mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A printed article with optically variable properties comprising a printable media on which a printed feature has been formed with an ink composition wherein: a. said ink composition comprises metal oxide particles that have an average particle size in the range of 3 to 180 nm and that have a refractive index superior or equal to 1.2; b. said printable media contains a bottom supporting substrate, an ink-absorbing layer and a metalized top layer with pore diameters that are smaller than the size of the metal oxide particles; c. and wherein the ink composition forms onto said printable media a printed feature that exhibits optically variable properties. a. said ink composition comprises metal oxide particles that have an average particle size in the range of 3 to 180 nm and that have a refractive index superior or equal to 1.2; b. said printable media contains a bottom supporting substrate, an ink-absorbing layer and a metalized top layer with pore diameters that are smaller than the size of the metal oxide particles; c. and wherein the ink composition forms onto said printable media a printed feature that exhibits optically variable properties.
An image processing apparatus comprising: image acquisition means for acquiring an image of a subject; calculation means for calculating a ratio of a number of pixels having brightness values in a predetermined brightness range to a total number of pixels in an entire image; and image processing means (102, 104) for emphasizing a contrast of the image when the ratio is equal to or greater than a first threshold; the image processing apparatus being characterised in that it further comprises: control means configured to shift the predetermined brightness range for calculating the ratio toward a high brightness side in a case where an exposure target value used when the image is acquired is plus-compensated. image acquisition means for acquiring an image of a subject; calculation means for calculating a ratio of a number of pixels having brightness values in a predetermined brightness range to a total number of pixels in an entire image; and image processing means (102, 104) for emphasizing a contrast of the image when the ratio is equal to or greater than a first threshold;
A tire fiber comprising a polyethylene-2,5-furandicarboxylate raw yarn, wherein the PEF raw yarn is obtained by continuously drawing, without recovering, an undrawn yarn obtained by melt-spinning of a PEF-containing resin composition, and wherein the PEF raw yarn has a storage modulus of 1,300 MPa or more.
A method of manufacturing a nanowire transistor, comprising: oxidizing a well implant to form a local isolation region; forming a fin on the local isolation region that includes alternating layers of a first semiconductor and a second semiconductor, wherein an initial layer of the first semiconductor abuts the local isolation region, and wherein the fin extends from a first extension region to a second extension region; implanting an etch stop dopant in the first extension region and in the second extension region; forming a dummy gate opening to expose a gate region of the fin; selectively etching the layers of the first semiconductor in the gate region of the fin to form nanowires from the layers of the second semiconductor in the gate region, wherein the implanted etch stop dopant inhibits a selective etching of the layers of the first semiconductor in the first extension region and in the second extension region; selectively oxidizing the layers of the first semiconductor such that each layer of the first semiconductor includes oxidized caps extending from the dummy gate opening into the first extension region and into the second extension region; and forming a replacement metal gate around the nanowires. oxidizing a well implant to form a local isolation region; forming a fin on the local isolation region that includes alternating layers of a first semiconductor and a second semiconductor, wherein an initial layer of the first semiconductor abuts the local isolation region, and wherein the fin extends from a first extension region to a second extension region; implanting an etch stop dopant in the first extension region and in the second extension region; forming a dummy gate opening to expose a gate region of the fin; selectively etching the layers of the first semiconductor in the gate region of the fin to form nanowires from the layers of the second semiconductor in the gate region, wherein the implanted etch stop dopant inhibits a selective etching of the layers of the first semiconductor in the first extension region and in the second extension region; selectively oxidizing the layers of the first semiconductor such that each layer of the first semiconductor includes oxidized caps extending from the dummy gate opening into the first extension region and into the second extension region; and forming a replacement metal gate around the nanowires.
A hand-held probe for inspecting a tube (14, 50), the HHP comprising: a transducer cylinder (12, 45) having a shape of a cylinder with a near end and a far end and comprising a mechanical wave transducer mechanism with a plurality of mechanical wave transducers and one or more microphones wherein the diameter of the cylinder (12, 45) is less than the internal diameter of the tube (14, 50); a housing having an opening for receiving a near end of the transducer cylinder (12, 45), the end opposite from the tube end that is inserted into the end of the tube (14, 50); and a loudspeaker (20, 31) that creates and transmits an acoustic wave toward the inside of the tube (14, 50); wherein the mechanical wave transducer mechanism further comprises a pressing mechanism and when the transducer cylinder (12, 45) is inserted into the tube (14, 50), the pressing mechanism presses the plurality of the mechanical-wave transducers toward the interior wall of the tube prior to the transducer cylinder communicating a mechanical wave toward the interior wall of the tube (14, 50) and receiving reflections of mechanical waves from the interior wall of the tube. a transducer cylinder (12, 45) having a shape of a cylinder with a near end and a far end and comprising a mechanical wave transducer mechanism with a plurality of mechanical wave transducers and one or more microphones wherein the diameter of the cylinder (12, 45) is less than the internal diameter of the tube (14, 50); a housing having an opening for receiving a near end of the transducer cylinder (12, 45), the end opposite from the tube end that is inserted into the end of the tube (14, 50); and a loudspeaker (20, 31) that creates and transmits an acoustic wave toward the inside of the tube (14, 50); wherein the mechanical wave transducer mechanism further comprises a pressing mechanism and when the transducer cylinder (12, 45) is inserted into the tube (14, 50), the pressing mechanism presses the plurality of the mechanical-wave transducers toward the interior wall of the tube prior to the transducer cylinder communicating a mechanical wave toward the interior wall of the tube (14, 50) and receiving reflections of mechanical waves from the interior wall of the tube.
An interface for inputting data into a processor, the interface having an input surface and comprising: an array of sensors responsive to forces applied to the input surface, the array of sensors being configured to provide an input to the processor that contains data regarding the magnitude of the forces applied to the input surface and the location on the input surface where the forces are applied, a layer of soft resilient material overlying the sensors and capable of transmitting forces exerted on the input surface to the sensors, wherein the input surface of the interface has a three dimensional shape made up of at least one relatively raised area and at least one relatively recessed area; and the array of sensors arranged to respond to forces applied to the at least one relatively raised area and the at least one relatively recessed area, wherein the layer of soft resilient material is such that it diffuses a force applied to an area of the input surface over a wider area of the array of sensors causing a number of sensors within said array to register that force, and wherein the degree of diffusion of the force is dependent on the thickness of the soft resilient material to allow the processor to distinguish between a force applied to the at least one relatively raised area and a force applied to the at least one relatively recessed area. an array of sensors responsive to forces applied to the input surface, the array of sensors being configured to provide an input to the processor that contains data regarding the magnitude of the forces applied to the input surface and the location on the input surface where the forces are applied, a layer of soft resilient material overlying the sensors and capable of transmitting forces exerted on the input surface to the sensors, wherein the input surface of the interface has a three dimensional shape made up of at least one relatively raised area and at least one relatively recessed area; and the array of sensors arranged to respond to forces applied to the at least one relatively raised area and the at least one relatively recessed area, wherein the layer of soft resilient material is such that it diffuses a force applied to an area of the input surface over a wider area of the array of sensors causing a number of sensors within said array to register that force, and wherein the degree of diffusion of the force is dependent on the thickness of the soft resilient material to allow the processor to distinguish between a force applied to the at least one relatively raised area and a force applied to the at least one relatively recessed area.
System consisting of a household appliance and a mobile terminal that has an integrated camera, wherein the household appliance can be connected to the mobile terminal for data transfer purposes and has a first computer-like controller for controlling operating sequences of the household appliance, wherein the first computer-like controller is equipped with a first memory part with readable sequence programs and with a second memory part and is designed such that operating sequences that have taken place with regard to defined parameters are stored in the second memory part on an ongoing basis, wherein the mobile terminal is connected to the computer-like controller of the household appliance via an, in particular wireless, interface, wherein it is further provided that the mobile terminal has a second computer-like controller with a third memory part for an automatic contamination analysis sequence, wherein a sequence triggered at will, in particular by an operator, on the mobile terminal following a contamination of the household appliance that can be detected by the camera is designed to analyse the defined parameter, which is saved in the second memory part of the first computer-like controller of the household appliance, together with the result of the contamination detection, wherein via the mobile terminal, which is configured for establishing a connection, in particular a wireless connection (27_1), to a server of a service provider, a database of the server can be queried in such a way that it is possible to display an item of information, regarding detected contaminations of the household appliance, on the mobile terminal in order to rectify the detected contamination of the household appliance.
A computer-implemented method for managing a routing table utilizing a secure blockchain routing protocol performed by a blockchain routing node of an overlay network, comprising: transmitting (604, 610) forwarding table request messages to a plurality of blockchain routing nodes (B, C); receiving (608, 614) a forwarding table from each of the plurality of blockchain routing nodes (B, C) in accordance with an extended blockchain protocol, each of the node forwarding tables corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of blockchain routing nodes (B, C), the blockchain routing node participating with the plurality of blockchain routing nodes (B, C) in the overlay network; determining the routing table for the overlay network utilizing forwarding information received with the forwarding tables; determining corresponding forwarding tables for any suitable combination of the blockchain routing node and the plurality of blockchain routing nodes (B, C) by calculating a total cost associated with each available route associated with the received forwarding information to determine at least one optimal route between each of the blockchain routing nodes (A, B, C) in the network utilizing the calculated costs; distributing the determined forwarding tables to the plurality of blockchain routing nodes (B, C); and maintaining the determined routing table and the determined forwarding tables in one or more blockchain ledgers by transmitting and/or receiving information to and/or from the blockchain routing node and plurality of blockchain routing nodes (B, C) to collectively maintain the one or more blockchain ledgers. transmitting (604, 610) forwarding table request messages to a plurality of blockchain routing nodes (B, C); receiving (608, 614) a forwarding table from each of the plurality of blockchain routing nodes (B, C) in accordance with an extended blockchain protocol, each of the node forwarding tables corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of blockchain routing nodes (B, C), the blockchain routing node participating with the plurality of blockchain routing nodes (B, C) in the overlay network; determining the routing table for the overlay network utilizing forwarding information received with the forwarding tables; determining corresponding forwarding tables for any suitable combination of the blockchain routing node and the plurality of blockchain routing nodes (B, C) by calculating a total cost associated with each available route associated with the received forwarding information to determine at least one optimal route between each of the blockchain routing nodes (A, B, C) in the network utilizing the calculated costs; distributing the determined forwarding tables to the plurality of blockchain routing nodes (B, C); and maintaining the determined routing table and the determined forwarding tables in one or more blockchain ledgers by transmitting and/or receiving information to and/or from the blockchain routing node and plurality of blockchain routing nodes (B, C) to collectively maintain the one or more blockchain ledgers.
A cell line expressing the gamma chain of Fcε receptor I (FcεRI) and human CD303 antigen, characterized in that said cell line is stably transfected with an expression vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding human CD303 antigen and has high expression of human CD303 on its surface, characterized in that said cell line has at least 10,000 human CD303 molecules per cell and in that said cell line is: a) a cell line of human plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) stably transfected with an expression vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding human CD303 antigen; or b) a human lymphocyte cell line, stably transfected with an expression vector comprising a first nucleic acid molecule encoding human CD303 antigen and a second nucleic acid molecule encoding the gamma chain of human FcεRI, or with two expression vectors each comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding human CD303 antigen and the gamma chain of human FcεRI, respectively. a) a cell line of human plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) stably transfected with an expression vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding human CD303 antigen; or b) a human lymphocyte cell line, stably transfected with an expression vector comprising a first nucleic acid molecule encoding human CD303 antigen and a second nucleic acid molecule encoding the gamma chain of human FcεRI, or with two expression vectors each comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding human CD303 antigen and the gamma chain of human FcεRI, respectively.
A method for preparing ribonucleotide oligomers, comprising: (a) coupling a ribonucleotide dimer or ribonucleotide trimer to a ribonucleoside attached to solid supports or to universal solid supports as a starting material; (b) sequentially coupling ribonucleotide monomers to the resulting structures of Step (a) to prepare ribonucleotide oligomers; and (c) removing the ribonucleotide oligomers from the solid supports; wherein the ribonucleotide dimer in step (a) is represented by Formula 5: wherein R 1, R 2, R 3 and R 5 are each independently protecting groups, B 1 and B 2 are each independently nucleosidic bases, and R 6 is hydrogen or wherein iPr is isopropyl; wherein the ribonucleotide trimer in step (a) is represented by Formula 6: wherein R 1, R 2, R 3, R 4, R 5 and R 6 are each independently protecting groups, B 1, B 2 and B 3 are each independently nucleosidic bases, and R 7 is hydrogen or wherein iPr is isopropyl. (a) coupling a ribonucleotide dimer or ribonucleotide trimer to a ribonucleoside attached to solid supports or to universal solid supports as a starting material; (b) sequentially coupling ribonucleotide monomers to the resulting structures of Step (a) to prepare ribonucleotide oligomers; and (c) removing the ribonucleotide oligomers from the solid supports;
Method for the remote servicing of devices including a computer by means of a remote service computer using at least one protocol (a, b, c, d) for exchanging data between the computer and the remote service computer, wherein a protocol adaptation level (e) is provided to evaluate the protocol (a, b, c, d) for exchanging data between the computer and the remote service computer prior to a data transfer process in terms of the compatibility of the protocol (a, b, c, d) with the data transfer process, characterized in that if necessary, the protocol adaptation level (e) transmits the protocol to the computer and installs it thereon.
Sterile container comprising a container body having inner surfaces (2, 4) delimiting a containment compartment, wherein at least part of said surfaces (2, 4) is made of a compound material comprising a thermoplastic polymer, characterized in that a first zeolite and a second zeolite homogeneously dispersed in the thermoplastic polymer, each of said zeolites having a micrometric particle size distribution and delimiting reticular voids in which bactericidal and/or bacteriostatic metal ions releasable from said zeolite are housed; the first zeolite comprising silver and copper metal ions, the second zeolite comprising silver and zinc metal ions. characterized in that a first zeolite and a second zeolite homogeneously dispersed in the thermoplastic polymer, each of said zeolites having a micrometric particle size distribution and delimiting reticular voids in which bactericidal and/or bacteriostatic metal ions releasable from said zeolite are housed; the first zeolite comprising silver and copper metal ions, the second zeolite comprising silver and zinc metal ions.
A holder for cards, comprising a housing which preferably tightly fits around a stack of at least three cards and has at least one card opening for locating and removing cards, while within the housing, preferably opposite the card opening, a card eject feature is provided such that the cards through the card opening can be partly slid from the housing, which card eject feature comprises an ejector arm which is designed to move within the housing between a first and a second position and during said movement ejects the cards by engaging and forcing the cards simultaneously to partly exit the housing, and the holder comprises an external actuating feature, e.g. finger button, to provide the force to eject the cards by the card eject feature, characterised in that the ejector arm provides a short lever arm designed to engage the cards and a long lever arm designed to engage the cards, wherein the long lever arm is at least 10% longer than the short lever arm.
A method comprising: accessing a first captured image of both a first displayed image produced at a first point in time and a user; accessing a second captured image of both a second displayed image produced at a second point in time and the user; accessing a first motion map describing motion associated with one or more objects in the first and second displayed images; determining a second motion map describing both motion of the user and the motion associated with the one or more objects in the first and second displayed images; determining motion of the user by comparing the first motion map and the second motion map. accessing a first captured image of both a first displayed image produced at a first point in time and a user; accessing a second captured image of both a second displayed image produced at a second point in time and the user; accessing a first motion map describing motion associated with one or more objects in the first and second displayed images; determining a second motion map describing both motion of the user and the motion associated with the one or more objects in the first and second displayed images; determining motion of the user by comparing the first motion map and the second motion map.
A quantum random number generator, comprising a laser generation module, a first beam splitter, a detector, and a processing module, wherein the laser generation module is configured to emit a first laser beam to a first input end of the first beam splitter, emit a second laser beam to a second input end of the first beam splitter, and adjust power of one or more laser beams of the first laser beam and the second laser beam, wherein the first laser beam and the second laser beam satisfy one or more of the following conditions: an absolute value of a frequency difference is beyond a response frequency range of the detector and polarization directions are orthogonal; the first beam splitter is configured to couple the received first laser beam and the received second laser beam to obtain two laser beams, and output the two laser beams to the detector; the detector is configured to generate one electronic signal based on each received laser beam, detect a difference between two electronic signals, and output a detection result to the processing module; and the processing module is configured to generate a random number based on the detection result. the laser generation module is configured to emit a first laser beam to a first input end of the first beam splitter, emit a second laser beam to a second input end of the first beam splitter, and adjust power of one or more laser beams of the first laser beam and the second laser beam, wherein the first laser beam and the second laser beam satisfy one or more of the following conditions: an absolute value of a frequency difference is beyond a response frequency range of the detector and polarization directions are orthogonal; the first beam splitter is configured to couple the received first laser beam and the received second laser beam to obtain two laser beams, and output the two laser beams to the detector; the detector is configured to generate one electronic signal based on each received laser beam, detect a difference between two electronic signals, and output a detection result to the processing module; and the processing module is configured to generate a random number based on the detection result.