Abstract: Auxiliary safety device for a vehicle, comprising a housing suitable to be mounted on board of the vehicle; a lighting assembly which is at least partially accommodated in the housing and comprises at least a plurality of lights arranged to illuminate a space ahead of the vehicle; a video assembly which is at least partially accommodated in the housing and comprises one or more video cameras monitoring at least part of the environment outside the vehicle to detect one or more of humans, animals or objects ahead of the vehicle, wherein the video assembly comprises at least one thermal video camera which detects at least humans/animals ahead of the vehicle under poor visibility conditions; and a controller which at least causes the plurality of lights to flash or strobe at a human, or animal or obstacle detected by the video assembly.

Abstract: An attachment of a display for use in a vehicle is provided. The attachment comprising a rigid bracket having a first end with a connecting flange and a second end with two flat angle brackets. A display carrier configured to support a display. An adapter plate with a plurality of slots and fixation ears. Each fixation ear being fixedly mounted into a slot. The adapter plate is mounted on the display carrier, and at least a fixation ear cooperates with a flat angle bracket.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for determining whether a machine learning model in a candidate source domain is suitable for use in a target domain, wherein the machine learning model is trained with one or more features. The method comprises for each feature: determining one or more target measurement configurations indicating how data for the feature can be generated in the target domain; for each feature, performing, for each of a plurality of candidate source domains, the steps of: determining one or more source measurement configurations indicating how data for the feature can be generated in the candidate source domain, determining a similarity metric indicative of a similarity between the one or more source measurement configurations and the one or more target measurement configurations; and based on the similarity metrics determined for each feature for the plurality of candidate source domains, selecting one or more selected source domains from the plurality of candidate source domains.

Abstract: A fingerprint sensing system comprising a plurality of conductive selection lines; a plurality of conductive read-out lines crossing the selection lines; selection circuitry controllable to provide a selection signal on at least one selected selection line in the plurality of selection lines; a plurality of pixel elements formed at intersections between the selection lines and the read-out lines; current providing circuitry coupled to the read-out lines and controllable to generate a current pulse in at least one of the read-out lines when reading out a sensing signal from each of the pixel elements.

Abstract: A fingerprint sensing system comprising a plurality of conductive selection lines; a plurality of conductive read-out lines crossing the selection lines; selection circuitry controllable to provide a selection signal on at least one selected selection line in the plurality of selection lines; a plurality of pixel elements formed at intersections between the selection lines and the read-out lines; read-circuitry coupled to each read-out line in the plurality of read-out lines, the read-out circuitry being configured to acquire a read-out signal via a read-out line connected to a selected pixel element, and calibration circuitry having an input for receiving a calibration input signal and an output for providing a calibration output signal, the calibration output signal being formed through interaction between the calibration input signal and the calibration circuitry.

Abstract: A fingerprint sensing system for sensing a finger surface of a finger, comprising: a plurality of pixel elements, each pixel element in the plurality of pixel elements comprising: a photo-sensitive element configured to provide a current including a fingerprint signal current component and a common-mode signal current component; and an integrating capacitor including a first electrode coupled to the photo-sensitive element for receiving the current provided by the photo-sensitive element, and a second electrode; and a current source arrangement coupled to the first electrode of the integrating capacitor of each pixel element in the plurality of pixel elements.

Abstract: A fingerprint sensing system comprising a plurality of conductive selection lines; a plurality of conductive read-out lines crossing the selection lines; selection circuitry controllable to provide a selection signal on at least one selected selection line in the plurality of selection lines; a plurality of pixel elements formed at intersections between the selection lines and the read-out lines; read-circuitry coupled to each read-out line in the plurality of read-out lines, the read-out circuitry being configured to acquire a read-out signal via a read-out line connected to a selected pixel element, and calibration circuitry having an input for receiving a calibration input signal and an output for providing a calibration output signal, the calibration output signal being formed through interaction between the calibration input signal and the calibration circuitry.

Abstract: A fingerprint sensing system for sensing a finger surface of a finger, comprising: a plurality of pixel elements, each pixel element in the plurality of pixel elements comprising: a photo-sensitive element configured to provide a current including a fingerprint signal current component and a common-mode signal current component; and an integrating capacitor including a first electrode coupled to the photo-sensitive element for receiving the current provided by the photo-sensitive element, and a second electrode; and a current source arrangement coupled to the first electrode of the integrating capacitor of each pixel element in the plurality of pixel elements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a thermoelectric half-cell which utilises the metallization for obtaining both the electric and thermal contact required to form a functional thermoelectric cell.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of forming a joint bonding together two solid objects and joints made by the method, where the joint is formed by a layer of a binary system which upon heat treatment forms a porous, coherent and continuous single solid-solution phase extending across a bonding layer of the joint.

Abstract: A fingerprint sensing system comprising a plurality of conductive selection lines; a plurality of conductive read-out lines crossing the selection lines; selection circuitry controllable to provide a selection signal on at least one selected selection line in the plurality of selection lines; a plurality of pixel elements formed at intersections between the selection lines and the read-out lines; a reference signal source configured to provide a reference signal; and read-out circuitry coupled to each read-out line in the plurality of read-out lines and to the reference signal source, the read-out circuitry being configured to acquire a read-out signal via a read-out line connected to a selected pixel element, when the selected pixel element provides the sensing signal; acquire a reference signal from the reference signal source; form a corrected read-out signal for the selected pixel element based on the read-out signal and the reference signal; and provide corrected read-out signals.

Abstract: A fingerprint sensing system comprising a plurality of conductive selection lines; a plurality of conductive read-out lines crossing the selection lines; selection circuitry controllable to provide a selection signal on at least one selected selection line in the plurality of selection lines; a plurality of pixel elements formed at intersections between the selection lines and the read-out lines; a reference signal source configured to provide a reference signal; and read-out circuitry coupled to each read-out line in the plurality of read-out lines and to the reference signal source, the read-out circuitry being configured to acquire a read-out signal via a read-out line connected to a selected pixel element, when the selected pixel element provides the sensing signal; acquire a reference signal from the reference signal source; form a corrected read-out signal for the selected pixel element based on the read-out signal and the reference signal; and provide corrected read-out signals.

Abstract: Electric energy generating device (1) for installation to an exhaust conduit (2) in which an exhaust gas (9) is flowing, comprising: —a thermoelectric generator (3) comprising a hot side (4) and a cold side (5), —at least one hot side heat transfer loop (6) comprising a fluid conduit circuit having a thermal fluid circulating therein, and where the fluid conduit circuit comprises: —a first in section (7) n thermal contact with the hot side (4), —a second section (8) adapted to be in thermal contact with the exhaust gas (9), —a third section (10) and a fourth section (11), wherein the third section (10) and the fourth section (11) each comprises at least one vibrational damping part (12), wherein each of the at least one vibrational damping part (12) comprises a heat resistant and flexible tube integrated into the third section (10) and the fourth section (11) of the fluid conduit circuit.

Abstract: A packaging material is provided, comprising a set of crease lines (10, 10?) along which the packaging material is intended to be folded in order to form a package. The set of crease lines (10, 10?) comprises at least one first crease line (10a, 10?a) being configured to fold easier than an adjacent second crease line (10b, 10?b). The said crease lines are intended to define a corner surface of the package.

Abstract: A circuit and method provide improved trimming of a DCR sensing circuit where a sensing element is sensitive to self-heating or having a large tolerance. The circuit includes a resistive divider circuit coupled to a sensing element. The resistive divider circuit includes a trim resistor and two test points. Prior to trimming the trim resistor, an actual resistance of the sensing element is determined. A target voltage across the trim resistor to be trimmed is calculated according to the determined sensing element resistance and a known small trim current that is to be injected into the circuit during the trimming process. This injected trim current has a low current value so there is no self-heating of the sensing element. Then, the trim resistor is trimmed while injecting this small trim current into the resistive divider circuit and the voltage across the trim resistor is monitored.

Abstract: Electric energy generating device (1) for installation to an exhaust conduit (2) in which an exhaust gas (9) is flowing, comprising: —a thermoelectric generator (3) comprising a hot side (4) and a cold side (5), —at least one hot side heat transfer loop (6) comprising a fluid conduit circuit having a thermal fluid circulating therein, and where the fluid conduit circuit comprises: —a first in section (7) n thermal contact with the hot side (4), —a second section (8) adapted to be in thermal contact with the exhaust gas (9), —a third section (10) and a fourth section (11), wherein the third section (10) and the fourth section (11) each comprises at least one vibrational damping part (12), wherein each of the at least one vibrational damping part (12) comprises a heat resistant and flexible tube integrated into the third section (10) and the fourth section (11) of the fluid conduit circuit.

Abstract: A packaging container may include a top part with a pouring spout for pouring the contents of the container. The packaging container may further include a tubular body part with an upper end and a lower end, the upper end being joined together with the top part along a circumferential edge of the upper end of the body part. The body part may further include a first group of crease lines extending from a lower end of the body part towards its upper end. The top part may include a recessed portion, the recessed portion and the first group visually forming one surface. A surface near the interface area between the first group of crease lines and the recessed portion of the top part may provide gripping support for one or more fingers of a hand when the packaging container is held by the hand and the remaining fingers while pouring the contents from the packaging container.

Abstract: A controller includes a sampling module that samples a signal indicative of the output voltage, a filter module that filters out a ripple component of a sampled signal to generate a filtered signal, and a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller that generates a duty cycle control signal. The PID controller includes a first component that scales sample values of the filtered signal to generate a first component signal, a down-sampling module that generates a down-sampled signal, and a storage module that stores a value of the down-sampled signal. The PID controller also includes a second component that generates a second component signal as a product of a factor and a difference signal between each sample value in the filtered signal and stored value, a third component that scales and accumulates the down-sampled signal to generate a third component signal, and a summing module that sums the first, second and third component signals.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for estimating a current in a Switched-Mode Power Supply (SMPS). The method comprises receiving a first sensor signal comprising a value of a measured voltage over a resistive element in the SMPS. The method also comprises receiving a second sensor signal comprising a value of a measured monitored temperature in the SMPS. The method also comprises calculating the current in the SMPS based on the measured voltage, the measured monitored temperature, and a predetermined temperature difference between a real temperature of the resistive element and the monitored temperature.