mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for applying a thermal spray coating to a shroud of a gas turbine engine, the method comprised of the steps of: providing a shroud having a flowpath face, at least one side edge, and at least one rear edge; placing a backing in against the rear edge of the shroud in a manner which forms a corner between the side edge and the backing; wherein the backing has a thickness such that the backing contacts the rear edge and is partially compressed as the shroud is mounted to a part-holding apparatus, the backing further having a width such that the backing extends beyond an edge of the part-holding apparatus, with side plates compressing the backing against the shroud through use of tightening means; applying in a spraying operation an initial base coating to the at least one side edge. providing a shroud having a flowpath face, at least one side edge, and at least one rear edge; placing a backing in against the rear edge of the shroud in a manner which forms a corner between the side edge and the backing; wherein the backing has a thickness such that the backing contacts the rear edge and is partially compressed as the shroud is mounted to a part-holding apparatus, the backing further having a width such that the backing extends beyond an edge of the part-holding apparatus, with side plates compressing the backing against the shroud through use of tightening means; applying in a spraying operation an initial base coating to the at least one side edge.
An image processing apparatus being an electrophotographic or inkjet image forming apparatus having at least two of a copy function, a printer function, a scanner function and a facsimile function, comprising: a light source configured to emit visible component light and invisible component light to a target object; an image sensor configured to receive reflected light from the target object to detect a visible invisible mixture image including an invisible component and a visible component and an invisible image including an invisible component; and an invisible component remover, based on the visible invisible mixture image and the invisible image which have been detected, configured to remove the invisible component from the visible invisible mixture image to generate a visible image, the invisible component remover including: a removal calculator configured to perform a removal calculation process of an invisible component with respect to the visible invisible mixture image by subtracting near infrared signals from the visible invisible mixture image to output an image having only a visible component; and a noise reducer configured to perform a noise reduction process on at least one of an image to be input to the removal calculator and an image to be output from the removal calculator. a light source configured to emit visible component light and invisible component light to a target object; an image sensor configured to receive reflected light from the target object to detect a visible invisible mixture image including an invisible component and a visible component and an invisible image including an invisible component; and an invisible component remover, based on the visible invisible mixture image and the invisible image which have been detected, configured to remove the invisible component from the visible invisible mixture image to generate a visible image, the invisible component remover including: a removal calculator configured to perform a removal calculation process of an invisible component with respect to the visible invisible mixture image by subtracting near infrared signals from the visible invisible mixture image to output an image having only a visible component; and a noise reducer configured to perform a noise reduction process on at least one of an image to be input to the removal calculator and an image to be output from the removal calculator. a removal calculator configured to perform a removal calculation process of an invisible component with respect to the visible invisible mixture image by subtracting near infrared signals from the visible invisible mixture image to output an image having only a visible component; and a noise reducer configured to perform a noise reduction process on at least one of an image to be input to the removal calculator and an image to be output from the removal calculator.
Apparatus, which is suitable for being surrounded by molten glass, the apparatus having a shank, at least one actuating device being arranged on the shank, the shank and the actuating device consisting of an oxide dispersion-strengthened Platinum Group Metals material, said actuating device being arranged to be moved by a drive, equipped with a protective cap on its lower end and arranged to be connected to said shank, the shank consisting of at least one at least partially seamless tube, said apparatus being characterized in that the shank has at least one thickened portion on which the actuating device is arranged, said at least one thickened portion being formed by at least one sleeve, pushed or shrunk on the shank and consisting of a Platinum Group Metals Material, preferable of an oxide dispersion-strengthended Platinum Group Metals material, the actuating device comprising two blade elements which are continuously welded to the sleeve, the sleeve having a clearance and the shank an orifice, which are arranged opposite to a blade element and its weld seams, in order to vent air included between the weld seams into the interior of the shank, being equipped with an orifice at its upper end above the glass level in order to vent air to the outside.
A method of manufacturing a part, the method comprising: heating a gear (100, 300) in the presence of carbon to carburize a material of the gear (100, 300) to create a carburized gear, the gear (100, 300) having a plurality of gear teeth (302, 400) and which comprises a selected material; high pressure gas quenching the carburized gear (100, 300) to drive the carbon into the material of the gear to create a quenched gear (100, 300); at least one of cavitation peening and laser peening surfaces of the quenched gear (100, 300) to create a peened gear (100, 300); and superfinishing surfaces of the peened gear (100, 300), wherein the high pressure gas quenching employs non-reactive gas for quenching. heating a gear (100, 300) in the presence of carbon to carburize a material of the gear (100, 300) to create a carburized gear, the gear (100, 300) having a plurality of gear teeth (302, 400) and which comprises a selected material; high pressure gas quenching the carburized gear (100, 300) to drive the carbon into the material of the gear to create a quenched gear (100, 300); at least one of cavitation peening and laser peening surfaces of the quenched gear (100, 300) to create a peened gear (100, 300); and superfinishing surfaces of the peened gear (100, 300), wherein the high pressure gas quenching employs non-reactive gas for quenching.
A computer implemented method for dewarping a region of a fisheye view image, wherein the fisheye view image is captured by a fisheye lens camera and comprises a first dewarping pole, DP1, the method comprising: - defining a region of interest, ROI, within the fisheye view image, - determining a center, G, of the ROI, - defining a temporary annulus sector region of the fisheye view image such that the temporary annulus sector region comprises the ROI, and such that the temporary annulus sector region has its center at DP1 and has a temporary outer arc shaped edge and a temporary inner arc shaped edge, - defining a second dewarping pole, DP2, in the fisheye view image at a dewarping pole moving distance, D, from DP1 along a radial direction extending from G of the ROI through the DP1, wherein the radial direction is further directed such that DP1 is located between DP2 and G, - setting a dewarping annulus sector region of the fisheye view image such that the dewarping annulus sector region comprises the ROI, and such that the dewarping annulus sector region has its center at DP2 and has its dewarping inner arc shaped edge maintained at a same radial distance, r1, along the radial direction extending from G of the ROI through the DP1, from DP1 as the temporary inner arc shaped edge, - dewarping the dewarping annulus sector region of the fisheye view image. - defining a region of interest, ROI, within the fisheye view image, - determining a center, G, of the ROI, - defining a temporary annulus sector region of the fisheye view image such that the temporary annulus sector region comprises the ROI, and such that the temporary annulus sector region has its center at DP1 and has a temporary outer arc shaped edge and a temporary inner arc shaped edge, - defining a second dewarping pole, DP2, in the fisheye view image at a dewarping pole moving distance, D, from DP1 along a radial direction extending from G of the ROI through the DP1, wherein the radial direction is further directed such that DP1 is located between DP2 and G, - setting a dewarping annulus sector region of the fisheye view image such that the dewarping annulus sector region comprises the ROI, and such that the dewarping annulus sector region has its center at DP2 and has its dewarping inner arc shaped edge maintained at a same radial distance, r1, along the radial direction extending from G of the ROI through the DP1, from DP1 as the temporary inner arc shaped edge, - dewarping the dewarping annulus sector region of the fisheye view image.
Aqueous inkjet composition comprising a composite resin vehicle wherein the composite resin vehicle comprises an aqueous thermoplastic polyurethane dispersion and one or more second aqueous dispersion(s), wherein the one or more second aqueous dispersion(s) are selected from the group consisting of a styrene-(meth)acrylic resin dispersion, a metal oxide nanoparticle dispersion, and a combination thereof, wherein the average particle size of the styrene-(meth)acrylic resin dispersion is less than 500 nm, wherein the styrene-(meth)acrylic resin dispersion has a glass transition temperature of greater than 80°C, wherein the average particle size of the metal oxide nanoparticle dispersion is less than 200 nm, and wherein the aqueous inkjet composition further comprises one or more colorant(s).
Physical training apparatus, at least comprising a frame, a load which is to be gripped by a user and which is provided as a load shaft (5, 6) arranged on the frame and rotatable through a determined rotation angle, wherein an electric motor is provided to produce a torque exerted on the load shaft (5, 6), the electric motor being coupled by means of first coupling means (12, 13) to a reaction shaft, which reaction shaft is coupled by means of second coupling means (15, 19, 20) to the load shaft (5, 6), wherein the rotation angle of the load shaft (5, 6) is limited to a value of less than 360°, and the second coupling means (15, 19, 20) are adapted to exert a torque on the load shaft (5, 6) during a rotation of the load shaft (5, 6) limited to this value of less than 360°, and wherein the load shaft (5, 6) and the reaction shaft extend coaxially or mutually in line, and the second coupling means comprise a pair of co-acting discs (5; 15) provided with engaging means (17, 18; 21, 22), a first disc of which pair is coupled rigidly to the load shaft and a second disc is coupled rigidly to the reaction shaft, wherein the engaging means (17, 18; 21, 22) of the first and the second disc are adapted to cause rotation of the second disc synchronously with a rotation performed by the first disc, characterized in that the engaging means comprise a pair of first cams (17, 18) extending from the first disc and a pair of second cams (21, 22) extending from the second disc, wherein a cam of the first disc is coupled by means of a first elastically deformable body to a co-acting cam of the second disc, and the other cam of the first disc is coupled by means of a second elastically deformable body to the co-acting other cam of the second disc.
A method of fabricating a solid-state battery comprising: providing a cathode current collector foil substrate; and roll casting through hot rollers a cathode slurry comprising a cathode active material and an electrode binder onto the substrate to form a cathode casting, wherein the electrode binder comprises a first ion conductive filler powder, an electrically conductive powder, and a first inorganic solid electrolyte, and wherein the roll casting is performed at a temperature of up to 500°C, wherein the temperature is sufficient to melt or soften the first inorganic solid electrolyte so as to cause it to flow under the pressure of the rollers, thus binding the cathode active material, the first ion conductive filler powder, and the electrically conductive powder together. providing a cathode current collector foil substrate; and roll casting through hot rollers a cathode slurry comprising a cathode active material and an electrode binder onto the substrate to form a cathode casting, wherein the electrode binder comprises a first ion conductive filler powder, an electrically conductive powder, and a first inorganic solid electrolyte, and wherein the roll casting is performed at a temperature of up to 500°C, wherein the temperature is sufficient to melt or soften the first inorganic solid electrolyte so as to cause it to flow under the pressure of the rollers, thus binding the cathode active material, the first ion conductive filler powder, and the electrically conductive powder together.
A method for Pyramid Vector Quantizer, PVQ, shape search, performed by an encoder, the PVQ taking a target vector x as input and deriving a vector y by iteratively adding unit pulses in an inner dimension search loop, the method being characterized by: before entering a next inner dimension search loop for unit pulse addition: - determining (102, 204), based on a maximum pulse amplitude, maxamp y of a current vector y, whether more than a current bit word length is needed to represent, in a lossless manner, a variable, enloop y, related to an accumulated energy of y, in the upcoming inner dimension loop. before entering a next inner dimension search loop for unit pulse addition: - determining (102, 204), based on a maximum pulse amplitude, maxamp y of a current vector y, whether more than a current bit word length is needed to represent, in a lossless manner, a variable, enloop y, related to an accumulated energy of y, in the upcoming inner dimension loop. - determining (102, 204), based on a maximum pulse amplitude, maxamp y of a current vector y, whether more than a current bit word length is needed to represent, in a lossless manner, a variable, enloop y, related to an accumulated energy of y, in the upcoming inner dimension loop.
A method of feeding rod-shaped consumer goods to a packing apparatus, the method comprising: providing a plurality of rod-shaped consumer goods to an upstream end of a stacking channel, wherein the step of providing a plurality of rod-shaped consumer goods comprises providing a plurality of aerosol-generating articles, wherein each aerosol-generating article has a total length of between 40 millimetres and 50 millimetres; feeding the plurality of aerosol-generating articles along the stacking channel to a downstream end of the stacking channel, wherein the upstream end is higher than the downstream end in the vertical direction, and wherein at least a portion of the stacking channel extends at an angle of between 25 degrees and 75 degrees with respect to the vertical direction; receiving the plurality of aerosol-generating articles into a hopper from the downstream end of the stacking channel; and distributing the plurality of aerosol-generating articles from the hopper into a packing apparatus, wherein the step of feeding the plurality of aerosol-generating articles along the stacking channel comprises moving the plurality of aerosol-generating articles with at least one conveyor along at least a portion of the stacking channel in the downstream direction, the at least one conveyor comprising at least one of a mechanically driven belt or a directed airflow. providing a plurality of rod-shaped consumer goods to an upstream end of a stacking channel, wherein the step of providing a plurality of rod-shaped consumer goods comprises providing a plurality of aerosol-generating articles, wherein each aerosol-generating article has a total length of between 40 millimetres and 50 millimetres; feeding the plurality of aerosol-generating articles along the stacking channel to a downstream end of the stacking channel, wherein the upstream end is higher than the downstream end in the vertical direction, and wherein at least a portion of the stacking channel extends at an angle of between 25 degrees and 75 degrees with respect to the vertical direction; receiving the plurality of aerosol-generating articles into a hopper from the downstream end of the stacking channel; and distributing the plurality of aerosol-generating articles from the hopper into a packing apparatus, wherein the step of feeding the plurality of aerosol-generating articles along the stacking channel comprises moving the plurality of aerosol-generating articles with at least one conveyor along at least a portion of the stacking channel in the downstream direction, the at least one conveyor comprising at least one of a mechanically driven belt or a directed airflow.
A method of operating an aircraft (1, 100), said aircraft carrying communications equipment for operation as a communications base station as part of a cellular telephony network for provision, when airborne, of wireless communications connections over a coverage area, the method comprising the steps of: detecting, by means of a monitoring system, activity on the ground in the coverage area; in response to said detecting, causing, by means of a flight control system, launch of the aircraft and returning the aircraft to the ground when the activity ceases; and characterised in that the launch is caused in response to detection, by a communications handover control system, of an attempt to handover communications with a mobile terminal to the coverage area of the communications base station. detecting, by means of a monitoring system, activity on the ground in the coverage area; in response to said detecting, causing, by means of a flight control system, launch of the aircraft and returning the aircraft to the ground when the activity ceases; and characterised in that the launch is caused in response to detection, by a communications handover control system, of an attempt to handover communications with a mobile terminal to the coverage area of the communications base station.
A radar apparatus for estimating position of a plurality of obstacles, the radar apparatus comprising: a receive antenna unit, including: a linear array of antennas; and an additional antenna at a predefined offset from at least one antenna in the linear array of antennas; and a signal processing unit configured to: estimate an azimuth frequency associated with each of the obstacles from a signal received from the plurality of obstacles at the linear array of antennas; estimate a complex amplitude associated with each obstacle from the estimated azimuth frequency associated with the plurality of obstacles and from the signal received from the plurality of obstacles at the linear array of antennas; estimate a complex phasor associated with each obstacle from the estimated complex amplitude associated with the plurality of obstacles and from a signal received from the plurality of obstacles at the additional antenna; and estimate an azimuth angle and an elevation angle associated with each obstacle from the estimated complex phasor associated with each obstacle and from the estimated azimuth frequency associated with each obstacle. a receive antenna unit, including: a linear array of antennas; and an additional antenna at a predefined offset from at least one antenna in the linear array of antennas; a linear array of antennas; and an additional antenna at a predefined offset from at least one antenna in the linear array of antennas; and a signal processing unit configured to: estimate an azimuth frequency associated with each of the obstacles from a signal received from the plurality of obstacles at the linear array of antennas; estimate a complex amplitude associated with each obstacle from the estimated azimuth frequency associated with the plurality of obstacles and from the signal received from the plurality of obstacles at the linear array of antennas; estimate a complex phasor associated with each obstacle from the estimated complex amplitude associated with the plurality of obstacles and from a signal received from the plurality of obstacles at the additional antenna; and estimate an azimuth angle and an elevation angle associated with each obstacle from the estimated complex phasor associated with each obstacle and from the estimated azimuth frequency associated with each obstacle. estimate an azimuth frequency associated with each of the obstacles from a signal received from the plurality of obstacles at the linear array of antennas; estimate a complex amplitude associated with each obstacle from the estimated azimuth frequency associated with the plurality of obstacles and from the signal received from the plurality of obstacles at the linear array of antennas; estimate a complex phasor associated with each obstacle from the estimated complex amplitude associated with the plurality of obstacles and from a signal received from the plurality of obstacles at the additional antenna; and estimate an azimuth angle and an elevation angle associated with each obstacle from the estimated complex phasor associated with each obstacle and from the estimated azimuth frequency associated with each obstacle.
An aqueous metal surface-treating agent wherein an organic compound having a functional group, an organic compound having a functional group capable of reacting with the functional group and at least one hydrophilic functional group selected from hydroxyl groups which are different from those containable in the following functional groups (a), primary, secondary and tertiary amino groups, quaternary ammonium groups, phosphoric acid groups, phosphonic acid groups, sulfonic acid groups and polyoxyethylene chains, all these groups and chains being different from those capable of being included in the functional groups and/or the functional groups, and at least one organic polymer selected from urethane resins, epoxy resins, acrylic resins, polyester resins and polyolefin resins are compounded; and at least one of the organic compound and the organic compound is an organic silane compound having a functional group (a) represented by the formula -SiR 1 R 2 R 3, wherein R 1, R 2 and R 3 represent mutually independently alkyl groups, alkoxyl groups or hydroxyl groups, and at least one of them is an alkoxyl group, in which aqueous metal surface-treating agent, the organic compound is selected from epoxy silanes; amino silanes; mercapto silanes; isocyanato silanes; epoxy compounds selected from sorbitol polyglycidyl ethers, polyglycerol polyglycidyl ethers and pentaerythritol polyglycidyl ethers; isocyanate compounds; methylol group-containing compounds; active methylene-containing compounds; and imido compounds, and the organic compound is selected from amino silanes; amine compounds selected from isophoronediamine, piperazine and diphenylmethanediamine; polyoxyethylene adducts of epoxy compounds; hydroxylamines selected from ethanolamine and propanolamine; polyhydric alcohols; aminethiols; aminosulfonic acids; hydroxyphosphonic acids; diaminoalkylsulfonic acids; and amino acids.