Abstract: In a first aspect of the invention, there is a computer-implemented method including: training, by a computing device, a machine learning (ML) model on a financial data set comprising data on financial behavior applicable to repaying debts; entering, by a computing device, an interaction with a user regarding renegotiating a debt; and generating, by the computing device, a proposed payment plan for the debt, based on user data of the user, and using the ML model trained on the financial data set.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a luminaire (1), comprising a housing (2) having a diffusion panel (3) as light emission surface, comprising at least one illuminant (4) which is arranged within the housing (2) such that it is set up to emit light through the diffusion panel (3) to the area outside of the housing (2), and comprising at least two light sensors (S1, S2) arranged within the housing (2), the light sensors being set up to detect light. The at least two light sensors (S1, S2) have different detection regions (B1, B2) within the housing (2) and are set up to detect light (Et) which enters through the diffusion panel (3) into the housing interior from the area outside of the housing (2), wherein, on account of the different detection regions (B1, B2), one of the at least two light sensors (S1, S2) detects light (Er2) that was emitted by the at least one illuminant (4) and reflected from at least one wall of the housing interior.

Abstract: A semiconductor device including at least one substrate, a plurality of connection pairs, each equipped with a first connection electrode and a second connection electrode and connected to the terminals of a phase or to the ends of a phase fraction one or more first control electrodes operatively placed between the connection pairs and configured to arrange the pairs in a first electrical configuration and one or more second control electrodes operatively placed between the connection pairs and configured to arrange them in a second electrical configuration.

Abstract: A switching device for an electric motor provided with a plurality of phases includes a fixed body equipped with a plurality of connection portions and at least one moveable body that can be moved with respect to the fixed body between at least a first position, in which the phases are arranged in a first electrical configuration, and a second position, in which the phases are arranged in a second electrical configuration. The second electrical configuration is separate from the first one due to the connection between the phase fractions within each phase and/or due to the reciprocal connection between the phases.

Abstract: A bipolar membrane comprising a cation exchange mat of one or more cation exchange polymers, an anion exchange mat of one or more anion exchange polymers, and an internal 3D bipolar interface, disposed between the cation and anion exchange layers, including a mixture of at least one cation exchange polymer and at least one anion exchange polymer, such that an interface of the at least one cation exchange polymer and the at least one anion exchange polymer is the internal 3D bipolar interface that has a large area, and the at least one cation exchange polymer in the 3D bipolar interface is connected to the one or more cation exchange polymers of the cation exchange layer, and the at least one anion exchange polymer in the 3D bipolar interface is connected to the one or more anion exchange polymers of the anion exchange layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bus node, which can be connected to a building services bus, which bus node comprises a supply unit and a control unit, wherein the supply unit is designed to output a measurement current onto the building services bus, and wherein the control unit is designed to sense and evaluate a bus current on the building services bus and, on the basis of the evaluation, to determine whether an operating current is output onto the building services bus by the supply unit.

Abstract: A processing device receives a virtual machine boot request for booting a virtual machine, wherein the virtual machine boot request identifies a virtual disk image stored on a physical disk, and wherein the virtual machine boot request comprises a first value of a virtual machine parameter. The processing device accesses the virtual disk image, wherein the virtual disk image comprises disk parameter metadata. The processing device retrieves from the disk parameter metadata a second value of the virtual machine parameter. Responsive to determining that the second value of the virtual machine parameter does not match the first value of the virtual machine parameter, the processing device fails the virtual machine boot request.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a hypervisor running on a host computer system, a request pertaining to a microcode update from a guest operating system of a virtual machine running on the host computer system. The method also includes identifying, by a hypervisor, a central processing unit (CPU) model including one or more features associated with the microcode update. The method also includes emulating, by the hypervisor, the CPU model on a virtual central processing unit (vCPU) of the virtual machine to provide access to the one or more features of the CPU model to the guest operating system of the virtual machine.

Abstract: A processing device receives a virtual machine boot request for booting a virtual machine, wherein the virtual machine boot request identifies a virtual disk image stored on a physical disk, and wherein the virtual machine boot request comprises a first value of a virtual machine parameter. The processing device accesses the virtual disk image, wherein the virtual disk image comprises disk parameter metadata. The processing device retrieves from the disk parameter metadata a second value of the virtual machine parameter. Responsive to determining that the second value of the virtual machine parameter does not match the first value of the virtual machine parameter, the processing device fails the virtual machine boot request.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a hypervisor running on a host computer system, a request pertaining to a microcode update from a guest operating system of a virtual machine running on the host computer system. The method also includes identifying, by a hypervisor, a central processing unit (CPU) model including one or more features associated with the microcode update. The method also includes emulating, by the hypervisor, the CPU model on a virtual central processing unit (vCPU) of the virtual machine to provide access to the one or more features of the CPU model to the guest operating system of the virtual machine.

Abstract: A bipolar membrane comprising a cation exchange mat of one or more cation exchange polymers, an anion exchange mat of one or more anion exchange polymers, and an internal 3D bipolar interface, disposed between the cation and anion exchange layers, including a mixture of at least one cation exchange polymer and at least one anion exchange polymer, such that an interface of the at least one cation exchange polymer and the at least one anion exchange polymer is the internal 3D bipolar interface that has a large area, and the at least one cation exchange polymer in the 3D bipolar interface is connected to the one or more cation exchange polymers of the cation exchange layer, and the at least one anion exchange polymer in the 3D bipolar interface is connected to the one or more anion exchange polymers of the anion exchange layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bus node, which can be connected to a building services bus, which bus node comprises a supply unit and a control unit, wherein the supply unit is designed to output a measurement current onto the building services bus, and wherein the control unit is designed to sense and evaluate a bus current on the building services bus and, on the basis of the evaluation, to determine whether an operating current is output onto the building services bus by the supply unit.

Abstract: The present application relates to a LED module (10) for being connected to a DC power supply (11), the LED module comprising a multilayer board (2) comprising a metal surface (2a) and a dielectric layer (2b) arranged thereon, at least one LED chip (1) arranged on the metal surface (2a) of the multilayer board, an encapsulation layer (3) arranged above the at least one LED chip (1), and current regulator means (4) arranged on the multilayer board, wherein the current regulator means (4) are designed to convert a DC input provided to the module (10) to a predefined DC output for being provided to the at least one LED chip (1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a modular LED-light comprising a first module (1) to which an input voltage (9), preferably an AC-supply voltage, is guided, said first module comprising a second sub-module (B), preferably an insulating unit, a DC voltage separating the supply voltage by a galvanic separation being provided on the outlet of said insulating unit, and a control unit (G). Said LED light also comprises a second module (2), preferably a light management module, comprising an additional sub-module (C) which is fed by the DC-initial voltage of the first module (1), preferably a clocked constant flow source which is controlled by a control unit (E) of the second module (2), and an LED-module (F) which comprises at least one LED path (8) and which is supplied by the additional sub-module (C).

Abstract: A galvanically isolated transformer (59) for energizing a lamp (5) comprises a primary circuit (60) including a half-bridge circuit that has two reciprocally clocked switches (21, 22), and including an LLC resonant circuit (25-27). The transformer (59) further comprises a secondary circuit (30) including an output (35) for supplying energy to the lamp (5). A control device (14) is designed to control the half-bridge circuit in accordance with a control variable (ipeak) detected in the primary circuit (60) in order to adjust a current intensity supplied to the lamp (5) by the secondary circuit (30) to a desired value.

Abstract: The present application relates to a LED module (10) for being connected to a DC power supply (11), the LED module comprising a multilayer board (2) comprising a metal surface (2a) and a dielectric layer (2b) arranged thereon, at least one LED chip (1) arranged on the metal surface (2a) of the multilayer board, an encapsulation layer (3) arranged above the at least one LED chip (1), and current regulator means (4) arranged on the multilayer board, wherein the current regulator means (4) are designed to convert a DC input provided to the module (10) to a predefined DC output for being provided to the at least one LED chip (1).

Abstract: An LLC resonant transformer (19) for a lamp (5) comprises a primary circuit (19) and a secondary side (30) galvanically isolated therefrom. During operation of the LLC resonant transformer (19), a first switch (21) and a second switch (22) of a half-bridge to which an LLC resonant circuit (25-27) of the primary circuit (19) is connected are actuated in a clocked fashion. A load (5) to which an output (35) on the secondary side (30) supplies energy is detected on the basis of a measured variable (iavg) acquired in the primary circuit (20). The half-bridge (21, 22) is variably controlled on the basis of the measured variable (iavg) that is acquired in the primary circuit (20) and indicates the load (5).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for activating at least one LED, which is supplied with a direct current voltage or a rectified alternating current voltage and which by means of a coil (L1) and a first switch (S1) clocked by a control/regulating unit (SR) provides a supply voltage for at least one LED, wherein when the first switch (S1) is switched on the coil (L1) temporarily stores energy that discharges via a diode (D1) and at least one LED when the first switch (S1) is switched off and wherein the control unit (SR) activates the first switch (S1) by means of a dimming signal. Said method is characterized in that the dimming signal is generated by externally combining a low-frequency signal and a high-frequency signal, wherein the pulse width (TON*LF) of the low-frequency signal is selected as an integral multiple of the cycle duration of the high-frequency signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to an LED converter for operating a load comprising at least one LED series that includes at least one LED, preferably multiple LEDs. On the primary side, the LED converter comprises a resonant converter supplied with a direct current voltage. The resonant converter has a half-bridge that is constructed of two reciprocally clocked switches and that provides a supply voltage for the LED series through a serial/parallel resonance circuit connected to the midpoint of said half-bridge. To regulate the power transferred by the LED converter to the LED series as a feedback factor in each switch-on cycle, a control unit is designed to directly or indirectly determine a peak value of the feedback factor through the lower-potential switch of the half-bridge and to adjust the clocking of the half-bridge, i.e. the frequency and/or the duty factor, as a control factor.

Abstract: The invention provides an LED converter for operating a load comprising at least one LED series with at least one LED, preferably with multiple LEDs, wherein the LED converter on the primary side comprises a resonant converter supplied with a direct current voltage. Said converter has a half-bridge constructed of two reciprocally clocked switches and providing a supply voltage for the LED series through a serial/parallel resonance circuit connected to the midpoint of said bridge. The LED converter has a control unit that is arranged for adjusting the clocking frequency of the half bridge.