mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A cement composition for use in well cementing, the cement composition comprising: hydraulic cement; and at least 15% by weight natural glass, wherein the natural glass includes unexpanded perlite and has a median particle size d 50 of less than 12 μm (microns) and a top particle size d 90 of less than 30 μm (microns), wherein the median particle size d 50 and the top particle size d 90 are measured in accordance with the description. hydraulic cement; and at least 15% by weight natural glass, wherein the natural glass includes unexpanded perlite and has a median particle size d 50 of less than 12 μm (microns) and a top particle size d 90 of less than 30 μm (microns), wherein the median particle size d 50 and the top particle size d 90 are measured in accordance with the description.
A method of speech recognition, said method comprising the steps of: preparing a plurality of grammar rules, each of said plurality of grammar rules having a context designation assigned thereto; determining a conversation context of a speech being recognized by a speech recognition engine from recognized speech and a selected response or from a list of concepts that occur in user input, and recording said conversation context in a context history; if said conversation context corresponds to one of said context designations, assigning a ranking order to said context designation in a search sequence as a function of said context history; and directing said speech recognition engine to search said plurality of grammar rules following said search sequence. preparing a plurality of grammar rules, each of said plurality of grammar rules having a context designation assigned thereto; determining a conversation context of a speech being recognized by a speech recognition engine from recognized speech and a selected response or from a list of concepts that occur in user input, and recording said conversation context in a context history; if said conversation context corresponds to one of said context designations, assigning a ranking order to said context designation in a search sequence as a function of said context history; and directing said speech recognition engine to search said plurality of grammar rules following said search sequence.
A distributed parachute system, for recovering an aircraft, the system comprising: a portion of the aircraft comprising a channel; a parachute (404; 450; 506) at least partially deployed along one or more dimensions and folded accordion-style in a first dimension and not folded in a direction perpendicular to the accordion-style folds to create a plurality of substantially parallel width-wise folds in said first dimension a deployment mechanism configured to deploy the parachute, the deployment mechanism comprising an explosive (504; 512) locatable in a portion of the aircraft, the explosive operative to remove the portion of the aircraft in order to expose the parachute for deployment, wherein the distributed parachute system is configured to be stored in the channel oriented along the first dimension. a portion of the aircraft comprising a channel; a parachute (404; 450; 506) at least partially deployed along one or more dimensions and folded accordion-style in a first dimension and not folded in a direction perpendicular to the accordion-style folds to create a plurality of substantially parallel width-wise folds in said first dimension a deployment mechanism configured to deploy the parachute, the deployment mechanism comprising an explosive (504; 512) locatable in a portion of the aircraft, the explosive operative to remove the portion of the aircraft in order to expose the parachute for deployment, wherein the distributed parachute system is configured to be stored in the channel oriented along the first dimension.
A method for controlling a heating distribution of an electromagnetic cooking device comprising: scanning a resonant cavity (20, 222) of the cooking device with a plurality of RF feeds (26A, 26B, 26C, 26D, 226A, 226B); based on the scanning, identifying a plurality of resonant frequencies and corresponding phases of the RF feeds (26A, 26B, 26C, 26D, 226A, 226B); selecting a first resonant mode comprising a first phase and a first frequency; selecting a second resonant mode comprising a second phase and a second frequency; determining a path defining a stirring route as a plurality of intermediate modes between the first resonant mode and the second resonant mode; controlling the plurality of RF signals configured to adjust an applied frequency of the RF feeds (26A, 26B, 26C, 26D, 226A, 226B) and a phase relationship of the RF feeds (26A, 26B, 26C, 26D, 226A, 226B) along the intermediate modes; and amplifying the RF signals to induce a variety of distributions of electromagnetic radiation in the resonant cavity (20, 222). scanning a resonant cavity (20, 222) of the cooking device with a plurality of RF feeds (26A, 26B, 26C, 26D, 226A, 226B); based on the scanning, identifying a plurality of resonant frequencies and corresponding phases of the RF feeds (26A, 26B, 26C, 26D, 226A, 226B); selecting a first resonant mode comprising a first phase and a first frequency; selecting a second resonant mode comprising a second phase and a second frequency; determining a path defining a stirring route as a plurality of intermediate modes between the first resonant mode and the second resonant mode; controlling the plurality of RF signals configured to adjust an applied frequency of the RF feeds (26A, 26B, 26C, 26D, 226A, 226B) and a phase relationship of the RF feeds (26A, 26B, 26C, 26D, 226A, 226B) along the intermediate modes; and amplifying the RF signals to induce a variety of distributions of electromagnetic radiation in the resonant cavity (20, 222).
Combination of a packaging for smoking products and at least one smoking product contained in the packaging, wherein the packaging comprises an area forming a box and an area surrounding the box, the area forming the box being formed by printed lines and of a color different from the color(s) of the surrounding area, wherein said area forming the box comprises at least one printed marking that is suitable for authentication and/or tracking and/or tracing purposes and carries a warning relating to health hazards of smoking thereon, the warning comprising a plurality of characters that are present within the box, said at least one printed marking being characterized in that at least part of the material from which the printed marking is made has magnetic properties or in that it comprises flakes comprising a chiral liquid crystal polymer, wherein the at least one marking or a part thereof is present in the form of at least a part of one or more lines which form the box, and/or in the form of one or more characters among the plurality of characters. an area forming a box and an area surrounding the box, the area forming the box being formed by printed lines and of a color different from the color(s) of the surrounding area, wherein said area forming the box comprises at least one printed marking that is suitable for authentication and/or tracking and/or tracing purposes and carries a warning relating to health hazards of smoking thereon, the warning comprising a plurality of characters that are present within the box, said at least one printed marking being characterized in that at least part of the material from which the printed marking is made has magnetic properties or in that it comprises flakes comprising a chiral liquid crystal polymer, wherein the at least one marking or a part thereof is present in the form of at least a part of one or more lines which form the box, and/or in the form of one or more characters among the plurality of characters.
A digital microscope comprising: a stationary stand base body, a pivot unit mounted on a shaft of the stand base body pivotably about the longitudinal axis of the shaft, the pivot unit comprising an image capturing unit for capturing images of objects to be examined microscopically, a brake unit for braking and/or immobilizing the pivot unit, the brake unit comprising at least one brake element (32 to 38) biased by an elastic element in a braking position, said brake element contacting the shaft in the braking position, the pivot unit comprising an actuation element for releasing the brake unit, the brake element (32 to 38) being movable against the restoring force of the elastic element from the braking position into a released position by manual actuation of the actuation element, and the actuation element being coupled to the brake element (32 to 38) via a coupling unit, characterized in that the brake element or the brake elements (32 to 38) is/are configured as radial pistons, and the radial piston or the radial pistons (32 to 38) each comprise a contact region for contacting the shaft, wherein the contact region is beveled at a predetermined angle relative to the circumferential surface of the radial piston. a stationary stand base body, a pivot unit mounted on a shaft of the stand base body pivotably about the longitudinal axis of the shaft, the pivot unit comprising an image capturing unit for capturing images of objects to be examined microscopically, a brake unit for braking and/or immobilizing the pivot unit, the brake unit comprising at least one brake element (32 to 38) biased by an elastic element in a braking position, said brake element contacting the shaft in the braking position, the pivot unit comprising an actuation element for releasing the brake unit, the brake element (32 to 38) being movable against the restoring force of the elastic element from the braking position into a released position by manual actuation of the actuation element, and the actuation element being coupled to the brake element (32 to 38) via a coupling unit, characterized in that the brake element or the brake elements (32 to 38) is/are configured as radial pistons, and the radial piston or the radial pistons (32 to 38) each comprise a contact region for contacting the shaft, wherein the contact region is beveled at a predetermined angle relative to the circumferential surface of the radial piston.
A domain transfer method, the transfer is performed between a circuit domain and an IP-connectivity access network for voice call continuity, VCC, characterized in that, receiving, from an IMS CS domain control function, ICCF, by a domain transfer function, DTF, that is a functional module of a voice call continuity application server, VCC AS, an invite message, wherein the invite message contains a VCC domain transfer number, VDN, and a transfer identifier, wherein the transfer identifier and the VDN are independent of each other; and judging, by the DTF, that the invite message is a transfer request for an existing session leg according to the destination of the invite message being the VDN of the DTF and the transfer identifier, and performing, by the DTF, a domain transfer of a session according to the transfer identifier.
A visual inspection apparatus (10A-10M) comprising: an image input device, which is configured to feed a video image of an inspection target and to output a digital data image; an image selection device, which is configured to select two inspection images to be used for inspection based on a feature quantity of the images outputted from the image input device; a high resolution image creation device, which is configured to generate a high resolution image having a higher resolution than the resolution of the inspection image from the two inspection images; and an image output device, which is configured to display the inspection image and the high resolution image; and an image evaluation device, which is configured to evaluate the quality of the high resolution image generated by the high resolution image creation device, wherein the image selection device is configured to select the two inspection images to be used for inspection on the basis of a lighting change state between continuous images, and the image evaluation device is configured to evaluate the quality of the high resolution image in such a manner that the image evaluation device sets a local range to each of the high resolution image generated by the high resolution image creation device and the camera image obtained by performing digital processing on the video image taken by a camera, calculates the brightness dispersion of each of the local ranges, and compares between the brightness dispersion of the camera image and the brightness dispersion of the high resolution image. an image input device, which is configured to feed a video image of an inspection target and to output a digital data image; an image selection device, which is configured to select two inspection images to be used for inspection based on a feature quantity of the images outputted from the image input device; a high resolution image creation device, which is configured to generate a high resolution image having a higher resolution than the resolution of the inspection image from the two inspection images; and an image output device, which is configured to display the inspection image and the high resolution image; and an image evaluation device, which is configured to evaluate the quality of the high resolution image generated by the high resolution image creation device, wherein the image selection device is configured to select the two inspection images to be used for inspection on the basis of a lighting change state between continuous images, and the image evaluation device is configured to evaluate the quality of the high resolution image in such a manner that the image evaluation device sets a local range to each of the high resolution image generated by the high resolution image creation device and the camera image obtained by performing digital processing on the video image taken by a camera, calculates the brightness dispersion of each of the local ranges, and compares between the brightness dispersion of the camera image and the brightness dispersion of the high resolution image.
A method for communicating a plurality of power weightings between a transmitting device (500, 600, 1100) with multiple transmit antennas and a receiving device, the method comprising, at the transmitting device, the steps of: receiving, from the receiving device, information regarding a plurality of power weightings for a plurality of data streams, wherein information regarding a first power weighting is represented by a first number of bits and information regarding a second power weighting is represented by a second number of bits, wherein the first number of bits is larger than the second number of bits; determining, from the first number of bits, the first power weighting for a first data stream, wherein the first power weighting is within a first range; determining, from the second number of bits, the second power weighting for a second stream, wherein the second power weighting is within a second range, the second range being based on the first power weighting; and transmitting, to the receiving device, first and second data streams, the first and second streams being weighted in accordance with the first and second power weightings. receiving, from the receiving device, information regarding a plurality of power weightings for a plurality of data streams, wherein information regarding a first power weighting is represented by a first number of bits and information regarding a second power weighting is represented by a second number of bits, wherein the first number of bits is larger than the second number of bits; determining, from the first number of bits, the first power weighting for a first data stream, wherein the first power weighting is within a first range; determining, from the second number of bits, the second power weighting for a second stream, wherein the second power weighting is within a second range, the second range being based on the first power weighting; and transmitting, to the receiving device, first and second data streams, the first and second streams being weighted in accordance with the first and second power weightings.
A destacker unit for a destacking system such that a stack of objects each having a flange extending outwards along its perimeter is destacked in a predetermined direction by rotational motion of the destacker unit, wherein said destacker unit comprises: a wheel unit having a threaded rotation axis, said wheel unit comprising a lower surface for carrying the stacked objects, the destacker unit characterized in that the wheel unit comprises an inclined member located above the lower surface, the inclined member having an inclined upper surface and a bottom surface such that the distance between the inclined upper surface and the bottom surface increases around at least a part of the periphery of the wheel unit, and wherein the orientation of the thread corresponds to the inclination of the inclined surface. a wheel unit having a threaded rotation axis, said wheel unit comprising a lower surface for carrying the stacked objects,
A low-temperature storage device for storing a plurality of objects, comprising a storage chamber for receiving said objects, a refrigerator device (90, 91) adapted and structured to cool said storage chamber to a storage temperature below 0°C, in particular below -20°C, an insulating wall enclosing said storage chamber, a transfer location arranged outside said storage chamber, a lock chamber arranged in said insulating wall, wherein said lock chamber comprises a cylindrical housing and an opening arranged in said cylindrical housing, and wherein said lock chamber is rotatable about a first axis for selectively orienting said opening towards said storage chamber or said transfer location, an automatic transport device arranged in said lock chamber, wherein said transport device comprises a) a carriage pivotal, relatively to said lock chamber, about a second axis and/or displaceable, relatively to said lock chamber, along the second axis, wherein said second axis is parallel to said first axis, b) a manipulator arranged on said carriage and extendible from a retracted position in a direction perpendicular to said second axis into an extended position, and wherein said transport device is adapted to transport objects between said storage chamber and said transfer location by means of said manipulator. a) a carriage pivotal, relatively to said lock chamber, about a second axis and/or displaceable, relatively to said lock chamber, along the second axis, wherein said second axis is parallel to said first axis, b) a manipulator arranged on said carriage and extendible from a retracted position in a direction perpendicular to said second axis into an extended position, and
A method comprising: a) drying a support material comprising silica at temperature in the range of from about 150 °C to about 220 °C to form a dried support; b) contacting the dried support with methanol to form a slurried support; c) subsequent to b), cooling the slurried support to a temperature of less than about 60 °C to form a cooled slurried support; d) subsequent to c), contacting the cooled slurried support with a titanium alkoxide to form a titanated support; e) thermally treating the titanated support by heating to a temperature of equal to or greater than about 150 °C for a time period of from about 5 hours to about 30 hours to remove the methanol and yield a dried titanated support, further comprising the addition of a chromium-containing compound prior to the complete removal of methanol to form a precatalyst, and further comprising the addition of water in an amount ranging from about 0.1 to about 10 moles per mole of titanium after addition of the titanium alkoxide. a) drying a support material comprising silica at temperature in the range of from about 150 °C to about 220 °C to form a dried support; b) contacting the dried support with methanol to form a slurried support; c) subsequent to b), cooling the slurried support to a temperature of less than about 60 °C to form a cooled slurried support; d) subsequent to c), contacting the cooled slurried support with a titanium alkoxide to form a titanated support; e) thermally treating the titanated support by heating to a temperature of equal to or greater than about 150 °C for a time period of from about 5 hours to about 30 hours to remove the methanol and yield a dried titanated support, further comprising the addition of a chromium-containing compound prior to the complete removal of methanol to form a precatalyst, and further comprising the addition of water in an amount ranging from about 0.1 to about 10 moles per mole of titanium after addition of the titanium alkoxide.
A cavopulmonary assist device for a total cavopulmonary connection with superior vena cava-pulmonary artery anastomosis and inferior vena cava-pulmonary artery bridging via a conduit, said cavopulmonary assist device comprising a pump unit and a turbine unit coupled by a shaft characterized in that; said turbine unit is an aortic turbine unit that uses systemic blood as an energy source and has a turbine inlet in the manner that flow movement through a turbine impeller is transferred to a turbine outlet in flow communication with said turbine impeller, said pump unit is free of an active or external power source to be operable by said turbine unit in the manner that rotation is generated by turbine unit by rotary movement of said turbine impeller and transmitted to pump unit through rotation of said shaft and, said pump unit comprises a pump inlet in flow connection with said conduit and a pump impeller through which flow movement is transferred to a pump outlet in flow communication with said pump impeller.
Ocular sensor for verification of at least one analyte in an eye fluid, wherein the ocular sensor has at least one sensor material, wherein the sensor material is designed to change at least one optical characteristic in the presence of the at least one analyte, wherein the ocular sensor also has at least one sensor chip, wherein the sensor chip has at least one integrated optical detector for verification of the optical characteristic, wherein the ocular sensor has a carrier material, wherein the sensor chip is embedded in the carrier material, and wherein the sensor material is entirely or partially contained in the carrier material, wherein the carrier material comprises a material which is at least partially permeable for the analyte, in particular a hydrogel, characterized in that, the sensor material is contained in the carrier material in at least one of the following manners: the sensor material is mixed into the carrier material, the sensor material is dissolved in the carrier material; the sensor material is entirely or partially a component of the carrier material, in particular in the form of functional groups which are bound to a matrix material of the carrier material; the sensor material is implemented in microcapsules, in particular in microcapsules which are dispersed in the carrier material.