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A moving assist apparatus for assisting a vehicle which includes an internal combustion engine and an electric motor as a driving source to move from a current position to a destination, the moving assist apparatus comprising: a mode planning unit configured to, for each section obtained by dividing a traveling route from the current position to the destination, plan regularly or, when a condition for irregularly replanning a traveling mode is met, irregularly one traveling mode from a first mode of not maintaining a charge storage amount of a battery and a second mode of maintaining the charge storage amount of the battery , based on a traveling load associated with the section; and an information generation unit configured to generate periodically traveling load information that is referenced by the mode planning unit , characterized in that the mode planning unit is configured to, when replanning the traveling mode based on the traveling load information generated by the information generation unit , defer an execution of the replanning of the traveling mode until a period from an execution of the previous planning reaches a predetermined period (β). a mode planning unit configured to, for each section obtained by dividing a traveling route from the current position to the destination, plan regularly or, when a condition for irregularly replanning a traveling mode is met, irregularly one traveling mode from a first mode of not maintaining a charge storage amount of a battery and a second mode of maintaining the charge storage amount of the battery , based on a traveling load associated with the section; and an information generation unit configured to generate periodically traveling load information that is referenced by the mode planning unit , characterized in that the mode planning unit is configured to, when replanning the traveling mode based on the traveling load information generated by the information generation unit , defer an execution of the replanning of the traveling mode until a period from an execution of the previous planning reaches a predetermined period (β).
Method for selectively producing cold, warm or hot milk foam and/or milk, the method comprising the following steps: ▪ providing at least one container for storing milk to be foamed; ▪ providing a fluid and a fluid line ; ▪ conveying, by means of a pump , a predefinable amount of the milk to be foamed through a line system , which comprises a milk intake line , between the at least one container and the pump , and an outlet line , between the pump and at least one outlet ; ▪ potentially supplying air into the milk intake line via an air-flow regulator , which can be arranged in an air-supply line , in order to produce a milk/air mixture upstream of the pump ; ▪ conveying the milk/air mixture or the milk through a heating element , which is designed as a flow heater and is arranged in the outlet line and is in the form of a thick-film heating element ; ▪ producing a milk foam from the milk/air mixture by means of a throttle device ; and ▪ dispensing the milk foam or milk at the at least one outlet , characterized in that the thick-film heating element is permanently heated to a predefinable temperature, and after each action of dispensing of the milk foam or the milk, fluid is applied to the line system at least in part. ▪ providing at least one container for storing milk to be foamed; ▪ providing a fluid and a fluid line ; ▪ conveying, by means of a pump , a predefinable amount of the milk to be foamed through a line system , which comprises a milk intake line , between the at least one container and the pump , and an outlet line , between the pump and at least one outlet ; ▪ potentially supplying air into the milk intake line via an air-flow regulator , which can be arranged in an air-supply line , in order to produce a milk/air mixture upstream of the pump ; ▪ conveying the milk/air mixture or the milk through a heating element , which is designed as a flow heater and is arranged in the outlet line and is in the form of a thick-film heating element ; ▪ producing a milk foam from the milk/air mixture by means of a throttle device ; and ▪ dispensing the milk foam or milk at the at least one outlet ,
A furniture fitting for moving a furniture part movably-supported relative to a furniture carcass , comprising: - a first fitting portion configured to be fixed to a furniture carcass , - a second fitting portion configured to be fixed to a movable furniture part , wherein the second fitting portion is pivotally connected to the first fitting portion , - a limiting device for limiting an opening angle of a relative pivoting movement of the first and second fitting portion , the limiting device including at least one movably-supported actuating element , wherein the opening angle can be adjusted by a manual or by a tool-assisted actuation of the actuating element , - wherein the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion are pivotally connected to one another by at least one first lever , wherein the actuating element is movably supported on the first lever , - wherein the limiting device includes an abutment portion for limiting the opening angle, wherein a position of the abutment portion can be adjusted by an actuation of the actuating element , - wherein a second lever is provided for pivotally connecting the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion to one another, wherein the abutment portion can be supported on the second lever so as to limit the opening angle, characterized in that the second lever , in a cross-section, includes a U-shaped profile having two limbs , wherein the abutment portion can be supported on at least one of the limbs of the U-shaped profile. - a first fitting portion configured to be fixed to a furniture carcass , - a second fitting portion configured to be fixed to a movable furniture part , wherein the second fitting portion is pivotally connected to the first fitting portion , - a limiting device for limiting an opening angle of a relative pivoting movement of the first and second fitting portion , the limiting device including at least one movably-supported actuating element , wherein the opening angle can be adjusted by a manual or by a tool-assisted actuation of the actuating element , - wherein the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion are pivotally connected to one another by at least one first lever , wherein the actuating element is movably supported on the first lever , - wherein the limiting device includes an abutment portion for limiting the opening angle, wherein a position of the abutment portion can be adjusted by an actuation of the actuating element , - wherein a second lever is provided for pivotally connecting the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion to one another, wherein the abutment portion can be supported on the second lever so as to limit the opening angle,
Hand-held device for inserting a needle into a non-homogeneous material, such as a blood vessel (V), comprising: a casing adapted to be hand-held by an operator; a shaft extending along a longitudinal axis (x) and carrying at a distal end thereof the needle , the shaft being fitted in the casing and being normally coupled to the casing so as to move as a single piece therewith along the longitudinal axis (x); and decoupling means operable to decouple the shaft from the casing so that the shaft is freely movable relative to the casing along said longitudinal axis (x); characterized in that it further comprises: detection means arranged to provide signals indicative of at least one physical characteristic of the material into which the needle tip has to be inserted; and control means operatively connected with said decoupling means and said detection means and configured to determine, based on the signals received from said detection means , whether the needle tip has reached said target position and to operate said decoupling means to decouple the shaft , and hence the needle , from the casing ; wherein said decoupling means are configured to normally clamp the shaft to couple it to the casing and are operable to unclamp the shaft to allow it to free move relative to the casing along the longitudinal axis (x). a casing adapted to be hand-held by an operator; a shaft extending along a longitudinal axis (x) and carrying at a distal end thereof the needle , the shaft being fitted in the casing and being normally coupled to the casing so as to move as a single piece therewith along the longitudinal axis (x); and decoupling means operable to decouple the shaft from the casing so that the shaft is freely movable relative to the casing along said longitudinal axis (x); characterized in that it further comprises: detection means arranged to provide signals indicative of at least one physical characteristic of the material into which the needle tip has to be inserted; and control means operatively connected with said decoupling means and said detection means and configured to determine, based on the signals received from said detection means , whether the needle tip has reached said target position and to operate said decoupling means to decouple the shaft , and hence the needle , from the casing ; wherein said decoupling means are configured to normally clamp the shaft to couple it to the casing and are operable to unclamp the shaft to allow it to free move relative to the casing along the longitudinal axis (x).
Chain-bending machine for producing chains with bent chain links, having a bending station comprising: a bending mandrel ; a bending unit for producing a bent chain link (KG) by bending a wire element around the bending mandrel in a bending plane; wherein the bending unit has two sub-units (110-1, 110-2), which are arranged on opposite sides of a centre plane of the bending unit , the centre plane being perpendicular to the bending plane, wherein each of the sub-units (110-1, 110-2) has a bending-tool-carrier unit, which, on a component facing the bending mandrel, carries a bending tool for acting on the wire element, wherein the bending tools can be moved on predefinable paths around the bending mandrel during the bending process; characterized by a freely programmable bending-progression-control system, which is configured such that different progressions of paths taken by the bending tools can be predefined by input parameters being input at an input unit of the bending-progression-control system via a control unit , wherein each of the sub-units (110-1, 110-2) has a carriage , which is displaceable in a first direction parallel to the centre plane and on which a further component of the bending-tool-carrier unit is mounted, wherein the further component is a bending lever of the sub-unit or a carriage of a cross table, and wherein a first drive group for moving the carriage has a first servo drive , which is connected to the control unit , and a second drive group for moving the further component has a second servo drive , which is connected to the control unit . a bending mandrel ; a bending unit for producing a bent chain link (KG) by bending a wire element around the bending mandrel in a bending plane; wherein the bending unit has two sub-units (110-1, 110-2), which are arranged on opposite sides of a centre plane of the bending unit , the centre plane being perpendicular to the bending plane, wherein each of the sub-units (110-1, 110-2) has a bending-tool-carrier unit, which, on a component facing the bending mandrel, carries a bending tool for acting on the wire element, wherein the bending tools can be moved on predefinable paths around the bending mandrel during the bending process; characterized by a freely programmable bending-progression-control system, which is configured such that different progressions of paths taken by the bending tools can be predefined by input parameters being input at an input unit of the bending-progression-control system via a control unit , wherein each of the sub-units (110-1, 110-2) has a carriage , which is displaceable in a first direction parallel to the centre plane and on which a further component of the bending-tool-carrier unit is mounted, wherein the further component is a bending lever of the sub-unit or a carriage of a cross table, and wherein a first drive group for moving the carriage has a first servo drive , which is connected to the control unit , and a second drive group for moving the further component has a second servo drive , which is connected to the control unit .
A computer implemented method of decision-making comprising: a data input step to input data comprising input/output pairs from a plurality of first data sources into a first data bank, analysing said input data by means of a first adaptive artificial neural network (ANN), the neural network including a plurality of layers having at least an input layer, one or more hidden layers and an output layer, each layer comprising a plurality of interconnected neurons, the number of hidden neurons utilised being adaptive, the first ANN determining the most important input data and training from the most important input data second ANNs, with one second ANN for each given decision output, deriving from the second ANNs a plurality of Type-1 fuzzy sets for each first data source by categorizing accumulated input/output pairs from the second ANNs into the Type-1 fuzzy sets such that the Type-1 fuzzy sets quantify the raw crisp values of the accumulated input/output pairs representing the data source, combining the Type-1 fuzzy sets to create Footprint of Uncertainty (FOU) for type-2 fuzzy sets, modelling the group decision of the combined first data sources, inputting data from a second data source, and assigning an aggregate ranking score thereto, scaling the assigned aggregate ranking score and then averaging the assigned aggregate ranking score over the first data sources and mapping the averaged scaled ranking score onto a Type-2 fuzzy set representing the group decision, and producing a decision therefrom in which the highest average scaled sum membership of said fuzzy set is selected. a data input step to input data comprising input/output pairs from a plurality of first data sources into a first data bank, analysing said input data by means of a first adaptive artificial neural network (ANN), the neural network including a plurality of layers having at least an input layer, one or more hidden layers and an output layer, each layer comprising a plurality of interconnected neurons, the number of hidden neurons utilised being adaptive, the first ANN determining the most important input data and training from the most important input data second ANNs, with one second ANN for each given decision output, deriving from the second ANNs a plurality of Type-1 fuzzy sets for each first data source by categorizing accumulated input/output pairs from the second ANNs into the Type-1 fuzzy sets such that the Type-1 fuzzy sets quantify the raw crisp values of the accumulated input/output pairs representing the data source, combining the Type-1 fuzzy sets to create Footprint of Uncertainty (FOU) for type-2 fuzzy sets, modelling the group decision of the combined first data sources, inputting data from a second data source, and assigning an aggregate ranking score thereto, scaling the assigned aggregate ranking score and then averaging the assigned aggregate ranking score over the first data sources and mapping the averaged scaled ranking score onto a Type-2 fuzzy set representing the group decision, and producing a decision therefrom in which the highest average scaled sum membership of said fuzzy set is selected.
A sealing structure of a parting portion for closing the parting portion between a rear end of a front door and a front end of a rear door of an automobile by a seal lip from an inner-cabin side, comprising a front side weather strip installable on a peripheral edge of the front door , the front side weather strip being configured to make an elastic contact with a center pillar , the seal lip having a substantially tongue-shaped cross section, the seal lip disposable at an upper part of a front end of a rear side weather strip installable on a peripheral edge of a rear door and extending downward, the seal lip having an assembly part formed on a base root side thereof, the assembly part being able to be assembled on the front end of the rear door , characterized in that the base root side of said seal lip has a bending point provided thereon for said seal lip to be curved toward the inner-cabin side so that a top end side being configured to make an elastic contact with said center pillar when high pressure water splashes said seal lip while spraying the high pressure water from the outer-cabin side for washing the automobile or the like, wherein: the high pressure water which splashes the parting portion from the outer-cabin side straightly advances toward the center pillar through the parting portion, hits the seal lip and then is greatly turned in the angle of returning to the outer-cabin side along the outer-cabin side surface of the seal lip; wherein when no high pressure water is applied, the seal lip is bent around the bending point toward the outer-cabin side wherein the seal lip has a concave provided on an outer-cabin side of the top end side such that the top end of said seal lip is further bent toward the outer-cabin side, being configured to make an elastic contact with the rear end of the front door , and a center part of the seal lip being configured to make an elastic contact with the front end of the rear door to close the parting portion. the high pressure water which splashes the parting portion from the outer-cabin side straightly advances toward the center pillar through the parting portion, hits the seal lip and then is greatly turned in the angle of returning to the outer-cabin side along the outer-cabin side surface of the seal lip; wherein when no high pressure water is applied, the seal lip is bent around the bending point toward the outer-cabin side wherein the seal lip has a concave provided on an outer-cabin side of the top end side such that the top end of said seal lip is further bent toward the outer-cabin side, being configured to make an elastic contact with the rear end of the front door , and a center part of the seal lip being configured to make an elastic contact with the front end of the rear door to close the parting portion.
An authentication device for authenticating a luminescent security mark, the device comprising: an illumination source configured to irradiate the security mark with a pulse of excitation radiation so as to cause the security mark to emit luminescent radiation that decays with time; a radiation detector configured to detect the luminescent radiation emitted by the security mark; and an optical waveguide positioned relative to the illumination source and the radiation detector and configured so as to guide by internal reflection both excitation radiation emitted from the illumination source towards the security mark, and luminescent radiation emitted by the security mark towards the radiation detector; wherein the illumination source and the radiation detector abut an internal surface of the optical waveguide; and wherein the optical waveguide is substantially cuboidal. an illumination source configured to irradiate the security mark with a pulse of excitation radiation so as to cause the security mark to emit luminescent radiation that decays with time; a radiation detector configured to detect the luminescent radiation emitted by the security mark; and an optical waveguide positioned relative to the illumination source and the radiation detector and configured so as to guide by internal reflection both excitation radiation emitted from the illumination source towards the security mark, and luminescent radiation emitted by the security mark towards the radiation detector; wherein the illumination source and the radiation detector abut an internal surface of the optical waveguide; and wherein the optical waveguide is substantially cuboidal.
Method for operating a network subscriber , comprising: - receiving an input data stream which contains an input transmission frame in accordance with a field bus protocol, wherein the input data stream is received in temporally successive data units which have a defined processing width ; - decoding fields of the input transmission frame using a plurality of field processing units arranged behind one another, wherein each field processing unit decodes a defined field of the input transmission frame ; - generating an output data stream which contains an output transmission frame in accordance with the field bus protocol, from the input data stream . - receiving an input data stream which contains an input transmission frame in accordance with a field bus protocol, wherein the input data stream is received in temporally successive data units which have a defined processing width ; - decoding fields of the input transmission frame using a plurality of field processing units arranged behind one another, wherein each field processing unit decodes a defined field of the input transmission frame ; - generating an output data stream which contains an output transmission frame in accordance with the field bus protocol, from the input data stream .
Pneumatic vehicle tyre , which can be rotated in a circumferential direction and has a tread with joined-together tread bars formed by circumferential or oblique grooves and transverse grooves in such a manner that the transverse grooves extend as far as a transitional region of two tread bars , wherein the transitional region is part of a first tread bar of the at least two tread bars , and wherein each tread bar has at least three sipes , which are straight or slightly curved when viewed from above, wherein at least a first sipe of the at least three sipes extends substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of at least one tread bar , wherein at least a second sipe and at least a third sipe of the at least three sipes extend at an angle of in each case 70° to 90° to the circumferential direction or to a parallel of the circumferential direction of the pneumatic vehicle tyre , characterized in that the first sipe and the second sipe form a single, joined-together angled-away sipe .