mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A computer implemented method of providing at least one local image feature descriptor (d) for at least one feature (F11-F14) of an image, comprising the steps of: providing an image captured by a capturing device and extracting at least one local image feature (F11-F14) from the image, assigning a descriptor (d) to the at least one feature, the descriptor enabling the comparison and matching of features and depending on at least one parameter which is indicative of a direction of gravitational force in the image such that the local feature descriptor becomes aligned to said direction, said direction being obtained by projecting the gravitational force into the image, wherein the at least one parameter is determined from at least one tracking system measuring the orientation of the capturing device, and wherein the at least one parameter is determined under consideration of intrinsic camera parameters of the capturing device such as to allow for perspective image distortions. providing an image captured by a capturing device and extracting at least one local image feature (F11-F14) from the image, assigning a descriptor (d) to the at least one feature, the descriptor enabling the comparison and matching of features and depending on at least one parameter which is indicative of a direction of gravitational force in the image such that the local feature descriptor becomes aligned to said direction, said direction being obtained by projecting the gravitational force into the image, wherein the at least one parameter is determined from at least one tracking system measuring the orientation of the capturing device, and wherein the at least one parameter is determined under consideration of intrinsic camera parameters of the capturing device such as to allow for perspective image distortions.
Method of manufacturing a Field Joint Coating, the method comprising: - providing a pipe section to be joined to a further pipe section or free end of a pipeline, wherein each pipe section is provided with a coating comprising: o a thermal insulation layer which extends over a substantial portion of the length of the pipe section, o an anti-corrosion layer situated underneath the thermal insulation layer, wherein the end zones of the pipe section are free of coating, - connecting the pipe section to the further pipe section or free end of the pipeline, - applying an anti-corrosion coating layer on a connection region of the joined ends of the pipe section and the further pipe section or pipeline, - heating at least a part of the thermal insulation layer of the pipe section and the further pipe section or pipeline on either side of the field joint and applying an intermediate coating layer of a thermoplastic material over the anti-corrosion coating layer and over end portions (49; 50) of the thermal insulation layers on either side of the field joint to provide a continuous intermediate coating layer, wherein the intermediate coating layer is applied over the anti-corrosion coating layer and over end surfaces (49, 50) of the thermal insulation layers of the joined pipe sections (22, 24) on either side of the field joint, thereby providing a seal across the connection region, - applying a thermal insulation layer on the intermediate coating layer. - providing a pipe section to be joined to a further pipe section or free end of a pipeline, wherein each pipe section is provided with a coating comprising: o a thermal insulation layer which extends over a substantial portion of the length of the pipe section, o an anti-corrosion layer situated underneath the thermal insulation layer, wherein the end zones of the pipe section are free of coating, o a thermal insulation layer which extends over a substantial portion of the length of the pipe section, o an anti-corrosion layer situated underneath the thermal insulation layer, - connecting the pipe section to the further pipe section or free end of the pipeline, - applying an anti-corrosion coating layer on a connection region of the joined ends of the pipe section and the further pipe section or pipeline, - heating at least a part of the thermal insulation layer of the pipe section and the further pipe section or pipeline on either side of the field joint and applying an intermediate coating layer of a thermoplastic material over the anti-corrosion coating layer and over end portions (49; 50) of the thermal insulation layers on either side of the field joint to provide a continuous intermediate coating layer, wherein the intermediate coating layer is applied over the anti-corrosion coating layer and over end surfaces (49, 50) of the thermal insulation layers of the joined pipe sections (22, 24) on either side of the field joint, thereby providing a seal across the connection region, - applying a thermal insulation layer on the intermediate coating layer.
An air deflector at a front corner (24, 44) of a cab of a freight vehicle, characterised by a vortex generator which forms an angle of incidence, relative to an air flow ( f) induced round the corner (24, 44) by movement of the vehicle, in order to convert part of the air flow ( f) to a vortex flow ( v) which follows a side of the vehicle, said side being adjacent to the corner (24, 44), and prevents fouling (dirtying) of the side from below, which vortex generator comprises a substantially vertical guide vane which is connected at the top to the corner and which has a free lower end.
A system for implanting an implantable cardiac pacing device, the system including: an implantable leadless cardiac pacing device comprising: a housing having a proximal end and a distal end; an electrode positioned proximate the distal end of the housing configured to be positioned adjacent cardiac tissue; and a docking member extending from the proximal end of the housing along a longitudinal axis of the housing, the docking member configured to facilitate retrieval of the implantable leadless cardiac pacing device; the docking member including a head portion and a neck portion extending between the housing and the head portion; the head portion having a radial dimension from the longitudinal axis and the neck portion having a radial dimension from the longitudinal axis less than the radial dimension of the head portion; the head portion including a recess extending into the head portion from a proximal surface of the head portion for receiving a rotational driving instrument; and the system further including a delivery device including an elongate shaft and a driver mechanism at a distal end of the elongate shaft, the driver mechanism configured for engagement with the head portion of the docking member; wherein the driver mechanism includes a first lug configured to engage the recess extending into the head portion to transfer rotational motion from the driver mechanism to the implantable cardiac pacing device. a housing having a proximal end and a distal end; an electrode positioned proximate the distal end of the housing configured to be positioned adjacent cardiac tissue; and a docking member extending from the proximal end of the housing along a longitudinal axis of the housing, the docking member configured to facilitate retrieval of the implantable leadless cardiac pacing device; the docking member including a head portion and a neck portion extending between the housing and the head portion; the head portion having a radial dimension from the longitudinal axis and the neck portion having a radial dimension from the longitudinal axis less than the radial dimension of the head portion; the head portion including a recess extending into the head portion from a proximal surface of the head portion for receiving a rotational driving instrument; and the system further including a delivery device including an elongate shaft and a driver mechanism at a distal end of the elongate shaft, the driver mechanism configured for engagement with the head portion of the docking member; wherein the driver mechanism includes a first lug configured to engage the recess extending into the head portion to transfer rotational motion from the driver mechanism to the implantable cardiac pacing device. a delivery device including an elongate shaft and a driver mechanism at a distal end of the elongate shaft, the driver mechanism configured for engagement with the head portion of the docking member; wherein the driver mechanism includes a first lug configured to engage the recess extending into the head portion to transfer rotational motion from the driver mechanism to the implantable cardiac pacing device.
A method for routing Internet protocol, IP, packets, the method comprising: receiving a packet at a media gateway having a source-aware routing table, wherein the packet includes a source IP address and a destination IP address and wherein the source-aware routing table includes source IP address information, destination IP address information, and routing information, wherein the routing information includes an interface identifier and a next hop identifier, characterized in that, locating, by the media gateway, at least one entry, in the source-aware routing table, corresponding to at least a portion of the destination IP address and at least a portion of the source IP address; determining, by the media gateway, whether the at least one entry corresponding to the portion of the destination IP address and to the portion of the source IP address includes two or more entities; in response to determining that the at least one entry includes two or more entries, selecting, by the media gateway, one of the two or more entries for obtaining the routing information for routing the packet based on a user-configurable value associated with each of the two or more entries; and routing, by the media gateway, the packet based on the routing information included in the selected entry. receiving a packet at a media gateway having a source-aware routing table, wherein the packet includes a source IP address and a destination IP address and wherein the source-aware routing table includes source IP address information, destination IP address information, and routing information, wherein the routing information includes an interface identifier and a next hop identifier, characterized in that, locating, by the media gateway, at least one entry, in the source-aware routing table, corresponding to at least a portion of the destination IP address and at least a portion of the source IP address; determining, by the media gateway, whether the at least one entry corresponding to the portion of the destination IP address and to the portion of the source IP address includes two or more entities; in response to determining that the at least one entry includes two or more entries, selecting, by the media gateway, one of the two or more entries for obtaining the routing information for routing the packet based on a user-configurable value associated with each of the two or more entries; and routing, by the media gateway, the packet based on the routing information included in the selected entry.
An RFID device comprising: a transponder chip module (TCM, TCM-1, TCM-2, 210, 310, 910, 1810, 2010, 2110, 2310, 2410, 2510, 2710, 2810, 3010, 3110) comprising an RFID chip and a module antenna (MA, 212, 1412, 1812, 1912, 2012, 2112, 2512, 3012); characterized by: a coupling frame (CF, 220, 320, 420, 520, 620, 720, 820, 920, 1020, 1120, 1320, 1420, 1520, 1620, 1820, 1920, 2020, 2120, 2220, 2320, 2420, 2520, 2720, 2820, 2920, 3020, 3120) comprising a conductive surface and having a slit (S, 230, 330, 530, 630, 730, 830, 930, 1030, 1130, 1330, 1430, 1530, 1630, 1830, 1930, 2030, 2130, 2230, 2330, 2430, 2530, 2730, 2830, 2930, 3030, 3130) extending through the surface from an outer edge thereof to an inner position thereof, wherein the coupling frame is disposed so that the slit overlaps a portion of the module antenna. a transponder chip module (TCM, TCM-1, TCM-2, 210, 310, 910, 1810, 2010, 2110, 2310, 2410, 2510, 2710, 2810, 3010, 3110) comprising an RFID chip and a module antenna (MA, 212, 1412, 1812, 1912, 2012, 2112, 2512, 3012); characterized by: a coupling frame (CF, 220, 320, 420, 520, 620, 720, 820, 920, 1020, 1120, 1320, 1420, 1520, 1620, 1820, 1920, 2020, 2120, 2220, 2320, 2420, 2520, 2720, 2820, 2920, 3020, 3120) comprising a conductive surface and having a slit (S, 230, 330, 530, 630, 730, 830, 930, 1030, 1130, 1330, 1430, 1530, 1630, 1830, 1930, 2030, 2130, 2230, 2330, 2430, 2530, 2730, 2830, 2930, 3030, 3130) extending through the surface from an outer edge thereof to an inner position thereof, wherein the coupling frame is disposed so that the slit overlaps a portion of the module antenna.
A computer-implemented method for training a neural network for classifying a plurality of image data samples captured by a camera, wherein the method uses a processor that stores instructions for implementing the method, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to perform the method, comprising: collecting a plurality of data samples as input for training the neural network, wherein the plurality of data samples comprising clean data samples (x) and adversarial data samples (x'), wherein training of the neural network comprising training of a probabilistic encoder (106A, 106B) to encode the plurality of data samples into a probabilistic distribution over a latent space representation, wherein training of the neural network comprising training of a classifier (104A, 104B) to classify an instance of the latent space representation to produce a classification result; the method characterized by the method steps: training shared parameters of a first instance of the neural network using the clean data samples (x) and a second instance of the neural network using the adversarial data samples (x'); and outputting the shared parameters of the first instance of the neural network and the second instance of the neural network; the method further comprising parameterizing a multi-objective loss function based on mutual information of the distributions over the latent space representation determined by the probabilistic encoder (106A, 106B) of the first instance and the second instance of the neural network and entropy losses of the classification result produced by the first instance and the second instance of the neural network; wherein the multi-objective loss function comprises terms corresponding to maximizing mutual information between the probabilistic distributions of encodings of pairs of the clean data samples (x) and the adversarial data samples (x'), minimizing mutual information between encodings of one of the clean data samples (x) or the adversarial data samples (x') in the pair conditioned on another data sample in the pair, a clean cross-entropy loss determined for classifying the clean data samples (x), and an adversarial cross-entropy loss determined for classifying the adversarial data samples (x'). training shared parameters of a first instance of the neural network using the clean data samples (x) and a second instance of the neural network using the adversarial data samples (x'); and outputting the shared parameters of the first instance of the neural network and the second instance of the neural network; the method further comprising parameterizing a multi-objective loss function based on mutual information of the distributions over the latent space representation determined by the probabilistic encoder (106A, 106B) of the first instance and the second instance of the neural network and entropy losses of the classification result produced by the first instance and the second instance of the neural network; wherein
A method of making a dental restoration from a frame and a veneer, the frame and the veneer having inner and outer surfaces, wherein the inner frame surface corresponds to an inner surface of the dental restoration, and the outer veneer surface corresponds to an outer surface of the dental restoration, with the inner veneer surface and the outer frame surface being adapted to be mated with one another to form the dental restoration, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing an outer veneer surface in the form of surface data; (b) determining an outer frame surface in the form of surface data, based on the outer veneer surface independent from the inner frame surface; (c) determining an inner veneer surface in the form of surface data, based on the outer frame surface; and (d) providing an inner frame surface in the form of surface data, based on a natural tooth surface prepared to receive the dental restoration. (a) providing an outer veneer surface in the form of surface data; (b) determining an outer frame surface in the form of surface data, based on the outer veneer surface independent from the inner frame surface; (c) determining an inner veneer surface in the form of surface data, based on the outer frame surface; and (d) providing an inner frame surface in the form of surface data, based on a natural tooth surface prepared to receive the dental restoration.
An apparatus for heating a pipeline system, comprising at least two pipelines, along which in each case one electrical resistance heating element extends, wherein a potential close to the ground potential is set at each electrical resistance heating element at at least one end (3, 5), and in each case one electrical resistance heating element is connected to in each case one terminal of a DC source or to in each case one phase of an n-phase AC source at a position remote from this end (3, 5), where, when using an n-phase AC source, n is an integer equal to or greater than 2.
Set of end shields (55, 56) for holding a stack of laminations and of overhangs of windings arranged axially on either side of the stack of laminations of a rotor of a rotary electric machine for axially clamping the stack of laminations, each holding end shield (55, 56) comprising a radial wall provided with a main opening through which a shaft of the rotor can pass, characterized in that each end shield (55, 56) comprises an annular rim extending at the outer periphery of the radial wall and extending axially towards the rotor, this annular rim having a face bearing against the corresponding outer radial end face of the stack of laminations, and in that at least one holding end shield (55, 56) further comprises at least one axial ventilation blade associated with a through-orifice created in the radial wall, this axial ventilation blade being intended to bring about axial circulation of the flow of air in the rotor, and being positioned facing a space bounded by two consecutive windings.
A button sound processor, comprising: a first component comprising a housing, the housing having an interior containing an RF coil and a sound processing apparatus; and a second component comprising a magnet, wherein the button sound processor has a skin interface side configured to interface with skin of a recipient, and the button sound processor is configured such that the second component comprising the magnet is installable into and removable from the housing of the first component of the button sound processor from the skin interface side, with the housing of the first component providing a complete barrier between the second component and the interior of the housing. a first component comprising a housing, the housing having an interior containing an RF coil and a sound processing apparatus; and a second component comprising a magnet, wherein the button sound processor has a skin interface side configured to interface with skin of a recipient, and the button sound processor is configured such that the second component comprising the magnet is installable into and removable from the housing of the first component of the button sound processor from the skin interface side, with the housing of the first component providing a complete barrier between the second component and the interior of the housing.
A method for selecting a process to be applied on video data from a set of candidate processes parametrized by a common set of information data, each candidate process may be selected based on a combination of specific values of said set of information data, the method comprising: - obtaining an input value for each information data of said set of information data; and - when all specific values of a combination of specific values equal the input values, selecting a candidate process to be applied to video data which is associated to said combination of specific values, characterized in that the set of information comprises an information data relative to a color encoding space and information relative to a light domain in which a transform is intended to be applied, and wherein one candidate process comprises a pre-tone-mapping, a color remapping and a post-tone-mapping, and another candidate process comprises color volume converting, a pre-tone-mapping, a color remapping and a post-tone-mapping, and selecting one of those two processes depends on the color encoding space and the light domain. - obtaining an input value for each information data of said set of information data; and - when all specific values of a combination of specific values equal the input values, selecting a candidate process to be applied to video data which is associated to said combination of specific values, characterized in that the set of information comprises an information data relative to a color encoding space and information relative to a light domain in which a transform is intended to be applied, and wherein one candidate process comprises a pre-tone-mapping, a color remapping and a post-tone-mapping, and another candidate process comprises color volume converting, a pre-tone-mapping, a color remapping and a post-tone-mapping, and selecting one of those two processes depends on the color encoding space and the light domain.
A method for making a densified carbon article comprising the steps of: (a) providing a carbon powder, wherein the carbon powder is selected from the group consisting of natural graphite, synthetic graphite, glassy carbon, amorphous carbon, coal, petroleum coke, or petroleum pitch, and wherein the carbon powder has an average particle size ranging from 20 microns to 150 microns; (b) depositing a layer of the carbon powder; (c) ink-jet depositing a binder onto the layer in a pattern that corresponds to a slice of the article; (d) repeating the steps (b) and (c) for additional layers of the carbon powder and additional patterns, each of which additional patterns corresponds to an additional slice of the article, until a powder version of the article is completed; (e) curing the powder version of the article at a temperature at which at least a portion of the binder cures to provide a cured printed article; and (f) infiltrating the cured printed article with pitch to provide an infiltrated printed article. (a) providing a carbon powder, wherein the carbon powder is selected from the group consisting of natural graphite, synthetic graphite, glassy carbon, amorphous carbon, coal, petroleum coke, or petroleum pitch, and wherein the carbon powder has an average particle size ranging from 20 microns to 150 microns; (b) depositing a layer of the carbon powder; (c) ink-jet depositing a binder onto the layer in a pattern that corresponds to a slice of the article; (d) repeating the steps (b) and (c) for additional layers of the carbon powder and additional patterns, each of which additional patterns corresponds to an additional slice of the article, until a powder version of the article is completed; (e) curing the powder version of the article at a temperature at which at least a portion of the binder cures to provide a cured printed article; and (f) infiltrating the cured printed article with pitch to provide an infiltrated printed article.