mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Compact multiphase wave winding for an electric machine, said electric machine comprising a ferromagnetic core having alternating slots and teeth distributed circumferentially around the ferromagnetic core, the compact multiphase wave winding comprising one or more layers stacked one after another around the circumference of the ferromagnetic core in a radial direction, which are inserted into said slots, said winding consisting of N or a multiple of N conductors, where N represents the number of motor phases and wherein each conductor comprises parallel straight segments inserted in the slots and winding overhangs connecting said straight segments, where there are N teeth and N-1 slots or N+1 teeth and N slots between two neighboring straight segments of conductor of the same phase, characterized in that the winding overhangs are curved at the beginning and at the end thereof, wherein the curvature extends in the radial direction in one of the inwards and outwards orientations for approximately one half of the conductor height, and the winding overhangs are further curved in the middle thereof, wherein the curvature extends in the opposite one of the inwards and outwards orientations in the radial direction for approximately the conductor height, wherein the beginning and the end are the sections of said winding overhang that connect to the respective parallel straight segments, and the middle is the section of a winding overhang located between the sections at the beginning and the end thereof, such that two neighboring parallel straight segments of a conductor lie at approximately the same radial position, and wherein the conductor height represents the conductor thickness in the radial dimension.
An array of waterborne sound transducers comprising a plurality of waterborne sound transducers, wherein the waterborne sound transducers of the plurality of waterborne sound transducers comprise the following features: a plurality of transducer units arranged in two dimensions, wherein the transducer units each comprise a first and a second contact surface; wherein the first contact surfaces of the transducer units are each connected to a first electrode; wherein the second contact surfaces of the transducer units are each connected to a second electrode; wherein the transducer units are arranged such that an envelope of the first contact surfaces of the transducer units is cushion-shaped; wherein the cushion shape is an envelope curved in two dimensions to produce an elevation of the waterborne sound transducer in both dimensions; wherein the waterborne sound transducers of the plurality of waterborne sound transducers are arranged in a polygon to form the array; wherein the first contact surfaces are each turned outward and the second contact surfaces are each turned towards the center of the polygon to obtain, by the spatial arrangement of the transducer units relative to each other, a substantially constant sensitivity of the array of waterborne sound transducers over the complete azimuth. a plurality of transducer units arranged in two dimensions, wherein the transducer units each comprise a first and a second contact surface; wherein the first contact surfaces of the transducer units are each connected to a first electrode; wherein the second contact surfaces of the transducer units are each connected to a second electrode; wherein the transducer units are arranged such that an envelope of the first contact surfaces of the transducer units is cushion-shaped; wherein the cushion shape is an envelope curved in two dimensions to produce an elevation of the waterborne sound transducer in both dimensions; wherein the waterborne sound transducers of the plurality of waterborne sound transducers are arranged in a polygon to form the array; wherein the first contact surfaces are each turned outward and the second contact surfaces are each turned towards the center of the polygon to obtain, by the spatial arrangement of the transducer units relative to each other, a substantially constant sensitivity of the array of waterborne sound transducers over the complete azimuth.
An output driver, comprising: a pull-down section for an integrated circuit including a plurality of dual-mode legs coupled in parallel between an output node and ground, wherein the pull-down section is configured to receive a calibration word having a plurality of calibration bits corresponding to the plurality of dual-mode legs, and wherein the plurality of dual-mode legs is configured to sink a desired current from the output node to ground in response to an assertion of a complement data signal; and wherein each dual-mode leg includes: a resistor having a first terminal coupled to the output node; a data transistor coupled between a second terminal for the resistor and ground, the data transistor configured to conduct responsive to an assertion of the complement data signal, wherein the data transistor has a size sufficient to conduct a portion of the desired current at a fastest-expected process corner for the output driver; and a calibration transistor coupled between the second terminal and ground, the calibration transistor configured to conduct responsive to an assertion of the leg's corresponding calibration bit, wherein the calibration transistor has a size relative to the data transistor size so that a sum current conducted by the data transistor and the calibration transistor equals the portion of the desired current at a slowest-expected process corner for the output driver. a resistor having a first terminal coupled to the output node; a data transistor coupled between a second terminal for the resistor and ground, the data transistor configured to conduct responsive to an assertion of the complement data signal, wherein the data transistor has a size sufficient to conduct a portion of the desired current at a fastest-expected process corner for the output driver; and a calibration transistor coupled between the second terminal and ground, the calibration transistor configured to conduct responsive to an assertion of the leg's corresponding calibration bit, wherein the calibration transistor has a size relative to the data transistor size so that a sum current conducted by the data transistor and the calibration transistor equals the portion of the desired current at a slowest-expected process corner for the output driver.
A power mop, comprising: (a) a tank for holding a liquid and adapted to be positioned for gravity-induced flow of the liquid, and including a gravity feed conduit for transporting the liquid from the tank; (b) a hand grip comprising a liquid inlet communicating with the gravity feed conduit for receiving the gravity-induced flow of the liquid from the tank, a valve for controlling the flow of the liquid from the tank to a pump located downstream from the valve for providing flow pressure to the liquid, a battery for powering the pump, and a switch accessible external to the hand grip for powering the pump and switching the valve between open and closed liquid flow positions; (c) a handle tube connected to the hand grip comprising a pressure feed conduit for receiving pressurized flow of the liquid from the hand grip; (d) a nozzle mounted on the handle tube and adapted to disperse the liquid onto a surface to be mopped; and (e) a mop head attached on an end of the handle tube remote from the hand grip. (a) a tank for holding a liquid and adapted to be positioned for gravity-induced flow of the liquid, and including a gravity feed conduit for transporting the liquid from the tank; (b) a hand grip comprising a liquid inlet communicating with the gravity feed conduit for receiving the gravity-induced flow of the liquid from the tank, a valve for controlling the flow of the liquid from the tank to a pump located downstream from the valve for providing flow pressure to the liquid, a battery for powering the pump, and a switch accessible external to the hand grip for powering the pump and switching the valve between open and closed liquid flow positions; (c) a handle tube connected to the hand grip comprising a pressure feed conduit for receiving pressurized flow of the liquid from the hand grip; (d) a nozzle mounted on the handle tube and adapted to disperse the liquid onto a surface to be mopped; and (e) a mop head attached on an end of the handle tube remote from the hand grip.
A method for performing touch detection within a capacitive touch sensor system, comprising: receiving a measured capacitance signal from a capacitive touch sensor device; updating (604, 501) a baseline capacitance signal by performing a first filtering of the measured capacitance signal, wherein a transfer function of the first filtering varies as a function of a current state (511, 513, 515) of the capacitive touch sensor device; performing a second filtering (604, 503) of the measured capacitance signal to determine a noise signal; creating a deadband filter as a function of the noise signal; performing a third filtering (604, 505) of the measured capacitance signal to determine a predicted signal; and recognizing a touch event or a release event of the capacitive touch sensor device as a function of a comparison of the predicted signal to the measured capacitance signal when the measured capacitance signal lies outside of a range of the deadband filter. receiving a measured capacitance signal from a capacitive touch sensor device; updating (604, 501) a baseline capacitance signal by performing a first filtering of the measured capacitance signal, wherein a transfer function of the first filtering varies as a function of a current state (511, 513, 515) of the capacitive touch sensor device; performing a second filtering (604, 503) of the measured capacitance signal to determine a noise signal; creating a deadband filter as a function of the noise signal; performing a third filtering (604, 505) of the measured capacitance signal to determine a predicted signal; and recognizing a touch event or a release event of the capacitive touch sensor device as a function of a comparison of the predicted signal to the measured capacitance signal when the measured capacitance signal lies outside of a range of the deadband filter.
An ultrasound probe comprising: an ultrasound transmission/reception portion which transmits and receives ultrasound; an ultrasound balloon arranged so as to cover the ultrasound transmission/reception portion, and having at a proximal end thereof an opening and a proximal end ring-shape portion which borders the opening; and a proximal-end-side balloon fixing portion (20a, 23a) disposed on a more proximal end side than the ultrasound transmission/reception portion and having a stepped shape in which a proximal end side is high; characterized in that the ultrasound probe further comprises: a balloon fixing tool mounting groove (20b, 23b) arranged between the ultrasound transmission/reception portion and the proximal-end-side balloon fixing portion (20a, 23a) and having a width in a longitudinal direction of the ultrasound probe narrower than a width of the proximal end ring-shape portion placed on the proximal-end-side balloon fixing portion (20a, 23a). an ultrasound transmission/reception portion which transmits and receives ultrasound; an ultrasound balloon arranged so as to cover the ultrasound transmission/reception portion, and having at a proximal end thereof an opening and a proximal end ring-shape portion which borders the opening; and a proximal-end-side balloon fixing portion (20a, 23a) disposed on a more proximal end side than the ultrasound transmission/reception portion and having a stepped shape in which a proximal end side is high; characterized in that the ultrasound probe further comprises: a balloon fixing tool mounting groove (20b, 23b) arranged between the ultrasound transmission/reception portion and the proximal-end-side balloon fixing portion (20a, 23a) and having a width in a longitudinal direction of the ultrasound probe narrower than a width of the proximal end ring-shape portion placed on the proximal-end-side balloon fixing portion (20a, 23a). a balloon fixing tool mounting groove (20b, 23b) arranged between the ultrasound transmission/reception portion and the proximal-end-side balloon fixing portion (20a, 23a) and having a width in a longitudinal direction of the ultrasound probe narrower than a width of the proximal end ring-shape portion placed on the proximal-end-side balloon fixing portion (20a, 23a).
A system for delivering a transport target across a membrane from a top membrane surface to a first material layer that is adjacent to the membrane and opposite the top membrane surface, the membrane is semi-permeable or impermeable to the transport target, the system comprising a probe housing and a standoff, the standoff comprising the transport target, the standoff adapted to be positioned between the probe housing and the top membrane surface, the standoff including a bottom standoff surface configured to engage the top membrane surface and including one or more pores; the probe housing comprising: a) a microchannel probe configured to create a microchannel in the membrane; and b) an ultrasound energy source configured to deliver an acoustic energy field to the transport target, thereby driving the transport target from the standoff, through the one or more pores, through the microchannel, and into the first material layer; and a power supply configured to power the ultrasound energy source; and a control module configured to control the ultrasound energy source. the standoff comprising the transport target, the standoff adapted to be positioned between the probe housing and the top membrane surface, the standoff including a bottom standoff surface configured to engage the top membrane surface and including one or more pores; the probe housing comprising: a) a microchannel probe configured to create a microchannel in the membrane; and b) an ultrasound energy source configured to deliver an acoustic energy field to the transport target, thereby driving the transport target from the standoff, through the one or more pores, through the microchannel, and into the first material layer; and a) a microchannel probe configured to create a microchannel in the membrane; and b) an ultrasound energy source configured to deliver an acoustic energy field to the transport target, thereby driving the transport target from the standoff, a power supply configured to power the ultrasound energy source; and a control module configured to control the ultrasound energy source.
A Circuit to indicate when a divided down version of an output signal of a Phase Locked Loop has a Frequency sufficiently close to the frequency of an input reference clock signal, wherein the circuit evaluates the output signals of the PLL Phase Frequency Detector to establish how well the PLL is locked on to the Input Reference Clock, wherein the PFD provides for an up pulse signal (vub), a down pulse signal (vdb), a not-up pulse signal (vuu) and a not-down pulse signal (vdn), characterised in that the circuit is configured to compare the duration of ORed up and down pulse signals (vub, vdb) with the duration of Ored not-up and not-down-pulse signals (vuu, vdn), and wherein the circuit generates a lock-on signal (lockon) when the Ored up- and down-pulse signals (vub, vdb) are smaller than a certain fraction of the ORed not-up and not-down-pulse signals (vuu, vdn).
Solar cell module comprising: - a first layer having fields having a photovoltaic layer; - a second layer arranged above and spaced apart from the first layer, which second layer has a checkered layout of fields having a photovoltaic layer and of openings; - a lens glass layer to concentrate incident light and directs the light towards the first and second layer, wherein the lens layer is arranged above and spaced apart from the second layer, wherein the fields having a photovoltaic layer (8, 4) of both the first and second layer as well as the fields having at least a reflective layer are facing the lens layer; and - a third layer arranged between the first and second layer, preferably arranged to the second layer, which third layer has a checkered layout of fields having a photovoltaic layer and of openings, wherein the openings of the third layer coincide with the openings of the second layer in the direction of the incident light and wherein the fields having a photovoltaic layer of the third layer face the first layer characterized in that the first layer has a checkered layout of fields having a photovoltaic layer and fields having at least a reflective layer and wherein the openings of the second layer coincide with the fields having a photovoltaic layer of the first layer in the direction of the incident light. - a first layer having fields having a photovoltaic layer; - a second layer arranged above and spaced apart from the first layer, which second layer has a checkered layout of fields having a photovoltaic layer and of openings; - a lens glass layer to concentrate incident light and directs the light towards the first and second layer, wherein the lens layer is arranged above and spaced apart from the second layer, wherein the fields having a photovoltaic layer (8, 4) of both the first and second layer as well as the fields having at least a reflective layer are facing the lens layer; and - a third layer arranged between the first and second layer, preferably arranged to the second layer, which third layer has a checkered layout of fields having a photovoltaic layer and of openings, wherein the openings of the third layer coincide with the openings of the second layer in the direction of the incident light and wherein the fields having a photovoltaic layer of the third layer face the first layer
A device comprising a plurality of illumination modules, a liquid crystal display panel, and a projection lens, wherein the liquid crystal display panel is disposed between the plurality of illumination modules and the projection lens, wherein each illumination module comprises a light source and a primary optic disposed over the light source for collimating light from the light source into a cone of light, wherein the device further comprises a plurality of secondary optics, each of which being aligned with an illumination module for collimating the cone of light into an illumination beam, characterized in that each illumination beam is adapted to light a portion of the liquid crystal display panel, and wherein illumination beams from neighboring illumination modules are adapted to overlap at a surface of the liquid crystal display panel.
An encoding method of encoding a first image signal of a first view and a second image signal of a second view, the method comprising the step of: encoding the first image signal to generate a base stream; characterized by the steps of: encoding the second image signal to generate a dependent stream using inter-view prediction on the basis of the first image signal, and inserting a unique data string as a NAL unit representing a dependent delimiter indicating a picture boundary between pictures in the dependent stream at the beginning of each picture in the dependent stream, wherein the unique data string has a value different from an access unit delimiter indicating a boundary between access units in the base stream at the beginning of an access unit in the base stream. encoding the second image signal to generate a dependent stream using inter-view prediction on the basis of the first image signal, and inserting a unique data string as a NAL unit representing a dependent delimiter indicating a picture boundary between pictures in the dependent stream at the beginning of each picture in the dependent stream, wherein the unique data string has a value different from an access unit delimiter indicating a boundary between access units in the base stream at the beginning of an access unit in the base stream.
A vertical bidirectional protection diode comprising, on a heavily-doped substrate of a first conductivity type, first, second, and third regions of the first, second, and first conductivity types, these regions all having a doping level greater than from 2x10 19 atoms/cm 3 and being laterally delimited by an insulated trench, each of these regions having a thickness smaller than 4 μm.
An ultrasound imaging system comprising: an image processor that is configured to produce images of tissue being examined from received ultrasound signals; and a processor that is configured to: begin imaging by producing ultrasound signals with a transmit power level that is safe for sensitive tissues; analyze an image produced by the image processor for a representation of one or more anatomical features known to be present in an eye to determine if the tissue being imaged is sensitive tissue, wherein the sensitive tissue is ophthalmic tissue; in response to determining that the tissue is the sensitive tissue, confirm that the transmit power level is safe for imaging the sensitive tissue; and in response to determining that the tissue is not the sensitive tissue, increase the transmit power level of the ultrasound signals. an image processor that is configured to produce images of tissue being examined from received ultrasound signals; and a processor that is configured to: begin imaging by producing ultrasound signals with a transmit power level that is safe for sensitive tissues; analyze an image produced by the image processor for a representation of one or more anatomical features known to be present in an eye to determine if the tissue being imaged is sensitive tissue, wherein the sensitive tissue is ophthalmic tissue; in response to determining that the tissue is the sensitive tissue, confirm that the transmit power level is safe for imaging the sensitive tissue; and in response to determining that the tissue is not the sensitive tissue, increase the transmit power level of the ultrasound signals. begin imaging by producing ultrasound signals with a transmit power level that is safe for sensitive tissues; analyze an image produced by the image processor for a representation of one or more anatomical features known to be present in an eye to determine if the tissue being imaged is sensitive tissue, wherein the sensitive tissue is ophthalmic tissue; in response to determining that the tissue is the sensitive tissue, confirm that the transmit power level is safe for imaging the sensitive tissue; and in response to determining that the tissue is not the sensitive tissue, increase the transmit power level of the ultrasound signals.