Abstract: A solar cell module, having module segments, each with photovoltaic solar cells interconnected in series. The cells of the module segments are arranged on or in a curved planar carrier element. Each cell has a solar cell normal vector, and the module has a module normal vector, corresponding to the vectorial mean value of the cell normal vectors. Each cell has a tilt angle, corresponding to the angle between the cell normal vector and the module normal vector. Each module segment is assigned a tilt angle range having limits defined by minimum and maximum tilt angles of the cells of the module segment. The tilt angle ranges of at least two module segments are disjoint. The module segments are interconnected in parallel, each module segment has the same number of cells, and each cell of a module segment is arranged directly adjacent to a further cell of that module segment.

Abstract: An interfacial sensor and method for determining the thickness of an interface above a surface of a body around which flow occurs. The sensor has a first device for determining a first temperature, a second device for determining a second temperature and a third device for determining a third temperature. Each device is arranged at a predefinable distance (XI, X2, X3) from the surface of the body) around which flow occurs. At least the second device for determining the second temperature and the third device for determining the third temperature includes at least one wire which extends from the surface into a half-space adjoining the surface and which has a diameter of approximately 300 ?m or less. Such a sensor may find use in a wind turbine, a vehicle, an aircraft, a room climate measuring device or a ship.

Abstract: An arrangement has an opto-pyrotechnic initiator, at least one laser, and an optical fibre, via which the laser radiation of the laser is guided to the opto-pyrotechnic initiator. Also disclosed is a method for improving the safety of such an opto-pyrotechnic initiator. At least one optical filter element having power-dependent or intensity-dependent transmission or reflection is arranged in the beam path of the laser radiation between the laser and the initiating impingement location of the laser radiation in the initiator. The filter element and the beam guidance for the laser radiation are selected such that for a laser power of the laser, that is intended to effect an initiation, the filter element has a higher transmission or reflection or can be switched to a higher transmission or reflection than for a lower laser power by application of an optical or electronic signal that is independent of the laser radiation.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a participant of a wireless communication system, wherein the participant includes a transmission and/or reception unit and an antenna array connected to the transmission and/or reception means, wherein the antenna array includes a magnetic antenna with a loop discontinued once or multiple times.

Abstract: A user device, UE, for a wireless communication network is described. The wireless communication network including a plurality of user devices, UEs. The UE communicates with one or more further user devices, UEs, of the wireless communication network over a sidelink. Responsive to a trigger for a transmission, the UE performs a sensing process for determining resources to be used for the transmission. The sensing process includes a plurality of radio resource selection processes. The UE selects from the plurality of radio resource selection processes the radio resource selection process to be applied dependent on one or more of the following: a traffic density, a traffic density of different types of traffic, a user density within a predefined area around the UE.

Abstract: A method is described for selecting voxels for producing a three-dimensional object with an additive manufacturing device. The additive manufacturing device has a building space that is discretized into virtual voxels. The method includes receiving a voxel-based approximation of a surface of the object. The voxel-based approximation includes multiple voxels. The method includes determining, for each voxel of a non-empty subset of the voxels, a signed distance value describing a distance between the voxel and at least one point defined by the voxel-based approximation. The signed distance value of the voxel is determined based on a displacement value describing a topographic characteristic of the voxel-based approximation. The method includes selecting voxels at which material should be added to produce the object. The selection is performed based on the signed distance values of the voxels.

Abstract: An audio encoder for encoding segments of coefficients, the segments of coefficients representing different time or frequency resolutions of a sampled audio signal, the audio encoder including a processor for deriving a coding context for a currently encoded coefficient of a current segment based on a previously encoded coefficient of a previous segment, the previously encoded coefficient representing a different time or frequency resolution than the currently encoded coefficient. The audio encoder further includes an entropy encoder for entropy encoding the current coefficient based on the coding context to obtain an encoded audio stream.

Abstract: The invention is based on the finding that Airway Basal Cells (ABCs) play a key role in the pathobiology of various lung diseases. The invention therefore provides approaches for the treatment and prevention of lung diseases such as fibrotic disorders, pre stages of fibrosis, Chronic Obstructive Lung Diseases (COPD) or other lung disorders. Diseases treatable with the means and methods of the invention are characterized by a cellular remodelling in the alveolar compartment of the lung. Furthermore, the invention provides screening approaches to identify compounds suitable for the treatment of lung diseases.

Abstract: A glazing unit is provided for producing an aesthetically pleasing effect. The glazing unit may include at least one polymer with a first structured surface to which a photonic structure is applied. The surface can reflect a first partial spectrum of incident electromagnetic radiation, and can transmit a second partial spectrum of incident electromagnetic radiation. A reflected proportion corresponds to a higher harmonic and is in a visible spectral range.

Abstract: A wireless communication system includes one or more base stations, and a plurality of user devices, UEs. The plurality of UEs includes a plurality of first UEs operating in a first mode and a plurality of second UEs operating in a second mode. The first UEs and the second UEs are configured for a sidelink communication. A sidelink transmission includes a sidelink frame having a control region and a data region. The control region includes a first control region and a second control region, the first control region for transmitting control data of a first UE, the second control region for transmitting control data of a second UE, and the first and second control regions including a plurality of a common resources.

Abstract: Apparatus configured to derive a set-selective syntax element indicating whether the predetermined block is to be predicted using one of a first set of intra-prediction modes comprising a DC intra prediction mode and angular prediction modes. If the set-selective syntax element indicates that the predetermined block is to be predicted using one of the first set of intra-prediction modes, the apparatus is configured to use a list of most probable intra-prediction modes. If the set-selective syntax element indicates that the predetermined block is not to be predicted using one of the first set of intra-prediction modes, the apparatus is configured to use a matrix-based intra-prediction mode. The list of most probable intra-prediction modes is formed such that the list of most probable intra-prediction modes is free of the DC intra prediction mode in case of the neighbouring blocks being predicted by any of the angular intra prediction modes.

Abstract: FIG. 1 illustrates a decoder for decoding a current frame to reconstruct an audio signal according to an embodiment. The audio signal is encoded within the current frame. The current frame includes a current bitstream payload. The current bitstream payload includes a plurality of payload bits. The plurality of payload bits encodes a plurality of spectral lines of a spectrum of the audio signal. Each of the payload bits exhibits a position within the current bitstream payload. The decoder includes a decoding module and an output interface. The decoding module is configured to reconstruct the audio signal. The output interface is configured to output the audio signal.

Abstract: An apparatus for presenting immersive media content is described. The apparatus obtains from a sender video data representing immersive content for a certain viewing direction and/or for a certain viewpoint, and displays the video data representing the immersive content for the certain viewing direction and/or for the certain viewpoint.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for producing 3D printing material. The method involves first producing, from at least one photocatalyst and at least one phyllosilicate, a photocatalyst-phyllosilicate composite; From the photocatalyst-phyllosilicate composite and at least one thermoplastic polymer, a photocatalyst-phyllosilicate-polymer composite is then produced. Finally, the photocatalyst-phyllosilicate-polymer composite is subjected to a shaping process, producing a 3D printing material. This invention also relates to a 3D printing material comprising a thermoplastic matrix and, embedded in the matrix, a composite material containing at least one photocatalyst and at least one phyllosilicate. This invention further relates to a method for producing components from the 3D printing material and a component produced using this method.

Abstract: A method performed by a UE for providing CSI feedback in the form of CSI reports in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a gNB, higher layer configurations of one or more downlink reference signals, and CSI report configurations associated with the downlink reference signal configurations, and a radio signal including the downlink reference signals according to the one or more downlink reference signal configurations, the downlink reference signals provided over a configured number of frequency domain resources, time domain resources and one or more ports; determining, for each CSI report, a precoding matrix based on the downlink reference signals and two codebooks, and one or more non-zero combining coefficients for complex combining of one or more spatial domain and delay domain basis vectors; and reporting to the network node the CSI reports for the CSI report configurations.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical waveguide with two or more light-guiding cores (1a-1e) extending continuously along the longitudinal extension of the optical waveguide, parallel to one another and spaced apart from one another, from one end of the optical waveguide to the other, and with a first cladding (2) enclosing the cores (1a-1e). It is an object of the invention to provide a multicore optical waveguide for high-power operation with reduced system complexity compared to the prior art.

Abstract: An audio encoder for encoding audio input data has: a preprocessor for preprocessing the audio input data to obtain audio data to be coded; a coder processor for coding the audio data to be coded; and a controller for controlling the coder processor so that, depending on a first signal characteristic of a first frame of the audio data to be coded, a number of audio data items of the audio data to be coded by the coder processor for the first frame is reduced compared to a second signal characteristic of a second frame, and a first number of information units used for coding the reduced number of audio data items for the first frame is stronger enhanced compared to a second number of information units for the second frame.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a controller for a participant of a communication system wirelessly communicates in a frequency band used for communication by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the controller is configured to identify a network-specific channel access pattern, wherein the network-specific channel access pattern indicates a frequency hop-based and/or time hop-based occupancy of resources of the frequency band that is usable for the communication of the communication system, wherein the controller is configured to identify a relative channel access pattern, wherein the relative channel access pattern indicates, from the usable frequency hop-based and/or time hop-based occupancy of resources of the network-specific channel access pattern, an occupancy of resources that is to be used for the transfer of data of the participant.

Abstract: A method for localizing, in a space containing at least one determined object, an object element associated to a particular 2D representation element in a determined 2D image of the space, may have: deriving a range or interval of candidate spatial positions for the imaged object element on the basis of predefined positional relationships); restricting the range or interval of candidate spatial positions to at least one restricted range or interval of admissible candidate spatial positions, wherein restricting includes at least one of: limiting the range or interval of candidate spatial positions using at least one inclusive volume surrounding at least one determined object; and limiting the range or interval of candidate spatial positions using at least one exclusive volume surrounding non-admissible candidate spatial positions; and retrieving, among the admissible candidate spatial positions of the restricted range or interval, a most appropriate candidate spatial position on the basis of similarity metrics

Abstract: An embodiment of an apparatus for generating audio subband values in audio subband channels includes an analysis windower for windowing a frame of time-domain audio input samples being in a time sequence extending from an early sample to a later sample using an analysis window function including a sequence of window coefficients to obtain windowed samples. The analysis window function includes a first number of window coefficients derived from a larger window function including a sequence of a larger second number of window coefficients, wherein the window coefficients of the window function are derived by an interpolation of window coefficients of the larger window function. The apparatus further includes a calculator for calculating the audio subband values using the windowed samples.