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An ultrasound apparatus comprising: a communication interface configured to receive an ultrasound image from an external device; a touch screen configured to: display the ultrasound image and first time gain compensation, TGC, value set matched to depth values of the ultrasound image, and receive a user's input for modifying the first TGC value set to second TGC value set by receiving an input for adjusting at least one TGC value corresponding to a second depth value, in the displayed first TGC value set; and a controller configured to adjust, based on the second TGC value set, the brightness of the ultrasound image, displayed on the touch screen , it corresponding depth values. a communication interface configured to receive an ultrasound image from an external device; a touch screen configured to: display the ultrasound image and first time gain compensation, TGC, value set matched to depth values of the ultrasound image, and receive a user's input for modifying the first TGC value set to second TGC value set by receiving an input for adjusting at least one TGC value corresponding to a second depth value, in the displayed first TGC value set; and display the ultrasound image and first time gain compensation, TGC, value set matched to depth values of the ultrasound image, and receive a user's input for modifying the first TGC value set to second TGC value set by receiving an input for adjusting at least one TGC value corresponding to a second depth value, in the displayed first TGC value set; and a controller configured to adjust, based on the second TGC value set, the brightness of the ultrasound image, displayed on the touch screen , it corresponding depth values.
A GaN-on-Si epiwafer forming a layer stack comprising along a stacking direction : - a substrate having a diameter of 150 mm or more, preferably, of 150 mm to 450 mm, in at least one direction that is perpendicular to the stacking direction and a substrate surface along the stacking direction that is at least partly formed by silicon, - a strain-decoupling sub-stack comprising - a self-organized template layer arranged directly on the substrate, the self-organized template layer comprising pits , said pits having a pit density of 1x10 7 cm -2 to 1x10 11 cm -2 , and - a surface recovery layer arranged directly on the self-organized template layer and comprising GaN, the surface recovery layer having a smooth surface with a reflectivity of 35 % to 50 % or a surface roughness of 1 nm or less that points along the stacking direction, and - a strain-engineering sub-stack arranged on the surface recovery layer and comprising at least one GaN layer and at least one Al x Ga 1-x N intermediate layer , with x ≥ 0.5, the GaN layer having a thickness of 0.5 μm to 4.0 μm, the Al x Ga 1-x N intermediate layer having a thickness of 5 nm to 25 nm, wherein - the GaN-on-Si epiwafer has a bow of at most 100 μm at room temperature. - a substrate having a diameter of 150 mm or more, preferably, of 150 mm to 450 mm, in at least one direction that is perpendicular to the stacking direction and a substrate surface along the stacking direction that is at least partly formed by silicon, - a strain-decoupling sub-stack comprising - a self-organized template layer arranged directly on the substrate, the self-organized template layer comprising pits , said pits having a pit density of 1x10 7 cm -2 to 1x10 11 cm -2 , and - a surface recovery layer arranged directly on the self-organized template layer and comprising GaN, the surface recovery layer having a smooth surface with a reflectivity of 35 % to 50 % or a surface roughness of 1 nm or less that points along the stacking direction, and - a self-organized template layer arranged directly on the substrate, the self-organized template layer comprising pits , said pits having a pit density of 1x10 7 cm -2 to 1x10 11 cm -2 , and - a surface recovery layer arranged directly on the self-organized template layer and comprising GaN, the surface recovery layer having a smooth surface with a reflectivity of 35 % to 50 % or a surface roughness of 1 nm or less that points along the stacking direction, and - a strain-engineering sub-stack arranged on the surface recovery layer and comprising at least one GaN layer and at least one Al x Ga 1-x N intermediate layer , with x ≥ 0.5, the GaN layer having a thickness of 0.5 μm to 4.0 μm, the Al x Ga 1-x N intermediate layer having a thickness of 5 nm to 25 nm, wherein - the GaN-on-Si epiwafer has a bow of at most 100 μm at room temperature.
A method of producing graphene sheets comprising the steps of: (a) forming a carbonaceous powder by electrochemical erosion of a graphite electrode in a molten salt comprising hydrogen ions, the molten salt comprising a halide salt of lithium, sodium or potassium, b) recovering the resulting carbonaceous powder from the molten salt liquid, and (c) thermally treating the carbonaceous powder by heating the carbonaceous powder in a non-oxidising atmosphere to produce a thermally treated powder comprising graphene sheets. (a) forming a carbonaceous powder by electrochemical erosion of a graphite electrode in a molten salt comprising hydrogen ions, the molten salt comprising a halide salt of lithium, sodium or potassium, b) recovering the resulting carbonaceous powder from the molten salt liquid, and (c) thermally treating the carbonaceous powder by heating the carbonaceous powder in a non-oxidising atmosphere to produce a thermally treated powder comprising graphene sheets.
A system for mass selectively extracting ions, said system comprising: a multipole rod set of an ion guide adapted to receive a radial radio frequency, RF, trapping voltage and a radial dipole direct current, DC, voltage; a lens electrode of the ion guide positioned at one end of the multipole rod set to extract ions trapped by the multipole rod set and adapted to receive an axial trapping alternating current (AC) voltage and a DC voltage; and a processor in communication with the multipole rod set and the lens electrode, the processor configured to simultaneously apply the radial dipole DC voltage to the multipole rod set, the axial trapping AC voltage to the lens electrode, the radial RF trapping voltage to the multipole rod set and the DC voltage to the lens electrode in order to extract a bandpass mass range of ions trapped in the multipole rod set; wherein the processor is configured to apply the DC voltage on the lens electrode that is less than the radial dipole DC voltage that the processor is configured to apply to the multipole rod set when the multipole rod set is used to trap positive ions; and wherein the processor is configured to apply the DC voltage on the lens electrode that is greater than the radial dipole DC voltage that the processor is configured to apply to the multipole rod set when the multipole rod set is used to trap negative ions. a multipole rod set of an ion guide adapted to receive a radial radio frequency, RF, trapping voltage and a radial dipole direct current, DC, voltage; a lens electrode of the ion guide positioned at one end of the multipole rod set to extract ions trapped by the multipole rod set and adapted to receive an axial trapping alternating current (AC) voltage and a DC voltage; and a processor in communication with the multipole rod set and the lens electrode, the processor configured to simultaneously apply the radial dipole DC voltage to the multipole rod set, the axial trapping AC voltage to the lens electrode, the radial RF trapping voltage to the multipole rod set and the DC voltage to the lens electrode in order to extract a bandpass mass range of ions trapped in the multipole rod set; wherein the processor is configured to apply the DC voltage on the lens electrode that is less than the radial dipole DC voltage that the processor is configured to apply to the multipole rod set when the multipole rod set is used to trap positive ions; and wherein the processor is configured to apply the DC voltage on the lens electrode that is greater than the radial dipole DC voltage that the processor is configured to apply to the multipole rod set when the multipole rod set is used to trap negative ions.
Electric fuse, comprising a tubular casing , which consists of electric insulating material and is on its both terminal portions closed by means of rigid covers , wherein each of said covers is furnished with a knife-blade contact , which consists of electric conductive material and is firmly connected therewith, while a melting member is mounted inside of said casing and is conceived as a flat band consisting of electric conductive material having a pre-determined electric resistance as well as a pre-determined length (L) and thickness, wherein said band is on the one hand in the area of its terminal portions electrically interconnected with said blade-knife contacts and on the other hand furnished with a plurality of weak zones (30, 30', 30"), which are formed as perforations in said band between both dominant surfaces thereof and arranged equidistantly along the band and each per se extend in the transversal direction of the band, wherein each of said weak zones (30, 30', 30") is formed as a plurality of throughout passages , which are equidistantly arranged in the transversal direction of the band, so that the cross-section of the melting member in each weak zone (30, 30', 30") is pre-defined and is smaller than the cross-section of any other area of said melting member , and wherein the interior of said casing is filled with a granulated non-flammable means , in particular with a sand on the basis of silica, by which said melting member is surrounded, characterized in that on each terminal portion of said melting member , namely between each belonging blade-knife contact and each neighboring weak zone (30, 30', 30"), on both apart from each other facing dominant surfaces of said melting member , at least one barrier (51, 51', 51"; 52, 52', 52") is arranged, and in that at least one barrier (51, 51', 51"; 52, 52', 52") is available between each pair of each neighboring weak zones (30, 30', 30") of the melting member , wherein each of said barriers (51, 51', 51"; 52, 52', 52") has approximately semi-circular profile and consists of a flexible and shortly thermally resistant material and is adapted to prevent progression of the electric arc and extends along each of said dominant surfaces in the transversal direction of said melting member along the complete width thereof, and wherein a pre-determined distance (T) between each of the terminal barriers (51, 51', 51"; 52, 52', 52"), which are arranged closest to the belonging knife-blade contacts , and each knife-blade contact , is approximately 15% of the length (L) of the melting member .
An expansion valve for a vapor compression system , comprising: a needle ; a spring coupled to the needle ; a screw coupled to the spring ; and a motor configured to drive the screw to cause the spring to provide pressure on the needle , characterised in that the pressure is provided in a downward direction at a same time as refrigerant is providing pressure on the needle and causing the needle to move in an upward direction to regulate a flow rate of the refrigerant through the expansion valve ; wherein the motor is configured to drive the screw to cause the spring to provide a particular amount of pressure on the needle such that the flow rate of the refrigerant is a particular flow rate; wherein the particular flow rate is a flow rate needed to superheat the refrigerant by a particular amount. a needle ; a spring coupled to the needle ; a screw coupled to the spring ; and a motor configured to drive the screw to cause the spring to provide pressure on the needle , characterised in that the pressure is provided in a downward direction at a same time as refrigerant is providing pressure on the needle and causing the needle to move in an upward direction to regulate a flow rate of the refrigerant through the expansion valve ; wherein the motor is configured to drive the screw to cause the spring to provide a particular amount of pressure on the needle such that the flow rate of the refrigerant is a particular flow rate; wherein the particular flow rate is a flow rate needed to superheat the refrigerant by a particular amount.
A computer-implemented method of creating a 3D image of a specimen, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor, a first image of a first section of a specimen , the first image created using a first wavelength of invisible light; receiving, by the processor, a second image of a second section of the specimen , the second section being adjacent to the first section and the second image created using the first wavelength of invisible light; co-registering, by the processor, the first image and the second image ; and creating, by the processor, a single-plane image derived from the first image and the second image; and wherein the specimen is contacted with at least one first fluorophore having an emission spectrum in the range of approximately 200 nm to 1000 nm, and characterised in that the method further comprises de-blurring, by the processor, any one of the first image or the second image or the single-plane image, wherein de-blurring is based on the processor determining at least one tissue type from a visible light image and applying a de-blur algorithm based on the tissue type to the image;. receiving, by a processor, a first image of a first section of a specimen , the first image created using a first wavelength of invisible light; receiving, by the processor, a second image of a second section of the specimen , the second section being adjacent to the first section and the second image created using the first wavelength of invisible light; co-registering, by the processor, the first image and the second image ; and creating, by the processor, a single-plane image derived from the first image and the second image; and wherein the specimen is contacted with at least one first fluorophore having an emission spectrum in the range of approximately 200 nm to 1000 nm, and characterised in that the method further comprises de-blurring, by the processor, any one of the first image or the second image or the single-plane image, wherein de-blurring is based on the processor determining at least one tissue type from a visible light image and applying a de-blur algorithm based on the tissue type to the image;.
A method comprising: receiving a first trajectory for a vehicle to follow in an environment; receiving a second trajectory for the vehicle to follow in the environment; determining a predicted location for an object in the environment, the predicted location associated with a future time; determining, based at least in part on the predicted location and the first trajectory, a first occluded region associated with the object at the future time; determining, based at least in part on the second trajectory and the predicted location of the object, a second occluded region associated with the object; and controlling the vehicle based at least in part on the first occluded region and the second occluded region. receiving a first trajectory for a vehicle to follow in an environment; receiving a second trajectory for the vehicle to follow in the environment; determining a predicted location for an object in the environment, the predicted location associated with a future time; determining, based at least in part on the predicted location and the first trajectory, a first occluded region associated with the object at the future time; determining, based at least in part on the second trajectory and the predicted location of the object, a second occluded region associated with the object; and controlling the vehicle based at least in part on the first occluded region and the second occluded region.
A brain machine interface system for use with an electroencephalogram to identify a behavioral intent of a person, the system comprising: an electroencephalogram configured to sense electromagnetic signals generated by a brain of a person, wherein the electromagnetic signals comprise a time component and a frequency component; a monitor configured to monitor a response of the person to a stimulus and a characteristic of the stimulus; a synchronization module configured to synchronize the sensed electromagnetic signals with the response and the characteristic to determine a set of electromagnetic signals corresponding to the monitored response of the person and the characteristic; a processor configured to process the set of electromagnetic signals and to extract feature vectors, wherein each of the feature vectors defines a class of behavioral intent, and wherein each of the feature vectors is constructed based on wavelet bispectrum phase features that represent nonlinear phase correlation of a plurality of time varying frequency components, and wherein the processor is further configured to determine the behavioral intent of the person based on the feature vectors. an electroencephalogram configured to sense electromagnetic signals generated by a brain of a person, wherein the electromagnetic signals comprise a time component and a frequency component; a monitor configured to monitor a response of the person to a stimulus and a characteristic of the stimulus; a synchronization module configured to synchronize the sensed electromagnetic signals with the response and the characteristic to determine a set of electromagnetic signals corresponding to the monitored response of the person and the characteristic; a processor configured to process the set of electromagnetic signals and to extract feature vectors, wherein each of the feature vectors defines a class of behavioral intent, and wherein each of the feature vectors is constructed based on wavelet bispectrum phase features that represent nonlinear phase correlation of a plurality of time varying frequency components, and wherein the processor is further configured to determine the behavioral intent of the person based on the feature vectors.
A method for monitoring glow ignition in an internal combustion engine, said method comprising: monitoring a crankshaft speed of said engine over a detection window corresponding to a crankshaft deceleration phase related to a compression stroke in a given engine cylinder; determining a first point (Pinit) defined by a predetermined crankshaft angle ( α init ) and corresponding speed (N init ) during said deceleration, the angle being in the detection window; determining a second point (Pmin) defined by a crankshaft angle and corresponding speed (N min ) when the lowest speed ( α min ) is reached within said detection window; determining a glow indicator based on a crankshaft speed deceleration gradient between the first and the second points; comparing said glow indicator to a predetermined threshold in order to detect the presence of glow ignition when the glow indicator exceeds the detection threshold and the absence of glow ignition when the glow indicator does not exceed the detection threshold, wherein the deceleration gradient is calculated using the formula Δ N decel Δ α decel = N min − N init α min − α init wherein N init and α init are the engine speed and crank angle defining said first point; and N min and α min are the engine speed and crank angle defining said second point. monitoring a crankshaft speed of said engine over a detection window corresponding to a crankshaft deceleration phase related to a compression stroke in a given engine cylinder; determining a first point (Pinit) defined by a predetermined crankshaft angle ( α init ) and corresponding speed (N init ) during said deceleration, the angle being in the detection window; determining a second point (Pmin) defined by a crankshaft angle and corresponding speed (N min ) when the lowest speed ( α min ) is reached within said detection window; determining a glow indicator based on a crankshaft speed deceleration gradient between the first and the second points; comparing said glow indicator to a predetermined threshold in order to detect the presence of glow ignition when the glow indicator exceeds the detection threshold and the absence of glow ignition when the glow indicator does not exceed the detection threshold, wherein the deceleration gradient is calculated using the formula Δ N decel Δ α decel = N min − N init α min − α init wherein N init and α init are the engine speed and crank angle defining said first point; and N min and α min are the engine speed and crank angle defining said second point.
Crash management system (1, 1', 1") for a front part of a vehicle, oriented in a local referential, having a longitudinal direction X a transverse direction Y perpendicular to the longitudinal direction X and a vertical direction Z perpendicular to the plane defined by said directions X and Y, comprising an assembly (2, 2', 2") of bumper beams with at least a first bumper beam (3, 3', 3") and a second bumper beam (4, 4', 4"), oriented in said transverse direction Y, said first bumper beam (3, 3', 3") and second bumper beam (4, 4', 4") being vertically spaced wherein said first bumper beam (3, 3', 3") is located above said second bumper beam (4, 4', 4"), optionally comprising at least one crash box connected to at least a bumper beam (3, 3', 3", 4, 4', 4"), and comprising at least a connecting element whereby said connecting element connects said first bumper beam (3, 3', 3") and said second bumper beam (4, 4', 4"), and wherein said connecting element is an extruded hollow profile which extrusion direction (E) is substantially parallel to said vertical direction Z, characterized in that said connecting element has at least one integrated screwing channel parallel to said extrusion direction (E) of said connecting element and wherein said at least one channel is used to attach said connecting element to said first and said second bumper beam (3, 3', 3", 4, 4', 4").
A method for the transition, so as to be protected against spying out, from a Boolean masking of a value ( d ) to be kept secret to an additive masking of the value ( d ) to be kept secret, wherein the value ( d ) to be kept secret is present in the Boolean masking as a representation ( x ) masked with a first Boolean mask ( s 1 ) and a second Boolean mask ( s 2 ), and wherein a first additive mask ( r 1a ) and a second additive mask ( r 2a ) are determined for the value ( d ) to be kept secret, and wherein - a first masking transition is executed in which the first Boolean mask ( s 1 ) is converted into the first additive mask ( r 1a ), wherein the first additive mask ( r 1a ) is a masked representation of an additive mask ( r 1 ) corresponding to the first Boolean mask ( s 1 ), which is masked with an obfuscation value ( a ) serving as Boolean mask, - a second masking transition is executed in which the obfuscation value ( a ) is converted into an additive correction value (α), and - a third masking transition is executed in which the second Boolean mask ( s 2 ) is converted into the second additive mask ( r 2a ). - a first masking transition is executed in which the first Boolean mask ( s 1 ) is converted into the first additive mask ( r 1a ), wherein the first additive mask ( r 1a ) is a masked representation of an additive mask ( r 1 ) corresponding to the first Boolean mask ( s 1 ), which is masked with an obfuscation value ( a ) serving as Boolean mask, - a second masking transition is executed in which the obfuscation value ( a ) is converted into an additive correction value (α), and - a third masking transition is executed in which the second Boolean mask ( s 2 ) is converted into the second additive mask ( r 2a ).