mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for storing thermal energy within a thermal energy storage device comprising: - a container including a heat storage material and defining a main fluid pathway along a longitudinal direction extending between a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end of the container, - an inlet connected to the first longitudinal end and including a plurality of inlet channels (31, 32) distributed along a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, - an outlet connected to the second longitudinal end and including a plurality of outlet channels (41, 42) distributed along a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, wherein each of the inlet and outlet channels (31, 32, 41, 42) has a respective actively controlled valve (51, 52, 53, 54), the longitudinal direction being horizontally oriented, characterized in that the method comprises the steps of: - opening the plurality of inlet and outlet channels (32, 42) closer to a bottom of the container, - closing at least one inlet channel closer to a top of the container, - charging the thermal energy storage device by letting a hot working fluid flow from the inlet to the outlet, - closing at least one outlet channel closer to a top of the container, before or after said charging step. - a container including a heat storage material and defining a main fluid pathway along a longitudinal direction extending between a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end of the container, - an inlet connected to the first longitudinal end and including a plurality of inlet channels (31, 32) distributed along a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, - an outlet connected to the second longitudinal end and including a plurality of outlet channels (41, 42) distributed along a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, - opening the plurality of inlet and outlet channels (32, 42) closer to a bottom of the container, - closing at least one inlet channel closer to a top of the container, - charging the thermal energy storage device by letting a hot working fluid flow from the inlet to the outlet, - closing at least one outlet channel closer to a top of the container, before or after said charging step.
Method for the determination of a piece of equipment to be controlled by a portable control object placed in a space comprising at least one positioning unit capable of determining the relative position of said control object with respect to this positioning unit, the method comprising: - a step for defining a virtual envelope of at least one piece of equipment to be controlled, the virtual envelope of the at least one piece of equipment to be controlled does not comprise any point of the physical envelope of the piece of equipment to be controlled, - a step of determination of the position and orientation of said control object in said space based on said position of said at least one positioning unit, - a step of determination of a direction and a sense of pointing by said control object based on said position and orientation of said control object that have been determined in this way, - a step of determination of a piece of equipment to be controlled in the space based on the direction and sense that have been determined in this way, the step of determination of a piece of equipment to be controlled using the virtual envelope defined for at least one piece of equipment to be controlled. - a step for defining a virtual envelope of at least one piece of equipment to be controlled, the virtual envelope of the at least one piece of equipment to be controlled does not comprise any point of the physical envelope of the piece of equipment to be controlled, - a step of determination of the position and orientation of said control object in said space based on said position of said at least one positioning unit, - a step of determination of a direction and a sense of pointing by said control object based on said position and orientation of said control object that have been determined in this way, - a step of determination of a piece of equipment to be controlled in the space based on the direction and sense that have been determined in this way,
Resource configuration method for uplink control channel, characterized by comprising: determining, by a network side equipment, whether there exists cell specific linkage between downlink carriers in a downlink carrier set of a user equipment and uplink carriers in an uplink carrier set of the user equipment; configuring, by the network side equipment, an uplink control channel resource for a downlink carrier for which doesn't exist a cell specific linkage according to a determining result. determining, by a network side equipment, whether there exists cell specific linkage between downlink carriers in a downlink carrier set of a user equipment and uplink carriers in an uplink carrier set of the user equipment; configuring, by the network side equipment, an uplink control channel resource for a downlink carrier for which doesn't exist a cell specific linkage according to a determining result.
A method of detecting airflow blockage of a transport refrigeration system, the method comprising: activating a heater of a refrigeration unit powered by an electric generation device; wherein the heater is associated with a refrigerant heat absorption heat exchanger; measuring an output voltage of the electric generation device; determining a predicted heat output of the heater in response to the output voltage; determining a predicted temperature rise across the heater in response to the predicted heat output; detecting a measured temperature rise across the heater; and determining an airflow reduction percentage in response to the predicted temperature rise across the heater and the measured temperature rise across the heater. activating a heater of a refrigeration unit powered by an electric generation device; wherein the heater is associated with a refrigerant heat absorption heat exchanger; measuring an output voltage of the electric generation device; determining a predicted heat output of the heater in response to the output voltage; determining a predicted temperature rise across the heater in response to the predicted heat output; detecting a measured temperature rise across the heater; and determining an airflow reduction percentage in response to the predicted temperature rise across the heater and the measured temperature rise across the heater.
A thin film transistor, comprising: a gate formed on a substrate; an insulating laminate formed on the gate; a semiconductor layer formed on the insulating laminate; and a source and a drain formed on the semiconductor layer, the source and the drain being located at and connected to opposing lateral edges of the semiconductor layer, characterized in that the insulating laminate comprises a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer, the second insulating layer being located between the first insulating layer and the semiconductor layer, the semiconductor layer being in direct contact with the second insulating layer, wherein the first insulating layer is formed of silicon oxynitride and the second insulating layer is formed of tetraethyl orthosilicate, and wherein each of the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer has a thickness in a range between 2 nm and 4 nm.
An additive for construction chemical compositions comprising a) at least one amide or ester of a sugar acid and b) at least one water-soluble comb polymer which contains, on the main chain, acid functions and side chains having polyether moieties, wherein the polyether moieties have a number average molecular weight in the range from 1000 to 5000 g/mole. a) at least one amide or ester of a sugar acid and b) at least one water-soluble comb polymer which contains, on the main chain, acid functions and side chains having polyether moieties, wherein the polyether moieties have a number average molecular weight in the range from 1000 to 5000 g/mole.
A children's toy (10, 110, 210, 310, 410, 510) comprising: a user input panel (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520) having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface defining at least one user input area (22, 24, 26, 28; 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128; 222; 522) for touch contact by a user; at least one capacitive touch sensor (42, 44, 46, 48; 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146,146, 148; 242) in operative contact with the bottom surface of the user input panel and in operative alignment with the at least one user input area, whereby touch contact by the user on the at least one user input area of the top surface of the user input panel is sensed by the at least one capacitive touch sensor to generate an input signal; an electronic input-output control system (80, 180, 280) configured to receive the input signal generated by the at least one capacitive touch sensor upon touch contact by the user on the at least one user input area, and generate a responsive output signal; and an output device (92; 185, 192; 266) configured to receive the output signal from the control system and generate a user-perceptible output in response thereto; characterized in that the user input panel is formed from a natural wood material which overlies the at least one capacitive touch sensor. a user input panel (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520) having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface defining at least one user input area (22, 24, 26, 28; 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128; 222; 522) for touch contact by a user; at least one capacitive touch sensor (42, 44, 46, 48; 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146,146, 148; 242) in operative contact with the bottom surface of the user input panel and in operative alignment with the at least one user input area, whereby touch contact by the user on the at least one user input area of the top surface of the user input panel is sensed by the at least one capacitive touch sensor to generate an input signal; an electronic input-output control system (80, 180, 280) configured to receive the input signal generated by the at least one capacitive touch sensor upon touch contact by the user on the at least one user input area, and generate a responsive output signal; and an output device (92; 185, 192; 266) configured to receive the output signal from the control system and generate a user-perceptible output in response thereto; characterized in that the user input panel is formed from a natural wood material which overlies the at least one capacitive touch sensor.
An isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence selected from (a) a polynucleotide comprising the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; (b) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3; (c) a polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence complementary to the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; (d) a polynucleotide having at least 70% sequence identity to the polynucleotide of (a), (b) or (c), wherein the encoded polypeptide regulates grain weight and grain length in rice; (e) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having at least 70% sequence identity to a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, wherein the polypeptide regulates grain weight and grain length in rice; and (f) a polynucleotide comprising a promoter functional in a plant cell, operably joined to a coding sequence for a polypeptide having at least 70% sequence identity to a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, wherein the encoded polypeptide regulates grain weight and grain length in rice. (a) a polynucleotide comprising the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; (b) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3; (c) a polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence complementary to the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; (d) a polynucleotide having at least 70% sequence identity to the polynucleotide of (a), (b) or (c), wherein the encoded polypeptide regulates grain weight and grain length in rice; (e) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having at least 70% sequence identity to a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, wherein the polypeptide regulates grain weight and grain length in rice; and (f) a polynucleotide comprising a promoter functional in a plant cell, operably joined to a coding sequence for a polypeptide having at least 70% sequence identity to a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, wherein the encoded polypeptide regulates grain weight and grain length in rice.
A film processing method comprising the steps of: preparing a plasma processing apparatus including a first discharge electrode unit and a second discharge electrode unit, and an AC power source, the first discharge electrode unit and the second discharge electrode unit each including a magnet (3b, 4b) that produces a magnetic field, the AC power source that can electrically connect to the first discharge electrode unit and the second discharge electrode unit and that can alternately switch polarities of the first discharge electrode unit and the second discharge electrode unit; and performing surface treatment of a film to be processed using a plasma by supplying high-frequency power from the AC power source to the first discharge electrode unit and the second discharge electrode unit to generate the plasma in the plasma processing apparatus and conveying the film through the plasma processing apparatus, wherein the surface treatment of the film is performed by generating the plasma while alternately switching polarities of the first discharge electrode unit and the second discharge electrode unit by using the high-frequency power supplied from the AC power source in the step of performing surface treatment of the film, a conveying speed of the film is in the range of 2 m/s or more and 20 m/s or less. preparing a plasma processing apparatus including a first discharge electrode unit and a second discharge electrode unit, and an AC power source, the first discharge electrode unit and the second discharge electrode unit each including a magnet (3b, 4b) that produces a magnetic field, the AC power source that can electrically connect to the first discharge electrode unit and the second discharge electrode unit and that can alternately switch polarities of the first discharge electrode unit and the second discharge electrode unit; and performing surface treatment of a film to be processed using a plasma by supplying high-frequency power from the AC power source to the first discharge electrode unit and the second discharge electrode unit to generate the plasma in the plasma processing apparatus and conveying the film through the plasma processing apparatus, wherein the surface treatment of the film is performed by generating the plasma while alternately switching polarities of the first discharge electrode unit and the second discharge electrode unit by using the high-frequency power supplied from the AC power source in the step of performing surface treatment of the film, a conveying speed of the film is in the range of 2 m/s or more and 20 m/s or less.
Method for analysing a body fluid, in particular for determining blood glucose in which body fluid is applied to a test element for single-use in a test device and the test element is optically coupled to a photometric measuring unit by means of an optical transmission system, wherein a time course of measuring values is recorded after the body fluid has been applied in order to detect a component of the body fluid on the test element, characterized in that the transmission behaviour of the optical transmission system is controlled by recording measuring values at two different measurement wavelengths and that a difference in the transmission behaviour of the optical transmission system is determined before and after applying the body fluid from a wavelength-dependent comparison of the measuring values.
A method performed by a network element, NE, in a network implementing an Interior Gateway Protocol, IGP, comprising: generating a message carrying topology and/or routing information to be flooded through the network, the message comprising a header and data to be compressed and to be forwarded through the network using the IGP, wherein the header comprises a length of the data prior to compressing the data, and a compression identifier; compressing the data based on a compression scheme identified by the compression identifier to obtain compressed data; and forwarding, using the IGP, a compressed message comprising the header and the compressed data to other NEs in the network, wherein the header comprises a length of the compressed data, and the header further comprises a first type field, a decompressed length field, a compression identifier field, a second type field, and a compressed length field, wherein the first type field carries a value indicating that the compressed message carries the compressed data, wherein the decompressed length field carries the length of the data prior to compressing the data, wherein the compressed length field carries the length of the compressed data, wherein the compression identifier field carries the compression identifier, and wherein the second type field carries a value identifying a type of the data being compressed. generating a message carrying topology and/or routing information to be flooded through the network, the message comprising a header and data to be compressed and to be forwarded through the network using the IGP, wherein the header comprises a length of the data prior to compressing the data, and a compression identifier; compressing the data based on a compression scheme identified by the compression identifier to obtain compressed data; and forwarding, using the IGP, a compressed message comprising the header and the compressed data to other NEs in the network, wherein the header comprises a length of the compressed data, and the header further comprises a first type field, a decompressed length field, a compression identifier field, a second type field, and a compressed length field, wherein the first type field carries a value indicating that the compressed message carries the compressed data, wherein the decompressed length field carries the length of the data prior to compressing the data, wherein the compressed length field carries the length of the compressed data, wherein the compression identifier field carries the compression identifier, and wherein the second type field carries a value identifying a type of the data being compressed.
A method for controlling a linear motor of an electronic atomizer, the method comprising: initializing a driving module of the electronic atomizer, and writing vibration waveform data into a static random access memory, SRAM, of the driving module to generate pre-stored vibration waveform data; initializing a register of the driving module, in an event that a vibration event of the electronic atomizer occurs at present, wherein the vibration event of the electronic atomizer is an event that requires feedback vibration of the electronic atomizer, and wherein different vibration events are triggered to provide different vibration modes, selecting, from the pre-stored vibration waveform data, a basic waveform matching a current vibration mode, configuring the basic waveform in the register, adjusting, according to a gain rule corresponding to the current vibration mode, the gain of the basic waveform, and obtaining a vibration waveform called by the driving module of the electronic atomizer to drive a linear motor of the electronic atomizer to vibrate, wherein the gain is used for adjusting a vibration amplitude of the linear motor. initializing a driving module of the electronic atomizer, and writing vibration waveform data into a static random access memory, SRAM, of the driving module to generate pre-stored vibration waveform data; initializing a register of the driving module, in an event that a vibration event of the electronic atomizer occurs at present, wherein the vibration event of the electronic atomizer is an event that requires feedback vibration of the electronic atomizer, and wherein different vibration events are triggered to provide different vibration modes, selecting, from the pre-stored vibration waveform data, a basic waveform matching a current vibration mode, configuring the basic waveform in the register, adjusting, according to a gain rule corresponding to the current vibration mode, the gain of the basic waveform, and obtaining a vibration waveform called by the driving module of the electronic atomizer to drive a linear motor of the electronic atomizer to vibrate, wherein the gain is used for adjusting a vibration amplitude of the linear motor.
A device for the accumulation of hydraulic pressure, including an accumulator having a chamber containing a gas under pressure, which is separated from a chamber containing the fluid by means of a mobile membrane, comprising an external pipeline connected to the gas chamber, which is equipped with security systems (40, 64) provided to open in the event of unwanted forces applied to said pipeline, the external pipeline being equipped with these security systems sensitive to shocks (40, 64), or to temperature, characterized in that the pipeline comprises a flexible pipe provided to rupture in the event of an intense shock or high rise in temperature.
An eight-phases engine comprising an internal combustion engine which in turn comprises an air intake duct, an intake valve and an exhaust valve, characterised in that the internal combustion engine comprises an intake phase where air intake takes place, a first compression phase where the air admitted in the intake phase is compressed in a first compression phase until reaching a compression ratio smaller than the maximum compression ratio of the internal combustion engine, and subsequently a first portion of this compressed air is transferred, in a transfer phase, through the transfer valve, to a compressed air storage tank, where said first portion of transferred compressed air constitutes the working fluid of a bottom cycle that receives heat at a constant pressure from the exhaust fumes of a top cycle coming from the internal combustion engine and are subsequently conducted to a heat exchanger, where they absorb heat from the exhaust fumes of a top cycle, where the portion of air remaining in the cylinder, or second portion of air, once the phase of transfer of compressed air to the storage tank has elapsed, where said second portion of air continues to be compressed in the internal combustion engine in a second compression phase until the maximum compression ratio of the internal combustion engine, followed by a first expansion phase, where said second portion of air is overexpanded, and by a first exhaust phase, and where the top-cycle internal combustion engine exhaust fumes are conducted to the heat exchanger, where they transfer heat to the bottom-cycle compressed air at constant pressure, where the bottom-cycle compressed air is charged into the cylinder through a charge valve and is expanded in the interior of the cylinder in a second expansion phase, where said bottom-cycle air, once expanded, is finally evacuated through the exhaust valve during a second exhaust phase without passing through the exchanger, executing the top and bottom cycles in six piston strokes.