mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for increasing resolution of an image formed of received light from an illuminated spot comprising: measuring a y vector for measurement kernels A 1 to A M, where M is a number of the measurement kernels, measuring the y vector comprising: programming a programmable N-pixel micromirror or mask located in a return path of a received reflected scene spot with a jth measurement kernel A j of the measurement kernels A 1 to A M; measuring y, wherein y is an inner product of a scene reflectivity f ( α, β) with the measurement kernel A j for each range bin r i, wherein α and β are azimuth and elevation angles of said illuminated spot, respectively; repeating programming the programmable N-pixel micromirror or mask and measuring y for each measurement kernel A 1 to AM; and forming a reconstructed image for each range bin r i using the y vector measured for said range bin r i, wherein forming the reconstructed image comprises using compressive sensing or Moore-Penrose reconstruction; wherein the illuminated spot is illuminated by a scanning laser and wherein the method further comprises: scanning the laser; and repeating forming the reconstructed images for each spot illuminated by the laser. measuring a y vector for measurement kernels A 1 to A M, where M is a number of the measurement kernels, measuring the y vector comprising: programming a programmable N-pixel micromirror or mask located in a return path of a received reflected scene spot with a jth measurement kernel A j of the measurement kernels A 1 to A M; measuring y, wherein y is an inner product of a scene reflectivity f ( α, β) with the measurement kernel A j for each range bin r i, wherein α and β are azimuth and elevation angles of said illuminated spot, respectively; repeating programming the programmable N-pixel micromirror or mask and measuring y for each measurement kernel A 1 to AM; and programming a programmable N-pixel micromirror or mask located in a return path of a received reflected scene spot with a jth measurement kernel A j of the measurement kernels A 1 to A M; measuring y, wherein y is an inner product of a scene reflectivity f ( α, β) with the measurement kernel A j for each range bin r i, wherein α and β are azimuth and elevation angles of said illuminated spot, respectively; repeating programming the programmable N-pixel micromirror or mask and measuring y for each measurement kernel A 1 to AM; and forming a reconstructed image for each range bin r i using the y vector measured for said range bin r i, wherein forming the reconstructed image comprises using compressive sensing or Moore-Penrose reconstruction; wherein the illuminated spot is illuminated by a scanning laser and wherein the method further comprises: scanning the laser; and repeating forming the reconstructed images for each spot illuminated by the laser.
A medical infusion device, comprising: a housing having proximal end, a distal end, and a cavity therein; an opening at the distal end of the housing for receiving a medicament cartridge into the cavity, wherein the medicament cartridge comprises a cylindrical housing having an open proximal end and a distal end configured to detachably connect to luer, and a plunger configured for insertion into the proximal end of the cylindrical housing; and a pusher rod configured to bias the plunger into the cylindrical housing of the medicament cartridge, the pusher rod comprising at least one anti-rotation guide and a threaded bushing; characterized by: a threaded axle configured so that the threaded axle screwably engages with the threaded bushing, thereby inducing linear motion of the pusher rod when the threaded axle rotates; a control gear mechanically linked to the threaded axle; a dial mechanically linked to the control gear; and a ratchet claw configured for releasable engagement of the control gear to inhibit rotation of the control gear when the ratchet claw is engaged, wherein the ratchet claw is releasably engaged by a remote controller in wireless communication with the medical infusion device. a housing having proximal end, a distal end, and a cavity therein; an opening at the distal end of the housing for receiving a medicament cartridge into the cavity, wherein the medicament cartridge comprises a cylindrical housing having an open proximal end and a distal end configured to detachably connect to luer, and a plunger configured for insertion into the proximal end of the cylindrical housing; and a pusher rod configured to bias the plunger into the cylindrical housing of the medicament cartridge, the pusher rod comprising at least one anti-rotation guide and a threaded bushing; a threaded axle configured so that the threaded axle screwably engages with the threaded bushing, thereby inducing linear motion of the pusher rod when the threaded axle rotates; a control gear mechanically linked to the threaded axle; a dial mechanically linked to the control gear; and a ratchet claw configured for releasable engagement of the control gear to inhibit rotation of the control gear when the ratchet claw is engaged, wherein the ratchet claw is releasably engaged by a remote controller in wireless communication with the medical infusion device.
A robot cleaner comprising: a case forming the external appearance of the robot cleaner; an agitator rotating and contacting a surface to be cleaned; a dust collector in which foreign substances are collected; and a suction unit providing suction force to the dust collector, wherein the agitator is arranged between the dust collector and the suction unit; characterized in that the suction unit includes a guide duct unit guiding sucked air, wherein the guide duct unit includes a first guide duct and a second guide duct arranged in parallel. a case forming the external appearance of the robot cleaner; an agitator rotating and contacting a surface to be cleaned; a dust collector in which foreign substances are collected; and a suction unit providing suction force to the dust collector, wherein the agitator is arranged between the dust collector and the suction unit; characterized in that the suction unit includes a guide duct unit guiding sucked air, wherein the guide duct unit includes a first guide duct and a second guide duct arranged in parallel.
A method of virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) in cotton comprising: (a) inserting a nucleic acid comprising a first silencing sequence capable of silencing a first desired gene into a vector comprising a tobacco rattle virus RNA2 sequence, wherein the nucleic acid is inserted into the TRV RNA2 sequence to produce a vector comprising a modified TRV RNA2 sequence, wherein the first silencing sequence is selected from the group consisting of a partial sequence of the first desired gene, a sense strand of the first desired gene, an antisense strand of the first desired gene, an shRNA, a precursor miRNA or an miRNA; (b) preparing a mixed culture of Agrobacterium comprising Agrobacterium containing a vector comprising a modified TRV RNA1 sequence and Agrobacterium containing the vector comprising the modified TRV RNA2 vector, wherein the modified TRV RNA1 sequence is a TRV RNA1 sequence into which an intron has been inserted wherein the insertion is within positions 10919-10922 in the psTRV1001 sequence of SEQ ID NO:1; (c) introducing the mixed culture of Agrobacterium into plant tissue of cotton to produce infected plant tissue; and (d) growing the infected plant tissue for a sufficient time to produce systemic TRV infection in the infected plants and to thereby induce gene silencing of the first desired gene. (a) inserting a nucleic acid comprising a first silencing sequence capable of silencing a first desired gene into a vector comprising a tobacco rattle virus RNA2 sequence, wherein the nucleic acid is inserted into the TRV RNA2 sequence to produce a vector comprising a modified TRV RNA2 sequence, wherein the first silencing sequence is selected from the group consisting of a partial sequence of the first desired gene, a sense strand of the first desired gene, an antisense strand of the first desired gene, an shRNA, a precursor miRNA or an miRNA; (b) preparing a mixed culture of Agrobacterium comprising Agrobacterium containing a vector comprising a modified TRV RNA1 sequence and Agrobacterium containing the vector comprising the modified TRV RNA2 vector, wherein the modified TRV RNA1 sequence is a TRV RNA1 sequence into which an intron has been inserted wherein the insertion is within positions 10919-10922 in the psTRV1001 sequence of SEQ ID NO:1; (c) introducing the mixed culture of Agrobacterium into plant tissue of cotton to produce infected plant tissue; and (d) growing the infected plant tissue for a sufficient time to produce systemic TRV infection in the infected plants and to thereby induce gene silencing of the first desired gene.
An oral polymeric pharmaceutical dosage form for site specific delivery of a pharmaceutically active ingredient to an intestine of a gastro-intestinal tract of a human or animal body, the dosage form comprising: a thermoresponsive eutectic composition which is solid at or about room temperature and fluid at or about body temperature, the eutectic composition mixed together with a crosslinking agent and an active pharmaceutical ingredient to form an API loaded region, and wherein room temperature is below body temperature; and a porous polymeric composition at least partially surrounding the API loaded region to protect the API when the dosage form is in a stomach of the human or animal body, the porous polymeric composition allowing the ingress of water to contact the crosslinking agent thereby facilitating the crosslinking agent to cause crosslinking of the porous polymeric composition, which crosslinked porous polymeric composition allows controlled egress of API via egress of fluid thermoresponsive eutectic composition at the intestine. a thermoresponsive eutectic composition which is solid at or about room temperature and fluid at or about body temperature, the eutectic composition mixed together with a crosslinking agent and an active pharmaceutical ingredient to form an API loaded region, and wherein room temperature is below body temperature; and a porous polymeric composition at least partially surrounding the API loaded region to protect the API when the dosage form is in a stomach of the human or animal body, the porous polymeric composition allowing the ingress of water to contact the crosslinking agent thereby facilitating the crosslinking agent to cause crosslinking of the porous polymeric composition, which crosslinked porous polymeric composition allows controlled egress of API via egress of fluid thermoresponsive eutectic composition at the intestine.
Mechanically controllable valve drive for a reciprocating piston machine, in particular an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, for the adjustment of gas exchange valves, comprising a cam arrangement having a camshaft and at least one cam per gas exchange valve; a valve lift adjustment arrangement performing an adjustment of the valve between a zero lift and a maximum lift and substantially comprising a valve lift adjustment means and an intermediate lever arrangement which comprises at least one intermediate lever having a work curve, the work curve having different curve portions; and a rocker arm arrangement with which the work curve is operatively connected, wherein means are provided that form a valve lift stop region such that the valve, at its maximum lift, is opened over an angle of rotation ω of the camshaft with a flattened, in particular constant valve lift height, wherein the means have a work curve with a valve lift stop region, the work curve, seen in the opening direction of the gas exchange valve, comprises a zero lift region, an adjustment region as well as the valve lift stop region, characterized in that the intermediate lever has a first roller at its first arm, which roller is moved directly or indirectly on the link path of a link by the cam of the camshaft; the intermediate lever has a second roller at its centre of pivoting, which roller rolls on a contour of the valve lift adjustment means, and that the intermediate lever has the work curve at its second arm, the work curve cooperating with a third roller of the rocker arm arrangement, wherein both the zero lift region and the valve lift stop region describe a part of a curved path around the fulcrum of the centre of the axis of the first roller, wherein the radius r 1 of the valve lift stop region is larger than the radius r 2 of the zero lift region.
Device intended for connecting straps, objects or parts of clothing and accessories, the device comprising two strictly identical and complementary parts that can be combined to form a coherent assembly, wherein these parts have firstly a male portion which is an angled bar having a flexible front arm that is deployed towards the outside of the parts, acting as a spring to lock or open the device, and secondly a female portion which is a shell wherein the angled bar is intended to be inserted, characterised in that each part comprises male and female locking members arranged on the inner face of the angled bar in the middle of each part.
A three-phase electromagnetic device, comprising: a stator defining a bore; a rotor rotatable within the stator bore and having permanent magnetic elements disposed about an outer surface thereof to define a series of magnetic poles; power coils configured to generate a power current as a first portion of the magnetic poles pass each of the power coils due to rotor rotation; and sense coils configured to generate a sense current as a second portion of the magnetic poles pass each of the sense coils due to the rotor rotation; wherein the power coils are supportively wound in the stator about a first section of the rotor, and wherein the sense coils are supportively wound in the stator about a second section of the rotor; wherein the sense coils are magnetically and electrically decoupled from the power coils, characterized in that the sense coils are separated from the power coils by an air gap such that the sense coils are disposed within the gap defined between electrical and polar opposite ends of the power coils. a stator defining a bore; a rotor rotatable within the stator bore and having permanent magnetic elements disposed about an outer surface thereof to define a series of magnetic poles; power coils configured to generate a power current as a first portion of the magnetic poles pass each of the power coils due to rotor rotation; and sense coils configured to generate a sense current as a second portion of the magnetic poles pass each of the sense coils due to the rotor rotation; wherein the power coils are supportively wound in the stator about a first section of the rotor, and wherein the sense coils are supportively wound in the stator about a second section of the rotor; wherein the sense coils are magnetically and electrically decoupled from the power coils, characterized in that the sense coils are separated from the power coils by an air gap such that the sense coils are disposed within the gap defined between electrical and polar opposite ends of the power coils.
A heating device, comprising a casing including side covers and a bottom cover and comprising a control panel functionally connectable to the device by means of cables or wirelessly and mechanically removably fastened to the casing of the device, characterized in that the control panel is formed by a body on which fastening means are arranged comprising of at least two fasteners provided with spring elements, at least two fasteners provided with bosses, partitions and slotted openings and at least two bosses provided with openings for hanging, and the body is provided with control and display elements, wherein in a service position, the body is operatively connected to the device by means of wires or wirelessly and the at least two bosses are hinged to protrusions extending from the bottom cover of the device casing, wherein the display elements are visible for monitoring and the control elements are adjustable during handling of components of the device. characterized in that the control panel is formed by a body on which fastening means are arranged comprising of at least two fasteners provided with spring elements, at least two fasteners provided with bosses, partitions and slotted openings and at least two bosses provided with openings for hanging, and the body is provided with control and display elements, wherein in a service position, the body is operatively connected to the device by means of wires or wirelessly and the at least two bosses are hinged to protrusions extending from the bottom cover of the device casing, wherein the display elements are visible for monitoring and the control elements are adjustable during handling of components of the device.
Spoke for connecting a wheel hub to a wheel rim, wherein the surface of the spoke is glued to a film and wherein the film is provided with a reflective coating on its side facing away from the surface, and the unstretched film is provided in the form of a strip and the strip is adhered to a spoke shaft across its entire length, characterised in that in the region of its surface facing away from the spoke, the film has a plurality of glass spheres, the strip has a width that is narrower than the circumference of the spoke and the strip is stretched and applied to the surface of the spoke under tension, and a pre-tensioning of the film transversely to its longitudinal direction is such that adjacent edges are in contact with one another but do not overlap.
A manually operable hair trimming device (100, 200, 500, 600) comprises: a barrel (1, 20) which is rolled over hair to be trimmed, the barrel (1, 20) has at least one aperture; a first cutting blade (2, 30, 32) is provided inside the barrel (1, 20), the first cutting blade (2, 30, 32) is held in use to prevent rotation; and a second cutting blade (5, 1A, 10, 22) is associated with the barrel (1, 20); whereby in use, as the barrel (1, 20) is rolled over hair to be trimmed, hair protrudes through the at least one aperture and is cut at a cutting point by a shearing force between the held first cutting blade, and the rotating second cutting blade; characterised in that at least part of the barrel (1, 20) has a comb that overhangs the second cutting blade so as to direct hair and space the cutting point from a user's skin.
A head-mountable display system comprising: a frame which is configured to be mounted on a user's head, a camera mounted on the frame for capturing a view of the user's eyes, a motion detector for detecting motion of the head mountable display device and for generating a motion signal representing a movement of the head mountable display with respect to time, and a controller configured to estimate a distance between the user's eyes by capturing a relative separation of the user's eyes from an image of the user's eyes captured by the camera at a start position, configured to process a motion period of the motion signal corresponding to a process in which the user moves the head mountable display from the start position to dispose the head mountable display on the user's head at an end position, and further configured to estimate the distance between the user's eyes by determining a distance from the start position of the head mountable display at which the image of the user's eyes was captured to the end position in which the head mountable display is disposed on the user's head in combination with the relative separation of the user's eyes in the image of the user's eyes captured by the camera at the start position. a frame which is configured to be mounted on a user's head, a camera mounted on the frame for capturing a view of the user's eyes, a motion detector for detecting motion of the head mountable display device and for generating a motion signal representing a movement of the head mountable display with respect to time, and a controller configured to estimate a distance between the user's eyes by capturing a relative separation of the user's eyes from an image of the user's eyes captured by the camera at a start position, configured to process a motion period of the motion signal corresponding to a process in which the user moves the head mountable display from the start position to dispose the head mountable display on the user's head at an end position, and further configured to estimate the distance between the user's eyes by determining a distance from the start position of the head mountable display at which the image of the user's eyes was captured to the end position in which the head mountable display is disposed on the user's head in combination with the relative separation of the user's eyes in the image of the user's eyes captured by the camera at the start position.
Vibration device for stimulation of tissue in a nasal cavity of a patient, comprising: expandable stimulation means; expansion means for expanding the stimulation means from a first, unexpanded state to a second, expanded state, wherein the expansion means comprises at least one channel for supplying fluid to the stimulation means to achieve said expansion, wherein the stimulation means is arranged partly around the expansion means such that one end of the expansion means is located inside the stimulation means, and an externally arranged vibration source arranged outside the stimulation means and connected to the expansion means, said vibration source being configured to bring the stimulation means to vibrate at a frequency of 30-70 Hz; wherein the stimulation means is configured, in the first, unexpanded state to be capable of being introduced via a nostril into the nasal cavity, and in the second, expanded state to be expanded to a volume such that the stimulation means abuts against the tissue within the nasal cavity. expandable stimulation means; expansion means for expanding the stimulation means from a first, unexpanded state to a second, expanded state, wherein the expansion means comprises at least one channel for supplying fluid to the stimulation means to achieve said expansion, wherein the stimulation means is arranged partly around the expansion means such that one end of the expansion means is located inside the stimulation means, and an externally arranged vibration source arranged outside the stimulation means and connected to the expansion means, said vibration source being configured to bring the stimulation means to vibrate at a frequency of 30-70 Hz; wherein the stimulation means is configured, in the first, unexpanded state to be capable of being introduced via a nostril into the nasal cavity, and in the second, expanded state to be expanded to a volume such that the stimulation means abuts against the tissue within the nasal cavity.