mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of refining a depth image, the method comprising: extracting shading information of color pixels from a color image, wherein the shading information corresponds to a vector dot product between a direction of a light source and a surface normal of an object surface; and refining a depth image corresponding to the color image based on surface normal information of an object included in the shading information, characterized in that the refining of the depth image comprises: - distinguishing between a noise region and an edge region in the depth image based on a characteristic of a surface normal distribution represented in the color image -applying filters comprising different filter characteristics to the noise region and the edge region respectively to reduce a noise component while maintaining an edge characteristic substantially unchanged. extracting shading information of color pixels from a color image, wherein the shading information corresponds to a vector dot product between a direction of a light source and a surface normal of an object surface; and refining a depth image corresponding to the color image based on surface normal information of an object included in the shading information, characterized in that the refining of the depth image comprises: - distinguishing between a noise region and an edge region in the depth image based on a characteristic of a surface normal distribution represented in the color image -applying filters comprising different filter characteristics to the noise region and the edge region respectively to reduce a noise component while maintaining an edge characteristic substantially unchanged. - distinguishing between a noise region and an edge region in the depth image based on a characteristic of a surface normal distribution represented in the color image -applying filters comprising different filter characteristics to the noise region and the edge region respectively to reduce a noise component while maintaining an edge characteristic substantially unchanged.
A method for producing a silver powder, said method comprising the steps of: preparing a molten metal of silver heated to a temperature which is higher than a melting point of silver by 438 to 730 °C; and powderizing silver by rapidly cooling and solidifying the molten metal by spraying a high-pressure water onto the molten metal while the molten metal is allowed to drop, wherein the silver powder has an average particle diameter of 1 to 6 μm and a shrinkage percentage of not higher than 8 % at 500 °C and wherein a product of the average particle diameter and the shrinkage percentage at 500 °C is 1 to 11 μm·%. preparing a molten metal of silver heated to a temperature which is higher than a melting point of silver by 438 to 730 °C; and powderizing silver by rapidly cooling and solidifying the molten metal by spraying a high-pressure water onto the molten metal while the molten metal is allowed to drop, wherein the silver powder has an average particle diameter of 1 to 6 μm and a shrinkage percentage of not higher than 8 % at 500 °C and wherein a product of the average particle diameter and the shrinkage percentage at 500 °C is 1 to 11 μm·%.
Process comprising the process steps of: a) initially charging an olefin; b) adding a compound of formula: where R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4, R 5, R 6, R 7, R 8 are selected from: - H, - (C 1 -C 12) -alkyl, - (C 6 -C 20) -aryl; and, if R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4, R 5, R 6, R 7, R 8 are -(C 6 -C 20)-aryl, the aryl ring may have substituents selected from: -(C 1 -C 12) -alkyl, -O-(C 1 -C 12)-alkyl; c) adding a Pt compound capable of forming a complex; d) adding a bromine compound; e) feeding in CO and H 2; f) heating the reaction mixture from a) to e), to convert the olefin to an aldehyde. a) initially charging an olefin; b) adding a compound of formula: where R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4, R 5, R 6, R 7, R 8 are selected from: - H, - (C 1 -C 12) -alkyl, - (C 6 -C 20) -aryl; and, if R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4, R 5, R 6, R 7, R 8 are -(C 6 -C 20)-aryl, the aryl ring may have substituents selected from: -(C 1 -C 12) -alkyl, -O-(C 1 -C 12)-alkyl; where R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4, R 5, R 6, R 7, R 8 are selected from: - H, - (C 1 -C 12) -alkyl, - (C 6 -C 20) -aryl; and, if R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4, R 5, R 6, R 7, R 8 are -(C 6 -C 20)-aryl, the aryl ring may have substituents selected from: -(C 1 -C 12) -alkyl, -O-(C 1 -C 12)-alkyl; c) adding a Pt compound capable of forming a complex; d) adding a bromine compound; e) feeding in CO and H 2; f) heating the reaction mixture from a) to e), to convert the olefin to an aldehyde.
A biocompatible, implantable apparatus for collecting and redistributing a predetermined class of small molecules within a body, the apparatus comprising: a permeable absorption bag, the bag defining an interior; a flexible cannula (104; 304) having a lumen, the cannula (104; 304) having a portion that is non permeable to the small molecules; and a foldable or rollable discharge sac, the sac defining an interior; wherein the class of small molecules is diatomic oxygen, carbon dioxide (CO 2) or nitrous oxide (N2O); wherein the lumen of the cannula connects the interior of the absorption bag to the interior of the discharge sac; and wherein the absorption bag and discharge sac have pores dimensioned to be from about 1 to about 5 times a Stokes diameter of the small molecules. a permeable absorption bag, the bag defining an interior; a flexible cannula (104; 304) having a lumen, the cannula (104; 304) having a portion that is non permeable to the small molecules; and a foldable or rollable discharge sac, the sac defining an interior; wherein the class of small molecules is diatomic oxygen, carbon dioxide (CO 2) or nitrous oxide (N2O); wherein the lumen of the cannula connects the interior of the absorption bag to the interior of the discharge sac; and wherein the absorption bag and discharge sac have pores dimensioned to be from about 1 to about 5 times a Stokes diameter of the small molecules.
Compound of formula or a salt, solvate or stereoisomer thereof, wherein one or two of W, X, Y or Z is N, and the remainder of W, X, Y and Z are each CH; or each of W, X, Y and Z is CH; R 1 is H; unsubstituted or substituted alkyl; or halogen; and R 2 is an unsubstituted or substituted, aromatic or non-aromatic heterocyclic ring, wherein the ring comprises from 1 to 4 nitrogen atoms, and wherein it is one of these ring nitrogen atoms of the R 2 group that forms the bond to the rest of formula. or a salt, solvate or stereoisomer thereof, wherein one or two of W, X, Y or Z is N, and the remainder of W, X, Y and Z are each CH; or each of W, X, Y and Z is CH; R 1 is H; unsubstituted or substituted alkyl; or halogen; and R 2 is an unsubstituted or substituted, aromatic or non-aromatic heterocyclic ring, wherein the ring comprises from 1 to 4 nitrogen atoms, and wherein it is one of these ring nitrogen atoms of the R 2 group that forms the bond to the rest of formula.
An apparatus for filling containers with powdered material comprising a feeding station arranged to feed a plurality of said containers; a filling station, arranged downstream of said feeding station, comprising a measuring assembly configured to fill each said container with a measured quantity of powdered material, said measuring assembly comprising at least one pair of measuring members; a feed receptacle, arranged adjacent to said measuring assembly, said feed receptacle comprising a containment body capable of containing certain quantity of powdered material, said containment body being rotatable about a substantially vertical axis of rotation, characterized in that said feeding receptacle comprises at least one collection cavity made on a wall of said containment body which functions as a collection tank of said powdered material when the level of said powdered material inside said containment body is lower than a predetermined value, wherein said containment body is adapted to be translated, on actuation of a motor member, along a direction parallel to said rotation axis, in a step of recovery of said powdered material, said step of recovery of said powdered material occurring when the level of said powdered material inside said containment body is lower than a predetermined value; wherein each of said measuring member is adapted to alternatively collect a measured quantity of said powdered material from said feed receptacle and discharge said measured quantity of said powdered material into a relative container, wherein each of said measuring member internally shapes a calibration chamber. a feeding station arranged to feed a plurality of said containers; a filling station, arranged downstream of said feeding station, comprising a measuring assembly configured to fill each said container with a measured quantity of powdered material, said measuring assembly comprising at least one pair of measuring members; a feed receptacle, arranged adjacent to said measuring assembly, said feed receptacle comprising a containment body capable of containing certain quantity of powdered material, said containment body being rotatable about a substantially vertical axis of rotation, characterized in that said feeding receptacle comprises at least one collection cavity made on a wall of said containment body which functions as a collection tank of said powdered material when the level of said powdered material inside said containment body is lower than a predetermined value, wherein said containment body is adapted to be translated, on actuation of a motor member, along a direction parallel to said rotation axis, in a step of recovery of said powdered material, said step of recovery of said powdered material occurring when the level of said powdered material inside said containment body is lower than a predetermined value; wherein each of said measuring member is adapted to alternatively collect a measured quantity of said powdered material from said feed receptacle and discharge said measured quantity of said powdered material into a relative container, wherein each of said measuring member internally shapes a calibration chamber.
An apparatus for use with a treatment device, wherein the treatment device is configured to apply a light pulse to skin of a subject to perform a treatment operation to hairs on the skin, the apparatus comprising a processing unit configured to: receive one or more images of a first area of the skin from an imaging unit, wherein the imaging unit is arranged to obtain images of the skin of the subject; characterized in that the processing unit is further configured to: process the one or more images to determine whether the hairs on the first area of the skin have been treated with a light pulse based on a degree of at least one of carbonisation and curling of the hairs on the first area of the skin as shown in the one or more images; and output a first signal indicating whether the hairs on the first area of skin have been treated with a light pulse. receive one or more images of a first area of the skin from an imaging unit, wherein the imaging unit is arranged to obtain images of the skin of the subject; characterized in that the processing unit is further configured to: process the one or more images to determine whether the hairs on the first area of the skin have been treated with a light pulse based on a degree of at least one of carbonisation and curling of the hairs on the first area of the skin as shown in the one or more images; and output a first signal indicating whether the hairs on the first area of skin have been treated with a light pulse.
A waterproofing membrane composition comprising: - Polyvinyl chloride, - At least one core-shell impact modifier, - At least one polymeric process aid, characterized in that it further comprises: - At least one thermoplastic elastomer being a copolymer made of PVC grafted with polyacrylates, and - At least one polar copolymer, which comprises at least ethylene vinyl-acetate or at least ethylene n-butyl acrylate, and a polar group, which is chosen from the group consisting of hydroxyl, alkoxy, carbonyl (-CO), carboxylic acid, carboxylic acid anhydride, ether, ester, carboxylic ester, epoxy, sulfonyl, nitrile, amide, silane and mixture thereof. - Polyvinyl chloride, - At least one core-shell impact modifier, - At least one polymeric process aid, - At least one thermoplastic elastomer being a copolymer made of PVC grafted with polyacrylates, and - At least one polar copolymer, which comprises at least ethylene vinyl-acetate or at least ethylene n-butyl acrylate, and a polar group, which is chosen from the group consisting of hydroxyl, alkoxy, carbonyl (-CO), carboxylic acid, carboxylic acid anhydride, ether, ester, carboxylic ester, epoxy, sulfonyl, nitrile, amide, silane and mixture thereof.
A laparoscopic forceps comprising a handpiece including a distal end portion; a tubular member protruding from the distal end portion of the handpiece, the tubular member having a distal end; a pair of jaws, each jaw having two legs that are disposed within the tubular member and partially protruding from the distal end of the tubular member and a blade track which is a gap extending between the two legs, and the pair of jaws and the tubular member are movable relative to each other in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the tubular member, a biasing member; wherein the pair of jaws are moveable towards each other to create a gripping force; wherein each of the two legs has an arcuate section, and the pair of jaws are closable by advancing the tubular member over the arcuate section of the two legs; an operable mechanism for creating relative motion between the pair of jaws and the tubular member along a direction parallel to the axis of the tubular member; wherein at the distal end portion of the tubular member there is a profile shape that is non-circular; wherein the tubular member, during actuation of the biasing member, overruns the pair of jaws so that the pair of jaws are moved towards each other; and wherein the profile shape is part of the tubular member and the profile shape of the tubular section geometrically constrains the pair of jaws, the legs of the jaws, or both so that the jaws are moved towards each other as the tubular member is moved along the longitudinal axis of the tubular member.
A blinding kit for administering a medicament to a patient in a clinical trial, the blinding kit comprising: - a first blinding device (11; 41; 61) having an opaque container (12; 42; 62) and having an outlet for administering a liquid substance to a patient and - a second blinding device (31; 43; 63) having an opaque container (32; 42; 64) and having an outlet for administering a liquid substance to a patient, wherein the first and second blinding devices are of substantially identical outer shape and geometry, the blinding kit characterized in that the first blinding device (11; 41; 61) has at least a first and a second inlet (14, 16); wherein the first inlet is in permanent fluid communication with the outlet and wherein at least the second inlet is disconnected from the outlet, and in that the second blinding device (21; 43; 63) has at least two inlets (14, 16), wherein said at least two inlets (14, 16) are in permanent fluid communication with the outlet. - a first blinding device (11; 41; 61) having an opaque container (12; 42; 62) and having an outlet for administering a liquid substance to a patient and - a second blinding device (31; 43; 63) having an opaque container (32; 42; 64) and having an outlet for administering a liquid substance to a patient, wherein the first and second blinding devices are of substantially identical outer shape and geometry, the blinding kit characterized in that the first blinding device (11; 41; 61) has at least a first and a second inlet (14, 16); wherein the first inlet is in permanent fluid communication with the outlet and wherein at least the second inlet is disconnected from the outlet, and in that the second blinding device (21; 43; 63) has at least two inlets (14, 16), wherein said at least two inlets (14, 16) are in permanent fluid communication with the outlet.
A communication network having at least one network control unit (8, 9), which is configured to transmit control signals to network nodes (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) of the communication network, and network nodes (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), which are configured for receiving and forwarding control signals to other network nodes of the communication network and for receiving and sending data signals and the operation of which is at least partially controllable by received control signals, wherein the network nodes (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) are configured alternately - to assume a first operating state, in which control signals and data signals can neither be received nor be sent by the network node (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), - to assume a second operating state, in which control signals can be received by network node (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) and can be sent to other network nodes (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) and data signals can neither be received nor sent, wherein a network node (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) changes when a change condition occurs from the first operating state to the second operating state, and - to assume a third operating state, in which data signals can be received and can be sent by the network node (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), wherein the network node (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) changes when a corresponding control signal is received from the second operating state to the third operating state. - to assume a first operating state, in which control signals and data signals can neither be received nor be sent by the network node (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), - to assume a second operating state, in which control signals can be received by network node (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) and can be sent to other network nodes (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) and data signals can neither be received nor sent, wherein a network node (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) changes when a change condition occurs from the first operating state to the second operating state, and - to assume a third operating state, in which data signals can be received and can be sent by the network node (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), wherein the network node (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) changes when a corresponding control signal is received from the second operating state to the third operating state.
A conductive paste comprising, with respect to 100 parts by mass of dimer acid-modified epoxy resin, from 200 to 1900 parts by mass of low melting metal powder having a melting point of 240°C or lower, from 400 to 2200 parts by mass of high melting metal powder containing silver-coated copper alloy powder and having a melting point of 800°C or higher, from 1.0 to 20.0 parts by mass of at least one curing agent containing a curing agent that is a hydroxy group-containing aromatic compound, and from 5.0 to 100.0 parts by mass of flux containing polycarboxylic acid. with respect to 100 parts by mass of dimer acid-modified epoxy resin, from 200 to 1900 parts by mass of low melting metal powder having a melting point of 240°C or lower, from 400 to 2200 parts by mass of high melting metal powder containing silver-coated copper alloy powder and having a melting point of 800°C or higher, from 1.0 to 20.0 parts by mass of at least one curing agent containing a curing agent that is a hydroxy group-containing aromatic compound, and from 5.0 to 100.0 parts by mass of flux containing polycarboxylic acid.
Hybrid transmission for a motor vehicle, comprising a main gearbox, a first electric machine and a second electric machine, wherein the main gearbox is a mechanical gearbox with a plurality of gears and comprises a primary shaft adapted to be connected to a shaft of the internal combustion engine of the vehicle and a secondary shaft adapted to be connected to the vehicle wheels, wherein the transmission further comprises first coupling means interposed between said first electric machine and said primary shaft and a second coupling means interposed between said second electric machine and said secondary shaft, said first electric machine being releasably connected, through said first coupling means, to said primary shaft, and said second electric machine being releasably connected, through said second coupling means, to said secondary shaft, wherein the transmission further comprises a first connection gear set (56, 60, 62) for connection of said first electric machine with said primary shaft and a second connection gear set (64, 68, 70) for connection of said second electric machine with said secondary shaft, said first connection gear set (56, 60, 62) including a first gearwheel mounted on said primary shaft and said second connection gear set (64, 68, 70) including a second gearwheel mounted on said secondary shaft, and a first secondary gearbox with two or more gears interposed between said first electric machine and said first gearwheel, wherein said first electric machine comprises a first output shaft on which a first output gearwheel forming part of said first connection gear set (56, 60, 62) is idly mounted, and wherein said first secondary gearbox comprises a first reduction mechanism, which is interposed between said first output shaft and said first output gearwheel, and a first coupling device, which is shiftable at least into a first engagement position, in which it connects said first output shaft for rotation with said first output gearwheel through said first reduction mechanism to provide a first gear, or low gear, of said first secondary gearbox, and into a second engagement position, in which it connects said first output gearwheel for rotation directly with said first output shaft to provide a second gear, or high gear, of said first secondary gearbox.
A method for detecting bot behavior on networks (102, 104), comprising: generating one or more session datasets, the generated session datasets corresponding to received network traffic from one or more hosts in a network; discarding session datasets from the generated session datasets that correspond to network traffic initiated by hosts external to the network to provide session datasets of interest; analyzing the session datasets of interest and, based on the analyzing, accumulating state data into a database, the state data corresponding to one or more potential bot actions performed by the one or more hosts as indicated by data in the network traffic; discarding state data older than a pre-selected time interval; and generating host score data indicative that one or more of the hosts is a bot. generating one or more session datasets, the generated session datasets corresponding to received network traffic from one or more hosts in a network; discarding session datasets from the generated session datasets that correspond to network traffic initiated by hosts external to the network to provide session datasets of interest; analyzing the session datasets of interest and, based on the analyzing, accumulating state data into a database, the state data corresponding to one or more potential bot actions performed by the one or more hosts as indicated by data in the network traffic; discarding state data older than a pre-selected time interval; and generating host score data indicative that one or more of the hosts is a bot.