mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of performing signal decoding operations on one or more portions of a signal, wherein the performing is based at least in part on information embedded in one or more values received in one or more encoded data layers transmitted within a stream of encoded data, wherein said values are associated with transformed coefficients intended to be processed by a decoder for deriving elements of the signal, wherein said information comprises an indication of watermarking information associated with the signal, wherein the stream of encoded data is comprised within an encoded bitstream, characterised in that at least one bit in the encoded bitstream is used to signal to the decoder that one or more values should be interpreted as said information rather than actual quantized values of transformed coefficients. wherein the performing is based at least in part on information embedded in one or more values received in one or more encoded data layers transmitted within a stream of encoded data, wherein said values are associated with transformed coefficients intended to be processed by a decoder for deriving elements of the signal, wherein said information comprises an indication of watermarking information associated with the signal, wherein the stream of encoded data is comprised within an encoded bitstream, characterised in that at least one bit in the encoded bitstream is used to signal to the decoder that one or more values should be interpreted as said information rather than actual quantized values of transformed coefficients.
Armrest, in particular for an office chair or the like, having an armrest support, having an armrest column which is height adjustable on the armrest support, the armrest column comprises an actuating element for altering the height position of the armrest column, the actuating element preferably being connected to the armrest column, wherein an arm support is provided, which is mounted so as to be length-adjustable on the armrest column, wherein a connecting element, which carries the arm support, guides the arm support in its length adjustment and fixes the arm support in its respective adjustment position, is mounted in an integral manner on the one end of the armrest column, wherein the connecting element comprises a substantially U-shaped cross section which serves for receiving and guiding the arm support and wherein guide rails, which, in the mounted state, engage in corresponding guide grooves which are provided on the arm support, are mounted on the U-portions of the connecting element, characterized in that the guide grooves are realized open at one end, wherein an alignment locking mechanism is realized in one of the open end regions of at least one of the guide grooves.
A liquid material applicator comprising a discharge unit which includes a screw type dispenser for discharging a liquid material, a table on which a work piece is placed, a drive mechanism for relatively moving the discharge unit and the work piece, a measurement unit for measuring a discharge amount (Lω) of the liquid material applied to the work piece, and a control module for controlling operations of those components, wherein the control module has a response time calculating function being capable of, prior to the start of application, calculating a response delay time (Td) generated with change of the discharge amount (Lω) of the liquid material when the work piece and the discharge unit are relatively moved at non-constant speeds and the liquid material is continuously applied into a drawing pattern with the liquid material discharged in a non-constant amount, the response time calculating function including a first step of transmitting a signal for changing the discharge amount (Lω) to the discharge unit during the application in which a relative moving speed is held constant, and storing the time of the signal transmission, a second step of calculating the time at which the discharge amount (Lω) starts to be changed, by measuring the applied liquid material, and storing the calculated time, and a third step of storing a differential value between the time stored in the first step and the time stored in the second step as the response delay time (Td) generated when the discharge amount (Lω) of the liquid material is changed. wherein the control module has a response time calculating function being capable of, prior to the start of application, calculating a response delay time (Td) generated with change of the discharge amount (Lω) of the liquid material when the work piece and the discharge unit are relatively moved at non-constant speeds and the liquid material is continuously applied into a drawing pattern with the liquid material discharged in a non-constant amount, the response time calculating function including a first step of transmitting a signal for changing the discharge amount (Lω) to the discharge unit during the application in which a relative moving speed is held constant, and storing the time of the signal transmission, a second step of calculating the time at which the discharge amount (Lω) starts to be changed, by measuring the applied liquid material, and storing the calculated time, and a third step of storing a differential value between the time stored in the first step and the time stored in the second step as the response delay time (Td) generated when the discharge amount (Lω) of the liquid material is changed.
A device for high-resolution mapping and ablating targeted tissue of subject, comprising: an elongate body comprising a proximal end and a distal end; a first high-resolution electrode portion positioned on the elongate body; at least a second electrode portion positioned adjacent the first electrode portion, the first and second electrode portions (30A, 30B) being configured to contact tissue of a subject and deliver radiofrequency energy sufficient to at least partially ablate the tissue; and at least one electrically insulating gap positioned between the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion, the at least one electrically insulating gap comprising a gap width separating the first and second electrode portions (30A, 30B); wherein the first electrode portion is configured to electrically couple to the second electrode portion in series using a filtering element, wherein the filtering element is configured to present a low impedance and the first and second electrode portions are configured to function as a single longer electrode at a frequency used for delivering ablative energy via the first and second electrode portions (30A, 30B); and wherein the device is configured to be positioned within targeted tissue of the subject to obtain high-resolution mapping data related to said tissue when ablative energy is not delivered to the first and second electrode portions (30A, 30B). an elongate body comprising a proximal end and a distal end; a first high-resolution electrode portion positioned on the elongate body; at least a second electrode portion positioned adjacent the first electrode portion, the first and second electrode portions (30A, 30B) being configured to contact tissue of a subject and deliver radiofrequency energy sufficient to at least partially ablate the tissue; and at least one electrically insulating gap positioned between the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion, the at least one electrically insulating gap comprising a gap width separating the first and second electrode portions (30A, 30B); wherein the first electrode portion is configured to electrically couple to the second electrode portion in series using a filtering element, wherein the filtering element is configured to present a low impedance and the first and second electrode portions are configured to function as a single longer electrode at a frequency used for delivering ablative energy via the first and second electrode portions (30A, 30B); and wherein the device is configured to be positioned within targeted tissue of the subject to obtain high-resolution mapping data related to said tissue when ablative energy is not delivered to the first and second electrode portions (30A, 30B).
Equipment for detecting sealing deficiencies in a drainage and vent system of a building comprising at least one vertical discharge pipe or stack to which are connected a network of drain pipes coming from each floor and in which sanitary appliances or discharge sources may be drained, said equipment comprising at least one air transient generator connected to the stack and at least one pressure transducer, located adjacent to the generator, capable of recording the transient response from the drainage network, whereby the air transient generator is connected to the stack by means of a fitting designed to be inserted in-line with the stack and providing a connection means between the output of the generator and the interior space of the stack, characterised in that the fitting comprises a three-port valve provided with two diametrically opposed apertures, corresponding to the diameter of the vertical stack, and one lateral opening, located at the position of connecting means with the air transient generator, and in that the rotation of the three-port valve within the fitting in either clockwise or anti-clockwise direction, provides an air-path from the internal chamber of the generator through the three-port valve into the interior space of the stack and the drainage network situated respectively above or below the fitting 6.
A sensor device for sensing and reporting a physical property, the sensor device comprising: a sensing unit for measuring the physical property, a measurement reporting unit configured to report measurement data of the physical property to a measurement data receiving entity of a sensor network; a data decoding unit configured to decode network access data being coded into the measured physical property, said network access data comprising access point accessing data (AP ID), and a wireless communication unit configured to connect to a wireless access point of the wireless sensor network by using said access point data; characterized in that the data decoding unit is configured to perform decoding based on detecting swift changes in the measured physical property, said swift changes in the measured physical property are related to an abnormal physical property level for a certain duration, which deviates from physical property levels normally expected by the sensor device. a sensing unit for measuring the physical property, a measurement reporting unit configured to report measurement data of the physical property to a measurement data receiving entity of a sensor network; a data decoding unit configured to decode network access data being coded into the measured physical property, said network access data comprising access point accessing data (AP ID), and a wireless communication unit configured to connect to a wireless access point of the wireless sensor network by using said access point data; characterized in that the data decoding unit is configured to perform decoding based on detecting swift changes in the measured physical property, said swift changes in the measured physical property are related to an abnormal physical property level for a certain duration, which deviates from physical property levels normally expected by the sensor device.
A knit sock comprising: a sock body comprising a tubular body forming a perimeter around a foot-receiving cavity, the sock body comprising a toe end, a heel area, and a foot opening in communication with the foot-receiving cavity, the sock body formed from at least a first yarn type and a second yarn type, the second yarn type comprising a yarn having a denier per filament of about 0.1 or less; and at least one integrally knit grip strip (124, 600) comprising the second yarn type, the knit sock being characterized by: the grip strip (124, 600) comprising a first area having a first number of knit courses and a second area comprising a second number of knit courses (618a, 618b, 618c), wherein the first number of knit courses is different from the second number of knit courses (618a, 618b, 618c). a sock body comprising a tubular body forming a perimeter around a foot-receiving cavity, the sock body comprising a toe end, a heel area, and a foot opening in communication with the foot-receiving cavity, the sock body formed from at least a first yarn type and a second yarn type, the second yarn type comprising a yarn having a denier per filament of about 0.1 or less; and at least one integrally knit grip strip (124, 600) comprising the second yarn type, the knit sock being characterized by: the grip strip (124, 600) comprising a first area having a first number of knit courses and a second area comprising a second number of knit courses (618a, 618b, 618c), wherein the first number of knit courses is different from the second number of knit courses (618a, 618b, 618c).
A resin-integrated carbon fiber sheet, comprising: a carbon fiber sheet comprising carbon fibers in which a carbon fiber filament group is spread and arrayed in parallel in one direction; resin that is present on part of a surface of the carbon fiber sheet; and bridging fibers (3; 3a, 3b) that are carbon fibers, wherein one or more of the bridging fibers (3; 3a, 3b) is present on average on a surface of the carbon fiber sheet in a direction across the carbon fiber sheet per 10 mm 2 of the sheet, the resin on the surface adhesively fixes the bridging fibers (3; 3a, 3b) to the carbon fiber sheet, the resin melt solidified adheres to the surface of the spread carbon fiber sheet in a state of not being impregnated inside the carbon fiber sheet or being partially impregnated in the carbon fiber sheet, the resin integrated carbon fiber sheet comprises the carbon fibers in an amount of 30 to 70% by volume based on 100% by volume of the resin integrated carbon fiber sheet, and through formation of a fiber reinforced resin molded product using the resin integrated carbon fiber sheet, the resin is impregnated into the entire carbon fiber sheet and serves as a matrix resin. a carbon fiber sheet comprising carbon fibers in which a carbon fiber filament group is spread and arrayed in parallel in one direction; resin that is present on part of a surface of the carbon fiber sheet; and bridging fibers (3; 3a, 3b) that are carbon fibers, wherein one or more of the bridging fibers (3; 3a, 3b) is present on average on a surface of the carbon fiber sheet in a direction across the carbon fiber sheet per 10 mm 2 of the sheet, the resin on the surface adhesively fixes the bridging fibers (3; 3a, 3b) to the carbon fiber sheet, the resin melt solidified adheres to the surface of the spread carbon fiber sheet in a state of not being impregnated inside the carbon fiber sheet or being partially impregnated in the carbon fiber sheet, the resin integrated carbon fiber sheet comprises the carbon fibers in an amount of 30 to 70% by volume based on 100% by volume of the resin integrated carbon fiber sheet, and through formation of a fiber reinforced resin molded product using the resin integrated carbon fiber sheet, the resin is impregnated into the entire carbon fiber sheet and serves as a matrix resin.
A translucent yttria-containing zirconia sintered body which has a grain size of 2.0 μm or smaller, a relative density of 99.5% or higher, and a total light transmittance, as measured at a thickness of 1 mm with visible light having a wavelength of 600 nm, of 40% or higher, and which is made of crystal phases which are constituted of a fluorite type tetragonal crystal phase and a fluorite type cubic crystal phase, the proportion of the fluorite type tetragonal crystal phase being 30%-80%, the zirconia sintered body comprising zirconia containing yttria in an amount larger than 4 mol% and not larger than 6 mol%.
A system for self-learning end to end automatic speech recognition, the system comprising: a memory; wherein the memory stores a language model, a noise database and an automatic speech recognition, ASR, model; a processor; the processor configured to run: an application programming interface; a text extractor; a language model builder; a pronunciation model; a text to speech engine; a mixer; the processor configured to receive client text documents via the API; using the text extractor: determine out of vocabulary, OOV, words from the client text documents; extract sentences containing out of vocabulary, OOV, words from the client text documents; use the extracted sentences to create an n-gram based language model using the language mode builder; add the n-gram based language model to the language model stored in memory; process the extracted sentences using the pronunciation model to produce a phonetic sequence of the OOV words; generate a plurality of audio samples for each sentence using the text to speech engine; augment, using the mixer, the plurality of audio samples with noise from the noise database; fine tune the ASR model stored in memory using the noise augmented audio samples. a memory; wherein the memory stores a language model, a noise database and an automatic speech recognition, ASR, model; a processor; the processor configured to run: an application programming interface; a text extractor; a language model builder; a pronunciation model; a text to speech engine; a mixer; an application programming interface; a text extractor; a language model builder; a pronunciation model; a text to speech engine; a mixer; receive client text documents via the API; using the text extractor: determine out of vocabulary, OOV, words from the client text documents; extract sentences containing out of vocabulary, OOV, words from the client text documents; determine out of vocabulary, OOV, words from the client text documents; extract sentences containing out of vocabulary, OOV, words from the client text documents; use the extracted sentences to create an n-gram based language model using the language mode builder; add the n-gram based language model to the language model stored in memory; process the extracted sentences using the pronunciation model to produce a phonetic sequence of the OOV words; generate a plurality of audio samples for each sentence using the text to speech engine; augment, using the mixer, the plurality of audio samples with noise from the noise database; fine tune the ASR model stored in memory using the noise augmented audio samples.
A video encoding method for encoding a series of images of original video data into an encoded video stream, the method comprising: setting a periodic intra refresh pattern for the encoding of the series of images of original video data, wherein the periodic intra refresh pattern defines which region of an intra refresh frame should be forced to be encoded as an intra-coded region, so that all regions of an image are intra refreshed over a set of intra refresh frames in one cycle of the periodic intra refresh pattern; setting a number of delta frames to be added between consecutive intra refresh frames of the periodic intra refresh pattern, thereby adjusting the intra refresh periodicity of the encoded video stream; and encoding the series of images of original video data into the encoded video stream using the set periodic intra refresh pattern and the set number of delta frames to be added between consecutive intra refresh frames, characterized in that, during the encoding, the method comprises setting a current intra refresh frame to refer only to a previous intra refresh frame for prediction, and setting each delta frame added in between two consecutive intra refresh frames to only refer to a previous one of the two consecutive intra refresh frames for prediction, either directly or indirectly via one or more of the delta frames added in between the two consecutive intra refresh frames. setting a periodic intra refresh pattern for the encoding of the series of images of original video data, wherein the periodic intra refresh pattern defines which region of an intra refresh frame should be forced to be encoded as an intra-coded region, so that all regions of an image are intra refreshed over a set of intra refresh frames in one cycle of the periodic intra refresh pattern; setting a number of delta frames to be added between consecutive intra refresh frames of the periodic intra refresh pattern, thereby adjusting the intra refresh periodicity of the encoded video stream; and encoding the series of images of original video data into the encoded video stream using the set periodic intra refresh pattern and the set number of delta frames to be added between consecutive intra refresh frames, characterized in that, during the encoding, the method comprises setting a current intra refresh frame to refer only to a previous intra refresh frame for prediction, and setting each delta frame added in between two consecutive intra refresh frames to only refer to a previous one of the two consecutive intra refresh frames for prediction, either directly or indirectly via one or more of the delta frames added in between the two consecutive intra refresh frames.
An endoscope apparatus comprising: an image sensor that includes a plurality of pixels that generate image signals from an object image that is formed by an imaging optical system; a scaling section configured to perform a scaling process on an original image that is based on the image signals generated by the plurality of pixels; and an output section configured to output an image obtained by the scaling process as a scaled image, the scaling section performing the scaling process using a different scaling factor corresponding to a position of a pixel of interest within the scaled image, the image sensor including pixels in a number larger than a number of pixels of the scaled image as the plurality of pixels, characterized in that the scaling section setting the scaling factor at the position of the pixel of interest that belongs to a first processing area within the scaled image to γ, and setting the scaling factor at the position of the pixel of interest that belongs to a second processing area within the scaled image that differs from the first processing area to β, β and γ being a value that satisfies β<(1/α)<γ, and α being a ratio of a number of pixels of a corresponding side of the original image to a number of pixels of an arbitrary side of the scaled image, wherein the scaling section sets the scaling factor γ at the position of the pixel of interest that belongs to the first processing area to a value of 1. an image sensor that includes a plurality of pixels that generate image signals from an object image that is formed by an imaging optical system; a scaling section configured to perform a scaling process on an original image that is based on the image signals generated by the plurality of pixels; and an output section configured to output an image obtained by the scaling process as a scaled image, the scaling section performing the scaling process using a different scaling factor corresponding to a position of a pixel of interest within the scaled image, the image sensor including pixels in a number larger than a number of pixels of the scaled image as the plurality of pixels, characterized in that the scaling section setting the scaling factor at the position of the pixel of interest that belongs to a first processing area within the scaled image to γ, and setting the scaling factor at the position of the pixel of interest that belongs to a second processing area within the scaled image that differs from the first processing area to β, β and γ being a value that satisfies β<(1/α)<γ, and α being a ratio of a number of pixels of a corresponding side of the original image to a number of pixels of an arbitrary side of the scaled image, wherein the scaling section sets the scaling factor γ at the position of the pixel of interest that belongs to the first processing area to a value of 1.