mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Method for object recognition, by analysis of digital image signals of a scene, said digital image signals being acquired by an image acquisition device mounted on a support comprising at least one axis of rotation, characterised in that it comprises the steps of: - acquisition of a first digital image signal of first resolution corresponding to a wide field of vision, - calculation of a saliency map from the first digital image signal, comprising a prior step of learning the visual saliency of an assembly of classes of objects of predetermined interest, at least one object image of each class being memorised in a database, - determination of at least one zone of interest from the calculated saliency map, - orientation of the image acquisition device and acquisition of a second digital image signal focused on said zone of interest, of second resolution greater than the first resolution, - determination (72, 74, 76) of a classification of objects of a part of the scene using the second digital image signal, the determination of a classification of objects of the scene comprising the following sub-steps: - obtaining a third image signal of variable resolution comprising, in a central part, said second image signal of second resolution and a peripheral part of first resolution, - application of a retinal image processing to said third image signal in order to obtain characteristic data of objects present in said third image signal, - application of an object classification method on the characteristic data, from an assembly of previously memorised classes of objects. - acquisition of a first digital image signal of first resolution corresponding to a wide field of vision, - calculation of a saliency map from the first digital image signal, comprising a prior step of learning the visual saliency of an assembly of classes of objects of predetermined interest, at least one object image of each class being memorised in a database, - determination of at least one zone of interest from the calculated saliency map, - orientation of the image acquisition device and acquisition of a second digital image signal focused on said zone of interest, of second resolution greater than the first resolution, - determination (72, 74, 76) of a classification of objects of a part of the scene using the second digital image signal, the determination of a classification of objects of the scene comprising the following sub-steps: - obtaining a third image signal of variable resolution comprising, in a central part, said second image signal of second resolution and a peripheral part of first resolution, - application of a retinal image processing to said third image signal in order to obtain characteristic data of objects present in said third image signal, - application of an object classification method on the characteristic data, from an assembly of previously memorised classes of objects.
A battery management apparatus for preventing data inconsistency in a multi-core environment, comprising: a processor including a plurality of cores (111, 113) respectively provided with a cache memory (112, 114) and configured to set a core storing a record-target data in the cache memory thereof among the plurality of cores as a main core and set the cores other than the main core as sub cores; and a main memory configured to store the record-target data by the main core, wherein each of the plurality of cores is configured to: when set as main core, block an authority of the cores other than itself to access the main memory by transmitting a first interrupt to the cores other than itself while it records the record-target data, and when set as main core, endow an authority to access the main memory to the cores other than itself by transmitting a second interrupt to the cores other than itself after the record-target data is recorded in the main memory. a processor including a plurality of cores (111, 113) respectively provided with a cache memory (112, 114) and configured to set a core storing a record-target data in the cache memory thereof among the plurality of cores as a main core and set the cores other than the main core as sub cores; and a main memory configured to store the record-target data by the main core, wherein each of the plurality of cores is configured to: when set as main core, block an authority of the cores other than itself to access the main memory by transmitting a first interrupt to the cores other than itself while it records the record-target data, and when set as main core, endow an authority to access the main memory to the cores other than itself by transmitting a second interrupt to the cores other than itself after the record-target data is recorded in the main memory. when set as main core, block an authority of the cores other than itself to access the main memory by transmitting a first interrupt to the cores other than itself while it records the record-target data, and when set as main core, endow an authority to access the main memory to the cores other than itself by transmitting a second interrupt to the cores other than itself after the record-target data is recorded in the main memory.
A low-voltage LED lighting fixture comprising: - at least one LED; - a standard network input connector having plural contact pairs; characterised in that said low-voltage LED lighting fixture further comprises - at least one standard network output connector (P, Q, R) having plural contact pairs; and - a switch array configured to flexibly change the interconnections between the input connector and the at least one output connector (P, Q, R). - at least one LED; - a standard network input connector having plural contact pairs; - at least one standard network output connector (P, Q, R) having plural contact pairs; and - a switch array configured to flexibly change the interconnections between the input connector and the at least one output connector (P, Q, R).
A method carried out by an access point adapted to schedule transmissions of packets to and/or from a radio communication device, wherein the access point and the radio communication device are configured with a defined frame structure in the time domain for uplink and downlink data transmissions on the radio physical channel, the method comprising: determining a necessary amount of radio resources for transmitting an entire packet to a radio communication device by determining a number of Atomic Scheduling Units needed in time domain and frequency domain based on the size of the packet; scheduling the necessary amount of radio resources at a time, wherein the number of Atomic Scheduling Units is not limited by radio frame boundaries of the defined frame structure; and transmitting scheduling information to the radio communication device on a dedicated downlink channel, the scheduling information indicating the scheduled necessary amount of radio resources and a time designation for when to monitor a next control message in downlink. determining a necessary amount of radio resources for transmitting an entire packet to a radio communication device by determining a number of Atomic Scheduling Units needed in time domain and frequency domain based on the size of the packet; scheduling the necessary amount of radio resources at a time, wherein the number of Atomic Scheduling Units is not limited by radio frame boundaries of the defined frame structure; and transmitting scheduling information to the radio communication device on a dedicated downlink channel, the scheduling information indicating the scheduled necessary amount of radio resources and a time designation for when to monitor a next control message in downlink.
A recycling method comprising processing waste wet nylon material to form the material into a granular form, drying the material to extract water therefrom, and characterised in that the drying reduces the water content of the material to less than 1°/wt, the method further comprising blending the dried granular material with granules of another, non-nylon plastics material, melting the blended granular material and forming it into pellets, and extruding the blended material to form a product, wherein the said another non-nylon plastics material comprises Surlyn (an ionomer resin comprising a copolymer of ethylene and methacrylic acid) and/or EVA and/or polypropylene, and the nylon material makes up less than 25%wt of the blended material.
A carrier film coated with a catalyst layer of a fuel cell or a membrane member of a fuel cell comprising a carrier film, wherein said carrier film is made of a fluororesin and has a tensile elastic modulus of at least 1,500 MPa in the machine direction, as measured in accordance with ASTM D882 and a tensile elastic modulus of at least 100 MPa in the machine direction at 150°C, which is produced by monoaxial stretching of a fluororesin film in the machine direction or biaxial stretching of a fluororesin film in the machine direction and the transverse direction, wherein after the monoaxial or biaxial stretching, the fluororesin film is further subjected to thermosetting treatment, wherein the fluororesin is an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, and the thermosetting temperature is from 200 to 230°C.
A latch control assembly for a motor vehicle door leaf, of the type comprising a main support intended to bear on the outer face of a wall of the door leaf delimiting an outer surface of this door leaf, and electrical control means of the latch intended to be connected to an electrical control circuit carried by the door leaf by electrical connection means, such that the electrical control means and the electrical connection means are carried by the main support and in that the main support carries fastening means (52, 54) of the control assembly on the door leaf.
A method for mitigating inter-cell interference in a base station of a cellular radio communication system, where a user equipment is served by a serving cell, comprising: estimating inter-cell interference tolerance of each of at least one neighboring cell during uplink transmission of the user equipment; and coordinating uplink scheduling of the user equipment in accordance with the inter-cell interference tolerance, the method being characterized in that estimating the inter-cell interference tolerance of each of the at least one neighboring cell comprises: receiving average link quality of the serving cell, average link quality and tolerable rise over thermal of each of the at least one neighboring cell; and determining the inter-cell interference tolerance of each of the at least one neighboring cell from the average link quality and the tolerable rise over thermal of the serving cell and the average link quality and the tolerable rise over thermal of each of the at least one neighboring cell. estimating inter-cell interference tolerance of each of at least one neighboring cell during uplink transmission of the user equipment; and coordinating uplink scheduling of the user equipment in accordance with the inter-cell interference tolerance, the method being characterized in that estimating the inter-cell interference tolerance of each of the at least one neighboring cell comprises: receiving average link quality of the serving cell, average link quality and tolerable rise over thermal of each of the at least one neighboring cell; and determining the inter-cell interference tolerance of each of the at least one neighboring cell from the average link quality and the tolerable rise over thermal of the serving cell and the average link quality and the tolerable rise over thermal of each of the at least one neighboring cell.
An alpine wormwood ( Artemisia umbelliformis) extract for use in inhibiting the activity of the neuropeptide substance P, or inhibiting the expression of the NK1R gene or the EDN1 gene, wherein the extract is comprised in a composition and the concentration of the alpine wormwood ( Artemisia umbelliformis) extract is 1 -50 ppm based on the total volume of the composition.
Device for generating electromechanical composite high-frequency oscillations, comprising a composite high-frequency oscillation system having at least one oscillation-generating element and at least one bracing element for applying pressure to the oscillation-generating element, wherein at least one bracing element is positioned outside of the cross-sectional geometry of at least one oscillation-generating element and the composite high-frequency oscillation system is configured to oscillate at a frequency between 15 kHz and 200 kHz and with an amplitude of 1 μm to 350 μm, characterised in that the force is transmitted from the bracing element to the composite high-frequency oscillation system at a distance of less than 0.1 lambda to a minimum (node) of the mechanical oscillations that occur in the longitudinal direction of the composite high-frequency oscillation system, wherein lambda is the wavelength resulting from the frequency and the sound propagation speed in the high-frequency oscillation system.
Method for detecting the passage of a motor vehicle through a road-sign gantry, with the following steps: - receiving environmental information, - recognizing road signs (18, 20) in the environmental information, - selecting a first road sign and a second road sign which together constitute a road-sign gantry, - ascertaining position data for the first road sign and for the second road sign from the environmental information, - determining a gantry width between the first road sign and the second road sign, - determining a first distance of the motor vehicle from the first road sign, - determining a second distance of the motor vehicle from the second road sign, and - detecting the passage as a function of the gantry width, the first distance and the second distance. - receiving environmental information, - recognizing road signs (18, 20) in the environmental information, - selecting a first road sign and a second road sign which together constitute a road-sign gantry, - ascertaining position data for the first road sign and for the second road sign from the environmental information, - determining a gantry width between the first road sign and the second road sign, - determining a first distance of the motor vehicle from the first road sign, - determining a second distance of the motor vehicle from the second road sign, and - detecting the passage as a function of the gantry width, the first distance and the second distance.
Fuel cell having an anode chamber for providing a fuel-containing gas mixture, a cathode chamber for providing an oxygen-containing gas mixture, and a membrane for transporting fuel ions from the anode chamber to the cathode chamber, wherein the membrane is formed with a graded water permeability; wherein the membrane, when seen in the flow direction of the oxygen-containing gas mixture, has an entry region and an operating region, wherein a lower water permeability is established in the entry region, at least in part, than in the operating region, characterized in that the entry region of the membrane, when seen in the flow direction of the oxygen-containing gas mixture, accounts for between 1% and 20%, preferably from 1% to 10%, of the total length of the membrane. an anode chamber for providing a fuel-containing gas mixture, a cathode chamber for providing an oxygen-containing gas mixture, and a membrane for transporting fuel ions from the anode chamber to the cathode chamber, wherein the membrane is formed with a graded water permeability; wherein the membrane, when seen in the flow direction of the oxygen-containing gas mixture, has an entry region and an operating region, wherein a lower water permeability is established in the entry region, at least in part, than in the operating region, characterized in that the entry region of the membrane, when seen in the flow direction of the oxygen-containing gas mixture, accounts for between 1% and 20%, preferably from 1% to 10%, of the total length of the membrane.
Hot beverage preparation apparatus, in particular fully automated coffee machine, with at least one liquid container and with a fill level indicator for indicating the fill level in the liquid container, wherein the fill level indicator comprises at least one light source, which is suitable for emitting radiation of a desired wavelength, and has an indication region, towards which the emitted radiation can be conducted when liquid is present in the liquid container, and away from which the emitted radiation can be conducted when liquid is not present in the liquid container, wherein the conducting of the radiation towards or away is based on different calculation indices of the liquid and of air, and wherein the indication region, in particular the indication of the fill level in the liquid container, can be operated without sensors, characterised in that the light source, in addition to the fill level of the liquid container, communicates at least one additional item of information, and the evaluation of the fill level and the additional information takes place with the naked eye of the user.
A device to clamp a log to be cut, comprising a log advancing path and, on each side of an intermediate plane (C-C) parallel to the advancing path, a set of jaws, each set comprising a first jaw and a second jaw, the first jaw being hinged to a fixed structure around a first pivoting axis and the second jaw being hinged to the fixed structure around a second pivoting axis; characterized in that: each first jaw and second jaw are joined together by means of a connecting rod and form, with said connecting rod and the fixed structure, a four-bar linkage, the first jaw and the second jaw forming a respective first rocker and a respective second rocker of the four-bar linkage; the first rocker is hinged to a first end of a respective rod-strut (33, 35); and the rod-strut (33; 35) is movable in order to make the respective four-bar linkage oscillate and to cause the adjustment of the jaws position according to the diameter of the log to be cut.
A bill deposit/withdrawal machine comprising: a separation/delivery means (21, 22, 23) that delivers bills, that are input into a bill deposit/withdrawal unit, to a conveying path; an accumulating tongue piece roller that accumulates the bills to be paid out to a customer in the bill deposit/withdrawal unit; and a bill guide portion and a bill press that has a function of pressing the bills to a pickup roller, arranged to face each other and reciprocate in a direction orthogonal to the delivery direction of bills between the separation/delivery means and the accumulating tongue piece roller; wherein the bill press has a dog-leg shape composed of a supporting face facing the bills and an inclined face inclined in a direction away from the bills above the supporting face, and wherein when the bills are accumulated in the bill deposit/withdrawal unit, a turning means is provided to turn the bill press so that the supporting face of the bill press moves toward the accumulating tongue piece roller and is inclined to guide the bills toward the bill guide portion. a separation/delivery means (21, 22, 23) that delivers bills, that are input into a bill deposit/withdrawal unit, to a conveying path; an accumulating tongue piece roller that accumulates the bills to be paid out to a customer in the bill deposit/withdrawal unit; and a bill guide portion and a bill press that has a function of pressing the bills to a pickup roller, arranged to face each other and reciprocate in a direction orthogonal to the delivery direction of bills between the separation/delivery means and the accumulating tongue piece roller; wherein the bill press has a dog-leg shape composed of a supporting face facing the bills and an inclined face inclined in a direction away from the bills above the supporting face, and wherein when the bills are accumulated in the bill deposit/withdrawal unit, a turning means is provided to turn the bill press so that the supporting face of the bill press moves toward the accumulating tongue piece roller and is inclined to guide the bills toward the bill guide portion.
A method for separating bundled high aspect ratio molecular, HARM, structures from individual HARM-structures, the method comprising providing a dispersion comprising spontaneously charged bundled HARM-structures and substantially electrically neutral individual HARM-structures, characterised in that the method further comprises applying an electrostatic force upon the dispersion comprising the spontaneously charged bundled HARM-structures and substantially electrically neutral individual HARM-structures, wherein the electrostatic force separates the spontaneously charged bundled HARM-structures from the substantially electrically neutral individual HARM-structures.
A Fourier ptychographic tomographic system, comprising: a variable illumination source configured to provide plane wave illumination sequentially at different illumination angles to a thick sample being imaged; an optical system configured to collect light passing through the thick sample from the variable illumination source and focus the collected light; an image sensor configured to receive the focused light from the optical system and acquire a sequence of uniquely illuminated intensity measurements associated with the different illumination angles; and a processor configured to construct three-dimensional tomographic data of the index of refraction of the thick sample, wherein the three-dimensional data is constructed by iteratively determining three-dimensional tomographic data in three-dimensional Fourier space that is self-consistent with the uniquely illuminated intensity measurements. a variable illumination source configured to provide plane wave illumination sequentially at different illumination angles to a thick sample being imaged; an optical system configured to collect light passing through the thick sample from the variable illumination source and focus the collected light; an image sensor configured to receive the focused light from the optical system and acquire a sequence of uniquely illuminated intensity measurements associated with the different illumination angles; and a processor configured to construct three-dimensional tomographic data of the index of refraction of the thick sample, wherein the three-dimensional data is constructed by iteratively determining three-dimensional tomographic data in three-dimensional Fourier space that is self-consistent with the uniquely illuminated intensity measurements.