mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
(Currently Amended) An apparatus, comprising: a video encoder having an entropy encoder for encoding symbols for picture data for at least a portion of a picture, wherein an explicit update function is used to update probabilities of the symbols processed by the entropy encoder, the explicit update function having at least one characteristic of being truncated at a threshold value and having a varying rate of adaptation, and wherein the explicit update function comprises exponential functions by part and wherein an update function memory parameter and threshold parameter vary by part to determine function thresholds and update rate. a video encoder having an entropy encoder for encoding symbols for picture data for at least a portion of a picture, wherein an explicit update function is used to update probabilities of the symbols processed by the entropy encoder, the explicit update function having at least one characteristic of being truncated at a threshold value and having a varying rate of adaptation, and wherein the explicit update function comprises exponential functions by part and wherein an update function memory parameter and threshold parameter vary by part to determine function thresholds and update rate.
Rotary harrow tool comprising a body having a first upper connecting part and a second lower blade-forming part (2"), said second part (2") having, in the area of its free or lower end, a work portion capable of being and designed to be engaged and displaced in the ground and comprising at least one attached element in the form of a plate (5, 5', 5") constituting at least the working front edge and the adjoining elongated working face of the working portion at least of the tool, the or each plate (5, 5', 5") being mounted rigidly with form-fitting in a complementary hollow receiving site of the portion of the body defining the work portion or of an intermediate support component attached to or in this portion, which tool is characterised in that the upper plate or the upper region of the single plate, situated opposite the free or lower end of the second part (2"), has a rounded inside corner of convex shape and in that the or each plate (5, 5', 5") has a substantially planar structure with, seen in cross-section through a plane perpendicular to the working edge and to the working face, a variable thickness (e) decreasing from its front longitudinal edge forming the working edge, to its rear longitudinal edge mounted in the receiving site, preferably against a shoulder of the latter, while forming a bevelled edge by cooperation with the work portion and/or the support component.
Chair comprising a seating surface and an abutment element that is connected to the seating surface and can be pivoted via a pivot axis, which abutment element is designed, in a first pivoting position, as a backrest for a user sitting on the seating surface and designed to be usable, in a second pivoting position, as a supporting surface for a user supporting himself/herself on the supporting surface while standing, wherein the pivot axis of the abutment element is arranged above the seating surface, wherein the seating surface is connected on two opposite sides to one carrier element each, wherein the carrier element respectively comprises a pivot axis at its end that is facing away from the seating surface, wherein an armrest that can be pivoted around the pivot axis is attached to each of the carrier elements and the abutment element that can be rotated around an axis of rotation is attached between the two armrests
A method for improving the uniformity of a tire, comprising: identifying at least one candidate process effect, the candidate process effect associated with a manufacturing variation related to a process element, the candidate process effect having one or more process harmonics associated with a period that does not fit an integer number of times within a circumference of the tire; identifying a process harmonic magnitude pattern for the at least one candidate process effect, the process harmonic magnitude pattern specifying a candidate magnitude for each of one or more process harmonics of the at least one candidate process effect; obtaining an observed magnitude for each of one or more harmonics of a measured uniformity parameter for each tire in a set of one or more test tires, the observed magnitude being derived from a measured uniformity parameter for each tire; determining, with a computing device, an estimated process harmonic magnitude for each of the one or more process harmonics based at least in part on the candidate magnitude associated with the process harmonic and the observed magnitude associated with a corresponding harmonic of the measured uniformity parameter for each tire in the set of one or more test tires, the estimated process harmonic magnitude being determined based solely on magnitude information without requiring phase angle or azimuth information; and modifying tire manufacture based at least in part on the estimated process harmonic magnitude determined for each of the one or more process harmonics of the at least one candidate process effect. identifying at least one candidate process effect, the candidate process effect associated with a manufacturing variation related to a process element, the candidate process effect having one or more process harmonics associated with a period that does not fit an integer number of times within a circumference of the tire; identifying a process harmonic magnitude pattern for the at least one candidate process effect, the process harmonic magnitude pattern specifying a candidate magnitude for each of one or more process harmonics of the at least one candidate process effect; obtaining an observed magnitude for each of one or more harmonics of a measured uniformity parameter for each tire in a set of one or more test tires, the observed magnitude being derived from a measured uniformity parameter for each tire; determining, with a computing device, an estimated process harmonic magnitude for each of the one or more process harmonics based at least in part on the candidate magnitude associated with the process harmonic and the observed magnitude associated with a corresponding harmonic of the measured uniformity parameter for each tire in the set of one or more test tires, the estimated process harmonic magnitude being determined based solely on magnitude information without requiring phase angle or azimuth information; and modifying tire manufacture based at least in part on the estimated process harmonic magnitude determined for each of the one or more process harmonics of the at least one candidate process effect.
Reinforcing component for a structure of an aircraft or spacecraft, comprising a first component region, which is elongate, for reinforcing at least one other element, and comprising at least one second component region, which is permanently connected to the first component region; wherein the first component region is formed with a web and with a flange connected to the web,; wherein the reinforcing component is formed using a thermoplastic plastics material in each of the first component region and the second component region; and wherein, in the first component region, the thermoplastic plastics material forms a matrix in which continuous reinforcing fibres are embedded, and, in the second component region, the reinforcing component comprises discontinuous reinforcing fibres or is free of reinforcing fibres, characterised in that the second component region for reinforcing the web is arranged orientated transverse to the web and the flange in the manner of a rib.
Apparatus for alkaline hydrolysis of corpses and/or cadavers, comprising: - a processing tray into which the corpse or the cadaver can be introduced; - a hood which encloses the processing tray; - a preparation tank; - at least one fresh water inlet (26, 27); - at least one nozzle (16, 17), connectable to the preparation tank, in the hood and/or in the processing tray; - a wastewater outlet; - at least one pump (15, 14); and - a programmable logic controller which controls the apparatus, characterised in that a collecting tray is arranged underneath the processing tray and in that the processing tray is mounted so as to be able to move relative to the collecting tray between a treatment position, in which the processing tray is arranged above a treatment section of the collecting tray that is connected to the preparation tank, and a cleaning position, in which the processing tray is arranged above a cleaning section of the collecting tray that is connected to the wastewater outlet. - a processing tray into which the corpse or the cadaver can be introduced; - a hood which encloses the processing tray; - a preparation tank; - at least one fresh water inlet (26, 27); - at least one nozzle (16, 17), connectable to the preparation tank, in the hood and/or in the processing tray; - a wastewater outlet; - at least one pump (15, 14); and - a programmable logic controller which controls the apparatus,
A sensing system, comprising a patient interface module, PIM, communicatively disposed between a processing system and a sensing device configured to obtain measurement data associated with a body of a patient while positioned within the body, the sensing device comprising a memory, wherein the patient interface module comprises a controller operable to read data stored on the memory of the sensing device using a first signal voltage; characterized in that the controller is further operable to write to the memory to disable further operation of the sensing device using a second signal voltage; and wherein the patient interface module comprises a voltage switch configured to selectively output the first signal voltage or the second signal voltage. a patient interface module, PIM, communicatively disposed between a processing system and a sensing device configured to obtain measurement data associated with a body of a patient while positioned within the body, the sensing device comprising a memory, wherein the patient interface module comprises a controller operable to read data stored on the memory of the sensing device using a first signal voltage; characterized in that the controller is further operable to write to the memory to disable further operation of the sensing device using a second signal voltage; and wherein the patient interface module comprises a voltage switch configured to selectively output the first signal voltage or the second signal voltage.
An apparatus for slicing food products, in particular a high-performance slicer, having a product feed which feeds a product to be sliced along a product conveying direction to a cutting plane in which a cutting blade moves, in particular in a rotating and/or revolving manner, wherein the product feed comprises at least one end element (19, 25) which has a product-guiding support surface and/or contact surface (23, 27) for a front product end region, characterized in that the end element (19, 25) is adjustable by means of an adjustment apparatus (29, 31) with a component perpendicular to the product conveying direction, with the adjustment apparatus (29, 31) being designed to adjust the support surface and/or contact surface (23, 27) of the end element (19, 25) to follow the contour of the product during the slicing operation; with the end element having a contact surface being adjustable relative to a side abutment of the product feed which has a contact surface extending in the product conveying direction for positioning the product; and/or with the end element having a support surface is adjustable relative to a product support of the product feed which has a support surface for the product.
A method for preparing a dinitrile compound, the method comprising reacting an alcohol compound with a nitrile compound having a terminal carbon-carbon unsaturated bond under anhydrous conditions wherein a potassium alkoxide selected from the group consisting of potassium tert-butoxide, potassium tert-pentoxide, and mixtures thereof is used as a catalyst for the reaction, wherein the alcohol compound is selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, butylene glycol, pentylene glycol, and mixtures thereof, wherein the nitrile compound having a terminal carbon-carbon unsaturated bond is selected from the group consisting of acrylonitrile, 3-butenenitrile, 4-pentenenitrile, and mixtures thereof.
A method for securing a rotating drive actuator of an aircraft landing gear wheel in an open position of the aircraft landing gear wheel, the drive actuator being movably mounted on a landing gear between said open position in which it is remote from the aircraft landing gear wheel and an engaged position in which it cooperates with the aircraft landing gear wheel to ensure its rotating drive, a displacement actuator being coupled to the drive actuator to move it between the two positions, and a locking member being arranged to lock the drive actuator in the open position, the method being characterized in that it comprises the step, while the drive actuator is locked in the open position, of holding the controlled displacement actuator to move the drive actuator to the open position.
Pallet container for storing and transporting in particular hazardous liquid filling materials, having an exchangeable thin-walled inner container made of thermoplastic for receiving the filling material, having a tubular lattice frame which closely encloses the inner container as a supporting casing and is made of welded-together vertical and horizontal tubular bars, said tubular lattice frame being secured to the upper outer rim of a bottom pallet that is suitable for fork-lift trucks, wherein the rectangular bottom pallet has a flat pallet top deck, consisting of a thin sheet-metal plate, for supporting the fitted inner container, and a pallet substructure having four corner feet and four middle feet arranged therebetween and made of thermoplastic, and has a rectangular steel-tube base ring that is horizontally peripheral on the bottom side, wherein the bottom pallet is provided with means for discharging electric charges, characterized in that the pallet substructure has an upper tubular frame having four individual tube sections of equal length which extend diagonally directly beneath the metal plate and are secured by way of their ends to in each case two adjacent middle feet such that a diamond-shaped supporting frame, on which the metal plate is spanned, is formed beneath the metal plate, wherein the four individual tube sections are each bent in a right-angled manner at their ends, are each plugged into a corresponding recess in two adjacent plastics middle feet by way of a bent end piece and are connected to the bottom-side base ring, which represents the lower tubular frame, in an electrically conductive manner via a plurality of screw connections.
Estriol for use in a method of slowing, halting, or reversing cognitive decline or stabilizing or improving cognitive function in a peri- or post-menopausal human female subject, wherein the subject does not have a neurodegenerative disease; the estriol is for administration on a continuous basis throughout two or more consecutive treatment periods, and a progestogen is administered for only a portion of each treatment period. the subject does not have a neurodegenerative disease; the estriol is for administration on a continuous basis throughout two or more consecutive treatment periods, and a progestogen is administered for only a portion of each treatment period.
A secondary battery remaining capacity estimating apparatus comprising: a secondary battery; a charge/discharge determining section that determines if the secondary battery is charging or discharging; a remaining capacity estimating section that estimates a remaining electric power capacity of the secondary battery; a remaining capacity indicating section that indicates a remaining capacity of the secondary battery based on an estimation value by the remaining capacity estimating section; characterized by a remaining capacity indication limiting section that limits a decrease of the remaining capacity being indicated by the remaining capacity indicating section when the charge/discharge determining section has determined that the secondary battery is charging and the estimation value obtained by the remaining capacity estimating section is decreasing, and limits an increase of the remaining capacity being indicated by the remaining capacity indicating section when the charge/discharge determining section has determined that the secondary battery is discharging and the estimation value obtained by the remaining capacity estimating section is increasing. a secondary battery; a charge/discharge determining section that determines if the secondary battery is charging or discharging; a remaining capacity estimating section that estimates a remaining electric power capacity of the secondary battery; a remaining capacity indicating section that indicates a remaining capacity of the secondary battery based on an estimation value by the remaining capacity estimating section; characterized by a remaining capacity indication limiting section that limits a decrease of the remaining capacity being indicated by the remaining capacity indicating section when the charge/discharge determining section has determined that the secondary battery is charging and the estimation value obtained by the remaining capacity estimating section is decreasing, and limits an increase of the remaining capacity being indicated by the remaining capacity indicating section when the charge/discharge determining section has determined that the secondary battery is discharging and the estimation value obtained by the remaining capacity estimating section is increasing.
A method of cleaning at least one heat transfer element of a boiler within a furnace, wherein said furnace includes a boiler disposed therein and a cleaning system, said furnace structured to burn a fuel, said boiler having at least one heat transfer element, said at least one heat transfer element supported by a support structure, said support structure having a weighing system structured to determine a force applied by said at least one heat transfer element, and any ash deposited thereon, on said support structure and to provide an output indicating said force, said cleaning system having at least one cleaning element structured to clean said at least one heat transfer element, said method comprising the steps of: a) operating said furnace and allowing ash to be deposited on said at least one heat transfer element; b) determining the efficiency rate for said at least one cleaning element; and c) managing the use of said cleaning system based upon said efficiency rate; wherein the step of determining the efficiency rate for said at least one cleaning element is characterized by i) determining a first force applied by said at least one heat transfer element on said support structure, ii) cleaning said at least one heat transfer element with said cleaning system, iii) determining a second force applied by said at least one heat transfer element on said support structure, and iv) comparing said first force and said second force to determine an efficiency rate of said at least one cleaning element. a) operating said furnace and allowing ash to be deposited on said at least one heat transfer element; b) determining the efficiency rate for said at least one cleaning element; and c) managing the use of said cleaning system based upon said efficiency rate;
A method for the treatment of fat-containing wastewater in a device which comprises an inlet for fat-containing wastewater, a pre-separator for separating settling and floating matter (48, 50), a transport pipe connected to the pre-separator, a dissolution path connected to the transport pipe, and a final separator which is connected to the dissolution path via a scum pipe and is connected on the downstream side directly to the pre-separator, the method comprising the following steps: a) pretreating the wastewater in the pre-separator for separating the settling and floating matter (48, 50); b) sucking the pretreated wastewater by the pump and conveying it from the pre-separator into the dissolution path via the transport pipe, the pretreated wastewater being supersaturated with gas by the pump under pressure in the dissolution path and then expanding to a lower pressure, in particular normal pressure, a scum being formed in the scum pipe, and foreign matter contained in the wastewater flocculating and accumulating in the scum; and c) feeding the expanded wastewater via the scum pipe to the final separator, in which the scum with the foreign matter is separated from purified wastewater; wherein the scum with the foreign matter is returned from the final separator into the pre-separator and applied onto a floating matter layer, and the purified wastewater is drained from the final separator. a) pretreating the wastewater in the pre-separator for separating the settling and floating matter (48, 50); b) sucking the pretreated wastewater by the pump and conveying it from the pre-separator into the dissolution path via the transport pipe, the pretreated wastewater being supersaturated with gas by the pump under pressure in the dissolution path and then expanding to a lower pressure, in particular normal pressure, a scum being formed in the scum pipe, and foreign matter contained in the wastewater flocculating and accumulating in the scum; and c) feeding the expanded wastewater via the scum pipe to the final separator, in which the scum with the foreign matter is separated from purified wastewater;
A surface treated filler material product for alpha-nucleation of polyolefins, comprising (a) a calcium carbonate-comprising filler material, and (b) a bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2,3 -dicarboxylic acid and/or a monovalent salt of the bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2,3-dicarboxylic acid and/or a divalent salt of the bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2,3-dicarboxylic acid being present on at least a part of the accessible surface area of the calcium carbonate-comprising filler material in an amount of 0.0001 wt.-% to 30 wt.-%, based on the total dry weight of the calcium carbonate-comprising filler material. (a) a calcium carbonate-comprising filler material, and (b) a bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2,3 -dicarboxylic acid and/or a monovalent salt of the bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2,3-dicarboxylic acid and/or a divalent salt of the bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2,3-dicarboxylic acid being present on at least a part of the accessible surface area of the calcium carbonate-comprising filler material in an amount of 0.0001 wt.-% to 30 wt.-%, based on the total dry weight of the calcium carbonate-comprising filler material.
A method comprising: detecting a location of a person within a work area; directing one or more image capture devices to the location of the person; receiving (304, 504) one or more images of the person from the one or more image capture devices (110, 410); identifying (310, 506) one or more items of personal protective equipment in the one or more images; determining (314, 506) the positioning of the one or more items of personal protective equipment relative to the person in the one or more images; and verifying (312, 316, 320, 508, 512) compliance with personal protective equipment standards based on the one or more identified items of personal protective equipment and the positioning of the one or more items of personal protective equipment. detecting a location of a person within a work area; directing one or more image capture devices to the location of the person; receiving (304, 504) one or more images of the person from the one or more image capture devices (110, 410); identifying (310, 506) one or more items of personal protective equipment in the one or more images; determining (314, 506) the positioning of the one or more items of personal protective equipment relative to the person in the one or more images; and verifying (312, 316, 320, 508, 512) compliance with personal protective equipment standards based on the one or more identified items of personal protective equipment and the positioning of the one or more items of personal protective equipment.