mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A refrigeration apparatus comprising: - a main refrigerant circuit including a positive displacement compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator, through which a refrigerant circulates successively in a closed loop circulation; - a lubrication refrigerant line connected to the main refrigerant circuit between the condenser and the expansion valve or to the condenser, in which circulates a portion of the refrigerant of the main refrigerant circuit and connected to the compressor for lubrication of said compressor with the refrigerant; wherein the lubrication refrigerant line comprises, upstream from the compressor: - a throttle valve adapted to vary the lubrication refrigerant flow entering the compressor; characterized in that it further comprises: - a downstream pressure detector configured to measure refrigerant pressure downstream the throttle valve and upstream the compressor, - a downstream temperature detector configured to measure refrigerant temperature downstream the throttle valve and upstream the compressor, and wherein the refrigeration unit comprises a control unit adapted to determine the state of the refrigerant in the lubrication refrigerant line using the measurements of the downstream pressure detector and the downstream temperature detector, and configured for controlling the throttle valve on the basis of at least the pressure downstream the throttle valve and the state of the refrigerant in the lubrication refrigerant line. - a main refrigerant circuit including a positive displacement compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator, through which a refrigerant circulates successively in a closed loop circulation; - a lubrication refrigerant line connected to the main refrigerant circuit between the condenser and the expansion valve or to the condenser, in which circulates a portion of the refrigerant of the main refrigerant circuit and connected to the compressor for lubrication of said compressor with the refrigerant; - a throttle valve adapted to vary the lubrication refrigerant flow entering the compressor; characterized in that it further comprises: - a downstream pressure detector configured to measure refrigerant pressure downstream the throttle valve and upstream the compressor, - a downstream temperature detector configured to measure refrigerant temperature downstream the throttle valve and upstream the compressor,
A method for processing artifacts on digital images comprising: - acquiring a set of N, N ≥ 2, digital images through a sensor having an original dimension; - downsampling each one of the acquired digital images into downsampled digital images of M different dimensions, M ≥ 2; - for each pixel x in each of the downsampled digital images, delineating a first patch as a set of pixels y centered around pixel x; - for each delineated first patch: - calculating a pixel intensity threshold that separates a background area from a dust area, the dust affecting the sensor; - counting a number A of pixels y inside a circle with a radius of parameter r having an intensity that is below the pixel intensity threshold; - counting a number B of pixels y lying outside the circle having an intensity that is above the pixel intensity threshold; - calculating a ratio between A and B; - for each one of the downsampled digital images, retaining ratios that are higher than a parameter p, resizing the downsampled digital images to the original dimension, and aggregating at each pixel position the retained ratios; and - creating a first mask of artifact locations by associating an artifact location to each aggregated retained ratio that exceeds a parameter τ. - acquiring a set of N, N ≥ 2, digital images through a sensor having an original dimension; - downsampling each one of the acquired digital images into downsampled digital images of M different dimensions, M ≥ 2; - for each pixel x in each of the downsampled digital images, delineating a first patch as a set of pixels y centered around pixel x; - for each delineated first patch: - calculating a pixel intensity threshold that separates a background area from a dust area, the dust affecting the sensor; - counting a number A of pixels y inside a circle with a radius of parameter r having an intensity that is below the pixel intensity threshold; - counting a number B of pixels y lying outside the circle having an intensity that is above the pixel intensity threshold; - calculating a ratio between A and B; - calculating a pixel intensity threshold that separates a background area from a dust area, the dust affecting the sensor; - counting a number A of pixels y inside a circle with a radius of parameter r having an intensity that is below the pixel intensity threshold; - counting a number B of pixels y lying outside the circle having an intensity that is above the pixel intensity threshold; - calculating a ratio between A and B; - for each one of the downsampled digital images, retaining ratios that are higher than a parameter p, resizing the downsampled digital images to the original dimension, and aggregating at each pixel position the retained ratios; and - creating a first mask of artifact locations by associating an artifact location to each aggregated retained ratio that exceeds a parameter τ.
A wearable biosensor comprising: a housing comprising: a first surface for being applied to a wearer's skin, the first surface defining a first opening, and a second surface opposite the first surface, the second surface defining a second opening, the first and second openings defining a substantially unobstructed pathway through the housing; a biosensor wire partially disposed within the housing and having an exterior portion extending through the first opening; a hollow insertion needle positioned within the pathway and extending through the first opening, the hollow insertion needle at least partially encircling the biosensor wire; and a biosensor retention feature collapsible against the first surface of the housing, the biosensor retention feature encircling and contacting the hollow insertion needle. a housing comprising: a first surface for being applied to a wearer's skin, the first surface defining a first opening, and a second surface opposite the first surface, the second surface defining a second opening, the first and second openings defining a substantially unobstructed pathway through the housing; a first surface for being applied to a wearer's skin, the first surface defining a first opening, and a second surface opposite the first surface, the second surface defining a second opening, the first and second openings defining a substantially unobstructed pathway through the housing; a biosensor wire partially disposed within the housing and having an exterior portion extending through the first opening; a hollow insertion needle positioned within the pathway and extending through the first opening, the hollow insertion needle at least partially encircling the biosensor wire; and a biosensor retention feature collapsible against the first surface of the housing, the biosensor retention feature encircling and contacting the hollow insertion needle.
Method for estimating the ageing of a battery of Li-Ion type powering an electrical system, comprising: 100 - a step of storing a set of data about the voltage and current across the battery terminals, in response to the current perturbations provoked during the normal operation of the battery by the changes of consumption rate of the electrical system, 200 - a step of determining the impedance of the battery, within a predetermined frequency interval, from the voltage and current data, this step including 210 - a sub-step of identifying the parameters of a predetermined model structure from measured voltage and current data, said model structure making it possible to model a time-discrete battery as a linear combination of past input, output and perturbation data, 220 - a sub-step of converting the identified model into the frequency domain, 230 - finally a sub-step of computing the low-frequency impedance of the battery: 300 - a step of estimating the age of the battery as a function of the impedance determined in the preceding step, by comparing said impedance with a previously stored model of evolution of this impedance with ageing, the predetermined frequency interval being in the 0.01 - 3 Hz band. 100 - a step of storing a set of data about the voltage and current across the battery terminals, in response to the current perturbations provoked during the normal operation of the battery by the changes of consumption rate of the electrical system, 200 - a step of determining the impedance of the battery, within a predetermined frequency interval, from the voltage and current data, this step including 210 - a sub-step of identifying the parameters of a predetermined model structure from measured voltage and current data, said model structure making it possible to model a time-discrete battery as a linear combination of past input, output and perturbation data, 220 - a sub-step of converting the identified model into the frequency domain, 230 - finally a sub-step of computing the low-frequency impedance of the battery: 210 - a sub-step of identifying the parameters of a predetermined model structure from measured voltage and current data, said model structure making it possible to model a time-discrete battery as a linear combination of past input, output and perturbation data, 220 - a sub-step of converting the identified model into the frequency domain, 230 - finally a sub-step of computing the low-frequency impedance of the battery: 300 - a step of estimating the age of the battery as a function of the impedance determined in the preceding step, by comparing said impedance with a previously stored model of evolution of this impedance with ageing,
Foundation system, in particular to renew or install drywalls on steep slopes, comprising: - at least one foundation stone for placement on a foundation base; - at least one securing element which is or can be arranged in or on the foundation stone, - at least one substantially rod-shaped ground-anchoring component for insertion into the foundation base, which is or can be connected to the securing element, and - at least one guide groove formed for receiving the securing element and arranged on a top side of the at least one foundation stone. - at least one foundation stone for placement on a foundation base; - at least one securing element which is or can be arranged in or on the foundation stone, - at least one substantially rod-shaped ground-anchoring component for insertion into the foundation base, which is or can be connected to the securing element, and - at least one guide groove formed for receiving the securing element and arranged on a top side of the at least one foundation stone.
Panel for forming a floor covering, wherein this panel comprises a substrate having a thickness of 1.3 to 10 millimeters and including at least a layer of thermoplastic material, wherein this panel, above said layer, comprises at least also a printed decor and a translucent or transparent wear layer, with said layer of thermoplastic material situated at least halfway in the thickness of the panel, wherein said thermoplastic material is chosen from the list consisting of polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, polyethylene and polyurethane, characterized in that said layer also comprises at least individual glass fibers having a length greater than 1 millimeter, wherein said individual glass fibers are loose and freely distributed within said layer of thermoplastic material, and in that the surface of said individual glass fibers is treated with a coupling agent being silane to thereby improve the adherence to said thermoplastic material.
Composition for use as acid-curable binder, comprising one or more compounds of the formula Si[OR 1] x [OR 2] y in which x is an integer selected from 1, 2, 3 and 4 y is an integer selected from 0, 1, 2 and 3 where x + y = 4 each of the x structural units R 1 is furfuryl and each of the y structural units R 2, independently of all other structural units R 2, is selected from the group of linear and branched alkyl radicals furfuryl alcohol R 1 -OH one or more alkyl alcohols R 2 -OH, where R 2 in each case is selected from the group of linear and branched alkyl radicals one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of aluminium triisopropoxide, tri-n-butyl borate, tetra-n-butyl orthotitanate, tetraisopropyl titanate, tetrakis(2-ethylhexyl) titanate and dibutyltin dilaurate, where the composition comprises: a fraction of furfuryl alcohol in the range from 1% to 40%, a total fraction of alkyl alcohols R 2 -OH in the range from 0.5% to 10% a total fraction of elements from the group consisting of B, Al, Sn, Ti and Zr in the range from 0.01% to 0.5% based in each case on the total mass of the composition of the invention. one or more compounds of the formula Si[OR 1] x [OR 2] y in which x is an integer selected from 1, 2, 3 and 4 y is an integer selected from 0, 1, 2 and 3 where x + y = 4 each of the x structural units R 1 is furfuryl and each of the y structural units R 2, independently of all other structural units R 2, is selected from the group of linear and branched alkyl radicals x is an integer selected from 1, 2, 3 and 4 y is an integer selected from 0, 1, 2 and 3 where x + y = 4 each of the x structural units R 1 is furfuryl and each of the y structural units R 2, independently of all other structural units R 2, is selected from the group of linear and branched alkyl radicals furfuryl alcohol R 1 -OH one or more alkyl alcohols R 2 -OH, where R 2 in each case is selected from the group of linear and branched alkyl radicals one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of aluminium triisopropoxide, tri-n-butyl borate, tetra-n-butyl orthotitanate, tetraisopropyl titanate, tetrakis(2-ethylhexyl) titanate and dibutyltin dilaurate, a fraction of furfuryl alcohol in the range from 1% to 40%, a total fraction of alkyl alcohols R 2 -OH in the range from 0.5% to 10% a total fraction of elements from the group consisting of B, Al, Sn, Ti and Zr in the range from 0.01% to 0.5%
An extruder for use in a dispenser of a loose product for the preparation of beverages, comprising: - a housing, defining a product inlet, a product outlet, and a bore having a longitudinal axis ( l), which bore interconnects the product inlet and the product outlet; characterized in that the extruder comprises: - a screw feeder including a screw blade that is both rotatably and translatably received in the bore, such that it is axially movable along the longitudinal axis (/) between a first position and a second position; and - a first sealing device that is configured to fluidtightly seal a portion of the bore interconnecting the product inlet and the product outlet in dependence of the axial position of the screw blade, such that - in said first position of the screw blade, the first sealing device fluidtightly seals the portion of the bore interconnecting the product inlet and the product outlet, while - in said second position of the screw blade, rotation of the screw blade can effect a continuous extrusion of loose product, supplied at the product inlet, from the product outlet. - a housing, defining a product inlet, a product outlet, and a bore having a longitudinal axis ( l), which bore interconnects the product inlet and the product outlet; - a screw feeder including a screw blade that is both rotatably and translatably received in the bore, such that it is axially movable along the longitudinal axis (/) between a first position and a second position; and - a first sealing device that is configured to fluidtightly seal a portion of the bore interconnecting the product inlet and the product outlet in dependence of the axial position of the screw blade, such that - in said first position of the screw blade, the first sealing device fluidtightly seals the portion of the bore interconnecting the product inlet and the product outlet, while - in said second position of the screw blade, rotation of the screw blade can effect a continuous extrusion of loose product, supplied at the product inlet, from the product outlet.
A method for unified networking for a device (UE 1; UE 2; UE 3; UE 4) in heterogeneous mobile environments comprising: maintaining and monitoring active network interfaces; managing the location of the device (UE 1; UE 2; UE 3; UE 4); managing network access security; managing system parameters for one or more active application sessions on the device (UE 1; UE 2; UE 3; UE 4); maintaining a mapping for one or more flows corresponding to the one or more active application sessions, maintaining one or more policies, and performing flow control decisions based upon the policies using a policy engine; maintaining a knowledge base (3403; 3404) on the device (UE 1; UE 2; UE 3; UE 4) comprising past network information for the device (UE 1; UE 2; UE 3; UE 4) including one or more of location, resource, and bandwidth information; and performing flow decisions using the knowledge base (3403; 3404). maintaining and monitoring active network interfaces; managing the location of the device (UE 1; UE 2; UE 3; UE 4); managing network access security; managing system parameters for one or more active application sessions on the device (UE 1; UE 2; UE 3; UE 4); maintaining a mapping for one or more flows corresponding to the one or more active application sessions, maintaining one or more policies, and performing flow control decisions based upon the policies using a policy engine; maintaining a knowledge base (3403; 3404) on the device (UE 1; UE 2; UE 3; UE 4) comprising past network information for the device (UE 1; UE 2; UE 3; UE 4) including one or more of location, resource, and bandwidth information; and performing flow decisions using the knowledge base (3403; 3404).
Strapping head or strapping device of a strapping apparatus for the strapping of packaged articles with a strapping band, in particular with a plastics strapping band, which is equipped with an advancement and tensioning device which are equipped with multiple rollers for transmitting an advancement, retraction and tensioning movement to the strapping band, wherein at least one of said rollers (11, 12, 13; 111, 112, 113) is operatively connected or operatively connectable to a drive device in order to set at least one of the rollers in rotational motion about an axis of rotation for the advancement, retraction and tensioning movement, for the contact with the strapping band during the execution of the advancement, retraction and tensioning movement, a total of three rollers (11, 12, 13; 111, 112, 113) are provided on the strapping head, which rollers come into contact with the strapping band in conjunction with said functions, the three rollers (11, 12, 13;111, 112, 113) can, in each case pairwise in different combinations with one another, be placed in contact with the strapping band on both sides of the strapping band, characterized in that only one of the three rollers (13; 113) can be moved alternately in the direction of in each case one of the two other rollers (12, 13; 112, 113) in order, in a movement end position, to bear together with the in each case one other roller against the band.
A communication device (110, 120, 214, 216) for communicating with a plurality of other communication devices (110, 120, 214, 216), using an optical wireless link, wherein the communication device is an optical communication device, wherein the communication device is configured to: provide individual reference signals (131', 131", 142) using a number of subcarriers (S 1 -S 8) or time slots in accordance to: the optical clock reference which is a clock reference selected among a collection of predefined optical clock references, so that the faster the optical clock reference, the more subcarriers; and the number of transmitting communication devices in a set of transmitting communication devices or streams to be transmitted in parallel, so that the more communication devices, the more space between the subcarriers to leave the space for the subcarrier of the other devices; shift the position of subcarriers or of signals at the time slots by a number of positions which is derived by an identification number associated to an individual communication device within the whole set of transmitting communication devices or in dependence on an identification number identifying a specific stream or transmitter; transmit the reference signal which enables the plurality of receiving communication devices to identify the reference signal coming from the individual communication device in the whole set of communication devices or being associated with a specific stream or transmitter. provide individual reference signals (131', 131", 142) using a number of subcarriers (S 1 -S 8) or time slots in accordance to: the optical clock reference which is a clock reference selected among a collection of predefined optical clock references, so that the faster the optical clock reference, the more subcarriers; and the number of transmitting communication devices in a set of transmitting communication devices or streams to be transmitted in parallel, so that the more communication devices, the more space between the subcarriers to leave the space for the subcarrier of the other devices; the optical clock reference which is a clock reference selected among a collection of predefined optical clock references, so that the faster the optical clock reference, the more subcarriers; and the number of transmitting communication devices in a set of transmitting communication devices or streams to be transmitted in parallel, so that the more communication devices, the more space between the subcarriers to leave the space for the subcarrier of the other devices; shift the position of subcarriers or of signals at the time slots by a number of positions which is derived by an identification number associated to an individual communication device within the whole set of transmitting communication devices or in dependence on an identification number identifying a specific stream or transmitter; transmit the reference signal which enables the plurality of receiving communication devices to identify the reference signal coming from the individual communication device in the whole set of communication devices or being associated with a specific stream or transmitter.