mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A capacitive sensor for measuring a small biomedical electrical charge originating from an object under test comprising: input circuit elements configured for sensing the charge to provide an output signal that is a function of the charge being measured, wherein the input circuit elements comprise an electrode for sensing the charge originating from the object and a first resistance element electrically connected to the electrode; wherein the electrode is configured to be used when there is_no electrical contact with the object; amplification circuit elements connected to the input circuit elements and configured for amplifying the output signal; processing circuit elements configured for receiving and processing the amplified output signal and to provide the measurement; and characterised by conditioning and monitoring circuit elements coupled to at least the input circuit elements comprising monitoring circuit elements and conditioning circuit elements; wherein the monitoring circuit elements are configured for monitoring the amplified output signal to detect an error in a measurement that is greater than a preset value caused by charge buildup on the electrode; and wherein the conditioning circuit elements are configured to be activated to connect the electrode to a fixed potential to discharge the electrode when the error in the measurement is detected by the monitoring circuit elements and the conditioning circuit elements are configured to be deactivated when the error in the measurement is no longer detected. input circuit elements configured for sensing the charge to provide an output signal that is a function of the charge being measured, wherein the input circuit elements comprise an electrode for sensing the charge originating from the object and a first resistance element electrically connected to the electrode; wherein the electrode is configured to be used when there is_no electrical contact with the object; amplification circuit elements connected to the input circuit elements and configured for amplifying the output signal; processing circuit elements configured for receiving and processing the amplified output signal and to provide the measurement; and characterised by conditioning and monitoring circuit elements coupled to at least the input circuit elements comprising monitoring circuit elements and conditioning circuit elements; wherein the monitoring circuit elements are configured for monitoring the amplified output signal to detect an error in a measurement that is greater than a preset value caused by charge buildup on the electrode; and wherein the conditioning circuit elements are configured to be activated to connect the electrode to a fixed potential to discharge the electrode when the error in the measurement is detected by the monitoring circuit elements and the conditioning circuit elements are configured to be deactivated when the error in the measurement is no longer detected.
A stent graft for deployment into vessels of the human or animal body wherein the vessels include at least one side branch, the stent graft comprising a tubular body of a biocompatible graft material, a plurality of stents attached to and supporting the tubular body and at least one fenestration (52, 91) in the tubular body, the fenestration (52, 91) comprising an aperture in the biocompatible graft material and two and only two flaps (54, 56, 93, 94) of a biocompatible graft material extending across the aperture whereby to close off the aperture but wherein the flaps (54, 56, 93, 94) can be displaced to allow access through the fenestration (52, 91); the flaps comprising a first flap (54, 93) extending from one side of the aperture and a second flap (56, 94) extending from an opposite side of the aperture, the first and second flaps (54, 56, 93, 94) overlapping to define an inner flap (54, 93) and an outer flap (56, 94) and a resilient reinforcement (58, 95) associated with the outer flap (56, 94) whereby to hold the outer flap (56, 94) and thereby the inner flap (54, 93) in a sealing position over the aperture.
A method for wireless local area network using Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output, MU-MIMO, transmission, the method comprising, generating a common signal field for all users including transmission duration information that indicates a duration of a Physical layer convergence protocol Protocol Data Unit, PPDU; generating a user-dedicated Very High Throughout Signal-B, VHT SIG-B, signal field including length information indicating a length of a Physical layer Service Data Unit, PSDU, and information about a modulation and coding scheme, MCS; generating VHT data including a service field and the PSDU; and transmitting the PPDU including the common signal field, the VHT SIG-B field and the VHT data over an operating channel, wherein the service field includes scrambler information and a cyclic redundancy check, CRC, the CRC being calculated over the VHT SIG-B field.
A drafting system for a textile machine, in particular an air-spinning machine, for drafting a strand-shaped fibre band fed to the drafting system, having a plurality of roller pairs arranged in succession in a running direction of the fibre band, each having a top roller and a bottom roller, and a weighting device for applying a load to the top roller of the plurality of roller pairs; wherein the respective bottom roller is mounted and held in a housing of the drafting system, wherein the respective top roller is mounted and held by means of a top roller carrier which can be pivoted about a rotary axis, wherein the drafting system further comprises a swivelling weighting arm which can be brought into an open position and a closed position, and wherein the weighting arm has an individually adjustable weighting device for each roller pair, which applies a load to the respective pivotable top roller carrier in a weighting position when the weighting arm is closed, characterised in that the respective top roller is mounted and can be positioned in the housing of the drafting system in a manner decoupled from the weighting device and the weighting arm. a plurality of roller pairs arranged in succession in a running direction of the fibre band, each having a top roller and a bottom roller, and a weighting device for applying a load to the top roller of the plurality of roller pairs; wherein the respective bottom roller is mounted and held in a housing of the drafting system, wherein the respective top roller is mounted and held by means of a top roller carrier which can be pivoted about a rotary axis, wherein the drafting system further comprises a swivelling weighting arm which can be brought into an open position and a closed position, and wherein the weighting arm has an individually adjustable weighting device for each roller pair, which applies a load to the respective pivotable top roller carrier in a weighting position when the weighting arm is closed, characterised in that the respective top roller is mounted and can be positioned in the housing of the drafting system in a manner decoupled from the weighting device and the weighting arm.
An apparatus for optically capturing a document, comprising a document support having a surface for supporting a document and at least one illumination element for lighting the surface, wherein the at least one illumination element comprises at least one projection optic for emitting light, characterized in that the at least one illumination element comprises at least one free-form reflector and is designed for indirect illumination of the surface, the free-form reflector comprising a number of free-form reflector elements, and the at least one free-form reflector having a surface geometry which is designed in such a way that the surface is not lighted with specified illumination angles and/or that the surface is lighted only with specified illumination angles.
A method comprising: receiving, by a user device (102a, 102b, 102n), a state advertisement message broadcast from a media device, the state advertisement message comprising state data describing a state of the media device; based on the state data, determining, by the user device (102a, 102b, 102n), that a text input control on the media device is currently selected; in response to determining that the text input control on the media device is currently selected, presenting, by the user device (102a, 102b, 102n), a first graphical notification prompting the user to invoke a virtual keyboard on the user device (102a, 102b, 102n); receiving, by the user device via the first graphical notification, a first user input invoking the virtual keyboard on the user device (102a, 102b, 102n); and presenting, on a display of the user device (102a, 102b, 102n), the virtual keyboard for providing input to the text input control selected on the media device, wherein the virtual keyboard is provided by a software system of the user device (102a, 102b, 102n) that is distinct from any user application on the user device (102a, 102b, 102n), and wherein the user device (102a, 102b, 102n) is locked while the virtual keyboard is presented on the display of the user device (102a, 102b, 102n). receiving, by a user device (102a, 102b, 102n), a state advertisement message broadcast from a media device, the state advertisement message comprising state data describing a state of the media device; based on the state data, determining, by the user device (102a, 102b, 102n), that a text input control on the media device is currently selected; in response to determining that the text input control on the media device is currently selected, presenting, by the user device (102a, 102b, 102n), a first graphical notification prompting the user to invoke a virtual keyboard on the user device (102a, 102b, 102n); receiving, by the user device via the first graphical notification, a first user input invoking the virtual keyboard on the user device (102a, 102b, 102n); and presenting, on a display of the user device (102a, 102b, 102n), the virtual keyboard for providing input to the text input control selected on the media device, wherein the virtual keyboard is provided by a software system of the user device (102a, 102b, 102n) that is distinct from any user application on the user device (102a, 102b, 102n), and wherein the user device (102a, 102b, 102n) is locked while the virtual keyboard is presented on the display of the user device (102a, 102b, 102n).
Hair-styling apparatus for shaping hair comprising: - a first longitudinal case receiving a first treatment surface of hair intended to be heated by a first electric means of heating; - a second longitudinal case receiving a second treatment surface of hair intended to be heated by a second electric means of heating; - the first case is mobile with respect to the second case about a pivot axis (Δ) between an open position of the treatment surfaces (12, 22) making it possible to introduce the lock of hair and a closed position for the contact of the treatment surfaces (12, 22) allowing said surfaces to pinch the lock and then defining a treatment zone of the hair; - at least one means for gripping and for actuating (102, 202, 300, 301) at least one of the cases (101, 201), the means for gripping and for actuating making it possible to switch between the open and closed positions and having a longitudinal axis Lp at least in said closed position; - the treatment zone defined in the closed position has a plane Ps of orthogonal symmetry, said plane Ps containing at least one longitudinal axis Lz of the treatment zone; - The axis Lp of said means for gripping and for actuating (102, 202, 300, 301) being contained in said plane Ps, characterised in that the axis (Lp) and the axis (Lz) are secant in the plane Ps and form an acute angle α comprised between 25 and 75°, the angle α being formed in the plane orthogonal to the pivot axis (Δ). - a first longitudinal case receiving a first treatment surface of hair intended to be heated by a first electric means of heating; - a second longitudinal case receiving a second treatment surface of hair intended to be heated by a second electric means of heating; - the first case is mobile with respect to the second case about a pivot axis (Δ) between an open position of the treatment surfaces (12, 22) making it possible to introduce the lock of hair and a closed position for the contact of the treatment surfaces (12, 22) allowing said surfaces to pinch the lock and then defining a treatment zone of the hair; - at least one means for gripping and for actuating (102, 202, 300, 301) at least one of the cases (101, 201), the means for gripping and for actuating making it possible to switch between the open and closed positions and having a longitudinal axis Lp at least in said closed position; - the treatment zone defined in the closed position has a plane Ps of orthogonal symmetry, said plane Ps containing at least one longitudinal axis Lz of the treatment zone; - The axis Lp of said means for gripping and for actuating (102, 202, 300, 301) being contained in said plane Ps, characterised in that the axis (Lp) and the axis (Lz) are secant in the plane Ps and form an acute angle α comprised between 25 and 75°, the angle α being formed in the plane orthogonal to the pivot axis (Δ).
Method for determining a frequency compression characteristic, which maps an input value f_in to an output value f_out, for a hearing device, comprising a knee point, - in which a maximum audible frequency f_max of a user of the hearing device and, depending thereon, the knee point are determined, wherein each input value f_in equals the respective output value f_out below the knee point calculated with the aid of values of the Bark scale, characterized - in that a maximum audible original input frequency f_source_max and a frequency f_cutoff of the knee point of the frequency compression characteristic are formed on the basis of frequency groups, wherein the maximum audible original input frequency as input value f_source_max is calculated for that output value f_max corresponding to the maximum audible frequency by means of the Bark scale with the aid of the formula f_source_max = 1960 ⋅ f_max_bark + no_bands_up + 0.53 / 26.28 − f_max_bark + no_bands_up, where f_max_bark is a maximum audible frequency f_max converted into a Bark value and no_bands_up is a set number of frequency groups depending on the maximum audible frequency, and - in that a coordinate f_cutoff of the knee point is calculated with the aid of the formula f_cutoff = 1960 ⋅ f_max_bark − no_bands_down + 0.53 / 26.28 − f_max_bark − no_bands_down, where f_max_bark is the maximum audible frequency converted into a Bark value and no_bands_down is a set number of frequency groups depending on the maximum audible frequency f_max. - in which a maximum audible frequency f_max of a user of the hearing device and, depending thereon, the knee point are determined, wherein each input value f_in equals the respective output value f_out below the knee point calculated with the aid of values of the Bark scale, - in that a maximum audible original input frequency f_source_max and a frequency f_cutoff of the knee point of the frequency compression characteristic are formed on the basis of frequency groups, wherein the maximum audible original input frequency as input value f_source_max is calculated for that output value f_max corresponding to the maximum audible frequency by means of the Bark scale with the aid of the formula f_source_max = 1960 ⋅ f_max_bark + no_bands_up + 0.53 / 26.28 − f_max_bark + no_bands_up, where f_max_bark is a maximum audible frequency f_max converted into a Bark value and no_bands_up is a set number of frequency groups depending on the maximum audible frequency, and - in that a coordinate f_cutoff of the knee point is calculated with the aid of the formula f_cutoff = 1960 ⋅ f_max_bark − no_bands_down + 0.53 / 26.28 − f_max_bark − no_bands_down, where f_max_bark is the maximum audible frequency converted into a Bark value and no_bands_down is a set number of frequency groups depending on the maximum audible frequency f_max.
A carrier for developing electrostatic latent images, comprising: a magnetic particulate core material; and a covering layer covering the surface of the core material, wherein the carrier has a bulk density of from 1.6 to 2.25 g/cm 3, a BET specific surface area of from 0.5 to 2.0 m 2 /g, a saturated magnetization (σ5000) not less than 70 Am2/kg (emu/g) at 5·1000/4πkA/m and a residual magnetization (σr) not greater than 2 Am2/kg (emu/g) a magnetic particulate core material; and a covering layer covering the surface of the core material, wherein the carrier has a bulk density of from 1.6 to 2.25 g/cm 3, a BET specific surface area of from 0.5 to 2.0 m 2 /g, a saturated magnetization (σ5000) not less than 70 Am2/kg (emu/g) at 5·1000/4πkA/m and a residual magnetization (σr) not greater than 2 Am2/kg (emu/g)
A method for identifying interdependent cartridges comprising: detecting a signal from an indication switch on a first cartridge, wherein the signal results from a user manually actuating the indication switch; detecting a second interdependent cartridge based on interdependence information; and activating an interdependence indicator on the first cartridge and an interdependence indicator on the second cartridge; wherein the interdependence information is stored in a memory device within a chassis controller or in a memory device within a cartridge. detecting a signal from an indication switch on a first cartridge, wherein the signal results from a user manually actuating the indication switch; detecting a second interdependent cartridge based on interdependence information; and activating an interdependence indicator on the first cartridge and an interdependence indicator on the second cartridge; wherein the interdependence information is stored in a memory device within a chassis controller or in a memory device within a cartridge.
A valve assembly comprising: a valve housing having a bore formed therein, the bore having an axis A and comprising a circumferentially extending groove formed therein at an end portion thereof, an axially outer wall of said groove comprising at least two circumferentially spaced radially inwardly extending retaining elements defining an axial slot therebetween; an end cap received in the end portion of the bore and closing the end of the bore, the end cap comprising a retaining portion comprising at least one radially outwardly extending retaining element which is shaped so as to be insertable through the axial slot into the groove and rotatable therein to a retaining position in which the radially outwardly extending retaining element aligns with one of the radially inwardly extending retaining elements to prevent axial withdrawal of the end cap from the bore; an anti-rotation element insertable axially into the axial slot after the end cap has been rotated to its retaining position to prevent rotation of the end cap from its retaining position to a position in which it may be withdrawn axially from the bore; and a locking element preventing withdrawal of the anti-rotation element from the axial slot. a valve housing having a bore formed therein, the bore having an axis A and comprising a circumferentially extending groove formed therein at an end portion thereof, an axially outer wall of said groove comprising at least two circumferentially spaced radially inwardly extending retaining elements defining an axial slot therebetween; an end cap received in the end portion of the bore and closing the end of the bore, the end cap comprising a retaining portion comprising at least one radially outwardly extending retaining element which is shaped so as to be insertable through the axial slot into the groove and rotatable therein to a retaining position in which the radially outwardly extending retaining element aligns with one of the radially inwardly extending retaining elements to prevent axial withdrawal of the end cap from the bore; an anti-rotation element insertable axially into the axial slot after the end cap has been rotated to its retaining position to prevent rotation of the end cap from its retaining position to a position in which it may be withdrawn axially from the bore; and a locking element preventing withdrawal of the anti-rotation element from the axial slot.
A method for producing a 3D item by means of fused deposition modelling using a 3D printer, the method comprising a 3D printing stage during which a stack of layers of a 3D printed material is generated by layer-wise depositing an extrudate from 3D printable material, at least part of the 3D printable material comprising a light transmissive polymeric thermoplastic material, wherein each layer of the stack has a non-constant layer height, wherein at a fixed first x,y-position: (i) the layer height increases for consecutive layers and then the layer height decreases for consecutive layers, or (ii) the layer height decreases for consecutive layers and then the layer height increases for consecutive layers, wherein the stack has a first stack height at the fixed first x,y position, and wherein the method comprises generating at a fixed second x,y-position the stack with layers having a layer height, thereby providing the stack with a second stack height at the fixed second x,y position, wherein 0.9≤H12/H11≤1.1. wherein each layer of the stack has a non-constant layer height, wherein at a fixed first x,y-position: (i) the layer height increases for consecutive layers and then the layer height decreases for consecutive layers, or (ii) the layer height decreases for consecutive layers and then the layer height increases for consecutive layers, (i) the layer height increases for consecutive layers and then the layer height decreases for consecutive layers, or (ii) the layer height decreases for consecutive layers and then the layer height increases for consecutive layers, wherein the stack has a first stack height at the fixed first x,y position, and wherein the method comprises generating at a fixed second x,y-position the stack with layers having a layer height, thereby providing the stack with a second stack height at the fixed second x,y position, wherein 0.9≤H12/H11≤1.1.