mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An image processing program that causes a computer to execute processing of: specifying a damaged portion by analyzing a captured image of a construction; and predicting, in the captured image, a range to which damage spreads based on the specified damaged portion and design data associated with the construction, wherein the construction is a pavement surface of a road, a bridge or a tunnel, wherein the image processing program causes a computer to execute processing of predicting the range to which the damage spreads according to a degree of overlap between the damaged portion and a member constituting the construction included in the design data, wherein the member is a material as a reinforcing bar or a steel frame which is susceptible to deterioration or corrosion when exposed to water or wind or rain and whose shape can be changed by the corrosion, wherein the degree of overlap is determined by superimposing the captured image with the damaged portion, with members visible at a depth within a predetermined distance from the surface of the concrete when the surface of the concrete including the damage is seen through from the image capturing direction of the input image. specifying a damaged portion by analyzing a captured image of a construction; and predicting, in the captured image, a range to which damage spreads based on the specified damaged portion and design data associated with the construction, wherein the construction is a pavement surface of a road, a bridge or a tunnel, wherein the image processing program causes a computer to execute processing of predicting the range to which the damage spreads according to a degree of overlap between the damaged portion and a member constituting the construction included in the design data, wherein the member is a material as a reinforcing bar or a steel frame which is susceptible to deterioration or corrosion when exposed to water or wind or rain and whose shape can be changed by the corrosion, wherein the degree of overlap is determined by superimposing the captured image with the damaged portion, with members visible at a depth within a predetermined distance from the surface of the concrete when the surface of the concrete including the damage is seen through from the image capturing direction of the input image.
A welding assembly (202; 1902) for a welding torch (200; 1900), the welding assembly comprising: a first contact tip (306; 2012) configured to conduct welding current to a consumable electrode; and a second contact tip (314; 2006) configured to conduct preheating current to the consumable electrode; wherein the welding assembly further comprises a cooling body (602; 2018) configured to transfer heat from at least the first contact tip (306; 2012) to coolant and to conduct the welding current; and being characterised by: a contact tip insulator configured to insulate the second contact tip (314; 2006) from the first contact tip, the contact tip insulator comprising an exterior surface configured to directly contact the cooling body to prevent electrical contact between the cooling body and the second contact tip; and in that an outer diameter of the second contact tip is equal to or less than an inner diameter of the cooling body and less than an inner diameter of the contact tip insulator to enable the second contact tip to be removed from the welding assembly without disassembly of the welding assembly. a first contact tip (306; 2012) configured to conduct welding current to a consumable electrode; and a second contact tip (314; 2006) configured to conduct preheating current to the consumable electrode; wherein the welding assembly further comprises a cooling body (602; 2018) configured to transfer heat from at least the first contact tip (306; 2012) to coolant and to conduct the welding current; and being characterised by: a contact tip insulator configured to insulate the second contact tip (314; 2006) from the first contact tip, the contact tip insulator comprising an exterior surface configured to directly contact the cooling body to prevent electrical contact between the cooling body and the second contact tip; and in that an outer diameter of the second contact tip is equal to or less than an inner diameter of the cooling body and less than an inner diameter of the contact tip insulator to enable the second contact tip to be removed from the welding assembly without disassembly of the welding assembly. a contact tip insulator configured to insulate the second contact tip (314; 2006) from the first contact tip, the contact tip insulator comprising an exterior surface configured to directly contact the cooling body to prevent electrical contact between the cooling body and the second contact tip; and in that an outer diameter of the second contact tip is equal to or less than an inner diameter of the cooling body and less than an inner diameter of the contact tip insulator to enable the second contact tip to be removed from the welding assembly without disassembly of the welding assembly.
A method for adapting a cylinder compression ratio of an internal combustion engine comprising a cylinder, a piston and a cuff-ring for scraping-off deposits from the piston, wherein a volume of the cuff-ring affects the cylinder compression ratio, the method including: providing a value indicative of a desired cylinder compression ratio; arranging the piston in the cylinder; determining a deviation between the value indicative of the desired cylinder compression ratio and a respective value indicative of an actual cylinder compression ratio of the piston arranged in the cylinder; and selecting the cuff-ring, the cuff-ring being selected from a plurality of cuff-rings, each comprising a scraping edge section configured for contacting deposits on an outer circumferential face of the piston during operation of the internal combustion engine, characterised in that the plurality of cuff-rings differ with respect to a contour, inclination and surface area of an inner circumferential face, specifically to provide a volume to adapt the actual cylinder compression ratio to reduce the deviation. providing a value indicative of a desired cylinder compression ratio; arranging the piston in the cylinder; determining a deviation between the value indicative of the desired cylinder compression ratio and a respective value indicative of an actual cylinder compression ratio of the piston arranged in the cylinder; and selecting the cuff-ring, the cuff-ring being selected from a plurality of cuff-rings, each comprising a scraping edge section configured for contacting deposits on an outer circumferential face of the piston during operation of the internal combustion engine, characterised in that the plurality of cuff-rings differ with respect to a contour, inclination and surface area of an inner circumferential face, specifically to provide a volume to adapt the actual cylinder compression ratio to reduce the deviation.
Method of dressing a grinding worm, which can be used for gear grinding machining on a workpiece by a diagonal hobbing process, wherein the grinding worm is dressed such that the tip circle radius of the grinding worm varies over the worm width, characterized in that the dressing of the tooth tips of the grinding worm and the dressing of the active tooth flanks of the grinding worm are carried out in separate machining steps and the profile of the tip circle radius of the toothing of the grinding worm is specified and generated independently of the geometry of the tooth flanks.
A protection circuit for a power conversion apparatus for interrupting power supply to a driving circuit for semiconductor switching elements composing the power conversion apparatus according to an interruption signal generated on an abnormality of the power conversion apparatus, the protection circuit comprising: a plurality of series-connected switches (21, 22) provided in a series-connection circuit of switches in a line for the power supply to the driving circuit and configured to be turned OFF according to the interruption signal; an interruption signal enabling / disabling means (14, 15) for enabling or disabling the interruption signal; a control means for controlling the interruption signal enabling / disabling means (14, 15) and delivering a control signal to turn each of the switches (21, 22) OFF individually; and a monitoring means for monitoring a voltage of the power supply to the driving circuit detected at an output side of the series-connection circuit of switches, the monitoring means having a function to decide that the switch (21, 22) which is to be turned OFF by the control signal is in a short-circuit fault state if the voltage of the power supply to the driving circuit is detected not to be zero volt responding to delivery of the control signal from the control means to the interruption signal enabling / disabling means (14, 15). a plurality of series-connected switches (21, 22) provided in a series-connection circuit of switches in a line for the power supply to the driving circuit and configured to be turned OFF according to the interruption signal; an interruption signal enabling / disabling means (14, 15) for enabling or disabling the interruption signal; a control means for controlling the interruption signal enabling / disabling means (14, 15) and delivering a control signal to turn each of the switches (21, 22) OFF individually; and a monitoring means for monitoring a voltage of the power supply to the driving circuit detected at an output side of the series-connection circuit of switches, the monitoring means having a function to decide that the switch (21, 22) which is to be turned OFF by the control signal is in a short-circuit fault state if the voltage of the power supply to the driving circuit is detected not to be zero volt responding to delivery of the control signal from the control means to the interruption signal enabling / disabling means (14, 15).
An apparatus for cleaning a soft serve machine, the soft serve machine comprising a first food flow path having a forward flow direction for processing a first food product from an upstream section to a downstream section, the apparatus comprising: (a) a manifold assembly including a first wash barrel configured to engage the soft serve machine; and (b) a pressurized solution input in the manifold assembly to receive a solution to pass from the first wash barrel and flow along a portion of the first food flow path in a reverse flow direction for exiting the first food flow path at an exit location, wherein the exit location is upstream, relative to the forward flow direction, of the first wash barrel; the manifold assembly having an induction port fluidly intermediate the pressurized solution input and the first wash barrel configured such that an additive can be introduced through the induction port in the manifold assembly into the solution to form a mixture. (a) a manifold assembly including a first wash barrel configured to engage the soft serve machine; and (b) a pressurized solution input in the manifold assembly to receive a solution to pass from the first wash barrel and flow along a portion of the first food flow path in a reverse flow direction for exiting the first food flow path at an exit location, wherein the exit location is upstream, relative to the forward flow direction, of the first wash barrel;
A sleep apnea treatment device, comprising: a housing configured for location external to a body of a subject; and at least one processor associated with the housing and further configured to: communicate with a circuit implanted in the subject within proximity to a tongue of the subject, wherein the circuit is in electrical communication with at least one electrode; receive a physiological signal from the subject via the circuit and send a control signal to the circuit in response to the physiological signal, wherein the control signal is predetermined to activate neuromuscular tissue within the tongue, wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine, based on the physiological signal received via the circuit, a quantity of energy to be sent via the control signal to the circuit implanted in the subject, wherein the device further comprises an antenna configured to transmit the control signal from a location outside of the subject's body to an antenna associated with the circuit, wherein the processor is configured to determine an energy transfer efficiency of the energy sent via the control signal to the circuit implanted in the subject, and wherein the processor is configured to vary a power level or duration associated with the control signal based on the energy transfer efficiency. communicate with a circuit implanted in the subject within proximity to a tongue of the subject, wherein the circuit is in electrical communication with at least one electrode; receive a physiological signal from the subject via the circuit and send a control signal to the circuit in response to the physiological signal, wherein the control signal is predetermined to activate neuromuscular tissue within the tongue, wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine, based on the physiological signal received via the circuit, a quantity of energy to be sent via the control signal to the circuit implanted in the subject, wherein the device further comprises an antenna configured to transmit the control signal from a location outside of the subject's body to an antenna associated with the circuit, wherein the processor is configured to determine an energy transfer efficiency of the energy sent via the control signal to the circuit implanted in the subject, and wherein the processor is configured to vary a power level or duration associated with the control signal based on the energy transfer efficiency.
A system comprising a microblog client and an external network server, the microblog client comprising a message pulling module configured to pull a microblog message from an external network server according to location information; a message pool configured to store the microblog message pulled by the message pulling module; and a geography page service module configured to generate one or more geography pages, and display the microblog message on the geography page which corresponds to the location information corresponding to the microblog message pulled, wherein the geography page is a city broadcasting geography page including microblog messages in a user's current location, a location selected by the user, and a popular location, the geography page service module is further configured to determine, before displaying the microblog message, whether required microblog messages are stored in the message pool, and when the message pool does not store the required microblog messages, trigger the message pulling module to pull the required microblog messages, the message pulling module is further configured to store, after pulling the required microblog messages from the external network server, the pulled microblog messages into the message pool, and meanwhile provide the pulled microblog messages for the geography page service module to be displayed, the microblog client is configured, after logging on successfully to the external network server, to provide, in a request to the external network server, a version number of a corresponding configuration file, wherein popular location information is packaged in the form of configuration files in an installation package of the microblog client, and the external network server is configured, when it finds the version number and that self-stored contents do not match each other, to enable the microblog client to start a download process to obtain a configuration file stored in the external network server.
Load transport vehicle comprising a changing device for changing, loading, unloading and/or discharging an interchangeable container over the rear of the load transport vehicle, the load transport vehicle having at least one space detection sensor arrangement which is directed at least onto a region on the rear side of the load transport vehicle, at least one image generating device, preferably a display, for outputting image information, arms, and a control apparatus, characterised in that the control apparatus is designed to combine space detection information transmitted by the space detection sensor arrangement with information from a changing, loading, unloading and/or discharging process of an interchangeable container in order to display image information by means of the image generating device, the control apparatus further being designed to display an unloading position of the interchangeable container; a discharging position of the interchangeable container; and/or a reach of the arms of the changing device as a virtual marker in the image information.
A molding method comprising: a discharging step of discharging a resin material on a cured resin layer; a flattening step of transferring a part of the resin material discharged by the discharging step from the cured resin layer to a roller to flatten the resin material; and a curing step of irradiating the resin material flattened by the flattening step with light having a predetermined light amount to cure the resin material, and forming a new cured resin layer on the cured resin layer, wherein the discharging step, the flattening step, and the curing step are repeatedly executed, and the cured resin layer is laminated, and characterized in that the light amount is used in which a first contact angle (θ1) of the resin material with respect to the cured resin layer is larger than a second contact angle (θ2) of the resin material with respect to the roller. a discharging step of discharging a resin material on a cured resin layer; a flattening step of transferring a part of the resin material discharged by the discharging step from the cured resin layer to a roller to flatten the resin material; and a curing step of irradiating the resin material flattened by the flattening step with light having a predetermined light amount to cure the resin material, and forming a new cured resin layer on the cured resin layer, wherein the discharging step, the flattening step, and the curing step are repeatedly executed, and the cured resin layer is laminated, and characterized in that the light amount is used in which a first contact angle (θ1) of the resin material with respect to the cured resin layer is larger than a second contact angle (θ2) of the resin material with respect to the roller.
A method of shaping a multi-layer hose composed of an outer layer of vulcanized rubber or gum, and an inner layer of a thermoformable material, and optionally composed of at least one intermediate layer between the outer layer and the inner layer, during which the hose is internally heated, then inserted into a mould in which it is cooled and after that it is removed from the mould and the hose, by its natural deformation, changes its spatial arrangement determined by the mould into the final desired spatial arrangement, wherein the hose is a straight and is shortened to required length, then cavity of hose is connected to a source of a heating medium and the hose is then internally heated by the passage of the heating medium through the empty cavity of the hose, the heating is performed to the lowest softening temperature selected from the softening temperatures for the bending of the inner layer and the optional intermediate layer, subsequently the cavity of the hose is disconnected from the source of a heating medium and the hose is inserted into a individual rigid shaping mould, in the rigid shaping mould the hose is brought into a spatial arrangement with radii (r F) of the individual bends of the hose determined by the rigid shaping mould and with the angles (α F) of the individual bends of the hose determined by the rigid shaping mould, whereupon the hose is tempered by placing the rigid shaping mould with the inserted hose in a tempering chamber for a suitable time and then the hose, still inserted in the rigid shaping mould, is cooled and subsequently the hose is removed from the rigid shaping mould, whereby after removal from the rigid shaping mould, the hose due to the action of the outer layer and the inner layer and also the optional intermediate layers changes its spatial arrangement in such a manner that the radii (r F) of the individual bends of the hose being determined by the mould increase to the final desired radii (r v) of the individual bends of the hose, wherein the angles (α F) of the individual bends of the hose being determined by the mould decrease to the final desired angles (α V) of the individual bends of the hose.
A film for a transparent screen (10, 20) comprising: a resin layer (11, 21); and inorganic particles at least a portion of which is contained in an aggregated state in the resin layer, primary particles of the inorganic particles having a median diameter of 0.1 to 50 nm and a maximum particle size of 10 to 500 nm, and the content of the inorganic particles being 0.015 to 1.2% by mass with respect to the resin, characterized in that the total light transmittance of the film for a transparent screen is 70% or higher, the haze value thereof is from 1.3% to 35%, and the image clarity thereof is 70% or higher. a resin layer (11, 21); and inorganic particles at least a portion of which is contained in an aggregated state in the resin layer, primary particles of the inorganic particles having a median diameter of 0.1 to 50 nm and a maximum particle size of 10 to 500 nm, and the content of the inorganic particles being 0.015 to 1.2% by mass with respect to the resin, characterized in that the total light transmittance of the film for a transparent screen is 70% or higher, the haze value thereof is from 1.3% to 35%, and the image clarity thereof is 70% or higher.
Battery cell for a battery of a motor vehicle comprising a galvanic element with a first electrode and a second electrode, a battery cell housing with a first connection and a second connection, at least one sensor apparatus (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) for determining a physical and/or chemical characteristic of the battery cell, and a control apparatus, wherein the galvanic element is arranged in the battery cell housing, wherein the battery cell has a switching apparatus by means of which the first connection and the second connection can be electrically connected, and the control apparatus is designed to close the switching apparatus for the purpose of shorting the battery cell, in accordance with the physical and/or chemical characteristic determined by the at least one sensor apparatus (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18), wherein at least one of the electrodes (4, 5) is connected to one of the connections (6, 7) via an electronic switching element, wherein the electronic switching element is designed to limit a current flow between the electrode (4, 5) and the respective connection (6, 7), and the control apparatus is designed to control the electronic switching element for the purpose of limiting the current flow in accordance with the physical and/or chemical characteristic determined by the at least one sensor apparatus (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18), characterised in that the at least one sensor apparatus (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18) is designed to transmit the detected value of the physical and/or chemical characteristic to the control apparatus only if the detected value exceeds a predefined threshold value in a first case or falls below a predefined other threshold value in a second case.