Abstract: An electronic device with a plurality of circuit arrangements disposed on a surface of a substrate. The circuit arrangements have a length in a first direction and comprise a first conductive path and a second conductive path. The second conductive path intersects with the first conductive path. The plurality of circuit arrangements further have a plurality of third conductive paths, extending from a first side of the plurality of circuit arrangements to a second side of the plurality of circuit arrangements. The first side is disposed opposite to the second side in the first direction. A first circuit arrangement is offset with respect to a second circuit arrangement of the plurality of circuit arrangement by the length in the first direction. At least one of the third conductive paths of the first circuit arrangement is further connected conductively to the first conductive path of the second circuit arrangement.

Abstract: A 3D scanner and a method of operating same are provided. The scanner comprises a light projector unit for projecting a structured light pattern and a set of cameras. The set of cameras includes one or more rolling shutter cameras for capturing data conveying a set of images having sensor surfaces defining a plurality of pixel lines. One or more processors are provided for sending control signals to the light projector unit to intermittently project the structured light pattern. In particular, the structured light pattern is projected when the individual pixel lines in the plurality of pixel lines are concurrently exposed to light and is otherwise either attenuated or turned off. In some implementations, a rolling shutter geometric camera is included, and the light projector unit includes a light source emits light with wavelengths in a specific range.

Abstract: Described is a method for providing a user with measurement precision indications for a photogrammetric system comprising a positioning system with at least one optical device and a measuring instrument by directing a computing device to implement a Graphical User Interface (GUI), receiving information representing locations of visual targets affixed on the surface of the object and on another immobile surface, processing the locations of the visual targets within the field of view of the at least one optical device for deriving information conveying a volume within which 3D measurements of the surface of the object taken by the measuring instrument satisfy a threshold level of precision, and rendering on the GUI a graphical representation including a volumetric shape corresponding to the derived volume within which the 3D measurements of the surface of the object taken by the measuring instrument satisfy the threshold level of precision.

Abstract: A seat assembly for a personal watercraft includes a base configured for selectively connecting to a deck of the personal watercraft, a damper connected to the base, a straddle seat that is operatively connected to the damper, which permits movement of the straddle seat relative to the base, and a locking assembly movable between locked and unlocked configurations. With the base being connected to the deck and the locking assembly being in the locked configuration, the base is locked to the deck. With the base being connected to the deck and the locking assembly being in the unlocked configuration, the base is removable from the deck. A system for assembling a personal watercraft of a family of personal watercraft including at least a first personal watercraft and a second personal watercraft is also disclosed.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for managing a fleet of autonomous vehicles of a transportation service. For instance, a plurality of inputs including a current demand for services, predictions about future demand for services, and current status of the fleet may be identified. The current status may include information identifying one of a plurality of predefined states for each autonomous vehicle of the fleet. A schedule may be determined based on the plurality of inputs. The schedule may define a number of autonomous vehicles that should be in each of the plurality of expected future states. The schedule may be used to determine an assignment for each of the autonomous vehicles to one of the plurality of predefined states.

Abstract: A group of wells may be located within a region of interest. Multiple scenarios of boundary locations within the group of wells may be obtained. Boundary likelihood curves for the wells may be generated. Different number and/or locations of boundaries within different scenarios of boundary locations may be synthetized into the boundary likelihood curves. A visual representation of the boundary likelihood curves may be generated. The visual representation of the boundary likelihood curves may be used to automatically select and/or guide manual selection of boundary locations in the region of interest.

Abstract: Present apparatuses, systems, and methods are directed to the conservation of energy expended to power devices, components, systems, etc., on an aircraft, and to power aircraft manufacturing components used in the manufacture of an aircraft in an aircraft manufacturing facility using a highly flexible thermoelectric composite device to generate electrical current by converting waste heat into electrical energy.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods are directed for the use of at least one highly flexible thermoelectric device positioned in contact with and/or adjacent to heat-emitting aircraft assembly surfaces for the purpose of harvesting and/or converting energy in the form of heat to produce an electric current used to power an aircraft component.

Abstract: A scanning system for the 3D measurement of a surface of an object includes a 3D scanner and a computing system. The 3D scanner includes a scanner frame, a set of imaging modules and a communication module. The imaging modules include a light projector unit for projecting a structured light pattern onto the surface of the object, at least one camera for capturing image data, and at least one image data compression module that compresses the image data using a nonlinear conversion that compresses a dynamic range of intensity values in the compressed image data such that lower intensity values are amplified and mapped to a larger portion of the compressed dynamic range while amplification of higher intensity values is limited. The computing system controls an exposure setting of the 3D scanner based on background intensity values for images in the compressed image data. Related methods are also described.

Abstract: A system for cooling a liquid for lubricating an aircraft turbomachine, includes an exchanger including a cooling volume and a circuit for cooling a heat-transfer fluid by a loop for circulating the two-phase fluid, with thermocapillary pumping. The cooling circuit includes a condenser including channels connected in parallel to one another in order to make it possible to cool the fluid circulating in the condenser from a vapour state to a liquid state, a first capillary evaporator of the exchanger in order to absorb the heat of the lubricating liquid in the first volume, the first evaporator including a capillary porous wick for separating the heat-transfer fluid in the two-phase state between a liquid state and a gaseous state by a capillary pressure jump.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a part of SiC/SiC composite material includes the production of a fibrous preform from silicon carbide fibers; the deposition of an interphase on the fibers of the fibrous preform; a first densification including the formation of a first matrix phase by chemical vapor infiltration with a first matrix precursor including methyltrichlorosilane (MTS); a second densification including the formation of a second matrix phase by chemical vapor infiltration with a second SiC precursor different from the first precursor, the second precursor forming an SiC deposit comprising residual hydrogen and free silicon; and a third densification including the impregnation of the fibrous preform with an impregnation composition containing at least silicon so as to obtain a part made of SiC/SiC composite material.

Abstract: A method for synthesising polymers through devulcanisation from waste containing elastomers, the method including: a) contacting the waste containing elastomers with a solvent in the presence of a devulcanisation agent, b) heating the mixture produced in step a), at a temperature of between 20° C. and 250° C. for a period of between 15 minutes and 24 hours in the presence of a devulcanisation agent, the concentration of devulcanisation agent, and the ratio between the concentration of devulcanisation agent, expressed as parts per hundred of elastomer (phr) and a volume of solvent, expressed in ml, is: greater than 0.3 phr/ml of solvent or less than 0.2 phr/ml of solvent when the method is carried out in air, greater than 0.06 phr/ml of solvent when the method is carried out in an inert atmosphere.

Abstract: In one implementation, a method of performing perspective correction is performed by a device including an image sensor, a display, one or more processors, and a non-transitory memory. The method includes: capturing, using the image sensor, an image of a physical environment; obtaining a first depth map including a plurality of depths respectively associated with a plurality of pixels of the image of the physical environment; generating a second depth map by aligning one or more portions of the first depth map based on a control signal associated with the image of the physical environment; transforming, using the one or more processors, the image of the physical environment based on the second depth map; and displaying, via the display, the transformed image.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method implemented by a first device (DV1) cooperating with a cloud (CL) of at least one server for resolving a synchronization conflict over different versions of a document object comprising at least one content file and one object descriptor file (ODF1). The method comprising obtaining a first version of the document object; performing a first synchronization phase comprising sending the first version (ODF1) of the object descriptor file, independently of the first version of the content file, to the cloud (CL); performing a second synchronization phase for resolving the conflict by re-sending the first version (ODF1) of the object descriptor file of the first device (DV1) to the cloud (CL); performing a third synchronization phase subsequent to the second synchronization phase, comprising sending the first version of the content file to the cloud (CL) for storing said first version of content file.

Abstract: A scanner for generating 3D data relating to a surface of a target object includes a scanner frame on which is mounted a set of imaging modules including a light projector unit for projecting a structured light pattern of the surface of the target object, wherein the structured light pattern includes a plurality of elongated light stripes arranged alongside one another, and further defining discrete coded elements extending from at least some of the elongated light stripes in the plurality of elongated light stripes. The set of imaging modules further includes a set of cameras positioned alongside the light projector unit for capturing data conveying a set of images including reflections of the structured light pattern projected onto the surface of the target object, and one or more processor in communication with the set of imaging modules for receiving and processing the data conveying the set of images. Related systems and methods are also described.

Abstract: A processor-implemented method includes receiving input program code. The method also includes generating a polyhedral representation of the input program code to obtain an iteration space and a data space. The method further includes identifying dead iterations within the iteration space based on the data space and a specified output data space. The dead iterations comprise iterations not contributing to the specified output data space. The method also includes generating, based on the input program code, output program code without the dead iterations.

Abstract: An engine nacelle, for a turbojet engine of the type having a lubricant, includes a cooling system. The cooling system includes a cold source heat-exchanger, configured to exchange heat between a heat-transfer fluid and air, a heat-transfer fluid inlet duct leading into the cold source heat-exchanger, and a heat-transfer fluid outlet duct leading out of the cold source heat-exchanger. The inlet and outlet ducts are configured to form a recirculation loop between the cold source heat-exchanger and a hot source heat-exchanger, configured to exchange heat between the heat-transfer fluid and the lubricant. The cold source heat-exchanger is arranged on a movable surface of the nacelle with respect to the hot source heat-exchanger and the heat-transfer fluid inlet and outlet ducts are extendable and/or flexible to permit the relative movement between the cold source heat-exchanger and the hot source heat-exchanger.

Abstract: A container system (10, 110) and a method for calculating (S6) a current fill status (64_CURR) of a container (30) using a plurality of presence sensor interactions (34) is disclosed. The container system (10, 110) comprises a presence sensor arrangement (32, 132) for calculating (S6) the plurality of presence sensor interactions (34) with the container (30); a local counting unit (40) for recording (S2) numbers of the plurality of presence sensor interactions (34) as presence sensor interaction data (36); and a local communication unit (60) for transmitting (S3) the presence sensor interaction data (36) to a remote processing unit (55) for calculating (S6) the current fill status (64 CURR).

Abstract: In one implementation, a method of performing perspective correction is performed by a device having a three-dimensional device coordinate system and including a first image sensor, a first display, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. The method includes capturing, using the first image sensor, a first image of a physical environment. The method includes transforming the first image from a first perspective of the first image sensor to a second perspective based on a difference between the first perspective and the second perspective, wherein the second perspective is a first distance away from a location corresponding to a first eye of a user less than a second distance between the first perspective and the location corresponding to the first eye of the user. The method includes displaying, on the first display, the transformed first image of the physical environment.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a structural surface heat exchanger of preset or left-hand final shape for an aircraft includes the steps of forming, shaping and assembling, by welding or brazing, a first corrugated skin and a second smooth skin in order to obtain channels. Each channel is delimited by a corrugation of the first skin and the second smooth skin so as to form a structural surface heat exchanger of preset or left-hand final shape, wherein a fluid is configured to circulate in the channels and air is configured to circulate in contact with the second smooth skin.