mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for encoding an audio signal by processing a sequence of audio signal segments, the method comprising: deriving a first quantization error that is descriptive of an error resulting with a non-predictive quantization of an audio parameter of an audio signal segment; deriving a second quantization error that is descriptive of an error resulting with a predictive quantization of said audio parameter of said audio signal segment; determining whether said second quantization error exceeds said first quantization error by at least an adaptive margin that is dependent on the number of consecutive audio signal segments that precede said audio signal segment in which said audio parameter is provided quantized with said predictive quantization; providing said audio parameter of said audio segment quantized with said non-predictive quantization as part of an encoded audio signal at least in case the outcome of said determination is affirmative; and providing otherwise said audio parameter of said audio segment quantized with said predictive quantization as part of an encoded audio signal. deriving a first quantization error that is descriptive of an error resulting with a non-predictive quantization of an audio parameter of an audio signal segment; deriving a second quantization error that is descriptive of an error resulting with a predictive quantization of said audio parameter of said audio signal segment; determining whether said second quantization error exceeds said first quantization error by at least an adaptive margin that is dependent on the number of consecutive audio signal segments that precede said audio signal segment in which said audio parameter is provided quantized with said predictive quantization; providing said audio parameter of said audio segment quantized with said non-predictive quantization as part of an encoded audio signal at least in case the outcome of said determination is affirmative; and providing otherwise said audio parameter of said audio segment quantized with said predictive quantization as part of an encoded audio signal.
A system for reducing intraocular pressure in an eye, comprising: a laser tool, the laser tool being configured to: make a perpendicular incision through the conjunctiva of the eye; and focus energy through the perpendicular incision to ablate a portion of a trabecular network of the eye, wherein said ablation creates a channel for outflow flow of fluid through a sclera venous sinus to reduce pressure within the eye, wherein the laser tool includes a laser tip, the laser tip being configured for insertion through the perpendicular incision to ablate the portion of the trabecular network without crossing a lens of the eye, the laser tip comprising a fiber optic fiber, wherein the fiber is bendable and the fiber tip is configured to be maneuvered around the lens to ablate portions of the trabecular network, and a visible light pattern generator, the visible light pattern generator being configured to project a visible light pattern onto a portion of the eye, wherein the laser tool is configured to make the perpendicular incision through the conjunctiva of the eye based on the visible light pattern. a laser tool, the laser tool being configured to: make a perpendicular incision through the conjunctiva of the eye; and focus energy through the perpendicular incision to ablate a portion of a trabecular network of the eye, wherein said ablation creates a channel for outflow flow of fluid through a sclera venous sinus to reduce pressure within the eye, wherein the laser tool includes a laser tip, the laser tip being configured for insertion through the perpendicular incision to ablate the portion of the trabecular network without crossing a lens of the eye, the laser tip comprising a fiber optic fiber, wherein the fiber is bendable and the fiber tip is configured to be maneuvered around the lens to ablate portions of the trabecular network, and make a perpendicular incision through the conjunctiva of the eye; and focus energy through the perpendicular incision to ablate a portion of a trabecular network of the eye, wherein said ablation creates a channel for outflow flow of fluid through a sclera venous sinus to reduce pressure within the eye, a visible light pattern generator, the visible light pattern generator being configured to project a visible light pattern onto a portion of the eye, wherein the laser tool is configured to make the perpendicular incision through the conjunctiva of the eye based on the visible light pattern.
Aqueous composition comprising (a) at least one polyanion, (b) at least one ethoxylated cationic polymer, and (c) at least one phyllosilicate. (a) at least one polyanion, (b) at least one ethoxylated cationic polymer, and (c) at least one phyllosilicate.
A method for coating a workpiece with a coating comprising at least one Ti x Si 1-x N layer, wherein x ≤ 0.85 and wherein the Ti x Si 1-x N layer contains nanocrystals and the nanocrystals contained have an average grain size of not more than 15 nm, wherein x is the concentration of Ti expressed in at % when only the metallic elements are taken into account, characterized in that a sputtering process is used for the production of the Ti x Si 1-x N layer, in which at least one Ti x Si 1-x target is used as a sputtering target, wherein x ≤ 0.85 in at% and wherein current densities of at least 0.2 A/cm 2, preferably more than 0.2 A/cm 2, occur on the target surface of the sputtering target.
A method of manufacturing a brake disc having a cup comprising aluminium or an aluminium alloy, a disc having a braking surfaces (10, 11) comprising grey cast iron, and connecting elements for connecting the cup and the disc, characterized by following steps: - Coating surfaces of the disc with a coating by a PVD process thereby forming the braking surface (10,11); and - Subsequent in time to the coating, either: inserting a respective one of the connecting elements into a respective one of receptacles formed in the disc, such that the connecting elements protrude from the receptacles; and subsequent in time to the insertion, forming the cup such that the connecting elements are embedded in the material of the cup, or: riveting the pot to the coated disc by means of rivets. - Coating surfaces of the disc with a coating by a PVD process thereby forming the braking surface (10,11); and - Subsequent in time to the coating, either: inserting a respective one of the connecting elements into a respective one of receptacles formed in the disc, such that the connecting elements protrude from the receptacles; and subsequent in time to the insertion, forming the cup such that the connecting elements are embedded in the material of the cup, or: riveting the pot to the coated disc by means of rivets.
A fluid dispenser comprising a dispenser member, such as a pump, a dispenser head, such as a fluid applicator, and a fluid reservoir that is connected in leaktight and removable manner to the dispenser member, the sealing between the dispenser member and the fluid reservoir being obtained by coaxially sliding leaktight radial contact that is interrupted when the fluid reservoir is disconnected from the dispenser member, such that the fluid reservoir is connected in leaktight manner to the dispenser member over a determined axial height range, the dispenser member further comprising an outer covering element that is open at its bottom end for inserting the fluid reservoir that is provided with a stopper element that comes into abutting contact with the bottom end of the outer cover so as to form a continuous outer cover, the dispenser member including an inlet tube the inside of which forms an inlet duct and the outside of which forms an annular bearing surface that is in leaktight sliding contact in a slide cylinder that is secured to the fluid reservoir, so as to define between them said coaxially sliding leaktight radial contact, characterized in that the dispenser member includes a connection ring that forms the inlet tube and an external thread, the fluid reservoir including a connection ferrule that forms the slide cylinder and an internal thread for coming into engagement with the external thread of the connection ring. the dispenser member further comprising an outer covering element that is open at its bottom end for inserting the fluid reservoir that is provided with a stopper element that comes into abutting contact with the bottom end of the outer cover so as to form a continuous outer cover, the dispenser member including an inlet tube the inside of which forms an inlet duct and the outside of which forms an annular bearing surface that is in leaktight sliding contact in a slide cylinder that is secured to the fluid reservoir, so as to define between them said coaxially sliding leaktight radial contact, characterized in that the dispenser member includes a connection ring that forms the inlet tube and an external thread, the fluid reservoir including a connection ferrule that forms the slide cylinder and an internal thread for coming into engagement with the external thread of the connection ring.
A method for fabricating a III nitride film, comprising the steps of: forming a lower region having a composition of Al x1 Ga x2 In x3 N (x1 + x2 + x3 = 1, 0.5 ≤ x1 ≤ 1.0), at 1100°C or over by a MOCVD method, and forming an upper region having a composition of Al y1 Ga y2 In y3 N (y1 + y2 + y3 = 1, 0 ≤ y1 ≤ x1-0.1), whereby a boundary face, which divides a given III nitride film into the lower region and the upper region with the Al content difference of 10 atomic percent or over, is created, characterized in that said lower region is created on a C-faced sapphire substrate within 1100-1250°C, and the dislocation density of said upper region is one-fifth as large as the dislocation density of said lower region. forming a lower region having a composition of Al x1 Ga x2 In x3 N (x1 + x2 + x3 = 1, 0.5 ≤ x1 ≤ 1.0), at 1100°C or over by a MOCVD method, and forming an upper region having a composition of Al y1 Ga y2 In y3 N (y1 + y2 + y3 = 1, 0 ≤ y1 ≤ x1-0.1), whereby a boundary face, which divides a given III nitride film into the lower region and the upper region with the Al content difference of 10 atomic percent or over, is created, characterized in that said lower region is created on a C-faced sapphire substrate within 1100-1250°C, and the dislocation density of said upper region is one-fifth as large as the dislocation density of said lower region.
A method of determining the likelihood or predisposition of a subject in developing MSPC (multiple self-healing palmoplantar carcinoma) or FKLC (familial keratosis lichenoides chronica), comprising detecting NLR family, pyrin domain containing protein 1 (NLRP1) mutation in a sample obtained from the subject, wherein the NLRP1 mutation is located at PYD (pyrin domain) and/or LRR (leucine-rich repeats) domain.
A population of composite particles having an average size of greater than 80 mesh BS (0.177mm), the composite particles comprising an outer layer of a water-insoluble, dilute acid-soluble inorganic polyphosphate composition and a discrete inner layer or core of a chemically distinct composition, the inner layer or core having an average particle size greater than 80 mesh (0.177mm), the outer layer comprising a mass of particles having an average particle size less than 80 mesh (0.177mm) adhered to the inner layer or core, the inorganic polyphosphate composition containing 5 to 70 wt% orthophosphate and having a number average chain length of greater than 2 but less than 50 repeat units comprising phosphate when the orthophosphate content of the polyphosphate polymer is excluded from the average chain length calculation and a number average chain length of at least 1.1 but less than 50 repeat units comprising phosphate when the orthophosphate content of the polyphosphate polymer is included in the average chain length calculation, the chemically distinct composition being a nitrogen source, a phosphorous source, a potassium source, or a plant seed.
A tread for a pneumatic tire, the tread comprising a tread base layer, a first tread cap layer radially outside of the tread base layer, and a second tread cap layer radially outside of the tread base layer, wherein the second tread cap layer has a portion radially outside of a portion of the first tread cap layer and a portion axially adjacent to a portion of the first tread cap layer, characterized in that (i) the first tread cap layer and/or the second tread cap layer substantially has a L-shape in cross section; wherein the shore A hardness of the tread base layer is lower than the shore A hardness of the first tread cap layer and of the second tread cap layer, and wherein the shore A hardness of the second tread cap layer is higher than the shore A hardness of the first tread cap layer; or in that (ii) the tread further comprises a first tread skirt disposed at a first tread edge and axially adjacent the tread base layer and the first tread cap layer, and a second tread skirt disposed at a second tread edge and axially adjacent the tread base layer and the second tread cap layer, wherein the first tread skirt is not in contact with the second tread cap layer. (i) the first tread cap layer and/or the second tread cap layer substantially has a L-shape in cross section; wherein the shore A hardness of the tread base layer is lower than the shore A hardness of the first tread cap layer and of the second tread cap layer, and wherein the shore A hardness of the second tread cap layer is higher than the shore A hardness of the first tread cap layer; or in that (ii) the tread further comprises a first tread skirt disposed at a first tread edge and axially adjacent the tread base layer and the first tread cap layer, and a second tread skirt disposed at a second tread edge and axially adjacent the tread base layer and the second tread cap layer, wherein the first tread skirt is not in contact with the second tread cap layer.
A controller for controlling fluid flow through a vacuum chamber of a dehydration system (30, 30', 30"), the vacuum chamber including a temperature sensing device operative to measure a temperature of a fluid in the vacuum chamber, the controller comprising a processor and memory, logic stored in memory and executable by the processor, characterised in that the logic includes: logic configured to determine a temperature difference between a temperature setpoint for the fluid and the measured temperature of the fluid, logic configured to cause the fluid to recirculate through the vacuum chamber while the temperature difference is greater than a predetermined temperature difference, and logic configured to cause the fluid to recirculate through the vacuum chamber for a predetermined time period while the temperature difference is less than the predetermined temperature difference, and upon the predetermined time period expiring while the temperature difference is less than the predetermined temperature difference, logic configured to inhibit recirculation of the fluid through the vacuum chamber.
A vacuum cleaner system, comprising: a vacuum cleaner comprising a dirt separating and collecting system having a housing defining a chamber with a tangential air inlet and an air outlet, and configured to receive a filter module removably mounted within the chamber to separate dirt from a working air stream passing from the air inlet to the air outlet; a bagged filter module (36, 38) comprising a filter bag; and a bagless filter module (200, 210); wherein the bagged filter module (36, 38) and the bagless filter module (200, 210) are alternatively mounted within the chamber and fluidly coupled with the air inlet and the air outlet. a vacuum cleaner comprising a dirt separating and collecting system having a housing defining a chamber with a tangential air inlet and an air outlet, and configured to receive a filter module removably mounted within the chamber to separate dirt from a working air stream passing from the air inlet to the air outlet; a bagged filter module (36, 38) comprising a filter bag; and a bagless filter module (200, 210); wherein the bagged filter module (36, 38) and the bagless filter module (200, 210) are alternatively mounted within the chamber and fluidly coupled with the air inlet and the air outlet.
Fire protection sleeve for sealing openings passing through walls or ceilings, in particular line feedthroughs, comprising a frame and a block made of optionally intumescent material that is arranged therein, characterized in that the frame is modular, the frame consisting of a plurality of frame parts which are connected to one another by means of a plug-in connection, and a plurality of front parts which are separate from the frame parts being provided, which front parts are connected to the frame parts by means of a plug-in connection.
An electric bed frame capable of being disassembled, comprising: a head bed frame, which comprises a rotatable first bed plank and a head drive assembly for driving the first bed plank to rotate; and a foot bed frame, which comprises a rotatable fourth bed plank and a foot drive assembly for driving the fourth bed plank to rotate; wherein the head bed frame is provided with a first coupler, and the foot bed frame is provided with a second coupler, the first coupler comprising a first upper surface having a first through-hole, the second coupler comprising a second upper surface having a second through-hole, the first coupler of the head bed frame being capable of being detachably connected to the second coupler of the foot bed frame via a fastener, wherein when the head bed frame and the foot bed frame are connected to each other, the first upper surface of the first coupler covers the second upper surface of the second coupler, and the second through-hole exposes from the first through-hole so as to enable a connection via the fastener, and wherein the first upper surface of the first coupler and the second upper surface of the second coupler are located in a horizontal direction, further comprising legs which are adapted to be mounted, perpendicular to the first upper surface of the first coupler, on the first upper surface. a head bed frame, which comprises a rotatable first bed plank and a head drive assembly for driving the first bed plank to rotate; and a foot bed frame, which comprises a rotatable fourth bed plank and a foot drive assembly for driving the fourth bed plank to rotate; wherein the head bed frame is provided with a first coupler, and the foot bed frame is provided with a second coupler, the first coupler comprising a first upper surface having a first through-hole, the second coupler comprising a second upper surface having a second through-hole, the first coupler of the head bed frame being capable of being detachably connected to the second coupler of the foot bed frame via a fastener, wherein when the head bed frame and the foot bed frame are connected to each other, the first upper surface of the first coupler covers the second upper surface of the second coupler, and the second through-hole exposes from the first through-hole so as to enable a connection via the fastener, and wherein the first upper surface of the first coupler and the second upper surface of the second coupler are located in a horizontal direction, further comprising legs which are adapted to be mounted, perpendicular to the first upper surface of the first coupler, on the first upper surface.
Device for manufacturing container-preforms from recycled PET-flakes-plastic material, comprising at least one preform machine forming preforms, the preform machine including at least one extruder which can be supplied with the PET-flakes-plastic material and injection molds, the preform machine being supplied with the recycled PET-flakes-plastic material by at least one recycling machine providing the recycled PET-flakes-plastic material, characterized in that the recycling machine comprises at least one decontamination reactor and/or at least one SSP-reactor, that the decontamination reactor and/or SSP-reactor of the recycling machine and the extruder of the preform machine are directly locked with each other by a blocking, the blocking being heat insulated and/or being designed at least substantially free of oxygen, such that of heat introduced during a heat treatment of the PET-flakes-plastic material in the recycling machine at least a major part can be transferred with the PET-flakes-plastic material into the preform machine, and that the preform machine is directly locked to a blowing machine.
Plant for processing ceramic or stone slabs, comprising: - a first tilting station for lifting a slab and placing it on a rigid support element with the face to be provided with a reinforcement net facing upwards; - an adhesive deposition station suitable for depositing an adhesive substance on the face to be provided with a reinforcement net, the adhesive substance being suitable for fixing a reinforcement net to the face of the slab to be provided with a reinforcement net, - a reinforcement net application station for laying the net on the adhesive substance arranged on the face to be provided with a reinforcement net; - a drying oven configured to receive the slab to which the net is applied on the face to be provided with a reinforcement net and to dry the adhesive substance, and - a second tilting station adapted to - receive the rigid support element with the slab exiting the oven, - lift the slab from the rigid support element - tilt the slab and place the slab with the net facing downwards on an end transport line suitable for transporting the slab to an unloading position, characterised in that the second tilting station is also configured to move the rigid support element towards a recovery transport line when the slab is lifted from the rigid support element, and in that the recovery transport line is suitable for transporting the rigid support element from the second tilting station to the first tilting station. - a first tilting station for lifting a slab and placing it on a rigid support element with the face to be provided with a reinforcement net facing upwards; - an adhesive deposition station suitable for depositing an adhesive substance on the face to be provided with a reinforcement net, the adhesive substance being suitable for fixing a reinforcement net to the face of the slab to be provided with a reinforcement net, - a reinforcement net application station for laying the net on the adhesive substance arranged on the face to be provided with a reinforcement net; - a drying oven configured to receive the slab to which the net is applied on the face to be provided with a reinforcement net and to dry the adhesive substance, and - a second tilting station adapted to - receive the rigid support element with the slab exiting the oven, - lift the slab from the rigid support element - tilt the slab and place the slab with the net facing downwards on an end transport line suitable for transporting the slab to an unloading position, - receive the rigid support element with the slab exiting the oven, - lift the slab from the rigid support element - tilt the slab and place the slab with the net facing downwards on an end transport line suitable for transporting the slab to an unloading position, the second tilting station is also configured to move the rigid support element towards a recovery transport line when the slab is lifted from the rigid support element, and in that the recovery transport line is suitable for transporting the rigid support element from the second tilting station to the first tilting station.