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An apparatus comprising: means for capturing a plurality of visual images from an image capturing start time to an image capturing end time, for use in generating a panorama image; means for capturing audio data relating to said visual images from an audio capturing start time to an audio capturing end time; means for defining a reference direction of the panorama image; means for determining a time instance when the apparatus was pointing at the determined reference direction during the audio and image capturing process; means for rotating audio data differently for audio captured before and after the determined time instance; and means for modifying audio in a direction generally opposite to said reference direction, wherein audio in the direction generally opposite to said reference direction is modified such that, when presented with the panorama image, said modified audio appears to originate from one direction. means for capturing a plurality of visual images from an image capturing start time to an image capturing end time, for use in generating a panorama image; means for capturing audio data relating to said visual images from an audio capturing start time to an audio capturing end time; means for defining a reference direction of the panorama image; means for determining a time instance when the apparatus was pointing at the determined reference direction during the audio and image capturing process; means for rotating audio data differently for audio captured before and after the determined time instance; and means for modifying audio in a direction generally opposite to said reference direction, wherein audio in the direction generally opposite to said reference direction is modified such that, when presented with the panorama image, said modified audio appears to originate from one direction.
Method for conditioning a material containing fibres , in which the material is comminuted into parts of which the mean edge length is at least 1 cm, whereupon the material is divided into portions of dissimilar weights and the portions are weighed, wherein the portions are fed to at least one extruder screw at cycle rates which are directly proportional to the determined weight of the portions, said extruder screw being moreover fed a mass flow of a thermoplastic polymer which is heated and compressed in order for the thermoplastic polymer to be rendered in a plasticized state, wherein the material containing fibres is added to the thermoplastic polymer preferably in the plasticized state, whereupon the mixture solidifies again upon leaving the extruder .
A timepiece or jewelry part comprising an alloy consisting of, by weight: - at least 750‰ gold, and - at least 180‰ copper, and - calcium, wherein a content of calcium is less than or equal to 10‰, or even 7‰, or even 5‰, and/or silicon, with a silicon content less than or equal to 2‰, or even less than or equal to 0.5‰, - palladium and/or indium, - optionally platinum and/or silver, - optionally at least one grain refining element, the content of which being less than or equal to 2‰, especially selected from Ru, Ir, Re, Co, V and Mo, - optionally at least one element Y, Y being selected from Sr, Ti, Zr, and/or Mg, And characterized in that the sum of the contents of palladium and indium and calcium and silicon is between 20‰ and 35‰ inclusive. - at least 750‰ gold, and - at least 180‰ copper, and - calcium, wherein a content of calcium is less than or equal to 10‰, or even 7‰, or even 5‰, and/or silicon, with a silicon content less than or equal to 2‰, or even less than or equal to 0.5‰, - palladium and/or indium, - optionally platinum and/or silver, - optionally at least one grain refining element, the content of which being less than or equal to 2‰, especially selected from Ru, Ir, Re, Co, V and Mo, - optionally at least one element Y, Y being selected from Sr, Ti, Zr, and/or Mg,
A gas turbine arrangement comprising a combustion chamber for combustion of oxidizer and fuel to form exhaust gas, a fresh gas side with conduit means upstream of the combustion chamber for conduit of oxidizer and/or fuel to the combustion chamber and an exhaust gas side having conduit means downstream of the combustion chamber for conduit of exhaust gas leading away from the combustion chamber , a compressor device arranged on the fresh gas side for compressing oxidizer, a turbine device , which is arranged on the exhaust gas side and is mechanically coupled to the compressor device by means of a shaft, for expanding the exhaust gas with decoupling of energy, a heat pump arrangement, to which energy contained in the exhaust gas can be transferred, wherein the exhaust gas can flow through at least one heat exchange device of the heat pump arrangement on the exhaust gas side downstream of the turbine device , which heat exchange device forms a heat source of the heat pump arrangement, and comprising an exhaust gas recirculation line for external exhaust gas recirculation with the addition of at least a portion of the exhaust gas to the fresh gas side , which branches off from the exhaust gas side downstream of the turbine device and opens on the fresh gas side , upstream of the compressor device , characterized in that the exhaust gas recirculation line branches off downstream of the heat exchange device of the heat pump arrangement. a combustion chamber for combustion of oxidizer and fuel to form exhaust gas, a fresh gas side with conduit means upstream of the combustion chamber for conduit of oxidizer and/or fuel to the combustion chamber and an exhaust gas side having conduit means downstream of the combustion chamber for conduit of exhaust gas leading away from the combustion chamber , a compressor device arranged on the fresh gas side for compressing oxidizer, a turbine device , which is arranged on the exhaust gas side and is mechanically coupled to the compressor device by means of a shaft, for expanding the exhaust gas with decoupling of energy, a heat pump arrangement, to which energy contained in the exhaust gas can be transferred, wherein the exhaust gas can flow through at least one heat exchange device of the heat pump arrangement on the exhaust gas side downstream of the turbine device , which heat exchange device forms a heat source of the heat pump arrangement, and comprising an exhaust gas recirculation line for external exhaust gas recirculation with the addition of at least a portion of the exhaust gas to the fresh gas side , which branches off from the exhaust gas side downstream of the turbine device and opens on the fresh gas side , upstream of the compressor device , characterized in that the exhaust gas recirculation line branches off downstream of the heat exchange device of the heat pump arrangement.
A toner cartridge for use with a developer unit of an image forming device , comprising: a housing having a front , a rear , a top and a bottom , the housing having a reservoir for holding toner; a downward facing outlet port on the front of the housing for exiting toner from the toner cartridge ; characterized by an engagement member having a first engagement surface and a second engagement surface , the first engagement surface positioned proximate to the rear of the housing and positioned to receive an actuation force at the rear of the housing from an actuation feature of the image forming device when the toner cartridge is installed in the image forming device , the second engagement surface positioned proximate to the front of the housing below the outlet port , the engagement member being movable from a first position to a second position upon receiving the actuation force, wherein as the engagement member moves from the first position to the second position, the second engagement surface moves in a rear-to-front direction of the housing and protrudes from the front of the housing unobstructed at the front of the second engagement surface to push open in the rear-to-front direction of the housing a shutter on an inlet port of the developer unit when the toner cartridge is installed in the image forming device and mated with the developer unit . a housing having a front , a rear , a top and a bottom , the housing having a reservoir for holding toner; a downward facing outlet port on the front of the housing for exiting toner from the toner cartridge ; characterized by an engagement member having a first engagement surface and a second engagement surface , the first engagement surface positioned proximate to the rear of the housing and positioned to receive an actuation force at the rear of the housing from an actuation feature of the image forming device when the toner cartridge is installed in the image forming device , the second engagement surface positioned proximate to the front of the housing below the outlet port , the engagement member being movable from a first position to a second position upon receiving the actuation force, wherein as the engagement member moves from the first position to the second position, the second engagement surface moves in a rear-to-front direction of the housing and protrudes from the front of the housing unobstructed at the front of the second engagement surface to push open in the rear-to-front direction of the housing a shutter on an inlet port of the developer unit when the toner cartridge is installed in the image forming device and mated with the developer unit .
An electrostatic chuck comprising: a base body having a first surface comprising a bottom surface and a protruding surface part protruding from the bottom surface , wherein the protruding surface part comprises a first top surface and a step surface disposed between the first top surface and the bottom surface , wherein the step surface is surrounding the first top surface in a plan view, and wherein the protruding surface part comprises a first side surface that is connected to the first top surface and the step surface and that surrounds the first top surface over a circumferential direction, a conductive film covering at least a part of the first top surface , wherein the conductive film comprises a first region that covers at least a part of the first top surface and a third region that covers a region of the step surface which is close to the first side surface over the circumferential direction, wherein the conductive film further comprises a second region that covers the first side surface over the circumferential direction and is connected to the first region and the third region , and wherein the step surface has an exposed part being exposed from the conductive film . a base body having a first surface comprising a bottom surface and a protruding surface part protruding from the bottom surface , wherein the protruding surface part comprises a first top surface and a step surface disposed between the first top surface and the bottom surface , wherein the step surface is surrounding the first top surface in a plan view, and wherein the protruding surface part comprises a first side surface that is connected to the first top surface and the step surface and that surrounds the first top surface over a circumferential direction, a conductive film covering at least a part of the first top surface , wherein the conductive film comprises a first region that covers at least a part of the first top surface and a third region that covers a region of the step surface which is close to the first side surface over the circumferential direction, wherein the conductive film further comprises a second region that covers the first side surface over the circumferential direction and is connected to the first region and the third region , and wherein the step surface has an exposed part being exposed from the conductive film .
A crack line detection apparatus comprising: a line segment detection unit configured to partition an image acquired by photographing a structure into a plurality of regions, and detect, for a plurality of target regions each including a plurality of crack points among the plurality of regions, a representative line segment representing the plurality of crack points included in each of the plurality of target regions as a basic line segment for each of the plurality of target regions; a tree structure generation unit configured to generate, based on basic line segments whose end points are close to each other among the detected basic line segments, a tree structure having an end point of a specific basic line segment as a root; and a stroke detection unit configured to calculate values indicating degrees of coupling probability between the basic line segments, and to detect, among a plurality of routes in the generated tree structure, routes from a top to a bottom of the tree structure corresponding to a basic line segment group in which values indicating degrees of coupling probability between the basic line segments are highest and a total length of the basic line segments coupled is longest, as a stroke corresponding to crack lines. a line segment detection unit configured to partition an image acquired by photographing a structure into a plurality of regions, and detect, for a plurality of target regions each including a plurality of crack points among the plurality of regions, a representative line segment representing the plurality of crack points included in each of the plurality of target regions as a basic line segment for each of the plurality of target regions; a tree structure generation unit configured to generate, based on basic line segments whose end points are close to each other among the detected basic line segments, a tree structure having an end point of a specific basic line segment as a root; and a stroke detection unit configured to calculate values indicating degrees of coupling probability between the basic line segments, and to detect, among a plurality of routes in the generated tree structure, routes from a top to a bottom of the tree structure corresponding to a basic line segment group in which values indicating degrees of coupling probability between the basic line segments are highest and a total length of the basic line segments coupled is longest, as a stroke corresponding to crack lines.
A thermoplastic resin composition, comprising: an alkyl (meth)acrylate-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound graft copolymer (A) comprising a polymer seed comprising 70 to 85 % by weight of an alkyl (meth)acrylate and 15 to 30 % by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound, a rubber core surrounding the polymer seed and comprising 78 to 90 % by weight of an alkyl acrylate and 10 to 22 % by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound, and a graft shell surrounding the rubber core and comprising 65 to 80 % by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound, 14 to 25 % by weight of a vinyl cyanide compound, and 3 to 15 % by weight of an alkyl acrylate; and a non-graft copolymer (B) comprising an alkyl (meth)acrylate, an aromatic vinyl compound, and a vinyl cyanide compound, wherein the graft copolymer (A) satisfies both Equations 1 and 2 below: 200 ≤ 2 * r 2 ≤ 300 25 ≤ r 2 − r 1 ≤ 45 , wherein r1 represents an average radius (nm) from a center of the graft copolymer to the seed, and r2 represents an average radius (nm) from the center of the graft copolymer to the core, measured as disclosed in the description. an alkyl (meth)acrylate-aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound graft copolymer (A) comprising a polymer seed comprising 70 to 85 % by weight of an alkyl (meth)acrylate and 15 to 30 % by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound, a rubber core surrounding the polymer seed and comprising 78 to 90 % by weight of an alkyl acrylate and 10 to 22 % by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound, and a graft shell surrounding the rubber core and comprising 65 to 80 % by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound, 14 to 25 % by weight of a vinyl cyanide compound, and 3 to 15 % by weight of an alkyl acrylate; and a non-graft copolymer (B) comprising an alkyl (meth)acrylate, an aromatic vinyl compound, and a vinyl cyanide compound, wherein the graft copolymer (A) satisfies both Equations 1 and 2 below: 200 ≤ 2 * r 2 ≤ 300 25 ≤ r 2 − r 1 ≤ 45 , wherein r1 represents an average radius (nm) from a center of the graft copolymer to the seed, and r2 represents an average radius (nm) from the center of the graft copolymer to the core, measured as disclosed in the description.
An optical probe suitable for measuring the level of a liquid in a tank, comprising: - a transparent and refracting optical waveguide suitable for receiving an injection of a collimated light beam at a predetermined angle of incidence, said optical waveguide being configured to internally reflect the collimated light beam according to a total reflection regime in any part of the optical waveguide located in a gaseous medium and to refract the collimated light beam according to a refraction regime in any part of the optical waveguide immersed in a liquid medium , said optical waveguide being capable of switching from the total reflection regime to the refraction regime at the interface between the gaseous medium and the liquid medium , - mirrors arranged around said optical waveguide with a spacing between said mirrors and said optical waveguide and suitable for reversing the path of a collimated light beam refracted by the optical waveguide , and - a telemetry tool suitable for injecting the light beam in the form of a light pulse into said optical waveguide and for receiving in return the collimated and reversed light beam making it possible to measure the length of the optical path travelled by the light beam and to deduce therefrom the level of the liquid in the tank . - a transparent and refracting optical waveguide suitable for receiving an injection of a collimated light beam at a predetermined angle of incidence, said optical waveguide being configured to internally reflect the collimated light beam according to a total reflection regime in any part of the optical waveguide located in a gaseous medium and to refract the collimated light beam according to a refraction regime in any part of the optical waveguide immersed in a liquid medium , said optical waveguide being capable of switching from the total reflection regime to the refraction regime at the interface between the gaseous medium and the liquid medium , - mirrors arranged around said optical waveguide with a spacing between said mirrors and said optical waveguide and suitable for reversing the path of a collimated light beam refracted by the optical waveguide , and - a telemetry tool suitable for injecting the light beam in the form of a light pulse into said optical waveguide and for receiving in return the collimated and reversed light beam making it possible to measure the length of the optical path travelled by the light beam and to deduce therefrom the level of the liquid in the tank .
Pressure-exerting bar for retaining, and exerting pressure on, a sealing profile , in particular a hollow-profile seal, via an application installation for vehicle-body components , comprising a retaining lug for retaining the sealing profile and a pressure-inserting crosspiece , characterized in that the retaining lug and the pressure-exerting crosspiece are formed in one piece and are arranged essentially at right angles to one another, and the pressure-exerting crosspiece can force the retaining lug , by way of a pressure-exerting force, against a surface of the vehicle-body component which is to be applied to the sealing profile .
A method for preparing melanin particles, comprising: (i) adding a base to an aqueous solution containing dopamine·H + X - (wherein H + X - is an acid) to allow an acid-base neutralization reaction; and (ii) forming melanins by oxidative polymerization of the said dopamine in air concurrently or consecutively, wherein upon addition of the base, a mixing molar ratio of dopamine·H + X - (a) and base (b) is a:b=1:0.1-1 so as to prepare nano-sized melanin particles; wherein the melanin particles have a spherical shape and a mean diameter ranging from 30 to 400 nm determined by scanning electron microscopy or transmission electron microscopy; wherein the molar concentration of dopamine·H + X - in the aqueous solution containing dopamine·H + X - is within the range of 1 mmol/l (mM) to 1 mol/l (M); wherein the addition of base is performed at a temperature ranging from 20 to 100°C; wherein dopamine·H + X - is dopamine hydrochloride (C 8 H 11 NO 2 ·HCl), and the base is NaOH; wherein the pH of the dopamine·H + X - -containing aqueous solution is in the range from 2 to 7; and wherein the pH of the dopamine·H + X - -containing aqueous solution is in the range from 8 to 11 immediately after addition of the base. (i) adding a base to an aqueous solution containing dopamine·H + X - (wherein H + X - is an acid) to allow an acid-base neutralization reaction; and (ii) forming melanins by oxidative polymerization of the said dopamine in air concurrently or consecutively, wherein upon addition of the base, a mixing molar ratio of dopamine·H + X - (a) and base (b) is a:b=1:0.1-1 so as to prepare nano-sized melanin particles; wherein the melanin particles have a spherical shape and a mean diameter ranging from 30 to 400 nm determined by scanning electron microscopy or transmission electron microscopy; wherein the molar concentration of dopamine·H + X - in the aqueous solution containing dopamine·H + X - is within the range of 1 mmol/l (mM) to 1 mol/l (M); wherein the addition of base is performed at a temperature ranging from 20 to 100°C; wherein dopamine·H + X - is dopamine hydrochloride (C 8 H 11 NO 2 ·HCl), and the base is NaOH; wherein the pH of the dopamine·H + X - -containing aqueous solution is in the range from 2 to 7; and wherein the pH of the dopamine·H + X - -containing aqueous solution is in the range from 8 to 11 immediately after addition of the base.
A method of making a cover for a bicycle saddle, comprising the steps of: preparing a basic layer made of a first plastic material with a first friction factor on a top surface thereof; suiting said basic layer to have a narrow front portion for fitting between the crotch of a bicycle rider, and a wide rear portion for supporting the buttocks of a bicycle rider; preparing a first auxiliary layer made of a second plastic material with a second friction factor being smaller than the first friction factor, characterized by further directly disposing said first auxiliary layer on said basic layer by a screen printing process on at least one side of said narrow front portion of said basic layer for forming a smooth area. preparing a basic layer made of a first plastic material with a first friction factor on a top surface thereof; suiting said basic layer to have a narrow front portion for fitting between the crotch of a bicycle rider, and a wide rear portion for supporting the buttocks of a bicycle rider; preparing a first auxiliary layer made of a second plastic material with a second friction factor being smaller than the first friction factor, characterized by further directly disposing said first auxiliary layer on said basic layer by a screen printing process on at least one side of said narrow front portion of said basic layer for forming a smooth area.