mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An operation-assisting device for assisting user operations related to a piece of target software, comprising: a) an identification-header detection section for detecting an identification header displayed on a screen of a display unit; the identification header being in a predetermined positional relationship to a code image, and only holding information which enables locating the code image; b) a code-image detection section for detecting, based on a positional relationship with the identification header detected by the identification-header detection section, the code image in which a specified item of information related to the target software is held in a coded form; c) a decoding section for decoding the code image detected by the code-image detection section, to obtain the specified item of information; and d) an execution section for performing a specified process associated with the specified item of information obtained by the decoding section. a) an identification-header detection section for detecting an identification header displayed on a screen of a display unit; the identification header being in a predetermined positional relationship to a code image, and only holding information which enables locating the code image; b) a code-image detection section for detecting, based on a positional relationship with the identification header detected by the identification-header detection section, the code image in which a specified item of information related to the target software is held in a coded form; c) a decoding section for decoding the code image detected by the code-image detection section, to obtain the specified item of information; and d) an execution section for performing a specified process associated with the specified item of information obtained by the decoding section.
A method of detecting vibration, the method comprising: sending, via an optical transmitter (128, 202, 300), an optical signal that is modified by a vibration sensor (108-118, 222, 306, 400, 500); and receiving, via an optical receiver (130, 204, 310), the optical signal from the vibration sensor, the received optical signal comprising fluctuations responsive to a vibration of the vibration sensor; wherein the optical signal includes a radio frequency 'RF' signal; wherein underground vibrations are detected with an optical assembly (160, 226, 320) which comprises the vibration sensor; characterized in that the vibration sensor comprises two optical fibers (304, 308, 402, 422, 502, 514) having two free standing fiber ends (412, 416, 510, 520) which are free to move and vibrate, the two free standing fiber ends separated by a distance (414, 512), whereby the vibration of the vibration sensor causes misalignments of the two free standing fiber ends, causing the fluctuations of the optical signal. sending, via an optical transmitter (128, 202, 300), an optical signal that is modified by a vibration sensor (108-118, 222, 306, 400, 500); and receiving, via an optical receiver (130, 204, 310), the optical signal from the vibration sensor, the received optical signal comprising fluctuations responsive to a vibration of the vibration sensor; wherein the optical signal includes a radio frequency 'RF' signal; wherein underground vibrations are detected with an optical assembly (160, 226, 320) which comprises the vibration sensor; characterized in that the vibration sensor comprises two optical fibers (304, 308, 402, 422, 502, 514) having two free standing fiber ends (412, 416, 510, 520) which are free to move and vibrate, the two free standing fiber ends separated by a distance (414, 512), whereby the vibration of the vibration sensor causes misalignments of the two free standing fiber ends, causing the fluctuations of the optical signal.
An electroacoustic converter comprising: an enclosure; a piezoelectric sounding body that includes a first vibration plate supported on the enclosure, and a piezoelectric element placed at least on one side of the first vibration plate, and that partitions an interior of the enclosure into a first space and a second space; an electromagnetic sounding body having a second vibration plate and positioned in the first space; a passage in a thickness direction of the first vibration plate to connect the first space and second space, wherein the piezoelectric sounding body is configured to play back higher-pitch sounds than sounds that the electromagnetic sounding body plays back; characterized in that the passage is provided in the piezoelectric sounding body, and a ring-shaped member is placed between the enclosure and a periphery of the first vibration plate to integrally connect the enclosure and the periphery. an enclosure; a piezoelectric sounding body that includes a first vibration plate supported on the enclosure, and a piezoelectric element placed at least on one side of the first vibration plate, and that partitions an interior of the enclosure into a first space and a second space; an electromagnetic sounding body having a second vibration plate and positioned in the first space; a passage in a thickness direction of the first vibration plate to connect the first space and second space, wherein the piezoelectric sounding body is configured to play back higher-pitch sounds than sounds that the electromagnetic sounding body plays back; characterized in that the passage is provided in the piezoelectric sounding body, and a ring-shaped member is placed between the enclosure and a periphery of the first vibration plate to integrally connect the enclosure and the periphery.
Hydrogel, which is obtainable by covalent cross-linking of macromonomers by means of Diels-Alder [4+2] cycloaddition, and wherein the macromonomers are star or comb polymers having a degree of branching of two to eight.
A computing machine implemented method for sleep apnea detection, the method comprising: utilizing a detection algorithm to automatically determine at least one sleep apnea event from at least one detected respiratory signal, the utilizing comprising: extracting (212, 214a, 214b) a plurality of features from the at least one detected respiratory signal, the plurality of features including a low-pass filtered envelope width; determining at least one candidate sleep apnea event using the plurality of features; characterised in confirming (230, 232) the at least one sleep apnea event using the at least one determined candidate sleep apnea event, wherein the at least one sleep apnea event is confirmed if both a mean of the low-pass filtered envelope width during an apnea event is less than a mean threshold times a mean of the low-pass filtered envelope width during baseline and the mean of the low-pass filtered envelope width during the apnea event is less than a variable times a mean dispersion metric wherein the at least one detected respiratory signal is a nasal airflow respiratory, NAR, signal. extracting (212, 214a, 214b) a plurality of features from the at least one detected respiratory signal, the plurality of features including a low-pass filtered envelope width; determining at least one candidate sleep apnea event using the plurality of features; characterised in confirming (230, 232) the at least one sleep apnea event using the at least one determined candidate sleep apnea event, wherein the at least one sleep apnea event is confirmed if both a mean of the low-pass filtered envelope width during an apnea event is less than a mean threshold times a mean of the low-pass filtered envelope width during baseline and the mean of the low-pass filtered envelope width during the apnea event is less than a variable times a mean dispersion metric wherein the at least one detected respiratory signal is a nasal airflow respiratory, NAR, signal.
A wax composition comprising: - linear and branched wax hydrocarbons having 15 to 110 carbon atoms; and - oxidized hydrocarbons, characterized by - a congealing point from 68° C to 110° C, - an acid number of 3 to 30 mg KOH/g, - a saponification number of 20 to 90 mg KOH/g; and - a needle penetration at 25° C of below 15 1/10 mm. - linear and branched wax hydrocarbons having 15 to 110 carbon atoms; and - oxidized hydrocarbons, - a congealing point from 68° C to 110° C, - an acid number of 3 to 30 mg KOH/g, - a saponification number of 20 to 90 mg KOH/g; and - a needle penetration at 25° C of below 15 1/10 mm.
A method for closing an opening in a body, for example in a housing, for which a closing element is provided, which is inserted into the opening, characterized by the following steps: - providing the closing element with a bottom and with a border, which stretches from the plane of extension of the bottom, wherein the border includes several elastic sections, - forming the opening with a circumferential edge, which reaches into the opening, behind which edge an undercutting area is formed, - joining the closing element into the opening so that the bottom points inwards, and - elastically latching the elastic sections of the border into the undercutting area. - providing the closing element with a bottom and with a border, which stretches from the plane of extension of the bottom, wherein the border includes several elastic sections, - forming the opening with a circumferential edge, which reaches into the opening, behind which edge an undercutting area is formed, - joining the closing element into the opening so that the bottom points inwards, and - elastically latching the elastic sections of the border into the undercutting area.
Filling device for filling a folded pipe cartridge in order to form a ventilation duct portion comprising a support and transport frame provided with at least three legs, two opposite or adjacent sides (3, 4) supported by the frame and defining therebetween a receiving space for receiving a pipe cartridge, two foot boards supported by the sides, which can be moved in terms of height and disposed on either side of said space, each side (3, 4) comprising a guard rail (33, 34), a pipe cartridge support member provided on the frame, at least one blowing port made in a central area of said support member, and a hot air generator capable of releasing into said port in order to blow into the cartridge and into the pipe when filling the cartridge via the pipe.
A staple cartridge assembly for use with a surgical stapler, comprising: a cartridge body having a plurality of staple cavities configured to seat staples therein; and a hybrid adjunct material (600, 2100) releasably retained on the cartridge body and configured to be delivered to tissue by deployment of the staples in the cartridge body, the material having a biologic tissue membrane (604, 2104), a synthetic substrate layer (602, 2102), and at least one compressible elastic member configured to compress when a compressive force is applied thereto, and to provide a spring back force when the compressive force is removed, wherein the compressible elastic member includes one or more surface features configured to fix the membrane to the elastic member, and wherein the one or more surface features are selected from the group consisting of ball shaped end caps, shelves, barbs, and combinations thereof. a cartridge body having a plurality of staple cavities configured to seat staples therein; and a hybrid adjunct material (600, 2100) releasably retained on the cartridge body and configured to be delivered to tissue by deployment of the staples in the cartridge body, the material having a biologic tissue membrane (604, 2104), a synthetic substrate layer (602, 2102), and at least one compressible elastic member configured to compress when a compressive force is applied thereto, and to provide a spring back force when the compressive force is removed, wherein the compressible elastic member includes one or more surface features configured to fix the membrane to the elastic member, and wherein the one or more surface features are selected from the group consisting of ball shaped end caps, shelves, barbs, and combinations thereof.
A system comprising: a kiosk, the kiosk comprising a processor, the processor configured to perform an electronic payment transaction based on instructions received from a portable device of a user; a transmitting device electrically coupled to the kiosk, the transmitting device configured to transmit a first signal to the portable device at a first direction based on an instruction received from the kiosk; and a receiving device electrically coupled to the kiosk, the receiving device configured to receive a second signal from the portable device at a second direction, wherein the transmitting device and receiving device are positioned such that the first and second direction enable determination of a position of the user, wherein the processor enables the electronic payment transaction to be processed only when the portable device is at a location relative to the kiosk, and wherein the location is disposed within a transmission path coextensive with both the first direction and the second direction. a kiosk, the kiosk comprising a processor, the processor configured to perform an electronic payment transaction based on instructions received from a portable device of a user; a transmitting device electrically coupled to the kiosk, the transmitting device configured to transmit a first signal to the portable device at a first direction based on an instruction received from the kiosk; and a receiving device electrically coupled to the kiosk, the receiving device configured to receive a second signal from the portable device at a second direction, wherein the transmitting device and receiving device are positioned such that the first and second direction enable determination of a position of the user, wherein the processor enables the electronic payment transaction to be processed only when the portable device is at a location relative to the kiosk, and wherein the location is disposed within a transmission path coextensive with both the first direction and the second direction.
A distributed node video surveillance system comprising: a plurality of Video Surveillance System serving nodes, a service center management platform, a plurality of Pre Units (PUs) and a Client Units (CUs); wherein the service center management platform is configured to manage the plurality of VSS serving nodes; each of the VSS serving nodes connects a respective PU and a respective CU, and is configured to provide data for the respective PU and the respective CU; the PU is configured to: collect video monitoring information, and directly access the VSS serving node to which it belongs to acquire data; the CU is configured to: display the video monitoring information, and directly access the VSS serving node to which it belongs to acquire data, wherein data in the plurality of VSS serving nodes keep synchronous with the data in the service center management platform; wherein communication between the CU and the PU of the VSS serving node is implemented by: the CU sending communication request information to a Register Manager module of the VSS serving node to which the CU belongs; the RGM module searching a PU in a memory database first, and returning a response message to the CU if the PU is found, or sending a request message to a service center management platform if the PU is not found; the service center management platform sending request information to the VSS serving node to which the PU registers; the VSS serving node to which the PU registers receiving the request message and forwarding the request message to the PU, and then receiving the response message returned by the PU and forwarding the response message to the RGM module; and the RGM module returning the received response message to the CU. the CU sending communication request information to a Register Manager module of the VSS serving node to which the CU belongs; the RGM module searching a PU in a memory database first, and returning a response message to the CU if the PU is found, or sending a request message to a service center management platform if the PU is not found; the service center management platform sending request information to the VSS serving node to which the PU registers; the VSS serving node to which the PU registers receiving the request message and forwarding the request message to the PU, and then receiving the response message returned by the PU and forwarding the response message to the RGM module; and the RGM module returning the received response message to the CU.
An assembly for attachment of a replaceable wearing part at a leading edge of an implement, there being a supporting surface formed at the leading edge and arranged to receive and fix a wearing-part holder, and one of the wearing-part holder and the wearing part forming an attachment projection, and the other of the wearing-part holder and the wearing part forming a corresponding socket, and the attachment projection and the socket being provided with corresponding, cooperating guide portions (32, 431), the guide portions of the wearing-part holder are formed as guide faces (32a, 32c, 32e) facing the supporting surface and being slanted relative to the supporting surface, falling in a direction away from the leading edge, characterized in that the wearing part includes one or more abutment portions which, when the wearing part is fixed in the wearing-part holder, rest supportingly against the supporting surface.
A beverage preparation machine comprising a source of liquid (2,3) and a dispensing outlet connected via a pump that has: - a chamber; - a displaceable wall delimiting the chamber, such as a displaceable wall joined to adjacent chamber wall(s) by a seal, e.g. an O-ring; - an electric actuator driving the displaceable wall between a first position and a second position for causing an inflow of liquid from the source into the chamber and for causing an outflow of liquid from the chamber to the dispensing outlet optionally via a thermal conditioner, such as a heater and/or cooler; and - a powering unit that comprises an electric power source and that is configured for supplying power to the actuator, characterised in that the powering unit further comprises: - a sensor, e.g. at least one of an ammeter, a voltmeter and a potentiometer, for measuring at least one electrical parameter representative of a consumption of power by the actuator from said source; and - a control unit connected to the sensor and to the electrical power source, the control unit being configured to control the power supplied to the actuator by the electric power source as a function of: - the at least one measured parameter; and - a desired liquid input into the chamber and/or a desired liquid output from the chamber, such as a desired flow and/or pressure of the liquid input and/or of the liquid output. - a chamber; - a displaceable wall delimiting the chamber, such as a displaceable wall joined to adjacent chamber wall(s) by a seal, e.g. an O-ring; - an electric actuator driving the displaceable wall between a first position and a second position for causing an inflow of liquid from the source into the chamber and for causing an outflow of liquid from the chamber to the dispensing outlet optionally via a thermal conditioner, such as a heater and/or cooler; and - a powering unit that comprises an electric power source and that is configured for supplying power to the actuator, - a sensor, e.g. at least one of an ammeter, a voltmeter and a potentiometer, for measuring at least one electrical parameter representative of a consumption of power by the actuator from said source; and - a control unit connected to the sensor and to the electrical power source, the control unit being configured to control the power supplied to the actuator by the electric power source as a function of: - the at least one measured parameter; and - a desired liquid input into the chamber and/or a desired liquid output from the chamber, such as a desired flow and/or pressure of the liquid input and/or of the liquid output. - the at least one measured parameter; and - a desired liquid input into the chamber and/or a desired liquid output from the chamber, such as a desired flow and/or pressure of the liquid input and/or of the liquid output.
A food cooker comprising a reservoir suitable for being filled with a heated cooking liquid to a liquid level, the reservoir comprising: a first conveyor belt movable in a first direction; and a second conveyor belt movable in a second direction opposite to the first direction; the first and second conveyor belts being spaced apart to define a path between them at least part of which passes beneath the liquid level, the path being sized to receive foodstuff and the opposing movements of the conveyor belts for drawing the foodstuff along the path through the heated cooking liquid in the reservoir in use; characterised in that the food cooker further comprises a drum for delivering foodstuff into the reservoir, the drum comprising: a plurality of laterally spaced apart holes, the drum being rotatable such that, as the drum rotates in use, foodstuff contained within the drum falls out of the bottom of the drum through the holes into the reservoir; wherein both the spacing between the laterally spaced apart holes and the speed of rotation of the drum are sufficient to ensure that, in use, a gap between adjacent pieces of foodstuff is sufficient to prevent significant local cooling of the heated cooking liquid as the foodstuff is drawn through the heated cooking liquid in the reservoir. a first conveyor belt movable in a first direction; and a second conveyor belt movable in a second direction opposite to the first direction; the first and second conveyor belts being spaced apart to define a path between them at least part of which passes beneath the liquid level, the path being sized to receive foodstuff and the opposing movements of the conveyor belts for drawing the foodstuff along the path through the heated cooking liquid in the reservoir in use; characterised in that the food cooker further comprises a drum for delivering foodstuff into the reservoir, the drum comprising: a plurality of laterally spaced apart holes, the drum being rotatable such that, as the drum rotates in use, foodstuff contained within the drum falls out of the bottom of the drum through the holes into the reservoir; wherein both the spacing between the laterally spaced apart holes and the speed of rotation of the drum are sufficient to ensure that, in use, a gap between adjacent pieces of foodstuff is sufficient to prevent significant local cooling of the heated cooking liquid as the foodstuff is drawn through the heated cooking liquid in the reservoir. a plurality of laterally spaced apart holes, the drum being rotatable such that, as the drum rotates in use, foodstuff contained within the drum falls out of the bottom of the drum through the holes into the reservoir; wherein both the spacing between the laterally spaced apart holes and the speed of rotation of the drum are sufficient to ensure that, in use, a gap between adjacent pieces of foodstuff is sufficient to prevent significant local cooling of the heated cooking liquid as the foodstuff is drawn through the heated cooking liquid in the reservoir.