mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A dilator (14, 114, 214, 314, 514, 614), comprising: a hub; and an elongate shaft having a distal end region, a proximal end region and a cross-sectional profile; wherein the proximal end region of the elongate shaft is coupled to the hub; wherein the elongate shaft is configured to extend through at least a portion of a lumen (22, 222, 622) of an expandable introducer sheath (12, 212, 312, 412, 512, 612); wherein the cross-sectional profile of the elongate shaft includes a plurality of engagement portions, and wherein at least a portion of the expandable introducer sheath (12, 212, 312, 412, 512, 612) extends into the plurality of engagement portions of the dilator (14, 114, 214, 314, 514, 614), characterized in that the expandable introducer sheath (12, 212, 312, 412, 512, 612) includes a plurality of spine members (24, 224, 424, 638) embedded within a wall (44, 444) of the introducer sheath (12, 212, 312, 412, 512, 612), and wherein each of the engagement portions of the dilator (14, 114, 214, 314, 514, 614) are radially offset from each of the plurality of spine members (24, 224, 424, 638). a hub; and an elongate shaft having a distal end region, a proximal end region and a cross-sectional profile; wherein the proximal end region of the elongate shaft is coupled to the hub; wherein the elongate shaft is configured to extend through at least a portion of a lumen (22, 222, 622) of an expandable introducer sheath (12, 212, 312, 412, 512, 612); wherein the cross-sectional profile of the elongate shaft includes a plurality of engagement portions, and wherein at least a portion of the expandable introducer sheath (12, 212, 312, 412, 512, 612) extends into the plurality of engagement portions of the dilator (14, 114, 214, 314, 514, 614), characterized in that the expandable introducer sheath (12, 212, 312, 412, 512, 612) includes a plurality of spine members (24, 224, 424, 638) embedded within a wall (44, 444) of the introducer sheath (12, 212, 312, 412, 512, 612), and wherein each of the engagement portions of the dilator (14, 114, 214, 314, 514, 614) are radially offset from each of the plurality of spine members (24, 224, 424, 638).
A photovoltaic module with at least two cell arrangements, which are externally contactable at connecting contacts, which are arranged along a line at the rear side of the photovoltaic module in groups of two connecting contacts in each case which are allocated to the cell arrangements, wherein precisely one connection socket is arranged on a rear side of the photovoltaic module, this connection socket having a housing which has, toward the rear side at least one opening for passing the connecting contact through, and wherein the housing covers all connecting contacts of the photovoltaic module characterized in that the photovoltaic module having a rectangular surface area, wherein the line along which the connecting contacts are arranged runs parallel to one of the side edges of the photovoltaic module and wherein the housing of the connection socket has a length which is greater than 50 % of the length of the side edge.
A honeycomb structure, comprising a plurality of cells that are disposed parallel to one another in a central axis direction and are defined by a porous partition wall to make channels for a fluid, wherein the honeycomb structure includes: a plurality of honeycomb segments that each have a shape constituting a part of a whole structure, the honeycomb segments constituting the whole structure by being assembled in a direction perpendicular to the central axis, a bonding material that monolithically bonds the honeycomb segments, the bonding material containing crystalline anisotropic ceramic particle being less than 20 mass%, and having a pore distribution with a peak in a range of pore diameter of 80 to 200 um and σ/E of 5 to 50 in a case where a compressive Young's modulus of the bonding material is assumed as E, expressed in MPa, and a shear strength of the bonding material is assumed as σ, expressed in kPa; wherein the bonding material in the honeycomb structure is formed by heating and drying a bonding material slurry comprising crystalline anisotropic ceramic particles and a particulate pore former having average particle diameter of 80 to 200 um. a plurality of cells that are disposed parallel to one another in a central axis direction and are defined by a porous partition wall to make channels for a fluid, wherein the honeycomb structure includes: a plurality of honeycomb segments that each have a shape constituting a part of a whole structure, the honeycomb segments constituting the whole structure by being assembled in a direction perpendicular to the central axis, a bonding material that monolithically bonds the honeycomb segments, the bonding material containing crystalline anisotropic ceramic particle being less than 20 mass%, and having a pore distribution with a peak in a range of pore diameter of 80 to 200 um and σ/E of 5 to 50 in a case where a compressive Young's modulus of the bonding material is assumed as E, expressed in MPa, and a shear strength of the bonding material is assumed as σ, expressed in kPa; wherein the bonding material in the honeycomb structure is formed by heating and drying a bonding material slurry comprising crystalline anisotropic ceramic particles and a particulate pore former having average particle diameter of 80 to 200 um.
A method for determining the asthma inflammatory phenotype in a subject suffering from asthma, the method comprising: (a) determining the expression profile of the genes CLC, CPA3, DNASE1L3, IL1B, ALPL and IL8RB, wherein the expression profile comprises or is based on the expression levels of said genes in a biological sample which has been isolated from the subject, wherein the expression profile of said genes is indicative of the asthma inflammatory phenotype. (a) determining the expression profile of the genes CLC, CPA3, DNASE1L3, IL1B, ALPL and IL8RB, wherein the expression profile comprises or is based on the expression levels of said genes in a biological sample which has been isolated from the subject, wherein the expression profile of said genes is indicative of the asthma inflammatory phenotype.
A method of performing a dialogue between a humanoid robot and at least one user comprising the following steps, carried out iteratively by said humanoid robot: i) acquiring a plurality of input signals (s1, s2) from respective sensors (c1, c2), at least one said sensor being a sound sensor and at least one other sensor being a motion or image sensor; ii) interpreting the acquired signals to recognize a plurality of input events generated by said user, selected from a group comprising: the utterance of at least a word or sentence, an intonation of voice, a gesture, a body posture, a facial expression; iii) determining a response of said humanoid robot, comprising at least one event selected from a group comprising: the utterance of at least a word or sentence, an intonation of voice, a gesture, a body posture, a facial expression, said determining being performed by applying a set of rules, each said rule associating a set of said input events to a response of the robot; iv) generating said or each said event; wherein at least some of said rules applied at said step iii) associate a response to a combination of at least two input events jointly generated by said user and recognized at said step ii), of which at least one is not a word or sentence uttered by said user; the method being characterized in that it further comprises, if the response determined during step iii) is or comprises at least the utterance of a word or sentence, the execution of a step iii-a) of performing linguistic analysis of the words or sentences to be uttered and determining an animation accompanying said response as a function of said analysis, said step iii-a) comprises performing a syntactic analysis of a sentence to be uttered to determine each or said word to be animated depending on its function within a structure of said sentence. i) acquiring a plurality of input signals (s1, s2) from respective sensors (c1, c2), at least one said sensor being a sound sensor and at least one other sensor being a motion or image sensor; ii) interpreting the acquired signals to recognize a plurality of input events generated by said user, selected from a group comprising: the utterance of at least a word or sentence, an intonation of voice, a gesture, a body posture, a facial expression; iii) determining a response of said humanoid robot, comprising at least one event selected from a group comprising: the utterance of at least a word or sentence, an intonation of voice, a gesture, a body posture, a facial expression, said determining being performed by applying a set of rules, each said rule associating a set of said input events to a response of the robot; iv) generating said or each said event; wherein at least some of said rules applied at said step iii) associate a response to a combination of at least two input events jointly generated by said user and recognized at said step ii), of which at least one is not a word or sentence uttered by said user;
A method of determining a vertex alignment error for a corneal topographer comprising central light sources to sample a central region of the corneal surface, and a Placido-type light source array to sample an outer region of the corneal surface outside the central area, the method comprising: measuring, using the central light sources, a curvature in an outer ring of the central area of the corneal surface, adjacent the outer region of the corneal surface; measuring reflection locations from the cornea of an innermost set of light sources of the Placido-type light source array; using the measured curvature of the outer ring of the central area of the corneal surface and the measured reflection locations from the cornea of the innermost set of light sources of the Placido-type light source array to calculate a vertex alignment error for each of the innermost set of light sources of the Placido-type light source; and determining the vertex alignment error for the corneal topographer from the calculated vertex alignment error for each of the innermost set of light sources of the Placido-type light source. measuring, using the central light sources, a curvature in an outer ring of the central area of the corneal surface, adjacent the outer region of the corneal surface; measuring reflection locations from the cornea of an innermost set of light sources of the Placido-type light source array; using the measured curvature of the outer ring of the central area of the corneal surface and the measured reflection locations from the cornea of the innermost set of light sources of the Placido-type light source array to calculate a vertex alignment error for each of the innermost set of light sources of the Placido-type light source; and determining the vertex alignment error for the corneal topographer from the calculated vertex alignment error for each of the innermost set of light sources of the Placido-type light source.
A computer-implemented method of controlling an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising: receiving, from a dispatching server, instructions to pick up an assigned passenger associated with a first client computing device, the instructions identifying a first destination location; receiving over time, location information generated by the first client computing device; after a given passenger enters the vehicle, maneuvering the vehicle towards the first destination location in an autonomous driving mode; receiving a plurality of vehicle motion values generated by a plurality of measurement devices arranged around the vehicle, the vehicle motion values including location of the vehicle; while maneuvering the vehicle towards the first destination location, determining a confidence level based on comparing changes in the vehicle motion over time to changes in first client computing device motion estimated from the received location information; determining that the given passenger is the assigned passenger when the confidence level meets a threshold; and when the given passenger is determined not to be the assigned passenger: sending a notification to the dispatching server indicating that the given passenger is determined not to be the assigned passenger; receiving a second destination location; and maneuvering the vehicle in the autonomous driving mode towards the second destination location instead of the first destination location. receiving, from a dispatching server, instructions to pick up an assigned passenger associated with a first client computing device, the instructions identifying a first destination location; receiving over time, location information generated by the first client computing device; after a given passenger enters the vehicle, maneuvering the vehicle towards the first destination location in an autonomous driving mode; receiving a plurality of vehicle motion values generated by a plurality of measurement devices arranged around the vehicle, the vehicle motion values including location of the vehicle; while maneuvering the vehicle towards the first destination location, determining a confidence level based on comparing changes in the vehicle motion over time to changes in first client computing device motion estimated from the received location information; determining that the given passenger is the assigned passenger when the confidence level meets a threshold; and when the given passenger is determined not to be the assigned passenger: sending a notification to the dispatching server indicating that the given passenger is determined not to be the assigned passenger; receiving a second destination location; and maneuvering the vehicle in the autonomous driving mode towards the second destination location instead of the first destination location. sending a notification to the dispatching server indicating that the given passenger is determined not to be the assigned passenger; receiving a second destination location; and maneuvering the vehicle in the autonomous driving mode towards the second destination location instead of the first destination location.
A broadcast scheduling method, comprising: generating a program information table in which broadcast information is arranged; determining whether a first icon for a broadcast program selected by a user in the program information table is positioned by the user within a preset range from an icon for an item folder; comparing a starting time of the broadcast program selected by the user with a current time after determining that the first icon for the broadcast program is positioned by the user within a preset range from an icon for the item folder; displaying a visual effect showing that the first icon is automatically moving into the item folder and finally automatically disappears whereby the first icon for the broadcast program is added to the item folder if the starting time of the broadcast program selected by the user is later than the current time, and scheduling the broadcast program if the starting time of the broadcast program selected by the user is later than the current time, and not scheduling the broadcast program if the starting time is not later than the current time. generating a program information table in which broadcast information is arranged; determining whether a first icon for a broadcast program selected by a user in the program information table is positioned by the user within a preset range from an icon for an item folder; comparing a starting time of the broadcast program selected by the user with a current time after determining that the first icon for the broadcast program is positioned by the user within a preset range from an icon for the item folder; displaying a visual effect showing that the first icon is automatically moving into the item folder and finally automatically disappears whereby the first icon for the broadcast program is added to the item folder if the starting time of the broadcast program selected by the user is later than the current time, and scheduling the broadcast program if the starting time of the broadcast program selected by the user is later than the current time, and not scheduling the broadcast program if the starting time is not later than the current time.
A drink making device (10, 1010, 2010), comprising: a base configured to support a bottle arranged to contain a liquid; a hood; a tower connecting the base and the hood; a connector (162, 163, 164) disposed in the hood and configured to receive liquid from the bottle; a pump for drawing liquid out of the bottle; and a dispenser for dispensing a beverage which comprises liquid from the bottle; characterized by further comprising: a rigid tube configured to project into the bottle; and a coupler (45, 100, 620) disposed in the hood and selectively connectable to an end of the rigid tube to engage the bottle with the drink making device; wherein the drink making device is configured such that, in use, liquid may be drawn out of the bottle by the pump through the rigid tube, through the coupler (45, 100, 620) and the connector (162, 163, 164), and dispensed through the dispenser.
A headlight for vehicles, comprising a reflector, a light source in a focal point of the reflector, a projection lens, and a shaft-shaped screen, which is arranged between the reflector and the projection lens and adjustable about a horizontal rotational axis extending transversely to the optical axis in two or more rotational positions, the lateral surface of the shaft-shaped screen having at least one focal line (20, 21, 22) for each rotational position, which generates a light-dark boundary (1001, 2001, 4001) of a light distribution (1000, 2000, 4000), the shaft-shaped screen between a focal line for a dimmed light distribution and a focal line for a high-beam light distribution not having a focal line or a lateral surface above the rotational axis, the focal line for high-beam light having a smaller normal distance with respect to the rotational axis than the focal line for dimmed light, in a center region of the shaft-shaped screen, seen with respect to the longitudinal extension of the shaft-shaped screen along the rotational axis thereof, subsequent to the focal line for dimmed light, a protrusion being provided, which extends away from the focal line for dimmed light and approximately in the circumferential or rotational direction of the shaft-shaped screen of an imaginary cylinder jacket, characterized in that the normal distance between the imaginary cylinder jacket of the protrusion and the rotational axis is smaller than or equal to the normal distance of the cylindrical lateral surface of the shaft-shaped screen, in which the section of the focal line for dimmed light which has the smallest distance with respect to the rotational axis is located, wherein, extending in the circumferential direction away from the focal line for dimmed light, the protrusion is curved away from the imaginary cylinder jacket in the direction of the rotational axis in that the distance of these regions with respect to the rotational axis decreases further upon progression in the circumferential direction toward the focal line for high-beam light, so as to reduce or block a light spot above the bright/dark boundary.
A method for determining stress along a sucker rod string disposed in a wellbore, comprising: receiving, at a processor, measured rod displacement and rod load data for the sucker rod string, wherein the sucker rod string comprises a plurality of sections; selecting a plurality of finite difference nodes such that the selected finite difference nodes have a uniform spacing throughout the plurality of sections; calculating stress values at the plurality of finite difference nodes for at least one of the plurality of sections based, at least in part, on the measured rod displacement and rod load data; and interpolating the calculated stress values at the plurality of finite difference nodes to determine stress values at one or more points on the at least one section of the sucker rod string characterised in that the selecting comprises: determining an initial number of the finite difference nodes, and an initial spacing associated therewith, for each of the plurality of sections to satisfy a stability condition; and selecting a minimum spacing out of the initial spacings as the uniform spacing for the plurality of sections. receiving, at a processor, measured rod displacement and rod load data for the sucker rod string, wherein the sucker rod string comprises a plurality of sections; selecting a plurality of finite difference nodes such that the selected finite difference nodes have a uniform spacing throughout the plurality of sections; calculating stress values at the plurality of finite difference nodes for at least one of the plurality of sections based, at least in part, on the measured rod displacement and rod load data; and interpolating the calculated stress values at the plurality of finite difference nodes to determine stress values at one or more points on the at least one section of the sucker rod string characterised in that the selecting comprises: determining an initial number of the finite difference nodes, and an initial spacing associated therewith, for each of the plurality of sections to satisfy a stability condition; and selecting a minimum spacing out of the initial spacings as the uniform spacing for the plurality of sections. determining an initial number of the finite difference nodes, and an initial spacing associated therewith, for each of the plurality of sections to satisfy a stability condition; and selecting a minimum spacing out of the initial spacings as the uniform spacing for the plurality of sections.
An antenna tuning device, comprising: a controller configured to be coupled to a transceiver having an antenna tuner; wherein the transceiver is coupled to an antenna; wherein the controller is configured to receive a measured current signal (406, 408) from the transceiver corresponding to a current sent to or received by the antenna; and wherein the controller is configured to change an impedance of the antenna tuner in response to the measured current signal wherein the controller is further configured to: transmit two test signals (M10, M11) at two different frequencies to the antenna; receive two measured current signals (406, 408) corresponding to the two test signals; and change the impedance of the antenna tuner if the two measured current signals (406,408) are not substantially equal. a controller configured to be coupled to a transceiver having an antenna tuner; wherein the transceiver is coupled to an antenna; wherein the controller is configured to receive a measured current signal (406, 408) from the transceiver corresponding to a current sent to or received by the antenna; and wherein the controller is configured to change an impedance of the antenna tuner in response to the measured current signal wherein the controller is further configured to: transmit two test signals (M10, M11) at two different frequencies to the antenna; receive two measured current signals (406, 408) corresponding to the two test signals; and change the impedance of the antenna tuner if the two measured current signals (406,408) are not substantially equal. transmit two test signals (M10, M11) at two different frequencies to the antenna; receive two measured current signals (406, 408) corresponding to the two test signals; and change the impedance of the antenna tuner if the two measured current signals (406,408) are not substantially equal.