mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A level comprising: an extruded body, the body comprising: a first portion having a first reference surface; a second portion having a second reference surface, the second reference surface being spaced from the first reference surface; and an intermediate member comprising a wall positioned between the first portion and the second portion, the wall being generally perpendicular to at least one of the reference surfaces (80, 90); an orientation indicator coupled to the intermediate member, the orientation indicator being positioned to indicate an orientation of at least one of the first and the second reference surfaces (80, 90); an indicator support configured to support the orientation indicator and engage opposite sides of the wall wherein the indicator support is received in an aperture of the intermediate member; characterized in that; a resilient member is positioned between the orientation indicator and the indicator support and the indicator support comprises a support platform configured to receive the resilient member and the orientation indicator thereon, and one or more engagement members configured to engage the support platform and apply a force against the orientation indicator into the indicator support and thereby generate a compression of the resilient member in order to facilitate a calibration of the orientation indicator an extruded body, the body comprising: a first portion having a first reference surface; a second portion having a second reference surface, the second reference surface being spaced from the first reference surface; and an intermediate member comprising a wall positioned between the first portion and the second portion, the wall being generally perpendicular to at least one of the reference surfaces (80, 90); a first portion having a first reference surface; a second portion having a second reference surface, the second reference surface being spaced from the first reference surface; and an intermediate member comprising a wall positioned between the first portion and the second portion, the wall being generally perpendicular to at least one of the reference surfaces (80, 90); an orientation indicator coupled to the intermediate member, the orientation indicator being positioned to indicate an orientation of at least one of the first and the second reference surfaces (80, 90); an indicator support configured to support the orientation indicator and engage opposite sides of the wall wherein the indicator support is received in an aperture of the intermediate member; characterized in that; a resilient member is positioned between the orientation indicator and the indicator support and the indicator support comprises a support platform configured to receive the resilient member and the orientation indicator thereon, and one or more engagement members configured to engage the support platform and apply a force against the orientation indicator into the indicator support and thereby generate a compression of the resilient member in order to facilitate a calibration of the orientation indicator
A method for determining the starting instant (to) of an acoustic signal response (E2; E2'), wherein said signal response comprises a first set of half periods (E2a-d; E2'a-d) having a polarity equal to a polarity of the first half period (E2a; E2'a) in the signal response, and a second set of half periods (E2e-h; E2'e-h) having a polarity opposite to the polarity of the first half period (E2a; E2'a) in the signal response, said method comprising the steps of: determining a peak half period (E2e; E2'f) as the half period with the highest amplitude in a selected one of said first and second sets; determining a zero-crossing instant (ZC1;ZC'1) of said signal response occurring a known time distance from said peak half period (E2e; E2'f); determining the starting instant (to) of said signal response (E2; E2') based on said zero-crossing instant (ZC1;ZC'1) and a relationship between said peak half period (E2e; E2'f) and said starting instant (to), further comprising the steps of: - determining a ratio between an amplitude of a preceding half period (E2'e) and an amplitude of said peak half period (E2'f), wherein said preceding half period (E2'e) is the half period immediately preceding said peak half period (E2'f) in one of said first and second sets; - comparing said ratio to a threshold value; and - determining the number of half periods occurring between said peak half period (E2'f) and the starting instant (to) of the signal response (E2') based on said comparison, thereby determining said relationship between said peak half period (E2'f) and said starting instant (to). determining a peak half period (E2e; E2'f) as the half period with the highest amplitude in a selected one of said first and second sets; determining a zero-crossing instant (ZC1;ZC'1) of said signal response occurring a known time distance from said peak half period (E2e; E2'f); determining the starting instant (to) of said signal response (E2; E2') based on said zero-crossing instant (ZC1;ZC'1) and a relationship between said peak half period (E2e; E2'f) and said starting instant (to), - determining a ratio between an amplitude of a preceding half period (E2'e) and an amplitude of said peak half period (E2'f), wherein said preceding half period (E2'e) is the half period immediately preceding said peak half period (E2'f) in one of said first and second sets; - comparing said ratio to a threshold value; and - determining the number of half periods occurring between said peak half period (E2'f) and the starting instant (to) of the signal response (E2') based on said comparison, thereby determining said relationship between said peak half period (E2'f) and said starting instant (to).
An aerosol generating device (100, 400), the aerosol generating device defining a flow path from an air inlet (109, 409) to an inhalable medium outlet (134, 434), the aerosol generating device comprising: a container (108, 408), for containing a liquid (116, 416); a wick (107, 407) for drawing said liquid from the container into the flow path; a heating element (114, 414), upstream of the wick, the heating element being for heating inlet air from the air inlet to generate, in use, a flow of heated air in the flow path; and a shield element (118, 418) in the flow path, intermediate of the heater and the wick, to shield the wick from the heating element in use; wherein the aerosol generating device is arranged such that, in use, said flow of heated air generated in use passes over the wick to volatilise said liquid to generate, in use, a flow of aerosol in the flow path, wherein the shield element blocks a line of sight from the heating element to the wick. a container (108, 408), for containing a liquid (116, 416); a wick (107, 407) for drawing said liquid from the container into the flow path; a heating element (114, 414), upstream of the wick, the heating element being for heating inlet air from the air inlet to generate, in use, a flow of heated air in the flow path; and a shield element (118, 418) in the flow path, intermediate of the heater and the wick, to shield the wick from the heating element in use; wherein the aerosol generating device is arranged such that, in use, said flow of heated air generated in use passes over the wick to volatilise said liquid to generate, in use, a flow of aerosol in the flow path, wherein the shield element blocks a line of sight from the heating element to the wick.
A crimping device for crimping expandable prosthetic heart valves having support frames or stents comprising: a plurality of crimping jaws (44, 44a, 44b, 122, 144) in meshing engagement and circumferentially arranged around a crimping orifice having a central crimping axis, each having inner crimping wedges (82, 306); a rotating cam wheel (62, 318) adapted to act on the crimping jaws (44, 44a, 44b, 122, 144) and displace them generally radially inward; a stationary outer housing (42, 302) containing the crimping jaws (44, 44a, 44b, 122, 144); and a plurality of guide elements (70, 142, 338) which are each constrained by fixed grooves in the outer housing (42, 302) for movement between first and second positions along lines (102, 104) that are tangential to a circle around the central axis, the guide elements (70, 142, 338) moving at least some of the crimping jaws (44, 44a, 44b, 122, 144) along the lines (102, 104) such that all of the crimping wedges (82, 306) of the crimping jaws (44, 44a, 44b, 122, 144) translate inward along radial lines toward the crimping axis, characterized in that the stationary outer housing (42, 302) further contains the cam wheel (62, 318) and that the crimping jaws (44, 44a, 44b, 122, 144) are assembled on the cam wheel (62, 318), wherein the outer housing includes two molded halves sandwiching therebetween a crimping jaw assembly comprising the rotating cam wheel (62, 318), the crimping jaws (44, 44a, 44b, 122, 144) and the guide elements (70, 142, 338). a plurality of crimping jaws (44, 44a, 44b, 122, 144) in meshing engagement and circumferentially arranged around a crimping orifice having a central crimping axis, each having inner crimping wedges (82, 306); a rotating cam wheel (62, 318) adapted to act on the crimping jaws (44, 44a, 44b, 122, 144) and displace them generally radially inward; a stationary outer housing (42, 302) containing the crimping jaws (44, 44a, 44b, 122, 144); and a plurality of guide elements (70, 142, 338) which are each constrained by fixed grooves in the outer housing (42, 302) for movement between first and second positions along lines (102, 104) that are tangential to a circle around the central axis, the guide elements (70, 142, 338) moving at least some of the crimping jaws (44, 44a, 44b, 122, 144) along the lines (102, 104) such that all of the crimping wedges (82, 306) of the crimping jaws (44, 44a, 44b, 122, 144) translate inward along radial lines toward the crimping axis, characterized in that the stationary outer housing (42, 302) further contains the cam wheel (62, 318) and that the crimping jaws (44, 44a, 44b, 122, 144) are assembled on the cam wheel (62, 318), wherein the outer housing includes two molded halves sandwiching therebetween a crimping jaw assembly comprising the rotating cam wheel (62, 318), the crimping jaws (44, 44a, 44b, 122, 144) and the guide elements (70, 142, 338).
A distributed storage system comprising: memory hosts, each memory host comprising: non-transitory memory; a network interface controller in communication with the non-transitory memory and servicing remote direct memory access requests from clients, the non-transitory memory receives a data transfer rate from each client in communication with the memory host through remote direct memory access; and a data processor in communication with the non-transitory memory and the network interface controller, the data processor executing a host process that: receives an isolation configuration providing a bandwidth capacity for the memory host and a list of bandwidth reservations (208a-n) for the clients, each bandwidth reservation (208a-n) reserving a threshold data transfer rate for a client; determines a throttle data transfer rate for each client based on the isolation configuration; and writes each throttle data transfer rate to the non-transitory memory accessible by the clients through remote direct memory access. non-transitory memory; a network interface controller in communication with the non-transitory memory and servicing remote direct memory access requests from clients, the non-transitory memory receives a data transfer rate from each client in communication with the memory host through remote direct memory access; and a data processor in communication with the non-transitory memory and the network interface controller, the data processor executing a host process that: receives an isolation configuration providing a bandwidth capacity for the memory host and a list of bandwidth reservations (208a-n) for the clients, each bandwidth reservation (208a-n) reserving a threshold data transfer rate for a client; determines a throttle data transfer rate for each client based on the isolation configuration; and writes each throttle data transfer rate to the non-transitory memory accessible by the clients through remote direct memory access. receives an isolation configuration providing a bandwidth capacity for the memory host and a list of bandwidth reservations (208a-n) for the clients, each bandwidth reservation (208a-n) reserving a threshold data transfer rate for a client; determines a throttle data transfer rate for each client based on the isolation configuration; and writes each throttle data transfer rate to the non-transitory memory accessible by the clients through remote direct memory access.
Wheel device, in particular smart wheel device, having at least one wheel rim (10a, 10a'; 10b), having a drive housing unit (12a, 12a', 12aʺ, 12a′′′; 12b), having a drive unit (14a; 14b, 14b') which is provided for electrically driving the at least one wheel rim (10a, 10a'; 10b), wherein the drive unit (14a; 14b, 14b') is at least substantially integrated into the drive housing unit (12a, 12a', 12aʺ, 12a′′′; 12b), having a connecting unit (16a, 16aʺ, 16a′′′; 16b) for detachably connecting the drive housing unit (12a, 12a', 12aʺ, 12a′′′; 12b) to a vehicle, and having a power supply unit (20a, 20a'; 20b) which is provided for supplying electrical power to the drive unit (14a; 14b, 14b') and is connected, in particular non-releasably, to the drive housing unit (12a, 12a', 12aʺ, 12a′′′; 12b), characterized by a sensor unit (82aʺ) which is at least partially integrated into the connecting unit (16aʺ).
A method for facilitating integration of Information Centric Networking, ICN in Internet Protocol, IP networks, the method comprising: receiving an Internet Protocol, IP, packet at a first node wherein the IP packet comprises a subset of name components of a content name identified within a network layer field and a remainder of the name components of the content name identified within a transport layer field of the IP packet; identifying a content semantic for the IP packet; determining whether the IP packet is an IP interest packet or an IP data packet based on the identified content semantic; determining whether content identified in the IP packet is stored at the first node based on a determination that the IP packet is an IP interest packet; forwarding the IP packet toward at least one other node based on a determination that the packet is an IP Interest packet and the content is not stored at the first node; and transmitting an IP data packet containing the content based on a determination that the packet is an IP Interest packet and the content is stored at the first node. receiving an Internet Protocol, IP, packet at a first node wherein the IP packet comprises a subset of name components of a content name identified within a network layer field and a remainder of the name components of the content name identified within a transport layer field of the IP packet; identifying a content semantic for the IP packet; determining whether the IP packet is an IP interest packet or an IP data packet based on the identified content semantic; determining whether content identified in the IP packet is stored at the first node based on a determination that the IP packet is an IP interest packet; forwarding the IP packet toward at least one other node based on a determination that the packet is an IP Interest packet and the content is not stored at the first node; and transmitting an IP data packet containing the content based on a determination that the packet is an IP Interest packet and the content is stored at the first node.
A GPS gate system comprising: a GPS receiver adapted to be transported by a vehicle and communicatively connected to a GPS system to identify a location of the GPS receiver, wherein the GPS receiver includes a memory to store locations of GPS gates and a communications interface allowing the GPS receiver to transmit and receive messages; wherein the GPS gates are virtual gateways and data stored within the GPS receiver; a communications system communicatively connected to the GPS receiver; and a GPS gate communications system communicatively connected to the communications system and associated with a service location; the system being characterized in that when the GPS receiver passes through a GPS gate associated with the GPS gate communications system and when the GPS receiver determines that it is traveling at a speed that is less than 37,5% below a speed limit for a street on which the vehicle is travelling upon when crossing the GPS gate, the GPS receiver generates a message including diagnostic information of the vehicle transporting the GPS receiver and transmits the message through the communications system, informing that the GPS receiver passed through the GPS gate, and generates the message based upon the GPS gate that was crossed and transmits the message to the GPS gate communications system through the communications system, wherein the GPS gate is associated with a length, width and height, and wherein the GPS gate is located away from the service location. a GPS receiver adapted to be transported by a vehicle and communicatively connected to a GPS system to identify a location of the GPS receiver, wherein the GPS receiver includes a memory to store locations of GPS gates and a communications interface allowing the GPS receiver to transmit and receive messages; wherein the GPS gates are virtual gateways and data stored within the GPS receiver; a communications system communicatively connected to the GPS receiver; and a GPS gate communications system communicatively connected to the communications system and associated with a service location; the system being characterized in that when the GPS receiver passes through a GPS gate associated with the GPS gate communications system and when the GPS receiver determines that it is traveling at a speed that is less than 37,5% below a speed limit for a street on which the vehicle is travelling upon when crossing the GPS gate, the GPS receiver generates a message including diagnostic information of the vehicle transporting the GPS receiver and transmits the message through the communications system, informing that the GPS receiver passed through the GPS gate, and generates the message based upon the GPS gate that was crossed and transmits the message to the GPS gate communications system through the communications system, wherein the GPS gate is associated with a length, width and height, and wherein the GPS gate is located away from the service location.
A method for processing thermal image data in a sensor device, the method comprising: processing, with a processor (108; 130; 502) of the sensor device, a first image of a scene using a neural network trained to detect one or more objects of interest in the scene, wherein detecting the one or more objects of interest includes identifying respective surface characteristics of the one or more objects of interest detected in the scene; overlaying, with the processor of the sensor device, the first image of the scene with a second image of the scene, the second image capturing thermal distribution across the scene, to identify one or more regions of interest in the second image of the scene corresponding to the one or more objects of interest detected in the first image of the scene; converting, with the processor of the sensor device, values of pixels in the one or more regions of interest identified in the second image of the scene to temperature values, including converting values of pixels that belong to respective regions of interest, among the one or more regions of interest in the second image of the scene, using respective conversion functions that reflect respective emissivity values of the one or more objects of interest detected in the first image scene, the emissivity values determined by the identified respective surface characteristics of the one or more objects of interest detected in the first image of the scene; and analyzing, with the processor of the sensor device, the temperature values to monitor thermal conditions of the one or more objects of interest in the scene. processing, with a processor (108; 130; 502) of the sensor device, a first image of a scene using a neural network trained to detect one or more objects of interest in the scene, wherein detecting the one or more objects of interest includes identifying respective surface characteristics of the one or more objects of interest detected in the scene; overlaying, with the processor of the sensor device, the first image of the scene with a second image of the scene, the second image capturing thermal distribution across the scene, to identify one or more regions of interest in the second image of the scene corresponding to the one or more objects of interest detected in the first image of the scene; converting, with the processor of the sensor device, values of pixels in the one or more regions of interest identified in the second image of the scene to temperature values, including converting values of pixels that belong to respective regions of interest, among the one or more regions of interest in the second image of the scene, using respective conversion functions that reflect respective emissivity values of the one or more objects of interest detected in the first image scene, the emissivity values determined by the identified respective surface characteristics of the one or more objects of interest detected in the first image of the scene; and analyzing, with the processor of the sensor device, the temperature values to monitor thermal conditions of the one or more objects of interest in the scene.
A process for upgrading a sulfur-containing crude oil feedstream to improve the API gravity and reduce the sulfur content, the process comprising: a. mixing the crude oil with one or more hydrotreating catalysts having a reaction surface to provide a catalyst-crude oil reaction mixture; b. irradiating the mixture of the crude oil and one or more hydrotreating catalysts with microwave energy in the presence of hydrogen at a pressure ranging from one atmosphere (101,325 kPa) to 400 psig (2757.9 kPag) to raise the temperature of the reaction mixture to a target temperature in the range from 80 °C to 400 °C; c. maintaining the temperature of the reaction mixture at the target temperature by varying the microwave energy for a predetermined period of time to form soluble sulfur compounds; d. separating a catalyst-containing solid phase from the irradiated mixture and recovering the crude oil containing hydrocarbons of lowered sulfur content and the sulfur-containing reaction product stream. a. mixing the crude oil with one or more hydrotreating catalysts having a reaction surface to provide a catalyst-crude oil reaction mixture; b. irradiating the mixture of the crude oil and one or more hydrotreating catalysts with microwave energy in the presence of hydrogen at a pressure ranging from one atmosphere (101,325 kPa) to 400 psig (2757.9 kPag) to raise the temperature of the reaction mixture to a target temperature in the range from 80 °C to 400 °C; c. maintaining the temperature of the reaction mixture at the target temperature by varying the microwave energy for a predetermined period of time to form soluble sulfur compounds; d. separating a catalyst-containing solid phase from the irradiated mixture and recovering the crude oil containing hydrocarbons of lowered sulfur content and the sulfur-containing reaction product stream.