mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A computer-implemented method of image processing, comprising: obtaining an image in a chrominance-luminance separated color mode; traversing luminance components of all pixels in the image to determine a number of pixels corresponding to the respective luminance component; generating an original luminance distribution of the image based on the luminance components and the number of the pixels corresponding to the respective luminance component; generating a luminance mapping relationship between a preset standard luminance distribution and the original luminance distribution; and adjusting the luminance components of the pixels in the image based on the luminance mapping relationship to obtain a processed image, wherein the image comprises a dark region, and luminance components of the pixels in the dark region have values smaller than a preset value; and the method is characterized in that, after generating the luminance mapping relationship, the method further comprises: determining a ratio of a number of pixels in the dark region of the image to a total number of pixels of the image; and adjusting the luminance mapping relationship based on the ratio of the number of pixels in the dark region to the total number of pixels of the image and the luminance components of the pixels in the dark region. obtaining an image in a chrominance-luminance separated color mode; traversing luminance components of all pixels in the image to determine a number of pixels corresponding to the respective luminance component; generating an original luminance distribution of the image based on the luminance components and the number of the pixels corresponding to the respective luminance component; generating a luminance mapping relationship between a preset standard luminance distribution and the original luminance distribution; and adjusting the luminance components of the pixels in the image based on the luminance mapping relationship to obtain a processed image, wherein the image comprises a dark region, and luminance components of the pixels in the dark region have values smaller than a preset value; and the method is characterized in that, after generating the luminance mapping relationship, the method further comprises: determining a ratio of a number of pixels in the dark region of the image to a total number of pixels of the image; and adjusting the luminance mapping relationship based on the ratio of the number of pixels in the dark region to the total number of pixels of the image and the luminance components of the pixels in the dark region. determining a ratio of a number of pixels in the dark region of the image to a total number of pixels of the image; and adjusting the luminance mapping relationship based on the ratio of the number of pixels in the dark region to the total number of pixels of the image and the luminance components of the pixels in the dark region.
A container for carrying items, comprising a base member having a top side support surface and at least one edge, the top side support surface defining a geometrical plane, and at least one side wall comprising an inner side surface and a bottom edge which is hingedly connected to the at least one edge of the base member, wherein the at least one side wall is pivotally movable between an substantially upright position and an outwardly folded position in relation to the base member, wherein the inner side surface of the at least one side wall essentially coincides with the geometrical plane of the support surface of the base member, when the side wall is arranged in the outwardly folded position, and characterised in that the container further comprises a locking device arranged to prevent the side wall from unintentional raising, when the side wall is arranged in the outwardly folded position.
A herbicidal composition comprising a synergistically effective amount of (a) fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof and (b) an ALS inhibiting herbicide, wherein the ALS-inhibiting herbicide is diclosulam, cloransulam, or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof. (a) fluroxypyr or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof and (b) an ALS inhibiting herbicide, wherein the ALS-inhibiting herbicide is diclosulam, cloransulam, or an agriculturally acceptable ester or salt thereof.
A thermally insulative, flexible, durable reflective exhaust pipe sleeve for minimizing the temperature drop of exhaust gasses traveling through an exhaust pipe, comprising: a knit, heat-resistant inner layer, a reflective metallic outer layer and an intermediate layer sandwiched between said inner and outer layers (12; 14), said inner layer having an inner surface exposed to an inner cavity of the sleeve and the outer layer is constructed having an outer reflective surface exposed to the surrounding environment, characterised in that said intermediate layer is a woven material and is sandwiched in abutment with said inner and outer layers (12; 14), wherein said outer and intermediate layers (14; 16) are convoluted to provide the sleeve with an enhanced insulative properties and flexibility to be routed over meandering paths.
A glass fiber for transmitting infrared radiation comprising: a chalcogenide glass core, the core having a chalcogenide glass core composition with a refractive index n(core) and a coefficient of thermal expansion CTE(core), and a cladding, the cladding having a cladding composition with a refractive index n(cladding) and a coefficient of thermal expansion CTE(cladding), wherein n(cladding) is less than n(core), and wherein the core composition consists essentially of: a) 65-75 mol% of sulfur, b) 15-30 mol% of germanium, and c) 1-10 mol% of gallium. a chalcogenide glass core, the core having a chalcogenide glass core composition with a refractive index n(core) and a coefficient of thermal expansion CTE(core), and a cladding, the cladding having a cladding composition with a refractive index n(cladding) and a coefficient of thermal expansion CTE(cladding), wherein n(cladding) is less than n(core), and wherein the core composition consists essentially of: a) 65-75 mol% of sulfur, b) 15-30 mol% of germanium, and c) 1-10 mol% of gallium. a) 65-75 mol% of sulfur, b) 15-30 mol% of germanium, and c) 1-10 mol% of gallium.
Vehicle electrical system for a motor vehicle with - a vehicle battery, - an electrical consumer (30, 48) and - an energy store with a positive and a negative connection (34, 36), characterised by - switching means which in a first switching status connect the positive connection of the energy store to the vehicle battery and the negative connection of the energy store to the electrical consumer (30, 48) and can be brought into at least one second switching status, which differs from the first operating status, in which the switching means connect the vehicle battery to the electrical consumer (30, 48) and the energy store is bridged, and - a control device designed to switch the switching means between the first and the second switch status to compensate for excess voltage at the electrical consumer (30,48). - a vehicle battery, - an electrical consumer (30, 48) and - an energy store with a positive and a negative connection (34, 36), - switching means which in a first switching status connect the positive connection of the energy store to the vehicle battery and the negative connection of the energy store to the electrical consumer (30, 48) and can be brought into at least one second switching status, which differs from the first operating status, in which the switching means connect the vehicle battery to the electrical consumer (30, 48) and the energy store is bridged, and - a control device designed to switch the switching means between the first and the second switch status to compensate for excess voltage at the electrical consumer (30,48).
A method of operating a mobile device, the method comprising: providing an application platform operable to interface between at least one application and a peer-to-peer messaging service on the mobile device and to enable the at least one application to exchange data with other mobile devices using the peer-to-peer messaging service using data available to the mobile device via the peer-to-peer messaging service; detecting a first update associated with the application platform; accessing the peer-to-peer messaging service via the application platform; using access to the peer-to-peer messaging service to generate a first peer-to-peer message comprising the first update; using the data available to the mobile device via the peer-to-peer messaging service to determine at least one contact having a corresponding application platform on a corresponding mobile device; addressing the first peer-to-peer message to the at least one contact; and sending the first peer-to-peer message to the corresponding mobile device to enable the corresponding application platform to be updated, the corresponding application platform on the corresponding mobile device also operable to interface with a corresponding peer-to-peer messaging service on the corresponding mobile device. providing an application platform operable to interface between at least one application and a peer-to-peer messaging service on the mobile device and to enable the at least one application to exchange data with other mobile devices using the peer-to-peer messaging service using data available to the mobile device via the peer-to-peer messaging service; detecting a first update associated with the application platform; accessing the peer-to-peer messaging service via the application platform; using access to the peer-to-peer messaging service to generate a first peer-to-peer message comprising the first update; using the data available to the mobile device via the peer-to-peer messaging service to determine at least one contact having a corresponding application platform on a corresponding mobile device; addressing the first peer-to-peer message to the at least one contact; and sending the first peer-to-peer message to the corresponding mobile device to enable the corresponding application platform to be updated, the corresponding application platform on the corresponding mobile device also operable to interface with a corresponding peer-to-peer messaging service on the corresponding mobile device.
A method for producing methacrylic acid and/or an ester thereof from renewable raw materials and/or biomass arising from the utilization of the renewable raw materials as a carbon source and/or energy source using microbes having the ability to produce methacrylic acid, wherein the microbes having the ability to produce methacrylic acid are microbes capable of producing methacrylic acid from organic matters containing isobutyric acid or valine, and wherein the microbes are valine assimilating viable microbes or isobutyric acid assimilating viable microbes.
A levelling spacer device for laying slab products for cladding laying surfaces, which comprises: - a support comprising a base, positionable on the backside of a laying surface of at least two slab products that are adjacent and flanked with respect to a flanking direction, and at least one separator element projecting from said base and configured and arranged to contact at least a portion of facing flanks of the at least two slab products when said base is positioned on the backside of said laying surface of the at least two slab products, said at least one separator element being provided with a through-window (So) with an upper edge destined to be located superiorly of the level of an in-view surface of the slab products and a lower edge destined to be located inferiorly of the level of said in-view surface of the slab products; and - a presser wedge configured and arranged to be inserted in the through-window (So) and to slide restingly on the in-view surface of the at least two slab products, with an upper face cooperating with the upper edge of the through-window (So) to push the at least two slab products towards the base of the support; wherein said upper face of the presser wedge comprises at least two adjacent areas (A1, A2) running longitudinally along at least a portion of the length of the pressing wedge, characterised in that said areas (A1/A2) are tilted downwards towards each other along a common convergent axis, and in that said upper edge comprises at least two upper tilted sub-edges (U1, U2), each configured and arranged to cooperate with a respective area of the at least two adjacent areas (A1, A2). - a support comprising a base, positionable on the backside of a laying surface of at least two slab products that are adjacent and flanked with respect to a flanking direction, and at least one separator element projecting from said base and configured and arranged to contact at least a portion of facing flanks of the at least two slab products when said base is positioned on the backside of said laying surface of the at least two slab products, said at least one separator element being provided with a through-window (So) with an upper edge destined to be located superiorly of the level of an in-view surface of the slab products and a lower edge destined to be located inferiorly of the level of said in-view surface of the slab products; and - a presser wedge configured and arranged to be inserted in the through-window (So) and to slide restingly on the in-view surface of the at least two slab products, with an upper face cooperating with the upper edge of the through-window (So) to push the at least two slab products towards the base of the support; wherein said upper face of the presser wedge comprises at least two adjacent areas (A1, A2) running longitudinally along at least a portion of the length of the pressing wedge, characterised in that said areas (A1/A2) are tilted downwards towards each other along a common convergent axis, and in that said upper edge comprises at least two upper tilted sub-edges (U1, U2), each configured and arranged to cooperate with a respective area of the at least two adjacent areas (A1, A2).
An exhaust system comprising a catalyst article and a close coupled catalyzed soot filter or an SCR on filter (SCRF), wherein the catalyst article comprises an SCR catalyst and a NO x adsorber catalyst, wherein: (a) the SCR catalyst comprises a metal-containing molecular sieve where the metal is copper; (b) the NO x adsorber catalyst comprises a metal-containing molecular sieve, wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of cerium, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, lanthanum, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, niobium, palladium, tungsten, silver, vanadium, and zinc, and mixtures thereof, and where the CSF or SCRF is positioned downstream of the catalyst article. (a) the SCR catalyst comprises a metal-containing molecular sieve where the metal is copper; (b) the NO x adsorber catalyst comprises a metal-containing molecular sieve, wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of cerium, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, lanthanum, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, niobium, palladium, tungsten, silver, vanadium, and zinc, and mixtures thereof, and where the CSF or SCRF is positioned downstream of the catalyst article.
Distributor system, in particular air distributor system, with a distributor housing and with at least one corrugated tube, the distributor housing having at least one connecting piece, into which the corrugated tube can be inserted in a plug-in direction, a securing bracket with two opposing bracket arms being provided on the connecting piece to secure the corrugated tube, which securing bracket engages around the connecting piece in the mounted state, characterized in that the securing bracket is of elastic design and has at least one securing lug, which is designed as a local elevation on the inside of the securing bracket and the bracket arms bear with their inner sides facing the connecting piece against an outer wall of the connecting piece, wherein the at least one securing lug in the mounted state is elastically snapped into the connecting piece through a recess in the connecting piece and engages in a wave trough of the corrugated tube when the corrugated tube is inserted, and that the securing lug has a starting chamfer and an opposing locking surface, wherein the locking surface is oriented perpendicularly with respect to the insertion direction, whereas the starting chamfer forms an acute angle with the insertion direction in such a way that when the corrugated tube is inserted in the direction of insertion with the securing bracket in place, a respective wave crest slides along the starting chamfer and thus expands the securing bracket and pushes the securing lug radially outwards and said securing lug automatically snaps back into a respective wave trough due to the elasticity of the securing bracket, an adapter socket being formed, which on its one side has two incoming connecting pieces for connection to two connecting pieces and an outgoing connecting piece with an enlarged cross-sectional area compared to the incoming connecting pieces, and the incoming connecting pieces of the adapter socket can be positively secured to a connecting piece via the securing bracket in the same way as a corrugated tube (20A, 20B).
A mounting device for the mounting of a wash basin or the like to a wall provided with at least one fixed attachment screw, extending perpendicularly out from the wall, the wash basin having at least one hole in its back wall with greater cross dimension than the diameter of the attachment screw, the mounting device comprising a mounting sleeve with a smaller diameter than the hole in the wash basin, the mounting sleeve having internal threads for attachment to the attachment screw an attachment nut with internal threads for cooperation with the attachment screw, characterised by the mounting sleeve having, flexible holding means towards one end, wherein the flexible holdings means is a number of wings extending obliquely out from said end of the mounting sleeve and forming a funnel.
Process for the preparation of an alkanediol and a dialkyl carbonate comprising: (a) contacting an alkylene carbonate with an alkanol feedstock under transesterification conditions in a reactive distillation zone to obtain a top stream comprising dialkyl carbonate and the alkanol and a bottom stream comprising the alkanediol; (b) separating the top stream comprising dialkyl carbonate and the alkanol into an alkanol-rich stream and a dialkyl carbonate-rich stream; (c) recovering the dialkyl carbonate, optionally after further purification, from the dialkyl carbonate-rich stream; and (d) recycling at least part of the alkanol-rich stream to the reactive distillation zone as part of the alkanol feedstock, wherein the alkanol-rich stream is split in at least two portions, and at least one portion is condensed and freed from compounds with a lower boiling point than the alkanol, and the separated compounds with a lower boiling point than the alkanol are removed from the process. (a) contacting an alkylene carbonate with an alkanol feedstock under transesterification conditions in a reactive distillation zone to obtain a top stream comprising dialkyl carbonate and the alkanol and a bottom stream comprising the alkanediol; (b) separating the top stream comprising dialkyl carbonate and the alkanol into an alkanol-rich stream and a dialkyl carbonate-rich stream; (c) recovering the dialkyl carbonate, optionally after further purification, from the dialkyl carbonate-rich stream; and (d) recycling at least part of the alkanol-rich stream to the reactive distillation zone as part of the alkanol feedstock,
A method for quantitatively determining the presence of pinholes in an electrically insulating coating that has been electrochemically deposited on the surface of a conductive electrode material, comprising: submersing the coated electrode material in a solution comprising a probe species dissolved in a solvent, wherein the probe species has a reversible electrochemical reduction and oxidation potential; applying a potential to the coated electrode material relative to a second electrode submersed in the solution; and measuring the current flowing between the coated electrode material and the second electrode; submersing an uncoated conductive electrode material in the solution; applying the potential to the uncoated electrode material relative to a second electrode submersed in the solution; measuring the current flowing between the uncoated electrode material and the second electrode; and comparing the measured current of the coated electrode material with the measured current of the uncoated electrode material at the applied potential. submersing the coated electrode material in a solution comprising a probe species dissolved in a solvent, wherein the probe species has a reversible electrochemical reduction and oxidation potential; applying a potential to the coated electrode material relative to a second electrode submersed in the solution; and measuring the current flowing between the coated electrode material and the second electrode; submersing an uncoated conductive electrode material in the solution; applying the potential to the uncoated electrode material relative to a second electrode submersed in the solution; measuring the current flowing between the uncoated electrode material and the second electrode; and comparing the measured current of the coated electrode material with the measured current of the uncoated electrode material at the applied potential.
A method of preparing a cation exchange membrane, the method comprising: mixing in an aqueous solution comprising water and a water-soluble alcohol: a vinyl-based monomer having a sulfonic acid functional group, a bifunctional vinyl-based cross-linking agent, and a polymerization initiator, to form a reaction solution, wherein the monomer and the cross-linking agent are soluble in the reaction solution; placing the reaction solution on a backing cloth; polymerizing the monomer and cross-linking agent to form a polymer; and converting the sulfonic acid group to a sulfonate functional group for forming the cation exchange membrane. mixing in an aqueous solution comprising water and a water-soluble alcohol: a vinyl-based monomer having a sulfonic acid functional group, a bifunctional vinyl-based cross-linking agent, and a polymerization initiator, to form a reaction solution, wherein the monomer and the cross-linking agent are soluble in the reaction solution; placing the reaction solution on a backing cloth; polymerizing the monomer and cross-linking agent to form a polymer; and converting the sulfonic acid group to a sulfonate functional group for forming the cation exchange membrane. a vinyl-based monomer having a sulfonic acid functional group, a bifunctional vinyl-based cross-linking agent, and a polymerization initiator, to form a reaction solution, wherein the monomer and the cross-linking agent are soluble in the reaction solution; placing the reaction solution on a backing cloth; polymerizing the monomer and cross-linking agent to form a polymer; and converting the sulfonic acid group to a sulfonate functional group for forming the cation exchange membrane.