mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Method for monitoring performance of a radar sensor, the method comprising: monitoring by a range monitor of a monitoring unit the range of visibility of the radar sensor, calculating by a calculation unit of the monitoring unit a most recent gradient of the range of visibility of the radar sensor by multiplying the former value of the gradient with one minus alpha and adding a new value of the gradient multiplied by alpha, wherein alpha is a filter parameter between 0 and 1, and wherein the new value of the gradient is calculated in every cycle of the radar sensor by subtracting the range of visibility of the former cycle of the radar sensor from the range of visibility of the radar sensor in the recent cycle and dividing the result by the cycle time, wherein the range of visibility and the most recent gradient of the range of visibility are calculated every cycle of the radar sensor, wherein the cycle of the radar sensor is a working cycle of the radar sensor in which the radar sensor provides an updated information about detected objects and reporting by the calculation unit a degradation of the performance of the radar sensor, if the most recent gradient is below a predetermined threshold value. monitoring by a range monitor of a monitoring unit the range of visibility of the radar sensor, calculating by a calculation unit of the monitoring unit a most recent gradient of the range of visibility of the radar sensor by multiplying the former value of the gradient with one minus alpha and adding a new value of the gradient multiplied by alpha, wherein alpha is a filter parameter between 0 and 1, and wherein the new value of the gradient is calculated in every cycle of the radar sensor by subtracting the range of visibility of the former cycle of the radar sensor from the range of visibility of the radar sensor in the recent cycle and dividing the result by the cycle time, wherein the range of visibility and the most recent gradient of the range of visibility are calculated every cycle of the radar sensor, wherein the cycle of the radar sensor is a working cycle of the radar sensor in which the radar sensor provides an updated information about detected objects and reporting by the calculation unit a degradation of the performance of the radar sensor, if the most recent gradient is below a predetermined threshold value.
A computer-implemented method for automated planning of a cutting boundary for removal of a diseased region of an anatomy, the method utilizing a model of the diseased region, wherein the computer-implemented method comprises: defining, relative to the model of the diseased region, a first plane and a second plane being spaced apart from the first plane; identifying a geometrical feature of the model of the diseased region; providing a first reference spline onto the first plane, the first reference spline derived from the geometrical feature; providing a second reference spline onto the second plane, the second reference spline derived from the geometrical feature; creating a first set of ruled surfaces extending between the reference splines (S1, S2); optimizing a shape of one or both of the reference splines (S1, S2) to thereby define one or both of an optimized first spline and an optimized second spline, wherein optimizing is based on minimizing a volume bounded by the first set of ruled surfaces and the first and second planes (P1, P2); creating a second set of ruled surfaces extending between one of the reference splines (S1, S2) and one of the optimized splines (OS1, OS2) or extending between the optimized splines (OS1, OS2); and defining the cutting boundary based on the second set of ruled surfaces. defining, relative to the model of the diseased region, a first plane and a second plane being spaced apart from the first plane; identifying a geometrical feature of the model of the diseased region; providing a first reference spline onto the first plane, the first reference spline derived from the geometrical feature; providing a second reference spline onto the second plane, the second reference spline derived from the geometrical feature; creating a first set of ruled surfaces extending between the reference splines (S1, S2); optimizing a shape of one or both of the reference splines (S1, S2) to thereby define one or both of an optimized first spline and an optimized second spline, wherein optimizing is based on minimizing a volume bounded by the first set of ruled surfaces and the first and second planes (P1, P2); creating a second set of ruled surfaces extending between one of the reference splines (S1, S2) and one of the optimized splines (OS1, OS2) or extending between the optimized splines (OS1, OS2); and defining the cutting boundary based on the second set of ruled surfaces.
A powder slush molding machine (10, 10a) comprising: a mold heating portion (A portion) that heats a mold (60, 60', 60A, 60B, 60C) so that the temperature of the mold is set to a value equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature; a powder slush portion (B portion) that sprays a molding resin, while powdering the molding resin, to mold a sheet-like material having a predetermined thickness on the inner surface of the heated mold; a mold cooling portion (C portion) that cools the mold so that the temperature of the mold is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature; a mold working portion (E portion) that separates the cooled sheet-like material from the mold; and a transport device that moves the mold between the respective portions, characterized in that a preheating device for heating at least the outer surface of the mold is provided at a part of the transport device, and the preheating device includes a cover member that includes an opening opening downward and receives the mold through the opening. a mold heating portion (A portion) that heats a mold (60, 60', 60A, 60B, 60C) so that the temperature of the mold is set to a value equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature; a powder slush portion (B portion) that sprays a molding resin, while powdering the molding resin, to mold a sheet-like material having a predetermined thickness on the inner surface of the heated mold; a mold cooling portion (C portion) that cools the mold so that the temperature of the mold is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature; a mold working portion (E portion) that separates the cooled sheet-like material from the mold; and a transport device that moves the mold between the respective portions, characterized in that a preheating device for heating at least the outer surface of the mold is provided at a part of the transport device, and the preheating device includes a cover member that includes an opening opening downward and receives the mold through the opening.
An image rendering method for matrix data I from an input signal having a high dynamic range, the method implemented by computer comprising steps consisting in: - generating, from the initial matrix data, a first color image called "low-intensity image", in which the colors represent low intensities of the input signal; - generating, from the initial matrix data, a second color image called "high-intensity image", in which the colors represent high intensities of the input signal, said step comprising at least one filtering step consisting in applying, at each point (x, y) of the image, a non-linear low-pass filter of unimodal impulse response, centrally symmetrical with respect to the point of coordinates (0,0); - generating a merged color image combining, point-for-point, the low-intensity image and the high-intensity image in an average, weighted by a constant factor, of each of the color components; - normalizing the combined image so that, at each point, the luminance of the resulting image is equal to the luminance of the low-intensity image; and - redimensioning the resulting image on at least one axis of the matrix. - generating, from the initial matrix data, a first color image called "low-intensity image", in which the colors represent low intensities of the input signal; - generating, from the initial matrix data, a second color image called "high-intensity image", in which the colors represent high intensities of the input signal, said step comprising at least one filtering step consisting in applying, at each point (x, y) of the image, a non-linear low-pass filter of unimodal impulse response, centrally symmetrical with respect to the point of coordinates (0,0); - generating a merged color image combining, point-for-point, the low-intensity image and the high-intensity image in an average, weighted by a constant factor, of each of the color components; - normalizing the combined image so that, at each point, the luminance of the resulting image is equal to the luminance of the low-intensity image; and - redimensioning the resulting image on at least one axis of the matrix.
A method for black starting a power supply device, wherein the power supply device comprises at least one bidirectional inverter having an AC-side connection for a grid and a battery connected to the DC side of the bidirectional inverter, wherein the battery has, in addition to two battery poles for a connection to a supply interface of the bidirectional inverter, at least one control line, the supply with voltage of which causes the battery to be put into operation, and an activation device, adapted to provide at an interface to the control line a voltage supplied by an auxiliary battery when the activation device is actuated in the event of a black start, the voltage being suitable for starting up the Battery, wherein - a method step involves the activation device of the power supply device being operated, so that the activation device applies a voltage to the control line of the battery such that the battery is put into an operating state, which is different from a shut-down state or a standby mode, wherein the voltage provided by the activation device is provided by the auxiliary battery, and - a further method step involves the bidirectional inverter being put into an operating state, which is different from a shut-down state or a standby mode, after the voltage provided by the auxiliary battery is applied to the control line. - a method step involves the activation device of the power supply device being operated, so that the activation device applies a voltage to the control line of the battery such that the battery is put into an operating state, which is different from a shut-down state or a standby mode, wherein the voltage provided by the activation device is provided by the auxiliary battery, and - a further method step involves the bidirectional inverter being put into an operating state, which is different from a shut-down state or a standby mode, after the voltage provided by the auxiliary battery is applied to the control line.
Method of evaluating quality of a degraded speech signal received from an audio transmission system, by conveying through said audio transmission system a reference speech signal such as to provide said degraded speech signal, wherein the method comprises: - sampling said reference speech signal into a plurality of reference signal frames, sampling said degraded speech signal into a plurality of degraded signal frames, and forming frame pairs by associating said reference signal frames and said degraded signal frames with each other; - providing for each frame pair a difference function representing a difference between said degraded signal frame and said associated reference signal frame; - compensating said difference function for one or more disturbance types such as to provide for each frame pair a disturbance density function which is adapted to a human auditory perception model; - deriving from said disturbance density functions of a plurality of frame pairs an overall quality parameter, said quality parameter being at least indicative of said quality of said degraded speech signal; wherein, said method further comprises the steps of: - identifying one or more silent frames of said plurality of degraded signal frames; - determining for said silent frames a noise level parameter value indicative of an average amount of signal power which is present in the silent frames at frequencies above a frequency threshold; - determining a high band noise level compensation factor based on the noise level parameter value for compensating the overall quality parameter for noise above said frequency threshold. - sampling said reference speech signal into a plurality of reference signal frames, sampling said degraded speech signal into a plurality of degraded signal frames, and forming frame pairs by associating said reference signal frames and said degraded signal frames with each other; - providing for each frame pair a difference function representing a difference between said degraded signal frame and said associated reference signal frame; - compensating said difference function for one or more disturbance types such as to provide for each frame pair a disturbance density function which is adapted to a human auditory perception model; - deriving from said disturbance density functions of a plurality of frame pairs an overall quality parameter, said quality parameter being at least indicative of said quality of said degraded speech signal; - identifying one or more silent frames of said plurality of degraded signal frames; - determining for said silent frames a noise level parameter value indicative of an average amount of signal power which is present in the silent frames at frequencies above a frequency threshold; - determining a high band noise level compensation factor based on the noise level parameter value for compensating the overall quality parameter for noise above said frequency threshold.
A container manufacturing method of manufacturing a liquid container containing a content liquid from a synthetic resin preform, the method comprising: a nozzle fitting step of fitting a blow nozzle into a mouth of the preform placed in a mold for blow molding; a liquid replacing step of replacing air in the preform with a liquid by supplying a predetermined amount of liquid into the preform from a liquid supply port provided to the blow nozzle separately from a discharge port with the discharge port provided to the blow nozzle open; and a liquid blow molding step of molding the preform into a liquid container having a shape conforming to an inner surface of the mold for blow molding by supplying a pressurized liquid from the liquid supply port into the preform after the discharge port is closed, characterized by that in the liquid replacing step, a predetermined amount of liquid is supplied into the preform at a pressure that is lower than that used in the liquid blow molding step. a nozzle fitting step of fitting a blow nozzle into a mouth of the preform placed in a mold for blow molding; a liquid replacing step of replacing air in the preform with a liquid by supplying a predetermined amount of liquid into the preform from a liquid supply port provided to the blow nozzle separately from a discharge port with the discharge port provided to the blow nozzle open; and a liquid blow molding step of molding the preform into a liquid container having a shape conforming to an inner surface of the mold for blow molding by supplying a pressurized liquid from the liquid supply port into the preform after the discharge port is closed,
A gripping device for a clamp having a central axis and designed to axially block an axisymmetric body by applying radial actions centred on said central axis; said device extending in a given direction parallel to said axis and comprising a support assembly and a gripping assembly coupled together by means of a plate that delimits said gripping assembly at the rear and supports, at the front, at least one holding unit; each said holding unit comprising at least one toothed sliding block carried in a freely rotatable and axially fixed way with respect to said direction; where each said holding unit comprises hinge coupling means axially distributed along said direction and arranged between said plate and each said sliding block, characterized in that said coupling means comprise tabs carried at the front by said plate and abutment elements carried at the rear by said sliding block and shape-fitted to said tabs.
A Hall Effect sensing element comprising: a Hall plate having a thickness less than 100 nanometers, wherein the Hall plate is a copper oxide; characterised by an adhesion layer directly in contact with the Hall plate and having a thickness in a range of 0.1 nanometers to 5 nanometers. a Hall plate having a thickness less than 100 nanometers, wherein the Hall plate is a copper oxide; characterised by an adhesion layer directly in contact with the Hall plate and having a thickness in a range of 0.1 nanometers to 5 nanometers.
A multifunctional wound treatment dressing, comprising an occlusive wrapping adapted for placing over a wound on the surface of a skin, one side of the wrapping intended to face the wound, and comprising a connector to be detachably connected with an external apparatus box by a connecting pipe, further comprising a combination of at least two of the following means: - a negative pressure means comprising a suction tube originating from pumping means within the external apparatus box leading through the connecting pipe and the connector into the occlusive wrapping, wherein the end of the suction tube protrudes into the area of the lower surface of the wrapping, forming a substantially fluid-tight seal around the wound; - an electrical stimulation means, comprising at least one electrode arranged at the wound treatment dressing and adapted for transmitting electrical energy towards the wound; - an optical stimulation means, comprising an optical energy conducting and/or emitting element (16;14) arranged at the wrapping and adapted for transmitting optical energy towards the wound; - a mechanical stimulation means, comprising a vibrational energy source, arranged at the wrapping and adapted for transmitting vibrational energy towards the wound; - a means for removing wound exudates to an exterior of the wrapping via an additional suction tube, wherein the end of the additional suction tube protrudes into the area of the lower surface of the wrapping, characterized in that the wrapping is rigid or partly rigid and is customized according to a specific curvature shape of a body part, at which the wound is located. - a negative pressure means comprising a suction tube originating from pumping means within the external apparatus box leading through the connecting pipe and the connector into the occlusive wrapping, wherein the end of the suction tube protrudes into the area of the lower surface of the wrapping, forming a substantially fluid-tight seal around the wound; - an electrical stimulation means, comprising at least one electrode arranged at the wound treatment dressing and adapted for transmitting electrical energy towards the wound; - an optical stimulation means, comprising an optical energy conducting and/or emitting element (16;14) arranged at the wrapping and adapted for transmitting optical energy towards the wound; - a mechanical stimulation means, comprising a vibrational energy source, arranged at the wrapping and adapted for transmitting vibrational energy towards the wound; - a means for removing wound exudates to an exterior of the wrapping via an additional suction tube, wherein the end of the additional suction tube protrudes into the area of the lower surface of the wrapping, characterized in that the wrapping is rigid or partly rigid and is customized according to a specific curvature shape of a body part, at which the wound is located.
A rotary valve, comprising: a valve body defining a fluid flow passageway; a seal coupled to the valve body and disposed in the fluid flow passageway; a flow control member disposed in the fluid flow passageway adjacent the seal, the flow control member having a seal wearing cycle including movement between a first position in which the flow control member engages the seal and a second position; an actuator coupled to the flow control member and configured to apply a torque to move the flow control member during the seal wearing cycle; and a controller operatively coupled to the actuator and configured to estimate a condition of the seal based on the applied torque, wherein the controller is configured to estimate the condition of the seal by calculating a ratio using the torque and a set value, characterized by: the controller being configured to determine: (i) a rate of change of the torque and an estimate remaining number of seal wearing cycles until the condition of the seal reaches a predetermined level based on the torque and the rate of change, and/or (ii) a frequency of the seal wearing cycles and an estimated amount of time until the condition of the seal reaches a predetermined level based on the torque and the frequency of the seal wearing cycles. a valve body defining a fluid flow passageway; a seal coupled to the valve body and disposed in the fluid flow passageway; a flow control member disposed in the fluid flow passageway adjacent the seal, the flow control member having a seal wearing cycle including movement between a first position in which the flow control member engages the seal and a second position; an actuator coupled to the flow control member and configured to apply a torque to move the flow control member during the seal wearing cycle; and a controller operatively coupled to the actuator and configured to estimate a condition of the seal based on the applied torque, wherein the controller is configured to estimate the condition of the seal by calculating a ratio using the torque and a set value, characterized by: the controller being configured to determine: (i) a rate of change of the torque and an estimate remaining number of seal wearing cycles until the condition of the seal reaches a predetermined level based on the torque and the rate of change, and/or (ii) a frequency of the seal wearing cycles and an estimated amount of time until the condition of the seal reaches a predetermined level based on the torque and the frequency of the seal wearing cycles. (i) a rate of change of the torque and an estimate remaining number of seal wearing cycles until the condition of the seal reaches a predetermined level based on the torque and the rate of change, and/or (ii) a frequency of the seal wearing cycles and an estimated amount of time until the condition of the seal reaches a predetermined level based on the torque and the frequency of the seal wearing cycles.
An electronic device comprising: - a semiconductor substrate having a front surface. - a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the front surface of the substrate, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode each comprises at least one epitaxial graphene monolayer, characterized In that - the at least one epitaxial graphene monolayer of the first electrode is forming an ohmic contact with the substrate and - the at least one epitaxial graphene monolayer of the second electrode Is forming a Schottky barrier with the substrate. - a semiconductor substrate having a front surface. - a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the front surface of the substrate, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode each comprises at least one epitaxial graphene monolayer, characterized In that - the at least one epitaxial graphene monolayer of the first electrode is forming an ohmic contact with the substrate and - the at least one epitaxial graphene monolayer of the second electrode Is forming a Schottky barrier with the substrate.