mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A computer-implemented method of determining color information for a pixel in a computer image, the method comprising: for each pixel of a plurality of N x M pixels forming a tile of the computer image: using a plurality of masks for the pixel, wherein N denotes an integer larger than 1, wherein M denotes an integer larger than 1, and wherein each of the plurality of masks identifies a respective subset of the plurality of N x M pixels that are equidistant from the pixel and located at a respective distance from the pixel; determining an active mask for the tile, the active mask identifying active pixels of the plurality of N x M pixels, each of the active pixels being determined as having color information; based on the active mask, identifying an empty pixel of the plurality of N x M pixels, the empty pixel lacking color information; determining at least a first nearest active pixel of the active pixels that is nearest to the identified empty pixel, wherein the determining the nearest active pixel comprises comparing the active mask with at least one mask of the plurality of masks for the identified empty pixel; and controlling a display of the identified empty pixel based on the color information of the first nearest active pixel. using a plurality of masks for the pixel, wherein N denotes an integer larger than 1, wherein M denotes an integer larger than 1, and wherein each of the plurality of masks identifies a respective subset of the plurality of N x M pixels that are equidistant from the pixel and located at a respective distance from the pixel; determining an active mask for the tile, the active mask identifying active pixels of the plurality of N x M pixels, each of the active pixels being determined as having color information; based on the active mask, identifying an empty pixel of the plurality of N x M pixels, the empty pixel lacking color information; determining at least a first nearest active pixel of the active pixels that is nearest to the identified empty pixel, wherein the determining the nearest active pixel comprises comparing the active mask with at least one mask of the plurality of masks for the identified empty pixel; and controlling a display of the identified empty pixel based on the color information of the first nearest active pixel.
Optical article having an organic glass substrate made of an optical material comprising a polymer matrix, wherein the substrate comprises an external layer in which particles are embedded into the polymer matrix, the Bayer value of said substrate determined in accordance with the ASTM F735-81 standard being at least 30 % greater than the Bayer value of the same substrate with no embedded particles, the particles are functionalized with a silane coupling agent, and the refractive index of the particles R p is lower than the refractive index of the polymer matrix R s, such that R p + 0.1 < R s.
An electromagnetic signal amplifier, comprising: a gain stage electrically disposed between a supply rail and a return rail, wherein the gain stage includes an input and an output; a rail voltage controller operably coupled to at least one of the supply rail and the return rail, the rail voltage controller being configured to provide a rail voltage responsive to a rail voltage control signal; a drive controller operably coupled to the gain stage input and configured to provide an input signal thereto responsive to a drive control signal; at least one sensor configured to sense an operational parameter of the amplifier and to provide a sensor signal corresponding thereto; and an amplifier controller adapted to receive the at least one sensor signal and in response thereto provide a rail voltage control signal to the rail voltage controller and a drive control signal to the drive controller, characterised in that the amplifier controller is further adapted to: set a rail voltage to a minimum value; set a drive signal to a minimum amplitude; measure an output signal; determine whether the output signal meets a predetermined criteria; respond to a determination the output signal does not meet the predetermined criteria by determining whether the drive signal is set to a maximum value; respond to a determination the drive signal is not set to a maximum value by increasing the drive signal; and respond to a determination the drive signal is set to a maximum value by increasing the rail voltage. a gain stage electrically disposed between a supply rail and a return rail, wherein the gain stage includes an input and an output; a rail voltage controller operably coupled to at least one of the supply rail and the return rail, the rail voltage controller being configured to provide a rail voltage responsive to a rail voltage control signal; a drive controller operably coupled to the gain stage input and configured to provide an input signal thereto responsive to a drive control signal; at least one sensor configured to sense an operational parameter of the amplifier and to provide a sensor signal corresponding thereto; and an amplifier controller adapted to receive the at least one sensor signal and in response thereto provide a rail voltage control signal to the rail voltage controller and a drive control signal to the drive controller, characterised in that the amplifier controller is further adapted to: set a rail voltage to a minimum value; set a drive signal to a minimum amplitude; measure an output signal; determine whether the output signal meets a predetermined criteria; respond to a determination the output signal does not meet the predetermined criteria by determining whether the drive signal is set to a maximum value; respond to a determination the drive signal is not set to a maximum value by increasing the drive signal; and respond to a determination the drive signal is set to a maximum value by increasing the rail voltage.
Method for determining a current wheel diameter of a wheel of a vehicle, in particular of a rail vehicle, comprising the steps of: a) storing an initial value of the wheel diameter, b) measuring a rotational speed parameter of the wheel for a measuring time (t i) (i = 1... n), c) determining a reference speed (VREF) independent of the rotational speed parameter at the measuring time (t i), d) determining an estimated value of a wheel diameter parameter for the measuring time (t i) on the basis of the reference speed (VREF) determined in step c) and the value of the rotational speed parameter of the wheel measured in step b), e) repeating steps b) to d) for different measuring times (t i), f) determining a correction value of the wheel diameter for an evaluation time (t a) from the estimated values, wherein an expected value of the wheel diameter for the evaluation time (t a) is determined on the basis of the initial value of the wheel diameter and a value of a first mileage parameter of the vehicle; and the difference in amount between the correction value and the expected value is compared with a plausibility limit value, and the correction value is compared with the initial value of the wheel diameter; and the numerical value of the initial value is only replaced by the numerical value of the correction value, if the comparison of the difference in amount between the correction value and the expected value with the plausibility limit value shows that the difference in amount between the correction value and the expected value is below the plausibility limit value, and if the comparison of the correction value with the initial value of the wheel diameter shows that the correction value is at least a minimum deviation smaller than the initial value. a) storing an initial value of the wheel diameter, b) measuring a rotational speed parameter of the wheel for a measuring time (t i) (i = 1... n), c) determining a reference speed (VREF) independent of the rotational speed parameter at the measuring time (t i), d) determining an estimated value of a wheel diameter parameter for the measuring time (t i) on the basis of the reference speed (VREF) determined in step c) and the value of the rotational speed parameter of the wheel measured in step b), e) repeating steps b) to d) for different measuring times (t i), f) determining a correction value of the wheel diameter for an evaluation time (t a) from the estimated values,
A hydraulic lash adjuster, comprising: a body defined by a pushrod of an engine valve actuation mechanism of an internal combustion engine, said body defining an axial bore and having an open end and a closed end; a hollow piston telescopically received within the axial bore and defining a fluid reservoir, wherein the hollow piston has a first end disposed within the axial bore and a second end extending outwardly beyond the open end of the body; a high pressure volume defined by the axial bore and the first end of the hollow piston; and a valve mechanism positioned through an opening of the hollow piston and including a valve member having an open position defining a fluid path from the fluid reservoir to the high pressure volume and a closed position in which the fluid reservoir is fluidly blocked from the high pressure volume at the opening; wherein the hollow piston has a continuity of surface area along an axial length, i.e. an area without a circumferential groove, and includes a band of radial recirculation openings defining recirculation paths from the high pressure volume to the fluid reservoir along an exterior of the hollow piston, wherein a diameter of each of the radial recirculation openings is smaller than a width of the band; and wherein the band includes a plurality of axially spaced rows of radial recirculation openings. a body defined by a pushrod of an engine valve actuation mechanism of an internal combustion engine, said body defining an axial bore and having an open end and a closed end; a hollow piston telescopically received within the axial bore and defining a fluid reservoir, wherein the hollow piston has a first end disposed within the axial bore and a second end extending outwardly beyond the open end of the body; a high pressure volume defined by the axial bore and the first end of the hollow piston; and a valve mechanism positioned through an opening of the hollow piston and including a valve member having an open position defining a fluid path from the fluid reservoir to the high pressure volume and a closed position in which the fluid reservoir is fluidly blocked from the high pressure volume at the opening; wherein the hollow piston has a continuity of surface area along an axial length, i.e. an area without a circumferential groove, and includes a band of radial recirculation openings defining recirculation paths from the high pressure volume to the fluid reservoir along an exterior of the hollow piston, wherein a diameter of each of the radial recirculation openings is smaller than a width of the band; and wherein the band includes a plurality of axially spaced rows of radial recirculation openings.
An apparatus for manufacturing an electrode for a lithium ion capacitor by doping an electrode material on an electrode sheet with lithium, the electrode manufacturing apparatus comprising: a processing chamber to and from which the electrode sheet is loaded and unloaded; a rare gas supply unit (130A, 130B) configured to introduce a rare gas into the processing chamber; an exhaust device configured to exhaust an inside of the processing chamber to a predetermined vacuum level; and a lithium thermal spraying unit configured to dope the electrode material with the lithium by forming a lithium thin film on the electrode material of the electrode sheet loaded into the processing chamber while melting and spraying lithium-containing powder, wherein the lithium thermal spraying unit comprises a lithium-containing powder supply unit configured to discharge the lithium-containing powder toward the electrode material of the electrode sheet; and at least one heating gas supply unit configured to supply a heating gas that melts the lithium-containing powder discharged from the lithium-containing powder supply unit. a processing chamber to and from which the electrode sheet is loaded and unloaded; a rare gas supply unit (130A, 130B) configured to introduce a rare gas into the processing chamber; an exhaust device configured to exhaust an inside of the processing chamber to a predetermined vacuum level; and a lithium thermal spraying unit configured to dope the electrode material with the lithium by forming a lithium thin film on the electrode material of the electrode sheet loaded into the processing chamber while melting and spraying lithium-containing powder, wherein the lithium thermal spraying unit comprises a lithium-containing powder supply unit configured to discharge the lithium-containing powder toward the electrode material of the electrode sheet; and at least one heating gas supply unit configured to supply a heating gas that melts the lithium-containing powder discharged from the lithium-containing powder supply unit.
A cell module having a plurality of electrochemical pouch cells, each pouch cell having at least a first and second electrode (2, 3), a separator arranged between the electrodes (2, 3) and a flexible outer shell, characterised in that each pouch cell has a circular outer edge and a circular through-hole arranged in its centre, an outer cell pole arranged on the outer edge of each pouch cell and an inner cell pole arranged on an inner edge of the through-hole, wherein the cell module has a cylindrical rod-shaped inner current collector and an outer current collector configured as a cylinder jacket, wherein the inner current collector extends along a central axis of the cell module and the outer current collector is arranged concentrically to the inner current collector, wherein the pouch cells form a stack in the direction of the centre axis and are arranged, such that the inner current collector extends through the through-holes of the pouch cells, wherein the inner cell poles are electrically connected to the inner current collector and the outer cell poles are electrically conductively connected to the outer current collector.
A device for laminating an electrode assembly comprising a cathode, an anode and a separator interposed therebetween laminated in this order by thermal bonding, the device comprising: an inlet, through which a web having the cathode/separator/anode laminate structure is fed, a heater to heat the web and thereby induce thermal bonding between the cathode, the separator and the anode; an outlet, through which the thermally bonded web is discharged; and a transporter (121a, 121b, 122a, 122b, 131, 132) to transport the web through the inlet, the heater and the outlet, wherein the transporter imparts a transport driving force to the web in a state that the transporter contacts at least one of the top and the bottom of the web, and characterized in that the heater directly heats a region of the transporter contacting the web and thereby transfers slight thermal bonding energy to the web; in use, a protective film is arranged between the web and the lamination device; the heater and the transporter are arranged in an air-tight chamber, and in use, the protective film is collected, before the web is discharged through the outlet. an inlet, through which a web having the cathode/separator/anode laminate structure is fed, a heater to heat the web and thereby induce thermal bonding between the cathode, the separator and the anode; an outlet, through which the thermally bonded web is discharged; and a transporter (121a, 121b, 122a, 122b, 131, 132) to transport the web through the inlet, the heater and the outlet, wherein the transporter imparts a transport driving force to the web in a state that the transporter contacts at least one of the top and the bottom of the web, and characterized in that the heater directly heats a region of the transporter contacting the web and thereby transfers slight thermal bonding energy to the web; in use, a protective film is arranged between the web and the lamination device; the heater and the transporter are arranged in an air-tight chamber, and in use, the protective film is collected, before the web is discharged through the outlet.
An ultrasonic processing apparatus comprising an ultrasonic processing unit for subjecting a fibrous web to ultrasonic processing by interposing the fibrous web between a horn connected with an ultrasonic oscillator and an anvil opposed to the horn, wherein: the ultrasonic processing apparatus includes upstream side conveying means and downstream side conveying means allowing the fibrous web to run in a machine direction continuously, between the upstream side conveying means and the downstream side conveying means, the ultrasonic processing unit including a first mechanical element defined by one of the horn and the anvil and a second mechanical element defined by a remainder is located in a face to face relation so that the fibrous web is nipped therebetween, the first mechanical element is a stationary element in the ultrasonic processing apparatus being movable neither in the machine direction nor in a cross direction with respect to the machine direction and having a working surface opposed to the second element, and the second mechanical element is a movable element adapted to rotate in the cross direction and at the same time to repeat back-and-forth movement between the machine direction and the cross direction across the fibrous web wherein, in the course of moving forward, the movable element is kept in contact with the fibrous web running in the machine direction and cooperates with the working surface of the first mechanical element to subject the fibrous web to the ultrasonic processing and, in the course of moving back, the movable element is spaced away from the fibrous web. the ultrasonic processing apparatus includes upstream side conveying means and downstream side conveying means allowing the fibrous web to run in a machine direction continuously, between the upstream side conveying means and the downstream side conveying means, the ultrasonic processing unit including a first mechanical element defined by one of the horn and the anvil and a second mechanical element defined by a remainder is located in a face to face relation so that the fibrous web is nipped therebetween, the first mechanical element is a stationary element in the ultrasonic processing apparatus being movable neither in the machine direction nor in a cross direction with respect to the machine direction and having a working surface opposed to the second element, and the second mechanical element is a movable element adapted to rotate in the cross direction and at the same time to repeat back-and-forth movement between the machine direction and the cross direction across the fibrous web wherein, in the course of moving forward, the movable element is kept in contact with the fibrous web running in the machine direction and cooperates with the working surface of the first mechanical element to subject the fibrous web to the ultrasonic processing and, in the course of moving back, the movable element is spaced away from the fibrous web.
A cochleate composition, the composition comprising a plurality of cochleates comprising at least one negatively charged phospholipid, a multivalent cation, a pharmacologically active agent, and a size-regulating agent selected from the group consisting of a lipid-anchored polynucleotide, a lipid-anchored sugar, and a lipid-anchored polypeptide.
A document having a non-volatile memory area for storing a secret identifier, wherein the identifier has a first n-digit character sequence from a predefined character set, having random generator means (114, 118) for selecting at least one character from the predefined character set for replacement of at least one character of the first character sequence, such that a second n-digit character sequence is defined as a result of this replacement, having a volatile memory area for storing the at least one selected character, having a display device for displaying the at least one selected character, having input means for inputting a third character sequence, having processor means (108, 114) for authenticating the user to the document, wherein the processor means is configured to access the non-volatile memory area and the volatile memory area in order to thus read the second character sequence and to check for a match between the second and third character sequences in order to authenticate the user.
A surgical port assembly (105, 205, 405, 505) for use with surgical instruments, comprising: a body (110, 210, 510) having a longitudinal axis, the body including an exterior surface, an interior surface and an interior space defined by the interior surface of the body; and a control interface (181, 281, 481, 581) including a plurality of drive members (118a - 118c; 212-215; 219a-219n; 216a-216n; 310a; 4141, 414b; 513a, 513b) coupled to the body, the drive members being provided within the interior space and wherein at least one of the plurality of drive members is controllable to apply a force to a portion of a shaft of a surgical instrument in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the body, when the shaft is disposed within the interior space, to change the tilt angle of the shaft of the surgical instrument, and wherein at least one of the plurality of drive members is controllable to effect translation of the shaft in the longitudinal direction of the body, thereby enabling movement of a distal portion of the surgical instrument to a desired position within a body cavity. a body (110, 210, 510) having a longitudinal axis, the body including an exterior surface, an interior surface and an interior space defined by the interior surface of the body; and a control interface (181, 281, 481, 581) including a plurality of drive members (118a - 118c; 212-215; 219a-219n; 216a-216n; 310a; 4141, 414b; 513a, 513b) coupled to the body, the drive members being provided within the interior space and wherein at least one of the plurality of drive members is controllable to apply a force to a portion of a shaft of a surgical instrument in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the body, when the shaft is disposed within the interior space, to change the tilt angle of the shaft of the surgical instrument, and wherein at least one of the plurality of drive members is controllable to effect translation of the shaft in the longitudinal direction of the body, thereby enabling movement of a distal portion of the surgical instrument to a desired position within a body cavity.