mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An image compression method of compressing a color image, characterized by comprising: an index conversion step (S201, S2201) of converting each pixel of the color image into an index assigned in correspondence with a color value and generating color information (103, 2103) containing the number of pixels for each indexed color and an index image (104, 2104) obtained by converting each of the pixels into an index; a background determination step (S205, S2205) of determining a color value, corresponding to an index having the largest number of pixels in the index image, as a background color of the color image; a binary image generating step (S207, S2206) of generating a binary image for each index from the index image except for the index assigned in correspondence with the colour value determined as the background color in the background determination step; a compression step (S207, S2206) of compressing the binary images; and a generating step (S208, S2207) of generating compressed image data (112, 2112) by integrating background data containing a size of the color image and a color value of the background color and compressed data of the binary images. an index conversion step (S201, S2201) of converting each pixel of the color image into an index assigned in correspondence with a color value and generating color information (103, 2103) containing the number of pixels for each indexed color and an index image (104, 2104) obtained by converting each of the pixels into an index; a background determination step (S205, S2205) of determining a color value, corresponding to an index having the largest number of pixels in the index image, as a background color of the color image; a binary image generating step (S207, S2206) of generating a binary image for each index from the index image except for the index assigned in correspondence with the colour value determined as the background color in the background determination step; a compression step (S207, S2206) of compressing the binary images; and a generating step (S208, S2207) of generating compressed image data (112, 2112) by integrating background data containing a size of the color image and a color value of the background color and compressed data of the binary images.
A method for supplying gas, preferably air, for a liquid/solid separator provided with at least one inlet for fluid flows to be treated and at least one treated fluid outlet, said method comprising a step for diverting a fraction of the fluid flow from the separator through an enclosure, a step for introducing pressurized gas in a given quantity in said enclosure, and a step for reintroducing the fluid flow charged with gas coming from the enclosure into the separator, characterized in that the step for introducing a given quantity of pressurized gas in said enclosure is a step for introducing a given quantity of gas in said enclosure based on the weight of said enclosure.
Closed-loop hydraulic circuit for in vitro simulation of blood flow and for testing the effect of such simulated flow on a biological sample, comprising: - a tank for storing a flowing liquid; - a constant flow pump for pumping the liquid out of the tank for imposing, in use, an average constant flow in the hydraulic circuit; - a test section for receiving a biological sample to be tested under flow conditions; - Means for regulating the pressure downstream of the test section; - Pressure and flow sensors (7,11) for sensing pressure and flow conditions in the test section; - Means for measuring and collecting biological data in the test section; characterised in that the closed loop circuit further comprises - a pulsating pump for superimposing to said average constant flow a variable flow having a zero average flow rate; - a control unit comprising regulation means for controlling the constant flow pump and the pulsating pump. - a tank for storing a flowing liquid; - a constant flow pump for pumping the liquid out of the tank for imposing, in use, an average constant flow in the hydraulic circuit; - a test section for receiving a biological sample to be tested under flow conditions; - Means for regulating the pressure downstream of the test section; - Pressure and flow sensors (7,11) for sensing pressure and flow conditions in the test section; - Means for measuring and collecting biological data in the test section; - a pulsating pump for superimposing to said average constant flow a variable flow having a zero average flow rate; - a control unit comprising regulation means for controlling the constant flow pump and the pulsating pump.
Front structure for a commercial vehicle, with lateral frame longitudinal members, a bumper crossmember and a crossmember which is arranged below the latter and serves as an underride guard, wherein the crossmember at the same time bears a radiator module which is arranged behind the bumper crossmember and between the frame longitudinal members, and wherein the underride-guard crossmember is offset to the rear with respect to the bumper crossmember, as seen in side view, by a longitudinal offset (a) with respect to the vehicle outer contour and in particular bears the radiator module (5, 7), characterized in that the underride-guard crossmember is connected indirectly or directly to the frame longitudinal members via a plurality of vertical struts and via lower longitudinal members.
A method for producing a tool, for forming workpieces, wherein the tool comprises at least a first tool half and a second tool half, and each tool half (13,14) has at least one effective surface which faces the other tool half (14, 13), so that the workpiece is shaped by being brought into contact with the effective surfaces, comprising the steps: - generating the effective surface of the first tool half, - generating the effective surface of the second tool half, wherein at least when generating the effective surface of the second tool half the elastic deformability of at least one tool half (13, 14) is taken into account, characterised in that when generating the effective surface of the first and/or of the second tool half (13, 14) the elastic deformability of a pressing device in which the tool is mounted is taken into account. - generating the effective surface of the first tool half, - generating the effective surface of the second tool half,
A chromatographic separation process for recovering a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) product from a feed mixture, which comprises: (a) purifying the feed mixture in a first chromatographic separation step using as eluent a mixture of water and a first organic solvent, to obtain an intermediate product; and (b) purifying the intermediate product in a second chromatographic separation step using as eluent a mixture of water and a second organic solvent, to obtain the PLTFA product, wherein the second organic solvent is different from the first organic solvent, and wherein the first chromatographic separation step comprises introducing the feed mixture into a stationary bed chromatography apparatus and the second chromatographic separation step comprises introducing the intermediate product into a simulated or actual moving bed chromatography apparatus. (a) purifying the feed mixture in a first chromatographic separation step using as eluent a mixture of water and a first organic solvent, to obtain an intermediate product; and (b) purifying the intermediate product in a second chromatographic separation step using as eluent a mixture of water and a second organic solvent, to obtain the PLTFA product,
An apparatus for inserting a ground-loop for a geothermal heat-pump system, the apparatus comprising a percussion mole; a first fluid pipe, connected to the mole, for conveying a heat-exchange fluid from the heat-pump system into the ground; and a second fluid pipe, connected to the mole, for returning the heat-exchange fluid to the heat-pump system, and a valve assembly for the percussion mole, comprising: a heat-exchange fluid entry port, for receiving the heat-exchange fluid from the heat-pump system; and a heat-exchange fluid exit port, for returning the heat-exchange fluid to the heat-pump system, wherein one of the first and second fluid pipes is usable as an intake pipe for delivering a driving fluid to the mole during insertion of the ground-loop and the other fluid pipe is usable as an exhaust pipe for the driving fluid, the valve assembly has a first configuration in which it is adapted to receive the driving fluid via a driving fluid entry port and communicate it to the mole for driving the mole, wherein one of the heat-exchange fluid entry port and the heat exchange fluid exit port is used as the driving fluid entry port, and the other port is used as an exit port for the driving fluid, and the valve assembly has a second configuration in which it is adapted to receive the heat-exchange fluid via the heat-exchange fluid entry port and return the heat-exchange fluid via the heat-exchange fluid exit port. a heat-exchange fluid entry port, for receiving the heat-exchange fluid from the heat-pump system; and a heat-exchange fluid exit port, for returning the heat-exchange fluid to the heat-pump system, wherein one of the first and second fluid pipes is usable as an intake pipe for delivering a driving fluid to the mole during insertion of the ground-loop and the other fluid pipe is usable as an exhaust pipe for the driving fluid,
Method for determining time differences between signals measured by at least two coupled measuring devices (2, 3), with the following method steps: - generation of a time base signal for the coupled measuring devices (2, 3) by one measuring device providing a common time base for at least one measuring device coupled to this measuring device, - production of a common reference signal by a signal generator, - simultaneous feeding of the common reference signal to measurement signal inputs (8, 9) of the coupled measuring devices (2, 3) and thereafter - feeding of in each case one measurement signal to in each case associated measurement signal inputs (8, 9) of the coupled measuring devices (2, 3) and - determination of the relative position in time of the measurement signals relative to the reference signal in each of the coupled measuring devices (2, 3). - generation of a time base signal for the coupled measuring devices (2, 3) by one measuring device providing a common time base for at least one measuring device coupled to this measuring device, - production of a common reference signal by a signal generator, - simultaneous feeding of the common reference signal to measurement signal inputs (8, 9) of the coupled measuring devices (2, 3) and thereafter - feeding of in each case one measurement signal to in each case associated measurement signal inputs (8, 9) of the coupled measuring devices (2, 3) and - determination of the relative position in time of the measurement signals relative to the reference signal in each of the coupled measuring devices (2, 3).
A mask apparatus for a respiratory treatment comprising: a frame component adapted to couple with a respiratory treatment apparatus so as to permit communication of a pressurized gas to a respiratory system of a patient from the respiratory treatment apparatus; and a foam cushion adapted to conform to a facial surface of the patient for delivery of the pressurized gas, wherein the frame component is overmoulded to the foam cushion to form a chemical bond and a mechanical bond at a surface of the frame component and the foam cushion wherein the mechanical bond comprises an impregnation of a sub-surface of the foam cushion with material of the frame component, and the frame component comprises a shell of a plenum chamber. a frame component adapted to couple with a respiratory treatment apparatus so as to permit communication of a pressurized gas to a respiratory system of a patient from the respiratory treatment apparatus; and a foam cushion adapted to conform to a facial surface of the patient for delivery of the pressurized gas, wherein the frame component is overmoulded to the foam cushion to form a chemical bond and a mechanical bond at a surface of the frame component and the foam cushion wherein the mechanical bond comprises an impregnation of a sub-surface of the foam cushion with material of the frame component, and the frame component comprises a shell of a plenum chamber.
A truck provided with an apparatus for moving a body, in particular a demountable or interchangeable body, said truck comprising a chassis provided with two sidebars and said apparatus comprising means for moving the body adapted to lift the body with respect to the truck chassis or lower the body on the truck chassis, said moving means comprising hydraulic means laterally attached to the sidebars of the chassis at the rear side of the truck, said moving means comprising a hydraulic device placed above the chassis at the front side of the truck, characterized in that it comprises: - translation means of the body along a direction parallel to said sidebars of the truck chassis, said translation means being adapted to the truck chassis, - holes of the structure of the hydraulic device placed above the chassis of the truck at the front side thereof and adapted to engage with front peripheral elements of the body when the body is lowered onto the truck chassis and is translated towards the cabin of the truck by means of the translation means. - translation means of the body along a direction parallel to said sidebars of the truck chassis, said translation means being adapted to the truck chassis, - holes of the structure of the hydraulic device placed above the chassis of the truck at the front side thereof and adapted to engage with front peripheral elements of the body when the body is lowered onto the truck chassis and is translated towards the cabin of the truck by means of the translation means.
Method for operating a control device for autonomous guidance of a motor vehicle, wherein a nominal speed is specified as a driving speed of the motor vehicle to be set by the control device and another vehicle, driving in front of the motor vehicle at a driving speed that is slower than the nominal speed, is detected by the control device by means of a detection device, wherein a difference in speed between a driving speed of the other vehicle and the nominal speed is greater than zero but less than a predetermined maximum value, characterized in that in this case an accumulator value is set to a starting value and a current speed value of the difference in speed is respectively detected in a number of successively performed test runs and on the basis of the speed value an advantage value is formed and the advantage value is added to the accumulator value and, if the accumulator value satisfies a predetermined overtaking criterion, an overtaking signal enabling an overtaking manoeuvre is generated, wherein - the overtaking criterion specifies that the accumulator value is greater than a predetermined threshold value and/or that a rate of increase of the accumulator value is greater than a predetermined minimum rate, - in a test run, the accumulator value is reset to the starting value if it is detected that there is no overtaking lane for the overtaking manoeuvre. - the overtaking criterion specifies that the accumulator value is greater than a predetermined threshold value and/or that a rate of increase of the accumulator value is greater than a predetermined minimum rate, - in a test run, the accumulator value is reset to the starting value if it is detected that there is no overtaking lane for the overtaking manoeuvre.
Thread feeding device for feeding a thread to a textile machine, with a storage body, from which the thread is drawn off by the textile machine, with a braking device for adjusting a thread tension of the thread, arranged downstream from the storage body in the thread course, wherein the braking device has a braking body and an adjusting device for the braking body, wherein the braking body can be pressed against a clamping surface at the edraw-off end of the storage body by the adjusting device, and with an axial elastic centring unit, serving as a mount for the braking body, wherein the centring unit extends vertically, cylindrically or cone-shaped in relation to the axis of the storage body and is arranged between the braking body and the adjusting device, wherein the centring unit has at least one outer support, an inner support and a set of at least three spring elements, wherein the spring elements each are arranged on the outer and on the inner support, and wherein one of the supports is arranged on at least one adjustment element of the adjusting device and the other support is arranged on the braking body, and wherein the spring elements are designed as elongated curved profiles and spirally extend from one to the other support, wherein a connection point of the spring element each is arranged on the one support with an angular offset from its connection point to the other support, and wherein the supports are designed as outer and inner ring carriers (12, 32, 14, 38), characterised in that the spring elements of a set of spring elements extend on one level in a relaxed condition and that the centring unit has at least one centring element (11, 31), designed as a single piece from the outer ring carrier (12, 32), the set of spring elements and the inner ring carrier (14, 34).
A system for evaluating a vessel of a patient, the system comprising: a computing device connectable with at least one intravascular device, the computing device configured to: obtain image data from an image of the vessel of the patient; obtain physiological measurements from the vessel of the patient from the at least one intravascular device (130,132, 152, 175), wherein the obtained physiological measurements include FFR measurements; co-register the obtained physiological measurements with the obtained image data of the vessel such that the physiological measurements are associated with corresponding portions of the vessel of the patient, producing co-registered physiological measurements; characterized in that the computing device is further configured to analyze the co-registered physiology measurements to identify a region of interest; and output, to a user interface, a suggested diagnostic procedure for the region of interest based on the analysis of the co-registered physiological measurements, wherein the suggested diagnostic procedure is a recommendation and the recommendation is further based on multiple sources of co-registered information, wherein unequal weights are assigned to the multiple sources, wherein whether the patient had a previous myocardial infarction and/or previous percutaneous coronary intervention in the identified region of interest has a larger weight than an actual FFR measurement in the vessel. obtain image data from an image of the vessel of the patient; obtain physiological measurements from the vessel of the patient from the at least one intravascular device (130,132, 152, 175), wherein the obtained physiological measurements include FFR measurements; co-register the obtained physiological measurements with the obtained image data of the vessel such that the physiological measurements are associated with corresponding portions of the vessel of the patient, producing co-registered physiological measurements; characterized in that the computing device is further configured to analyze the co-registered physiology measurements to identify a region of interest; and output, to a user interface, a suggested diagnostic procedure for the region of interest based on the analysis of the co-registered physiological measurements, wherein the suggested diagnostic procedure is a recommendation and the recommendation is further based on multiple sources of co-registered information, wherein unequal weights are assigned to the multiple sources, wherein whether the patient had a previous myocardial infarction and/or previous percutaneous coronary intervention in the identified region of interest has a larger weight than an actual FFR measurement in the vessel.
A method for preserving cosmetic products, such as creams or fluids in particular, and/or activating active substances or active substance components contained in such cosmetic products, the product, which is contained in a container, being exposed to light of a defined wavelength by means of an LED device disposed above a product surface on a removal device of the container, and the product surface being exposed to light of a wavelength adapted to an active substance or to an active substance component contained in the product so as to activate the active substance or the active substance component, characterized in that to activate a vitamin D precursor, a product contained in the container and containing glycerin is exposed to light of a defined wavelength.
A curable composition comprising a silane compound copolymer that includes repeating units respectively shown by formulas (i) and (ii), (i) and (iii), (ii) and (iii), or (i), (ii), and (iii), and has a weight average molecular weight of 1000 to 30,000, determined as a standard polystyrene-reduced value by gel permeation chromatography using tetrahydrofuran as a solvent, a silane coupling agent having a reactive cyclic ether structure, and a curing agent so that a mass ratio ":( +)" of the silane compound copolymer to the silane coupling agent and the curing agent in total is 95:5 to 70:30, wherein R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, X 0 represents a halogen atom or a group shown by OG (wherein G represents a protecting group for a hydroxyl group), D represents a single bond or a linking group, and R 2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, wherein the silane compound copolymer includes a group shown by R 1 -CH(X 0)-D- and R 2 in a molar ratio "R 1 -CH(X 0)-D:R 2 " of 60:40 to 5:95, and the content of the silane coupling agent to the curing agent in a mass ratio is 95:5 to 70:30.