mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for Adaptive Support Weights comprising: processing a plurality of images, including a first image, a second image wherein the first image and the second image are actively illuminated stereo images, and a third image wherein the third image is a non-actively illuminated image; selecting a first pixel in the first image and determining a first patch surrounding the first pixel; selecting a second pixel corresponding to the first pixel in the second image and determining a second patch surrounding the second pixel; selecting a third pixel corresponding to at least one of the first pixel and the second pixel in the third image and determining a third patch surrounding the third pixel; determining weights using the third patch in the third non-actively illuminated image by weighting different pixels of the third patch in the third image based upon other pixels' similarities in the third patch to the third pixel in the third image; and using the weights to determine a similarity score between the first patch in the first actively illuminated stereo image and the second patch in the second actively illuminated stereo image, wherein one of: the first pixel, the second pixel or the third pixel is chosen as a reference pixel to find matching pixels in the first and second images. processing a plurality of images, including a first image, a second image wherein the first image and the second image are actively illuminated stereo images, and a third image wherein the third image is a non-actively illuminated image; selecting a first pixel in the first image and determining a first patch surrounding the first pixel; selecting a second pixel corresponding to the first pixel in the second image and determining a second patch surrounding the second pixel; selecting a third pixel corresponding to at least one of the first pixel and the second pixel in the third image and determining a third patch surrounding the third pixel; determining weights using the third patch in the third non-actively illuminated image by weighting different pixels of the third patch in the third image based upon other pixels' similarities in the third patch to the third pixel in the third image; and using the weights to determine a similarity score between the first patch in the first actively illuminated stereo image and the second patch in the second actively illuminated stereo image, wherein one of: the first pixel, the second pixel or the third pixel is chosen as a reference pixel to find matching pixels in the first and second images.
Rope with at least one rope section comprising at least one splice that is realized as a long splice, has a plurality of stranded longitudinal elements (16a-26a), at least one of which has at least one insertion end (28a-50a) that is at least section-wise inserted between other longitudinal elements (16a-26a), and is sheathed at least section-wise with a sheathing element that has at least one sheathing portion (152a; 152b), wherein the sheathing portion (152a; 152b) is configured for an at least section-wise sheathing of the at least one insertion end, wherein the rope has a diameter d and a number N of stranded longitudinal elements (16a-26a), wherein the sheathing portion is suitable to permit the splice to be produced with a length of less than 100 * N * d, meaning that the total length of the splice is maximally 100 * N * d, wherein the splice has a rupture resistance that is by maximally 30 % smaller than a rupture resistance of a section of the rope that is free of a splice, characterised in that a test piece of the sheathing portion, sheathing a test insertion end having a length of maximally 50 * d that is inserted in a test rope portion with N stranded longitudinal elements (16a-26a), withstands a shear modulus of at least 1 MPa. with at least one rope section comprising at least one splice that is realized as a long splice, has a plurality of stranded longitudinal elements (16a-26a), at least one of which has at least one insertion end (28a-50a) that is at least section-wise inserted between other longitudinal elements (16a-26a), and is sheathed at least section-wise with a sheathing element that has at least one sheathing portion (152a; 152b), wherein the sheathing portion (152a; 152b) is configured for an at least section-wise sheathing of the at least one insertion end, wherein the rope has a diameter d and a number N of stranded longitudinal elements (16a-26a), wherein the sheathing portion is suitable to permit the splice to be produced with a length of less than 100 * N * d, meaning that the total length of the splice is maximally 100 * N * d, wherein the splice has a rupture resistance that is by maximally 30 % smaller than a rupture resistance of a section of the rope that is free of a splice, characterised in that a test piece of the sheathing portion, sheathing a test insertion end having a length of maximally 50 * d that is inserted in a test rope portion with N stranded longitudinal elements (16a-26a), withstands a shear modulus of at least 1 MPa.
Sea water desalination device for desalination of sea water by means of distillation, comprising a first unit for desalination of sea water, wherein the first unit has at least one first line for passing and heating sea water, wherein at least one section of the at least one first line has a first angle to the horizontal, wherein the first angle is 0° or between 0° and 30° and wherein the at least one section can be completely enclosed by a heating means for heating sea water, characterized in that the sea water desalination device does not have a spray device for spraying sea water onto lines from above, wherein the first unit of the sea water desalination device comprises at least one second line, wherein at least one section of the second line has a second angle to the horizontal, wherein the second angle to the horizontal is 0° or between 0° and 30°, wherein the first unit of the sea water desalination device has a first end region and a second end region, wherein in the first end region an inlet region is arranged for the inlet of sea water into the at least one first line, wherein the at least one first line has an inlet opening in the inlet region wherein in the second end region of the first unit a deflection area is arranged for deflecting the sea water from the at least one first line into the least one second line, and wherein the second end region has an escape opening for the escape of steam formed in the at least one first line.
A method of enhancing an audio signal in a receiving device, comprising • Acoustically propagating a target signal from an acoustic source (S, 31) along an acoustic propagation path, providing a propagated acoustic signal at the receiving device; • Converting the received propagated acoustic signal to a propagated electric signal (AIN; 621), the received propagated acoustic signal comprising the target signal, noise and possible other sounds from the environment as modified by the propagation path from the acoustic source to the receiving device; • Wirelessly transmitting a signal comprising a clean version of the target audio signal to the receiving device; • Receiving the wirelessly transmitted signal in the receiving device; • Retrieving a streamed target audio signal (WIN; 661) from the wirelessly received signal comprising said clean version of the target audio signal; CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the method further comprises • Estimating the target signal from the propagated electric signal (AIN; 621) and the streamed target audio signal (WIN; 661) using an adaptive system, wherein the adaptive system comprises an adaptive algorithm; • Estimating the target signal from the propagated electric signal (AIN; 621) using the streamed target audio signal (WIN; 661) or a signal derived there from as an input to said adaptive algorithm to improve the estimate of the target signal. • Acoustically propagating a target signal from an acoustic source (S, 31) along an acoustic propagation path, providing a propagated acoustic signal at the receiving device; • Converting the received propagated acoustic signal to a propagated electric signal (AIN; 621), the received propagated acoustic signal comprising the target signal, noise and possible other sounds from the environment as modified by the propagation path from the acoustic source to the receiving device; • Wirelessly transmitting a signal comprising a clean version of the target audio signal to the receiving device; • Receiving the wirelessly transmitted signal in the receiving device; • Retrieving a streamed target audio signal (WIN; 661) from the wirelessly received signal comprising said clean version of the target audio signal; CHARACTERIZED IN THAT the method further comprises • Estimating the target signal from the propagated electric signal (AIN; 621) and the streamed target audio signal (WIN; 661) using an adaptive system, wherein the adaptive system comprises an adaptive algorithm; • Estimating the target signal from the propagated electric signal (AIN; 621) using the streamed target audio signal (WIN; 661) or a signal derived there from as an input to said adaptive algorithm to improve the estimate of the target signal.
Method of determining an alignment error of an antenna (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d), wherein the antenna is installed at a vehicle and in cooperation with a detection device, wherein the detection device is configured to determine a plurality of detections, wherein determining the plurality of detections comprises emitting a first portion of electromagnetic radiation through the antenna, receiving a second portion of electromagnetic radiation through the antenna, and evaluating the second portion of electromagnetic radiation in dependence of the first portion of electromagnetic radiation in order to localize areas of reflection of the first portion of electromagnetic radiation in the vicinity of the antenna, wherein the method comprises: determining a first detection and at least a second detection of the plurality of detections by using the detection device, and determining the alignment error by means of a joint evaluation of the first detection and the second detection, wherein the joint evaluation comprises evaluating a first algebraic expression (A', A") or a second algebraic expression (B', B"), wherein the first algebraic expression (A', A") is dependent from an angular velocity component ( ω yaw) of the vehicle, and wherein the first algebraic expression (A', A") is not dependent from a linear velocity component v x host representing the velocity of the vehicle in a heading direction of the vehicle, wherein the second algebraic expression (B', B") is dependent from a linear velocity component representing the velocity of the vehicle in a heading direction of the vehicle, wherein the second algebraic expression (B', B") is not dependent from an angular velocity component ( ω yaw) of the vehicle, characterized in that determining the alignment error comprises selecting one of the first algebraic expression (A', A") and the second algebraic expression (B', B") for the joint evaluation, wherein the selection depends on the velocity of the vehicle. determining a first detection and at least a second detection of the plurality of detections by using the detection device, and determining the alignment error by means of a joint evaluation of the first detection and the second detection,
A composition consisting of Tr1 cells and mesenchymal stem cells in combination with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients for use as a medicament.
Hinge system for windows or doors, comprising a hinge which in each case comprises a leaf hinge part which can receive a spindle, wherein the one hinge can be fastened to a rod by means of its leaf hinge part or by means of its frame part or by means of its leaf hinge part and its frame part and the rod can be fastened to a window leaf or door leaf or to fixed frames corresponding thereto and wherein the rod comprises a plurality of markings for the corresponding positions of fastening devices, characterised in that a hinge tab of the leaf hinge part comprises at last one fastening web which can be inserted through a corresponding slot in the rod and fastened at this location.
System, having a battery charging device with output connections (20a, 20b); and an onboard electrical power supply stage, which has: a step-up/step-down converter, which is designed to step up an input voltage (U HV) of the onboard electrical power supply stage into an intermediate circuit voltage, a DC voltage intermediate circuit, which is coupled to the step-up/step-down converter at intermediate circuit nodes (14a, 14b), and an onboard electrical power supply DC voltage converter, which is coupled to the DC voltage intermediate circuit at the intermediate circuit nodes (14a, 14b) and which is designed to convert the intermediate circuit voltage into a DC voltage for an onboard electrical power supply, wherein the output connections (20a, 20b) of characterized in that the battery charging device are coupled to the DC voltage intermediate circuit via the intermediate circuit nodes (14a, 14b), the battery charging device also has: a power factor correction stage, which is designed to convert a supply voltage (U L) of the battery charging device into a charging voltage and to supply the charging voltage to the output connections (20a, 20b), and a galvanically decoupled DC voltage converter, which is coupled between the power factor correction stage and the output connections (20a, 20b) and which is designed to convert the voltage level of the charging voltage, wherein the power factor correction stage is designed to compensate for a reactive power output by an electrical power supply apparatus to the battery charging device. a step-up/step-down converter, which is designed to step up an input voltage (U HV) of the onboard electrical power supply stage into an intermediate circuit voltage, a DC voltage intermediate circuit, which is coupled to the step-up/step-down converter at intermediate circuit nodes (14a, 14b), and an onboard electrical power supply DC voltage converter, which is coupled to the DC voltage intermediate circuit at the intermediate circuit nodes (14a, 14b) and which is designed to convert the intermediate circuit voltage into a DC voltage for an onboard electrical power supply, a power factor correction stage, which is designed to convert a supply voltage (U L) of the battery charging device into a charging voltage and to supply the charging voltage to the output connections (20a, 20b), and a galvanically decoupled DC voltage converter, which is coupled between the power factor correction stage and the output connections (20a, 20b) and which is designed to convert the voltage level of the charging voltage, wherein the power factor correction stage is designed to compensate for a reactive power output by an electrical power supply apparatus to the battery charging device.
A hand-worn device for energy efficient gesture input on a surface, comprising: a microphone configured to capture an audio input and generate an audio signal; an audio processing subsystem configured to transform the audio signal into an audio envelope by filtering the audio signal, amplifying the audio signal, and generating an audio envelope from the audio signal; an accelerometer configured to capture a motion input and generate an accelerometer signal; and a controller comprising a processor and memory; wherein the controller is configured to: detect a wake-up motion input based on the accelerometer signal; wake from a low-power sleep mode in which the accelerometer is turned on and the microphone is turned off and enter a user interaction interpretation mode in which the microphone is turned on; contemporaneously receive the audio signal and the accelerometer signal; decode strokes based on a length of the audio envelope and a threshold of the accelerometer signal; detect a period of inactivity based on the audio signal; and return to the low-power sleep mode. a microphone configured to capture an audio input and generate an audio signal; an audio processing subsystem configured to transform the audio signal into an audio envelope by filtering the audio signal, amplifying the audio signal, and generating an audio envelope from the audio signal; an accelerometer configured to capture a motion input and generate an accelerometer signal; and a controller comprising a processor and memory; wherein the controller is configured to: detect a wake-up motion input based on the accelerometer signal; wake from a low-power sleep mode in which the accelerometer is turned on and the microphone is turned off and enter a user interaction interpretation mode in which the microphone is turned on; contemporaneously receive the audio signal and the accelerometer signal; decode strokes based on a length of the audio envelope and a threshold of the accelerometer signal; detect a period of inactivity based on the audio signal; and return to the low-power sleep mode. detect a wake-up motion input based on the accelerometer signal; wake from a low-power sleep mode in which the accelerometer is turned on and the microphone is turned off and enter a user interaction interpretation mode in which the microphone is turned on; contemporaneously receive the audio signal and the accelerometer signal; decode strokes based on a length of the audio envelope and a threshold of the accelerometer signal; detect a period of inactivity based on the audio signal; and return to the low-power sleep mode.
A catheter comprising: (a) a distal tube comprising a tubular wall and a tube lumen defined within the tube by the tubular wall; (b) a support membrane disposed around and coupled to a portion of an external wall of the distal tube, wherein a proximal end of the support membrane extends at most to the proximal end of the distal tube, wherein the support membrane is a partial circumference membrane; and (c) a proximal shaft operably coupled to a proximal portion of the distal tube, the proximal shaft comprising: (i) a first elongate member; (ii) a second elongate member; and (iii) a first sheath segment disposed around a first length of the first and second elongate members (30, 32) such that the first length of the first and second elongate members (30, 32) is disposed within the first sheath segment, wherein the first and second elongate members (30, 32) are configured to extend distally into a portion of the distal tube. (a) a distal tube comprising a tubular wall and a tube lumen defined within the tube by the tubular wall; (b) a support membrane disposed around and coupled to a portion of an external wall of the distal tube, wherein a proximal end of the support membrane extends at most to the proximal end of the distal tube, wherein the support membrane is a partial circumference membrane; and (c) a proximal shaft operably coupled to a proximal portion of the distal tube, the proximal shaft comprising: (i) a first elongate member; (ii) a second elongate member; and (iii) a first sheath segment disposed around a first length of the first and second elongate members (30, 32) such that the first length of the first and second elongate members (30, 32) is disposed within the first sheath segment, wherein the first and second elongate members (30, 32) are configured to extend distally into a portion of the distal tube. (i) a first elongate member; (ii) a second elongate member; and (iii) a first sheath segment disposed around a first length of the first and second elongate members (30, 32) such that the first length of the first and second elongate members (30, 32) is disposed within the first sheath segment,
A method for controlling conditions within a liquid conduit system, comprising: defining a zone (10,15) within the liquid conduit system, wherein pressure within the zone (10,15) is influenced by one or more actuator valves (20,25); controlling the one or more actuator valves (20,25) in dependence on a Pareto efficient solution to the minimisation of functions of the average pressure within the zone (10,15) 'AZP' and the pressure variability within the zone (10,15) 'PVZ', wherein the zone (10,15) comprises a plurality of conduits, each conduit being provided with a weighting for constraining the function of pressure variability, and wherein the weighting is generated in dependence on the criticality of the conduit and/or on the vulnerability of the conduit. defining a zone (10,15) within the liquid conduit system, wherein pressure within the zone (10,15) is influenced by one or more actuator valves (20,25); controlling the one or more actuator valves (20,25) in dependence on a Pareto efficient solution to the minimisation of functions of the average pressure within the zone (10,15) 'AZP' and the pressure variability within the zone (10,15) 'PVZ', wherein the zone (10,15) comprises a plurality of conduits, each conduit being provided with a weighting for constraining the function of pressure variability, and wherein the weighting is generated in dependence on the criticality of the conduit and/or on the vulnerability of the conduit.
Device for measuring the contact angle of a liquid drop on a material surface, having a lighting device, an image recording device, a shadow surface, at least one data-processing device and at least one drop dispenser, wherein a. the lighting device is designed to generate a light beam parallel to the material surface that reaches the shadow surface, b. the drop dispenser is suitable for applying a drop of sample liquid to the material surface, and the light beam of the lighting device projects a silhouette of the drop onto the shadow surface, c. the image recording device is designed to record an image arising on the shadow surface, d. the image recording device is arranged in front of the shadow surface in such a way that its optical axis deviates less than 30° from a perpendicular position visa-vis the shadow surface, e. the shadow surface is tilted at an angle less than 90° and greater than 0.5° visa-vis the material surface, and f. the data-processing device is designed to evaluate the measurement results of the image recording device and to calculate the contact angle from the image of the drop on the shadow surface and the knowledge of the angle of tilt of the shadow surface. a. the lighting device is designed to generate a light beam parallel to the material surface that reaches the shadow surface, b. the drop dispenser is suitable for applying a drop of sample liquid to the material surface, and the light beam of the lighting device projects a silhouette of the drop onto the shadow surface, c. the image recording device is designed to record an image arising on the shadow surface, d. the image recording device is arranged in front of the shadow surface in such a way that its optical axis deviates less than 30° from a perpendicular position visa-vis the shadow surface, e. the shadow surface is tilted at an angle less than 90° and greater than 0.5° visa-vis the material surface, and f. the data-processing device is designed to evaluate the measurement results of the image recording device and to calculate the contact angle from the image of the drop on the shadow surface and the knowledge of the angle of tilt of the shadow surface.