mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An imaging system, comprising: a radiation source configured to emit radiation that traverses in a direction of an examination region during at least one acquisition interval of a scan; a detector array located opposite the radiation source, across the examination region, which is configured to detect radiation traversing the examination region during the at least one acquisition interval of the scan and to produce a signal indicative thereof; a beamshaper, located between the radiation source and the examination region, that is configured to define a flux intensity profile of the radiation beam traversing the examination region, wherein the beamshaper includes a plurality of x-ray attenuating elements, which are configured to attenuate x-rays incident thereon, interleaved with a plurality of material free regions, which are configured to pass x-ray unattenuated, and wherein the imaging system is configured so that a transmittance of the x-rays is greater nearer a center region of the beamshaper relative to ends regions of the beamshaper; and a beamshaper mover that is configured to translate the beamshaper during the at least one acquisition interval of the scan, wherein the imaging system is characterized in that the beamshaper mover is configured to translate the beamshaper a distance approximately equal to a width of an attenuating element during the at least one acquisition interval, and wherein the beamshaper mover is configured to translate the beamshaper in more than one direction. a radiation source configured to emit radiation that traverses in a direction of an examination region during at least one acquisition interval of a scan; a detector array located opposite the radiation source, across the examination region, which is configured to detect radiation traversing the examination region during the at least one acquisition interval of the scan and to produce a signal indicative thereof; a beamshaper, located between the radiation source and the examination region, that is configured to define a flux intensity profile of the radiation beam traversing the examination region, wherein the beamshaper includes a plurality of x-ray attenuating elements, which are configured to attenuate x-rays incident thereon, interleaved with a plurality of material free regions, which are configured to pass x-ray unattenuated, and wherein the imaging system is configured so that a transmittance of the x-rays is greater nearer a center region of the beamshaper relative to ends regions of the beamshaper; and
A method for abnormality protection on an extended trunked radio system, the system being comprised of a plurality of sites each comprising a plurality of repeaters, characterized in that the method comprises: monitoring, by a present repeater, in real time whether there occurs a communication abnormality on a repeater in a local site; when there is detected a communication abnormality on the repeater in the local site, determining, by the present repeater, whether the abnormal repeater is a free repeater, the free repeater is one vacant repeater designated and selected by the system from a list of vacant repeaters in the local site; and when the abnormal repeater is a non-free repeater, updating the state information of the abnormal repeater and broadcasting a repeater-state-update message in respect of the abnormal repeater to other repeaters in the local site to inform the other repeaters to update the state information of the abnormal repeater, and issuing a state-broadcast message carrying the state information of the abnormal repeater to terminals within coverage area of the present repeater, through the present repeater; when the abnormal repeater is the free repeater, updating the state information of the abnormal repeater, designating a new free repeater, broadcasting a free-repeater-update message and a repeater-state-update message in respect of the abnormal repeater to the other repeaters in the local site, and issuing the state-broadcast message carrying the state information of the abnormal repeater and information of the newly designated free repeater to the terminals within the coverage area of the present repeater, through the present repeater. monitoring, by a present repeater, in real time whether there occurs a communication abnormality on a repeater in a local site; when there is detected a communication abnormality on the repeater in the local site, determining, by the present repeater, whether the abnormal repeater is a free repeater, the free repeater is one vacant repeater designated and selected by the system from a list of vacant repeaters in the local site; and when the abnormal repeater is a non-free repeater, updating the state information of the abnormal repeater and broadcasting a repeater-state-update message in respect of the abnormal repeater to other repeaters in the local site to inform the other repeaters to update the state information of the abnormal repeater, and issuing a state-broadcast message carrying the state information of the abnormal repeater to terminals within coverage area of the present repeater, through the present repeater; when the abnormal repeater is the free repeater, updating the state information of the abnormal repeater, designating a new free repeater, broadcasting a free-repeater-update message and a repeater-state-update message in respect of the abnormal repeater to the other repeaters in the local site, and issuing the state-broadcast message carrying the state information of the abnormal repeater and information of the newly designated free repeater to the terminals within the coverage area of the present repeater, through the present repeater.
A tool device (1, 1b) which is suitable for use with a machine tool, and in particular suitable for use with a hand guided machine tool, which has a driving device moving around a driving axis, and in particular oscillating around the driving axis, and which has an attachment device by means of which it can be fastened to a machine tool in such a manner that the driving axis of the latter and a tool axis of rotation are substantially coincident, wherein, for receiving a driving force, the attachment device comprises at least two driving area regions (2, 2a, 2b) each having a plurality of surface points and which are spaced from this tool axis of rotation, wherein tangent planes at these surface points are inclined with respect to an axial plane, which includes the tool axis of rotation, wherein the tangent planes are inclined by an angle α with respect to a radial plane, which extends perpendicular to the tool axis of rotation, wherein the angle α is smaller than 80 degrees, and wherein the at least two driving area regions (2, 2a, 2b) are oriented away from the tool axis of rotation. and which has an attachment device by means of which it can be fastened to a machine tool in such a manner that the driving axis of the latter and a tool axis of rotation are substantially coincident, wherein, for receiving a driving force, the attachment device comprises at least two driving area regions (2, 2a, 2b) each having a plurality of surface points and which are spaced from this tool axis of rotation, wherein tangent planes at these surface points are inclined with respect to an axial plane, which includes the tool axis of rotation, wherein the tangent planes are inclined by an angle α with respect to a radial plane, which extends perpendicular to the tool axis of rotation, wherein the angle α is smaller than 80 degrees, and wherein the at least two driving area regions (2, 2a, 2b) are oriented away from the tool axis of rotation.
A method of decoding a video which includes a sequence of pictures by dividing each of the pictures in the unit of blocks, the method comprising: decoding, from a header of the sequence in a bitstream, a first information indicating a reference macroblock size and a second information indicating a ratio of a macroblock size to the reference macroblock size, wherein: the reference macroblock size is a minimum macroblock size, and the second information is represented as a value of log 2 (MBsize / X) where MBsize is the macroblock size, X is the reference macroblock size, and both MBsize and X are a number of pixels in one dimension; determining the macroblock size in the unit of the entire sequence of pictures, by using the first and second information; and reconstructing image data of the sequence by dividing every and each of the pictures in the unit of macroblocks having the determined macroblock size, wherein reconstructing the image data comprises: dividing a macroblock having the determined macroblock size into one or more blocks; and inter-predicting or intra-predicting each of the blocks divided from the macroblock. decoding, from a header of the sequence in a bitstream, a first information indicating a reference macroblock size and a second information indicating a ratio of a macroblock size to the reference macroblock size, wherein: the reference macroblock size is a minimum macroblock size, and the second information is represented as a value of log 2 (MBsize / X) where MBsize is the macroblock size, X is the reference macroblock size, and both MBsize and X are a number of pixels in one dimension; the reference macroblock size is a minimum macroblock size, and the second information is represented as a value of log 2 (MBsize / X) where MBsize is the macroblock size, X is the reference macroblock size, and both MBsize and X are a number of pixels in one dimension; determining the macroblock size in the unit of the entire sequence of pictures, by using the first and second information; and reconstructing image data of the sequence by dividing every and each of the pictures in the unit of macroblocks having the determined macroblock size, wherein reconstructing the image data comprises: dividing a macroblock having the determined macroblock size into one or more blocks; and inter-predicting or intra-predicting each of the blocks divided from the macroblock.
A headphone comprising: a driver unit; a first housing that forms a first air chamber, on a back side of the driver unit, with a first plate part, a second plate part, and a third plate part, wherein the first plate part on a driver unit side of the first housing is a round plate member and functions as a baffle board, the second plate part is a ring-shaped plate member extending in a direction orthogonal to the first plate part and the third plate part is a round plate member facing the first plate part; a second housing that includes a horizontal plate part in a direction of a surface of the first plate part and a vertical plate part in a direction orthogonal to the horizontal plate part and forms a second air chamber; a first communication means that communicates between the first air chamber and the second air chamber; and a second communication means (63, 64) that communicates between the second air chamber and an ambient air, characterized in that the second air chamber is provided at a position adjacent to the first air chamber in the direction of the surface of the first plate part; a height of the second housing, in the direction orthogonal to an inner surface where the driver unit is provided, becomes lesser toward a direction from the first housing to the vertical plate part, and the second housing includes the second communication means (63, 64) having an inclined plane provided with an acoustic resistance material having an opening. a driver unit; a first housing that forms a first air chamber, on a back side of the driver unit, with a first plate part, a second plate part, and a third plate part, wherein the first plate part on a driver unit side of the first housing is a round plate member and functions as a baffle board, the second plate part is a ring-shaped plate member extending in a direction orthogonal to the first plate part and the third plate part is a round plate member facing the first plate part; a second housing that includes a horizontal plate part in a direction of a surface of the first plate part and a vertical plate part in a direction orthogonal to the horizontal plate part and forms a second air chamber; a first communication means that communicates between the first air chamber and the second air chamber; and a second communication means (63, 64) that communicates between the second air chamber and an ambient air,
A method of at least partially separating a first hydrocarbon from a mixture of said first hydrocarbon and a second hydrocarbon, wherein said mixture has a defined critical pressure, said method comprising: passing a gas stream comprising said mixture into an inlet of a de Laval nozzle having a throat, said gas stream having an initial temperature of between -100° C and 150° C and an initial pressure of between 1.379×10 6 Pa (200 psig) and said critical pressure; expanding the gas stream after the gas stream passes through the throat of the de Laval nozzle, producing a reduced-temperature gas stream; condensing a first enriched liquid from the reduced-temperature gas stream, wherein said first enriched liquid is enriched in said first hydrocarbon, relative to said mixture; and recovering the first enriched liquid from said gas stream; wherein said mixture comprises between 60% by volume and 90% by volume of said first hydrocarbon, and between 10% by volume and 40% by volume of said second hydrocarbon; and characterized in that said first hydrocarbon has a first boiling point T1 at atmospheric pressure and said second hydrocarbon has a second boiling point T2 at atmospheric pressure; wherein T1 ≤ T2 ≤ T1 + 15 K. passing a gas stream comprising said mixture into an inlet of a de Laval nozzle having a throat, said gas stream having an initial temperature of between -100° C and 150° C and an initial pressure of between 1.379×10 6 Pa (200 psig) and said critical pressure; expanding the gas stream after the gas stream passes through the throat of the de Laval nozzle, producing a reduced-temperature gas stream; condensing a first enriched liquid from the reduced-temperature gas stream, wherein said first enriched liquid is enriched in said first hydrocarbon, relative to said mixture; and recovering the first enriched liquid from said gas stream; wherein said mixture comprises between 60% by volume and 90% by volume of said first hydrocarbon, and between 10% by volume and 40% by volume of said second hydrocarbon; and characterized in that said first hydrocarbon has a first boiling point T1 at atmospheric pressure and said second hydrocarbon has a second boiling point T2 at atmospheric pressure; wherein T1 ≤ T2 ≤ T1 + 15 K.
A method for writing data to a data storage system comprising a plurality of data storage nodes, the method being employed in a server running an application which accesses data in the data storage system, and comprising: - sending a multicast storage query to a plurality of said storage nodes; - receiving a plurality of responses from a subset of said storage nodes, the responses including storage node information respectively relating to each storage node; - selecting at least two storage nodes in the subset, based on said responses, wherein the selecting includes -- determining, based on an algorithm, for each storage node in the subset, a probability factor which is based on its storage node information, and, -- selecting said at least two storage nodes in a random selection from said subset, wherein the probability of a storage node being selected in said random selection is proportional to its probability factor; and - sending data and a data identifier, corresponding to the data, to the selected storage nodes. - sending a multicast storage query to a plurality of said storage nodes; - receiving a plurality of responses from a subset of said storage nodes, the responses including storage node information respectively relating to each storage node; - selecting at least two storage nodes in the subset, based on said responses, wherein the selecting includes -- determining, based on an algorithm, for each storage node in the subset, a probability factor which is based on its storage node information, and, -- selecting said at least two storage nodes in a random selection from said subset, wherein the probability of a storage node being selected in said random selection is proportional to its probability factor; and -- determining, based on an algorithm, for each storage node in the subset, a probability factor which is based on its storage node information, and, -- selecting said at least two storage nodes in a random selection from said subset, wherein the probability of a storage node being selected in said random selection is proportional to its probability factor; and - sending data and a data identifier, corresponding to the data, to the selected storage nodes.
A water-absorbent resin composition comprising an Onagraceae family plant extract and a water-absorbent resin, wherein the Onagraceae family plant extract is contained in an amount of 0.05 parts by mass or more per 100 parts by mass of the water-absorbent resin, the Onagraceae family plant extract is an Oenothera genus plant extract, the Onagraceae family plant extract is obtained from seeds using water or hydrous ethanol, the water-absorbent resin is in the form of particles, wherein the water-absorbent resin composition is produced by mixing the Onagraceae family plant extract and the water-absorbent resin. the Onagraceae family plant extract is contained in an amount of 0.05 parts by mass or more per 100 parts by mass of the water-absorbent resin, the Onagraceae family plant extract is an Oenothera genus plant extract, the Onagraceae family plant extract is obtained from seeds using water or hydrous ethanol, the water-absorbent resin is in the form of particles, wherein the water-absorbent resin composition is produced by mixing the Onagraceae family plant extract and the water-absorbent resin.
Lighting and/or signalling device for a motor vehicle comprising: - a closed chamber for receiving at least one light source; - a first opening (108, 208, 308) communicating between the interior and exterior of said chamber; and - a dehumidifying means (10, 100, 200, 300) outside said chamber and arranged with respect to the first opening (8, 108, 208, 308) for extracting moisture from the air before this air enters said chamber through this first opening; said dehumidifying means comprising: - a power dissipator (130, 230, 330) to be powered by a power source (138, 238, 338); - an air moisture extraction surface (112, 232, 332) to extract the moisture in the air in contact with said extraction surface; the power dissipator being arranged to dissipate the power supplied by the energy source and thus allow said extraction surface to be able to capture moisture from the air characterized in that said dehumidifying means is a condensing means (100, 200) comprising a Peltier device (130, 230), the cold face (132, 232) of which constitutes said extraction surface or is in thermal contact with said extraction surface, the extraction surface allowing to condense the moisture. - a closed chamber for receiving at least one light source; - a first opening (108, 208, 308) communicating between the interior and exterior of said chamber; and - a dehumidifying means (10, 100, 200, 300) outside said chamber and arranged with respect to the first opening (8, 108, 208, 308) for extracting moisture from the air before this air enters said chamber through this first opening; - a power dissipator (130, 230, 330) to be powered by a power source (138, 238, 338); - an air moisture extraction surface (112, 232, 332) to extract the moisture in the air in contact with said extraction surface;
A package holding a plurality of sheet-like foods wrapped with wrappers in a packaging case, wherein the packaging case comprises a polygonal-shaped main sheet, a cover sheet connected with an upper side of the main sheet, and a supporting sheet connected with a lower side of the main sheet, and the main sheet and the supporting sheet form a holding portion for holding the wrapped sheet-like foods, wherein the supporting sheet comprises a base sheet and side sheets (12, 14) provided on at least three sides of the main sheet with which the cover sheet is not connected, said base sheet and side sheets (12, 14) being connected with the main sheet to thereby form the thickness of the holding portion, said supporting sheet further comprising frame sheets (11, 13, 15) that are connected with the base sheet and side sheets (12, 14), characterised in that each of said wrappers comprises an extracting portion and a fixing portion and is adapted to be opened by cutting perforations between the extracting portion and the fixing portion to extract the extracting portion, and the fixing portion of each wrapper being fixed to an inner surface of the holding portion to thereby keep each of the wrapped sheet-like foods in the packaging case, wherein the fixing portion of each wrapper has a length in the vertical direction of the sheet-like foods which is greater than a depth of the holding portion in this direction, such that the perforations of each wrapper are exposed from the frame sheets, wherein when drawing an upper portion of the wrapped sheet-like food together with the extracting portion of the wrapper, the perforations are cut and thereby the sheet-like food can be taken out in an exposed state; or alternatively, when only the extracting portion of the wrapper is drawn out, the sheet-like food is exposed in the packaging case, and wherein the perforations are formed on a position slightly lower than a center in the vertical direction of the wrapper wrapping the sheet-like food.
A smoke detector (102, 202, 302), comprising: a laser emitter configured to emit a laser beam (106, 206) in an area (100, 200); a mechanism configured to rotate the laser emitter such that the laser beam (106, 206) illuminates different portions of the area (100, 200); a light receiver configured to receive light reflected from the illuminated different portions of the area (100, 200); and a controller configured to: measure an intensity of the light reflected from the illuminated different portions of the area; and adjust a speed at which the mechanism rotates the laser emitter based on the intensity of the light reflected from the illuminated different portions of the area (100, 200), such that the speed at which the mechanism rotates is quicker for portions of the area closer to the smoke detector (102, 202, 302) and slower for portions of the area further away from the smoke detector (102, 202, 302). a laser emitter configured to emit a laser beam (106, 206) in an area (100, 200); a mechanism configured to rotate the laser emitter such that the laser beam (106, 206) illuminates different portions of the area (100, 200); a light receiver configured to receive light reflected from the illuminated different portions of the area (100, 200); and a controller configured to: measure an intensity of the light reflected from the illuminated different portions of the area; and adjust a speed at which the mechanism rotates the laser emitter based on the intensity of the light reflected from the illuminated different portions of the area (100, 200), such that the speed at which the mechanism rotates is quicker for portions of the area closer to the smoke detector (102, 202, 302) and slower for portions of the area further away from the smoke detector (102, 202, 302). measure an intensity of the light reflected from the illuminated different portions of the area; and adjust a speed at which the mechanism rotates the laser emitter based on the intensity of the light reflected from the illuminated different portions of the area (100, 200), such that the speed at which the mechanism rotates is quicker for portions of the area closer to the smoke detector (102, 202, 302) and slower for portions of the area further away from the smoke detector (102, 202, 302).