Slingsby Partners LLP

The present application discloses a standby power supply circuit and a control method thereof, relates to a power supply circuit. The standby power supply circuit comprises: a first interface, at least one second interface, an input-output circuit, a DC conversion circuit, a control unit, and a standby power supply; wherein the first interface is connected to an input end of the input-output circuit, and the at least one second interface is connected to an output end of the input-output circuit; a first end of the DC conversion circuit is connected to the standby power supply, and a second end of the DC conversion circuit is connected to the input-output circuit; the control unit is connected to the first interface, the at least one second interface, the input-output circuit and the DC conversion circuit respectively, the control unit controls operation status of the input-output circuit and the DC conversion circuit according to connection status of the first interface and connection status of the at least one second interface.

A dental splint for providing a positional reference with respect to dentition of a subject. The splint comprising a frame having a first clamping element and a second clamping element movable with respect to the first clamping element to mechanically grip a first tooth of the subject; and a first extension arm rigidly attached to the frame and extending from the frame for supporting an optical reference unit at a location outside the oral cavity of the subject when the frame is gripping the first tooth. There is also provided a method for providing a positional reference with respect to dentition of a subject. The method comprising causing a dental splint as claimed in any preceding claim to grip a tooth of the subject; and imaging an optical reference unit carried by the or each extension arm of the dental splint.

There is presented a method comprising positioning a first set of matter particles in a quantum computer according to a first spatial layout. A determination of the first spatial layout comprises assigning at least one spatial position in the layout to at least one node of the plurality of nodes using data associated with at least one edge of the graph. The first spatial layout associated with a first subset of nodes of the plurality of nodes. The method then performs a first quantum computation, using the quantum computer, using the first set of the matter particles spatially positioned according to the first spatial layout. The first quantum computation providing a first output set of one or more nodes. The method then positions a second set of the matter particles in the quantum computer according to a second spatial layout. The second spatial layout associated with a second subset of the plurality of nodes. At least one graph node not in the second subset is: a node of the first output set; or, a node that is edge connected to a node of the first output set via a single edge connection. The method performs a second quantum computation, using the quantum computer, using the second set of the matter particles spatially positioned according to the second spatial layout. The second quantum computation providing a second output set of one or more nodes. The method determining the set of one or more nodes at least from the second output set.

A computer-implemented method of compressing a set of values, the method comprising: determining a matrix comprising the set of values; assessing a similarity between pairs of rows and/or pairs of columns of the matrix; reordering the rows and/or columns of the matrix in dependence on the similarity between the pairs of rows and/or pairs of columns so as to form a plurality of groups of values of the set of values; and compressing at least one group of values of the plurality of groups of values so as to compress the set of values.

A method comprising: obtaining, by one or more processors, an input document chunk embedding associated with an input document chunk; accessing, by the one or more processors, a database system that includes guidance document chunks; generating, by the one or more processors, similarity scores indicating similarities between the input document chunk embedding and guidance document chunk embeddings for the guidance document chunks, wherein each of the similarity scores is computed by comparing the input document chunk embedding to a respective guidance document chunk embedding for one of the guidance document chunks; identifying, by the one or more processors, a set of similar guidance document chunks from the guidance document chunks stored in the database system, wherein the set of similar guidance document chunks are a subset of the guidance document chunks for which the similarity scores meet or exceed a predefined similarity threshold; combining, by the one or more processors, the set of similar guidance document chunks together into a merged guidance chunk; generating, by the one or more processors, an input prompt that includes the input document chunk, the merged guidance chunk, and a predefined instruction prompt; providing, by the one or more processors, the input prompt as input to a trained large language model, the trained large language model being configured to output a set of suggested improvements to the input document chunk based on the input prompt; and providing, by the one or more processors, one or more suggested improvements, from the set of suggested improvements, for display to a user in a graphical user interface along with the input document chunk.

A compacting power tool comprising: a housing; a motor mounted within or on the housing; a reciprocating drive mechanism coupled to the motor, wherein reciprocating drive mechanism comprises a reciprocating piston movable between a first position and a second position; a compacting foot coupled to the reciprocating drive mechanism and configured to reciprocate and engage a surface to be compacted when the motor is operating; a user operated switch for starting operation of the compacting power tool; and a controller configured to cause, in response to a signal from the user operated switch, the motor to gradually increase in speed up to an operating speed.

A laser level assembly comprising: a laser level, the laser level comprising a laser generator, the laser level configured to project at least one horizontal line and at least one vertical line; a battery pack receptacle configured to selectively receive a removable battery pack, the removable battery pack configured to power the laser generator; a wireless transmitter; a secondary power device, the secondary power device configured to power the wireless transmitter; wherein the secondary power device is in a water-resistant housing.

A riding auxiliary warning device (10) is adapted for being installed on a bicycle (20). The riding auxiliary warning device includes a radar module (12), a camera module (14), and a display module (16). The radar module is disposed on an end fixing component (24). The radar module is adapted for detecting a rear-approaching vehicle and sending a trigger signal when a warning condition is reached. The camera module is electrically connected to the radar module. When the warning condition is not reached, the camera module is in a sleep mode. The camera module is adapted for being activated after receiving the trigger signal to take pictures and send image information of the rear-approaching vehicle. The display module is disposed on a faucet (22) electrically connected to the radar module and the camera module. The display module includes a screen, and the screen is adapted for displaying the image information of the rear-approaching vehicle.

A radar electronic rearview mirror system (10; 10A) for bicycles is provided with an environment sensing module (11), a display module (12), and a light sensing module (13). The environment sensing module is disposed at a rear of the bicycle (20) and captures environmental information from a rear side of the bicycle, outputting an environment sensing signal. The display module is disposed at a front of the bicycle and is electrically connected to the environment sensing module to receive the environment sensing signal. The display module has a screen (121) that displays an image corresponding to the environment sensing signal. The light sensing module is disposed at the front of the bicycle and is electrically connected to the environment sensing module and/or the display module. The environment sensing module and/or the display module is operable in a normal mode or a night mode according to the light intensity sensing signal output by the light sensing module.

A power tool is provided including a brushless motor having a stator defining a plurality of phases, a rotor rotatable relative to the stator, and a plurality of power terminals electrically connected to the plurality of phases; a power unit having a plurality of power switches connected electrically between a power source and the plurality of power terminals and operable to deliver power to the motor; and a control unit interfaced with the power unit to output a drive signal to one or more of the plurality of power switches to drive the plurality of phases of the motor over a plurality of sectors of the rotor rotation, the control unit being configured to detect an initial position of the rotor, commutate the motor beginning at the initial position of the rotor using a low-speed motor commutation scheme until an output speed of the rotor exceeds a speed threshold, and commutate the motor based on a back-electromotive force (back-EMF) voltage of the motor after the output speed of the rotor exceeds the speed threshold, wherein in the low-speed commutation scheme, the control unit applies a first plurality of voltage pulses to a present sector of the plurality of sectors and a second plurality of voltage pulses to a next sector of the plurality of sectors, and detects a transition of the rotor from the present sector to the next sector based on motor current measurements associated with the first plurality of voltage pulses and the second plurality of voltage pulses.