mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An expandable polymeric composition comprising: a. from 60% to 88% by weight of a vinyl aromatic polymer and/or vinyl aromatic copolymer, calculated with respect to (a) + (b); b. from 12% to 40% by weight of a block copolymer, containing at least one vinyl aromatic polymer and/or vinyl aromatic copolymer and at least one hydrogenated diene polymer, calculated with respect to (a) + (b); c. from 3 parts to 10 parts by weight of a blowing agent, calculated on 100 parts of (a) + (b). a. from 60% to 88% by weight of a vinyl aromatic polymer and/or vinyl aromatic copolymer, calculated with respect to (a) + (b); b. from 12% to 40% by weight of a block copolymer, containing at least one vinyl aromatic polymer and/or vinyl aromatic copolymer and at least one hydrogenated diene polymer, calculated with respect to (a) + (b); c. from 3 parts to 10 parts by weight of a blowing agent, calculated on 100 parts of (a) + (b).
MEMS microphone, comprising - a carrier, - a cap on the carrier, which at least partially encloses a cavity, - a MEMS chip in the cavity, - a sound opening in the cap, - a rear volume, - a channel, which connects the sound opening to the MEMS chip and acoustically insulates it from the rear volume, wherein - the channel comprises a heterogeneous material, which consists of at least two different components with different thermomechanical properties, characterized in that - the heterogeneous material comprises a first component as matrix and a second component with elements embedded in the matrix, - the first component comprises a thermoplastic material, an elastomer and/or a silicone gel, - the second component comprises polymer beads, - the matrix material has a thermal hardening mechanism which is activated above that temperature at which the expansion of the second component is activated. - a carrier, - a cap on the carrier, which at least partially encloses a cavity, - a MEMS chip in the cavity, - a sound opening in the cap, - a rear volume, - a channel, which connects the sound opening to the MEMS chip and acoustically insulates it from the rear volume, - the channel comprises a heterogeneous material, which consists of at least two different components with different thermomechanical properties, characterized in that - the heterogeneous material comprises a first component as matrix and a second component with elements embedded in the matrix, - the first component comprises a thermoplastic material, an elastomer and/or a silicone gel, - the second component comprises polymer beads, - the matrix material has a thermal hardening mechanism which is activated above that temperature at which the expansion of the second component is activated.
An electrochromic device comprising: a substrate; a first electrode provided on the substrate; an ion storage layer provided on the first electrode; a polymer electrolyte layer provided on the ion storage layer; an electrochromic layer provided on the polymer electrolyte layer; and a second electrode provided on the electrochromic layer, characterized in that the ion storage layer includes Mo a Ti b O x N y; wherein a, b, x and y are the same as or different from each other and each independently a real number of greater than or equal to 0.5 and less than or equal to 60. a substrate; a first electrode provided on the substrate; an ion storage layer provided on the first electrode; a polymer electrolyte layer provided on the ion storage layer; an electrochromic layer provided on the polymer electrolyte layer; and a second electrode provided on the electrochromic layer, characterized in that the ion storage layer includes Mo a Ti b O x N y; wherein a, b, x and y are the same as or different from each other and each independently a real number of greater than or equal to 0.5 and less than or equal to 60.
A compound of Formula I R is H or C R 6; R 1 is H, C R 6, or Q; Q is R 2 is independently H, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, each substituted with 0, 1 or multiple R 5, or -C R 5; R 3 is independently H, alkyl, or alkenyl, each substituted with 0, 1 or multiple R 5; R 4 is independently alkyl or alkoxy, substituted with 0, 1, or multiple R 5; R 5 is alkyl, alkenyl, halo, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, C R 8, arylalkoxy, or aryl; R 6 is alkoxy or benzyloxy; R 7 is H, -C R 4, or -CH 2 OC R 4; and R 8 is H, alkenyl, halo, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, arylalkoxy, or aryl. R is H or C R 6; R 1 is H, C R 6, or Q; Q is R 2 is independently H, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, each substituted with 0, 1 or multiple R 5, or -C R 5; R 3 is independently H, alkyl, or alkenyl, each substituted with 0, 1 or multiple R 5; R 4 is independently alkyl or alkoxy, substituted with 0, 1, or multiple R 5; R 5 is alkyl, alkenyl, halo, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, C R 8, arylalkoxy, or aryl; R 6 is alkoxy or benzyloxy; R 7 is H, -C R 4, or -CH 2 OC R 4; and R 8 is H, alkenyl, halo, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, arylalkoxy, or aryl.
A method of processing image data comprising pixel values representing an image of a scene to generate an estimate of a noise component present in pixel values in the image data, wherein the noise component is attributable at least partially to noise caused by atmospheric backscattered light, the method comprising carrying out the following steps using a processor: applying a low pass filter to the image data to generate filtered pixel values, said filtered pixel values being determined using pixel values from the image data; evaluating a parametric function for different values of said estimate, said parametric function taking as inputs the estimate of said noise component and at least a subset of said pixel values and said filtered pixel values; and determining an estimate of said noise component for which an output of said parametric function has an optimum value such that the determined noise component, when subtracted from the image data pixel values, results in enhanced image data, the optimum value of said parametric function being a minimum stationary point of said parametric function, wherein said parametric function takes the form: S λ = 1 K ∑ k = 1 k = K p k − p k ̅ p k ̅ − λ 2 ⋅ exp 1 K ∑ k = 1 k = K ln p k ̅ − λ 2 where: K is the number of pixels to be processed; p k is the value of the pixel; p k is the value of the pixel after the application of the low pass filter; λ is the estimate of noise component; and S ( λ) is the parametric function to be optimised,. applying a low pass filter to the image data to generate filtered pixel values, said filtered pixel values being determined using pixel values from the image data; evaluating a parametric function for different values of said estimate, said parametric function taking as inputs the estimate of said noise component and at least a subset of said pixel values and said filtered pixel values; and determining an estimate of said noise component for which an output of said parametric function has an optimum value such that the determined noise component, when subtracted from the image data pixel values, results in enhanced image data, the optimum value of said parametric function being a minimum stationary point of said parametric function, wherein said parametric function takes the form: S λ = 1 K ∑ k = 1 k = K p k − p k ̅ p k ̅ − λ 2 ⋅ exp 1 K ∑ k = 1 k = K ln p k ̅ − λ 2 where: K is the number of pixels to be processed; p k is the value of the pixel; p k is the value of the pixel after the application of the low pass filter; λ is the estimate of noise component; and S ( λ) is the parametric function to be optimised,. K is the number of pixels to be processed; p k is the value of the pixel; p k is the value of the pixel after the application of the low pass filter; λ is the estimate of noise component; and S ( λ) is the parametric function to be optimised,.
A brewing assembly comprising a brewing chamber having a first axis and for receiving a sealed capsule of brewing material; first piercing means located inside the brewing chamber to pierce the bottom of the capsule; a sealing piston (34; 63) having a second axis, the sealing piston (34; 63) being mounted to move along the second axis to and from a sealing position fluidtight sealing the brewing chamber, and the second axis being a fixed axis; second piercing means carried by the sealing piston (34; 63) to pierce a sealing wall of the capsule; first unloading means movable along the brewing chamber and the first axis to at least partly expel the capsule from the brewing chamber, first (52, 53, 54, 57) and second conduit means for feeding pressurized water to the brewing chamber and for receiving a brewed beverage from the brewing chamber respectively, a brewing body, which defines the brewing chamber, comprises the first unloading means, and is mounted to oscillate, about a third axis perpendicular to the first and second axis (11, 35), between a first position, in which the first and second axis (11, 35) coincide, and a second position, in which the first and second axis (11, 35) form an angle, the brewing assembly (1; 62; 77) being characterized by second unloading means movable with respect to the brewing chamber and crosswise to the first axis to engage the at least partly expelled capsule and unload it to the outside, the second unloading means being located within said angle.
A command generating and monitoring system comprising: a command processor (102, 202, 302, 402) configured to receive an input and generate command data based on input received by the command processor; a monitoring processor (104, 204, 304, 404) coupled to receive said input received by the command processor and the command data generated by the command processor and configured to (i) independently generate comparison command data based on the input, (ii) compare the command data to the comparison command data, and (iii) generate an authentication key that indicates whether the comparison was successful; an I/O controller coupled to the command processor and the monitoring processor, the I/O controller configured to combine the command data and the authentication key into message packets; a data bus (122, 228, 326, 428, 528) coupled to the I/O controller, the data bus configured to receive the message packets comprising the command data and the authentication key; and a consuming device coupled to retrieve the assembled message comprising the command data and the authentication key from the data bus and configured to (i) use the command data if the authentication key indicates correct command data and (ii) discard the command data if the authentication key does not indicate correct command data, wherein the authentication key is a cyclic redundancy check computed over the command data generated by the command processor. a command processor (102, 202, 302, 402) configured to receive an input and generate command data based on input received by the command processor; a monitoring processor (104, 204, 304, 404) coupled to receive said input received by the command processor and the command data generated by the command processor and configured to (i) independently generate comparison command data based on the input, (ii) compare the command data to the comparison command data, and (iii) generate an authentication key that indicates whether the comparison was successful; an I/O controller coupled to the command processor and the monitoring processor, the I/O controller configured to combine the command data and the authentication key into message packets; a data bus (122, 228, 326, 428, 528) coupled to the I/O controller, the data bus configured to receive the message packets comprising the command data and the authentication key; and a consuming device coupled to retrieve the assembled message comprising the command data and the authentication key from the data bus and configured to (i) use the command data if the authentication key indicates correct command data and (ii) discard the command data if the authentication key does not indicate correct command data, wherein the authentication key is a cyclic redundancy check computed over the command data generated by the command processor.
A dialysis-fluid supply system (10; 50) that generates dialysis fluid by mixing a diluent and at least two drugs (A, B), and outputs the dialysis fluid, the system comprising: at least two tanks (T1, T2) that each generate dialysis fluid by mixing the drugs (A, B) and the diluent and store the dialysis fluid; a supply mechanism that supplies the drugs and the diluent to each of the at least two tanks (T1, T2); an output mechanism that outputs the dialysis fluid stored in each of the at least two tanks (T1, T2) to a dialysis device; and a control unit that controls driving of the supply mechanism and the output mechanism, wherein, while the dialysis fluid is output from at least one of the tanks (T1, T2), the control unit switches, between the tanks (T1, T2) in turn, a tank to which the drugs and the diluent are supplied by the supply mechanism, and a tank from which the dialysis fluid is output by the output mechanism, to generate dialysis fluid in the rest of the tanks, characterized in that the at least two drugs (A, B) are provided in a powder form; the at least two drugs (A, B) are individually packaged in an amount necessary for each generation of the dialysis fluid; and the dialysis-fluid supply system further comprises a drug supply device that supplies the at least two drugs (A, B) to the rest of the tanks (T1, T2). at least two tanks (T1, T2) that each generate dialysis fluid by mixing the drugs (A, B) and the diluent and store the dialysis fluid; a supply mechanism that supplies the drugs and the diluent to each of the at least two tanks (T1, T2); an output mechanism that outputs the dialysis fluid stored in each of the at least two tanks (T1, T2) to a dialysis device; and a control unit that controls driving of the supply mechanism and the output mechanism, wherein, while the dialysis fluid is output from at least one of the tanks (T1, T2), the control unit switches, between the tanks (T1, T2) in turn, a tank to which the drugs and the diluent are supplied by the supply mechanism, and a tank from which the dialysis fluid is output by the output mechanism, to generate dialysis fluid in the rest of the tanks, characterized in that the at least two drugs (A, B) are provided in a powder form; the at least two drugs (A, B) are individually packaged in an amount necessary for each generation of the dialysis fluid; and the dialysis-fluid supply system further comprises a drug supply device that supplies the at least two drugs (A, B) to the rest of the tanks (T1, T2).
An aircraft environmental control system, ECS, comprising: a first valve that is adjustable between a plurality of first positions to open or shut-off a bleed air flow that flows from an inlet of the first valve to an outlet of the first valve; a second valve including an inlet of the second valve in fluid communication with the outlet of the first valve, the second valve adjustable between a plurality of second positions to throttle the bleed air that flows from the inlet of the second valve to an outlet of the second valve; a valve position sensor coupled to the second valve and configured to output a position signal indicative of a measured position among the plurality of second positions; and characterised by an electronic hardware controller in signal communication with the valve position sensor, the controller configured to determine a primary effective area of the second valve based on the measured position, and to diagnose operation of the first valve based on the primary effective area. a first valve that is adjustable between a plurality of first positions to open or shut-off a bleed air flow that flows from an inlet of the first valve to an outlet of the first valve; a second valve including an inlet of the second valve in fluid communication with the outlet of the first valve, the second valve adjustable between a plurality of second positions to throttle the bleed air that flows from the inlet of the second valve to an outlet of the second valve; a valve position sensor coupled to the second valve and configured to output a position signal indicative of a measured position among the plurality of second positions; and characterised by an electronic hardware controller in signal communication with the valve position sensor, the controller configured to determine a primary effective area of the second valve based on the measured position, and to diagnose operation of the first valve based on the primary effective area.
A method of wireless communication in a femtocell (110-a), the method comprising: transmitting out-of-band, OOB, signals using a femto-proxy (290-a); transmitting, concurrently with the OOB signals, discontinuous in-band transmissions comprising control information; detecting a presence of a user equipment, UE, in the femtocell (110-a) coverage area using the out-of-band, OOB, femto-proxy (290-a); disabling the discontinuous in-band transmissions comprising control information responsive to the detection of the UE; registering the UE at the femtocell (110-a) responsive to the detected presence; and performing discontinuous in-band transmissions to the registered UE, wherein performing discontinuous in-band transmissions to the registered UE further comprises changing a discontinuous cycle time of the discontinuous in-band transmissions comprising control information to a different cycle time for the discontinuous in-band transmissions to the registered UE. transmitting out-of-band, OOB, signals using a femto-proxy (290-a); transmitting, concurrently with the OOB signals, discontinuous in-band transmissions comprising control information; detecting a presence of a user equipment, UE, in the femtocell (110-a) coverage area using the out-of-band, OOB, femto-proxy (290-a); disabling the discontinuous in-band transmissions comprising control information responsive to the detection of the UE; registering the UE at the femtocell (110-a) responsive to the detected presence; and performing discontinuous in-band transmissions to the registered UE, wherein performing discontinuous in-band transmissions to the registered UE further comprises changing a discontinuous cycle time of the discontinuous in-band transmissions comprising control information to a different cycle time for the discontinuous in-band transmissions to the registered UE.
A plastic bottle comprising a hollow thin-walled body ending with a neck, and a holder which is designed in the form of an open groove, molded in the body, parallel to the central axis of the bottle and extending for more than half the height of the bottle, characterized by the fact that the projections of the walls of the groove on the plane, which is perpendicular to the transverse axis of the groove, are in the form of zigzag-shaped lines, where each zigzag-shaped line may consist of sections of straightlines and/or sections of curved lines.
A staple fiber formed from cellulose acetate and at least partially coated with at least one ionic fiber finish, wherein said fiber has a surface resistivity, expressed as log R, of not more than about 11 measured according to AATCC TM76-2011, wherein said fiber has a denier per filament in the range of from about 0.5 to about 3, a crimp frequency in the range of from about 10 to about 17 crimps per inch measured according to ASTM D3937, a length in the range of from about 3 to about 75 mm, and a Y-shaped or round cross-sectional shape, and wherein said fiber is not coated with a spinning finish and is coated with at least one top-coat finish in an amount of not more than about 0.4% FOY measured by solvent extraction according to ASTM D2257, wherein said top-coat finish comprises said ionic fiber finish, and wherein said fiber has a static half-life of not more than about 25 seconds and wherein a plurality of said fibers exhibit a fiber-to-fiber staple pad coefficient of friction of at least about 0.1 measured according to ASTM D3412. wherein said fiber has a denier per filament in the range of from about 0.5 to about 3, a crimp frequency in the range of from about 10 to about 17 crimps per inch measured according to ASTM D3937, a length in the range of from about 3 to about 75 mm, and a Y-shaped or round cross-sectional shape, and wherein said fiber is not coated with a spinning finish and is coated with at least one top-coat finish in an amount of not more than about 0.4% FOY measured by solvent extraction according to ASTM D2257, wherein said top-coat finish comprises said ionic fiber finish, and wherein said fiber has a static half-life of not more than about 25 seconds and wherein a plurality of said fibers exhibit a fiber-to-fiber staple pad coefficient of friction of at least about 0.1 measured according to ASTM D3412.
A composition comprising benzoyl peroxide, a solvent selected from the group consisting of aryl esters of benzoic acid, benzyl alcohol, salicylic acid, phenol and phthalic acid, and one ore more antioxidants.
A system for supervision of a Passive Optical Network, PON, comprising: - an Optical Time Domain Reflectometer, OTDR device, adapted to generate N+1 OTDR signals of wavelengths λ 0, λ 1,..., λ N, respectively, and to inject the OTDR signals in a fibre link towards Optical Network Users, ONUs (170a-170N), - a splitter having N output branches, wherein an input of the splitter is connected to the output of the OTDR device and the output branches of the splitter are connected to the ONUs (170a-170N), wherein the splitter is arranged to split the received OTDR signals and forward them towards the ONUs (170a-170N), and - a wavelength isolator having inputs connected to the splitter output branches, the wavelength isolator being configured to isolate, on individual inputs, one predetermined wavelength of the received OTDR signals per individual input, wherein two inputs of the wavelength isolator do not isolate the same wavelength and to forward, from each of the inputs of the wavelength isolator, the received OTDR signals except the respective isolated wavelength to associated outputs of the wavelength isolator towards the ONUs (170a-170N), which are connected to the wavelength isolator by individual fibre links (160a-160N), thereby filtering out one predetermined wavelength of the OTDR signal per fibre link (160a, 160b,..., 160N), and wherein the wavelength isolator is adapted to receive backscattered light from along the fibre links (160a-160N) and to forward the received backscattered light to the splitter towards the OTDR device so that the backscattered light from the fibre links are received at the outputs of the wavelength isolator and forwarded from the outputs to the inputs of the wavelength isolator. - an Optical Time Domain Reflectometer, OTDR device, adapted to generate N+1 OTDR signals of wavelengths λ 0, λ 1,..., λ N, respectively, and to inject the OTDR signals in a fibre link towards Optical Network Users, ONUs (170a-170N), - a splitter having N output branches, wherein an input of the splitter is connected to the output of the OTDR device and the output branches of the splitter are connected to the ONUs (170a-170N), wherein the splitter is arranged to split the received OTDR signals and forward them towards the ONUs (170a-170N), and - a wavelength isolator having inputs connected to the splitter output branches, the wavelength isolator being configured to isolate, on individual inputs, one predetermined wavelength of the received OTDR signals per individual input, wherein two inputs of the wavelength isolator do not isolate the same wavelength and to forward, from each of the inputs of the wavelength isolator, the received OTDR signals except the respective isolated wavelength to associated outputs of the wavelength isolator towards the ONUs (170a-170N), which are connected to the wavelength isolator by individual fibre links (160a-160N),