mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for driving an electrophoretic display, comprising: determining a temperature associated with the display; determining a duration for applying a reset pulse to at least a portion of the display by scaling a reference reset pulse duration by a first scaling factor provided by a value of a first scaling function at the determined temperature such that the duration of the reset pulse is adapted so as to reset the display to the desired rail state; and determining a duration for applying a driving pulse to the at least a portion of the display by scaling a reference driving pulse duration by a second scaling factor provided by a value of a second scaling function at the determined temperature such that the duration of the driving pulse is adapted so as to drive the display to the desired final state wherein the second scaling function differs from the first scaling function. determining a temperature associated with the display; determining a duration for applying a reset pulse to at least a portion of the display by scaling a reference reset pulse duration by a first scaling factor provided by a value of a first scaling function at the determined temperature such that the duration of the reset pulse is adapted so as to reset the display to the desired rail state; and determining a duration for applying a driving pulse to the at least a portion of the display by scaling a reference driving pulse duration by a second scaling factor provided by a value of a second scaling function at the determined temperature such that the duration of the driving pulse is adapted so as to drive the display to the desired final state wherein the second scaling function differs from the first scaling function.
A method for driving a vehicle in connection with start of a combustion engine in a propulsion system of the vehicle, the propulsion system comprising a combustion engine with an output shaft, an electric machine comprising a stator and a rotor, a gearbox with an input shaft, and a planetary gear comprising three components (10, 11, 12) in the form of a sun gear, a ring gear and a planet wheel carrier, the output shaft of the combustion engine being connected to the sun gear of the planetary gear so that a rotation of the output shaft of the combustion engine results in a rotation of said sun gear, the input shaft of the gearbox being connected to the planet wheel carrier of the planetary gear so that a rotation of the input shaft of the gearbox results in a rotation of said planet wheel carrier and the rotor of the electric machine being connected to the ring gear of the planetary gear, so that a rotation of the rotor results in a rotation of said ring gear, the propulsion system further comprising locking means transferable between a locking position in which two of said components are interlocked such that the three components (10, 11, 12) rotate as a unit with the same rotational speed and a releasing position in which the components (10, 11, 12) are allowed to rotate with different rotational speeds, wherein the propulsion system further comprises a component brake which is transferable between a braking position in which the rotation of said sun gear of the planetary gear is braked by the component brake, and an open position in which said sun gear of the planetary gear is not affected by the component brake, characterized in that the method starts when the vehicle is being driven forward by the electric machine by having a reverse gear engaged in the gearbox while the electric machine drives said ring gear of the planetary gear to rotate with a negative rotational speed (n 3) with the locking means in the releasing position and with the component brake in the braking position, the method comprising the step: (a) transferring of the component brake to the open position, so that the output shaft of the combustion engine via said sun gear of the planetary gear is brought to rotate with a positive rotational speed (ni), whereby the combustion engine may be started. (a) transferring of the component brake to the open position, so that the output shaft of the combustion engine via said sun gear of the planetary gear is brought to rotate with a positive rotational speed (ni), whereby the combustion engine may be started.
A battery system monitoring device configured to monitor and control a battery system including a plurality of cell groups in each of which a plurality of single battery cells is connected in series, the device comprising: a plurality of battery monitoring circuits provided in each of the cell groups; and a balancing resistor configured to cause each of the single battery cells in a cell group corresponding to each of the battery monitoring circuits to discharge current, wherein each of the battery monitoring circuits includes a cell voltage measurement unit configured to measure a cell voltage of each of the single battery cells in the corresponding cell group at predetermined timing, a discharge switch configured to switch a state of a discharge current which flows from each of the single battery cells in the corresponding cell group through the balancing resistor, and a balancing control unit configured to control the discharge switch, a filter circuit is connected between the cell voltage measurement unit and each of the single battery cells, characterized in that the cell voltage measurement unit is configured to determine whether the cell voltage is measured within a transient response period corresponding to a time constant of the filter circuit and to correct a measurement value of the cell voltage by using a correction value corresponding to a result of the determination. a plurality of battery monitoring circuits provided in each of the cell groups; and a balancing resistor configured to cause each of the single battery cells in a cell group corresponding to each of the battery monitoring circuits to discharge current, wherein each of the battery monitoring circuits includes a cell voltage measurement unit configured to measure a cell voltage of each of the single battery cells in the corresponding cell group at predetermined timing, a discharge switch configured to switch a state of a discharge current which flows from each of the single battery cells in the corresponding cell group through the balancing resistor, and a balancing control unit configured to control the discharge switch, a filter circuit is connected between the cell voltage measurement unit and each of the single battery cells, characterized in that the cell voltage measurement unit is configured to determine whether the cell voltage is measured within a transient response period corresponding to a time constant of the filter circuit and to correct a measurement value of the cell voltage by using a correction value corresponding to a result of the determination.
The use of a major amount of a base oil of lubricating viscosity and having a Noack volatility of less than 12 mass % as measured according to the procedure of ASTM D5800 in a lubricating oil composition that is substantially free of and contains less than 0.1 mass % of any ashless organic friction modifier to reduce intake valve deposits in a direct injection internal combustion engine lubricated by the composition, wherein the direct injection internal combustion engine is a spark-ignited two- or four- cylinder reciprocating engine and the ashless organic friction modifier is an ashless nitrogen-free organic friction modifier and/or an ashless aminic friction modifier.
A security substrate comprising a security element partially embedded therein, such that regions of the security element are exposed in windows in at least one surface of the substrate, said security element having at least a coated portion in which a matt non-reflective coating is applied to at least a part of the security element and an uncoated portion, characterised in that the matt non-reflective coating is applied to one or both edges of the element, wherein only the uncoated portion of the element is visible when the substrate is viewed in reflected light, and when the substrate is viewed in transmitted light the overall shape of the security element is visible.
Method for the synchronised channelling of piece goods items (30.1, 30.2) onto a respective receptacle of a sorting conveyor, wherein the sorting conveyor has conveyor units with, in each case, at least one receptacle for piece goods items (30.1, 30.2) which run past a synchronisation conveyor system at a predetermined speed of conveyance, wherein the synchronisation conveyor system has a synchronisation conveyor, a channelling conveyor adjoining the synchronisation conveyor, and means for detecting a piece goods item (30.1, 30.2) that is to be channelled on the synchronisation conveyor system, and wherein whenever an error status of a piece goods item (30.1) on the synchronisation conveyor system is detected, the conveyor, synchronisation conveyor or channelling conveyor on which the piece goods item is located is halted and then the conveyor on which the piece goods item is located is reversed for a specific distance that is controlled via a distance-tracking system, characterised in that the reverse movement over a specific distance is controlled independently of time, i.e. exclusively via the tracking of the distance covered by the conveyor and/or piece goods item, until the piece goods item (30.1) that has been detected as being faulty is located in a predetermined starting in position that is predetermined individually for each individually occurring error event, and the synchronisation conveyor and the channelling conveyor are moved forwards in order to channel the piece goods item (30.1) to a specific receptacle of the sorting conveyor, wherein the specific distance is controlled via distance-based pulses from an incremental encoder (24.2) of the synchronisation conveyor and/or via distance-based pulses from an incremental encoder (24, 30) of the channelling conveyor 18) and/or via distance-based pulses from an incremental encoder (24.1) of a feed conveyor upstream of the synchronisation conveyor.
A method for detecting an oligonucleotide and its oligonucleotide metabolites, wherein the oligonucleotide is a single stranded oligomer of either ribonucleic acid or deoxyribonucleic acid, comprising the steps of (a) selecting a biological sample containing or suspected of containing said oligonucleotide, wherein the sample is tissue lysate or plasma, (b) forming a hybridization mixture by contacting the biological sample with a fluorescently labeled peptide nucleic acid probe which is fully complementary to at least 10 or more nucleotides of said oligonucleotide, (c) separating hybridized moieties formed between said oligonucleotide and said PNA probe from unhybridized moieties by anion exchange high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), characterized in that excess non-hybridized PNA-probe elutes in the void volume of the HPLC, and (d) quantitatively detecting said hybridized moieties by fluorescence spectroscopy, further characterized in that oligonucleotide metabolite signals are separated from the signal generated by the intact oligonucleotide. (a) selecting a biological sample containing or suspected of containing said oligonucleotide, wherein the sample is tissue lysate or plasma, (b) forming a hybridization mixture by contacting the biological sample with a fluorescently labeled peptide nucleic acid probe which is fully complementary to at least 10 or more nucleotides of said oligonucleotide, (c) separating hybridized moieties formed between said oligonucleotide and said PNA probe from unhybridized moieties by anion exchange high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), characterized in that excess non-hybridized PNA-probe elutes in the void volume of the HPLC, and (d) quantitatively detecting said hybridized moieties by fluorescence spectroscopy,
A die setting apparatus for a ceramic core, the die setting apparatus comprising: a first setter abuttable with a first side of the ceramic core and comprising two or more first setter pieces respectively arranged to form one or more first gaps; and a second setter abuttable with a second side of the ceramic core opposite the first side and comprising two or more second setter pieces respectively arranged to form one or more second gaps, each of the one or more first and second gaps is oriented to thermally expand or contract in correspondence with the thermal expansion or contraction of the ceramic core during a firing process thereof, and the die setting apparatus further comprising at least one of thermal expansion and contraction material (470, 480) disposable to drive a thermal expansion or contraction of one or more of the one or more first and second gaps, wherein the thermal expansion material is disposed within the one or more of the one or more first and second gaps (411, 412), and the thermal contraction material is disposed at an exterior of the one or more of the one or more first and second gaps. a first setter abuttable with a first side of the ceramic core and comprising two or more first setter pieces respectively arranged to form one or more first gaps; and a second setter abuttable with a second side of the ceramic core opposite the first side and comprising two or more second setter pieces respectively arranged to form one or more second gaps, each of the one or more first and second gaps is oriented to thermally expand or contract in correspondence with the thermal expansion or contraction of the ceramic core during a firing process thereof, and the die setting apparatus further comprising at least one of thermal expansion and contraction material (470, 480) disposable to drive a thermal expansion or contraction of one or more of the one or more first and second gaps, wherein the thermal expansion material is disposed within the one or more of the one or more first and second gaps (411, 412), and the thermal contraction material is disposed at an exterior of the one or more of the one or more first and second gaps.
A propulsion system for an aircraft comprising: a core engine including a core flow path where air is compressed in a compressor section, communicated to a combustor section, mixed with a hydrogen fuel and ignited to generate a high energy gas flow that is expanded through a turbine section; a hydrogen fuel system configured to supply hydrogen fuel to the combustor through a fuel flow path; a condenser arranged along the core flow path and configured to extract water from the high energy gas flow, the condenser including a plurality of rotating passages disposed in a collector, wherein the passages are configured to rotate about a condenser axis to generate a transverse pressure gradient to direct water out of the high energy gas flow toward the collector; and an evaporator arranged along the core flow path and configured to receive a portion of the water extracted by the condenser to generate a steam flow, wherein the steam flow is injected into the core flow path upstream of the turbine section. a core engine including a core flow path where air is compressed in a compressor section, communicated to a combustor section, mixed with a hydrogen fuel and ignited to generate a high energy gas flow that is expanded through a turbine section; a hydrogen fuel system configured to supply hydrogen fuel to the combustor through a fuel flow path; a condenser arranged along the core flow path and configured to extract water from the high energy gas flow, the condenser including a plurality of rotating passages disposed in a collector, wherein the passages are configured to rotate about a condenser axis to generate a transverse pressure gradient to direct water out of the high energy gas flow toward the collector; and an evaporator arranged along the core flow path and configured to receive a portion of the water extracted by the condenser to generate a steam flow, wherein the steam flow is injected into the core flow path upstream of the turbine section.
A paper sheet bundling apparatus comprising: a tape bundling unit configured to bundle stacked paper sheets with a tape; a reel unit in which a tape roll is set, the reel unit configured to rotate the tape roll in a feeding direction in which the tape is fed, and a winding direction in which the tape is wound; a tape transport unit having a transport path provided between the reel unit and the tape bundling unit, the tape transport unit configured to transport the tape drawn from the tape roll, along the transport path, to supply the tape to the tape bundling unit when the tape bundling unit performs bundling, and to cause, when the tape bundling unit does not perform bundling, the tape to be in a stand-by state in which the tape is arranged continuously along the transport path; characterised by a specific operation execution means for executing, at a predetermined time, a specific operation of reducing tensile force in the tape arranged continuously along the transport path, when the tape bundling unit does not perform bundling, wherein_the specific operation execution means executes the specific operation by rotating the tape roll in the feeding direction, with the tape transport unit not transporting the tape. a tape bundling unit configured to bundle stacked paper sheets with a tape; a reel unit in which a tape roll is set, the reel unit configured to rotate the tape roll in a feeding direction in which the tape is fed, and a winding direction in which the tape is wound; a tape transport unit having a transport path provided between the reel unit and the tape bundling unit, the tape transport unit configured to transport the tape drawn from the tape roll, along the transport path, to supply the tape to the tape bundling unit when the tape bundling unit performs bundling, and to cause, when the tape bundling unit does not perform bundling, the tape to be in a stand-by state in which the tape is arranged continuously along the transport path; characterised by a specific operation execution means for executing, at a predetermined time, a specific operation of reducing tensile force in the tape arranged continuously along the transport path, when the tape bundling unit does not perform bundling, wherein_the specific operation execution means executes the specific operation by rotating the tape roll in the feeding direction, with the tape transport unit not transporting the tape.
A method of decoding video from a bitstream of encoded video using a video decoder, the video including a picture partitioned into blocks, the method comprising: determining a measure of the relative perceptual importance of a block, based on a block size of the block and an intra-coding mode for the block; calculating a normalization value based on the measure of relative perceptual importance divided by an average perceptual importance measure signaled in the bitstream; and dequantizing a set of decoded quantized coefficients for the block using a quantization step size adjusted by the normalization value, wherein each combination of block size and intra-coding mode has an associated measure of relative perceptual importance; and determining comprises indexing a look-up table of measures of relative perceptual importance using the block size and the intra-coding mode to read the associated measure of relative perceptual importance. determining a measure of the relative perceptual importance of a block, based on a block size of the block and an intra-coding mode for the block; calculating a normalization value based on the measure of relative perceptual importance divided by an average perceptual importance measure signaled in the bitstream; and dequantizing a set of decoded quantized coefficients for the block using a quantization step size adjusted by the normalization value, wherein each combination of block size and intra-coding mode has an associated measure of relative perceptual importance; and determining comprises indexing a look-up table of measures of relative perceptual importance using the block size and the intra-coding mode to read the associated measure of relative perceptual importance.
A stacked RF power amplifier formed on a CMOS integrated circuit comprising: a first power amplifier having a first switching device as a first NMOS transistor formed on the integrated circuit, the first NMOS transistor of the first power amplifier having a transistor body; a second power amplifier having a second switching device as a second NMOS transistor formed on the integrated circuit, the second NMOS transistor of the second power amplifier having a transistor body; wherein the first and second power amplifiers are connectable in a stacked arrangement between a voltage supply (V BAT) and ground; and wherein the transistor body of the first NMOS transistor of the first power amplifier is isolated from the transistor body of the second NMOS transistor of the second power amplifier for electrically isolating the first switching device of the first power amplifier from the second switching device of the second power amplifier; and the integrated circuit further comprising a substrate having N- starting material and a plurality of P-wells (32, 34), wherein the first and second NMOS transistors are disposed in the P-wells (32, 34). a first power amplifier having a first switching device as a first NMOS transistor formed on the integrated circuit, the first NMOS transistor of the first power amplifier having a transistor body; a second power amplifier having a second switching device as a second NMOS transistor formed on the integrated circuit, the second NMOS transistor of the second power amplifier having a transistor body; wherein the first and second power amplifiers are connectable in a stacked arrangement between a voltage supply (V BAT) and ground; and wherein the transistor body of the first NMOS transistor of the first power amplifier is isolated from the transistor body of the second NMOS transistor of the second power amplifier for electrically isolating the first switching device of the first power amplifier from the second switching device of the second power amplifier; and the integrated circuit further comprising a substrate having N- starting material and a plurality of P-wells (32, 34), wherein the first and second NMOS transistors are disposed in the P-wells (32, 34).
A method of predicting susceptibility of a subject suffering from cancer to a treatment with an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor, wherein the method comprises detecting the presence or absence of a genetic alteration in a long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) that resides in an antisense strand of an oncogene, wherein the genetic alteration alters or disrupts expression of the oncogene; wherein in case the genetic alteration is present, the subject is predicted to show improved susceptibility to the treatment with the EGFR inhibitor compared to a subject not carrying the genetic alteration; wherein the oncogene is EGFR encoding epidermal growth factor receptor; wherein the long non-coding RNA on an antisense strand of an oncogene is EGFR-AS1 for EGFR gene; wherein the genetic alteration is a homozygous silent G>A mutation at nucleotide position 2361 encoding Q787Q in exon 20 of the oncogene EGFR; and wherein the cancer is head and neck cancer.