mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Method, implemented by computer, for optimizing a decomposition of an asynchronous signal produced by a light sensor on a decomposition basis specific to a transformation, the sensor having a pixel matrix disposed opposite a scene, the method comprising: /a/ obtaining a decomposition of said asynchronous signal for a given first instant on the decomposition basis; /b/ receiving from the light sensor the asynchronous signal comprising at least one event coming from a pixel of the matrix, the at least one event having been produced by the sensor between the first instant and a second later instant; /c/ determining a first value of said pixel (x̂(l,c)) for the first instant; /d/ determining a second value of said pixel (x̂(l,c)) for the second instant as a function of the at least one event; /e/ determining an update of the decomposition obtained as a function of said obtained decomposition, of a difference between the first value and of the second value and of a term ( E l,c) dependent on coordinates of said pixel (l,c) and the decomposition basis of said transformation. /a/ obtaining a decomposition of said asynchronous signal for a given first instant on the decomposition basis; /b/ receiving from the light sensor the asynchronous signal comprising at least one event coming from a pixel of the matrix, the at least one event having been produced by the sensor between the first instant and a second later instant; /c/ determining a first value of said pixel (x̂(l,c)) for the first instant; /d/ determining a second value of said pixel (x̂(l,c)) for the second instant as a function of the at least one event; /e/ determining an update of the decomposition obtained as a function of said obtained decomposition, of a difference between the first value and of the second value and of a term ( E l,c) dependent on coordinates of said pixel (l,c) and the decomposition basis of said transformation.
A method for manufacturing a test device for the dynamic simulation of the behavior of a rolling device, said test device comprising at least one wheel rotatable about an axis (A; B), a further wheel contacting said at least one wheel and rotatable about a further axis (C; D), said at least one wheel or further wheel defining a respective first profile of a transverse section having a segment (26; 21) having a first transverse radius of curvature and defining the generating line of a rolling surface (17; 16), said method comprising the steps of: - assigning a full-scale transverse radius of curvature of a reference segment of a rolling surface or of a wheel of a railway bogie or of a track of a railway line to be simulated by means of said test device; - assigning the linear scale factor F of said test device; - manufacturing said at least one wheel or further wheel so that said first transverse radius of curvature is shorter than the ratio between the second transverse radius of curvature and the scale factor F if said at least one segment (26; 21) is convex; or longer than said ratio if said at least one segment (26; 21) is concave. - assigning a full-scale transverse radius of curvature of a reference segment of a rolling surface or of a wheel of a railway bogie or of a track of a railway line to be simulated by means of said test device; - assigning the linear scale factor F of said test device; - manufacturing said at least one wheel or further wheel so that said first transverse radius of curvature is shorter than the ratio between the second transverse radius of curvature and the scale factor F if said at least one segment (26; 21) is convex; or longer than said ratio if said at least one segment (26; 21) is concave.
An apparatus comprising optics configured to direct radiation from a characteristic scene along an optical axis, said optics having a longitudinal chromatic dispersion that is a function of a characteristic spectral signature for the scene, the characteristic spectral signature being reformulated as a plurality of discrete wavelengths, the optics being configured to focus each of the plurality of discrete wavelengths to a different focal point, characterized by the focal points being substantially equally spaced along the optical axis, so as to produce a polychromatic blur that, for an extended depth-of-field region, is substantially spatially constant along said optical axis.
An interferometric measurement method comprising the steps of: providing a light source and an interferometric probe (10, 32, 36) configured to project a curved test wavefront adapted to produce curved localized fringes when a test surface is placed at a predetermined position in space relative to a reference surface (18, 34, 38); determining a position in three-dimensional space of a single point of interest at a time on a test surface relative to a reference coordinate system by fringe analysis when the point intersects said curved localized fringes; and repeating said determining step for a plurality of single points along a predetermined scanning pattern; wherein said scanning pattern is determined by consecutive positions where each of said single points intersects said curved localized fringes. providing a light source and an interferometric probe (10, 32, 36) configured to project a curved test wavefront adapted to produce curved localized fringes when a test surface is placed at a predetermined position in space relative to a reference surface (18, 34, 38); determining a position in three-dimensional space of a single point of interest at a time on a test surface relative to a reference coordinate system by fringe analysis when the point intersects said curved localized fringes; and repeating said determining step for a plurality of single points along a predetermined scanning pattern; wherein said scanning pattern is determined by consecutive positions where each of said single points intersects said curved localized fringes.
System for producing synthesis gas from renewable resources comprising - at least one means for capturing water vapour from ambient air; - at least one means for providing energy by wind and/or solar and/or hydro energy; - at least one storage means for storing the water vapour captured from the ambient air without going via the liquid phase of the water vapour; - at least one means for performing a direct steam electrolysis of the water vapour stored by the storage means, wherein said means for providing energy is the power source for at least the means for performing a steam electrolysis; and - at least one storage means for storing the synthesis gas provided by said means for performing steam electrolysis, wherein the synthesis gas is hydrogen gas and/or oxygen gas. - at least one means for capturing water vapour from ambient air; - at least one means for providing energy by wind and/or solar and/or hydro energy; - at least one storage means for storing the water vapour captured from the ambient air without going via the liquid phase of the water vapour; - at least one means for performing a direct steam electrolysis of the water vapour stored by the storage means, wherein said means for providing energy is the power source for at least the means for performing a steam electrolysis; and - at least one storage means for storing the synthesis gas provided by said means for performing steam electrolysis, wherein the synthesis gas is hydrogen gas and/or oxygen gas.
A cold plate assembly comprising: a support structure including a first face sheet and second face sheet attached to opposite sides of a cellular interior structure; a first cold plate disposed on the first face sheet, the first cold plate including at least one inlet, a second cold plate disposed on the second face sheet, the second cold plate including at least one outlet; and characterised by a tube extending through the support structure for communicating fluid between the first cold plate and the second cold plate, wherein the tube has been inserted into a space between the first and second face sheets of the support structure to create a passage for the fluid through the support structure between the first cold plate and the second cold plate. a support structure including a first face sheet and second face sheet attached to opposite sides of a cellular interior structure; a first cold plate disposed on the first face sheet, the first cold plate including at least one inlet, a second cold plate disposed on the second face sheet, the second cold plate including at least one outlet; and characterised by a tube extending through the support structure for communicating fluid between the first cold plate and the second cold plate, wherein the tube has been inserted into a space between the first and second face sheets of the support structure to create a passage for the fluid through the support structure between the first cold plate and the second cold plate.
A patient interface comprising: an inflatable nasal seal comprising a face contacting side and an outward side, the nasal seal being formed of a soft flexible material, and comprising a central portion to extend across the base of the nose of the wearer, and a side portion extending from each end of the central portion, each side portion extending across a side of the nose; the face contacting side of the seal being supple to conform under internal pressure to the surfaces of the nose of a wearer, including, at the side portions of the seal, to outside surfaces of the sides of the nose; the seal including a pair of nasal locators on the face contacting side; a body connected to the seal, the body being formed of a material more rigid than the nasal seal and comprising a nasal seal engaging portion that engages with the outward side of the seal, and an inlet opening; and a lip stabiliser for engaging against an upper lip portion of the wearer. an inflatable nasal seal comprising a face contacting side and an outward side, the nasal seal being formed of a soft flexible material, and comprising a central portion to extend across the base of the nose of the wearer, and a side portion extending from each end of the central portion, each side portion extending across a side of the nose; the face contacting side of the seal being supple to conform under internal pressure to the surfaces of the nose of a wearer, including, at the side portions of the seal, to outside surfaces of the sides of the nose; the seal including a pair of nasal locators on the face contacting side; a body connected to the seal, the body being formed of a material more rigid than the nasal seal and comprising a nasal seal engaging portion that engages with the outward side of the seal, and an inlet opening; and a lip stabiliser for engaging against an upper lip portion of the wearer.
Drive to operate a leaf of a window or a door, with a housing and a piston which is arranged in the housing, is acted upon with a spring and interacts with a crankshaft to open and/or close the leaf, wherein a pressure-equalizing device is arranged in the housing of the drive, which housing is filled with a hydraulic fluid, wherein the housing has an equalizing housing, wherein the interior of the equalizing housing of the pressure-equalizing device is connected to the interior of the housing of the drive by means of a channel, characterized in that the pressure-equalizing device floats in the hydraulic fluid present in the housing of the drive, and wherein the channel is arranged in a region of the equalizing housing in the form of a weight, by means of which the channel is always directed downwards.
A headphone device for reproducing binaural spatial audio signals with a headband, which has two headband halves (KH, KH'), each of which is provided with an electrodynamic driver (L, L') within an acoustically damped housing (A, A'), the respective headband half having a cavity which is acoustically connected to the dampened housing and is acoustically active for the electrodynamic driver, characterized in that the cavity is connected to the dampened housing by means of an adjustable connecting element which is designed as s a hollow-shaped angle piece which is pivotably mounted on the end of the headband half.
A method for molding a composite material, comprising: disposing a reinforcing base material in a cavity of a mold comprising a first mold element and a second mold element, the second mold element forming the cavity together with the first mold element; making the first mold element come relatively close to the second mold element to air-tightly seal a seal region by means of a first sealing member, the seal region including the cavity and an outer peripheral region, the outer peripheral region communicating with an outer periphery of the cavity; starting an operation of suctioning a gas from the outer peripheral region to evacuate the gas in the seal region; injecting a resin into a part of the cavity; making the first mold element further come relatively close to the second mold element to clamp the mold and provide a liquid-tight seal between the cavity and the outer peripheral region by means of a second sealing member while pressing the resin to fill the cavity with the resin; and stopping the operation of suctioning the gas from the outer peripheral region, wherein the reinforcing base material is formed through applying a binder resin to a fiber base material and then curing the binder resin, and the binder resin has a resin softening point (Tsp) equal to or higher than a temperature of the mold. disposing a reinforcing base material in a cavity of a mold comprising a first mold element and a second mold element, the second mold element forming the cavity together with the first mold element; making the first mold element come relatively close to the second mold element to air-tightly seal a seal region by means of a first sealing member, the seal region including the cavity and an outer peripheral region, the outer peripheral region communicating with an outer periphery of the cavity; starting an operation of suctioning a gas from the outer peripheral region to evacuate the gas in the seal region; injecting a resin into a part of the cavity; making the first mold element further come relatively close to the second mold element to clamp the mold and provide a liquid-tight seal between the cavity and the outer peripheral region by means of a second sealing member while pressing the resin to fill the cavity with the resin; and stopping the operation of suctioning the gas from the outer peripheral region, wherein the reinforcing base material is formed through applying a binder resin to a fiber base material and then curing the binder resin, and the binder resin has a resin softening point (Tsp) equal to or higher than a temperature of the mold.
An electronic blood pressure monitor, comprising: a measurement unit (2, 14 to 21, 300, 301) for measuring blood pressure of a subject; a time counting unit for counting time; a memory for storing measured blood pressure data in association with information related to a measurement time; a manipulation portion adapted to be manipulated by said subject; and a first retrieving unit for retrieving, as specific data, the blood pressure data associated with the measurement time within a prescribed time period from a measurement time of reference blood pressure data, among the blood pressure data stored in said memory, wherein said reference blood pressure data is one of most recent blood pressure data, oldest blood pressure data, and blood pressure data designated by said subject, wherein the electronic blood pressure monitor further comprises: an average value calculation unit for calculating an average value based on said specific data; a generation unit generating a signal for displaying said calculated average value as an evaluation index; and a display unit for displaying said signal generated by said generation unit. a measurement unit (2, 14 to 21, 300, 301) for measuring blood pressure of a subject; a time counting unit for counting time; a memory for storing measured blood pressure data in association with information related to a measurement time; a manipulation portion adapted to be manipulated by said subject; and a first retrieving unit for retrieving, as specific data, the blood pressure data associated with the measurement time within a prescribed time period from a measurement time of reference blood pressure data, among the blood pressure data stored in said memory, wherein said reference blood pressure data is one of most recent blood pressure data, oldest blood pressure data, and blood pressure data designated by said subject, wherein the electronic blood pressure monitor further comprises: an average value calculation unit for calculating an average value based on said specific data; a generation unit generating a signal for displaying said calculated average value as an evaluation index; and a display unit for displaying said signal generated by said generation unit. an average value calculation unit for calculating an average value based on said specific data; a generation unit generating a signal for displaying said calculated average value as an evaluation index; and a display unit for displaying said signal generated by said generation unit.
A process for the preparation of primary alkyl glycerol ethers wherein the said process consists essentially of reacting ethanol with glycerol, wherein the molar ratio of ethanol to glycerol is 5:1, in the presence of a solid acid catalyst which is 5% wt of the total reaction volume, at a temperature of 100°C, for a period of 5 hrs in a closed autoclave and separating the desired glycerol ethers formed from the above said reaction mixture by a known method, wherein the solid acid catalyst used is solid phosphoric acid.
A security element (12, 30, 70, 80,100,110,130) having an optical appearance that is modifiable by an external magnetic field, the security element (12, 30) comprising a plurality of microcapsules (40,136) that contain a suspension comprising a carrier liquid and magnetic nanoparticles, characterized in that the magnetic nanoparticles are superparamagnetic, that, without an external magnetic field, the nanoparticles are arranged freely movably within a microcapsule (40, 136), and that in an external magnetic field, the nanoparticles in the microcapsule (40,136) reversibly form a photonic crystal (56, 58), in which the nanoparticles are arranged regularly in the microcapsule (40,136) and form a lattice constant, and wherein the microcapsules (40,136) are present in a marking layer (34, 74,92,124,134) having a thickness of less than 100 μm, the marking layer (34, 74, 92,124,134) being arranged between a dark background layer (72, 84,102,122) and an optically variable layer having interference layer pigments or having crosslinked cholesteric liquid crystal pigments, or the marking layer (34, 74, 92,124,134) and the optically variable layer being developed in the form of only one layer.
A layer structure for a photovoltaic device comprising: a transparent conductive oxide layer comprising indium tin oxide; and a layer of tin dioxide adjacent to the indium tin oxide of the transparent conductive oxide layer, characterised by a layer of zinc magnesium oxide adjacent to the layer of tin dioxide, wherein the layer of zinc magnesium oxide is an alloy of zinc oxide and magnesium oxide. a transparent conductive oxide layer comprising indium tin oxide; and a layer of tin dioxide adjacent to the indium tin oxide of the transparent conductive oxide layer, characterised by a layer of zinc magnesium oxide adjacent to the layer of tin dioxide, wherein the layer of zinc magnesium oxide is an alloy of zinc oxide and magnesium oxide.
A method comprising: receiving information regarding a traffic pattern of at least one cell in a cluster of cells, the traffic pattern comprising traffic communicated between user equipments, UEs, and the at least one cell, and the information regarding the traffic pattern comprising uplink and downlink buffer status information, and uplink and downlink packet delay information relating to delays in sending uplink and downlink packets between the UEs and the at least one cell; and in response to the received information regarding the traffic pattern, selecting, by a coordinating network node for the cluster of cells, an uplink-downlink configuration for use by the cells in the cluster. receiving information regarding a traffic pattern of at least one cell in a cluster of cells, the traffic pattern comprising traffic communicated between user equipments, UEs, and the at least one cell, and the information regarding the traffic pattern comprising uplink and downlink buffer status information, and uplink and downlink packet delay information relating to delays in sending uplink and downlink packets between the UEs and the at least one cell; and in response to the received information regarding the traffic pattern, selecting, by a coordinating network node for the cluster of cells, an uplink-downlink configuration for use by the cells in the cluster.
A method of forming a catheter having a proximal end and a distal end, the method comprising: providing a polymer tube having an inner surface and an exterior surface; providing a shrink tube having an inner and an outer surface, the inner surface having at least one three-dimensional pattern thereon; placing the shrink tube around the polymer tube; applying sufficient energy to the shrink tube so as to shrink the shrink tube around the exterior of the polymer tube, causing at least a portion of the at least one three-dimensional pattern to become embossed into the exterior surface of the polymer tube; removing the shrink tube; providing a fluoropolymer tube having a proximal end, a distal end, an inner surface defining a longitudinally extending, generally central lumen, and an outer surface, the fluoropolymer tube being positioned under the inner surface of the polymer tube; and covering at least a portion of the embossed three-dimensional pattern with polymer film. providing a polymer tube having an inner surface and an exterior surface; providing a shrink tube having an inner and an outer surface, the inner surface having at least one three-dimensional pattern thereon; placing the shrink tube around the polymer tube; applying sufficient energy to the shrink tube so as to shrink the shrink tube around the exterior of the polymer tube, causing at least a portion of the at least one three-dimensional pattern to become embossed into the exterior surface of the polymer tube; removing the shrink tube; providing a fluoropolymer tube having a proximal end, a distal end, an inner surface defining a longitudinally extending, generally central lumen, and an outer surface, the fluoropolymer tube being positioned under the inner surface of the polymer tube; and covering at least a portion of the embossed three-dimensional pattern with polymer film.