mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for controlling an operation of a touch panel, the method comprising: selecting at least one user function according to at least one of a touch event occurring on the touch panel or an input signal from an input unit; determining whether the at least one selected user function is a user function which comprises a broadcasting receiving function and is operated based on a frequency which comprises a broadcasting receiving frequency; selecting (411, 407) frequency information that does not interfere with the frequency when the selected user function is the user function operated based on the frequency; setting (305, 413) the selected frequency information as the scanning frequency of the touch panel; activating the at least one selected user function; and operating the touch panel based on the set scanning frequency; wherein the selecting of the frequency information comprises: determining whether the frequency information associated with the user function is stored in memory; acquiring frequency information associated with the user function when it is determined that the frequency information is not stored in the memory; and selecting the frequency information based on the acquired frequency information. selecting at least one user function according to at least one of a touch event occurring on the touch panel or an input signal from an input unit; determining whether the at least one selected user function is a user function which comprises a broadcasting receiving function and is operated based on a frequency which comprises a broadcasting receiving frequency; selecting (411, 407) frequency information that does not interfere with the frequency when the selected user function is the user function operated based on the frequency; setting (305, 413) the selected frequency information as the scanning frequency of the touch panel; activating the at least one selected user function; and operating the touch panel based on the set scanning frequency; wherein the selecting of the frequency information comprises: determining whether the frequency information associated with the user function is stored in memory; acquiring frequency information associated with the user function when it is determined that the frequency information is not stored in the memory; and selecting the frequency information based on the acquired frequency information. determining whether the frequency information associated with the user function is stored in memory; acquiring frequency information associated with the user function when it is determined that the frequency information is not stored in the memory; and selecting the frequency information based on the acquired frequency information.
Method for starting a combustion engine in a drive train with a hybridized dual clutch transmission with two clutches (K1, K2) and two sub-transmissions (TG1, TG2), an electric machine being attached to the electrified sub-transmission, and it being possible for the combustion engine to be connected via a separating clutch and via two clutches (K1, K2) to the two sub-transmissions (TG1, TG2), the combustion engine being started proceeding from purely electric driving operation via the electrified sub-transmission and a first gear stage in the electrified sub-transmission, the drive power of the electric machine being transmitted via the two clutches (K1, K2) to the non-electrified sub-transmission, the electrified sub-transmission being shifted into neutral while the non-electrified sub-transmission is operated in a second gear stage, characterized in that the separating clutch is closed after the two clutches (K1, K2) for the sub-transmissions (TG1, TG2) have been closed at least partially and the separating clutch is operated with slip until the idling rotational speed of the combustion engine is reached.
An additively manufactured lattice structure, comprising: (a) a first three-dimensional lattice comprising a repeating interconnected array of a first lattice unit cell; (b) a second three-dimensional lattice comprising a repeating interconnected array of a second lattice unit cell, wherein said second lattice unit cell is different from said first lattice unit cell; and (c) a first transition segment interconnecting said first three-dimensional lattice and said second three-dimensional lattice; said first transition segment comprising: (i) a first three-dimensional transitional lattice comprising a repeating array of said first lattice unit cell; and (ii) interleaved with and interconnected to said first three-dimensional transitional lattice, a second three-dimensional transitional lattice comprising a repeating array of said second lattice unit cell, wherein: said first transition segment has a first portion connected to said first three-dimensional lattice and a second portion connected to said second three-dimensional lattice; said first lattice unit cells of said first three-dimensional transitional lattice progressively contract in size from said first portion to said second portion; said second lattice unit cells of said second three-dimensional transitional lattice progressively expand in size from said first portion to said second portion. (a) a first three-dimensional lattice comprising a repeating interconnected array of a first lattice unit cell; (b) a second three-dimensional lattice comprising a repeating interconnected array of a second lattice unit cell, wherein said second lattice unit cell is different from said first lattice unit cell; and (c) a first transition segment interconnecting said first three-dimensional lattice and said second three-dimensional lattice; said first transition segment comprising: (i) a first three-dimensional transitional lattice comprising a repeating array of said first lattice unit cell; and (ii) interleaved with and interconnected to said first three-dimensional transitional lattice, a second three-dimensional transitional lattice comprising a repeating array of said second lattice unit cell, (i) a first three-dimensional transitional lattice comprising a repeating array of said first lattice unit cell; and (ii) interleaved with and interconnected to said first three-dimensional transitional lattice, a second three-dimensional transitional lattice comprising a repeating array of said second lattice unit cell, said first transition segment has a first portion connected to said first three-dimensional lattice and a second portion connected to said second three-dimensional lattice; said first lattice unit cells of said first three-dimensional transitional lattice progressively contract in size from said first portion to said second portion; said second lattice unit cells of said second three-dimensional transitional lattice progressively expand in size from said first portion to said second portion.
Use of a non-ionic surfactant in a method of inhibiting adsorption of cystatin C, wherein said non-ionic surfactant is a polyoxyethylene-type surfactant, and, wherein said non-ionic surfactant has a benzylphenoxy structure.
A variable speed pumping system comprising: a generator motor including a frequency converter and a primary side synchronously connected to a commercial power system although a rotor rotates at a variable speed; and a pump turbine directly connected to the rotor of the generator motor and configured to drive the generator motor in a power generation mode and to be driven by the generator motor in a pumping mode, wherein the variable speed pumping system is configured to, in the pumping mode, input to a power controller a value obtained by subtracting an actual power input from a value obtained by adding a power input command to a power control correction signal calculated by a power control correction signal generator (16, 161) based on a deviation between a rotational speed of the rotor and a rotational speed command calculated based on the power input command and supply a power command to the generator motor to perform power control, and the power control correction signal generator (16, 161) is configured to add a value obtained by multiplying a signal based on a difference between the power input command and an actual power input measured by a power detector in the pumping mode by a constant gain to a signal based on the deviation and input the added value to an integration control element to generate the power control correction signal based on an output signal of the integration control element. a generator motor including a frequency converter and a primary side synchronously connected to a commercial power system although a rotor rotates at a variable speed; and a pump turbine directly connected to the rotor of the generator motor and configured to drive the generator motor in a power generation mode and to be driven by the generator motor in a pumping mode, wherein the variable speed pumping system is configured to, in the pumping mode, input to a power controller a value obtained by subtracting an actual power input from a value obtained by adding a power input command to a power control correction signal calculated by a power control correction signal generator (16, 161) based on a deviation between a rotational speed of the rotor and a rotational speed command calculated based on the power input command and supply a power command to the generator motor to perform power control, and the power control correction signal generator (16, 161) is configured to add a value obtained by multiplying a signal based on a difference between the power input command and an actual power input measured by a power detector in the pumping mode by a constant gain to a signal based on the deviation and input the added value to an integration control element to generate the power control correction signal based on an output signal of the integration control element.
A medical decoupling instrument for decoupling a medical insertion instrument from a pedicle screw, comprising: a shaft and a sleeve which is arranged around a portion of the shaft, said sleeve being configured for defined coupling to the medical insertion instrument, wherein the shaft is rotatable with respect to the sleeve, and wherein the medical decoupling instrument is configured to move the shaft and the sleeve self-actingly and automatically into a defined initial position; wherein the medical decoupling instrument further comprises a spring which is arranged between a support surface, which is provided on the shaft, and the sleeve and is configured to move the shaft and the sleeve into the defined initial position via its spring force; wherein the shaft has a peg-shaped projection at the portion around which the sleeve is arranged, the sleeve has a motion link, and the peg-shaped projection of the shaft is received in the motion link of the sleeve such that the motion link defines a range of rotation of the shaft with respect to the sleeve; characterized in that the motion link runs obliquely, i.e. extends both in the circumferential direction and the axial direction of the sleeve, such that a first end of the motion link is arranged closer to a distal end of the sleeve than a second end of the motion link.
A melt processable copolyetheramide elastomer comprising: (a) one or more segments of polyamide hard blocks derived from a lactam-terminated diisocyanate and a lactam monomer, wherein said lactam-terminated diisocyanate is the reaction product of a diisocyanate and a lactam and (b) one or more segments of soft blocks derived from a hydroxy-terminated compound and/or derivatives thereof, wherein the hydroxy-terminated compound comprises polytetramethylene ether glycol having a number average molecular weight of no more than 2000; wherein the elastomer is obtained by a process comprising the steps of: I. polymerizing said lactam-terminated diisocyanate; and said hydroxy-terminated compound; wherein the polymerization is optionally in the presence of a catalyst; and II. further polymerizing the resulting intermediate with said lactam monomer; optionally in the presence of a metal-containing caprolactamate catalyst; wherein the polymerization takes place in an internal mixing apparatus; wherein the lactam-terminated diisocyanate used in the preparation of the elastomer contains less than 5 percent by weight residual lactam monomer. (a) one or more segments of polyamide hard blocks derived from a lactam-terminated diisocyanate and a lactam monomer, wherein said lactam-terminated diisocyanate is the reaction product of a diisocyanate and a lactam and (b) one or more segments of soft blocks derived from a hydroxy-terminated compound and/or derivatives thereof, wherein the hydroxy-terminated compound comprises polytetramethylene ether glycol having a number average molecular weight of no more than 2000; I. polymerizing said lactam-terminated diisocyanate; and said hydroxy-terminated compound; wherein the polymerization is optionally in the presence of a catalyst; and II. further polymerizing the resulting intermediate with said lactam monomer; optionally in the presence of a metal-containing caprolactamate catalyst;
Method for measuring the concentration of an anti-fouling additive in a flow of saline water circulating in a desalination plant comprising the steps of: (a) supplying a flow of saline water comprising at least one anti-fouling additive to a desalination plant to produce at least one flow of brine and one flow of desalinated water; (b) acquiring at least one NIR spectrum (near infrared) of one of said flows of saline water and brine; (c) calculating a concentration value of said anti-fouling additive by means of a calibration curve that correlates the NIR spectrum with concentration values of said additive; wherein the measurement of the concentration of said anti-fouling additive is carried out in an on-line mode, by withdrawing at least one first sampling flow from said flow of saline water and acquiring said at least one NIR spectrum on said first sampling flow to which at least one salt has been added comprising: - at least one anion selected from: chlorides, chlorates, perchlorates and nitrates; - at least one monovalent or divalent cation, preferably selected from alkali and alkaline earth metals. (a) supplying a flow of saline water comprising at least one anti-fouling additive to a desalination plant to produce at least one flow of brine and one flow of desalinated water; (b) acquiring at least one NIR spectrum (near infrared) of one of said flows of saline water and brine; (c) calculating a concentration value of said anti-fouling additive by means of a calibration curve that correlates the NIR spectrum with concentration values of said additive; - at least one anion selected from: chlorides, chlorates, perchlorates and nitrates; - at least one monovalent or divalent cation, preferably selected from alkali and alkaline earth metals.
An article of flexible furniture having a core formed from a plurality of laminar panels of a flaccid material and each panel having a pair of oppositely directed major faces (416, 418), adjacent faces of said panels being inter-connected to provide a cellular structure upon movement of abutting faces (416, 418) away from each other, opposite ends of said core terminating in a pair of end panels (414, 416) whereby said end panels (414, 416) may be moved apart to expand said cellular structure and extend the length of said core, a passage extending in a direction between said end panels (414, 416) and intersecting said cellular structure, and a plurality of tubular supporting structures having an initial diameter less than that of said passage arranged in seriatim in said passage to enhance the stability of said core, characterised in that said supporting structure is formed from a sheet of translucent flexible material rolled into a tube, and in that said plurality of supporting structures are spaced from one another to provide a zone in said passage at which said core may be bent.
A communication apparatus (100, 800) using a carrier aggregation comprising at least two downlink component carriers and at least one uplink component carrier, the communication apparatus comprising: a receiver, which is adapted, a) to receive, in operation, first downlink resource allocation information for a first downlink component carrier and uplink resource allocation information for an uplink component carrier on the first downlink component carrier, b) to receive second downlink resource allocation information for a second downlink component carrier, which is different from the first downlink component carrier, c) to receive first downlink data on the first downlink component carrier in accordance with the first downlink resource allocation information, and d) to receive second downlink data on the second downlink component carrier in accordance with the second downlink resource allocation information; and a transmitter, which is adapted to transmit, in operation, uplink data on the uplink component carrier in accordance with the uplink resource allocation information, wherein the receiver is further adapted to receive, in operation, an Acknowledgement/Negative-acknowledgement, ACK/NACK, signal for the uplink data only on the first downlink component carrier, on which the uplink resource allocation information is received, out of the first downlink component carrier and the second downlink component carrier. a receiver, which is adapted, a) to receive, in operation, first downlink resource allocation information for a first downlink component carrier and uplink resource allocation information for an uplink component carrier on the first downlink component carrier, b) to receive second downlink resource allocation information for a second downlink component carrier, which is different from the first downlink component carrier, c) to receive first downlink data on the first downlink component carrier in accordance with the first downlink resource allocation information, and d) to receive second downlink data on the second downlink component carrier in accordance with the second downlink resource allocation information; and a transmitter, which is adapted to transmit, in operation, uplink data on the uplink component carrier in accordance with the uplink resource allocation information, wherein the receiver is further adapted to receive, in operation, an Acknowledgement/Negative-acknowledgement, ACK/NACK, signal for the uplink data only on the first downlink component carrier, on which the uplink resource allocation information is received, out of the first downlink component carrier and the second downlink component carrier.
A computer implemented method for simulating wearing of a knit garment (106, 112; 132, 134, 135; 152, 154,155) on a human model, the human model having a plurality of polygons (141 to 144) on a surface of the human model and an axis (b, ra, la), the method comprising the steps of: positioning a virtual knit garment (106, 112) tentatively with respect to the human model in such a way that the axis (b, ra, la) of the human model passes through an interior of the virtual knit garment (106, 112); fitting the tentatively positioned virtual knit garment (106, 112) to the human model by expanding/ shrinking the virtual knit garment (106, 112) toward the axis (b, ra, la); associating each point of the virtual knit garment (106, 112) with the polygons (141 to 144) of the human model, wherein a perpendicular line from said each point towards the axis (b, ra, la) is obtained, a polygon (141 to 144) intersecting the perpendicular line is obtained, and said each point associates with the polygon (141 to 144); initiating obtaining a polygon (141 to 144) associated with a subsequent point from a polygon (141 to 144) associated with a neighboring point which is already obtained and moving stitches toward the obtained polygon (141 to 144). positioning a virtual knit garment (106, 112) tentatively with respect to the human model in such a way that the axis (b, ra, la) of the human model passes through an interior of the virtual knit garment (106, 112); fitting the tentatively positioned virtual knit garment (106, 112) to the human model by expanding/ shrinking the virtual knit garment (106, 112) toward the axis (b, ra, la); associating each point of the virtual knit garment (106, 112) with the polygons (141 to 144) of the human model, wherein a perpendicular line from said each point towards the axis (b, ra, la) is obtained, a polygon (141 to 144) intersecting the perpendicular line is obtained, and said each point associates with the polygon (141 to 144); initiating obtaining a polygon (141 to 144) associated with a subsequent point from a polygon (141 to 144) associated with a neighboring point which is already obtained and moving stitches toward the obtained polygon (141 to 144).
A micro-catheter electrode assembly comprising: at least one flexible circuit including a plurality of internal electrical traces (70a, 70b, 70c, 70d) coupled therein, wherein the plurality of internal electrical traces (70a, 70b, 70c, 70d) is embedded within an insulating substrate; an electrode surrounding the flexible circuit and electrically coupled with at least one of the plurality of electrical traces (70a, 70b, 70c, 70d); a non-conductive liner tube disposed within at least a portion of the electrode, wherein the liner tube is a hollow tube that provides a lumen and the flexible circuit is disposed between the electrode and the liner tube; a support member disposed within at least a portion of the lumen of the liner tube and electrically isolated from said electrode by said liner tube; and a biocompatible outer covering extending over at least a portion of the electrode. at least one flexible circuit including a plurality of internal electrical traces (70a, 70b, 70c, 70d) coupled therein, wherein the plurality of internal electrical traces (70a, 70b, 70c, 70d) is embedded within an insulating substrate; an electrode surrounding the flexible circuit and electrically coupled with at least one of the plurality of electrical traces (70a, 70b, 70c, 70d); a non-conductive liner tube disposed within at least a portion of the electrode, wherein the liner tube is a hollow tube that provides a lumen and the flexible circuit is disposed between the electrode and the liner tube; a support member disposed within at least a portion of the lumen of the liner tube and electrically isolated from said electrode by said liner tube; and a biocompatible outer covering extending over at least a portion of the electrode.
A waveguide (100; 200; 300; 500), obtained directly by an additive manufacturing process, for electromagnetic waves, wherein a cross-section of the waveguide is not point-symmetrical, wherein an interior angle of the waveguide has a value between 100° and 170°, and wherein the waveguide has a shape in which only the fundamental mode of a bandwidth of the electromagnetic waves is capable of propagation, wherein a circumference of the cross-section of the waveguide in the circumferential direction is defined by the following parts: a first straight part, a first partial section, a second straight part, and a second partial section, the parts being aligned along a vertical direction and spaced apart from each other in a horizontal direction, wherein the first partial section is at least partially curved outwardly away from a centre of the cross-section, and characterised in that the second partial section is at least partially curved inwards in the direction of the centre of the cross-section. wherein a circumference of the cross-section of the waveguide in the circumferential direction is defined by the following parts: a first straight part, a first partial section, a second straight part, and a second partial section, the parts being aligned along a vertical direction and spaced apart from each other in a horizontal direction, wherein the first partial section is at least partially curved outwardly away from a centre of the cross-section, and characterised in that the second partial section is at least partially curved inwards in the direction of the centre of the cross-section.