mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of x-ray imaging, comprising: obtaining, by a processor, a first plurality of x-ray projection images of a patient; and identifying, by the processor, at least one object (74, 86) in the first plurality of x-ray projection images; wherein the first plurality of x-ray projection images is received from an x-ray receiver; obtaining, by the processor, a priori information of the at least one identified object; adjusting, by the processor, at least one x-ray imaging parameter based upon the at least one identified object and the obtained a priori information; restricting, by a collimator, at least one dimension of an x-ray beam of x-rays from an x-ray emitter based upon the first plurality of x-ray projection images; obtaining, by the processor, a second plurality of x-ray projection images from the x-ray receiver in accordance with the at least one adjusted x-ray imaging parameter and the at least one restricted dimension of the x-ray beam of x-rays; reconstructing, by the processor, a three-dimensional volume from the second plurality of x-ray projection images and the a priori information of the at least one identified object to produce a reconstructed 3D image from the 3D volume; and presenting, by a graphical display, the reconstructed 3D image; wherein the at least one identified object comprises a dental implant and the a priori information comprises a physical property of the at least one identified object. obtaining, by a processor, a first plurality of x-ray projection images of a patient; and identifying, by the processor, at least one object (74, 86) in the first plurality of x-ray projection images; wherein the first plurality of x-ray projection images is received from an x-ray receiver; obtaining, by the processor, a priori information of the at least one identified object; adjusting, by the processor, at least one x-ray imaging parameter based upon the at least one identified object and the obtained a priori information; restricting, by a collimator, at least one dimension of an x-ray beam of x-rays from an x-ray emitter based upon the first plurality of x-ray projection images; obtaining, by the processor, a second plurality of x-ray projection images from the x-ray receiver in accordance with the at least one adjusted x-ray imaging parameter and the at least one restricted dimension of the x-ray beam of x-rays; reconstructing, by the processor, a three-dimensional volume from the second plurality of x-ray projection images and the a priori information of the at least one identified object to produce a reconstructed 3D image from the 3D volume; and presenting, by a graphical display, the reconstructed 3D image; wherein the at least one identified object comprises a dental implant and the a priori information comprises a physical property of the at least one identified object.
An optical communications network (10, 40), characterized in that the optical communications network (10, 40) comprises: an optical line termination (12, 80, 100); a first arrayed waveguide grating, AWG, comprising four input ports and four output ports; four feeder fibres each coupled between said optical line termination (12, 80, 100) and a respective one of said four input ports, wherein three feeder fibres of the four feeder fibres are allocated as working feeder fibres and one feeder fibre of the four feeder fibres is allocated as a backup feeder fibre; four wavelength division multiplexed passive optical network distribution networks, WDM PON, (22, 30) each coupled to a respective one of said four output ports; and twelve optical network units, wherein each WDM PON (22, 30) comprises a second AWG, wherein each of the second AWG comprises one input port and four output ports, said output ports being respectively coupled to three distribution fibres and a backup fibre, wherein the backup fibre comprises three branches each of which is respectively coupled to the three distribution fibres, wherein each of the twelve optical network units is respectively coupled to a distribution fiber, and wherein the three optical network units of each WDM PON (22, 30) are respectively coupled pairwise via interconnection fibres to optical network units of the other three WDM PONs (22, 30). an optical line termination (12, 80, 100); a first arrayed waveguide grating, AWG, comprising four input ports and four output ports; four feeder fibres each coupled between said optical line termination (12, 80, 100) and a respective one of said four input ports, wherein three feeder fibres of the four feeder fibres are allocated as working feeder fibres and one feeder fibre of the four feeder fibres is allocated as a backup feeder fibre; four wavelength division multiplexed passive optical network distribution networks, WDM PON, (22, 30) each coupled to a respective one of said four output ports; and twelve optical network units, wherein each WDM PON (22, 30) comprises a second AWG, wherein each of the second AWG comprises one input port and four output ports, said output ports being respectively coupled to three distribution fibres and a backup fibre, wherein the backup fibre comprises three branches each of which is respectively coupled to the three distribution fibres, wherein each of the twelve optical network units is respectively coupled to a distribution fiber, and wherein the three optical network units of each WDM PON (22, 30) are respectively coupled pairwise via interconnection fibres to optical network units of the other three WDM PONs (22, 30).
A power tool (100; 200), which is adapted to perform a prescribed operation on a workpiece by driving a tool accessory, comprising a motor, a spindle that is adapted to transmit a driving force of the motor to the tool accessory, a tool accessory holding member that is configured to be movable in a spindle rotation axis direction between a holding position for holding the tool accessory and a releasing position for releasing the tool accessory, a lock mechanism that is adapted to engage with the tool accessory holding member in the holding position and lock the tool accessory holding member, and a body housing that forms at least part of an outer shell of the power tool (100; 200), wherein the spindle has a hollow shape and has a first end and a second end in the spindle rotation axis direction, the tool accessory holding member has a spindle inner region that is disposed inside the spindle, a tool accessory fastening region that protrudes from the first end and can be fastened to the tool accessory, and an engagement region that protrudes from the second end and can be engaged with the lock mechanism, and the lock mechanism is disposed between the second end and a wall of the body housing in the spindle rotation axis direction, characterized in that the power tool (100; 200) further comprises a biasing member that is disposed between the second end and the lock mechanism, wherein the biasing member biases the tool accessory holding member in a direction of the engagement region, so that the tool accessory is held between the tool accessory fastening region and the spindle and fastened to the tool accessory fastening region.
An expandable thermoplastic resin particle comprising a polymer obtained from a monomer composition comprising 60 to 80 parts by weight of α-methylstyrene and 40 to 20 parts by weight of acrylonitrile, wherein a content of residual monomeric components in the particle, measured as disclosed in the description is not more than 0.5% by weight, wherein the average chord length of foam cells in a cross section of an expanded mold article produced from the expandable thermoplastic resin particle at an expansion ratio of 10 times is not shorter than 20 μm and not longer than 60 μm, and the average chord length in the cross section of the expanded mold article was measured by determining the average cell diameter of the expanded mold article by observing a cross section of the expanded mold article and then determining the average chord length from the number of foam cells that present on one straight line of 60 mm on the cross section according to the following formula: average chord length t = the length of the line / the number of the foam cells × the magnification of the image.
A device for the emergency unlocking of a door lock on a motor vehicle, having an actuating means which, when the device is installed in a vehicle, can be mechanically connected to the door lock in order to unlock the door lock when the actuating means is displaced, having an electric actuator (10; 34), with a blocking means which is coupled to the actuator (10; 34) and can be moved by the actuator from a blocking position into a release position, wherein the blocking means blocks a displacement of the actuating means in its blocking position and releases a displacement of the actuating means in its release position, characterised in that a wireless data interface is coupled to an electronic control device, wherein the data interface and the control device are coupled to the actuator (10; 34), wherein the data interface and the control device are designed to receive both authorisation data and energy for the operation of the actuator (10; 34) and the control device from a mobile device wirelessly coupled to the data interface, wherein the control device is configured to control the actuator (10; 34) in dependence on the received authorisation data in order to transfer the blocking means from the blocking position into the release position by means of the actuator, wherein a mechanical access device is formed, which is operatively connected to the actuating means, in order to displace the released actuating means for unlocking the door lock. having an actuating means which, when the device is installed in a vehicle, can be mechanically connected to the door lock in order to unlock the door lock when the actuating means is displaced, having an electric actuator (10; 34), with a blocking means which is coupled to the actuator (10; 34) and can be moved by the actuator from a blocking position into a release position, wherein the blocking means blocks a displacement of the actuating means in its blocking position and releases a displacement of the actuating means in its release position, characterised in that a wireless data interface is coupled to an electronic control device, wherein the data interface and the control device are coupled to the actuator (10; 34), wherein the data interface and the control device are designed to receive both authorisation data and energy for the operation of the actuator (10; 34) and the control device from a mobile device wirelessly coupled to the data interface, wherein the control device is configured to control the actuator (10; 34) in dependence on the received authorisation data in order to transfer the blocking means from the blocking position into the release position by means of the actuator, wherein a mechanical access device is formed, which is operatively connected to the actuating means, in order to displace the released actuating means for unlocking the door lock.
A joint member comprising: a central hub; two or more acceptor ports (203, 204, 206, 207) extending away from the central hub, wherein each acceptor port is formed with (i) an inner protrusion (208, 214) and (ii) an outer protrusion (209, 215) that is concentric with the inner protrusion, wherein the inner protrusion and the outer protrusion form an annular region therebetween for mating with a terminal end of a connecting tube that is fitted on the inner protrusion; and one or more fluid ports (504, 506) connected to each of the two or more acceptor ports, said one or more fluid ports being in fluid communication with an internal channel inside of a wall of the inner protrusion. a central hub; two or more acceptor ports (203, 204, 206, 207) extending away from the central hub, wherein each acceptor port is formed with (i) an inner protrusion (208, 214) and (ii) an outer protrusion (209, 215) that is concentric with the inner protrusion, wherein the inner protrusion and the outer protrusion form an annular region therebetween for mating with a terminal end of a connecting tube that is fitted on the inner protrusion; and one or more fluid ports (504, 506) connected to each of the two or more acceptor ports, said one or more fluid ports being in fluid communication with an internal channel inside of a wall of the inner protrusion.
A process of making a yarn having suitability for weaving features, comprising the steps of: - providing natural animal fibers, vegetable fibers, synthetic polymer fibers and/or man-made natural fibers, continuous filaments of animal origin and/or discontinuous filaments of animal origin, to be used in a pure state or blended together; - performing one or more processing operations on said fibers and/or said filaments for preparing them to spinning, selected from the group comprising: washing, drying, blending, cleaning, opening, reeling, carding, combing, parallelization, web formation, stretching/thinning, rover formation and/or dyeing and - spinning said fibers and/or said filaments once one or more of said processing operations have been performed on said fibers and/or said filaments for preparing them to spinning, to obtain the yarn, characterized in that it comprises: - a step of application of a reinforcement product comprising a composition of chitosan and/or derivatives thereof to said fibers and/or to said filaments, said step of applying said reinforcement product comprising a composition of chitosan and/or derivatives thereof to said fibers and/or to said filaments being carried out before the step of spinning of said fibers and/or said filaments, and - performing a subsequent step of crosslinking of the chitosan and/or derivatives thereof of said reinforcement product applied to said fibers and/or to said filaments, such that a crosslinked reinforcement polymer permanently anchored to said fibers and/or to said filaments is obtained from said chitosan and/or derivatives thereof. - providing natural animal fibers, vegetable fibers, synthetic polymer fibers and/or man-made natural fibers, continuous filaments of animal origin and/or discontinuous filaments of animal origin, to be used in a pure state or blended together; - performing one or more processing operations on said fibers and/or said filaments for preparing them to spinning, selected from the group comprising: washing, drying, blending, cleaning, opening, reeling, carding, combing, parallelization, web formation, stretching/thinning, rover formation and/or dyeing and - spinning said fibers and/or said filaments once one or more of said processing operations have been performed on said fibers and/or said filaments for preparing them to spinning, to obtain the yarn, characterized in that it comprises: - a step of application of a reinforcement product comprising a composition of chitosan and/or derivatives thereof to said fibers and/or to said filaments, said step of applying said reinforcement product comprising a composition of chitosan and/or derivatives thereof to said fibers and/or to said filaments being carried out before the step of spinning of said fibers and/or said filaments, and - performing a subsequent step of crosslinking of the chitosan and/or derivatives thereof of said reinforcement product applied to said fibers and/or to said filaments, such that a crosslinked reinforcement polymer permanently anchored to said fibers and/or to said filaments is obtained from said chitosan and/or derivatives thereof.
A network node configured to communicate with a wireless device, the network node comprising: processing circuitry configured to: configure a triggering signal to conditionally trigger a search space expansion in the WD such that the triggering signal fulfills at least one predetermined criterion that is based at least in part on at least one of physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, characteristics, physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, characteristics and physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH, characteristics wherein the at least one predetermined criterion is based at least in part on a PDCCH scrambled by a predetermined radio network temporary identifier, RNTI, the RNTI being an identifier assigned to the wireless device; and a radio interface in communication with the processing circuitry, the radio interface configured to transmit the triggering signal, wherein the network node is further configured to use scheduling time offset values K0, K1, K2 to inform the WD about upcoming activity in time between the physical downlink shared channel/physical uplink shared channel, PDSCH/PUSCH and channel state information reference signal, CSI-RS reception and/or physical uplink shared channel/physical uplink control channel, PUSCH/PUCCH transmissions and to cause the WD to perform search space expansion in one or more upcoming slots according to the scheduling time offset values. processing circuitry configured to: configure a triggering signal to conditionally trigger a search space expansion in the WD such that the triggering signal fulfills at least one predetermined criterion that is based at least in part on at least one of physical downlink control channel, PDCCH, characteristics, physical uplink shared channel, PUSCH, characteristics and physical downlink shared channel, PDSCH, characteristics wherein the at least one predetermined criterion is based at least in part on a PDCCH scrambled by a predetermined radio network temporary identifier, RNTI, the RNTI being an identifier assigned to the wireless device; and a radio interface in communication with the processing circuitry, the radio interface configured to transmit the triggering signal, wherein the network node is further configured to use scheduling time offset values K0, K1, K2 to inform the WD about upcoming activity in time between the physical downlink shared channel/physical uplink shared channel, PDSCH/PUSCH and channel state information reference signal, CSI-RS reception and/or physical uplink shared channel/physical uplink control channel, PUSCH/PUCCH transmissions and to cause the WD to perform search space expansion in one or more upcoming slots according to the scheduling time offset values.
Pharmaceutical compositions containing as the active ingredient sulphated hyaluronic acid of molecular weight between 50.000 and 800.000 D having a degree of sulphation between 0.5 and 3.5 for use in the prevention and/or treatment of cartilage damage caused by degenerative osteoarthritis and/or wear due to aging of the joint structure, wherein the composition is administered orally.
Device for towing a gliding board, in particular a ski, comprising: - a base to be mounted on the gliding board; - a slider capable of adopting, on the one hand, a service position in which this slider is positioned at a distance from the base and, on the other hand, an off position in which this slider is positioned close to the base; - means for mounting the slider relative to the base while sliding, wherein this is between the service position and the off position; - means to retain the slider in the service position comprising, on the one hand, a retaining member (43, 700), which comprises the slider and, on the other hand, a complementary retaining member (25, 26, 701) comprised by the means for mounting the slider while sliding; characterized by the fact that the retaining means are designed to adopt, on the one hand, an active position for retaining the slider in the service position, wherein this exerts a displacement constraint on the slider in the direction of its off position, wherein this constraint is lower than a determined constraint and, on the other hand, an inactive retaining position with a constraint that is greater than this determined constraint. - a base to be mounted on the gliding board; - a slider capable of adopting, on the one hand, a service position in which this slider is positioned at a distance from the base and, on the other hand, an off position in which this slider is positioned close to the base; - means for mounting the slider relative to the base while sliding, wherein this is between the service position and the off position; - means to retain the slider in the service position comprising, on the one hand, a retaining member (43, 700), which comprises the slider and, on the other hand, a complementary retaining member (25, 26, 701) comprised by the means for mounting the slider while sliding;
Device for generating short pulses, said device comprising: - a polarised pulse laser (10, 2, 3) having a polarisation direction; - a birefringent optical fibre having birefringence axes, said polarisation direction not being collinear to said birefringence axes; - an output polariser positioned at the output of said fibre, said polariser being suitable for selecting a polarisation at the output of said fibre; characterised in that said pulse laser is a longitudinally quasi-single-mode laser, and in that the birefringent optical fibre is arranged to generate a rotation of the polarisation direction in normal dispersion mode in a non-soliton-like mode. - a polarised pulse laser (10, 2, 3) having a polarisation direction; - a birefringent optical fibre having birefringence axes, said polarisation direction not being collinear to said birefringence axes; - an output polariser positioned at the output of said fibre, said polariser being suitable for selecting a polarisation at the output of said fibre;
A coating liquid for a planarization film prepared by adding into an organic solvent, with respect to 1 mol of a phenyltrialkoxysilane, 0.1 mol to 1 mol of acetic acid and 0.005 mol to 0.05 mol of organic tin as a catalyst, hydrolyzing the silane with 2 mol to 4 mol of water, then distilling away the organic solvent at a temperature of 160°C to 210°C under reduced pressure to yield a resin, and dissolving the resin in an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent.
An assembly comprising: a wireless device having a device body with a tapered shape including a front surface configured to face away from a user body, a rear surface configured to face toward the user body, the rear surface having a same shape as the front surface and a greater dimension than the front surface, and a cavity in which a processor and at least one wireless communication antenna (513, 515) are disposed; and an accessory configured to be worn on the user body, the accessory having an accessory body having opposing outer and inner surfaces configured to respectively face away from and face toward the user body when the accessory is worn on the user body, wherein the accessory body has a tapered cavity extending between the inner and outer surfaces and configured to releasably receive the wireless device, and the tapered cavity includes a front opening in the outer surface of the accessory body having a smaller dimension than a rear opening in the inner surface of the accessory body, and the front opening having the same shape as and a smaller dimension than the front and rear surfaces (11a, 11b) of the device body to prevent the wireless device from passing through the front opening. a wireless device having a device body with a tapered shape including a front surface configured to face away from a user body, a rear surface configured to face toward the user body, the rear surface having a same shape as the front surface and a greater dimension than the front surface, and a cavity in which a processor and at least one wireless communication antenna (513, 515) are disposed; and an accessory configured to be worn on the user body, the accessory having an accessory body having opposing outer and inner surfaces configured to respectively face away from and face toward the user body when the accessory is worn on the user body, wherein the accessory body has a tapered cavity extending between the inner and outer surfaces and configured to releasably receive the wireless device, and the tapered cavity includes a front opening in the outer surface of the accessory body having a smaller dimension than a rear opening in the inner surface of the accessory body, and the front opening having the same shape as and a smaller dimension than the front and rear surfaces (11a, 11b) of the device body to prevent the wireless device from passing through the front opening.