Abstract: A quick-disconnecting device (1), in particular for kite-surf, comprising a fixed element (3) and a moving element (5) having an operating connecting position in which the moving element (5) is kept integral with the fixed element (3) by interposing a blocking system (7), and an operating disconnecting position in which the moving element (5) is disengaged from the fixed element (3) by actuating the blocking system (7), such moving element (5) being equipped with a first connecting end (9), of a terminal (21) of a connecting element to by actuating the blocking system (7), such moving element (5) cooperating with the fixed element (3) through a lever-type dynamics around a fulcrum point (F) interposed between the moving element (5) and the fixed element (3), such device (1) further comprising an automatic fastening system (40) of the moving element (5) to the connecting element.

Abstract: A side-by-side dual-launch spacecraft arrangement is provided. The arrangement may include a dual-launch adaptor, a first spacecraft, and a second spacecraft. The first spacecraft and the second spacecraft may be mounted on the dual-launch adaptor and may be arranged side by side on the dual-launch adaptor. An aspect ratio of each of the first and second spacecraft may be within a range of 0.55 and 0.8.

Abstract: A wingtip for extending a wing of an aircraft having a NACA 23012 airfoil. The wingtip has an airfoil design for directing and associated wingtip vortex outward and upward to thereby increase the effective wingspan of the aircraft and to reduce induced drag. The wingtip is preferably molded and comprises a fuel tank bay, internal antenna, landing light and navigation light.

Abstract: This invention relates to a fluid driven propulsion device comprising a body arranged in a manner to facilitate flight and lift for a person, passenger or object(s) with a production of thrust from a portable or fixed power unit. A power unit is designated to move an incompressible fluid via pump through a flexible pipe or transmission tube to two or more pairs of restrictive axially offset nozzles within the embodiment of the invention allowing the incompressible fluid's pressure to build and its mass to be ejected underneath the person, passenger or object(s). This fluid is expelled with such velocity to create a force, directed into multiple, generally symmetrical force vectors, sufficient to facilitate balanced, easy to master free-flight. The invention also allows for powered, active inward and outward adjustment of the axially offset pairs of nozzles, as well as powered, active aperture adjustment of each of the nozzle outlets.

Abstract: A method of dynamically alleviating loads generated on an aircraft by a disturbance of gust and/or turbulence. The method comprises monitoring, during flight of the aircraft, to automatically detect a disturbance due to gust and/or turbulence and determining an incidence angle or angle of attack of the disturbance. When a disturbance due to gust and/or turbulence is detected, automatically generating control commands for deflecting control surfaces dependent on the incidence angle or angle of attack, and applying the control commands to deflect the control surfaces.

Abstract: A sensor for monitoring the current flowing in a wire of a circuit is provided. The sensor includes a variable inductance contactless current detector to sense the current flowing in the wire, serially connected to an internal power source and a resistor to form a voltage divider circuit. The sensor also includes a voltage detector to monitor the voltage level across the resistor and generate an output signal. A system is also provided.

Abstract: A detection and indication system for use in a railway switch machine which utilizes one or more roller members which physically interact with a point detector bar coupled to one or more switch points to provide an indication of a point failure upon movement of the point detector bar a predetermined distance from an initial position. The system includes a mounting structure structured to be coupled to a housing of the switch machine and a first sensing device coupled to the mounting structure. The first sensing device is positioned and structured to detect movement of the point detector bar a second predetermined distance from the initial position, wherein the second predetermined distance is less than the first predetermined distance.

Abstract: Wrought steel for producing parts for railway, railway crossings or railway switches including (in weight percent): 0.01-0.15% carbon; at most 0.5% silicon; 10-15% manganese; at least 0.6 to 3.95% molybdenum; optionally one or more of the following elements: i. 0.05 to 0.2% nickel, and/or ii. 0.05 to 0.2% cobalt, and/or iii. 0.02 to 0.30% Cr, and/or iv. 0.05 to 0.2% copper, v. at most 5 ppm H, vi. at most 0.20% V, vii. at most 0.10% Nb; viii. at most 0.20% Ti and/or Zr, ix. at most 50 ppm B; x. at most 250 ppm N; xi. at most 0.2% Al, xii. at most 0.08% S, xiii. at most 0.08% P; xiv. at most 1.5% W; and balance iron and inevitable impurities; and a method of producing the wrought steel and its use.

Abstract: A panel attachment system comprises a panel, a casing and a plurality of hangers enables the panel to be secured in a pre-determined position relative to the casing. Each of the hangers is formed as an elongate strip having a single corrugation, with each hanger having a centre portion, a first end portion and an opposite second end portion. The plurality of hangers are positioned in length-wise alignment, with the first end portion of each hanger being attached to the second end portion of an adjoining hanger, the attached first and second end portions being secured to the casing, and the centre portion of each hanger being secured to the panel, to thereby secure the panel in a pre-determined position relative to the casing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a crash pad upper mounting bracket which is installed between an HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) to which a connecting duct of a vehicle is connected, and a crash pad, the crash pad upper mounting bracket including: a base which is installed at a lower side of the crash pad; and a mounting portion which protrudes from the base so as to press one region of the connecting duct. Accordingly, the crash pad upper mounting bracket presses the connecting duct so as to maintain airtightness between the HVAC and the connecting duct, thereby preventing deterioration in air conditioning performance.

Abstract: A coiled tubing assembly for use in a wellbore includes at least two continuous coiled tubing members which are joined by clamp assemblies at longitudinally spaced positions such that the tubing members are adapted to be collectively spoolable on a common drum. Each clamp assembly has a central portion spanning between the spaced apart coiled tubing members and clamping portions joined to the central portion to extend about the tubing members respectively. Each clamping portion is maintained in an elastically stretched state in a circumferential direction about the respective tubing member such that the internal circumference of the clamping portion is arranged to be elastically reduced about the respective tubing member when the tubing member stretches longitudinally in use within a wellbore.

Abstract: An optics support system and apparatus are provided. The optics support system may comprise a first member, a second member, a base, and a support strap. The first member may be attached to a top rest at one end, and the base at the other end. The second member may extend at an angle from the middle of the first member, and may be attached to a side rest at the opposite end. The base may be configured to have at least one aperture. The support strap may be configured to attach to the base by extending a portion of it through the at least one aperture of the base. A frictional adjuster may optionally be attached to the support strap to make the support strap adjustable in length.

Abstract: A clamping apparatus is provided, including a base unit, a movable unit, a carrier unit, a clamping element located on base unit and two stop elements located on carrier unit; wherein the base unit includes a placement surface for placing an electronic device; the movable unit partially extends into base unit and can move linearly; the carrier unit is detachably disposed at movable unit; the clamping element and stop elements protrude respectively on two sides of placement surface so that electronic device can be clamped between clamping element and two stop elements. The feature is that the stop elements have an arc shape and are partially engaged to carrier unit with elasticity to expand outward, and maximum clamping distance between two stop elements is increased when applying external force. As such, when the size of electronic device changes by protective cover, the clamping apparatus still maintains good clamping effect.

Abstract: A system (1) for mounting video/photographic equipment (2) on a support head (3), the system comprising a mounting plate (4) which can be fixed to a lower part of the equipment and a seat (20) which is formed in a body (21) of the head and which can house the plate so that the plate can slide along a longitudinal axis (X). A hook (30) is provided on the head and is arranged to pivot between a first, seat-closing, position in which the plate is retained in the seat and a second, seat-opening, position in which the plate is free to enter or leave the seat along an insertion axis (Z) substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (X). The head further comprises locking means for locking the plate inside the seat (20) in a desired position on the longitudinal axis, which comprise a pin (35) which is fixed to the hook and can be translated relative thereto, and which is adapted to bear on the body of the head in order to urge the hook into the first position against the plate.

Abstract: A suspension device for suspending a display unit comprises a fixation element for securing the suspension device to a support surface, and a plurality of suspension members for removably receiving the display unit and suspending the display unit from the fixation element.

Abstract: A canopy organizer for organizing objects on an elongated and vertical support is provided. The organizer comprises a first fabric wall and a second fabric wall. Both walls are in contact with each other along the edges so as to form a pocket. Then, a filling is within the pocket formed by the first and second nylon walls and a flap is attached to the first wall along the length of the cover. The flap is configured to interface with a determined area along the opposite edge of the nylon wall. The organizer includes at least one fastener configured to hold the cover around a cylindrical object, wherein one of the two walls is an outside wall and the other is the inside wall. A plurality of attachment elements are attached to the outside wall.

Abstract: A mounting bracket for a device having at least one planar mounting shoe surface comprising a pair of parallel conventional T-slots each having a lengthwise T-shaped cavity formed with a wide base and a narrow opening communicating with the mounting shoe surface between parallel rails spaced apart on opposite sides of the opening, the mounting bracket has a rigid frame with a mounting surface; a pair of parallel guides spaced apart on the mounting surface of the frame; and a clamp. The clamp has a clamping jaw that is movable normal to the mounting surface, the clamping jaw has at least one arm aligned with one of the guides, and an anchor member positioned at a distal end thereof. The clamp also has an actuator that is coupled for moving the anchor member normal to the mounting surface of the frame.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a device cradle being configured to removably retain a portable device. The device cradle comprises a u-shaped frame being configured to receive and hold at least three peripheral sides of the portable device. An easel is in engagement with the cradle. The easel comprises lower attachment points configured to engage carrying apparatuses. The easel is further configured to extend upward from a back bottom of the frame. A junction is in engagement with a top of the easel. A hoop structure is in engagement with the junction. The hoop structure is positionable to have a spring-forward tension towards the easel to form a clip in which the clip may engage a structure and the portable device is removably secured to the structure.

Abstract: A carrier structure (100), particularly for optical components, includes a carrier body (10) which is formed from ceramic with hollows (11), and at least one cover layer (21, 22) which is formed from glass, arranged on at least one surface of the carrier body (10), and is connected to the carrier body (10) by means of at least one bond connection (23, 24) produced by means of anodic bonding. Methods for producing the carrier structure (100) and the use of the carrier structure as a mirror body, carrier for optical components and/or mechanical carrier for dynamically moved components are also described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a jack stand and safety support comprising: four sides that substantially form a pyramid; two of said four sides being opposite each other including cut outs and handles; a top including a three tiers basin that includes an optional drainage channel extending across all tiers and drainage holes and glow in the dark lengthwise strips along the corners of said jack stand and support.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gutter mount which is particularly for use on outbuildings and temporary structures, such as sheds. The gutter mount comprises an adjustable retaining member for receiving the guttering, allowing the guttering to be retained in the correct position independent of roof angle, and a means of fastening the gutter mount to a structure. Additionally the gutter mount incorporates a design which can be affixed to a structure by hand, obviating the needs for tools and facilitating repositioning of the guttering during installation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vibration damping receptacle device for receiving a motor (1) on a fan housing wall (2) having a motor support element (3) on which a plurality of attachments (4) are formed, a plurality of receptacles (6) disposed directly on the housing wall, and a plurality of elastic damping elements (5) disposed between the attachments and the receptacles such that the axial center axes thereof are each oriented at least in sections in the direction of the motor.

Abstract: An engine mount assembly is provided for mounting an engine to a vehicle frame. The engine mount assembly includes an elastomeric material snubber element having a generally elongated configuration with axial end faces and a coaxial bolt passage defined therethrough. A tubular sleeve has an inner shape sized for sliding receipt of the snubber element therein. The tubular sleeve has a longitudinal cross-sectional profile such that a bottom longitudinal cross-sectional portion of the tubular sleeve extends axially beyond the end faces of the snubber element and defines an enlarged attachment footprint for the tubular sleeve to a vehicle frame flange.

Abstract: A street-lighting pole incorporates a vibration-reducing means on the upper end part of a pole provided standing vertically, wherein: the upper end part of the pole is formed so as to have a silicone receiving part of which the upper part is open in such a way that silicone oil can be stored to a predetermined level on the inside thereof; a removable cap is constituted so as to couple in removable fashion to an upper intake part of the silicone receiving part; a resilient supporting body of a predetermined length is constituted in the center of the removable cap; and a mass of a predetermined weight is constituted at the lower end part of the resilient supporting body.

Abstract: A coreless engine mount, and a method for manufacturing a coreless engine mount, may include a mount bracket that has at least one bolting hole for bolting and houses a mounting bush, and combines with the mounting bush, and a coreless support bracket that has an extension integrally extending from the mounting bush and is formed of an aluminum material, the extension being integrally formed with the mounting bush by curing, and the extension having at least one bolting hole for bolting.

Abstract: A support system for an equipment item on a concrete slab includes at least one raised block relative to the slab and of a single piece with the slab. The block includes a metal belt delimiting the vertical walls of the block and a metal support fastened to the belt and capping the block to receive a foot of the equipment item.

Abstract: A utensil holder has an enclosure having a hollow interior. An insertion point is formed in the enclosure for inserting a utensil into the hollow interior of the enclosure. An indentation is formed on a back surface of the enclosure for supporting the utensil when the utensil holder is positioned on a front surface of the enclosure.

Abstract: Novel stands for tablet computers and other electronic devices. A stand for a tablet may comprise a body having one or more attachment mechanisms at one location and a crossbar at a second location. The crossbar may comprise a portion of a first material disposed to magnetically interact with a portion of a second material that is provided by the tablet. The magnetic interaction may cause the crossbar to serve as one or more detents that movably affixes the stand in a desired position relative to the tablet.

Abstract: A device and method to detect a gesture performed by an object in touch-less communication with the device are described. The device includes two or more ambient light sensors arranged at respective first surface locations of the device, each of the two or more ambient light sensors sensing light intensity at the respective first surface location. The device also includes one or more processors to operate one or more light sources at respective second surface locations of the device based on the light intensity sensed by the two or more ambient light sensors, and detect the gesture based on the light intensity sensed by each of the two or more ambient light sensors.

Abstract: An image sensor device may include a mounting substrate having an IC-receiving cavity therein and a filter-receiving opening aligned with the IC-receiving cavity, an image sensor integrated circuit (IC) within the IC-receiving cavity and having an image sensing area aligned with the filter-receiving opening, and an adhesive bead on the image sensor IC surrounding the image sensing area. Furthermore, an infrared (IR) filter may be within the filter-receiving opening and have peripheral portions contacting the adhesive bead.

Abstract: A non-retro-reflective imaging system and methods in which tilted image plane imaging is combined with selective Fourier filtering to substantially eliminate retro-reflection from the system. In certain examples, tilted image plane imaging is achieved using sliced source imaging. Through rotation of the image plane, the majority of incident light is reflected off-axis, rather than being retro-reflected. The Fourier filter is used to block incoming light from a particular angle that would otherwise be normally incident on the rotated image plane and retro-reflected. One example of a non-retro-reflective imaging system includes an optical element that focuses electromagnetic radiation onto a tilted image plane, an imaging sensor co-aligned with the tilted image plane, and a Fourier filter positioned in a Fourier plane of the optical element, a position of the Fourier filter in the Fourier plane determined by the tilt angle of the tilted image plane.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel and a floating diffusion. The pixel includes a photoelectric conversion element that converts incident light into and electric charge, a first transfer gate that includes a plurality of electrodes and transfers the electric charge from the photoelectric conversion element, a charge holding region that holds the electric charge transferred from the photoelectric conversion element by the first transfer gate, each of the plurality of electrodes of the first transfer gate corresponding to a sub-region of the charge holding region, and a second transfer gate that transfers the electric charge from the charge holding region. The floating diffusion region holds the electric charge transferred from the charge holding region by the second transfer gate.

Abstract: A counter circuit includes a first counter and a second counter. The first counter is configured to count a first counter clock signal which toggles with a first frequency to generate upper (N?M)-bit signals of N-bit counter output signals, in response to a first counting enable signal based on a first comparison signal during a coarse counting interval. N and M are natural numbers, N is greater than M, and M is greater than or equal to 3. The second counter is configured to count a second counter clock signal which toggles with a second frequency which is higher than the first frequency to generate lower M-bit signals of the N-bit counter output signals, in response to a second counting enable signal based on the first comparison signal and a second comparison signal during a fine counting interval which follows the coarse counting interval.

Abstract: A contact-type image sensor is designed to prevent, in an effective manner, dust from entering into a space between a rod lens array and a light receiving sensor. A rod lens array includes a large number of rod lenses between two flat substrates and between spacers located at left and right ends; one row of the rod lenses is arranged in such a way that central axes of the rod lenses become parallel to each other. At an emission side of a rod lens in an axis line direction, each substrate includes an extension portion, whose length is determined based on an operating distance of the rod lens. A lower end of the extension portion of each substrate is in contact with an upper surface of a sensor substrate. In this manner, the rod lens array is positioned with high accuracy with respect to the light receiving sensor.

Abstract: A method and system for coupling optical signals into silicon optoelectronic chips are disclosed and may include coupling one or more optical signals into a back surface of a CMOS photonic chip in a photonic transceiver, wherein photonic, electronic, or optoelectronic devices may be integrated in layers on a front surface of the CMOS photonic chip. Optical couplers, such as grating couplers, may receive the optical signals in the front surface. The optical signals may be coupled into the back surface of the chips via optical fibers and/or optical source assemblies. The optical signals may be coupled to the optical couplers via a light path etched in the chips, which may be refilled with silicon dioxide. The chips may be bonded to a second chip. Optical signals may be reflected back to the optical couplers via metal reflectors, which may be integrated in dielectric layers on the chips.

Abstract: A laser scanning type observation apparatus includes a pulsed-laser oscillation means irradiating pulsed laser to an object, a detector receiving light from the object to output a detection signal, a means detecting pulsed-laser oscillation to output a synchronous signal, a circuit delaying the synchronous signal for an optional amount of time to output a trigger signal, a means sampling the detection signal in synchronization with the trigger signal, a memory storing the sampled detection signal, a setting unit capable of setting delay time for delaying the synchronous signal in two or more stages within one period of the synchronous signal, and a decision unit determining an optimum delay stage for image formation using data on intensities of the detection signal at the respective delay stages, wherein the setting means fixes delay time for delaying the synchronous signal at delay time corresponding to the delay stage determined by the decision unit.

Abstract: An optical sensor assembly in which a four axis gimbal and dual coelostat mirror configuration provide pointing of the sensor line of sight in azimuth and elevation, stabilized for platform pitch. One example of a sensor system includes a first optical sub-system including a first plurality of optical elements, and a second optical sub-system configured to rotate about a first axis relative to the first optical sub-system. The second optical sub-system includes afocal foreoptics configured to direct a collimated beam of electromagnetic radiation to the first optical sub-system, a first coelostat minor configured to rotate about a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis, and a second coelostat mirror configured to rotate about a third axis substantially perpendicular to both the first axis and the second axis, and to receive electromagnetic radiation reflected by the first coelostat minor and to direct the electromagnetic radiation to the afocal foreoptics.

Abstract: A deformable optical lens with a lens membrane having an optically active portion that is configured to be shaped over an air-membrane interface according to a spherical cap and Zernike polynomials is provided. The spherical cap and the Zernike polynomials comprise a Zernike[4,0], (Noll[11]) polynomial and are sufficient to model the deformable optical lens to within approximately 2 micrometers.

Abstract: Ion filter for FAIMS fabricated using the LIGA technique. The ion filter is manufactured using a metal layer to form the ion channels and an insulating support layer to hold the structure rigidly together after separation of the metal layer into two electrodes.

Abstract: A multi-reflection mass spectrometer is provided comprising two ion-optical mirrors, each mirror elongated generally along a drift direction (Y), each mirror opposing the other in an X direction, the X direction being orthogonal to Y, characterized in that the mirrors are not a constant distance from each other in the X direction along at least a portion of their lengths in the drift direction. In use, ions are reflected from one opposing mirror to the other a plurality of times while drifting along the drift direction so as to follow a generally zigzag path within the mass spectrometer. The motion of ions along the drift direction is opposed by an electric field resulting from the non-constant distance of the mirrors from each other along at least a portion of their lengths in the drift direction that causes the ions to reverse their direction.

Abstract: A multi-reflection mass spectrometer comprising two ion-optical mirrors, each mirror elongated generally along a drift direction (Y), each mirror opposing the other in an X direction and having a space therebetween, the X direction being orthogonal to Y; the mass spectrometer further comprising one or more compensation electrodes each electrode being located in or adjacent the space extending between the opposing mirrors; the compensation electrodes being configured and electrically biased in use so as to produce, in at least a portion of the space extending between the mirrors, an electrical potential offset which: (i) varies as a function of the distance along the drift length, and/or; (ii) has a different extent in the X direction as a function of the distance along the drift length. In a preferred embodiment the period of ion oscillation between the mirrors is not substantially constant along the whole of the drift length.

Abstract: LC/MS data generated by an LC/MS system is analyzed to determine groupings of ions associated with originating molecules. Ions are grouped initially according to retention time, for example, using retention time or chromatographic peaks in mass chromatograms. After initial groupings are determined based on retention time, ion peak shapes are compared to determine whether ions should be excluded. Ions having peak shapes not matching other ions, or alternatively a reference peak shape, are excluded from the group.

Abstract: An ion mobility separator or spectrometer is disclosed comprising an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder defining an annular volume through which ions are transmitted. Spiral electrodes a-f are arranged on a surface of the inner cylinder and/or on a surface of the outer cylinder. A first device is arranged and adapted to maintain a DC electric field and/or a pseudo-potential force which acts to urge ions from a first end of the ion mobility separator or spectrometer to a second end of the ion mobility separator or spectrometer. A second device is arranged and adapted to apply transient DC voltages to the one or more spiral electrodes in order to urge ions towards the first end of the ion mobility separator or spectrometer. The net effect is to extend the effective path length of the ion mobility separator.

Abstract: Presented is a mass spectrometer comprising an ion path along which ions are transported between different sections of the mass spectrometer, and further comprising an arrangement with a receptacle being located along the ion path in the mass spectrometer and a complementary mount for carrying a removable ion-optical assembly, such as a carrier of electrodes for a MALDI ion source, wherein the mount can be removed from and reinserted into the receptacle in a plane approximately perpendicular to an ion path axis.

Abstract: Certain embodiments described herein are directed to reflectron assemblies and methods of producing them. In some configurations, a reflectron comprising a plurality of lenses each comprising a planar body and comprising a plurality of separate and individual conductors spanning a central aperture from a first side to a second side of a first surface of the planar body is described. In some instances, the plurality of conductors are each substantially parallel to each other and are positioned in the same plane.

Abstract: A system and a method for evaluating a lithography mask, the system may include: (a) electron optics for directing primary electrons towards a pellicle that is positioned between the electron optics and the lithography mask; wherein the primary electrons exhibit an energy level that allows the primary electrons to pass through the pellicle and to impinge on the lithographic mask; (b) at least one detector for detecting detected emitted electrons and for generating detection signals; wherein detected emitted electrons are generated as a result of an impingement of the primary electrons on the lithographic mask; and (c) a processor for processing the detection signals to provide information about the lithography mask

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an inspection apparatus includes first and second charged particle beam application units to apply charged particle beams to a sample, a detector, an image acquiring unit, and a judgment unit. The sample includes a stack structure in which electrically conductive films and insulating films are alternately stacked, electrically conductive layers, first and second contact plugs. The first charged particle beam application unit controls the potential of each electrically conductive film by applying a first charged particle beam to the second contact plugs. The second charged particle beam application unit applies a second charged particle beam to the first contact plugs. The detector detects secondary charged particles from the stack structure and outputs a signal. The image acquiring unit processes the signal to acquire a first image of the sample surface. The judgment unit judges an abnormality of the sample from the acquired first image.

Abstract: Vapor is provided locally at a sample surface to allow fluorescence of the fluorescent markers in a vacuum chamber. For example, a nanocapillary can dispense a liquid near a region of interest, the liquid evaporating to increase the vapor pressure near the fluorescent markers. The increase in vapor pressure at the fluorescent marker is preferably sufficiently great to prevent deactivation or to reactivate the fluorescent marker, while the overall pressure in the vacuum chamber is preferably sufficiently low to permit charged particle beam operation with little or no additional evacuation pumping.

Abstract: A display apparatus including an optical component and an optical fiber component is provided. The display may include an optical component including a sensor, and an optical fiber component configured to transmit the electromagnetic transmission being incident on a front frame, to the sensor. A display apparatus may transmit light being incident from the outside to a sensor of an optical unit through an optical fiber unit, and transmits light being outputted from the sensor of the optical unit to the outside through the optical fiber unit.

Abstract: A sensor arrangement includes an infrared sensor and at least one acceleration sensor. The infrared sensor is configured to detect infrared radiation, and to output infrared image data. The at least one acceleration sensor is configured to detect an instantaneous acceleration of the sensor arrangement, and to output acceleration data. The output of the infrared image data from the infrared sensor is blocked when the instantaneous acceleration of the sensor arrangement exceeds a preprogrammed threshold value.