mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of processing a series of microphone inputs of an audio conference, each microphone input being captured by a respective one among an array of microphones, the method including the steps of: (a) conducting a spatial analysis and feature extraction of the series of microphone inputs of the audio conference based on current audio activity to obtain information about approximate relative locations of currently active sound objects relative to the array of microphones; (b) aggregating the information about the approximate relative locations of currently active sound objects relative to the array of microphones over time to obtain information about approximate relative locations of recent sound objects relative to the array of microphones; and (c) utilising the approximate relative locations of the recent sound objects relative to the array of microphones to determine whether beamforming is to be utilised to enhance an audio reception from recent sound objects when these recent sound objects are detected, wherein it is determined that beamforming is to be utilized to enhance the audio reception from the recent sound objects when recent sound objects are detected in a predetermined estimated distance range from the array of microphones. (a) conducting a spatial analysis and feature extraction of the series of microphone inputs of the audio conference based on current audio activity to obtain information about approximate relative locations of currently active sound objects relative to the array of microphones; (b) aggregating the information about the approximate relative locations of currently active sound objects relative to the array of microphones over time to obtain information about approximate relative locations of recent sound objects relative to the array of microphones; and (c) utilising the approximate relative locations of the recent sound objects relative to the array of microphones to determine whether beamforming is to be utilised to enhance an audio reception from recent sound objects when these recent sound objects are detected,
A surgical stapling head assembly with a rotary cutter, comprising a casing, an annular cutter, a staple driver and a staple holder, the casing is a tubular body comprising a stepped inner cavity and an anti-expansion tube, a plurality of staple pushers are arranged annularly and alternately in two rows, the staple driver is disposed between the anti-expansion tube and an inner wall of the casing, the staple driver is disposed at a proximal end of said staple pushers, the staple holder for receiving one or more surgical staples is disposed at a distal end of the staple driver, the annular cutter is disposed in the space formed by an inner wall of the staple holder, wherein, said annular cutter is connected with the staple driver by a bearing structure, the bearing structure at least comprises a bearing inner ring and a bearing outer ring, guiding projections (115a,115b,115c) are disposed on said annular cutter or the bearing inner ring or the bearing outer ring, a metal cylinder member with guiding tracks (106, 107, 108) is disposed inside the casing, characterized in that the guiding tracks comprise a forward helix track and a backward track (107,108); the helix forward track and the backward track are independent from each other but communicated with each other to form at least one back and forth journey; said guiding projections (115a,115b,115c) engage with the guiding tracks to enable the guiding projections (115a, 115b, 115c) to go along the guiding tracks of the metal cylinder member.
Cooling system arranged to cool electronic components, the cooling system comprising: pressure producing means arranged to produce cyclic air pressure fluctuations, and arranged in the cooling system such that the pressure producing means are distanced from the electronic components; and converting means arranged to convert the cyclic air pressure fluctuations into cyclic air jets, when the converting means is affected by the cyclic air pressure fluctuations produced by the pressure producing means, characterized in that the converting means are arranged in the cooling system such that the converting means is in the vicinity of the electronic components, so that, through the arrangement of the converting means in the cooling system, the cyclic air jets are turbulent air streams produced by the converting means directly at the location of the electronic components in order to increase the heat transfer at the surface of the electronic components. pressure producing means arranged to produce cyclic air pressure fluctuations, and arranged in the cooling system such that the pressure producing means are distanced from the electronic components; and converting means arranged to convert the cyclic air pressure fluctuations into cyclic air jets, when the converting means is affected by the cyclic air pressure fluctuations produced by the pressure producing means, characterized in that the converting means are arranged in the cooling system such that the converting means is in the vicinity of the electronic components, so that, through the arrangement of the converting means in the cooling system, the cyclic air jets are turbulent air streams produced by the converting means directly at the location of the electronic components in order to increase the heat transfer at the surface of the electronic components.
A composition for forming microcups, comprising: (a) at least one difunctional UV curable component; and (b) at least one photoinitiator; the composition being characterized by (c) at least one mold release agent. (a) at least one difunctional UV curable component; and (b) at least one photoinitiator; the composition being characterized by (c) at least one mold release agent.
Sectional and modular frame for vibrating sieves, said frame comprising a plurality of tubular linear bars suited to be coupled with each other and rigidly constrained to form a substantially parallelepiped three-dimensional structure, and one or more panels (D, E) suited to define the side and/or internal walls of the frame, characterized in that it comprises: • said bars having shaped cross section with open seats (21, 23) recessed within its cross section, substantially linear and developing along the entirety or part of the length of the bar; • a plurality of connection elements (3, 4, 5, 6) for coupling together each bar and one or more bars of the same or a different type without welds; • one or more stainless steel double wall panels filled with insulating foam material and wherein said bars comprise one or more of said seats or cavities in a simple rectangular or square shape suited to house the edge of one or more of said panels and seats or cavities in a trapezoidal shape suited to house threaded inserts for connecting two or more bars; and wherein said steel panels (E, D) are joined to said bars by a two component glue. • said bars having shaped cross section with open seats (21, 23) recessed within its cross section, substantially linear and developing along the entirety or part of the length of the bar; • a plurality of connection elements (3, 4, 5, 6) for coupling together each bar and one or more bars of the same or a different type without welds; • one or more stainless steel double wall panels filled with insulating foam material and wherein said bars comprise one or more of said seats or cavities in a simple rectangular or square shape suited to house the edge of one or more of said panels and seats or cavities in a trapezoidal shape suited to house threaded inserts for connecting two or more bars; and wherein said steel panels (E, D) are joined to said bars by a two component glue.
A video decoding method for predicting pixel values in a target block under a planar mode, the method comprising computer executable steps executed by a processor of a video decoder to implement: calculating first prediction values for respective prediction pixels in a prediction block for the target block using linear interpolation between values of respective horizontal boundary pixels, in the same horizontal position as the respective prediction pixels, on the upper outside of the target block and a value of one of vertical boundary pixels on the left outside of the target block; calculating second prediction values for the respective prediction pixels using linear interpolation between values of the respective vertical boundary pixels, in the same vertical position as the respective prediction pixels, and a value of one of the horizontal boundary pixels on the upper outside of the target block; and averaging the first and second prediction values for the same prediction pixel to derive respective prediction pixel values in the prediction block. calculating first prediction values for respective prediction pixels in a prediction block for the target block using linear interpolation between values of respective horizontal boundary pixels, in the same horizontal position as the respective prediction pixels, on the upper outside of the target block and a value of one of vertical boundary pixels on the left outside of the target block; calculating second prediction values for the respective prediction pixels using linear interpolation between values of the respective vertical boundary pixels, in the same vertical position as the respective prediction pixels, and a value of one of the horizontal boundary pixels on the upper outside of the target block; and averaging the first and second prediction values for the same prediction pixel to derive respective prediction pixel values in the prediction block.
A device for detecting leaks from a fluid conduit, in particular a highpressure liquid conduit, that interconnects units (70.1, 70.2, 70.3) of a machine system, wherein the fluid conduit consists of a non-conductive material, in particular plastic, and has at least two uncoated electrodes (40.1, 40.2) arranged in the longitudinal direction of the fluid conduit such that they are insulated from each other, and wherein the two electrodes (40.1, 40.2) are connected to a measuring instrument that emits a signal if a change occurs in a prescribed resistance or impedance between the two electrodes (40.1, 40.2), characterized in that the fluid conduit is completely enclosed by a mat that consists of cotton, absorbent fabric or the like, is open internally and is sealed on its outer side with a liquid-tight film, in that the two electrodes (40.1, 40.2) are arranged below the fluid conduit on the side of the mat facing the fluid conduit and are attached to it and covered by means of an absorbent layer, in that the two electrodes (40.1, 40.2) are freely accessible at the end of the fluid conduit so that the measuring instrument can be attached, and in that the signal is utilized by a machine control and/or can be emitted optically via a display device and/or acoustically.
A telecommunication system comprising: - a session management module configured to establish a telephone communication session with a service provider via a telephone of the service provider; - a campaign management module (206;710) configured to assign the service provider to a campaign that defines tasks to be performed by the service provider during at least a portion of the session, wherein the tasks comprise a set of sequential voice calls to be placed by the telecommunication system to a plurality of recipients via respective telephones of the recipients for establishing respective telephone communications between the service provider and the recipient, wherein each of said calls is established between the recipients and the service provider during said portion of the session, wherein the telecommunication system is adapted for maintaining the established session of the service provider between each of the sequential calls, wherein the campaign management module (206; 710) is further configured to determine a dialing algorithm for placing a call of the set of sequential calls, wherein the determination of the dialing algorithm comprises determining a set of the recipients of the plurality of recipients for simultaneously initializing respective telephone communications from the telecommunication system to each recipient of the set recipients, wherein the campaign management module (206;710) is further configured to perform an establishment of a telephone communication between the service provider and the recipient to which first of all the telephone communication is successfully initialized, wherein the determining of the set of the recipients is performed by selecting a quantity of recipients of the plurality of recipients, wherein a determination of said quantity comprises determining an average ratio of unsuccessfully initialized telephone communications from the telecommunication system to recipients from a history log of the telecommunication system, wherein the quantity is given by the inverse of the ratio multiplied with a predefined factor, wherein the determination of said quantity comprises determining an average time duration of successfully established telephone communications from the telecommunication system to recipients from the history log of the telecommunication system, wherein the factor is depending on said average time duration. - a session management module configured to establish a telephone communication session with a service provider via a telephone of the service provider; - a campaign management module (206;710) configured to assign the service provider to a campaign that defines tasks to be performed by the service provider during at least a portion of the session, wherein the tasks comprise a set of sequential voice calls to be placed by the telecommunication system to a plurality of recipients via respective telephones of the recipients for establishing respective telephone communications between the service provider and the recipient, wherein each of said calls is established between the recipients and the service provider during said portion of the session,
A method of determining whether a subject has breast cancer comprising: providing an ocular sample previously obtained from the subject; performing steps of detecting levels in the sample of at least three of the markers from the list of markers provided in Table 1; and determining the subject has, or is likely to have, breast cancer if the levels of the at least three markers change as compared to the levels in a control sample lacking cancer, wherein the at least three markers comprise S100A8, S100A9 and LG3BP, and wherein the levels of S100A8 are increased, the levels of S100A9 are increased and the levels of LG3BP are decreased.
A tethered pop up branch structure stent graft comprising: a graft material; a first pop up branch structure comprising a first collateral opening within said graft material; characterised in a second pop up branch structure comprising a second collateral opening within said graft material; and a tether tethering said first pop up branch structure to said second pop up branch structure. a graft material; a first pop up branch structure comprising a first collateral opening within said graft material; characterised in a second pop up branch structure comprising a second collateral opening within said graft material; and a tether tethering said first pop up branch structure to said second pop up branch structure.
Method for determining a reference speed used by a wheel slide protection of a railway vehicle in motion on a railway track, comprising at least one iteration of the following steps: - measurement of at least one actual speed of a wheel (304 1 -304 4) or of an axle (306 1 -306 2) of said vehicle; - measurement of the actual deceleration of said vehicle; - determination of said reference speed on the basis of said at least one actual speed measured and of said actual deceleration measured. - measurement of at least one actual speed of a wheel (304 1 -304 4) or of an axle (306 1 -306 2) of said vehicle; - measurement of the actual deceleration of said vehicle; - determination of said reference speed on the basis of said at least one actual speed measured and of said actual deceleration measured.
A mobile device comprising: a sensor unit; a screen unit on which a user interface that changes by function is displayed; and a controller configured to: control the screen unit to display a first user interface; control the sensor unit to sense a movement of the mobile device, determine a change amount of a rotation angle of the mobile device with respect to an initial angular position of the mobile device, by measuring using the sensor unit, and change from the first user interface to a second user interface according to the measured change amount, when the mobile device rotates more than a minimum change amount for changing the user interface, wherein the changing of the user interface comprises, controlling the screen unit to display a virtual cube, with a respective one of the first user interface and the second user interface being displayed on a respective surface of the virtual cube and controlling the screen unit to display the second user interface by implementing a sliding screen effect in which the first user interface slides and disappears in a first direction, and the second user interface slides and appears from a direction opposite to the first direction. a sensor unit; a screen unit on which a user interface that changes by function is displayed; and a controller configured to: control the screen unit to display a first user interface; control the sensor unit to sense a movement of the mobile device, determine a change amount of a rotation angle of the mobile device with respect to an initial angular position of the mobile device, by measuring using the sensor unit, and change from the first user interface to a second user interface according to the measured change amount, when the mobile device rotates more than a minimum change amount for changing the user interface, control the screen unit to display a first user interface; control the sensor unit to sense a movement of the mobile device, determine a change amount of a rotation angle of the mobile device with respect to an initial angular position of the mobile device, by measuring using the sensor unit, and change from the first user interface to a second user interface according to the measured change amount, when the mobile device rotates more than a minimum change amount for changing the user interface, wherein the changing of the user interface comprises, controlling the screen unit to display a virtual cube, with a respective one of the first user interface and the second user interface being displayed on a respective surface of the virtual cube and controlling the screen unit to display the second user interface by implementing a sliding screen effect in which the first user interface slides and disappears in a first direction, and the second user interface slides and appears from a direction opposite to the first direction.
A fuelling system for an aircraft, the fuelling system comprises - a tank comprising a compartment configured to be filled with fuel, - a discharge conduit extending from the compartment to an outside of the tank, - a sampling arrangement comprising a sample container and a sample conduit extending from the compartment to the sample container, characterised in that the fuelling system further comprises a gas propellant arrangement comprising a pressurized gas source and a first gas connection between the pressurized gas source and the compartment, wherein, in a first mode of operation, the gas propellant arrangement is configured to provide pressurized gas through the first gas connection to the compartment, thereby driving fuel from the compartment of the tank through the discharge conduit and to an outside of the tank or driving fuel from the compartment of the tank through the sample conduit and into the sample container, wherein the gas propellant arrangement further comprises a second gas connection between the pressurized gas source and the sample container, wherein, in a second mode of operation, the gas propellant arrangement is configured to provide pressurized gas through the second gas connection to an inside of the sample container, thereby driving fuel from inside of the sample container through the sample conduit and back into the compartment of the tank. - a tank comprising a compartment configured to be filled with fuel, - a discharge conduit extending from the compartment to an outside of the tank, - a sampling arrangement comprising a sample container and a sample conduit extending from the compartment to the sample container, the fuelling system further comprises a gas propellant arrangement comprising a pressurized gas source and a first gas connection between the pressurized gas source and the compartment, wherein, in a first mode of operation, the gas propellant arrangement is configured to provide pressurized gas through the first gas connection to the compartment, thereby driving fuel from the compartment of the tank through the discharge conduit and to an outside of the tank or driving fuel from the compartment of the tank through the sample conduit and into the sample container, wherein the gas propellant arrangement further comprises a second gas connection between the pressurized gas source and the sample container, wherein, in a second mode of operation, the gas propellant arrangement is configured to provide pressurized gas through the second gas connection to an inside of the sample container, thereby driving fuel from inside of the sample container through the sample conduit and back into the compartment of the tank.
Thread supplier as a thread feed for textile machines, for example knitting machines or weaving machines, comprising - a feed roller for the supply of the thread with a radial outside for the contact with the thread, - an electric motor with a stator and a rotor, so that by means of a rotational movement of the rotor and because of a mechanical connection between the rotor and the feed roller the feed roller can be brought in a rotational movement, - a bearing for the feed roller and the rotor, characterized in that the stator is enclosed in a fluid-tight manner by a plastic stator housing and all stator components, apart from the electrical contact elements, are completely and fluid-tightly enclosed, in particular enclosed by molding, with the plastic of the plastic stator housing. - a feed roller for the supply of the thread with a radial outside for the contact with the thread, - an electric motor with a stator and a rotor, so that by means of a rotational movement of the rotor and because of a mechanical connection between the rotor and the feed roller the feed roller can be brought in a rotational movement, - a bearing for the feed roller and the rotor,
Method for operating a starting device for starting an internal combustion engine with a starter motor and a starter controller, wherein a thermal sensor in the starter motor is operatively connected to the starter controller, and the starter motor is actuated by the starter controller as a function of measured values of the thermal sensor, wherein the starter motor is actuated by the starter controller and in the process it is checked by means of the thermal sensor whether the starter motor is operating below a limiting temperature in a temperature window, and otherwise the starter motor is switched off, characterized in that two limiting temperatures, a higher one for a cold start and a lower one for a Start/Stop operating mode are defined.