mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A liquid channel device (10A, 10B) including a base plate (11A, 11B) in which a liquid channel through which a liquid which contains at least one of a sample and a reagent, flows, and one or more liquid chambers (14a ∼ 14m) for holding the liquid are formed to at least one side thereof, and a cover plate which is laminated onto a channel formation surface of the base plate where the liquid channel and the liquid chambers are formed; wherein at least one of the liquid chambers has a liquid transport section (P1 ∼ P5, P1') configured for transporting the liquid from an inside to an outside of the liquid chamber by applying external pressure on a floor of the liquid chamber or on the cover plate in an area corresponding to the liquid chamber, wherein the liquid channel device further includes a reverse flow check (G1 ∼ G6) for preventing reverse flow of the liquid transported by the liquid transport section, which is a flexible dam plate, formed to the liquid chambers (14c, 14f, 14h, 14i) that are provided with the liquid transport section, wherein the liquid channel device further includes an opening section (S1 ∼ S14) which opens a portion of the liquid channel from a closed mode, and a closing section (T1 ∼ T2) which closes a portion of the liquid channel from an open mode; the cover plate has a first base layer which forms a surface of the cover plate, a strongly adhered layer which is formed to an inside of the first base layer, a second base layer which is formed to an inside of the strongly adhered layer, and a weakly adhered layer which is formed to an inside of the second base layer and is adhered to the channel formation surface; in the opening section, a first convex section is formed to the liquid channel, a top part of the first convex section and the weakly adhered layer are adhered, and the strongly adhered layer and the second base layer are separated; in the closing section, a second convex section is formed to the liquid channel, a top part of the second convex section and the weakly adhered layer are separated, and a spacer is interposed between the strongly adhered layer and the second base layer, wherein the spacer and the second base layer are not adhered, and the spacer and the strongly adhered layer are adhered together; and in the liquid transport section, a spacer is interposed between the strongly adhered layer and the second base layer, and the spacer and the strongly adhered layer are adhered, and wherein the adhesive strength of the strongly adhered layer is formed to be greater than that of the weakly adhered layer; and the first base layer is made of a material that will bend when a vertically directed load is applied on its front surface side, and which has restorative force that will return to its original state once the load is removed, while the second base layer is made of a plastic deformation material which easily bends when the same load is subjected, but does not return to its original state even when the load is removed.
Pneumatic vehicle tyre having a tread with at least one shoulder-side profile-block row which is delimited by a shoulder-side circumferential channel formed to a profile depth (T P) and which is provided with transverse channels extending parallel to one another in plan view, each of which transverse channels has a channel base and a length (l QR) projected into the axial direction within the ground contact area, wherein each transverse channel has a tread-outer-side channel portion, which extends over most of its length (l QR) and over the lateral edge (l) of the ground contact area and has a width (b a) determined within the ground contact area, and a tread-inner-side channel portion, which opens out into the shoulder-side circumferential channel and has a constant width (b b) that is relatively small in comparison with the width (b a) of the tread-outer-side channel portion, wherein, over its entire extent, the tread-inner-side channel portion is shallower in the radial direction than the tread-outer-side channel portion, wherein the transverse channels are each made up of the tread-inner-side channel portion, the tread-outer-side channel portion and a transition portion which is formed between the channel portions (5a, 5b) and which widens in a funnel-like manner therebetween, characterized in that the channel base has a stepped base portion which extends over the tread-inner-side channel portion and which has at least two step surfaces (6b 1, 6b 2, 6b 3) in the tread-inner-side channel portion, wherein the step surfaces (6b 1, 6b 2, 6b 3) are at constant distances (a b1, a b2, a b3), determined in the radial direction, from the level of the profile depth (T P), said distances increasing from step surface (6b 1, 6b 2, 6b 3) to step surface (6b 1, 6b 2, 6b 3) in the direction of the shoulder-side circumferential channel in a stepwise manner, wherein the transition portion has a length (l c) projected into the axial direction of 1.0 mm to 3.0 mm.
A composite porous solid article for the separation of components of a fluid comprising: a) 0.5 to 35 weight percent of a high molecular fluoropolymer binder in the form of particles, having a melt viscosity of greater than 1 kpoise as measured by ASTM D3835 at 232°C and 100s -1, wherein said fluoropolymer comprises a homopolymer of vinylidene fluoride, or a copolymer comprising more than 50 weight percent of vinylidene fluoride units, and b) 65 to 99.5 weight percent of interactive particles having an average particle diameter of from 0.1 to 3,000 microns, the weight percent based on the total of thermoplastic fluoropolymer and interactive particles, wherein said interactive particles exhibit interconnectivity. a) 0.5 to 35 weight percent of a high molecular fluoropolymer binder in the form of particles, having a melt viscosity of greater than 1 kpoise as measured by ASTM D3835 at 232°C and 100s -1, wherein said fluoropolymer comprises a homopolymer of vinylidene fluoride, or a copolymer comprising more than 50 weight percent of vinylidene fluoride units, and b) 65 to 99.5 weight percent of interactive particles having an average particle diameter of from 0.1 to 3,000 microns, the weight percent based on the total of thermoplastic fluoropolymer and interactive particles,
An open diatom cultivation method, using an open diatom cultivation system, culture solution containing diatoms being introduced into the open cultivation system, and then carbon dioxide and nutrient salts being added to form a culture solution for diatom cultivation, characterized in that after the algae culture solution containing diatoms is introduced into the open microalgae culture system, the pH value of the algae culture solution is controlled to be between 3.0 and 5.0 and maintained so for 30 to 120 minutes.
Programmable camera for an automobile, having a camera control device, an optical sensor, a volatile data memory and a flash memory, wherein the camera is configured, in a programming mode, to optically receive and read in program data containing a two-dimensional barcode and to program the flash memory using the received program data, wherein the camera has an interface to a CAN bus of an automobile and is configured to receive a programming mode signal via the CAN bus in order to adopt the programming mode and to acknowledge the reception of the program data in the programming mode via the CAN bus.
A videoconferencing system comprising: multiple videoconferencing rooms (104A, 104B, 404); a server adapted to store information regarding each videoconferencing room, each videoconferencing room including a videoconferencing codec (106A, 106B) and a system controller (108A, 108B) in communication with the videoconferencing codec via one or more wired and/or wireless communication networks to control the videoconferencing codec, the system controller in communication with the server via the one or more wired and/or wireless communication networks; and a mobile computing device including a user interface, the mobile computing device configured to communicate with the server via the one or more wired and/or wireless communication networks to exchange data with the server to determine whether at least one of the videoconferencing rooms is within a defined proximity of the mobile computing device; the mobile computing device further configured to, in response to determining that at least one of the videoconferencing rooms is within the defined proximity, and in response to the user selecting said at least one of the videoconferencing rooms, transmit one or more commands to the server; the server configured to transmit the one or more commands to the system controller located in said at least one of the videoconferencing rooms; said system controller configured to control the videoconferencing codec located in said at least one of the videoconferencing rooms according to the one or more commands to establish or control a videoconference in said at least one of the videoconferencing rooms. multiple videoconferencing rooms (104A, 104B, 404); a server adapted to store information regarding each videoconferencing room, each videoconferencing room including a videoconferencing codec (106A, 106B) and a system controller (108A, 108B) in communication with the videoconferencing codec via one or more wired and/or wireless communication networks to control the videoconferencing codec, the system controller in communication with the server via the one or more wired and/or wireless communication networks; and a mobile computing device including a user interface, the mobile computing device configured to communicate with the server via the one or more wired and/or wireless communication networks to exchange data with the server to determine whether at least one of the videoconferencing rooms is within a defined proximity of the mobile computing device; the mobile computing device further configured to, in response to determining that at least one of the videoconferencing rooms is within the defined proximity, and in response to the user selecting said at least one of the videoconferencing rooms, transmit one or more commands to the server; the server configured to transmit the one or more commands to the system controller located in said at least one of the videoconferencing rooms; said system controller configured to control the videoconferencing codec located in said at least one of the videoconferencing rooms according to the one or more commands to establish or control a videoconference in said at least one of the videoconferencing rooms.
Apparatus for use in monitoring user activity, the apparatus being configured to: receive orientation data broadcast by a user device (102, 132), the broadcast orientation data having been generated by the user device in relation to activity of a user of the user device; analyse the received broadcast orientation data for the presence of a predetermined activity pattern of the user; and in response to the analysis indicating that the predetermined activity pattern of the user is present, cause transmittal of a request to the user device (102, 132), the request being operable to cause the user device (102, 132) to: establish a connection with the apparatus; and transmit orientation data generated by the user device (102, 132) in relation to activity of the user of the user device via the established connection rather than via broadcast, wherein the broadcast orientation data is generated and broadcast at a first repetition frequency and the transmitted orientation data is generated and transmitted at a second, higher repetition frequency. receive orientation data broadcast by a user device (102, 132), the broadcast orientation data having been generated by the user device in relation to activity of a user of the user device; analyse the received broadcast orientation data for the presence of a predetermined activity pattern of the user; and in response to the analysis indicating that the predetermined activity pattern of the user is present, cause transmittal of a request to the user device (102, 132), the request being operable to cause the user device (102, 132) to: establish a connection with the apparatus; and transmit orientation data generated by the user device (102, 132) in relation to activity of the user of the user device via the established connection rather than via broadcast, establish a connection with the apparatus; and transmit orientation data generated by the user device (102, 132) in relation to activity of the user of the user device via the established connection rather than via broadcast, wherein the broadcast orientation data is generated and broadcast at a first repetition frequency and the transmitted orientation data is generated and transmitted at a second, higher repetition frequency.
A method of generating data bits from a received signal carrying data values corresponding to transmitted data values "1" and "0", comprising: processing the received signal to generate a sequence of signal values; converting the sequence of signal values to data value estimates using a soft decision maximum likelihood sequence estimation technique in which an estimation probability is associated with each data value estimate; computing a first conditional probability density function, PDF, and a second conditional PDF based on the received signal, said first conditional PDF being conditional on the transmitted data values being "1" and the second conditional PDF being conditional on the transmitted data value being "0", wherein the computing is based on the data value estimates and the associated estimation probabilities; computing log-likelihood ratios using the data value estimates and the first and second conditional PDFs; and forward error decoding, using the computed log-likelihood ratios, to generate data bits. processing the received signal to generate a sequence of signal values; converting the sequence of signal values to data value estimates using a soft decision maximum likelihood sequence estimation technique in which an estimation probability is associated with each data value estimate; computing a first conditional probability density function, PDF, and a second conditional PDF based on the received signal, said first conditional PDF being conditional on the transmitted data values being "1" and the second conditional PDF being conditional on the transmitted data value being "0", wherein the computing is based on the data value estimates and the associated estimation probabilities; computing log-likelihood ratios using the data value estimates and the first and second conditional PDFs; and forward error decoding, using the computed log-likelihood ratios, to generate data bits.
Sensor for emitting an electrical signal based on a travel to be detected, comprising - a housing which spans an interior space and an exterior space, - a signal generator which penetrates the housing from the exterior space into the interior space and which has a travel sensor element in the exterior space and a field signal generator element in the interior space, wherein the travel sensor element is configured to rotate the field signal generator element with respect to the housing on the basis of the travel to be detected, - an evaluation circuit for detecting a physical field which is output by the field signal generator element, - a moisture protection element (37, 40, 42) for protecting a gap between the housing and the signal generator against penetrating moisture, and - a bypass element which is configured to conduct the penetrating moisture past the gap, - wherein the moisture protection element (37, 40, 42) comprises a labyrinth which is configured to lengthen a flowpath of the penetrating moisture in the gap, - wherein the labyrinth is embodied from a first sleeve which is embodied on the signal generator, and a second sleeve which is embodied on the housing and which engage one in the other, and - wherein the bypass element is a drainage channel which is embodied in at least one of the two sleeves (16, 28), characterized in that the corresponding other sleeve (28, 16) has a projection which engages in the drainage channel. - a housing which spans an interior space and an exterior space, - a signal generator which penetrates the housing from the exterior space into the interior space and which has a travel sensor element in the exterior space and a field signal generator element in the interior space, wherein the travel sensor element is configured to rotate the field signal generator element with respect to the housing on the basis of the travel to be detected, - an evaluation circuit for detecting a physical field which is output by the field signal generator element, - a moisture protection element (37, 40, 42) for protecting a gap between the housing and the signal generator against penetrating moisture, and - a bypass element which is configured to conduct the penetrating moisture past the gap, - wherein the moisture protection element (37, 40, 42) comprises a labyrinth which is configured to lengthen a flowpath of the penetrating moisture in the gap, - wherein the labyrinth is embodied from a first sleeve which is embodied on the signal generator, and a second sleeve which is embodied on the housing and which engage one in the other, and - wherein the bypass element is a drainage channel which is embodied in at least one of the two sleeves (16, 28),
Use of a composition for controlling grapevine ESCA disease, the composition comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of alkali metal carbonates and alkali metal hydrogen carbonates as an active ingredient.
Device for increasing the temperature of elongate metallic rolling material, with a heating device comprising induction heating elements (4, 5, 6, 7; 104, 105, 106, 107) for heating the rolling material along a heating path and with a conveyor device comprising driver roller elements and/or roller-path roller elements (27, 28) as active or passive conveyor elements for moving the rolling material in length direction of the heating path, wherein the induction heating elements (4, 5, 6, 7; 104, 105, 106, 107) are arranged in length direction of the heating path to be respectively spaced apart by a free space (10, 11, 12), characterised in that a diverter slide element (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 73) and mutually opposite lateral guide elements (60, 61) are arranged in each free space (10, 11, 12) so as to avoid contact of the conveyed rolling material with the induction heating elements (4, 5, 6, 7; 104, 105, 106, 107), and the diverter slide elements (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 73) and the induction heating elements (4, 5, 6, 7; 104, 105, 106, 107) are arranged in alternation with respect to one another along the heating path.
Method for measuring one or more parameters in a water flow in a device in the form of a recirculating shower, said device comprising a fresh water inlet for cold and hot water, which meets a recirculation loop comprising a recirculation water inlet, a flow path for recycled water and a recirculation water outlet, a user outlet in the form of a shower head, a heater and a filter arranged along the recirculation loop, and wherein the device also comprises an off-line bypass loop arrangement which comprises a liquid-stagnant space and which off-line bypass loop arrangement also comprises one or more sensors enabling measuring in the off-line bypass loop arrangement, said method comprising directing part of the water flow to the liquid-stagnant space where the measuring is performed, wherein the liquid-stagnant place is arranged as an off-line bypass loop arrangement comprising a quality measuring cell in the device intended for recycling of water, and wherein the measuring is performed on one or more of the parameters turbidity, conductivity, pH value, ultrasound and microbiological activity. said method comprising directing part of the water flow to the liquid-stagnant space where the measuring is performed, wherein the liquid-stagnant place is arranged as an off-line bypass loop arrangement comprising a quality measuring cell in the device intended for recycling of water, and wherein the measuring is performed on one or more of the parameters turbidity, conductivity, pH value, ultrasound and microbiological activity.
A mobile terminal, comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate using at least two different communication systems; a display unit including a backlight configured to apply light to a display screen of the display unit; a sensing unit configured to measure a temperature of the mobile terminal if the at least two different communication systems are simultaneously used; and a controller configured to adjust a brightness of the backlight based on the measured temperature and a preset temperature, characterized in that the controller is further configured to lower the brightness of the backlight by reducing the light only to a partial region of the display screen and maintaining the brightness of the backlight applying to the other regions of the display screen. a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate using at least two different communication systems; a display unit including a backlight configured to apply light to a display screen of the display unit; a sensing unit configured to measure a temperature of the mobile terminal if the at least two different communication systems are simultaneously used; and a controller configured to adjust a brightness of the backlight based on the measured temperature and a preset temperature, characterized in that the controller is further configured to lower the brightness of the backlight by reducing the light only to a partial region of the display screen and maintaining the brightness of the backlight applying to the other regions of the display screen.
A method for producing oligomeric urea compounds by reacting starting compounds with at least two reactive groups each, selected from hydroxy and/or thiol groups, with di- or polyisocyanates at a first reaction temperature to produce polyurethane and/or polythiourethane compounds (chain elongation), and subsequent depolymerization of the resulting polyurethane and/or polythiourethane compounds (chain degradation) in the presence of a primary or secondary di- or polyamine, containing in total per molecule at least two primary, at least two secondary or at least one primary and at least one secondary amine group, at a second reaction temperature, wherein the second reaction temperature, in respect of the maximum of each of the reaction temperatures, is at least 40°C higher than the first reaction temperature, in order to obtain compositions having oligomeric urea compounds and the starting compounds with at least two reactive groups selected from the hydroxy and/or thiol group, and wherein a) the polyurethane and/or polythiourethane compounds under the reaction conditions are always present as liquids, dispersed in a liquid or in dissolved form, or b) in the reaction, chain elongation and depolymerization are carried out in a single reactor, or c) a) and b) apply simultaneously. a) the polyurethane and/or polythiourethane compounds under the reaction conditions are always present as liquids, dispersed in a liquid or in dissolved form, or b) in the reaction, chain elongation and depolymerization are carried out in a single reactor, or c) a) and b) apply simultaneously.