Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a material that has small absorption (low light absorption loss) in the near-infrared region used in optical communication, has excellent heat resistance, and, in addition, can produce a cured article having excellent productivity (UV curability) and also to provide an optical waveguide and an optical adhesive made from the material. Specifically, provided is a curable resin composition containing components (A) to (C) as essential components: (A) a polysiloxane resin having one or more reactive groups selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acryloyl group and a styryl group; (B) a (meth)acrylic acid derivative having a structure represented by General Formula (1); and (C) a radical polymerization initiator.

Abstract: A circuit configuration includes a voltage surge protector that is connected in parallel to the link capacitor to protect the link capacitor from voltage overloads. A printed circuit board assembly, an electric axle drive, and a motor vehicle are also disclosed.

Abstract: At least one vehicle function scheme is individually assigned to at least one vehicle. A vehicle function scheme is digitally recorded and is minted as a non-fungible token (NFT) in a predetermined number in a distributed ledger technology system, which assigns at most one vehicle to an NFT in each case. At least one NFT is selected and purchased for a vehicle. The vehicle function scheme assigned to the selected and purchased NFT is used.

Abstract: A method is provided for determining a starting point between entities. The locations of the entities are determined in a map, a circle enclosing all entities is determined and an optimum position of the starting point is determined iteratively. The starting point initially coincides with a center point of the circle enclosing the entities. To find an optimum position of the starting point for each entity, a route is determined between the respective location and the starting point. In order to shift the position of the starting point, a sum of all of the temporal or physical distances of the routes between entities and the starting point falls below a defined maximum distance, and/or a temporal or physical distance difference between a shortest and a longest route falls below a specified maximum difference.

Abstract: A direction indicator of an ego vehicle is automatically actuated depending on information sensor data and a comparison the ego vehicle's location with a digital road map. When the ego vehicle is located on a priority path, sensor data is checked to establish whether, in the event of a priority road that turns, a third-party vehicle can be detected in a street leading into the crossroads from the left, right, or ahead from the perspective of the ego vehicle. The direction indicator is actuated to, depending on the type of the priority road that turns and a detected third-party vehicle activate the direction indicator when the computing unit detects no third-party vehicle in the respective street or prevent activation of the direction indicator when the computing unit detects at least one third-party vehicle in the respective street.

Abstract: A direction indicator of an ego vehicle is automatically actuated depending on information sensor data and a comparison the ego vehicle's location with a digital road map. When the ego vehicle is located on a priority path, sensor data is checked to establish whether, in the event of a priority road that turns, a third-party vehicle can be detected in a street leading into the crossroads from the left, right, or ahead from the perspective of the ego vehicle. The direction indicator is actuated to, depending on the type of the priority road that turns and a detected third-party vehicle activate the direction indicator when the computing unit detects no third-party vehicle in the respective street or prevent activation of the direction indicator when the computing unit detects at least one third-party vehicle in the respective street.

Abstract: A method is provided for machine vision and image analysis for recognizing an object in an electronic image, which is captured with the aid of an optical sensor. A reference image of the object to be recognized is trained during a learning phase and compared with the image of the scene during a working phase, the pattern comparison between the object and the scene takes place with the aid of a modified census transform, using a determination of maximum and which must exceed a threshold value for a positive statement on a degree of correspondence.

Abstract: A lithographic apparatus includes: an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam; a support structure constructed to support a reticle and pellicle assembly for receipt of the radiation beam conditioned by the illumination system; a substrate table constructed to support a substrate; a projection system configured to receive the radiation beam from the reticle-pellicle assembly and to project it onto the substrate; and a heating system configured to heat a pellicle of the reticle-pellicle assembly supported by the support structure. A method for using a reticle-pellicle assembly including: illuminating the reticle-pellicle assembly with a radiation beam so as to form a patterned image on a substrate; and heating the pellicle of the reticle-pellicle assembly using a separate heat source.

Abstract: Techniques for determining flow properties of a fluid in a fluidic device comprising a light source configured to generate a plurality of optical signals, tracers suspended in a fluid, a plurality of photonic devices, each including a photonic element and flow channel, and a measurement device configured to: determine a first measurement based on the plurality of optical signals and the tracers in a flow channel of a first photonic device of the plurality of photonic devices, determine a second measurement based on the plurality of optical signals and the tracers in a flow channel of a second photonic device of the plurality of photonic devices, and determine a property associated with a flow of the fluid or the tracers based on the first measurement and the second measurement.

Abstract: A method for determining a starting point between two entities that are configured to determine their location and to communicate using a communication interface. The locations of the entities are determined in map material. A route, composed of at least two route points each connected by a route section, between the two locations of the entities is determined in the map material. In order to iteratively ascertain a position of the starting point on the route, the route sections included in the route are subdivided into route subsections with the result that a section of the route extending from the location of a first entity to the starting point can be covered in the same time and/or has the same length as a section of the route extending from the location of a second entity to the starting point.

Abstract: A method is provided for determining a starting point between entities. The locations of the entities are determined in a map, a circle enclosing all entities is determined and an optimum position of the starting point is determined iteratively. The starting point initially coincides with a center point of the circle enclosing the entities. To find an optimum position of the starting point for each entity, a route is determined between the respective location and the starting point. In order to shift the position of the starting point, a sum of all of the temporal or physical distances of the routes between entities and the starting point falls below a defined maximum distance, and/or a temporal or physical distance difference between a shortest and a longest route falls below a specified maximum difference.

Abstract: A circuit configuration includes a voltage surge protector that is connected in parallel to the link capacitor to protect the link capacitor from voltage overloads. A printed circuit board assembly, an electric axle drive, and a motor vehicle are also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided are embodiments for a computer-implemented method, system, and device for tracking multiphase flow in a microfluidic device. Embodiments include receiving first readings from a first sensor of the microfluidic device, the first reading representing a detection of a fluid at an interface between the fluid and the first sensor, and receiving second readings from a second sensor of the microfluidic device, the second readings representing a detection of the fluid at an interface between the fluid and the second sensor, wherein the first sensor is located at a distance from the second sensor. Embodiments also include calculating a flow speed of the fluid in the microfluidic device based at least in part on a difference of time between the detections by the first sensor and the second sensor, and the distance between the first sensor and the second sensor.

Abstract: A method is provided for machine vision and image analysis for recognizing an object in an electronic image, which is captured with the aid of an optical sensor. A reference image of the object to be recognized is trained during a learning phase and compared with the image of the scene during a working phase, the pattern comparison between the object and the scene takes place with the aid of a modified census transform, using a determination of maximum and which must exceed a threshold value for a positive statement on a degree of correspondence.

Abstract: Evaluating enhanced oil recovery methods by identifying a first nanofluidic device associated with a reservoir rock formation and saturated with a target fluid, directing the injection of a secondary recovery fluid into the first nanofluidic device, determining a target fluid secondary recovery saturation level associated with injection of the secondary recovery fluid into the first nanofluidic device, identifying a second nanofluidic device associated with the reservoir rock formation and saturated with the target fluid, directing the injection of a tertiary recovery fluid into the second nanofluidic device, determining a target fluid tertiary recovery saturation level associated with the injection of the tertiary recovery fluid into the second nanofluidic device, determining a target fluid production efficiency associated with the tertiary recovery fluid, and providing the target fluid production efficiency to a user.

Abstract: Evaluating enhanced oil recovery methods by identifying a first nanofluidic device associated with a reservoir rock formation and saturated with a target fluid, directing the injection of a secondary recovery fluid into the first nanofluidic device, determining a target fluid secondary recovery saturation level associated with injection of the secondary recovery fluid into the first nanofluidic device, identifying a second nanofluidic device associated with the reservoir rock formation and saturated with the target fluid, directing the injection of a tertiary recovery fluid into the second nanofluidic device, determining a target fluid tertiary recovery saturation level associated with the injection of the tertiary recovery fluid into the second nanofluidic device, determining a target fluid production efficiency associated with the tertiary recovery fluid, and providing the target fluid production efficiency to a user.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention include determining, by a first AFM tip, a first snap-off force of a solid surface immersed in a first fluid, determining, by a second AFM tip, a second snap-off force, determining, by a third AFM tip, a third snap-off force, determining, by the first AFM tip, a fourth snap-off force of a droplet of the first fluid immersed in the second fluid on the solid surface, determining, by the second AFM tip, a fifth snap-off force, determining, by the third AFM tip, a sixth snap-off force, determining a first capillary force for first AFM tip and first droplet based on first snap-off force and fourth snap-off force, determining a second capillary force for second AFM tip and first droplet and a third capillary force for third AFM tip and first droplet, and determining interfacial tension between first fluid and second fluid based on the capillary forces.

Abstract: Techniques for determining flow properties of a fluid in a fluidic device comprising a light source configured to generate a plurality of optical signals, tracers suspended in a fluid, a plurality of photonic devices, each including a photonic element and flow channel, and a measurement device configured to: determine a first measurement based on the plurality of optical signals and the tracers in a flow channel of a first photonic device of the plurality of photonic devices, determine a second measurement based on the plurality of optical signals and the tracers in a flow channel of a second photonic device of the plurality of photonic devices, and determine a property associated with a flow of the fluid or the tracers based on the first measurement and the second measurement.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention include determining, by a first AFM tip, a first snap-off force of a solid surface immersed in a first fluid, determining, by a second AFM tip, a second snap-off force, determining, by a third AFM tip, a third snap-off force, determining, by the first AFM tip, a fourth snap-off force of a droplet of the first fluid immersed in the second fluid on the solid surface, determining, by the second AFM tip, a fifth snap-off force, determining, by the third AFM tip, a sixth snap-off force, determining a first capillary force for first AFM tip and first droplet based on first snap-off force and fourth snap-off force, determining a second capillary force for second AFM tip and first droplet and a third capillary force for third AFM tip and first droplet, and determining interfacial tension between first fluid and second fluid based on the capillary forces.

Abstract: Provided are embodiments for a computer-implemented method, system, and device for tracking multiphase flow in a microfluidic device. Embodiments include receiving first readings from a first sensor of the microfluidic device, the first reading representing a detection of a fluid at an interface between the fluid and the first sensor, and receiving second readings from a second sensor of the microfluidic device, the second readings representing a detection of the fluid at an interface between the fluid and the second sensor, wherein the first sensor is located at a distance from the second sensor. Embodiments also include calculating a flow speed of the fluid in the microfluidic device based at least in part on a difference of time between the detections by the first sensor and the second sensor, and the distance between the first sensor and the second sensor.