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A method of performing character isolation in an optical character recognition process, the method comprising: receiving image data representing one or more character columns; determining a number of black pixels in each column of the image data; defining a vertical separation threshold which is a maximum number of black pixels in a column; dividing the columns into different pixel groups and groups of excluded columns by excluding any columns with a number of black pixels below the vertical separation threshold; identifying the pixel group representing the left most character column in the image data, comprising identifying the pixel group immediately to the right of the left most group of excluded columns; determining whether there are one or two pixel groups representing character columns in the image data by determining the width of the left most group of excluded columns and if it is determined that the width of the left most group of excluded columns is below a maximum left margin threshold value, determining that there are two pixel groups representing character columns in the image data; and if it is determined that there are two pixel groups representing character columns, using a predetermined width value for a right most character column in order to identify a right hand boundary of the right most character column. receiving image data representing one or more character columns; determining a number of black pixels in each column of the image data; defining a vertical separation threshold which is a maximum number of black pixels in a column; dividing the columns into different pixel groups and groups of excluded columns by excluding any columns with a number of black pixels below the vertical separation threshold; identifying the pixel group representing the left most character column in the image data, comprising identifying the pixel group immediately to the right of the left most group of excluded columns; determining whether there are one or two pixel groups representing character columns in the image data by determining the width of the left most group of excluded columns and if it is determined that the width of the left most group of excluded columns is below a maximum left margin threshold value, determining that there are two pixel groups representing character columns in the image data; and if it is determined that there are two pixel groups representing character columns, using a predetermined width value for a right most character column in order to identify a right hand boundary of the right most character column.
An industrial device configured to communicate with other industrial devices within fixed communication cycles, each communication cycle being divided into a plurality of periods, each industrial device functioning as at least either one of a communication master (M10, M20, M30) and a communication slave (S11, S12, S13, S21, S22) that is adapted to receive control data from a communication master, the industrial device comprising: one or more switches adapted to cause, for at least one of said periods, the devices belonging to a communication group to communicate between each other independently from one or more other communication groups during said period, each communication group including one communication master and one or more communication slaves; and one or more switch control units configured to control the one or more switches to switch, according to which communication groups have their devices able to communicate between each other independently from one or more other communication groups in each period, a state in which an inter-group communication line present between the communication groups is disconnected and a state in which the inter-group communication line is connected, wherein the communication groups, the devices of which can communicate independently from one or more other communication groups, differ from period to period. one or more switches adapted to cause, for at least one of said periods, the devices belonging to a communication group to communicate between each other independently from one or more other communication groups during said period, each communication group including one communication master and one or more communication slaves; and one or more switch control units configured to control the one or more switches to switch, according to which communication groups have their devices able to communicate between each other independently from one or more other communication groups in each period, a state in which an inter-group communication line present between the communication groups is disconnected and a state in which the inter-group communication line is connected, wherein the communication groups, the devices of which can communicate independently from one or more other communication groups, differ from period to period.
A pull-out blocking arrangement for at least two furniture parts, in particular drawers, which can be pushed into a furniture body and pulled out of the furniture body, wherein it comprises at least one locking device for blocking the furniture parts in their pushed-in position, wherein the locking device comprises a locking body which is pivotable about a pivot axis and is pivotable between at least one blocking position for blocking the furniture parts in the pushed-in position and at least one release position for pulling at least one of the furniture parts out of the furniture body, characterized in that the locking body is pivotable about the pivot axis out of the blocking position into the release position in two pivot directions which are opposite one another.
A method for producing a molded article obtained by integrating a decoration layer onto a surface of a porous body including a reinforcing fiber , the porous body being air-permeable, and the compression strength of the porous body upon compression of 50%, measured in accordance with the method described in the description, being 1 MPa or more, the method comprising: a preheating process at which the decoration layer is preheated; and a shaping and integrating process at which the porous body is pressed to the decoration layer or the decoration layer is pressed to the porous body without using a frame to support the porous body to shape the decoration layer , and the porous body and the decoration layer are integrated to each other, wherein in a closed space having a space including the porous body and having a space not including the porous body , these spaces being separated by the decoration layer as a boundary between these spaces, pressures are made different between these two spaces to perform the shaping. a preheating process at which the decoration layer is preheated; and a shaping and integrating process at which the porous body is pressed to the decoration layer or the decoration layer is pressed to the porous body without using a frame to support the porous body to shape the decoration layer , and the porous body and the decoration layer are integrated to each other, wherein in a closed space having a space including the porous body and having a space not including the porous body , these spaces being separated by the decoration layer as a boundary between these spaces, pressures are made different between these two spaces to perform the shaping.
Use of pentaethylenehexamine for production of polyurethane foams that are low-emission with regard to aldehyde, including formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde, acrolein and benzaldehyde emissions.
A method of operating coherency or memory interconnect protocols over a PCIe 6.0 interconnect, comprising: receiving a first portion of a flow control unit (Flit ), the first portion of the Flit comprising a first cyclic redundancy check (CRC) code; receiving a second portion of the Flit , the second portion of the Flit comprising a second CRC code and an error correcting code (ECC), the ECC for the first portion of the Flit and the second portion of the Flit ; generating a CRC code based on at least part of the first portion of the Flit , performing a CRC check based on comparing the generated CRC code with the first CRC code in the first portion of the Flit ; and sending the first portion of the Flit to Link Layer circuitry without performing forward error correction (FEC) if the first portion of the Flit passes the CRC check. receiving a first portion of a flow control unit (Flit ), the first portion of the Flit comprising a first cyclic redundancy check (CRC) code; receiving a second portion of the Flit , the second portion of the Flit comprising a second CRC code and an error correcting code (ECC), the ECC for the first portion of the Flit and the second portion of the Flit ; generating a CRC code based on at least part of the first portion of the Flit , performing a CRC check based on comparing the generated CRC code with the first CRC code in the first portion of the Flit ; and sending the first portion of the Flit to Link Layer circuitry without performing forward error correction (FEC) if the first portion of the Flit passes the CRC check.
An optical package , comprising: a package substrate ; a compute die over the package substrate ; an optics die over the package substrate , wherein the optics die comprises grating couplers ; and an optical connector for optically coupling optical fibers to the grating couplers, wherein the optical connector comprises: a fiber array unit (FAU), wherein the FAU has a turn; a ferrule ; and characterized in that the optical connector further comprises: a fiber shuffler , wherein the fiber shuffler comprises a first V-groove with a first depth and a second V-groove with a second depth that is greater than the first depth. a package substrate ; a compute die over the package substrate ; an optics die over the package substrate , wherein the optics die comprises grating couplers ; and an optical connector for optically coupling optical fibers to the grating couplers, wherein the optical connector comprises: a fiber array unit (FAU), wherein the FAU has a turn; a ferrule ; and characterized in that the optical connector further comprises: a fiber shuffler , wherein the fiber shuffler comprises a first V-groove with a first depth and a second V-groove with a second depth that is greater than the first depth. a fiber array unit (FAU), wherein the FAU has a turn; a ferrule ; and characterized in that the optical connector further comprises: a fiber shuffler , wherein the fiber shuffler comprises a first V-groove with a first depth and a second V-groove with a second depth that is greater than the first depth.
A method for optimising the weight of a wind turbine structure, the wind turbine structure comprises a wind turbine provided on an offshore foundation , the wind turbine comprises a rotor with at least two wind turbine blades and a rotor hub, the wind turbine further comprises a wind turbine tower , wherein the method comprises the steps of: - providing the wind turbine with a distance between a sea level and a lowermost position of a tip end of the at least two wind turbine blades which is equal to or less than 20 metres, - measuring at least a wave height, - operating the wind turbine according to the measured wave height, - positioning the rotor in a parked position with a maximum clearance between the at least two wind turbine blades and the sea level if at least the measured wave height exceeds a predetermined threshold. - providing the wind turbine with a distance between a sea level and a lowermost position of a tip end of the at least two wind turbine blades which is equal to or less than 20 metres, - measuring at least a wave height, - operating the wind turbine according to the measured wave height, - positioning the rotor in a parked position with a maximum clearance between the at least two wind turbine blades and the sea level if at least the measured wave height exceeds a predetermined threshold.
A power save method comprising: receiving , by a station, STA (40;50), a null data packet announcement, NDPA, frame in a current transmission opportunity, TXOP, from an access point, AP, wherein the NDPA frame carries a partial association identifier PARTIAL_AID, the PARTIAL_AID being zero; obtaining an STA association identifier, AID, from an STA information field of the NDPA frame; comparing , by the STA (40; 50), an STA AID of the STA with the obtained STA AID; and when the STA AID of the STA is different from the obtained STA AID, allowing the STA to enter a doze state until the end of the current TXOP, and when the STA AID of the STA is the same as the obtained STA AID, returning channel state information to the AP. receiving , by a station, STA (40;50), a null data packet announcement, NDPA, frame in a current transmission opportunity, TXOP, from an access point, AP, wherein the NDPA frame carries a partial association identifier PARTIAL_AID, the PARTIAL_AID being zero; obtaining an STA association identifier, AID, from an STA information field of the NDPA frame; comparing , by the STA (40; 50), an STA AID of the STA with the obtained STA AID; and when the STA AID of the STA is different from the obtained STA AID, allowing the STA to enter a doze state until the end of the current TXOP, and when the STA AID of the STA is the same as the obtained STA AID, returning channel state information to the AP.
An electronic module for level measurement, pressure measurement or density measurement, the electronic module comprising: a first section ; a second section separated from the first section; a first subsystem , in the first section , which is configured to implement a safety function and to monitor a controlled internal variable; a second subsystem , in the second section , which generates the controlled internal variable; and a third subsystem , in the second section , which is configured to control the controlled internal variable, wherein the first section is designed as safety critical; wherein the monitoring is performed by means of a diagnostic function; characterised in that the second section is designed as non-safety critical. a first section ; a second section separated from the first section; a first subsystem , in the first section , which is configured to implement a safety function and to monitor a controlled internal variable; a second subsystem , in the second section , which generates the controlled internal variable; and a third subsystem , in the second section , which is configured to control the controlled internal variable, wherein the first section is designed as safety critical; wherein the monitoring is performed by means of a diagnostic function; characterised in that the second section is designed as non-safety critical.
A method for drying structures, in which in several iterations first during a heating phase an accessible structure layer is heated by means of an infrared radiator directed towards it, and then during a rest phase moisture is drawn from deeper structure layers, characterized in that the infrared radiator is associated with a control device which is data-connected to a database and which, on the basis of a selection of a material-specific data set from the database, prescribes at least one heating time within which the infrared radiator is to irradiate the building layer and at least one rest time during which the building layer is not to be irradiated, and that the selection of the material-specific data set is carried out in that , in a preceding step, the accessible building layer is irradiated with a defined power characteristic by using an infrared radiator, and a measurement of the temperature progression at the surface of the accessible building layer is carried out by means of a temperature sensor, an evaluation device records the ratio of power and temperature over time and selects the material-specific data set on the basis of this progression and/or parameters derived therefrom.
System for peritoneal dialysis treatment to a patient, the system comprising: a dialysate circuit adapted to be fluidically connected to the peritoneal cavity of the patient during the dialysis treatment, a pumping device adapted for causing dialysate to flow through the dialysate circuit to or from the peritoneal cavity of the patient, a sensor adapted for measuring the pressure of the dialysate, the sensor being configured in such a way as to measure a pressure associated with the intraperitoneal pressure during a stasis phase, a processor coupled to the pump and to the sensor, a computer program that can be executed by the processor and takes account of the measurement values from the sensor, the processor being configured to execute the following instructions: • receiving the measurement values from the sensor, • executing the computer program using a mathematical model that takes account of several pressure measurement values during a stasis phase, and • initiating the withdrawal of a dialysate volume fraction from the peritoneal cavity during a stasis phase, according to the result of the computer program, showing that the data collected and/or calculated by the processor exceed a determined threshold and only during a defined time window of the stasis phase whose duration is less than the duration of the stasis phase. a dialysate circuit adapted to be fluidically connected to the peritoneal cavity of the patient during the dialysis treatment, a pumping device adapted for causing dialysate to flow through the dialysate circuit to or from the peritoneal cavity of the patient, a sensor adapted for measuring the pressure of the dialysate, the sensor being configured in such a way as to measure a pressure associated with the intraperitoneal pressure during a stasis phase, a processor coupled to the pump and to the sensor, a computer program that can be executed by the processor and takes account of the measurement values from the sensor, the processor being configured to execute the following instructions: • receiving the measurement values from the sensor, • executing the computer program using a mathematical model that takes account of several pressure measurement values during a stasis phase, and • initiating the withdrawal of a dialysate volume fraction from the peritoneal cavity during a stasis phase, according to the result of the computer program, showing that the data collected and/or calculated by the processor exceed a determined threshold and only during a defined time window of the stasis phase whose duration is less than the duration of the stasis phase. • receiving the measurement values from the sensor, • executing the computer program using a mathematical model that takes account of several pressure measurement values during a stasis phase, and • initiating the withdrawal of a dialysate volume fraction from the peritoneal cavity during a stasis phase, according to the result of the computer program, showing that the data collected and/or calculated by the processor exceed a determined threshold and only during a defined time window of the stasis phase whose duration is less than the duration of the stasis phase.
A modular stock for a firearm, said modular stock comprising a foremost stock , an intermediate stock part and a buttstock , a butt plate mounted to the buttstock by a first adjustment device and a cheek piece mounted to the buttstock by a second adjustment device , wherein the first adjustment device comprises a first locking and releasing button , where the first locking and releasing button , from a locked state, is configured to be brought to an unlocked or released state by pushing the first locking and releasing button transversely relative the buttstock , either to left or right from the locked state, the first locking and releasing button being bilaterally operable.
A plate laminate type heat exchanger obtained by laminating and fixing by brazing plural plates (A), wherein: at least one of each of adjacent plates (A) is a cladding material cladded with a brazing material on a surface on the other side; and in each of laminated plates (A), a round hole penetrating in a laminate direction is formed, and a fixing pin is inserted so as to communicate the round hole in each of plates (A), characterized in that : the fixing pin is expanded only in an outer diameter at one end part in a longitudinal direction thereof, and an outer periphery edge part expanded in diameter is fitted to an inner wall of the round hole . at least one of each of adjacent plates (A) is a cladding material cladded with a brazing material on a surface on the other side; and in each of laminated plates (A), a round hole penetrating in a laminate direction is formed, and a fixing pin is inserted so as to communicate the round hole in each of plates (A), characterized in that : the fixing pin is expanded only in an outer diameter at one end part in a longitudinal direction thereof, and an outer periphery edge part expanded in diameter is fitted to an inner wall of the round hole .
A method for subsurface imaging of nanostructures buried inside a three dimensional substrate , the method comprising - providing an atomic force microscope with an AFM tip continuously or periodically contacting a top surface of the substrate ; - providing an ultrasonic generator comprising an actuating element directly or indirectly contacting a side face of the substrate , transverse to the top surface , wherein the actuating element comprises an electro-acoustic transducer, or the ultrasonic generator couples to the side face via a coupling medium there between; - using the ultrasonic generator to couple ultrasound waves (W) via the side face into an interior of the substrate , wherein the interior comprises or forms a waveguide for propagating the ultrasound waves (W) in a direction (X) along a length of the substrate transverse to the side face , wherein a wavelength (λ) of the ultrasound waves (W) propagating in the waveguide is larger than a thickness (d) of the waveguide transverse to the direction of propagation (X); and - imaging the nanostructures by using the AFM tip to measure an effect (E) at the top surface caused by direct or indirect interaction of the ultrasound waves (W) with the buried nanostructures . - providing an atomic force microscope with an AFM tip continuously or periodically contacting a top surface of the substrate ; - providing an ultrasonic generator comprising an actuating element directly or indirectly contacting a side face of the substrate , transverse to the top surface , wherein the actuating element comprises an electro-acoustic transducer, or the ultrasonic generator couples to the side face via a coupling medium there between; - using the ultrasonic generator to couple ultrasound waves (W) via the side face into an interior of the substrate , wherein the interior comprises or forms a waveguide for propagating the ultrasound waves (W) in a direction (X) along a length of the substrate transverse to the side face , wherein a wavelength (λ) of the ultrasound waves (W) propagating in the waveguide is larger than a thickness (d) of the waveguide transverse to the direction of propagation (X); and - imaging the nanostructures by using the AFM tip to measure an effect (E) at the top surface caused by direct or indirect interaction of the ultrasound waves (W) with the buried nanostructures .