mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A gas-barrier resin composition, including: a gas-barrier resin having an oxygen permeability coefficient of 1.0×10 -14 (cm 3 ·cm/cm 2 ·s·Pa) or less, as measured by a differential pressure method in conformity with JIS K7126 at a temperature of 0°C and a pressure of 1 atm; and a copolymer containing monomer structural units represented by the formula, the formula, and the formula: where: R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R 2 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms that may be substituted with a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, or an amino group; l, m, and n represent numerical values representing molar proportions of the respective monomer structural units, and n may represent 0; and p represents an integer of from 1 to 4, wherein a ratio of a mass of the copolymer to a total mass of the gas-barrier resin and the copolymer is from 1 mass% to 40 mass%, wherein, in the copolymer, the molar proportion l of the monomer structural unit represented by the formula, the molar proportion m of the monomer structural unit represented by the formula, and the molar proportion n of the monomer structural unit represented by the formula satisfy the following expression: 50 ≥ m + n / 1 + m + n × 100 ≥ 5.
An inspection system for providing a cooking cycle/program for food to be cooked in a cooking device, the cooking device including a cooking chamber for cooking food, wherein the inspection system comprises: a distance sensor; a digital optical recognition device; a controller having a memory associated therewith; and a data base having previously stored images of food to be cooked; wherein the distance sensor detects only the location where the food to be cooked is placed in the cooking chamber, the location of the food to be cooked is stored in the memory, the digital optical recognition device functions only as a product recognition device by capturing images of the food to be cooked for product identification purposes, the digital optical recognition device is focused based on the location of the food to be cooked detected by the distance sensor, the inspection system compares the captured images to the previously stored images of food to be cooked, the inspection system recognizes the food to be cooked based upon the comparison, and, based upon the detected location and the recognition of the food to be cooked, a cooking cycle/program for the food to be cooked is selected and provided. a distance sensor; a digital optical recognition device; a controller having a memory associated therewith; and a data base having previously stored images of food to be cooked; wherein the distance sensor detects only the location where the food to be cooked is placed in the cooking chamber, the location of the food to be cooked is stored in the memory, the digital optical recognition device functions only as a product recognition device by capturing images of the food to be cooked for product identification purposes, the digital optical recognition device is focused based on the location of the food to be cooked detected by the distance sensor, the inspection system compares the captured images to the previously stored images of food to be cooked, the inspection system recognizes the food to be cooked based upon the comparison, and, based upon the detected location and the recognition of the food to be cooked, a cooking cycle/program for the food to be cooked is selected and provided.
A signal conditioning circuit for monitoring the status of a mechanical relay or a mechanical circuit breaker, the signal conditioning circuit comprising: at least one input node; an input stage connected to the at least one input node, wherein the input stage is for processing an input signal received at the at least one input node and for monitoring the voltage at the at least one input node; and an adjustable load to apply a load at the at least one input node, characterised in that the adjustable load is configured to temporarily increase the current drawn by the load in response to a voltage rise at the at least one input signal node, or to a rate of voltage rise at the at least one input signal node, in order to remove spurious signals at the input node that would be present if the voltage rise resulted from electrically induced noise. at least one input node; an input stage connected to the at least one input node, wherein the input stage is for processing an input signal received at the at least one input node and for monitoring the voltage at the at least one input node; and an adjustable load to apply a load at the at least one input node, characterised in that the adjustable load is configured to temporarily increase the current drawn by the load in response to a voltage rise at the at least one input signal node, or to a rate of voltage rise at the at least one input signal node, in order to remove spurious signals at the input node that would be present if the voltage rise resulted from electrically induced noise.
A base material processing apparatus comprising: a transport mechanism for transporting an elongated strip-shaped base material in a longitudinal direction thereof along a transport path formed by a plurality of rollers; a processing part for processing said base material in a processing position lying on said transport path; a force detection part for detecting a force applied in an axial direction of a rotation shaft of a sensing roller (31; 31C) or an amount of displacement in accordance with the force, said sensing roller (31; 31C) being at least one of said plurality of rollers; a meandering prediction part for predicting the meandering of said base material to output meandering prediction information, based on the force applied in the axial direction of the rotation shaft of said sensing roller (31; 31C); and a meandering correction part for correcting the widthwise position of said base material relative to said processing part, based on said meandering prediction information. a transport mechanism for transporting an elongated strip-shaped base material in a longitudinal direction thereof along a transport path formed by a plurality of rollers; a processing part for processing said base material in a processing position lying on said transport path; a force detection part for detecting a force applied in an axial direction of a rotation shaft of a sensing roller (31; 31C) or an amount of displacement in accordance with the force, said sensing roller (31; 31C) being at least one of said plurality of rollers; a meandering prediction part for predicting the meandering of said base material to output meandering prediction information, based on the force applied in the axial direction of the rotation shaft of said sensing roller (31; 31C); and a meandering correction part for correcting the widthwise position of said base material relative to said processing part, based on said meandering prediction information.
A method of using syngas in a multi-stage Fischer-Tropsch process to produce a hydrocarbonaceous product including any products made by hydroconversion of the hydrocarbonaceous products, wherein the syngas is prepared by a method of increasing the hydrogen/carbon monoxide (H 2 /CO) ratio in a syngas stream derived from a carbonaceous fuel, such as coal, brown coal, peat, or heavy residual oil fractions, wherein the fuel-derived syngas stream is divided into at least two sub-streams, one of which undergoes a catalytic water shift conversion reaction, and the obtained converted sub-stream is combined with a non-converted sub-stream(s) to form a syngas stream having an increased H 2 /CO ratio of between 1.4 and 1.95; wherein part of the catalytically shifted syngas stream is used as additional feed for the further stages in the Fischer-Tropsch process.
An optical beam steering device, comprising: a) only one optical fiber carrying multiple input optical signals, wherein each said input optical signal comprises a unique wavelength; b) an arrayed waveguide grating router, AWGR, having multiple output fibers, wherein said input optical fiber is connected to said AWGR, wherein distal ends of said multiple output fibers are arranged in a two-dimensional fiber array, wherein said multiple input optical signals are routed by said AWGR according to each said unique wavelength to a unique said AWGR output fiber in said two-dimensional fiber array; and c) a lens, wherein said distal ends of said output fibers are disposed proximal to a focal plane of said lens, wherein for each unique position of each said output fiber distal end with respect to a said lens, each said input optical signal is steered at a unique angle as an output beam emitted from said lens, wherein changing said wavelength of said input optical signal changes said output beam angles for two-dimensional beam steering; characterized in that: said output fiber ends are positioned somewhat closer to the principal plane of said lens than said focal plane of said lens such that a profile of said output beam comprises a diverging beam. a) only one optical fiber carrying multiple input optical signals, wherein each said input optical signal comprises a unique wavelength; b) an arrayed waveguide grating router, AWGR, having multiple output fibers, wherein said input optical fiber is connected to said AWGR, wherein distal ends of said multiple output fibers are arranged in a two-dimensional fiber array, wherein said multiple input optical signals are routed by said AWGR according to each said unique wavelength to a unique said AWGR output fiber in said two-dimensional fiber array; and c) a lens, wherein said distal ends of said output fibers are disposed proximal to a focal plane of said lens, wherein for each unique position of each said output fiber distal end with respect to a said lens, each said input optical signal is steered at a unique angle as an output beam emitted from said lens, wherein changing said wavelength of said input optical signal changes said output beam angles for two-dimensional beam steering;
A method for in-loop processing of reconstructed video, the method comprising: receiving reconstructed video data; determining to-be-processed pixels associated with the reconstructed video data; characterized by determining a virtual boundary related to a video data boundary; and applying in-loop processing to the to-be-processed pixel on one side of the virtual boundary, wherein the in-loop processing is configured to require no pixel from other side of the virtual boundary; wherein the in-loop processing corresponds to SAO (Sample Adaptive Offset) processing or ALF (Adaptive Loop Filter) processing; wherein the virtual boundary is upward shifted from a horizontal block boundary by N pixels, wherein the virtual boundary is N pixels above a horizontal LCU (Largest Coding Unit) boundary and N is an integer from 1 to 4. receiving reconstructed video data; determining to-be-processed pixels associated with the reconstructed video data; characterized by determining a virtual boundary related to a video data boundary; and applying in-loop processing to the to-be-processed pixel on one side of the virtual boundary, wherein the in-loop processing is configured to require no pixel from other side of the virtual boundary; wherein the in-loop processing corresponds to SAO (Sample Adaptive Offset) processing or ALF (Adaptive Loop Filter) processing; wherein the virtual boundary is upward shifted from a horizontal block boundary by N pixels, wherein the virtual boundary is N pixels above a horizontal LCU (Largest Coding Unit) boundary and N is an integer from 1 to 4.
A process for producing an inorganic/organic hybrid material comprising a polymeric component formed by ring opening polymerisation of cyclic monomer containing at least one ring heteroatom, the process comprising: (i) forming a reaction mixture comprising cyclic monomer, optionally in the presence of solvent, and an epoxide compound comprising an epoxide ring and an inorganic component; (ii) adding catalyst to the reaction mixture to activate the epoxide compound and initiate cationic ring-opening polymerisation of the cyclic monomer; and (iii) hydrolysis and condensation of the reaction mixture formed in step (ii) to produce an inorganic/organic hybrid material, wherein the material comprises covalent bonds between at least one component of the epoxide compound and the polymeric component, wherein the cyclic monomer is tetrahydrofuran, tetrahydropyran, tetrahydrothiophene, ε-caprolactone, β-propiolactone, γ-butyrolactone, p-dioxanone, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, 2-pyrrolidone (2-Pyrr), 3,6-Dimethyl-1,4-dioxane-2,5-dione, γ-thiobutyrolactone, ε-caprolactame, 2-methyl-2-oxazoline, 3-benzyl-1,3-oxazolidine-2-thione, 3-benzyl tetrahydro-1,3-oxazolidine-2-thione (BTOT), a cyclic siloxane or a mixture thereof. (i) forming a reaction mixture comprising cyclic monomer, optionally in the presence of solvent, and an epoxide compound comprising an epoxide ring and an inorganic component; (ii) adding catalyst to the reaction mixture to activate the epoxide compound and initiate cationic ring-opening polymerisation of the cyclic monomer; and (iii) hydrolysis and condensation of the reaction mixture formed in step (ii) to produce an inorganic/organic hybrid material, wherein the material comprises covalent bonds between at least one component of the epoxide compound and the polymeric component,
A frictional resistance-reducing device (100; 400) suitable to be installed on a bottom surface of a ship's hull and to form an air layer on the surface of said hull, said frictional resistance-reducing device (100, 400) comprising: a housing having a hollow shape with one surface that is open; and an air inlet formed at one side of the housing, an outer panel; and reinforcement members reinforcing the outer panel, wherein the one open surface of the housing is installed to face an inner surface of the outer panel, the reinforcement members reinforcing the outer panel being disposed on both sides of the housing, and the housing covering an air outlet installed in the outer panel, the housing including a body unit having a hollow shape with both side surfaces open, wherein one of said open side surfaces is coupled to the inner surface of the outer panel, the housing including: a large diameter part having a cylinder shape; a small diameter part having a cylinder shape with a diameter relatively smaller than that of the large diameter part; and a diameter changing part configured to connect the large diameter part with the small diameter part, the small diameter part being above the large diameter part in an inward direction of the outer panel, and a cover unit having the air inlet formed in the center thereof and configured to cover the other open side surface of the body unit, wherein the body unit is perpendicularly coupled to the inner surface of the outer panel, the frictional resistance-reducing device being characterized in that the diameter changing part has a cone shape with a diameter smaller in an inward direction of the outer panel. a large diameter part having a cylinder shape; a small diameter part having a cylinder shape with a diameter relatively smaller than that of the large diameter part; and a diameter changing part configured to connect the large diameter part with the small diameter part, the small diameter part being above the large diameter part in an inward direction of the outer panel, and a cover unit having the air inlet formed in the center thereof and configured to cover the other open side surface of the body unit, wherein the body unit is perpendicularly coupled to the inner surface of the outer panel, the frictional resistance-reducing device being characterized in that the diameter changing part has a cone shape with a diameter smaller in an inward direction of the outer panel.
A muzzle brake for a gun comprising at least one substantially cylindrical body intended to be positioned in the extension of a gun barrel, such body incorporating at least two stages (6a, 6b) of gas reception vanes, such body perforated by vents (7a, 7b) directing the propellant gases towards the vanes, incorporating at least one means to deflect the gas flow, such means positioned between the vents of the second stage of vanes and a front profile of the vanes of the first stage characterised in that the deflector means are constituted by a flange extending angularly over all the width of the front profile of the vanes of the first stage, flange apart from the front profile by a groove.
A method for acquiring an address of a Serving General Radio Packet Service support node (SGSN) characterized by comprising: a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF) entity providing a SGSN change event trigger which is acquired by the PCEF from a credit re-authorization trigger of an online charging system or is preconfigured by the PCEF entity itself to a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) entity; the PCRF entity reporting a SGSN change event and a new address of the SGSN to the PCEF entity after receiving the SGSN change event trigger; wherein the step of the PCRF entity reporting the SGSN change event and the new address of the SGSN to the PCEF entity after receiving the SGSN change event trigger comprises: the PCRF entity subscribing to the SGSN change event trigger to a Bearer Binding and Event Report Function (BBERF) entity after receiving the SGSN change event trigger from the PCEF; the BBERF entity installing the SGSN change event trigger, and reporting (406, 407) the SGSN change event and the new address of the SGSN to the PCRF entity when the BBERF entity detects the SGSN change event; and the PCRF entity reporting the received SGSN change event and new address of the SGSN to the PCEF; a Packet Data Network Gateway (P-GW) which contains the PCEF entity re-requesting a credit from an Online Charging System after knowing the change of the SGSN. a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF) entity providing a SGSN change event trigger which is acquired by the PCEF from a credit re-authorization trigger of an online charging system or is preconfigured by the PCEF entity itself to a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) entity; the PCRF entity reporting a SGSN change event and a new address of the SGSN to the PCEF entity after receiving the SGSN change event trigger; wherein the step of the PCRF entity reporting the SGSN change event and the new address of the SGSN to the PCEF entity after receiving the SGSN change event trigger comprises: the PCRF entity subscribing to the SGSN change event trigger to a Bearer Binding and Event Report Function (BBERF) entity after receiving the SGSN change event trigger from the PCEF; the BBERF entity installing the SGSN change event trigger, and reporting (406, 407) the SGSN change event and the new address of the SGSN to the PCRF entity when the BBERF entity detects the SGSN change event; and the PCRF entity reporting the received SGSN change event and new address of the SGSN to the PCEF; the PCRF entity subscribing to the SGSN change event trigger to a Bearer Binding and Event Report Function (BBERF) entity after receiving the SGSN change event trigger from the PCEF; the BBERF entity installing the SGSN change event trigger, and reporting (406, 407) the SGSN change event and the new address of the SGSN to the PCRF entity when the BBERF entity detects the SGSN change event; and the PCRF entity reporting the received SGSN change event and new address of the SGSN to the PCEF; a Packet Data Network Gateway (P-GW) which contains the PCEF entity re-requesting a credit from an Online Charging System after knowing the change of the SGSN.
A method for making apertures in a web, the method comprising, a. providing a precursor web material having a machine direction and a cross machine direction, the web having a predominant molecular orientation in the machine direction; b. plastically deforming the precursor web in the cross machine direction resulting in a higher proportion of long chain molecules arranged in the CD; c. providing a forming apparatus; and d. moving the plastically deformed precursor web material through the forming apparatus, wherein the forming apparatus penetrates the web forming apertures therein, the forming apparatus comprising a pair of counterrotating, intermeshing rollers (102, 104) forming a nip therebetween, wherein a first roller comprises circumferentially-extending ridges and grooves, and a second roller comprises radially extending penetrating members. a. providing a precursor web material having a machine direction and a cross machine direction, the web having a predominant molecular orientation in the machine direction; b. plastically deforming the precursor web in the cross machine direction resulting in a higher proportion of long chain molecules arranged in the CD; c. providing a forming apparatus; and d. moving the plastically deformed precursor web material through the forming apparatus, wherein the forming apparatus penetrates the web forming apertures therein, the forming apparatus comprising a pair of counterrotating, intermeshing rollers (102, 104) forming a nip therebetween, wherein a first roller comprises circumferentially-extending ridges and grooves, and a second roller comprises radially extending penetrating members.
Method for controlling the motor of a pedal-powered vehicle, it being provided that the motor has an assistance mode which assists the rider during pushing of the vehicle, characterized in that, in the assistance mode, the method • detects a state variable of at least one pedal, the state variable representing a torque, and • the state variable being compared with a threshold value if a rise in the state variable is detected, the drive of the vehicle being changed at least briefly in the case of the threshold value being exceeded or undershot, as a result of which • the drive which acts on the vehicle by way of the motor is interrupted if at least one pedal encounters an obstacle in the case of the consideration of the torque by way of a rise in the variable. • detects a state variable of at least one pedal, the state variable representing a torque, and • the state variable being compared with a threshold value if a rise in the state variable is detected, the drive of the vehicle being changed at least briefly in the case of the threshold value being exceeded or undershot, as a result of which • the drive which acts on the vehicle by way of the motor is interrupted if at least one pedal encounters an obstacle in the case of the consideration of the torque by way of a rise in the variable.
An image forming apparatus comprising: an inputting section (31, 32, 33) through which halftone data of pixels is received; and a dot forming section (36, 37, 38, 39, 12) that irradiates the charged surface of an image bearing body with light to form a plurality of lines of dots in accordance with the halftone data, wherein dots on a same line have a same exposure energy and dots on different lines in a same pixel have different exposure energies, characterized in that an additional line of dots is irradiated with a critical energy regardless of the halftone data of the pixel, the additional line being a substantially middle line and the critical energy being an amount of exposure energy which is insufficient to form a dot and from which a print density of the pixel just starts to rise from zero. an inputting section (31, 32, 33) through which halftone data of pixels is received; and a dot forming section (36, 37, 38, 39, 12) that irradiates the charged surface of an image bearing body with light to form a plurality of lines of dots in accordance with the halftone data, wherein dots on a same line have a same exposure energy and dots on different lines in a same pixel have different exposure energies, characterized in that an additional line of dots is irradiated with a critical energy regardless of the halftone data of the pixel, the additional line being a substantially middle line and the critical energy being an amount of exposure energy which is insufficient to form a dot and from which a print density of the pixel just starts to rise from zero.