Abstract: The present invention relates to a control system and control method for controlling a switching device (1) integrated in an electronic converter, the object of which is to extend the working voltage range of the switching devices and thus increase the power of the electronic DC/AC converter which prepares the energy produced by a energy generating system and injects it into the electrical grid. It basically comprises a voltage source (3), a capacitance (7), a first gate resistor (21) and a second gate resistor (22), a first circuit formed by a series resistor (6) with a first diode (5), a second circuit formed by a second diode (4) and a connecting element (8) controlled by a control unit (12) that controls the opening and closing thereof. Another object of the present invention is a switching cell for an electronic converter comprising said control system.

Abstract: Magnetic vibration damper includes three coaxial elements: a first coaxial element with first permanent magnets, a second coaxial element with first soft magnets and a third coaxial element with second permanent magnets. The first soft magnets are located between the first permanent magnets and the second permanent magnets in a radial direction. The spacing of the second permanent magnets is larger than the spacing of the first permanent magnets. The damper further includes an energy conversion component, such as conductive layers or coils to convert the mechanical movement of the magnets into heat or electric current.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for modulating freezing of a liquid substance, said liquid substance being in the presence of a gas phase, the method comprising modulating the temperature of the liquid substance, of the gas phase or of both, and controlling the concentration of vapor of the substance present in the gas phase. The invention further comprises a method for preservation, for example, food or other biological material, and an apparatus for putting said method into practice.

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses described herein generally provide a system, methods and apparatuses for stopping the development of paroxysms based on a feedback stimulation at low frequencies for a few seconds after the detection of a seizure precursor.

Abstract: A system and associated methods are disclosed for objectively assessing the vision of a user using a computing device. In at least one embodiment, upon an assessment application in memory on the computing device being initialized, a baseline profile is established for the user based on a current state of an at least one visual parameter associated with a display screen of the computing device. The assessment application selectively modifies the at least one visual parameter periodically, and then monitors and records the user's response to the modifications. The user's responses are compared to the baseline profile and, upon the responses exceeding a pre-defined threshold Delta value, the assessment application notifies the user of a possible change in their vision.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a control system and control method for controlling a switching device (1) integrated in an electronic converter, the object of which is to extend the working voltage range of the switching devices and thus increase the power of the electronic DC/AC converter which prepares the energy produced by a energy generating system and injects it into the electrical grid. It basically comprises a voltage source (3), a capacitance (7), a first gate resistor (21) and a second gate resistor (22), a first circuit formed by a series resistor (6) with a first diode (5), a second circuit formed by a second diode (4) and a connecting element (8) controlled by a control unit (12) that controls the opening and closing thereof. Another object of the present invention is a switching cell for an electronic converter comprising said control system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a windbreak system formed by: a set of independent panels that can be controlled individually, by moving the same longitudinally along an upper rail and a lower rail: and a folding door at one of the ends. Each panel and door comprises a rotation shaft and a folding shaft. The panels are moved manually, without bearing on rollers, and the entire weight of the panels rest on two strips of self-lubricating polymers that are inserted into two slots in the lower rail. The upper and lower rails are identical and have a rectangular cross-section and the panels are made from glass.

Abstract: The object of the invention is to provide a power supply system and method for the various elements forming DC/AC electronic power converters that assures the operation of the converters during normal operating conditions and anomalous operating conditions, being specially designed for photovoltaic systems connected to the power grid and capable of providing direct current and alternating current voltages at the output thereof from at least one DC power source (1) and at least one AC power source (2), which basically comprises an output for DC loads (6) connected to the output of a DC/DC converter (3) the input of which is connected to the DC power source (1), an AC output for critical loads (7) connected to a first selector (5) configured for alternating between a first position where said AC output for critical loads (7) is connected to the output of a first DC/AC converter (4) the input of which is connected to the DC power source (1), and a second position where said AC output for critical loads (7) is co

Abstract: Method and system for channel-invariant robust audio hashing is provided with a robust hash extraction step where a robust hash is extracted from audio content dividing the audio content in frames; applying a transformation procedure on the frames to compute, for each frame, transformed coefficients; applying a normalization procedure on the transformed coefficients to obtain normalized coefficients, where the normalization procedure computes the product of the sign of each coefficient of the transformed coefficients by an amplitude-scaling-invariant function of any combination of the transformed coefficients; applying a quantization procedure on the normalized coefficients to obtain the robust hash of the audio content; and a comparison step where the robust hash is compared with reference hashes to find a match.

Abstract: A washing machine having a simple, leak-tight drain line that can be easily assembled on the wash tub of the washing machine is disclosed. The washing machine includes a valve part that is connected to the wash tub in a sealed fashion and designed in one piece together with the wash tub. The valve part has a drain valve, an outlet connection having a drain opening, and a pipe part connected to the outlet connection and to a drain pump for water transfer. The drain valve can float in the wash water and is moveably disposed inside the valve part to seal the drain opening when wash water is located inside the wash tub and when the drain pump is idle, and to open the drain opening when no wash water is located inside the wash tub and when the drain pump is operating.

Abstract: Locking system for sliding-pivoting doors/panels (18 and 19) composed of: A guiding mechanism of the panels (18 and 19) placed in the sliding top track (21) and composed of a cap (8), an array of slots (9) and a guiding inverted “T” which complements the array of slots (9) which can be replaced by a protusion (25) of the top pivot part (24). A locking and unlocking mechanism of the panels (18 and 19) composed of a “U” shape profile (1) fixed to the wall, “U” shape moving profile (4) a pair of elbow shape parts (2), a handle (3), two blocks (5) and two plates (6) being the width of the base (23) of the profile (1) slightly bigger than the base (22) of the moving profile (4) and fitting the “U” moving profile (4) into the profile (1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a windbreak system formed by a set of independent, folding panels that move longitudinally along an upper guide rail and another, lower guide rail and a non-movable folding door, in which each panel and the door include a rotating shaft and folding shaft. The panels are moved manually and do not have rollers, the entire weight of the panels resting on two strips of self-lubricating polymer inserted into slots in the lower rail.

Abstract: The invention relates to a windbreak system formed by: a set of independent panels that can be controlled individually, by moving the same longitudinally along an upper rail and a lower rail: and a folding door at one of the ends. Each panel and door comprises a rotation shaft and a folding shaft. The panels are moved manually, without bearing on rollers, and the entire weight of the panels rest on two strips of self-lubricating polymers that are inserted into two slots in the lower rail. The upper and lower rails are identical and have a rectangular cross-section and the panels are made from glass.

Abstract: Method and system for channel-invariant robust audio hashing, the method comprising: a robust hash extraction step wherein a robust hash is extracted from audio content, said step comprising: dividing the audio content in frames; applying a transformation procedure on said frames to compute, for each frame, transformed coefficients; applying a normalization procedure on the transformed coefficients to obtain normalized coefficients, wherein said normalization procedure comprises computing the product of the sign of each coefficient of said transformed coefficients by an amplitude-scaling-invariant function of any combination of said transformed coefficients; applying a quantization procedure on said normalized coefficients to obtain the robust hash of the audio content; and a comparison step wherein the robust hash is compared with reference hashes to find a match.

Abstract: A vehicle drive system includes a housing, a sun gear, a planet gear carrier, and planetary gears supported by the planet gear carrier and engaged with the sun gear. An output gear includes a ring gear engaged with the plurality of planetary gears, connected to and forming a part of a differential having a rotatable differential case. An interlock is configured to affix the planetary gear carrier to the housing in a first position, and to affix the sun gear to the planet gear carrier in a second position, the axles rotating in a first direction in a first position, and a second direction in a second position. An actuating system moves the planet gear carrier between the first and second positions. A kit includes the transmission and adapts a two wheeled motorcycle to a three wheeled motorcycle.

Abstract: System and method of telemetry applied to vending machines. This system possesses telemetry modules (AE2.0) specially designed to be installed in each of the vending machines that make up the system. These modules possess 8 bit microcontrollers with RISC architecture (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) that contain an embedded application (firmware) that controls all of its functions. On the other hand, the system involves applications and web services that are located in servers and/or some computer system, and have as their main functions the management and operation of the entire system. The entire system is composed of vending machines, telemetry modules (one per machine), and computer management and operation systems.

Abstract: The invention relates to a windbreak system formed by a set of independent, folding panels that move longitudinally along an upper guide rail and another, lower guide rail and a non-movable folding door, in which each panel and the door include a rotating shaft and folding shaft. The panels are moved manually and do not have rollers, the entire weight of the panels resting on two strips of self-lubricating polymer inserted into slots in the lower rail.

Abstract: A method for identifying counterfeit cards and supports that can be used in such method. Such supports may be made of materials such as paper, cardboard, plastics and others. The creation of interference wave patterns generated starting from the interaction between an electromagnetic emitting source and particles installed in the cards or support, for example: by a printing processes. The so produced particle interactions (involving photons and electrons) provides complex interference maps in which constituent variables define wave junction conditions characteristic of the interaction between each INFORMATION BLOCK of particles. The BLOCKS are created/built in accordance to those variables' statements, and located at different points in the support. To be approved as a valid Data point, the wave function present at each of these Points should match those stored in an extremely complex Data Matrix.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for decoding a probabilistic anti-collusion code intended to identify at least one sequence of code present in a multimedia content having been used to create an illegal copy of this multimedia content, this method comprising a step of estimating the collusion strategy used to constitute the illegal copy associated with a step of identifying the sequences having been used in creating the illegal copy.

Abstract: The present invention allows setting information into a support (paper, cardboard, plastics, etc.) by printing process or different kinds of chromatic settings (like chemical reactions),which could be read and decoded in controlled and repetitive conditions, matching with a known code. The process makes it possible the production of a low cost and high security level data support, due to the impossibility of visual access to the information. At the time, the system presents strong barrier for going through the information by means of other technological resources (of optical nature, for example) due to the impossibility of knowing the chromatic parameters settings involved in the scanning procedure for each cluster, which can change from one bit to another one. At the same time, the physical access results also impossible because of the destruction of the support that would be done in the will of doing it.