Abstract: An optoelectronic component and a method for producing an optoelectronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment an optoelectronic component includes a semiconductor layer sequence having an active region configured to emit radiation at least via a main radiation exit surface during operation and a self-supporting conversion element arranged in a beam path of the semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the self-supporting conversion element includes a substrate and subsequently a first layer, wherein the first layer includes at least one conversion material embedded in a matrix material, wherein the matrix material includes at least one condensed sol-gel material, wherein the condensed sol-gel material has a proportion between 10 and 70 vol % in the first layer, and wherein the substrate is free of the sol-gel material and the conversion material and mechanically stabilizes the first layer.

Abstract: In an embodiment an optoelectronic device includes an optoelectronic component with a first main surface, a second main surface and a plurality of side surfaces interconnecting the first and second main surfaces and a conversion element arranged at the first main surface of the optoelectronic component, wherein the conversion element includes a frame of a reflective material and a conversion material located within the frame, wherein an interface between the frame and the conversion material runs slanted having an angle of smaller than 180° and larger than 90° between the interface and an adjacent side surface of the plurality of side surfaces, and wherein the frame protrudes laterally beyond a light emitting area of the first main surface of the optoelectronic component.

Abstract: A pneumatic pump device coupled to a container for flowable material includes a jet pump with at least one intake duct extending away from the container and leading into the jet pump and an air supply duct extending away from the container and to which pressure can be applied or which leads to an outer surface of the pneumatic pump device. The intake duct and air supply duct have essentially the same orientation in the region of the container and are advantageously inclined relative to the vertical by not more than 40°. A metering system includes a container and such a pneumatic pump device coupled thereto and the use of the pneumatic pump device or metering system in a sanding system of a rail vehicle.

Abstract: An optoelectronic component and a method for producing an optoelectronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment an optoelectronic component includes a semiconductor layer sequence having an active region configured to emit radiation at least via a main radiation exit surface during operation and a self-supporting conversion element arranged in a beam path of the semiconductor layer sequence, wherein the self-supporting conversion element includes a substrate and subsequently a first layer, wherein the first layer includes at least one conversion material embedded in a matrix material, wherein the matrix material includes at least one condensed sol-gel material, wherein the condensed sol-gel material has a proportion between 10 and 70 vol % in the first layer, and wherein the substrate is free of the sol-gel material and the conversion material and mechanically stabilizes the first layer.

Abstract: A sanding system for a rail vehicle includes a housing of a cellular wheel sluice having an inlet located at the top and an outlet located at the bottom, a pivotably mounted cellular wheel having a plurality of cells, and a motor that is coupled with the cellular wheel. The sanding system further includes a container connected to the inlet of the cellular wheel sluice for receiving brake sand, or a feed line connected to the inlet of the cellular wheel sluice for transporting brake sand, and a discharge line connected to the outlet of the cellular wheel sluice for transporting brake sand. The motor for driving the cellular wheel is thereby arranged above the inlet.

Abstract: In various embodiments, methods and systems for reprojecting images based on a velocity depth late stage reprojection process are provided. A reprojection engine supports reprojecting images based on an optimized late stage reprojection process that is performed based on both depth data and velocity data. Image data and corresponding depth and velocity data of the image data is received. A determination of an adjustment to be made to the image is made. The determination is made based on motion data, the depth data and the velocity data. The motion data corresponds to a device associated with displaying the image data. The velocity data supports determining calculated correction distances for portions of the image data. The image data is adjusted based on the determined adjustment. Adjusting the image data is based on integrating depth-data-based translation and velocity-data-based motion correction, into a single pass implementation, to adjust the image data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sand dispenser for a rail vehicle, wherein the sand dispenser comprises a metering device, a delivery device and an uncoupling device. The metering device is designed to pneumatically meter a desired quantity of sand using a metering air flow. The delivery device is designed to pneumatically deliver the quantity of sand to at least one scattering site using a delivery air flow. The uncoupling device is designed to pneumatically uncouple the metering device and the delivery device, wherein the uncoupling device is designed to provide a compensating air flow for compensating a difference between an output air flow of the metering device and an input air flow of the delivery device.

Abstract: A pneumatic pump device coupled to a container for flowable material includes a jet pump with at least one intake duct extending away from the container and leading into the jet pump and an air supply duct extending away from the container and to which pressure can be applied or which leads to an outer surface of the pneumatic pump device. The intake duct and air supply duct have essentially the same orientation in the region of the container and are advantageously inclined relative to the vertical by not more than 40°. A metering system includes a container and such a pneumatic pump device coupled thereto and the use of the pneumatic pump device or metering system in a sanding system of a rail vehicle.

Abstract: A sanding system for a rail vehicle includes a housing of a cellular wheel sluice having an inlet located at the top and an outlet located at the bottom, a pivotably mounted cellular wheel having a plurality of cells, and a motor that is coupled with the cellular wheel. The sanding system further includes a container connected to the inlet of the cellular wheel sluice for receiving brake sand, or a feed line connected to the inlet of the cellular wheel sluice for transporting brake sand, and a discharge line connected to the outlet of the cellular wheel sluice for transporting brake sand. The motor for driving the cellular wheel is thereby arranged above the inlet.

Abstract: A flame sensor apparatus is provided including a sensor for sensing specific characteristics of a flame within a combustion chamber. The sensor includes a silicon carbide photodiode, and the sensor is spaced a distance from the combustion chamber. In addition, a fiber optic cable assembly extends between the sensor and the combustion chamber. The fiber optic cable can convey the specific characteristics of the flame from the combustion chamber to the sensor. The fiber optic cable assembly is included as part of a sealed array filled with an inert gas. In addition, a method of sensing specific characteristics of a flame is also provided.

Abstract: In various embodiments, methods and systems for reprojecting images based on a velocity depth late stage reprojection process are provided. A reprojection engine supports reprojecting images based on an optimized late stage reprojection process that is performed based on both depth data and velocity data. Image data and corresponding depth and velocity data of the image data is received. A determination of an adjustment to be made to the image is made. The determination is made based on motion data, the depth data and the velocity data. The motion data corresponds to a device associated with displaying the image data. The velocity data supports determining calculated correction distances for portions of the image data. The image data is adjusted based on the determined adjustment. Adjusting the image data is based on integrating depth-data-based translation and velocity-data-based motion correction, into a single pass implementation, to adjust the image data.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a plurality of optoelectronic components, comprising the following steps: —providing an auxiliary support wafer (1) having contact structures (4), wherein the auxiliary support wafer comprises glass, sapphire, or a semiconductor material, —applying a plurality of radiation-emitting semiconductor bodies (5) to the contact structures (4), —encapsulating an least the contact structures (4) with a potting mass (10), and —removing the auxiliary support wafer (1). The invention further relates to an optoelectronic component.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the method is configured for producing optoelectronic semiconductor components (1) and includes the steps of: providing a leadframe assembly (20) with a multiplicity of leadframes (2), each having at least two leadframe parts (21, 22); forming at least a part of the leadframe assembly (20) with a housing material for housing bodies (4); dividing the leadframe assembly (20) between at least one part of the columns (C) and/or the rows (R), wherein the leadframes (2) remain arranged in a matrix-like manner; equipping the leadframes (2) with at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip (3); testing at least one part of the leadframes (2) equipped with the semiconductor chips (3) and formed with the housing material after the step of dividing; and separating to form the semiconductor components (1) after the step of forming and after the step of testing.

Abstract: Disclosed is the use of benzotropolone derivatives of formula wherein R1, R2 and R7 independently from each other are hydrogen; C1-C3alkyl; or COR8; R3 is hydrogen; or COOR9 R4 is hydrogen; or C1-C3alkyl; R5 is hydrogen; hydroxy; C1-C3-alkoxy; or —O—(CO)—R10; R6 is hydrogen; C1-C3alkyl; or COR8; or R5 and R6 together may form a five or six membered ring; or R6 and R7 together form a five or six membered ring; and R8, R9, R10 independently of each other are C1-C30alkyl; for protecting body-care and household products from photolytic and oxidative degradation.

Abstract: An optoelectronic component device includes a plurality of optoelectronic components that provide and/or absorb electromagnetic radiation; a reflector arranged in a beam path of the electromagnetic radiation of the plurality of optoelectronic components and which has a surface that is at least partly reflective with respect to the provided electromagnetic radiation; wherein the plurality of optoelectronic components at least partly surround the reflector or are at least partly surrounded by the reflector; and the reflector reflects a provided electromagnetic radiation such that a predefined field distribution of the reflected electromagnetic radiation is formed in the image plane of the optoelectronic component device.

Abstract: A ring light module having a plurality of optoelectronic semiconductor components for producing electromagnetic radiation, a reflector of the ring light module comprising a reflective surface, and a support. The semiconductor components are mounted on the support. In a plan view of a main radiation side of the ring light module, the reflector comprises at most two planes of symmetry. The reflector tapers in the direction towards the main radiation side. At least some of the main emission directions of adjacent optoelectronic semiconductor components are oriented differently from each other, and the main emission directions point towards the reflective surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sand dispenser for a rail vehicle, wherein the sand dispenser comprises a metering device, a delivery device and an uncoupling device. The metering device is designed to pneumatically meter a desired quantity of sand using a metering air flow. The delivery device is designed to pneumatically deliver the quantity of sand to at least one scattering site using a delivery air flow. The uncoupling device is designed to pneumatically uncouple the metering device and the delivery device, wherein the uncoupling device is designed to provide a compensating air flow for compensating a difference between an output air flow of the metering device and an input air flow of the delivery device.

Abstract: An optoelectronic semiconductor device includes a first light source that emits green, white or white-green light and includes a semiconductor chip that emits in the blue spectral range, and a first conversion element attached directly to the semiconductor chip, a second light source that emits red light, having a semiconductor chip, that emits in a blue spectral range, and having a second conversion element attached directly to the semiconductor chip, and/or having a semiconductor chip that emits in a red spectral range, a third light source that emits blue light and has a semiconductor chip emitting in the blue spectral range, and a filler body having a matrix material into which a conversion agent is embedded, wherein the filler body is disposed downstream of the light sources collectively.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a plurality of optoelectronic components, comprising the following steps: providing an auxiliary support wafer (1) having contact structures (4), wherein the auxiliary support wafer comprises glass, sapphire, or a semiconductor material, applying a plurality of radiation-emitting semiconductor bodies (5) to the contact structures (4), encapsulating an least the contact structures (4) with a potting mass (10), and removing the auxiliary support wafer (1). The invention further relates to an optoelectronic component.

Abstract: Disclosed is the use of benzotropolone derivatives of formula wherein R1, R2 and R7 independently from each other are hydrogen; C1-C3alkyl; or COR8; R3 is hydrogen; or COOR9 R4 is hydrogen; or C1-C3alkyl; R5 is hydrogen; hydroxy; C1-C3-alkoxy; or —O—(CO)—R10; R6 is hydrogen; C1-C3alkyl; or COR8; or R5 and R6 together may form a five or six membered ring; or R6 and R7 together form a five or six membered ring; and R8, R9, R10 independently of each other are C1-C30alkyl; for protecting body-care and household products from photolytic and oxidative degradation.