mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for determining aging of a vehicle suspension arrangement arranged between a frame and a wheel axle (3, 4) of a vehicle, said suspension arrangement comprising a flexible bellows for damping motions from said wheel axle (3, 4), the method being characterized by the steps of: - determining a distance moved by a portion of the flexible bellows when the suspension arrangement is exposed to an external load; - determining a gas pressure level within said flexible bellows when the portion of said flexible bellows has moved said distance; - determining a relationship between the determined gas pressure level within said flexible bellows and said distance moved by the portion of the flexible bellows; - comparing the relationship with a predetermined threshold level; and - determining that said flexible bellows is aged if a difference between the relationship and the predetermined threshold level is outside a predetermined threshold range. - determining a distance moved by a portion of the flexible bellows when the suspension arrangement is exposed to an external load; - determining a gas pressure level within said flexible bellows when the portion of said flexible bellows has moved said distance; - determining a relationship between the determined gas pressure level within said flexible bellows and said distance moved by the portion of the flexible bellows; - comparing the relationship with a predetermined threshold level; and - determining that said flexible bellows is aged if a difference between the relationship and the predetermined threshold level is outside a predetermined threshold range.
Article for reproducing a predetermined image with three-dimensional effect, said article comprising a succession of sheets (1,2,3) and said succession of sheets (1,2,3) comprising at least: - a first sheet having a first surface, on which a first part of said predetermined image is shown, and a second surface, opposite to said first surface, - a second sheet having a first surface, on which a second part of said predetermined image is shown, and a second surface, opposite to said first surface, said second part of said predetermined image comprising: ∘ a first portion showing a first image reproducing said first part of said predetermined image in shadow, and ∘ a second portion showing a second image, different from said first image; wherein said first sheet has at least one opening or portion of transparent material having predetermined dimensions, and said article is configured in such a way that, when in use, said second sheet is parallel or substantially parallel to said first sheet and is aligned to said first sheet along an axis, said axis being perpendicular to said first sheet and to said second sheet, said first surface of said second sheet is at a predetermined first distance from the second surface of said first sheet, said at least one opening or portion of transparent material is arranged with respect to the first surface of said second sheet in such a way that said second portion of said second part is visible from the outside and the projection along said axis of said first part of said predetermined image shown on the first surface of said first sheet falls on the first surface of said second sheet substantially in correspondence of said first portion of said second part. - a first sheet having a first surface, on which a first part of said predetermined image is shown, and a second surface, opposite to said first surface, - a second sheet having a first surface, on which a second part of said predetermined image is shown, and a second surface, opposite to said first surface, said second part of said predetermined image comprising: ∘ a first portion showing a first image reproducing said first part of said predetermined image in shadow, and ∘ a second portion showing a second image, different from said first image; ∘ a first portion showing a first image reproducing said first part of said predetermined image in shadow, and ∘ a second portion showing a second image, different from said first image;
Method for determining the thickness of a silicon nitride film in an antireflection film for a photoelectric conversion device based on a silicon substrate, the antireflection film including a silicon oxide film formed by at least oxidizing silicon on a surface of the silicon substrate and a silicon nitride film formed on the silicon oxide film, the method comprising at least the steps of: - choosing a target wavelength below 500 nm; - choosing a thickness of said silicon oxide film between 5 nm and 25 nm; - measuring the dependency of the reflectance of said antireflection film at said target wavelength on a thickness of said silicon nitride film; and - selecting the smallest thickness of said silicon nitride film for which a minimum in reflectance is measured. - choosing a target wavelength below 500 nm; - choosing a thickness of said silicon oxide film between 5 nm and 25 nm; - measuring the dependency of the reflectance of said antireflection film at said target wavelength on a thickness of said silicon nitride film; and - selecting the smallest thickness of said silicon nitride film for which a minimum in reflectance is measured.
A thermal printer, comprising: a thermal head; a platen roller arranged so as to be opposed to the thermal head; a platen frame configured to support the platen roller; and a housing for receiving the thermal head, the platen roller, and the platen frame, wherein the platen frame comprises: an opposing surface formed below the platen roller in a gravitational direction in an assumed carriage posture, the opposing surface being opposed to the platen roller; and characterised in that the printer further comprises a liquid absorbing sheet arranged at the opposing surface. a thermal head; a platen roller arranged so as to be opposed to the thermal head; a platen frame configured to support the platen roller; and a housing for receiving the thermal head, the platen roller, and the platen frame, wherein the platen frame comprises: an opposing surface formed below the platen roller in a gravitational direction in an assumed carriage posture, the opposing surface being opposed to the platen roller; and characterised in that the printer further comprises a liquid absorbing sheet arranged at the opposing surface.
A woven fabric comprising a warp and a weft, at least one of the warp and the weft being at least partially a fiber that is a monofilament 1, a fiber crossing the fiber being at least partially a multifilament 2, the woven fabric satisfying either one of the following conditions or: the monofilament 1 is fused to the multifilament 2, and a multifilament coverage ratio a/L and a monofilament concealment ratio h/b satisfy both the formulae and: 1.0 ≤ a / L ≤ 1.5 0.5 ≤ h / b ≤ 1.0 or the monofilament 1 is not fused to the multifilament 2, and the multifilament coverage ratio a/L and the monofilament concealment ratio h/b satisfy both the formulae and: 1.0 ≤ a / L ≤ 1.5 0.7 ≤ h / b ≤ 1.0 wherein a, b, L, and h each have the following meanings: a: length of the multifilament 2 in a cross section thereof in a direction of woven fabric surface; b: length of the multifilament 2 in a cross section thereof in a direction of woven fabric thickness; L: center-to-center distance between filaments of the multifilament 2 adjacent across the fiber; and h: crimp height of the monofilament 1. the monofilament 1 is fused to the multifilament 2, and a multifilament coverage ratio a/L and a monofilament concealment ratio h/b satisfy both the formulae and: 1.0 ≤ a / L ≤ 1.5 0.5 ≤ h / b ≤ 1.0 or the monofilament 1 is not fused to the multifilament 2, and the multifilament coverage ratio a/L and the monofilament concealment ratio h/b satisfy both the formulae and: a: length of the multifilament 2 in a cross section thereof in a direction of woven fabric surface; b: length of the multifilament 2 in a cross section thereof in a direction of woven fabric thickness; L: center-to-center distance between filaments of the multifilament 2 adjacent across the fiber; and h: crimp height of the monofilament 1.
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal composition layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate; a color filter including a black matrix and at least RGB three-color pixel portions; a pixel electrode; and a common electrode, wherein the liquid crystal composition layer contains a liquid crystal composition that contains at least one compound represented by a general formula (in the formula, R 31 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, or an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms; M 31 to M 33 each independently represent a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group or a 1,4-phenylene group in which one or two -CH 2 - in the trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group may be replaced by -O- such that oxygen atoms are not directly next to each other, and one or two hydrogen atoms in the phenylene group may be replaced by fluorine atoms; X 31 and X 32 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; Z 31 represents a fluorine atom, a trifluoromethoxy group, or a trifluoromethyl group; n 31 and n 32 each independently represent 0, 1, or 2 and n 31 + n 32 is 0, 1, or 2; and in a case where there are a plurality of M 31 and M 33, the plurality of M 31 and M 33 may be the same or different), and that contains at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by a general formula (II-b) to a general formula (II-f), (in the formulae, R 21 to R 30 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms; and X 21 represents a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom), and the RGB three-color pixel portions contain, as a coloring material in the R pixel portion, a diketopyrrolopyrrole-based red pigment having an average primary particle size of 5 to 50 nm measured by a small angle X-ray scattering method.
A method of processing images of a semiconductor structure of a solar cell generated using imaging methods, the method comprising processing the image of the semiconductor structure by means of a trained neural network to generate a semantic representation of the image, wherein a data size of the semantic representation is smaller than a data size of the image input to the input of the neural network; and storing the semantic representation associated with the semiconductor structure as an information carrier of relevant information of the image for determining a property of the solar cell and/or for a crystal analysis of a semiconductor structure of the solar cell, wherein generating the semantic representation enables compressed storage of information of the image. processing the image of the semiconductor structure by means of a trained neural network to generate a semantic representation of the image, wherein a data size of the semantic representation is smaller than a data size of the image input to the input of the neural network; and storing the semantic representation associated with the semiconductor structure as an information carrier of relevant information of the image for determining a property of the solar cell and/or for a crystal analysis of a semiconductor structure of the solar cell, wherein generating the semantic representation enables compressed storage of information of the image.
A sling assembly, for delivering a sling to an anatomical site in the body of a patient, the assembly comprising: a sling; and an envelope enclosing a portion of the sling, and comprising a first sleeve and a second sleeve, said sleeves cooperating to enclose at least partially said sling; wherein said first sleeve comprises a tongue that extends from said first sleeve and extends entirely beyond a lumen of said first sleeve and overlaps the sling within the second sleeve. a sling; and an envelope enclosing a portion of the sling, and comprising a first sleeve and a second sleeve, said sleeves cooperating to enclose at least partially said sling; wherein said first sleeve comprises a tongue that extends from said first sleeve and extends entirely beyond a lumen of said first sleeve and overlaps the sling within the second sleeve.
A superimposed display method comprising: displaying, by a computer, a plurality of edge lines extracted from a shot image of a spatial structure that has been shot by an image shooting apparatus, and a plurality of ridge lines included in a model image represented by model information of the spatial structure, in a manner such that the edge lines and the ridge lines are selectable; accepting, by the computer, a selection instruction from an operator that selects an edge line, and a ridge line that is to be overlaid on the edge line; and in accordance with the selection instruction, displaying, by the computer, a superimposition image in which the model image has been superimposed onto the shot image in a manner such that the edge line selected by the selection instruction and the ridge line selected by the selection instruction overlap each other. displaying, by a computer, a plurality of edge lines extracted from a shot image of a spatial structure that has been shot by an image shooting apparatus, and a plurality of ridge lines included in a model image represented by model information of the spatial structure, in a manner such that the edge lines and the ridge lines are selectable; accepting, by the computer, a selection instruction from an operator that selects an edge line, and a ridge line that is to be overlaid on the edge line; and in accordance with the selection instruction, displaying, by the computer, a superimposition image in which the model image has been superimposed onto the shot image in a manner such that the edge line selected by the selection instruction and the ridge line selected by the selection instruction overlap each other.
A verification method, the method being performed by a verification apparatus and comprising: defining a non-operation state of a user in which, if the user is in said non-operation state, it is unlikely that the user generates an operation request on an account of the user; receiving (101, 304) the operation request on the account of the user and physiologic information of the user collected by a device used by the user; determining whether the device is associated with the account of the user according to an association relationship between device information of the device and the account of the user; in response to determining that the device is not associated with the account of the user, terminating processing of the operation request on the account of the user; in response to determining that the device is associated with the account of the user; determining (102, 306), according to the physiologic information, whether the user is currently in said non-operation state; and when the user is determined to be in said non-operation state, processing (103, 307), according to a preset rule, the operation request on the account of the user, such that real-time protection of the account of the user is provided. defining a non-operation state of a user in which, if the user is in said non-operation state, it is unlikely that the user generates an operation request on an account of the user; receiving (101, 304) the operation request on the account of the user and physiologic information of the user collected by a device used by the user; determining whether the device is associated with the account of the user according to an association relationship between device information of the device and the account of the user; in response to determining that the device is not associated with the account of the user, terminating processing of the operation request on the account of the user; in response to determining that the device is associated with the account of the user; determining (102, 306), according to the physiologic information, whether the user is currently in said non-operation state; and when the user is determined to be in said non-operation state, processing (103, 307), according to a preset rule, the operation request on the account of the user, such that real-time protection of the account of the user is provided.
A remote control of an entertainment device comprising: a battery connector configured to connect to at least one battery for powering the remote control; a low battery detection module, coupled to the battery connector, configured to measure a voltage of the at least one battery to determine whether the voltage of the at least one battery is below a first low battery threshold voltage, the first low battery threshold voltage indicating a low battery condition of the remote control; and a transmitter coupled to the low battery detection module, configured to transmit a low battery message to the entertainment device responsive to the low battery detection module determining that the voltage of the at least one battery is below the first low battery threshold voltage, such that the entertainment device may utilize the low battery message to present an indicator to a user regarding the low battery condition; characterised in that the low battery detection module is further configured to measure an initial voltage of the at least one battery when the at least one battery is placed into the remote control and compare the initial voltage of the at least one battery to at least one battery type threshold voltage to determine the type of the at least one battery connected to the battery connector and the low battery detection module determines the first low battery threshold voltage for the at least one battery based on the type of the at least one battery. a battery connector configured to connect to at least one battery for powering the remote control; a low battery detection module, coupled to the battery connector, configured to measure a voltage of the at least one battery to determine whether the voltage of the at least one battery is below a first low battery threshold voltage, the first low battery threshold voltage indicating a low battery condition of the remote control; and a transmitter coupled to the low battery detection module, configured to transmit a low battery message to the entertainment device responsive to the low battery detection module determining that the voltage of the at least one battery is below the first low battery threshold voltage, such that the entertainment device may utilize the low battery message to present an indicator to a user regarding the low battery condition; characterised in that the low battery detection module is further configured to measure an initial voltage of the at least one battery when the at least one battery is placed into the remote control and compare the initial voltage of the at least one battery to at least one battery type threshold voltage to determine the type of the at least one battery connected to the battery connector and the low battery detection module determines the first low battery threshold voltage for the at least one battery based on the type of the at least one battery.
A method of electrochemically preparing a crystalline, porous, metal-organic framework material comprising at least one at least bidentate organic compound selected from the group consisting of di- tri- and tetracarboxylic acid, coordinately bound to at least one metal ion, in a reaction medium comprising the at least one at least bidentate organic compound, wherein at least one metal ion is provided in the reaction medium by the oxidation of at least one anode comprising the corresponding metal.
A reciprocal quantum logic, RQL, readout system comprising: an input stage on which a read pulse (RD_PLS) is provided; an output stage configured to propagate an output pulse; and an RQL comparator comprising a first Josephson junction (J 5) and a second Josephson junction (J 6) that are inductively coupled to a qubit to provide a bias current (I Q1, I Q2), such that a path of the bias current (I Q1, I Q2) switches between the first Josephson junction (J 5) in a first quantum state of the qubit and the second Josephson junction (J 6) in a second quantum state of the qubit, such that the first Josephson junction (J 5) triggers to provide the output pulse on the output stage in the first quantum state in response to the read pulse (RD_PLS) and the second Josephson junction (J 6) triggers to provide no output pulse on the output stage in the second quantum state in response to the read pulse (RD_PLS). an input stage on which a read pulse (RD_PLS) is provided; an output stage configured to propagate an output pulse; and an RQL comparator comprising a first Josephson junction (J 5) and a second Josephson junction (J 6) that are inductively coupled to a qubit to provide a bias current (I Q1, I Q2), such that a path of the bias current (I Q1, I Q2) switches between the first Josephson junction (J 5) in a first quantum state of the qubit and the second Josephson junction (J 6) in a second quantum state of the qubit, such that the first Josephson junction (J 5) triggers to provide the output pulse on the output stage in the first quantum state in response to the read pulse (RD_PLS) and the second Josephson junction (J 6) triggers to provide no output pulse on the output stage in the second quantum state in response to the read pulse (RD_PLS).
A catheter (10A, 10B, 10Ba, 10Bb, 10C, 10Ca] comprising: a balloon that has an inner layer and an outer layer having elastic stretching properties, having tubular shapes, and being able to be inflated and deflated in response to a change of internal pressure; and a tubularly net-shaped reinforcement member that is disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer, wherein the reinforcement member has a first end portion and a second end portion in an axial direction, and an intermediate portion configuring a portion between the first end portion and the second end portion, and characterized in that at least one of the first end portion and the second end portion, and the intermediate portion are not directly fixed to the inner layer and the outer layer. a balloon that has an inner layer and an outer layer having elastic stretching properties, having tubular shapes, and being able to be inflated and deflated in response to a change of internal pressure; and a tubularly net-shaped reinforcement member that is disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer, wherein the reinforcement member has a first end portion and a second end portion in an axial direction, and an intermediate portion configuring a portion between the first end portion and the second end portion, and characterized in that at least one of the first end portion and the second end portion, and the intermediate portion are not directly fixed to the inner layer and the outer layer.