mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A sequential biometric cryptosystem characterized in that the sequential biometric cryptosystem comprises a computing apparatus that executes registration processing including: extracting a set of feature data from each of multiple pieces of biological information acquired from a user; sequentially selecting, out of the extracted multiple sets of feature data, a group of multiple sets of feature data including all possible combinations within the number of the selected feature data sets, and incrementing the number of combined sets until the number of the extracted sets of feature data is reached; creating a protection template for each selected group of feature data; and storing the protection template into a storage apparatus, and verification processing including: extracting feature data of a specified user from a combination including one or more pieces of biological information on the user acquired through a sensor; verifying a combination of the extracted feature data against the protection template derived from the biological information having the same specified attribute as the combination of the extracted feature data; and performing, if the verification is successful, specified processing on the user.
An air-entanglement system comprising: a first rotatable surface, wherein the first rotatable surface comprises a first plurality of air jets configured to air entangle a preform in situ; and a second rotatable surface disposed proximate the first rotatable surface, wherein the second rotatable surface comprises a second plurality of air jets configured to air entangle the preform in situ, wherein the first rotatable surface is oriented substantially parallel to the second rotatable surface; wherein a first jet of air from the first plurality of air jets is oriented towards the second rotatable surface, and wherein a second jet of air from the second plurality of air jets is oriented towards the first rotatable surface; wherein the first rotatable surface and the second rotatable surface are configured to rotate about a common axis. a first rotatable surface, wherein the first rotatable surface comprises a first plurality of air jets configured to air entangle a preform in situ; and a second rotatable surface disposed proximate the first rotatable surface, wherein the second rotatable surface comprises a second plurality of air jets configured to air entangle the preform in situ, wherein the first rotatable surface is oriented substantially parallel to the second rotatable surface; wherein a first jet of air from the first plurality of air jets is oriented towards the second rotatable surface, and wherein a second jet of air from the second plurality of air jets is oriented towards the first rotatable surface; wherein the first rotatable surface and the second rotatable surface are configured to rotate about a common axis. wherein the first rotatable surface is oriented substantially parallel to the second rotatable surface; wherein a first jet of air from the first plurality of air jets is oriented towards the second rotatable surface, and wherein a second jet of air from the second plurality of air jets is oriented towards the first rotatable surface; wherein the first rotatable surface and the second rotatable surface are configured to rotate about a common axis.
An aircraft comprising a fibre-optic communication system having: a light source operable to generate light, positioned in a temperature-conditioned area of the aircraft; a transceiver in optical communication with the light source so as to receive the light therefrom, the transceiver comprising a control input and a reflector, and the transceiver being positioned in a non-temperature-conditioned area of the aircraft; an optical fibre in optical communication with the transceiver; and a light detector in optical communication with the optical fibre; and wherein the transceiver is operable to generate an amplitude modulated light signal by selectively reflecting the light received from the light source into the optical fibre using the reflector according to information received at the control input, and wherein the light detector is operable to receive the amplitude modulated light signal from the optical fibre and to detect an amplitude of the amplitude modulated light signal to extract the information. a light source operable to generate light, positioned in a temperature-conditioned area of the aircraft; a transceiver in optical communication with the light source so as to receive the light therefrom, the transceiver comprising a control input and a reflector, and the transceiver being positioned in a non-temperature-conditioned area of the aircraft; an optical fibre in optical communication with the transceiver; and a light detector in optical communication with the optical fibre; and wherein the transceiver is operable to generate an amplitude modulated light signal by selectively reflecting the light received from the light source into the optical fibre using the reflector according to information received at the control input, and wherein the light detector is operable to receive the amplitude modulated light signal from the optical fibre and to detect an amplitude of the amplitude modulated light signal to extract the information.
A stent comprising: a plurality of expandable rings formed of a plurality of struts; and a plurality of flexible bridging elements (30; 100; 200) interconnecting the plurality of expandable rings and allowing the stent to flex axially, each of the plurality of flexible bridging elements including at least two curved flex members (32;110;210) and an enlarged portion (34;120;220) between the two curved flex members (32;110;210), wherein the at least two curved flex members are contoured by varying their cross sections along their length to distribute strain substantially uniformly along the curved flex members, characterized in that at least one reservoir for containing a beneficial agent is positioned in the enlarged portion (34;120;220), wherein the at least two curved flex members each have an average radius of curvature R of at least 15% of an axial distance D between two adjacent interconnected expandable rings, and wherein the at least two curved flex members each have an average radius of curvature R of at least 2 times a largest width W of the at least two curved flex members. a plurality of expandable rings formed of a plurality of struts; and a plurality of flexible bridging elements (30; 100; 200) interconnecting the plurality of expandable rings and allowing the stent to flex axially, each of the plurality of flexible bridging elements including at least two curved flex members (32;110;210) and an enlarged portion (34;120;220) between the two curved flex members (32;110;210), wherein the at least two curved flex members are contoured by varying their cross sections along their length to distribute strain substantially uniformly along the curved flex members, characterized in that at least one reservoir for containing a beneficial agent is positioned in the enlarged portion (34;120;220), wherein the at least two curved flex members each have an average radius of curvature R of at least 15% of an axial distance D between two adjacent interconnected expandable rings, and wherein the at least two curved flex members each have an average radius of curvature R of at least 2 times a largest width W of the at least two curved flex members.
Anchor point, comprising an under part (2, 2.1) with a connection element (4, 24) for connecting the anchor point (1, 1.1) to an object which is to be secured or handled by this, and an upper part (3, 3.1) which can be rotated in relation to the lower part (2, 2.1) about the longitudinal axis of the connection element (4, 24), with a connection means (8, 8.1) for connecting a stop element or lashing means, said upper part (3, 3.1) being adjustable in the axial direction in relation to the lower part (2, 2.1) against the resetting force of a resetting spring or a resetting spring arrangement, wherein, in a first position, the upper part (3, 3.1) is freely rotatable in relation to the lower part (2, 2.1), and, in a second position, the upper part (3, 3.1) takes effect in a torque resistant manner on the connection element (4, 24), characterised in that the connection element (4, 24) carries bearing disks (6, 6.1) projecting in the radial direction, and the upper part (3, 3.1) comprises a bearing disk bearing mounting supporting the bearing disk (6, 6.1) at its radial casing surface, and wherein the connection element (4, 24) comprises a rotational carrying contour (13, 13.1) arranged on the outside and at a distance interval from the bearing disk (6, 6.1) in the direction towards its shaft, and the upper part (3, 3.1) carries a rotational carrying contour which is complementary to this, which, as a consequence of an axial movement of the upper part (3, 3.1) out of its first position into its second position, can be moved into engagement with the carrying contour of the connection element (4, 24).
A method for location acquisition, comprising: receiving, by a first terminal, a sidelink signal configuration for a second terminal from a network device, wherein a request requesting the sidelink signal configuration for the second terminal is transmitted to the second terminal from network device, and the sidelink signal configuration for the second terminal is received by the network device from the second terminal; measuring, by the first terminal, a sidelink signal of the second terminal based on the sidelink signal configuration for the second terminal, to acquire a first measurement result, wherein the first measurement result is received by the network device from the first terminal, and first relative positioning information is determined by the network device based on the first measurement result; and receiving, by the first terminal, the first relative positioning information between the first terminal and the second terminal from the network device, the first relative positioning information corresponding to the first measurement result. receiving, by a first terminal, a sidelink signal configuration for a second terminal from a network device, wherein a request requesting the sidelink signal configuration for the second terminal is transmitted to the second terminal from network device, and the sidelink signal configuration for the second terminal is received by the network device from the second terminal; measuring, by the first terminal, a sidelink signal of the second terminal based on the sidelink signal configuration for the second terminal, to acquire a first measurement result, wherein the first measurement result is received by the network device from the first terminal, and first relative positioning information is determined by the network device based on the first measurement result; and receiving, by the first terminal, the first relative positioning information between the first terminal and the second terminal from the network device, the first relative positioning information corresponding to the first measurement result.
A gas turbine engine comprising a casing defining a flow passage through the gas turbine engine, a variable area nozzle being arranged at the downstream end of the casing, the variable area nozzle comprising a plurality of first movable members arranged around and extending in a downstream direction from the downstream end of the casing and a plurality of second movable members arranged around and extending in a downstream direction from the downstream end of the casing, in a first mode of operation the first movable members are in an un-actuated position and the second movable members are in an un-actuated position, in the un-actuated position the first and second movable members (18, 20) are aligned, wherein the first movable members are movable outwardly from the un-actuated position to an actuated position and the second movable members are movable inwardly from the un-actuated position to an actuated position, the gas turbine engine further comprising first actuation means to move the first movable members from the un-actuated position to the actuated position and second actuation means to move the second movable members from the un-actuated position to the actuated position, said gas turbine engine being characterised in that at least a portion or the whole of each first movable member comprises shape memory material, at least a portion or the whole of each second movable member comprises shape memory material, the first actuation means comprises heating means (34, 36, 38) to heat the shape memory material portion of the first movable members and the second actuation means comprises heating means (40, 42, 44) to heat the shape memory material portion of the second movable members, the first actuation means comprises a first electrical power source, first electrical connectors to connect the first electrical power source to the first movable members and a first switch, the second actuation means comprises a second electrical power source, second electrical connectors to connect the second electrical power source to the second movable members and a second switch, the first and second switches and are closed at the appropriate times to supply electrical power to the shape memory material portions of the first and second movable members and respectively to move the first and second movable members and respectively from their un-actuated positions to their actuated positions, the gas turbine engine further comprising an engine control unit controlling said switches and so that in a second mode of operation the first movable members are in the actuated position and the second movable members are in the un-actuated position and in a third mode of operation the first movable members are in the un-actuated position and the second movable members are in the actuated position.
A method for producing an α-sialon-based oxynitride phosphor, wherein a mixed powder blended such that the product is represented by the formula: M x Si 12. (m+n) Al (m+n) O n N 16-n:Ln y (wherein M is at least one metal selected from Li, Ca, Mg, Y and a lanthanide metal excluding La and Ce, Ln is at least one lanthanide metal selected from Eu, Dy, Er, Tb and Yb, 0.3≤x+y<1.5, 0<y<0.7, 0.3≤m<4.5, and 0<n<2.25), the mixed powder containing an amorphous silicon nitride powder having an loose bulk density of 0.1 to 0.3 g/cm 3 and a specific surface area from more than 600 m 2 /g to 800 m 2 /g, is fired at 1,400 to 2,000°C in a nitrogen-containing inert gas atmosphere.
A guidewire sensing device, comprising: a guidewire having an elongate body; a guidewire connector positioned at a proximal end of the body; an aortic sensor module configured to be positioned in line with an aortic fluid lumen; a processing unit located remotely from the guidewire, wherein: the processing unit is configured to be in wireless communication with the guidewire connector and further configured to be in wireless communication with the aortic sensor module separately from the guidewire connector, the processing unit is configured to transmit timing information between the guidewire connector and the aortic sensor module such that a sampling time of the guidewire connector and aortic sensor module are synchronized with one another, and the processing unit is configured to synchronize the sampling time of the guidewire connector and aortic sensor module by recording an initial local time of the processing unit and then obtaining a current time from the guidewire connector and aortic sensor module and repeating the recording of the initial local time and the obtaining of the current time for a plurality of times while introducing a random delay time during the repeating to determine a time bias relative to a local time of the processing unit. a guidewire having an elongate body; a guidewire connector positioned at a proximal end of the body; an aortic sensor module configured to be positioned in line with an aortic fluid lumen; a processing unit located remotely from the guidewire, wherein: the processing unit is configured to be in wireless communication with the guidewire connector and further configured to be in wireless communication with the aortic sensor module separately from the guidewire connector, the processing unit is configured to transmit timing information between the guidewire connector and the aortic sensor module such that a sampling time of the guidewire connector and aortic sensor module are synchronized with one another, and the processing unit is configured to synchronize the sampling time of the guidewire connector and aortic sensor module by recording an initial local time of the processing unit and then obtaining a current time from the guidewire connector and aortic sensor module and repeating the recording of the initial local time and the obtaining of the current time for a plurality of times while introducing a random delay time during the repeating to determine a time bias relative to a local time of the processing unit.
A key and display assembly, comprising: a first switch; a display module disposed aside the first switch; a touch-sensitive input panel overlying the first switch and the display module, the touch-sensitive input panel including a first touch-sensitive region proximate the first switch, wherein the first touch-sensitive region is cantilevered past an edge of the display module; a first key having at least one of an invariant text character and an invariant functional character, the first key being further defined by the first switch and the first touch-sensitive region such that the first key is actuated by pressing the first touch-sensitive region to displace the first touch-sensitive region and thereby actuate the first switch. a first switch; a display module disposed aside the first switch; a touch-sensitive input panel overlying the first switch and the display module, the touch-sensitive input panel including a first touch-sensitive region proximate the first switch, wherein the first touch-sensitive region is cantilevered past an edge of the display module; a first key having at least one of an invariant text character and an invariant functional character, the first key being further defined by the first switch and the first touch-sensitive region such that the first key is actuated by pressing the first touch-sensitive region to displace the first touch-sensitive region and thereby actuate the first switch.
A clamp comprising: a body having an interior region and having a first end configured to contact a first surface of a work piece; a fastener system configured to move within the interior region of the body and through a hole in the work piece to a second surface of the work piece in which the fastener system has a second end configured to engage the second surface of the work piece; and a biasing mechanism connected to the fastener system in which the biasing mechanism is configured to apply a force on the fastener system to cause the second end of the fastener system and the body to engage the work piece at a desired level of force at different levels of extension of the fastener system, wherein the fastener system comprises a rod configured to move axially relative to the body, the rod having threads; and a cap threadedly attached to the rod such that rotating the cap causes the rod to move along an axial length of the rod characterized by a clutch configured to attach to the cap and configured to set the desired level of force for the fastener system, and wherein the clutch is configured to disengage from the cap after the cap advances a desired distance along the rod. a body having an interior region and having a first end configured to contact a first surface of a work piece; a fastener system configured to move within the interior region of the body and through a hole in the work piece to a second surface of the work piece in which the fastener system has a second end configured to engage the second surface of the work piece; and a biasing mechanism connected to the fastener system in which the biasing mechanism is configured to apply a force on the fastener system to cause the second end of the fastener system and the body to engage the work piece at a desired level of force at different levels of extension of the fastener system, wherein the fastener system comprises a rod configured to move axially relative to the body, the rod having threads; and a cap threadedly attached to the rod such that rotating the cap causes the rod to move along an axial length of the rod characterized by a clutch configured to attach to the cap and configured to set the desired level of force for the fastener system, and wherein the clutch is configured to disengage from the cap after the cap advances a desired distance along the rod.
A type-II interband cascade gain medium, comprising: an active gain region having a plurality of cascading stages, each of the cascading stages including type-II active gain quantum wells (,); a hole injector region adjacent the active gain quantum wells on a first side thereof, the hole injector region comprising at least one hole quantum well and being configured to inject holes into the active gain quantum wells; and an electron injector region adjacent the active gain quantum wells on a second side thereof opposite the first side, the electron injector region comprising a plurality of electron quantum wells alternating with a corresponding plurality of barriers and being configured to inject electrons into the active gain quantum wells, a hole injector of a first stage being adjacent to an electron injector of a second stage, with a semimetallic interface being present therebetween; characterized by that at least some of the plurality of the electron quantum wells in the electron injector region are n -doped to a sheet n -doping density of 1.5 to 7 x 10 12 cm -2; and wherein a ratio of electrons to holes in the active quantum wells obtained as a result of the n -doping in the electron injector region is configured to achieve lasing with a reduced threshold current density and reduced internal losses. an active gain region having a plurality of cascading stages, each of the cascading stages including type-II active gain quantum wells (,); a hole injector region adjacent the active gain quantum wells on a first side thereof, the hole injector region comprising at least one hole quantum well and being configured to inject holes into the active gain quantum wells; and an electron injector region adjacent the active gain quantum wells on a second side thereof opposite the first side, the electron injector region comprising a plurality of electron quantum wells alternating with a corresponding plurality of barriers and being configured to inject electrons into the active gain quantum wells, a hole injector of a first stage being adjacent to an electron injector of a second stage, with a semimetallic interface being present therebetween; characterized by that at least some of the plurality of the electron quantum wells in the electron injector region are n -doped to a sheet n -doping density of 1.5 to 7 x 10 12 cm -2; and wherein a ratio of electrons to holes in the active quantum wells obtained as a result of the n -doping in the electron injector region is configured to achieve lasing with a reduced threshold current density and reduced internal losses.
A gel polymer electrolyte obtained by polymerizing and gelling a composition for a gel polymer comprising an organic solvent, an electrolyte salt, a first additive represented by Formula 1 or ethyl ethylene phosphite, and a first polymerizable monomer represented by Formula 4: wherein R 1 to R 3 are independently hydrogen, a C 5 -C 7 aryl group or a fluorine substituted C 1 -C 5 alkyl group, or at least two substituents selected from R 1 to R 3 are coupled or connected to each other to form a cyclic group including a ring including 2 to 6 carbon atoms or a heterocyclic group including a ring including 2 to 8 carbon atoms and 1 to 3 oxygen hetero atoms; wherein R 30 to R 32 are independently hydrogen or a C 1 -C 3 alkyl group, and q is an integer from 1 to 3.