mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of characterizing the RF transmit chain phase error in a magnetic resonance imaging scanner using - a local transmit/receive coil system (204; 210), the local transmit/receive coil system (204; 210) comprising a first local NMR probe and a first local magnetic resonance coil, the first NMR probe being spatially located in immediate neighborhood to the first coil, - a local receive coil system (206; 208), the local receive coil system (206; 208) comprising a second local NMR probe and a second local magnetic resonance coil, the second NMR probe being spatially located in immediate neighborhood to the second coil, wherein the transmit chain comprises an external MR coil (9; 11; 12; 13), the method comprising: - determining a first MR signal phase evolution of the local RF transmit field generated by MR excitation of the first probe using the first magnetic resonance coil by measuring the RF response of the first probe upon said excitation, the measurement being performed using the first local magnetic resonance coil, - determining a second MR signal phase evolution of the local RF transmit field generated by MR excitation of the second probe using the external MR coil (9; 11; 12; 13) by measuring the RF response of the second probe upon said excitation, the measurement being performed using the second local magnetic resonance coil, - providing the characterization of the RF transmit chain phase error by calculating a time-dependent phase offset between the first MR signal phase evolution and the second MR signal phase evolution. - a local transmit/receive coil system (204; 210), the local transmit/receive coil system (204; 210) comprising a first local NMR probe and a first local magnetic resonance coil, the first NMR probe being spatially located in immediate neighborhood to the first coil, - a local receive coil system (206; 208), the local receive coil system (206; 208) comprising a second local NMR probe and a second local magnetic resonance coil, the second NMR probe being spatially located in immediate neighborhood to the second coil, wherein the transmit chain comprises an external MR coil (9; 11; 12; 13), the method comprising: - determining a first MR signal phase evolution of the local RF transmit field generated by MR excitation of the first probe using the first magnetic resonance coil by measuring the RF response of the first probe upon said excitation, the measurement being performed using the first local magnetic resonance coil, - determining a second MR signal phase evolution of the local RF transmit field generated by MR excitation of the second probe using the external MR coil (9; 11; 12; 13) by measuring the RF response of the second probe upon said excitation, the measurement being performed using the second local magnetic resonance coil, - providing the characterization of the RF transmit chain phase error by calculating a time-dependent phase offset between the first MR signal phase evolution and the second MR signal phase evolution.
An ion mobility spectrometer comprising: an ionization region including an ionization source; wherein the ion mobility spectrometer is configured to fast clear-down a residual sample that remains in the ionization region by switching between positive and negative modes after receipt of a clear-down trigger. an ionization region including an ionization source; wherein
Method for adjusting an optical device, in particular for a lithography apparatus (100A, 100B), comprising a movable component (326, 700), a reference component (318, 346, 702) and an optical component (202, 706), wherein the movable component (326, 700) is connected by a mechanical operative connection (328, 704) to the optical component (202, 706), comprising the following steps: a) fixing the movable component (326, 700) in a mechanically defined position with respect to the reference component (318, 346, 702), b) optically measuring the optical component (202, 706) in order to obtain an optical measurement result, and c) adjusting the optical device depending on the optical measurement result. a) fixing the movable component (326, 700) in a mechanically defined position with respect to the reference component (318, 346, 702), b) optically measuring the optical component (202, 706) in order to obtain an optical measurement result, and c) adjusting the optical device depending on the optical measurement result.
Device for three-dimensional imaging of an object, comprising: an illumination unit, which is controllable, in order to set a plurality of illumination angles for an illumination of the object, wherein the illumination angle is an angle with respect to an optical axis of the device; a detector having an image sensor, which is configured to detect a plurality of images of the object for the plurality of illumination angles; an electronic processing unit (20; 144), which is coupled to the image sensor (15; 143) and which is configured for processing the plurality of images, wherein the electronic processing unit (20; 144) is configured to reconstruct three-dimensional amplitude information (57; 107, 108), which represents an extinction or optical density of the object as a function of the location in three dimensions, of the object depending on the plurality of images, wherein the electronic processing unit (20; 144) is configured to apply, for each illumination angle of the plurality of illumination angles, a transformation (T1-T3), which is assigned to the illumination angle, to an image which was detected for the corresponding illumination angle, wherein the transformation (T1-T3) compensates for a tilting of the detector relative to an illumination beam. an illumination unit, which is controllable, in order to set a plurality of illumination angles for an illumination of the object, wherein the illumination angle is an angle with respect to an optical axis of the device; a detector having an image sensor, which is configured to detect a plurality of images of the object for the plurality of illumination angles; an electronic processing unit (20; 144), which is coupled to the image sensor (15; 143) and which is configured for processing the plurality of images, wherein the electronic processing unit (20; 144) is configured to reconstruct three-dimensional amplitude information (57; 107, 108), which represents an extinction or optical density of the object as a function of the location in three dimensions, of the object depending on the plurality of images, wherein the electronic processing unit (20; 144) is configured to apply, for each illumination angle of the plurality of illumination angles, a transformation (T1-T3), which is assigned to the illumination angle, to an image which was detected for the corresponding illumination angle, wherein the transformation (T1-T3) compensates for a tilting of the detector relative to an illumination beam.
Method for cleaning surgical instruments, characterized in that a first liquid containing an oxidizing agent or consisting thereof and a second liquid which is alkaline and contains a complex-forming ingredient as well as a polyvalent alcohol are combined, whereby an activated cleaning system is obtained with which a surgical instrument to be cleaned is contacted, wherein the activation of the cleaning system is expressed in that the pH value of the cleaning system is led into the alkaline range and a heat development to temperatures above 30 °C occurs, and wherein upon contacting of a surgical instrument to be cleaned with the activated cleaning system a gas development takes place at the positions where soiling and encrustations adhere to the surgical instrument, respectively, and an automatic cleaning or at least an automatic effective pre-cleaning of the surgical instrument takes place.
A method of removing obstructing fluid plugs from a base section of a riser, which base section extends between a receiving end connected to an upright section of the riser and an emitting end of the riser connected to a subsea template located on a seabed, which subsea template is further connected to a wellhead for a drill hole to a subterranean void into which fluid received via the riser is to be injected from the subsea template, the method comprising: heating at least one assisting liquid to a predetermined temperature, the heating being effected in a vessel, forwarding at least one transport container holding the at least one heated assisting liquid from the vessel to a storage container in the subsea template, injecting the at least one heated assisting liquid from the storage container into at least one injection point in the base section, injecting, from the vessel at least one heated assisting liquid in the upright section of the riser, and repeat steps through until any plugs in the riser have melted away. heating at least one assisting liquid to a predetermined temperature, the heating being effected in a vessel, forwarding at least one transport container holding the at least one heated assisting liquid from the vessel to a storage container in the subsea template, injecting the at least one heated assisting liquid from the storage container into at least one injection point in the base section, injecting, from the vessel at least one heated assisting liquid in the upright section of the riser, and repeat steps through until any plugs in the riser have melted away.
A communication method, comprising: sending, by a first base station, measurement configuration to a user equipment; receiving, by the first base station, a measurement report from the user equipment, wherein the measurement report comprises a cell global identifier of a cell and information of all bands of the cell. sending, by a first base station, measurement configuration to a user equipment; receiving, by the first base station, a measurement report from the user equipment, wherein the measurement report comprises a cell global identifier of a cell and information of all bands of the cell.
A vehicle operation pedal apparatus including an elongate hollow pedal arm configured to be disposed in an up-down direction of a vehicle and provided with a pedal sheet that is disposed at a lower end portion of the hollow pedal arm and that is depressable in operation toward a vehicle front side, the vehicle operation pedal apparatus thereby transmitting a pedal operating force applied to the hollow pedal arm to an output member that is connectable to the hollow pedal arm so as to be pivotable relative to the hollow pedal arm, characterized in that: the hollow pedal arm is formed of a pair of a front half and a rear half each having a U-shaped section, which are two members split along an up-down longitudinal direction and confugured to be located respectively on front and rear sides with respect to the vehicle, and the halves are combined with each other so that opening sides face each other to join side end portions (32a, 32b, 34a, 34b) located on respective sides in a vehicle-width direction, thereby forming a hollow tubular shape; the vehicle operation pedal apparatus comprises a plate-shaped connection plate (24, 60) having a connecting portion connectable to the output member so as to be pivotable relative to the output member and fixed integrally with the hollow pedal arm; in the front half and the rear half, a slit-shaped first through-hole and a slit-shaped second through-hole are formed, respectively; and the connection plate is passed through the hollow pedal arm in a vehicle front-rear direction through the first through-hole and the second through-hole. the hollow pedal arm is formed of a pair of a front half and a rear half each having a U-shaped section, which are two members split along an up-down longitudinal direction and confugured to be located respectively on front and rear sides with respect to the vehicle, and the halves are combined with each other so that opening sides face each other to join side end portions (32a, 32b, 34a, 34b) located on respective sides in a vehicle-width direction, thereby forming a hollow tubular shape; the vehicle operation pedal apparatus comprises a plate-shaped connection plate (24, 60) having a connecting portion connectable to the output member so as to be pivotable relative to the output member and fixed integrally with the hollow pedal arm; in the front half and the rear half, a slit-shaped first through-hole and a slit-shaped second through-hole are formed, respectively; and the connection plate is passed through the hollow pedal arm in a vehicle front-rear direction through the first through-hole and the second through-hole.
A drum head stretched over an opening side of a hollow drum body, the drum head made of a lamination of a plurality of elastic films and having a plurality of holes pierced thorough the whole thickness of the laminated films, wherein a density of the holes is different between a central portion of the opening and a peripheral portion of the opening, and the density of the piercing holes in the center part of the drum head is sparse, and the density of the piercing holes in a periphery of the drum head is dense.
An alignment device (10, 110, 210, 310) of a materials-testing machine, in particular a tensile, pressure, and/or bending-moment materials-testing machine equipped with a moving cross-beam (11, 111, 311; 12), by means of which, as a result of a change in position of at least two radially aligned pressure elements (30a, 230a; 130b, 230b, 230c; 32a, 232a; 132b, 232b, 232c), such as e.g. a first segment cushion (238, 238 I, 238 II) on a first set screw (234, 234 I), and a second segment cushion (239, 239 I, 239 III) on a second set screw (236, 236 I), independently of each other there can be effected on an end of an axially guided testing-force transmission rod (41, 241, 341) a change in angle and an offset, characterized in that for the change in angle an end face on the end of the testing-force transmission rod (41, 241, 341) is designed such that it can be rolled off in an arcuate manner, which is in contact with a bent inside of an inner housing, and the inner housing is supported relative to an outer housing (51, 251) by means of at least one of the pressure elements (30a, 230a; 130b, 230b, 230c; 32a, 232a; 132b, 232b, 232c).
Console (101, 201) for a vehicle seat, comprising a console body (103, 203) and at least one floor panel, which is connected to a base surface of the console body (103, 203) and can be connected to a vehicle floor, wherein the console body (103, 203) has at least one cover surface, which is spaced apart from the base surface and can be connected to the vehicle seat.
A heat exchanger including plural heat transfer tubes and plural fins each having two opposing sides and plural opening ports on one side, of the two sides, for inserting and fastening the plural heat transfer tubes, the heat exchanger being formed such that the plural heat transfer tubes and the plural fins cross each other, characterized in that three plural heat transfer tubes, of the plural heat transfer tubes, at both end portions and a center portion are fastened to the opening ports in a state protruding from the one sides of the plural fins toward the outside of the plural fins and having spatial portions, which become gaps, with deepest portions of the opening ports opposing the one side of the fin. the heat exchanger being formed such that the plural heat transfer tubes and the plural fins cross each other, characterized in that three plural heat transfer tubes, of the plural heat transfer tubes, at both end portions and a center portion are fastened to the opening ports in a state protruding from the one sides of the plural fins toward the outside of the plural fins and having spatial portions, which become gaps, with deepest portions of the opening ports opposing the one side of the fin.
Method for producing an insulation layer on a flat or a flat inclined roof on a building, consisting of at least two different insulation elements (4, 5) being arranged stacked in the insulation layer, whereby the insulation elements (4, 5) are arranged in one packing and/or transport unit, having the following steps: - taking at least a first insulation element from the packing and/or transport unit; - arranging the first insulation element in the insulation layer on the roof; - taking at least a second insulation element from the packing and/or transport unit and - arranging the second insulation element on the first insulation element of the insulation layer, whereby the first and the second insulation elements being arranged stacked in the insulation layer have different properties, especially a different compression strength and point load resistance, and whereby the first and the second insulation elements are arranged in the packing and/or transport unit in that with the first insulation elements an insulation area can be built up, having a size being substantially equal to the size of an insulation area being built up with the second insulation elements. - taking at least a first insulation element from the packing and/or transport unit; - arranging the first insulation element in the insulation layer on the roof; - taking at least a second insulation element from the packing and/or transport unit and - arranging the second insulation element on the first insulation element of the insulation layer,
A method of culturing an animal cell other than a IgM-producing cell comprising starting culturing in an initial medium containing an enzymatic degradation product of fish meat added thereto and feeding at least once a feed medium containing an enzymatic degradation product of fish meat to the medium during culturing.
A method comprising: splitting pictures of a source picture sequence into a plurality of tile rectangles along a grid, wherein a tile rectangle is a rectangular area in a picture; forming a corresponding number of tile rectangle sequences, wherein each tile rectangle sequence corresponds to a certain position in the grid; encoding each tile rectangle sequence independently into one or more versions of a corresponding number of coded tile rectangle sequences with different characteristics so as to be used for viewport-dependent delivery, wherein the characteristics comprise picture quality; and merging two or more coded tile rectangles from different coded tile rectangle sequences vertically at each time instance into a coded picture such that each coded tile rectangle forms a coded slice in the coded picture so as to provide a better picture quality for a viewport than for a remaining area of the source picture, wherein a viewport represents a portion of the decoded picture rendered on a display resulting by decoding the coded picture. splitting pictures of a source picture sequence into a plurality of tile rectangles along a grid, wherein a tile rectangle is a rectangular area in a picture; forming a corresponding number of tile rectangle sequences, wherein each tile rectangle sequence corresponds to a certain position in the grid; encoding each tile rectangle sequence independently into one or more versions of a corresponding number of coded tile rectangle sequences with different characteristics so as to be used for viewport-dependent delivery, wherein the characteristics comprise picture quality; and merging two or more coded tile rectangles from different coded tile rectangle sequences vertically at each time instance into a coded picture such that each coded tile rectangle forms a coded slice in the coded picture so as to provide a better picture quality for a viewport than for a remaining area of the source picture, wherein a viewport represents a portion of the decoded picture rendered on a display resulting by decoding the coded picture.
An elongate insert for a leading edge of a stair, the insert comprising: a main body having a tread surface and a coupling interface to couple the insert to the stair, wherein the coupling interface comprises at least one hooking part for securing the insert to the stair, an opening extending through the length of the main body, characterized in that the insert is formed substantially of concrete.
Process for separating non- Hevea natural rubber in the form of solid crumbs from a solution in an organic solvent system including it, characterized by: a) subjecting said solution to a stripping stage by means of water vapor, in the presence of a dispersing system that includes: - from 0.5 to 1.0% by weight with respect to the total weight of said rubber of at least one water-soluble surfactant belonging to the family of polycarboxylates; - from 0.05 to 1.0% by weight with respect to the total weight of said rubber of at least one water-soluble salt of a metal selected from Al, Ca and Mg, obtaining said solid crumbs of non- Hevea natural rubber in aqueous suspension; b) separating said crumbs of non- Hevea natural rubber from said aqueous suspension; c) subjecting said crumbs of non- Hevea natural rubber to drying. a) subjecting said solution to a stripping stage by means of water vapor, in the presence of a dispersing system that includes: - from 0.5 to 1.0% by weight with respect to the total weight of said rubber of at least one water-soluble surfactant belonging to the family of polycarboxylates; - from 0.05 to 1.0% by weight with respect to the total weight of said rubber of at least one water-soluble salt of a metal selected from Al, Ca and Mg, obtaining said solid crumbs of non- Hevea natural rubber in aqueous suspension; - from 0.5 to 1.0% by weight with respect to the total weight of said rubber of at least one water-soluble surfactant belonging to the family of polycarboxylates; - from 0.05 to 1.0% by weight with respect to the total weight of said rubber of at least one water-soluble salt of a metal selected from Al, Ca and Mg, b) separating said crumbs of non- Hevea natural rubber from said aqueous suspension; c) subjecting said crumbs of non- Hevea natural rubber to drying.