mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of pipeline operation, comprising: initiating a fetch of a group of at least two operands specified in an instruction, wherein at least one operand is to be selected from the group of at least two operands, at least one of the two operands is in flight in the pipeline and not available at the time the fetch is initiated; determining an operand selection criterion as specified by the instruction; determining (430, 432) if a condition, affected by a previous instruction in an execution pipeline stage of a plurality of execution pipeline stages, meets the operand selection criterion; selecting at least one operand from the group of at least two operands, when the condition is determined to meet the operand selection criterion; committing (414, 426) the instruction for execution once the at least one selected operand has been received; and terminating any fetch in effect for a non-selected operand from the group. initiating a fetch of a group of at least two operands specified in an instruction, wherein at least one operand is to be selected from the group of at least two operands, at least one of the two operands is in flight in the pipeline and not available at the time the fetch is initiated; determining an operand selection criterion as specified by the instruction; determining (430, 432) if a condition, affected by a previous instruction in an execution pipeline stage of a plurality of execution pipeline stages, meets the operand selection criterion; selecting at least one operand from the group of at least two operands, when the condition is determined to meet the operand selection criterion; committing (414, 426) the instruction for execution once the at least one selected operand has been received; and terminating any fetch in effect for a non-selected operand from the group.
A method of sorting polymers that each comprise a sequence of polymer units, the method using a system that comprises a sample chamber containing a sample comprising the polymers, a collection chambers sealed from the sample chamber and a sensor element comprising a nanopore that communicates between the sample chamber and the collection chamber, the method comprising causing successive polymers from the sample chamber to start translocation through the nanopore, and, during the translocation of each polymer: taking successive measurements of the polymer from the sensor element; analysing the series of measurements taken from the polymer during the partial translocation thereof using reference data derived from at least one reference sequence of polymer units to provide a measure of similarity between the sequence of polymer units of the partially translocated polymer and the at least one reference sequence, in dependence on the measure of similarity, selectively completing the translocation of the polymer into the collection chamber or else ejecting the polymer back into the sample chamber. taking successive measurements of the polymer from the sensor element; analysing the series of measurements taken from the polymer during the partial translocation thereof using reference data derived from at least one reference sequence of polymer units to provide a measure of similarity between the sequence of polymer units of the partially translocated polymer and the at least one reference sequence, in dependence on the measure of similarity, selectively completing the translocation of the polymer into the collection chamber or else ejecting the polymer back into the sample chamber.
A method for controlling forks (42A, 42B) of a vehicle, comprising: while the forks (42A, 42B) of the vehicle are moving vertically, acquiring a series of images of a scene of a physical environment in which a plurality of pallets are visible; identifying in each image, by a computer system, one or more scored candidate objects, each potentially corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of pallets, wherein each scored candidate object has a respective associated score that is a confidence value that the scored candidate object has one or more object features each of which potentially corresponds to one or more physical attributes of a pallet; for each of the one or more scored candidate objects, tracking, by the computer system, a respective location in each of at least two images of the series; determining for each of the one or more scored candidate objects a respective, associated height in the physical environment, wherein the respective, associated height for each particular one of the scored candidate objects is based on the respective locations in the each of the at least two images for that particular one scored candidate object; and stopping, by the computer system, the forks (42A, 42B) of the vehicle at a height in the physical environment based on the height of a specific one of the scored candidate objects. while the forks (42A, 42B) of the vehicle are moving vertically, acquiring a series of images of a scene of a physical environment in which a plurality of pallets are visible; identifying in each image, by a computer system, one or more scored candidate objects, each potentially corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of pallets, wherein each scored candidate object has a respective associated score that is a confidence value that the scored candidate object has one or more object features each of which potentially corresponds to one or more physical attributes of a pallet; for each of the one or more scored candidate objects, tracking, by the computer system, a respective location in each of at least two images of the series; determining for each of the one or more scored candidate objects a respective, associated height in the physical environment, wherein the respective, associated height for each particular one of the scored candidate objects is based on the respective locations in the each of the at least two images for that particular one scored candidate object; and stopping, by the computer system, the forks (42A, 42B) of the vehicle at a height in the physical environment based on the height of a specific one of the scored candidate objects.
A blast treatment method comprising: setting a blast treatment condition for a composite material, which is a target of blast treatment for activating a surface before painting or bonding, to make a degree of activation on the surface of the composite material within an appropriate range, based on reference information, the reference information quantitatively expressing a degree of activation on a surface of a sample of a composite material by blast treatment for activating the surface of the sample before painting or bonding under a predetermined blast treatment condition, the degree of the activation on the surface of the sample being expressed using a strain amount of a test piece as an index, by associating the degree of the activation on the surface of the sample with the strain amount of the test piece, the strain amount of the test piece being caused by blast treatment under the predetermined blast treatment condition; and manufacturing a blast treated product by the blast treatment of the composite material, which is the target of the blast treatment, under the blast treatment condition set to make the degree of the activation within the appropriate range. setting a blast treatment condition for a composite material, which is a target of blast treatment for activating a surface before painting or bonding, to make a degree of activation on the surface of the composite material within an appropriate range, based on reference information, the reference information quantitatively expressing a degree of activation on a surface of a sample of a composite material by blast treatment for activating the surface of the sample before painting or bonding under a predetermined blast treatment condition, the degree of the activation on the surface of the sample being expressed using a strain amount of a test piece as an index, by associating the degree of the activation on the surface of the sample with the strain amount of the test piece, the strain amount of the test piece being caused by blast treatment under the predetermined blast treatment condition; and manufacturing a blast treated product by the blast treatment of the composite material, which is the target of the blast treatment, under the blast treatment condition set to make the degree of the activation within the appropriate range.
System of dispensing disposable gloves comprising at least one container with at least one glove and a rack for attaching the container, where the container is in the shape of a bag sealed at the top and at the bottom, and is attached to the rack, characterized in that, both the top part and the bottom part of the container are attached to the rack such that the container is stretched between fixing points (10, 13), and the container has a tightly closed and sealed opening hole for extracting gloves and where a glove cuff of at least one glove is located in the immediate proximity of the opening hole for extracting gloves.
A method for constructing a biometric feature database suitable for performing biometric recognition of a user, wherein the method comprises: obtaining at least two usage frequency attributes of each biometric feature in a biometric feature database, wherein the at least two usage frequency attributes comprise a first usage frequency attribute and a second usage frequency attribute, the first usage frequency being a number of successful matches within a period of time and the second usage frequency attribute being a time when the biometric feature has most recently been successfully matched; generating an indication of a matching success frequency of each biometric feature based on the at least two usage frequency attributes, wherein the indication of the matching success frequency of each biometric feature is a weighted sum of the at least two usage frequency attributes of the biometric feature, the matching success frequency being calculated as a weighted sum of the first usage frequency attribute and the second usage frequency attribute; and arranging the biometric features in descending order of matching success frequency; whereby, as a result of the arranging, the biometric feature database provides prioritized access to a biometric feature having a highest matching success frequency so that the biometric feature having the highest matching success frequency is selected first in response to a request for a biometric feature of a user. obtaining at least two usage frequency attributes of each biometric feature in a biometric feature database, wherein the at least two usage frequency attributes comprise a first usage frequency attribute and a second usage frequency attribute, the first usage frequency being a number of successful matches within a period of time and the second usage frequency attribute being a time when the biometric feature has most recently been successfully matched; generating an indication of a matching success frequency of each biometric feature based on the at least two usage frequency attributes, wherein the indication of the matching success frequency of each biometric feature is a weighted sum of the at least two usage frequency attributes of the biometric feature, the matching success frequency being calculated as a weighted sum of the first usage frequency attribute and the second usage frequency attribute; and arranging the biometric features in descending order of matching success frequency; whereby, as a result of the arranging, the biometric feature database provides prioritized access to a biometric feature having a highest matching success frequency so that the biometric feature having the highest matching success frequency is selected first in response to a request for a biometric feature of a user.
A fluid-actuated actuating drive for a valve, in particular an actuating drive for shut-off, safety or regulating valves, comprising a base unit having control valves, two linear actuators (6, 7) which are located opposite one another and can be actuated fluidically by means of the control valves, a mechanical transducer which is disposed between the two linear actuators and couples the gates thereof with one another, the outlet of said transducer being coupled to the inlet of the valve, and an electrically driven hydraulic fluid supply unit integrated into the base unit, wherein the valve actuating drive uses hydraulic fluid as a working fluid, comprises a connection for an external hydraulic accumulator and is constituted as a closed fluidic drive system comprising an electrical inlet and a mechanical drive acting on the inlet of the valve, characterised in that the valve actuating drive is constituted in a modular manner by individual components in the form of the base unit, the two linear actuators and the mechanical transducer fitted together to form a functional unit and all the fluidic connections between the base unit and the linear actuators (6, 7) and, as the case may be, the mechanical transducer run inside the components concerned, so that no exposed fluid lines exist, wherein it further comprises a self-priming filling device which comprises a filling connection and is disposed in particular on the base unit or an emergency actuation unit, provided if required, and is suitable for the initial filling of the fluid system with hydraulic fluid from a cartridge, said filling device requiring no additional external top-up connection apart from the cartridge connection.
A method of cleaning a media travel pathway of a media transport device, comprising: accessing at least a first section of a media travel pathway of the media transport device that includes a plurality of media conveyors that comprise belts, rollers (423, 425, 433, 435, 921) or both, via a portal, wherein the portal is not accessible during normal operation of the device; inserting at least a portion of a cleaning substrate (201, 401, 501, 701, 901) in the first section through the portal, wherein the cleaning substrate (201, 401, 501, 701, 901) includes a cleaning face and a plurality of scarifying holes (211, 312, 313, 411, 511, 611), each of which is positioned to align with one or more of the media conveyors; and moving the cleaning substrate (201, 401, 501, 701, 901) within the media transport device and causing, by the moving, the scarifying holes (211, 312, 313, 411, 511, 611) to contact and clean a plurality of the media conveyors within the first section of the media transport device. accessing at least a first section of a media travel pathway of the media transport device that includes a plurality of media conveyors that comprise belts, rollers (423, 425, 433, 435, 921) or both, via a portal, wherein the portal is not accessible during normal operation of the device; inserting at least a portion of a cleaning substrate (201, 401, 501, 701, 901) in the first section through the portal, wherein the cleaning substrate (201, 401, 501, 701, 901) includes a cleaning face and a plurality of scarifying holes (211, 312, 313, 411, 511, 611), each of which is positioned to align with one or more of the media conveyors; and moving the cleaning substrate (201, 401, 501, 701, 901) within the media transport device and causing, by the moving, the scarifying holes (211, 312, 313, 411, 511, 611) to contact and clean a plurality of the media conveyors within the first section of the media transport device.
A method of manufacturing a threaded cylinder with threads (Th) made of a carbon-fiber-reinforced composite material, characterised by comprising: - forming a corrugated plate made of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics by using a press machine which includes an upper mold half and a lower mold half, those faces of the upper and lower mold halves (2, 3) which face each other being each provided with a mold face with a corrugated cross-sectional shape; and - curling the corrugated plate to provide the threaded cylinder in which multiple carbon fibers each extending in an axial direction across at least two threads (Th) appearing in a longitudinal cross section is embedded in the at least two threads (Th) in a zigzag manner along a surface shape of the at least two threads (Th) appearing in a longitudinal cross section. - forming a corrugated plate made of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics by using a press machine which includes an upper mold half and a lower mold half, those faces of the upper and lower mold halves (2, 3) which face each other being each provided with a mold face with a corrugated cross-sectional shape; and - curling the corrugated plate to provide the threaded cylinder in which multiple carbon fibers each extending in an axial direction across at least two threads (Th) appearing in a longitudinal cross section is embedded in the at least two threads (Th) in a zigzag manner along a surface shape of the at least two threads (Th) appearing in a longitudinal cross section.
A method for storing hanging goods in an automated storage system comprising a stationary storage rack with storage regions for the hanging goods arranged in storage levels lying one above the other, and at least one goods transport device (7; 110; 117) having a base frame, which goods transport device (7; 110; 117) is movable in front of the storage rack in a first direction (x-direction), and at least a storage and retrieval device (33; 111) having a goods displacement device (42; 116) which is movable relative to the base frame in a second direction (z-direction) perpendicular to the first direction (x-direction), wherein the hanging good is moved by means of the goods displacement device (42; 116) between a goods receiving carrier assigned to the storage region and a goods receiving carrier assigned to the goods transport device (7; 110; 117), wherein the goods receiving carriers in the storage regions remain in the storage rack, and wherein the hanging goods on the goods receiving carriers each define a hanging plane extending in a direction perpendicular to the goods receiving carriers, and wherein the hanging goods are each stored and transported by means of a clothes hanger on the goods receiving carriers (12, 34), characterized in that the goods displacement device (42; 116) grips at least one clothes hanger by means of a gripping unit (71; 115), which is mounted on the goods displacement device (42; 116), and moves the hanging good between the goods receiving carriers (12, 34).
A reactor shutdown system adapted to stop the nuclear reaction in a reactor in an event of a malfunction in a nuclear facility including a reactor configured to accommodate therein a control rod pulled out from or inserted into a fuel assembly, a control-rod drive unit configured to drive the control rod in pulling and inserting directions, a power source configured to supply power to the control-rod drive unit, and a power converter that is provided between the control-rod drive unit and the power source and is configured to convert power supplied from the power source to supply the power to the control-rod drive unit, wherein when power supply is cut off, the control-rod drive unit is configured to insert the control rod into the fuel assembly to stop the nuclear reaction in the reactor, the reactor shutdown further comprising: a breaker that is interposed between the power converter and the control-rod drive unit and is configured to interrupt the power supplied from the power converter to the control-rod drive unit; a main stop-control device configured to control the breaker to cut off the power supply to the control-rod drive unit in the event of a malfunction in the nuclear facility; a detection sensor connected to the main stop-control device and configured to detect an operating condition of the nuclear facility; and an auxiliary stop-control device configured to control the power converter to cut off the power supply to the control-rod drive unit in the event of a malfunction in the nuclear facility, characterized in that the main stop-control device is configured to receive the detection signal issued from the detection sensor and to transmit the received detection signal to the auxiliary stop-control device. a breaker that is interposed between the power converter and the control-rod drive unit and is configured to interrupt the power supplied from the power converter to the control-rod drive unit; a main stop-control device configured to control the breaker to cut off the power supply to the control-rod drive unit in the event of a malfunction in the nuclear facility; a detection sensor connected to the main stop-control device and configured to detect an operating condition of the nuclear facility; and an auxiliary stop-control device configured to control the power converter to cut off the power supply to the control-rod drive unit in the event of a malfunction in the nuclear facility, characterized in that the main stop-control device is configured to receive the detection signal issued from the detection sensor and to transmit the received detection signal to the auxiliary stop-control device.
An aqueous liquid laundry detergent composition having a pH of from 7 to 11 comprising: (i) from 5 to 25 wt.% of alcohol ether sulfate anionic surfactant and linear alkyl benzene sulfonate anionic surfactant, wherein the weight fraction of alcohol ether sulfate to linear alkyl benzene sulfonate is from 0.6 to 1; (ii) from 2 to 6 wt.% of an alkyl ether carboxylic acid anionic surfactant of the following structure: R 2 -(OCH 2 CH 2) n -OCH 2 -COOH, wherein: Rz is selected from C 16 to C 18 linear alkyl chains, wherein n is selected from 10 to 20, and wherein the weight fraction of alkyl ether carboxylic acid to (linear alkyl benzene sulfonate surfactant + alkyl ether sulfate surfactant) is from 0.1 to 1; (iii) at least 60 wt.% water; (iv) up to 4 wt.% of an ethoxylated alcohol non-ionic surfactant, wherein the weight fraction of ethoxylated alcohol non-ionic surfactant to (linear alkyl benzene sulfonate surfactant + alkyl ether sulfate surfactant) is from 0.1 to 0.2; and, (v) from 0 to 1 wt.% of phosphorous containing chemicals. (i) from 5 to 25 wt.% of alcohol ether sulfate anionic surfactant and linear alkyl benzene sulfonate anionic surfactant, wherein the weight fraction of alcohol ether sulfate to linear alkyl benzene sulfonate is from 0.6 to 1; (ii) from 2 to 6 wt.% of an alkyl ether carboxylic acid anionic surfactant of the following structure: R 2 -(OCH 2 CH 2) n -OCH 2 -COOH, wherein: Rz is selected from C 16 to C 18 linear alkyl chains, wherein n is selected from 10 to 20, and wherein the weight fraction of alkyl ether carboxylic acid to (linear alkyl benzene sulfonate surfactant + alkyl ether sulfate surfactant) is from 0.1 to 1; (iii) at least 60 wt.% water; (iv) up to 4 wt.% of an ethoxylated alcohol non-ionic surfactant, wherein the weight fraction of ethoxylated alcohol non-ionic surfactant to (linear alkyl benzene sulfonate surfactant + alkyl ether sulfate surfactant) is from 0.1 to 0.2; and, (v) from 0 to 1 wt.% of phosphorous containing chemicals.