mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for determining calibration factors for calibrating photon-counting detectors of a spectral computed tomography system, comprising: combining a heuristic calibration of the photon-counting detectors and an analytical calibration of the photon-counting detectors, wherein the analytical calibration is based on an analytical model, and wherein said combining comprises scanning a plurality of steps of a calibration phantom, wherein the calibration phantom is composed of a single material and each step has a known and different approximately uniform thickness, producing a signal indicative thereof; determining a measured count rate for each detector pixel, energy bin and step thickness combination from the signal; determining an estimated count rate for the combinations based on the analytical model of the analytical calibration; generating a set of photon-counting calibration factors based on the combining of the a heuristic calibration and the analytical calibration; applying the calibration factors to measured energy-resolved data from the photon-counting detectors of the spectral imaging system, generating corrected data; and decomposing the corrected data into energy dependent components using the analytical model. combining a heuristic calibration of the photon-counting detectors and an analytical calibration of the photon-counting detectors, wherein the analytical calibration is based on an analytical model, and wherein said combining comprises scanning a plurality of steps of a calibration phantom, wherein the calibration phantom is composed of a single material and each step has a known and different approximately uniform thickness, producing a signal indicative thereof; determining a measured count rate for each detector pixel, energy bin and step thickness combination from the signal; determining an estimated count rate for the combinations based on the analytical model of the analytical calibration; generating a set of photon-counting calibration factors based on the combining of the a heuristic calibration and the analytical calibration; applying the calibration factors to measured energy-resolved data from the photon-counting detectors of the spectral imaging system, generating corrected data; and decomposing the corrected data into energy dependent components using the analytical model.
An olefin block copolymer comprising a plurality of blocks or segments, each comprising an ethylene repeating unit and a 1-octene repeating unit at different weight fractions, wherein the olefin block copolymer satisfies the following Mathematical Formula 1 when a load of 5 is applied uniformly on a sheet-shaped molded body being 2 mm thick and 100x100 mm 2 in area of the block copolymer, positioned between two top and bottom glass substrates, for 24 hours at a temperature of 60 °C, and then removed: 60 % ≥ T 0 − T T 0 × 100 wherein T 0 is the initial thickness of the sheet-shaped molded body of the block copolymer; and T is the thickness of the sheet-shaped molded body after removal of the load.
A Gateway GPRS Support Node, GGSN, operably coupling a point-to-multipoint service center with first and second radio network controllers arranged to use respective first and second radio access technologies to communicate with a wireless terminal in respective first (302, 304, 306) and second (302, 304, 308) wireless networks, wherein the first radio network controller is operable to communicate uplink and downlink control signals between the wireless terminal and the GGSN via a Serving GPRS Support Node, SGSN,, wherein the GGSN comprises logic arranged to route a point-to-multipoint signal to the wireless terminal via the second wireless network by-passing the SGSN, responsive to an exchange of uplink and downlink control signals between the first radio network controller and the wireless terminal.
A method for uplink transmission of data from a user terminal, wherein • the data are received by at least two base stations (eNB1, eNB2, eNB3) on a wireless interface, • and at least one of said at least two base stations (eNB2, eNB3) determines at least one quality of the received data on at least one processing level, characterized in, that • the at least one of said at least two base stations (eNB2, eNB3) determines a respective dedicated processing level of the data that will be used for sending the data to a coordinating device based on said at least one quality of the received data on at least one processing level, • the at least one of said at least two base stations (eNB2, eNB3) sends the data to the coordinating device on the respective dedicated processing level determined by said at least one of said at least two base stations (eNB2, eNB3), • and the coordinating device determines decoded data by means of the data sent from the at least one of said at least two base stations (eNB2, eNB3). • the data are received by at least two base stations (eNB1, eNB2, eNB3) on a wireless interface, • and at least one of said at least two base stations (eNB2, eNB3) determines at least one quality of the received data on at least one processing level, characterized in, that • the at least one of said at least two base stations (eNB2, eNB3) determines a respective dedicated processing level of the data that will be used for sending the data to a coordinating device based on said at least one quality of the received data on at least one processing level, • the at least one of said at least two base stations (eNB2, eNB3) sends the data to the coordinating device on the respective dedicated processing level determined by said at least one of said at least two base stations (eNB2, eNB3), • and the coordinating device determines decoded data by means of the data sent from the at least one of said at least two base stations (eNB2, eNB3).
Combination of a container and a fluid preparation device with a source for a flushing fluid which is connected to a flushing fluid line, and with a prepared fluid line for the fluid to be prepared, the container comprising a containment portion and a connecting portion, the connecting portion comprising a connector for connecting fluid lines with a first connector part providing a first orifice for connecting a first fluid line to a third fluid line, a second connector part providing a second orifice for connecting a second fluid line to a fourth fluid line, a mounting means (2, 4) enabling the connection of the first and second connector parts to mating parts of a mating connector, wherein the mounting means comprises two laterally spaced-apart mounting means (2, 4) enabling connection to two equally laterally spaced-apart mating mounting means of the mating connector, wherein each of the two mounting means (2, 4) incorporates one of the two orifices (3, 5), the fluid preparation device comprising a mounting connector part (53, 54) suitable for mounting and connecting the container such that the flushing fluid line and the prepared fluid line are in fluid communication with the interior of the container, wherein the mounting connector part comprises the first and second mating mounting means, the flushing fluid line is the third fluid line and the prepared fluid line is the fourth fluid line, and wherein the first and second mating mounting means are first and second insertion chambers into which the first and second mounting means of the connector are inserted for connection and which comprise a first male connector element terminating the flushing fluid line and a second male connector element terminating the prepared fluid line.
A process for preparing a high-curl kraft pulp, comprising mechanically treating a chemical pulp by passing pulp through a plug screw passing the pulp through a steam tube in less than about 6 minutes; pressurizing the pulp while in the plug screw with steam at a temperature above 100°C and a pressure greater than 2 bar; treating the mechanically processed kraft pulp with a crosslinking agent; drying the processed kraft pulp at a temperature above 100 °C; and curing the processed kraft pulp at a temperature of at least about 140°C to produce the high-curl pulp. mechanically treating a chemical pulp by passing pulp through a plug screw passing the pulp through a steam tube in less than about 6 minutes; pressurizing the pulp while in the plug screw with steam at a temperature above 100°C and a pressure greater than 2 bar; passing pulp through a plug screw passing the pulp through a steam tube in less than about 6 minutes; pressurizing the pulp while in the plug screw with steam at a temperature above 100°C and a pressure greater than 2 bar; treating the mechanically processed kraft pulp with a crosslinking agent; drying the processed kraft pulp at a temperature above 100 °C; and curing the processed kraft pulp at a temperature of at least about 140°C to produce the high-curl pulp.
A sensor molecule for the resonance energy transfer -based detection of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH), the sensor comprising a segment A connected via a linker to a segment B, wherein each of segment A and segment B comprises a member of a RET pair comprising a donor moiety and an acceptor moiety, further characterized in that (i) segment A comprises a binding protein for NADPH, the BP being dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR; EC 1.5.1.3) or a functional homolog or, fragment thereof showing the desired NADPH binding properties, and comprising a heterologous protein domain inserted at or replacing at least part of the region corresponding to positions 20 to 27 of E. coli DHFR, said heterologous protein domain comprising the member of the RET pair; (ii) segment B comprises a ligand capable of intramolecular binding to said BP only in the presence of NADPH; such that the donor moiety and the acceptor moiety are in a suitable juxtaposition to yield a RET signal when L is bound to BP, and wherein NADPH-induced binding of L to BP results in an increase in RET efficiency. (i) segment A comprises a binding protein for NADPH, the BP being dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR; EC 1.5.1.3) or a functional homolog or, fragment thereof showing the desired NADPH binding properties, and comprising a heterologous protein domain inserted at or replacing at least part of the region corresponding to positions 20 to 27 of E. coli DHFR, said heterologous protein domain comprising the member of the RET pair; (ii) segment B comprises a ligand capable of intramolecular binding to said BP only in the presence of NADPH;
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor thin-film piece including a semiconductor light emitting element; a substrate; an integrated circuit interconnection part including a multilayer interconnection part and formed on said substrate; a bonding layer disposed at a bonding area provided on a surface of said substrate to which said semiconductor thin-film piece is bonded; wherein said bonding layer has a surface which is wider than said semiconductor thin-film piece; wherein a width of said semiconductor thin film piece is less than a width of said semiconductor device; wherein said surface of said bonding layer is flat, wherein said surface of said bonding layer is higher than any other part of said substrate; and wherein a difference in height between said surface of said bonding layer and a highest part of the integrated circuit interconnection part is in a range from 1 μm to 10 μm. a semiconductor thin-film piece including a semiconductor light emitting element; a substrate; an integrated circuit interconnection part including a multilayer interconnection part and formed on said substrate; a bonding layer disposed at a bonding area provided on a surface of said substrate to which said semiconductor thin-film piece is bonded; wherein said bonding layer has a surface which is wider than said semiconductor thin-film piece; wherein a width of said semiconductor thin film piece is less than a width of said semiconductor device; wherein said surface of said bonding layer is flat, wherein said surface of said bonding layer is higher than any other part of said substrate; and wherein a difference in height between said surface of said bonding layer and a highest part of the integrated circuit interconnection part is in a range from 1 μm to 10 μm.
A power storage module (10; 100) containing a plurality of power storage elements (14; 114), the module comprising: - an envelope (16; 116) comprising at least a plurality of lateral walls and two end walls (18A; 18B) sized to enclose the power storage elements, - at least one contacting member (22; 80; 122) intended to be placed between at least one power storage element and a lateral wall of the module, called reference wall (20A; 120A), said member comprising a first contact face (24A; 86A; 126A) and a second contact face (30A; 84A; 124A) associated respectively to the reference wall (20A; 120A) and said power storage element(s) (14; 114), one at least of said first (24A; 86A; 126A) and second contact faces (30A; 84A; 124A) being adapted to abut against one of the reference wall (20A; 120A) or of said element(s) (14; 114), and said member being configured such that the distance between the first and second contact faces can vary, this module being characterized in that it comprises an element (22, 151) controlling variation of this distance, this element (22, 251) being configured such that said variation of distance between the first and second faces of the contacting member (22, 80, 122) is operated automatically, during the insertion in the envelope (16, 116), when said element (22, 151) for controlling variation of this distance makes contact with a wall of the envelope (16, 116) and in that the contacting member (22, 80, 122) is made at least partially of thermally conductive material. - an envelope (16; 116) comprising at least a plurality of lateral walls and two end walls (18A; 18B) sized to enclose the power storage elements, - at least one contacting member (22; 80; 122) intended to be placed between at least one power storage element and a lateral wall of the module, called reference wall (20A; 120A), said member comprising a first contact face (24A; 86A; 126A) and a second contact face (30A; 84A; 124A) associated respectively to the reference wall (20A; 120A) and said power storage element(s) (14; 114), one at least of said first (24A; 86A; 126A) and second contact faces (30A; 84A; 124A) being adapted to abut against one of the reference wall (20A; 120A) or of said element(s) (14; 114), and said member being configured such that the distance between the first and second contact faces can vary, this module being characterized in that it comprises an element (22, 151) controlling variation of this distance, this element (22, 251) being configured such that said variation of distance between the first and second faces of the contacting member (22, 80, 122) is operated automatically, during the insertion in the envelope (16, 116), when said element (22, 151) for controlling variation of this distance makes contact with a wall of the envelope (16, 116) and in that the contacting member (22, 80, 122) is made at least partially of thermally conductive material.
An image forming apparatus comprising: a cylindrical image bearing member including a cylindrical support and an organic photosensitive layer (441, 442) provided on the cylindrical support; a developing member configured to supply a developer to the image bearing member for developing a latent image formed on a peripheral surface of the image bearing member; and a cleaning member configured to clean the peripheral surface in contact with the peripheral surface of the image bearing member, characterized in that a plurality of annular grooves extend in a circumferential direction on the peripheral surface of the image bearing member, and which are orthogonal to an axis direction of the image bearing member, and wherein the annular grooves have a width in a generatrix direction of the peripheral surface within a range of at least 0.5 μm and not more than 40 μm, and are formed to be side by side in the generatrix direction; the number of the annular grooves is at least 20 and not more than 1000 per a width of 1000 μm in the generatrix direction of the peripheral surface of the image bearing member; and an average depth (Rvk) of a valley of a projection under a core section of a roughness curve of the peripheral surface of the image bearing member is 0.08 μm or less, when measured according to the description. a cylindrical image bearing member including a cylindrical support and an organic photosensitive layer (441, 442) provided on the cylindrical support; a developing member configured to supply a developer to the image bearing member for developing a latent image formed on a peripheral surface of the image bearing member; and a cleaning member configured to clean the peripheral surface in contact with the peripheral surface of the image bearing member, characterized in that a plurality of annular grooves extend in a circumferential direction on the peripheral surface of the image bearing member, and which are orthogonal to an axis direction of the image bearing member, and wherein the annular grooves have a width in a generatrix direction of the peripheral surface within a range of at least 0.5 μm and not more than 40 μm, and are formed to be side by side in the generatrix direction; the number of the annular grooves is at least 20 and not more than 1000 per a width of 1000 μm in the generatrix direction of the peripheral surface of the image bearing member; and an average depth (Rvk) of a valley of a projection under a core section of a roughness curve of the peripheral surface of the image bearing member is 0.08 μm or less, when measured according to the description.
An electronic system comprising: one or more power circuits (111, 112, 113) configured to receive a first voltage from an external power source and produce a second voltage to one or more electronic components (121, 122, 123) of the electronic system; and a power management circuit configured to determine one or more output currents of the one or more power circuits, characterized in that the power management circuit causes the external power source to change the first voltage based on at least one output current of at least one power circuit to reduce power loss of the at least one power circuit. one or more power circuits (111, 112, 113) configured to receive a first voltage from an external power source and produce a second voltage to one or more electronic components (121, 122, 123) of the electronic system; and a power management circuit configured to determine one or more output currents of the one or more power circuits, characterized in that the power management circuit causes the external power source to change the first voltage based on at least one output current of at least one power circuit to reduce power loss of the at least one power circuit.
A circuit for processing data including a first component and a second component, the circuit comprising: a first processing stage arranged to calculate an absolute value of the first component and an absolute value of the second component, and to output, at a first output of the first processing stage, a maximum value (mx) of the absolute value of the first component and the absolute value of the second component, and, at a second output of the first processing stage, a minimum value (mn) of the absolute value of the first component and the absolute value of the second component; and a second processing stage arranged to output, in response to said maximum value (mx) being greater than said minimum value (mn) times four, a value (mg) corresponding to said maximum value, and to output, in response to said maximum value (mx) being smaller than said minimum value (mn) times four, a value (mx) corresponding to a sum of seven times said maximum value (mx) and four times said minimum value (mn). a first processing stage arranged to calculate an absolute value of the first component and an absolute value of the second component, and to output, at a first output of the first processing stage, a maximum value (mx) of the absolute value of the first component and the absolute value of the second component, and, at a second output of the first processing stage, a minimum value (mn) of the absolute value of the first component and the absolute value of the second component; and a second processing stage arranged to output, in response to said maximum value (mx) being greater than said minimum value (mn) times four, a value (mg) corresponding to said maximum value, and to output, in response to said maximum value (mx) being smaller than said minimum value (mn) times four, a value (mx) corresponding to a sum of seven times said maximum value (mx) and four times said minimum value (mn).
Method for at least semi-autonomous parking of a motor vehicle in a parking space (12a, 12b), the motor vehicle having two steerable front wheels and two rear wheels which can be steered by way of a rear axle steering system of the motor vehicle, a parking trajectory being determined starting from a starting position of the motor vehicle, which parking trajectory has at least one first section which comprises the starting position and a second section which directly follows the first section, the rear axle steering system setting a steering angle at the rear wheels during the parking operation, before the motor vehicle reaches the second section, a first intermediate position of the motor vehicle on the parking trajectory being determined, which first intermediate position defines an end of the first section of the parking trajectory and a beginning of the second section, a setpoint steering angle of the rear wheels being determined for the first intermediate position, furthermore, and the rear axle steering system setting the steering angle at the rear wheels to the setpoint steering angle during the parking operation before the first intermediate position is reached, the rear axle steering system deflecting the rear wheels at least not in the same direction as the front wheels during the driving of the motor vehicle along a first part section of the first section from the starting position as far as a second intermediate position, and deflecting the rear wheels, in particular in the same direction as the front wheels, during the driving of the motor vehicle on a second part section of the first section, a path length being determined which fixes the second intermediate position, with the result the length of the parking trajectory from the second intermediate position as far as the first intermediate position represents the path length, a deflection of the rear wheels for setting the setpoint steering angle being started during the parking operation from the second intermediate position being reached, or a time duration being determined which fixes a certain time before the first intermediate position is reached, when the motor vehicle is driven along the parking trajectory, with the result that a duration from the defined time until the first intermediate position is reached by way of the motor vehicle represents the defined time duration, a deflection of the rear wheels for setting the setpoint steering angle being started during the parking operation at the defined time, characterized in that the time duration or the path length is determined in a manner which is dependent on a given dynamic property of the rear axle steering system.