mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of encoding a high dynamic range image (M_HDR), comprising the steps of: - converting the high dynamic range image to an image of lower luminance dynamic range (LDR_o) by applying: a) normalization of the high dynamic range image to a scale of the luma axis being [0,1] yielding a normalized high dynamic range image with normalized colors having normalized luminances (Yn_HDR), b) calculating a gamma function on the normalized luminances yielding gamma-converted luminances (xg), c) applying a first tone mapping yielding lumas (v) which is defined as v=log(1+(RHO-1) ∗ xg)/log, with RHO having a predetermined value, and d) applying an arbitrary monotonically increasing tone mapping function mapping the lumas to output lumas (Yn_LDR) of the lower dynamic range image (LDR_o); and - outputting in an image signal (S_im) a codification of the pixel colors of the lower luminance dynamic range image (LDR_o), and - outputting in the image signal (S_im) in metadata values encoding the function shapes of the arbitrary monotonically increasing tone mapping function, which metadata allows a receiver to reconstruct a reconstructed high dynamic range image (Rec_HDR) from the lower luminance dynamic range image (LDR_o). - converting the high dynamic range image to an image of lower luminance dynamic range (LDR_o) by applying: a) normalization of the high dynamic range image to a scale of the luma axis being [0,1] yielding a normalized high dynamic range image with normalized colors having normalized luminances (Yn_HDR), b) calculating a gamma function on the normalized luminances yielding gamma-converted luminances (xg), c) applying a first tone mapping yielding lumas (v) which is defined as v=log(1+(RHO-1) ∗ xg)/log, with RHO having a predetermined value, and d) applying an arbitrary monotonically increasing tone mapping function mapping the lumas to output lumas (Yn_LDR) of the lower dynamic range image (LDR_o); and - outputting in an image signal (S_im) a codification of the pixel colors of the lower luminance dynamic range image (LDR_o), and - outputting in the image signal (S_im) in metadata values encoding the function shapes of the arbitrary monotonically increasing tone mapping function, which metadata allows a receiver to reconstruct a reconstructed high dynamic range image (Rec_HDR) from the lower luminance dynamic range image (LDR_o).
A compound of the formula: or a salt thereof, wherein: R 1 is: n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; X 1 is CH 2 or O; Y is N or CH; X 2 and X 3 are saturated hydrocarbon groups which together contain a total of four to six carbon atoms and which link together such that the moiety: represents a monocyclic or bicyclic ring system; Z is CH 2 or CO; X 4 is CH 2 or O; and R 2 is F or H. R 1 is: n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; X 1 is CH 2 or O; Y is N or CH; X 2 and X 3 are saturated hydrocarbon groups which together contain a total of four to six carbon atoms and which link together such that the moiety: represents a monocyclic or bicyclic ring system; Z is CH 2 or CO; X 4 is CH 2 or O; and R 2 is F or H.
Faceted gemstone made of glass containing a mixture of at least two dopants, which makes it possible to identify the faceted gemstone, and the following components: (a) 35 to 85 wt.% SiO 2; (b) 0 to 20 wt.% K 2 O; (c) 0 to 20 wt.% Na 2 O; (d) 0 to 5 wt.% Li 2 O; (e) 0 to 13 wt.% ZnO; (f) 0 to 11 wt.% CaO; (g) 0 to 7 wt.% MgO; (h) 0 to 10 wt.% BaO; (i) 0 to 4 wt.% Al 2 O 3; (j) 0 to 2 wt.% ZrO 2; (k) 0 to 4 wt.% B 2 O 3; (l) 0 to 3 wt.% F; (m) 0 to 2.5 wt.% CI; wherein the at least two dopants are selected from the group of the oxides of the rare earth metals scandium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, samarium, europium, yttrium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, thulium, ytterbium and lutetium, wherein the total amount of the oxides of the rare earth metals scandium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, samarium, europium, yttrium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, thulium, ytterbium and lutetium is 2-2000 mg/kg of the glass composition, and the stated amounts add up to 100 wt.%. (a) 35 to 85 wt.% SiO 2; (b) 0 to 20 wt.% K 2 O; (c) 0 to 20 wt.% Na 2 O; (d) 0 to 5 wt.% Li 2 O; (e) 0 to 13 wt.% ZnO; (f) 0 to 11 wt.% CaO; (g) 0 to 7 wt.% MgO; (h) 0 to 10 wt.% BaO; (i) 0 to 4 wt.% Al 2 O 3; (j) 0 to 2 wt.% ZrO 2; (k) 0 to 4 wt.% B 2 O 3; (l) 0 to 3 wt.% F; (m) 0 to 2.5 wt.% CI;
A method of forming a wear layer (206, 208, 306, 308, 404, 604, 804, 1004) on an article (200, 300, 400, 600, 800, 1000), the article comprising at least in part a steel support (202, 204, 302, 304, 402, 602, 802, 1002) having a surface on which the wear layer is formed, comprising; arranging in a cavity (504, 904) formed between a mold (500, 702, 900, 1102) and the surface of the support on which the wear layer will be formed, an array of tiles (210, 406, 606, 806, 1006) made of microwave sintered metal carbide composite; filling voids between the tiles, the mold and the support with metal carbide powder to form a matrix comprising the tiles and the spherical metal carbide powder; heating a brazing alloy to cause the brazing alloy to melt and infiltrate the matrix, heating comprising placing the mold containing the matrix, the bearing support, and unmelted brazing alloy with flux in an induction furnace and operating the induction furnace for a period of time sufficient to allow the brazing alloy to melt and uniformly infiltrate the matrix without damaging the tiles; allowing the matrix to cool, thereby forming a consolidation of the microwave sintered metal carbide tiles and the particles of metal carbide on the bearing support, the consolidation comprising the wear surface; and removing the mold and finishing the wear surface.
A dispensing device for a viscous foodstuff in the shape of a decoration cord or a trimming, of the type comprising a container for said viscous product having an envelope made of a deformable flexible material, said envelope comprising an upstream end provided with a filling opening and a downstream end provided with a dispensing opening to which is adapted a connecting tip comprising an internal pathway communicating with said dispensing opening and being intended to receive at least a nozzle having an outlet provided with an end cutting intended to provide a predetermined form to said cord, and a dispensing head comprising a body on which a plurality of nozzles is arranged, said body being connected to said connecting tip with a swiveling connection intended to rotationally guide said dispensing head about the axis of the connection between said body and said connecting tip, so as to selectively connect said internal pathway of said connecting tip to one of said nozzles of said plurality of nozzles, characterized by said swiveling connection being constituted by an internal central housing of a truncated form provided within said body of said dispensing head and an assembly cone for said connecting tip, made up from a hollow body forming said internal pathway, said assembly cone being complementary to said internal central housing and being intended to slidingly fit into said internal central housing, each nozzle of said plurality of nozzles being circumferentially distributed to said internal central housing, into which it emerges by an inlet of said nozzle intended to be brought in correspondence with a lumen provided on the conical surface of said assembly cone when said dispensing head is rotationally guided about said assembly cone, each nozzle of said plurality of nozzles extending according to a radial component within the thickness of said body of said dispensing head from its said inlet to its said outlet, opposed to said inlet and extending from said body.
A method in a distributed and nonhierarchical node comprising a set of data items for determining a synchronization state between said node and one or more distributed and nonhierarchical nodes communicatively coupled to form a cluster, wherein the set of data items are locally replicated at each node, the method comprising: generating a snapshot comprising information relating to the set of data items at a snapshot time T s, said information identifying changes to the data items where each change comprises a time stamp, wherein only changes to the data items with a time stamp ≤ T 0, where T s > T 0 and T 0 is determined in such a way that it for the selected snapshot time T s represents a corresponding time in all nodes, are included in the snapshot, although changes to the data items up to the time T s have been received and stored in the nodes; receiving corresponding generated snapshots from all other nodes in the cluster; and determining a synchronization state based on a comparison between the generated and received snapshots, wherein the synchronization state is determined to be not synchronized if the generated snapshot and the received corresponding snapshots do not all match, wherein the snapshot time T s is at least a delay time T d after T 0, i.e. T s ≥ T 0 + T d, wherein the delay time T d is set to be longer than the maximum transmission delay time between the nodes in the system. generating a snapshot comprising information relating to the set of data items at a snapshot time T s, said information identifying changes to the data items where each change comprises a time stamp, wherein only changes to the data items with a time stamp ≤ T 0, where T s > T 0 and T 0 is determined in such a way that it for the selected snapshot time T s represents a corresponding time in all nodes, are included in the snapshot, although changes to the data items up to the time T s have been received and stored in the nodes; receiving corresponding generated snapshots from all other nodes in the cluster; and determining a synchronization state based on a comparison between the generated and received snapshots, wherein the synchronization state is determined to be not synchronized if the generated snapshot and the received corresponding snapshots do not all match, wherein the snapshot time T s is at least a delay time T d after T 0, i.e. T s ≥ T 0 + T d, wherein the delay time T d is set to be longer than the maximum transmission delay time between the nodes in the system.
Process for the preparation of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene comprising the following stages: (i) gas-phase hydrogenation of hexafluoropropylene to give 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane in the presence of a superstoichiometric amount of hydrogen and of a catalyst in a reactor; (ii) dehydrofluorination of the 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane obtained in the preceding stage to give 1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoro-1-propene in the presence of a dehydrofluorination catalyst or using a water and potassium hydroxide mixture; (iii) gas-phase hydrogenation of the 1,2,3,3,3-pentaflaoro-1-propene obtained in the preceding stage to give 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane in the presence of a superstoichiometric amount of hydrogen and of a catalyst in a reactor; (iv) purification of the 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane obtained in the preceding stage; (v) dehydrofluorination of the purified 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane to give 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene in the presence of a dehydrofluorination catalyst or using a water and potassium hydroxide mixture; (vi) purification of the 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene obtained in the preceding stage. (i) gas-phase hydrogenation of hexafluoropropylene to give 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane in the presence of a superstoichiometric amount of hydrogen and of a catalyst in a reactor; (ii) dehydrofluorination of the 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane obtained in the preceding stage to give 1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoro-1-propene in the presence of a dehydrofluorination catalyst or using a water and potassium hydroxide mixture; (iii) gas-phase hydrogenation of the 1,2,3,3,3-pentaflaoro-1-propene obtained in the preceding stage to give 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane in the presence of a superstoichiometric amount of hydrogen and of a catalyst in a reactor; (iv) purification of the 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane obtained in the preceding stage; (v) dehydrofluorination of the purified 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane to give 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene in the presence of a dehydrofluorination catalyst or using a water and potassium hydroxide mixture; (vi) purification of the 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene obtained in the preceding stage.
A method for provision of a web length related material web data set of a material web manufactured in a rolling mill for a processing unit, which is independent from the rolling mill, in which the material web manufactured in the rolling mill and wound into a rolling mill coil is unwound and processed further starting from a processing coil, which is formed from a partial length of the material web manufactured in the rolling mill, wherein, during the manufacturing process of the material web, as a function of a web length coordinate X, a material web parameter Y is identified by means of a parameter detection unit and a material web data set that is composed of web length coordinates X and assigned material web parameters Y is saved in a storage medium, with which a material web segment that is missing at the processing coil is established and a web length correction value is determined that corresponds to the length and the relative arrangement of the material web segment in the rolling mill coil, and the material web data set of the rolling mill coil is converted into a material web data set of the processing coil, taking into account the web length correction value, characterised in that for establishing the missing material web segment, the processing coil is compared with the rolling mill coil, the comparison being effected by means of an image processing method, a first image of a winding level realised on a front-side surface of the rolling mill coil being compared with a second image of a winding level realised on a front-side surface of the processing coil by means of an image-processing method.
An image pickup device comprising: an image pickup element; an image pickup element holder configured to support the image pickup element, the image pickup element holder being rotationally movable with respect to a plane orthogonal to an optical axis; a determination member (9, 101) configured to determine a rotation amount of the image pickup element holder; and an optical filter holder configured to extractably support an optical filter onto the optical axis, wherein the optical filter holder rotationally moves along with a rotational movement of the image pickup element holder in an identical direction, wherein the optical filter holder is moved by a moving amount in an insertion and extraction direction so that a light beam entering the image pickup element is not blocked by the optical filter holder, and wherein the moving amount of the optical filter holder in the insertion and extraction direction is determined based on the rotation amount of the image pickup element holder determined by the determination member. an image pickup element; an image pickup element holder configured to support the image pickup element, the image pickup element holder being rotationally movable with respect to a plane orthogonal to an optical axis; a determination member (9, 101) configured to determine a rotation amount of the image pickup element holder; and an optical filter holder configured to extractably support an optical filter onto the optical axis, wherein the optical filter holder rotationally moves along with a rotational movement of the image pickup element holder in an identical direction, wherein the optical filter holder is moved by a moving amount in an insertion and extraction direction so that a light beam entering the image pickup element is not blocked by the optical filter holder, and wherein the moving amount of the optical filter holder in the insertion and extraction direction is determined based on the rotation amount of the image pickup element holder determined by the determination member.
Hot-melt adhesive composition comprising: a) at least one 25°C solid polyolefin polymer P, b) at least one 25°C liquid polyolefin resin PH, c) optionally at least one polyolefin wax PW, and d) at least one 25°C solid styrene block copolymer B, characterized in that the polyolefin polymer P is a thermoplastic poly-α-olefin. a) at least one 25°C solid polyolefin polymer P, b) at least one 25°C liquid polyolefin resin PH, c) optionally at least one polyolefin wax PW, and d) at least one 25°C solid styrene block copolymer B, characterized in that the polyolefin polymer P is a thermoplastic poly-α-olefin.
Method for extinguishing an arc in an alternating current system (L1..L3) by means of a short-circuit switch which comprises at least two antiparallel-connected semiconductor switching elements (S1a..S3b), wherein - upon detection of an arc in a monitoring area, a semiconductor switching element (S1a) of the short-circuit switch, positioned in the flow direction of the current, is closed and wherein - after a reversal of the current, a semiconductor element (S1b) of the short-circuit switch, which is connected anti-parallel relative to said semiconductor switching element (S1a), is only closed if an arc continues to be detected in the monitoring area, characterised in that - the semiconductor switching elements (S1a..S3b) remain closed after a predeterminable number of re-ignitions of the arc. - upon detection of an arc in a monitoring area, a semiconductor switching element (S1a) of the short-circuit switch, positioned in the flow direction of the current, is closed and wherein - after a reversal of the current, a semiconductor element (S1b) of the short-circuit switch, which is connected anti-parallel relative to said semiconductor switching element (S1a), is only closed if an arc continues to be detected in the monitoring area, - the semiconductor switching elements (S1a..S3b) remain closed after a predeterminable number of re-ignitions of the arc.
A nutritional composition comprising a) a component with antioxidant activity and inhibiting protein catabolism comprising a synergistic combination of N-acetylcysteine or a salt thereof and curcumin, and b) a protein-based component containing proteins obtained from whey for preventing or treating muscle hypotrophy, and vitamin B2 and carnitine and/or L-carnitine, for use in the prevention and/or treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and correlated symptoms. a) a component with antioxidant activity and inhibiting protein catabolism comprising a synergistic combination of N-acetylcysteine or a salt thereof and curcumin, and b) a protein-based component containing proteins obtained from whey for preventing or treating muscle hypotrophy, and vitamin B2 and carnitine and/or L-carnitine, for use in the prevention and/or treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and correlated symptoms.
A method of preparing a sulfur tolerant aromatics hydrogenation catalyst composition, wherein said method comprises: co-mulling a zirconium compound and an inorganic oxide selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina and silica-alumina to form a mixture; forming an agglomerate particle comprising said mixture; calcining said agglomerate particle to thereby provide a calcined particle suitable for use as a catalyst support; incorporating into said catalyst support platinum and palladium to provide an intermediate catalyst composition; and calcining said intermediate catalyst composition to thereby provide a final sulfur tolerant aromatics hydrogenation catalyst composition comprising from 0.01 to 5 wt.% of platinum and from 0.01 to 5 wt.% of palladium; wherein said zirconium compound is selected from the group consisting of oxides, nitrates, sulfates, silicates, carbonates, acetates, chlorides, hydroxides, and hydrates of zirconium; and wherein said mixture contains an amount of said zirconium compound such that said calcined particle has a zirconium content in the range of from 1 to 30 wt. % zirconium based on the total weight of said calcined particle, and an amount of said inorganic oxide material such that said calcined particle has an inorganic oxide content in the range of from 70 to 99 wt.% inorganic oxide. co-mulling a zirconium compound and an inorganic oxide selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina and silica-alumina to form a mixture; forming an agglomerate particle comprising said mixture; calcining said agglomerate particle to thereby provide a calcined particle suitable for use as a catalyst support; incorporating into said catalyst support platinum and palladium to provide an intermediate catalyst composition; and calcining said intermediate catalyst composition to thereby provide a final sulfur tolerant aromatics hydrogenation catalyst composition comprising from 0.01 to 5 wt.% of platinum and from 0.01 to 5 wt.% of palladium; wherein said zirconium compound is selected from the group consisting of oxides, nitrates, sulfates, silicates, carbonates, acetates, chlorides, hydroxides, and hydrates of zirconium; and wherein said mixture contains an amount of said zirconium compound such that said calcined particle has a zirconium content in the range of from 1 to 30 wt. % zirconium based on the total weight of said calcined particle, and an amount of said inorganic oxide material such that said calcined particle has an inorganic oxide content in the range of from 70 to 99 wt.% inorganic oxide.
A signal processing device which receives, from a sensor which measures a physical quantity and outputs an accumulated or integrated value of the physical quantity as an M-bit digital value, the digital value and processes the digital value, the signal processing device comprising: a signal processor configured to, when a difference between the physical quantities at two successive data acquisition times lies within a predetermined range and an absolute value of a digital counter increment is greater than 2 M-1, calculate the digital counter increment as the physical quantity measured by the sensor, wherein an absolute value of the difference between the physical quantities is smaller than α × S ×2 M -1 / Δ t, and wherein S is a scale factor of the sensor, Δ t is a data acquisition period of the sensor, and α has a value smaller than 1, characterized in that the signal processor first corrects the digital counter increment by subtracting 2 M from the digital counter increment when the digital counter increment ΔC i is greater than 2 M-1, and adding 2 M to the digital counter increment when the digital counter increment is smaller than -2 M-1, and when a digital counter output value at a time t i-1 is C i-1 and a digital counter output value at a time t i =t i-1 + Δ t is C i, the Δ C i is calculated as Δ C i =C i -C i-1. a signal processor configured to, when a difference between the physical quantities at two successive data acquisition times lies within a predetermined range and an absolute value of a digital counter increment is greater than 2 M-1, calculate the digital counter increment as the physical quantity measured by the sensor, wherein an absolute value of the difference between the physical quantities is smaller than α × S ×2 M -1 / Δ t, and wherein S is a scale factor of the sensor, Δ t is a data acquisition period of the sensor, and α has a value smaller than 1, characterized in that the signal processor first corrects the digital counter increment by subtracting 2 M from the digital counter increment when the digital counter increment ΔC i is greater than 2 M-1, and adding 2 M to the digital counter increment when the digital counter increment is smaller than -2 M-1, and when a digital counter output value at a time t i-1 is C i-1 and a digital counter output value at a time t i =t i-1 + Δ t is C i, the Δ C i is calculated as Δ C i =C i -C i-1.