Author: claimsbot

1. A method for automatically limiting a torque on a driveline of a continuously variable hydro-mechanical transmission of a work machine having an engine, comprising steps of:
sensing a pressure condition in a hydrostatic power unit of the transmission, and if the pressure is high, estimating the mechanical efficiency of the motor of the hydrostatic power unit by monitoring an operating mode to determine whether the operation of the hydrostatic power unit is in a generation mode or a regeneration mode, providing the pressure, and determining a motor speed thereof;
providing an estimated torque output of the hydrostatic power unit based on the pressure, and if the pressure is high, including the mechanical efficiency of the motor in the estimated torque output;
estimating a torque output of a planetary power unit of the transmission as a function of the estimated torque output of the hydrostatic power unit, a ratio of gears drivingly connecting the hydrostatic power unit to the planetary power unit, and ratios of the gears of the planetary power unit;
estimating the torque on an output member of the driveline of the transmission as a function of the estimated torque output of the planetary power unit and ratios of gears drivingly connecting the planetary power unit to an output of the transmission;
if the estimated torque on the output member is greater than a predetermined value, then changing an operating parameter of the transmission to reduce the torque on the output member without reducing speed unless the speed is greater than a second predetermined value, and
if the speed is greater than the second predetermined value, then reducing speed without reducing power to other systems run by the engine.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein if the output member is moving, then the step of changing the operating parameter will comprise reducing a speed of movement thereof.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the speed of movement will be reduced by changing an output speed of the hydrostatic power unit.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the speed of movement will be reduced by changing a speed range with the changing of the output speed of the hydrostatic power unit.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining the torque on the output member of the driveline of the transmission as a function of the estimated torque output of the planetary power unit and ratios of gears drivingly connecting the planetary power unit to an output of the transmission, comprises determining which one of at least two gear sets drivingly connects the planetary power unit to the output member.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of estimating the torque output of the planetary power unit is additionally a function of an efficiency value determined therefor.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein if the output member is not moving, then the step of changing the operating parameter comprises changing an angle of a swash plate of a motor or a pump of the hydrostatic power unit.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of estimating the mechanical efficiency includes estimating torque in the motor Tmotor in N*m in the hydro mechanical operating mode using the following equation:
T
motor

=
P
HSU

\xb7

V
motor
2
\xb7
\u03c0
\xb7

\u03b7
Motor
where PHSU is the pressure in the hydrostatic power unit in Pa (Nm2); Vmotor is volume of the motor in m3; nmotor is the mechanical efficiency of the motor, and the pressure is positive for non-regenerative mode and negative for re-generation mode.
9. A method for automatically estimating and limiting torque on an output member of a driveline of a continuously variable hydro-mechanical transmission of a work machine having an engine during operation thereof, comprising steps of:
monitoring operation of a hydrostatic power unit of the transmission to determine whether the power unit is operating in a generation mode or a regeneration mode;
sensing a pressure condition in a hydrostatic power unit of the transmission, and if the pressure is high, determining a mechanical efficiency of the motor of the hydrostatic power unit as a function of at least the operating mode, the pressure, and a motor operating speed thereof;
estimating a torque output of the hydrostatic power unit as a function of at least the pressure therein, and when the pressure is high, including the estimated mechanical efficiency of the motor in the estimated torque output;
estimating a torque output of a planetary power unit of the transmission as a function of the estimated torque output of the hydrostatic power unit, a ratio of gears drivingly connecting the hydrostatic power unit to the planetary power unit, and ratios of the gears of the planetary power unit;
estimating the torque on the output member of the transmission as a function of the estimated torque output of the planetary power unit and ratios of gears drivingly connecting the planetary power unit to the output member; and
if the estimated torque on the output member is greater than a predetermined value, then changing an operating parameter of the transmission to reduce the torque on the output member without reducing speed unless the speed is greater than a second predetermined value, and
if the speed is greater than the second predetermined value, then reducing speed without reducing power to other systems run by the engine.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein if the output member is moving, then the step of changing the operating parameter will comprise reducing a speed of movement thereof.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the speed of movement will be reduced by changing an output speed of the hydrostatic power unit.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the speed of movement will be reduced by additionally changing a speed range of the transmission.
13. The method of claim 9, wherein if the output member is not moving, then the step of changing the operating parameter comprises changing an angle of a swash plate of a motor or pump of the hydrostatic power unit.
14. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of estimating the mechanical efficiency includes estimating torque in the motor Tmotor in N*m in the hydro-mechanical operating mode using the following equation:
T
motor

=
P
HSU

\xb7

V
motor
2
\xb7
\u03c0
\xb7

\u03b7
Motor
where PHSU is the pressure in the hydrostatic power unit in Pa (Nm2); Vmotor is volume of the motor in m3; nmotor is the mechanical efficiency of the motor, and the pressure is positive for non-regenerative mode and negative for re-generation mode.
15. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of determining the torque on the output member of the driveline of the transmission as a function of the estimated torque output of the planetary power unit and ratios of gears drivingly connecting the planetary power unit to an output of the transmission, comprises determining which one of at least two gear sets drivingly connects the planetary power unit to the output member.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a closure including (a) a closure plane having an annular opening, (b) a circumferentially depending outer skirt having on a radially inward side a plurality of first child-resistant engaging arrangements, and (c) a circumferentially depending inner member arranged parallel to, and radially inward from, the circumferentially depending outer skirt;
a dropper including a bulb and a pipette arranged in the annular opening of the closure plane, the pipette extending axially from the closure plane in a first direction of the outer skirt, the bulb forming an airtight seal with the pipette; and
a container including a base and a sidewall, the sidewall extending circumferentially from the base, an edge of the sidewall away from the base forming a container neck, the container neck including on an outward side a plurality of second child-resistant engaging arrangements;
wherein the closure is molded from one piece;
wherein each of the first child-resistant engaging arrangements is adapted to engage with a corresponding second child-resistant engaging arrangement on the container neck; and
wherein the circumferentially depending inner member is adapted to engage the container neck to bias the closure toward an open position.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bulb and the pipette are arranged in the annular opening of the closure plane by at least one of a friction fit and an annular groove fitment.
3. A device, comprising:
a closure including (a) a closure plane having an annular opening, (b) a circumferentially depending outer skirt having on a radially inward side a plurality of evenly spaced lugs, and (c) a circumferentially depending inner member arranged parallel to, and radially inward from, the circumferentially depending outer skirt; and
a dropper including a bulb and a pipette arranged in the annular opening of the closure plane, the pipette extending axially from the closure plane in a first direction of the outer skirt, the bulb forming an airtight seal with the pipette;
wherein the closure is molded from one piece;
wherein each of the lugs is adapted to engage with a corresponding bayonet on a container neck, the corresponding bayonet having a notch configured to accept the lug; and
wherein the circumferentially depending inner member is adapted to engage the container neck to bias the closure toward an open position.
4. The device according to claim 3, further comprising a container including a base and a sidewall, the sidewall extending circumferentially from the base, an edge of the sidewall away from the base forming the container neck, the container neck including on an outward side the corresponding bayonets.
5. The device according to claim 4, wherein the container neck includes an extended tapered wall adapted to engage the circumferentially depending inner member of the closure.
6. The device according to claim 5, wherein the extended tapered wall is adapted to engage the circumferentially depending inner member on a radially inward side of the circumferentially depending inner member of the closure.
7. The device according to claim 5, wherein the extended tapered wall is adapted to engage the circumferentially depending inner member on a radially outward side of the circumferentially depending inner member of the closure.
8. The device according to claim 4, wherein the closure and the container are configured so that arranging the closure on the container causes:
each of the lugs to engage the corresponding bayonet; and
the circumferentially depending inner member to engage the container neck to bias the closure into the open position, the biasing of the closure causing each lug to be received in the notch of the corresponding bayonet.
9. The device according to claim 3, wherein the bulb of the dropper is molded together with the closure.
10. The device according to claim 9, wherein the bulb and the closure are molded in a two-material molding machine.
11. The device according to claim 3, wherein the bulb of the dropper is molded separately from the closure and assembled with the closure and the pipette after molding.
12. The device according to claim 3, wherein the lugs are rectangular, and wherein the notches are rectangular.
13. A method for securing a dropper closure to a container, the closure molded in one piece and including (a) a closure plane having an annular opening, (b) a circumferentially depending outer skirt having on a radially inward side a plurality of evenly spaced lugs, each of the lugs adapted to engage with a corresponding bayonet on a container neck, the corresponding bayonet having a notch configured to accept the lug, and (c) a circumferentially depending inner member arranged parallel to, and radially inward from, the circumferentially depending outer skirt, the circumferentially depending inner member adapted to engage the container neck to bias the closure into an open position, the closure including a dropper including a bulb and a pipette arranged in the annular opening of the closure plane, the pipette extending axially from the closure plane in a first direction of the outer skirt, the bulb forming an airtight seal with the pipette, the container including a base and a sidewall, the sidewall extending circumferentially from the base, an edge of the sidewall away from the base forming the container neck, the container neck including on an outward side the corresponding bayonets, comprising:
pressing a closure onto a container causing the circumferentially depending inner member to engage the container neck;
rotating the closure causing each lug to engage with the corresponding bayonet; and
locking the closure in a child-resistant position by causing the lugs to be received in the notch of the corresponding bayonet.
14. A method for securing a dropper closure to a container, comprising:
providing a closure which is molded in one piece which includes (a) a closure plane having an annular opening, (b) a circumferentially depending outer skirt having on a radially inward side a plurality of evenly spaced lugs, each of the lugs adapted to engage with a corresponding bayonet on a container neck, the corresponding bayonet having a notch configured to accept the lug, and (c) a circumferentially depending inner member arranged parallel to, and radially inward from, the circumferentially depending outer skirt, the circumferentially depending inner member adapted to engage the container neck to bias the closure toward an open position;
providing a dropper including a bulb and a pipette arranged in the annular opening of the closure plane, the pipette extending axially from the closure plane in a first direction of the outer skirt, the bulb forming an airtight seal with the pipette;
providing a container including a base and a sidewall, the sidewall extending circumferentially from the base, an edge of the sidewall away from the base forming the container neck, the container neck including on an outward side the corresponding bayonets;
pressing the closure onto the container causing the circumferentially depending inner member to engage the container neck;
rotating the closure causing each lug to engage with the corresponding bayonet; and
locking the closure in a child-resistant position by causing the lugs to be received in the notch of the corresponding bayonet.

1. An apparatus, comprising:
circuitry for:
storing a first sample based on an electrical signal from a photodiode of an image sensor, wherein the electrical signal includes a photodiode current received from the photodiode of the image sensor,
simultaneous, at least in part, with the storing of the first sample, storing a second sample based on the electrical signal from the photodiode of the image sensor;
outputting a first value based on the first sample, and a second value based on the second sample, for generating at least one image, wherein the first value is output as a first analog signal and the second value is output as a second analog signal, wherein the first analog signal and the second analog signal are each at least one of an ambient analog signal and a flash analog signal;
amplifying the first analog signal utilizing two or more gains to generate a first amplified analog signal and a second amplified analog signal, wherein the apparatus is operable such that the first amplified analog signal is converted to a first digital signal with a first light sensitivity, and the second amplified analog signal is converted to a second digital signal with a second light sensitivity;
blending the first digital signal with the second digital signal, resulting in a first blended digital signal with a first blended light sensitivity;
amplifying the second analog signal utilizing a third gain to generate a third amplified analog signal, wherein the apparatus is operable such that the third amplified analog signal is converted to a third digital signal with a third light sensitivity; and
blending the first blended digital signal with the third digital signal, resulting in a second blended digital signal.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is operable such that an entirety of the first sample is stored simultaneously with the storing of at least a portion of the second sample.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, and further comprising a first analog value storage circuit for outputting the first value based on the first sample, and a second analog value storage circuit for outputting the second value based on the second sample.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the apparatus is configured such that the first analog value storage circuit and the second analog value storage circuit share at least one shared component.
5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the apparatus is configured such that the at least one shared component includes the photodiode of the image sensor.
6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the apparatus is configured such that the first analog value storage circuit and the second analog value storage circuit share a reset signal.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the apparatus is operable such that the first analog value storage circuit and the second analog value storage circuit are reset concurrently utilizing the shared reset signal.
8. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the apparatus is operable such that the first value is included in a first analog signal that is amplified utilizing the two or more gains to generate two or more amplified first analog signals, and each of the two or more amplified first analog signals is converted to at least one digital signal.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is operable such that the two or more gains includes a first gain and a second gain, such that:
the first analog signal is amplified utilizing each of the first gain and the second gain, and converted to the first digital signal and the second digital signal; and
the second analog signal is amplified utilizing each of the first gain and the second gain, and converted to a fourth digital signal and a fifth digital signal.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein each of the first digital signal, the second digital signal, the third digital signal, the fourth digital signal, and the fifth digital signal are associated with a different digital image.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the apparatus is operable such that at least two of the digital images are blended.
12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the apparatus is operable such that sliding indicia is displayed, and in response to the sliding indicia being manipulated by a user, at least two of the digital images are blended.
13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is operable such that the first sample is associated with a first exposure time, and the second sample is associated with a second exposure time different than the first exposure time.
14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first exposure time is less than the second exposure time.
15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein a rate of storage of the first sample is substantially identical to a rate of storage of the second sample.
16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is operable such that the first blended digital signal is blended remotely.
17. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising:
code for allowing storage of a first sample based on an electrical signal from a photodiode of an image sensor, wherein the electrical signal includes a photodiode current received from the photodiode of the image sensor;
code for allowing simultaneous, at least in part, with allowing the storage of the first sample, storage of a second sample based on the electrical signal from the photodiode of the image sensor;
code for outputting a first value based on the first sample, and a second value based on the second sample, for generating at least one image, wherein the first value is output as a first analog signal and the second value is output as a second analog signal, wherein the first analog signal and the second analog signal are each at least one of an ambient analog signal and a flash analog signal; and
code for amplifying the first analog signal utilizing two or more gains to generate a first amplified analog signal and a second amplified analog signal, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the first amplified analog signal is converted to a first digital signal with a first light sensitivity, and the second amplified analog signal is converted to a second digital signal with a second light sensitivity;
code for blending the first digital signal with the second digital signal, resulting in a first blended digital signal with a first blended light sensitivity;
code for amplifying the second analog signal utilizing a third gain to generate a third amplified analog signal, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the third amplified analog signal is converted to a third digital signal with a third light sensitivity; and
code for blending the first blended digital signal with the third digital signal, resulting in a second blended digital signal.
18. A method, comprising:
storing a first sample based on an electrical signal from a photodiode of an image sensor, wherein the electrical signal includes a photodiode current received from the photodiode of the image sensor;
simultaneous, at least in part, with the storing of the first sample, storing a second sample based on the electrical signal from the photodiode of the image sensor,
outputting a first value based on the first sample, and a second value based on the second sample, for generating at least one image, wherein the first value is output as a first analog signal and the second value is output as a second analog signal, wherein the first analog signal and the second analog signal are each at least one of an ambient analog signal and a flash analog signal;
amplifying the first analog signal utilizing two or more gains to generate a first amplified analog signal and a second amplified analog signal, wherein the first amplified analog signal is converted to a first digital signal with a first light sensitivity, and the second amplified analog signal is converted to a second digital signal with a second light sensitivity;
blending the first digital signal with the second digital signal, resulting in a first blended digital signal with a first blended light sensitivity;
amplifying the second analog signal utilizing a third gain to generate a third amplified analog signal, wherein the third amplified analog signal is converted to a third digital signal with a third light sensitivity; and
blending the first blended digital signal with the third digital signal, resulting in a second blended digital signal.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for transmitting a data packet in a network, wherein the data packet has a header field containing header data relevant to transmission and a user field, wherein at least one data field containing header data of a first header data type is provided in the header field, and wherein the data packet is transmitted from a transmitter device to a receiver device, is hereby characterized in that in the at least one data field, in addition to the header data of the first header data type, header data of at least one second header data type are transmitted.
2. The method according to claim 1, further characterized in that the header data of the at least one second header data type that are transmitted to the receiver device are reconstructed andor evaluated andor used by the receiver device.
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, further characterized in that the transmitter device and the receiver device are designed as a router device.
4. A method for configuring a data packet that is transmitted in a network from a transmitter device to a receiver device, wherein the data packet has a header field containing header data relevant to transmission and a user field, and wherein at least one data field containing header data of a first header data type is provided in the header field, is hereby characterized in that in the at least one data field, in addition to the header data of the first header data type, header data of at least one second header data type are also included.
5. The method according to claim 1 or 4, further characterized in that the header data of the at least one second header data type contain information on the local processing of the data packet.
6. The method according to claim 1 or 4, further characterized in that the header data of the at least one second header data type contain information on the decoding andor the encrypting andor the routing policy andor the virtual context.
7. The method according to claim 1 or 4, further characterized in that the method is designed for transmitting or configuring an IP packet that is transmitted over the Internet from a transmitter device to a receiver device.
8. The method according to claim 7, further characterized in that the data field containing header data of the first header data type is designed as a TTL field (Time-To-Live field) and that header data of at least one second header data type are or will be included in the TTL field.
9. The method according to claim 8, further characterized in that the TTL field has a number of bits, that header data of the first header data type are or will be included in a first sub-number of bits, and that header data of the at least one second header data type are or will be included in at least one second sub-number of bits.
10. The method according to claim 9, further characterized in that in the TTL field, five or six or seven bits are used or will be used for the header data of the first header data type, and three or two or one bit(s) are used or will be used for the transmission of header data of the at least one second header data type.
11. The method according to claim 9, further characterized in that the bits used for the transmission of header data of the at least one second header data type span a range of values and that information on the local processing of the data packet will be or are assigned at least to individual values of this value range.
12. The method according to claim 8, further characterized in that a value of the TTL field will be set in the transmitter device from the header data of the first header data type and at least one second header data type, that the value of the TTL field containing the data packet will be transmitted to the receiver device, and that in the receiver device, at least header data of the at least one second header data type will be reconstructed from the transmitted value of the TTL field.
13. The method according to claim 12, further characterized in that a value of the TTL field will be set in the transmitter device from the header data of the first header data type and the header data of at least one second header data type according to the following formula:
TTL field value=2bit number of header data of the first header data type*k\u22121,
wherein the variable k corresponds to a value set by the transmitter device that is referred to the header data of the at least one second header data type.
14. The method according to claim 13 further characterized in that a value is set by the transmitter device for the variable k, which is selected from the value range spanned by the bits that are used for the transmission of header data of the at least one second header data type, and are assigned to the information on the local processing of the data packet.
15. The method according to claim 12, further characterized in that header data of the at least one second header data type will be reconstructed in the receiver device from the transmitted value of the TTL field according to the following formula:
k=quotient (TTL field value2bit number of the header data of the first header data type)+1
wherein the variable k corresponds to a value set by the transmitter device that is referred to the header data of the at least one second header data type, and wherein quotient denotes division into a whole number.