mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of encoding a speech signal according to a source-filter model whereby the speech signal is modelled to comprise a source signal filtered by a time-varying filter, the method comprising: generating a first signal representing a property of an input speech signal; subtracting from the first signal a simulated random-noise signal, thus producing a second signal; quantizing the second signal based on a plurality of discrete representation levels, thus generating quantization values for transmission in an encoded speech signal, and also generating a third signal being a quantized version of the second signal; adding the simulated random noise signal to the third signal, thus generating a quantized output signal, wherein the generation of said first signal is based on feedback of the quantized output signal; and transmitting said quantization values in the encoded speech signal over a transmission medium; wherein the method further comprises varying the magnitude of noise generated in the quantized output signal relative to said representation levels in dependence on whether the first signal is representative of: a property of a voiced interval of the modelled source signal having greater than a specified correlation between portions thereof, or a property of an unvoiced interval of the modelled source signal having less than a specified correlation between portions thereof. generating a first signal representing a property of an input speech signal; subtracting from the first signal a simulated random-noise signal, thus producing a second signal; quantizing the second signal based on a plurality of discrete representation levels, thus generating quantization values for transmission in an encoded speech signal, and also generating a third signal being a quantized version of the second signal; adding the simulated random noise signal to the third signal, thus generating a quantized output signal, wherein the generation of said first signal is based on feedback of the quantized output signal; and transmitting said quantization values in the encoded speech signal over a transmission medium; wherein the method further comprises varying the magnitude of noise generated in the quantized output signal relative to said representation levels in dependence on whether the first signal is representative of: a property of a voiced interval of the modelled source signal having greater than a specified correlation between portions thereof, or a property of an unvoiced interval of the modelled source signal having less than a specified correlation between portions thereof.
Oxygenator with a housing wall, which delimits a housing space, with a blood inlet, a blood outlet, a gas inlet and a gas outlet, and a heating element to control the temperature of the blood flowing through the housing space, wherein the heating element has a radiation source and a receiver, which converts the radiation of the radiation source into heat, characterized in that the receiver delivers a different heating power at various locations in the housing space, or has a plurality of receiver components (28, 29, 30), which can be positioned at various locations in the oxygenator, and in that the receiver has a plurality of receiver components (28, 29, 30), which can be controlled separately from one another.
A bus bar module configured to be attached to a battery assembly having a plurality of single cells which are assembled to each other along a first direction, the bus bar module comprising: a circuit body configured by a flexible board on which a wiring pattern (204a, 204b) is provided; a bus bar configured to be connected to an electrode (4, 5) of each of the single cells; and a holder configured to hold the bus bar and being stretchable and shrinkable in the first direction, wherein the circuit body includes: a belt-like main line that extends in the first direction; a belt-like branch line (22, 23) that extends from the main line so as to branch from the main line, a belt-like branch portion of the branch line (22, 23) extending in the first direction and including a folded portion (231, 231A, 231B) having a shape folded back around an axis (L, L1, L2) extending in the width direction of the belt-like branch portion of the branch line (22, 23) and intersecting with the first direction; and a connection portion provided in a position closer to a distal end of the branch line (22, 23) than the folded portion (231, 231A, 231B) and configured to be connected to the bus bar. a circuit body configured by a flexible board on which a wiring pattern (204a, 204b) is provided; a bus bar configured to be connected to an electrode (4, 5) of each of the single cells; and a holder configured to hold the bus bar and being stretchable and shrinkable in the first direction, wherein the circuit body includes: a belt-like main line that extends in the first direction; a belt-like branch line (22, 23) that extends from the main line so as to branch from the main line, a belt-like branch portion of the branch line (22, 23) extending in the first direction and including a folded portion (231, 231A, 231B) having a shape folded back around an axis (L, L1, L2) extending in the width direction of the belt-like branch portion of the branch line (22, 23) and intersecting with the first direction; and a connection portion provided in a position closer to a distal end of the branch line (22, 23) than the folded portion (231, 231A, 231B) and configured to be connected to the bus bar. a belt-like main line that extends in the first direction; a belt-like branch line (22, 23) that extends from the main line so as to branch from the main line, a belt-like branch portion of the branch line (22, 23) extending in the first direction and including a folded portion (231, 231A, 231B) having a shape folded back around an axis (L, L1, L2) extending in the width direction of the belt-like branch portion of the branch line (22, 23) and intersecting with the first direction; and a connection portion provided in a position closer to a distal end of the branch line (22, 23) than the folded portion (231, 231A, 231B) and configured to be connected to the bus bar.
A method for manufacturing an electrode for a secondary battery, comprising the steps of: (i) preparing a first electrode mixture for primary coating and a second electrode mixture for secondary coating; (ii) coating the first electrode mixture onto an electrode current collector and carrying out drying; and (iii) coating the second electrode mixture onto the first electrode mixture and carrying out drying in such a manner that a drying rate of the second electrode mixture is lower than the drying rate of the first electrode mixture in step (ii), wherein the first electrode mixture and the second electrode mixture have the same ingredients and compositional ratio, each of the drying rates of the first electrode mixture and the second electrode mixture is 0.1-30 mg/sec, and the drying rate of the second electrode mixture is 30-50% of the drying rate of the first electrode mixture. (i) preparing a first electrode mixture for primary coating and a second electrode mixture for secondary coating; (ii) coating the first electrode mixture onto an electrode current collector and carrying out drying; and (iii) coating the second electrode mixture onto the first electrode mixture and carrying out drying in such a manner that a drying rate of the second electrode mixture is lower than the drying rate of the first electrode mixture in step (ii), wherein the first electrode mixture and the second electrode mixture have the same ingredients and compositional ratio, each of the drying rates of the first electrode mixture and the second electrode mixture is 0.1-30 mg/sec, and the drying rate of the second electrode mixture is 30-50% of the drying rate of the first electrode mixture. wherein the first electrode mixture and the second electrode mixture have the same ingredients and compositional ratio, each of the drying rates of the first electrode mixture and the second electrode mixture is 0.1-30 mg/sec, and the drying rate of the second electrode mixture is 30-50% of the drying rate of the first electrode mixture.
A method of configuring an elastic medical band with an elastic support membrane having a fibrous surface, the method comprising forming an aperture through the membrane at a selected location, such that the aperture is surrounded by the fibrous surface; and securing a stretch stabilizer to the fibrous surface of the membrane, the stretch stabilizer defining an opening at least mostly surrounded by a field of touch fastening elements that releasably engage with the fibrous surface of the membrane with the stretch stabilizer secured; wherein the formed aperture is aligned with the stabilizer opening to form a passage through the membrane; and wherein the secured stretch stabilizer impedes stretch of the membrane in the vicinity of the formed aperture, while allowing an adjacent region of the membrane to stretch.
A method of operating an iron- or steelmaking plant comprising an ironmaking furnace set consisting of one or more furnaces in which iron ore is transformed into liquid hot metal by means of a process which includes iron ore reduction, melting and off-gas generation, the iron- or steelmaking plant optionally comprising a converter downstream of the ironmaking furnace set, the method including the steps of: a. charging the ironmaking furnace set with iron ore and coke, b. injecting oxidizing gas into the ironmaking furnace set, c. decarbonating of the off-gas downstream of the ironmaking furnace set so as to obtain a CO 2 -enriched tail gas stream and a decarbonated off-gas stream containing not more than 10%vol CO 2, and preferably not more than 3% vol CO 2, d. injecting at least 50% of the decarbonated off-gas stream back into the ironmaking furnace set as a reducing gas recycle stream, the method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of: e. generating hydrogen and oxygen by means of water decomposition, f. injecting at least part of the hydrogen generated in step (e) into the ironmaking furnace set, and g. injecting at least part of the generated oxygen into the ironmaking furnace set and/or the converter as oxidizing gas. a. charging the ironmaking furnace set with iron ore and coke, b. injecting oxidizing gas into the ironmaking furnace set, c. decarbonating of the off-gas downstream of the ironmaking furnace set so as to obtain a CO 2 -enriched tail gas stream and a decarbonated off-gas stream containing not more than 10%vol CO 2, and preferably not more than 3% vol CO 2, d. injecting at least 50% of the decarbonated off-gas stream back into the ironmaking furnace set as a reducing gas recycle stream, e. generating hydrogen and oxygen by means of water decomposition, f. injecting at least part of the hydrogen generated in step (e) into the ironmaking furnace set, and g. injecting at least part of the generated oxygen into the ironmaking furnace set and/or the converter as oxidizing gas.
A spindle for a lapper for winding up one or more threads to respectively one coil on at least one winding sleeve, wherein each winding sleeve is attachable in a clamping manner on a rotating sleeve by means of at least one clamping ring, wherein the actuation of the at least one clamping ring is realized by means, which are disposed within the sleeve, wherein the means on the exterior circumference of the spindle along the spindle axis act onto the at least one clamping ring, characterized in that the at least one clamping ring is disposed on a driving ring, which connects a distancing sleeve to a distancing ring, wherein the at least one clamping ring at both front sides includes a surrounding collar with individual sections (20a 1, 20a 2), which are formed by mutual cuts (20b, 20c).
Black ceramic composite coating with a surface having a total hemispherical reflectivity of no more than 5% over the entire wavelength range from 400 nm to 1 μm and for any incidence angle greater than 20°, comprising a ceramic matrix not being a carbide matrix, wherein said ceramic matrix has carbide nanoparticles and/or metal-carbon composite nanoparticles embedded therein, the carbide nanoparticles and/or metal-carbon composite nanoparticles having an average size of the greatest diameter in the range from 5 to 500 nm, wherein said carbide nanoparticles are metastable and wherein said metal-carbon composite nanoparticles are decay products of the metastable carbide nanoparticles.
A method performed by a first node in a wireless communication network for reconfiguring the wireless communication network, comprising: determining availability of a resource in the network based on information received at the first node from at least a second node (202, 204, 206); and reconfiguring the first node based on the determined availability of the resource, wherein the resource comprises at least one of a Base Station Controller, Mobile Switching Center and Base Transceiver Station, wherein the first node has each of Base Station Controller capability, Mobile Switching Center capability and Base Transceiver Station capability, and wherein the reconfiguring comprises automatically disabling the Base Station Controller capability, Mobile Switching Center capability or Base Transceiver Station capability of the first node based on the determined availability of the respective resource at the second node and automatically enabling the Mobile Switching Center capability of the first node based on determining the absence of the corresponding resource. determining availability of a resource in the network based on information received at the first node from at least a second node (202, 204, 206); and reconfiguring the first node based on the determined availability of the resource, wherein the resource comprises at least one of a Base Station Controller, Mobile Switching Center and Base Transceiver Station, wherein the first node has each of Base Station Controller capability, Mobile Switching Center capability and Base Transceiver Station capability, and wherein the reconfiguring comprises automatically disabling the Base Station Controller capability, Mobile Switching Center capability or Base Transceiver Station capability of the first node based on the determined availability of the respective resource at the second node and automatically enabling the Mobile Switching Center capability of the first node based on determining the absence of the corresponding resource.
An electrically operable aerosol-generating system comprising, a charging device comprising a primary power source, and an elongated aerosol-generating device comprising a secondary power source and having a proximal end, a distal end, and a body extending between the proximal end and the distal end, a user operable button being located on the body between the proximal end and the distal end, in which the aerosol-generating system has a first engagement state in which the aerosol-generating device is engaged with the charging device and a second engagement state in which the aerosol-generating device is not engaged with the charging device, such that, when the system is configured in the first engagement state at least a first side-portion of the body extending between the proximal end and the distal end of the aerosol-generating device faces the charging device, and at least a second side-portion of the body extending between the proximal end and the distal end of the aerosol-generating device is faces away from the charging device and is exposed, in which the user operable button is deactivated when the aerosol-generating system is in the first engagement state. a charging device comprising a primary power source, and an elongated aerosol-generating device comprising a secondary power source and having a proximal end, a distal end, and a body extending between the proximal end and the distal end, a user operable button being located on the body between the proximal end and the distal end, in which the aerosol-generating system has a first engagement state in which the aerosol-generating device is engaged with the charging device and a second engagement state in which the aerosol-generating device is not engaged with the charging device, such that, when the system is configured in the first engagement state at least a first side-portion of the body extending between the proximal end and the distal end of the aerosol-generating device faces the charging device, and at least a second side-portion of the body extending between the proximal end and the distal end of the aerosol-generating device is faces away from the charging device and is exposed, in which the user operable button is deactivated when the aerosol-generating system is in the first engagement state.
Use of a device for performing continuous chemical reactions for reacting finely disperse alkali metal dispersions in inert solvents, characterized by that a rotary disk reactor is employed as said device.
Belt tensioning device comprising: a base member having a sleeve projection; a first tensioning arm, which is pivotably supported by a bearing sleeve on the sleeve projection of the base member around a first pivot axis and which comprises a first tensioning roller that is rotatable around a first axis of rotation, wherein the bearing sleeve is connected to one of the components base member and first tensioning arm (3, 4) in a rotationally fixed manner and is rotatable relative to the other one of the components base member and the tensioning arm (4, 3); a second tensioning arm, which is pivotably supported on the base member around a second pivot axis and which comprises a second tensioning roller that is rotatable around a second axis of rotation; a spring arrangement that is arranged between the first tensioning arm and the second tensioning arm such that the first tensioning arm and the second tensioning arm are pre-tensioned relative to each other in circumferential direction by the spring arrangement; and characterized in that the bearing sleeve is configured radially-elastic, and the belt tensioning device comprises pre-tensioning means (17, 17') that are arranged radially between a circumferential face of the bearing sleeve and a circumferential face of the component (3, 4) connected to the bearing sleeve in a rotationally fixed manner, to exert a radial force in direction toward the other component (4, 3) rotatable relative thereto. a base member having a sleeve projection; a first tensioning arm, which is pivotably supported by a bearing sleeve on the sleeve projection of the base member around a first pivot axis and which comprises a first tensioning roller that is rotatable around a first axis of rotation, wherein the bearing sleeve is connected to one of the components base member and first tensioning arm (3, 4) in a rotationally fixed manner and is rotatable relative to the other one of the components base member and the tensioning arm (4, 3); a second tensioning arm, which is pivotably supported on the base member around a second pivot axis and which comprises a second tensioning roller that is rotatable around a second axis of rotation; a spring arrangement that is arranged between the first tensioning arm and the second tensioning arm such that the first tensioning arm and the second tensioning arm are pre-tensioned relative to each other in circumferential direction by the spring arrangement; and characterized in that the bearing sleeve is configured radially-elastic, and the belt tensioning device comprises pre-tensioning means (17, 17') that are arranged radially between a circumferential face of the bearing sleeve and a circumferential face of the component (3, 4) connected to the bearing sleeve in a rotationally fixed manner, to exert a radial force in direction toward the other component (4, 3) rotatable relative thereto.
Device for accommodating a computer unit with a housing, wherein the housing has enclosing walls and can be transported in a vehicle, wherein the walls are insulated, wherein a cooling supply opening of the housing is present, which can be operatively connected to a vehicle air-conditioning system, and wherein a heat dissipation opening of the housing is present, characterised in that the walls consist of polymethacrylimide, wherein the cooling supply opening can be reclosed with a supply closure, wherein the heat dissipation opening is reclosable with a dissipation closure, wherein, in the rest position of the computer unit accommodated in the housing, the cooling supply opening is closed by the supply closure at the request of the user or automatically and the heat dissipation opening is closed by the dissipation closure in the rest position of the computer unit accommodated in the housing.
An accessory, comprising: a power pin operable to provide power to a host device; a data pin operable to receive an instruction from the host device; and power limiting circuitry operable to: monitor the data pin; determine whether a request for an accessory identifier is received over the data pin, the accessory identifier identifying the accessory; and when it is determined that the request for the accessory identifier is received: communicate the accessory identifier to the host device over the data pin; and concurrently with communicating the accessory identifier, reduce the impedance of a power path between a power source and the host device, wherein the power path comprises the power pin. a power pin operable to provide power to a host device; a data pin operable to receive an instruction from the host device; and power limiting circuitry operable to: monitor the data pin; determine whether a request for an accessory identifier is received over the data pin, the accessory identifier identifying the accessory; and monitor the data pin; determine whether a request for an accessory identifier is received over the data pin, the accessory identifier identifying the accessory; and when it is determined that the request for the accessory identifier is received: communicate the accessory identifier to the host device over the data pin; and concurrently with communicating the accessory identifier, reduce the impedance of a power path between a power source and the host device, wherein the power path comprises the power pin. communicate the accessory identifier to the host device over the data pin; and concurrently with communicating the accessory identifier, reduce the impedance of a power path between a power source and the host device, wherein the power path comprises the power pin.
An adaptor for a shaving cartridge, wherein the adaptor comprises a frame which is provided with at least one shaving aid, wherein the adaptor is mountable on a shaving cartridge having one or more shaving blades, each of the shaving blades being provided with a cutting edge and characterized in that the at least one shaving aid is reversibly mounted on the frame which comprises at least one shaving aid holder configured to hold the at least one shaving aid and the shaving aid holder being reversibly mounted on the frame.