mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A code type determining method, comprising: - a block selecting step (1, S11) of selecting input image data in units of rectangular blocks; - a block determining step (2, S13, S16, S20) of determining whether or not the selected block satisfies a predetermined condition with the specifications that - a standard deviation of grayscale values of pixels within the selected block is larger than a predetermined value, - a number of changes of a grayscale value from a pixel to its adjacent pixel in a line in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction within a block is larger than a predetermined value, and - a ratio of black pixels to white pixels within the selected block is within a predetermined range; and - a code determining step (3, S23, S27) of determining a type of code included in the block which satisfies the predetermined condition, characterized in that a distinction between one-dimensional code and two-dimensional code is made as a type of code in said code determining step (3, S23, S27); and whether a correlation of grayscale values of pixels between two or more horizontal lines or between two or more vertical lines within the block satisfying the predetermined condition is larger than a predetermined value is determined as a one dimensional code determination condition in said code determining step (3, S23, S27). - a block selecting step (1, S11) of selecting input image data in units of rectangular blocks; - a block determining step (2, S13, S16, S20) of determining whether or not the selected block satisfies a predetermined condition with the specifications that - a standard deviation of grayscale values of pixels within the selected block is larger than a predetermined value, - a number of changes of a grayscale value from a pixel to its adjacent pixel in a line in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction within a block is larger than a predetermined value, and - a ratio of black pixels to white pixels within the selected block is within a predetermined range; and - a standard deviation of grayscale values of pixels within the selected block is larger than a predetermined value, - a number of changes of a grayscale value from a pixel to its adjacent pixel in a line in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction within a block is larger than a predetermined value, and - a ratio of black pixels to white pixels within the selected block is within a predetermined range; and - a code determining step (3, S23, S27) of determining a type of code included in the block which satisfies the predetermined condition, characterized in that characterized in that
A method of protecting a structural member from corrosion, comprising: covering at least a portion of the structural member with a protective layer for protecting the structural member from corrosion whilst leaving an opening in the protective layer, the opening being surrounded by the protective layer; and providing a cover assembly which includes a cover body having an aperture and a closure member arranged to interfit with the aperture; mounting the assembly over the opening and at least a section of the protective layer adjacent the gap; sealing the opening by interfitting the closure member in the aperture to prevent ingress of fluid through the aperture to the structural member; and allowing inspection of the structural member by removing the closure member from the aperture to provide access to the structural member via the aperture and via the opening in the protective layer, wherein the protective layer comprises a corrosion protection layer formed on the structural member and a mechanical protection layer formed on the corrosion protection layer; and characterised in that: the cover body comprises the same material as the mechanical protection layer. covering at least a portion of the structural member with a protective layer for protecting the structural member from corrosion whilst leaving an opening in the protective layer, the opening being surrounded by the protective layer; and providing a cover assembly which includes a cover body having an aperture and a closure member arranged to interfit with the aperture; mounting the assembly over the opening and at least a section of the protective layer adjacent the gap; sealing the opening by interfitting the closure member in the aperture to prevent ingress of fluid through the aperture to the structural member; and allowing inspection of the structural member by removing the closure member from the aperture to provide access to the structural member via the aperture and via the opening in the protective layer,
A system for creating encrypted data related to oil and gas assets while traversing a supply chain, comprising: at least one sensor provided along the supply chain and configured to capture standard information of a product from a product identifier and secure information from a marking, authenticate the marking and add encryption to the captured data, at least one repository system which collects the encrypted data and sends them to a gateway, wherein the gateway provides a mechanism to transform the collected data into a format that is further secured and which is compatible with a data integration system before being used in a global management system or in an integrity management system, and further wherein data generated and created in the gateway are provided to the global management system or the integrity management system to create clustered events, and further the gateway also verifies that the data received from the at least one sensor are authentic data and have not been corrupted by external sources. at least one sensor provided along the supply chain and configured to capture standard information of a product from a product identifier and secure information from a marking, authenticate the marking and add encryption to the captured data, at least one repository system which collects the encrypted data and sends them to a gateway, wherein the gateway provides a mechanism to transform the collected data into a format that is further secured and which is compatible with a data integration system before being used in a global management system or in an integrity management system, and further wherein data generated and created in the gateway are provided to the global management system or the integrity management system to create clustered events, and further the gateway also verifies that the data received from the at least one sensor are authentic data and have not been corrupted by external sources.
A method for controlling a printer (11, 12, 13) to carry out a printing operation, the method comprising, at a controller device: reading an identifier (14, 15, 16) associated with said printer (11, 12, 13), the identifier comprising machine readable information being a barcode, magnetically readable information, a radio frequency identifier or machine readable text; generating first input data in response to said read identifier (14, 15, 16), said first input data comprising data for identifying said printer (11, 12, 13); generating data identifying any printers (11, 12, 13) within a wireless communications range of said controller device; determining whether one of said identified printers (11, 12, 13) is said printer identified by said first input data; and if said determining indicates that one of said identified printers (11, 12, 13) is said printer identified by said first input data, establishing a wireless connection between said controller device and said printer (11, 12, 13) in response to said first input data; and using said established wireless connection to control said printer. reading an identifier (14, 15, 16) associated with said printer (11, 12, 13), the identifier comprising machine readable information being a barcode, magnetically readable information, a radio frequency identifier or machine readable text; generating first input data in response to said read identifier (14, 15, 16), said first input data comprising data for identifying said printer (11, 12, 13); generating data identifying any printers (11, 12, 13) within a wireless communications range of said controller device; determining whether one of said identified printers (11, 12, 13) is said printer identified by said first input data; and if said determining indicates that one of said identified printers (11, 12, 13) is said printer identified by said first input data, establishing a wireless connection between said controller device and said printer (11, 12, 13) in response to said first input data; and using said established wireless connection to control said printer.
Valve module having a housing with a longitudinal axis, wherein the housing extends from a first connection region to a second connection region which is configured so as to be complementary to the first connection region, wherein the first connection region has at least one first connection section and the second connection region has at least one second connection section, wherein the first connection section is arranged and configured such that it can be coupled with the second connection section of a second valve module which is substantially identical with respect to the connection sections (22, 24) such that the two valve modules are fixed to one another, wherein the first connection region has at least three first connection sections and these, and the at least one second connection section, are configured and arranged such that the valve module can be connected with the second valve module in different positions, viewed in a circumferential direction around the longitudinal axis, wherein, in the respective positions, the at least one second connection section of the valve module is in each case in a connection position in relation to a different first connection section of the second valve module, characterised in that the first connection sections are formed through roughly cylindrical extensions formed on the housing, and that the second connection sections are formed through ear-like brackets formed on the housing.
A gateway device, comprising: at least one processor; and a memory comprising program instructions, wherein the program instructions are executable by the at least one processor to implement a gateway activation process for activating a gateway process of the gateway device, the gateway activation process being operable to: initiate a connection to a remote gateway control process, wherein the remote gateway control process is part of a remote service provider; send, to the remote gateway control process, a public key and metadata describing the gateway device and, in response, receive an activation key from the remote gateway control process; advertise the activation key on a port of the gateway process; receive customer information from the gateway control process in response to said advertising the activation key, wherein the customer information uniquely identifies the gateway process to the remote service provider and associates the gateway process with a customer account; send a request for security credentials to the gateway control process; and receive the requested security credentials. at least one processor; and a memory comprising program instructions, wherein the program instructions are executable by the at least one processor to implement a gateway activation process for activating a gateway process of the gateway device, the gateway activation process being operable to: initiate a connection to a remote gateway control process, wherein the remote gateway control process is part of a remote service provider; send, to the remote gateway control process, a public key and metadata describing the gateway device and, in response, receive an activation key from the remote gateway control process; advertise the activation key on a port of the gateway process; receive customer information from the gateway control process in response to said advertising the activation key, wherein the customer information uniquely identifies the gateway process to the remote service provider and associates the gateway process with a customer account; send a request for security credentials to the gateway control process; and receive the requested security credentials. initiate a connection to a remote gateway control process, wherein the remote gateway control process is part of a remote service provider; send, to the remote gateway control process, a public key and metadata describing the gateway device and, in response, receive an activation key from the remote gateway control process; advertise the activation key on a port of the gateway process; receive customer information from the gateway control process in response to said advertising the activation key, wherein the customer information uniquely identifies the gateway process to the remote service provider and associates the gateway process with a customer account; send a request for security credentials to the gateway control process; and receive the requested security credentials.
An airfoil for a gas turbine engine comprising: an airfoil body, wherein the airfoil body defines: a central chamber; a skin chamber; and an impingement hole extending between the central chamber and the skin chamber, wherein the central chamber is in fluidic communication with the skin chamber via the impingement hole, wherein a first cross-sectional area of the impingement hole is greater than about 25% of a second cross-sectional area of the skin chamber, characterized in that, the second cross-sectional area is measured at a radial position between about 0% and about 10% of a radial span of the airfoil. a central chamber; a skin chamber; and an impingement hole extending between the central chamber and the skin chamber, wherein the central chamber is in fluidic communication with the skin chamber via the impingement hole, wherein a first cross-sectional area of the impingement hole is greater than about 25% of a second cross-sectional area of the skin chamber, characterized in that, the second cross-sectional area is measured at a radial position between about 0% and about 10% of a radial span of the airfoil.
A wind turbine including: a hub, at least one blade fixed to the hub, a nacelle on which the hub is rotatably mounted for rotating about a rotational longitudinal axis, a tower on which the nacelle is mounted, a plurality of hitting areas which are subject to be hit by a lightning stroke and including hitting areas located on at least one blade of the wind turbine and hitting areas located on a rear section of the nacelle opposite to the hub, wherein the nacelle comprises an outer cover having a front section adjacent to the hub, a rear section longitudinally opposite to the hub and a middle section interposed between the front section 18 and the rear section, wherein the front section comprises a first conductive material and provides a conductive path between the hub and tower for guiding a lightning stroke from a blade to the tower, the rear section comprises a second conductive material, the middle section includes conductive portions and non-conductive portions, the conductive portions defining a current path connecting the front section and the rear section, the non-conductive portions extending between the conductive portions. a hub, at least one blade fixed to the hub, a nacelle on which the hub is rotatably mounted for rotating about a rotational longitudinal axis, a tower on which the nacelle is mounted, a plurality of hitting areas which are subject to be hit by a lightning stroke and including hitting areas located on at least one blade of the wind turbine and hitting areas located on a rear section of the nacelle opposite to the hub, wherein the nacelle comprises an outer cover having a front section adjacent to the hub, a rear section longitudinally opposite to the hub and a middle section interposed between the front section 18 and the rear section, wherein the front section comprises a first conductive material and provides a conductive path between the hub and tower for guiding a lightning stroke from a blade to the tower, the rear section comprises a second conductive material, the middle section includes conductive portions and non-conductive portions, the conductive portions defining a current path connecting the front section and the rear section, the non-conductive portions extending between the conductive portions.
An analyte sensor for measurement of an analyte in a medium within a living animal, the analyte sensor comprising: an analyte indicator configured to exhibit a first detectable property that varies in accordance with (i) an amount or concentration of the analyte in the medium and (ii) an extent to which the analyte indicator has degraded; a degradation indicator configured to exhibit a second detectable property that varies in accordance with an extent to which the degradation indicator has degraded, wherein the degradation indicator is configured to degrade to an extent corresponding to the extent to which the analyte indicator degrades; and sensor elements (108, 224, 226, 227, 228) configured to generate (i) an analyte measurement based on the first detectable property exhibited by the analyte indicator and (ii) a degradation measurement based on the second detectable property exhibited by the degradation indicator; wherein the degradation indicator is a compound of formula I: wherein A, B", C, A', B', C', W, X, Y, and Z represent -CH, wherein the hydrogen of - CH may optionally and independently be substituted with an alkyl group; wherein -NR 1 R 2 is selected from an analyte indicator configured to exhibit a first detectable property that varies in accordance with (i) an amount or concentration of the analyte in the medium and (ii) an extent to which the analyte indicator has degraded; a degradation indicator configured to exhibit a second detectable property that varies in accordance with an extent to which the degradation indicator has degraded, wherein the degradation indicator is configured to degrade to an extent corresponding to the extent to which the analyte indicator degrades; and sensor elements (108, 224, 226, 227, 228) configured to generate (i) an analyte measurement based on the first detectable property exhibited by the analyte indicator and (ii) a degradation measurement based on the second detectable property exhibited by the degradation indicator; wherein the degradation indicator is a compound of formula I: wherein A, B", C, A', B', C', W, X, Y, and Z represent -CH, wherein the hydrogen of - CH may optionally and independently be substituted with an alkyl group; wherein -NR 1 R 2 is selected from
Use of a multilayered tube for transporting fuel, wherein the multilayered tube comprises an innermost layer, an outermost layer, and an intermediate layer, wherein: the innermost layer and the outermost layer comprise a resin composition comprising 40 mass% or more of semi-aromatic polyamide that is selected from polyhexamethylene terephthalamide (polyamide 6T), polynonamethylene terephthalamide (polyamide 9T), polydecamethylene terephthalamide (polyamide 10T), polyhexamethylene isophthalamide (polyamide 61), a copolymer of polyamide 6I and polyamide 6T (polyamide 6I/6T), a copolymer of polyamide 6T and polyundecanamide (polyamide 11) (polyamide 6T/11), polymetaxylylene adipamide, and a copolymer of p-xylylenediamine and sebacic acid; and a flexural modulus of a material constituting the intermediate layer measured according to ISO 178 is 800 MPa or less; and wherein the multilayered tube for transporting fuel forms a piping of a fuel pump module accommodated in a fuel tank containing biodiesel fuel; and the intermediate layer does not comprise an aliphatic polyamide. the innermost layer and the outermost layer comprise a resin composition comprising 40 mass% or more of semi-aromatic polyamide that is selected from polyhexamethylene terephthalamide (polyamide 6T), polynonamethylene terephthalamide (polyamide 9T), polydecamethylene terephthalamide (polyamide 10T), polyhexamethylene isophthalamide (polyamide 61), a copolymer of polyamide 6I and polyamide 6T (polyamide 6I/6T), a copolymer of polyamide 6T and polyundecanamide (polyamide 11) (polyamide 6T/11), polymetaxylylene adipamide, and a copolymer of p-xylylenediamine and sebacic acid; and a flexural modulus of a material constituting the intermediate layer measured according to ISO 178 is 800 MPa or less; and wherein the multilayered tube for transporting fuel forms a piping of a fuel pump module accommodated in a fuel tank containing biodiesel fuel; and the intermediate layer does not comprise an aliphatic polyamide.
A method of decoding a video signal, comprising: receiving prediction mode information for intra prediction of a current block and a residual of the current block, the prediction mode information corresponding to direction information for predicting an integer pel of the current block; generating a half pel from an integer pel of a neighboring block based on prediction mode information for intra prediction of the neighboring block, the half pel being located between the integer pel of the current block and the integer pel of the neighbor block, the neighbor block being adjacent to the at least one boundary sample of the current block within the current picture and including at least one of a left block, an upper block, an upper right block and an upper left block adjacent to the current block; and predicting the integer pel of the current block using the half pel and the received prediction mode information; down-sampling the predicted current block based on downsampling mode information, the downsampling mode information is the information indicating how much downsampling is performed in which direction;; reconstructing the current block using the residual and the down-sampled predicted current block; and up-sampling the reconstructed current block, the up-sampling being performed in a manner inverse to the downsampling mode information, wherein if a position of an upper left pel of the current block is (0, 0), a position of the half pel is (m/c, n/c), and wherein at least one of the m and the n is -1 and the c is a constant. receiving prediction mode information for intra prediction of a current block and a residual of the current block, the prediction mode information corresponding to direction information for predicting an integer pel of the current block; generating a half pel from an integer pel of a neighboring block based on prediction mode information for intra prediction of the neighboring block, the half pel being located between the integer pel of the current block and the integer pel of the neighbor block, the neighbor block being adjacent to the at least one boundary sample of the current block within the current picture and including at least one of a left block, an upper block, an upper right block and an upper left block adjacent to the current block; and predicting the integer pel of the current block using the half pel and the received prediction mode information; down-sampling the predicted current block based on downsampling mode information, the downsampling mode information is the information indicating how much downsampling is performed in which direction;; reconstructing the current block using the residual and the down-sampled predicted current block; and up-sampling the reconstructed current block, the up-sampling being performed in a manner inverse to the downsampling mode information, wherein if a position of an upper left pel of the current block is (0, 0), a position of the half pel is (m/c, n/c), and wherein at least one of the m and the n is -1 and the c is a constant.