Abstract: A method cycle of a method for layerwise production of a tangible object (5) comprises the successive steps of: solidifying predetermined parts of a liquid so as to obtain a solid layer (14) having a predetermined shape; separating said solid layer from a construction shape (6); and moving, relative to one another, the separated solid layer and the construction shape to a predetermined position relative to one another. Solidifying is carried out such that the solid layer and the construction shape have nonmatching shapes in the sense that all surface portions of a solid layer side (70) that are or have been in contact with a liquid contacting side (11) of the construction shape can not simultaneously be brought in full contacting engagement with the liquid contacting side.

Abstract: The invention relates to a free piston type compressor 10 according to the invention comprises a first free piston 2a and a second free piston 2b interconnected by a torsion body 3a and 3b, and elastic bending element 4a and 4b to the central electromotor 5. In accordance with the invention the driving force is applied transversely to the direction of the expected displacement D of the first free piston and the second free piston.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (10) for measuring a temperature of the core of a body for elevated ambient temperatures, comprising a heat stream sensor (14) having a surface adapted to be positioned in contact with a surface S of the body for detecting a body's inwards heat stream, said sensor being thermally insulated on all its other surfaces from the surroundings, a cooling element (15) for cooling the heat stream sensor, a heat buffer (13) being thermally insulated from surroundings and being arranged in a heat conducting communication with the cooling element, a control unit (19) for switching on the cooling element for compensating the body's inwards heat stream and a temperature sensor (20) for measuring the temperature of the body surface.

Abstract: A method and system at the site of a user are disclosed that provide for a shared understanding between a first and second content providing module on an applicable timing model by an explicit exchange of information on the content providing steps and of associated time values for one or more of these steps, adding unambiguous meaning to each of the content providing steps prior to presenting the first and second content to the user. The time delay information for specific content providing steps as received from the first content providing module can be used by other modules to determine when to provide content to the user. The timing model for the first content providing module is enriched with information enabling that timing information of the first content providing module can now be applied unambiguously by the second content providing module having a different timing mode.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described for retrieving segmented content originating from two or more content delivery networks. The method may comprise the steps of: retrieving a manifest file template associated with said segmented content comprising one or more pointers to database entries of said first content location database; using said one or more database entries for determining a location of a delivery node in said first or second content delivery network, said delivery node being configured for delivering a segment associated with said database entry; and, generating a manifest file for locating said segmented content by replacing pointers with said determined locations.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described for processing spatially segmented content originating from a content delivery network. One method comprises a client in a media processing device receiving a spatial manifest information comprising one or more spatial representations of a source stream, each spatial representation identifying one or more spatial segment streams, location information for locating one or more delivery nodes in said content delivery network and, optionally, position information for stitching spatial segment frames in said segment streams into a video frame for display; selecting one or more spatial segment streams and on the basis of said spatial manifest information requesting at least one delivery node in said content delivery network to transmit said one or more selected spatial segment streams to said client; and, receiving said one or more selected spatial segment streams from said at least one delivery node.

Abstract: The invention relates to a nucleic acid sequence encoding an Aspergillus mitochondrial tricarboxylic acid transporter that can be used in the production of itaconic acid in micro-organisms. Preferably said transporter protein is the protein encoded by the nucleic acid which is located on a chromosome segment of A. terreus that also harbors other genes involved in the itaconic acid biosynthesis and the lovastatin biosynthesis. Also, vectors, hosts and transformed micro-organisms are part of the invention.

Abstract: A multi-point hydraulic suspension system for a land vehicle has two or more individual hydraulic actuators. These two or more actuators are each operatively arranged between a suspended structure and a wheeled base of the land vehicle for relative positioning one another. A common supply of pressurized fluid has a given pressure and a selectively operable pump with an inlet and an outlet, for increasing the given pressure of the common supply of pressurized fluid. A fluid reservoir is in selective fluid communication with the inlet of the pump. Controllable valve means are interposed between each of the two or more actuators and the common supply of pressurized fluid for selectively bringing each of the two or more actuators into fluid communication with the common supply of pressurized fluid in response to a control unit for controlling the valve means and the pump.

Abstract: Systems and methods for protecting an airborne platform against collisions are provided. One system includes FMCW radar sensors including transmitting antennae, means for receiving signals from echoes and for processing and digitizing same, and means for sending a central unit data representing said digital signals via a dedicated point to point link. The central unit includes means for processing said data to detect obstacles, means for calculating parameters for each obstacle including its radial velocity, distance range and azimuth, and means to transmit an avionic system of said platform data representing said detected obstacles and parameters. The system further includes means for guaranteeing that said emitted signals are shifted in time to create a shift in frequency guaranteeing that the radar sensors operate in the whole frequency band without perturbing each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a radar apparatus for detecting a life-sign of a subject, comprising a transmitter system for emitting a transmission electromagnetic beam to the chest and/or the abdomen of a subject, a receiving system for receiving first reflected electromagnetic beam data from the chest and/or the abdomen, and a processor unit for processing the first received beam data retrieving breath activity information. The transmitter system, the receiving system and the processor are further arranged for performing a radar measurement of a superficial artery structure, such as a wrist artery, an ankle artery, a carotid artery and/or the fontanel artery for retrieving heart activity information. Thereto, the a second transmission electromagnetic beam is directed towards the superficial artery structure, the first and the second transmission electromagnetic beam being transmitted from a single radar unit.

Abstract: Method for depositing a layer on a surface of a substrate. The method comprises injecting a precursor gas from a precursor supply into a deposition cavity for contacting the substrate surface, draining part of the injected precursor gas from the deposition cavity, and positioning the deposition cavity and the substrate relative to each other along a plane of the substrate surface. The method further comprising providing a first electrode and a second electrode, positioning the first electrode and the substrate relative to each other, and generating a plasma discharge near the substrate for contacting the substrate by generating a high-voltage difference between the first electrode and the second electrode. The method comprises generating the plasma discharge selectively, for patterning the surface by means of the plasma. A portion of the substrate contacted by the precursor gas selectively overlaps with a portion of the substrate contacted by the plasma.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for updating a neighbour cell list of a wireless access node. User terminals to be to be transferred from a first wireless access node of a first wireless access network to a second wireless access node of a second wireless access network are detected. From the first wireless access node, one or more of the detected user terminals are requested to report cell information of a plurality of wireless access nodes of at least one of the first wireless access network and the second wireless access network. The cell information is received from the one or more of the detected user terminals and at least one of the first neighbour cell list and the second neighbour cell list is updated using the received cell information.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a protective amour element (2), to body armour comprising one or more of such elements, and to a preventive method of reducing behind amour blunt trauma of an individual. The protective armour element (2) of the invention comprises a fabric and/or a fibre based composite, wherein said amour element, prior to impact of a projectile, has a concave strike face.

Abstract: A placement device comprises a vacuum gripper (110) and a holder (120). The gripper, formed as a vacuum needle, is movable relative to the holder along a first axis. The gripper and the holder are mutually coupled by a membrane (160) allowing the gripper to tilt away from the first axis.

Abstract: A method for controlling locking state transitions in a terminal in accordance with one or more state transition rules, the method including the steps of providing at least one writable memory location comprising first state information associated with a first locking state of said terminal, said at least one writable memory being configured for an irreversible transition from said first locking state to a second locking state; receiving a request for a transition to said second locking state, said request comprising second state information associated with said second locking state; on the basis of said first and second state information and said state transition rules, checking whether said requested transition is allowable or not; and storing said second state information in said writable memory if said requested transition is allowable according to said state transition rules.

Abstract: Matching combinations of regions are identified in a first and second image of a common scene. First and second sets of image regions are first identified in the first and second image on their own. Next a search is made for potentially matching first and second regions from the first and second set. First and second geometrical parameters such as moments are computed, which provide a first order approximation of the shapes of the first and second region respectively, in terms of the size and directions of major and minor axes of ellipses. These first and second geometrical parameters may be considered to define a first and second normalizing map, which map the first and second regions to isotropic regions, wherein the ellipses become circles. A search is made for closest third and fourth regions in the first and second image with matching distances to the first and second regions in spaces obtainable by mapping locations in the first and second image according to the first and second normalizing maps.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a nanosieve composite membrane, a method for preparing a nanosieve composite membrane, a roll-to-roll apparatus for carrying out the method, and a method for separating a feed flow with particulate matter. The nanosieve composite of the invention comprises an inorganic nanosieve layer supported on a porous polymer membrane substrate and a metallic adhesion layer or underlayer between the inorganic nanosieve layer and the polymer substrate, wherein said polymer membrane comprises an inorganic coating such that the polymeric support is sandwiched between the inorganic coating and the inorganic sieve layer, and wherein said inorganic nanosieve layer has an average pore diameter as determined by scanning electron microscopy of 200 nm or less.

Abstract: The invention relates to a telecommunications network for wirelessly establishing a connection with a terminal located at a location in said network by a server. The terminal is identified by a terminal identifier in the telecommunications network. The telecommunications network contains a first network node and a second network node. The first network node is configured for receiving a data unit for the terminal from the server, that is preferably located outside the telecommunications network. The data unit comprises the terminal identifier. The first network node is being configured for receiving a location identifier indicative of the location of the terminal from the server and for deriving an address of the second network node using the location identifier. The derived address of the second network node is then used for transmitting a first connection request for establishing a connection with the derived second network node.

Abstract: When the user initiates the retrieval of the primary content information item by means of entering a user input into the data processing system, e.g. zapping a digital TV that switches channels upon receipt of the user input, he/she has to wait a noticeable time before the rendering and play-out of the primary content information item actually starts. The length of the delay is predicted, on the basis of which one or more secondary content items are rendered and played out to the user during this delay. The invention can also be used for bridging the waiting time in an online ordering system, when loading a program on a personal computer, and in an IMS-based IPTV network.

Abstract: A method is described for transmitting a multimedia stream from a first terminal and receiving an associated second multimedia stream at a second terminal. The first and second terminal are connected to at least one gateway for enabling the transmission of the stream and the receiving of the associated stream. The method comprises: initiating the exchange of first multimedia session information between the first terminal and the gateway, using a first protocol; providing a trigger to the second terminal to initiate the exchange of second multimedia session information between the second terminal and the gateway, using a second protocol; in response to providing the trigger, the second terminal initiating the exchange of second multimedia session information between the second terminal and the gateway, using a third protocol; transmitting a first multimedia stream from the first terminal and receiving a second associated multimedia stream at the second terminal.