mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A sensing device for sensing a target analyte of interest in a phase, comprising: a first electrode 104 on a rigid architecture; an insulating layer 102 located on the first electrode 104; a second electrode 100 located on at least a portion of the insulating layer 102 spaced from the first electrode 104 by the insulating layer 102; an external circuit connected to said first electrode 104 and said second electrode 100 configured to apply a time-dependent electric field between, and in a neighbourhood of, the first electrode 104 and the second electrode 100, and a detector device for detecting a change in a temporal response caused by a change in an effective dielectric constant, characterized in that the first electrode 104, the second electrode 100 and the insulating layer 102 are arranged in a layered fashion and the second electrode 100 overlaps the first electrode 104, the insulating layer 102 having a plurality of wells not covered by the second electrode 100 and the second electrode 100 having a plurality of edges in a proximity to the plurality of wells, and in that said change in said effective dielectric constant is induced by said target analyte of interest in the plurality of wells. a first electrode 104 on a rigid architecture; an insulating layer 102 located on the first electrode 104; a second electrode 100 located on at least a portion of the insulating layer 102 spaced from the first electrode 104 by the insulating layer 102; an external circuit connected to said first electrode 104 and said second electrode 100 configured to apply a time-dependent electric field between, and in a neighbourhood of, the first electrode 104 and the second electrode 100, and a detector device for detecting a change in a temporal response caused by a change in an effective dielectric constant, characterized in that the first electrode 104, the second electrode 100 and the insulating layer 102 are arranged in a layered fashion and the second electrode 100 overlaps the first electrode 104, the insulating layer 102 having a plurality of wells not covered by the second electrode 100 and the second electrode 100 having a plurality of edges in a proximity to the plurality of wells, and in that said change in said effective dielectric constant is induced by said target analyte of interest in the plurality of wells.
Printing machine with a device for pneumatically holding sheets of printing material, the device comprising a row of suction elements each of which is assigned a filter, characterized in that each one of the suction elements has a changeable cap in which the filter is received so that the filter is changeable together with the cap, in that the suction elements are disposed on a drum for transporting the sheets, in that the drum is part of a turning device for turning the sheets in the printing machine, and in that the suction elements are arranged to hold the trailing edge of the respective sheet.
A computer-implemented method for testing network connectivity for a network device, comprising: connecting to a network provider through the use of at least one network connectivity interface on the network device; pinging a first server having a static internet protocol, IP, address through the network provider; pinging a second server, different from the first server, having a static uniform resource locator, URL, through the network provider; and determining whether to switch network connectivity with another network connectivity interface on the network device based on whether a response was received by said network device from said first server and/or whether a response was received by said network device from said second server, wherein said network connectivity interface operates using a connectivity technology different from a connectivity technology of said another network connectivity interface. connecting to a network provider through the use of at least one network connectivity interface on the network device; pinging a first server having a static internet protocol, IP, address through the network provider; pinging a second server, different from the first server, having a static uniform resource locator, URL, through the network provider; and determining whether to switch network connectivity with another network connectivity interface on the network device based on whether a response was received by said network device from said first server and/or whether a response was received by said network device from said second server, wherein said network connectivity interface operates using a connectivity technology different from a connectivity technology of said another network connectivity interface.
A differential detector for a receiver, said detector comprising: an analog to digital converter for sampling samples from symbols of a signal; a differentiator configured to differentiate the samples with a transfer function to produce a differentiated series of samples for each symbol; and a decision device configured to determine the value of each symbol by comparing values of the differentiated series of samples with boundary condition values;. wherein for each symbol either: a positive sequence is assigned to or maintained for a symbol where at least one sample of its differentiated series of samples exceeds an upper boundary condition value; or a negative sequence is assigned to or maintained for a symbol where at least one sample of its differentiated series of samples exceeds a lower boundary condition value; or a positive or negative sequence is maintained for a symbol where no sample of its differentiated series of samples exceed the upper or lower boundary condition value; wherein the decision device determines ternary values of each symbol within each positive or negative sequence of symbols, and the ternary values of the final sequence of symbols are characterized in that a value of 0 is assigned if the sum of the ternary values of all the symbols differ from a predetermined sum of expected ternary values. a positive sequence is assigned to or maintained for a symbol where at least one sample of its differentiated series of samples exceeds an upper boundary condition value; or a negative sequence is assigned to or maintained for a symbol where at least one sample of its differentiated series of samples exceeds a lower boundary condition value; or a positive or negative sequence is maintained for a symbol where no sample of its differentiated series of samples exceed the upper or lower boundary condition value;
A process for extracting dominant spectral components from a power spectrum of noisy measurements comprising: sorting all spectral components from a power spectrum in order of magnitude to form an ordered power spectrum; representing background noise of said ordered power spectrum with a first polynomial; setting a first threshold with respect to said first polynomial; comparing spectral components of said ordered power spectrum to said first threshold; removing spectral components of said power spectrum that exceed said first threshold from said ordered power spectrum to form a noise power spectrum; representing said noise power spectrum in said power spectrum with a second polynomial; setting a second threshold with respect to said second polynomial; and identifying spectral components of said power spectrum that exceed said second threshold as dominant spectral components of said power spectrum. sorting all spectral components from a power spectrum in order of magnitude to form an ordered power spectrum; representing background noise of said ordered power spectrum with a first polynomial; setting a first threshold with respect to said first polynomial; comparing spectral components of said ordered power spectrum to said first threshold; removing spectral components of said power spectrum that exceed said first threshold from said ordered power spectrum to form a noise power spectrum; representing said noise power spectrum in said power spectrum with a second polynomial; setting a second threshold with respect to said second polynomial; and identifying spectral components of said power spectrum that exceed said second threshold as dominant spectral components of said power spectrum.
A data transfer method operational on at least one of two devices (202,230) in a terminal, the two devices communicatively coupled through a communication link, said communication link configurable for compatibility with a plurality of physical interface standards, the method comprising: determining a physical interface standard to be used for communicating between the two devices (202,230), wherein the physical interface standard is one of physical interface standards supported by at least one of the two devices (202,230); selecting an encoder (210,240) from a plurality of encoders available to at least one of the two devices to generate encoded data consistent with the physical interface standard to be used for communicating between the two devices (232,230); and configuring a plurality of drivers (210,240) to receive the encoded data from the encoder and to drive a plurality of connectors communicatively coupling the two devices in accordance with the physical interface standard to be used for communicating between the two devices, wherein the encoder (210,240) is selected from the plurality of encoders that includes a first encoder configured to provide the encoded data in differentially encoded signals and a second encoder that is an N-phase encoder configured to encode data in a sequence of symbols using a combination of a phase state of a first pair of the plurality of connectors, a polarity of a second pair of the plurality of connectors, and a selection of at least one undriven connector. determining a physical interface standard to be used for communicating between the two devices (202,230), wherein the physical interface standard is one of physical interface standards supported by at least one of the two devices (202,230); selecting an encoder (210,240) from a plurality of encoders available to at least one of the two devices to generate encoded data consistent with the physical interface standard to be used for communicating between the two devices (232,230); and configuring a plurality of drivers (210,240) to receive the encoded data from the encoder and to drive a plurality of connectors communicatively coupling the two devices in accordance with the physical interface standard to be used for communicating between the two devices, wherein the encoder (210,240) is selected from the plurality of encoders that includes a first encoder configured to provide the encoded data in differentially encoded signals and a second encoder that is an N-phase encoder configured to encode data in a sequence of symbols using a combination of a phase state of a first pair of the plurality of connectors, a polarity of a second pair of the plurality of connectors, and a selection of at least one undriven connector.
A tire load estimating method comprising: a step of detecting an acceleration waveform of a tire in a tire radial direction from an output of an acceleration sensor disposed on an inner surface side of a tire tread; a step of differentiating the acceleration waveform in the tire radial direction to obtain a differential acceleration waveform; a step of calculating a ground contact time and a rotation time of the tire from the differential acceleration waveform; a step of calculating a ground contact time ratio which is a ratio between the ground contact time and the rotation time; and a step of estimating a load acting on the tire from the calculated ground time ratio. a step of detecting an acceleration waveform of a tire in a tire radial direction from an output of an acceleration sensor disposed on an inner surface side of a tire tread; a step of differentiating the acceleration waveform in the tire radial direction to obtain a differential acceleration waveform; a step of calculating a ground contact time and a rotation time of the tire from the differential acceleration waveform; a step of calculating a ground contact time ratio which is a ratio between the ground contact time and the rotation time; and a step of estimating a load acting on the tire from the calculated ground time ratio.
A method of combusting fuel in a furnace, comprising: feeding a first stream of fuel into the furnace, feeding a first stream of gaseous oxidant into the furnace in an amount that provides less oxygen than the amount of oxygen that is required to completely combust the fuel that is fed in said first stream of fuel, and combusting the fuel in the first stream of fuel with the oxygen in the first stream of gaseous oxidant in the furnace to produce a mixture of combustion products and incompletely combusted fuel; feeding a second stream of fuel into the interior space of a port which is recessed in a wall of the furnace and which opens toward the furnace interior, and feeding a second stream of gaseous oxidant into the interior space of the port in an amount that provides a stoichiometric excess of oxygen relative to the fuel that is fed in the second stream of fuel, and combusting the fuel and gaseous oxygen that are fed into the interior space of the port in a flame whose base is within the port and to provide combustion heat release within the port of 80% to 95%, to heat the port to at least 816°C, and to produce a second mixture, comprising products of said combustion and unreacted oxygen from the second stream of oxidant, that is at a temperature of at least 816°C and fills the port; and passing the second mixture into the furnace and combusting incompletely combusted fuel in the furnace with said unreacted oxygen. feeding a first stream of fuel into the furnace, feeding a first stream of gaseous oxidant into the furnace in an amount that provides less oxygen than the amount of oxygen that is required to completely combust the fuel that is fed in said first stream of fuel, and combusting the fuel in the first stream of fuel with the oxygen in the first stream of gaseous oxidant in the furnace to produce a mixture of combustion products and incompletely combusted fuel; feeding a second stream of fuel into the interior space of a port which is recessed in a wall of the furnace and which opens toward the furnace interior, and feeding a second stream of gaseous oxidant into the interior space of the port in an amount that provides a stoichiometric excess of oxygen relative to the fuel that is fed in the second stream of fuel, and combusting the fuel and gaseous oxygen that are fed into the interior space of the port in a flame whose base is within the port and to provide combustion heat release within the port of 80% to 95%, to heat the port to at least 816°C, and to produce a second mixture, comprising products of said combustion and unreacted oxygen from the second stream of oxidant, that is at a temperature of at least 816°C and fills the port; and passing the second mixture into the furnace and combusting incompletely combusted fuel in the furnace with said unreacted oxygen.
An LED lighting device comprising: a power supply circuit which is connected between a light source including a light emitting diode (Ld8i) and a power source and includes a series circuit of a switching device and an inductor; an inductor current detector configured to measure an inductor current flowing through the inductor and provide a measurement value indicative of the inductor current; a drive circuit configured to allow the power supply circuit to provide a predetermined DC current to the light source by turning on the switching device at a predetermined period and turning off the switching device when the measurement value from the inductor current detector is equal to a first threshold or more; a load current detector configured to measure a load current flowing through the light source; and a protection device configured to, when the load current measured by the load current detector is equal to a second threshold or more, perform a protection operation, characterized in that the protection device is further configured to perform the protection operation by changing a circuit constant of a power supply path and thereby shortening a turned-on period (Ton) of the switching device. a power supply circuit which is connected between a light source including a light emitting diode (Ld8i) and a power source and includes a series circuit of a switching device and an inductor; an inductor current detector configured to measure an inductor current flowing through the inductor and provide a measurement value indicative of the inductor current; a drive circuit configured to allow the power supply circuit to provide a predetermined DC current to the light source by turning on the switching device at a predetermined period and turning off the switching device when the measurement value from the inductor current detector is equal to a first threshold or more; a load current detector configured to measure a load current flowing through the light source; and a protection device configured to, when the load current measured by the load current detector is equal to a second threshold or more, perform a protection operation, characterized in that the protection device is further configured to perform the protection operation by changing a circuit constant of a power supply path and thereby shortening a turned-on period (Ton) of the switching device.
A support structure for a covering tarpaulin for vehicles, trailers, semi-trailers, and containers, comprising two series of sliders configured to be arranged for sliding along respective side supports of a loading compartment, a plurality of carrier ribs configured to support the covering tarpaulin, each carrier rib connecting two sliders of the two series to each other, respectively, a tilting arm configured to support an end flap of the covering tarpaulin and hinged to an end rib of said plurality of carrier ribs, or to at least one of the sliders of the end rib, said tilting arm being rotatable between a raised position and a lowered position, a control lever integral in rotation with the tilting arm and configured to engage an abutment element arranged on the loading compartment so as to lower the tilting arm when the support structure reaches an extended position on the loading compartment; wherein the control lever is provided with a coupling portion configured to engage a striker arranged on the loading compartment when the support structure is in an extended position and the tilting arm is in the lowered position, characterized in that said striker is arranged at a lower level than the abutment element and is arranged upstream of the abutment element with respect to the advancement direction of the support structure towards the extended position. two series of sliders configured to be arranged for sliding along respective side supports of a loading compartment, a plurality of carrier ribs configured to support the covering tarpaulin, each carrier rib connecting two sliders of the two series to each other, respectively, a tilting arm configured to support an end flap of the covering tarpaulin and hinged to an end rib of said plurality of carrier ribs, or to at least one of the sliders of the end rib, said tilting arm being rotatable between a raised position and a lowered position, a control lever integral in rotation with the tilting arm and configured to engage an abutment element arranged on the loading compartment so as to lower the tilting arm when the support structure reaches an extended position on the loading compartment; wherein the control lever is provided with a coupling portion configured to engage a striker arranged on the loading compartment when the support structure is in an extended position and the tilting arm is in the lowered position, characterized in that said striker is arranged at a lower level than the abutment element and is arranged upstream of the abutment element with respect to the advancement direction of the support structure towards the extended position.
Cosmetic composition for treating keratin fibres, in particular human keratin fibres such as the hair, comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium: - at least one terpolymer comprising, among its monomers, at least one α,β-monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid; at least one ester of an α,β-monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and at least one ester of an α,β-monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and of an oxyalkylenated fatty alcohol; - at least one fixing polymer chosen from non-ionic fixing homopolymers, the ratio between the amounts, expressed as weight percentage relative to the total weight of the composition, of the terpolymer and the non-ionic fixing homopolymer being greater than or equal to 0.2, - at least one polyol other than the non-ionic fixing homopolymer, and the ratio between the amounts, expressed as weight percentage relative to the total weight of the composition, of the terpolymer and the polyol being less than 1, and - if the composition comprises in addition an anionic fixing polymer, then the terpolymer is in an amount sufficient to obtain a viscosity greater than 50 cps at 25°C at a shear rate of 1 s -1. - at least one terpolymer comprising, among its monomers, at least one α,β-monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid; at least one ester of an α,β-monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and at least one ester of an α,β-monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and of an oxyalkylenated fatty alcohol; - at least one fixing polymer chosen from non-ionic fixing homopolymers, the ratio between the amounts, expressed as weight percentage relative to the total weight of the composition, of the terpolymer and the non-ionic fixing homopolymer being greater than or equal to 0.2, - at least one polyol other than the non-ionic fixing homopolymer, and the ratio between the amounts, expressed as weight percentage relative to the total weight of the composition, of the terpolymer and the polyol being less than 1, and - if the composition comprises in addition an anionic fixing polymer, then the terpolymer is in an amount sufficient to obtain a viscosity greater than 50 cps at 25°C at a shear rate of 1 s -1.
A regenerative heat exchanger, comprising a frame, a rotor pivotally mounted to the frame, a heat transfer honeycomb system arranged in the rotor, means (16, 17) for conveying a warm gas flow through the heat transfer honeycomb system, means (18, 19) for conveying a cold gas flow through the heat transfer honeycomb system, and whereby heat brought by the warm gas flow to the heat transfer honeycomb system is transferred in the heat transfer honeycomb system to the cold gas flow, heating it, whereby the means (16 to 19) for conveying both the warm and the cold gas flows are arranged to convey said flows radially through the heat transfer honeycomb system, characterized in that the frame comprises a casing part defining an inner space and a rear plate and a front plate closing the casing part axially, a shaft of the rotor being pivotally mounted to the rear and the front plate (13, 14), whereby the means for conveying a warm gas flow through the heat transfer honeycomb system comprise a warm gas flow inlet channel provided in the front plate and an outlet channel provided on one side of the casing part, and the means for conveying a cold gas flow through the heat transfer honeycomb system comprise a cold gas flow inlet channel provided in the front plate and an outlet channel provided on another side of the casing part, opposite the first side; and the heat transfer honeycomb system is formed by a plurality of heat transfer honeycombs arranged radially on an outer circumferential section of the rotor and inserted in pipes provided inside the rotor, whereby an inner circumferential section of the rotor is divided radially into flow division compartments which in number equal the number of heat transfer honeycombs and which lead to respective heat transfer honeycombs.