mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A circulation circuit of a fuel including a fuel filter and a high pressure pump, a container for gravity settling of an element contained in the fuel, the element being liable to form solid particles below a temperature referred to as the cloud point, this container being disposed between the outlet of the fuel filter and the inlet of the high pressure pump, and including, with reference to the vertical, - an inlet of liquid in the upper part of the container, - an outlet of liquid in the upper part of the container, - a bottom in the lower part of the container, - heating means in its lower part, characterized in that it includes trapping means (14, 14a, 14b) interposed between the inlet and the outlet of liquid on the one hand and the bottom of the container on the other hand, the said means (14, 14a, 14b) including two staggered flaps designed so as to allow the solid particles, formed during a stoppage of the circulation of the liquid in the circuit, to settle at the bottom of the container, and to retain the deposit of solid particles at the bottom of the container during a phase of resumption of circulation of the liquid in the circuit, and in that the two flaps are movable. - an inlet of liquid in the upper part of the container, - an outlet of liquid in the upper part of the container, - a bottom in the lower part of the container, - heating means in its lower part,
A method of detecting fetal movements, comprising: deriving a plurality of peaks from a Doppler ultrasound signal acquired from a fetus, each peak of the plurality of peaks being associated with an envelope of one of a plurality of signal segments of the Doppler ultrasound signal; calculating a density of the peaks as a function of peak amplitude; selecting a fetal movement threshold based on the calculated density of the peaks; and determining whether a Doppler ultrasound signal segment under test includes a fetal movement by comparing the amplitude of a peak derived from the envelope of the Doppler ultrasound signal segment under test with the fetal movement threshold. deriving a plurality of peaks from a Doppler ultrasound signal acquired from a fetus, each peak of the plurality of peaks being associated with an envelope of one of a plurality of signal segments of the Doppler ultrasound signal; calculating a density of the peaks as a function of peak amplitude; selecting a fetal movement threshold based on the calculated density of the peaks; and determining whether a Doppler ultrasound signal segment under test includes a fetal movement by comparing the amplitude of a peak derived from the envelope of the Doppler ultrasound signal segment under test with the fetal movement threshold.
A method of initial bitrate selection for a video delivery session, said method comprising: performing, by a user equipment (5, 200) and during a time window from initiation of a video player application in said user equipment (5, 200) up to selection of a video content, network measurements indicative of a current condition of a wireless communication network to deliver said video content to said user equipment (5, 200); determining at least one network metric based on said network measurements, wherein determining said at least one network metric comprises determining at least one throughput-based network metric and/or at least one delay-based network metric based on said network measurements; providing, for each bitrate available for said video content, a respective initial buffer duration predicted based on the determined at least one network metric; and selecting an initial bitrate for delivering said video content over said network to said user equipment (5, 200) based on said respective initial buffer durations. performing, by a user equipment (5, 200) and during a time window from initiation of a video player application in said user equipment (5, 200) up to selection of a video content, network measurements indicative of a current condition of a wireless communication network to deliver said video content to said user equipment (5, 200); determining at least one network metric based on said network measurements, wherein determining said at least one network metric comprises determining at least one throughput-based network metric and/or at least one delay-based network metric based on said network measurements; providing, for each bitrate available for said video content, a respective initial buffer duration predicted based on the determined at least one network metric; and selecting an initial bitrate for delivering said video content over said network to said user equipment (5, 200) based on said respective initial buffer durations.
A system for inducing tissue vibration for magnetic resonance elastography, the system comprising: a passive actuator positionable proximate to a target tissue, the passive actuator including a linearly movable piston assembly enclosed in a housing such that alternating linear movement of the linearly movable piston causes vibration of the passive actuator and induces vibration of the target tissue when the passive actuator is positioned proximate to the target tissue; a first hose coupled to the passive actuator on a first side of the piston assembly; a second hose coupled to the passive actuator on a second side of the piston assembly opposite the first side; and a driving component including a fluid pump, the driving component configured to alternatingly pump a fluid through the first hose causing the piston assembly to move in a first linear direction and pump the fluid through the second hose causing the piston assembly to move in a second linear direction, the second linear direction being opposite the first linear direction. a passive actuator positionable proximate to a target tissue, the passive actuator including a linearly movable piston assembly enclosed in a housing such that alternating linear movement of the linearly movable piston causes vibration of the passive actuator and induces vibration of the target tissue when the passive actuator is positioned proximate to the target tissue; a first hose coupled to the passive actuator on a first side of the piston assembly; a second hose coupled to the passive actuator on a second side of the piston assembly opposite the first side; and a driving component including a fluid pump, the driving component configured to alternatingly pump a fluid through the first hose causing the piston assembly to move in a first linear direction and pump the fluid through the second hose causing the piston assembly to move in a second linear direction, the second linear direction being opposite the first linear direction.
A lens apparatus configured to be connectable to an image capturing apparatus including imaging means, the lens apparatus comprising: vibration detection means configured to detect vibration; reception means configured to receive from the image capturing apparatus, when the image capturing apparatus is connected to the lens apparatus, first motion information and reliability information of the first motion information; acquisition means configured to acquire a correction amount, characterized in that the acquisition means acquires the correction amount based on second motion information converted from the first motion information using information of the lens apparatus, the vibration detected by the vibration detection means, and the reliability information, wherein in a case, where the reliability information represents a reliability lower than a predetermined reliability, the acquisition means acquires the correction amount using the vibration detected by the vibration detection means without using the second motion information; and image stabilization means (105, 106) configured to perform image stabilization control based on the correction amount, wherein the first motion information is a movement amount on an imaging plane of the imaging means obtained by converting a motion vector, which represents a moving amount between a plurality of images captured by a number of pixels that form the imaging means based on information on the imaging means. vibration detection means configured to detect vibration; reception means configured to receive from the image capturing apparatus, when the image capturing apparatus is connected to the lens apparatus, first motion information and reliability information of the first motion information; acquisition means configured to acquire a correction amount, characterized in that the acquisition means acquires the correction amount based on second motion information converted from the first motion information using information of the lens apparatus, the vibration detected by the vibration detection means, and the reliability information, wherein in a case, where the reliability information represents a reliability lower than a predetermined reliability, the acquisition means acquires the correction amount using the vibration detected by the vibration detection means without using the second motion information; and image stabilization means (105, 106) configured to perform image stabilization control based on the correction amount, wherein the first motion information is a movement amount on an imaging plane of the imaging means obtained by converting a motion vector, which represents a moving amount between a plurality of images captured by a number of pixels that form the imaging means based on information on the imaging means.
An electric power tool including: a brushless motor capable of generating forward and reverse rotation; a sensor that is configured to detect a rotation position of the brushless motor and outputs a position information signal, which indicates a change in the rotation position; a drive circuit that includes a plurality of switching elements and is configured to supply power to the brushless motor; and a controller that is configured to control the drive circuit based on the rotation position of the brushless motor detected by the sensor, characterised in that the controller is configured to estimate an output interval between the position information signals output from the sensor based on the rotation speed of the brushless motor and set an abnormality detection period in accordance with the estimated output interval; the controller is configured to determine an occurrence of an abnormality when, after actually detecting the position information signal output from the sensor, the next position information signal is undetected within the abnormality detection period; and the controller is configured with an abnormality period setting algorithm to set the abnormality detection period to be shorter as the rotation speed of the brushless motor increases and set the abnormality detection period to be longer as the rotation speed of the brushless motor decreases. a brushless motor capable of generating forward and reverse rotation; a sensor that is configured to detect a rotation position of the brushless motor and outputs a position information signal, which indicates a change in the rotation position; a drive circuit that includes a plurality of switching elements and is configured to supply power to the brushless motor; and a controller that is configured to control the drive circuit based on the rotation position of the brushless motor detected by the sensor, characterised in that the controller is configured to estimate an output interval between the position information signals output from the sensor based on the rotation speed of the brushless motor and set an abnormality detection period in accordance with the estimated output interval; the controller is configured to determine an occurrence of an abnormality when, after actually detecting the position information signal output from the sensor, the next position information signal is undetected within the abnormality detection period; and the controller is configured with an abnormality period setting algorithm to set the abnormality detection period to be shorter as the rotation speed of the brushless motor increases and set the abnormality detection period to be longer as the rotation speed of the brushless motor decreases.
A method for making the connection between a first structural element consisting of a tank liner made of a primary material and a second structural element made of thermoplastic matrix composite material, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: - an initial step of preparing a coating, said coating consisting of an epoxy resin, in which particles of a thermoplastic material powder is incorporated; - a second coating step, during which the coating is applied to the surface of the first structural element; - a third step during which the coating is polymerized; - a fourth step, during which the first structural element covered with its coating is welded to the second structural element to which it must be assembled. - an initial step of preparing a coating, said coating consisting of an epoxy resin, in which particles of a thermoplastic material powder is incorporated; - a second coating step, during which the coating is applied to the surface of the first structural element; - a third step during which the coating is polymerized; - a fourth step, during which the first structural element covered with its coating is welded to the second structural element to which it must be assembled.
A slab spacer for use with a return stop height adjustable stilt support for open-joint slabs, in particular paving slabs or other coverings of freely weather-exposed terraces, balconies or similar, wherein the stilt support comprises a base plate having a plurality of integrally moulded cylindrical bearing pedestals, a hollow-cylindrical intermediate piece, in each case associated with one bearing pedestal, having lateral actuating extensions so as to subject the respective intermediate piece to a twisting movement, and cap-shaped pads, wherein in each case a pad rests upon an intermediate piece, the pads have an anti-twist protection, and the height adjustment of the pads getting in contact with the slab underside is performed via mating threads (11; 12) between bearing pedestal, intermediate piece and a female thread of the cap-shaped pad, wherein the slab spacer is to be inserted into the cross-joint of slabs, characterized in that the slab spacer has blocking faces which are oriented toward the base plate when in the inserted state, and at the end of which in each case at least one inlet bevel having laterally protruding barbs is formed, wherein the barbs interlock within the actuating extensions when in the inserted state.
A thread-forming screw having a shaft (1.1) at least partially provided with a thread and a screw tip (1.2) at one end of the shaft (1.1), wherein the shaft (1.1) has a thread-forming thread portion extending away from the screw tip (1.2) and an adjoining supporting thread portion, wherein the supporting thread portion has a circular cross-section, characterized in that the supporting thread portion, in the direction away from the screw tip (1.2), has an increase d of a pitch diameter DF and/or of an outside diameter DA of the thread at a ratio of 1:100 to 1:500 relative to a length LG of the supporting thread portion, preferably at a ratio DA or DF to LG up to 1:400, wherein the increase d of the pitch diameter DF and/or of the outside diameter DA is constant over the length LG of the supporting section.
Combined machine for working a wire rod of any type or shape in long bars, in order to obtain metal products with at least a curved shape, comprising a support bench configured to support and guide, along an axis of movement, at least one mobile slider, comprising a work plane on which at least one curving unit is operative, said combined machine having vise means in the support bench, characterized in that said at least one slider also comprises, on the work plane, a bending unit associated with the at least one curving unit and said vise means being positionable in a direction orthogonal to the axis of movement.
A vacuum cleaner comprising: a brush configured to rotate to collect foreign materials on a floor; and at least one grinder configured to grind the foreign materials collected by the brush, characterized in that the brush comprises: a plurality of drum portions each formed in a shape of a cylinder, a plurality of blades protruding from each of the plurality of drum portions, and at least one foreign material collector formed concavely with respect to the plurality of drum portions, an outer circumferential surface of the at least one foreign material collector facing the at least one grinder. a brush configured to rotate to collect foreign materials on a floor; and at least one grinder configured to grind the foreign materials collected by the brush, characterized in that the brush comprises: a plurality of drum portions each formed in a shape of a cylinder, a plurality of blades protruding from each of the plurality of drum portions, and at least one foreign material collector formed concavely with respect to the plurality of drum portions, an outer circumferential surface of the at least one foreign material collector facing the at least one grinder. characterized in that the brush comprises: a plurality of drum portions each formed in a shape of a cylinder, a plurality of blades protruding from each of the plurality of drum portions, and at least one foreign material collector formed concavely with respect to the plurality of drum portions, an outer circumferential surface of the at least one foreign material collector facing the at least one grinder. a plurality of drum portions each formed in a shape of a cylinder, a plurality of blades protruding from each of the plurality of drum portions, and at least one foreign material collector formed concavely with respect to the plurality of drum portions, an outer circumferential surface of the at least one foreign material collector facing the at least one grinder.
A method for operating a manipulator system including: a vacuum manipulator device for manipulating a workpiece, and a vacuum generator (12, 48) for generating a vacuum, wherein the vacuum generator has a suction connection for suctioning in order to provide a vacuum supply for the vacuum manipulator device, characterized in that diagnosis cycles are executed during operation of the manipulator system, wherein said diagnosis cycle comprising the steps of: providing a vacuum for the vacuum manipulator device, and suctioning without a workpiece over the course of a predefined diagnosis time period (tG) for the diagnosis cycle; measuring equilibrium pressure obtained at the suction connection with a suction pressure sensor; monitoring changes to the equilibrium pressure (pG) determined in the diagnosis cycles. providing a vacuum for the vacuum manipulator device, and suctioning without a workpiece over the course of a predefined diagnosis time period (tG) for the diagnosis cycle; measuring equilibrium pressure obtained at the suction connection with a suction pressure sensor; monitoring changes to the equilibrium pressure (pG) determined in the diagnosis cycles.
An inside handle device comprising: a handle base attached to a door panel of a vehicle; a lock lever configured to be rotatably supported on the handle base; a stopper portion provided on the handle base and configured to limit a rotation range of the lock lever; and an impact absorbing portion provided on the handle base and configured to absorb an impact generated by a contact of the lock lever with the stopper portion, wherein the impact absorbing portion includes an impact absorbing wall portion, wherein the impact absorbing wall portion is disposed apart from a partition wall portion of the handle base, characterized in that a first wall thickness of the impact absorbing wall portion is formed to be thinner than a second wall thickness of the partition wall portion constituting a part of a peripheral edge of a shaft support hole of the handle base. a handle base attached to a door panel of a vehicle; a lock lever configured to be rotatably supported on the handle base; a stopper portion provided on the handle base and configured to limit a rotation range of the lock lever; and an impact absorbing portion provided on the handle base and configured to absorb an impact generated by a contact of the lock lever with the stopper portion, wherein the impact absorbing portion includes an impact absorbing wall portion, wherein the impact absorbing wall portion is disposed apart from a partition wall portion of the handle base, characterized in that a first wall thickness of the impact absorbing wall portion is formed to be thinner than a second wall thickness of the partition wall portion constituting a part of a peripheral edge of a shaft support hole of the handle base.
An image forming method for receiving acoustic waves (104, 404) irradiated from a plurality of regions (103, 402) inside a subject for a predetermined period using a plurality of acoustic transducers (102, 405), converting the acoustic waves into received signals, and processing the received signals by a Fourier-domain method to create image data of intensity of the acoustic waves irradiated from the regions, comprising the steps of: computing, in advance, values of coefficients A determined only by a position (x i,y i) of the acoustic transducer (102, 105), position of the region (x j,y j,z j), and a time of receipt (t*) of the acoustic wave, in a formula to determine intensity of an acoustic wave irradiated from a region based on the received signals of the plurality of acoustic transducers and storing the computed values in a coefficient memory as coefficients, wherein each coefficient A is obtained by the following formula, when (x i,y i) represents a position of the acoustic transducer i, (x j,y j,z j) represents a position of a region j in the subject, and t* represents a time of receipt of the acoustic wave: A x j, y j, z j: x i, y i, t ∗ = 1 2 π 3 ∫∫ ∫ − ∞ ∞ 2 ⁢ w ⁢ sgn w u 2 + v 2 + w 2 exp i u x i − x j + v y i − y j − wz j + sgn w u 2 + v 2 + w 2 t ∗ dudvdw where u, v and w are variables of a Fourier transform, and sgn(w) is a function which is 1 when w > 0, is 0 when w = 0, and is -1 when w < 0; obtaining one of the coefficients corresponding to the received signal of the acoustic transducer from the coefficient memory, and multiplying the received signal by the coefficient; and accumulating results of the multiplying the received signal by the respective coefficient in a voxel memory for each region. computing, in advance, values of coefficients A determined only by a position (x i,y i) of the acoustic transducer (102, 105), position of the region (x j,y j,z j), and a time of receipt (t*) of the acoustic wave, in a formula to determine intensity of an acoustic wave irradiated from a region based on the received signals of the plurality of acoustic transducers and storing the computed values in a coefficient memory as coefficients, wherein each coefficient A is obtained by the following formula, when (x i,y i) represents a position of the acoustic transducer i, (x j,y j,z j) represents a position of a region j in the subject, and t* represents a time of receipt of the acoustic wave: A x j, y j, z j: x i, y i, t ∗ = 1 2 π 3 ∫∫ ∫ − ∞ ∞ 2 ⁢ w ⁢ sgn w u 2 + v 2 + w 2 exp i u x i − x j + v y i − y j − wz j + sgn w u 2 + v 2 + w 2 t ∗ dudvdw where u, v and w are variables of a Fourier transform, and sgn(w) is a function which is 1 when w > 0, is 0 when w = 0, and is -1 when w < 0; obtaining one of the coefficients corresponding to the received signal of the acoustic transducer from the coefficient memory, and multiplying the received signal by the coefficient; and accumulating results of the multiplying the received signal by the respective coefficient in a voxel memory for each region.