The present invention relates to a device for determining a vehicle surroundings situation of a first vehicle, wherein said device comprises means for determining a direction to 5 at least one second vehicle from said first vehicle. The device comprises means for determining that a surrounding vehicle performs a lane change, whereby said determination is based on a change of direction to said seco...

Hydrophobic beeswax emulsions were incorporated into hydrophilic starch films to modify physical, mechanical and thermal properties of the films. Beeswax was added In the film-forming solution of high amylose pea starch (35 - 40% amylose w/w) at the level of 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40% w/w of starch with glycerol as a plasticizer (40/60 of glycerol/starch). Addition of beeswax affected mechanical proper...

The invention relates to a tyre cutting device comprising a frame and at least one blade unit (7, 7a) as well as means for rotating the tyre (1 ) in relation to the blade unit. The blade unit comprises a cutting blade (8, 8a), which is rotatable around its axis (10, 10a) and arranged in connection with the frame with the axis, which cutting blade has a cutting edge (9), and a counterpart (14, 14a)...

The present invention relates to a reference means (1) comprising at least one reference marker (4) which is applicable temporarily or permanently in a patient's body at a specified location relative to a tumor in the body in order thereafter, by means of the reference marker (4), to enable precision aiming of a treatment beam at the tumor. For universal use and easy application of the reference m...

An electro-hydrogen generator consisting of a rotary-driven cylindrical vess el which produces gravities of sufficient magnitude to promote the elimination of the bubble blanket that causes increased resistance in standard electrolysis. A high speed movement of electrodes is used to facilitate the separation of hydrogen gas and oxyge n from an electrolytic solution. The external electrodes, compri...

An air cooling device works by first cooling a volume of liquid down to a temperature that can be below freezing. That volume of liquid can remain cold for a long period o f time, requiring very little work on the part of the compressor, much like a kitchen refrigerator. Even when in use for cooling, besides the fan which is on all the time during use, the compressor is only required for short per...

There is described a system for monitoring the status of vehicle parking spaces. A server receives data transmitted over a network from at least one ticketin g machine useable to purchase parking time for the parking spaces. The data comprises identity information identifying individual parking spaces for whi ch parking time has been purchased and information relating to the purchased parking time...

The vibrating device is configured to vibrate at a frequency that corresponds to a desired vibration frequency to be damped of the primary system (120, 220), such as a barring frequency, so that the vibrations in question can be controlled with delayed resonator -based control circuits for damping roll vibration of a fibrous web machine. Roll vibration can thus be significantly damped in the prima...

QUE COMPRENDE UN SENALIZADOR TRIDIMENSIONAL QUE UTILIZA UN CODIGO DE COLORES BASADOS EN LOS COLORES ROJO Y VERDE PARA EL ORDENAMIENTO ANTICIPADO DEL ACCESO DE PERSONAS A TRAVES DE ELLAS. EL FONDO ES DE COLOR GRIS METALICO. EL SENALIZADOR VA UNO EN CADA LADO DE LAS PUERTAS, Y DICHAS PUERTAS SON MANUALES. CUANDO LA PRIMERA FLECHA EN PERSPECTIVA ES VERDE Y LA SEGUNDA ES VERDE, LA PUERTA ES DE TIPO BA...

A headrest assembly for a chair or sofa includes a fixed rear section, and a front section adapted to slide upwardly and forwardly to an inclined orientation with respect to the rear section. Movement of the front section is controlled by a linear actuator, which is connected via a switch to a source of power such as a battery.

A system, method, and processor executable instructions are disclosed for offloading encryption and/or decryption processing to a system having a parallel processing structure that may include a graphics processing unit. Lookup tables support executing encryption / decryption transformations solely on the graphics processing unit. In one version, the look-up tables support Rijndael encryption / de...

An apparatus and method is provided for improving movement of floating or underwater marine vessels. An anaerobic fuel (110) is deflagrated in an engine (120). The exhaust gases (140) from the. deflagration are led to the outer surface of the vessel, creating a continuous gas barrier. By reducing the contact between the outer surface of the vessel and the water through which it travels, the appara...

A method and system for embedding data in video frames is described, the method comprising receiving marking information, representing the marking information as a 2-coordinate vector, denoted omega, where the 2-coordinates are denoted, respectively, alpha, belta, such that omega = (alpha, belta), providing a video frame to be marked, the video frame including a plurality of pixels, each pixel of ...

The present invention provides a barrier, wherein the barrier is an upwardly immobilized barrier (UIB) comprising a barrier, comprising at least one netting (5) adapted to avoid or hinder penetration of actuated members, and at least one balloon (1) immobilizing the netting from the nettings top portion.

The invention relates to processes for preparing compounds of formula 1 wherein R<3> is as defined herein, and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as intermediates useful in such processes. The compounds of formula 1 are antibacterial agents that may be used to treat various bacterial and protozoa infections. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions contai...