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Patent EP-3087036-A1 (EP)
Inventor: XIN GANG
IPC: C02F3/08
Filed: 2014-12-09
Abstract: It is described a method for biological purification of water, the method comprising: leading the water into a reactor through one or more inlet pipes or inlet zones; leading the water and substrate through carrier elements for biofilm growth which have a high protected surface area (>200 m 2 /m 3  carrier elements) and a large pore volume (>60%); wherein one or more membrane units are submerged in the water in the reactor; wherein permeate is pulled out of the reactor through the pores of the membranes; wherein oxygen-containing gas is supplied in the reactor through an aeration system; wherein during normal operation the water level in the reactor is maintained below one or more outlet pipes or outlet zones that are dedicated for excess sludge removal; wherein during washing operation strong turbulence is created for removal of excess sludge as the water level in the reactor is temporarily raised to the level where the outlet pipes or outlet zones that are dedicated for excess sludge removal are.
Patent EP-3087615-A1 (EP)
Inventor: PALM JORG
IPC: H01L31/18
Filed: 2014-12-23
Abstract: A layer system (1) for thin-film solar cells (100), comprising an absorber layer (4), which contains a chalcogenide compound semiconductor, and a buffer layer (5), which is arranged on the absorber layer (4), wherein the buffer layer (5) has a semiconductor material of the formula A  x In  y S  z , where A is potassium (K) and/or cesium (Cs), with 0.015≤x/ (x+y+z) ≤0.25 and 0.30≤y/ (y+z) ≤0.45.
Patent EP-3101684-A1 (EP)
Inventor: HASHIMOTO YASUHIKO
IPC: H01L21/677
Filed: 2014-06-27
Abstract: The end effector (5) has a first hand (8) and a second hand (9) which can be driven independently from each other. The first hand (8) has a hand body (10) which can be inserted between vertically adjacent substrates stored in a substrate storing portion, holding a substrate (S) immediately above or immediately below the hand body (10). The second hand (9) has a hand base portion (11) which at least partially advances below a lowermost substrate (S) or above an uppermost substrate (S) of a plurality of substrates (S) stored in a substrate storing portion and a substrate holding means (12) provided to the hand base portion (11) so as to hold two or more substrates (S) including the lowermost substrate (S) or the uppermost substrate (S). By the end effector (5), substrates can be conveyed without any problem even when use of a batch conveying type hand is restricted due to the condition on the substrate storing portion side.
Patent EP-3127706-A1 (EP)
Inventor: KATOU MANABU
IPC: B41J2/175
Filed: 2014-12-08
Abstract: This invention is intended to provide a ink-jet printing device which can detect leak of ink or solvent without the exclusive sensor for leak detection and without increasing cost. An ink jet printing device for printing letter by ejecting ink, comprising, a liquid container for containing ink or solvent, a surface level sensor for detecting surface level arranged on the liquid container, a control unit and a display unit, wherein the display unit displays indication in the case where the surface level change time detected by the control unit using the surface level sensor is larger than the settled surface level change time in settled printing condition is provided for solving the problem.
Patent EP-3142181-A1 (EP)
Inventor: WOO MYUNG-HEUI
IPC: H01M50/437
Filed: 2014-05-08
Abstract: Provided are an organic electrolytic solution and a lithium battery including the organic electrolytic solution, wherein the organic electrolytic solution includes an organic solvent, a lithium salt, a borate compound represented by Formula 1 below, and an ionic metal complex represented by Formula 2 below:
     
wherein 
R 1 , R 2 , and R 3  are each independently a hydrogen; a C 1 -C 5  alkyl group substituted or unsubstituted with a halogen; or a C 1 -C 5  cyanoalkyl group substituted or unsubstituted with a halogen, 
at least one of the R 1 , R 2 , and R 3  includes a cyanoalkyl group, 
Me is an element selected from the group consisting of transition metals and Groups 13 to 15 elements of the periodic table, 
M is a metal ion, 
a is an integer from 1 to 3, b is an integer from 1 to 3, s=b/a, 
p is an integer from 0 to 8, q is 0 or 1, r is an integer from 1 to 4, 
X 1  and X 2  are each independently O, S, or NR 6 , 
R 4  and R 6  are each independently a halogen, a C 1 -C 5  alkyl group substituted or unsubstituted with a halogen, or a C 1 -C 5  aryl group substituted or unsubstituted with a halogen, and 
R 5  is a C 1 -C 5  alkylene group substituted or unsubstituted with a halogen or a C 4 -C 10  arylene group substituted or unsubstituted with a halogen.
Patent EP-3158751-A1 (EP)
Inventor: LI BIN
IPC: H04N19/597
Filed: 2014-06-23
Abstract: Innovations in encoder-side decisions that use the result of hash-based block matching when setting parameters are presented. For example, some of the innovations relate to ways to select motion vector precision depending on the results of hash-based block matching. Other innovations relate to ways to selectively disable sample adaptive offset filtering depending on the results of hash- based block matching. Still other innovations relate to ways to select which reference pictures to retain in a reference picture set depending on the results of hash-based block matching.
Patent EP-3183689-A1 (EP)
Title: Alignement de visage comportant une régression de forme
Inventor: CAO XUDONG
IPC: G06V10/764
Filed: 2014-08-22
Abstract: L'invention concerne un alignement de visage par le biais d'une régression de forme. Un procédé, un support d'informations pour ordinateur et un système sont utilisés. Le procédé comprend la réception d'une image incluant un visage, et la réalisation d'une régression de forme pour estimer une forme de visage dans l'image. Pour chaque phase de la régression de forme, une caractéristique locale est extraite d'une région locale autour de chaque point de repère facial dans l'image indépendamment, et une projection conjointe est effectuée sur la base des caractéristiques locales de plusieurs points de repère faciaux afin de prédire un incrément de forme de visage. Ensuite, une forme de visage d'une phase en cours est générée en fonction de l'incrément de forme de visage prédit et d'une forme de visage d'une phase précédente.
Patent EP-3182314-A1 (EP)
Inventor: WANG CHAN
IPC: G06F21/32
Filed: 2014-09-09
Abstract: The present invention discloses a fingerprint recognition method and apparatus, and a mobile terminal, which are related to the field of information recognition technologies, and are used to resolve a problem of how to reduce power consumption of the mobile terminal while implementing timely fingerprint collection. According to embodiments of the present invention, the mobile terminal determines a first fingerprint recognition area of a touchscreen according to a first user interface, and detects a touch operation of a user on the touchscreen; activates a fingerprint recognition function of the first fingerprint recognition area when a touch position corresponding to the touch operation is located in the first fingerprint recognition area, and obtains corresponding first fingerprint information according to the touch operation; and executes at least one function when the first fingerprint information matches preset fingerprint information. Solutions provided in the embodiments of the present invention are applicable to fingerprint recognition.
Patent EP-3217109-A1 (EP)
Inventor: MOTOMURA YUJI
IPC: F24F5/00
Filed: 2014-11-05
Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a heat source side heat exchanger, an expansion device, and an intermediate heat exchanger exchanging heat between refrigerant and a heat medium are connected by a refrigerant pipe, the refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant circuit, a heat medium circuit in which a pump conveying the heat medium, a use side heat exchanger, and the intermediate heat exchanger are connected by a heat medium pipe, the heat medium flowing through the heat medium circuit, and an air discharge device including a heat medium tank connected to the heat medium circuit and separating air from the heat medium in the heat medium circuit, and an air vent valve provided at the heat medium tank and discharging the air.
Patent EP-3042598-A1 (EP)
Inventor: KUHBLANK ROLAND
IPC: A47L9/14
Filed: 2013-09-27
Abstract: Vorgeschlagen wird ein Staubbeutelsystem für Staubsauger mit einem Verbindungsrahmen, der in einer Aufnahme des Staubsaugers festlegbar ist und mit einer mit einem Staubbeutel verbindbaren Adapterplatte, wobei die Adapterplatte eine Einströmöffnung in den Staubbeutel aufweist, die Adapterplatte mit dem Verbindungsrahmen verbunden oder koppelbar ist und die Einströmöffnung der Adapterplatte mit einem Stutzen des Staubsaugers am Umfang abgedichtet verbindbar ist. Der Abstand der Aussenseiten (2, 3) des Verbindungsrahmens (1) ist einstellbar, in dem der Verbindungsrahmen (1) aus einem M-, U- oder V-förmig gebogenen Federdraht besteht, dessen Federarme (7, 8) zur Herstellung der Verbindung mit der Aufnahme (6) dienen und an dem die Adapterplatte (4) angeordnet ist (Fig.1).
Patent EP-3048159-A1 (EP)
Inventor: JI-WON JEONG
IPC: C09K19/04
Filed: 2015-12-23
Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal (LC) medium comprising a polymerisable compound, to a process for its preparation, to its use for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in LC displays, especially in an LC display of the polymer sustained alignment (PSA) type, and to an LC display, especially a PSA display, comprising it.
Patent EP-2913090-A1 (EP)
Inventor: WALKER BRIAN
IPC: B01D35/30
Filed: 2015-01-26
Abstract: A purification column is provided in which fluid is purified by flow through a purifying component. The column includes an annular wall defining a bore which, in use, contains the purifying component. The column further includes an inlet port to the bore comprising a first aperture through the annular wall, the inlet port being adjacent one end of the column. The column further includes an outlet port from the bore comprising a second aperture through the annular wall, the outlet port being adjacent the same end of the column as the inlet port. The column further includes a flow guidance device within the bore and removably connected to the inlet and outlet ports for guiding the fluid to the purifying component from the inlet port and for guiding the fluid from the purifying component to the outlet port. The flow guidance device maintains separation of the fluid flows to and from the purifying component.
Patent EP-2907420-A1 (EP)
Title: Dispositif d'encaissement d'articles comportant un dispositif d'éclairage de tapis roulant
Inventor: HERVIEUX PHILIPPE
IPC: A47F9/04
Filed: 2015-02-09
Abstract: L'invention porte sur un dispositif d'encaissement d'articles destiné à être installé en sortie d'un magasin, comportant des moyens de réception (3) des articles comportant un tapis roulant (31) présentant une bande supérieure sur laquelle un acheteur peut déposer des articles en vue de leur encaissement. Les moyens de réception (3) du dispositif d'encaissement comportent un dispositif d'éclairage (6) du tapis roulant (31) comportant une source de lumière et formant une ligne lumineuse parallèle et adjacente à au moins un bord longitudinal (32) de la bande supérieure du tapis roulant (31).
Patent EP-3062180-A1 (EP)
Inventor: BERGHOLD RICKY
IPC: G01B21/00
Filed: 2015-02-25
Abstract: Es soll ein Verfahren geschaffen werden, durch das sich ein Bediener sehr schnell und anschaulich ein Bild bezüglich der Positioniergenauigkeit eines mittels eines Antriebs und einer Steuerung (S) entlang einer Achse (x; A) verstellbaren Maschinenteils (1) verschaffen kann.  Zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe wird vorgeschlagen, dass die Steuerung Soll-Lagewerte des Maschinenteils (1) in Bezug auf die eine Achse (x; A) gemäß einer Sinus-Funktion (x Soll (t, Õ); ± Soll (t, Õ)) vorgibt. Eine Messeinrichtung (MS, 4; MS, 5) ermittelt Ist-Lagewerte des Maschinenteils (1) in Bezug auf die eine Achse (x; A). Diese werden anschließend in einer Kreisdarstellung (KD) grafisch veranschaulicht.
Patent EP-3078272-A1 (EP)
Inventor: CLEMENT JEROME
IPC: A21D2/18
Filed: 2015-03-13
Abstract: The present invention relates to a soft bakery product having a slowly-available-glucose (SAG) content of at least 15 wt% and a water activity of from 0.4 to 0.9, the product comprising a dough-based, baked portion and optionally a coating and/or a filling, the product comprising: 
at least 5 wt% sugars by weight of the soft bakery product; and 
from 0.1 to 15 wt% maltitol by weight of the soft bakery product.
Patent EP-2937187-A1 (EP)
Inventor: FORSTER MICHAEL K
IPC: B25F5/00
Filed: 2007-07-13
Abstract: A power tool is configured with a control system, the control system comprising a motor drivably coupled to a rotary shaft to impart rotary motion thereon, a rotational rate sensor disposed within the tool and operable to detect rotational motion of the tool generally about a longitudinal axis of the shaft; and a controller electrically connected to the rotational rate sensor. The controller is operable to detect a rotational condition of the tool based on the rotational motion detected by the sensor and control torque imparted to the rotary shaft upon detecting the rotational condition of the tool. The torque is inversely related to an angular displacement of the tool about the longitudinal axis.
Patent EP-3075455-A1 (EP)
Inventor: HÖGLUND KASPER
IPC: B04B15/02
Filed: 2015-03-31
Abstract: The present invention provides a centrifugal separator comprising a frame, a drive member configured to rotate a rotating part in relation to the frame around an axis of rotation (x); wherein he rotating part comprises a centrifuge rotor enclosing a separation space. The centrifuge rotor is adjoined to a hollow spindle which is supported by the frame by at least one bearing device. The interior of the hollow spindle is in thermal contact with said at least one bearing device and further comprises a thermal transfer medium inlet for supplying a thermal transfer medium to said interior and a thermal transfer medium outlet for withdrawing said thermal transfer medium from said interior; directing means for directing thermal transfer medium from said thermal transfer medium inlet to said thermal transfer medium outlet in a first direction along the length of the spindle and in a second direction along the length of the spindle. The second direction is opposite said first direction. The first or second direction is along the inner wall of said interior of the spindle, said inner wall being arranged to rotate during operation of the centrifugal separator.
Patent EP-2933580-A1 (EP)
Inventor: WATANABE KENICHI
IPC: F24H9/02
Filed: 2015-04-10
Abstract: A hot water generator comprising: a heat pump device formed by annularly connecting, to one another through refrigerant pipes, a compressor 3, a water-refrigerant heat exchanger 4, a decompressor 5 and an evaporator 6a; a heat medium path 12 a through which heat medium heated by the water-refrigerant heat exchanger 4 flows; a hot water tank 15 in which heat med ium or hot water heated by the heat medium is stored; an over pressure relief valve 11 for releasing pressure in an interi or of the heat medium path 12a when this pressure becomes eq ual to or higher than predetermined pressure; an air vent va lve 17 for venting air in the interior of the heat medium pat h 12a; and a casing 29 in which at least the water-refrigera nt heat exchanger 4, the heat medium path 12a, the hot water tank 15, the overpressure relief valve 11 and the air vent v alve 17 are accommodated, wherein the casing 29 is provided with an operating portion cover 25 which can open and close, or can attach and detached, and the overpressure relief val ve 11 and the air vent valve 17 are placed on an inner side o f the operating portion cover 25. This hot water generator has excellent installation performance and maintenance perfo rmance, and an installation area thereof can be saved.
Patent EP-2950252-A1 (EP)
Inventor: SUNG JAE MO
IPC: G06Q50/00
Filed: 2015-04-21
Abstract: A semantic labeling apparatus and method thereof include a place identifier processor configured to, based on location data of a user, generate place attributes of places that indicate information of a user visit for each place, wherein user location remains unchanged within the places for a predetermined period of time. A group identifier processor is configured to cluster the places based on the place attributes, classify the places into groups, acquire a semantic label for each of the groups, and designate the acquired semantic label as the semantic label of each of the groups. A label determiner is configured to determine the semantic label of each of the groups as a semantic label of each member place of each of the groups.
Patent EP-2949212-A1 (EP)
Inventor: ROTH MARK B
IPC: A61K33/00
Filed: 2004-10-22
Abstract: There is provided the use of oxygen antagonists for inducing stasis in cells, tissues and/or organs  in vivo  or in an organism overall. It includes methods and apparatuses for achieving stasis in any of these biological materials, so as to preserve and/or protect them. In specific embodiments, therapeutic methods and apparatuses for organ transplantation, hyperthermia, wound healing, hemorrhagic shock, cardioplegia for bypass surgery, neurodegeneration, hypothermia and cancer is provided.
Patent EP-2921214-A1 (EP)
Inventor: KÖNIGSSON STAFFAN
IPC: F01N3/04
Filed: 2011-02-24
Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust gas cleaning equipment comprising a gas scrubber (1) and a scrubber fluid cleaning equipment for cleaning polluted scrubber fluid. The scrubber fluid cleaning equipment comprises a centrifugal separator (9) for separating a pollutant phase and a cleaned scrubber fluid from said polluted scrubber fluid. The centrifugal separator has a rotor (11) enclosing a separation space (12) with a stack of separating discs (13), a separator inlet (8) for polluted scrubber fluid extending into said separation space, a first separator outlet (14) for cleaned scrubber fluid extending from said separation space, and a second separator outlet (15) for the pollutant phase extending from said separation space. The present invention further relates to a method for cleaning polluted scrubber fluid.
Patent EP-3093452-A1 (EP)
Inventor: HEIDELBERG HENRIK
IPC: F01D15/10
Filed: 2015-05-11
Abstract: Die Erfindung betrifft einen Turbomaschinenstrang mit einem einen Stator (9) aufweisenden Generator (6), einem ersten Teilstrang (2), der sich ausgehend von dem Generator (6) in die eine Axialrichtung des Turbomaschinenstrangs (1, 12) erstreckt und der eine erste Strömungsmaschine (4) sowie einen radial innerhalb des Stators (9) angeordneten Innenläufer (7) aufweist, und einem zweiten Teilstrang (3), der sich ausgehend von dem Generator (6) in die andere Axialrichtung des Turbomaschinenstrangs (1, 12) erstreckt und eine zweite Strömungsmaschine (5) sowie einen radial außerhalb des Stators (9) angeordneten Außenläufer (8) aufweist, wobei der Innenläufer (7) eine Innenerregerwicklung zum Erzeugen eines Innenmagnetfelds und der Außenläufer (8) eine Außenerregerwicklung zum Erzeugen eines Außenmagnetfelds aufweist, so dass durch Einschalten des jeweiligen Magnetfelds jeder der Teilstränge (2, 3) mit dem Generator (6) einzeln kuppelbar und durch Ausschalten des jeweiligen Magnetfelds jeder der Teilstränge (2, 3) von dem Generator (6) einzeln entkuppelbar ist.
Patent EP-2960947-A1 (EP)
Inventor: NICOLESCU ALEXANDRU DORIN
IPC: H01L31/042
Filed: 2015-06-25
Abstract: A first switch for connection in a first circuit path between a PV panel string and an inverter in a power system, and a second switch for connection in a second circuit path across an output of the PV panel string, are normally closed and open, respectively, during non-fault operation of the power system. Both series and parallel arc faults in the power system can be extinguished by further control of the switches. Arc fault detection could be based on probabilistic frequency analysis of current or power flow measurements in the PV panel string, current or power imbalance, interruption in communications with the PV panels, or combinations of these techniques.
Patent EP-3115379-A1 (EP)
Inventor: WANG JINGBO
IPC: C08F2/00
Filed: 2015-07-08
Abstract: Heterophasic polypropylene composition with high flowability, reduced emissions and low shrinkage, as well as its use.
Patent EP-2980517-A1 (EP)
Inventor: PIROLA GIANBATTISTA
IPC: F28F3/08
Filed: 2015-07-13
Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly process of a heat exchanger (6) for household appliances (1). The process comprises the steps of providing a plurality of thermal exchange sheets (30) having longitudinal edges (50), opposite to each other, and transversal edges (60), also opposite to each other and transversally placed to the longitudinal edges (50), providing a plurality of beams (40) and engaging one or more pairs of beams (40) at longitudinal edges (50) of overlapped thermal exchange sheets (30) and one or more pairs of beams (40) with transversal edges (60) of overlapped thermal exchange sheets (30), defining a plurality of fluid passages oriented in a first direction and a plurality of fluid passages oriented in a second direction transversal to the first direction.
Patent EP-2977324-A1 (EP)
Inventor: SCHRAUDOLPH ULRICH
IPC: B65B7/28
Filed: 2015-07-17
Abstract: The present invention provides a dispensing apparatus adapted to dispense a cap for capping a container from a plurality of caps. Dispensing apparatus includes a holding portion for holding the plurality of caps; a retaining device including a gap, the gap expandable between a retaining configuration such that the plurality of caps is prevented from passing through the gap thereby retaining the plurality of caps within the holding portion and a releasing configuration wherein the cap is releasable from the holding portion through said gap; a positioning device configured to receive the cap from the retaining device, the positioning device includes an opening, the opening is expandable between a narrow configuration such that the cap is not passable therethrough and a wide configuration such that the cap is passable therethrough. The gap of the retaining device is expandable to the releasing configuration to release the cap therethrough when the opening of the positioning device is retracted to the narrow configuration to retain the cap within the positioning device when the positioning device receives the released cap, and the gap of the retaining device is retractable to the retaining configuration to retain the plurality of caps within the holding portion when the opening of the positioning device is expanded to the wide configuration to release and dispense the cap. Further, a capping apparatus having the dispensing apparatus is adapted to cap a container with a cap. A method of dispensing a cap for capping a container from a plurality of caps is provided. A method of capping a container with a cap is provided.
Patent EP-2985280-A1 (EP)
Inventor: VISHNUDEV SHARMA RAJESH
IPC: C07D307/50
Filed: 2015-08-11
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for preparing furfural or its derivatives including but not limited to 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF) by dehydrating sugars in presence of organic catalyst and promoter. More particularly, the present disclosure provides a process for dehydration of monosaccharide using a homogeneous catalyst and promoter in presence of homogeneous mixture of solvent system to yield furfural derivative including but not limited to 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF). The said process is simple, fast, economical and offer several advantages including but not limited to high sugar conversion and significantly low by-product formation, mild reaction/operating conditions, simple product isolation procedure and high product yield.