mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for detecting water shortage for a humidifier, comprising: obtaining (S101, S301) a water level parameter of a water tank, monitored by a water level sensor; determining a water level state of the water tank according to the water level parameter; when the water level state of the water tank is a water shortage state, controlling an electromagnetic valve to be energized, wherein the electromagnetic valve is connected to a water box, the water box is configured to add water to the water tank through the electromagnetic valve, and the electromagnetic valve is opened when the electromagnetic valve is energized; characterized by recording a number of times of energizing the electromagnetic valve; when the number of times of energizing the electromagnetic valve exceeds a first preset number of times as well as when the water level state of the water tank determined every time after energization of the electromagnetic valve is the water shortage state, confirming that the water box is short of water. obtaining (S101, S301) a water level parameter of a water tank, monitored by a water level sensor; determining a water level state of the water tank according to the water level parameter; when the water level state of the water tank is a water shortage state, controlling an electromagnetic valve to be energized, wherein the electromagnetic valve is connected to a water box, the water box is configured to add water to the water tank through the electromagnetic valve, and the electromagnetic valve is opened when the electromagnetic valve is energized; characterized by recording a number of times of energizing the electromagnetic valve; when the number of times of energizing the electromagnetic valve exceeds a first preset number of times as well as when the water level state of the water tank determined every time after energization of the electromagnetic valve is the water shortage state, confirming that the water box is short of water.
A firefighter protection method for predicting occurrence of a temperature rise event caused by a fire within an environment, comprising: receiving temperature data captured by at least one temperature sensor (6, 8) configured to sense an ambient temperature within the environment, wherein the at least one temperature sensor comprises at least one body-worn temperature sensor disposed on a body-worn device within the environment; processing the temperature data captured by the at least one temperature sensor in a previous window of time using a trained machine learning model to determine a risk indication indicative of a risk of the temperature rise event occurring in the environment in a future window of time; and outputting a warning indication in dependence on the risk indication determined using the machine learning model. receiving temperature data captured by at least one temperature sensor (6, 8) configured to sense an ambient temperature within the environment, wherein the at least one temperature sensor comprises at least one body-worn temperature sensor disposed on a body-worn device within the environment; processing the temperature data captured by the at least one temperature sensor in a previous window of time using a trained machine learning model to determine a risk indication indicative of a risk of the temperature rise event occurring in the environment in a future window of time; and outputting a warning indication in dependence on the risk indication determined using the machine learning model.
A sheet manufacturing method comprising: a web forming step of forming a web by accumulating a defibrated product in a dry manner; a moisture imparting step of imparting the web with moisture; a pressurizing step of pressurizing the web to which the moisture is imparted; and a heating step of heating the web to which the moisture is imparted, wherein the pressurizing step and the heating step are performed at the same time, characterised in that: a water content of the web to which the moisture is imparted in the moisture imparting step is 12-60% by mass, a pressure applied to the web in the pressurizing step is 0.2-15 MPa, and a temperature of the web in the heating step is 50-100°C. a web forming step of forming a web by accumulating a defibrated product in a dry manner; a moisture imparting step of imparting the web with moisture; a pressurizing step of pressurizing the web to which the moisture is imparted; and a heating step of heating the web to which the moisture is imparted, wherein the pressurizing step and the heating step are performed at the same time, characterised in that: a water content of the web to which the moisture is imparted in the moisture imparting step is 12-60% by mass, a pressure applied to the web in the pressurizing step is 0.2-15 MPa, and a temperature of the web in the heating step is 50-100°C. a water content of the web to which the moisture is imparted in the moisture imparting step is 12-60% by mass, a pressure applied to the web in the pressurizing step is 0.2-15 MPa, and a temperature of the web in the heating step is 50-100°C.
A device for generating an Augmented Reality, AR, image, the device being configured to: - obtain a first image of a scene, - obtain a second image of an object, - obtain a predetermined depth which relates to a distance from an observer at which the object will appear to be located within the scene in the AR image; characterised by being configured to: - capture a third image of only the parts of the scene in front of the predetermined depth, wherein the third image is captured with a range gated imager and has a field of view that is substantially the same as a field of view of the first image, - generate occlusion information by comparing the first image and the third image, wherein the occlusion information identifies parts of the first image that are in front of the predetermined depth and parts of the first image that are not in front of the predetermined depth, and - overlay the first image and the second image based on the occlusion information, in order to generate the AR image, wherein the occlusion information identifies the parts of the first image that are to be replaced by the second image when overlaying the first image and the second image, in order to generate the AR image. - obtain a first image of a scene, - obtain a second image of an object, - obtain a predetermined depth which relates to a distance from an observer at which the object will appear to be located within the scene in the AR image; - capture a third image of only the parts of the scene in front of the predetermined depth, wherein the third image is captured with a range gated imager and has a field of view that is substantially the same as a field of view of the first image, - generate occlusion information by comparing the first image and the third image, wherein the occlusion information identifies parts of the first image that are in front of the predetermined depth and parts of the first image that are not in front of the predetermined depth, and - overlay the first image and the second image based on the occlusion information, in order to generate the AR image, wherein the occlusion information identifies the parts of the first image that are to be replaced by the second image when overlaying the first image and the second image, in order to generate the AR image.
A gas turbine component for use in a corrosive environment of molten salt employing low grade fuels, the gas turbine component comprising a substrate made from an alloy containing Ni, Co, or Fe, a bonding layer made from an alloy disposed over the substrate, and a thermal barrier coating (12, 13, 14) disposed over the bonding layer; wherein the thermal barrier coating includes: a thermal barrier layer of porous ceramics; an environmental barrier layer containing 90% or more silica and no added alumina; and an impregnation layer having a material containing 90% or more silica and no added alumina in the pores of the porous ceramics. a thermal barrier layer of porous ceramics; an environmental barrier layer containing 90% or more silica and no added alumina; and an impregnation layer having a material containing 90% or more silica and no added alumina in the pores of the porous ceramics.
Overflow valve for compressed-air devices, which valve has a pressure inlet and a pressure outlet for compressed air, and having a switching piston which is seated sealingly on a valve seat when the overflow valve is in a closed position and which can be lifted from the valve seat, counter to a settable resetting force of a pressure spring, under the action of the pressure of the compressed air prevailing at the pressure inlet of the overflow valve, and in which valve there is additionally provided a second pressure spring which acts on the switching piston in a closing direction of the overflow valve with a predefinable resetting force, characterized in that the second pressure spring is supported in a housing upper part of the overflow valve approximately at the level of the valve seat and on the switching piston, axially at a distance from the valve seat, axially close to a housing lower part.
An electrode assembly comprising: a plurality of first electrode units and second electrode units on which electrode tabs are formed; and a full length-side separator member folded in a direction in which the electrode tabs are formed and a direction opposite to the direction in which the electrode tabs are formed so as to stack the plurality of first electrode units and separate them from each other, a full width-side separator member extending from the full length-side separator member and formed in a direction perpendicular to the full length-side separator member, wherein the full width-side separator member is folded in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the electrode tab is formed so that the plurality of second electrode units are sequentially stacked on the plurality of first electrode units and separated from each other, wherein the full length-side separator member comprises a folding part that is folded at a portion corresponding to each of the electrode tabs, wherein the full length-side separator member comprises a tab hole that is punched to allow the electrode tab to pass therethrough at the folding part. a plurality of first electrode units and second electrode units on which electrode tabs are formed; and a full length-side separator member folded in a direction in which the electrode tabs are formed and a direction opposite to the direction in which the electrode tabs are formed so as to stack the plurality of first electrode units and separate them from each other, a full width-side separator member extending from the full length-side separator member and formed in a direction perpendicular to the full length-side separator member, wherein the full width-side separator member is folded in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the electrode tab is formed so that the plurality of second electrode units are sequentially stacked on the plurality of first electrode units and separated from each other, wherein the full length-side separator member comprises a folding part that is folded at a portion corresponding to each of the electrode tabs, wherein the full length-side separator member comprises a tab hole that is punched to allow the electrode tab to pass therethrough at the folding part.
A contact smart card comprising a smart card contact pad (10; 100; 101) and a flip-chip-mounted IC chip (200; 300), the smart card contact pad (10; 100; 101) including a roll-to-roll transferable flexible carrier strip, a card-reader contact element on a first side of the roll-to-roll transferable flexible carrier strip, and a chip connection element on a second side of the roll-to-roll transferable flexible carrier strip which is opposite the first side, wherein the card-reader contact element has a noble metal electrically conductive surface, the chip connection element having a chip terminal connection surface which is an outer surface of a first electrically conductive layer and said first electrically conductive layer consists of non-noble metal, and the flip-chip-mounted IC chip (200; 300) being flip-chip mounted at the second side of the roll-to-roll transferable flexible carrier strip and electrically connected to the chip terminal connection surface, and characterized by an electrically conductive corrosion protection layer which overlies the first electrically conductive layer on said outer surface.
A method of fabricating a composite component comprising the steps of: loading a preform into a component forming environment (1, 2, 3, 4), filling the forming environment with a solvent carrying a catalyst material in solution or suspension, draining this liquid from the forming environment thereby leaving a residue of the catalyst material on the preform and/or the interior surface of the forming environment, heating the forming environment and subsequently or concurrently introducing a carbonaceous gas under such conditions as to grow a carbon nanotube structure (7, 8) on the preform and/or the forming environment surfaces, removing the carbonaceous gas, and introducing a liquid resin material into the forming environment whereby the resin disperses through the preform and carbon nanotube structure thereby forming the finished composite component once the resin is cured or set.
A fuel injection system, comprising: a fuel injection valve configured to inject fuel; a heater configured to receive a supply of electric power from a predetermined power source and heat fuel before the fuel is injected from the fuel injection valve; the fuel injection system being characterized in that it comprises: heater temperature estimation means for estimating a temperature of the heater on a basis of a resistance value of the heater; and heater temperature correction means for correcting the temperature of the heater estimated by the heater temperature estimation means to reduce the difference between the nucleate boiling start point temperature of the fuel and an estimated temperature value of the heater at the time of occurrence of a point of inflection on a time change curve of the resistance value (R Htr) of the heater after energization to the heater is started. a fuel injection valve configured to inject fuel; a heater configured to receive a supply of electric power from a predetermined power source and heat fuel before the fuel is injected from the fuel injection valve; the fuel injection system being characterized in that it comprises: heater temperature estimation means for estimating a temperature of the heater on a basis of a resistance value of the heater; and heater temperature correction means for correcting the temperature of the heater estimated by the heater temperature estimation means to reduce the difference between the nucleate boiling start point temperature of the fuel and an estimated temperature value of the heater at the time of occurrence of a point of inflection on a time change curve of the resistance value (R Htr) of the heater after energization to the heater is started.
System, consisting of: - an impression cylinder which has a gap in the axial direction, - a printing blanket or a printing forme with a covering layer which comprises a radially outwardly directed printing layer, and with a supporting layer which comprises a leading end and a trailing end, the leading end and the trailing end of the supporting layer being free from the covering layer, the leading end and the trailing end of the supporting layer being clamped in the gap of the impression cylinder in such a way that a channel which runs in the axial direction of the impression cylinder remains between circulating ends (24, 26) of the covering layer, the channel being filled completely with a compressible material, the compressible material consisting of a chemically curing material, into which microspheres are embedded, and the covering layer having a compressible intermediate layer, characterized in that so many microspheres are embedded into the chemically curing material of the channel that the density of the cured material of the channel is from 20% to 40% lower than the density of the cured material of the channel without microspheres. - an impression cylinder which has a gap in the axial direction, - a printing blanket or a printing forme with a covering layer which comprises a radially outwardly directed printing layer, and with a supporting layer which comprises a leading end and a trailing end, the leading end and the trailing end of the supporting layer being free from the covering layer,
A camera module, comprising: a printed circuit board, PCB; an image sensor disposed on the PCB; a bobbin disposed on the PCB and comprising a hole; a lens barrel disposed at the hole of the bobbin; a lens disposed in the lens barrel and disposed at a position corresponding to that of the image sensor; and adhesive fixing the lens barrel to the bobbin, wherein the lens barrel comprises a first surface facing an inner peripheral surface of the hole of the bobbin, and a flange unit disposed upper than the first surface and more protruding than the first surface, wherein the flange unit of the lens barrel comprises a second surface facing the inner peripheral surface of the hole of the bobbin, characterized in that the adhesive is disposed on a gap between the first surface and the second surface, the lens barrel comprises a groove disposed between the flange unit and the first surface, the groove being formed in a recess shape configured to trap the adhesive, the first surface extends from the groove in a direction toward the PCB, and the lens barrel comprises a taper surface connecting the second surface of the flange unit and the groove of the lens barrel. a printed circuit board, PCB; an image sensor disposed on the PCB; a bobbin disposed on the PCB and comprising a hole; a lens barrel disposed at the hole of the bobbin; a lens disposed in the lens barrel and disposed at a position corresponding to that of the image sensor; and adhesive fixing the lens barrel to the bobbin, wherein the lens barrel comprises a first surface facing an inner peripheral surface of the hole of the bobbin, and a flange unit disposed upper than the first surface and more protruding than the first surface, wherein the flange unit of the lens barrel comprises a second surface facing the inner peripheral surface of the hole of the bobbin, characterized in that the adhesive is disposed on a gap between the first surface and the second surface, the lens barrel comprises a groove disposed between the flange unit and the first surface, the groove being formed in a recess shape configured to trap the adhesive, the first surface extends from the groove in a direction toward the PCB, and the lens barrel comprises a taper surface connecting the second surface of the flange unit and the groove of the lens barrel.
Starter cultures for the production of fermented milk products, characterized in that they contain (i) 25 to 75% by weight of a first mixture of five microorganisms comprising (i-1) Streptococcus thermophilus, (i-2) Leuconostoc species, (i-3) Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis biovar diacetylactis, (i-4) Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis and (i-5) Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris, and (ii) 75 to 25% by weight of a second mixture of three microorganisms comprising (ii-1) Streptococcus thermophilus, (ii-2) Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis and (ii-3) Lactococcus lactis subsp. Cremoris, as well as (iii) 0 to 10% by weight of a third group of microorganisms comprising Bifido bakterium lactis B12, Lactobazillus acidophilus, Leuconostoc cremoris or mixtures thereof with the proviso that the amounts add up to 100% by weight, and wherein in the mixture (i) the five microorganisms are each present in amounts of 20 ± 5% by weight and in the mixture (ii) the three microorganisms are each present in amounts of 33 ± 5% by weight. (i) 25 to 75% by weight of a first mixture of five microorganisms comprising (i-1) Streptococcus thermophilus, (i-2) Leuconostoc species, (i-3) Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis biovar diacetylactis, (i-4) Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis and (i-5) Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris, and (ii) 75 to 25% by weight of a second mixture of three microorganisms comprising (ii-1) Streptococcus thermophilus, (ii-2) Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis and (ii-3) Lactococcus lactis subsp. Cremoris, as well as (iii) 0 to 10% by weight of a third group of microorganisms comprising Bifido bakterium lactis B12, Lactobazillus acidophilus, Leuconostoc cremoris or mixtures thereof
A method of identifying a biological specimen carrier, comprising: acquiring a first microscopic image of a fiducial mark on a biological specimen carrier, wherein said fiducial mark contains unique features observable on a microscopic level; acquiring a second microscopic image of a fiducial mark, wherein said fiducial mark contains unique features observable on a microscopic level, at a later time at the same location on a biological specimen carrier; comparing the first and second microscopic images (515, 525), comprising comparing pixels of the first image and corresponding pixels of the second image by determining differences of intensity values of pixels of the first image and intensity values of corresponding pixels of the second image; and determining whether the first and second images (515, 525) are of the same fiducial mark of the same biological specimen carrier based on the comparison, wherein said determining involves selecting intensity difference values that are greater than an intensity difference threshold value; and determining whether the selected intensity difference values satisfy a cutoff threshold, wherein the first and second images (515, 525) are of the same fiducial mark of the same biological specimen carrier if said cutoff threshold is satisfied. acquiring a first microscopic image of a fiducial mark on a biological specimen carrier, wherein said fiducial mark contains unique features observable on a microscopic level; acquiring a second microscopic image of a fiducial mark, wherein said fiducial mark contains unique features observable on a microscopic level, at a later time at the same location on a biological specimen carrier; comparing the first and second microscopic images (515, 525), comprising comparing pixels of the first image and corresponding pixels of the second image by determining differences of intensity values of pixels of the first image and intensity values of corresponding pixels of the second image; and determining whether the first and second images (515, 525) are of the same fiducial mark of the same biological specimen carrier based on the comparison, comparing pixels of the first image and corresponding pixels of the second image by determining differences of intensity values of pixels of the first image and intensity values of corresponding pixels of the second image; and determining whether the first and second images (515, 525) are of the same fiducial mark of the same biological specimen carrier based on the comparison, wherein said determining involves selecting intensity difference values that are greater than an intensity difference threshold value; and determining whether the selected intensity difference values satisfy a cutoff threshold, wherein the first and second images (515, 525) are of the same fiducial mark of the same biological specimen carrier if said cutoff threshold is satisfied.