mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method, comprising: receiving at least one sound at an electronic device; and enhancing the at least one sound for at least one user based on a compound metric, the compound metric calculated using at least two sound metrics including a physiological metric and at least one metric selected from an engineering metric and a perceptual metric, the engineering metric comprising a difference between an output signal and a desired signal, the perceptual metric and the physiological metric based at least in part on input sensed from the at least one user in response to the received at least one sound. receiving at least one sound at an electronic device; and enhancing the at least one sound for at least one user based on a compound metric, the compound metric calculated using at least two sound metrics including a physiological metric and at least one metric selected from an engineering metric and a perceptual metric, the engineering metric comprising a difference between an output signal and a desired signal, the perceptual metric and the physiological metric based at least in part on input sensed from the at least one user in response to the received at least one sound.
A method of exchanging information between train-carried equipment, said equipment being provided for operation of the train (1a, 1b), and a remote location external to said train, comprising the steps of: a) providing a portable device, said portable device comprising data storage means, data input means for writing data to said data storage means and data output means for outputting data from said data storage means to an external location; b) providing train connection means at the train-carried equipment enabling communication with said portable device for the exchange of data therewith, the connection means enabling said data exchange when the portable device is correctly located within the train; c) providing auxiliary connection means at the remote location enabling communication with the portable device for the exchange of data therewith; d) at the remote location writing information to the data storage means of the portable device via the auxiliary connection means and data input means; e) transporting the portable device into the train; f) communicatively engaging the portable device with the train connection means at the train-carried equipment; and g) passing said information from the data storage means of the portable device to the train-carried equipment via the data output means and train connection means, characterized in that the method further comprises storing a 'time validity' in the portable device, thereby specifying a time extent for which the information stored within the data storage means will be valid, and in that operation of the train is enabled only within the specified time extent. a) providing a portable device, said portable device comprising data storage means, data input means for writing data to said data storage means and data output means for outputting data from said data storage means to an external location; b) providing train connection means at the train-carried equipment enabling communication with said portable device for the exchange of data therewith, the connection means enabling said data exchange when the portable device is correctly located within the train; c) providing auxiliary connection means at the remote location enabling communication with the portable device for the exchange of data therewith; d) at the remote location writing information to the data storage means of the portable device via the auxiliary connection means and data input means; e) transporting the portable device into the train; f) communicatively engaging the portable device with the train connection means at the train-carried equipment; and g) passing said information from the data storage means of the portable device to the train-carried equipment via the data output means and train connection means, characterized in that the method further comprises storing a 'time validity' in the portable device, thereby specifying a time extent for which the information stored within the data storage means will be valid, and in that operation of the train is enabled only within the specified time extent.
Shutoff valve with anti-freeze system, the main elements of which, among others, include a body of the valve, housing on the inside, with the aid of seals in the form of seating a sphere, which rotates relative to the seating with the aid of a shaft inserted into the sphere, at the end of which, as a means of regulation, there is a lever, the rotation of which allows or prevents the passage of water, in addition to increasing or decreasing the flow, whereby the outer surface of the sphere has respective openings dimensioned so that the diameter of a hole for the inflow of water into the sphere is smaller than an outlet hole, respectively, the shaft entering through a hole projected in the body of the sphere, there being contact zones on the outer surface of the sphere, with the seals in the form of seating housed inside the body of the valve, characterised in that the shaft includes a hole defining a channel and the shutoff valve further includes a cap that is configured to cover the upper part of the shaft, such that the inflow of air into the sphere is ensured by removing the cap and allowing the air to pass through the channel.
Base module for a heat pump device of a domestic appliance such as a tumble dryer, dishwasher or washer-dryer, which heat pump device is arranged in a housing, in which base module a coolant pipe having a pipe contour is arranged, the pipe contour being pre-bent for soldered joints (4, 5) to the components to be joined, for example a heat exchanger, a compressor or a filter dryer of the heat pump device, positioning elements (8, 9, 10) for the pipe contour being integrally formed on the base module, characterised in that the positioning elements (8, 9, 10) have different geometric shapes that are integrally formed on the base module and allow pre-positioning for the soldered joints (4, 5) of the coolant pipe which are to be created to the components (6, 7) of the heat pump device, it being possible for the coolant pipe to be brought and pushed into a target position by the positioning elements (8, 9, 10) during mounting and to be held in the target position, the positioning elements (8, 9, 10) comprising integrally formed centring ribs (9.1 and 9.2), which secure the coolant pipe in the target position against horizontal movement and the positioning elements (8, 9, 10) comprising integrally formed retaining brackets (10.1 and 10.2) which hold the coolant pipe in the target position.
A method comprising: providing a semiconductor-on-insulator, SOI, wafer, the SOI wafer having: an insulator layer between a substrate layer and a semiconductor layer; and a first side and a second side, wherein the second side is opposite to the first side; forming a first active layer in and on the semiconductor layer on the first side of the SIO wafer, wherein the first active layer comprises a plurality of CMOS devices; forming a second active layer in and on the substrate layer on the second side of the SOI wafer, wherein the second active layer comprises a MEMS device; forming a first interconnect layer on the first active layer, the first interconnect layer electrically coupling the plurality of CMOS devices of the first active layer; characterised by: forming a second interconnect layer on the second active layer; and forming electrical connections between the second interconnect layer and the first and second active layers. providing a semiconductor-on-insulator, SOI, wafer, the SOI wafer having: an insulator layer between a substrate layer and a semiconductor layer; and a first side and a second side, wherein the second side is opposite to the first side; an insulator layer between a substrate layer and a semiconductor layer; and a first side and a second side, wherein the second side is opposite to the first side; forming a first active layer in and on the semiconductor layer on the first side of the SIO wafer, wherein the first active layer comprises a plurality of CMOS devices; forming a second active layer in and on the substrate layer on the second side of the SOI wafer, wherein the second active layer comprises a MEMS device; forming a first interconnect layer on the first active layer, the first interconnect layer electrically coupling the plurality of CMOS devices of the first active layer; characterised by: forming a second interconnect layer on the second active layer; and forming electrical connections between the second interconnect layer and the first and second active layers.
device for lifting a drawbar support of a trailer for a vehicle, the trailer including a frame having a drawbar tube defining a longitudinal axis, the device comprising: a sliding member receivable in the tube and configured for movement along the longitudinal axis in response to movement of the vehicle; a body fixedly secured to the drawbar tube; characterised by a back plate pivotally coupled to the body and rotatable relative to the body about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis, the back plate biased toward a first position; a mounting device secured to the back plate and configured to operatively couple the drawbar support to the back plate; a latch member connected to the sliding member and pivotally coupled to the body, the latch member configured to rotate in response to movement of the sliding member from an engaged position wherein the back plate is retained in a substantially vertical second position to a disengaged position wherein the back plate is free to rotate to the first position. a sliding member receivable in the tube and configured for movement along the longitudinal axis in response to movement of the vehicle; a body fixedly secured to the drawbar tube; characterised by a back plate pivotally coupled to the body and rotatable relative to the body about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis, the back plate biased toward a first position; a mounting device secured to the back plate and configured to operatively couple the drawbar support to the back plate; a latch member connected to the sliding member and pivotally coupled to the body, the latch member configured to rotate in response to movement of the sliding member from an engaged position wherein the back plate is retained in a substantially vertical second position to a disengaged position wherein the back plate is free to rotate to the first position.
A portable unit wearable by a person when carrying out exercise, the unit being programmable to provide audible encouragement messages, messages of instruction, and/or messages of time elapsed, which messages can be provided at required programmable intervals, the unit incorporating a digital sound player to enable a user to listen to music when messages are not given by the unit, the unit including a set of headphones, wherein the unit is incorporated within a casing of the headphones.
A signal sending method, wherein the method comprises: generating, by a terminal device (1100, 1200), a first symbol group which is a first preamble, wherein the first symbol group comprises four groups of symbols; characterized by sending, by the terminal device (1100, 1200), the first symbol group to a network device (1300, 1400) in K groups of uplink subframes, wherein any two groups of uplink subframes in the K groups of uplink subframes are not adjacent and are separated by at least a subframe that is not an uplink subframe, each group of uplink subframes in the K groups of uplink subframes comprises at least one uplink subframe, and uplink subframes comprised in the group of uplink subframes are contiguous subframes, wherein K is a positive integer greater than 1 and less than or equal to 4; sending, by the terminal device (1100, 1200), additionally to the first symbol group, a second symbol group to the network device (1300, 1400) in the K groups of uplink subframes, wherein the second symbol group is a second preamble; and wherein the second preamble is a preamble that is different from the first preamble and that is randomly selected by the terminal device (1100, 1200) from a preamble set, the preamble set comprises at least two preambles, and the preambles in the preamble set are configured by the network device (1300, 1400) for the terminal device (1100, 1200). generating, by a terminal device (1100, 1200), a first symbol group which is a first preamble, wherein the first symbol group comprises four groups of symbols; characterized by sending, by the terminal device (1100, 1200), the first symbol group to a network device (1300, 1400) in K groups of uplink subframes, wherein any two groups of uplink subframes in the K groups of uplink subframes are not adjacent and are separated by at least a subframe that is not an uplink subframe, each group of uplink subframes in the K groups of uplink subframes comprises at least one uplink subframe, and uplink subframes comprised in the group of uplink subframes are contiguous subframes, wherein K is a positive integer greater than 1 and less than or equal to 4; sending, by the terminal device (1100, 1200), additionally to the first symbol group, a second symbol group to the network device (1300, 1400) in the K groups of uplink subframes, wherein the second symbol group is a second preamble; and wherein the second preamble is a preamble that is different from the first preamble and that is randomly selected by the terminal device (1100, 1200) from a preamble set, the preamble set comprises at least two preambles, and the preambles in the preamble set are configured by the network device (1300, 1400) for the terminal device (1100, 1200).
Electric machine comprising a stator, which has a stator core, which has a substantially cylindrical opening having a central axis, wherein the opening receives a rotor, wherein the stator core has an axial length (L17a), and the stator core holds a stator winding, comprising the rotor, which has an axis of rotation, wherein the rotor has an axial end side, on which a fan with fan blades is arranged, which fan is connected in rotationally fixed fashion to the rotor, wherein the rotor has an electromagnetically excitable path, which has a pole core adjoined by, at both rotationally axial ends (80, 82), in each case one pole plate (22, 23), wherein claw poles which have a north polarity emanate from one pole plate and claw poles which have a south polarity emanate from the other pole plate, wherein the claw poles and alternate according to north polarity and south polarity over the circumference of the rotor, and the rotor has an interspace having a longitudinal direction between two adjacent claw poles (24, 25) of opposite polarity, wherein a permanently magnetic device rests in one interspace between the two claw poles (24, 25), wherein the permanently magnetic device has a length in the longitudinal direction of the interspace, having a pole core which is arranged radially within the claw poles (24, 25) and has a rotationally axial length, characterized in that a ratio of the length of the permanently magnetic device to the rotationally axial length of the pole core is greater than 1.3.
A distributing boom for stationary or mobile concrete pumps with a rotary head which can be rotated about an axis of rotation in the form of a vertical axis, with an arm assembly which is made up of a plurality of boom arms (1, 2, 3, 4) which can be telescoped or pivoted relative to one another, wherein the arm assembly has the one end of its first boom arm articulated on the rotary head and, by means of a first cylinder/piston unit, which has its ends articulated at points of articulation (28, 30) of the rotary head and of the first boom arm, can be pivoted about a horizontal axis of inflection between a substantially horizontally oriented retracted position and an operating position, characterized in that the first boom arm has acting on it at least one displacement-assisting element which is effective over a defined pivoting range, starting from the retracted position of the boom arm, and which is articulated either on the rotary head and bears freely against a contact point on the first boom arm or is articulated on the first boom arm and bears freely against a contact point on the rotary head.
A gallium compound for use in controlling growth of a pathogenic microorganism on the skin of a subject, wherein the gallium compound is at least one selected from the group consisting of gallium nitrate, gallium maltolate, gallium citrate, gallium phosphate, gallium chloride, gallium fluoride, gallium carbonate, gallium formate, gallium acetate, gallium sulfate, gallium tartrate, gallium oxalate, and gallium oxide, and wherein the pathogenic microorganism is resistant to a first-line antibiotic.
A method for producing a polyamide, comprising performing melt polycondensation of a diamine component comprising xylylenediamine in an amount of 70 mol% or more and a dicarboxylic acid component comprising a linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 6 to 18 carbon atoms in an amount of 70 mol% or more in the presence of a phosphorus atom-containing compound, wherein the decomposition temperature of the phosphorus atom-containing compound is not lower than the melting point of the polyamide, and an aqueous solution of the phosphorus atom-containing compound and the diamine component are added to the dicarboxylic acid component being in a molten state to perform the melt polycondensation. wherein the decomposition temperature of the phosphorus atom-containing compound is not lower than the melting point of the polyamide, and an aqueous solution of the phosphorus atom-containing compound and the diamine component are added to the dicarboxylic acid component being in a molten state to perform the melt polycondensation.
Watch comprising a case enclosing a device for measuring and displaying the time, a bracelet attached to the case and at least one corrector to correct the value of at least one magnitude displayed by the device for measuring and displaying the time, the corrector extending in the wall of the case and in an attachment link of the bracelet in order to be able to be actuated by the user from the attachment link, characterised in that the corrector comprises a first push piece mounted in the wall of the case and a second push piece mounted in the attachment link and not fixed to the first push piece, the second push piece pushing the first push piece when it is actuated.
Measured data acquisition device comprising a data transmitter with a shortened VHF antenna connected to an electrically conducting ground plane of the measured data acquisition device, wherein in the acquisition device an electrically conducting additional mass of the measured data acquisition device is connected to the ground plane, the ground plane and the antenna are arranged next to one another in such a way that in projection they do not overlap one another, and in projection the additional mass extends at least over the entire area of the antenna geometry, parallel thereto at an electrically isolating distance, and is connected to the ground plane at a distance from the antenna, together with the feed thereof from the data transmitter.
A conduit sensor device, comprising: an aft pole, said aft pole includes an aft magnet set (230, 231, 232), said aft magnet set (230, 231, 232) includes a first aft permanent magnet, and a first aft rotatable magnet and a second aft permanent magnet, a forward pole, said forward pole includes a forward magnet set (240, 241, 242), said forward magnet set (240, 241, 242) includes a first forward permanent magnet, and a second forward rotatable magnet, said forward magnet set (240, 241, 242) includes a second forward permanent magnet, the second forward rotatable magnet is interposed between said first forward permanent magnet and said second forward permanent magnet, and a sensor interposed between said aft magnet set (230, 231, 232) and said forward magnet set (240, 241, 242), characterized in that the first aft rotatable magnet is interposed between said first aft permanent magnet and said second aft permanent magnet; a shunt shaft is provided, said shunt shaft includes an aft helical worm gear and a forward helical worm gear; a first rotor worm gear in meshing engagement with said aft helical worm gear is provided; a second rotor worm gear in meshing engagement with said forward helical worm gear is provided; said first rotatable magnet (231, 279) in rotating engagement with said first rotor worm gear; and, said second rotatable magnet (241, 281) in rotating engagement with said second rotor worm gear. an aft pole, said aft pole includes an aft magnet set (230, 231, 232), said aft magnet set (230, 231, 232) includes a first aft permanent magnet, and a first aft rotatable magnet and a second aft permanent magnet, a forward pole, said forward pole includes a forward magnet set (240, 241, 242), said forward magnet set (240, 241, 242) includes a first forward permanent magnet, and a second forward rotatable magnet, said forward magnet set (240, 241, 242) includes a second forward permanent magnet, the second forward rotatable magnet is interposed between said first forward permanent magnet and said second forward permanent magnet, and a sensor interposed between said aft magnet set (230, 231, 232) and said forward magnet set (240, 241, 242), characterized in that the first aft rotatable magnet is interposed between said first aft permanent magnet and said second aft permanent magnet; a shunt shaft is provided, said shunt shaft includes an aft helical worm gear and a forward helical worm gear; a first rotor worm gear in meshing engagement with said aft helical worm gear is provided; a second rotor worm gear in meshing engagement with said forward helical worm gear is provided; said first rotatable magnet (231, 279) in rotating engagement with said first rotor worm gear; and, said second rotatable magnet (241, 281) in rotating engagement with said second rotor worm gear.