mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An intermediary node, comprising: a first control node communication module adapted for forming a first communication network with a first control node; a second control node communication module adapted for forming a second communication network with a second control node, wherein the first communication network is communicatively separated from the second communication network such that no communication or data exchange between the first control node and the second control node may be performed via the intermediary node; and a user node communication module adapted for forming a user communication network with at least one first user node and for receiving a user request from the first user node, wherein the intermediary node is adapted to generate an anonymous user request based on the user request and to perform a selection based on the user request to transmit the anonymous user request selectively to the first control node or to the second control node, wherein the first control node communication module is adapted to receive anonymous response data from the first control node, wherein the second control node communication module is adapted to receive the anonymous response data from the second control node, wherein the anonymous response data are indicative of a response to the user request, wherein the intermediary node is adapted to derive response data based on the received anonymous response data, wherein the response data comprise data to decrypt content data received previously by the first user node in an encrypted form. a first control node communication module adapted for forming a first communication network with a first control node; a second control node communication module adapted for forming a second communication network with a second control node, wherein the first communication network is communicatively separated from the second communication network such that no communication or data exchange between the first control node and the second control node may be performed via the intermediary node; and a user node communication module adapted for forming a user communication network with at least one first user node and for receiving a user request from the first user node, wherein the intermediary node is adapted to generate an anonymous user request based on the user request and to perform a selection based on the user request to transmit the anonymous user request selectively to the first control node or to the second control node, wherein the first control node communication module is adapted to receive anonymous response data from the first control node, wherein the second control node communication module is adapted to receive the anonymous response data from the second control node, wherein the anonymous response data are indicative of a response to the user request, wherein the intermediary node is adapted to derive response data based on the received anonymous response data, wherein the response data comprise data to decrypt content data received previously by the first user node in an encrypted form.
A method of operating a hand cleaner dispenser to dispense a cleaning liquid onto a person's hand in a cycle of operation comprising the steps: providing a spray nozzle and a stream nozzle; during a first time interval during the cycle dispensing the liquid from the stream nozzle as a liquid stream by pressurizing the liquid and directing the pressurized liquid to the stream nozzle, during a second time interval during the cycle dispensing the liquid from the spray nozzle as a spray by pressurizing the liquid and directing the pressurized liquid to the spray nozzle; providing the spray nozzle at a first location and the stream nozzle at a second location spaced from the first location such that when the hand is located with a palm of the hand underneath the stream nozzle and directed upwardly toward the stream nozzle, the stream nozzle directs the liquid stream downwardly onto the palm and the spray nozzle is above fingertips of the hand and nearer to the fingertips of the hand than the stream nozzle in a position to direct the spray onto the fingertips. providing a spray nozzle and a stream nozzle; during a first time interval during the cycle dispensing the liquid from the stream nozzle as a liquid stream by pressurizing the liquid and directing the pressurized liquid to the stream nozzle, during a second time interval during the cycle dispensing the liquid from the spray nozzle as a spray by pressurizing the liquid and directing the pressurized liquid to the spray nozzle; providing the spray nozzle at a first location and the stream nozzle at a second location spaced from the first location such that when the hand is located with a palm of the hand underneath the stream nozzle and directed upwardly toward the stream nozzle, the stream nozzle directs the liquid stream downwardly onto the palm and the spray nozzle is above fingertips of the hand and nearer to the fingertips of the hand than the stream nozzle in a position to direct the spray onto the fingertips.
Hand-held power tool having a housing and having a drive unit, having a gearbox unit which is intended to convert a rotary motion of the drive unit into an oscillating motion, and which has an output shaft, having a tool receptacle for fastening at least one application tool, said tool holder being able to be driven in oscillation via the output shaft of the gearbox unit, and having a clamping collar which extends in a circumferential direction at least partially around the output shaft, characterized in that the clamping collar has a lateral surface that is profiled in the axial direction and is intended to secure an accessory fastening device in a form-fitting manner in the axial direction, wherein the clamping collar has a lateral surface that is profiled in the circumferential direction and is intended to secure an accessory fastening device in a form-fitting manner in the circumferential direction, wherein the profiling in the axial direction of the lateral surface is formed by a groove which extends in the circumferential direction of the clamping collar, wherein the outer contour of the lateral surface of the clamping collar is oval, polygonal, epicycloidal and/or star-shaped.
A seed matrix generator to be used for parallel layered decoding an encoded information, wherein the seed matrix generator is arranged to generate a seed matrix, the seed matrix being a binary parity check matrix of two parallel low-density parity-check convolutional codes, LDPC-CC, wherein the seed matrix is a seed matrix of a LDPC convolutional turbo code, LDPC-CTC, wherein the seed matrix generator is arranged to generate the seed matrix by: - generating w auxiliary seed matrices for w parallel LDPC-CCs, wherein each one of the w auxiliary seed matrices is generated for one of the w parallel LDPC-CCs, wherein w is 2; and characterized in that the seed matrix generator is further arranged to generate the seed matrix by: - interlacing the generated w auxiliary seed matrices of the w parallel LDPC-CCs to generate the seed matrix of the LDPC-CTC placing a first auxiliary seed matrix of the w auxiliary seed matrices on the odd rows of the seed matrix of the LDPC-CTC and by placing a second auxiliary seed matrix of the w auxiliary seed matrices on the even rows of the seed matrix of the LDPC-CTC, wherein each of the auxiliary seed matrices has a different code rate R β, wherein β is a positive integer and 1 ≤ β ≤ w, and wherein the code rate R β is determined by the following equation: R β = w ⋅ b − 1 + β w ⋅ c − 1 + β, wherein the information is a sequence of information bits, b is a number of the information bits of the sequence, and wherein the encoded information is a sequence of encoded bits and c is a number of the encoded information bits. - generating w auxiliary seed matrices for w parallel LDPC-CCs, wherein each one of the w auxiliary seed matrices is generated for one of the w parallel LDPC-CCs, wherein w is 2; and characterized in that the seed matrix generator is further arranged to generate the seed matrix by: - interlacing the generated w auxiliary seed matrices of the w parallel LDPC-CCs to generate the seed matrix of the LDPC-CTC placing a first auxiliary seed matrix of the w auxiliary seed matrices on the odd rows of the seed matrix of the LDPC-CTC and by placing a second auxiliary seed matrix of the w auxiliary seed matrices on the even rows of the seed matrix of the LDPC-CTC, wherein each of the auxiliary seed matrices has a different code rate R β, wherein β is a positive integer and 1 ≤ β ≤ w, and wherein the code rate R β is determined by the following equation: R β = w ⋅ b − 1 + β w ⋅ c − 1 + β,
An exchangeable cutting head that is inserted into a mounting hole formed on a tool body, screwed on a mounting screw section provided on a bottom portion of the mounting hole, and is attached removably to the tool body, the exchangeable cutting head comprising: a cutting head body (20, 81) comprising: a cutting portion provided at a front-end section; a mounting portion provided at a rear-end section and inserted into the mounting hole; and an engaging hole having an inner-peripheral face; the cutting head body (20, 81) being made of a hard material; and a connection member comprising: a shaft portion that is inserted into the engaging hole, includes an outer periphery attached firmly to the inner-peripheral face of the engaging hole, and is engaged with the inner-peripheral face; a head screw section screwed with the mounting screw section; and a hole section formed inside of the head screw section and the shaft portion and along a center line of the shaft portion, the connection member being made of a metal material having a degree of hardness lower than a degree of hardness of the hard material of the cutting head body (20, 81) and the connection member being connected to the cutting head body (20, 81), characterized in that an uneven face is formed on the inner-peripheral face and that at least part of the outer periphery is plastically-deformed along the uneven face. a cutting head body (20, 81) comprising: a cutting portion provided at a front-end section; a mounting portion provided at a rear-end section and inserted into the mounting hole; and an engaging hole having an inner-peripheral face; the cutting head body (20, 81) being made of a hard material; and a connection member comprising: a shaft portion that is inserted into the engaging hole, includes an outer periphery attached firmly to the inner-peripheral face of the engaging hole, and is engaged with the inner-peripheral face; a head screw section screwed with the mounting screw section; and a hole section formed inside of the head screw section and the shaft portion and along a center line of the shaft portion, the connection member being made of a metal material having a degree of hardness lower than a degree of hardness of the hard material of the cutting head body (20, 81) and the connection member being connected to the cutting head body (20, 81), an uneven face is formed on the inner-peripheral face and that at least part of the outer periphery is plastically-deformed along the uneven face.
A laser source for producing a pulsed laser beam comprising a plurality of ultrashort optical pulses having a variable repetition rate, said laser source comprising: a fiber oscillator that outputs optical pulses having an optical pulse width; a pulse stretcher disposed to receive said optical pulses, said pulse stretcher having dispersion that increases said optical pulse width yielding stretched optical pulses; a fiber amplifier disposed to receive said stretched optical pulses, said fiber optical amplifier having gain so as to amplify said stretched optical pulses; characterised by an automatically adjustable grating compressor having dispersion that reduces the optical pulse width, said dispersion of said grating compressor being adjustable, said grating compressor automatically adjusting said dispersion for different repetition rates, wherein said automatically adjustable grating compressor comprises at least one grating and at least one of a reflective element, a prism or a further grating, separated by an optical path having an optical path length that is variable so as to adjust the dispersion of said grating compressor. a fiber oscillator that outputs optical pulses having an optical pulse width; a pulse stretcher disposed to receive said optical pulses, said pulse stretcher having dispersion that increases said optical pulse width yielding stretched optical pulses; a fiber amplifier disposed to receive said stretched optical pulses, said fiber optical amplifier having gain so as to amplify said stretched optical pulses; characterised by an automatically adjustable grating compressor having dispersion that reduces the optical pulse width, said dispersion of said grating compressor being adjustable, said grating compressor automatically adjusting said dispersion for different repetition rates, wherein said automatically adjustable grating compressor comprises at least one grating and at least one of a reflective element, a prism or a further grating, separated by an optical path having an optical path length that is variable so as to adjust the dispersion of said grating compressor.
A method for determining the minimum number of individual polynucleotide molecules originating from the same genomic region of the same original sample that have been sequenced in a particular sequence analysis configuration or process, including: attaching a degenerate base region to starting polynucleotide molecules; amplifying the DBR-attached starting polynucleotide molecules; sequencing the amplified polynucleotide molecules, wherein the sequence of the DBR as well as a portion of the polynucleotide is obtained; determining the number of different DBRs attached to a polynucleotide of interest; using the number of different DBR sequences present in the sequencing run to determine the minimum number of individual polynucleotide molecules originating from the same genomic region of the same original sample that have been sequenced in the particular sequence analysis configuration or process; and determining a statistical value for an allele call in a genotyping assay that cannot be derived from the read number alone. attaching a degenerate base region to starting polynucleotide molecules; amplifying the DBR-attached starting polynucleotide molecules; sequencing the amplified polynucleotide molecules, wherein the sequence of the DBR as well as a portion of the polynucleotide is obtained; determining the number of different DBRs attached to a polynucleotide of interest; using the number of different DBR sequences present in the sequencing run to determine the minimum number of individual polynucleotide molecules originating from the same genomic region of the same original sample that have been sequenced in the particular sequence analysis configuration or process; and determining a statistical value for an allele call in a genotyping assay that cannot be derived from the read number alone.
A material configured for use with an apparatus configured to heat smokable material to volatilise at least one component of the smokable material, characterised in that the material comprises: a mixture of smokable material and heating elements, each of the heating elements having an open-cell structure, wherein the heating elements are made from a magnetic electrically-conductive material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field, and wherein the heating elements are aligned magnetically with each other.
A laser welding method of materials having different thicknesses, comprising: abutting a thin plate and a thick plate having different thicknesses such that one surface of the thin plate and one surface the thick plate are made flush with each other; and thereafter welding the thin plate and the thick plate by applying a laser beam to the abutting surfaces, wherein: the laser beam is made incident obliquely from the flush surface of the thin plate toward an abutting end face of the thick plate, characterised in that: a target position of the laser beam is set on the abutting end face of the thick plate, and a target position depth D in the plate from a surface thereof on the incident side of the laser beam is set within a range of the following expression t / 3 ≤ D ≤ t where t is a thickness, in a planar direction, of an abutting end face of the thin plate, and D and t are both given in mm. abutting a thin plate and a thick plate having different thicknesses such that one surface of the thin plate and one surface the thick plate are made flush with each other; and thereafter welding the thin plate and the thick plate by applying a laser beam to the abutting surfaces, wherein: the laser beam is made incident obliquely from the flush surface of the thin plate toward an abutting end face of the thick plate, characterised in that: a target position of the laser beam is set on the abutting end face of the thick plate, and a target position depth D in the plate from a surface thereof on the incident side of the laser beam is set within a range of the following expression t / 3 ≤ D ≤ t where t is a thickness, in a planar direction, of an abutting end face of the thin plate, and D and t are both given in mm.
A method for displaying information to assist with returning a computer to its owner, comprising the steps of: activating a computer; displaying by a processor automatically an ownership recovery screen on a display of the computer which displays information concerning return information for returning the computer to the owner from data stored in a memory of the computer, the ownership recovery screen displaying recovery information before or with a lock screen, to facilitate return of the computer and which is maintained on or with the lock screen so the return information is visible to anyone viewing the ownership recovery screen or lock screen until a security prompt is accepted by the processor, when security information associated with the security prompt is accepted by the processor allowing the user to access the computer; initiating and changing recovery information by the owner or a party authorized by the owner of the computer through remote communication by the owner without assistance by the user with the computer; wherein the changing of the recovery information is done through an interactive program stored in the memory of the computer and is remotely accessed only by the owner of the computer or the party authorized by the owner to enable the designing and changing of the ownership recovery screen; and allowing the owner to change a security prompt, overriding any security prompt entered into the computer, to allow the owner to change or delete an existing password to stop user access to the computer. activating a computer; displaying by a processor automatically an ownership recovery screen on a display of the computer which displays information concerning return information for returning the computer to the owner from data stored in a memory of the computer, the ownership recovery screen displaying recovery information before or with a lock screen, to facilitate return of the computer and which is maintained on or with the lock screen so the return information is visible to anyone viewing the ownership recovery screen or lock screen until a security prompt is accepted by the processor, when security information associated with the security prompt is accepted by the processor allowing the user to access the computer; initiating and changing recovery information by the owner or a party authorized by the owner of the computer through remote communication by the owner without assistance by the user with the computer; wherein the changing of the recovery information is done through an interactive program stored in the memory of the computer and is remotely accessed only by the owner of the computer or the party authorized by the owner to enable the designing and changing of the ownership recovery screen; and allowing the owner to change a security prompt, overriding any security prompt entered into the computer, to allow the owner to change or delete an existing password to stop user access to the computer.
A method for encoding a source color illustration, comprising steps consisting in: inscribing said source illustration in the form of an illustration inscribed in grayscale or in color, encoding a message in the form of a two-dimensional barcode comprising a set of blocks, each block coding a fragment of said message and comprising a set of rows and columns, and each block comprising a set of coding subblocks, each subblock comprising a set of bits; characterized in that the encoding step comprises preliminary steps consisting in: defining or identifying a set of distinctive points in the source illustration, calculating a set of attributes according to at least some of the distinctive points of said set, selecting, from among the set of calculated attributes, a set of at least one attribute making it possible to define a digital fingerprint, optionally compressing said digital fingerprint, optionally signing said digital fingerprint by means of a cryptographic signature, recording in the message one among: - a set of at least one attribute, - the digital fingerprint, - the compressed digital fingerprint, - the uncompressed signed digital fingerprint, and - the compressed and signed digital fingerprint; the method furthermore comprising a step consisting in: - encoding at least certain items of color information of the source illustration in said two-dimensional barcode. inscribing said source illustration in the form of an illustration inscribed in grayscale or in color, encoding a message in the form of a two-dimensional barcode comprising a set of blocks, each block coding a fragment of said message and comprising a set of rows and columns, and each block comprising a set of coding subblocks, each subblock comprising a set of bits; defining or identifying a set of distinctive points in the source illustration, calculating a set of attributes according to at least some of the distinctive points of said set, selecting, from among the set of calculated attributes, a set of at least one attribute making it possible to define a digital fingerprint, optionally compressing said digital fingerprint, optionally signing said digital fingerprint by means of a cryptographic signature, recording in the message one among: - a set of at least one attribute, - the digital fingerprint, - the compressed digital fingerprint, - the uncompressed signed digital fingerprint, and - the compressed and signed digital fingerprint; the method furthermore comprising a step consisting in: - encoding at least certain items of color information of the source illustration in said two-dimensional barcode. - a set of at least one attribute, - the digital fingerprint, - the compressed digital fingerprint, - the uncompressed signed digital fingerprint, and - the compressed and signed digital fingerprint; the method furthermore comprising a step consisting in: - encoding at least certain items of color information of the source illustration in said two-dimensional barcode. - encoding at least certain items of color information of the source illustration in said two-dimensional barcode.