mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An apparatus for drying a product, such as a bulk material among others, said apparatus comprising: a treatment chamber configured for treating said product; a generation unit configured for generating a gas and/or steam flow through the treatment chamber; a weight determination means configured for determining a value representative of the weight of said product in substantially real time during treatment of said product; a conditioning means configured for controlling in substantially real time at least one property of the gas and/or steam flow through the treatment chamber, as a function of the determined value representative of the weight of said product; wherein the treatment chamber comprises a support configured for supporting the product during treatment; wherein said support is connected to the weight determination means such that the weight determination means measures the weight of the support and the value representative of the weight of the product on the support; wherein the support is connected to the weight determination means by at least one connection element (102; 112); characterized in that the weight determination means is located outside the treatment chamber; and in that said at least one connection element (102; 112) partially protrudes outside the treatment chamber through a wall (110; 110') of the treatment chamber. a treatment chamber configured for treating said product; a generation unit configured for generating a gas and/or steam flow through the treatment chamber; a weight determination means configured for determining a value representative of the weight of said product in substantially real time during treatment of said product; a conditioning means configured for controlling in substantially real time at least one property of the gas and/or steam flow through the treatment chamber, as a function of the determined value representative of the weight of said product; wherein the treatment chamber comprises a support configured for supporting the product during treatment; wherein said support is connected to the weight determination means such that the weight determination means measures the weight of the support and the value representative of the weight of the product on the support; wherein the support is connected to the weight determination means by at least one connection element (102; 112); characterized in that the weight determination means is located outside the treatment chamber; and in that said at least one connection element (102; 112) partially protrudes outside the treatment chamber through a wall (110; 110') of the treatment chamber.
A vehicle travel control method for a vehicle travel control device that automatically stops a vehicle at a planned stop position set based on output from an external sensor unit mounted on the vehicle, comprising: determining whether the vehicle needs to stop at a toll booth (101, 102) provided in a traffic lane in which the vehicle is going to enter; and as a result of determining that the vehicle needs to stop at the toll booth (101, 102), stopping the vehicle at the planned stop position set at a position in the traffic lane before the toll booth (101, 102) in a travel direction of the vehicle, characterized in that the planned stop position is an area between a first target position and a second target position, the first target position being set at an exit side of the area, the second target position being set at a rear end of the area, wherein the first target position is set to a position under a signboard and a traffic signal positioned before the toll booth (101, 102) or alternatively wherein the first target position is set to a position under an end of a roof above the toll booth (101, 102) on a near side in a vehicle travel direction. determining whether the vehicle needs to stop at a toll booth (101, 102) provided in a traffic lane in which the vehicle is going to enter; and as a result of determining that the vehicle needs to stop at the toll booth (101, 102), stopping the vehicle at the planned stop position set at a position in the traffic lane before the toll booth (101, 102) in a travel direction of the vehicle, characterized in that the planned stop position is an area between a first target position and a second target position, the first target position being set at an exit side of the area, the second target position being set at a rear end of the area, wherein the first target position is set to a position under a signboard and a traffic signal positioned before the toll booth (101, 102) or alternatively wherein the first target position is set to a position under an end of a roof above the toll booth (101, 102) on a near side in a vehicle travel direction.
A riding lawn mower comprising: a running vehicle body which comprises running wheels (31, 32) and to which a mower device can be connected; an engine mounted on the running vehicle body; a radiator; a radiator fan arranged near the radiator for blowing air to the radiator; and an engine fan for blowing air to the engine, characterized in that the engine fan is arranged above the engine, and the radiator fan is a provided on a side of the engine facing in a direction horizontally orthogonal to a front and rear direction of the riding lawn mower. a running vehicle body which comprises running wheels (31, 32) and to which a mower device can be connected; an engine mounted on the running vehicle body; a radiator; a radiator fan arranged near the radiator for blowing air to the radiator; and an engine fan for blowing air to the engine, characterized in that the engine fan is arranged above the engine, and the radiator fan is a provided on a side of the engine facing in a direction horizontally orthogonal to a front and rear direction of the riding lawn mower.
A method for the production of lactose or an oligosaccharide of interest which comprises a galactose-β1,4-glucose moiety at its reducing end, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a genetically engineered microbial cell, wherein said microbial cell possesses: - at least one glucose transporter for translocating glucose from the culture medium into the microbial cell's cytoplasm such that free glucose becomes available for intracellular biosynthesis of lactose, wherein the at least one glucose transporter is selected from the group consisting of glucose facilitated diffusion proteins and glucose translocating permeases; - an UDP-galactose biosynthesis pathway; and - at least one β-1,4-galactosyltransferase being able to galactosylate free glucose to intracellularly produce lactose; b) cultivating the microbial cell in a culture medium and under conditions that are permissive for the production of said lactose or oligosaccharide of interest, wherein the culture medium contains a mixture of glucose and at least one additional compound selected from the group consisting of fructose, galactose, mannose, xylose, rhamnose, glycerol, succinate, pyruvate and malate as main carbon source; and c) recovering the lactose or oligosaccharide of interest from the culture medium and/or the microbial cell. a) providing a genetically engineered microbial cell, wherein said microbial cell possesses: - at least one glucose transporter for translocating glucose from the culture medium into the microbial cell's cytoplasm such that free glucose becomes available for intracellular biosynthesis of lactose, wherein the at least one glucose transporter is selected from the group consisting of glucose facilitated diffusion proteins and glucose translocating permeases; - an UDP-galactose biosynthesis pathway; and - at least one β-1,4-galactosyltransferase being able to galactosylate free glucose to intracellularly produce lactose; - at least one glucose transporter for translocating glucose from the culture medium into the microbial cell's cytoplasm such that free glucose becomes available for intracellular biosynthesis of lactose, wherein the at least one glucose transporter is selected from the group consisting of glucose facilitated diffusion proteins and glucose translocating permeases; - an UDP-galactose biosynthesis pathway; and - at least one β-1,4-galactosyltransferase being able to galactosylate free glucose to intracellularly produce lactose; b) cultivating the microbial cell in a culture medium and under conditions that are permissive for the production of said lactose or oligosaccharide of interest, wherein the culture medium contains a mixture of glucose and at least one additional compound selected from the group consisting of fructose, galactose, mannose, xylose, rhamnose, glycerol, succinate, pyruvate and malate as main carbon source; and c) recovering the lactose or oligosaccharide of interest from the culture medium and/or the microbial cell.
A motorized drive device for a closure or solar protection home-automation facility, comprising: - an electromechanical actuator, - an electronic control unit, - an autonomous power supply device, the autonomous power supply device comprising at least one battery and at least one photovoltaic cell, ∘ where the electromechanical actuator is electrically connected to the autonomous power supply device, characterized in that the electronic control unit is configured to: - detect power supply and cutoff periods of the electricity supply of the electromechanical actuator from the said at least one photovoltaic cell, only using elements for measuring a quantity related to the electricity supply of the electromechanical actuator by the said at least one photovoltaic cell, and - resetting at least part of the data stored by the electronic control unit, after the simulation of a sequence of power supply and cutoff periods of the electricity supply of the electromechanical actuator, where the power supply and cutoff periods of the electricity supply are detected through measuring elements. - an electromechanical actuator, - an electronic control unit, - an autonomous power supply device, the autonomous power supply device comprising at least one battery and at least one photovoltaic cell, ∘ where the electromechanical actuator is electrically connected to the autonomous power supply device, - detect power supply and cutoff periods of the electricity supply of the electromechanical actuator from the said at least one photovoltaic cell, only using elements for measuring a quantity related to the electricity supply of the electromechanical actuator by the said at least one photovoltaic cell, and - resetting at least part of the data stored by the electronic control unit, after the simulation of a sequence of power supply and cutoff periods of the electricity supply of the electromechanical actuator, where the power supply and cutoff periods of the electricity supply are detected through measuring elements.
A brake disc for a vehicle, which brake disc comprises: a rotor formed of a first material and comprising a friction ring annular about an axis of rotation and, coaxial with the friction ring, a tubular flange extending axially from the friction ring to a free end and having a wall with a radially inner face and a radially outer face; and a hub securable to a wheel or an axle of the vehicle for rotation therewith about said axis and being formed of a second material of a lower density, a lower melting point and a higher coefficient of thermal expansion than said first material; the hub being cast over said flange to encapsulate at least a portion of said wall and being a shrink fit thereon; characterised in that the encapsulated portion of the wall has a configuration with axially extending teeth circumferentially spaced apart at the free end of the flange and that said inner and outer surfaces (28c, 28d) of the encapsulated portion of the flange wall have been made smooth by a machining operation to provide (a) no positive resistance to differential thermal contraction, in an axial direction, of the hub relative to the flange as the hub solidifies and cools after its casting and (b) positive resistance to axial separation of the hub from the rotor after the cast hub has solidified. a rotor formed of a first material and comprising a friction ring annular about an axis of rotation and, coaxial with the friction ring, a tubular flange extending axially from the friction ring to a free end and having a wall with a radially inner face and a radially outer face; and a hub securable to a wheel or an axle of the vehicle for rotation therewith about said axis and being formed of a second material of a lower density, a lower melting point and a higher coefficient of thermal expansion than said first material; the hub being cast over said flange to encapsulate at least a portion of said wall and being a shrink fit thereon; characterised in that the encapsulated portion of the wall has a configuration with axially extending teeth circumferentially spaced apart at the free end of the flange and that said inner and outer surfaces (28c, 28d) of the encapsulated portion of the flange wall have been made smooth by a machining operation to provide (a) no positive resistance to differential thermal contraction, in an axial direction, of the hub relative to the flange as the hub solidifies and cools after its casting and (b) positive resistance to axial separation of the hub from the rotor after the cast hub has solidified.
An authentication method in an authentication system including a server, a device, a first controller that controls the device and a second controller, the authentication method comprising: the device storing a first certificate revocation list including a first age-identifying information and device history information; the server storing a second certificate revocation list, including a second age-identifying information; the device transmitting to the first controller device history information with added authentication information and first age-identifying information of the first certificate revocation list; the first controller transmitting to the server the device history information with added authentication information and the first age-identifying information of the first certificate revocation list; and the server comparing first age-identifying information to second age-identifying information, and if the first age-identifying information is indicated to be older than the second age-identifying information, judging, by the server, that the first controller is unauthorizedand wherein when the server judges that the first controller is unauthorized, the server transmits the second certificate revocation list to the second controller connected to the device, the second controller transmits the second certificate revocation list to the device, and the device updates the first certificate revocation list with the second certificate revocation list. the device storing a first certificate revocation list including a first age-identifying information and device history information; the server storing a second certificate revocation list, including a second age-identifying information; the device transmitting to the first controller device history information with added authentication information and first age-identifying information of the first certificate revocation list; the first controller transmitting to the server the device history information with added authentication information and the first age-identifying information of the first certificate revocation list; and the server comparing first age-identifying information to second age-identifying information, and if the first age-identifying information is indicated to be older than the second age-identifying information, judging, by the server, that the first controller is unauthorizedand wherein when the server judges that the first controller is unauthorized, the server transmits the second certificate revocation list to the second controller connected to the device, the second controller transmits the second certificate revocation list to the device, and the device updates the first certificate revocation list with the second certificate revocation list.
A method of impulsive noise suppression in an audio signal, comprising: extracting an impulsive noise related feature from a current frame of the audio signal; detecting an impulsive noise in the current frame based on the impulsive noise related feature; and in response to detecting the impulsive noise in the current frame, applying a suppression gain to the current frame to suppress the impulsive noise, wherein extracting an impulsive noise related feature from a current frame of the audio signal comprises: determining a spatial proximity from a sound source of the audio signal to a device that captures the audio signal, and wherein the device that captures the audio signal has a first microphone and a second microphone, Z characterised in that determining the spatial proximity comprises: determining a correlation between a first mono signal acquired by the first microphone and a second mono signal acquired by the second microphone. extracting an impulsive noise related feature from a current frame of the audio signal; detecting an impulsive noise in the current frame based on the impulsive noise related feature; and in response to detecting the impulsive noise in the current frame, applying a suppression gain to the current frame to suppress the impulsive noise, wherein extracting an impulsive noise related feature from a current frame of the audio signal comprises: determining a spatial proximity from a sound source of the audio signal to a device that captures the audio signal, and wherein the device that captures the audio signal has a first microphone and a second microphone, Z characterised in that determining the spatial proximity comprises: determining a correlation between a first mono signal acquired by the first microphone and a second mono signal acquired by the second microphone.
An electrostatic latent image developing toner comprising a toner base particle which contains at least a binder resin, and has a domain-matrix structure, wherein a matrix contains a styrene-acrylic resin, a domain contains an amorphous resin which is formed by combining a vinyl-based polymerized segment and a polyester-based polymerized segment while placing a bireactive monomer in between, wherein the vinyl-based polymerized segment is obtained by polymerizing an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a (meth)acrylate ester-based monomer, and the domain containing the amorphous resin and having a domain diameter of 100 nm or larger has a number-average domain diameter which falls in the range from 150 to 1000 nm, wherein the domain diameter and the number-average domain diameter are determined in accordance with the test method disclosed in the description.
An illuminating device, which can also be operated when transported and is arranged in an openable and reclosable object, comprising at least one first light source, an electric power storage unit and a switch device, which comprises a control unit comprising a sensor unit, by means of which a first switching unit can be brought or is brought from an open switching state into a closed switching state, in which the first light source can be supplied or is supplied with electric power by the electric power source, and wherein the openable and reclosable object comprises a transparent and/or translucent material, and wherein the illuminating device can be arranged in a handbag and wherein the first light source is arranged in the openable and reclosable object, wherein the first light source shines outwards on its surface or through its surface, and wherein the openable and reclosable object is formed by two cap-shaped housing parts (28, 30), characterised in that the transfer of the first switching unit from the open switching state to the closed switching state is performed on contacting a first sensor means of the sensor unit or detecting the approach of a user by a first sensor means.
A method of directing a flow of fluid comprising the steps of: bifurcating an interior of a plenum for a gas turbine engine into at least first and second passageways (44, 46) by positioning a wall (40, 42, 72) in the interior of the plenum; receiving a fluid stream through an inlet of the plenum wherein a first sub-stream of the fluid stream enters a first inlet portion of the inlet and a second sub-stream of the fluid stream enters a second inlet portion of the inlet, the first inlet portion positioned adjacent the second inlet portion; discharging the fluid stream through an outlet of the plenum wherein the first sub-stream of the fluid stream exits through a first outlet portion of the outlet and the second sub-stream of the fluid stream exits through a second outlet portion of the outlet, the first outlet portion positioned adjacent the second outlet portion, wherein the first sub-stream passes through the first passageway between the first inlet portion and the first outlet portion, and wherein the second sub-stream passes through the second passageway between the second inlet portion and the second outlet portion; and characterised by shaping at least one of the wall (40, 42, 72) and the plenum such that the first and second fluid passageways (44, 46) have different lengths and such that back-pressure at the inlet is the same at both of the first and second inlet portions (52, 54). bifurcating an interior of a plenum for a gas turbine engine into at least first and second passageways (44, 46) by positioning a wall (40, 42, 72) in the interior of the plenum; receiving a fluid stream through an inlet of the plenum wherein a first sub-stream of the fluid stream enters a first inlet portion of the inlet and a second sub-stream of the fluid stream enters a second inlet portion of the inlet, the first inlet portion positioned adjacent the second inlet portion; discharging the fluid stream through an outlet of the plenum wherein the first sub-stream of the fluid stream exits through a first outlet portion of the outlet and the second sub-stream of the fluid stream exits through a second outlet portion of the outlet, the first outlet portion positioned adjacent the second outlet portion, wherein the first sub-stream passes through the first passageway between the first inlet portion and the first outlet portion, and wherein the second sub-stream passes through the second passageway between the second inlet portion and the second outlet portion; and characterised by shaping at least one of the wall (40, 42, 72) and the plenum such that the first and second fluid passageways (44, 46) have different lengths and such that back-pressure at the inlet is the same at both of the first and second inlet portions (52, 54).
An AC-to-DC power adapter comprising: a rectifying circuit (240, 304), including a stabilization circuit (320, 340, 360, 380) configured to stabilize the impedance of said rectifying circuit for a frequency corresponding to a sampling frequency of a touch sensor coupled to the AC-to-DC power adapter, wherein the rectifying circuit comprises a diode (310, 330, 350, 370), wherein the stabilization circuit comprises a capacitor (321, 341, 361, 381) and a resistor (322, 342, 362, 382) coupled in series, and the stabilization circuit is coupled to the diode in a parallel configuration, and wherein said rectifying circuit provides a rectified output; and a circuit (235, 237) that steps-down the voltage of said rectified output, wherein said circuit provides an outgoing DC signal. a rectifying circuit (240, 304), including a stabilization circuit (320, 340, 360, 380) configured to stabilize the impedance of said rectifying circuit for a frequency corresponding to a sampling frequency of a touch sensor coupled to the AC-to-DC power adapter, wherein the rectifying circuit comprises a diode (310, 330, 350, 370), wherein the stabilization circuit comprises a capacitor (321, 341, 361, 381) and a resistor (322, 342, 362, 382) coupled in series, and the stabilization circuit is coupled to the diode in a parallel configuration, and wherein said rectifying circuit provides a rectified output; and a circuit (235, 237) that steps-down the voltage of said rectified output, wherein said circuit provides an outgoing DC signal.