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An analog to digital converter comprising: a differential amplifier circuit configured to amplify a difference between an input analog signal and a ramp signal which changes over time to output a difference signal; an amplifying element configured to amplify the difference signal to output an amplified signal; a counter configured to measure a length of a conversion period until a level of the analog signal substantially coincides with a level of the ramp signal, wherein the counter is configured to output a count value representing the measured length of the conversion period as a digital signal; characterized by a capacitor having one end connected to one of an input terminal or an output terminal of the amplifying element; and a switch configured to connect the other end of the capacitor to the other one of the input terminal or the output terminal in the conversion period and to disconnect the other end from the other one of the input terminal or the output terminal in a period other than the conversion period, wherein the switch is configured to be switched by a feedback signal. a differential amplifier circuit configured to amplify a difference between an input analog signal and a ramp signal which changes over time to output a difference signal; an amplifying element configured to amplify the difference signal to output an amplified signal; a counter configured to measure a length of a conversion period until a level of the analog signal substantially coincides with a level of the ramp signal, wherein the counter is configured to output a count value representing the measured length of the conversion period as a digital signal; characterized by a capacitor having one end connected to one of an input terminal or an output terminal of the amplifying element; and a switch configured to connect the other end of the capacitor to the other one of the input terminal or the output terminal in the conversion period and to disconnect the other end from the other one of the input terminal or the output terminal in a period other than the conversion period, wherein the switch is configured to be switched by a feedback signal.
A plug-in vehicle configured to connect to a charging station having a station connector, the plug-in vehicle comprising: an electric storage unit configured to store electric power from the charging station; a plug-in vehicle connector configured to connect to the charging station configured to store the electric power in the electric storage unit ; and an identification reader that is coupled to the plug-in vehicle connector configured to read a unique identifier presented by the charging station, whereby the identification reader includes an RFID reader that is configured to: read an RFID tag associated with the charging station to acquire the unique identifier of the charging station when positioned in an operational range of the RFID tag , broadcast a transmission to acquire unique identifiers of charging stations and receive, from each respective charging station receiving the broadcast transmission, a return transmission indicating a unique identifier of the respective charging station, and the RFID reader further includes: a signal level measurement unit that measures return signal strength of each return transmission from a respective charging station; and a closest charging station determination unit for determining a closest charging station based on the measured returned signal strength of each return transmission. an electric storage unit configured to store electric power from the charging station; a plug-in vehicle connector configured to connect to the charging station configured to store the electric power in the electric storage unit ; and an identification reader that is coupled to the plug-in vehicle connector configured to read a unique identifier presented by the charging station, whereby the identification reader includes an RFID reader that is configured to: read an RFID tag associated with the charging station to acquire the unique identifier of the charging station when positioned in an operational range of the RFID tag , broadcast a transmission to acquire unique identifiers of charging stations and receive, from each respective charging station receiving the broadcast transmission, a return transmission indicating a unique identifier of the respective charging station, and read an RFID tag associated with the charging station to acquire the unique identifier of the charging station when positioned in an operational range of the RFID tag , broadcast a transmission to acquire unique identifiers of charging stations and receive, from each respective charging station receiving the broadcast transmission, a return transmission indicating a unique identifier of the respective charging station, and the RFID reader further includes: a signal level measurement unit that measures return signal strength of each return transmission from a respective charging station; and a closest charging station determination unit for determining a closest charging station based on the measured returned signal strength of each return transmission.
Locking device (1; 1a; 1b; 1c), in particular for locking a box provided with a flap, which has a housing (2; 2a; 2b; 2c) with a housing core (5; 5a; 5b; 5c) and at least one locking element (11; 11a; 11b; 11c), which can be moved by an unlocking means (7; 7a; 7c) from a locking position in which the housing core (5; 5a; 5b; 5c) is immovable into an unlocking position in which the housing core (5; 5a; 5b; 5c) is movable relative to the housing (2; 2a; 2b; 2c), with only a linear movement of the unlocking means (7; 7a; 7c) causing an actuation of a release device (23 ; 26; 26b; 42), characterized in the way that the housing core (5; 5a; 5c) is consisting of several parts, a first housing core part (3; 3a; 3c) being set up to accommodate the unlocking means (7; 7a; 7c), a second housing core part (4; 4a; 46) having a sleeve-like form and enclosing at least partially the first housing core part (3; 3a; 3c).
Security element with a UV-excitable effect comprising a structure colour, which in turn comprises microcapsules in which colloidal particles are contained, which can be arranged and/or rearranged relative to each other in a crystalline structure by means of a structural excitation, which comprises a forming of an electrical and/or magnetic field, wherein the crystalline structure has reflective and/or transmissive properties for light which can be influenced and/or adjusted via the structural excitation, wherein additionally luminescence pigments are provided, which display a luminescence in the case of a luminescence excitation which occurs by way of an irradiation of UV light, and the luminescence pigments are arranged in such a way that an observable luminescence is dependent on the structural excitation by means of the electrical and/or magnetic field.
A nuclear reactor comprising: a reactor core ; and a neutron reflector supported around at least a portion of a circumference of the core for controlling a transmission of radiation from the core on a first side of the neutron reflector to a second location on a second side of the neutron reflector, the neutron reflector comprising: a fluid reservoir; a Magneto-Rheological fluid occupying at least a portion of an interior of the fluid reservoir; a magnetic field generator for establishing a magnetic field across the Magneto-Rheological fluid; and a control system for controlling the magnetic field generator to vary the magnetic field across the Magneto-Rheological fluid to change an albedo of the neutron reflector in accordance with a demand signal. a reactor core ; and a neutron reflector supported around at least a portion of a circumference of the core for controlling a transmission of radiation from the core on a first side of the neutron reflector to a second location on a second side of the neutron reflector, the neutron reflector comprising: a fluid reservoir; a Magneto-Rheological fluid occupying at least a portion of an interior of the fluid reservoir; a magnetic field generator for establishing a magnetic field across the Magneto-Rheological fluid; and a control system for controlling the magnetic field generator to vary the magnetic field across the Magneto-Rheological fluid to change an albedo of the neutron reflector in accordance with a demand signal. a fluid reservoir; a Magneto-Rheological fluid occupying at least a portion of an interior of the fluid reservoir; a magnetic field generator for establishing a magnetic field across the Magneto-Rheological fluid; and a control system for controlling the magnetic field generator to vary the magnetic field across the Magneto-Rheological fluid to change an albedo of the neutron reflector in accordance with a demand signal.
A method for connecting a plurality of materials using pressure and thermal curing comprising: receiving the plurality of materials on a vacuum conveyor at a first location , the vacuum conveyor including a plurality of openings through which a predetermined vacuum is applied to hold the plurality of materials in place on the vacuum conveyor ; conveying the received plurality of materials from the first location to a second location along the vacuum conveyor , a moving belt being adaptively positioned above the vacuum conveyor at the second location , and the vacuum conveyor and the moving belt being arranged to be driven in a predetermined relation to one another; applying a predetermined vacuum through at least one of the plurality of openings to cause the moving belt to apply a pressure to an upper surface of the plurality of materials as the plurality of materials are conveyed from the second location to a third location that compresses the plurality of materials ; and thermal curing the compressed plurality of materials . receiving the plurality of materials on a vacuum conveyor at a first location , the vacuum conveyor including a plurality of openings through which a predetermined vacuum is applied to hold the plurality of materials in place on the vacuum conveyor ; conveying the received plurality of materials from the first location to a second location along the vacuum conveyor , a moving belt being adaptively positioned above the vacuum conveyor at the second location , and the vacuum conveyor and the moving belt being arranged to be driven in a predetermined relation to one another; applying a predetermined vacuum through at least one of the plurality of openings to cause the moving belt to apply a pressure to an upper surface of the plurality of materials as the plurality of materials are conveyed from the second location to a third location that compresses the plurality of materials ; and thermal curing the compressed plurality of materials .
Method for reading an item of multimedia content (CM1 ut ), at a predetermined time (tpi) recorded in a broadcast stream received by a device for reading multimedia content, characterized in that , at the level of a device for reading the item of multimedia content, the following is implemented: - before the predetermined time: • sending (S3) a request (RQ) to provide the item of multimedia content to be read to a remote server, • receiving (S4) an identifier (ID 1 ) of the item of multimedia content to be read, the identifier being associated with an item of stream marker information (T1 ut ), • storing (S5) the received identifier in correspondence with the item of marker information, • downloading (S6) all or part of the item of multimedia content (CM1 ut ) on the basis of the received identifier, - at the predetermined time (tpi): - receiving (S7) a stream containing an item of marker information (T1 ut ) identical to said item of marker information that was stored before the predetermined time, - on the basis of the received identical item of marker information, reading (S9) the downloaded item of multimedia content (CM1 ut ) corresponding to the identifier stored in correspondence with the item of marker information. - before the predetermined time: • sending (S3) a request (RQ) to provide the item of multimedia content to be read to a remote server, • receiving (S4) an identifier (ID 1 ) of the item of multimedia content to be read, the identifier being associated with an item of stream marker information (T1 ut ), • storing (S5) the received identifier in correspondence with the item of marker information, • downloading (S6) all or part of the item of multimedia content (CM1 ut ) on the basis of the received identifier, • sending (S3) a request (RQ) to provide the item of multimedia content to be read to a remote server, • receiving (S4) an identifier (ID 1 ) of the item of multimedia content to be read, the identifier being associated with an item of stream marker information (T1 ut ), • storing (S5) the received identifier in correspondence with the item of marker information, • downloading (S6) all or part of the item of multimedia content (CM1 ut ) on the basis of the received identifier, - at the predetermined time (tpi): - receiving (S7) a stream containing an item of marker information (T1 ut ) identical to said item of marker information that was stored before the predetermined time, - on the basis of the received identical item of marker information, reading (S9) the downloaded item of multimedia content (CM1 ut ) corresponding to the identifier stored in correspondence with the item of marker information. - receiving (S7) a stream containing an item of marker information (T1 ut ) identical to said item of marker information that was stored before the predetermined time, - on the basis of the received identical item of marker information, reading (S9) the downloaded item of multimedia content (CM1 ut ) corresponding to the identifier stored in correspondence with the item of marker information.
A method for ensuring parallel data random access in a carrier aggregation scenario, comprising: receiving, from a user equipment, a random access sequence through a physical random access channel, PRACH, with other uplink transmission in a same subframe of different carriers, characterized in that the other uplink transmission comprises a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, and a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, and the other uplink transmission is performed in a primary serving cell and the PRACH is sent in an auxiliary serving cell; and when power is limited, a priority of transmission power of the PRACH and a priority of transmission power of an uplink channel over which the other uplink transmission is performed are controlled from the user equipment as follows: a priority of transmission power of a PUSCH transmission which does not comprise Uplink Control Information, UCI, to be lower than a priority of transmission power of a PUSCH transmission which comprises the UCI, the priority of transmission power of the PUSCH transmission which comprises the UCI to be lower than a priority of transmission power of the PUCCH, and the priority of transmission power of the PUCCH to be lower than a priority of transmission power of the PRACH. receiving, from a user equipment, a random access sequence through a physical random access channel, PRACH, with other uplink transmission in a same subframe of different carriers, characterized in that the other uplink transmission comprises a physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, and a physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, and the other uplink transmission is performed in a primary serving cell and the PRACH is sent in an auxiliary serving cell; and when power is limited, a priority of transmission power of the PRACH and a priority of transmission power of an uplink channel over which the other uplink transmission is performed are controlled from the user equipment as follows: a priority of transmission power of a PUSCH transmission which does not comprise Uplink Control Information, UCI, to be lower than a priority of transmission power of a PUSCH transmission which comprises the UCI, the priority of transmission power of the PUSCH transmission which comprises the UCI to be lower than a priority of transmission power of the PUCCH, and the priority of transmission power of the PUCCH to be lower than a priority of transmission power of the PRACH.
A vehicle comprising: a vehicle rear door including an outer panel constituting an outer surface of the vehicle rear door ; a camera configured to capture an image of a subject placed behind the vehicle, the camera being fixed to the outer panel ; and a camera cleaning device including: a jet nozzle being placed above a lens of the camera , the jet nozzle being configured to dispersedly jet washing water toward the lens ; and a garnish fixed to the outer panel so as to be placed on a rear side of the outer panel in a vehicle front-rear direction, wherein the jet nozzle is disposed between the outer panel and the garnish , wherein the garnish includes a lower end which is inclined so as to protrude towards an upper part of the lens ; a surface on a front side of the lower end of the garnish in the vehicle front-rear direction faces the jet nozzle ; a shape of the garnish is configured such that the lens is placed on a virtual downwardly and forwardly extending extension line (IL) of the lower end ; and the jet nozzle is arranged above the lower end of the garnish , characterized in that the surface on the front side of the lower end of the garnish in the vehicle front-rear direction faces the jet nozzle such that a part of the washing water dispersedly jetted by the jet nozzle is reflected by the surface. a vehicle rear door including an outer panel constituting an outer surface of the vehicle rear door ; a camera configured to capture an image of a subject placed behind the vehicle, the camera being fixed to the outer panel ; and a camera cleaning device including: a jet nozzle being placed above a lens of the camera , the jet nozzle being configured to dispersedly jet washing water toward the lens ; and a garnish fixed to the outer panel so as to be placed on a rear side of the outer panel in a vehicle front-rear direction, wherein the jet nozzle is disposed between the outer panel and the garnish , wherein a jet nozzle being placed above a lens of the camera , the jet nozzle being configured to dispersedly jet washing water toward the lens ; and a garnish fixed to the outer panel so as to be placed on a rear side of the outer panel in a vehicle front-rear direction, wherein the jet nozzle is disposed between the outer panel and the garnish , wherein the garnish includes a lower end which is inclined so as to protrude towards an upper part of the lens ; a surface on a front side of the lower end of the garnish in the vehicle front-rear direction faces the jet nozzle ; a shape of the garnish is configured such that the lens is placed on a virtual downwardly and forwardly extending extension line (IL) of the lower end ; and the jet nozzle is arranged above the lower end of the garnish , characterized in that the surface on the front side of the lower end of the garnish in the vehicle front-rear direction faces the jet nozzle such that a part of the washing water dispersedly jetted by the jet nozzle is reflected by the surface.
A server for a communication network , which server is connected to the communication network via a communication link and has a database application running on it with access to a database (21; 22) that is designed for the purpose of collecting and managing data, wherein the server is in contact via the communication network directly or indirectly, via further servers for the communication network , with a plurality of company-internal machines or appliances, associated with various companies , for the use or reprocessing of tools , wherein the tools are designed for machining workpieces, wherein the tools each comprise a plurality of individual parts, with at least some of the individual parts having associated individual identification data, wherein the server has means for receiving data from tools of the machines or the appliances and/or dynamic information regarding the tools , with the reception means being designed to receive individual identification data from the individual parts of the tools , and the server having means for storing the received data in the database in association with the corresponding tools, wherein the server has means for processing the received data and further data stored in the database (21; 22) in order to generate updated data about the tools , with the information content of the updated data going beyond the sum of the information content of the received data and the further data stored in the database (21; 22), wherein the processing means compile, as updated data, virtual tools that correspond to the tools from the individual parts that correspond to the individual identification data that have been read in, and wherein the server has means for storing the generated updated data in the database (21; 22).
A rod end configured to couple to a piston of an actuator assembly, comprising: a rod piston end having an outer profile; and a rod joint end opposite the rod piston end along the rod end, and characterized in that , a cross-sectional shape of the outer profile is an elliptical shape comprising a major diameter and a minor diameter , wherein the major diameter is larger than the minor diameter in length; wherein the rod piston end comprises an internal surface radially inward of the outer profile, wherein the internal surface comprises threading. a rod piston end having an outer profile; and a rod joint end opposite the rod piston end along the rod end, and a cross-sectional shape of the outer profile is an elliptical shape comprising a major diameter and a minor diameter , wherein the major diameter is larger than the minor diameter in length; wherein the rod piston end comprises an internal surface radially inward of the outer profile, wherein the internal surface comprises threading.
A method of preparing silver-coated copper nanowires having a core-shell structure comprising: (a) stirring an aqueous solution containing an alkali, a copper compound and a capping agent in water; (b) producing copper nanowires by adding a reducing agent to the aqueous solution to reduce copper ions; (c) washing and drying produced copper nanowires; (d) removing an oxide film from the copper nanowires produced in step (c) in a copper nanowire solution; (e) adding a reducing agent to the solution of step (d), adjusting pH 8 to 11 and then forming a silver coating while adding a silver nitrate-ammonia complex solution dropwise; and (f) washing and drying silver-coated copper nanowires prepared in step (e). (a) stirring an aqueous solution containing an alkali, a copper compound and a capping agent in water; (b) producing copper nanowires by adding a reducing agent to the aqueous solution to reduce copper ions; (c) washing and drying produced copper nanowires; (d) removing an oxide film from the copper nanowires produced in step (c) in a copper nanowire solution; (e) adding a reducing agent to the solution of step (d), adjusting pH 8 to 11 and then forming a silver coating while adding a silver nitrate-ammonia complex solution dropwise; and (f) washing and drying silver-coated copper nanowires prepared in step (e).