Abstract: A filling system for a machine used, in a tobacco industry for filling trays with rod-shaped articles that are dispensed from a dispenser, the filling system comprising a filling unit comprising rotary rollers for facilitating the passing or traversing of the rod-shaped articles from the dispenser to the tray below the filling system and a blocking unit for blocking passing or traversing of the rod-shaped articles from the dispenser to the tray. In an embodiment, the blocking unit may comprise pressing elements movable in a direction of axes of the rotary rollers between a blocked position, in which the pressing elements are located at a first distance, not greater than a length of the rod-shaped articles, from a back wall of the dispenser and an unblocked position, in which the pressing elements are located at a second distance, greater than the length of the rod-shaped articles, from the back wall of the dispenser.

Abstract: A flexible endoscope according to the invention is characterized in that, the endoscope comprising a removable and independent optical-illumination module (12) containing an elastic tube (12b) ended with a capsule (12a) while within the elastic tube (12b) an optical fiber bundles (12b4) and electrical wires (12b3) are ended with terminals for peripheral devices. Within the insertion tube (1) an optical-illumination channel (13a) is formed. A micro camera (12a6) equipped with lenses (12a3) and with terminals of optical fiber bundle (12b4) and electrical wires (12b3) is provided within the capsule (12a). If the optical-illumination module (12) is installed in the endoscope the capsule (12a) is placed stable in a distal tip (1a) that is formed by movable connected parts.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing of multi-element rods of the tobacco industry comprising a feeding apparatus, a transferring apparatus, and a forming apparatus, comprising a first rotational element provided with lugs immobile relative to the first rotational element, a second rotational element provided with lugs immobile relative to the second rotational element, a third rotational element provided with lugs immobile relative to the third rotational element, used to convey rod-like elements. The rotational elements having notches between the lugs adapted to receive and convey the rod-like elements, whereas the rotational elements are arranged and adapted to guide the rod-like elements successively through the rotational elements. The apparatus comprises the forming apparatus designed to form a continuous multi-element rod, and a cutting apparatus. The apparatus according to the invention is characterised in that the third lugs have a thickness smaller than the thickness of the first lugs.

Abstract: A method for discovering the topology of a connected lighting system. The method comprises: receiving a first measurement of a first light source in relation to a first sensor; receiving a second measurement of the first light source in relation to a second sensor; generating a first estimate of the position of the first light source, based on a first angle at the first sensor between (i) a first direction toward a current light source position and (ii) a second direction defined by the first measurement; generating a second estimate of the position of the first light source, based on a second angle at the second sensor between (i) a third direction toward the current light source position and (ii) a fourth direction defined by the second measurement; and generating an updated light source position of the first light source based on the first and second estimates.

Abstract: A method for generating a multidimensional graphical user interface for navigating through a set of elements, in a device having a controller operable by an input interface and generating the multidimensional graphical user interface via a display interface. The method includes generating a three-dimensional structure having a top base, a bottom base and a side surface, wherein on the bottom base there are located objects to be analyzed, and on the top base there are located current status information related to the objects and a global element. The method also includes dividing the side surface into sectors presenting the elements related to the objects, wherein the elements are automatically scaled correspondingly to the global element, wherein the global element is adjustable by a user, wherein a number of the sectors is dynamically adapted to the number of the objects currently present on the bottom base.

Abstract: A feeding device for feeding spherical objects (3) for tobacco industry applications, comprising: a mass chamber (2, 2?) for storing a plurality of the spherical objects (3); at least one single layer chamber (10, 10?) located below the mass chamber (2, 2?) and connected with the mass chamber (2, 2?) such that the spherical objects (3) may flow from the mass chamber (2, 2?) to the single layer chamber (10, 10?), wherein the single layer chamber (10, 10?) comprises an outlet (15) having multiple outlet ducts (16) for outputting the spherical objects (3) to a receiving device; at least one roller (17, 18) located next to the outlet duct (16), wherein a circumferential surface (17A, 18A) of the roller (17, 18) constitutes a wall of the outlet duct (16).

Abstract: A configurable light sensor comprising an array of photocells. The light sensor measures ambient light reflected from a surface in area to be monitored. A lens directs the light onto the array of photocells. A microcontroller reads each individual photocell and processes the signals from the photocells according to one or more of the methods disclosed herein. The light sensor is configurable in that the area that monitored by the light sensor is customized to match the area lit by an associated light source. The configuring process defines an active area to be monitored, by determining which subset of photocells in the array, referred to as the active set of photocells, corresponds to the area being illuminated by the light fixture. The light sensor is subsequently able to monitor the defined active area and to report sensor output values based on measurements made from the photocells monitoring the active area.

Abstract: A method for discovering the topology of a connected lighting system. The method comprises: receiving a first measurement of a first light source in relation to a first sensor; receiving a second measurement of the first light source in relation to a second sensor; generating a first estimate of the position of the first light source, based on a first angle at the first sensor between (i) a first direction toward a current light source position and (ii) a second direction defined by the first measurement; generating a second estimate of the position of the first light source, based on a second angle at the second sensor between (i) a third direction toward the current light source position and (ii) a fourth direction defined by the second measurement; and generating an updated light source position of the first light source based on the first and second estimates.

Abstract: A system and method involving actor nodes within a building that is being controlled, to be subscribed to a set of addresses, including one or more addresses that are representative of one or more respective spaces within the building being controlled. Such addresses are referred to as “space addresses.” Each of the actor nodes acts upon received data packets only if a space address is received along with the data packets and the actor node has been subscribed to the space address. Concurrently, one or more sensor nodes in the system are configurable to transmit the one or more space addresses and the data packets. A user device in the system receives commands from a user via a user interface and transmits a set of signals such that the actor nodes are subscribed to the appropriate space addresses and the sensor nodes are configured to transmit the space addresses.

Abstract: Example methods, apparatuses, and systems are presented for a software code debugger tool. The code debugger tool may be configured to access source code intended to be examined for debugging. The debugger tool may compile the source code using a specially designed compiler that incorporates state recording functionality and other debugging functionality directly into the source code. When the source code is executed, the debugging tool may be configured to record a plurality of states that the application progresses through upon executing the application. The debugger tool can read recorded states while the application runs or after its execution. Various visual indicators may also provide additional annotations to aid in debugging, such as displaying the content of variables in a visual annotation showing their historical values, and providing a temporal status indicator to provide context to the user about what the present state represents in relation to specific functions in the source code.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide for a method for continuous measurement of displacements profile of building structures and a sensor for implementation of this method for repeated, automatic displacements profile measurements of the medium by means of optical fiber elements. This is of particular relevance in engineering structures, engineering structure elements, geotechnical structures. The apparatus is characterized in that the measurement involves a measuring sensor, which is constructed of a core with coupled optical fiber sensing elements for determining the core strains and an optical fiber sensing element for determining temperature, placed freely in an axial channel of the core, making possible to perform measurements in such a way, which that allows for compensation of the influence of sensor temperature.

Abstract: A consumable-goods reordering system in which a system controller has access to the signals transmitted by each smart appliance relevant to the environment being monitored, such as a home. Each appliance monitors a particular physical condition that is related to the appliance's usage of a consumable good, senses changes in the condition being monitored, and reports states of the condition. Meanwhile, the system controller memorizes and maintains the states of various processing events, such as when an appliance reported a particular state of the monitored condition. By considering the information reported by the multiple smart appliances, as well as by accounting for the states corresponding to the various events, the system controller is able to continually update a representation of the state of the monitored environment. Having such context awareness enables the system controller to generate intelligently various reorder messages for transmission to the various suppliers of the consumables.

Abstract: A metal poster is formed with an integral frame which is relief printed on the obverse face of a sheet metal plate with layers of UV curable inks. Image indicia imprinted on the plate is surrounded by the relief printed frame. The ink layers extend into selvage areas of the plate. The selvage areas are folded over to the rear face of the sheet metal plate to provide the frame with relief printed rounded peripheral edges.

Abstract: A system for data routing includes a set of beacons, an object, and a data routing system. A method for data routing can include: generating a routing table, determining a data routing path based on the routing table, and routing data to an endpoint based on the data routing path.

Abstract: A device for examining a test material via acoustic spectroscopy, including a measuring distance which is formed from a reference material and the test material an ultrasonic transmission device for transmitting an ultrasonic transmission signal having an initial amplitude (A0) through the measuring distance, a first ultrasonic reception device for receiving the transmitted ultrasonic reception signal after the signal has passed through the measuring distance, and a second ultrasonic reception device for receiving the ultrasonic receiving signal reflected on the boundary surface between the test material and the reference material after the signal has twice passed through the reference material or test material, the transmission device being configured for giving ultrasonic transmission signals having different frequencies (f) and the two reception devices being configured for receiving corresponding ultrasonic reception signals having different frequencies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of extracting native proteins from vegetable source materials such as oilseeds, legumes and grains. Native proteins mentioned in this invention are present in the source material in their non-denatured state, i.e. with their functional properties relevant to application in food industry like solubility preserved and not compromised by processing conditions. Source materials mentioned in the present invention are of vegetable origin and typically contain significant (>5% by weight) amounts of native oils and lipids. The invention further relates to a device for carrying out this process and to the native protein obtainable by the process of the invention.

Abstract: The object of the invention is an apparatus for filling transport containers (1) with rod-like articles of the tobacco industry, provided with an area (2) receiving the rod-like articles in the form of a mass flow, a rod-like article storage area (3) comprising at least two sidewalls, a filling unit (4) constituting the bottom wall of the storage area for transferring the rod-like articles from the storage area to the transport container, a lowering conveyor (5) working together with the filling unit (4), adapted to lower the transport container while filling with the rod-like articles. The apparatus is characterised by being further provided with a counting module (6) designed to count the rod-like articles in the transport containers, adapted so that the individual rod-like articles being in the transport container are counted.

Abstract: An audio signal encoding method is provided. The method comprises: collecting audio signal samples, determining sinusoidal components in subsequent frames, estimation of amplitudes and frequencies of the components for each frame, merging thus obtained pairs into sinusoidal trajectories, splitting particular trajectories into segments, transforming particular trajectories to the frequency domain by means of a digital transform performed on segments longer than the frame duration, quantization and selection of transform coefficients in the segments, entropy encoding, outputting the quantized coefficients as output data, wherein segments of different trajectories starting within a particular time are grouped into Groups of Segments (GOS), and the partitioning of trajectories into segments is synchronized with the endpoints of a Group of Segments).