mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A computational process for generating a sinogram (74; 112) by reprojecting an electronic image (32; 76) comprising the steps of: dividing the image into a plurality of sub-images (34, 36, 38, 40; 78, 80, 82, 84); reprojecting said sub-images, the reprojecting comprising computing sub-sinograms (42, 44, 46, 48; 86, 88, 90, 92) of each of said sub-images; and successively aggregating said sub-sinograms resulting from the sub-image reprojecting step to create the sinogram characterized in that said aggregating steps include a number of aggregations (94, 96, 98, 100, 110) performed by radially shifting (94, 96, 98, 100) said sub-sinograms (86, 88, 90, 92) to produce shifted sub-sinograms (102, 104, 106, 108) and adding said shifted subsinograms and a number of aggregations (50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 73) performed by angularly interpolating (50, 52, 54, 56), radially shifting (58, 60, 62, 64), and adding said sub-sinograms (66, 68, 70, 72) as interpolated and shifted, wherein radially shifting includes shifting along a coordinate that indexes a projection produced by the reprojection step at each particular view angle, and wherein angularly interpolating includes creating projections at intermediate view angles for which projections are not produced by the reprojection step. dividing the image into a plurality of sub-images (34, 36, 38, 40; 78, 80, 82, 84); reprojecting said sub-images, the reprojecting comprising computing sub-sinograms (42, 44, 46, 48; 86, 88, 90, 92) of each of said sub-images; and successively aggregating said sub-sinograms resulting from the sub-image reprojecting step to create the sinogram characterized in that said aggregating steps include a number of aggregations (94, 96, 98, 100, 110) performed by radially shifting (94, 96, 98, 100) said sub-sinograms (86, 88, 90, 92) to produce shifted sub-sinograms (102, 104, 106, 108) and adding said shifted subsinograms and a number of aggregations (50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 73) performed by angularly interpolating (50, 52, 54, 56), radially shifting (58, 60, 62, 64), and adding said sub-sinograms (66, 68, 70, 72) as interpolated and shifted,
An apparatus comprising: an unlicensed wireless spectrum access point control circuit configured to: - receive an indication from a first network entity that a second network entity has been authenticated for data transfer; wherein the indication includes a first identifier identifying the second network entity; - receive first data from the second network entity over the unlicensed wireless spectrum, wherein the first data includes a second identifier identifying the second network entity; - determine whether the first identifier is same as the second identifier and: - enable further data exchange between the first network entity and the second network entity based on the determination that the first identifier is the same as the second identifier; and refraining from transmitting further data to the first network entity upon determining that the first identifier is not the same as the second identifier. - receive an indication from a first network entity that a second network entity has been authenticated for data transfer; wherein the indication includes a first identifier identifying the second network entity; - receive first data from the second network entity over the unlicensed wireless spectrum, wherein the first data includes a second identifier identifying the second network entity; - determine whether the first identifier is same as the second identifier and: - enable further data exchange between the first network entity and the second network entity based on the determination that the first identifier is the same as the second identifier; and - enable further data exchange between the first network entity and the second network entity based on the determination that the first identifier is the same as the second identifier; and
Method for inputting at least one character by way of a user interface of an electronic device, the user interface comprising a command input element and a display screen with at least a first display area for displaying a character currently being input, the method comprising: - detecting a scrolling command performed by way of the command input element, - displaying a current character of a current set of characters in the first display area by scrolling continuously, one by one, through the characters of said set, said display being triggered by the detection of the scrolling command, - detecting a selection of the current character by way of the command input element, - determining a new restricted set of characters on the basis of the current set of characters, the new restricted set comprising the selected character and a selection of characters surrounding the selected character in the current set of characters, the new restricted set becoming the current set of characters for a following iteration of the display of the scrolling of characters, - detecting a confirmation of the current character by way of the command input element, putting an end to the iterations. - detecting a scrolling command performed by way of the command input element, - displaying a current character of a current set of characters in the first display area by scrolling continuously, one by one, through the characters of said set, said display being triggered by the detection of the scrolling command, - detecting a selection of the current character by way of the command input element, - determining a new restricted set of characters on the basis of the current set of characters, the new restricted set comprising the selected character and a selection of characters surrounding the selected character in the current set of characters, the new restricted set becoming the current set of characters for a following iteration of the display of the scrolling of characters, - detecting a confirmation of the current character by way of the command input element, putting an end to the iterations.
A method of safe dynamic handover between managed pressure drilling and well control comprising: setting a pressure setpoint of an MPD choke manifold to a surface backpressure setpoint; setting a pressure setpoint of an automated well control choke manifold to a sensed pressure taken from below a blowout preventer or a kill line pressure of the blowout preventer; creating a pressure imbalance by setting the pressure setpoint of the MPD choke manifold above the pressure setpoint of the automated well control choke manifold by a predetermined amount, wherein the pressure imbalance automatically causes an MPD control system to close the MPD choke manifold as the well control control system opens the automated well control choke manifold; verifying that the sensed pressure or kill line pressure increases until the automated well control choke manifold opens enough such that the blowout preventer pressure or kill line pressure remains constant; closing the blowout preventer after the MPD choke manifold is closed; and diverting unknown formation fluids from a choke line of the blowout preventer to the automated well control choke manifold for delivery to a mud-gas-separator, wherein the wellbore remains fluidly dynamic due to continuous injection of drilling fluids. setting a pressure setpoint of an MPD choke manifold to a surface backpressure setpoint; setting a pressure setpoint of an automated well control choke manifold to a sensed pressure taken from below a blowout preventer or a kill line pressure of the blowout preventer; creating a pressure imbalance by setting the pressure setpoint of the MPD choke manifold above the pressure setpoint of the automated well control choke manifold by a predetermined amount, wherein the pressure imbalance automatically causes an MPD control system to close the MPD choke manifold as the well control control system opens the automated well control choke manifold; verifying that the sensed pressure or kill line pressure increases until the automated well control choke manifold opens enough such that the blowout preventer pressure or kill line pressure remains constant; closing the blowout preventer after the MPD choke manifold is closed; and diverting unknown formation fluids from a choke line of the blowout preventer to the automated well control choke manifold for delivery to a mud-gas-separator, wherein the wellbore remains fluidly dynamic due to continuous injection of drilling fluids.
A polymerizable composition, which comprises a polythiol compound and an enic compound having a phenylthio backbone as monomer components, and which further comprises an acid that serves as a stabilizing agent and a free-radical polymerization inhibitor, wherein the acid is at least one compound having a protonic-acid-type functional group which is selected from phosphoric acid, phosphonic acid, phosphinic acid, sulfonic acid, sulfoneimide and carboxylic acid, and wherein the free-radical polymerization inhibitor is at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a nitroso compound, a nitrone compound and a nitroxide compound.
A user apparatus in a communication system including a first base station and a second base station that perform communication with the user apparatus by inter-base station carrier aggregation, comprising: a maximum transmission power holding unit configured to hold a maximum transmission power that is configured beforehand; a transmission power determination unit configured to determine whether a transmission power that is used by the user apparatus for performing signal transmission reaches the maximum transmission power held by the maximum transmission power holding unit; and a transmission control unit configured, when it is determined that the transmission power reaches the maximum transmission power by the transmission power determination unit, to stop signal transmission to one of the first base station and the second base station, wherein, the user apparatus performs signal transmission to the first base station using a plurality of component carriers, and wherein, when signal transmission to the second base station is stopped by the transmission control unit, the user apparatus performs signal transmission to the first base station using a component carrier for performing signal transmission of a specific channel in the plurality of component carriers. a maximum transmission power holding unit configured to hold a maximum transmission power that is configured beforehand; a transmission power determination unit configured to determine whether a transmission power that is used by the user apparatus for performing signal transmission reaches the maximum transmission power held by the maximum transmission power holding unit; and a transmission control unit configured, when it is determined that the transmission power reaches the maximum transmission power by the transmission power determination unit, to stop signal transmission to one of the first base station and the second base station, wherein, the user apparatus performs signal transmission to the first base station using a plurality of component carriers, and wherein, when signal transmission to the second base station is stopped by the transmission control unit, the user apparatus performs signal transmission to the first base station using a component carrier for performing signal transmission of a specific channel in the plurality of component carriers.
A biomolecular encapsulation device suitable for holding living cells wherein said device comprises an internal chamber which is disposed between an inner surface of a first semi-permeable layer and an inner surface of second semi-permeable layer, and the first and second semi-permeable layers are mounted on a supporting frame surrounding a perimeter of the internal chamber; wherein the supporting frame comprises a first frame element that is connected to and a second frame element, and the first and second frame elements co-operate to position the first and second semi-permeable layers at a predetermined separation distance between the layers (2, 7) wherein the first frame element comprises (a) a first mounting region to which an outer surface of the first semi-permeable layer is attached and (b) a first spacer region that is unitary with the first mounting region, and wherein the second frame element comprises (a) a second mounting region to which the outer surface of the second semi-permeable layer is attached and (b) a second spacer region that is unitary with the second mounting region such that when the first and second frame elements (5, 6) interconnect, the first and second spacer regions (10, 10) are positioned between the first and second mounting regions (9,9) and together define the predetermined separation distance between the layers (2,7).
Linear actuator, comprising - a drive unit housing with a drive unit (7, 8) arranged therein; - a driveshaft, hollow on the inside, driven by the drive unit (7, 8); - a profile tube mounted non-rotatably and movable longitudinally on the driveshaft; characterized by - a threaded hollow spindle with an outside thread, arranged between the driveshaft and the profile tube and fixedly connected to the drive unit housing; - a hollow-spindle nut, which is fixedly connected to the profile tube at a first end of the profile tube and cooperates with the outside thread of the threaded hollow spindle; - a spindle nut that is fixedly connected to the profile tube at a second end of the profile tube; and - a threaded spindle, which is arranged in the interior of the driveshaft and cooperates with a thread of the spindle nut. - a drive unit housing with a drive unit (7, 8) arranged therein; - a driveshaft, hollow on the inside, driven by the drive unit (7, 8); - a profile tube mounted non-rotatably and movable longitudinally on the driveshaft; characterized by - a threaded hollow spindle with an outside thread, arranged between the driveshaft and the profile tube and fixedly connected to the drive unit housing; - a hollow-spindle nut, which is fixedly connected to the profile tube at a first end of the profile tube and cooperates with the outside thread of the threaded hollow spindle; - a spindle nut that is fixedly connected to the profile tube at a second end of the profile tube; and - a threaded spindle, which is arranged in the interior of the driveshaft and cooperates with a thread of the spindle nut.
A method for restoring the data and the data state of a new version process, wherein the method is performed by a communication device in which software on a forwarding plane is separated from software on a control plane and management plane, and under a condition that a process upgrade of the software on the control plane and management plane is caused by a change within a single process, the method comprises: step 1, a version management process triggering at least one old version process to be upgraded to end, and keeping data and data states of an upstream process and a downstream process of the at least one old version process unchanged; step 2, after the at least one old version process to be upgraded successfully ends, the version management process triggering a start of the new version process; and step 3, the upstream process and the downstream process assisting the new version process to restore data and data states; wherein the step 3 particularly comprises: the new version process respectively establishing a link with the upstream process and the downstream process; outputting data, which was previously output to the old version process, to the new version process via the upstream process, or, the downstream process outputting data, which was previously output to the downstream process itself by the old version process, to the new version process, so as to restore the data and the data state of the new version process. step 1, a version management process triggering at least one old version process to be upgraded to end, and keeping data and data states of an upstream process and a downstream process of the at least one old version process unchanged; step 2, after the at least one old version process to be upgraded successfully ends, the version management process triggering a start of the new version process; and step 3, the upstream process and the downstream process assisting the new version process to restore data and data states;
A three-dimensional, 3D, liquid crystal display device, comprising: a grating layer, an array substrate and a counter substrate, wherein, the array substrate and the counter substrate are disposed opposite to each other to form a liquid crystal cell; the grating layer is a parallax barrier; liquid crystal is filled between the array substrate and the counter substrate; the array substrate comprises a plurality of pixel-units divided by gate lines and data lines (42; 421; 422) intersecting one another horizontally and vertically, each pixel-unit comprising a pixel-electrode and a control-circuit, wherein the counter substrate is a color-filter substrate comprising a transparent substrate and a color filter; characterized in that the pixel-electrode of each pixel-unit comprises mutually-spaced at least two left-viewing-field pixel-electrodes and at least two right-viewing-field pixel-electrodes; and the control-circuit of each pixel-unit comprises a first sub-control-circuit connected with the left-viewing-field pixel-electrodes and a second sub-control-circuit connected with the right-viewing-field pixel-electrodes, and the grating layer is located below the color-filter and directly on the upper surface of the array substrate. wherein, the array substrate and the counter substrate are disposed opposite to each other to form a liquid crystal cell; the grating layer is a parallax barrier; liquid crystal is filled between the array substrate and the counter substrate; the array substrate comprises a plurality of pixel-units divided by gate lines and data lines (42; 421; 422) intersecting one another horizontally and vertically, each pixel-unit comprising a pixel-electrode and a control-circuit, wherein the counter substrate is a color-filter substrate comprising a transparent substrate and a color filter; characterized in that the pixel-electrode of each pixel-unit comprises mutually-spaced at least two left-viewing-field pixel-electrodes and at least two right-viewing-field pixel-electrodes; and the control-circuit of each pixel-unit comprises a first sub-control-circuit connected with the left-viewing-field pixel-electrodes and a second sub-control-circuit connected with the right-viewing-field pixel-electrodes, and the grating layer is located below the color-filter and directly on the upper surface of the array substrate.
Medical kit for facilitation of changing a urinary catheter in a patient, wherein the medical kit comprises a first component in the form of a container and a second component being a clamping unit comprising two opposite clamping portions (4, 5), which container and which clamping unit are adapted to be reassembled so that the clamping unit constitutes an end unit of the container and clamping unit, and which clamping unit allows for a catheter to be pulled through and between the clamping portions (4, 5) where the clamping portions (4, 5) have a pressing effect on the catheter but still allows for a sliding contact between the clamping portions (4, 5) and the compressed catheter, allowing for gelatinization of a urethra from the inside out when a catheter containing lubricant/anaesthetic gel is pulled out from the patient and through and between the clamping portions (4, 5), and wherein at least one of the two opposite clamping portions (4, 5) has a bevelled surface, said catheter intended to be contained in the container during removal of the catheter and after usage for a hygienic procedure, and wherein the medical kit also comprises a catheter and gel.
A direct-current power supply, comprising: a primary circuit that converts DC power of a DC voltage source into AC power by operation of switching elements; a transformer that receives the AC power that is output from the primary circuit, and inputs the AC power to a primary winding; a secondary circuit that converts into DC power the AC power which is output from a secondary winding of the transformer; and a resonance circuit that includes a series circuit connected in parallel to a DC output end of the secondary circuit and formed by a resonance switching element and a resonance capacitor, both connected in series to each other; wherein a first reactor (Lz) is connected in series midway on a current path extending from a positive output end of the secondary circuit via the resonance circuit to a negative output end of the secondary circuit; and wherein an inductance component of the first reactor (Lz) is added to that of the current path formed by the secondary circuit and the resonance circuit; characterized in that a ratio of the inductance of the first reactor (Lz) to a sum of leakage inductance of the transformer and the inductance of the first reactor (Lz) is set to a value at which a maximum voltage applied to the resonance switching element when the switching elements of the primary circuit turn on will not exceed a maximum allowable operating voltage of the resonance switching element and at which the maximum voltage becomes close to the maximum allowable operating voltage of the resonance switching element. a primary circuit that converts DC power of a DC voltage source into AC power by operation of switching elements; a transformer that receives the AC power that is output from the primary circuit, and inputs the AC power to a primary winding; a secondary circuit that converts into DC power the AC power which is output from a secondary winding of the transformer; and a resonance circuit that includes a series circuit connected in parallel to a DC output end of the secondary circuit and formed by a resonance switching element and a resonance capacitor, both connected in series to each other; wherein a first reactor (Lz) is connected in series midway on a current path extending from a positive output end of the secondary circuit via the resonance circuit to a negative output end of the secondary circuit; and wherein an inductance component of the first reactor (Lz) is added to that of the current path formed by the secondary circuit and the resonance circuit; characterized in that a ratio of the inductance of the first reactor (Lz) to a sum of leakage inductance of the transformer and the inductance of the first reactor (Lz) is set to a value at which a maximum voltage applied to the resonance switching element when the switching elements of the primary circuit turn on will not exceed a maximum allowable operating voltage of the resonance switching element and at which the maximum voltage becomes close to the maximum allowable operating voltage of the resonance switching element.
A liquid tank with a venting pipe of the backflow-preventing type (200; 300) comprising a vessel (1; 30), composed of a lateral wall (1c; 31c) connected to upper (1s; 31) and lower walls, able to contain in use a liquid up to a specified maximum level (10"), comprising a filling pipe having a lower portion connected to the lateral wall of the vessel (1; 30), and a venting pipe having a lower end connected perpendicularly to the lateral wall of the vessel (1; 30) at said specified maximum level (10"), and an upper end connected to an upper portion of the filling pipe, characterized in that said lower portion is provided with a shut-off valve, and in that the lower end of the venting pipe extends in the vessel by a blind end piece (20; 40) parallel to the upper and lower walls of the vessel (1; 30) and provided with a "whistle"-type opening (21; 41) arranged facing the lower wall of the vessel (1; 30), said "whistle"-type opening (21, 41) having a sufficient extent to permit an aeraulic flow of gas in the venting pipe, whilst being sufficiently limited to block the liquid in the end piece when the level of liquid (10", 10i) reaches the "whistle"-type opening (21, 41).