Abstract: Apparatus for treating containers includes a handling device for the containers wherein the handling devices has a movable carrier with which the containers can be moved on a transport path, and wherein the handling devices is assigned at least one handling station, wherein the transport speed of the handling device can be controlled in such a way that the transport speed of the handling device can be synchronised with the transport speed of the transport device and/or a further transport device during transfer and/or discharge of the containers and the transport speed of the handling device can be reduced after the transfer of the containers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for starting a fuel cell stack at temperatures below the freezing point of a reaction product produced during the reaction between an anode-side fuel and a cathode-side fuel. The fuel cell stack comprises a plurality of individual cells having at least one internal cell which is arranged in the stacking direction in the interior of the fuel cell stack and an edge cell which is arranged in the stacking direction at the edge of the fuel cell stack. The fuel cell stack is connected to a cooling circuit having cooling fluid for cooling the fuel cell stack, which cooling fluid can be conducted through the fuel cell stack by a pump arranged in the cooling circuit.

Abstract: A micromechanical electrically actuable switch. The switch has a first relay with a first operating contact, and a second relay with a second operating contact. The first operating contact and the second operating contact are arranged in series in a common load path. The switch further includes a detection device for detecting a switching state of the first operating contact, and a control circuit for registering the switching state of the first operating contact and for switching on the electrically actuable switch. The control circuit is configured, upon a switch-on signal, to switch on the first relay and the second relay in a first case, in which the switching state of the first operating contact is “open”, and to not switch on at least the second relay in a second case, in which the switching state of the first operating contact is “closed”.

Abstract: A windshield comprises first and second sections of transparent material each having a perimeter disposed adjacently on an aperture on a vehicle. Encapsulation is included with the sections of transparent material disposed adjacent the perimeters. A member is included on the encapsulation adjacent the first section extending from the encapsulation disposed adjacent the perimeter of the first section of transparent material to the encapsulation adjacent the second perimeter of the second section.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for detecting buried pipelines and spills. One method includes operations for programming a drone to fly over a geographical area, and for capturing, during a flight of the drone, geophysical data with geophysical equipment in the drone. Further, the method includes capturing, during the flight of the drone, images with a camera in the drone. A machine-learning (ML) model is utilized to identify locations of buried pipes and spills based on the captured geophysical data and the captured images. Further, the method includes presenting the identified locations of the buried pipes and spills in a map of the geographical area.

Abstract: The sanitizing glove is built to not only provide the user with protection from external germs, but to sanitize the touched surfaces by use. On the front of the glove where the wearer's palm and fingers are behind the glove is attached a sanitizing surface akin to a disinfectant wipe. As the wearer of the glove interacts with objects such as handles, knobs, or buttons, the sanitizing liquid of the glove's front cleans the objects touched. This procedure protects not only the glove wearer from germs, but anyone else who interacts with the same objects soon after. Over time, the sanitizing liquid on the front of the glove may begin to dry or run down. It can be refreshed by use of a sanitizing spray.

Abstract: A method and an infrared measuring system for determining a temperature distribution of a surface without contact includes an infrared detector array with a detector array substrate and respective pluralities of measuring pixels and reference pixels. The measuring pixels are each connected to the detector array substrate with a first thermal conductivity, are sensitive to infrared radiation, and each provide a measurement signal for determining a temperature measurement value that depends on the intensity of the incident infrared radiation. The reference pixels are each connected to the detector array substrate with a second thermal conductivity and each provide a measurement signal for determining a temperature measurement value. The reference pixels are implemented as blind pixels that are substantially insensitive to infrared radiation.

Abstract: A method for contactlessly establishing a temperature of a surface includes determining the temperature measurement values of the plurality of blind pixels and determining temperature measurement values of the plurality of measurement pixels. The method further includes determining a temperature measurement value and a temperature measurement values by subtracting the temperature measurement value of the first blind pixel of the plurality of blind pixels from a temperature measurement value of a second blind pixel of the plurality of blind. The method further includes correcting the temperature measurement values by pixel-associated temperature drift components in each case, wherein the temperature drift components are determined using the temperature measurement value and/or the temperature measurement value.

Abstract: A method and an infrared measuring system for determining a temperature distribution of a surface without contact includes an infrared detector array with a detector array substrate and respective pluralities of measuring pixels and reference pixels. The measuring pixels are each connected to the detector array substrate with a first thermal conductivity, are sensitive to infrared radiation, and each provide a measurement signal for determining a temperature measurement value that depends on the intensity of the incident infrared radiation. The reference pixels are each connected to the detector array substrate with a second thermal conductivity and each provide a measurement signal for determining a temperature measurement value. The reference pixels are implemented as blind pixels that are substantially insensitive to infrared radiation.

Abstract: A method for contactlessly establishing a temperature of a surface includes determining the temperature measurement values of the plurality of blind pixels and determining temperature measurement values of the plurality of measurement pixels. The method further includes determining a temperature measurement value and a temperature measurement values by subtracting the temperature measurement value of the first blind pixel of the plurality of blind pixels from a temperature measurement value of a second blind pixel of the plurality of blind. The method further includes correcting the temperature measurement values by pixel-associated temperature drift components in each case, wherein the temperature drift components are determined using the temperature measurement value and/or the temperature measurement value.

Abstract: A method for contactlessly establishing a temperature of a surface includes determining the temperature measurement values of the plurality of measurement pixels. The method further includes correcting the temperature measurement values by using in each case a pixel-associated temperature drift component. The method further includes at least temporarily suppressing an incidence of infrared radiation onto the infrared detector array using the closure mechanism of the infrared measurement system while temperature measurement values are being determined. The method further includes determining the temperature drift components using the temperature measurement values.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods for correlating media streams and signaling sessions of services, for example, in a passive monitoring system of a packet-switched network. Furthermore, the invention also relates to an implementation of these methods in hardware and software, and provides a signaling plane probe, a media plane probe and a correlation unit. Moreover, a passive monitoring system comprising one or more of these hardware devices is provided. To correlate media streams and signaling sessions of services, the invention proposes to independently generate correlation keys in a media plane probe for monitored media streams and correlation keys for signaling sessions that are monitored by a signaling plane probe in a fashion that matching correlation keys are generated for a respective service.

Abstract: The present invention relates to materials and methods suitable for determining the presence or amount of Botulinum toxin (BoNT) in a test sample by means of a luminescence assay in which the substrate peptide is composed of: an amino acid sequence susceptible to proteolytic cleavage by BoNT, an amino acid sequence corresponding to a reporter domain encoding a fluorescent or bioluminescent polypeptide, and a tag suitable for attaching the substrate peptide to a suitable support, preferably by covalent bond.

Abstract: A thermal diode for a photosensor of a thermal imaging camera includes a semiconductor substrate having a surface and two doped structures set apart from each other on the surface. Furthermore, a device is provided for influencing a current between the first and the second structure, in order to reduce a current density in an area near to the surface and to increase it in an area far from the surface. In addition, a topology having an even absorption layer is proposed. The measures proposed have the aim of realizing a low-noise diode for thermal applications.

Abstract: A device for measuring the temperature in a conductor includes at least one temperature sensor emitting a signal having a frequency changing due to a temperature change. The signals of the temperature sensor are transported through the conductor and the signals are inductively or capacitively coupled out of the conductor and into an evaluation unit for measuring the temperature through coupling elements.

Abstract: For testing a transformer (20) the transformer (20) is emulated by an equivalent circuit (30) and an accuracy of the transformer (20) relative to the equivalent circuit (30) is determined by evaluating a test response of the transformer (20) and is then automatically converted to an operating condition-related accuracy of the transformer (20).

Abstract: A magnetically drivable micromirror having an outer frame, a coil former, and torsion springs, situated in a first plane, the torsion springs having an axis of rotation, and the coil former being connected to the outer frame by the torsion springs so as to be capable of rotational motion about the axis of rotation, having a mirror element that is situated in a second plane parallel to the first plane, the mirror element being connected to the coil former by an intermediate layer. A 2D scanner having a first magnetically drivable micromirror and a second drivable mirror, and to a method for producing a micromirror are also described.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods and systems for detecting periodic impairments of media streams of real-time communication sessions within a packet-switched network. The invention is performed in a passive monitoring system monitoring a plurality of media streams providing quality data records for each monitored media stream and for predefined time intervals. For each media stream a frequency distribution is generated, which is indicative of the number of good quality data records between two quality data records indicative of impairment. If a maximum exists in the media stream's frequency distribution for a given number of consecutive good quality data records, the stream is determined to be periodically impaired and said given number of consecutive good quality data records for which the maximum exists indicates the periodicity in the impairment of the media stream.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pipe separator (5) for electrostatically separating particles of a mixture of valuable materials, e.g., a mineral salt mixture, having different electrical charges, comprising a carrier pipe (10), wherein the carrier pipe has two field electrodes (8, 9) arranged opposite each other for generating an electric field, wherein the field electrodes (8, 9) are covered toward the inside by an insulating layer.

Abstract: A device for measuring the temperature in a conductor includes at least one temperature sensor emitting a signal having a frequency changing due to a temperature change. The signals of the temperature sensor are transported through the conductor and the signals are inductively or capacitively coupled out of the conductor and into an evaluation unit for measuring the temperature through coupling elements.