mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A release mechanism comprising: a telescoping arrangement of a first member and a second member having a retracted configuration and an extended configuration, wherein the telescoping arrangement is oriented substantially vertically during use, with the second member extending below the first member; a locking mechanism selectively engageable to restrain the first and second members (28,30) in the retracted configuration; a first connector attached to and extending from the first member and a second connector attached to and extending from the second member; and an actuator for releasing the locking mechanism; wherein extension of the telescoping arrangement to its extended configuration alters the relative reach or length of the first and second connectors (26,34) from the first member; characterised in that the actuator extends below the second member and is operated by bearing against a solid surface under the weight of the telescoping arrangement. a telescoping arrangement of a first member and a second member having a retracted configuration and an extended configuration, wherein the telescoping arrangement is oriented substantially vertically during use, with the second member extending below the first member; a locking mechanism selectively engageable to restrain the first and second members (28,30) in the retracted configuration; a first connector attached to and extending from the first member and a second connector attached to and extending from the second member; and an actuator for releasing the locking mechanism; wherein extension of the telescoping arrangement to its extended configuration alters the relative reach or length of the first and second connectors (26,34) from the first member; characterised in that the actuator extends below the second member and is operated by bearing against a solid surface under the weight of the telescoping arrangement.
An information encoding apparatus comprising: a grouping block configured to sort a plurality of virtual cameras into a plurality of groups in dependence upon at least one of an internal and an external parameter of each virtual camera, wherein the virtual cameras are operable to acquire two-dimensional image data; a group information generation block configured to generate group information related with each of the plurality of groups, each group information comprising a gravity center position of a region comprising the virtual cameras sorted into that group; a camera information generation block configured to generate, for each of the groups, camera information for use in generating three-dimensional data from the two-dimensional image data acquired by the virtual cameras sorted into the group, the camera information comprising an internal parameter and an external parameter of each virtual camera in the group; and a global table generation block configured to generate a global table indicating each of the groups, the respective gravity center position for each group, and the generated camera information. a grouping block configured to sort a plurality of virtual cameras into a plurality of groups in dependence upon at least one of an internal and an external parameter of each virtual camera, wherein the virtual cameras are operable to acquire two-dimensional image data; a group information generation block configured to generate group information related with each of the plurality of groups, each group information comprising a gravity center position of a region comprising the virtual cameras sorted into that group; a camera information generation block configured to generate, for each of the groups, camera information for use in generating three-dimensional data from the two-dimensional image data acquired by the virtual cameras sorted into the group, the camera information comprising an internal parameter and an external parameter of each virtual camera in the group; and a global table generation block configured to generate a global table indicating each of the groups, the respective gravity center position for each group, and the generated camera information.
A synthetic fiber for three-dimensional reinforcement of a cement product characterized in that it represents a coaxial core-coat fiber wherein the core comprises a thermoplastic polymer and a) one or more substance(s) initiating formation of fibrillar crystals in an amount of 0.5 to 3 % of total weight of the core and/or b) one or more high-molecular polymer(s) and/or copolymer(s) in an amount of 3 to 30 % of total weight of the core, and the coat comprises either a) thermoplastic polymer resistant to environment having pH > 11 and one or more hydrophilic and/or surface active substance(s) in an amount of 3 to 30% of the total weight of the coat, or b) thermoplastic polymer resistant to environment having pH > 11 grafted with active or unsaturated monomers of one or several kinds constituting 3 to 25% of the total weight of the coat, wherein the surface tension of the coat is at least 45 mN/m. a) one or more substance(s) initiating formation of fibrillar crystals in an amount of 0.5 to 3 % of total weight of the core and/or b) one or more high-molecular polymer(s) and/or copolymer(s) in an amount of 3 to 30 % of total weight of the core, a) thermoplastic polymer resistant to environment having pH > 11 and one or more hydrophilic and/or surface active substance(s) in an amount of 3 to 30% of the total weight of the coat, or b) thermoplastic polymer resistant to environment having pH > 11 grafted with active or unsaturated monomers of one or several kinds constituting 3 to 25% of the total weight of the coat,
Clamping tongue (42, 44) of a gripper and clamping element for mounting upon the clamping tongue (42, 44) of the gripper for gripping an object, wherein the clamping tongue (42, 44) is T-shaped with two arms (43, 43') laterally protruding from a central clamping tongue part, wherein the clamping element comprises at least one fastening element (30, 30') for detachable fastening of the clamping element to the clamping tongue (42, 44) and at least one clamping region (20, 20'), in which the clamping element in the case of application acts together with a gripped object or a counter clamping tongue of the gripper respectively, characterized in that the clamping element comprises an elongated carrier, the width of which substantially corresponds to the width of the clamping tongue (42, 44) in the region of the arms (43, 43') and that there are at least two clamping regions (20, 20') arranged spaced apart on the carrier in such a manner that, when applied, they are in the region of the arms (43, 43').
A kit comprising: a fluid solution comprising (a) between 0.25% and 5% of lidocaine and (b) of epinephrine; a powder mixture comprising tetracaine; and a package having a first compartment for storing the fluid solution, a second compartment for storing the powder mixture, and a breachable barrier separating the first compartment and the second compartment. a fluid solution comprising (a) between 0.25% and 5% of lidocaine and (b) of epinephrine; a powder mixture comprising tetracaine; and a package having a first compartment for storing the fluid solution, a second compartment for storing the powder mixture, and a breachable barrier separating the first compartment and the second compartment.
A vapor-deposited foamed body having a film vapor-deposited on the surface of a foamed plastic formed body containing foamed cells therein, wherein in the surface of the foamed plastic formed body serving as the under-layer on where the film is to be vapor-deposited, the porosity of the foamed cells is suppressed to be not more than 30% in the surface layer portion to a depth of 50 μ m from said surface.
A reach truck with a monitoring sensor for monitoring the environment and with a retractable mast that can be moved between two wheel arms and that comprises a height-adjustable load-carrying means, wherein the monitoring sensor is fastened to the retractable mast in such a way that the monitoring sensor moves with the retractable mast in the vehicle longitudinal direction and the monitoring sensor is fastened to the retractable mast at a predetermined height regardless of the height of the load-carrying means, characterized in that the monitoring sensor has at least one parameterizable monitoring field (30, 36, 42), the location and/or dimensions of which can be specified by means of parameters and the parameters of which for determining the monitoring field (30, 36, 42) are determined regardless of the position of the retractable mast in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
A camera module, comprising: a camera assembly; a first driving assembly configured to drive the camera assembly to rotate and comprising a first electric motor, a first power output element, and a first transmission drivingly connecting the first electric motor to the first power output element, and the camera assembly being secured to the first power output element a second driving assembly configured to drive the camera assembly and the first driving assembly to move in a first direction, a bracket comprising a guide rod; and an elastic element fitted over the guide rod. wherein the first transmission comprises a first reduction part connected to an electric motor shaft of the first electric motor and a gear set connected to the first reduction part, and the gear set is configured to transmit power from the first electric motor to the first power output element, characterized in that, the gear set comprises a first gear and a second gear meshing with the first gear, the first power output element is provided with a toothed part, the toothed part meshes with the second gear, and the first gear, the second gear, and the toothed part are arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the camera module further comprises a guide sleeve fitted over the guide rod, two ends of the elastic element abut against the guide sleeve and the bracket respectively, an end of the guide sleeve away from the elastic element abuts against a bottom wall of the bracket, and the guide sleeve has a larger size at two ends thereof and a smaller size at a middle area thereof. a camera assembly; a first driving assembly configured to drive the camera assembly to rotate and comprising a first electric motor, a first power output element, and a first transmission drivingly connecting the first electric motor to the first power output element, and the camera assembly being secured to the first power output element a second driving assembly configured to drive the camera assembly and the first driving assembly to move in a first direction, a bracket comprising a guide rod; and an elastic element fitted over the guide rod. wherein the first transmission comprises a first reduction part connected to an electric motor shaft of the first electric motor and a gear set connected to the first reduction part, and the gear set is configured to transmit power from the first electric motor to the first power output element, characterized in that, the gear set comprises a first gear and a second gear meshing with the first gear, the first power output element is provided with a toothed part, the toothed part meshes with the second gear, and the first gear, the second gear, and the toothed part are arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the camera module further comprises a guide sleeve fitted over the guide rod, two ends of the elastic element abut against the guide sleeve and the bracket respectively, an end of the guide sleeve away from the elastic element abuts against a bottom wall of the bracket, and the guide sleeve has a larger size at two ends thereof and a smaller size at a middle area thereof.
Process for preserving pancreatic islets intended to be transplanted, including the following steps: - introducing an initial volume of culture medium and pancreatic islets into a culture container, - providing a culture medium source, - replacing, at time intervals below 8 hours, the culture medium in said culture container with culture medium from said source so as to renew the culture medium contained in said container, said process enabling a survival rate of above 60% to be obtained for up to 72 hours. - introducing an initial volume of culture medium and pancreatic islets into a culture container, - providing a culture medium source, - replacing, at time intervals below 8 hours, the culture medium in said culture container with culture medium from said source so as to renew the culture medium contained in said container, said process enabling a survival rate of above 60% to be obtained for up to 72 hours.
A luminaire having a plurality of LEDs as light sources arranged distributed on at least one surface of a luminaire body, with the surface being curved along at least a first tangential direction of the surface such that LEDs point in different spatial directions, and with the luminaire displaying a thickness along the surface normal of the surface of the luminaire body which is less than 15% of the maximum extension of the luminaire body, the extension of the luminaire body being defined as the length of the intersecting curve between the surface of the luminaire body occupied by LEDs measured as far as the outer edges and a notional intersecting plane which contains the surface normal of said surface, characterised in that the LEDs are arranged in groups on boards that are integrated into the surface of the luminaire body or arranged on the surface of the luminaire body, and the boards are connected to the luminaire body by a detachable mechanical connection device.
Method for cleaning a phosgene-conducting apparatus through phosgene decomposition with gaseous ammonia, wherein said apparatus has at least one feed conduit which can be shut off and at least one discharge conduit which can be shut off, comprising the steps: a) lowering the pressure in the apparatus to be cleaned to a value of less than or equal to 900 mbar (abs.); b) shutting off all conduits connected to the apparatus to be cleaned with the exception of at least one feed conduit for gaseous ammonia; c) introducing gaseous ammonia from an ammonia gas source through the at least one feed conduit which has not been shut off until a predetermined pressure of greater than or equal to 1.01 bar (abs.) has built up in the apparatus to be cleaned; d) measuring the pressure in the apparatus to be cleaned, continuously or at intervals of at most 1 hour, and, as soon as the pressure drops by more than 5.0% below the predetermined value, bringing the pressure back to the predetermined value or to a value deviating at most ± 2.0% from the predetermined value by introducing further gaseous ammonia; e) as soon as the pressure in the apparatus to be cleaned remains in a fluctuation range of ± 5.0% around the predetermined value, for a period of more than 1.0 hour, separating the ammonia gas source from the apparatus to be cleaned, optionally, lowering the pressue in the apparatus, releasing the shutting-off of at least one discharge conduit, followed by passing an inert gas through the apparatus to be cleaned. a) lowering the pressure in the apparatus to be cleaned to a value of less than or equal to 900 mbar (abs.); b) shutting off all conduits connected to the apparatus to be cleaned with the exception of at least one feed conduit for gaseous ammonia; c) introducing gaseous ammonia from an ammonia gas source through the at least one feed conduit which has not been shut off until a predetermined pressure of greater than or equal to 1.01 bar (abs.) has built up in the apparatus to be cleaned; d) measuring the pressure in the apparatus to be cleaned, continuously or at intervals of at most 1 hour, and, as soon as the pressure drops by more than 5.0% below the predetermined value, bringing the pressure back to the predetermined value or to a value deviating at most ± 2.0% from the predetermined value by introducing further gaseous ammonia; e) as soon as the pressure in the apparatus to be cleaned remains in a fluctuation range of ± 5.0% around the predetermined value, for a period of more than 1.0 hour, separating the ammonia gas source from the apparatus to be cleaned, optionally, lowering the pressue in the apparatus, releasing the shutting-off of at least one discharge conduit, followed by passing an inert gas through the apparatus to be cleaned.
A method comprising: at a mobile device (150, 250) communicating over a shared channel and an application specific channel, wherein the application specific channel is a channel for an application executing on the mobile device (150, 250) to communicate with an application server: blocking the application specific channel to offload traffic therefrom to the shared channel, wherein the blocking occurs in response to a screen of the mobile device (150, 250) being off and the blocking includes blocking the application from accessing the application server over the application specific channel, wherein blocking comprises one or more of the following: dropping IP packets received for the blocked application specific channel, rejecting an IP packet received for the blocked application specific channel, and blocking on an application layer for communications received for the blocked application specific channel; receiving a message directed to the application over the shared channel; allowing the application to access the application server over the application specific channel in response to receipt of the message; re-blocking the application specific channel after allowing the application to access the application server over the application specific channel. blocking the application specific channel to offload traffic therefrom to the shared channel, wherein the blocking occurs in response to a screen of the mobile device (150, 250) being off and the blocking includes blocking the application from accessing the application server over the application specific channel, wherein blocking comprises one or more of the following: dropping IP packets received for the blocked application specific channel, rejecting an IP packet received for the blocked application specific channel, and blocking on an application layer for communications received for the blocked application specific channel; receiving a message directed to the application over the shared channel; allowing the application to access the application server over the application specific channel in response to receipt of the message; re-blocking the application specific channel after allowing the application to access the application server over the application specific channel.
Device for generating photometric stereo images and one color image of an object moved by a predefined relative speed relative to the device, whereby the device has a lighting area and a lighting arrangement oriented to the lighting area, whereby the lighting arrangement is designed to cyclically emit a lighting sequence in the lighting area, whereby the lighting sequence has at least four lighting pulses, whereby every lighting pulse has a wavelength range and a lighting direction, whereby at least three of the lighting pulses are distinguished by their respective wavelength range, whereby at least two of the lighting pulses are distinguished by their respective lighting directions and whereby at least two lighting pulses of different lighting directions having the same wavelength range, whereby the device comprises a monochromatic image sensor arrangement with a capture area, whereby the capture area of the image sensor arrangement overlaps with the lighting area, and whereby the image sensor arrangement is configured to measure brightness values in the capture area during each lighting pulse, characterized in that the image sensor arrangement has at least four pixel fields spaced apart from one another by a predefined spatial distance, whereby the temporal interval between two consecutive lighting pulses of the lighting sequence is less than or equal to the time during which an image of the object projected onto the image sensor arrangement shifts, due to the relative speed, by a distance corresponding to the spatial distance between two adjacent neighboring pixel fields.
A method comprising: receiving weather data related to a specified geographic area from at least one source; obtaining a position of at least one terminal located in said specified area and a position of a communication satellite being in communication via a communication link with said terminal; generating nowcasting predictions of weather conditions along at least one estimated future communication path between said communication satellite and said terminal, based on the received weather data and the obtained positions, wherein the generating comprises: defining the communication link as a three dimensional vector passing through a plurality of cells along said at least one estimated future communication path, determining the cells affected by weather conditions, and extracting the nowcasting predictions corresponding to said plurality of cells; applying a transformation from said nowcasting predictions to attenuation for each cell; calculating a predicted signal attenuation integral along said at least one communication path, based on said attenuation for each cell; and dynamically adjusting at least one communication characteristic of a communication link along said at least one communication path, according to the corresponding calculated predicted signal attenuation integral. receiving weather data related to a specified geographic area from at least one source; obtaining a position of at least one terminal located in said specified area and a position of a communication satellite being in communication via a communication link with said terminal; generating nowcasting predictions of weather conditions along at least one estimated future communication path between said communication satellite and said terminal, based on the received weather data and the obtained positions, wherein the generating comprises: defining the communication link as a three dimensional vector passing through a plurality of cells along said at least one estimated future communication path, determining the cells affected by weather conditions, and extracting the nowcasting predictions corresponding to said plurality of cells; applying a transformation from said nowcasting predictions to attenuation for each cell; calculating a predicted signal attenuation integral along said at least one communication path, based on said attenuation for each cell; and dynamically adjusting at least one communication characteristic of a communication link along said at least one communication path, according to the corresponding calculated predicted signal attenuation integral. defining the communication link as a three dimensional vector passing through a plurality of cells along said at least one estimated future communication path, determining the cells affected by weather conditions, and extracting the nowcasting predictions corresponding to said plurality of cells;