mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A heat-generating device that is used by being attached to skin, comprising: a heat-generating portion that generates heat to be delivered to skin; a housing that contains the heat-generating portion, and has a skin attachment surface that is attachable to the skin; and an adhesive layer provided on the skin attachment surface of the housing, wherein a packaging material constituting the skin attachment surface of the housing is formed of a laminated sheet consisting of a moisture absorption layer that absorbs moisture and a moisture barrier layer that blocks penetration of moisture in which the moisture absorption layer and the moisture barrier layer are laminated in this order from the adhesive layer, the moisture barrier layer is laminated over the entire surface of the moisture absorption layer, the adhesive layer is partially provided on a surface of the moisture absorption layer, the region where the adhesive layer is formed and the region where the moisture absorption layer is exposed are observed, as seen from the skin attachment surface, and a warming agent that allows an enhanced warm sensation to be perceived in the presence of moisture is contained in at least one of the adhesive layer and the moisture absorption layer. a heat-generating portion that generates heat to be delivered to skin; a housing that contains the heat-generating portion, and has a skin attachment surface that is attachable to the skin; and an adhesive layer provided on the skin attachment surface of the housing, wherein a packaging material constituting the skin attachment surface of the housing is formed of a laminated sheet consisting of a moisture absorption layer that absorbs moisture and a moisture barrier layer that blocks penetration of moisture in which the moisture absorption layer and the moisture barrier layer are laminated in this order from the adhesive layer, the moisture barrier layer is laminated over the entire surface of the moisture absorption layer, the adhesive layer is partially provided on a surface of the moisture absorption layer, the region where the adhesive layer is formed and the region where the moisture absorption layer is exposed are observed, as seen from the skin attachment surface, and a warming agent that allows an enhanced warm sensation to be perceived in the presence of moisture is contained in at least one of the adhesive layer and the moisture absorption layer.
Method for checking the positioning of an ultrasonic sensor on a vehicle, wherein the ultrasonic sensor is installed in a mounting bracket on the vehicle, said method comprising the steps localizing a reference object in the detection region of the ultrasonic sensor, emitting at least one first ultrasonic pulse with a first ultrasonic frequency by means of the ultrasonic sensor, receiving at least one first echo signal at the first ultrasonic frequency by means of the ultrasonic sensor, emitting at least one second ultrasonic pulse with a second ultrasonic frequency by means of the ultrasonic sensor, receiving at least one second echo signal at the second ultrasonic frequency by means of the ultrasonic sensor, ascertaining a ratio of echo amplitudes of the reference object in the at least one first and second echo signal, and outputting an error in the positioning of the ultrasonic sensor if the ratio of the echo amplitudes of the reference object in the at least one first and second echo signal deviates from a ratio for the correct positioning of the ultrasonic sensor by at least one specified threshold value. emitting at least one first ultrasonic pulse with a first ultrasonic frequency by means of the ultrasonic sensor, receiving at least one first echo signal at the first ultrasonic frequency by means of the ultrasonic sensor, emitting at least one second ultrasonic pulse with a second ultrasonic frequency by means of the ultrasonic sensor, receiving at least one second echo signal at the second ultrasonic frequency by means of the ultrasonic sensor, ascertaining a ratio of echo amplitudes of the reference object in the at least one first and second echo signal, and outputting an error in the positioning of the ultrasonic sensor if the ratio of the echo amplitudes of the reference object in the at least one first and second echo signal deviates from a ratio for the correct positioning of the ultrasonic sensor by at least one specified threshold value.
Power transmission assembly for a vehicle comprising: - an electric machine comprising a stator fixed relative to the vehicle and a rotor movable in rotation relative to a rotation axis of said electric machine, and - a differential comprising at least one differential input connected to the rotor of the electric machine, said differential comprising a plurality of cogwheels connected with each other to distribute the differential input power between: - a first output intended to be connected to a first power transmission shaft transmitting power to a first wheel, and - a second output intended to be connected to a second power transmission shaft transmitting power to a second wheel, the distribution being a function of the rotation speed of the first output and second output, - the cogwheels are distributed around the electric machine, the electric machine being located inside the space of the differential, the assembly being characterized in that: - the electric machine is an inverted machine in which the rotor is radially outside the stator with respect to the rotation axis. - an electric machine comprising a stator fixed relative to the vehicle and a rotor movable in rotation relative to a rotation axis of said electric machine, and - a differential comprising at least one differential input connected to the rotor of the electric machine, said differential comprising a plurality of cogwheels connected with each other to distribute the differential input power between: - a first output intended to be connected to a first power transmission shaft transmitting power to a first wheel, and - a second output intended to be connected to a second power transmission shaft transmitting power to a second wheel, the distribution being a function of the rotation speed of the first output and second output, - the cogwheels are distributed around the electric machine, the electric machine being located inside the space of the differential, - the cogwheels are distributed around the electric machine, the electric machine being located inside the space of the differential, the assembly being characterized in that: - the electric machine is an inverted machine in which the rotor is radially outside the stator with respect to the rotation axis. - the electric machine is an inverted machine in which the rotor is radially outside the stator with respect to the rotation axis.
A self-supporting insulating box structure (3, 7) designed for the thermal insulation of a fluid storage tank comprising: - a bottom panel and a top panel which are spaced apart in a thickness direction of the box structure; - load-bearing elements interposed between said bottom panel and top panel and each comprising a bottom foot fixed to the bottom panel, a top foot fixed to the top panel and a pillar, fixed to the bottom foot and top foot, and extending in the thickness direction of the box structure between the bottom foot and the top foot; and - an insulating lining arranged between the load-bearing elements; wherein the feet (15, 16) each comprise: - a load-spreading sole provided with a planar bearing surface bearing against the bottom panel or the top panel; said self-supporting insulating box structure (3, 7) being characterized in that the feet (15, 16) each comprise anti-topple ribs uniformly distributed on the periphery of the foot (15, 16) and arranged so as to absorb the stresses exerted on the load-bearing element transversely to the thickness direction of the box structure and to transmit said stresses to the load-spreading sole. - a bottom panel and a top panel which are spaced apart in a thickness direction of the box structure; - load-bearing elements interposed between said bottom panel and top panel and each comprising a bottom foot fixed to the bottom panel, a top foot fixed to the top panel and a pillar, fixed to the bottom foot and top foot, and extending in the thickness direction of the box structure between the bottom foot and the top foot; and - an insulating lining arranged between the load-bearing elements; - a load-spreading sole provided with a planar bearing surface bearing against the bottom panel or the top panel;
Method for thermal treatment of moist organic material, especially organic material containing biomass, wherein the moist organic material is introduced into a drying chamber in which a drying gas is circulated between the organic material and a heat exchanger to transfer heat to the organic material, and wherein vapor formed during drying of the organic material is brought into contact with an absorbent to recover heat to maintain the drying process by reheating the circulating gas in a heat exchanger, wherein, after drying in the drying chamber, the organic material is brought into a roasting chamber in which gas originally from the drying chamber is heated and forced through the material so that the temperature of the organic material is increased to about 250°C, whereby the organic material emits gases comprising essentially water, carbon monoxide, organic acids, methanol and ammonia, characterized in that the organic material after the roasting chamber are introduced into a carbonization chamber in which the temperature of the organic material is further increased, initially to a temperature of about 350 - 450°C, by means of a heated gas under forced convection, wherein the gas consists mainly of steam originally from the drying chamber.
An infrared measurement system and induction cooker combination wherein the induction cooker comprises an induction coil and at least one hob having at least one glass ceramic plate, the system adapted for the remote measurement of the temperature of a cookware's lower surface when placed on the hob, wherein the system comprises a printed circuit board, wherein the printed circuit board comprises at least one switched infrared light emitting diode (114, 312); at least one infrared sensor (104, 308) arranged to receive light from the at least one infrared light emitting diode (114, 312) reflected from the lower surface of the cookware, the at least one infrared sensor (104, 308) being a photodiode, the system comprising a temperature sensor located in between the inductor coil and the associated glass ceramic plate of the hob of the induction cooker, the system comprising a thermistor (105, 306) located in the immediate vicinity of the at least one infrared sensor (104, 308), the system being configured to determine the estimated emissivity of the lower surface of the cookware from its reflectance determined from the intensity of reflected switched light measured by the at least one infrared sensor (104, 308) and the intensity of light emitted by the at least one infrared light emitting diode (114, 312), whereby the temperature in the vicinity of the at least one infrared sensor (104, 308) measured by the thermistor (105, 306) is used together with the temperature characteristic of the photodiode to compensate the measured intensity of the reflected light; the photodiode being calibrated with respect to an emissivity measurement of a black body radiator between 50°C and 350°C so as to provide a scale factor applied to the above measured emissivity to provide the emissivity of the lower surface relative to that of a black body in the above temperature range; the system being adapted for measuring said temperature of the ceramic glass plate of the hob with the temperature sensor and measuring the combined thermal radiation emitted from the lower surface of the cookware and from the ceramic glass plate with the photodiode; the system being configured to determine the thermal radiation emitted from the lower surface using the measured combined thermal radiation, by accounting for the thermal radiation emission from the ceramic plate based on its temperature and to determine the temperature of the lower surface based on the determined thermal radiation emitted from this surface and its emissivity determined from the intensity of infrared light from the infrared emitting diode reflected from the lower surface which is detected at the photodiode and to which the scale factor is applied.
A control method for a mobile object that automatically moves, the control method comprising: causing a sensor disposed on the mobile object to detect a target object multiple times to acquire detection results of respective detection processes performed by the sensor as a point group; estimating a position and an attitude of the target object for each detection process performed by the sensor based on the point group; calculating reliability of accuracy in an estimation result of the position and the attitude of the target object for each detection process performed by the sensor; selecting, from among estimation results of the respective detection processes performed by the sensor, an estimation result used for setting an approach path to a target position at which a predetermined position and attitude with respect to the target object are achieved, based on the reliability of accuracy for each detection process performed by the sensor; setting the approach path based on the selected estimation result; and causing the mobile object to move along the approach path, characterized in that the reliability of accuracy is based on a ratio between a number of ideal measuring points assumed to be acquired by one detection process performed by the sensor and a number of actual measuring points acquired by one detection process performed by the sensor. causing a sensor disposed on the mobile object to detect a target object multiple times to acquire detection results of respective detection processes performed by the sensor as a point group; estimating a position and an attitude of the target object for each detection process performed by the sensor based on the point group; calculating reliability of accuracy in an estimation result of the position and the attitude of the target object for each detection process performed by the sensor; selecting, from among estimation results of the respective detection processes performed by the sensor, an estimation result used for setting an approach path to a target position at which a predetermined position and attitude with respect to the target object are achieved, based on the reliability of accuracy for each detection process performed by the sensor; setting the approach path based on the selected estimation result; and causing the mobile object to move along the approach path, characterized in that the reliability of accuracy is based on a ratio between a number of ideal measuring points assumed to be acquired by one detection process performed by the sensor and a number of actual measuring points acquired by one detection process performed by the sensor.
A system for process control, the system comprising a process controller (102, 202, 402, 502, 602, 702) including a plurality of process inputs, a plurality of communication ports (408, 410, 412, 414, 508, 510, 512, 514, 710, 712, 714), and a control unit; characterized in that the process controller (102, 202, 402, 502, 602, 702) further comprising at least one optical sensor (104, 206, 406, 506, 606, 706) integrated in the process controller (102, 202, 402, 502, 602, 702), wherein data of the optical sensor (104, 206, 406, 506, 606, 706) is resident within the process controller (102, 202, 402, 502, 602, 702); and wherein the control unit is in communication with the plurality of communication ports (408, 410, 412, 414, 508, 510, 512, 514, 710, 712, 714) and the at least one optical sensor (104, 206, 406, 506, 606, 706), wherein the at least one optical sensor (104, 206, 406, 506, 606, 706) includes an optical source that emits light toward an object (112, 114), the control unit interpreting a return light profile reflected by the object (112, 114) to determine a temperature of the object (112, 114).
An apparatus for dispensing a chemical into a cleaning machine from a container (22, 23, 24) wherein the chemical is stored, the container (22, 23, 24) having data recorded thereon, said apparatus comprising: a dispenser port (26, 27, 28) for receiving the container (22, 23, 24); a flow control device (58, 64, 66) connected to the dispenser port (26, 27, 28) for controlling flow of the chemical from the dispenser port (26, 27, 28) to the cleaning machine; a data reader (33, 34, 35) for reading the data from the container (22, 23, 24); and a controller connected to the data reader (33, 34, 35) for operating the flow control device (58, 64, 66) in response to the data read from the container (22, 23, 24) to control an amount of chemical that is dispensed, characterized in that the data reader (33, 34, 35) comprises a device for interrogating an erasable radio frequency tag on the container (22, 23, 24) to obtain the data recorded thereon; in that the apparatus further comprises a sensor (75, 76, 77) to detect when the container (22, 23, 24) is empty; and in that the apparatus is configured to detect when the container (22, 23, 24) is empty and to erase the data on the radio frequency tag when the container (22, 23, 24) is empty. a dispenser port (26, 27, 28) for receiving the container (22, 23, 24); a flow control device (58, 64, 66) connected to the dispenser port (26, 27, 28) for controlling flow of the chemical from the dispenser port (26, 27, 28) to the cleaning machine; a data reader (33, 34, 35) for reading the data from the container (22, 23, 24); and a controller connected to the data reader (33, 34, 35) for operating the flow control device (58, 64, 66) in response to the data read from the container (22, 23, 24) to control an amount of chemical that is dispensed, characterized in that the data reader (33, 34, 35) comprises a device for interrogating an erasable radio frequency tag on the container (22, 23, 24) to obtain the data recorded thereon; in that the apparatus further comprises a sensor (75, 76, 77) to detect when the container (22, 23, 24) is empty; and in that the apparatus is configured to detect when the container (22, 23, 24) is empty and to erase the data on the radio frequency tag when the container (22, 23, 24) is empty.
A method for transmitting a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, DHCP, message, comprising: receiving, by a DHCP relay agent, a request from a DHCP client, whereby configuration options which require encryption are indicated by the client in the request; encrypting, by the DHCP relay agent, relay agent options, inserting the encrypted relay agent options into the request, and forwarding the request to a DHCP server; receiving, by the DHCP server, the request from the DHCP relay agent; encrypting, by the DHCP server, the configuration options; decrypting, by the DHCP server, the relay agent options and storing, by the DHCP server, the relay agent options which are used in address selection and parameters configuration; responding, by the DHCP server, to the DHCP relay agent a message containing the encrypted configuration options and the encrypted relay agent options; stripping, by the DHCP relay agent, the encrypted relay agent options from the message, and forwarding the message without the encrypted relay agent options to the DHCP client; wherein the encrypting of the configuration options comprises: encrypting the indicated configuration options which require encryption in the request. receiving, by a DHCP relay agent, a request from a DHCP client, whereby configuration options which require encryption are indicated by the client in the request; encrypting, by the DHCP relay agent, relay agent options, inserting the encrypted relay agent options into the request, and forwarding the request to a DHCP server; receiving, by the DHCP server, the request from the DHCP relay agent; encrypting, by the DHCP server, the configuration options; decrypting, by the DHCP server, the relay agent options and storing, by the DHCP server, the relay agent options which are used in address selection and parameters configuration; responding, by the DHCP server, to the DHCP relay agent a message containing the encrypted configuration options and the encrypted relay agent options; stripping, by the DHCP relay agent, the encrypted relay agent options from the message, and forwarding the message without the encrypted relay agent options to the DHCP client; wherein the encrypting of the configuration options comprises: encrypting the indicated configuration options which require encryption in the request. encrypting the indicated configuration options which require encryption in the request.
A method comprising: receiving, by a server ticket redemption manager, a token that is used for security and initially acquired from a wireless beacon as a customer passes through an ingress point (step 210), wherein the token is generated and supplied by a mobile application of a mobile device based on ticket information or a ticket residing on the mobile device, and established ahead of time by the mobile application prior to passing through the ingress point, wherein the token represents a smaller version of the ticket that can be mapped to the ticket and the ticket information, and wherein the beacon can only handle a small amount of data and the ticket information is greater than an amount of information the beacon can handle; validating, by the server ticket redemption manager, the token for customer ingress at the ingress point (step 220); and providing, by the server ticket redemption manager, an indication of success or failure of validation to an ingress device (141, 142) (step 230). receiving, by a server ticket redemption manager, a token that is used for security and initially acquired from a wireless beacon as a customer passes through an ingress point (step 210), wherein the token is generated and supplied by a mobile application of a mobile device based on ticket information or a ticket residing on the mobile device, and established ahead of time by the mobile application prior to passing through the ingress point, wherein the token represents a smaller version of the ticket that can be mapped to the ticket and the ticket information, and wherein the beacon can only handle a small amount of data and the ticket information is greater than an amount of information the beacon can handle; validating, by the server ticket redemption manager, the token for customer ingress at the ingress point (step 220); and providing, by the server ticket redemption manager, an indication of success or failure of validation to an ingress device (141, 142) (step 230).