Kahler Käck Mollekopf

The following disclosure relates to a compression tool for compressing a substack of electrochemical cells having a first plate, a second plate, and a plurality of electrochemical cells positioned between the first plate and the second plate. The compression tool is configured to be maintain on the substack after the substack is added to the electrochemical stack assembly and the electrochemical stack assembly commences operation of an electrolysis reaction.

Food processing apparatus (2, 2a) is provided, in particular a pizza vending machine, comprising: a cabinet (3) with a front side (8) accessible for a user, the front side comprising a user operation panel (40), and a dispenser unit (23) having a dispenser output (26, 28) adapted to transfer a food portion (116) from the interior of the cabinet (3) to the outside of the cabinet; a food storage device (10, 10a) having a thermally insulated cooling chamber (50, 50a), a plurality of food storing locations (71) arranged in the cooling chamber (50, 50a) each adapted to store a food portion (116) to be processed, an output unit (66) arranged at a wall of the cooling chamber (50, 50a) and having an output opening (67) adapted for transferring a food portion from the interior of the cooling chamber to the outside of the cooling chamber (50, 50a), wherein the output unit (66) has a closing element (68) which is adapted to close the output opening (67) when no food portion is transferred and is adapted to open the output opening (67) when a food portion is transferred, and a first transport unit (64) arranged within the cooling chamber (50, 50a) and being adapted to transfer a food portion (116) from a selected one of the storing positions (71) to the output unit (66); a food processing unit (80, 81) adapted to process the food portion (116); and a second transport unit (120) arranged outside the cooling chamber (50, 50a) and being adapted to transfer a food portion from the output opening (67) of the output unit (66) to the dispenser unit (23) and/or to the food processing unit (80, 81).

A pressure exchanger (300) configured to exchange pressure between a first fluid and a second fluid is provided. The pressure exchanger comprises one or more flushing outlets (346A, 346B) configured to couple to one or more first valves (390A, 390B), wherein the one or more first valves (390A, 390B) in an open position are associated with a flushing operation.

A refrigeration system is provided. The refrigeration system (900, 923, 931) comprises: a gas cooler (908) or a condenser configured to reject first heat from a first fluid stream of a fluid that is at a first pressure and that is in a supercritical state or subcritical state; an evaporator (910) configured to absorb second heat into a second fluid stream of the fluid that is at a second pressure that is lower than the first pressure and that is in a liquid state, a vapor state, or a two-phase mixture of liquid and vapor; and a rotary pressure exchanger (40, 902) comprising: a first manifold (52) forming: a first manifold inlet (56) configured to receive the first fluid stream via a first path from the gas cooler (908) or the condenser; and a first manifold outlet (58) configured to output the first fluid stream in the liquid state or in the two-phase mixture of liquid and vapor to the evaporator (910); a second manifold (54) forming: a second manifold inlet (60) configured to receive the second fluid stream via a second path from the evaporator (910); and a second manifold outlet (62) configured to output the second fluid stream in the supercritical state or the subcritical state to the gas cooler (908) or the condenser [para. ; and a rotor (46) forming channels (70), wherein the rotor (46) is configured to: receive the first fluid stream via a first distal end of a first channel (70) of the channels from the first manifold inlet (56); receive the second fluid stream via a second distal end of the first channel from the second manifold inlet (60); exchange pressure between the first fluid stream and the second fluid stream; provide the first fluid stream from the first channel to the first manifold outlet (58); and provide the second fluid stream from the first channel to the second manifold outlet (62)

A food storage box (1), in particular box adapted for storing flat food (7) like pizza or tarte flambee is provided. The food storage box comprises a base plate (2) adapted to support the food to be stored thereon, and a cover (3) adapted to cover the food from above, wherein the base plate (2) comprises at least one food lifting opening (10) configured such that a food lifting element (12) can penetrate the at least one food lifting opening to lift the food to be stored, wherein a first flap arrangement (11) is assigned to the at least one food lifting opening (10) and is adapted to open and close the at least one food lifting opening (10), and/or at least one cover lifting opening (20) configured such that a cover opening element (22) can penetrate the at least one cover lifting opening (20) to open the cover (3), wherein a second flap arrangement (21) is assigned to the at least one cover lifting opening (20) and is adapted to open and close the at least one cover lifting opening (20), or at least one cover and food lifting opening configured such that a cover/food opening element can penetrate the at least one cover and food lifting opening to open the cover (3) and to lift the food to be stored, wherein a combined flap arrangement is assigned to the at least one food and cover lifting opening and is adapted to open and close the at least one food and cover lifting opening.

Disclosed are systems and methods for face reenactment. An example method may comprise receiving (505) a target video. The target video may include at least one target frame. The at least one target frame may include a target face. The method may also comprise receiving (510) a scenario including a series of source facial expressions. The method may comprise determining (515), based on the target face in the at least one frame of the target video, one or more target facial expressions. Further, the method may comprise synthesizing (525), using a parametric face model and a texture model, an output face. The output face may include the target face. The one or more target facial expressions may be modified to imitate the source facial expressions of the series of source facial expressions. The method may comprise generating (530), based on a deep neural network and at least one previous frame of the target video, a mouth region and an eyes region. Further, the method may comprise combining (535) the output face, the mouth region, and the eyes region to generate a frame of an output video.

Provided are systems and methods for photorealistic real-time portrait animation. An example method comprises receiving a scenario video. The scenario video includes at least one input frame. The at least one input frame includes a first face of a first person. The method further comprises receiving a target image (125). The target image (125) includes a second face (140) of a second person. The method comprises determining, based on the at least one input frame and the target image (125), two-dimensional, 2D, deformations of the second face (140) and a background (145) in the target image (125). The 2D deformations when applied to the second face (140), modify the second face (140) to imitate at least a facial expression and a head orientation of the first face (130). The method also comprises applying the 2D deformations to the target image (125) to obtain at least one output frame of an output video.

A method is provided. The method comprises: obtaining, by a processing device, a first indication of a speed of operation of a pressure exchanger, (PX), of a heat transfer system; determining, based on the first indication of the speed of operation of the PX, a target speed of operation of a low-pressure booster, wherein an outlet of the low-pressure booster is coupled to provide fluid to a low-pressure inlet of the PX; and causing, based on the target speed of operation of the low-pressure booster, an adjustment to a speed of operation of the low-pressure booster.

Es wird ein Parksystem (2) zum Parken von Zweirädern (6) bereitgestellt. Das Parksystem weist mindestens eine Parkeinheit (12) auf, die zur Aufnahme eines Zweirads (50) ausgestaltet ist, und das ferner zumindest eine verschließbare Einfahröffnung (6) zum Einfahren eines Zweirads (50) in einer Einschubrichtung (A) in die Parkeinheit (12) aufweist. Die Parkeinheit (12) weist eine Parkvorrichtung (19a, 19b) mit einem Schlitten (30) auf, wobei der Schlitten (30) zum Auffahren zumindest eines Rads des Zweirads (50) ausgestaltet ist, wobei der Schlitten (30) so ausgestaltet ist, dass er in und entgegen der Einschubrichtung (A) horizontal bewegbar ist, und wobei der Schlitten (30) eine Feststelleinrichtung aufweist, die ausgestaltet ist, um das Zweirad (50) auf dem Schlitten (30) zu fixieren, so dass das fixierte Zweirad (50) in Einschubrichtung (A) in die Parkeinheit (12) unter Verfahren des Schlittens (30) einbringbar ist.

A slider function is provided in a human machine interface (HMI) using buttons. In order to allow a user to increase or decrease a parameter setting, a message is displayed in a display area with at least one visible linear border of a display device, prompting the user to swipe in a direction to increase or decrease the parameter setting. Three or more selectable buttons are displayed in a series parallel to at least one visible linear border in a selection area of a touchscreen device. A selected increase or decrease in the parameter setting is determined based on the order in which at least two adjacent buttons of the three or more selectable buttons are selected by the user. The display device and the touchscreen device can be parts of a single touchscreen device. The single touchscreen device includes the display area and the selection area.