mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A culture method for culturing gas-utilizing microorganisms (b) that produce valuable materials from a substrate gas (g) by fermentation, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the method comprises steps of: culturing the gas-utilizing microorganisms (b) in a liquid culture medium that occupies a fermentative environment region in a reaction tank, the fermentation being allowed in the fermentative environment region, wherein the reaction tank includes a loop reactor having a main tank portion and a reflux portion, and wherein an intermediate portion of the main tank portion and an intermediate portion of the reflux portion are connected by one or a plurality of openable and closable connecting channels (31, 32, 33) spaced from one another in a flow direction of the culture medium, circulating the culture medium between the main tank portion and the reflux portion; supplying the substrate gas (g) to the fermentative environment region; and controlling a volume of the fermentative environment region by selectively opening one of the connecting channels (31, 32, 33). culturing the gas-utilizing microorganisms (b) in a liquid culture medium that occupies a fermentative environment region in a reaction tank, the fermentation being allowed in the fermentative environment region, wherein the reaction tank includes a loop reactor having a main tank portion and a reflux portion, and wherein an intermediate portion of the main tank portion and an intermediate portion of the reflux portion are connected by one or a plurality of openable and closable connecting channels (31, 32, 33) spaced from one another in a flow direction of the culture medium, circulating the culture medium between the main tank portion and the reflux portion; supplying the substrate gas (g) to the fermentative environment region; and controlling a volume of the fermentative environment region by selectively opening one of the connecting channels (31, 32, 33).
Method for generating a voice announcement as feedback to a handwritten user input, which a user enters on a control device, wherein - a list of possible whole words, which can be entered by the user input, is provided together with a corresponding phonetic transcription, - in the case of one or some or each of the whole words, which can be input, in each case: - a predetermined word end, which comprises one or more characters of the whole word, is removed from the end of said word once or repeatedly in accordance with a predetermined shortening rule and corresponding to this, a transcription end corresponding to the removed word end is determined by means of a predetermined assignment rule and is removed from the corresponding transcription of the whole word, as a result of which a part word and an associated part transcription are generated each time and the part word and the part transcription are added to the list. - a list of possible whole words, which can be entered by the user input, is provided together with a corresponding phonetic transcription, - in the case of one or some or each of the whole words, which can be input, in each case: - a predetermined word end, which comprises one or more characters of the whole word, is removed from the end of said word once or repeatedly in accordance with a predetermined shortening rule and corresponding to this, a transcription end corresponding to the removed word end is determined by means of a predetermined assignment rule and is removed from the corresponding transcription of the whole word, as a result of which a part word and an associated part transcription are generated each time and the part word and the part transcription are added to the list.
An elastomeric glove formed from a carboxylated nitrile butadiene rubber formulation, said formulation comprising a terpolymer composition containing acrylonitrile, methacrylic acid and butadiene components, said composition comprising a blend of acrylonitrile components, wherein the acrylonitrile content of the blended composition is between 17 and 45% by weight, the methacrylic acid content of the blended composition is less than 15% by weight, and butadiene makes up the remainder balance of the blended composition, characterized in that said elastomeric glove has exterior coating of a silicone emulsion or silicone oil, a glycerin solution, a combined mixture of silicone and glycerin/glycerol, a fluorocarbon release agent, or natural or synthetic hydrocarbon-based oils in amounts that do not degrade said substrate rubber material. the acrylonitrile content of the blended composition is between 17 and 45% by weight, the methacrylic acid content of the blended composition is less than 15% by weight, and butadiene makes up the remainder balance of the blended composition, characterized in that said elastomeric glove has exterior coating of a silicone emulsion or silicone oil, a glycerin solution, a combined mixture of silicone and glycerin/glycerol, a fluorocarbon release agent, or natural or synthetic hydrocarbon-based oils in amounts that do not degrade said substrate rubber material.
A temperature sensing device comprising: - a first end configured to contact a workpiece; - a second end; - a shaft coupling the first end and the second end; and - a temperature sensor disposed in the first end, wherein the temperature sensor is configured to provide an indication of a temperature of the workpiece, wherein the coupling shaft is configured to rotate the first and second ends (56, 54) together during operation, and wherein a stationary shaft (36; 68, 70) is mechanically coupled to the second end, wherein the stationary shaft (36; 68, 70) is communicatively coupled to an external device, characterized in that the first end comprises a conical shape having a cone angle of 90 degrees. - a first end configured to contact a workpiece; - a second end; - a shaft coupling the first end and the second end; and - a temperature sensor disposed in the first end, wherein the temperature sensor is configured to provide an indication of a temperature of the workpiece,
A computer-implemented method for predicting the onset or change over time of plaque in a blood vessel of a patient, the method comprising: receiving data that includes a patient-specific geometric model of a portion of a patient's vasculature by processing an image acquired of a patient; receiving data that includes one or more estimates of physiological or phenotypic parameters of the patient; receiving data that includes one or more estimates of biophysical hemodynamic characteristics of the patient; and for imaged locations in the patient, using a trained machine learning system to predict a change in disease at said imaged locations in the patient based on the patient-specific geometric model, the estimates of physiological or phenotypic parameters of the patient, and the estimates of biophysical hemodynamic characteristics of the patient, wherein the machine learning system is trained by using data comprising longitudinal data of vessel geometry, physiology, and hemodynamics. receiving data that includes a patient-specific geometric model of a portion of a patient's vasculature by processing an image acquired of a patient; receiving data that includes one or more estimates of physiological or phenotypic parameters of the patient; receiving data that includes one or more estimates of biophysical hemodynamic characteristics of the patient; and for imaged locations in the patient, using a trained machine learning system to predict a change in disease at said imaged locations in the patient based on the patient-specific geometric model, the estimates of physiological or phenotypic parameters of the patient, and the estimates of biophysical hemodynamic characteristics of the patient, wherein the machine learning system is trained by using data comprising longitudinal data of vessel geometry, physiology, and hemodynamics.
A method for detecting a hand-drawn shape, comprising: receiving ink input including a plurality of strokes; generating an image grid and positioning the strokes from the input ink on the generated image grid; marking grids of the image grid that are intersected by the strokes of the ink input; flood-filling outmost blank grids of the image grid until reaching the marked grids, wherein flood-filling outmost blank grids begins with the exterior edges of the image grid; flood-filling islands of still blank grids of the image grid until reaching the marked grids; identifying candidate containers being closed drawing objects as the marked grids around the flood-filled islands and recording the strokes of the marked grids that form the candidate containers; checking that the container candidates are valid containers, a valid container being a closed container forming an enclosed area, wherein checking that the container candidates are valid containers comprises separating any strokes that are shared between container candidates, wherein separating any strokes comprises computing the average distance of the points of the strokes to the center of each candidate container that shares the strokes and assigning a stroke as belonging to the container candidate with the shortest average distance of the points of the strokes to its center; and detecting any connector candidates among the marked grids of strokes including all strokes not forming a candidate container, a connector forming a bridge between candidate containers. receiving ink input including a plurality of strokes; generating an image grid and positioning the strokes from the input ink on the generated image grid; marking grids of the image grid that are intersected by the strokes of the ink input; flood-filling outmost blank grids of the image grid until reaching the marked grids, wherein flood-filling outmost blank grids begins with the exterior edges of the image grid; flood-filling islands of still blank grids of the image grid until reaching the marked grids; identifying candidate containers being closed drawing objects as the marked grids around the flood-filled islands and recording the strokes of the marked grids that form the candidate containers; checking that the container candidates are valid containers, a valid container being a closed container forming an enclosed area, wherein checking that the container candidates are valid containers comprises separating any strokes that are shared between container candidates, wherein separating any strokes comprises computing the average distance of the points of the strokes to the center of each candidate container that shares the strokes and assigning a stroke as belonging to the container candidate with the shortest average distance of the points of the strokes to its center; and detecting any connector candidates among the marked grids of strokes including all strokes not forming a candidate container, a connector forming a bridge between candidate containers.
A capping device intended to be affixed on a neck of a container to seal an opening of said neck and which comprises: - a lower ring intended to be mounted axially on the neck and rotating on the neck around an X-axis; - a cap comprising a upper wall intended to be oriented in the direction towards the opening of the neck and an exterior peripheral skirt intended to surround said neck, with the exterior peripheral skirt having a spiral thread intended to cooperate with a spiral thread formed on the neck of the container to permit the screwing or unscrewing the cap on the neck around the X-axis; and - a connection device that connects the cap to the lower ring and is positioned to allow the cap to move away from the lower ring during the unscrewing of the cap and thus permit the opening of the cap; with the connection device comprising first and second parallel connection arms (17, 18), each one of which connects the exterior peripheral skirt to the lower ring and with each one comprising a central portion, with said central portion having, in an unrestricted state corresponding to a closed position of the cap, a circular spiral shape that is developed around the X-axis in a direction opposite that of the spiral thread of the exterior peripheral skirt such that the first and second connection arms (17, 18) straighten to permit the cap to move away from the lower ring when the cap is unscrewed from the neck; characterized in that the first and second connection arms (17, 18) extend respectively around the X-axis in a first and a second angular sector s (s1, s2), with the first and second angular sectors (s1, s2) partially overlapping. - a lower ring intended to be mounted axially on the neck and rotating on the neck around an X-axis; - a cap comprising a upper wall intended to be oriented in the direction towards the opening of the neck and an exterior peripheral skirt intended to surround said neck, with the exterior peripheral skirt having a spiral thread intended to cooperate with a spiral thread formed on the neck of the container to permit the screwing or unscrewing the cap on the neck around the X-axis; and - a connection device that connects the cap to the lower ring and is positioned to allow the cap to move away from the lower ring during the unscrewing of the cap and thus permit the opening of the cap; with the connection device comprising first and second parallel connection arms (17, 18), each one of which connects the exterior peripheral skirt to the lower ring and with each one comprising a central portion, with said central portion having, in an unrestricted state corresponding to a closed position of the cap, a circular spiral shape that is developed around the X-axis in a direction opposite that of the spiral thread of the exterior peripheral skirt such that the first and second connection arms (17, 18) straighten to permit the cap to move away from the lower ring when the cap is unscrewed from the neck;
Coating device for coating an inside of a hollow body with an atomized fluid, characterized by - at least one atomizing tube enclosing an atomizing channel, in which atomizing tube propellant gas being under over-pressure for atomizing an unatomized fluid can be introduced and which has at least one outlet opening, and - at least one hollow needle having a discharge opening for the unatomized fluid, which interacts with the atomizing channel and is arranged essentially coaxially thereto, wherein - the atomizing tube and the hollow needle form a Venturi arrangement, wherein the at least one outlet opening can be displaced over at least a part of an axial extension of the inside of the hollow body by means of a displacement device, the atomizing tube can be centred by means of a centring device with regard to a longitudinal axis of the hollow body therein and that the hollow body is a syringe or a carpule. - at least one atomizing tube enclosing an atomizing channel, in which atomizing tube propellant gas being under over-pressure for atomizing an unatomized fluid can be introduced and which has at least one outlet opening, and - at least one hollow needle having a discharge opening for the unatomized fluid, which interacts with the atomizing channel and is arranged essentially coaxially thereto, wherein - the atomizing tube and the hollow needle form a Venturi arrangement,
Method for testing a concentrating photovoltaic module comprising a plurality of submodules each including a plurality of assemblies of a photovoltaic cell and of a concentrator that is arranged with respect to the cell to concentrate onto said cell radiation arriving at normal incidence, said method comprising the following steps: - a plurality of almost collimated light beams are sent towards said module by means of a plurality of light sources that are coupled to respective parabolic mirrors, each light source comprising a lamp suitable for emitting a light pulse and a power supply suitable for supplying said lamp with electrical power, each light source exhibiting a turn-on delay between the triggering of the power supply and the emission of the pulse by the lamp, said delay being specific to each respective light source; - the power supply of each lamp is triggered at a respective instant determined depending on the turn-on delay of said lamp so that the pulses of all of the lamps are emitted simultaneously and received simultaneously by the submodules; and - the response of the module is measured during said simultaneous pulses. - a plurality of almost collimated light beams are sent towards said module by means of a plurality of light sources that are coupled to respective parabolic mirrors, each light source comprising a lamp suitable for emitting a light pulse and a power supply suitable for supplying said lamp with electrical power, each light source exhibiting a turn-on delay between the triggering of the power supply and the emission of the pulse by the lamp, said delay being specific to each respective light source; - the power supply of each lamp is triggered at a respective instant determined depending on the turn-on delay of said lamp so that the pulses of all of the lamps are emitted simultaneously and received simultaneously by the submodules; and - the response of the module is measured during said simultaneous pulses.
A method for operating a motor vehicle with a hybrid drive, the method comprising heating at least one operating medium of the motor vehicle to a predefined desired temperature by a dielectric heating device (36, 38) through which the operating medium flows, wherein the dielectric heating device is supplied with energy from a high-voltage wiring system of the motor vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: a) determining whether a cold start has occurred, b) sensing the ambient temperature, c) in the event of a cold start, and if the ambient temperature is below a predefined desired temperature, and if an internal combustion engine of the motor vehicle is not in operation: d) heating the at least one operating medium. a) determining whether a cold start has occurred, b) sensing the ambient temperature, c) in the event of a cold start, and if the ambient temperature is below a predefined desired temperature, and if an internal combustion engine of the motor vehicle is not in operation: d) heating the at least one operating medium.
A livestock transporter pillar assembly, the livestock transporter pillar assembly comprising a pillar adapted to carry livestock services internally, wherein the livestock services comprise a water supply and/or a food supply and/or a drainage means and/or a conduit for livestock effluent.
A smart card comprising: - an integrated circuit chip, - a primary card body with a first form factor, comprising a slot on the front designed to accommodate the integrated circuit chip, wherein the said primary card body also comprises a detachable contour, peripheral to the slot, which represents another form factor and defines a secondary card body, said primary card body having a first thickness, between the front and a back, and said secondary card body has a second thickness, between a front (7, 12) and a back, which is smaller than the first thickness, characterized in that said detachable contour is demarcated by either scores comprising notches on one or both sides of the smart card, or attachment tabs on the contour that can be broken easily by a user to separate the detachable contour from the rest of the primary card body. - an integrated circuit chip, - a primary card body with a first form factor, comprising a slot on the front designed to accommodate the integrated circuit chip, wherein the said primary card body also comprises a detachable contour, peripheral to the slot, which represents another form factor and defines a secondary card body,
A composite electrolyte membrane for an all-solid-state battery, comprising: an electrolyte layer and a phase change layer stacked in a sequential order, wherein the phase change layer comprises a porous sheet including a plurality of pores, and a filler with which the pores of the porous sheet are filled, wherein the porous sheet includes polymer resin, and the filler exists in a solid state at 26°C or less and a liquid state at 35°C or above.; wherein the filler comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of ethylene carbonate, polyethylene glycol having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or above, succinonitrile and cyclic phosphate; wherein the polymer resin comprises at least one of polyethylene; polypropylene; polybutylene; polypentene; polyhexene; polyoctene; and copolymer of at least two of ethylene, propylene, butene, pentene, 4-methylpentene, hexene and octene. an electrolyte layer and a phase change layer stacked in a sequential order, wherein the phase change layer comprises a porous sheet including a plurality of pores, and a filler with which the pores of the porous sheet are filled, wherein the porous sheet includes polymer resin, and the filler exists in a solid state at 26°C or less and a liquid state at 35°C or above.; wherein the filler comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of ethylene carbonate, polyethylene glycol having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 or above, succinonitrile and cyclic phosphate; wherein the polymer resin comprises at least one of polyethylene; polypropylene; polybutylene; polypentene; polyhexene; polyoctene; and copolymer of at least two of ethylene, propylene, butene, pentene, 4-methylpentene, hexene and octene.
A device comprising a deformable shell defining an inner space, comprising at least one piezoelectric system (26, 28, 30), said system comprising: - a flexible piezoelectric membrane capable of generating electric energy under the effect of a deformation to which it is submitted; - an electric power source, formed on a flexible substrate; - an electronic circuit comprising: ▪ a processing circuit for generating and storing data according to the electric energy generated by the piezoelectric membrane, and connected to the electric power source for its electric power supply; and ▪ a wireless transmitter connected to the processing circuit to transmit the data stored therein and connected to the electric power source for its electric power supply, in which device each piezoelectric system (26, 28, 30) is totally arranged on and/or inside of the deformable shell. - a flexible piezoelectric membrane capable of generating electric energy under the effect of a deformation to which it is submitted; - an electric power source, formed on a flexible substrate; - an electronic circuit comprising: ▪ a processing circuit for generating and storing data according to the electric energy generated by the piezoelectric membrane, and connected to the electric power source for its electric power supply; and ▪ a wireless transmitter connected to the processing circuit to transmit the data stored therein and connected to the electric power source for its electric power supply, in which device each piezoelectric system (26, 28, 30) is totally arranged on and/or inside of the deformable shell. ▪ a processing circuit for generating and storing data according to the electric energy generated by the piezoelectric membrane, and connected to the electric power source for its electric power supply; and ▪ a wireless transmitter connected to the processing circuit to transmit the data stored therein and connected to the electric power source for its electric power supply,