cells, operated either in series or in parallel, - the slurry or mud is treated by at least one froth flotation step, in which a gas is introduced into the slurry or mud, preferably via the suction of an agitator, and hydrocarbons are removed from mineral components by being attached to gas bubbles generated within the slurry or mud in order to form a stable froth at the surface which can be skimmed off, accordingly, - at least one step of centrifugation of the skimmed off stable froth is carried out, in which hydrocarbons are separated the method being characterized in that - the step of centrifugation is carried out by means of a three-phase-centrifuge at a temperature between 60-80°C, by which process liquid, hydrocarbons and remaining mineral components are separated. - a slurry or mud is formed by applying a process liquid to the contaminated material , - -flotation agents are added to the slurry or mud in a flotation device comprising either a series of square/rectangular or circular shaped flotation cells, operated either in series or in parallel, - the slurry or mud is treated by at least one froth flotation step, in which a gas is introduced into the slurry or mud, preferably via the suction of an agitator, and hydrocarbons are removed from mineral components by being attached to gas bubbles generated within the slurry or mud in order to form a stable froth at the surface which can be skimmed off, accordingly, - at least one step of centrifugation of the skimmed off stable froth is carried out, in which hydrocarbons are separated the method being characterized in that - the step of centrifugation is carried out by means of a three-phase-centrifuge at a temperature between 60-80°C, by which process liquid, hydrocarbons and remaining mineral components are separated.
A 360 degree recording microphone apparatus , comprising: a shell having the geometric configuration of a convex cylinder having a horizontal circumferential centerline, said cylinder having an open proximal end and an open distal end, and said shell defining an interior volume ; a vertical slot extending between said proximal end and said distal end of said shell configured for receiving a pole stand ; at least eight microphones , arranged on the outside surface of said shell ; at least one inner support member housed in said interior volume , said support member defining an exterior accessible horizontal slot ; a removeable, size adjustable clamp configured for being attached to the pole stand, and matingly proportioned for sliding engagement within said horizontal slot ; and at least one microphone output connector operatively connected to said microphones and located on at least one of said at least one inner support member . a shell having the geometric configuration of a convex cylinder having a horizontal circumferential centerline, said cylinder having an open proximal end and an open distal end, and said shell defining an interior volume ; a vertical slot extending between said proximal end and said distal end of said shell configured for receiving a pole stand ; at least eight microphones , arranged on the outside surface of said shell ; at least one inner support member housed in said interior volume , said support member defining an exterior accessible horizontal slot ; a removeable, size adjustable clamp configured for being attached to the pole stand, and matingly proportioned for sliding engagement within said horizontal slot ; and at least one microphone output connector operatively connected to said microphones and located on at least one of said at least one inner support member .
A window for a building structure, comprising a window frame , a sash and a pane including at least one sheet of glass or other glazing material, said sash being moveable relative to the frame by means of a hinge connection including a set of frame hinge parts and a set of sash hinge parts , said sash carrying the pane , said sash including at least a first element surrounding the pane and formed as a moulded border element, moulded directly on the pane , which at least partially encases an edge of at least one sheet of said pane , said first element fulfilling the function of a structural element bearing the loads affecting the window, said first element having at least one functional face, and the set of sash hinge parts of the hinge connection being connected to said first element at a functional face thereof, and said first element having an internal side, which in the installed position of the window points inwards into the building, an external side opposite the internal side, an outer side facing away from the light-admitting aperture covered by the pane and an inner side opposite the outer side, wherein the pane comprises at least two sheets, the first element encasing the edges of both sheets of the pane substantially in full, wherein the first element is moulded to the edge of the pane and the sash hinge parts are integrally connected with the first element of the sash by the moulding of the first element to the pane , characterized in that the sash comprises at least one further element , said at least one further element being connected to the first element at the functional face, and said at least one further element including a second element with thermal insulating properties attached to or detachably connected to the inner side and/or internal side of the first element , and wherein draining means are provided within the first element of the sash .