Author: claimsbot

1. A method for configuring a wireless network, comprising:
pointing a first end of a network configuration device at a wireless device;
selecting the wireless device by the network configuration device, wherein the selecting by the network configuration device includes actuating a first button of the network configuration device;
pointing a second end of the network configuration device at the wireless device, the second end opposite the first end; and
actuating the first button to delete the wireless device from the wireless network.
2. A method for configuring a wireless network, comprising:
pointing a first end of a network configuration device at a wireless device;
selecting the wireless device by the network configuration device, wherein the selecting by the network configuration device includes actuating a first button of the network configuration device;
pointing the first end of the network configuration device at a further wireless device;
actuating the first button to add the further wireless device to the wireless network;
pointing a second end of the network configuration device at the further wireless device, the second end opposite the first end; and
actuating the first button to delete the further wireless device from the wireless network.

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 of encoding a tile of pixels each having a respective pixel value, said method comprising:
variable length encoding multiple blocks of pixels constituting respective subsets of said tile to form multiple sequences of symbols as encoded representations of pixel values of said pixels in said multiple blocks;
determining, for each set of at least one block of said multiple blocks, a size indication representative of a compression ratio of a combined sequence corresponding to the at least one sequence of symbols obtained by variable length encoding said at least one block of said set;
arranging said combined sequences in a pixel value buffer in a buffer memory; and
arranging, for each set, a size indication determined for said set to precede, according to a reading order of said pixel value buffer, said combined sequence in said pixel value buffer in said buffer memory.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein each set comprises one respective block of said multiple blocks and wherein arranging said size indication comprises writing, for each block of said multiple blocks, said size indication determined for said block to said pixel value buffer in said buffer memory in connection with a preceding sequence of symbols preceding, according to said reading order of said pixel value buffer, said sequence of symbols obtained by variable length encoding said block.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein writing said size indication comprises writing, for each block of said multiple blocks, said size indication determined for said block to said pixel value buffer in said buffer memory directly following or directly preceding, according to said reading order of said pixel value buffer, said preceding sequence of symbols.
4. The method according to claim 2, further comprising arranging a sequence of symbols corresponding to an uncompressed version of a first block in said tile as a first sequence of symbols in said pixel value buffer in said buffer memory followed by said multiple sequences of symbols according to said reading order of said pixel value buffer.
5. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:
variable length encoding a first block of pixels in said tile to form a sequence of symbols as encoded representations of pixel values of said pixels in said first block in said tile;
determining a size indication representative of a compression ratio of said sequence of symbols obtained by variable length encoding said first block in said tile;
arranging said sequence of symbols, obtained by variable length encoding said first block in said tile, as a first sequence of symbols in said pixel value buffer in said buffer memory followed by said multiple sequences of symbols according to said reading order of said pixel value buffer; and
storing said size indication determined for said first block in said tile in a memory location different from said pixel value buffer in said buffer memory.
6. The method according to claim 2, wherein arranging said combined sequences comprises writing said combined sequences to said pixel value buffer in said buffer memory in a reversed order selected from the group of a reversed Morton order, a reversed Hilbert order and an order that is opposite to said reading order.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein each set comprises a predefined multiple number of respective blocks of said multiple blocks and arranging said size indication comprises writing, for each set, said size indication determined for said set to said pixel value buffer in said buffer memory in connection with a preceding combined sequence of a preceding tile preceding, according to said reading order of said pixel value buffer, said tile.
8. The method according to claim 7, wherein writing said size indication comprises writing, for each set, said size indication determined for said set to said pixel value buffer in said buffer memory directly following or directly preceding, according to said reading order of said pixel value buffer, said preceding combined sequence of said preceding tile.
9. A device for encoding a tile of pixels each having a respective pixel value, said device comprising:
a variable length encoder configured to variable length encode multiple blocks of pixels constituting respective subsets of said tile to form multiple sequences of symbols as encoded representations of pixel values of said pixels in said multiple blocks;
a compression rate determiner configured to determine, for each set of at least one block of said multiple blocks, a size indication representative of a compression ratio of a combined sequence corresponding to the at least one sequence of symbols obtained by variable length encoding said at least one block of said set by said variable length encoder;
a sequence arranger configured to arrange said combined sequences in a pixel value buffer in a buffer memory; and
an indication arranger configured to arrange, for each set, a size indication determined by said compression rate determiner for said set to precede, according to a reading order of said pixel value buffer, said combined sequence in said pixel value buffer in said buffer memory.
10. The device according to claim 9, wherein each set comprises one respective block of said multiple blocks and said indication arranger is configured to write, for each block of said multiple blocks, said size indication determined by said compression rate determiner for said block to said pixel value buffer in said buffer memory in connection with a preceding sequence of symbols preceding, according to said reading order of said pixel value buffer, said sequence of symbols obtained by variable length encoding said block by said variable length encoder.
11. The device according to claim 10, wherein said indication arranger is configured to write, for each block of said multiple blocks, said size indication determined by said compression rate determiner for said block to said pixel value buffer in said buffer memory directly following or directly preceding, according to said reading order of said pixel value buffer, said preceding sequence of symbols.
12. The device according to claim 10, wherein said sequence arranger is configured to arrange a sequence of symbols corresponding to an uncompressed version of a first block in said tile as a first sequence of symbols in said pixel value buffer in said buffer memory followed by said multiple sequences of symbols according to said reading order of said pixel value buffer.
13. The device according to claim 10, wherein:
said variable length encoder is configured to variable length encode a first block of pixels in said tile to form a sequence of symbols as encoded representations of pixel values of said pixels in said first block in said tile;
said compression rate determiner is configured to determine a size indication representative of a compression ratio of said sequence of symbols obtained by variable length encoding said first block in said tile by said variable length encoder;
said sequence arranger is configured to arrange said sequence of symbols, obtained by variable length encoding said first block in said tile by said variable length encoder, as a first sequence of symbols in said pixel value buffer in said buffer memory followed by said multiple sequences of symbols according to said reading order of said pixel value buffer; and
said indication arranger is configured to store said size indication determined by said compression rate determiner for said first block in said tile in a memory location different from said pixel value buffer in said buffer memory.
14. The device according to claim 10, wherein said sequence arranger is configured to write said combined sequences to said pixel value buffer in said buffer memory in a reversed order selected from the group of a reversed Morton order, a reversed Hilbert order and an order that is opposite to said reading order.
15. The device according to claim 9, wherein each set comprises a predefined multiple number of respective blocks of said multiple blocks and said indication arranger is configured to write, for each set, said size indication determined by said compression rate determiner for said set to said pixel value buffer in said buffer memory in connection with a preceding combined sequence of a preceding tile preceding, according to said reading order of said pixel value buffer, said tile.
16. The device according to claim 15, wherein said indication arranger is configured to write, for each set, said size indication determined by said compression rate determiner for said set to said pixel value buffer in said buffer memory directly following or directly preceding, according to said reading order of said pixel value buffer, said preceding combined sequence of said preceding tile.
17. A device for encoding a pixel value buffer comprising multiple tiles of pixels each having a respective pixel value, said device comprising:
a variable length encoder configured to variable length encode, for each tile of at least a portion of said multiple tiles, multiple blocks of pixels constituting respective subsets of said tile to form multiple sequences of symbols as encoded representations of pixel values of said pixels in said multiple blocks;
a compression rate determiner configured to determine, for each tile of said at least a portion of said multiple tiles and for each set of multiple blocks in said tile, a size indication representative of a compression ratio a combined sequence corresponding to multiple sequences of symbols obtained by variable length encoding said multiple blocks of said set by said variable length encoder;
a sequence writer configured to write said combined sequences of said at least a portion of said multiple tiles to said pixel value buffer in a buffer memory according to a reversed order selected from the group consisting of a reversed Morton order, a reversed Hilbert order and an order that is opposite to a reading order of said pixel value buffer; and
an indication writer configured to write, for each tile of said at least a portion of said multiple tiles, said size indications determined by said compression rate determiner for said tile to said pixel value buffer in said buffer memory in connection with preceding combined sequences of a preceding tile preceding, according to said reading order of said pixel value buffer, said tile.
18. A graphical processing unit comprising a device according to claim 9.
19. A user terminal comprising a graphical processing unit according to claim 18 connected to a buffer memory via a data bus.
20. A method of encoding a pixel value buffer comprising multiple tiles of pixels each having a respective pixel value, said method comprising:
variable length encoding, for each tile of at least a portion of said multiple tiles, multiple blocks of pixels constituting respective subsets of said tile to form multiple sequences of symbols as encoded representations of pixel values of said pixels in said multiple blocks;
determining, for each tile of said at least a portion of said multiple tiles and for each set of multiple blocks in said tile, a size indication representative of a compression ratio a combined sequence corresponding to multiple sequences of symbols obtained by variable length encoding said multiple blocks of said set;
writing said combined sequences of said at least a portion of said multiple tiles to said pixel value buffer in a buffer memory according to a reversed order selected from the group consisting of a reversed Morton order, a reversed Hilbert order and an order that is opposite to a reading order of said pixel value buffer; and
writing, for each tile of said at least a portion of said multiple tiles, said size indications determined for said tile to said pixel value buffer in said buffer memory in connection with preceding combined sequences of a preceding tile preceding, according to said reading order of said pixel value buffer, said tile.

1. A downhole tool comprising:
a housing enclosing at least a part of a sensor;
one or more coolant supply lines extending to the housing;
one or more coolant return lines extending to the housing;
one or more first channels, formed in the housing and connected to one of one or more coolant supply lines or one or more coolant return lines, for bypassing coolant past the at least a part of the sensor; and
one or more second channels, formed in the housing and connected between the one or more first channels and the other of the one or more coolant supply lines and the one or more coolant return lines in the housing, for conveying the coolant to pass over the at least a part of the sensor;
in which the one or more coolant supply lines and the one or more coolant return lines are positioned within coiled tubing.
2. A downhole tool, comprising:
a housing having a coiled tubing connector and defining a chamber terminating in an uphole direction by a ported plate;
a sensor having components within the chamber, the sensor being for monitoring a characteristic of a well; and
one or more coolant supply lines connected to the chamber.
3. The downhole tool of claim 2 in which the one or more coolant supply lines are connected to the ported plate.
4. The downhole tool of claim 2 further comprising one or more coolant return lines connected to the ported plate.
5-9. (canceled)
10. A downhole tool comprising:
a housing having a chamber defined by a downhole ported plate and an uphole ported plate in the housing;
a sensor having components within the chamber; and
one or more coolant supply lines extending between a coolant supply, located above ground in use, and one of the downhole ported plate or the uphole ported plate.
11. The downhole tool of claim 10 further comprising one or more coolant return lines extending between a coolant return located above ground in use and the other of the downhole ported plate or the uphole ported plate.
12-29. (canceled)
30. A position sensor comprising:
a housing;
a sensor having components within the housing, the sensor being for monitoring in use the location of a second well during drilling of the second well while the housing is in a first well;
one or more coolant supply lines extending to the components; and
one or more coolant return lines extending to the components.
31. The position sensor of claim 30 in which the components are within a chamber defined by the housing and connected to receive coolant from the one or more coolant supply lines through one or more ports in a downhole portion of the chamber.
32. The position sensor of claim 31 in which the downhole portion and an uphole portion of the chamber are each defined by a respective ported plate mounted within the housing.
33. The position sensor of claim 32 in which the components are mounted to one or both of the ported plate that defines the downhole portion of the chamber and the ported plate that defines the uphole portion of the chamber.
34. The position sensor of claim 30 in which the components are located within coiled tubing in one of a pair of horizontal wells used for heat assisted gravity drainage.
35. The position sensor of claim 34 in which the coiled tubing is coil in coil tubing.
36. The position sensor of claim 30 in which the components comprise a magnetometer.
37. The position sensor of claim 30 in which monitoring the location of the second well comprises monitoring the location of a drill string.
38-75. (canceled)
76. A downhole tool, comprising:
a production pump;
one or more coolant supply lines extending to the production pump; and
one or more coolant return lines extending from the production pump.
77. The downhole tool of claim 1 further comprising a temperature sensor connected to control fluid flow through the one or more coolant supply lines based on a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor.
78. The downhole tool of claim 77 in which the temperature sensor comprises a thermostat valve.
79. (canceled)

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. Method for distinguishing between a contacting of foam (2) or of liquid (1) in a liquid container (5) of a device (100) by means of a capacitively operating measuring device (M) having a sensor (3) which can be moved up and down in the liquid container (5), wherein at least one output signal (sout(t)) is processed by the measuring device (M), the method comprising the following steps:
a. executing an up or down movement (B) of the sensor (3) in the liquid container (5);
b. applying an input signal (sin(t)) having a first frequency (f1) to the sensor (3);
c. applying the input signal (sin(t)) having a second frequency (f2) to the sensor (3), where the second frequency (f2) and the first frequency (f1) are different;
d. within the framework of a first process (P1)\u2014evaluating the output signal (sout(t)) in order to detect a first jump (\u0394X1) of the output signal (sout(t));
e. within the framework of a second process (P2)\u2014evaluating the output signal (sout(t)) in order to detect a second jump (\u0394X2) of the output signal (sout(t)),
f. comparing the first jump (\u0394X1) with the second jump (\u0394X2);
g. if the comparison exceeds a specification, outputting an identifier (Ks), which signals a contacting of the sensor (3) with foam (2) in the liquid container (5).
2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that in step f. in the comparison, a quotient (Q) of the first jump (\u0394X1) and the second jump (\u0394X2) is determined and that in step g. a factor (F) serves as a specification, wherein the identifier (Ks) is output if the quotient (Q) exceeds the factor (F).
3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the step e. or f. or g. is only carried out if the first jump (\u0394X1) has been detected.
4. The method according to claim 2, characterized by the step: if the quotient (Q) does not exceed the factor (F), outputting an identifier (Kf) which signals a contacting of the sensor (3) with liquid (1).
5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that a jumpy change in the output signal (sout(t)), which reaches at least a jump factor (SF) is identified as jump (\u0394X1, \u0394X2).
6. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that:
a first sinusoidal signal (S1) having the first frequency (f1) is applied within the framework of the first process (P1) as input signal (sin(t)); and
a second signal (S2) having the second frequency (f2) is applied within the framework of the second process (P2) as input signal (sin(t)).
7. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that:
the first sinusoidal signal (S1) and the second sinusoidal signal (S2) are applied in a superposed manner simultaneously as input signal (sin(t)); and
the output signal (sout(t)) is divided into a first output signal component (sout1(t))\u2014corresponding to the first frequency (f1)\u2014and a second output signal component (sout2(t))\u2014corresponding to the second frequency (f2);
the first output signal component (sout1(t)) is evaluated within the framework of the first process (P1) and the second output signal component (sout2(t)) is evaluated within the framework of the second process (P2)\u2014preferably simultaneously.
8. The method according to claim 6, characterized in that:
the first sinusoidal signal (S1) and the second sinusoidal signal (S2) are applied alternately as input signal (sin(t)); and
the output signal (sout(t)) corresponding to the first frequency (f1) or the second frequency (f2) is evaluated alternately within the framework of the first process (P1) or the second process (P2).
9. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the evaluation of the output signal (sout(t)) comprises the determination of a phase shift (\u0394\u03c6) of a complex permittivity which signals a contacting of the sensor (3) with a liquid (1) below foam (2) in the liquid container (5).
10. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that after output of the identifier (Ks) which signals a contacting of the sensor (3) with foam (2), the following steps are carried out:
a. executing a further movement (B) of the sensor (3) in the previously executed direction of movement;
b. within the framework of a fourth process (P4)\u2014applying an input signal (sin(t)) to the sensor (3) and evaluating the output signal (sout(t)), in order to detect a foam-liquid phase boundary and optionally output an identifier (Kf) which signals a transition of the sensor (3) from foam (2) into liquid (1).
11. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that: the evaluation of the output signal (sout(t)) within the framework of the fourth process (P4) comprises the evaluation or processing of a complex permittivity.
12. The method according to claim 10, characterized in that when evaluating within the framework of the fourth process (P4) a difference between two phase angles (PH1, PH2) in terms of magnitude or a phase shift (\u0394\u03c6) is determined in order to then output an identifier (Kf) which signals a transition of the sensor (3) from foam (2) into liquid (1).
13. Apparatus which is equipped with a capacitively operating measuring device (M) for determining a phase boundary in a liquid container (5), wherein the apparatus comprises a movable sensor (3), an input signal generator (E) and an evaluation circuit (A), wherein the input signal generator (E) is connectable in terms of circuitry to the sensor (3) or to the liquid container (5) and wherein the evaluation circuit (A) is connectable in terms of circuitry to the sensor (3) or to the liquid container (5) so that the output signal (sout(t)) is processable by the evaluation circuit (A), characterized in that the evaluation circuit (A)
is configured to evaluate the output signal (sout(t)) in order to detect a first jump (\u0394X1) of the output signal (sout(t)) and a second jump (\u0394X2) of the output signal (sout(t));
is configured to compare the first jump (\u0394X1) with the second jump (\u0394X2);
is configured to output an identifier (Ks) which signals a contacting of the sensor (3) with foam (2) in the liquid container (5), wherein this identifier (Ks) can be output if the comparison exceeds a specification.
14. The apparatus according to claim 13, characterized in that it is configured to form a quotient (Q) of the first jump (\u0394X1) and the second jump (\u0394X2) when comparing and to output the identifier (Ks) if the quotient (Q) exceeds a factor (F) as specification.
15. The apparatus according to claim 13, characterized in that the input signal generator (E) is configured to provide two signals (S1, S2) which can be combined to produce a combined alternating voltage, wherein preferably a voltage adder (SA) is used to produce a combined alternating voltage which serves as input signal (sin(t)).
16. The apparatus according to claim 13, characterized in that the evaluation circuit (A) comprises a diplexer (TP, HP) which is configured to divide the output signal (sout(t)) into a first output signal (sout1(t)) and a second output signal (sout2(t)), wherein the first output signal (sout1(t)) and the second output signal (sout2(t)) are evaluable by the evaluation circuit (A).
17. The apparatus according to claim 16, characterized in that the input signal generator (E) is configured to be able to determine the capacitance of the sensor (3) at several frequencies (f1, f2).
18. The apparatus according to claim 16, characterized in that the evaluation circuit (A) is configured to determine a phase shift (\u0394\u03c6) of a complex permittivity which signals a contacting of the sensor (3) with a liquid (1) below or above foam (2) in the liquid container (5).