mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A computer-implemented method of processing face scan data representing an eyebag area of a face, the method comprising: receiving, by a facial analysis device, first face scan data representing a scan of the face; determining, by the facial analysis device, a first model of the eyebag area of the first face scan data; determining, by the facial analysis device, a first score for the eyebag area based on the first model; and storing by the facial analysis device, the first score in a scan data store, wherein said first face scan data represent a three-dimensional scan of the face; characterized in that - determining the first model of the eyebag area of the first face scan data includes: determining a reference plane of the first face scan data; determining a distance from each voxel within the first face scan data to the reference plane; and determining a histogram of the distances; and in that determining a first score based on the first model includes determining a standard deviation of the histogram. receiving, by a facial analysis device, first face scan data representing a scan of the face; determining, by the facial analysis device, a first model of the eyebag area of the first face scan data; determining, by the facial analysis device, a first score for the eyebag area based on the first model; and storing by the facial analysis device, the first score in a scan data store, wherein said first face scan data represent a three-dimensional scan of the face; characterized in that - determining the first model of the eyebag area of the first face scan data includes: determining a reference plane of the first face scan data; determining a distance from each voxel within the first face scan data to the reference plane; and determining a histogram of the distances; and in that determining a first score based on the first model includes determining a standard deviation of the histogram. determining a reference plane of the first face scan data; determining a distance from each voxel within the first face scan data to the reference plane; and determining a histogram of the distances; and in that determining a first score based on the first model includes determining a standard deviation of the histogram.
An optical fiber preform, comprising an optical fiber core rod with low water peak, and a jacket, characterized in that the ratio b/a of a diameter of an optical fiber core rod to a diameter of a core layer is 2.1∼2.8; the optical fiber core rod is fitted within a small cladding tube, which is made of fluorine-doped quartz glass, the optical fiber core rod and the small cladding tube being melted and combined together to form an assembled core rod; the ratio (c-b)/a of the diameter difference between the assembled core rod and the optical fiber core rod to the diameter of the core layer is 0.5∼2.2; the fluorine content Δ F of the small cladding tube made of fluorine-doped quartz glass is -0.20%to-0.35%, the hydroxyl content of the small cladding tube made of fluorine-doped quartz glass is equal to or less than 500 ppb; a large cladding tube made of quartz glass being fitted outside of the assembled core rod according to RIC technology, or a SiO 2 glass jacket being deposited directly onto the assembled core rod; the ratio d/c of an effective diameter of the optical fiber preform to the diameter of the assembled core rod is 2.5-5.6.
A method for surface treatment of pigment microparticles, characterized in that a fluid to be processed is supplied between processing surfaces being capable of approaching to and separating from each other, and being displaced relative to each other, and rotating relative to each other, a distance between the processing surfaces is maintained by the pressure balance of a force in the direction of approaching and a force in the separation direction, wherein, the pressure balance includes a pressure exerted between the relatively rotating processing surfaces and a supply pressure of the fluid to be processed, and the distance between the processing surfaces is a minute space, the minute space kept between two processing surfaces is allowed to serve as a flow path of the fluid to be processed thereby forming a thin film fluid by the fluid to be processed, pigment microparticles are to be formed by a reprecipitation method in the thin film fluid, wherein, in the method for producing pigment microparticles, the fluid to be processed is comprised of at least two kinds of fluids, the at least two kinds of fluids being comprised of a first and a second fluid, the first fluid being a fluid containing a pigment solution obtained by dissolving a pigment into a solvent, the second fluid being a fluid containing a solvent capable of being a poor solvent that has lower solubility of the pigment to the pigment solution, wherein a surface-modifying agent is contained in the pigment solution, and the fluids of the fluid to be processed are mixed in the thin film fluid, wherein, between the processing surfaces, separation of pigment microparticles is done and introduction of a modification group onto at least the surface of the separated pigment microparticles is done by the surface-modifying agent, thereby obtaining pigment microparticles with a modification group present at least on the surface; the modification group is an acid group or a basic group and the introduction of the modification group is effected by treating at least the surface of the pigment microparticles with a surface-modifying agent having the acid group or the basic group.
An air conditioner comprising: a housing; a drain pan provided inside the housing; a drain pump for suctioning drain water which collects in the drain pan; an opening part provided to a side surface of the housing; and a lid member, attached to the opening part, for closing the opening part, wherein when the lid member is detached from the opening part, at least a part of the drain pan is visible from the opening part, the drain pan includes a bottom part, and a side wall part rising from the bottom part, characterized in that a recessed part is formed in an upper portion of the side wall part, and at least a part of the lid member is arranged in the recessed part. a housing; a drain pan provided inside the housing; a drain pump for suctioning drain water which collects in the drain pan; an opening part provided to a side surface of the housing; and a lid member, attached to the opening part, for closing the opening part, wherein when the lid member is detached from the opening part, at least a part of the drain pan is visible from the opening part, the drain pan includes a bottom part, and a side wall part rising from the bottom part, characterized in that a recessed part is formed in an upper portion of the side wall part, and at least a part of the lid member is arranged in the recessed part.
A method of cooling an electric system, comprising: circulating a liquid coolant into a contact with one or more components of the electric system, wherein the liquid coolant comprises: a base oil, wherein the base oil is a major component of the liquid coolant; and a dissolved gas, wherein the dissolved gas is present in the liquid coolant in an amount sufficient to have a measurable effect on fluid viscosity of the liquid coolant; wherein the liquid coolant has a kinematic viscosity at 100 °C of 7 cSt or less.
A method for removing impurities in exhaust gas from a diesel engine, where the impurities comprise nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, particulate matter and incompletely combusted hydrocarbons, which method comprises the steps of (a) injection of a reductant comprising urea or ammonia into the exhaust gas from the engine; (b) reduction of the nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas by the reductant in the presence of a catalyst for selective reduction being active in selective reduction of nitrogen oxides to nitrogen; (c) intermittent injection of a hydrocarbon into the effluent from step (b) (d) oxidation of carbon monoxide, particulate matter, incompletely combusted hydrocarbons and injected hydrocarbon in the presence of an oxidation catalyst active in oxidising carbon monoxide, particulate matter and hydrocarbons, to carbon dioxide and water, and the oxidation catalyst also being active in selectively oxidising possible excess of reductant to free nitrogen; (e) filtration of the Effluent from step (d) by passing the gas through a filter on which a catalyst is coated, wherein the remaining particulate matter is retained in the filter, and wherein the catalyst coated on the filter is active in oxidising carbon monoxide, particulate matter and hydrocarbons to carbon dioxide and water, creating a purified exhaust gas; and (f) withdrawal of the purified exhaust gas; characterized in that the catalyst coated on the filter also being active in selectively oxidizing possible excess of reductant to nitrogen. (a) injection of a reductant comprising urea or ammonia into the exhaust gas from the engine; (b) reduction of the nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas by the reductant in the presence of a catalyst for selective reduction being active in selective reduction of nitrogen oxides to nitrogen; (c) intermittent injection of a hydrocarbon into the effluent from step (b) (d) oxidation of carbon monoxide, particulate matter, incompletely combusted hydrocarbons and injected hydrocarbon in the presence of an oxidation catalyst active in oxidising carbon monoxide, particulate matter and hydrocarbons, to carbon dioxide and water, and the oxidation catalyst also being active in selectively oxidising possible excess of reductant to free nitrogen; (e) filtration of the Effluent from step (d) by passing the gas through a filter on which a catalyst is coated, wherein the remaining particulate matter is retained in the filter, and wherein the catalyst coated on the filter is active in oxidising carbon monoxide, particulate matter and hydrocarbons to carbon dioxide and water, creating a purified exhaust gas; and (f) withdrawal of the purified exhaust gas;
A reel for use with a lacing system for tightening an article comprising: a housing having a cavity; a spool supported within the cavity of the housing, the spool being rotatable within the cavity and having an annular channel formed therein, the spool being configured to gather lace into the annular channel; a knob rotatable relative to the housing, the knob being configured to drive the spool within the cavity of the housing; wherein rotation of the knob in a first direction relative to the housing drives the spool to gather a lace or cable on the spool and thereby tighten the lacing system; and wherein rotation of the knob in a second direction relative to the housing drives the spool to incrementally release the lace or cable gathered on the spool and thereby incrementally loosen the lacing system; and wherein the reel is configured such that the spool can be unlocked so as to be freely rotatable in the second direction so that the spool can freely release the lace or cable. a housing having a cavity; a spool supported within the cavity of the housing, the spool being rotatable within the cavity and having an annular channel formed therein, the spool being configured to gather lace into the annular channel; a knob rotatable relative to the housing, the knob being configured to drive the spool within the cavity of the housing; wherein rotation of the knob in a first direction relative to the housing drives the spool to gather a lace or cable on the spool and thereby tighten the lacing system; and wherein rotation of the knob in a second direction relative to the housing drives the spool to incrementally release the lace or cable gathered on the spool and thereby incrementally loosen the lacing system; and wherein the reel is configured such that the spool can be unlocked so as to be freely rotatable in the second direction so that the spool can freely release the lace or cable.
A method for forming an outer layer around a cylindrical portion of a liner, in order to obtain a pressure vessel, said method comprising: forming at least a first hoop layer of one or more first fibre bundles arranged with a first fibre angle between 80 and 100 degrees with respect to the axial direction of the cylindrical portion; forming at least a first substantially unidirectional layer of one or more second fibre bundles arranged with a second fibre angle between +5 and -5 degrees with respect to the axial direction of the cylindrical portion; wherein the one or more second fibre bundles are laid adjacent to each other so as to form a continuous first substantially unidirectional layer; wherein the forming of the first substantially unidirectional layer is done using a braiding machine. forming at least a first hoop layer of one or more first fibre bundles arranged with a first fibre angle between 80 and 100 degrees with respect to the axial direction of the cylindrical portion; forming at least a first substantially unidirectional layer of one or more second fibre bundles arranged with a second fibre angle between +5 and -5 degrees with respect to the axial direction of the cylindrical portion; wherein the one or more second fibre bundles are laid adjacent to each other so as to form a continuous first substantially unidirectional layer; wherein the forming of the first substantially unidirectional layer is done using a braiding machine.
A method for preparing a modified acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin, the method comprising: 1) a step for preparing a polymerization solution by introducing and thereby dissolving a rubbery polymer and an N-substituted maleimide compound into a mixed solution that includes a reaction solvent, an aromatic vinyl monomer, and an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer; 2) a step for preparing a polymerization product by polymerizing the polymerization solution; and 3) a step for devolatilizing the polymerization product, wherein the rubbery polymer includes a butadiene rubber and a styrene-butadiene rubber, wherein the rubbery polymer in step 1) includes the butadiene rubber and the styrene-butadiene rubber in a weight ratio of 3:7 to 5:5, wherein the polymerization solution includes 10 to 30 wt% of the reaction solvent, 35.5 to 70.5 wt% of the aromatic vinyl monomer, 12 to 15 wt% of the ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer, 5 to 15 wt% of the rubbery polymer, and 2.5 to 6 wt% of the N-substituted maleimide compound, wherein the polymerization reaction in step 2) is carried out via continuous polymerization including a first polymerization step, a second polymerization step, a third polymerization step, and a fourth polymerization step, and the polymerization temperature increases going from the first polymerization step to the fourth polymerization step, wherein the first polymerization step is continuous polymerization carried out at a temperature range of 100 to 120°C for 1.5 to 2.5 hours and the polymerization solution is transported into a first polymerization reactor at a flow rate of 10 to 14 kg/hr, wherein the second polymerization step is continuous polymerization carried out at a temperature range of 125 to 140°C, wherein the third polymerization step is continuous polymerization carried out at a temperature range of 140 to 150°C, wherein the fourth polymerization step is continuous polymerization carried out at a temperature range of 150 to 160°C, and wherein the devolatilization in step 3) is carried out at a temperature range of 230 to 250°C and under a pressure condition of 4 kPa (30 torr) or below. 1) a step for preparing a polymerization solution by introducing and thereby dissolving a rubbery polymer and an N-substituted maleimide compound into a mixed solution that includes a reaction solvent, an aromatic vinyl monomer, and an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer; 2) a step for preparing a polymerization product by polymerizing the polymerization solution; and 3) a step for devolatilizing the polymerization product, wherein the rubbery polymer includes a butadiene rubber and a styrene-butadiene rubber,
A needle-less connector including: a housing having a drug solution flow path; and an elastic valve body provided at a tip end opening of the drug solution flow path while having a first slit formed penetrating through the elastic valve body such that insertion of a male luer into the first slit opens the elastic valve body and connects the male luer to the drug solution flow path, the needle-less connector being characterized in that: an end surface of the housing on a side of the tip end opening of the drug solution flow path constitutes a protruding support surface whose center section protrudes and slopes in a direction of a foot, and the elastic valve body is superposed onto the protruding support surface in a state of close contact therewith; the insertion of the male luer into the first slit of the elastic valve body causes expanding deformation of the elastic valve body in an outward direction away from the protruding support surface; and a flexion section is formed on a sloped surface of the protruding support surface, and the sloped surface has different tilt angles on a foot section side and on a crest section side of the flexion section. an end surface of the housing on a side of the tip end opening of the drug solution flow path constitutes a protruding support surface whose center section protrudes and slopes in a direction of a foot, and the elastic valve body is superposed onto the protruding support surface in a state of close contact therewith; the insertion of the male luer into the first slit of the elastic valve body causes expanding deformation of the elastic valve body in an outward direction away from the protruding support surface; and a flexion section is formed on a sloped surface of the protruding support surface, and the sloped surface has different tilt angles on a foot section side and on a crest section side of the flexion section.
An endoscope, comprising: a flat portion that is provided at a distal end of an endoscope insertion portion; a window portion that protrudes by a predetermined height along an insertion direction of the endoscope insertion portion from the flat portion; an air/water feeding nozzle that is provided facing the window portion from the flat portion, and that ejects a fluid toward a surface of the window portion; and an inclined portion that is formed at a circumferential edge portion of the window portion; wherein the inclined portion includes a first angle of inclination (θ1) and a second angle of inclination (θ2) which are angles of inclination of the inclined portion with respect to the flat portion, the first angle of inclination (θ1) being an angle in a direction along a first axis that passes through a center of the window portion and extends in an ejection direction of the fluid that is ejected from the air/water feeding nozzle, the second angle of inclination (θ2) being an angle in a direction along a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis at the center of the window portion and set to a larger angle than the first angle of inclination, characterized in that the first and second angles of inclination (θ1, θ2) each defining oppositely arranged inclined faces (23a, 23b) along the respective first and second axis. a flat portion that is provided at a distal end of an endoscope insertion portion; a window portion that protrudes by a predetermined height along an insertion direction of the endoscope insertion portion from the flat portion; an air/water feeding nozzle that is provided facing the window portion from the flat portion, and that ejects a fluid toward a surface of the window portion; and an inclined portion that is formed at a circumferential edge portion of the window portion; wherein the inclined portion includes a first angle of inclination (θ1) and a second angle of inclination (θ2) which are angles of inclination of the inclined portion with respect to the flat portion, the first angle of inclination (θ1) being an angle in a direction along a first axis that passes through a center of the window portion and extends in an ejection direction of the fluid that is ejected from the air/water feeding nozzle, the second angle of inclination (θ2) being an angle in a direction along a second axis that is orthogonal to the first axis at the center of the window portion and set to a larger angle than the first angle of inclination, characterized in that the first and second angles of inclination (θ1, θ2) each defining oppositely arranged inclined faces (23a, 23b) along the respective first and second axis.
A substrate assembly for an encapsulation structure, comprising: a micro-electromechanical system, MEMS, device; a substrate, comprising a plurality of different materials, wherein the plurality of different materials comprise a first-type material and a second-type material, wherein a coefficient of thermal expansion of the first-type material is less than a coefficient of thermal expansion of a base material of the MEMS device, and/or a coefficient of thermal expansion of the second-type material is greater than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the base material of the MEMS device; and an attachment material, located between the MEMS device and the substrate, and configured to attach the MEMS device to the substrate, and characterised in that the substrate is formed by mixing the plurality of different materials based on a preset proportion. a micro-electromechanical system, MEMS, device; a substrate, comprising a plurality of different materials, wherein the plurality of different materials comprise a first-type material and a second-type material, wherein a coefficient of thermal expansion of the first-type material is less than a coefficient of thermal expansion of a base material of the MEMS device, and/or a coefficient of thermal expansion of the second-type material is greater than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the base material of the MEMS device; and an attachment material, located between the MEMS device and the substrate, and configured to attach the MEMS device to the substrate, and characterised in that the substrate is formed by mixing the plurality of different materials based on a preset proportion.
A device for attenuating the vortex wake created in the zone behind an aircraft, the aircraft having at least one wing and an afterbody having a strong asymmetrical reduction of section upwards of the rear fuselage, referred to as <<upsweep>>, the device being capable to be positioned downstream of the wing of the aircraft symmetrically relative to the longitudinal plane of the aircraft, the device comprising at least two vortex-generating aerodynamic appendages capable of being deployed between a folded-down position in which the aerodynamic appendages are folded down substantially in the direction of the fuselage, and a deployed position, the device being characterized in that it comprises means for: deploying and orienting said at least two aerodynamic appendages according to an angle of incidence "α " having a predefined initial value; measuring the pressure in a zone of the aircraft representative of the presence of vortex structures; and adjusting the angle of incidence of said at least two aerodynamic appendages as a function of the measured pressure; the adjusted deployed position allowing to generate vortex structures having an intensity and a trajectory which modify the local pressure field in order to interact with the vortex wake to attenuate it and separate the upsweep vortices from the longitudinal plane of the aircraft. deploying and orienting said at least two aerodynamic appendages according to an angle of incidence "α " having a predefined initial value; measuring the pressure in a zone of the aircraft representative of the presence of vortex structures; and adjusting the angle of incidence of said at least two aerodynamic appendages as a function of the measured pressure; the adjusted deployed position allowing to generate vortex structures having an intensity and a trajectory which modify the local pressure field in order to interact with the vortex wake to attenuate it and separate the upsweep vortices from the longitudinal plane of the aircraft.