mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An immersion exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate with an exposure beam via an optical assembly and immersion liquid, comprising: a liquid immersion member that is arranged to surround part of the optical assembly to supply immersion liquid to below the optical assembly and to recover immersion liquid from below the optical assembly; first and second stages (WS1, WS2), each of which is configured to support a substrate and each of which is positionable below the optical assembly; a pad that is independently movable relative to the first and second stages and away from below the optical assembly; a drive system arranged to drive the first stage, the second stage and the pad; and a control system configured to control the drive system, wherein the control system is configured to control the drive system to arrange the pad under the optical assembly in a process in which one of the first and second stages, which is arranged under the optical assembly, is replaced with the other of the first and second stages to substantially maintain immersion liquid below the optical assembly while the first and second substrate stages are away from below the optical assembly, in which process the control system controls the drive system such that the pad is moved relative to the one stage located under the optical assembly so that the pad is positioned adjacent to the one stage, and the adjacent one stage and pad are moved relative to the optical assembly to locate the pad under the optical assembly in place of the one stage so that immersion liquid is substantially maintained below the optical assembly during the movement. a liquid immersion member that is arranged to surround part of the optical assembly to supply immersion liquid to below the optical assembly and to recover immersion liquid from below the optical assembly; first and second stages (WS1, WS2), each of which is configured to support a substrate and each of which is positionable below the optical assembly; a pad that is independently movable relative to the first and second stages and away from below the optical assembly; a drive system arranged to drive the first stage, the second stage and the pad; and a control system configured to control the drive system, wherein the control system is configured to control the drive system to arrange the pad under the optical assembly in a process in which one of the first and second stages, which is arranged under the optical assembly, is replaced with the other of the first and second stages to substantially maintain immersion liquid below the optical assembly while the first and second substrate stages are away from below the optical assembly, in which process the control system controls the drive system such that the pad is moved relative to the one stage located under the optical assembly so that the pad is positioned adjacent to the one stage, and the adjacent one stage and pad are moved relative to the optical assembly to locate the pad under the optical assembly in place of the one stage so that immersion liquid is substantially maintained below the optical assembly during the movement.
An anhydrous lipid-containing preparation for cosmetic applications that contains an oil phase and a solid phase, characterised in that the oil phase consists of a mixture of vegetable-based raw materials containing hydrogenated jojoba oil and Limnanthes alba (meadowfoam seed oil).
A method for enhancing a video image by generating an outline enhancement signal as a function of a pixel signal value in an area set around each target pixel and applying the outline enhancement signal to the target pixel, the method comprising: calculating a maximum limit value and a minimum limit value of an enhanced video signal value on the basis of the pixel signal value in the area set around the target pixel; calculating a texture value as a scale value that indicates a variation of the pixel signal value in the area; correcting the maximum limit value and the minimum limit value according to the texture value; limiting the enhanced video signal value by the corrected maximum limit value and the minimum limit value; characterized in that the method further comprises giving the texture value as a value obtained by normalizing the value obtained by subtracting an absolute value of a difference in a number of times of increase and decrease from the sum of the number of times of increase and decrease of the pixel signal value so that the maximum value becomes 1. calculating a maximum limit value and a minimum limit value of an enhanced video signal value on the basis of the pixel signal value in the area set around the target pixel; calculating a texture value as a scale value that indicates a variation of the pixel signal value in the area; correcting the maximum limit value and the minimum limit value according to the texture value; limiting the enhanced video signal value by the corrected maximum limit value and the minimum limit value; characterized in that the method further comprises giving the texture value as a value obtained by normalizing the value obtained by subtracting an absolute value of a difference in a number of times of increase and decrease from the sum of the number of times of increase and decrease of the pixel signal value so that the maximum value becomes 1.
Mounting member for a contact (14, 16) of a disconnector of a medium-voltage current distribution cell, which comprises: - a planar base extending in an overall transverse vertical plane which comprises means for fixing the mounting member onto an insulating support of the disconnector and - a fixing portion for fixing said contact (14, 16) on the mounting member, which extends overall transversally and which is situated vertically at a distance from the base, characterised in that the base and the fixing portion are made of a single piece by aluminium casting. - a planar base extending in an overall transverse vertical plane which comprises means for fixing the mounting member onto an insulating support of the disconnector and - a fixing portion for fixing said contact (14, 16) on the mounting member, which extends overall transversally and which is situated vertically at a distance from the base,
A spray delivery device for delivering a fluid spray to a fluid flow conductor, comprising: a spray generator (6, 19), a spray controller (4, 13); and an air flow sensor (2, 10); wherein the spray generator comprises a perforate membrane and actuation means configured to ultrasonically vibrate the perforate membrane in response to a drive signal from the spray controller, such that vibration of the perforate membrane is configured to cause liquid droplets to be ejected from an ejection side of the perforate membrane; characterised in that the airflow sensor is configured to provide a flow signal representative of an airflow rate through the fluid flow conductor, and the spray controller is configured to control a spray rate of the spray generator in proportion to the airflow rate by modulation of the drive signal in response to the flow signal. a spray generator (6, 19), a spray controller (4, 13); and an air flow sensor (2, 10); wherein the spray generator comprises a perforate membrane and actuation means configured to ultrasonically vibrate the perforate membrane in response to a drive signal from the spray controller, such that vibration of the perforate membrane is configured to cause liquid droplets to be ejected from an ejection side of the perforate membrane; characterised in that the airflow sensor is configured to provide a flow signal representative of an airflow rate through the fluid flow conductor, and the spray controller is configured to control a spray rate of the spray generator in proportion to the airflow rate by modulation of the drive signal in response to the flow signal.
A detergent receptacle for a dishwashing appliance, said detergent receptacle comprising a bottom, peripheral walls (41, 42, 43, 44) surrounding said bottom, and an inner wall dividing the detergent receptacle into a first part and a second part, one of said peripheral walls (41, 42, 43) comprising an orifice for the entry of wash water in said first part, said inner wall presenting a height lower than the height of the peripheral walls (41, 42, 43) surrounding said first part, characterized in that a deflector is disposed in said first part of the detergent receptacle, at least a part of said deflector being disposed facing the wash water entry orifice.
Topically applicable pharmaceutical preparation consisting of an active pharmaceutical ingredient together with one or more pharmaceutical carriers and/or excipients suitable for topical administration, wherein: i) the active pharmaceutical ingredient is a compound selected from the group consisting of roflumilast, salts of roflumilast, the N-oxide of the pyridine residue of roflumilast or salts thereof, ii) the proportion of active pharmaceutical ingredient is up to 1% by weight of the finished pharmaceutical preparation, and iii) the topically applicable pharmaceutical preparation is a semisolid dosage form selected from the group of ointments (e.g. solution ointment, suspension ointment), creams, gels or pastes. i) the active pharmaceutical ingredient is a compound selected from the group consisting of roflumilast, salts of roflumilast, the N-oxide of the pyridine residue of roflumilast or salts thereof, ii) the proportion of active pharmaceutical ingredient is up to 1% by weight of the finished pharmaceutical preparation, and iii) the topically applicable pharmaceutical preparation is a semisolid dosage form selected from the group of ointments (e.g. solution ointment, suspension ointment), creams, gels or pastes.
A method for forming a raised feature on a transparent substrate, the method comprising the steps of: providing a transparent substrate having a surface, the substrate having an absorption of less than 20% within a processing wavelength range; irradiating a portion of the transparent substrate with a processing light beam within the processing wavelength range to increase the absorption of the irradiated portion of the substrate in the processing wavelength range; continuing to irradiate the portion of the transparent substrate within the processing wavelength range to cause local heating and expansion of the substrate so as to form a raised feature on the substrate surface; and terminating the irradiation to stop heating of the substrate so as to fix the raised feature. providing a transparent substrate having a surface, the substrate having an absorption of less than 20% within a processing wavelength range; irradiating a portion of the transparent substrate with a processing light beam within the processing wavelength range to increase the absorption of the irradiated portion of the substrate in the processing wavelength range; continuing to irradiate the portion of the transparent substrate within the processing wavelength range to cause local heating and expansion of the substrate so as to form a raised feature on the substrate surface; and terminating the irradiation to stop heating of the substrate so as to fix the raised feature.
An apparatus comprising: memory configured to store one or more patches representing an object in an image; and a processor (102, 200, 1030), coupled to the memory, configured to perform one or more tessellation operations on the one or more patches, wherein the one or more tessellation operations are to comprise splitting one or more of the patches into one or more subpatches, characterized in that: load balancing the one or more patches and the one or more subpatches among two or more geometry and setup fixed-function pipelines, GSPs. memory configured to store one or more patches representing an object in an image; and a processor (102, 200, 1030), coupled to the memory, configured to perform one or more tessellation operations on the one or more patches, wherein the one or more tessellation operations are to comprise splitting one or more of the patches into one or more subpatches, characterized in that: load balancing the one or more patches and the one or more subpatches among two or more geometry and setup fixed-function pipelines, GSPs.
A method for hydraulic fracturing of rock formations using shock waves for oil recovery comprising: inserting at least one shock wave device comprising at least one shock wave generator into an oil production well bore casing, wherein the well bore casing penetrates a subterranean rock formation that includes at least rock and oil; generating a shock wave with the at least one shock wave generator through creation of a plasma bubble in liquid adjacent to a reflector sealed with the liquid in the at least one shock wave device; and focusing the generated shock wave with the reflector into a target location of the subterranean rock formation; characterized in that the at least one shock wave generator includes a laser emitter sealed in the liquid with the reflector, wherein the laser emitter creates the plasma bubble that generates the shock wave; and laser energy of the laser emitter is controlled to provide a desired size of the plasma bubble and magnitude of the generated shock wave. inserting at least one shock wave device comprising at least one shock wave generator into an oil production well bore casing, wherein the well bore casing penetrates a subterranean rock formation that includes at least rock and oil; generating a shock wave with the at least one shock wave generator through creation of a plasma bubble in liquid adjacent to a reflector sealed with the liquid in the at least one shock wave device; and focusing the generated shock wave with the reflector into a target location of the subterranean rock formation; characterized in that the at least one shock wave generator includes a laser emitter sealed in the liquid with the reflector, wherein the laser emitter creates the plasma bubble that generates the shock wave; and laser energy of the laser emitter is controlled to provide a desired size of the plasma bubble and magnitude of the generated shock wave.
Brake disc for a vehicle, comprising a base body made of grey cast iron or steel and having friction surfaces with a coating of a hard material including oxide ceramics, characterised in that the coating is a composite material of oxide ceramics and metal matrix with a percent-by-weight ratio of 50-80% to 20-50% and the ceramic material is represented by Al 2 O s and TiO 2 with a percent-by-weight ratio of 60-97% to 3-40% and the metal matrix is made of Cr/Ni steel.
A radiation detecting apparatus comprising: a pair of rails (31, 32) extending in a channel direction; a plurality of collimator modules provided in the pair of rails in the channel direction, said each collimator module having a plurality of collimator plates arranged in the channel direction; and a plurality of detector modules provided on the radiation outgoing side of the collimator modules in the channel direction, said each detector module having a plurality of detecting elements arranged in the channel direction, wherein each of the collimator modules has a pair of alignment pins (45, 46) extending along an irradiation direction of radiation, wherein said rails (31, 32) are formed with concave holes or grooves (34, 35) at each surface of placement for said each collimator module in which one ends of the alignment pins (45, 46) are fitted, and wherein each of the detector modules has concave holes or through holes in which the other ends of the alignment pins are fitted. a pair of rails (31, 32) extending in a channel direction; a plurality of collimator modules provided in the pair of rails in the channel direction, said each collimator module having a plurality of collimator plates arranged in the channel direction; and a plurality of detector modules provided on the radiation outgoing side of the collimator modules in the channel direction, said each detector module having a plurality of detecting elements arranged in the channel direction, wherein each of the collimator modules has a pair of alignment pins (45, 46) extending along an irradiation direction of radiation, wherein said rails (31, 32) are formed with concave holes or grooves (34, 35) at each surface of placement for said each collimator module in which one ends of the alignment pins (45, 46) are fitted, and wherein each of the detector modules has concave holes or through holes in which the other ends of the alignment pins are fitted.
A system (300, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1900, 2000) comprising: a grating coupled laser comprising a laser cavity and a transmit grating optically coupled to the laser cavity, the transmit grating configured to diffract light emitted by the laser cavity out of the grating coupled laser; a laser optical interposer (310, 500, 600, 800, 900, 1100) comprising an LOI waveguide (314, 502, 602, 802, 902, 1102 and 1108) with an input end and an output end; an optical isolator (320, 1902) positioned between the grating coupled laser and the LOI (310, 500, 600, 1100); a light redirector (316, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802, 1904, 2004) positioned to redirect the light, after the light passes through the optical isolator, into the LOI waveguide (314, 502, 602, 802, 902, 1102 and 1108) of the LOI (310, 500, 600, 800, 900, 1100); and further comprising: a silicon (Si) photonic integrated circuit (304, 1124) that includes a waveguide (328, 1128) with a tapered end positioned beneath the output end of the LOI waveguide, the tapered end of the waveguide (328, 1128) aligned in two orthogonal directions with the output end of the LOI waveguide (314, 502, 602, 802, 902, 1102 and 1108), the LOI waveguide (314, 502, 602, 802, 902, 1102 and 1108) and the waveguide (328, 1128) in the Si PIC (304, 1124) forming an adiabatic coupler. a grating coupled laser comprising a laser cavity and a transmit grating optically coupled to the laser cavity, the transmit grating configured to diffract light emitted by the laser cavity out of the grating coupled laser; a laser optical interposer (310, 500, 600, 800, 900, 1100) comprising an LOI waveguide (314, 502, 602, 802, 902, 1102 and 1108) with an input end and an output end; an optical isolator (320, 1902) positioned between the grating coupled laser and the LOI (310, 500, 600, 1100); a light redirector (316, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802, 1904, 2004) positioned to redirect the light, after the light passes through the optical isolator, into the LOI waveguide (314, 502, 602, 802, 902, 1102 and 1108) of the LOI (310, 500, 600, 800, 900, 1100); and further comprising: a silicon (Si) photonic integrated circuit (304, 1124) that includes a waveguide (328, 1128) with a tapered end positioned beneath the output end of the LOI waveguide, the tapered end of the waveguide (328, 1128) aligned in two orthogonal directions with the output end of the LOI waveguide (314, 502, 602, 802, 902, 1102 and 1108), the LOI waveguide (314, 502, 602, 802, 902, 1102 and 1108) and the waveguide (328, 1128) in the Si PIC (304, 1124) forming an adiabatic coupler.
A method of controlling an electronic device comprising a touch screen configured to function as an input unit and as a display unit, the method comprising the operations of: performing a monitoring process for the touch screen to determine if an input disable region incapable of sensing a user's gesture exists in the touch screen, if it is determined that the input disable region incapable of sensing the user's gesture exists, identifying a region incapable of sensing a user's gesture as damaged region and a region capable of sensing a user's gesture as a non-damaged region, displaying, in at least part of the non-damaged region, at least one region, each of the at least one region representing a region to which an object selected by a user can be added, in response to detecting a first user input selecting one region among the displayed at least one region, displaying, in at least part of the non-damaged region, a list of essential functions of the electronic device, in response to detecting a second user input selecting a function from the displayed list of essential functions adding an object used for executing the selected function to the selected region, displaying the object used for executing the selected function in the selected region. performing a monitoring process for the touch screen to determine if an input disable region incapable of sensing a user's gesture exists in the touch screen, if it is determined that the input disable region incapable of sensing the user's gesture exists, identifying a region incapable of sensing a user's gesture as damaged region and a region capable of sensing a user's gesture as a non-damaged region, displaying, in at least part of the non-damaged region, at least one region, each of the at least one region representing a region to which an object selected by a user can be added, in response to detecting a first user input selecting one region among the displayed at least one region, displaying, in at least part of the non-damaged region, a list of essential functions of the electronic device, in response to detecting a second user input selecting a function from the displayed list of essential functions adding an object used for executing the selected function to the selected region, displaying the object used for executing the selected function in the selected region.
A method for a first station, STA, to transmit signals using a Dual Carrier Modulation, DCM, in a wireless local area network, WLAN, the method comprising: modulating bits for one or more of a High Efficiency-Signaling B, HE-SIG B, field and a data field of a radio frame to be transmitted by the first STA; wherein, when the one or more of the HE-SIG B field and the data field are modulated by a Binary Phase Shifting Keying, BPSK, scheme, a symbol, C1, of BPSK modulated symbols is mapped to a subcarrier K and a phase shifted symbol of the symbol, C1, is mapped to a subcarrier K+N/2, wherein N corresponds to a number of subcarriers for transmitting the HE-SIG B field and the data field, and wherein K is an integer equal to or less than N/2; wherein, when the one or more of the HE-SIG B field and the data field are modulated by a Quadrature Phase Shifting Keying, QPSK, scheme, a symbol, C2, of QPSK modulated symbols is mapped to the subcarrier K and a conjugate of the symbol, C2, is mapped to the subcarrier K+N/2; and transmitting the symbols mapped to the subcarriers to a second STA. modulating bits for one or more of a High Efficiency-Signaling B, HE-SIG B, field and a data field of a radio frame to be transmitted by the first STA; wherein, when the one or more of the HE-SIG B field and the data field are modulated by a Binary Phase Shifting Keying, BPSK, scheme, a symbol, C1, of BPSK modulated symbols is mapped to a subcarrier K and a phase shifted symbol of the symbol, C1, is mapped to a subcarrier K+N/2, wherein N corresponds to a number of subcarriers for transmitting the HE-SIG B field and the data field, and wherein K is an integer equal to or less than N/2; wherein, when the one or more of the HE-SIG B field and the data field are modulated by a Quadrature Phase Shifting Keying, QPSK, scheme, a symbol, C2, of QPSK modulated symbols is mapped to the subcarrier K and a conjugate of the symbol, C2, is mapped to the subcarrier K+N/2; and transmitting the symbols mapped to the subcarriers to a second STA.