mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for decoding a video signal, the method comprising: decoding a current block using at least one reconstructed pixel contained in a current picture including the current block when a prediction mode of the current block is an intra mode, wherein decoding the current block comprises: obtaining intra prediction mode information of the current block; when the intra prediction mode information indicates a horizontal prediction mode: obtaining correlation parameter information from a difference between a value of a top-left neighboring pixel of the current block and a value of at least one of top neighboring pixels (A, B, C, D) of the current block; and obtaining a prediction value of a pixel in the current block using a value of a left neighboring pixel (I, J, K, L) of the current block and the correlation parameter information, wherein the left neighboring pixel has a same y-coordinate as the pixel in the current block. decoding a current block using at least one reconstructed pixel contained in a current picture including the current block when a prediction mode of the current block is an intra mode, obtaining intra prediction mode information of the current block; when the intra prediction mode information indicates a horizontal prediction mode: obtaining correlation parameter information from a difference between a value of a top-left neighboring pixel of the current block and a value of at least one of top neighboring pixels (A, B, C, D) of the current block; and obtaining a prediction value of a pixel in the current block using a value of a left neighboring pixel (I, J, K, L) of the current block and the correlation parameter information, wherein the left neighboring pixel has a same y-coordinate as the pixel in the current block. obtaining correlation parameter information from a difference between a value of a top-left neighboring pixel of the current block and a value of at least one of top neighboring pixels (A, B, C, D) of the current block; and obtaining a prediction value of a pixel in the current block using a value of a left neighboring pixel (I, J, K, L) of the current block and the correlation parameter information, wherein the left neighboring pixel has a same y-coordinate as the pixel in the current block.
A bar code reader for reading bar codes comprising: a housing including one or more transparent windows and defining a housing interior region so that a target object swiped or presented in relation to the transparent windows can be evaluated for a presence of a bar code; a plurality of cameras supported within the interior region of the housing, each camera having an image capture sensor array for capturing an image of a bar code within an associated camera field of view and a light source for illuminating said field of view associated with said camera; a processing system coupled to the plurality of cameras for decoding a bar code carried by the target object from images captured by the plurality of cameras, said processor sequentially activating the light source of each given camera selected from the plurality of cameras in synchronism with activating an exposure by the image capture sensor array of the each given camera to allocate different time segments within an image frame period to different cameras amongst the plurality of cameras; characterised by: an indicia indicating the material of said one or more windows and wherein a maximum exposure time for a sensor array is adjusted based on the indicated transmissivity of the material of a window through which light passes on its way to the sensor array. a housing including one or more transparent windows and defining a housing interior region so that a target object swiped or presented in relation to the transparent windows can be evaluated for a presence of a bar code; a plurality of cameras supported within the interior region of the housing, each camera having an image capture sensor array for capturing an image of a bar code within an associated camera field of view and a light source for illuminating said field of view associated with said camera; a processing system coupled to the plurality of cameras for decoding a bar code carried by the target object from images captured by the plurality of cameras, said processor sequentially activating the light source of each given camera selected from the plurality of cameras in synchronism with activating an exposure by the image capture sensor array of the each given camera to allocate different time segments within an image frame period to different cameras amongst the plurality of cameras; an indicia indicating the material of said one or more windows and wherein a maximum exposure time for a sensor array is adjusted based on the indicated transmissivity of the material of a window through which light passes on its way to the sensor array.
A checkout device for checking out articles for installation at a shop exit, comprising receiving means for receiving the articles comprising a conveyer belt having an upper band on which a purchaser can deposit articles for them to be checked out, in which the receiving means of the checkout device comprise an illumination device for illuminating the conveyor belt comprising a source of light forming a luminous line parallel and adjacent to at least one longitudinal edge of the upper band of the conveyor belt, characterized in that the reception means further comprise a luminous strip over the whole of or part of their periphery.
System for moving loads, in particular within an aircraft, the system comprising: - a cargo hold floor, - at least one row of rollers including a plurality of rollers which are integrated into the cargo hold floor one behind another, - at least one guide rail provided in the cargo hold floor and extending substantially in parallel to the at least one row of rollers, - at least one transport vehicle which is removably received in the guide rail and movable along the guide rail and which comprises at least one coupling arrangement which is adapted to selectively couple the transport vehicle with a load arranged on the at least one row of rollers, so that the load is movable in accordance with a movement of the transport vehicle, and - at least one locking arrangement which is adapted to, in an active state, lock the load relative to the cargo hold floor and in a non-active state allow a relative movement between the load and the cargo hold floor, characterised in that the transport vehicle is adapted to operate the locking arrangement according to at least one of the following: - operating the locking arrangement, so that it assumes the active state; and - operating the locking arrangement, so that it assumes the non-active state, wherein the transport vehicle comprises at least one actuator (70, 74) for operating the locking arrangement. - a cargo hold floor, - at least one row of rollers including a plurality of rollers which are integrated into the cargo hold floor one behind another, - at least one guide rail provided in the cargo hold floor and extending substantially in parallel to the at least one row of rollers, - at least one transport vehicle which is removably received in the guide rail and movable along the guide rail and which comprises at least one coupling arrangement which is adapted to selectively couple the transport vehicle with a load arranged on the at least one row of rollers, so that the load is movable in accordance with a movement of the transport vehicle, and - at least one locking arrangement which is adapted to, in an active state, lock the load relative to the cargo hold floor and in a non-active state allow a relative movement between the load and the cargo hold floor, characterised in that - operating the locking arrangement, so that it assumes the active state; and - operating the locking arrangement, so that it assumes the non-active state, wherein the transport vehicle comprises at least one actuator (70, 74) for operating the locking arrangement.
A face mask comprising: a body portion including a plurality of exterior pleats (22, 24, 26) configured to elongate in a first direction towards a chin of a wearer of the face mask, the body portion having an outer surface and an inner surface; and an inner portion, characterized in that, said inner portion includes a plurality of interior pleats (32, 33) connected between an upper edge of the body portion and a sealing surface, the inner portion configured to elongate in a second direction towards a nose of the wearer at an acute angle from the first direction, wherein the sealing surface simultaneously contacts cheeks and the nose of the wearer in response to the elongation in the second direction. a body portion including a plurality of exterior pleats (22, 24, 26) configured to elongate in a first direction towards a chin of a wearer of the face mask, the body portion having an outer surface and an inner surface; and an inner portion, characterized in that, said inner portion includes a plurality of interior pleats (32, 33) connected between an upper edge of the body portion and a sealing surface, the inner portion configured to elongate in a second direction towards a nose of the wearer at an acute angle from the first direction, wherein the sealing surface simultaneously contacts cheeks and the nose of the wearer in response to the elongation in the second direction.
Method of handling laboratory sample containers, the method comprising the steps of: - moving a laboratory sample container to a target position, wherein the target position is a position at which the laboratory sample container is inserted into a corresponding orifice of a laboratory sample container rack, provided that the laboratory sample container rack is placed at an intended position, wherein the laboratory sample container is prevented from moving vertically due to gravity if correctly inserted into the corresponding orifice of the laboratory sample container rack, - releasing the laboratory sample container in a vertical direction (z) such that the laboratory sample container can move in the vertical direction (z) due to gravity, wherein the method is characterized by the steps of - determining if the laboratory sample container moves in the vertical direction (z), and - performing an error procedure if it is determined that the laboratory sample container moves in the vertical direction (z). - moving a laboratory sample container to a target position, wherein the target position is a position at which the laboratory sample container is inserted into a corresponding orifice of a laboratory sample container rack, provided that the laboratory sample container rack is placed at an intended position, wherein the laboratory sample container is prevented from moving vertically due to gravity if correctly inserted into the corresponding orifice of the laboratory sample container rack, - releasing the laboratory sample container in a vertical direction (z) such that the laboratory sample container can move in the vertical direction (z) due to gravity, wherein the method is characterized by the steps of - determining if the laboratory sample container moves in the vertical direction (z), and - performing an error procedure if it is determined that the laboratory sample container moves in the vertical direction (z).
A tool for removing a fastener from a casing of a turbine assembly comprising: a body comprising a cylinder, a contact face, a puller face opposite the contact face and a side surface extending form the contact face to the puller face, a puller coupled to said body facing the puller face, said puller comprises: a plate, an arm for engaging an installed fastener having a proximal end that is formed integrally with the plate, and a distal end defining an open-ended slot for slidably engaging the fastener; wherein the puller is coupled to the body via a pair of return springs that bias the plate in a biasing direction towards the body such that the distal end of the arm is substantially aligned with the contact face of the body in an inactivated state of the tool, wherein the puller further comprises a piston inserted into said cylinder such that said piston is displaced within said cylinder to displace said plate and arm relative to said body in a direction opposite the biasing direction when said cylinder is pressurized, to cause removal of the fastener. a body comprising a cylinder, a contact face, a puller face opposite the contact face and a side surface extending form the contact face to the puller face, a puller coupled to said body facing the puller face, said puller comprises: a plate, an arm for engaging an installed fastener having a proximal end that is formed integrally with the plate, and a distal end defining an open-ended slot for slidably engaging the fastener; wherein the puller is coupled to the body via a pair of return springs that bias the plate in a biasing direction towards the body such that the distal end of the arm is substantially aligned with the contact face of the body in an inactivated state of the tool, wherein the puller further comprises a piston inserted into said cylinder such that said piston is displaced within said cylinder to displace said plate and arm relative to said body in a direction opposite the biasing direction when said cylinder is pressurized, to cause removal of the fastener. a plate, an arm for engaging an installed fastener having a proximal end that is formed integrally with the plate, and a distal end defining an open-ended slot for slidably engaging the fastener; wherein the puller is coupled to the body via a pair of return springs that bias the plate in a biasing direction towards the body such that the distal end of the arm is substantially aligned with the contact face of the body in an inactivated state of the tool, wherein the puller further comprises a piston inserted into said cylinder such that said piston is displaced within said cylinder to displace said plate and arm relative to said body in a direction opposite the biasing direction when said cylinder is pressurized, to cause removal of the fastener.
A method for desulfurizing a gaseous mixture containing hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) and carbon dioxide (CO 2) by selective absorption of the H 2 S into a basic absorbing agent and subsequent oxidation of the absorbed H 2 S with an oxidizing agent, wherein i) an inflammable biogas containing H 2 and/or CH 4 is used as said gaseous mixture to be desulfurized; ii) after said absorption step conducted in at least one absorption reactor, a phase separation step for separating the liquid phase in the form of the sulfide-enriched absorbing agent from the gaseous phase containing the inflammable gaseous components is conducted in at least one separator; and iii) the thus degassed liquid phase is transferred via a conduit, which contains one or more drain traps, check valves or swing-type check valves, or floater-controlled or electronically level-controlled dischargers to prevent backmixing of the two phases, to at least one oxidation reactor, where it is contacted with an oxidizing agent in order to oxidize the sulfide to elemental sulfur and/or higher oxidation states of sulfur. i) an inflammable biogas containing H 2 and/or CH 4 is used as said gaseous mixture to be desulfurized; ii) after said absorption step conducted in at least one absorption reactor, a phase separation step for separating the liquid phase in the form of the sulfide-enriched absorbing agent from the gaseous phase containing the inflammable gaseous components is conducted in at least one separator; and iii) the thus degassed liquid phase is transferred via a conduit, which contains one or more drain traps, check valves or swing-type check valves, or floater-controlled or electronically level-controlled dischargers to prevent backmixing of the two phases, to at least one oxidation reactor, where it is contacted with an oxidizing agent in order to oxidize the sulfide to elemental sulfur and/or higher oxidation states of sulfur.
A compound of formula II: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein is defined as Q, and Q is represented by structural formula (e), (f), or (h); represents the bond that links the nitrogen to which it is attached to the rest of the molecule; X represents phenyl optionally substituted with 1 to 2 halogens; R a is selected from the group consisting of H, -C 1-6 alkyl, -C 3-10 cycloalkyl, =O, -C 1-6 alkylOR, -haloalkyl, -(CH 2) p C 6-10 aryl; -(CH 2) p C 3-10 heterocyclyl, -C C 3-10 heterocyclyl, -C C 1-6 alkyl, -C NHC 3-6 cycloalkyl, C OC 1-6 alkyl, C N 2, C NH(CH 2)pC 6-10 aryl, C NH(CH 2) p C 3-10 heterocyclyl, N 2, CN, halo, and -SO 2 C 1-6 alkyl, said alkyl, aryl, and heterocyclyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R b; R b is selected from the group consisting of C 1-6 alkyl, OC 1-6 alkylOR, -(CH 2) p C 6-10 aryl; - (CH 2) p C 5-10 heteroaryl, halo, N 2, hydroxyl, and -haloalkyl, said aryl and heteroaryl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of C 1-6 alkyl; R represents hydrogen, halo, haloalkyl, or -C 1-6 alkyl;and p represents 0-4. X represents phenyl optionally substituted with 1 to 2 halogens; R a is selected from the group consisting of H, -C 1-6 alkyl, -C 3-10 cycloalkyl, =O, -C 1-6 alkylOR, -haloalkyl, -(CH 2) p C 6-10 aryl; -(CH 2) p C 3-10 heterocyclyl, -C C 3-10 heterocyclyl, -C C 1-6 alkyl, -C NHC 3-6 cycloalkyl, C OC 1-6 alkyl, C N 2, C NH(CH 2)pC 6-10 aryl, C NH(CH 2) p C 3-10 heterocyclyl, N 2, CN, halo, and -SO 2 C 1-6 alkyl, said alkyl, aryl, and heterocyclyl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of R b; R b is selected from the group consisting of C 1-6 alkyl, OC 1-6 alkylOR, -(CH 2) p C 6-10 aryl; - (CH 2) p C 5-10 heteroaryl, halo, N 2, hydroxyl, and -haloalkyl, said aryl and heteroaryl optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups of C 1-6 alkyl; R represents hydrogen, halo, haloalkyl, or -C 1-6 alkyl;and p represents 0-4.
Method for coding a picture sequence comprising a hierarchical temporal analysis of a group of pictures performing a motion compensated temporal filtering of successive pairs of pictures to supply low temporal frequency pictures and high temporal frequency pictures at different temporal decomposition levels, this analysis realising, for a given temporal decomposition level and for a pair of low temporal frequency pictures, a motion estimation step of a current picture B to a previous reference picture A to supply motion vectors then a motion compensated temporal filtering, called filtering in MCTF mode, of said pictures A and B to supply a low temporal frequency picture and a high temporal frequency picture of a greater decomposition level, said method comprising the following step: - if the current picture B has a level of correlation with said previous picture A lower than a threshold (10, 15), replacing said temporal filtering with an intra mode defined such that the high frequency picture is equal to picture B and the low frequency picture is equal to picture A or vice versa, said low frequency picture obtained being thus scaled, during a first scaling step, to be adapted, at the energy level, to the pictures obtained by said motion compensated temporal filtering, said method being characterised in that, from among the low frequency picture and the final high frequency decomposed pictures obtained at the end of the analysis: - it selects the low and high frequency pictures obtained according to the intra mode from a picture of the lower decomposition level with the additional condition, for the high frequency pictures, that this picture has been obtained according to the intra mode; - it rescales the pictures selected by carrying out at least one reverse step of the first scaling step, for their coding. - if the current picture B has a level of correlation with said previous picture A lower than a threshold (10, 15), replacing said temporal filtering with an intra mode defined such that the high frequency picture is equal to picture B and the low frequency picture is equal to picture A or vice versa, said low frequency picture obtained being thus scaled, during a first scaling step, to be adapted, at the energy level, to the pictures obtained by said motion compensated temporal filtering, said method being characterised in that, from among the low frequency picture and the final high frequency decomposed pictures obtained at the end of the analysis: - it selects the low and high frequency pictures obtained according to the intra mode from a picture of the lower decomposition level with the additional condition, for the high frequency pictures, that this picture has been obtained according to the intra mode; - it rescales the pictures selected by carrying out at least one reverse step of the first scaling step, for their coding.
Reflector assembly for use in a luminaire in particular for floodlight, sport and area lighting applications, said reflector assembly forming a dome shaped structure for accommodating at least one light source therein and emitting the light of said light source via an opening of said dome shaped structure, wherein said reflector comprises a plurality of reflector segments which are arranged to form together the dome shaped structure, said reflector segments comprising one central reflector segment and four periphery reflector segments having a substantial identical shape and extending from the central reflector segment to the opening of the dome shaped structure, wherein at least two of said reflector segments have different reflection characteristics, and wherein two opposed periphery reflector segments have identical reflection characteristics, characterized in that two of the periphery reflector segments are at their sides adjacent to the central reflector segment provided with a recess having approximately the form of a semi-circle, said recesses forming together with corresponding recesses provided at the central reflector segment two openings, which are arranged opposite to each other in the bottom region of the dome shaped structure.