mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of processing left-and-right stereoscopic images for display on a single screen of a width Ls, to a viewer with an interocular distance Io and at a distance Ds of said single screen, said left-and-right stereoscopic images taken using parallel-axis left and right cameras each having an image sensor of width Lc and focal length F, said method comprising using the width Ls of said single screen, the interocular distance Io for said viewer and the distance Ds to position and to scale said left-and-right stereoscopic images so that each scaled stereoscopic image has a ratio Ds/Lse of the distance Ds to the screen over the width Lse of the image presented on the screen identical to the ratio F / Lc, wherein, when said left-and-right stereoscopic images as scaled for said screen have a width larger than lo+Ls, said left-and-right scaled stereoscopic images are cropped, and when said left-and-right stereoscopic images as scaled for said screen have a width smaller than lo+Ls, a border is provided for said left-and-right scaled stereoscopic images, thereby generating left-and-right scaled and cropped-or-bordered stereoscopic images having a width of lo+Ls, the method further comprising cropping said left-and-right scaled and cropped-or-bordered stereoscopic images for said single screen by at least cutting a left portion of the left scaled and cropped-or-bordered stereoscopic image corresponding to a proportion of lo/(Ls + Io) of the left scaled and cropped-or-bordered stereoscopic_image and cutting a right portion of the right scaled and cropped-or-bordered stereoscopic_image corresponding to a proportion of lo/(Ls + Io) of the right scaled and cropped-or-bordered stereoscopic image.
A plasma processing apparatus comprising: an impedance matching circuit; a balun including a first unbalanced terminal connected to the impedance matching circuit, a grounded second unbalanced terminal, a first balanced terminal, and a second balanced terminal; a grounded vacuum container; a first electrode electrically connected to the first balanced terminal; a second electrode electrically connected to the second balanced terminal; characterized by an adjustment reactance (511a, 511b, 521a, 521b) configured to affect a relationship between a first voltage applied to the first electrode and a second voltage applied to the second electrode; a high-frequency power supply configured to supply a high frequency between the first unbalanced terminal and the second unbalanced terminal via the impedance matching circuit; and a controller configured to control an impedance of the impedance matching circuit and a reactance of the adjustment reactance (511a, 511b, 521a, 521b), wherein the first electrode is configured to hold a first target, the second electrode is configured to hold a second target, the first electrode faces a space on a side of a substrate as a processing target via the first target, and the second electrode faces the space via the second target, and wherein the adjustment reactance (511a, 511b, 521a, 521b) includes capacitance arranged on a path that connects the first electrode and ground, and capacitance arranged on a path that connects the second electrode and the ground. an impedance matching circuit; a balun including a first unbalanced terminal connected to the impedance matching circuit, a grounded second unbalanced terminal, a first balanced terminal, and a second balanced terminal; a grounded vacuum container; a first electrode electrically connected to the first balanced terminal; a second electrode electrically connected to the second balanced terminal; characterized by an adjustment reactance (511a, 511b, 521a, 521b) configured to affect a relationship between a first voltage applied to the first electrode and a second voltage applied to the second electrode; a high-frequency power supply configured to supply a high frequency between the first unbalanced terminal and the second unbalanced terminal via the impedance matching circuit; and a controller configured to control an impedance of the impedance matching circuit and a reactance of the adjustment reactance (511a, 511b, 521a, 521b), wherein the first electrode is configured to hold a first target, the second electrode is configured to hold a second target, the first electrode faces a space on a side of a substrate as a processing target via the first target, and the second electrode faces the space via the second target, and wherein the adjustment reactance (511a, 511b, 521a, 521b) includes capacitance arranged on a path that connects the first electrode and ground, and capacitance arranged on a path that connects the second electrode and the ground.
A network node having a normal mode and a coordinator mode, comprising: - a communication unit arranged to send and receive electronic messages within a group of network nodes, - a counter and an incrementing unit, the incrementing unit being arranged to increment the counter at regular time intervals, - a counter manager, wherein the counter manager is arranged to - in the normal mode: - upon receiving a counter synchronization message, adjust the counter to a received counter value in the received counter synchronization message, - in the coordinator mode: - send a counter synchronization message, said counter synchronization message comprising a current value of the counter; the counter manager is further arranged to: - in the normal mode: - upon receiving of a counter synchronization message, start a synchronization timeout period, - upon expiry of the synchronization timeout period without receiving a counter synchronization message during the synchronization timeout period, switch the network node to the coordinator mode, and wherein sending the counter synchronization message in the coordinator mode is periodic and to the network nodes in the group. - a communication unit arranged to send and receive electronic messages within a group of network nodes, - a counter and an incrementing unit, the incrementing unit being arranged to increment the counter at regular time intervals, - a counter manager, wherein the counter manager is arranged to - in the normal mode: - upon receiving a counter synchronization message, adjust the counter to a received counter value in the received counter synchronization message, - upon receiving a counter synchronization message, adjust the counter to a received counter value in the received counter synchronization message, - in the coordinator mode: - send a counter synchronization message, said counter synchronization message comprising a current value of the counter; - send a counter synchronization message, said counter synchronization message comprising a current value of the counter; - in the normal mode: - upon receiving of a counter synchronization message, start a synchronization timeout period, - upon expiry of the synchronization timeout period without receiving a counter synchronization message during the synchronization timeout period, switch the network node to the coordinator mode, and - upon receiving of a counter synchronization message, start a synchronization timeout period, - upon expiry of the synchronization timeout period without receiving a counter synchronization message during the synchronization timeout period, switch the network node to the coordinator mode, and
A wireless communication device implemented method for locating another device, comprising: by the wireless communication device: receiving, via a first wireless communication interface, a transmission comprising an anonymous identifier associated with another device located proximate to the wireless communication device, where the anonymous identifier is only resolvable by devices with which the anonymous identifier and an item of identification information have been shared; detecting the anonymous identifier is known to the wireless communication device based on a match to a locally or remotely stored target identifier; waking a second wireless communication interface to perform wireless ranging in response to detecting the anonymous identifier is known; determining, using the second wireless communication interface, a range and a direction of the other device from the wireless communication device, wherein the range and the direction are determined, at least in part, using a wireless ranging operation; and presenting output information that indicates a location of the other device based at least in part on the range and the direction. receiving, via a first wireless communication interface, a transmission comprising an anonymous identifier associated with another device located proximate to the wireless communication device, where the anonymous identifier is only resolvable by devices with which the anonymous identifier and an item of identification information have been shared; detecting the anonymous identifier is known to the wireless communication device based on a match to a locally or remotely stored target identifier; waking a second wireless communication interface to perform wireless ranging in response to detecting the anonymous identifier is known; determining, using the second wireless communication interface, a range and a direction of the other device from the wireless communication device, wherein the range and the direction are determined, at least in part, using a wireless ranging operation; and presenting output information that indicates a location of the other device based at least in part on the range and the direction.
An anode material for a secondary battery, the anode material comprising: a graphene foam structure including graphene frames connected to each other and a plurality of pores between and around the graphene frames; and a plurality of nanostructures in the plurality of pores of the graphene foam structure. a graphene foam structure including graphene frames connected to each other and a plurality of pores between and around the graphene frames; and a plurality of nanostructures in the plurality of pores of the graphene foam structure.
A thermoelectric module comprising: a first substrate; a thermoelectric element (120, 130) disposed on the first substrate; and a second substrate disposed on the thermoelectric element (120, 130), wherein the thermoelectric element (120, 130) comprises: a first element portion (122, 132) disposed on the first substrate and having a first cross-sectional area; a connection portion (124, 134) connected to the first element portion (122, 132), and a second element portion (126, 136) connected to the connection portion (124, 134), disposed between the connection portion (124, 134) and the second substrate, and having a second cross-sectional area, wherein a cross-sectional area of the connection portion (124, 134) is smaller than at least one of the first cross-sectional area and the second cross-sectional area, wherein the first cross-sectional area and the second cross-sectional area are different, characterised in that a ratio between a width of a cross section having the longest width among horizontal cross sections of the connection portion (124, 134) and a width (A, C) of a cross section of the first element portion (122, 132) or a width of a cross section of the second element portion (126, 136) is 1:(1.5 to 4). a first substrate; a thermoelectric element (120, 130) disposed on the first substrate; and a second substrate disposed on the thermoelectric element (120, 130), wherein the thermoelectric element (120, 130) comprises: a first element portion (122, 132) disposed on the first substrate and having a first cross-sectional area; a connection portion (124, 134) connected to the first element portion (122, 132), and a second element portion (126, 136) connected to the connection portion (124, 134), disposed between the connection portion (124, 134) and the second substrate, and having a second cross-sectional area, wherein a cross-sectional area of the connection portion (124, 134) is smaller than at least one of the first cross-sectional area and the second cross-sectional area, a first element portion (122, 132) disposed on the first substrate and having a first cross-sectional area; a connection portion (124, 134) connected to the first element portion (122, 132), and a second element portion (126, 136) connected to the connection portion (124, 134), disposed between the connection portion (124, 134) and the second substrate, and having a second cross-sectional area, wherein a cross-sectional area of the connection portion (124, 134) is smaller than at least one of the first cross-sectional area and the second cross-sectional area, wherein the first cross-sectional area and the second cross-sectional area are different, characterised in that a ratio between a width of a cross section having the longest width among horizontal cross sections of the connection portion (124, 134) and a width (A, C) of a cross section of the first element portion (122, 132) or a width of a cross section of the second element portion (126, 136) is 1:(1.5 to 4).
A method for starting a two-stage converter, applied to a controller of an LLC converter of the two-stage converter, the method comprising controlling a main circuit of the LLC converter to perform hiccup charging on a direct current bus of a latter-stage converter at a preset time interval, to operate an auxiliary power supply of the latter-stage converter to supply power to a controller of the latter-stage converter, wherein the main circuit of the LLC converter comprises an LLC topology; determining whether an output voltage of the LLC converter increases to a hiccup starting voltage based on a direct current bus voltage of the latter-stage converter, wherein the direct current bus voltage is detected and reported by the controller of the latter-stage converter to the controller of the LLC converter; and controlling the main circuit of the LLC converter to operate in a hiccup voltage stabilization phase, if the output voltage of the LLC converter increases to the hiccup starting voltage. controlling a main circuit of the LLC converter to perform hiccup charging on a direct current bus of a latter-stage converter at a preset time interval, to operate an auxiliary power supply of the latter-stage converter to supply power to a controller of the latter-stage converter, wherein the main circuit of the LLC converter comprises an LLC topology; determining whether an output voltage of the LLC converter increases to a hiccup starting voltage based on a direct current bus voltage of the latter-stage converter, wherein the direct current bus voltage is detected and reported by the controller of the latter-stage converter to the controller of the LLC converter; and controlling the main circuit of the LLC converter to operate in a hiccup voltage stabilization phase, if the output voltage of the LLC converter increases to the hiccup starting voltage.
An integrated circuit comprising an active shield, said active shield comprising; upper layer conductive lines arranged in a shielding manner to cover at least a part of a security critical circuit arranged in lower layers of the integrated circuit; electrically controllable switching circuits arranged to select the connections of ones of said upper layer conductive lines to other ones of said upper layer conductive lines to form a multiplicity of data bit lines; internal data buses arranged in lower layers of the integrated circuit; one transmitter and a multiplicity of receivers, wherein the transmitter is arranged to transmit test data to the receivers via both the said data bit lines and said internal data buses, the said transmitter comprises means for generating a select signal and means for transmitting the select signal to the said receivers and the said electrically controllable switching circuits via a data path arranged in lower layers of the integrated circuit, and the said transmitter is arranged to change the value of the said select signal in regular or random time intervals; the said electrically controllable switching circuits are arranged to select different connections of ones of said upper layer conductive lines to other ones of said upper layer conductive lines for the different values of the said select signal to change the interconnection configuration (9, 10) of the said bit lines; the said receivers comprises means for reordering bits of the test data received from the said data bit lines according to said select signal, and the said receivers are configured to compare the test data received from the said bit lines with the actual test data received from the said internal data buses, in order to verify the integrity of the said upper layer conductive lines.
A composition comprising a human tear lipocalin mutein or a fragment thereof or a fusion protein or conjugate thereof that is capable of inhibiting IL-4 and/or IL-13 from binding to their respective receptors, for use in a method of treating, ameliorating or preventing a disorder in a subject, wherein said lipocalin mutein or fragment is capable of exhibiting an in vivo therapeutic activity in the subject and is capable of inhibiting in vivo human IL-13 induced transcript Ccl11 (eotaxin), wherein said lipocalin mutein or fragment has at least 75% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of the mature human tear lipocalin (SEQ ID NO: 1), wherein said lipocalin mutein or fragment has the same amino acids as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 6 at amino acid positions corresponding to position 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 61, 63, 64, 66, 80, 83, 104-106, and 108 of the linear polypeptide sequence of the mature human tear lipocalin (SEQ ID NO: 1), and wherein the fragment of the lipocalin mutein lacks at least one of the N-terminal and/or C-terminal amino acids compared to said lipocalin mutein.
A method for displaying an indication of whether a selected person is able to safely perform one or more physical tasks, using a computer system, the method including the steps of: providing a task data base in the computer system, the task data base having a plurality of task files which each have data relating to physical task requirements for a person and a plurality of frequency requirements which indicate a frequency for performing a physical task for the particular type of task of the task file, wherein the physical task requirements include working postures and material handling requirements; providing a personal data file for a person in the computer system, the personal data file including data relating to allowable physical tasks and allowable frequency limits for the person when performing the physical task, wherein the allowable physical tasks include safe working postures and material handling; comparing, using a comparison means, one personal data file having a selected persons allowable physical task and allowable frequency limits data with a task file having data relating to physical task requirements and frequency requirements of the task type of the task file; and displaying, using the comparison means, a table showing a list of tasks versus a working postures count value and a materials handling count value for each task type, and suitability and unsuitability indicators which indicate whether the selected person is able to safely perform one or more physical tasks in the task file. providing a task data base in the computer system, the task data base having a plurality of task files which each have data relating to physical task requirements for a person and a plurality of frequency requirements which indicate a frequency for performing a physical task for the particular type of task of the task file, wherein the physical task requirements include working postures and material handling requirements; providing a personal data file for a person in the computer system, the personal data file including data relating to allowable physical tasks and allowable frequency limits for the person when performing the physical task, wherein the allowable physical tasks include safe working postures and material handling; comparing, using a comparison means, one personal data file having a selected persons allowable physical task and allowable frequency limits data with a task file having data relating to physical task requirements and frequency requirements of the task type of the task file; and displaying, using the comparison means, a table showing a list of tasks versus a working postures count value and a materials handling count value for each task type, and suitability and unsuitability indicators which indicate whether the selected person is able to safely perform one or more physical tasks in the task file.
A distance measuring device for applying laser light to a distance measurement region and measuring a distance to an object that exists in the distance measurement region, the distance measuring device comprising: a condensing lens configured to condense reflected light, of the laser light, reflected by the object; a tubular adjustment member disposed at a stage subsequent to the condensing lens and having at least one first reflecting surface formed on an inner surface on which the reflected light condensed by the condensing lens is incident; and a photodetector configured to receive the reflected light that has traveled through the adjustment member; characterized in that the adjustment member has at least one second reflecting surface formed on an inner surface on which the reflected light condensed by the condensing lens is incident, wherein a tilt angle of the second reflecting surface relative to an optical axis of the condensing lens is different from that of the first reflecting surface, wherein the at least one first reflecting surface and the at least one second reflecting surface are alternately aligned in a circumferential direction. a condensing lens configured to condense reflected light, of the laser light, reflected by the object; a tubular adjustment member disposed at a stage subsequent to the condensing lens and having at least one first reflecting surface formed on an inner surface on which the reflected light condensed by the condensing lens is incident; and a photodetector configured to receive the reflected light that has traveled through the adjustment member; characterized in that the adjustment member has at least one second reflecting surface formed on an inner surface on which the reflected light condensed by the condensing lens is incident, wherein a tilt angle of the second reflecting surface relative to an optical axis of the condensing lens is different from that of the first reflecting surface, wherein the at least one first reflecting surface and the at least one second reflecting surface are alternately aligned in a circumferential direction.