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A method for detecting whether a window of an optical scanner is dirty or clean, comprising: obtaining an image through a window (130 or 401) of an optical scanner (110 or 402) (step 210); transforming the obtained image into a plurality of pixels; characterised by : sampling at least one block of pixels from the plurality of pixels for detection of dirt or debris on the window (steps 220 and 221); wherein the sampling further includes identifying a lowest value and a highest value for the pixels in the at least one block of pixels (step 222), and wherein identifying a lowest value and highest value for the pixels further includes incrementing a speckle counter when a center pixel value is less than the lowest value and a predetermined constant value or when the center pixel value is more than the highest value and the predetermined value; and determining whether the window (130 or 401) of the optical scanner (110 or 402) is dirty or clean based on the sampled image; wherein the determining further includes comparing a speckle counter value associated with the sampling against a threshold value to determine whether the window is dirty or clean. obtaining an image through a window (130 or 401) of an optical scanner (110 or 402) (step 210); transforming the obtained image into a plurality of pixels; characterised by : sampling at least one block of pixels from the plurality of pixels for detection of dirt or debris on the window (steps 220 and 221); wherein the sampling further includes identifying a lowest value and a highest value for the pixels in the at least one block of pixels (step 222), and wherein identifying a lowest value and highest value for the pixels further includes incrementing a speckle counter when a center pixel value is less than the lowest value and a predetermined constant value or when the center pixel value is more than the highest value and the predetermined value; and determining whether the window (130 or 401) of the optical scanner (110 or 402) is dirty or clean based on the sampled image; wherein the determining further includes comparing a speckle counter value associated with the sampling against a threshold value to determine whether the window is dirty or clean. sampling at least one block of pixels from the plurality of pixels for detection of dirt or debris on the window (steps 220 and 221); wherein the sampling further includes identifying a lowest value and a highest value for the pixels in the at least one block of pixels (step 222), and wherein identifying a lowest value and highest value for the pixels further includes incrementing a speckle counter when a center pixel value is less than the lowest value and a predetermined constant value or when the center pixel value is more than the highest value and the predetermined value; and determining whether the window (130 or 401) of the optical scanner (110 or 402) is dirty or clean based on the sampled image; wherein the determining further includes comparing a speckle counter value associated with the sampling against a threshold value to determine whether the window is dirty or clean.
A machine (MC) for coating concrete articles (T), in particular tubes or manholes, with a two-component epoxy resin, comprising a storage tank for each component of the resin, a plunger for (i) sucking a quantity of a component from each tank inside a relative dosing tank and (ii) pumping the sucked quantity into a static mixer connected downstream the dosing tanks, a spraying head (H) located downstream the static mixer and equipped with jets of compressed air adapted - in use - to atomize the resin out of the spraying head, characterized by comprising a third pneumatic or hydraulic or motorized cylinder to move the plunger of each dosing tank in synchronized manner.
A process for the production of a fiber based product comprising the step of preparing a pre-mix comprising: a) microfibrillated cellulose, wherein the amount of the microfibrillated cellulose is 0.1 kg to 50 kg per ton dry furnish; wherein the microfibrillated cellulose is nano scale cellulose particle fiber or fibril with at least one dimension less than 100 nm; b) cationic polymer, wherein the amount of the cationic polymer is 0.01 kg to 10 kg per ton dry furnish, wherein said cationic polymer is selected from starch, polyaminoamide-epichlorohydrin and cationic polyacryl amide or copolymer thereof; c) microparticles or nanoparticles, wherein the amount of microparticles is 0.01 kg to 10 kg per ton dry furnish, wherein said microparticles or nanoparticles are silica, microsilica, bentonite or microbentonite particles; and dosing said pre-mix to the stock in a process for manufacture of a fiber based product. a) microfibrillated cellulose, wherein the amount of the microfibrillated cellulose is 0.1 kg to 50 kg per ton dry furnish; wherein the microfibrillated cellulose is nano scale cellulose particle fiber or fibril with at least one dimension less than 100 nm; b) cationic polymer, wherein the amount of the cationic polymer is 0.01 kg to 10 kg per ton dry furnish, wherein said cationic polymer is selected from starch, polyaminoamide-epichlorohydrin and cationic polyacryl amide or copolymer thereof; c) microparticles or nanoparticles, wherein the amount of microparticles is 0.01 kg to 10 kg per ton dry furnish, wherein said microparticles or nanoparticles are silica, microsilica, bentonite or microbentonite particles;
A compound represented by formula II : wherein Q is S, NH, or O; Z is CH or N; A is substituted or unsubstituted phenyl; substituted or unsubstituted indolyl; or substituted or unsubstituted indazolyl; wherein the optional substituents of A include O-alkyl, O-haloalkyl, F, Cl, Br, I, NO 2 , haloalkyl, CF 3 , CN, -CH 2 CN, NH 2 , hydroxyl, -(CH 2 ) i NHCH 3 , -(CH 2 ) i NH 2 , -(CH 2 ) i N(CH 3 ) 2 , -OC(O)CF 3 , -SO 2 -aryl, C 1 -C 5 linear or branched alkyl, alkylamino, aminoalkyl, -OCH 2 Ph, -NHCO-alkyl, COOH, -C(O)Ph, C(O)O-alkyl, C(O)H, -C(O)NH 2 or a combination thereof; R 1 is independently hydrogen, O-alkyl, O-haloalkyl, F, Cl, Br, I, haloalkyl, CF 3 , CN, NO 2 , -CH 2 CN, NH 2 , hydroxyl, COOH, C(O)H, NHCO-alkyl, -O(CH 2 ) j OCH 3 , -O(CH 2 )OH, -O(CH 2 ) j NHCH 3 , -O(CH 2 ) j NH 2 , -O-(CH 2 ) j (CH 3 ) 2 , -OC(O)CF 3 , -OC(O)CH 2 Cl, -OCH 2 Ph, -O(CH 2 ) j N-phthalimide or a combination thereof; R 2 is O-alkyl, O-haloalkyl, Cl, Br, I, haloalkyl, CF 3 , CN, NO 2 , -CH 2 CN, NH 2 , hydroxyl, COOH, C(O)H, NHCO-alkyl, -O(CH 2 ) k OCH 3 , -O(CH 2 ) k OH, -O(CH 2 ) k NHCH 3 , -O(CH 2 ) k NH 2 , -O-(CH 2 ) k N(CH 3 ) 2 , -OC(O)CF 3 , -OC(O)CH 2 Cl, -OCH 2 Ph, or -O(CH 2 ) k N-phthalimide; i, j, and k are independently an integer between 0 to 5; n is an integer between 1 to 4; or a hydrate, optical isomer, N -oxide, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, polymorph, or a combination thereof. Q is S, NH, or O; Z is CH or N; A is substituted or unsubstituted phenyl; substituted or unsubstituted indolyl; or substituted or unsubstituted indazolyl; wherein the optional substituents of A include O-alkyl, O-haloalkyl, F, Cl, Br, I, NO 2 , haloalkyl, CF 3 , CN, -CH 2 CN, NH 2 , hydroxyl, -(CH 2 ) i NHCH 3 , -(CH 2 ) i NH 2 , -(CH 2 ) i N(CH 3 ) 2 , -OC(O)CF 3 , -SO 2 -aryl, C 1 -C 5 linear or branched alkyl, alkylamino, aminoalkyl, -OCH 2 Ph, -NHCO-alkyl, COOH, -C(O)Ph, C(O)O-alkyl, C(O)H, -C(O)NH 2 or a combination thereof; R 1 is independently hydrogen, O-alkyl, O-haloalkyl, F, Cl, Br, I, haloalkyl, CF 3 , CN, NO 2 , -CH 2 CN, NH 2 , hydroxyl, COOH, C(O)H, NHCO-alkyl, -O(CH 2 ) j OCH 3 , -O(CH 2 )OH, -O(CH 2 ) j NHCH 3 , -O(CH 2 ) j NH 2 , -O-(CH 2 ) j (CH 3 ) 2 , -OC(O)CF 3 , -OC(O)CH 2 Cl, -OCH 2 Ph, -O(CH 2 ) j N-phthalimide or a combination thereof; R 2 is O-alkyl, O-haloalkyl, Cl, Br, I, haloalkyl, CF 3 , CN, NO 2 , -CH 2 CN, NH 2 , hydroxyl, COOH, C(O)H, NHCO-alkyl, -O(CH 2 ) k OCH 3 , -O(CH 2 ) k OH, -O(CH 2 ) k NHCH 3 , -O(CH 2 ) k NH 2 , -O-(CH 2 ) k N(CH 3 ) 2 , -OC(O)CF 3 , -OC(O)CH 2 Cl, -OCH 2 Ph, or -O(CH 2 ) k N-phthalimide; i, j, and k are independently an integer between 0 to 5; n is an integer between 1 to 4;
An aircraft system , comprising: an aircraft fuselage ; an auxiliary power unit within the aircraft fuselage , and comprising an engine ; and an air inlet assembly including an inlet orifice , an inlet duct and a door , the inlet duct fluidly coupling the inlet orifice with an airflow inlet of the engine , and the door configured to pivot about a generally horizontal pivot axis between an open position and a closed position, wherein the door opens the inlet orifice in the open position and substantially closes the inlet orifice in the closed position; wherein the aircraft fuselage has a horizontal longitudinal axis , characterised in that the pivot axis is generally parallel with the horizontal longitudinal axis , or angularly offset from the horizontal longitudinal axis by no more than ten degrees. an aircraft fuselage ; an auxiliary power unit within the aircraft fuselage , and comprising an engine ; and an air inlet assembly including an inlet orifice , an inlet duct and a door , the inlet duct fluidly coupling the inlet orifice with an airflow inlet of the engine , and the door configured to pivot about a generally horizontal pivot axis between an open position and a closed position, wherein the door opens the inlet orifice in the open position and substantially closes the inlet orifice in the closed position; wherein the aircraft fuselage has a horizontal longitudinal axis , characterised in that the pivot axis is generally parallel with the horizontal longitudinal axis , or angularly offset from the horizontal longitudinal axis by no more than ten degrees.
A system to form a passageway through tissue between a second body lumen and a first body lumen, comprising: an endoscope having a longitudinal axis; an elongated catheter device positionable inside a working channel of the endoscope with a catheter device actuator coupled to a proximal end of the catheter device ; an elongated, hollow needle removably positionable inside a working lumen of the catheter device with a needle actuator coupled to a proximal end of the needle ; a guidewire adapted to be placed through the working lumen of the catheter device ; and a handle with a handle body , wherein the handle is adapted to house the catheter device actuator and the needle actuator , wherein the catheter device and the needle , independently, are moveable within the working channel of the endoscope by advancing or retracting their respective actuator along the longitudinal axis, and wherein the movement of either actuator can be locked with respect to the endoscope while permitting movement of the other actuator, and wherein the needle actuator comprises a locking tab adapted to interface with a locking groove in an inside wall of the handle body , the locking groove being interrupted along its length by a locking ramp . an endoscope having a longitudinal axis; an elongated catheter device positionable inside a working channel of the endoscope with a catheter device actuator coupled to a proximal end of the catheter device ; an elongated, hollow needle removably positionable inside a working lumen of the catheter device with a needle actuator coupled to a proximal end of the needle ; a guidewire adapted to be placed through the working lumen of the catheter device ; and a handle with a handle body , wherein the handle is adapted to house the catheter device actuator and the needle actuator , wherein the catheter device and the needle , independently, are moveable within the working channel of the endoscope by advancing or retracting their respective actuator along the longitudinal axis, and wherein the movement of either actuator can be locked with respect to the endoscope while permitting movement of the other actuator, and wherein the needle actuator comprises a locking tab adapted to interface with a locking groove in an inside wall of the handle body , the locking groove being interrupted along its length by a locking ramp .
Medicament or dietary supplement for use in the treatment or prevention of a bone disease or defect selected from the group of congenital bone defects, bone or spinal deformation, osteosarcoma, bone dysplasia, osteomalacia (rickets), osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disorder), Paget's disease, comprising maqui berry extract, wherein the maqui berry extract comprises a minimum of 25% (w/w) delphinidins and a minimum of 35% (w/w) anthocyanins, and wherein the extract is obtained by the following steps: a) providing a crude extract of a plant material, b) filtering said crude extract; c) contacting said crude extract with an adsorbent, wherein said adsorbent, in particular resin adsorbs said anthocyanins; d) washing said adsorbent; and e) eluting said anthocyanins from said adsorbent to obtain a composition enriched for anthocyanins. a) providing a crude extract of a plant material, b) filtering said crude extract; c) contacting said crude extract with an adsorbent, wherein said adsorbent, in particular resin adsorbs said anthocyanins; d) washing said adsorbent; and e) eluting said anthocyanins from said adsorbent to obtain a composition enriched for anthocyanins.
A lubricant composition comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity and a phosphite ester composition (A), other than a zinc salt, which comprises the reaction product of (a) a monomeric phosphorous acid or an ester thereof with (b) at least two alkylene diols: a first alkylene diol (i) having two hydroxy groups in a 1,4 or 1,5 or 1,6 relationship; a second alkylene diol (ii) being an alkyl-substituted 1,3-propylene diol with one or more of the alkyl substituents thereof being on one or more of the carbon atoms of the propylene unit, the total number of carbon atoms in the alkyl-substituted 1,3-propylene diol being about 5 to about 12; wherein the relative molar amounts of monomeric phosphorous acid or ester thereof (a) and the total of the alkylene diols (b) are in a ratio of 0.9:1.1 to 1.1:0.9; and wherein the relative molar amounts of the first alkylene diol (i) and the alkyl-substituted 1,3-propylene diol (ii) are in a ratio of 30:70 to 65:35. (a) a monomeric phosphorous acid or an ester thereof with (b) at least two alkylene diols: a first alkylene diol (i) having two hydroxy groups in a 1,4 or 1,5 or 1,6 relationship; a second alkylene diol (ii) being an alkyl-substituted 1,3-propylene diol with one or more of the alkyl substituents thereof being on one or more of the carbon atoms of the propylene unit, the total number of carbon atoms in the alkyl-substituted 1,3-propylene diol being about 5 to about 12; wherein the relative molar amounts of monomeric phosphorous acid or ester thereof (a) and the total of the alkylene diols (b) are in a ratio of 0.9:1.1 to 1.1:0.9; and wherein the relative molar amounts of the first alkylene diol (i) and the alkyl-substituted 1,3-propylene diol (ii) are in a ratio of 30:70 to 65:35. a first alkylene diol (i) having two hydroxy groups in a 1,4 or 1,5 or 1,6 relationship; a second alkylene diol (ii) being an alkyl-substituted 1,3-propylene diol with one or more of the alkyl substituents thereof being on one or more of the carbon atoms of the propylene unit, the total number of carbon atoms in the alkyl-substituted 1,3-propylene diol being about 5 to about 12; wherein the relative molar amounts of monomeric phosphorous acid or ester thereof (a) and the total of the alkylene diols (b) are in a ratio of 0.9:1.1 to 1.1:0.9; and wherein the relative molar amounts of the first alkylene diol (i) and the alkyl-substituted 1,3-propylene diol (ii) are in a ratio of 30:70 to 65:35.
A method for reporting a flight mode, applicable to an unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, in a first mode, comprising: when the UAV is in a connected state, changing the flight mode from the first mode to a second mode (S101), wherein the UAV in the connected state is capable of reporting a changed flight mode to a base station, wherein when the first mode is a fixed mode, the second mode is a dynamic mode, or when the first mode is a dynamic mode, the second mode is a fixed mode, wherein in the fixed mode, a flight route of the UAV is planed through a controller, and in the dynamic mode, the UAV is controlled remotely through the controller; sending a flight mode change notification of the UAV to the base station to notify the base station that the flight mode of the UAV is changed from the first mode to the second mode (S102). when the UAV is in a connected state, changing the flight mode from the first mode to a second mode (S101), wherein the UAV in the connected state is capable of reporting a changed flight mode to a base station, wherein when the first mode is a fixed mode, the second mode is a dynamic mode, or when the first mode is a dynamic mode, the second mode is a fixed mode, wherein in the fixed mode, a flight route of the UAV is planed through a controller, and in the dynamic mode, the UAV is controlled remotely through the controller; sending a flight mode change notification of the UAV to the base station to notify the base station that the flight mode of the UAV is changed from the first mode to the second mode (S102).
Device for improving the aerodynamics on a vehicle, in particular on a rear side of a truck or of a trailer for a truck, said device comprising a side flap which can be attached to a side wall or to a door of the vehicle and which is mounted via hinges such as to be pivotable about a vertical axis, and a roof flap which can be attached to a roof or to a door of the vehicle and which is mounted via hinges such as to be pivotable about a horizontal axis, wherein the side flap is coupled to the roof flap via connecting means and the roof flap is pivotable by pivoting the side flap , characterized in that the connecting means comprise an arcuate curve guide forming a guide path for a dog which is mounted such as to be movable in the curve guide and which ensures forced guidance of the roof flap when the side flap is moved.
A method for reducing aircraft cabin noise, comprising: heating air to provide a first stream of air from a central portion of a wing segment of a wing extending between a fuselage and a first engine of an aircraft , wherein the first stream of air is at a higher temperature than adjacent streams of air from the wing segment, comprising: to produce the first stream of air: discharging bleed air from the first engine from a plurality of first ports distributed along the central portion of the wing segment; and to produce the adjacent streams of air: discharging ambient air from a plurality of second ports distributed along one or more outer portions of the wing segment at a temperature lower than the first stream of air; or discharging heated air from a plurality of second ports at about the same temperature as the first ports, wherein the second ports have smaller orifices than the first ports and/or are distributed with greater spanwise distance between them than the first ports. heating air to provide a first stream of air from a central portion of a wing segment of a wing extending between a fuselage and a first engine of an aircraft , wherein the first stream of air is at a higher temperature than adjacent streams of air from the wing segment, comprising: to produce the first stream of air: discharging bleed air from the first engine from a plurality of first ports distributed along the central portion of the wing segment; and to produce the adjacent streams of air: discharging ambient air from a plurality of second ports distributed along one or more outer portions of the wing segment at a temperature lower than the first stream of air; or discharging heated air from a plurality of second ports at about the same temperature as the first ports, wherein the second ports have smaller orifices than the first ports and/or are distributed with greater spanwise distance between them than the first ports. discharging ambient air from a plurality of second ports distributed along one or more outer portions of the wing segment at a temperature lower than the first stream of air; or discharging heated air from a plurality of second ports at about the same temperature as the first ports, wherein the second ports have smaller orifices than the first ports and/or are distributed with greater spanwise distance between them than the first ports.
Switching device having a switching unit for influencing the air flow in at least one air-intake duct and a cylinder head having intake valves and a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, wherein the at least one switching unit features at least one switching element for at least partially closing and opening the at least one inlet duct , wherein the switching unit features a housing which is accommodated in the cylinder head of the internal combustion engine and features a spacing , in particular an air gap, relative to the cylinder head in the radial direction, wherein the housing of the switching unit is part of a suction system, wherein the housing is formed integrally by ducts of the suction system or is non-detachably connected to the ducts of the suction system, wherein a tumble vortex can be induced in predetermined operating states by the switching device in at least one air-intake duct of the internal combustion engine, wherein the housing of the switching unit is designed as a plastic part, wherein the switching element is designed as a flap which influences the flow cross-section in the air-intake duct , wherein the switching unit projects into a deep recess in the cylinder head, characterized in that the switching unit projects as close as possible towards the intake valves, so that a tumble vortex is produced only shortly before the intake valve when the flap is engaged, wherein the distance between the flap of the switching unit in the open state and the intake valve of the combustion chamber corresponds approximately to the dimension of the diameter of an intake valve of the combustion chamber.
A data carrier, in particular a value document or security document, with a substrate that is translucent in the visible spectral range with opposite first and second principal faces and with luminescent motif regions arranged on both the first and the second principal faces, - a first luminescent motif region is arranged on the first principal face, which luminesces in a first luminescent color upon UV excitation, - a second luminescent motif region is arranged on the second principal face, which luminesces in a second, different luminescent color upon UV excitation, - a UV absorber is arranged between the first and the second luminescent motif region, and - overlapping the first luminescent motif region, a colored motif region is arranged on the second principal face, said colored motif region absorbing the first luminescent color, characterized in that the colored absorbent motif region does not absorb the second luminescent color. - a first luminescent motif region is arranged on the first principal face, which luminesces in a first luminescent color upon UV excitation, - a second luminescent motif region is arranged on the second principal face, which luminesces in a second, different luminescent color upon UV excitation, - a UV absorber is arranged between the first and the second luminescent motif region, and - overlapping the first luminescent motif region, a colored motif region is arranged on the second principal face, said colored motif region absorbing the first luminescent color,