Cristinelli, Luca

A control system (300) for a coupler (302) of a first vehicle is described. The coupler (302) comprises a valve means (304) arranged to be coupled to an opening (306) of a pneumatic pipe (308) of the first vehicle. The valve means (304) is arranged to assume an open condition or a closed condition. The transition between the open condition and the closed condition occurs as a function of the transition of the coupler (302) of the first vehicle between a coupled state and a decoupled state. The control system (300) comprises:- a first electronic processing means (310) arranged to determine whether the first vehicle is in a service condition and to generate an unlocking signal (312) when the first vehicle is in the service condition;- an unlocking means (314) arranged for:• receiving the unlocking signal (312); and• when it receives the unlocking signal (312), making the transition of the valve means (306) between the open condition and the closed condition independent from the transition of the coupler (302) between the coupled state and the decoupled state.

A system (100) is described for determining an adhesion condition of a rail (R), arranged to be associated with a vehicle (V) adapted to travel on said rail, particularly a railway vehicle, comprising:- a capacitive sensor means (102) comprising a plate (104) arranged to be placed at a predetermined distance (d) from a rolling surface (RS) of the rail; or- a capacitive sensor means (202) comprising a plate (204) arranged to be placed at a predetermined distance (d) from a wheel (W) of the vehicle, wherein said wheel is adapted to come into contact with a rolling surface (RS) of the rail.The system (100) further comprises an electronic processing means (106) arranged for:a) determining the capacitance value assumed by said capacitive sensor means (102);b) determining the adhesion condition of the rolling surface (RS) of the rail as a function of the determined capacitance value.A vehicle and a method for determining a condition of adhesion of a rail are further described.

A wireless power transmitting device comprises a first coil structure and a control circuit. The first coil structure comprises a first circuit board and a plurality of turns of a coil conductor arranged on the first circuit board. The coil conductor comprises at least one first capacitor structure. Linear distance between the first capacitor structure and an output terminal of the coil conductor is shorter than the linear distance between the first capacitor structure and an input terminal of the coil conductor. Position of the first capacitor structure does not overlap with position of the output terminal. The control circuit measures the first coil structure to determine a power transfer value and determine whether a foreign object has entered a power transmission range between the wireless power transmitting device and the receiving device according to the power transfer value.

There is provided a method and server for optimizing de-icing operations of a plurality of aircrafts. The method includes: receiving information about a state of current de-icing operations from a control tower and a plurality of de-icing areas; running a second intelligent agent to generate estimated de-icing requirements based at least in part on the state of the current de-icing operations; running a first intelligent agent to optimize decisions regarding allocations of the plurality of aircrafts and resources relating to the de-icing areas, based at least in part on the state of the current de-icing operations and the estimated de-icing requirements, thereby generating allocation decisions; and sending the allocation decisions to the control tower and the de-icing areas for use to cause each of the plurality of aircrafts to move to selected ones of the plurality of de-icing areas.

A system (100) for determining an adhesion value of a rail (R) is described, arranged to be installed on a vehicle (V), comprising:- optical radiation generating means (102) arranged to emit an optical radiation (Rad) in the direction of the rail (R) on which said vehicle (V) is travelling;- optical radiation sensor means (104) arranged to detect an intensity value of at least part of a reflected optical radiation (RadRef) which is generated by at least one of:• the reflection of said optical radiation (Rad) on said rail (R);• the reflection of said optical radiation (Rad) on a contaminating material (202) arranged on said rail (R);- electronic processing means (108) arranged to determine the adhesion value of the rail (R) as a function of the intensity value detected by said optical radiation sensor means (104). A corresponding method is also described.

Systems for collecting and securely transmitting and displaying sensitive data are described. In a described configuration, the system includes service provider software deployed to a customer endpoint for detecting sensitive data and encrypting the same to produce a cryptogram, at least one service provider server for receiving and storing cryptograms for later access, and a client deployed to a consumption device for requesting cryptograms from the at least one service provider server, transmitting the cryptogram to a customer decryption module for decryption, and for displaying the decrypted sensitive data via the consumption device. Corresponding methods and computer-readable media are also described.

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