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Patent EP-3524927-A1 (EP)
Inventor: BABA SHUICHI
IPC: G01B11/24
Filed: 2017-08-29
Abstract: The invention provides a method for measuring an external shape of a railroad vehicle using laser beams, wherein the method enables to measure the external shape at high speed and with high accuracy by reducing the effect of paint color of the vehicle.The device for measuring the external shape of a railroad vehicle includes a mechanism for generating the plurality of linear laser beams, a mechanism for specifying an irradiation position on the railroad vehicle onto which the plurality of linear laser beams are to be irradiated, a mechanism for irradiating the plurality of linear laser beams with intensities of the linear laser beams switched, a mechanism for photographing images of the plurality of linear laser beams irradiated onto the outer peripheral surface of the railroad vehicle, a mechanism for selecting a photographed image of the linear laser beam most suitable for a measurement position from the photographed images of the plurality of linear laser beams, and a mechanism for calculating the external shape of the railroad vehicle from the selected photographed image of the linear laser beam; wherein the mechanism for irradiating the plurality of linear laser beams with an intensity of the linear laser beams switched irradiates the linear laser beams on the outer peripheral surface of the railroad vehicle with the intensities of the linear laser beams switched, the mechanism for photographing images of the plurality of linear laser beams irradiated onto the outer peripheral surface of the railroad vehicle photographs a plurality of images of different linear laser beam intensities, the mechanism for selecting the photographed image of the linear laser beam most suitable for the measurement position selects the photographed image having the laser beam intensity most suitable for the measurement position from among the plurality of images between which the intensities of the plurality of linear laser beams differ, and the mechanism for calculating the external shape of the railroad vehicle calculates the external shape of the railroad vehicle from the selected photographed image.
Patent EP-3528511-A1 (EP)
Inventor: OSAWA ATSUSHI
IPC: H04R31/00
Filed: 2017-09-11
Abstract: Provided are an ultrasound probe including high-sensitive piezoelectric elements and a method of manufacturing an ultrasound probe. The ultrasound probe includes a plurality of piezoelectric elements on a backing material arranged in an array along an arrangement direction. Each of the plurality of piezoelectric elements includes a laminate in which a first conductive part, a piezoelectric body part, and a second conductive part are laminated on a surface of the backing material in order. A plurality of acoustic matching part respectively arranged on the second conductive parts of the plurality of piezoelectric elements is provided. A plurality of third conductive parts acquired by respectively joining a part of the plurality of acoustic matching parts in an elevation direction to the second conductive parts of the plurality of piezoelectric elements is provided. A fourth conductive part that electrically connects the plurality of third conductive parts to each other is provided. The second conductive parts of the plurality of piezoelectric elements, the plurality of third conductive parts, and the fourth conductive part form a common electrode common to the plurality of piezoelectric elements.
Patent EP-3526657-A1 (EP)
Inventor: BALUCH MOHAMED KHOSO
IPC: G16B45/00
Filed: 2017-07-11
Abstract: Method and apparatus for the indexing of genome sequence data produced by genome sequencing machines. The proposed method can be applied both to raw sequence data produced by sequencing machines and to those sequence reads that cannot be mapped on any reference sequence according to specific matching criteria. This invention describes a method to partition and index unaligned sequence reads to enable browsing and efficient selective access.
Patent EP-3451438-A1 (EP)
Inventor: CHEN SHEBIAO
IPC: H01M10/48
Filed: 2017-06-09
Abstract: A battery management circuit, a device to be charged, and a power management method are provided. The battery management circuit includes a first charging channel, a Cuk circuit, and a communication control circuit. The first charging channel charges a battery based on charging voltage and/or charging current provided by a power supply device. The battery includes a first cell and a second cell coupled in series. The communication control circuit is configured to communicate with the power supply device, to make magnitude of the charging voltage and/or charging current provided by the power supply device match a current charging stage of the battery, and the communication control circuit is further configured to send a drive signal to the Cuk circuit to drive the Cuk circuit to work, to make the first cell and the second cell transfer energy through the Cuk circuit to equalize voltage of the first cell and voltage of the second cell. The battery management circuit can reduce heating in a charging process.
Patent EP-3537800-A1 (EP)
Inventor: MOROGA HIDEYUKI
IPC: H04W92/20
Filed: 2017-08-22
Abstract: There is provided user equipment of a radio communication system including a base station and the user equipment. The user equipment includes a creation unit that creates an uplink reference signal in accordance with a predetermined uplink reference signal configuration that is reported from the base station, or a predetermined uplink reference signal configuration that is defined in a specification; and a transmission unit that transmits the created uplink reference signal. In the predetermined uplink reference configuration, frequency resources for transmitting the uplink reference signal are discretely mapped in a frequency direction in one symbol within a predetermined time domain.
Patent EP-3541006-A1 (EP)
Inventor: TAKEMORI KEISUKE
IPC: H04L9/08
Filed: 2017-07-26
Abstract: A reuse system includes: a key generation device; an in-vehicle computer that is detached from a first vehicle and is installed in a second vehicle; and a data security device that is installed in the second vehicle. The key generation device includes a vehicle interface, and a key generation unit that generates a first key that is the same as a key stored in the in-vehicle computer from a time when being installed in the first vehicle by using an in-vehicle computer identifier, and a master key that is common to the first and second vehicles, and transmits the first key to the second vehicle. The data security device includes a first interface unit, and a first cryptographic processing unit that encrypts first data, which is applied to the in-vehicle computer, with the first key to generate encrypted first data, and transmits the encrypted first data to the in-vehicle computer. The in-vehicle computer includes a second interface unit, a second storage unit that stores the first key from a time when being installed in the first vehicle, and a second cryptographic processing unit that decrypts the encrypted first data with the first key.
Patent EP-3541922-A1 (EP)
Inventor: NOGGLE SCOTT
IPC: C12M3/00
Filed: 2017-11-17
Abstract: This invention concerns an integrated microfluidic system that utilizes microfluidic chip technology to receive a patient sample including cells, expand the cells, reprogram the expanded cells and then store the reprogrammed cells in a microfluidic chip. These microfluidic chips with stored reprogrammed cells may then be used in scenarios of genetic differentiation into specific cell types. Overall this system and workflow is suitable as a hospital based device that will allow the generation of iPSCs from every patient for downstream diagnostic or therapeutic use.
Patent EP-3542827-A1 (EP)
Inventor: YOON HYE-JEONG
IPC: A61K49/18
Filed: 2017-09-22
Abstract: The present invention relates to an emulsion composition for chemoembolization comprising a nanoparticle comprising a drug and a biocompatible polymer, a water-soluble contrast agent and a water-insoluble contrast agent, and a water-insoluble drug as well as an aqueous drug can be administered in a form of stable emulsion, and drugs are slowly released, thereby enhancing the effect of chemoembolization.
Patent EP-3550293-A1 (EP)
Inventor: SAKO YUKIO
IPC: G01N23/207
Filed: 2017-11-21
Abstract: Provided is an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, which has a simple structure, and is capable of promptly performing high-accuracy analysis. The X-ray fluorescence spectrometer according to the present invention includes: an X-ray source (100) configured to irradiate a sample (103) with primary X-rays; a spectroscopic device (120) configured to disperse secondary X-rays emitted from the sample (103); an energy-dispersive detector (110) configured to measure an intensity of the secondary X-rays; a retracting mechanism (108) configured to retract the spectroscopic device (120) from a path of the secondary X-rays; a scanning mechanism (114), which is configured to continuously move the detector (110) between an auxiliary measurement area (124) for measuring the secondary X-rays in a state where the spectroscopic device (120) is retracted and a main measurement area (122) for measuring the dispersed secondary X-rays; a storage device (116) configured to store, in advance, a ratio between a background intensity measured in the auxiliary measurement area (124) and a background intensity measured in the main measurement area (122); and an arithmetic device (118) configured to perform correction and quantitative analysis, the correction including subtracting a value, which is obtained by multiplying the background intensity in the auxiliary measurement area (124) by the ratio, from a measured intensity in the main measurement area (122).
Patent EP-3534148-A1 (EP)
Inventor: YASUURA Masato
IPC: G01N21/27
Filed: 2017-06-22
Abstract: To detect a target substance accurately and effectively, a target substance detection device 1 includes: a liquid-sample introducing plate 2 formed from a light-transmissive plate having a surface on which a liquid sample including a target substance and magnetic particles forming a conjugate with the target substance is introduced, and enabling propagating transmitted light of light irradiated from the rear face upward of the surface as propagated light; a rear face light irradiation unit 3 configured to be able to irradiate the liquid-sample introducing plate 2 with light from the rear face; a first magnetic field application unit 4 disposed on the side of the surface of the liquid-sample introducing plate 2, and configured to apply a magnetic field to move the conjugate in the liquid sample that is introduced on the surface of the liquid-sample introducing plate in the direction away from the liquid-sample introducing plate 2; and an optical-signal detection unit 5 disposed on the side of the surface of the liquid-sample introducing plate 2, and enabling detection of a change in optical signal based on the propagated light between before and after application of the magnetic field by the first magnetic field application unit 4.
Patent EP-3555447-A1 (EP)
Inventor: MONIZ THOMAS ORY
IPC: F01D15/10
Filed: 2017-12-07
Abstract: In one aspect, a power generation system may include a core turbine engine, an electric generator, an electric motor, and an auxiliary compressor. The core turbine engine defines an axial direction, and may include a compressor and a turbine in serial flow relationship along the axial direction. The electric generator may be operatively coupled to and driven by the core turbine engine. In addition, the electric motor may be in electrical communication with the electric generator for receiving electrical power generated by the electric generator. Furthermore, the auxiliary compressor may be positioned upstream of the compressor of the core turbine engine, and the auxiliary compressor may be rotatable by the electric motor to compress a volume of air to be provided to the compressor of the core turbine engine.
Patent EP-3561123-A1 (EP)
Title: High-strength steel material having enhanced resistance to brittle crack propagation and break initiation at low temperature and method for manufacturing same
Inventor: UM KYUNG-KEUN
IPC: C22C38/06
Filed: 2017-12-22
Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a high-strength steel material, having enhanced resistance to brittle crack propagation and break initiation at a low temperature, which comprises in weight % 0.02-0.09% of C, 0.005-0.3% of Si, 0.5-1.7% of Mn, 0.001-0.035% of Sol.Al, 0.03% or less of Nb (not including 0%), 0.01% or less of V (not including 0%), 0.001-0.02% of Ti, 0.01-1.0% of Cu, 0.01-2.0% of Ni, 0.01-0.5% of Cr, 0.001-0.5% of Mo, 0.0002-0.005% of Ca, 0.001-0.006% of N, 0.02% or less of P (not including 0%), 0.003% or less of S (not including 0%) and 0.002% or less of O (not including 0%) with a balance of Fe, and inevitable impurities, satisfies relational expression (1) below, has a microstructure comprising polygonal ferrite and needle-shaped ferrite of the total of 50 area % or greater, and comprises 3.5 area % or less of a martensite-austenite (MA) composite. Relational expression (1) : 5*C + Si + 10*sol.Al # 0.6 (In relational expression (1), each symbol for the element is a value indicating each element content in weight %.)
Patent EP-3564386-A1 (EP)
Inventor: KUBO CHIYOMI
IPC: G01N33/15
Filed: 2017-12-26
Abstract: The present invention has discovered that the immunogenicity of a test substance can be evaluated in a short period of time by using, as an indicator of the immunogenicity of the test substance, the proportion of IL-2-secreting cells in a T cell population (preferably a CD4 +  T cell population) at a time point during the early stage of IL-2 secretion after stimulation of the T cell population with the test substance (preferably 24 hours to 72 hours after the stimulation with the test substance).
Patent EP-3595299-A1 (EP)
Title: Medical image display control device, medical image display device, medical information processing system, and medical image display control method
Inventor: KATSUKI SHINJI
IPC: H04N13/30
Filed: 2017-10-27
Abstract: [Problem] Both the synchronization between multiple devices for the timing in which a left-eye image and a right-eye image forming a medical image are displayed and the suppression of the delay in presenting an image to a predetermined viewer are enabled. 
     [Solution] A medical-image display control device includes: a display controller that controls a medical image so as to be displayed on a slave-side display unit; and an acquiring unit that acquires, from another device including a master-side display unit different from the slave-side display unit, a synchronization signal that corresponds to timing in which the other device displays a left-eye image and a right-eye image on the master-side display unit, and the display controller controls a left-eye image and a right-eye image so as to be displayed on the slave-side display unit in a time-division manner in accordance with the acquired synchronization signal.
Patent EP-3462565-A1 (EP)
Inventor: ZHANG JUN
IPC: H02J7/00
Filed: 2017-04-13
Abstract: A device to be charged and a charging method are provided. The device to be charged includes multiple cells coupled in series and a conversion circuit. The conversion circuit is configured to receive input voltage from a power supply device, convert the input voltage into charging voltage for the multiple cells and into power supply voltage for a system of the device to be charged, charge the multiple cells according to the charging voltage, and supply power to the system of the device to be charged according to the power supply voltage. The device to be charged can reduce heating in a charging process.
Patent EP-3627082-A1 (EP)
Inventor: PAN HANFEI
IPC: F25D25/02
Filed: 2017-07-28
Abstract: A humidity-regulating drawer assembly (1) for a refrigerator, and refrigerator. The drawer assembly comprises: a drawer main body (10) having an accommodating cavity (11); a humectant cover (20) provided at the drawer main body (10) and defining, in cooperation with the drawer main body (10), a humidity-regulating opening (12) in communication with the accommodating cavity (11); a divider shelf (30) provided on the humectant cover (20); a regulation switch (40) provided on the divider shelf (30) and movable in a left-right direction; and a regulation barrier plate (50) provided on the divider shelf (30), movable in a forward-reverse direction, and engaged with the regulation switch (40). The regulation barrier plate (50) translates a left-right movement of the regulation switch (40) into a forward-reverse movement of itself to adjust an area of the humidity-regulating opening (12).
Patent EP-3627038-A1 (EP)
Inventor: BAE SUK MAN
IPC: F21V8/00
Filed: 2017-12-18
Abstract: Provided is a solar power generation unit including: a transporter configured to transport light waves from the sun through a plurality of optical fibers; and a power generator configured to generate electricity by using the light waves incident to the plurality of optical fibers from the transporter, the power generator including a light wave guide configured to arrange the plurality of optical fibers on a plane or a sheet to face a light-incident surface of a solar panel, wherein a plurality of windows are formed in an outer circumferential surface of the plurality of optical fibers, the plurality of windows being configured to refract the light waves progressing therethrough such that the light waves are forwarded to the solar panel.
Patent EP-3624353-A1 (EP)
Inventor: WANG WEIYANG
IPC: H04B1/38
Filed: 2017-06-02
Abstract: This application provides a dynamic time assignment method, apparatus, and system, and relates to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: Central office equipment and customer premise equipment obtain a length of a new downstream transmission duration. The central office equipment and the customer premise equipment first shorten a downstream transmission duration or an upstream transmission duration whose length needs to be shortened; and after lengths of all downstream transmission durations or all upstream transmission durations are shortened, prolong the length of the downstream transmission duration or the upstream transmission duration whose length needs to be prolonged. In this application, the foregoing manner avoids a near-end crosstalk problem caused by asynchronous ports during multi-port upstream time assignment.
Patent EP-3639123-A1 (EP)
Title: Input device
Inventor: UNNIKRISHNAN SREENATH
IPC: G06F3/0354
Filed: 2017-06-13
Abstract: An input device may include a housing, a scroll wheel having an arresting surface, and a lever pivotable about a pivot axis between first and second lever arms of the lever. A first free end portion of the first lever arm may be configured to engage the arresting surface with an engagement force to arrest a rotation of the scroll wheel with a corresponding arresting force. The input device may further include an auxiliary wheel rotatably mounted on the housing, and a motion converter connected to the auxiliary wheel. The motion converter may be configured to apply a linear motion, converted from a rotation of the auxiliary wheel, to a second free end portion of the second lever arm so as to pivot the lever about the pivot axis to correspondingly adjust the engagement force, whereby the corresponding arresting force may be correspondingly adjustable by rotation of the auxiliary wheel. FIG. 3A
Patent EP-3691002-A1 (EP)
Title: Binder for lithium ion batteries, and electrode and separator using same
Inventor: MUKAI TAKASHI
IPC: H01M50/429
Filed: 2017-09-29
Abstract: Provided is a nonaqueous binder for electrodes or separators, which is used in a lithium ion battery that has excellent cycle life characteristics at high temperatures. A nonaqueous binder for electrodes or separators of lithium ion batteries, which is obtained by complexing cellulose nanofibers and a thermoplastic fluororesin, and which is characterized in that the cellulose nanofibers have a fiber size (diameter) of from 0.002 µm to 1 µm (inclusive), a fiber length of from 0.5 µm to 10 mm (inclusive), and an aspect ratio ((fiber length of cellulose nanofibers)/(fiber diameter of cellulose nanofibers)) of from 2 to 100,000 (inclusive).
Patent EP-3731991-A1 (EP)
Title: Laser processing apparatus and method
Inventor: KANGASTUPA JARNO
IPC: B23K103/10
Filed: 2017-12-29
Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus and its use for laser welding. A laser welding apparatus comprises at least one first laser device (30), each providing at least one first optical feed fiber (32) with a first laser beam; at least one second laser device (31), each providing at least one second optical feed fiber (33) with a second laser beam; means for generating a composite laser beam comprising a first output laser beam and a second output laser beam (2) for welding a workpiece (21); wherein the first output laser beam has a circular cross-section and the second output laser beam (2) has an annular shape concentric to the first output laser beam. The second laser device (31) is a fiber laser device or a fiber-coupled laser device. The apparatus is configured to form the second output laser beam (2) at least on the basis of the second laser beam, and the second output laser beam (2) comprises a first wavelength and a second wavelength having difference of at least 10 nanometers, or the second output laser beam (2) has spectrum width of least 10 nanometers.
Patent EP-3594596-A1 (EP)
Inventor: HÖLZL REINHOLD
IPC: F25J1/02
Filed: 2018-07-13
Abstract: Die Erfindung schlägt ein Verfahren zum Betreiben eines Wärmeübertragers (100), der eine Wärmeaustauschzone (10) aufweist, die sich zwischen einem ersten Ende (11) und einem zweiten Ende (12) erstreckt, vor, wobei in einem ersten Betriebsmodus Fluide auf unterschiedlichen Temperaturniveaus in einer ersten Menge pro Zeiteinheit durch die Wärmeaustauschzone (10) geleitet werden, wodurch das erste Ende (11) der Wärmeaustauschzone (10) auf ein erstes Temperaturniveau gebracht wird und das zweite Ende (12) der Wärmeaustauschzone (10) auf ein zweites Temperaturniveau, das unterhalb des ersten Temperaturniveaus liegt, gebracht wird, wobei in einem zweiten Betriebsmodus das Durchleiten der Fluide, die in dem ersten Betriebsmodus in der ersten Menge pro Zeiteinheit durch die Wärmeaustauschzone (2) geleitet werden, zumindest teilweise unterbunden wird, wodurch ein Temperaturübergang von dem ersten Ende (11) zu dem zweiten Ende (12) der Wärmeaustauschzone (10) bewirkt wird, und wobei in dem Verfahren mehrfach von dem ersten Betriebsmodus in den zweiten Betriebsmodus und von dem zweiten Betriebsmodus in den ersten Betriebsmodus umgeschaltet wird. Es ist vorgesehen, dass das Umschalten von dem zweiten Betriebsmodus in den ersten Betriebsmodus umfasst, die Fluide, die in dem ersten Betriebsmodus in der ersten Menge pro Zeiteinheit durch die Wärmeaustauschzone (10) geleitet werden, bis zu einem Erhöhungszeitpunkt zunächst in einer zweiten Menge pro Zeiteinheit, die geringer als die erste Menge pro Zeiteinheit ist, durch die erste Wärmeaustauschzone (10) zu leiten und erst ab dem Erhöhungszeitpunkt in der ersten Menge pro Zeiteinheit durch die erste Wärmeaustauschzone (10) zu leiten. Eine entsprechende Anordnung, die insbesondere als Luftbearbeitungsanlage ausgebildet ist, ist ebenfalls Gegenstand der Erfindung.