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A can body manufacturing system comprising: a can body conveyance route by which can bodies are conveyed, provided to branch halfway and thereafter merge again, the can body conveyance route at least including a first branching conveyance route and a second branching conveyance route ; a first printing device (P1) performing printing on can bodies conveyed by the first branching conveyance route; a second printing device (P2) performing printing on can bodies conveyed by the second branching conveyance route, the number of can bodies on which printing is performed by the second printing device per unit time being different from the number of can bodies on which printing is performed by the first printing device per unit time; characterized by at least one of a can body storage part provided in the first branching conveyance route for temporarily storing can bodies on which printing by the first printing device has been performed and a can body storage part provided in the second branching conveyance route for temporarily storing can bodies on which printing by the second printing device has been performed. a can body conveyance route by which can bodies are conveyed, provided to branch halfway and thereafter merge again, the can body conveyance route at least including a first branching conveyance route and a second branching conveyance route ; a first printing device (P1) performing printing on can bodies conveyed by the first branching conveyance route; a second printing device (P2) performing printing on can bodies conveyed by the second branching conveyance route, the number of can bodies on which printing is performed by the second printing device per unit time being different from the number of can bodies on which printing is performed by the first printing device per unit time; characterized by at least one of a can body storage part provided in the first branching conveyance route for temporarily storing can bodies on which printing by the first printing device has been performed and a can body storage part provided in the second branching conveyance route for temporarily storing can bodies on which printing by the second printing device has been performed.
A method of operating a wind turbine which has at least two rotor blades, comprising the steps: carrying out a first ice detection method by a first ice accretion detection unit , outputting a first warning signal if an ice accretion is detected at one of the rotor blades , that exceeds a first threshold value, by the first ice detection method, carrying out a second ice detection method by a second ice accretion detection unit , outputting a second warning signal if an ice accretion is detected at one of the rotor blades , that exceeds a second threshold value, by the second ice detection method, outputting an enable signal if freedom from ice is detected at the at least two rotor blades by the second ice detection method, intervening in the operation of the wind turbine by the control unit if the first or second warning signal has been detected, and deactivating intervention in the operation of the wind turbine by the control unit if the control unit receives an enable signal and has previously received the second warning signal. carrying out a first ice detection method by a first ice accretion detection unit , outputting a first warning signal if an ice accretion is detected at one of the rotor blades , that exceeds a first threshold value, by the first ice detection method, carrying out a second ice detection method by a second ice accretion detection unit , outputting a second warning signal if an ice accretion is detected at one of the rotor blades , that exceeds a second threshold value, by the second ice detection method, outputting an enable signal if freedom from ice is detected at the at least two rotor blades by the second ice detection method, intervening in the operation of the wind turbine by the control unit if the first or second warning signal has been detected, and deactivating intervention in the operation of the wind turbine by the control unit if the control unit receives an enable signal and has previously received the second warning signal.
A method for protecting data based on a private set union (PSU) protocol, performed by a first computing device for transmitting and receiving data to and from a second computing device, the method comprising: generating a Boolean vector for a first information set, based on whether or not each of a plurality of first groups that are groups of elements of the first information set stored in the first computing device is the same as each of a plurality of second groups that are groups of elements of a second information set stored in the second computing device; obtaining a random vector for the first information set as a result of shuffling performed by using the Boolean vector generated by the first computing device as an input and using order information and encryption information selected by the second computing device as inputs; and generating information on a union of the first information set and the second information set based on the random vector. generating a Boolean vector for a first information set, based on whether or not each of a plurality of first groups that are groups of elements of the first information set stored in the first computing device is the same as each of a plurality of second groups that are groups of elements of a second information set stored in the second computing device; obtaining a random vector for the first information set as a result of shuffling performed by using the Boolean vector generated by the first computing device as an input and using order information and encryption information selected by the second computing device as inputs; and generating information on a union of the first information set and the second information set based on the random vector.
A method for controlling a flexible electronic apparatus comprising a flexible structure configured to allow deformation of the apparatus by a user, and a touch screen configured to provide a user interface, the method comprising monitoring deformation of the apparatus , the deformation performed by the user; detecting changes in space within the apparatus between at least two measurement points by using the touch screen to detect changes in capacitive environment of the touch screen, wherein one of the two measurement points resides in a touch screen electrode grid and another measurement point resides on a layer below the touch screen; and determining degree of deformation of the apparatus , by a processing unit, based on the detected changes in the space within the apparatus between the at least two measurement points to control the apparatus.
A vehicle comprising: an occupant cabin ; a retractable roof configured to move between a deployed configuration where the roof covers the occupant cabin and a retracted configuration; a housing configured to house the retractable roof when the roof is in the retracted configuration; and a moveable cover configured to close the housing, the moveable cover comprising: a cover body ; and two fins each extending from the cover body, the fins being located on either side of a longitudinal centreline of the vehicle, and the fins each comprising: a channel running through the fin from a first side of the fin facing away from the longitudinal centreline to a second side of the fin facing towards the longitudinal centreline; a projection from the cover body; and a panel attached to the projection, the channel running between the projection from the cover body and the panel; wherein each channel originates in an outlet on the second side of the fin, and the outlet is oriented towards a rearward direction of the vehicle. an occupant cabin ; a retractable roof configured to move between a deployed configuration where the roof covers the occupant cabin and a retracted configuration; a housing configured to house the retractable roof when the roof is in the retracted configuration; and a moveable cover configured to close the housing, the moveable cover comprising: a cover body ; and two fins each extending from the cover body, the fins being located on either side of a longitudinal centreline of the vehicle, and the fins each comprising: a channel running through the fin from a first side of the fin facing away from the longitudinal centreline to a second side of the fin facing towards the longitudinal centreline; a projection from the cover body; and a panel attached to the projection, the channel running between the projection from the cover body and the panel; a channel running through the fin from a first side of the fin facing away from the longitudinal centreline to a second side of the fin facing towards the longitudinal centreline; a projection from the cover body; and a panel attached to the projection, the channel running between the projection from the cover body and the panel; wherein each channel originates in an outlet on the second side of the fin, and the outlet is oriented towards a rearward direction of the vehicle.
A system for use on a vessel , the system comprising: a Flettner rotor ; wherein the system further comprises: a transport for conveying the Flettner rotor over a deck of the vessel between an operating position and a storage position; a railway for guiding movement of the transport over the deck of the vessel; and a foundation for supporting the Flettner rotor on the deck of the vessel in an operating position; wherein the transport comprises a trolley , the trolley comprising a chassis with wheels for engaging with the railway and a load bearing mechanism configured to engage a base of the Flettner rotor to transfer the load of the Flettner rotor from the foundation to the railway . a Flettner rotor ; wherein the system further comprises: a transport for conveying the Flettner rotor over a deck of the vessel between an operating position and a storage position; a railway for guiding movement of the transport over the deck of the vessel; and a foundation for supporting the Flettner rotor on the deck of the vessel in an operating position; wherein the transport comprises a trolley , the trolley comprising a chassis with wheels for engaging with the railway and a load bearing mechanism configured to engage a base of the Flettner rotor to transfer the load of the Flettner rotor from the foundation to the railway . a transport for conveying the Flettner rotor over a deck of the vessel between an operating position and a storage position; a railway for guiding movement of the transport over the deck of the vessel; and a foundation for supporting the Flettner rotor on the deck of the vessel in an operating position; wherein the transport comprises a trolley , the trolley comprising a chassis with wheels for engaging with the railway and a load bearing mechanism configured to engage a base of the Flettner rotor to transfer the load of the Flettner rotor from the foundation to the railway .
A dialysis system comprising: a first fluid heater; a second fluid heater; a main power source for powering the system; a supplemental power source ; and a logic implementer configured to use the supplemental power source such that when the first and second heaters are powered simultaneously, a collective current draw does not exceed a maximum allowable current draw of the main power source. a first fluid heater; a second fluid heater; a main power source for powering the system; a supplemental power source ; and a logic implementer configured to use the supplemental power source such that when the first and second heaters are powered simultaneously, a collective current draw does not exceed a maximum allowable current draw of the main power source.
A bus system comprising: a plurality of vertical bus conductors , each vertical bus conductor having a plurality of substantially flat areas between substantially curved areas , the substantially flat areas each having an aperture configured to receive a fastener for electrical connection to a unit having an electrical component, wherein the substantially curved areas are provided in a first plane and the substantially flat areas are provided in a second plane parallel to the first plane, and wherein the vertical bus conductors each further include a substantially flat area provided in a third plane parallel to the first and second planes, wherein the first plane is between the second and third planes; a plurality of horizontal bus conductors ; and an electrically insulating bus support having a plurality of vertical channels receiving the vertical bus conductors, wherein the electrically insulating bus support electrically isolates the vertical bus conductors from the horizontal bus conductors, and wherein each horizontal bus conductor is attached to a different vertical bus conductor. a plurality of vertical bus conductors , each vertical bus conductor having a plurality of substantially flat areas between substantially curved areas , the substantially flat areas each having an aperture configured to receive a fastener for electrical connection to a unit having an electrical component, wherein the substantially curved areas are provided in a first plane and the substantially flat areas are provided in a second plane parallel to the first plane, and wherein the vertical bus conductors each further include a substantially flat area provided in a third plane parallel to the first and second planes, wherein the first plane is between the second and third planes; a plurality of horizontal bus conductors ; and an electrically insulating bus support having a plurality of vertical channels receiving the vertical bus conductors, wherein the electrically insulating bus support electrically isolates the vertical bus conductors from the horizontal bus conductors, and wherein each horizontal bus conductor is attached to a different vertical bus conductor.
A roof window comprising a frame and a sash , the frame having a top member , a bottom member and two side members extending between the top and bottom member defining a quadrangular frame having an opening for receiving the sash , the sash having a top member , a bottom member and two side members extending between the top and bottom member defining a quadrangular sash frame having an opening for receiving a pane of glass, the roof window further comprising an elongate sash cover member having two longitudinal edge portions and two lateral edge portions , the elongate sash cover member being adaptable to cover at least part of the exterior surface of a side member of the sash and/or frame , the sash comprising a cover member retaining means having means for releasably locating and retaining at least part of one lateral edge portion of the elongate sash cover member , the cover member retaining means being disposed proximal the sash at a location where an upper lateral edge portion of the elongate sash cover member is located in a mounted position, at least part of the other end of the elongate sash cover member being releasably fixed relative to the sash at the other end thereof characterised in that the elongate sash cover member has at least part of the upper lateral edge portion slidably inserted into the means for releasably locating and retaining that part of the upper lateral edge portion .
A wireless sensor node network including a network hub , a plurality of sensor node arrangements and a handheld device , the sensor node arrangement each being mounted (S501) at a geographic location during installation and comprising: a) a sensor to sense information; b) an RF transceiver to communicate the information to the network hub of the wireless network via a primary communications channel; and c) a coil to establish a secondary communications channel with the handheld device via inductive coupling, d1) wherein the handheld device includes a location-based service arrangement to provide geographic related information; wherein d2) when the handheld device is being brought in close proximity to the sensor node arrangement for said inductive coupling during installation to establish the secondary communications channel, the sensor node arrangement , in response to receiving a signal, responds by sending a node identifier of the sensor node arrangement via the secondary communications channel and the handheld device records the node identifier and the physical location of the sensor node arrangement , wherein the physical location is recorded using the location-based service arrangement ; and d) wherein the handheld device uploads the node identifier and physical location of the sensor node arrangement to a database for creating (S507) a physical network by using the information provided to the database via the handheld device to introduce and/or activate the sensor node arrangement within a network of multiple other sensor node arrangements. a) a sensor to sense information; b) an RF transceiver to communicate the information to the network hub of the wireless network via a primary communications channel; and c) a coil to establish a secondary communications channel with the handheld device via inductive coupling, d1) wherein the handheld device includes a location-based service arrangement to provide geographic related information; wherein d2) when the handheld device is being brought in close proximity to the sensor node arrangement for said inductive coupling during installation to establish the secondary communications channel, the sensor node arrangement , in response to receiving a signal, responds by sending a node identifier of the sensor node arrangement via the secondary communications channel and the handheld device records the node identifier and the physical location of the sensor node arrangement , wherein the physical location is recorded using the location-based service arrangement ; and d) wherein the handheld device uploads the node identifier and physical location of the sensor node arrangement to a database for creating (S507) a physical network by using the information provided to the database via the handheld device to introduce and/or activate the sensor node arrangement within a network of multiple other sensor node arrangements.
Method for designing a regulator for a hearing aid in order to compensate for the occlusion effect during the emission of an acoustic useful signal into the ear canal of the human ear, in which the hearing aid has an earbud , which can be introduced into the ear canal and which comprises a speaker for emitting a compensation signal (y(t), ỹ' ( t )) into the ear canal and a microphone for capturing an error signal (e(t)) from the ear canal as well as a control unit for processing the signal to be emitted and the captured signal, and in which the method encompasses the following steps: - Measuring a nominal secondary path between the speaker and the microphone and determining a transmission function (G) which describes the behaviour of the nominal secondary path, - determining a requirement in the form of a desired sensitivity function (S gew ) of the hearing aid, - designing the regulator using an optimisation method while simultaneously taking into consideration the requirement, and - implementing the regulator in the control unit , characterised by the requirement being a second requirement and the method encompassing the determination of a first requirement in the form of a tolerance band (Wtol) about the transmission function (G), and by the design of the regulator using an optimisation method simultaneously taking into account the first and second requirement. - Measuring a nominal secondary path between the speaker and the microphone and determining a transmission function (G) which describes the behaviour of the nominal secondary path, - determining a requirement in the form of a desired sensitivity function (S gew ) of the hearing aid, - designing the regulator using an optimisation method while simultaneously taking into consideration the requirement, and - implementing the regulator in the control unit , characterised by the requirement being a second requirement and the method encompassing the determination of a first requirement in the form of a tolerance band (Wtol) about the transmission function (G), and by the design of the regulator using an optimisation method simultaneously taking into account the first and second requirement.
Secure hardware element comprising a plurality of applications and an execution environment for executing the applications, the execution environment being configured to receive a command (CMD) on a communication interface (I) for communicating with outside the secure hardware element, to determine a target application for executing the command using an application resource from among a plurality of application resources of the secure hardware element, and to transmit, on the communication interface, a response (REP) to the command received from the target application, the secure hardware element being characterized in that it comprises a plurality of communication interfaces and a plurality of security management applications defining a plurality of issuer security domains (ISD1, ISD2, ISDn), each issuer security domain being respectively associated with a different communication interface ; in that the execution environment comprises a register associating, with each application resource from among the plurality of application resources, an application identifier (AID) specific to the application resource and an indicator (IND) representative of an associated communication interface, wherein the register furthermore associates, with each application from among the plurality of applications , an application identifier (AID) specific to the application and an indicator (IND) representative of an associated communication interface; and in that the execution environment is configured to determine the target application on the basis of the communication interface receiving the command and to authorize access to an application resource of the secure hardware element for the execution of the command by the target application only if this application resource is associated with the communication interface receiving the command. in that the execution environment comprises a register associating, with each application resource from among the plurality of application resources, an application identifier (AID) specific to the application resource and an indicator (IND) representative of an associated communication interface, wherein the register furthermore associates, with each application from among the plurality of applications , an application identifier (AID) specific to the application and an indicator (IND) representative of an associated communication interface; and in that the execution environment is configured to determine the target application on the basis of the communication interface receiving the command and to authorize access to an application resource of the secure hardware element for the execution of the command by the target application only if this application resource is associated with the communication interface receiving the command.