mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Dynamic comparator of a first voltage (V+) and of a second voltage (V-) comprising first and second branches each comprising a same succession of first and second alternated logic gates in series between a first node and an output (1002; 1022) of said branch (100; 102), wherein: each branch (100; 102) starts with a first logic gate, each of the first and second logic gates (106; 108) has a second node configured to receive a bias voltage, the second node of each first logic gate of the first branch and of each second logic gate of the second branch receives the first voltage (V+) and the second node of each second logic gate of the first branch and of each first logic gate of the second branch receiving the second voltage (V-), so that an edge on the first node propagates through the first and second branches (100; 102) at speeds determined by the first and second voltages (V+; V-), and an order of arrival of the edges propagated by the first and second branches (100; 102), on the outputs (1002; 1022) of said branches, determines a result of a comparison of the first and second voltages (V+; V-). each branch (100; 102) starts with a first logic gate, each of the first and second logic gates (106; 108) has a second node configured to receive a bias voltage, the second node of each first logic gate of the first branch and of each second logic gate of the second branch receives the first voltage (V+) and the second node of each second logic gate of the first branch and of each first logic gate of the second branch receiving the second voltage (V-), so that an edge on the first node propagates through the first and second branches (100; 102) at speeds determined by the first and second voltages (V+; V-), and an order of arrival of the edges propagated by the first and second branches (100; 102), on the outputs (1002; 1022) of said branches, determines a result of a comparison of the first and second voltages (V+; V-).
A method of monitoring particles flowing in a stack, comprising: monitoring a signal resulting from electrical interaction of the particles with an electrical-interaction monitor; and monitoring a signal resulting from detection of light scattered from the particles; CHARACTERISED IN THAT, the electrical-interaction monitor has a first calibration and that the method also comprises: calculating from the monitored electrical-interaction signal, according to the first calibration, a value for a parameter relating to the particle flow; comparing the electrical-interaction signal with the scattered-light signal to obtain a relative magnitude of the signals; identifying a change in the relative magnitude of the signals; altering the calibration of the electrical-interaction monitor in response to the change; calculating from the monitored electrical-interaction signal, according to the altered calibration, an altered value for the parameter relating to the particle flow. monitoring a signal resulting from electrical interaction of the particles with an electrical-interaction monitor; and monitoring a signal resulting from detection of light scattered from the particles; CHARACTERISED IN THAT, the electrical-interaction monitor has a first calibration and that the method also comprises: calculating from the monitored electrical-interaction signal, according to the first calibration, a value for a parameter relating to the particle flow; comparing the electrical-interaction signal with the scattered-light signal to obtain a relative magnitude of the signals; identifying a change in the relative magnitude of the signals; altering the calibration of the electrical-interaction monitor in response to the change; calculating from the monitored electrical-interaction signal, according to the altered calibration, an altered value for the parameter relating to the particle flow. calculating from the monitored electrical-interaction signal, according to the first calibration, a value for a parameter relating to the particle flow; comparing the electrical-interaction signal with the scattered-light signal to obtain a relative magnitude of the signals; identifying a change in the relative magnitude of the signals; altering the calibration of the electrical-interaction monitor in response to the change; calculating from the monitored electrical-interaction signal, according to the altered calibration, an altered value for the parameter relating to the particle flow.
A hydrogen generator comprising: a container, the container including a plurality of concentric slots in a base of the container; multiple concentric hollow cylinders of chemical hydride fuel [205, 210, 215], each hollow cylinder including a perforated metal support, each metal support including a first metal support end and a second metal support end, the plurality of first metal support ends at least partially disposed within the concentric slots in the base of the container; a plurality of annular plugs disposed within the second metal support ends to form a water tight seal; a water reservoir disposed within the container and inside of the multiple concentric hollow cylinders [205, 210, 215] and operable to deliver water vapour to the multiple concentric hollow cylinders of chemical hydride fuel; and a hydrogen output port formed in the container; characterised by: a wicking material [230, 235] extending into the water reservoir and disposed adjacent to selected sides of the multiple concentric hollow cylinders of chemical hydride fuel [205, 210, 215] to provide water vapour; a plurality of selectively permeable membranes disposed inside of the plurality of perforated metal supports, wherein each of the plurality of selectively permeable membranes is permeable to water vapour and hydrogen; and air gaps between the wicking material [230, 235] and the plurality of perforated metal supports, wherein the air gaps are formed to provide diffusion of the water vapour and transport of generated hydrogen. a container, the container including a plurality of concentric slots in a base of the container; multiple concentric hollow cylinders of chemical hydride fuel [205, 210, 215], each hollow cylinder including a perforated metal support, each metal support including a first metal support end and a second metal support end, the plurality of first metal support ends at least partially disposed within the concentric slots in the base of the container; a plurality of annular plugs disposed within the second metal support ends to form a water tight seal; a water reservoir disposed within the container and inside of the multiple concentric hollow cylinders [205, 210, 215] and operable to deliver water vapour to the multiple concentric hollow cylinders of chemical hydride fuel; and a hydrogen output port formed in the container; a wicking material [230, 235] extending into the water reservoir and disposed adjacent to selected sides of the multiple concentric hollow cylinders of chemical hydride fuel [205, 210, 215] to provide water vapour; a plurality of selectively permeable membranes disposed inside of the plurality of perforated metal supports, wherein each of the plurality of selectively permeable membranes is permeable to water vapour and hydrogen; and air gaps between the wicking material [230, 235] and the plurality of perforated metal supports, wherein the air gaps are formed to provide diffusion of the water vapour and transport of generated hydrogen.
A method for three dimensional vision inspection using a 3D vision system, the method comprising: acquiring (454, 824) at least one 3D image of a 3D object using the 3D vision system; using the 3D vision system, registering (458, 830) the at least one 3D image to a 3D reference image; using the 3D vision system, comparing (462, 834) the registered at least one 3D image to the 3D reference image; using the 3D vision system, detecting a defect in the 3D object based on detecting (464, 838) a 3D difference between the registered at least one 3D image and the 3D reference image, wherein the 3D difference exceeds a 3D variance model; wherein the 3D variance model includes estimated statistics for each surface position or surface patch within the 3D reference image; and wherein detecting a 3D difference that exceeds the 3D variance model is based on determining that the difference from the mean of a corresponding surface position or patch of the 3D variance model exceeds a fixed threshold or a multiple of a standard deviation from the mean. acquiring (454, 824) at least one 3D image of a 3D object using the 3D vision system; using the 3D vision system, registering (458, 830) the at least one 3D image to a 3D reference image; using the 3D vision system, comparing (462, 834) the registered at least one 3D image to the 3D reference image; using the 3D vision system, detecting a defect in the 3D object based on detecting (464, 838) a 3D difference between the registered at least one 3D image and the 3D reference image, wherein the 3D difference exceeds a 3D variance model; wherein the 3D variance model includes estimated statistics for each surface position or surface patch within the 3D reference image; and wherein detecting a 3D difference that exceeds the 3D variance model is based on determining that the difference from the mean of a corresponding surface position or patch of the 3D variance model exceeds a fixed threshold or a multiple of a standard deviation from the mean.
A method of configuring a first client device to utilize at least one type of rate adaptation method in a session with a second client device, the method comprising: when re-negotiating an on-going session with the second client device, determining (23, 25a, 25c) by the first client device, whether at least one first type of rate adaptation method and at least one second type of rate adaptation method are to be used in a re-negotiated session, wherein the at least one first type of rate adaptation method is usable for both semi-static rate adaptation and dynamic rate adaptation, and the at least one second type of rate adaptation method provides improved performance for dynamic rate adaptation compared to the first type of rate adaptation method; upon determining that only the at least one first type of rate adaptation is to be used in the re-negotiated session, configuring the first client device to utilize the at least one first type of rate adaptation method for both semi-static rate adaptation and for dynamic rate adaptation in the re-negotiated session; and upon determining that both the at least one first type of rate adaptation method and the at least one second type of rate adaptation method are to be used in the re-negotiated session, configuring the first client device to utilize the first type of rate adaptation method for semi-static rate adaptation and to utilize the second type of rate adaptation method for dynamic rate adaptation in the re-negotiated session. when re-negotiating an on-going session with the second client device, determining (23, 25a, 25c) by the first client device, whether at least one first type of rate adaptation method and at least one second type of rate adaptation method are to be used in a re-negotiated session, wherein the at least one first type of rate adaptation method is usable for both semi-static rate adaptation and dynamic rate adaptation, and the at least one second type of rate adaptation method provides improved performance for dynamic rate adaptation compared to the first type of rate adaptation method; upon determining that only the at least one first type of rate adaptation is to be used in the re-negotiated session, configuring the first client device to utilize the at least one first type of rate adaptation method for both semi-static rate adaptation and for dynamic rate adaptation in the re-negotiated session; and upon determining that both the at least one first type of rate adaptation method and the at least one second type of rate adaptation method are to be used in the re-negotiated session, configuring the first client device to utilize the first type of rate adaptation method for semi-static rate adaptation and to utilize the second type of rate adaptation method for dynamic rate adaptation in the re-negotiated session.
A method of treating a material derived from recovery and shredding, the material comprising a mixture of polypropylene and of polyethylene, characterized in that the material is mixed with 1% to 5% by weight of copolymer of the ethylene-α-olefin type.
Use of a liquid electrolyte for a lithium battery comprising: a glyme represented by general formula: R 1 -O(CH 2 CH 2 O) n -R 2 (in which R 1 and R 2 each independently represent an alkyl group with 4 or less carbon atoms or a fluoroalkyl group with 4 or less carbon atoms, and n is in the range of 2 to 10); a Li amide salt having a Li ion and a sulfonylamide anion; and a fluoride salt represented by XF (in which X represents Li, Na, K, Rb, or Cs); and characterized in that a ratio of the glyme relative to the whole solvent is 90 mol% or more. a glyme represented by general formula: R 1 -O(CH 2 CH 2 O) n -R 2 (in which R 1 and R 2 each independently represent an alkyl group with 4 or less carbon atoms or a fluoroalkyl group with 4 or less carbon atoms, and n is in the range of 2 to 10); a Li amide salt having a Li ion and a sulfonylamide anion; and a fluoride salt represented by XF (in which X represents Li, Na, K, Rb, or Cs); and characterized in that a ratio of the glyme relative to the whole solvent is 90 mol% or more.
Reader apparatus for reading an identification code carried by an identification device (100, 200) in the form of a surface feature device, the surface feature device having a plurality of respective recessed surface feature portions each provided at respective lateral locations over a lateral surface at one of a plurality of predetermined distances from a lateral reference plane, the apparatus comprising a light source and a light detector, the apparatus being configured to direct light from the light source onto the respective surface feature portions of the surface feature device and to detect by means of the detector light scattered by the respective surface feature portions, the detector being configured to output a detector signal indicative of the intensity of light incident thereon, characterised in that the apparatus is configured to generate a reader signal responsive to the distance of each of the respective recessed surface feature portions of the surface feature device from the reference plane in dependence on the detector signal, the apparatus comprising a confocal device, the confocal device comprising the light source and the light detector and configured to focus the light source onto the surface feature device, the apparatus being configured to scan light from the light source laterally over each of the respective surface feature portions of the surface feature device, wherein the apparatus is further configured to scan the location of a focal point of focussing means of the confocal device along a direction having at least a component substantially normal to the reference plane such that, for each respective surface feature portion of the surface feature device, the intensity of light incident on the detector is measured at a plurality of distances of the focal point from the reference plane as measured along a direction normal to the reference plane, wherein the apparatus is configured to generate the reader signal in dependence on the intensity of light incident on the detector at respective lateral locations of the beam and at respective distances of the focal point from the reference plane.
A welded blank assembly, comprising: first and second sheet metal pieces (12, 112), both of the sheet metal pieces having a base material layer with a thickness from 0.5 mm to 2.0 mm, a coating material layer formed on opposite sides of the base material layer with a thickness from 5 μm to 100 μm, and an edge region with two weld notches (30, 30') where at least a portion of the coating material layer has been removed, and wherein the weld notches (30, 30') are on opposite sides of the sheet metal piece; a weld joint joining the first and second sheet metal pieces together at the edge region, the weld joint includes material from the base material layer but is substantially free of material from the coating material layer; and capping material filling at least a portion of at least one of the weld notches (30, 30'), wherein the capping material is in direct contact with the weld joint and becomes a permanent addition to the welded blank assembly. first and second sheet metal pieces (12, 112), both of the sheet metal pieces having a base material layer with a thickness from 0.5 mm to 2.0 mm, a coating material layer formed on opposite sides of the base material layer with a thickness from 5 μm to 100 μm, and an edge region with two weld notches (30, 30') where at least a portion of the coating material layer has been removed, and wherein the weld notches (30, 30') are on opposite sides of the sheet metal piece; a weld joint joining the first and second sheet metal pieces together at the edge region, the weld joint includes material from the base material layer but is substantially free of material from the coating material layer; and capping material filling at least a portion of at least one of the weld notches (30, 30'), wherein the capping material is in direct contact with the weld joint and becomes a permanent addition to the welded blank assembly.
A mutant alkaline cellulase, being composed of (a) the amino acid sequence of an alkaline cellulase set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, or (b) the amino acid sequence of an alkaline cellulase having at least 70% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 in which the amino acid residue at the position corresponding to position 58 of SEQ ID NO:2 is substituted with an arginine or glutamic acid residue. (a) the amino acid sequence of an alkaline cellulase set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, or (b) the amino acid sequence of an alkaline cellulase having at least 70% identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2
A pressure sensor, comprising: - a first layer of electrically insulating material, - a second layer of electrically insulating material superposed on the first layer, and - at least one electrical switch, wherein said electrical switch comprises: - at least one electrical contact (145, 150) associated with the first layer, and - at least one electrical conductor associated with a flexible portion of the second layer, which is separate from the first layer and is directly superposed to said electrical contact (145, 150), characterized in that the switch comprises a support layer having greater rigidity than the flexible portion of the second layer, which is applied on the first layer at the opposite side from said flexible portion and aligned with it. - a first layer of electrically insulating material, - a second layer of electrically insulating material superposed on the first layer, and - at least one electrical switch, - at least one electrical contact (145, 150) associated with the first layer, and - at least one electrical conductor associated with a flexible portion of the second layer, which is separate from the first layer and is directly superposed to said electrical contact (145, 150), characterized in that the switch comprises a support layer having greater rigidity than the flexible portion of the second layer, which is applied on the first layer at the opposite side from said flexible portion and aligned with it.
A method characterized by: polling conference call participants (901, 903, 905) for audio electronic business card data; receiving audio electronic business card data responsive to the poll; comparing said audio electronic business card data with voices of conference speakers to confirm identities of said speakers; and updating presence contexts for individual ones of said speakers responsive to confirming identities of said speakers, wherein a presence service updates the presence context such that registered or otherwise authorized users of an associated presence system are able to see the presence context. polling conference call participants (901, 903, 905) for audio electronic business card data; receiving audio electronic business card data responsive to the poll; comparing said audio electronic business card data with voices of conference speakers to confirm identities of said speakers; and updating presence contexts for individual ones of said speakers responsive to confirming identities of said speakers, wherein a presence service updates the presence context such that registered or otherwise authorized users of an associated presence system are able to see the presence context.
A data recorder (1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 100, 102) comprising: - an input interface (2, 200); - a storage unit (3, 3d, 300); and - a control unit (4b, 4c, 4d, 4e, 4000, 4002), wherein the storage unit (3, 3d, 300) comprises a non-volatile memory (32, 32d) configured to store data, characterised by the storage unit further comprising a power supply for non-volatile memory that is a power supply for the non-volatile memory (32, 32d), a state of the power supply for non-volatile memory being controlled to be an on state or an off state by the control unit (4b, 4c, 4d, 4e, 4000, 4002), the input interface (2, 200) comprises a first buffer memory, the input interface (2, 200) is configured to accept input of data from outside and to record the data in the first buffer memory, the control unit (4b, 4c, 4d, 4e, 4000, 4002) is configured to switch a state of the power supply for non-volatile memory to an on state at a timing determined on a basis of an amount of data recorded in the first buffer memory and a mode of the input of the data from the outside via the input interface (2, 200), the input interface (2, 200) is configured to transfer the data recorded in the first buffer memory to the non-volatile memory (32, 32d) in a case where the power supply for non-volatile memory is in an on state, and the control unit (4b, 4c, 4d, 4e, 4000, 4002) is configured to switch the state of the power supply for non-volatile memory to an off state after transferring the data recorded in the first buffer memory to the non-volatile memory (32, 32d). - an input interface (2, 200); - a storage unit (3, 3d, 300); and - a control unit (4b, 4c, 4d, 4e, 4000, 4002), wherein the storage unit (3, 3d, 300) comprises a non-volatile memory (32, 32d) configured to store data, characterised by the storage unit further comprising a power supply for non-volatile memory that is a power supply for the non-volatile memory (32, 32d), a state of the power supply for non-volatile memory being controlled to be an on state or an off state by the control unit (4b, 4c, 4d, 4e, 4000, 4002), the input interface (2, 200) comprises a first buffer memory, the input interface (2, 200) is configured to accept input of data from outside and to record the data in the first buffer memory, the control unit (4b, 4c, 4d, 4e, 4000, 4002) is configured to switch a state of the power supply for non-volatile memory to an on state at a timing determined on a basis of an amount of data recorded in the first buffer memory and a mode of the input of the data from the outside via the input interface (2, 200), the input interface (2, 200) is configured to transfer the data recorded in the first buffer memory to the non-volatile memory (32, 32d) in a case where the power supply for non-volatile memory is in an on state, and the control unit (4b, 4c, 4d, 4e, 4000, 4002) is configured to switch the state of the power supply for non-volatile memory to an off state after transferring the data recorded in the first buffer memory to the non-volatile memory (32, 32d).