mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for converting input images, comprising: a) receiving an input image in a sequence of images, wherein the input image has a first dynamic range; b) converting the input image into a second image, wherein the second image has a second dynamic range, which is lower than the first dynamic range, and wherein the conversion is based on a dynamic range compression function that comprises one or more parameters; c) computing a residual image using the input image and the second image; d) determining whether the residual image has at least one false contour; and e) upon determining that the residual image has at least one false contour, adjusting at least one of the parameters, wherein the determining step d) comprises a pixel-level detection method and a picture-level detection method, wherein the pixel-level detection method comprises computing pixel-level false contour indicators based on a respective median of a normalized standard deviation of all pixels in a surrounding area of a respective pixel in the residual image, wherein the picture-level detection method comprises computing a false contours detection metric as a function of a number of connected block level false contour indicators that are computed for blocks of the residual image based on one or more pixel-level false contour indicators. a) receiving an input image in a sequence of images, wherein the input image has a first dynamic range; b) converting the input image into a second image, wherein the second image has a second dynamic range, which is lower than the first dynamic range, and wherein the conversion is based on a dynamic range compression function that comprises one or more parameters; c) computing a residual image using the input image and the second image; d) determining whether the residual image has at least one false contour; and e) upon determining that the residual image has at least one false contour, adjusting at least one of the parameters,
Exercise device, optionally being a rowing simulator, comprising: at least one elongate track onto which a seat and a footrest are slidingly movably arranged, such that the seat and the footrest are independently movable along the at least one track; a resistance element connected to a handle via a drive cord through which the resistance element can be driven upon pulling the handle towards the seat; and a cord guiding member, optionally being a pulley, arranged between the handle and the resistance element over which the drive cord passes, wherein the resistance element is arranged substantially stationary with respect to the at least one track, characterized in that the cord guiding member is arranged substantially stationary with respect to the footrest, so that the general position of the cord guiding member remains unchanged with respect to the footrest and so that the cord guiding member moves with the footrest. at least one elongate track onto which a seat and a footrest are slidingly movably arranged, such that the seat and the footrest are independently movable along the at least one track; a resistance element connected to a handle via a drive cord through which the resistance element can be driven upon pulling the handle towards the seat; and a cord guiding member, optionally being a pulley, arranged between the handle and the resistance element over which the drive cord passes, wherein the resistance element is arranged substantially stationary with respect to the at least one track, characterized in that
A filter (100, 708, 710) comprising: a porous element (400, 740, 840, 841) comprising a cylindrical body including an upper surface, a lower surface and a circumferential sidewall intersecting the upper surface and the lower surface, and a compression element (300, 730, 830, 831) comprising a cylindrical body having an upper surface, a lower surface, an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface, the inner circumferential surface configured to receive the porous element (400, 740, 840, 841), thereby forming an assembly, wherein the diameter of the sidewall of the porous element is substantially the same or slightly smaller than the diameter of the inner circumferential surface of the compression element such that the compression element (300, 730, 830, 831) receives the porous element (400, 740, 840, 841) in a slip-fit relationship wherein the filter (100, 708, 710) further comprises a housing (200, 720) having an opening (208, 712, 808) formed therein, the opening (208, 712, 808) configured to receive the assembly in a press-fit relationship, such that an interaction between the opening (208, 712, 808) and the outer surface of the compression element (300, 730, 830, 831) is suitable to convert a force applied to the assembly, into a radial force between the inner circumferential surface of the compression element (300, 730, 830, 831) and the side wall of the porous element (400, 740, 840, 841) so that the assembly is retained within the opening (208, 712, 808) when the assembly is received therein. a porous element (400, 740, 840, 841) comprising a cylindrical body including an upper surface, a lower surface and a circumferential sidewall intersecting the upper surface and the lower surface, and a compression element (300, 730, 830, 831) comprising a cylindrical body having an upper surface, a lower surface, an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface, the inner circumferential surface configured to receive the porous element (400, 740, 840, 841), thereby forming an assembly, wherein the diameter of the sidewall of the porous element is substantially the same or slightly smaller than the diameter of the inner circumferential surface of the compression element such that the compression element (300, 730, 830, 831) receives the porous element (400, 740, 840, 841) in a slip-fit relationship wherein the filter (100, 708, 710) further comprises a housing (200, 720) having an opening (208, 712, 808) formed therein, the opening (208, 712, 808) configured to receive the assembly in a press-fit relationship, such that an interaction between the opening (208, 712, 808) and the outer surface of the compression element (300, 730, 830, 831) is suitable to convert a force applied to the assembly, into a radial force between the inner circumferential surface of the compression element (300, 730, 830, 831) and the side wall of the porous element (400, 740, 840, 841) so that the assembly is retained within the opening (208, 712, 808) when the assembly is received therein.
Method for arming/disarming a slide of an aeroplane door linked with a cabin floor of the aeroplane, wherein - in arming mode, called ARM - the door is lowered into closed position to engage first connection parts (21a, 21b) of two releasable mechanisms with elastic centring on second connection parts (22a, 22b) of these mechanisms, respectively secured to the door and to the cabin floor; the first parts (21a, 21b) are locked onto the second parts (22a, 22b) of the mechanisms by a misalignment of respective imprints (25i, 22M) following the simultaneous rotational driving of the first connection parts (21a, 21b) by a translation according to a blocking kinematic triggered by a single control via a coupling bar coupled by attachment means by locking/unlocking grasps (25a, 25b) of the first connection parts (21a, 21b) and actuated by an energy source, other imprints (2M, 25s) of the first parts (21a, 21b) being then aligned in a releasable manner; in case of emergency exit, the slide only coupled to each mechanism is unwound and inflated; and - in disarming mode, called DISARM - said mechanisms are unlocked by a mechanical driving (14, 5; 25a, 25b) of release translational and rotational kinematic which unlocks the first parts (21a, 21b) from the second parts (22a, 22b) by an alignment of respective imprints (25i, 22M) and locks the first parts (21a, 21b) to the door by a misalignment of the other imprints (2M, 25s), then to lift the door to uncouple the parts (21a, 21b; 22a, 22b) of the mechanisms before proceeding with the opening thereof.
Method for producing a material web composed of strengthening members, which are embedded into a rubber mixture and which run parallel to one another and which are composed of steel, having the following steps: a) producing a rubber mixture web that forms an upper plate and a second rubber mixture web that forms a lower plate, b) leading a strengthening member web, which is composed of a multiplicity of strengthening members running parallel to one another, under tension through the roll gap of a roll calender, c) leading the upper plate from one side of the strengthening member web, and the lower plate from the other side of the strengthening member web, through the roll gap of the roll calender, with said upper plate and lower plate being joined together with the strengthening member web, characterized in that the strengthening member web is, before or as it enters the roll gap, provided with a multiplicity of filaments which produce contact between in each case at least some of the strengthening members at least substantially transversely with respect to the direction of extent of the strengthening member web, which filaments are composed of electrically non-conductive textile carrier filaments provided with a coating composed of an electrically conductive material. a) producing a rubber mixture web that forms an upper plate and a second rubber mixture web that forms a lower plate, b) leading a strengthening member web, which is composed of a multiplicity of strengthening members running parallel to one another, under tension through the roll gap of a roll calender, c) leading the upper plate from one side of the strengthening member web, and the lower plate from the other side of the strengthening member web, through the roll gap of the roll calender, with said upper plate and lower plate being joined together with the strengthening member web,
An assembly of molding materials for injection molding, extrusion molding or pultrusion molding, each of the molding materials containing carbon fibers having a fiber length of 2 mm or more and a thermoplastic resin, wherein the carbon fibers are PAN-based carbon fibers, each of the molding materials is a solid having a plane A1 and one or more other face Bi, one or more cross sections of the carbon fibers are observed in at least one face Bi, and the number of the cross sections of the carbon fibers per unit area observed in the face Bi is twice or more the number of the cross sections of the carbon fibers per unit area observed in the plane A1, the carbon fibers are randomly dispersed in a plane direction parallel to the plane A1, and a ratio of fibers in which 50% or more of an outer peripheral surface of each carbon fiber is coated with the thermoplastic resin is from 80 to 100% to total carbon fibers, when melt-kneaded to a dispersion parameter of 0 to 10%, the carbon fibers contained in the melt-kneaded molding material has a weight average fiber length of 0.3 mm or more, and wherein each molding material has a diameter of a minimum circumscribed circle of a plane having a maximum area in the planes of the molding material, and the weight ratio of the molding materials with the diameter being 8 to 20 mm, to the molding materials with the diameter being less than 8 mm, is 30:70 to 70:30. each of the molding materials is a solid having a plane A1 and one or more other face Bi, one or more cross sections of the carbon fibers are observed in at least one face Bi, and the number of the cross sections of the carbon fibers per unit area observed in the face Bi is twice or more the number of the cross sections of the carbon fibers per unit area observed in the plane A1, the carbon fibers are randomly dispersed in a plane direction parallel to the plane A1, and a ratio of fibers in which 50% or more of an outer peripheral surface of each carbon fiber is coated with the thermoplastic resin is from 80 to 100% to total carbon fibers,
An optoelectronic sensor, in particular a laser scanner, using correction of the signal dynamics, i.e. of the relative reception power as a function of the distance of a scanned object, and for detecting the object in a monitoring area, the sensor comprising a light transmitter for transmitting a light beam into the monitoring area, a light receiver for generating a reception signal from the remitted light beam remitted by the object, a movable deflection unit for periodically deflecting the light beam (16, 22) in order to scan the monitoring area in the course of the movement, and a control and evaluation unit configured to detect the object by evaluating the received signal with a threshold value, to determine the light time of flight between transmission and reception of the light beam (16, 22) and thus the distance to the object, to store the signal dynamics determined by measurement, simulation and/or optical considerations, and to correct the signal dynamics by adapting the sensitivity of the sensor, the control and evaluation unit storing the signal dynamics as such or only variables derived therefrom, characterized in that the control and evaluation unit is configured to adapt the threshold value as a function of distance on the basis of the stored signal dynamics.
A turbomachine comprising: - a chamber having an inlet and an outlet for fluid to be moved, - an impeller placed in the chamber for moving the fluid, - equipment for measuring first process quantities related to the turbomachine, and - a processor for calculating an estimate for a second process quantity related to the turbomachine on the basis of measured values of the first process quantities and a reference table of interrelations between process quantities prevailing in reference inlet conditions which correspond to a pre-defined inlet fluid temperature, a pre-defined inlet fluid pressure, and pre-defined fluid properties at the inlet, characterized in that the reference table and the measured values of the first process quantities represent such a set of data values that the estimate is obtainable on the basis of different sub-sets of the set of data values, and the processor is arranged to give, in the calculation of the estimate, more weight to a first sub-set of the set of data values which has a smaller error estimate than to a second sub-set of the set of data values which has a greater error estimate in order to increase the accuracy of the estimate, the error estimate related to each sub-set being proportional to a scalar product of a vector of squares of sensitivities of the estimate with respect to the data values of that sub-set and a vector of variances of the data values of that sub-set. - a chamber having an inlet and an outlet for fluid to be moved, - an impeller placed in the chamber for moving the fluid, - equipment for measuring first process quantities related to the turbomachine, and - a processor for calculating an estimate for a second process quantity related to the turbomachine on the basis of measured values of the first process quantities and a reference table of interrelations between process quantities prevailing in reference inlet conditions which correspond to a pre-defined inlet fluid temperature, a pre-defined inlet fluid pressure, and pre-defined fluid properties at the inlet,
A catheter (100, 200) for delivering an implantable stimulation device in a patient comprising: a probe (130, 230) comprising a plurality of electrodes (140, 240), wherein the probe is transferrable from a reduced delivery state for movement within a human body to an expanded tissue contacting state, in which at least one electrode of the plurality of electrodes is in contact with tissue; and at least one holder, wherein the at least one holder is positioned proximally to the probe (130, 230) by a predefined distance (d), characterized in that the at least one holder is configured such that 2. the implantable stimulation device is attachable to the at least one holder, and wherein the probe comprises at least one expandable helical section configured to contact the tissue, when it is transferred to the expanded tissue contacting state. a probe (130, 230) comprising a plurality of electrodes (140, 240), wherein the probe is transferrable from a reduced delivery state for movement within a human body to an expanded tissue contacting state, in which at least one electrode of the plurality of electrodes is in contact with tissue; and at least one holder, wherein the at least one holder is positioned proximally to the probe (130, 230) by a predefined distance (d), characterized in that the at least one holder is configured such that 2. the implantable stimulation device is attachable to the at least one holder, and wherein the probe comprises at least one expandable helical section configured to contact the tissue, when it is transferred to the expanded tissue contacting state.
A monomeric hydroxycitric acid compound of formula: wherein: X is a divalent metal selected from Group IIA metals, Group IIB metals and Group VIIB metals; and Y is a monovalent metal; or a hydrate thereof. X is a divalent metal selected from Group IIA metals, Group IIB metals and Group VIIB metals; and Y is a monovalent metal; or a hydrate thereof.
A method for reconstructing intended activities from a first representation (R 1) of neuronal signals which is indicative of an intended activity, wherein the signals have been derived from neuronal activity of the brain of a human being, and wherein the first representation (R 1) is generated from said neuronal signals by using a predetermined method, for second representations (R i) from among a plurality of predetermined second representations which are each representative of a predetermined activity and respectively describe said predetermined activity, a degree of coincidence between the respective second representation (R i) and the first representation (R 1) is determined in accordance with a predetermined criterion of coincidence, and depending on the degree of coincidence, a second representation (R 2) of the neuronal signals is selected from among the plurality of second representations as the second representation (R 2) representative of the intended activity and the activity represented by the selected representation (R 2) is reconstructed as the intended activity, said plurality of predetermined second representations being stored in a database, wherein the predetermined method comprises employing a predetermined model for translating the neuronal activity of the brain into the intended activity, the entirety of intended activities forming a continuous parameter space, and wherein the intended activity reconstructed in this manner is performed by some technical accessory, characterised in that the predetermined second representations, although derived on the basis of performed activities, are not obtained from neuronal signals but from technical records of real or emulated activities. the signals have been derived from neuronal activity of the brain of a human being, and wherein the first representation (R 1) is generated from said neuronal signals by using a predetermined method, for second representations (R i) from among a plurality of predetermined second representations which are each representative of a predetermined activity and respectively describe said predetermined activity, a degree of coincidence between the respective second representation (R i) and the first representation (R 1) is determined in accordance with a predetermined criterion of coincidence, and depending on the degree of coincidence, a second representation (R 2) of the neuronal signals is selected from among the plurality of second representations as the second representation (R 2) representative of the intended activity and the activity represented by the selected representation (R 2) is reconstructed as the intended activity, said plurality of predetermined second representations being stored in a database, wherein the predetermined method comprises employing a predetermined model for translating the neuronal activity of the brain into the intended activity, the entirety of intended activities forming a continuous parameter space, and wherein the intended activity reconstructed in this manner is performed by some technical accessory,
A reagent preparation apparatus for preparing a predetermined reagent supplied to a measurement portion adapted to measure a specimen with the predetermined reagent containing a first liquid and a second liquid different from the first liquid, comprising: a reagent preparation portion adapted to prepare the predetermined reagent; and a control portion adapted to acquire reagent information related to the predetermined reagent prepared by the reagent preparation portion, adapted to acquire supply time information related to a time when the predetermined reagent prepared by the reagent preparation portion was supplied from the reagent preparation apparatus to the measurement portion, and adapted to output the reagent information and the supply time information. a reagent preparation portion adapted to prepare the predetermined reagent; and a control portion adapted to acquire reagent information related to the predetermined reagent prepared by the reagent preparation portion, adapted to acquire supply time information related to a time when the predetermined reagent prepared by the reagent preparation portion was supplied from the reagent preparation apparatus to the measurement portion, and adapted to output the reagent information and the supply time information.
A vehicle motion control device comprising: a vehicle behavior prediction portion that predicts a physical quantity related to a vehicle behavior that occurs when a vehicle maintains a reference route toward a predetermined region on a course and a physical quantity related to a vehicle behavior that occurs when the vehicle shifts to an avoidance route for avoiding the predetermined region; and a path generation portion that generates a travel path defined by the reference route or the avoidance route in which the physical quantity is smaller than a defined value. a vehicle behavior prediction portion that predicts a physical quantity related to a vehicle behavior that occurs when a vehicle maintains a reference route toward a predetermined region on a course and a physical quantity related to a vehicle behavior that occurs when the vehicle shifts to an avoidance route for avoiding the predetermined region; and a path generation portion that generates a travel path defined by the reference route or the avoidance route in which the physical quantity is smaller than a defined value.
Wood screw, having: a shank; a screw tip; threads extending circumferentially on at least a part of the shank, preferably up into the screw tip; and at least one crescent-shaped projection between at least two adjacent ones of the threads, characterized in that a main extension direction of the projection in a plan view of the wood screw is tilted relative to an axial direction of the wood screw counterclockwise by an angle that is greater than 0° and less than 90°. a shank; a screw tip; threads extending circumferentially on at least a part of the shank, preferably up into the screw tip; and at least one crescent-shaped projection between at least two adjacent ones of the threads, characterized in that a main extension direction of the projection in a plan view of the wood screw is tilted relative to an axial direction of the wood screw counterclockwise by an angle that is greater than 0° and less than 90°.
Use of an antioxidant component derived from a decaffeination stream produced during the decaffeination process of coffee beans to preserve at least one ingredient in a moist pet food composition, and/or wet pet food composition, and/or dry pet food composition, wherein the antioxidant component comprises chlorogenic acid.