mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An audio signal processing apparatus to perform binaural filtering an input audio signal, the apparatus comprising: an ipsilateral filtering unit configured to filter the input audio signal by an ipsilateral transfer function to generate an ipsilateral output signal; and a contralateral filtering unit configured to filter the input audio signal by a contralateral transfer function to generate a contralateral output signal, wherein the ipsilateral and contralateral transfer functions in a first frequency band and the ipsilateral and contralateral transfer functions in a second frequency band are generated according to below equation with respect to the input audio signal, if k < C 0 h _ I k = M _ I k h _ C k = M _ C k else h _ I k = H _ I k h _ C k = H _ C k, herein, k is a frequency index, C0 is a critical frequency index, the first frequency band is lower than a frequency band according to C0 and the second frequency band is higher than a frequency band according to C0, h_I(k) and h_C(k) indicate the ipsilateral and contralateral transfer functions, H_I(k) and H_C(k) indicate ipsilateral and contralateral head related transfer functions, HRTFs, and M_I(k) and M_C(k) indicate ipsilateral and contralateral modified interaural transfer functions, MITFs, wherein the MITFs are generated by modifying interaural transfer functions, ITFs, based on a notch component of at least one of the ipsilateral HRTF and the contralateral HRTF with respect to the input audio signal. an ipsilateral filtering unit configured to filter the input audio signal by an ipsilateral transfer function to generate an ipsilateral output signal; and a contralateral filtering unit configured to filter the input audio signal by a contralateral transfer function to generate a contralateral output signal, wherein the ipsilateral and contralateral transfer functions in a first frequency band and the ipsilateral and contralateral transfer functions in a second frequency band are generated according to below equation with respect to the input audio signal, if k < C 0 h _ I k = M _ I k h _ C k = M _ C k else h _ I k = H _ I k h _ C k = H _ C k, herein, k is a frequency index, C0 is a critical frequency index, the first frequency band is lower than a frequency band according to C0 and the second frequency band is higher than a frequency band according to C0, h_I(k) and h_C(k) indicate the ipsilateral and contralateral transfer functions, H_I(k) and H_C(k) indicate ipsilateral and contralateral head related transfer functions, HRTFs, and M_I(k) and M_C(k) indicate ipsilateral and contralateral modified interaural transfer functions, MITFs, wherein the MITFs are generated by modifying interaural transfer functions, ITFs, based on a notch component of at least one of the ipsilateral HRTF and the contralateral HRTF with respect to the input audio signal.
A fitting arrangement for a window, for a door or the like, comprising a scissor fitting which is configured to pivotably support a leaf of the window or of the door at a frame of the window or of the door, wherein the scissor fitting comprises a frame-side stay support and a leaf-side scissor stay arm which are displaceable in a mutually overlapping manner relative to one another along a displacement direction to adjust the effective length of the scissor fitting; wherein the stay support has a toothed arrangement formed directly at the stay support and the scissor stay arm has a mating toothed arrangement formed directly at the scissor stay arm; and wherein the toothed arrangement and the mating toothed arrangement are configured to engage into one another in a latching manner such that a displacement of the stay support relative to the scissor stay arm that increases the effective length is blocked and a displacement of the stay support relative to the scissor stay arm that decreases the effective length is permitted, characterized in that the mating toothed arrangement is either formed in one piece with the scissor stay arm or is arranged rigidly at the scissor stay arm such that no relative movement is possible between the mating toothed arrangement and the scissor stay arm.
A binder composition for a secondary battery electrode, the binder composition comprising a copolymer including: a) a first repeating unit derived from a conjugated diene-based monomer; b) second repeating units derived from b1) an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and b2) an unsaturated carboxylic acid-based monomer; c) a third repeating unit including a crosslinked structure of diacetone acrylamide and adipic acid dihydrazide; wherein the diacetone acrylamide is included in an amount of 0.1 part by weight to 3 parts by weight with respect to total 100 parts by weight of the conjugated diene-based monomer, and the aromatic vinyl-based monomer and the unsaturated carboxylic acid-based monomer, and the adipic acid dihydrazide is included in an amount of 0.02 parts by weight to 3 parts by weight with respect to total 100 parts by weight of the conjugated diene-based monomer, and the aromatic vinyl-based monomer and the unsaturated carboxylic acid-based monomer. a) a first repeating unit derived from a conjugated diene-based monomer; b) second repeating units derived from b1) an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and b2) an unsaturated carboxylic acid-based monomer; c) a third repeating unit including a crosslinked structure of diacetone acrylamide and adipic acid dihydrazide;
A method of analyzing microarrays, comprising determining a background intensity of an image, comprising the steps of: selecting a plurality of spots within the image falling within a least squares curve fit; and determining a constant background intensity for the spots within the curve fit; wherein the method further comprises determining a gene expression ratio of experiment and control DNA molecules bound to the plurality of spots in an experimental image and a control image respectively and determining the least squares curve fit from the equation: r m = R g m − g b + r b = Rg m + k where r m and g m are the measured values of fluorescence intensity in the experimental and control channels of the images, r b and g b are the background intensities in the experimental and control channels of the images, k is a constant and R is the gene expression ratio. selecting a plurality of spots within the image falling within a least squares curve fit; and determining a constant background intensity for the spots within the curve fit; wherein the method further comprises determining a gene expression ratio of experiment and control DNA molecules bound to the plurality of spots in an experimental image and a control image respectively and determining the least squares curve fit from the equation: r m = R g m − g b + r b = Rg m + k where r m and g m are the measured values of fluorescence intensity in the experimental and control channels of the images, r b and g b are the background intensities in the experimental and control channels of the images, k is a constant and R is the gene expression ratio.
A method for producing alcohols, comprising reducing esters or lactones with hydrogen gas in the presence of a catalyst comprising the following components (i), (ii) and (iii): (i) a ruthenium compound; (ii) a bidentate bisphosphine; and (iii) an amine. wherein the catalyst is a ruthenium (Ru) complex represented by the following general formula: RuX 1 X 2 (L P)(L N) wherein (a) X 1 and X 2 each represent a halogen atom or (b) X 1 represents a hydrogen atom and X 2 represents BH 4, L P represents a bidentate phosphine ligand represented by the formula R 1 R 2 P-Q 1 -PR 3 R 4 wherein R 1, R 2, R 3 and R 4 each independently represent an alkyl group, an aryl group which may be substituted or a cycloalkyl group which may be substituted; R 1 and R 2 and/or R 3 and R 4 may form a ring with a phosphorous atom; Q 1 represents trimethylene, tetramethylene or pentamethylene, which may be substituted; and L N represents a bidentate amine ligand represented by the formula R 5 R 6 N-Q 2 -NR 7 R 8 wherein R 5 R 6, R 7 and R 8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group which may be substituted, an aryl group which may be substituted, or an alkanesulfonyl or arenesulfonyl group which may be substituted, with the proviso that one of R 5, R 6, R 7 and R 8 is at least a hydrogen atom; and Q 2 represents an alkylene chain that may be substituted. (i) a ruthenium compound; (ii) a bidentate bisphosphine; and (iii) an amine.
Laminate comprising a carrier and a coating layer, wherein the coating layer is applied over at least part of the carrier, the coating layer comprising a polyester derived from an aliphatic polyalcool with 2-15 carbon atoms and a polyacid, the coating layer having a thickness in the range of 10-4000 microns, wherein the aliphatic polyalcohol contains at least 50 mol.% of glycerol and the polyacid contains at least 30 wt.% of tricarboxylic acid.
A positron emission tomography system, comprising: a memory adapted for continuously recording detected coincident event pairs detected by PET detectors; a subject support adapted for supporting a subject and moving in a continuous movement through a field of view of the PET detectors; a categorizing unit adapted for categorizing the recorded coincident pairs into each of a plurality of spatially defined virtual frames; and a reconstruction unit adapted for reconstructing the categorized coincident pairs of each virtual frame into a frame image and combining the frame images into a common elongated image, characterized in that the categorizing unit is adapted to allocate the coincident event pair to one of the two virtual frames when the detected events of some of the detected coincident event pairs are located in two different virtual frames. a memory adapted for continuously recording detected coincident event pairs detected by PET detectors; a subject support adapted for supporting a subject and moving in a continuous movement through a field of view of the PET detectors; a categorizing unit adapted for categorizing the recorded coincident pairs into each of a plurality of spatially defined virtual frames; and a reconstruction unit adapted for reconstructing the categorized coincident pairs of each virtual frame into a frame image and combining the frame images into a common elongated image, characterized in that the categorizing unit is adapted to allocate the coincident event pair to one of the two virtual frames when the detected events of some of the detected coincident event pairs are located in two different virtual frames.
A method comprising: receiving a plurality of input images of a scene taken from different vantage points; processing the plurality of input images to generate a sparse reconstruction representation of the scene, the sparse reconstruction representation including a sparse point cloud specifying locations of a plurality of points that correspond to three-dimensional locations of surfaces of objects in the scene; based in part on the sparse reconstruction representation, processing the plurality of input images to generate respective dense reconstruction representations of each of the plurality of input images, the respective dense reconstruction representations each including respective depth images for the plurality of input images (11 5), the depth images including color and depth information; projecting front surfaces of the depth images using a forward depth test to generate a plurality of front-warped images; projecting back surfaces of the depth images using an inverted depth test to generate a plurality of back-warped images; stitching the front-warped images and the back-warped images to generate a two-layer panorama having a front surface panorama and a back surface panorama; and fusing the front surface panorama and the back surface panorama in the two-layer panorama to generate the three-dimensional image comprising a multi-layered geometric mesh suitable for rendering the scene in the three-dimensional space. receiving a plurality of input images of a scene taken from different vantage points; processing the plurality of input images to generate a sparse reconstruction representation of the scene, the sparse reconstruction representation including a sparse point cloud specifying locations of a plurality of points that correspond to three-dimensional locations of surfaces of objects in the scene; based in part on the sparse reconstruction representation, processing the plurality of input images to generate respective dense reconstruction representations of each of the plurality of input images, the respective dense reconstruction representations each including respective depth images for the plurality of input images (11 5), the depth images including color and depth information; projecting front surfaces of the depth images using a forward depth test to generate a plurality of front-warped images; projecting back surfaces of the depth images using an inverted depth test to generate a plurality of back-warped images; stitching the front-warped images and the back-warped images to generate a two-layer panorama having a front surface panorama and a back surface panorama; and fusing the front surface panorama and the back surface panorama in the two-layer panorama to generate the three-dimensional image comprising a multi-layered geometric mesh suitable for rendering the scene in the three-dimensional space.
A microscope, comprising a movable stage for holding objects to be microscoped, an adjusting unit for moving the stage relative to a base of the microscope for focusing on the object, this adjusting unit comprising a drive shaft by the rotation of which the distance between the stage and the base is adjustable, a manually operable operating unit for manually moving the stage, the operating unit comprising a manually drivable first output shaft, and an electric drive unit for the motorized movement of the stage, the electric drive unit comprising a second output shaft, wherein in a motorized operating mode the second output shaft is coupled to the drive shaft via a second coupling unit, and wherein in a manual operating mode, the drive shaft is not coupled to the second output shaft via the second coupling unit characterized in that in the manual operating mode the first output shaft is coupled to the drive shaft via a first coupling unit, and in the motorized operating mode the drive shaft is not coupled to the first output shaft via the first coupling unit.
A translucent polycrystalline material, wherein a degree of orientation of a group of single crystal grains varies continuously in the material, and optical properties vary continuously in the material.
Method for obtaining a joint between elements of different materials, in which the joint comprises at least one element of metal material and at least one element of plastic material, having respective contact surfaces (1A, 2A), wherein said contact surfaces (1A, 2A) of said at least one element of metal material and said at least one element of plastic material are pressed against each other with a simultaneous application of heat, the method being characterized in that it further comprises the step of applying a cladding of metal material and/or plastic material above said joint, by additive manufacturing technology. in which the joint comprises at least one element of metal material and at least one element of plastic material, having respective contact surfaces (1A, 2A), wherein said contact surfaces (1A, 2A) of said at least one element of metal material and said at least one element of plastic material are pressed against each other with a simultaneous application of heat, the method being characterized in that it further comprises the step of applying a cladding of metal material and/or plastic material above said joint, by additive manufacturing technology.
Arrangement for clampingly connecting a shaft to a shaft part that has a hollow-shaft region by means of a clamping ring pushed onto the hollow-shaft region, the hollow-shaft region having radially continuous slots that are spaced apart, in particular regularly spaced apart, from one another in the circumferential direction, characterised in that the internal wall of the hollow-shaft region in each case has a laser-structured region in the circumferential direction between, in particular in the middle between, each two closest neighbouring slots in the circumferential direction, the slots are open towards the axial end of the hollow-shaft region, i.e. in particular they open into the surroundings, the laser-structured region has recessed fusion spots and/or raised fusion spots, the recessed fusion spots and/or the raised fusion spots each having a greater extent axially than in the circumferential direction. the hollow-shaft region having radially continuous slots that are spaced apart, in particular regularly spaced apart, from one another in the circumferential direction, characterised in that the internal wall of the hollow-shaft region in each case has a laser-structured region in the circumferential direction between, in particular in the middle between, each two closest neighbouring slots in the circumferential direction, the slots are open towards the axial end of the hollow-shaft region, i.e. in particular they open into the surroundings, the laser-structured region has recessed fusion spots and/or raised fusion spots, the recessed fusion spots and/or the raised fusion spots each having a greater extent axially than in the circumferential direction.
A method of creating a bitstream comprising receiving video data, receiving auxiliary data, translating said auxiliary data according to a defined scheme, the defined scheme comprising converting the auxiliary data into a plurality of levels, each level corresponding to one of a predefined list of levels and converting the plurality of levels into a predetermined number of DCT positions comprised in a DCT block, encoding the translated auxiliary data as one or more video frames, by inserting said converted plurality of levels into the DCT levels of the block, each frame consisting of the encoded translated auxiliary data or the encoded translated auxiliary data and a logo or similar message applied to a very small portion of the frame, and combining the video data and the encoded video frames into a bitstream.
Facial massage apparatus, comprising: - a massage head which comprises: - two parallel massage rollers (21, 22) which are rotatable on themselves about two axes of rotation parallel with each other and with the application surface, set apart from each other, being separated by a working area, a first roller comprising at least one paddle (23, 24, 25, 26, 27) which extends radially projecting from the surface of the first roller, and the second roller having a smooth surface, the massage apparatus is characterised in that it further comprises: - transmission means designed to rotate the rollers in the same direction, the first roller moving from outside the working area towards the inside of the working area, and the second roller moving from inside the working area towards the outside of the working area, when viewed from outside the massage head, - and a drive housing which carries the massage head and which comprises an electric motor which actuates drive means suitable for transmitting the drive from the electric motor to the transmission means. - a massage head which comprises: - two parallel massage rollers (21, 22) which are rotatable on themselves about two axes of rotation parallel with each other and with the application surface, set apart from each other, being separated by a working area, a first roller comprising at least one paddle (23, 24, 25, 26, 27) which extends radially projecting from the surface of the first roller, and the second roller having a smooth surface, - transmission means designed to rotate the rollers in the same direction, the first roller moving from outside the working area towards the inside of the working area, and the second roller moving from inside the working area towards the outside of the working area, when viewed from outside the massage head, - and a drive housing which carries the massage head and which comprises an electric motor which actuates drive means suitable for transmitting the drive from the electric motor to the transmission means.
A method of manufacturing a substrate having a plurality of micro-channels formed therein, the method comprising: providing a suspension containing a substrate material in particulate form and a polymer in a first solvent; introducing the suspension into a mould or extruding the suspension; contacting the suspension with a second solvent to remove at least some of the first solvent from the suspension and thereby form a green body having micro-channels from said substrate material and said polymer; sintering the green body to form a sintered body; and removing at least a portion of a surface layer of the sintered body. providing a suspension containing a substrate material in particulate form and a polymer in a first solvent; introducing the suspension into a mould or extruding the suspension; contacting the suspension with a second solvent to remove at least some of the first solvent from the suspension and thereby form a green body having micro-channels from said substrate material and said polymer; sintering the green body to form a sintered body; and removing at least a portion of a surface layer of the sintered body.