mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A mobile communication apparatus comprising: reception means for receiving information; transmission means for transmitting information; and control means capable of transmitting the information received by the reception means via the transmission means; characterized by surrounding environment detection means (13, 14) for detecting communication obstacles in the surrounding environment, and communication state decision means for making decisions as to the communication state quality based on the detected communication obstacles, wherein said control means transmits received information via the transmission means if the communication state decision means decides that the mobile unit is in a satisfactory communication state when the surrounding environment detection means (13, 14) detects no communication obstacles, and when the information is received by the reception means; or if the communication state decision means decides that the mobile unit is in an unsatisfactory communication state when the surrounding environment detection means (13, 14) detects the communication obstacles, only when no information identical to that information is received again within a predetermined period of time after its receipt. reception means for receiving information; transmission means for transmitting information; and control means capable of transmitting the information received by the reception means via the transmission means; characterized by surrounding environment detection means (13, 14) for detecting communication obstacles in the surrounding environment, and communication state decision means for making decisions as to the communication state quality based on the detected communication obstacles, wherein said control means transmits received information via the transmission means if the communication state decision means decides that the mobile unit is in a satisfactory communication state when the surrounding environment detection means (13, 14) detects no communication obstacles, and when the information is received by the reception means; or if the communication state decision means decides that the mobile unit is in an unsatisfactory communication state when the surrounding environment detection means (13, 14) detects the communication obstacles, only when no information identical to that information is received again within a predetermined period of time after its receipt.
Refrigeration appliance, in particular domestic refrigeration appliance, having at least one storage chamber, an evaporation tray for evaporating condensation water discharged from the storage chamber, a temperature sensor arranged on the evaporation tray, a control unit connected to the temperature sensor and a heating device, which can be operated by the control unit, in order to increase the evaporation rate in the evaporation tray, wherein the control circuit is configured to make a decision on a further operation or non-operation of the heating device (S6, S6') on the basis of a change (T1-T0) in the temperature (T0, T1) acquired by the temperature sensor during a measuring operation phase ([t0, t1], [t2, t3], [t4, t5]; S1-S5, S1-S5') of the heating device, characterised in that the control circuit is configured to only introduce an evaporation operation phase ([t5, t6]; S9) of the heating device, in which the evaporation tray is heated to beyond the highest temperature measured in the measuring operation phase if the change (T1, T0) is weaker than a first limit value (dTmin).
An insert for guiding a part of an optical cable comprising at least one optical fiber element and accommodated in a housing of an optical fiber assembly, said part of the optical cable having a cut-out portion in which a jacket of said optical cable is partially removed, thereby exposing said at least one optical fiber element, wherein said insert comprises an optical cable guidance means for guiding said optical cable across the insert; and a recess surrounding the exposed optical fiber element, characterized by form fit means (32, 34) for suppressing an axial and rotational movement of the optical cable, wherein said form fit means (32, 34) are adapted to abut against surfaces (18, 22) of said jacket in the cut-out portion, wherein said form fit means (32, 34) comprises a crosslink having on its lower side an abutment section adapted to interact with parallel surfaces of the jacket in the cut-out portion, wherein said parallel surfaces extend parallel to the exposed optical fiber element in the running direction thereof, and further comprises at least one wall section (36a, 36b, 36c) adapted to interact with a side surface of the jacket in the cut-out portion, wherein said side surface defines one end of the cut-out portion in retaining direction of the optical fiber element.
A method of forming a transparent conductive oxide film on a substrate, comprising: supplying a target; depositing, on the substrate, the transparent conductive oxide film in a pulsed DC reactive ion process with an RF bias on the substrate, in which process RF power is supplied to the substrate from a RF power supply the target being electrically insulated from a pulsed DC power supply through a band rejection filter, the filter preventing bias power from the RF power supply from coupling into the pulsed DC power supply; and controlling at least one process parameter to provide at least one characteristic of the conductive oxide film at a particular value. supplying a target; depositing, on the substrate, the transparent conductive oxide film in a pulsed DC reactive ion process with an RF bias on the substrate, in which process RF power is supplied to the substrate from a RF power supply the target being electrically insulated from a pulsed DC power supply through a band rejection filter, the filter preventing bias power from the RF power supply from coupling into the pulsed DC power supply; and controlling at least one process parameter to provide at least one characteristic of the conductive oxide film at a particular value.
A method of processing an audio signal, comprising: receiving a downmix signal comprising at least one object signal; obtaining side information including object information; obtaining mix information, ci/di; generating plural channel information based on the side information and the mix information; and generating a multi-channel signal from the downmix signal using the plural channel information, wherein: the object information includes at least one of level information of the object signal, correlation information of the object signal, and gain information of the object signal, and the mix information (ci/di) is at least one of inputted by a user to a decoder and is transmitted as a preset value included in a bitstream from an encoder, the bitstream is a unified single bitstream containing the downmix signal, object information and the preset value. receiving a downmix signal comprising at least one object signal; obtaining side information including object information; obtaining mix information, ci/di; generating plural channel information based on the side information and the mix information; and generating a multi-channel signal from the downmix signal using the plural channel information, wherein: the object information includes at least one of level information of the object signal, correlation information of the object signal, and gain information of the object signal, and the mix information (ci/di) is at least one of inputted by a user to a decoder and is transmitted as a preset value included in a bitstream from an encoder, the bitstream is a unified single bitstream containing the downmix signal, object information and the preset value. the object information includes at least one of level information of the object signal, correlation information of the object signal, and gain information of the object signal, and the mix information (ci/di) is at least one of inputted by a user to a decoder and is transmitted as a preset value included in a bitstream from an encoder, the bitstream is a unified single bitstream containing the downmix signal, object information and the preset value.
A method of cutting semiconductor wafers (301, 302), the method comprising: providing a semiconductor ingot in the shape of a cylinder; cutting the semiconductor ingot into a workpiece using a saw; and sawing the workpiece into slices using a wire grid comprising a fixed abrasive grain wire guided around two rollers (102,103), the rollers having grooves in which the fixed abrasive grain wire is guided, wherein during the sawing, the workpiece is moved towards the wire grid, characterized by at a first contact of the workpiece with the wire grid, an initial cutting speed v start is less than 2 mm/min, at the same time a coolant flow is less than 0.1 l/h, and at the same time a speed of the fixed abrasive grain wire v w is greater than 20 m/s, wherein after the first contact, the workpiece is guided through the wire grid until a first cutting depth of at least 7 mm is reached, wherein, during the sawing, the coolant flow remains constant until the first cutting depth is reached, and is then increased to at least 2000 l/h, and wherein the cutting speed is reduced to less than 70% of the initial cutting speed between the first contact of the workpiece with the wire grid up to a cutting depth of half a diameter of the cylinder and is then increased. providing a semiconductor ingot in the shape of a cylinder; cutting the semiconductor ingot into a workpiece using a saw; and sawing the workpiece into slices using a wire grid comprising a fixed abrasive grain wire guided around two rollers (102,103), the rollers having grooves in which the fixed abrasive grain wire is guided, wherein during the sawing, the workpiece is moved towards the wire grid, characterized by at a first contact of the workpiece with the wire grid, an initial cutting speed v start is less than 2 mm/min, at the same time a coolant flow is less than 0.1 l/h, and at the same time a speed of the fixed abrasive grain wire v w is greater than 20 m/s, wherein after the first contact, the workpiece is guided through the wire grid until a first cutting depth of at least 7 mm is reached, wherein, during the sawing, the coolant flow remains constant until the first cutting depth is reached, and is then increased to at least 2000 l/h, and wherein the cutting speed is reduced to less than 70% of the initial cutting speed between the first contact of the workpiece with the wire grid up to a cutting depth of half a diameter of the cylinder and is then increased.
A method of controlling power output of a modular converter system (100, 200) comprising a plurality of parallel inverter units, the plurality of parallel inverter units comprising a first inverter unit with at least a first phase output node and a second inverter unit with at least a second phase output node, the method comprising: driving switching elements (330-1, 330-2) of the first and second inverter units with initial drive signals (326-1, 326-2) to produce an in-phase power output; determining a gate driver offset value based on respective first and second voltages at the first and second phase output nodes; and driving, based on the determined gate driver offset value, the switching elements of the first and second inverter units with subsequent drive signals (326-1, 326-2) such that the respective amounts of current provided by the first and second inverter units when producing the in-phase power output are balanced, wherein each of the first and second phase output nodes are coupled with at least one integrator (335-1, 335-2) of the modular converter system, wherein determining the gate driver offset value comprises: integrating, using the at least one integrator, each of the first and second voltages relative to at least one reference voltage (VDC+, VDC-). driving switching elements (330-1, 330-2) of the first and second inverter units with initial drive signals (326-1, 326-2) to produce an in-phase power output; determining a gate driver offset value based on respective first and second voltages at the first and second phase output nodes; and driving, based on the determined gate driver offset value, the switching elements of the first and second inverter units with subsequent drive signals (326-1, 326-2) such that the respective amounts of current provided by the first and second inverter units when producing the in-phase power output are balanced, wherein each of the first and second phase output nodes are coupled with at least one integrator (335-1, 335-2) of the modular converter system, wherein determining the gate driver offset value comprises: integrating, using the at least one integrator, each of the first and second voltages relative to at least one reference voltage (VDC+, VDC-).
A speaker module for use in a personal communication device, the module comprising: a first transducer adapted to receive a first electrical signal and output a corresponding sound, the first transducer comprising a first housing, a movable diaphragm positioned inside the first housing and which divides an inner space of the first housing into a first chamber and a second chamber, a sound output port connecting one or both of the first chamber and the second chamber to the surroundings, and a sound input connected to the first or the second chamber; and a second transducer adapted to receive a second electrical signal and output a corresponding sound, the second transducer comprising a second housing, a movable diaphragm positioned within the second housing and which divides an inner space of the second housing into a third chamber and a fourth chamber, and a sound output connected to one or both of the third chamber and the fourth chamber, the sound output being acoustically connected to the sound input of the first transducer. a first transducer adapted to receive a first electrical signal and output a corresponding sound, the first transducer comprising a first housing, a movable diaphragm positioned inside the first housing and which divides an inner space of the first housing into a first chamber and a second chamber, a sound output port connecting one or both of the first chamber and the second chamber to the surroundings, and a sound input connected to the first or the second chamber; and a second transducer adapted to receive a second electrical signal and output a corresponding sound, the second transducer comprising a second housing, a movable diaphragm positioned within the second housing and which divides an inner space of the second housing into a third chamber and a fourth chamber, and a sound output connected to one or both of the third chamber and the fourth chamber, the sound output being acoustically connected to the sound input of the first transducer.
A vessel energy management system for controlling power supply to and from a propulsion system of a vessel, the vessel propulsion system comprising a shaft, a propeller and a prime mover turning the shaft connected to the propeller, the energy management system comprising a frequency converter; an energy storage unit, a controller and a motor/generator unit, the motor/generator unit being coupled in series between the prime mover and the propeller, wherein the motor/generator unit is adapted to receive power from the prime mover of the vessel and supply power to the propeller through the motor/generator unit and the shaft, or take off power from the shaft to the energy storage unit; wherein the energy storage unit comprises one or more capacitors, super capacitors or ultra capacitors, chemical energy storage, such as batteries, or flywheel energy storage; wherein the controller of the energy management system determines an instantaneous power requirement of the propulsion system and average power generated by the prime mover; a comparator to compare the instantaneous required power and average power; wherein if the instantaneous required power exceeds the average power, the motor/generator unit receives energy from the energy storage unit; and, wherein if the instantaneous required power is less than the average power, the motor/generator unit supplies power from the prime mover to the energy storage unit.
Method for operating a circuit arrangement (200, 300) for amplifying radio signals between a terminal device and an antenna in a first frequency band and in a second frequency band, wherein the first frequency band provides a signal transmission according to a frequency-division duplexing method and the second frequency band provides a signal transmission according to a time-division duplexing method, comprising: - in the absence of a transmit signal at the circuit arrangement both in the first frequency band and the second frequency band, activating an amplification of receive signals in the first and the second frequency band; characterised in that the method further comprises: - in response to a detection of a transmit signal at the circuit arrangement: - checking the detected transmit signal as to whether the detected transmit signal can be uniquely associated with the first frequency band or the second frequency band; - if the checking shows that the detected transmit signal cannot be uniquely associated with the first frequency band or the second frequency band, activating a first transmit amplifier path for amplifying the transmit signal in the first frequency band and activating a first receive amplifier path for amplifying receive signals in the first frequency band. - in the absence of a transmit signal at the circuit arrangement both in the first frequency band and the second frequency band, activating an amplification of receive signals in the first and the second frequency band; - in response to a detection of a transmit signal at the circuit arrangement: - checking the detected transmit signal as to whether the detected transmit signal can be uniquely associated with the first frequency band or the second frequency band; - if the checking shows that the detected transmit signal cannot be uniquely associated with the first frequency band or the second frequency band, activating a first transmit amplifier path for amplifying the transmit signal in the first frequency band and activating a first receive amplifier path for amplifying receive signals in the first frequency band.
A power adaptor, comprising a power conversion unit and a charging interface, the charging interface comprising a power line, the power conversion unit being configured to charge a terminal via the power line, wherein, the power adaptor further comprises a communication unit, the charging interface further comprises a data line, and the communication unit is configured to communicate with the terminal via the data line when the power adaptor is coupled to the terminal wherein the communication unit is configured to, during a procedure of outputting a charging current to the terminal by the power adaptor, receive a first message from the terminal via the data line, the first message indicates a value of a current battery voltage of the terminal; and the power adapter is configured to adjust the charging current according to the value of the current battery voltage of the terminal, characterized in that the communication unit is configured, during the procedure of outputting the charging current to the terminal by the power adaptor, to receive a third message from the terminal via the data line, the third message indicates a current value or a voltage value received from the power adaptor by the terminal; wherein the power adapter is configured to determine whether an output voltage or an output current output by the power adapter matches to the current value or the voltage value received by the terminal, for improving charging safety.
A method of manufacturing a sheet metal blank (12, 15) having a predetermined contour, comprising the following steps: a) continuous movement of the metal strip in the transport direction (x), measurement of the path of the metal strip and transmission of measured path values to a controller, b) concurrent superficial ablation of material on an upper surface of a sheet metal strip in at least one predetermined surface section by ablation by means of a first laser, which is a component of a first ablation device, and subsequently c) concurrent cutting of the sheet metal strip along a cutting path corresponding to the contour of the sheet metal blank (12, 15) by means of at least one second laser, which is part of a cutting device provided downstream of the first ablation device, wherein the production of the surface section on an upstream sheet metal blank (12, 15) and the cutting of a downstream sheet metal blank (12, 15) take place simultaneously, wherein the movement paths of the first ablation device and the cutting device are automatically corrected and/or recalculated by means of the controller on the basis of the measured path values, wherein the surface section comprises a first path, wherein a course of the first path corresponds to at least a portion of the contour of the sheet metal blank, and wherein the sheet metal strip is cut in such a way that the cutting path divides the first path along its longitudinal direction of extension. a) continuous movement of the metal strip in the transport direction (x), measurement of the path of the metal strip and transmission of measured path values to a controller, b) concurrent superficial ablation of material on an upper surface of a sheet metal strip in at least one predetermined surface section by ablation by means of a first laser, which is a component of a first ablation device, and subsequently c) concurrent cutting of the sheet metal strip along a cutting path corresponding to the contour of the sheet metal blank (12, 15) by means of at least one second laser, which is part of a cutting device provided downstream of the first ablation device, wherein the production of the surface section on an upstream sheet metal blank (12, 15) and the cutting of a downstream sheet metal blank (12, 15) take place simultaneously, wherein the movement paths of the first ablation device and the cutting device are automatically corrected and/or recalculated by means of the controller on the basis of the measured path values, wherein the surface section comprises a first path, wherein a course of the first path corresponds to at least a portion of the contour of the sheet metal blank, and wherein the sheet metal strip is cut in such a way that the cutting path divides the first path along its longitudinal direction of extension.