All The Claims

1. An apparatus for automatic tallying drill rods of a drill string for use with a drilling machine, the machine comprising a rack and a rotary drive configured for longitudinal displacement relative to the rack between a first longitudinal position and a second longitudinal position, the drill rod tallying apparatus comprising:
a sensor system configured to:
monitor the machine to detect a clamping force applied to rotationally immobilize the drill string and to detect a break-out torque generated by the rotary drive;
detect a first longitudinal position of the rotary drive whereat the break-out torque is generated; and
detect a second longitudinal position of the rotary drive whereat a make-up torque is generated by the rotary drive; and

a controller configured to:
prevent release of the clamping force until the make-up torque is detected; and
automatically enable release of the clamping force after the make-up torque is detected and, concordantly, to update a drill rod tally only when the first longitudinal position is different than the second longitudinal position.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to update the drill rod tally only when the first longitudinal position is different than the second longitudinal position and in response to detecting that the clamping force is automatically allowed to release after the make-up torque is generated by the rotary drive.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:
the first longitudinal position is a distal position proximate a location where the drill string enters the ground; and
the second longitudinal position is proximal of, and spaced apart from, the first longitudinal position by at least a distance equal to a length of a drill rod.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the controller is configured to increment the drill rod tally by one count in response to the combined steps of the rotary drive generating the break-out torque at the first longitudinal position and the rotary drive generating the make-up torque at the second longitudinal position.
5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the controller is configured to decrement the drill rod tally by one count in response to the combined steps of the rotary drive generating the break-out torque at the second longitudinal position and the rotary drive generating the make-up torque at the first longitudinal position.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to:
prevent release of the clamping force until a make-up torque is generated by the rotary drive;
detect the second longitudinal position of the rotary drive at which the torque generated by the rotary drive reaches a predetermined make-up torque; and
automatically allow release of the clamping force after the make-up torque is generated by the rotary drive and concordantly update the drill rod tally if the first longitudinal position is different than the second longitudinal position.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a user interface coupled to the controller, the user interface configured to generate a human-perceivable indication of a change to the drill rod tally.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a user interface coupled to the controller, the user interface configured to generate a rod tally display and a torque display or audible indicator of the torque generated by the rotary drive in a rod-tightening direction.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to release the clamping force subsequent to automatically enabling release of the clamping force in response to an operator action.
10. A method of automatically tallying drill rods for use with a drilling machine, the method comprising:
monitoring the machine to detect a clamping force applied to immobilize a drill string and to detect a break-out torque generated by a rotary drive;
detecting a first longitudinal position of the rotary drive at which the clamping force is applied and the break-out torque is generated;
preventing release of the clamping force until a make-up torque is generated by the rotary drive;
detecting a second longitudinal position of the rotary drive at which the make-up torque is generated by the rotary drive; and
automatically allowing release of the clamping force after the make-up torque is generated by the rotary drive and updating a drill rod tally when the first longitudinal position is different than the second longitudinal position.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein automatically updating the drill rod tally comprises detecting that the break-out torque is generated by the rotary drive at one of the first and second longitudinal positions and that the make-up torque is generated by the rotary drive at the other of the first and second longitudinal positions.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein automatically updating the drill rod tally comprises:
detecting that the break-out torque is generated by the rotary drive at one of the first and second longitudinal positions and detecting that the make-up torque is generated by the rotary drive at the other of the first and second longitudinal positions; and
detecting that the clamping force is automatically allowed to release after the make-up torque is generated by the rotary drive.
13. The method of claim 10, wherein:
the first longitudinal position is a distal position proximate a location where the drill string enters the ground; and
the second longitudinal position is proximal of, and spaced apart from, the first longitudinal position by at least a distance equal to a length of a drill rod.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein automatically updating the drill rod tally comprises:
incrementing the drill rod tally by one count in response to the combined steps of the rotary drive generating the break-out torque at the first longitudinal position and the rotary drive generating the make-up torque at the second longitudinal position.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein automatically updating the drill rod tally comprises:
decrementing the drill rod tally by one count in response to the combined steps of the rotary drive generating the break-out torque at the second longitudinal position and the rotary drive generating the make-up torque at the first longitudinal position.
16. The method of claim 10, further comprising generating a human-perceivable indication of a change to the drill rod tally.
17. A method of automatically tallying drill rods for use with a drilling machine, the method comprising:
detecting whether a rotary drive of the machine is at a first longitudinal position or at a second longitudinal position;
monitoring the machine to detect a break-out event and a make-up event; and
automatically updating a drill rod tally based on detecting a combination of the break-out and make-up events.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein automatically updating the drill rod tally is based on detecting a combination of the break-out and make-up events and detecting positions where the break-out and make-up events occurred.
19. The method of claim 17, wherein automatically updating the drill rod tally is based on detecting a combination of the break-out and make-up events, detecting positions where the break-out and make-up events occurred, and determining a chronological order of the break-out and make-up events.
20. The method of claim 17, further comprising:
preventing release of a clamping force applied to a drill rod or a drill string until a make-up torque is generated by the rotary drive; and
automatically allowing or enabling release of the clamping force after the make-up event is detected.
21. The method of claim 17, further comprising releasing the clamping force subsequent to automatically allowing or enabling release of the clamping force in response to an operator action.
22. The method of claim 17, further comprising generating a human-perceivable indication of a change to the drill rod tally.

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

What is claimed is:

1. A radiation-imageable element for lithographic printing comprising:
a hydrophilic anodized aluminum base having a surface comprising pores; and coated thereon
an image-forming layer comprising polymer particles, the ratio of said average pore diameter to said average particle diameter being from about 0.4:1 to about 10:1.
2. The radiation-imageable element of claim 1, wherein said average pore diameter to said average particle diameter ratio is from about 0.5:1 to about 5:1.
3. The radiation-imageable element of claim 1, wherein said pores have an average pore diameter from about 10 to about 100 nm.
4. The radiation-imageable element of claim 3, wherein said average pore diameter is from about 10 to about 75 nm.
5. The radiation-imageable element of claim 1, wherein said polymer particles have an average particle diameter from about 1 to about 250 nm.
6. The radiation-imageable element of claim 5, wherein said polymer particles have an average particle diameter from about 10 to about 200 nm.
7. The radiation-imageable element of claim 6, wherein said polymer particles comprise a thermoplastic or thermoset polymer.
8. The radiation-imageable element of claim 1, wherein said image-forming layer further comprises a pigment.
9. The radiation-imageable element of claim 6, wherein said polymer particles comprise a graft polymer having a hydrophobic polymer backbone and a plurality of pendant groups represented by the formula:
QWY
wherein Q is a difunctional connecting group; W is selected from the group consisting of: a hydrophilic segment and a hydrophobic segment; Y is selected from the group consisting of: a hydrophilic segment and a hydrophobic segment; with the proviso that when W is a hydrophilic segment, Y is selected from the group consisting of: a hydrophilic segment and a hydrophobic segment, with the further proviso that when W is hydrophobic, Y is a hydrophilic segment.
10. The radiation-imageable element of claim 6, wherein said polymer particles comprise a homopolymer or a copolymer formed from polymerization of one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of: acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylamide, methacrylamide, ester of acrylic acid, ester of methacrylic acid, hydroxyethyl acrylate, hydroxyethyl methacrylate, acrylamide, methacrylamide, N-hydroxyethyl acrylamide, N-hydroxyethyl methacrylamide, styrene, p-hydroxystyrene, -methylstyrene, p-methylstyrene, vinyl acetate, methyl vinyl ether, ethyl vinyl ether, hydroxyethyl vinyl ether, vinylphosphonic acid, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, acrylonitrile, N-vinyl pyrrolidone and N-vinyl carbazole.
11. The radiation-imageable element of claim 6, wherein said polymer particles comprise latex particles, phenol-formaldehyde resin, a cresol-formaldehyde resin, melamine-formaldehyde resin, a polyurethane resin and a combination thereof.
12. The radiation-imageable element of claim 6, wherein said polymer particles have a coagulation temperature of at least 40 C.
13. The radiation-imageable element of claim 12, wherein said coagulation temperature is at least 60 C.
14. The radiation-imageable element of claim 1, further comprising a photoconverter.
15. The radiation-imageable element of claim 14, wherein said photoconverter is selected from the group consisting of: a dye or pigment.
16. The radiation-imageable element of claim 14, wherein said photoconverter is selected from the group consisting of: an infrared absorbing dye, carbon black, a metal boride, a metal carbide, a metal nitride, a metal carbonitride, bronze-structured oxide and a conductive polymer particle.
17. The radiation-imageable element of claim 1, wherein said hydrophilic anodized aluminum base is an oxide base which comprises oxides and one or both of phosphates and sulfates of aluminum.
18. The radiation-imageable element of claim 17, wherein said oxide base is present in a coverage of greater than 100 milligrams per square meter of said hydrophilic anodized aluminum base.
19. The radiation-imageable element of claim 18, wherein said oxide base is present in a coverage of greater than 500 milligrams per square meter of said hydrophilic anodized aluminum base.
20. The radiation-imageable element of claim 1, further comprising an overlying layer.
21. A radiation-imageable element for lithographic printing comprising:
a hydrophilic anodized aluminum base having a surface comprising pores having an average pore diameter from about 10 to about 100 nm; and coated thereon
an image-forming layer comprising polymer particles having an average particle diameter from about 1 to about 250 nm; the ratio of said average pore diameter to said average particle diameter being from about 0.5:1 to about 5:1.
22. The radiation-imageable element of claim 21, wherein said average pore diameter is from about 10 to about 75 nm.
23. The radiation-imageable element of claim 21, wherein said polymer particles have an average particle diameter from about 10 to about 200 nm.
24. The radiation-imageable element of claim 21, wherein said polymer particles comprise a thermoplastic or thermoset polymer.
25. The radiation-imageable element of claim 21, wherein said image-forming layer further comprises a pigment.
26. The radiation-imageable element of claim 24, wherein said polymer particles comprise a graft polymer having a hydrophobic polymer backbone and a plurality of pendant groups represented by the formula:
QWY
wherein Q is a difunctional connecting group; W is selected from the group consisting of: a hydrophilic segment and a hydrophobic segment; Y is selected from the group consisting of: a hydrophilic segment and a hydrophobic segment; with the proviso that when W is a hydrophilic segment, Y is selected from the group consisting of: a hydrophilic segment and a hydrophobic segment, with the further proviso that when W is hydrophobic, Y is a hydrophilic segment.
27. The radiation-imageable element of claim 24, wherein said polymer particles comprise a homopolymer or a copolymer formed from polymerization of one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of: acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylamide, methacrylamide, ester of acrylic acid, ester of methacrylic acid, hydroxyethyl acrylate, hydroxyethyl methacrylate, acrylamide, methacrylamide, N-hydroxyethyl acrylamide, N-hydroxyethyl methacrylamide, styrene, p-hydroxystyrene, -methylstyrene, p-methylstyrene, vinyl acetate, methyl vinyl ether, ethyl vinyl ether, hydroxyethyl vinyl ether, vinylphosphonic acid, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, acrylonitrile, N-vinyl pyrrolidone and N-vinyl carbazole.
28. The radiation-imageable element of claim 24, wherein said polymer particles comprise latex particles, phenol-formaldehyde resin, a cresol-formaldehyde resin, melamine-formaldehyde resin, a polyurethane resin and a combination thereof.
29. The radiation-imageable element of claim 35, wherein said oxide base is present in a coverage of greater than 100 milligrams per square meter of said hydrophilic anodized aluminum base.
30. The radiation-imageable element of claim 36, wherein said oxide base is present in a coverage of greater than 500 milligrams per square meter of said hydrophilic anodized aluminum base.
31. A method of producing an imaged element comprising the steps of:
providing a radiation-imageable element for lithographic printing comprising: a hydrophilic anodized aluminum base having a surface comprising pores; and coated thereon, a image-forming layer comprising polymer particles, the ratio of said average pore diameter to said average particle diameter being from about 0.4:1 to about 10:1; and
imagewise exposing said radiation-imageable element to radiation to produce exposed and unexposed regions.
32. The method of claim 31, wherein said radiation is thermal radiation.
33. The method of claim 32, wherein said step of exposing said radiation-imageable element to thermal radiation is carried out using an infrared laser.
34. The method of claim 31, further comprising postbaking said imaged element.
35. An imaged element prepared by the method of claim 31.
36. A method of producing an imaged element having complementary ink receiving and ink rejecting regions, said method comprising the steps of:
providing a radiation-imageable element for lithographic printing comprising: a hydrophilic anodized aluminum base having a surface comprising pores; and coated thereon, a image-forming layer comprising polymer particles, the ratio of said average pore diameter to said average particle diameter being from about 0.4:1 to about 10:1;
imagewise exposing said radiation-imageable element to radiation to produce exposed and unexposed regions; and
contacting said imagewise exposed radiation-imageable element and a developer to selectively remove said exposed or said unexposed regions.
37. The method of claim 36, wherein said contacting selectively removes said unexposed regions.
38. An imaged element prepared by the method of claim 36.

1.-18. (canceled)
19. A control system for a vehicle combination comprising a towing vehicle and a trailer, with an electronically activatable drive train that includes at least a steering system, a braking system and a drive unit; wherein:
a manual operator control device which is fixed on the vehicle can be used by the vehicle driver to input a driving request for manual operation of the vehicle combination, and generates a standardized movement vector from the driving request;
a control device which is fixed on the towing vehicle, outputs control signals for activating the drive train, based on a movement vector on the input side and, for the transmission of the control signals, is coupled to the drive train, which processes the control signals to implement the driving request;
a trailer coordination device, which is fixed on the towing vehicle, reads in at least one trailer-specific actual value, which it passes on to the control device; and
the control device generates the control signals based on the at least one trailer-specific actual value.
20. The control system as claimed in claim 19, wherein:
an articulating angle sensor senses, as a trailer-specific actual value, a current actual articulating angle between the towing vehicle and a steering towbar of a trailer that can be steered by the steering towbar, a trailer formed as a semitrailer or a trailer rigidly connected to a rigid towbar, and generates an articulating angle signal correlated thereto; and
the articulating angle sensor is fixed on one of the towing vehicle and the trailer.
21. The control system as claimed in claim 20, wherein a towbar angle sensor, which is fixed on the trailer, senses as a trailer-specific actual value, a current actual towbar angle between the towbar and the trailer, and generates a towbar angle signal correlated with it.
22. The control system as claimed in claim 21, wherein for transmission of the articulating angle signal or the towbar angle signal, at least one of the articulating angle sensor and the towbar angle sensor is coupled to the trailer coordination device.
23. The control system as claimed in claim 22, wherein a trailer control device, which is fixed on the trailer, can be used to record a trailer-specific actual value, and passes on the actual value IW to the trailer coordination device.
24. The control system as claimed in claim 23, wherein for transmission of the articulating angle signal or the towbar angle signal, at least one of the articulating angle sensor and the towbar angle sensor is coupled to the trailer control device.
25. The control system as claimed in claim 24, wherein the trailer coordination device is implemented in the form of hardware or software, in the control device.
26. The control system as claimed in claims 25, wherein during reversing of the vehicle combination, a reverse assisting device, which is fixed on the towing vehicle, transforms an input movement vector into an output reversing movement vector, based on the at least one trailer-specific actual value, and makes it available to the control device.
27. The control system as claimed in claim 26, wherein, during reversing of the vehicle combination, the reverse assisting device makes it possible to input the driving requests in the same way as when reversing a single-element forward control vehicle.
28. The control system as claimed in claim 26, wherein the reverse assisting device is implemented in the control device, in the form of hardware or software.
29. The control system as claimed in claim 28, wherein at least one autonomous operator control device is provided independently of the vehicle combination, which device can be used to input a driving request for autonomous operation of the vehicle combination and generates a standardized movement vector from the driving request.
30. The control system as claimed in claim 29, wherein the steering system is designed as a steer-by-wire system.
31. The control system as claimed in claim 29, wherein:
the steering system has a longitudinal column for at least one of mechanical and hydraulic coupling of a manual steering device to steerable wheels of the towing vehicle;
the steering system also has an electronically activatable steering actuator, which is drive-connected to the steering column and can be activated by the control signals of the steering device, at least during autonomous operation of the vehicle combination.
32. The control system at least as claimed in claim 29, wherein at least one autonomous operator control device has a path computer, which, based on input actual values and setpoint values for the orientation and position of the towing vehicle and the trailer, calculates a path of movement which comprises a sequence of movement vectors that move the vehicle combination from the actual orientation and the actual position into the setpoint orientation and setpoint position when the movement vectors of the path of movement are processed.
33. The steering system as claimed in claim 32, wherein at least one of the autonomous operator control device and the path computer is a component part of an automated freight forwarding yard, operations yard, or logistics center for vehicles which can be driven autonomously.
34. The control system as claimed in claim 33, wherein the control device and the autonomous operator control device have wireless communication capability.
35. The control system as claimed in claim 34, wherein in autonomous operation, the control device reduces a maximum speed of the vehicle combination.
36. The control system as claimed in claims 35, wherein:
in autonomous operation, the control device allows entry of movement vectors of the manual operator control device; and, in the event of a conflict of movement vectors of the manual operator control device with movement vectors of the autonomous operator control device, the control device prioritizes steering commands and acceleration commands of the autonomous operator control device and prioritizes braking commands of the manual operator control device.

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 voice controlled device, comprising:
a microphone component configured to capture an un-stored voice command issued by a user; and
a speech recognition engine configured to:
convert the un-stored voice command to device recognizable text;
compare the device recognized text of the un-stored voice command to a plurality of stored voice commands of a voice controlled device; and
identify a stored voice command among the plurality of stored voice commands based on the comparison of the device recognizable text of the un-stored voice command to the plurality of stored voice commands.
2. The device of claim 1, including a user interface to display the identified stored voice command.
3. The device of claim 1, wherein the identification of the stored voice command includes a prediction of the stored voice command the user intended by the un-stored voice command.
4. The device of claim 1, wherein the stored voice command identified includes a subset of the plurality of stored voice commands of the voice controlled device.
5. The device of claim 1, including an input component configured to receive an input from the user to add a new voice command to the plurality of stored voice commands.
6. The device of claim 1, wherein the identified stored voice command is a stored voice command among the plurality of stored voice commands that matches at least a portion of the device recognizable text.
7. The device of claim 6, wherein the match includes a keyword match of one or more words of the device recognizable text to the identified stored voice command in a stored voice commands file.
8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising instructions executable by a processing resource to cause a computing device to:
receive an un-stored voice command streamed from a microphone component of a voice controlled device;
convert the un-stored voice command to device recognizable text;
compare the device recognizable text of the un-stored voice command to a plurality of stored voice commands of the voice controlled device;
identify a stored voice command among the plurality of stored voice commands based on the comparison of the device recognizable text of the un-stored voice command to the plurality of stored voice commands; and
inform a user of the identified stored voice command via text-to-speech andor a display on a screen.
9. The medium of claim 8, including instructions executable by the processing resource to identify the un-stored voice command is not one of the plurality of stored voice command by identification that the device recognizable text does not identically match any of the plurality of stored voice commands.
10. The medium of claim 8, wherein the stored voice commands are stored the computer-readable medium and include device specific commands executable by the processing resource to cause the computing device to perform functions.
11. The medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions are executable to:
identify a subset of the plurality of stored voice commands based on the comparison; and
provide a display of a list of sub-commands of the subset of the plurality of stored voice commands to inform the user of the subset.
12. The medium of claim 11, including instructions executable by the processing resource to receive a subsequent voice command from the user using the microphone component, wherein the subsequent voice command includes a selected one of the plurality of sub-commands in the list.
13. The medium of claim 12, including instructions executable by the processing resource to revise the list to include at least one of a sub-command of the selected sub-command and a stored voice command associated with the selected sub-command.
14. The medium of claim 12, including instructions executable by the processing resource to perform a function associated with the selected sub-command in response to user input.
15. A method for identifying an unknown voice command;
capturing a plurality of voice commands from a user using a microphone component of a voice controlled device;
streaming the plurality of captured voice commands to a speech recognition engine of the voice controlled device;
converting the plurality of captured voice commands to device recognizable text;
identifying at least a first voice command of the plurality of captured voice commands is an un-stored voice command based on the respective device recognizable text;
comparing the respective device recognizable text of the at least first voice command to a stored voice commands file;
identifying a subset of the plurality of stored voice commands based on the comparison of the respective device recognizable text to the stored voice commands file; and
informing a user of the subset of the plurality of stored voice commands.
16. The method of claim 15, including performing a stored voice command in the subset of the plurality of stored voice commands in response to user input.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the user input includes a subsequent stored voice command issued by the user, and the method further includes:
capturing the subsequent stored voice command from the user using the microphone; and
converting the subsequent stored voice command to device recognizable text.
18. The method of claim 15, wherein informing the user of the subset includes:
providing a list of the subset of the plurality of stored voice commands, wherein each stored voice command in the subsets includes a sub-command of a stored voice command that is output from a keyword search of one or more words of the device recognizable test, and the method further includes:
revising the list to include sub-commands of a selected sub-command among the plurality of sub-commands.
19. The method of claim 15, including identifying at least a second voice command of the plurality of captured voice commands is a stored voice command among the plurality of stored voice commands.
20. The method of claim 19, including performing a function associated with the second voice command in response to identifying the second voice command is one of the plurality of stored voice command.