mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An endoscopic probe for spectrally encoding a sample, comprising: a lens element configured to provide there through electro-magnetic radiation; a dispersive arrangement (34, 36, 38) configured to receive the electro-magnetic radiation and forward a dispersed radiation to a sample from which information is being obtained; and means for scanning an image formed by the lens element of the at least one section of the sample by performing a transverse scan in the conjugate direction and obtaining the information that is spectrally-encoded information regarding the sample, wherein the electro-magnetic radiation is provided by a wavelength tunable light source emitting a monochromatic radiation whose wavelength is scanned with time. a lens element configured to provide there through electro-magnetic radiation; a dispersive arrangement (34, 36, 38) configured to receive the electro-magnetic radiation and forward a dispersed radiation to a sample from which information is being obtained; and means for scanning an image formed by the lens element of the at least one section of the sample by performing a transverse scan in the conjugate direction and obtaining the information that is spectrally-encoded information regarding the sample, wherein the electro-magnetic radiation is provided by a wavelength tunable light source emitting a monochromatic radiation whose wavelength is scanned with time.
A method for wireless communications, comprising: identifying, by a device (115-d) associated with a vehicle in a vehicle-to-everything, V2X communications system, a set of data for transmission via a shared radio frequency spectrum band; transmitting a request message to utilize a channel of the shared radio frequency spectrum band for transmission of the set of data, wherein the request message comprises an indication of a first priority; monitoring a set of time-frequency resources of the shared radio frequency spectrum band for a response message from a receiver (115-e) in the V2X communications system; receiving the response message from the receiver, wherein the response message comprises an indication of a second priority; and determining whether to transmit the set of data to one or more wireless devices of the V2X communications system based at least in part on the monitoring, the first priority and the second priority, wherein determining whether to transmit comprises transmitting the set of data based at least in part on the second priority being less than or equal to the first priority, or refraining from transmitting the set of data based at least in part on the second priority being higher than the first priority. identifying, by a device (115-d) associated with a vehicle in a vehicle-to-everything, V2X communications system, a set of data for transmission via a shared radio frequency spectrum band; transmitting a request message to utilize a channel of the shared radio frequency spectrum band for transmission of the set of data, wherein the request message comprises an indication of a first priority; monitoring a set of time-frequency resources of the shared radio frequency spectrum band for a response message from a receiver (115-e) in the V2X communications system; receiving the response message from the receiver, wherein the response message comprises an indication of a second priority; and determining whether to transmit the set of data to one or more wireless devices of the V2X communications system based at least in part on the monitoring, the first priority and the second priority, wherein determining whether to transmit comprises transmitting the set of data based at least in part on the second priority being less than or equal to the first priority, or refraining from transmitting the set of data based at least in part on the second priority being higher than the first priority.
A method for preserving a polypeptide comprising: (a) providing an aqueous solution of: (i) the polypeptide, (ii) one or more sugars wherein the sugar concentration, or total sugar concentration, is from 0.05M to 3M, and (iii) 0.001M to 2.5M of a compound of formula or a physiologically acceptable salt or ester thereof: wherein R 1 represents hydrogen or C 1-4 alkyl, R 2 represents hydrogen or C 1-4 alkyl, R 3 represents C 1-4 alkyl and R 4 represents hydrogen; and/or 0.001M to 2.5M of a compound of formula or a physiologically acceptable salt or ester thereof: wherein X represents -S 2 - and R a and R b independently represent C 1-4 alkyl; and (b) freeze-drying the solution to form a composition incorporating the polypeptide. (a) providing an aqueous solution of: (i) the polypeptide, (ii) one or more sugars wherein the sugar concentration, or total sugar concentration, is from 0.05M to 3M, and (iii) 0.001M to 2.5M of a compound of formula or a physiologically acceptable salt or ester thereof: wherein R 1 represents hydrogen or C 1-4 alkyl, R 2 represents hydrogen or C 1-4 alkyl, R 3 represents C 1-4 alkyl and R 4 represents hydrogen; and/or 0.001M to 2.5M of a compound of formula or a physiologically acceptable salt or ester thereof: wherein X represents -S 2 - and R a and R b independently represent C 1-4 alkyl; and (i) the polypeptide, (ii) one or more sugars wherein the sugar concentration, or total sugar concentration, is from 0.05M to 3M, and (iii) 0.001M to 2.5M of a compound of formula or a physiologically acceptable salt or ester thereof: wherein R 1 represents hydrogen or C 1-4 alkyl, R 2 represents hydrogen or C 1-4 alkyl, R 3 represents C 1-4 alkyl and R 4 represents hydrogen; and/or 0.001M to 2.5M of a compound of formula or a physiologically acceptable salt or ester thereof: wherein X represents -S 2 - and R a and R b independently represent C 1-4 alkyl; and (b) freeze-drying the solution to form a composition incorporating the polypeptide.
A method of operating a hearing aid system comprising the steps of: - providing an electrical input signal representing an acoustical signal from an input transducer of the hearing aid system; - providing a feature vector comprising vector elements that represent features extracted from the electrical input signal; - providing a first multitude of sound environment base classes, wherein none of the sound environment base classes are defined by the presence of speech; - processing a second multitude of feature vectors in order to determine the probability that a given sound environment base class, from said first multitude of sound environment base classes, is present in an ambient sound environment; - selecting a current sound environment base class by determining the sound environment base class that provides the highest probability of being present in the ambient sound environment; - determining a final sound environment class based on said selected current sound environment base class and a detection of whether speech is present in the ambient sound environment; - setting at least one hearing aid system parameter in response to said determined final sound environment class; and - processing the electrical input signal in accordance with said setting of said at least one hearing aid system parameter, hereby providing an output signal adapted for driving an output transducer of the hearing aid system. - providing an electrical input signal representing an acoustical signal from an input transducer of the hearing aid system; - providing a feature vector comprising vector elements that represent features extracted from the electrical input signal; - providing a first multitude of sound environment base classes, wherein none of the sound environment base classes are defined by the presence of speech; - processing a second multitude of feature vectors in order to determine the probability that a given sound environment base class, from said first multitude of sound environment base classes, is present in an ambient sound environment; - selecting a current sound environment base class by determining the sound environment base class that provides the highest probability of being present in the ambient sound environment; - determining a final sound environment class based on said selected current sound environment base class and a detection of whether speech is present in the ambient sound environment; - setting at least one hearing aid system parameter in response to said determined final sound environment class; and - processing the electrical input signal in accordance with said setting of said at least one hearing aid system parameter, hereby providing an output signal adapted for driving an output transducer of the hearing aid system.
Method for operating the on-board electrical system of a motor vehicle having a control unit, which is designed in particular as a keyless entry control unit, it being possible to wake up the control unit into an operating mode starting from an energy-saving standby mode, and a predetermined wake-up operator control event (B n), in particular a person approaching, being detected by means of a sensor arrangement, characterized in that each wake-up operator control event (B n) has an associated time interval (Δt n) from the respectively preceding wake-up operator control event (B n-1), in that the associated time interval (Δt n) is ascertained when a wake-up operator control event (B n) is detected, and the control unit is woken up or not woken up as a function of the time interval (Δt n), in that each wake-up operator control event (B n) has an associated specific value - switch-off indicator (Δ n) - which is ascertained each time a wake-up operator control event (B n) is detected based on the time interval (Δt n) of said wake-up operator control event, and in that the control unit is woken up or not woken up as a function of the level of the switch-off indicator (A n) with reference to a switch-off threshold (S o), and in that a change in the current switch-off indicator (A n) relative to the preceding switch-off indicator (Δ n-1) in the direction of the switch-off threshold (S o) is all the greater the smaller the current time interval (Δt n).
A device associated with a computer comprising: a port for communication with the computer; a memory for storing authentication information; and a processor coupled to the memory and the port, the processor programmed to determine if the device is bound to a computer, and if the device is not bound, to attempt to bind the device to the computer, and if the device is bound to the computer, to periodically authenticate the computer via the port, wherein the device is configured to operate in a limited function mode after the authentication fails, and wherein the device is locked if the binding fails, wherein the device is a peripheral of the computer. a port for communication with the computer; a memory for storing authentication information; and a processor coupled to the memory and the port, the processor programmed to determine if the device is bound to a computer, and if the device is not bound, to attempt to bind the device to the computer, and if the device is bound to the computer, to periodically authenticate the computer via the port, wherein the device is configured to operate in a limited function mode after the authentication fails, and wherein the device is locked if the binding fails, wherein the device is a peripheral of the computer.
A power control device that is configured to control electric power supplied from an external power supply to a vehicle, comprising: a control unit that is configured to generate a signal, indicating an allowable current value of the external power supply, to transmit the signal to the vehicle, wherein the signal is a pilot signal that oscillates with a pulse width corresponding to the allowable current value, characterized by a switching unit that is configured to switch a supply voltage value of the external power supply, wherein the control unit is configured to control the switching unit to thereby control the supply voltage value, wherein the control unit is configured to control the switching unit so that the supply voltage value is equal to a voltage command value set on the basis of the power command value, and the control unit is configured to change the signal and to control the switching unit to switch the supply voltage value on the basis of a given electric power command value (Pcom) which is a command value of electric power supplied from the external power supply to the vehicle. a control unit that is configured to generate a signal, indicating an allowable current value of the external power supply, to transmit the signal to the vehicle, wherein the signal is a pilot signal that oscillates with a pulse width corresponding to the allowable current value, characterized by a switching unit that is configured to switch a supply voltage value of the external power supply, wherein the control unit is configured to control the switching unit to thereby control the supply voltage value, wherein the control unit is configured to control the switching unit so that the supply voltage value is equal to a voltage command value set on the basis of the power command value, and the control unit is configured to change the signal and to control the switching unit to switch the supply voltage value on the basis of a given electric power command value (Pcom) which is a command value of electric power supplied from the external power supply to the vehicle.
A composite material panel comprising a first insulating layer comprising a solid open-cell foam, which is a substantially rigid, self-supporting polymeric foam panel having at least one internal void provided therein, wherein the peripheral surfaces of the internal void are provided with an air-tight sealing coating, and further wherein the cells of the open-cell foam are open to the peripheral surfaces of the internal void onto which the air-tight sealing coating is applied so as to allow keying of the air-tight sealing coating to the open-cell foam.
Method, carried out by a user equipment, comprising: determining (22, 30) if the user equipment has used a multimedia broadcast and multicast service in an idle state; utilizing information concerning whether said user equipment has used said multimedia broadcast and multicast service in said idle state for audience monitoring, wherein the utilizing comprises said user equipment in said idle state storing information in a memory of said user equipment concerning multimedia broadcast and multicast service utilization while in said idle state, wherein the method further comprises: creating, based on the stored information, an information element concerning whether said user equipment has used said multimedia broadcast and multicast service while in said idle state; and embedding the information element into a user equipment originated message that the user equipment sends to a network element when the user equipment transitions from the idle state to active state for its own purpose other than audience monitoring. determining (22, 30) if the user equipment has used a multimedia broadcast and multicast service in an idle state; utilizing information concerning whether said user equipment has used said multimedia broadcast and multicast service in said idle state for audience monitoring, wherein the utilizing comprises said user equipment in said idle state storing information in a memory of said user equipment concerning multimedia broadcast and multicast service utilization while in said idle state, wherein the method further comprises: creating, based on the stored information, an information element concerning whether said user equipment has used said multimedia broadcast and multicast service while in said idle state; and embedding the information element into a user equipment originated message that the user equipment sends to a network element when the user equipment transitions from the idle state to active state for its own purpose other than audience monitoring. creating, based on the stored information, an information element concerning whether said user equipment has used said multimedia broadcast and multicast service while in said idle state; and embedding the information element into a user equipment originated message that the user equipment sends to a network element when the user equipment transitions from the idle state to active state for its own purpose other than audience monitoring.
A mid-range vinylidene content, high viscosity PIB polymer composition comprising PIB molecules, wherein a first portion of said PIB molecules have alpha position double bonds and a second portion of said PIB molecules have beta position double bonds, wherein said first and second portions together include at least 80 mole % of the PIB molecules of the composition, wherein said first portion includes less than 75 mole % of the PIB molecules of the composition, and wherein no more than 10 mole % of the PIB molecules of the composition have tetra-substituted double bonds, said composition having a polydispersity of no more than 2.7; and being further characterized in that the composition has a kinematic viscosity in the range of 3000 cSt to 5000 cSt, a number average molecular weight, Mn, in the range of 2800 Daltons to 4000 Daltons and a ratio of Mn: PDI of greater than 1300, wherein kinematic viscosity is expressed in centistokes (mm 2 /s) at 100°C measured in accordance with Test Method ASTM D 445.
A network interface device for connection between a host data processing device supporting a consumer process and a network, the network interface device comprising: a data bus interface (103, 207); a controller for supporting communication with a host data processing device over the data bus interface (103, 207); and a packet capture unit located between the controller and the network and configured to receive from the network a first data flow, the packet capture unit comprising: a packet inspector configured to parse incoming data packets so as to identify data packets belonging to the first data flow; a duplication engine configured to generate a duplicate data flow from the first data flow; and a packet capture engine configured to process said duplicate data flow into a packet capture data stream having a predefined format; wherein the network interface device is configured to cause: the first data flow to be made available to a consumer process of a host data processing device to which the network interface device is connected; and the processed packet capture data stream to be stored at a packet capture buffer (108, 115, 117, 119). a data bus interface (103, 207); a controller for supporting communication with a host data processing device over the data bus interface (103, 207); and a packet capture unit located between the controller and the network and configured to receive from the network a first data flow, the packet capture unit comprising: a packet inspector configured to parse incoming data packets so as to identify data packets belonging to the first data flow; a duplication engine configured to generate a duplicate data flow from the first data flow; and a packet capture engine configured to process said duplicate data flow into a packet capture data stream having a predefined format; a packet inspector configured to parse incoming data packets so as to identify data packets belonging to the first data flow; a duplication engine configured to generate a duplicate data flow from the first data flow; and a packet capture engine configured to process said duplicate data flow into a packet capture data stream having a predefined format; the first data flow to be made available to a consumer process of a host data processing device to which the network interface device is connected; and the processed packet capture data stream to be stored at a packet capture buffer (108, 115, 117, 119).
A method for purifying a rosin-containing material from sulfur compounds comprising: a) contacting a rosin-containing material comprising rosin and sulfur compounds with an oxidizing agent at a temperature from 0 to 60 °C for 10 minutes to 3 hours, to oxidize at least part of the sulfur compounds; and b) separating the rosin from the oxidized sulfur compounds; to obtain a purified rosin-containing material wherein step a) comprises mixing a solution of the rosin-containing material in a first solvent with a solution of the oxidizing agent in a second solvent, wherein the first solvent and the second solvent are different and the solubility of rosin in the mixture of the first and second solvent is lower than the solubility of rosin in the first solvent, to obtain a solvent mixture containing rosin in solid form and oxidized sulfur compounds in solution; wherein step b) comprises a solid-liquid separation of the rosin in solid form from the solvent mixture comprising the oxidized sulfur compounds in solution; and wherein step c) comprises re-suspending the separated rosin in solid form in a third solvent. a) contacting a rosin-containing material comprising rosin and sulfur compounds with an oxidizing agent at a temperature from 0 to 60 °C for 10 minutes to 3 hours, to oxidize at least part of the sulfur compounds; and b) separating the rosin from the oxidized sulfur compounds; to obtain a purified rosin-containing material
A method of generating non-ionizing 4 He atoms and radiation selected from x-rays, visible light, infrared, microwaves, radio waves or combinations thereof, said method comprising: providing carbon nanotubes in a sealable vessel; evacuating the sealable vessel to a pressure below atmospheric pressure; adding deuterium gas to said vessel to achieve a pressure above atmospheric pressure; performing at least one heating step that further increases pressure inside the vessel; characterized in that the method comprises the further steps of: cooling said vessel; and aging said carbon nanotubes in said vessel at room temperature or below for a time sufficient to promote absorption of the deuterium into or onto the carbon nanotubes and generate said radiation and said 4 He atoms; wherein said non-ionizing 4 He atoms have an energy of less than 1 KeV. providing carbon nanotubes in a sealable vessel; evacuating the sealable vessel to a pressure below atmospheric pressure; adding deuterium gas to said vessel to achieve a pressure above atmospheric pressure; performing at least one heating step that further increases pressure inside the vessel; characterized in that the method comprises the further steps of: cooling said vessel; and aging said carbon nanotubes in said vessel at room temperature or below for a time sufficient to promote absorption of the deuterium into or onto the carbon nanotubes and generate said radiation and said 4 He atoms; wherein said non-ionizing 4 He atoms have an energy of less than 1 KeV. cooling said vessel; and aging said carbon nanotubes in said vessel at room temperature or below for a time sufficient to promote absorption of the deuterium into or onto the carbon nanotubes and generate said radiation and said 4 He atoms; wherein said non-ionizing 4 He atoms have an energy of less than 1 KeV.