mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of producing a fiber, the method comprising discharge, from a spinneret, a spinning dope solution containing a fiber-forming polymer dissolved in a solvent, once allowing the solution to run in air, and then guiding the solution into a coagulation bath liquid to allow coagulation, wherein a gas-phase portion formed in a vertically downward direction from a discharge surface of the spinneret to a coagulation bath liquid surface has an air flow rate per unit time (Af) which satisfies, in relation to the amount of the solvent in the spinning dope solution per unit time (As) in the gas-phase-portion volume (Vh), the relational expression 0.0008 m 3 ≤ Af/(As/Vh) ≤ 0.0015 m 3, and the hourly average of the absolute humidity at each of four points in an outer periphery of the spinneret in the gas-phase portion is not more than 20 g/m 3, wherein the number of holes in the spinneret is not less than 2,000 and not more than 50,000.
A method for intra-frame video encoding of a macroblock, the macroblock comprising a plurality of blocks, each block comprising a set of pixel values, the method comprising: for each block, selecting a prediction mode for predicting pixels in the block using pixels from neighboring blocks in the same frame, wherein the prediction mode specifies a set of pixels from neighboring blocks in the same frame used for predicting pixels of the block; and characterized by providing a mode uniformity indicator for the macroblock, the mode uniformity indicator indicating whether multiple blocks in the macroblock have the same selected prediction mode. for each block, selecting a prediction mode for predicting pixels in the block using pixels from neighboring blocks in the same frame, wherein the prediction mode specifies a set of pixels from neighboring blocks in the same frame used for predicting pixels of the block; and characterized by providing a mode uniformity indicator for the macroblock, the mode uniformity indicator indicating whether multiple blocks in the macroblock have the same selected prediction mode.
A non-pneumatic tire comprising an outer annular tread band, and a plurality of connecting structures connecting the tread band to a hub, wherein said outer annular tread band comprises a shear band (300, 400, 600) comprising or formed of at least one first reinforcement layer (320, 330, 410, 420) located radially inward of the outer annular tread band and at least one a second reinforcement layer (360, 430, 440) located radially outward of the at least one first reinforcement layer (320, 330, 410, 420), wherein the one or more first and second reinforcement layers (320, 330, 410, 420, 360, 430, 440) each comprise a plurality of parallel reinforcement cords, wherein the at least one first reinforcement layer (320, 330, 410, 420) is separated from the at least one second reinforcement layer (360, 430, 440) by a first shear layer (350, 450, 610), and wherein the first shear layer (350, 450, 610) is reinforced with reinforcements, characterized in that the shear band (300, 400, 600) has an overall shear stiffness in the range of from 15000 N to 35000 N, wherein the shear stiffness GA is determined by measuring the deflection on a representative test specimen taken from the shear band, the upper surface of the test specimen is subjected to a lateral shear force F, wherein the test specimen is a representative sample taken from the shear band and having the same radial thickness as the shear band and wherein the shear stiffness GA is then calculated from the following equation: GA=F*L/ΔX, where F is the shear load, L is the shear layer thickness, and ΔX is the shear deflection.
An axial-flux rotary electromagnetic actuator, comprising at least one magnet structure consisting of multiple single magnets, said at least one magnet structure forming a successive block serving as a magnet pole and being accommodated within at least one support belonging to a partially hollow disk-like shaped rotor, said at least one magnet structure having a thickness forming its smallest dimension, each single magnet being in the form of an elongate pad having a length extending according to a thickness of said at least one magnet structure, the elongate pad being cylindrical or in the form of a polyhedron with at least one planar longitudinal face directed towards a working surface of said at least one magnet structure, the elongate pad having a magnetization line extending lengthwise, the single magnets being positioned in said at least one magnet structure away from each other so as to be electrically isolated from each other, said at least one magnet structure including a non-conductive composite layer embedding the single magnets, the composite layer delimiting an entire external contour of said at least one magnet structure, characterized in that the length of each pad is larger than the diameter of the planar longitudinal face for a cylindrical pad or than a largest diagonal connecting two vertices of said longitudinal face for a polyhedron-shaped pad, said at least one support being covered over at least one face by a cover disk serving as an axial holding means for consolidating the rotor.
As an electronic bucket-type precipitation meter, the electronic bucket-type precipitation meter comprises: a water receiving opening which extends at an angle from one edge to the center so as to collect rainwater; a measurement bucket which extends downward so that the rainwater is collected at the center of the water receiving opening, wherein a probe unit is installed on a side surface thereof so as to measure the collected rainwater; a covering part in which an upper covering part is formed at an upper part thereof and has an inclined contact surface having a same inclination as the water receiving opening, and in which a lower covering part is formed at a lower part thereof so as to block a bottom surface of the measurement bucket; a lifting and lowering driving unit which lifts and lowers the covering part; and a controller which lifts and lowers the lifting and lowering driving unit and which calculates rainwater measured by the probe unit. a water receiving opening which extends at an angle from one edge to the center so as to collect rainwater; a measurement bucket which extends downward so that the rainwater is collected at the center of the water receiving opening, wherein a probe unit is installed on a side surface thereof so as to measure the collected rainwater; a covering part in which an upper covering part is formed at an upper part thereof and has an inclined contact surface having a same inclination as the water receiving opening, and in which a lower covering part is formed at a lower part thereof so as to block a bottom surface of the measurement bucket; a lifting and lowering driving unit which lifts and lowers the covering part; and a controller which lifts and lowers the lifting and lowering driving unit and which calculates rainwater measured by the probe unit.
An air maintenance tire comprising: an elongate groove formed to extend into a flexing region of a tire sidewall (16, 18), the groove having a profiled internal geometry; and an elongate tube having an internal elongate air passageway and an external geometric shape substantially complementing the groove internal geometry for operably enabling a close receipt of the tube into the groove; characterized in that the tube has at least one access shaft preferably formed therein extending from an outward surface to a check valve seat positioned at a depth within the tube substantially in line with the air passageway; a check valve device configured to insert into the access shaft and to seat within the check valve seat in alignment with the air passageway; and a plug component substantially filling the access shaft to a depth of the check valve device whereby occupying the access shaft. an elongate groove formed to extend into a flexing region of a tire sidewall (16, 18), the groove having a profiled internal geometry; and an elongate tube having an internal elongate air passageway and an external geometric shape substantially complementing the groove internal geometry for operably enabling a close receipt of the tube into the groove;
A composite power storage system, comprising: a first power storage device connected to a power grid or a load device through an inverter; a second power storage device connected to the power grid or the load device through an inverter and having a higher power density adapted to withstand abrupt fluctuation in output than the first power storage device; and a first control device adapted to instruct the first power storage device to charge or discharge with first power based on a charge/discharge command with respect to the power grid or the load device, and to instruct the second power storage device to charge or discharge with second power corresponding to a difference between the charge/discharge command and the first power at a shorter time period compared to the instruction to the first power storage device, characterized in that: the first control device is adapted to instruct the first power storage device to charge or discharge with the first power in every first time period, and to instruct the second power storage device to charge or discharge with the second power in every second time period shorter than the first time period. a first power storage device connected to a power grid or a load device through an inverter; a second power storage device connected to the power grid or the load device through an inverter and having a higher power density adapted to withstand abrupt fluctuation in output than the first power storage device; and a first control device adapted to instruct the first power storage device to charge or discharge with first power based on a charge/discharge command with respect to the power grid or the load device, and to instruct the second power storage device to charge or discharge with second power corresponding to a difference between the charge/discharge command and the first power at a shorter time period compared to the instruction to the first power storage device, characterized in that: the first control device is adapted to instruct the first power storage device to charge or discharge with the first power in every first time period, and to instruct the second power storage device to charge or discharge with the second power in every second time period shorter than the first time period.
A mouse whose genome comprises a humanized Programmed cell death 1 (Pdcdl) gene at an endogenous Pdcd1 locus, wherein said mouse expresses a humanized Programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) polypeptide from said humanized Pdcd1 gene, which humanized PD-1 polypeptide has an amino acid sequence that is at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO: 6 and comprises a human portion and an endogenous portion, wherein the human portion comprises amino acids 26-169 of a human PD-1 polypeptide and the endogenous portion comprises the intracellular portion of an endogenous mouse PD-1 polypeptide.
Method for actuating personal protection means for a vehicle, having the following method steps of: actuating the personal protection means on the basis of at least one signal from an impact sensor system and at least one pre-crash signal, wherein the at least one pre-crash signal is assessed on the basis of a classification of at least one counter, wherein the counter is influenced on the basis of the at least one precrash signal by virtue of the at least one counter being initialized on the basis of the at least one pre-crash signal, wherein the at least one counter is incremented or decremented at predefined intervals until a threshold is reached, wherein, upon reaching the threshold, the at least one precrash signal is provided at this time for actuation, wherein an impact time is determined on the basis of the at least one signal, and the predefined pre-crash signal is assessed on the basis of the impact time determined on the basis of the impact signal, wherein an acceptance window for the at least one pre-crash signal is placed around the impact time from the pre-crash signal, and the at least one pre-crash signal is assessed on the basis of the acceptance window, characterized in that a blind range of a pre-crash sensor system for generating the pre-crash signal at least comprises the acceptance window, and at least one object is pursued in the blind range by means of the at least one counter, and a new pre-crash signal is accepted only if the new pre-crash signal is plausible on the basis of the at least one counter. actuating the personal protection means on the basis of at least one signal from an impact sensor system and at least one pre-crash signal, wherein the at least one pre-crash signal is assessed on the basis of a classification of at least one counter, wherein the counter is influenced on the basis of the at least one precrash signal by virtue of the at least one counter being initialized on the basis of the at least one pre-crash signal, wherein the at least one counter is incremented or decremented at predefined intervals until a threshold is reached, wherein, upon reaching the threshold, the at least one precrash signal is provided at this time for actuation, wherein an impact time is determined on the basis of the at least one signal, and the predefined pre-crash signal is assessed on the basis of the impact time determined on the basis of the impact signal, wherein an acceptance window for the at least one pre-crash signal is placed around the impact time from the pre-crash signal, and the at least one pre-crash signal is assessed on the basis of the acceptance window, characterized in that a blind range of a pre-crash sensor system for generating the pre-crash signal at least comprises the acceptance window, and at least one object is pursued in the blind range by means of the at least one counter, and a new pre-crash signal is accepted only if the new pre-crash signal is plausible on the basis of the at least one counter.
Transparent glass-type substrate coated with a stack of thin layers comprising: i) at least one titanium oxide-based underlayer, and ii) a main tin oxide-based layer with a thickness of more than 250 nm, deposited by gas phase pyrolysis using a vaporised mixture of the following precursors: a tin source, a fluorine source and water, the volumetric ratio of water/tin source being lower than 10, preferably lower than 5 and further preferred lower than 1; the coated substrate having a haze measured with standard ASTM D 1003-61 of less than 2%, preferably less than 1.5% and further preferred less than 1%. i) at least one titanium oxide-based underlayer, and ii) a main tin oxide-based layer with a thickness of more than 250 nm, deposited by gas phase pyrolysis using a vaporised mixture of the following precursors: a tin source, a fluorine source and water, the volumetric ratio of water/tin source being lower than 10, preferably lower than 5 and further preferred lower than 1;
A method for performing, by a first device, wireless communication, the method comprising: obtaining (S1210, S1320, S1410) information related to a normal resource pool and information related to one exceptional resource pool; determining to use the one exceptional resource pool, based on occurrence of an exceptional case; selecting a first resource from the one exceptional resource pool; transmitting, to a second device, sidelink control information, SCI, for scheduling a physical sidelink shared channel, PSSCH, through a physical sidelink control channel, PSCCH, based on the first resource; transmitting (S1230, S1340), to the second device, a medium access control, MAC, protocol data unit, PDU, through the PSSCH, based on the first resource; and receiving (S1240, S1350) a first hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ, feedback related to the MAC PDU based on a first HARQ feedback resource included in the one exceptional resource pool, wherein, the one exceptional resource pool includes at least one HARQ feedback resource, for the MAC PDU in which a HARQ feedback is set to enabled, wherein the at least one HARQ feedback resource includes the first HARQ feedback resource, wherein the normal resource pool is used based on the first device being not in an exceptional condition, and wherein the exceptional resource pool is used based on the first device being in an exceptional condition. obtaining (S1210, S1320, S1410) information related to a normal resource pool and information related to one exceptional resource pool; determining to use the one exceptional resource pool, based on occurrence of an exceptional case; selecting a first resource from the one exceptional resource pool; transmitting, to a second device, sidelink control information, SCI, for scheduling a physical sidelink shared channel, PSSCH, through a physical sidelink control channel, PSCCH, based on the first resource; transmitting (S1230, S1340), to the second device, a medium access control, MAC, protocol data unit, PDU, through the PSSCH, based on the first resource; and receiving (S1240, S1350) a first hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ, feedback related to the MAC PDU based on a first HARQ feedback resource included in the one exceptional resource pool, wherein, the one exceptional resource pool includes at least one HARQ feedback resource, for the MAC PDU in which a HARQ feedback is set to enabled, wherein the at least one HARQ feedback resource includes the first HARQ feedback resource, wherein the normal resource pool is used based on the first device being not in an exceptional condition, and wherein the exceptional resource pool is used based on the first device being in an exceptional condition.
A method for Signal-to-Noise and Distortion Ratio, SNDR, improvement through Digital-to-Analog-Converter, DAC, element selection, comprising: performing a plurality of test runs, each test run comprising: randomizing an order of a plurality of unary weighted unit elements (54a-d, 56a-d) of a DAC (32, 50), wherein each of the unit elements (54a-d, 56a-d) is controlled by a respective one of a plurality of digital inputs of the DAC (32, 50) based on the order of the plurality of unit elements (54a-d, 56a-d); sequentially asserting the plurality of digital inputs over at least a subset of a full set of the digital inputs to the randomized order of the plurality of unit elements to generate a plurality of analog values of an analog output of the DAC (32, 50); and measuring an SNDR of the DAC (32, 50) from the plurality of analog values; selecting from the plurality of test runs an order of the unit elements (54a-d, 56a-d) corresponding to a maximum SNDR; and storing the selected order of the unit elements (54a-d, 56a-d) of the DAC (32, 50) in a memory to define connections between the digital inputs and the respective unit elements (54a-d, 56a-d) based on the selected order. randomizing an order of a plurality of unary weighted unit elements (54a-d, 56a-d) of a DAC (32, 50), wherein each of the unit elements (54a-d, 56a-d) is controlled by a respective one of a plurality of digital inputs of the DAC (32, 50) based on the order of the plurality of unit elements (54a-d, 56a-d); sequentially asserting the plurality of digital inputs over at least a subset of a full set of the digital inputs to the randomized order of the plurality of unit elements to generate a plurality of analog values of an analog output of the DAC (32, 50); and measuring an SNDR of the DAC (32, 50) from the plurality of analog values; selecting from the plurality of test runs an order of the unit elements (54a-d, 56a-d) corresponding to a maximum SNDR; and storing the selected order of the unit elements (54a-d, 56a-d) of the DAC (32, 50) in a memory to define connections between the digital inputs and the respective unit elements (54a-d, 56a-d) based on the selected order.
A cleaning blade for being provided in a cleaning device that is able to remove non-transferred toner from an image carrier when the cleaning blade is used in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, comprising: a blade member in which an edge thereof is able to be put in contact with the image carrier over a longitudinal direction thereof; and a holder member (15a2) that holds the blade member and has an L-shape in a cross-section that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, wherein the holder member (15a2) includes a supporting portion (15a21) that cantilevers the blade member on a surface thereof such that the edge of the blade member (15a1) protrudes toward the image carrier, and a bent portion (15a22) that is connected to the supporting portion (15a21) to form the L-shaped cross-section and is formed to have a first lateral length at least at one end portion in the longitudinal direction thereof that is shorter than a second lateral length at a middle portion thereof in the longitudinal direction, wherein the holder member (15a2) includes a main reference portion (15a31) and a sub reference portion (15a32), for positioning the cleaning blade with respect to the device, which are formed at both ends in the longitudinal direction so as to be set apart in the longitudinal direction, and the bent portion (15a22) of the holder member (15a2) is formed in such a manner that the lateral length at one end portion in the longitudinal direction where the main reference portion (15a31) is formed is shorter than the lateral length at other portions in the longitudinal direction, characterized in that a cutout is formed in the bent portion (15a22) at one end in the longitudinal direction where the blade member is likely to be rolled up or cause vibration to make noises. a blade member in which an edge thereof is able to be put in contact with the image carrier over a longitudinal direction thereof; and a holder member (15a2) that holds the blade member and has an L-shape in a cross-section that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, wherein