mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An integrated circuit for interfacing with a MEMS sensor, comprising: - at least one interface circuit (110, 120, 130), configured to provide an actuation signal to the MEMS sensor, - at least one capacitance-to-voltage converter (123, 113), configured to provide a sense signal responsive to a signal from the MEMS sensor, and - an electrostatic actuation controller, configured to provide the actuation signal to the MEMS sensor, characterized in that - the electrostatic actuation controller is configured to, during all signal transitions of the actuation signal, apply a control signal to the at least one capacitance-to-voltage converter (123, 113) to cause the at least one capacitance-to-voltage converter (123, 113) to be reset, disabled or powered down, so that during operation of the MEMS sensor, a coupling of the actuation signal to at least one detection path of the integrated circuit is reduced. - at least one interface circuit (110, 120, 130), configured to provide an actuation signal to the MEMS sensor, - at least one capacitance-to-voltage converter (123, 113), configured to provide a sense signal responsive to a signal from the MEMS sensor, and - an electrostatic actuation controller, configured to provide the actuation signal to the MEMS sensor, - the electrostatic actuation controller is configured to, during all signal transitions of the actuation signal, apply a control signal to the at least one capacitance-to-voltage converter (123, 113) to cause the at least one capacitance-to-voltage converter (123, 113) to be reset, disabled or powered down, so that during operation of the MEMS sensor, a coupling of the actuation signal to at least one detection path of the integrated circuit is reduced.
A method for controlling communications over a plurality of subscriber lines (L1.. LN), the communications making use of communication signals that are jointly processed through a linear precoder for crosstalk pre-compensation, wherein the method comprises updating one or more coupling coefficients of the precoder for mitigating crosstalk from a subscriber line (Li) into one or more victim lines, sending signal adjustment information to a receiver (xTU-Ri) remotely coupled to the subscriber line indicative of a signal compensation factor (γi) to be applied to a receive communication signal to compensate for a channel equalization bias caused by crosstalk pre-compensation signals superimposed over the one or more victim lines and corresponding to the respective one or more updated coupling coefficients of the precoder, and time-coordinating the precoder update with the enforcement of the signal compensation factor at the receiver.
Training device, in particular for balance training and/or fine motor skills training, with at least one moveable platform (12a-b), which is in at least two dimensions oscillatingly moveable, with at least one damping unit (20a-b) for a damping of movements of the moveable platform (12a-b), wherein the damping unit (20a-b) comprises a central connecting element (22a-b), which extends at least partially along a zero axis (30a-b) of a rest position of the platform (12a-b), for a connection of the platform (12a-b) and the damping unit (20a-b) and for a transfer of an at least two-dimensional movement of the platform (12a-b), and wherein the central connecting element (22a-b) transfers the at least two-dimensional movement of the platform (12a-b) onto the damping unit (20a-b) in a one-dimensional fashion, characterised by an adjustment unit (34a-b), which is configured for an adjustment of a damping degree, wherein the adjustment unit (34a-b) comprises a control unit (40a-b) and the control unit (40a-b) is configured to adjust the damping degree depending on measurement values of at least one sensor (42a-b) for a measurement of a deflection, in particular any deflection, of the platform (12a-b).
Method for transferring power from a primary circuit comprising a resonant circuit and an inverter to a secondary circuit, designed for the contactless charging of a battery of an automobile vehicle, an electrical power being transferred by induction between a primary coil disposed in the ground and a secondary coil carried onboard said vehicle and connected to said battery, said method comprising steps for: - controlling the switching cells (K1, K2, K3 and K4) of said inverter of the primary circuit connecting the primary coil to a DC power supply bus - measurement of the current in the primary coil (Ie) - filtering of a signal of said current (Ie) - measurement of the phase shift (φM) between said current (Ie) and the voltage across the terminals of the resonant circuit of the primary circuit (Ve) - closed-loop frequency control of said primary circuit using the phase shift previously measured (φM) characterized in that said method furthermore comprises a step for initialization of said frequency of the primary circuit, designed to fix the sign of said phase shift (φM) over a predetermined half-period of the signal of said current (Ie), as a function of said frequency thus initialized, and in that said steps of said method are executed at each period of the signal of said current (Ie). - controlling the switching cells (K1, K2, K3 and K4) of said inverter of the primary circuit connecting the primary coil to a DC power supply bus - measurement of the current in the primary coil (Ie) - filtering of a signal of said current (Ie) - measurement of the phase shift (φM) between said current (Ie) and the voltage across the terminals of the resonant circuit of the primary circuit (Ve) - closed-loop frequency control of said primary circuit using the phase shift previously measured (φM)
A method of monitoring a subsurface concrete structure, the method comprising the steps of: providing a reinforcement cage or framework assembly for a subsurface concrete structure; providing a fibre optic array in association with said reinforcement cage or framework assembly, the fibre optic array comprising at least one fibre optic cable sensor, wherein the fibre optic cable sensor comprises a fibre optic cable which acts as a sensing element; providing an interrogator connected to the fibre optic array; installing said reinforcement cage or framework assembly at a desired subsurface location; applying concrete medium to surround the reinforcement cage or framework assembly and the at least one fibre optic cable sensor at said subsurface location; using said at least one fibre optic cable sensor immediately or shortly after the application of concrete medium to directly sense temperature data along a length of the at least one fibre optic cable sensor during hydration of the subsurface concrete structure; using said interrogator to collect said temperature data during hydration of the subsurface concrete structure; and analysing said temperature data to determine a characteristic of the subsurface concrete structure, wherein the at least one fibre optic cable sensor is folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between its parts, thereby forming an open loop arrangement having a first section and a second section which are spaced apart from one another and extending along a length of the reinforcement cage or framework assembly. providing a reinforcement cage or framework assembly for a subsurface concrete structure; providing a fibre optic array in association with said reinforcement cage or framework assembly, the fibre optic array comprising at least one fibre optic cable sensor, wherein the fibre optic cable sensor comprises a fibre optic cable which acts as a sensing element; providing an interrogator connected to the fibre optic array; installing said reinforcement cage or framework assembly at a desired subsurface location; applying concrete medium to surround the reinforcement cage or framework assembly and the at least one fibre optic cable sensor at said subsurface location; using said at least one fibre optic cable sensor immediately or shortly after the application of concrete medium to directly sense temperature data along a length of the at least one fibre optic cable sensor during hydration of the subsurface concrete structure; using said interrogator to collect said temperature data during hydration of the subsurface concrete structure; and analysing said temperature data to determine a characteristic of the subsurface concrete structure, wherein the at least one fibre optic cable sensor is folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between its parts, thereby forming an open loop arrangement having a first section and a second section which are spaced apart from one another and extending along a length of the reinforcement cage or framework assembly.
Rail vehicle having an underfloor plate (1; 20) which is equipped with at least one continuous drainage hole (2; 22) for discharging liquid collected on the underfloor plate (1; 20), wherein an outlet opening of the drainage hole (2; 22) is connected to an inlet opening in an upper side of a collecting container (4; 23; 29), characterized in that the collecting container has walls (11; 25) of such flexibility that its internal volume and its internal pressure can be changed by the effect of external forces occurring during the running operation of the rail vehicle, wherein the collecting container (4; 23; 29) has, on its side assigned to the at least one drainage hole (2; 22), a movable drainage diaphragm which is arranged in such a way that it closes the inlet opening of the collecting container (4; 23; 29) from inside the collecting container (4; 23; 29) with increasing internal pressure, but releases said opening with falling internal pressure, and a lower wall of the collecting container (4; 23; 29) has provided thereon an outlet diaphragm which is arranged in such a way that it closes an outlet opening (10; 28) in the lower wall of the collecting container (4; 23; 29) from outside the collecting container (4; 23; 29) with falling internal pressure, but releases said opening with increasing internal pressure to discharge liquid out of the collecting container (4; 23; 29).
A method for serving an aggregate flow in a communication network node of a packet-based communication network, the communication network node having allocated serving resources, the aggregate flow being homogeneous in terms of service class and including a plurality of individual data packet flows belonging to the same service class and having associated serving resource needs the method comprising: - identifying in the aggregate flow, based on the serving resources allocated to) the network node, individual flows that may be served according to the serving resource needs thereof without significant detriment to the perceived performance deriving from dropped data packets or excessive latencies, wherein said identifying is based on an n -uple distinguishing the related data packets; - enqueing data packets belonging to a same identified individual flow into a queue (3.1,3.2,...3.n,12) associated with the identified individual flow; - defining a queue serving order for serving the queues, and - periodically serving each queue according to the defined queue serving order, by sharing the serving resources allocated to the network node until, for the specific service cycle considered, all of the allocated serving resources have been utilized. - identifying in the aggregate flow, based on the serving resources allocated to) the network node, individual flows that may be served according to the serving resource needs thereof without significant detriment to the perceived performance deriving from dropped data packets or excessive latencies, wherein said identifying is based on an n -uple distinguishing the related data packets; - enqueing data packets belonging to a same identified individual flow into a queue (3.1,3.2,...3.n,12) associated with the identified individual flow; - defining a queue serving order for serving the queues, and - periodically serving each queue according to the defined queue serving order, by sharing the serving resources allocated to the network node until, for the specific service cycle considered, all of the allocated serving resources have been utilized.
An electronic device (12") for providing travel information to an occupant of a vehicle, the electronic device comprising a processor, a housing and a plug extending therefrom, the plug being insertable into an in-vehicle power supply socket for providing power to the electronic device, the housing comprising: a network transceiver for communicating with a wireless telecommunications network; a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver; and an FM RDS radio transmitter, wherein the GNSS receiver is arranged, in use, to determine a position of the electronic device and the network transceiver is arranged, in use, to send the position determined by the GNSS receiver to a remote server via the network and to receive travel information from the remote server via the network based on the determined position, wherein the processor is arranged, using the radio transmitter, to broadcast the received travel information to an in-vehicle radio receiver unit, and wherein the radio transmitter is arranged to transmit the received travel information to an in-vehicle radio receiver unit as: a text message; and/or an encoded location referenced message. a text message; and/or an encoded location referenced message.
A sports ball comprising: a cover having an outer substrate surface and a plurality of raised lenticular features that are disposed upon and extend from the outer substrate surface, wherein the plurality of raised lenticular features are formed from a pigmented dimensional ink, and wherein each of the plurality of raised lenticular features has a terminus that is spaced apart from the outer substrate surface by a height that is greater than about 0.05 millimeters (mm) and less than about 0.15 millimeters (mm); wherein the cover, including the plurality of raised lenticular features, defines a plurality of directionally-based designs, the plurality of directionally-based designs including a first design defined by the raised lenticular features and a second design defined by the raised lenticular features; and wherein the first design is visible when the sports ball is viewed from a first viewing angle relative to a surface normal extending from the outer substrate surface, and wherein the second design is visible when the sports ball is viewed from a second viewing angle relative to the surface normal. a cover having an outer substrate surface and a plurality of raised lenticular features that are disposed upon and extend from the outer substrate surface, wherein the plurality of raised lenticular features are formed from a pigmented dimensional ink, and wherein each of the plurality of raised lenticular features has a terminus that is spaced apart from the outer substrate surface by a height that is greater than about 0.05 millimeters (mm) and less than about 0.15 millimeters (mm); wherein the cover, including the plurality of raised lenticular features, defines a plurality of directionally-based designs, the plurality of directionally-based designs including a first design defined by the raised lenticular features and a second design defined by the raised lenticular features; and wherein the first design is visible when the sports ball is viewed from a first viewing angle relative to a surface normal extending from the outer substrate surface, and wherein the second design is visible when the sports ball is viewed from a second viewing angle relative to the surface normal.
A stent delivery system that arranges a tubular stent at a desired position within a living body through a treatment tool channel of an endoscope having a raising base that raises a treatment tool, the stent delivery system comprising: a guide catheter which is inserted into the stent and inserted into the living body together with the stent; a push catheter which is inserted into the living body together with the guide catheter and pushes the stent along the guide catheter, in a state where the guide catheter is inserted into the push catheter; and a connecting member which is provided in the push catheter and which is a thread-like member that connects the stent to the push catheter, wherein the push catheter has a passage (5, 6) formed with a through-hole that allows an inside and an outside of the push catheter to communicate with each other, wherein the passage (5, 6) includes a first through-hole and a second through-hole that is located closer to a proximal end side than the first through-hole, wherein the first end of the connecting member is inserted into the first through-hole and the second end of the connecting member is inserted into the second through-hole, and wherein the first end and the second end of the connecting member that is pulled out from the inside of the push catheter through the passage to the outside extend in opposite directions along a circumferential direction of the push catheter and are tied together. a guide catheter which is inserted into the stent and inserted into the living body together with the stent; a push catheter which is inserted into the living body together with the guide catheter and pushes the stent along the guide catheter, in a state where the guide catheter is inserted into the push catheter; and a connecting member which is provided in the push catheter and which is a thread-like member that connects the stent to the push catheter, wherein the push catheter has a passage (5, 6) formed with a through-hole that allows an inside and an outside of the push catheter to communicate with each other, wherein the passage (5, 6) includes a first through-hole and a second through-hole that is located closer to a proximal end side than the first through-hole, wherein the first end of the connecting member is inserted into the first through-hole and the second end of the connecting member is inserted into the second through-hole, and wherein the first end and the second end of the connecting member that is pulled out from the inside of the push catheter through the passage to the outside extend in opposite directions along a circumferential direction of the push catheter and are tied together.
Towing device for attachment to a trailer hitch of a motor vehicle for the transportation of a motor vehicle to be towed with a cross member having a coupling connection (6, 7), oriented transversally to the direction of travel, and with two hydraulically pivotable wheel carriers arranged on the cross member to each of which a wheel is attached, wherein the connection between the cross member and the coupling connection (6, 7) is releasable, so that the coupling connection (6, 7) depending on the operating state of the towing device is exchangeable, wherein the towing device for an operating position has a traction coupling connection which is positively connected to the cross member and wherein the towing device has a clamp coupling for a transport position, which is connected to the cross member by means of a pivot bearing, characterised in that in each case the wheel is pivotable about a pivot axis on the hydraulically pivotable wheel carrier.
Crankshaft for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, mounted so as to be able to move in rotation, comprising at least one journal and at least one crankpin separated by a crank arm, said crank arm comprising at one end a counterweight whose volume can be submerged in an oil bath, characterized in that a part of the counterweight comprises a protective layer for reducing friction in the oil bath and shear of said oil bath as the counterweight passes through said bath.
A vein filter that can switch from a collapsed state to a deployed state and comprising at least four legs (10a, 10b), which extend respectively from a filter head to a free end, wherein said four legs are organised in facing pairs (10a, 10b), said pairs of legs (10a, 10b) have different lengths, and the cross sections of the legs show a circular shape in the area close to the filter head, characterised in that the cross sections of the legs show a rectangular or oval shape in the area of the free end.
A combustion chamber housing of a gas turbine with: a flame tube, and a jacket tube, which surrounds the flame tube and which in its wall has a plurality of passage openings, via which air flowing onto the jacket tube on the outside can radially enter an intermediate space formed between the jacket tube and the flame tube, a plurality of flow guiding ribs arranged circumferentially distributed in the intermediary space of the two tubes, which in each case extend radially between jacket tube and flame tube and parallel to a longitudinal direction of jacket tube and flame tube in such a manner and which are welded to the jacket tube, so that the intermediate space through the flow guiding ribs is subdivided into multiple longitudinal channels, characterized in that between the flow guiding ribs and the flame tube a gap is formed. a flame tube, and a jacket tube, which surrounds the flame tube and which in its wall has a plurality of passage openings, via which air flowing onto the jacket tube on the outside can radially enter an intermediate space formed between the jacket tube and the flame tube, a plurality of flow guiding ribs arranged circumferentially distributed in the intermediary space of the two tubes, which in each case extend radially between jacket tube and flame tube and parallel to a longitudinal direction of jacket tube and flame tube in such a manner and which are welded to the jacket tube, so that the intermediate space through the flow guiding ribs is subdivided into multiple longitudinal channels, characterized in that between the flow guiding ribs and the flame tube a gap is formed.
A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, to a certificate management service of a resource-provider environment, a request to deploy a certificate to a resource of the resource-provider environment, the certificate to be deployed on behalf of a customer of the resource-provider environment; causing the certificate to be deployed to the resource, information for the certificate being stored by the certificate management service; determining, using the information for the certificate, that the certificate is within a first determined period of time from an end of a validity period for the certificate; obtaining, from a certificate authority, a new certificate on behalf of the customer, the new certificate being stored by the certificate management service; providing, to the customer, a notification indicating availability of the new certificate to be deployed to the resource; determining, using the information for the certificate, that the certificate is within a second determined period of time from an end of the validity period and no instruction to deploy has been received on behalf of the customer; and causing the new certificate to be automatically deployed, via the certificate management service, to the resource. receiving, to a certificate management service of a resource-provider environment, a request to deploy a certificate to a resource of the resource-provider environment, the certificate to be deployed on behalf of a customer of the resource-provider environment; causing the certificate to be deployed to the resource, information for the certificate being stored by the certificate management service; determining, using the information for the certificate, that the certificate is within a first determined period of time from an end of a validity period for the certificate; obtaining, from a certificate authority, a new certificate on behalf of the customer, the new certificate being stored by the certificate management service; providing, to the customer, a notification indicating availability of the new certificate to be deployed to the resource; determining, using the information for the certificate, that the certificate is within a second determined period of time from an end of the validity period and no instruction to deploy has been received on behalf of the customer; and causing the new certificate to be automatically deployed, via the certificate management service, to the resource.