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A resin barrier device for use in resin infusion of a composite preform, the resin barrier device comprising: a housing having an inlet port for connection to a resin source; an outlet port for connection to a vacuum source; a flow path extending between the inlet and outlet ports ; wherein a portion of the flow path has an increased flow area that is larger than the flow area of either the inlet port or the outlet port ; and a gas-permeable membrane across the increased flow area portion of the flow path , wherein the housing comprising separable first and second portions, to provide access to the gas-permeable membrane ; the resin barrier device comprises a sealing arrangement between the first and second portions of the housing ; and the gas-permeable membrane is received in or supported in part by the sealing arrangement ; and characterized in that the sealing arrangement defines a perimeter of the increased flow area of the flow path on both sides of the gas-permeable membrane . a housing having an inlet port for connection to a resin source; an outlet port for connection to a vacuum source; a flow path extending between the inlet and outlet ports ; wherein a portion of the flow path has an increased flow area that is larger than the flow area of either the inlet port or the outlet port ; and a gas-permeable membrane across the increased flow area portion of the flow path , wherein the housing comprising separable first and second portions, to provide access to the gas-permeable membrane ; the resin barrier device comprises a sealing arrangement between the first and second portions of the housing ; and the gas-permeable membrane is received in or supported in part by the sealing arrangement ; and characterized in that the sealing arrangement defines a perimeter of the increased flow area of the flow path on both sides of the gas-permeable membrane .
An apparatus for use in an industrial process control or monitoring system, comprising: a process device for coupling to an industrial process, wherein the process device is a process transmitter or controller to monitor or control the industrial process and communicate; a process coupling configured to couple the process device to the industrial process which includes piping carrying a process fluid, the process coupling adapted to receive vibrations from the process; a vibration sensor adapted such that when the process device is coupled to the industrial process the vibration sensor senses vibrations received through the process coupling and provides a sensed vibration signal; and diagnostic circuitry located in the process device adapted to receive the sensed vibration signal and responsively provide a diagnostic output related to a process disturbance or operation of a process component, characterised in that the diagnostic output is based on trends in the sensed vibrations over a period of time, the trends providing an accumulative measure of exposure of process components to vibration and the output predicting an imminent failure of process piping or mechanical connections. a process device for coupling to an industrial process, wherein the process device is a process transmitter or controller to monitor or control the industrial process and communicate; a process coupling configured to couple the process device to the industrial process which includes piping carrying a process fluid, the process coupling adapted to receive vibrations from the process; a vibration sensor adapted such that when the process device is coupled to the industrial process the vibration sensor senses vibrations received through the process coupling and provides a sensed vibration signal; and diagnostic circuitry located in the process device adapted to receive the sensed vibration signal and responsively provide a diagnostic output related to a process disturbance or operation of a process component, characterised in that the diagnostic output is based on trends in the sensed vibrations over a period of time, the trends providing an accumulative measure of exposure of process components to vibration and the output predicting an imminent failure of process piping or mechanical connections.
A computer system including a non- transient storage medium having stored thereon a computer program comprising instructions which, when the program is executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out a method for minimizing RMS error in data collected during a seismic survey over a predetermined area, comprising the steps of: a) obtaining field measurements of the following dimensions: i) source x, y, and z positions at the time of each of a plurality of shots , ii) receiver x, y, and z positions for each of a plurality of receivers , iii) speed of sound in water as a function of time and depth, iv) receiver timing comprising the times at which the receivers sense each of the plurality of shots, and v) clock drift which is measured by comparing an internal clock of each of the receivers to a master clock; b) measuring an actual travel time from each source to each of the plurality of receivers for the plurality of shots ; c) calculating a model travel time for the plurality of shots from each source to each of the plurality of receivers, based on said field measurements; d) comparing the actual travel times and the model travel times and calculating a travel time RMS error between the actual travel times and the model travel times; e) perturbing at least a first one of said field measurements; f) re-calculating the model travel times using travel time inversion, after step e); g) repeating steps d) - f) until an acceptable RMS error has been calculated. a) obtaining field measurements of the following dimensions: i) source x, y, and z positions at the time of each of a plurality of shots , ii) receiver x, y, and z positions for each of a plurality of receivers , iii) speed of sound in water as a function of time and depth, iv) receiver timing comprising the times at which the receivers sense each of the plurality of shots, and v) clock drift which is measured by comparing an internal clock of each of the receivers to a master clock; i) source x, y, and z positions at the time of each of a plurality of shots , ii) receiver x, y, and z positions for each of a plurality of receivers , iii) speed of sound in water as a function of time and depth, iv) receiver timing comprising the times at which the receivers sense each of the plurality of shots, and v) clock drift which is measured by comparing an internal clock of each of the receivers to a master clock; b) measuring an actual travel time from each source to each of the plurality of receivers for the plurality of shots ; c) calculating a model travel time for the plurality of shots from each source to each of the plurality of receivers, based on said field measurements; d) comparing the actual travel times and the model travel times and calculating a travel time RMS error between the actual travel times and the model travel times; e) perturbing at least a first one of said field measurements; f) re-calculating the model travel times using travel time inversion, after step e); g) repeating steps d) - f) until an acceptable RMS error has been calculated.
A mobile object comprising: a movement-enabling region normal line detection section configured to detect a normal direction of a plane constituting a movement-enabling region for a mobile object; a position identification section configured to identify a position of a point on the plane constituting the movement-enabling region; a plane identification section configured to identify the plane constituting the movement-enabling region on a basis of the normal direction of the movement-enabling region and the position of the point in the movement-enabling region; a polarization camera configured to acquire polarized images in a plurality of polarizing directions, wherein the movement-enabling region normal line detection section detects, on a basis of the polarized images, the normal direction of the plane constituting the movement-enabling region for the mobile object; an environmental mapping section configured to generate an environmental map on a basis of the plane identified by the plane identification section; a planning section configured to plan a movement route on a basis of the environmental map generated by the environmental mapping section; and a control section configured to control an operation of the mobile object on a basis of the movement route planned by the planning section. a movement-enabling region normal line detection section configured to detect a normal direction of a plane constituting a movement-enabling region for a mobile object; a position identification section configured to identify a position of a point on the plane constituting the movement-enabling region; a plane identification section configured to identify the plane constituting the movement-enabling region on a basis of the normal direction of the movement-enabling region and the position of the point in the movement-enabling region; a polarization camera configured to acquire polarized images in a plurality of polarizing directions, wherein the movement-enabling region normal line detection section detects, on a basis of the polarized images, the normal direction of the plane constituting the movement-enabling region for the mobile object; an environmental mapping section configured to generate an environmental map on a basis of the plane identified by the plane identification section; a planning section configured to plan a movement route on a basis of the environmental map generated by the environmental mapping section; and a control section configured to control an operation of the mobile object on a basis of the movement route planned by the planning section.
An imaging device comprising: a first-conductivity-type substrate ; a first-conductivity-type element forming portion provided on the substrate; and a plurality of pixel portions that are arrayed two-dimensionally in at least one of the substrate and the element forming portion, each pixel portion having a light receiving element , wherein at least one pixel portion of the plurality of pixel portions has : a first-conductivity-type first wall portion provided on a substrate side relative to the light receiving element and on a light receiving element side relative to the substrate, the first wall portion overlapping at least part of the light receiving element in the array direction of the plurality of pixel portions, and having a p-type or n-type impurity concentration higher than that of the substrate; and a carrier passage area (Rcp) where the first wall is not provided is arranged at a position in the array direction of the plurality of pixel portions where carriers generated in the substrate are able to pass the first wall portion. a first-conductivity-type substrate ; a first-conductivity-type element forming portion provided on the substrate; and a plurality of pixel portions that are arrayed two-dimensionally in at least one of the substrate and the element forming portion, each pixel portion having a light receiving element , wherein at least one pixel portion of the plurality of pixel portions has : a first-conductivity-type first wall portion provided on a substrate side relative to the light receiving element and on a light receiving element side relative to the substrate, the first wall portion overlapping at least part of the light receiving element in the array direction of the plurality of pixel portions, and having a p-type or n-type impurity concentration higher than that of the substrate; and a carrier passage area (Rcp) where the first wall is not provided is arranged at a position in the array direction of the plurality of pixel portions where carriers generated in the substrate are able to pass the first wall portion. a first-conductivity-type first wall portion provided on a substrate side relative to the light receiving element and on a light receiving element side relative to the substrate, the first wall portion overlapping at least part of the light receiving element in the array direction of the plurality of pixel portions, and having a p-type or n-type impurity concentration higher than that of the substrate; and a carrier passage area (Rcp) where the first wall is not provided is arranged at a position in the array direction of the plurality of pixel portions where carriers generated in the substrate are able to pass the first wall portion.
A method for using a controlling device to control an output device of a controllable appliance , comprising the steps of: periodically monitoring for, and receiving, at a controllable appliance from a controlling device a location signal comprising an indication of the controlling device's location; using the location signal by the controllable appliance to determine if the controlling device has been directionally reoriented relative to the controllable appliance by more than a threshold amount; and when it has been determined by the controllable appliance that the controlling device has been directionally reoriented relative to the controllable appliance by more than the threshold amount, causing the controllable appliance to use the location signal to directionally reorient the output device of the controllable appliance generally towards the controlling device . periodically monitoring for, and receiving, at a controllable appliance from a controlling device a location signal comprising an indication of the controlling device's location; using the location signal by the controllable appliance to determine if the controlling device has been directionally reoriented relative to the controllable appliance by more than a threshold amount; and when it has been determined by the controllable appliance that the controlling device has been directionally reoriented relative to the controllable appliance by more than the threshold amount, causing the controllable appliance to use the location signal to directionally reorient the output device of the controllable appliance generally towards the controlling device .
A switch-fuse module comprising: a housing having therein a first enclosure comprising a first insulating gas and a second enclosure comprising a second insulating gas; at least one switch disconnector arranged within the first enclosure ; and at least one fuse at least partially surrounded by the second enclosure ; wherein each of the first insulating gas and the second insulating gas has a global warming potential less than a global warming potential of SF6, and the first enclosure is different and separate from the second enclosure , characterised in that the first enclosure and the second enclosure are isolated from each other in a gas-tight manner. a housing having therein a first enclosure comprising a first insulating gas and a second enclosure comprising a second insulating gas; at least one switch disconnector arranged within the first enclosure ; and at least one fuse at least partially surrounded by the second enclosure ; wherein each of the first insulating gas and the second insulating gas has a global warming potential less than a global warming potential of SF6, and the first enclosure is different and separate from the second enclosure , characterised in that the first enclosure and the second enclosure are isolated from each other in a gas-tight manner.
A self-wetting porous membrane comprising an aromatic hydrophobic polymer and a wetting agent comprising a copolymer, characterized in that the copolymer is of the formula: or characterized in that m 1 or m 2 is from 5 to 80 and n is from 20 to 200.
A tool for operating on an object, comprising: a frame ; a working head assembly having a movable section with a first end and a second end wherein the second end comprises an aperture , and a fixed section having a first end and a second end wherein the second end comprises an aperture , wherein the fixed section is secured to the frame , and wherein the first end of the movable section is movably secured to the first end of the fixed section and the second end of the movable section is releasably secured to the second end of the fixed section using a latch pin extendable through the apertures of the second end of the movable section and the second end of the fixed section ; and characterized by a latch pin stop extensibly positioned in the second end of the movable section and configured to prevent the latch pin from securing the second end of the movable section , wherein the latch pin stop is movable between an active position where the latch pin stop blocks the insertion of the latch pin in the apertures , and a retracted position in which the latch pin stop allows insertion of the latch pin into the apertures , thereby securing the second end of the movable section to the second end of the fixed section when the movable section and the fixed section are positioned such that the aperture in the second end of the movable section is axially aligned with the aperture in the second end of the fixed section . a frame ; a working head assembly having a movable section with a first end and a second end wherein the second end comprises an aperture , and a fixed section having a first end and a second end wherein the second end comprises an aperture , wherein the fixed section is secured to the frame , and wherein the first end of the movable section is movably secured to the first end of the fixed section and the second end of the movable section is releasably secured to the second end of the fixed section using a latch pin extendable through the apertures of the second end of the movable section and the second end of the fixed section ; and characterized by a latch pin stop extensibly positioned in the second end of the movable section and configured to prevent the latch pin from securing the second end of the movable section , wherein the latch pin stop is movable between an active position where the latch pin stop blocks the insertion of the latch pin in the apertures , and a retracted position in which the latch pin stop allows insertion of the latch pin into the apertures , thereby securing the second end of the movable section to the second end of the fixed section when the movable section and the fixed section are positioned such that the aperture in the second end of the movable section is axially aligned with the aperture in the second end of the fixed section .
A method of binaural audio rendering, the method comprising: obtaining a bitstream (517C-E); parsing, from the obtained bitstream (517C-E), encoded audio data, transformation information and an SHC present field , wherein the transformation information comprises rotation information describing how a sound field represented by a plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients was transformed in order to generate a reduced plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients , at least one of the plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients being associated with an order greater than one, the reduced plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients having a number of spherical harmonic coefficients that is less than a number of the plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients , wherein the SHC present field specifies which spherical harmonic coefficients are included in the reduced plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients ; decoding the encoded audio data using the SHC present field to obtain the reduced plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients ; and performing the binaural audio rendering with respect to the obtained reduced plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients , wherein performing the rendering includes rotating the renderer based on the transformation information . obtaining a bitstream (517C-E); parsing, from the obtained bitstream (517C-E), encoded audio data, transformation information and an SHC present field , wherein the transformation information comprises rotation information describing how a sound field represented by a plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients was transformed in order to generate a reduced plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients , at least one of the plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients being associated with an order greater than one, the reduced plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients having a number of spherical harmonic coefficients that is less than a number of the plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients , wherein the SHC present field specifies which spherical harmonic coefficients are included in the reduced plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients ; decoding the encoded audio data using the SHC present field to obtain the reduced plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients ; and performing the binaural audio rendering with respect to the obtained reduced plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients , wherein performing the rendering includes rotating the renderer based on the transformation information .
A refrigerator comprising: an inner case having a storage chamber (S); a thermoelectric module configured to cool the storage chamber (S) and including a thermoelectric element and a cooling sink ; a fan configured to circulate air, which has exchanged heat with the cooling sink , to the storage chamber (S); a fan cover configured to cover the fan and having an upper discharge hole , a lower discharge hole , and an inner suction hole formed between the upper discharge hole and the lower discharge hole ; a first receiving member disposed in the storage chamber (S); and a second receiving member disposed over the first receiving member to be spaced apart from the first receiving member , wherein at least a portion of each of the inner suction hole and the lower discharge hole faces a portion between the first receiving member and the second receiving member , and at least a portion of the upper discharge hole faces a portion between a top surface of the storage chamber (S) and the second receiving member; characterized in that : a portion of the upper discharge hole horizontally overlaps the second receiving member ; and a spaced distance (D2) between the second receiving member and a rear surface of the storage chamber (S) is longer than a spaced distance (D1) between the first receiving member and the rear surface of the storage chamber (S). an inner case having a storage chamber (S); a thermoelectric module configured to cool the storage chamber (S) and including a thermoelectric element and a cooling sink ; a fan configured to circulate air, which has exchanged heat with the cooling sink , to the storage chamber (S); a fan cover configured to cover the fan and having an upper discharge hole , a lower discharge hole , and an inner suction hole formed between the upper discharge hole and the lower discharge hole ; a first receiving member disposed in the storage chamber (S); and a second receiving member disposed over the first receiving member to be spaced apart from the first receiving member , wherein at least a portion of each of the inner suction hole and the lower discharge hole faces a portion between the first receiving member and the second receiving member , and at least a portion of the upper discharge hole faces a portion between a top surface of the storage chamber (S) and the second receiving member; characterized in that : a portion of the upper discharge hole horizontally overlaps the second receiving member ; and a spaced distance (D2) between the second receiving member and a rear surface of the storage chamber (S) is longer than a spaced distance (D1) between the first receiving member and the rear surface of the storage chamber (S). a portion of the upper discharge hole horizontally overlaps the second receiving member ; and a spaced distance (D2) between the second receiving member and a rear surface of the storage chamber (S) is longer than a spaced distance (D1) between the first receiving member and the rear surface of the storage chamber (S).
A method of reducing the content of at least one tobacco specific nitrosamine (TSNA) or a precursor of a TSNA in tobacco comprising expressing a deregulated cation efflux protein in a tobacco plant or plant part thereof or plant cell, wherein the deregulated cation efflux protein is a constitutively high affinity cation efflux transporter.