mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Apparatus for detecting proximity between a target object which is a drawing, writing and/or pointing tool for data presentation, computer-supported work or interactive operations with a computer, and a reference object, the apparatus comprising: a light source; said target object, the target object comprising an optical device, the optical device having a focal plane and being adapted to be illuminated by the light source, a light detector adapted to receive resulting back-scattered light through the optical device of the target object from the reference object when illuminated from the light source, the apparatus being arranged to utilize the intensity of back-scattered light to the light detector as a measure of said proximity; the apparatus being arranged such that the axes of the light rays from the light source and the back-scattering to the light detector have mutually closely adjacent and substantially parallel or coincident portions, the apparatus being further arranged such that said proximity corresponds to a relative position spacing between the target object and the reference object (6,8) and the apparatus being further arranged to detect the proximity when the reference object is located substantially at the focal plane. a light source; said target object, the target object comprising an optical device, the optical device having a focal plane and being adapted to be illuminated by the light source, a light detector adapted to receive resulting back-scattered light through the optical device of the target object from the reference object when illuminated from the light source, the apparatus being arranged to utilize the intensity of back-scattered light to the light detector as a measure of said proximity; the apparatus being arranged such that the axes of the light rays from the light source and the back-scattering to the light detector have mutually closely adjacent and substantially parallel or coincident portions, the apparatus being further arranged such that said proximity corresponds to a relative position spacing between the target object and the reference object (6,8) and the apparatus being further arranged to detect the proximity when the reference object is located substantially at the focal plane.
A terrestrial-based positioning beacon network comprising: first and second terrestrial-based positioning beacons (111, 112) configured to simultaneously transmit signals to a terrestrial receiver, the first terrestrial-based positioning beacon being configured to modify its transmissions to the terrestrial receiver in response to an identification of potential interference with the transmissions from the first terrestrial-based positioning beacon or the second terrestrial-based positioning beacon to the terrestrial receiver; wherein the identification of the potential interference comprises an identification that is made during design of the terrestrial-based positioning beacon network, during field testing of the terrestrial-based positioning beacon network, and/or in real-time, and wherein the identification of the potential interference comprises a determination that the transmissions from the first terrestrial-based positioning beacon are sufficiently powerful to interfere with the simultaneous transmissions from the second terrestrial-based positioning beacon at the terrestrial receiver. first and second terrestrial-based positioning beacons (111, 112) configured to simultaneously transmit signals to a terrestrial receiver, the first terrestrial-based positioning beacon being configured to modify its transmissions to the terrestrial receiver in response to an identification of potential interference with the transmissions from the first terrestrial-based positioning beacon or the second terrestrial-based positioning beacon to the terrestrial receiver; wherein the identification of the potential interference comprises an identification that is made during design of the terrestrial-based positioning beacon network, during field testing of the terrestrial-based positioning beacon network, and/or in real-time, and wherein the identification of the potential interference comprises a determination that the transmissions from the first terrestrial-based positioning beacon are sufficiently powerful to interfere with the simultaneous transmissions from the second terrestrial-based positioning beacon at the terrestrial receiver.
A barrier segment which is hollow and adapted to be filled with a fluent material for ballast, comprising: a molded plastic container having outer walls defining an interior volume and having a first end and a second end; a plurality of connecting lugs disposed on each of said first and second ends, so that a plurality of barrier segments may be joined together; a drain aperture in one of said outer walls of said barrier segment; a closure for closing and sealing said drain aperture; buttress threads disposed on an interior surface of said drain aperture; threads disposed on an outer surface of said closure, for engaging said buttress threads to secure said closure sealingly relative to said drain aperture; characterized in that said buttress threads are coarse and square cut, with flat edges; a recess disposed on said barrier segment outer wall, surrounding said drain aperture, having a depth sufficient so that when said closure is engaged with said drain aperture to close same, an outer surface of said closure is approximately flush with adjacent non-recessed portions of said outer wall; and in that said outer walls having a plurality of sawtooth segments (12 and/or 40, 42, 44) disposed thereon, which are arranged vertically and extend outwardly and downwardly in order to deflect vehicles impacting the barrier segment in a downward direction. a molded plastic container having outer walls defining an interior volume and having a first end and a second end; a plurality of connecting lugs disposed on each of said first and second ends, so that a plurality of barrier segments may be joined together; a drain aperture in one of said outer walls of said barrier segment; a closure for closing and sealing said drain aperture; buttress threads disposed on an interior surface of said drain aperture; threads disposed on an outer surface of said closure, for engaging said buttress threads to secure said closure sealingly relative to said drain aperture; characterized in that said buttress threads are coarse and square cut, with flat edges; a recess disposed on said barrier segment outer wall, surrounding said drain aperture, having a depth sufficient so that when said closure is engaged with said drain aperture to close same, an outer surface of said closure is approximately flush with adjacent non-recessed portions of said outer wall; and in that
Method for joining images recorded using a plurality of optical sensors (1, 2), comprising: - recording a first image using a first optical sensor, - recording a second image (Figure 4; Figure 9) using a second optical sensor, wherein the method includes the steps of - analysing optical contents of the first image and of the second image, - identifying an object located on a joining boundary, which was previously used to connect the first image and the second image, in analysis step, - ascertaining that the identified object falls short of a predefined maximum distance (D max) from the recording first sensor and/or the second sensor or from a means of transport on which the first optical sensor and the second optical sensor are fixedly mounted, the method being characterized by: - subsequently defining a new joining boundary for joining together the first image and the second image, wherein the new joining boundary deviates from a previously used joining boundary, wherein the new joining boundary does not have an object that falls short of the predefined maximum distance (D max), and the new joining boundary is automatically moved into a region in which a high degree of similarity between the images presented was determined in the analysis step. - recording a first image using a first optical sensor, - recording a second image (Figure 4; Figure 9) using a second optical sensor, - analysing optical contents of the first image and of the second image, - identifying an object located on a joining boundary, which was previously used to connect the first image and the second image, in analysis step, - ascertaining that the identified object falls short of a predefined maximum distance (D max) from the recording first sensor and/or the second sensor or from a means of transport on which the first optical sensor and the second optical sensor are fixedly mounted, the method being characterized by: - subsequently defining a new joining boundary for joining together the first image and the second image, wherein the new joining boundary deviates from a previously used joining boundary, wherein the new joining boundary does not have an object that falls short of the predefined maximum distance (D max), and the new joining boundary is automatically moved into a region in which a high degree of similarity between the images presented was determined in the analysis step.
A program generating device comprising: - a memory unit configured to store an older version of a program which is same as a program stored in a non-volatile memory of a vehicle -mounted control device and a new program which is an update of the older version of the program; - a computation unit configured to include - a dividing unit that generates first data including at least one piece of data obtained by dividing the older version of the program into a block size of the non-volatile memory and second data including one piece of data obtained by dividing the new program into the block size of the non-volatile memory, - a difference generating unit that generates a difference between the first data and the second data, - a compression unit that generates compressed difference data in which the difference is compressed, and - a selection unit for generating compressed data in which the second data is compressed and selecting smaller data from the compressed difference data and compressed data as selected data when a size of the compressed difference data is equal to or greater than a reference value and when the size of the compressed difference data is smaller than the reference value, outputting the compressed difference data as selected data; and - a communication unit configured to transmit the selected data to the vehicle-mounted control device, wherein the compressed difference data is data in which the difference between the first data and the second data of different blocks is compressed. - a memory unit configured to store an older version of a program which is same as a program stored in a non-volatile memory of a vehicle -mounted control device and a new program which is an update of the older version of the program; - a computation unit configured to include - a dividing unit that generates first data including at least one piece of data obtained by dividing the older version of the program into a block size of the non-volatile memory and second data including one piece of data obtained by dividing the new program into the block size of the non-volatile memory, - a difference generating unit that generates a difference between the first data and the second data, - a compression unit that generates compressed difference data in which the difference is compressed, and - a selection unit for generating compressed data in which the second data is compressed and selecting smaller data from the compressed difference data and compressed data as selected data when a size of the compressed difference data is equal to or greater than a reference value and when the size of the compressed difference data is smaller than the reference value, outputting the compressed difference data as selected data; and - a communication unit configured to transmit the selected data to the vehicle-mounted control device, wherein the compressed difference data is data in which the difference between the first data and the second data of different blocks is compressed.
A cordierite membrane monolith comprising: a cordierite monolith substrate; a cordierite membrane on a surface of the cordierite monolith substrate; wherein the cordierite membrane comprises a median pore size of 0.1 to 1 μm; wherein the cordierite membrane monolith further comprises a polymer layer applied to the cordierite membrane on the cordierite monolith substrate; and wherein the polymer layer holds a vacuum. a cordierite monolith substrate; a cordierite membrane on a surface of the cordierite monolith substrate; wherein the cordierite membrane comprises a median pore size of 0.1 to 1 μm; wherein the cordierite membrane monolith further comprises a polymer layer applied to the cordierite membrane on the cordierite monolith substrate; and wherein the polymer layer holds a vacuum.
Catheter-access sheath assembly for positioning the access sheath and a security guide characterised in that it is for positioning the security guide next to the sheath, and further comprising, within the catheter, at least one security channel for positioning the guide, the security channel extending between a proximal hole and a distal hole, the wall of the catheter extending between both holes of the security channel being arranged to open under the action of a peel strength directed from inside to outside the channel, wherein the access sheath is a collapse resistant flexible tube arranged on the catheter.
An offshore GNSS reference station apparatus comprising: a processing resource; a wireless communications module operably coupled to the processing resource; and a GNSS antenna site; characterised by an underwater acoustic communications unit comprising an underwater acoustic transducer, the underwater acoustic communications unit being arranged to cooperate with the processing resource in order to calculate, when in use, a position; an orientation determination unit operably coupled to the processing resource, the orientation determination unit being arranged to determine an orientation associated with the GNSS antenna site and the acoustic transducer of the underwater acoustic communications unit; the processing resource being arranged to calculate an acoustically-derived position of the GNSS antenna site using the position calculated and the orientation determined; and the wireless communications module being arranged to broadcast received GNSS observation data and the acoustically-derived position of the GNSS antenna site. a processing resource; a wireless communications module operably coupled to the processing resource; and a GNSS antenna site; characterised by an underwater acoustic communications unit comprising an underwater acoustic transducer, the underwater acoustic communications unit being arranged to cooperate with the processing resource in order to calculate, when in use, a position; an orientation determination unit operably coupled to the processing resource, the orientation determination unit being arranged to determine an orientation associated with the GNSS antenna site and the acoustic transducer of the underwater acoustic communications unit; the processing resource being arranged to calculate an acoustically-derived position of the GNSS antenna site using the position calculated and the orientation determined; and the wireless communications module being arranged to broadcast received GNSS observation data and the acoustically-derived position of the GNSS antenna site.
A rubber composition for a tread, the rubber composition comprising: 90 to 150 parts by mass of an inorganic filler including silica, with respect to 100 parts by mass of a rubber component that includes 35 to 65% by mass of styrene butadiene rubber and 35 to 65% by mass of butadiene rubber; and 0.3 to 40 parts by mass of a rosin-based resin with respect to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component. 90 to 150 parts by mass of an inorganic filler including silica, with respect to 100 parts by mass of a rubber component that includes 35 to 65% by mass of styrene butadiene rubber and 35 to 65% by mass of butadiene rubber; and 0.3 to 40 parts by mass of a rosin-based resin with respect to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
A maize activation tagging DNA construct comprising: a coding sequence for a transposase; a detectable reporter encoding region comprising: a sequence encoding anthocyanin regulatory gene B-Peru operably linked to a first high level constitutive promoter; and a sequence encoding anthocyanin regulatory gene C1 operably linked to a second high level constitutive promoter; and a non-autonomous transposable T-DNA cassette inserted into the detectable reporter encoding region such that the B-Peru and C1 genes induce expression of anthocyanins in a cell containing the maize activation tagging DNA construct only upon excision of the transposable cassette, the transposable cassette comprising: a pair of DNA substrates for the transposase, having disposed therebetween: a transcriptional enhancer element comprising a SCBV enhancer domain; and, optionally a sequence encoding a selectable marker operably linked to the transcriptional enhancer element. a coding sequence for a transposase; a detectable reporter encoding region comprising: a sequence encoding anthocyanin regulatory gene B-Peru operably linked to a first high level constitutive promoter; and a sequence encoding anthocyanin regulatory gene C1 operably linked to a second high level constitutive promoter; and a non-autonomous transposable T-DNA cassette inserted into the detectable reporter encoding region such that the B-Peru and C1 genes induce expression of anthocyanins in a cell containing the maize activation tagging DNA construct only upon excision of the transposable cassette, the transposable cassette comprising: a pair of DNA substrates for the transposase, having disposed therebetween: a transcriptional enhancer element comprising a SCBV enhancer domain; and, optionally a sequence encoding a selectable marker operably linked to the transcriptional enhancer element. a sequence encoding anthocyanin regulatory gene B-Peru operably linked to a first high level constitutive promoter; and a sequence encoding anthocyanin regulatory gene C1 operably linked to a second high level constitutive promoter; and a pair of DNA substrates for the transposase, having disposed therebetween: a transcriptional enhancer element comprising a SCBV enhancer domain; and, optionally a sequence encoding a selectable marker operably linked to the transcriptional enhancer element. a transcriptional enhancer element comprising a SCBV enhancer domain; and, optionally a sequence encoding a selectable marker operably linked to the transcriptional enhancer element.
A medical system comprising: a porous body (30, 30') connected to a distal end of a vacuum tube; a patch (50, 50', 50", 50′′′) defining a lumen therethrough for accommodating the vacuum tube, an overtube configured to contact the patch (50, 50', 50", 50′′′) during a deployment of the patch (50, 50', 50", 50′′′) and configured to be releasably attached to the patch (50, 50', 50", 50′′′) during the deployment of the patch (50, 50', 50", 50′′′), wherein the patch (50, 50', 50", 50′′′) is configured to fluidly seal the porous body (30, 30') from a body lumen when the patch is deployed in a subject and the overtube is configured to be disconnected from the patch (50, 50', 50", 50′′′) when the patch is deployed in the subject. a porous body (30, 30') connected to a distal end of a vacuum tube; a patch (50, 50', 50", 50′′′) defining a lumen therethrough for accommodating the vacuum tube, an overtube configured to contact the patch (50, 50', 50", 50′′′) during a deployment of the patch (50, 50', 50", 50′′′) and configured to be releasably attached to the patch (50, 50', 50", 50′′′) during the deployment of the patch (50, 50', 50", 50′′′), wherein the patch (50, 50', 50", 50′′′) is configured to fluidly seal the porous body (30, 30') from a body lumen when the patch is deployed in a subject and the overtube is configured to be disconnected from the patch (50, 50', 50", 50′′′) when the patch is deployed in the subject.
A method of making a braking band of a cast iron brake disc with increased resistance to wear and corrosion, comprising the following steps: a) make a braking band of a brake disc in cast iron, preferably in gray cast iron; b) immersing at least partially said braking band in molten aluminum maintained at a predefined temperature so that the molten aluminum covers at least a predefined surface region of said braking band, said immersion being prolonged for a predefined period of time so as to allow the diffusion of aluminum atoms in the surface microstructure of the cast iron with the consequent formation of iron-aluminum intermetallic compounds at a surface layer of said braking band, thereby generating in said predefined surface region of said braking band a layer consisting of iron-aluminum intermetallic compounds; c) extracting said braking band from the molten aluminum, wherein said molten aluminum has a silicon content of less than 1% by weight; d) removing the aluminum remained adherent on said braking band after extraction, so as to expose said layer of intermetallic Iron-Aluminum compounds on the surface, said layer of intermetallic Iron-Aluminum compounds exposed on the surface giving said cast iron braking band a higher resistance to corrosion and wear at said predefined surface region. a) make a braking band of a brake disc in cast iron, preferably in gray cast iron; b) immersing at least partially said braking band in molten aluminum maintained at a predefined temperature so that the molten aluminum covers at least a predefined surface region of said braking band, said immersion being prolonged for a predefined period of time so as to allow the diffusion of aluminum atoms in the surface microstructure of the cast iron with the consequent formation of iron-aluminum intermetallic compounds at a surface layer of said braking band, thereby generating in said predefined surface region of said braking band a layer consisting of iron-aluminum intermetallic compounds; c) extracting said braking band from the molten aluminum, wherein said molten aluminum has a silicon content of less than 1% by weight; d) removing the aluminum remained adherent on said braking band after extraction, so as to expose said layer of intermetallic Iron-Aluminum compounds on the surface, said layer of intermetallic Iron-Aluminum compounds exposed on the surface giving said cast iron braking band a higher resistance to corrosion and wear at said predefined surface region.
A process for the preparation of unsaturated macrocyclic monoketones comprising the following steps (a) providing macrocyclic dienes having a ring size of at least 9 carbon atoms; (b) contacting the starting materials from step (a) with a palladium salt and/or a palladium complex; an oxidizing agent; a solvent; a co-catalyst; an acid; and optionally a ligand; whereby the co-catalyst comprises or consists of a di- or trivalent iron salt other than FeSO 4, preferably iron nitrate. (a) providing macrocyclic dienes having a ring size of at least 9 carbon atoms; (b) contacting the starting materials from step (a) with a palladium salt and/or a palladium complex; an oxidizing agent; a solvent; a co-catalyst; an acid; and optionally a ligand; a palladium salt and/or a palladium complex; an oxidizing agent; a solvent; a co-catalyst; an acid; and optionally a ligand;