mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Biomedical imaging installation capable of implementing a multi-photon excitation of a sample comprising intrinsic chromophores sensitive to the excitation by excitation photons having an energy chosen so as to produce emission photons, comprising: - at least one source capable of producing synchronized excitation photon pulses, said source being a pulsed laser source with a pulse width of less than the picosecond, - a means for scanning said excitation photon pulses on a chosen area of the sample, - means (7, 19) for local development of said excitation photon pulses on said sample, and - means (6, 17) for directing the emission photons to at least one collection area (12, 13, 14, 15, 16), wherein said development means include an optical system in the form of a variable magnification macro-zoom coupled to an objective located between said scanning means and said sample, said optical system comprises a mechanism for moving along the optical axis of a set of lenses configured to permit a variable magnification of said optical system by a zoom factor of at least 2 and configured to perform a magnification of said optical system of up to at least 300, said means for directing the emission photons to at least one collection area (12, 13, 14, 15, 16) are configured to direct said emission photons to at least one collection zone (12, 13, 14, 15, 16) without passing through said scanning means and going back into the macro-zoom. - at least one source capable of producing synchronized excitation photon pulses, said source being a pulsed laser source with a pulse width of less than the picosecond, - a means for scanning said excitation photon pulses on a chosen area of the sample, - means (7, 19) for local development of said excitation photon pulses on said sample, and - means (6, 17) for directing the emission photons to at least one collection area (12, 13, 14, 15, 16),
Installation, suitable for the testing of open, deluge fire extinguishing systems, comprising: a smoke and/or mist generator (6,7) and a connecting conduit, suitable and dedicated for connecting the smoke and/or mist generator to an open fire extinguishing system; wherein the generator comprises a compressor and/or a pump which is able to generate a gas flow of at least 18 litres per second and/or is able to generate a pressure drop of at least 0.2 bars and/or which is able to generate a smoke to be generated with an optical smoke density of at least 10 per meter. a smoke and/or mist generator (6,7) and a connecting conduit, suitable and dedicated for connecting the smoke and/or mist generator to an open fire extinguishing system; wherein the generator comprises a compressor and/or a pump which is able to generate a gas flow of at least 18 litres per second and/or is able to generate a pressure drop of at least 0.2 bars and/or which is able to generate a smoke to be generated with an optical smoke density of at least 10 per meter.
Communication system for inter-chip communication in which a first processor and a second processor communicate with one another via data channels (6, 7) of a communication bus (4, 5), wherein a data channel (6, 7) is operated in each case in a separate physical communication bus (4, 5) for each communication direction, wherein the first processor is configured to transmit data to the second processor via a first communication bus and to receive data from the second processor via a second communication bus, and wherein the second processor is configured to receive data from the first processor via the first communication bus and to transmit data to the first processor via the second communication bus; characterized in that, for each separate communication bus (4, 5), the respectively receiving processor (2, 3) referred to as the master processor controls the transmission with the other, transmitting processor (3, 2) referred to as the slave processor by applying a transmit enable signal to a transmit enable input of the slave processor, and wherein the slave processor is configured to serially transmit the data stored in its transmission register until the transmit enable signal is no longer applied to the transmit enable input of the slave processor; wherein the slave processor, as the transmitter of the communication bus (4, 5), is configured to transmit a trigger signal to the master processor if data are pending transmission by the slave processor; and wherein the master processor applies the transmit enable signal to the transmit enable input of the slave processor as soon as the master processor receives the trigger signal.
A cooking utensil adapted to facilitate heating of a food with a food-cooking device, which cooking utensil comprises a body shaped with a hollow adapted to contain the food, wherein the cooking utensil comprises an element arranged to be in heat transferring contact with the food inside the inner hollow and arranged at a distance from the body of the cooking utensil so that the element assumes a temperature close to the temperature of the food, characterized in that the element comprises a surface arranged to emit thermal radiation based on the temperature of the element in a direction towards a sensor arrangement of the cooking device.
A synchronized mechanism for a correlated seat/backrest movement of an office chair, with a base support mountable on a chair column, with a seat support arranged on the base support and movable relative to the base support, and with a backrest support connected to the seat support, wherein a swiveling of the backrest support produces a movement of the seat support relative to the base support, wherein the backrest support able to swivel about a transverse axis is articulated directly to the base support, wherein the backrest support is connected to the seat support via a coupling element, wherein the coupling element is articulated both to the backrest support and to the seat support, wherein the force applied to the seat support upon swiveling the backrest support is applied to the seat support solely via the coupling element, wherein on the base support a first guide element (21, 23) and on the seat support a second guide element (22, 24) is provided, wherein the first guide element (21, 23) and the second guide element (22, 24) cooperate to form a guide element pair (16, 17) such that a swiveling of the backrest support produces a movement of the second guide element (22, 24) along the first guide element (21, 23) and thus a movement of the seat support relative to the base support, wherein two guide element pairs (16, 17) are provided, spaced apart from each other in the chair lengthwise direction, namely a front guide element pair looking in the chair lengthwise direction and a rear guide element pair looking in the chair lengthwise direction, characterized in that the connection point of the coupling element to the seat support serving as the location of force application to the seat support upon swiveling of the backrest support is not identical to the connection point (16, 17) of the seat support to the base support serving as the location for guiding the seat support on the base support.
A method, comprising: performing, by a computer system: decomposing a plurality of data packets into a plurality of component data types, the plurality of data packets associated with a candidate alert representing a potential security threat in a communications network; retrieving, from a database, a count for each of a plurality of historical data types, the plurality of historical data types matching at least a subset of the component data types, each of the counts quantifying an amount of data of a corresponding historical data type previously detected in the communications network in each of a plurality of given time periods; calculating a score that indicates an aggregate discrepancy between an amount of data in each of the subset of the component data types and the counts for each corresponding one of the historical data types in the plurality of given time periods; and handling the candidate alert based, at least in part, upon the score, wherein handling the candidate alert further comprises issuing the candidate alert in response to the score meeting a threshold value and suppressing the candidate alert in response to the score not meeting the threshold value, wherein the plurality of given time periods include two or more of a time interval, a day of the week, a day of the month, a week of the month, a day of the year, and a month of the year. decomposing a plurality of data packets into a plurality of component data types, the plurality of data packets associated with a candidate alert representing a potential security threat in a communications network; retrieving, from a database, a count for each of a plurality of historical data types, the plurality of historical data types matching at least a subset of the component data types, each of the counts quantifying an amount of data of a corresponding historical data type previously detected in the communications network in each of a plurality of given time periods; calculating a score that indicates an aggregate discrepancy between an amount of data in each of the subset of the component data types and the counts for each corresponding one of the historical data types in the plurality of given time periods; and handling the candidate alert based, at least in part, upon the score, wherein handling the candidate alert further comprises issuing the candidate alert in response to the score meeting a threshold value and suppressing the candidate alert in response to the score not meeting the threshold value, wherein the plurality of given time periods include two or more of a time interval, a day of the week, a day of the month, a week of the month, a day of the year, and a month of the year.
A mobile, portable apparatus for authenticating, verification and certification of a security article, the apparatus comprising: (a) an enclosure securely housing components of the apparatus, wherein the enclosure is configurable into a closed and an opened configuration; (b) an authentication device operable to authenticate the security article; (c) a power source; (d) an imaging device set comprising at least two imaging devices configured to simultaneously image in opposing directions thereby facilitating monitoring and collection of a visual record of an interaction between an operator of the apparatus and a security article user; (e) a programmable and configurable control panel comprising a memory circuit and a processing circuit; (f) an information processing unit; and (g) a printing device for printing and/or making a special marking on the security article, wherein the imaging device set is coupled to the authentication device, wherein the control panel is arranged as an interface command and control center connected to the information processing unit and the other components of the apparatus, and wherein the memory circuit contains blocks of code comprising computer executable instructions for directing the processing circuit to: detect the enclosure being opened; (a) determine, reiteratively, in an opened configuration of the enclosure of the apparatus, whether a registered operator of the portable authentication apparatus is in proximity to the portable apparatus and an image of the registered operator captured by the imaging device set is verified; and (b) permit and/or maintain access to the authentication device of the portable authentication apparatus if the registered operator is in proximity to the portable apparatus and the image of the registered operator is verified. (a) an enclosure securely housing components of the apparatus, wherein the enclosure is configurable into a closed and an opened configuration; (b) an authentication device operable to authenticate the security article; (c) a power source; (d) an imaging device set comprising at least two imaging devices configured to simultaneously image in opposing directions thereby facilitating monitoring and collection of a visual record of an interaction between an operator of the apparatus and a security article user; (e) a programmable and configurable control panel comprising a memory circuit and a processing circuit; (f) an information processing unit; and (g) a printing device for printing and/or making a special marking on the security article, detect the enclosure being opened; (a) determine, reiteratively, in an opened configuration of the enclosure of the apparatus, whether a registered operator of the portable authentication apparatus is in proximity to the portable apparatus and an image of the registered operator captured by the imaging device set is verified; and (b) permit and/or maintain access to the authentication device of the portable authentication apparatus if the registered operator is in proximity to the portable apparatus and the image of the registered operator is verified.
A visual cortical circuit apparatus for constructing a circuit for implementing a visual cortex response to stimuli over the period of neuron response time in a form of a voltage and outputting a voltage equivalent to the voltage, being a symmetrical operational amplifier comprising two structures connected in parallel in an up/down symmetry with an upper end output and a lower end output of the visual cortical circuit apparatus, the visual cortical apparatus comprising: a current mirror unit using a transistor as a current source to generate a current of the same magnitude as the response, the current mirror unit comprising two current mirrors connected in parallel in an up/down symmetry; a transconductance unit for receiving a current generated by the current mirror unit as an input and outputting a voltage using transconductance, the transconductance unit comprising two transconductance circuits connected in parallel in up/down symmetry; and a buffer unit for converting a voltage output by the transconductance unit into a current and buffering the current, the buffer unit comprising two buffer circuits connected in parallel in up/down symmetry, the buffer unit further comprising an upper end output and a lower end output; a bipolar switch unit, wherein any one of outputs from the buffer unit is switched on if a membrane potential proceeds across a neuron so that the neuron becomes activated, and switched off if a membrane potential proceeds across a neuron so that the neuron becomes deactivated; further comprising a symmetrical bias unit for applying a bias voltage so that the current mirror unit can remain in an operational state when the response is smaller in magnitude than a predetermined threshold value. a current mirror unit using a transistor as a current source to generate a current of the same magnitude as the response, the current mirror unit comprising two current mirrors connected in parallel in an up/down symmetry; a transconductance unit for receiving a current generated by the current mirror unit as an input and outputting a voltage using transconductance, the transconductance unit comprising two transconductance circuits connected in parallel in up/down symmetry; and a buffer unit for converting a voltage output by the transconductance unit into a current and buffering the current, the buffer unit comprising two buffer circuits connected in parallel in up/down symmetry, the buffer unit further comprising an upper end output and a lower end output; a bipolar switch unit, wherein any one of outputs from the buffer unit is switched on if a membrane potential proceeds across a neuron so that the neuron becomes activated, and switched off if a membrane potential proceeds across a neuron so that the neuron becomes deactivated; further comprising a symmetrical bias unit for applying a bias voltage so that the current mirror unit can remain in an operational state when the response is smaller in magnitude than a predetermined threshold value.
A fragrance dispenser comprising: a) a fragrance, said fragrance being impregnated within a polymer carrier, said polymer carrier decreasing in size as said fragrance is released; b) a sensor for determining the amount of said polymer carrier, said sensor being oriented such that said sensor is actuated when at least one physical dimension of said carrier falls below a predetermined value; c) a signaling device for displaying information related to the amount of said polymer carrier as an amount of fragrance, wherein said signaling device is operatively connected to and actuated by said sensor. a) a fragrance, said fragrance being impregnated within a polymer carrier, said polymer carrier decreasing in size as said fragrance is released; b) a sensor for determining the amount of said polymer carrier, said sensor being oriented such that said sensor is actuated when at least one physical dimension of said carrier falls below a predetermined value; c) a signaling device for displaying information related to the amount of said polymer carrier as an amount of fragrance, wherein said signaling device is operatively connected to and actuated by said sensor.
A gas turbine engine comprising a compressor, a turbine having one or more stages and a combustor, the combustor being located between the compressor and turbine, and where the gas turbine engine further comprises a bleed from a core (50,84) defined by a core duct, the core duct surrounding and extending between the turbine and combustor at least, the bleed comprising at least one inlet located downstream of the combustor and upstream of at least one of the turbine stages, a bypass passage and an outlet, the bypass passage leading from the inlet at one end to the outlet at the other end, the outlet exiting into the core duct downstream of the turbine, the turbine being arranged in use to drive the compressor and the bleed being arranged to be controllable in use to selectively bleed air from the core (50,84) through the inlet and to thereby control the power delivered by the turbine to the compressor, characterized in that: the bypass passage comprises an annulus formed in the core duct.
A method of wireless communication of a base station, comprising: transmitting an uplink grant to a user equipment, UE, during a first transmit opportunity; signaling, during a second transmit opportunity, a grant trigger to the UE to trigger operations associated with the uplink grant that are uncompleted after the first transmit opportunity, the grant trigger associated with a set of UEs comprising the UE, the set of UEs being a subset of UEs having pending transmissions; characterized by instructing the UE regarding whether to keep or discard resources granted by the uplink grant when the UE switches to a different beam during or prior to the second transmit opportunity. transmitting an uplink grant to a user equipment, UE, during a first transmit opportunity; signaling, during a second transmit opportunity, a grant trigger to the UE to trigger operations associated with the uplink grant that are uncompleted after the first transmit opportunity, the grant trigger associated with a set of UEs comprising the UE, the set of UEs being a subset of UEs having pending transmissions; characterized by instructing the UE regarding whether to keep or discard resources granted by the uplink grant when the UE switches to a different beam during or prior to the second transmit opportunity.
Hose device comprising an internal hose and an external cover hose which define a tubular air interstice primarily with the purpose to provide buoyancy to the hose in water, further comprising a connector element for connection of the internal hose to the cover hose at one or more of their ends, thereby establishing attachment for the internal hose and the cover hose, said connector element at its free end being connected to or integrated with an external end connector for connection of the hose structure to an external connection, the connector element comprising - an internal sleeve shaped end connector in which the end of the internal hose is inserted and attached, wherein the internal sleeve shaped end connector at its free end exhibits means for connection to a pipe system, - an external sleeve shaped end connector to which the end of the cover hose is anchored, - a connecting ring to connect the internal sleeve shaped end connector releasably with the sleeve shaped external end connector, and - a connection between the internal hose and the cover hose having a check valve which allows emptying of the interstice to the internal hose, characterized in that. the external sleeve shaped end connector comprises two coaxial sleeves (17, 18) defining an annular slit for the end of the cover hose while the internal sleeve shaped end connector comprises two coaxial sleeves (23, 24) defining an annular slit for the end of the internal hose 12. - an internal sleeve shaped end connector in which the end of the internal hose is inserted and attached, wherein the internal sleeve shaped end connector at its free end exhibits means for connection to a pipe system, - an external sleeve shaped end connector to which the end of the cover hose is anchored, - a connecting ring to connect the internal sleeve shaped end connector releasably with the sleeve shaped external end connector, and - a connection between the internal hose and the cover hose having a check valve which allows emptying of the interstice to the internal hose,
A nonwoven fabric comprising continuous spunbonded bicomponent fibers which consist of: 50 to 95 % by weight of an aromatic polyester in a core; 5 to 50 % by weight of a polyester blend containing: a) 65 to 95 % of an aromatic polyester and b) 5 to 35 % by weight of an aliphatic-aromatic polyester with a glass temperature below 0°C in a sheath surrounding the core; and 0 to 5 % by weight of at least one additive selected from lubricants, nucleating agents selected from inorganic compounds and aromatic polyesters, compatibilizers, flame retardants, reinforcing materials, plasticizers, antioxidants, UV stabilizer, mineral filler and pigments; wherein the % by weight are based in each case on the total weight of the components and and optionally; and wherein the stiff polyesters and are selected from the group consisting of poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(butylene terephthalate). wherein the % by weight are based in each case on the total weight of the components and and optionally; and wherein the stiff polyesters and are selected from the group consisting of poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(butylene terephthalate).
Motorized ventilation device for a motor vehicle, comprising an impeller free to rotate about an axis and formed by a cup, on which blades are disposed, a bell cap of an electric motor partly housed inside the cup, a centrifugal device disposed between the cup and the bell cap and configured to guide and to accelerate an air flow, the cup comprising at least one opening for the passage of the air flow and the bell cap comprising at least one orifice (65, 66, 67) for the passage of the air flow, said centrifugal device comprising at least one vane (81, 81') axially extending between the cup and the bell cap, characterized in that the centrifugal device comprises a plate for supporting the at least one vane (81, 81'), said plate being pressed against the bell cap and the at least one vane extending by projecting from the plate toward the cup of the impeller.