mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for operating a communication device, comprising: obtaining a signal by the communication device; allowing the signal to pass through a first junction of a communication path, which is defined by a transceiver chain of the communication device, to which a first reflective frequency selective limiter is coupled; attenuating first unwanted components of the signal using the first reflective frequency selective limiter; reflecting remaining components of the signal by the first reflective frequency selective limiter so that the remaining components travel downstream along the communication path; wherein the method is characterized in allowing the signal to pass through a second junction of the communication path to which a second reflective frequency selective limiter is coupled, wherein the first junction is located prior to a given electronic device in the transceiver chain of the communication device and the second junction is located subsequent to the given electronic device in the transceiver chain. obtaining a signal by the communication device; allowing the signal to pass through a first junction of a communication path, which is defined by a transceiver chain of the communication device, to which a first reflective frequency selective limiter is coupled; attenuating first unwanted components of the signal using the first reflective frequency selective limiter; reflecting remaining components of the signal by the first reflective frequency selective limiter so that the remaining components travel downstream along the communication path; wherein the method is characterized in allowing the signal to pass through a second junction of the communication path to which a second reflective frequency selective limiter is coupled, wherein the first junction is located prior to a given electronic device in the transceiver chain of the communication device and the second junction is located subsequent to the given electronic device in the transceiver chain.
A method for detecting partial discharges in an electric machine, comprising the step of detecting photonic emissions associated with partial discharges using a CCD sensor; the method being characterised in that it comprises the steps of: - acquiring, by using the CCD sensor, a partial discharge image (24, I PD) of at least one portion of the electric machine in absence of lighting, wherein the electric machine is power supplied in order to detect possible partial discharges; - estimating a first dark current contribution (25, I DC1) associated with the partial discharge image acquisition step (24, I PD); - eliminating the first dark current contribution (25, I DC1) from the partial discharge image (I PD); - acquiring, by using the CCD sensor, a machine image (26, I M) of the portion of the electric machine in presence of lighting, wherein the electric machine is not power supplied so no partial discharges occur; - estimating a second dark current contribution (27, I DC2) associated with the machine image acquisition step (26, I M); - eliminating the second dark current contribution (27, I DC2) from the machine image (I M); - generating a sum image (I S) from the partial discharge image (I PD) and from the machine image (I M) wherein partial discharges are visible and localisable. - acquiring, by using the CCD sensor, a partial discharge image (24, I PD) of at least one portion of the electric machine in absence of lighting, wherein the electric machine is power supplied in order to detect possible partial discharges; - estimating a first dark current contribution (25, I DC1) associated with the partial discharge image acquisition step (24, I PD); - eliminating the first dark current contribution (25, I DC1) from the partial discharge image (I PD); - acquiring, by using the CCD sensor, a machine image (26, I M) of the portion of the electric machine in presence of lighting, wherein the electric machine is not power supplied so no partial discharges occur; - estimating a second dark current contribution (27, I DC2) associated with the machine image acquisition step (26, I M); - eliminating the second dark current contribution (27, I DC2) from the machine image (I M); - generating a sum image (I S) from the partial discharge image (I PD) and from the machine image (I M) wherein partial discharges are visible and localisable.
A computer implemented malware protection method to protect a target computer system in a set of computer systems from a malware, the method comprising: accessing a model of the set of computer systems, the model identifying interacting pairs of the computer systems in the set based on interactions corresponding to previous communication occurring between the computer systems in the pairs, and the model identifying the target computer system; simulating, over a plurality of time periods, a propagation of the malware originating from a predetermined source computer system in the model, the simulation being based on a number of interactions per time period between each interacting pair of computer systems in the set, and a rate of transmission of the malware per interaction; evaluating, for each of at least a subset of the time periods, a probability of infection of the target computer system in the time period; responsive to the simulating step, identifying an earliest time period during which the probability of infection of the target computer system meets a predetermined threshold probability; and triggering the deployment of malware protection measures in respect of the target computer system at a time period selected with reference to the identified time period so as to protect the target computer system from the malware. accessing a model of the set of computer systems, the model identifying interacting pairs of the computer systems in the set based on interactions corresponding to previous communication occurring between the computer systems in the pairs, and the model identifying the target computer system; simulating, over a plurality of time periods, a propagation of the malware originating from a predetermined source computer system in the model, the simulation being based on a number of interactions per time period between each interacting pair of computer systems in the set, and a rate of transmission of the malware per interaction; evaluating, for each of at least a subset of the time periods, a probability of infection of the target computer system in the time period; responsive to the simulating step, identifying an earliest time period during which the probability of infection of the target computer system meets a predetermined threshold probability; and triggering the deployment of malware protection measures in respect of the target computer system at a time period selected with reference to the identified time period so as to protect the target computer system from the malware.
A mixture comprising at least two different coded beads, wherein each different coded bead comprises a substrate and two or more different phosphor particles, such that each of the two or more different coded beads can be distinguished from each other by detectable signals from the two or more different phosphor particles in each different coded bead; and each different coded bead comprises at least one member of an affinity set such that the at least one member of an affinity set for each different coded bead may be the same or different, wherein at least one coded bead is capable of producing at least one different detectable signal that comprises light comprising at least one wavelength between 380 nm and 720 nm, and wherein the at least one coded bead comprises two or more different phosphor particles comprising: at least one phosphor particle that emits light at a wavelength shorter than a wavelength capable of exciting the two or more different phosphor particles; and at least one phosphor particle that emits light at a wavelength longer than a wavelength capable of exciting the two or more different phosphor particles. at least one phosphor particle that emits light at a wavelength shorter than a wavelength capable of exciting the two or more different phosphor particles; and at least one phosphor particle that emits light at a wavelength longer than a wavelength capable of exciting the two or more different phosphor particles.
A computer-implemented method for generating an object database comprising the steps of: (a) providing at least one feature vector extracted from an object, wherein the object is an image, and a corresponding object ID for a plurality of objects, wherein the feature vectors are standardised and have a length of 1, (b) extracting at least one identifier "fingerprint" from each of the feature vectors, (c) storing the at least one identifier together with the corresponding object ID for each object in a first database, and (d) storing the feature vectors for each object in the first database, comprising the further steps of: determining the number of times every identifier is present for various objects in the first database, storing the number of every identifier in the first database, and in case the number of an identifier in the first database is equal 1, storing this unique identifier with the corresponding object ID in a second database, and in case the number of an identifier in the first database is higher than 1, deleting the identifier possibly stored in the second database with the corresponding object ID from the second database. (a) providing at least one feature vector extracted from an object, wherein the object is an image, and a corresponding object ID for a plurality of objects, wherein the feature vectors are standardised and have a length of 1, (b) extracting at least one identifier "fingerprint" from each of the feature vectors, (c) storing the at least one identifier together with the corresponding object ID for each object in a first database, and (d) storing the feature vectors for each object in the first database, comprising the further steps of: determining the number of times every identifier is present for various objects in the first database, storing the number of every identifier in the first database, and in case the number of an identifier in the first database is equal 1, storing this unique identifier with the corresponding object ID in a second database, and in case the number of an identifier in the first database is higher than 1, deleting the identifier possibly stored in the second database with the corresponding object ID from the second database. determining the number of times every identifier is present for various objects in the first database, storing the number of every identifier in the first database, and in case the number of an identifier in the first database is equal 1, storing this unique identifier with the corresponding object ID in a second database, and in case the number of an identifier in the first database is higher than 1, deleting the identifier possibly stored in the second database with the corresponding object ID from the second database.
An electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising: a support; and a photosensitive layer formed on the support, wherein the electrophotographic photosensitive member has a surface layer comprising; a polymer whose repeating structural units consist of repeating structural units each represented by the following formula and repeating structural units each represented by the following formula (a); and fluorine-atom-containing resin particles: where R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 2 represents a single bond or a divalent group, and Rf 1 represents a monovalent group having at least one of a fluoroalkyl group and a fluoroalkylene group; where R 101 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, Y represents a divalent organic group, and Z represents a polymer unit, wherein 100% by number of the repeating structural units each represented by the formula in the polymer are represented by the following formula: where R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 20 represents a single bond or an alkylene group, and Rf 13 represents a perfluoroalkyl group having 6 carbon atoms, and wherein a copolymerization ratio between the repeating structural units represented by the formula and the repeating structural units represented by the formula (a) is 95:5 to 30:70 in molar ratio. a support; and a photosensitive layer formed on the support, wherein the electrophotographic photosensitive member has a surface layer comprising; a polymer whose repeating structural units consist of repeating structural units each represented by the following formula and repeating structural units each represented by the following formula (a); and fluorine-atom-containing resin particles: where R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 2 represents a single bond or a divalent group, and Rf 1 represents a monovalent group having at least one of a fluoroalkyl group and a fluoroalkylene group; where R 101 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, Y represents a divalent organic group, and Z represents a polymer unit, wherein 100% by number of the repeating structural units each represented by the formula in the polymer are represented by the following formula: where R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 20 represents a single bond or an alkylene group, and Rf 13 represents a perfluoroalkyl group having 6 carbon atoms, and wherein a copolymerization ratio between the repeating structural units represented by the formula and the repeating structural units represented by the formula (a) is 95:5 to 30:70 in molar ratio.
Method for changing the laying characteristics of a laying unit (VE1 - VE6), - wherein the laying unit (VE1 - VE6) is produced from an individual block mold in a production step in a block-shaping machine, - wherein the laying unit (VE1 - VE6) comprises a plurality of individual blocks (1 -22) characterized in that - while maintaining the dimensions of the laying unit and maintaining the number of individual blocks (1 - 22) of the laying unit (VE1 - VE6) before the palletization of the laying unit (VE1 - VE6), and while the laying unit (VE1 - VE6) is still resting on a production base, it is intervened in the arrangement of the individual blocks of the laying unit (VE1 - VE6) in such a way that - at least one individual block (1 - 22) is gripped, handled and deposited again by an industrial robot in such a way that an upper side (F1 - F 4) of the laying unit (VE1 - VE6) has an appearance which deviates from an appearance which the laying unit (VE1 - VE6) had before the manipulation. - wherein the laying unit (VE1 - VE6) is produced from an individual block mold in a production step in a block-shaping machine, - wherein the laying unit (VE1 - VE6) comprises a plurality of individual blocks (1 -22) - while maintaining the dimensions of the laying unit and maintaining the number of individual blocks (1 - 22) of the laying unit (VE1 - VE6) before the palletization of the laying unit (VE1 - VE6), and while the laying unit (VE1 - VE6) is still resting on a production base, it is intervened in the arrangement of the individual blocks of the laying unit (VE1 - VE6) in such a way that - at least one individual block (1 - 22) is gripped, handled and deposited again by an industrial robot in such a way that an upper side (F1 - F 4) of the laying unit (VE1 - VE6) has an appearance which deviates from an appearance which the laying unit (VE1 - VE6) had before the manipulation.
System comprising a configurable optoelectronic device and two elements (1,2) moveable with respect to each other, said elements (1, 2) being a graduated scale and a readhead, and the movement between both elements (1, 2) being linear or rotary, the device being configured for generating a plurality of output signals (S1, S2,...,Sm), and for using at least some of said output signals (S1, S2,...,Sm) to determine the relative position between said two elements (1,2) moveable between each other, the readhead comprising - at least one light emitter configured to emit a beam of light that passes through or is reflected on the graduated scale, and - at least one specific geometric arrangement of photodetectors, said photodetectors being configured for receiving the light that passes through or is reflected on said graduated scale, the graduated scale comprising a plurality of marks distributed periodically and being fixed to a static support, and each photodetector being configured for converting the light it receives into an electrical signal (I1,..., In), said device comprising control means that are configured - for receiving said electrical signals (I1,I2,...,In) and - for generating the output signals (S1, S2,...,Sm) according to said electrical signals (I1,I2,...,In), said output signals (S1,S2,...,Sm) comprising a reference signal by means of which a reference point is obtained, and a first counting signal and a second counting signal substantially phase shifted 90° from one another, the relative movement between the two elements (1, 2) being detected by means of said counting signals (A, B), in relation to said point of reference, the relative position between said two elements (1, 2) thus being determined, characterised in that said control means are adapted to configure the relationship between said electrical signals (I1,I2,...,In), having the capacity to generate different functions dependent on said electrical signals (I1,I2,...,In), said control means also having the capacity to associate any of said functions to any of the output signals (S1,S2,...,Sm) so that, depending on the functions generated, output signals (S1,S2,...,Sm) with different characteristics can be generated, and said control means being adapted for using each one of said electrical signals (I1,I2,...,In) to generate several output signals (S1,S2,...,Sm), output signals (S1, S2, S3) according to the equation S j =f j (I1, I2,..., In) being obtained, where j = 1, 2,..., m. - at least one light emitter configured to emit a beam of light that passes through or is reflected on the graduated scale, and - at least one specific geometric arrangement of photodetectors, said photodetectors being configured for receiving the light that passes through or is reflected on said graduated scale, - for receiving said electrical signals (I1,I2,...,In) and - for generating the output signals (S1, S2,...,Sm) according to said electrical signals (I1,I2,...,In),
A gas operating system for engaging the automatic or semi-automatic action of a small arms weapon, comprising: a gun barrel having a plurality of radial ports and having radial forward and rear stops fixed thereon; a displaceable cylinder with a gas sealing ring secured thereto, the cylinder having a short stroke between the radial forward and rear stops fixed on the gun barrel; a fixed piston attached coaxial to the gun barrel and having gas blocking sealing rings at rearward exterior surfaces of the piston; a gas chamber, formed by interior walls of the cylinder and piston and by outer surfaces of the gun barrel, wherein gas tightness of the gas chamber is established by the gas sealing ring of the cylinder and by the gas blocking sealing rings of the piston, and wherein the gas chamber receives in operation pressurized combustion gas from fired ammunition, the gas entering through the radial ports of the gun barrel; and a single locking nut, configured to lock the piston over the gun barrel, wherein the rear stop is cylindrical and is threaded axially to the gun barrel so that the rear stop is rotatable to finely adjust the short stroke of the cylinder. a gun barrel having a plurality of radial ports and having radial forward and rear stops fixed thereon; a displaceable cylinder with a gas sealing ring secured thereto, the cylinder having a short stroke between the radial forward and rear stops fixed on the gun barrel; a fixed piston attached coaxial to the gun barrel and having gas blocking sealing rings at rearward exterior surfaces of the piston; a gas chamber, formed by interior walls of the cylinder and piston and by outer surfaces of the gun barrel, wherein gas tightness of the gas chamber is established by the gas sealing ring of the cylinder and by the gas blocking sealing rings of the piston, and wherein the gas chamber receives in operation pressurized combustion gas from fired ammunition, the gas entering through the radial ports of the gun barrel; and a single locking nut, configured to lock the piston over the gun barrel, wherein the rear stop is cylindrical and is threaded axially to the gun barrel so that the rear stop is rotatable to finely adjust the short stroke of the cylinder.
Mower for mowing agricultural stalk or leaf material, comprising at least two cutting elements that are driven around an approximately vertically oriented axis and have at least one rotary body that is near the ground in the working and operating position and is provided with at least two cutting blades on the outer periphery thereof, to which rotary body a conveying and guiding drum for the mown stalk or leaf material is attached from above, and which cutting elements are mounted on a mower assembly approximately transversely to the travel and working direction, the mower assembly, in the working and operating position, being supported on the ground by means of a frame assembly and being at least partially enclosed by a protection and cover assembly, an active suction unit being associated with the mower assembly and being designed to divert an air flow that is directed from the mower assembly towards the still-standing stalk and leaf material into a direction in which the still-standing stalk and leaf material is no longer acted upon by the air flow, characterised in that the suction unit in the form of a fan or blower unit having a radial or axial flow direction is attached above the conveying and guiding drum.
Method for forming an ion diffusion barrier layer in a surface of a glass substrate with the method steps: - application of an acid to the substrate surface and - subsequent temperature treatment of the substrate surface, the acid being removed from the substrate surface by a rinsing operation before the temperature treatment, wherein the temperature treatment is directed at a layer of the substrate near the surface to a depth of penetration of 10 μm, wherein the temperature treatment is carried out through the action of a plasma on the substrate surface, wherein the plasma is excited at low pressure by high-frequency radiation and wherein the plasma on the surface of the glass substrate has an energy density of between 0.1 and 3 MJ/m 2. - application of an acid to the substrate surface and - subsequent temperature treatment of the substrate surface, the acid being removed from the substrate surface by a rinsing operation before the temperature treatment,