mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of authenticating a user by means of a fingerprint authentication system comprising a fingerprint sensor and authentication circuitry, said method comprising the steps of: acquiring, by said fingerprint sensor, a first candidate fingerprint image of a finger of said user during a finger placement event when said finger is not moving across a surface of said fingerprint sensor; acquiring, by said fingerprint sensor, a second candidate fingerprint image during said finger placement event; processing, while acquiring said second candidate fingerprint image, said first candidate fingerprint image by said authentication circuitry, said processing including determining an authentication representation based on said first candidate fingerprint image; evaluating said processed representation of the first candidate fingerprint image in respect of at least a first evaluation criterion, said evaluating including: retrieving a stored enrolment representation for said user, and determining if a match between said authentication representation based on said first candidate fingerprint image and said stored enrolment representation fulfills an authentication requirement; and when the match between said authentication representation based on said first candidate fingerprint image and said stored enrolment representation fails to fulfill said authentication requirement: authenticating said user based on said second candidate fingerprint image. acquiring, by said fingerprint sensor, a first candidate fingerprint image of a finger of said user during a finger placement event when said finger is not moving across a surface of said fingerprint sensor; acquiring, by said fingerprint sensor, a second candidate fingerprint image during said finger placement event; processing, while acquiring said second candidate fingerprint image, said first candidate fingerprint image by said authentication circuitry, said processing including determining an authentication representation based on said first candidate fingerprint image; evaluating said processed representation of the first candidate fingerprint image in respect of at least a first evaluation criterion, said evaluating including: retrieving a stored enrolment representation for said user, and determining if a match between said authentication representation based on said first candidate fingerprint image and said stored enrolment representation fulfills an authentication requirement; and when the match between said authentication representation based on said first candidate fingerprint image and said stored enrolment representation fails to fulfill said authentication requirement: authenticating said user based on said second candidate fingerprint image.
A device for the vaporization of liquid and the pressurization of vapor, comprising: a. a porous member comprising a capillary network, a surface for receiving liquid, and a vaporization area in which vapor is produced from the liquid; b. a heater component to convey heat to the porous member; and c. a vapor containment component comprising a vapor containment region for the collection and pressurization of the vapor, a mechanical force generator and at least one orifice for the release of the vapor; the device being characterised in that the mechanical force generator is external to the porous member, heater component and vapor containment component and provides compressive force among the porous member, heater component and vapor containment component. a. a porous member comprising a capillary network, a surface for receiving liquid, and a vaporization area in which vapor is produced from the liquid; b. a heater component to convey heat to the porous member; and c. a vapor containment component comprising a vapor containment region for the collection and pressurization of the vapor, a mechanical force generator and at least one orifice for the release of the vapor; the device being characterised in that
A prosthesis for implantation into a knee joint compartment between a femoral condyle and its corresponding tibial plateau, the prosthesis being unicompartmental and consisting of: a hard body having a generally elliptical shape in plan and having a top surface and an opposed bottom surface, the body including a peripheral edge extending between the top and bottom surfaces and having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a first end, and a second end opposite the first end, the prosthesis being free of any means of fixation within the knee joint compartment and configured to be translatable within the knee joint compartment during knee articulation, and the bottom surface being substantially flat, and the first side, first end and second end being rounded, characterised in that the second side comprises a straight segment extending from the first end to the second end. a hard body having a generally elliptical shape in plan and having a top surface and an opposed bottom surface, the body including a peripheral edge extending between the top and bottom surfaces and having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a first end, and a second end opposite the first end, the prosthesis being free of any means of fixation within the knee joint compartment and configured to be translatable within the knee joint compartment during knee articulation, and the bottom surface being substantially flat, and the first side, first end and second end being rounded, characterised in that the second side comprises a straight segment extending from the first end to the second end.
A detachable cookware handle comprising: a handle body having a long hole through-formed at its upper end, having a space therein, and having a cap coupled and formed in its rear; a button slider fitted into the long hole of the handle body to be slide movable; a tilting lever coupled by a hinge with the handle body, operable to rotate centering on the hinge according to an external press pressure, and inserted to a bottom of the handle body; a protrusion formed at an upside of the tilting lever, having one surface formed to be tilted, and moving up/down according to an operation of the tilting lever; a slider fitted between the button slider and the tilting lever, providing a guide fragment getting in surface contact with the tilt of the protrusion at its bottom side, and moving and operating to the rear according to a rotation operation of the tilting lever; a pressure part bent downward and constructed at a front end of the slider, and attached and fixed to an inner circumference surface of cookware according to a movement of the slider; characterized by: a catcher having a rugged part installed at a rear and top side of the tilting lever; and a locker coupled by a pin to the internal of the handle body, having a different rugged part engaged with the rugged part of the catcher, and restraining the tilting lever inserted to the bottom of the handle body. a handle body having a long hole through-formed at its upper end, having a space therein, and having a cap coupled and formed in its rear; a button slider fitted into the long hole of the handle body to be slide movable; a tilting lever coupled by a hinge with the handle body, operable to rotate centering on the hinge according to an external press pressure, and inserted to a bottom of the handle body; a protrusion formed at an upside of the tilting lever, having one surface formed to be tilted, and moving up/down according to an operation of the tilting lever; a slider fitted between the button slider and the tilting lever, providing a guide fragment getting in surface contact with the tilt of the protrusion at its bottom side, and moving and operating to the rear according to a rotation operation of the tilting lever; a pressure part bent downward and constructed at a front end of the slider, and attached and fixed to an inner circumference surface of cookware according to a movement of the slider; a catcher having a rugged part installed at a rear and top side of the tilting lever; and a locker coupled by a pin to the internal of the handle body, having a different rugged part engaged with the rugged part of the catcher, and restraining the tilting lever inserted to the bottom of the handle body.
A smoking article comprising: a flow restriction element comprising: a transverse barrier including one or more orifices wherein the smoking article defines a mouth end cavity extending from the transverse barrier of the flow restriction element to the mouth end of the smoking article; and a first downstream tubular portion downstream of the transverse barrier, the first downstream tubular portion at least partially defining the mouth end cavity, wherein one or more openings are provided in the first downstream tubular portion to form a communication path between the external periphery of the first downstream tubular portion and the mouth end cavity, characterised in that the one or more openings comprise one or more passageways extending through a wall of the first downstream tubular portion and wherein the passageways extend at an angle beta (β) with respect to a radius of a transverse cross section of the flow restriction element, the angle beta (β) being offset from the radius by less than about 45 degrees. a flow restriction element comprising: a transverse barrier including one or more orifices wherein the smoking article defines a mouth end cavity extending from the transverse barrier of the flow restriction element to the mouth end of the smoking article; a transverse barrier including one or more orifices wherein the smoking article defines a mouth end cavity extending from the transverse barrier of the flow restriction element to the mouth end of the smoking article; and a first downstream tubular portion downstream of the transverse barrier, the first downstream tubular portion at least partially defining the mouth end cavity, wherein one or more openings are provided in the first downstream tubular portion to form a communication path between the external periphery of the first downstream tubular portion and the mouth end cavity, characterised in that the one or more openings comprise one or more passageways extending through a wall of the first downstream tubular portion and wherein the passageways extend at an angle beta (β) with respect to a radius of a transverse cross section of the flow restriction element, the angle beta (β) being offset from the radius by less than about 45 degrees.
A method for estimating target size using scale space of pixel standard deviations comprising the following steps: a) receiving a pixel image including at least one target object and at least a coordinate of a pixel on a target, b) calculating pixel standard deviations for pixels lying within a rectangular window centred around the received pixel on the target, successively enlarging the window in at least one direction by its step-size, starting from an initial window size and obtaining at least one window size versus standard deviation graph, up to the limit window size, the method being characterized by the following steps: c) checking the graph for monotonically decreasing, if answer is no, then going to step d, else going to step e, d) recording the window size at the point where the standard deviation first starts to decrease with increasing window size and then going to step g, e) checking the previously recorded window size for existing, if answer is no, then going to step g, else going to step f, f) estimating the window size that encapsulates the whole target with minimum possible number of background pixels as the window size last recorded, g checking the maximum iteration limit for exceeding, if answer is no, then going to step i, else going to step h, h) checking the previously recorded window size for existing, if answer is no, then going to step j, else going to step f, i) increasing the step-size and the initial window size, which is used to generate standard deviation graph by predetermined amounts and then going to step b, j) estimating the window size as the predetermined minimum window size. a) receiving a pixel image including at least one target object and at least a coordinate of a pixel on a target, b) calculating pixel standard deviations for pixels lying within a rectangular window centred around the received pixel on the target, successively enlarging the window in at least one direction by its step-size, starting from an initial window size and obtaining at least one window size versus standard deviation graph, up to the limit window size, the method being characterized by the following steps: c) checking the graph for monotonically decreasing, if answer is no, then going to step d, else going to step e, d) recording the window size at the point where the standard deviation first starts to decrease with increasing window size and then going to step g, e) checking the previously recorded window size for existing, if answer is no, then going to step g, else going to step f, f) estimating the window size that encapsulates the whole target with minimum possible number of background pixels as the window size last recorded, g checking the maximum iteration limit for exceeding, if answer is no, then going to step i, else going to step h, h) checking the previously recorded window size for existing, if answer is no, then going to step j, else going to step f, i) increasing the step-size and the initial window size, which is used to generate standard deviation graph by predetermined amounts and then going to step b, j) estimating the window size as the predetermined minimum window size.
A method of manufacturing an adhesive article comprising: providing a first extrudable feedstock comprising an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive; providing a second extrudable feedstock comprising a polyolefin polymer comprising a copolymer of ethylene and an alpha-olefin having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, the polyolefin polymer having a density of no greater than 0.91 g/cc; coextruding the first extrudable feedstock in contact with the second extrudable feedstock to form a coextruded film; and cooling the coextruded film, wherein the co-extrusion step is a blown film step or a cast extrusion step. providing a first extrudable feedstock comprising an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive; providing a second extrudable feedstock comprising a polyolefin polymer comprising a copolymer of ethylene and an alpha-olefin having from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, the polyolefin polymer having a density of no greater than 0.91 g/cc; coextruding the first extrudable feedstock in contact with the second extrudable feedstock to form a coextruded film; and cooling the coextruded film, wherein the co-extrusion step is a blown film step or a cast extrusion step.
Method for protecting tubing protruding from a container, in particular a bottle, containing a pharmaceutical fluid comprising the following steps: - providing the container filled with the pharmaceutical fluid, from which the tubing protrudes, - providing a layer of foam and/or a body of foam, - surrounding the tubing, preferably in its entirety, with a shell such that the layer of foam and/or body of foam is interposed between the tubing and the shell, while a body of the container remains outside of the shell, - attaching the shell to the container, and - freezing the container and the shell surrounding the tubing. - providing the container filled with the pharmaceutical fluid, from which the tubing protrudes, - providing a layer of foam and/or a body of foam, - surrounding the tubing, preferably in its entirety, with a shell such that the layer of foam and/or body of foam is interposed between the tubing and the shell, while a body of the container remains outside of the shell, - attaching the shell to the container, and - freezing the container and the shell surrounding the tubing.
A method of verifying a torque measurement of a torque transducer of an instrument drive unit, the method comprising: measuring the torque being applied by a motor of the instrument drive unit with the torque transducer; measuring current drawn by the motor of the instrument drive unit with a sensor (152, 154); receiving a verification signal indicative of the current drawn by the motor of the instrument drive unit; identifying an acceptable torque range based on the verification signal; comparing the torque measurement with the acceptable torque range; and stopping the motor if the torque measurement is outside the acceptable torque range. measuring the torque being applied by a motor of the instrument drive unit with the torque transducer; measuring current drawn by the motor of the instrument drive unit with a sensor (152, 154); receiving a verification signal indicative of the current drawn by the motor of the instrument drive unit; identifying an acceptable torque range based on the verification signal; comparing the torque measurement with the acceptable torque range; and stopping the motor if the torque measurement is outside the acceptable torque range.
An acacia bark derivative(s) for use in eliminating and/or preventing and/or treating diseases accompanied by elevated blood sugar levels by orally administering the acacia bark derivative(s) wherein the acacia bark derivative(s) is an extract(s) of acacia bark and wherein the acacia bark is at least one bark selected from the group consisting of Acacia mearnsii De Wild., Acacia mangium Willd., Acacia dealbata Link, Acacia decurrens Willd. and Acacia pycnantha Benth, wherein the disease accompanied by elevated blood sugar levels is selected from the group consisting of diabetes, hyperglycemia, diabetic hyperlipemia, diabetic osteoporosis, symptoms of weight loss caused by diabetes, symptoms of fluctuations in blood mineral concentrations due to diabetes, diabetic neuropathies, peripheral circulatory disorders, diabetic gangrene, diabetic retinopathy, and diabetic nephropathy.
Circuit arrangement for protecting an electronic assembly, comprising the electronic assembly, a voltage source, a first subcircuit connected between the electronic assembly and the voltage source, wherein the first subcircuit comprises a comparator and an electronically controllable switch, wherein the comparator of the first subcircuit is configured to compare a voltage of the voltage source with a comparison voltage and to control the switch in a manner dependent thereon, wherein the switch is connected in series with the electronic assembly, and a second subcircuit connected between the electronic assembly and the voltage source, wherein the second subcircuit comprises a comparator and an electronically controllable switch, wherein the comparator of the second subcircuit is configured to detect negative voltage differences between the voltage source and the voltage at the electronic assembly and to control the switch in a manner dependent thereon, wherein the switch is connected in series with the electronic assembly, characterized in that the comparator (42, 62) of the first subcircuit and of the second subcircuit has a common bipolar transistor, wherein the base of said transistor, in the case of the first subcircuit, via a series resistor, is connected to the comparison voltage and is effectively influenced thereby, and, in the case of the second subcircuit, via the series resistor and a further resistor, is connected to the voltage source, wherein the comparator (42, 62) is common to the first subcircuit and to the second subcircuit. a voltage source, a first subcircuit connected between the electronic assembly and the voltage source, wherein the first subcircuit comprises a comparator and an electronically controllable switch, wherein the comparator of the first subcircuit is configured to compare a voltage of the voltage source with a comparison voltage and to control the switch in a manner dependent thereon, wherein the switch is connected in series with the electronic assembly, and a second subcircuit connected between the electronic assembly and the voltage source, wherein the second subcircuit comprises a comparator and an electronically controllable switch, wherein the comparator of the second subcircuit is configured to detect negative voltage differences between the voltage source and the voltage at the electronic assembly and to control the switch in a manner dependent thereon, wherein the switch is connected in series with the electronic assembly, characterized in that the comparator (42, 62) of the first subcircuit and of the second subcircuit has a common bipolar transistor, wherein the base of said transistor, in the case of the first subcircuit, via a series resistor, is connected to the comparison voltage and is effectively influenced thereby, and, in the case of the second subcircuit, via the series resistor and a further resistor, is connected to the voltage source, wherein the comparator (42, 62) is common to the first subcircuit and to the second subcircuit.
A method by a user equipment, UE (135, 605), in a communication system supporting a carrier aggregation, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, BS (105, 110, 115, 120, 607), a first message for requesting UE capability information; transmitting, to the BS (105, 110, 115, 120, 607), a second message including the UE capability information, the UE capability information including first information on band combinations supported by the UE (135, 605), second information indicating that the UE (135, 605) supports dual connectivity, DC, for each of the band combinations supported by the UE, third information indicating whether the UE supports a split bearer and fourth information indicating whether the UE supports a secondary cell group, SCG, bearer; receiving, from the BS, a third message generated based on the third information and the fourth information, the third message including configuration information for an SCG; establishing an SCG radio link control, RLC, entity and performing a packet data convergence protocol, PDCP, reordering function if the configuration information indicates a change from a master cell group, MCG, bearer to the split bearer; and releasing the SCG RLC entity if the configuration information indicates a change from the split bearer to the MCG bearer. receiving, from a base station, BS (105, 110, 115, 120, 607), a first message for requesting UE capability information; transmitting, to the BS (105, 110, 115, 120, 607), a second message including the UE capability information, the UE capability information including first information on band combinations supported by the UE (135, 605), second information indicating that the UE (135, 605) supports dual connectivity, DC, for each of the band combinations supported by the UE, third information indicating whether the UE supports a split bearer and fourth information indicating whether the UE supports a secondary cell group, SCG, bearer; receiving, from the BS, a third message generated based on the third information and the fourth information, the third message including configuration information for an SCG; establishing an SCG radio link control, RLC, entity and performing a packet data convergence protocol, PDCP, reordering function if the configuration information indicates a change from a master cell group, MCG, bearer to the split bearer; and releasing the SCG RLC entity if the configuration information indicates a change from the split bearer to the MCG bearer.