mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method comprising: at a first device configured to be in communication with a second device in a digital communication system, receiving an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed, OFDM, ranging signal from the second device, wherein the OFDM ranging signal comprises a plurality of OFDM symbols that encode a known bit sequence within a subset of available OFDM subcarriers and a subset of available time slots, the method being characterized by that each of the plurality of OFDM symbols is duplicated in time without a guard time or cyclic prefix between consecutive duplicates of the plurality of the OFDM symbols in order to ensure that each of the consecutive duplicates of the plurality of OFDM symbols received at the first device overlaps a respective scheduled single symbol receive period duration; analyzing the OFDM ranging signal to determine a timing offset for the second device due to a time for signals to travel between the first device and the second device over a communication channel based on misalignment of at least one of the consecutive duplicates of the plurality of OFDM symbols and the respective non-overlapped scheduled single symbol receive period duration; and transmitting a message from the first device to the second device, the message including information configured to indicate the timing offset. at a first device configured to be in communication with a second device in a digital communication system, receiving an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed, OFDM, ranging signal from the second device, wherein the OFDM ranging signal comprises a plurality of OFDM symbols that encode a known bit sequence within a subset of available OFDM subcarriers and a subset of available time slots, the method being characterized by that each of the plurality of OFDM symbols is duplicated in time without a guard time or cyclic prefix between consecutive duplicates of the plurality of the OFDM symbols in order to ensure that each of the consecutive duplicates of the plurality of OFDM symbols received at the first device overlaps a respective scheduled single symbol receive period duration; analyzing the OFDM ranging signal to determine a timing offset for the second device due to a time for signals to travel between the first device and the second device over a communication channel based on misalignment of at least one of the consecutive duplicates of the plurality of OFDM symbols and the respective non-overlapped scheduled single symbol receive period duration; and transmitting a message from the first device to the second device, the message including information configured to indicate the timing offset.
An operating element for an electrically controlled machine, with an operating element body and a rotating wheel for inputting a command into a controller of the machine, wherein the rotating wheel is arranged on the operating element body in a rotatable manner about a rotational axis, and the rotational axis is surrounded by a lateral surface, on which the rotating wheel may be gripped and rotated by a machine operator, wherein the lateral surface of the rotating wheel is equipped with a first sensor region, which is detected by at least one first sensor element, by means of which first sensor element a contact of the first sensor region by the machine operator may be detected, characterized in that a gripping region arranged at an axial distance from the first sensor region is formed on the lateral surface of the rotating wheel, wherein no sensor element is arranged in the gripping region of the rotation wheel and the first sensor region is arranged closer to the operating element body than the gripping region.
A device for detecting a non-condensable gas, comprising a tube having an open end and a closed end, wherein the tube and the closed end are closed with respect to a fluid, and the open end is open to allow the fluid to move into and out of the tube, wherein the tube is configured to allow a condensed portion of the fluid to be removed from the tube by gravitation; a heat sink configured to extract heat from the tube at the closed end of the tube; a heat source; and at least one thermometer (7, 8, 10, 22) configured to measure a temperature of a second portion of the tube between the heat source and the closed end of the tube or the fluid inside that second portion of the tube, characterised in that: the heat source is configured to heat a first portion of the tube up to a specific temperature, wherein the heat source is located between the open end of the tube and the heat sink. a tube having an open end and a closed end, wherein the tube and the closed end are closed with respect to a fluid, and the open end is open to allow the fluid to move into and out of the tube, wherein the tube is configured to allow a condensed portion of the fluid to be removed from the tube by gravitation; a heat sink configured to extract heat from the tube at the closed end of the tube; a heat source; and at least one thermometer (7, 8, 10, 22) configured to measure a temperature of a second portion of the tube between the heat source and the closed end of the tube or the fluid inside that second portion of the tube,
A method for manufacturing a magnetic tunnel junction adapted to be written with a spin polarized current, the magnetic tunnel junction comprising a tunnel barrier layer between a first ferromagnetic layer having a first magnetization with a fixed orientation and a second ferromagnetic layer having a second magnetization freely orientable, and a polarizing layer having a polarizing magnetization; the method comprising: depositing the first ferromagnetic layer, the tunnel barrier layer, and the second ferromagnetic layer; annealing the deposited ferromagnetic layers (21, 23) at a first annealing temperature of more than 300°C, such that a tunnel magnetoresistance of the magnetic tunnel junction is equal or greater than about 150%; the method further comprising: depositing the polarizer layer; and annealing the deposited polarizer layer at a second annealing temperature comprised between 150°C and 250°C such as to orient the polarizing magnetization perpendicular to the first and second magnetization (211, 231), wherein said annealing the deposited ferromagnetic layers (21, 23) at the first annealing temperature is performed prior to depositing the polarizer layer. depositing the first ferromagnetic layer, the tunnel barrier layer, and the second ferromagnetic layer; annealing the deposited ferromagnetic layers (21, 23) at a first annealing temperature of more than 300°C, such that a tunnel magnetoresistance of the magnetic tunnel junction is equal or greater than about 150%; the method further comprising: depositing the polarizer layer; and annealing the deposited polarizer layer at a second annealing temperature comprised between 150°C and 250°C such as to orient the polarizing magnetization perpendicular to the first and second magnetization (211, 231), wherein said annealing the deposited ferromagnetic layers (21, 23) at the first annealing temperature is performed prior to depositing the polarizer layer.
A method of processing an image to obtain a saliency map, the method comprising: receiving an input image; deriving a luminance conspicuity map by deriving first and second antagonistic images from the input image, wherein the first and second antagonistic images are a luminance image and a negative luminance image; deriving aggregated minimum ratio matrices using a Division of Gaussians method; and performing a weighted sum of the minimum ratio matrices as the luminance conspicuity map; deriving a color conspicuity map by deriving first and second antagonistic images from the input image, wherein the first and second antagonistic images are a pair of RG and BY color opponency images and calculating a sum of the first and second antagonistic images as the color conspicuity map; and deriving an edge conspicuity map by convolving the luminance image with gradient operators to obtain first and second edge images (D 1, D 2) according to: D 1 = 1 − α Y O ∗ d x + αY O ∗ d y, D 2 = 1 − β Y O ∗ d xy + βY O ∗ d yx where α and β are tuning parameters derived by using intrinsic image measures from coefficient of variance of edge orientation images, and calculating a weighted sum of the first and second edge images using a further tuning parameter derived by using intrinsic image measures from coefficient of variance of edge orientation images as the edge conspicuity map; obtaining a salience map as a weighted average of the luminance, color and edge conspicuity maps using weights dependent on peak values of the conspicuity maps. receiving an input image; deriving a luminance conspicuity map by deriving first and second antagonistic images from the input image, wherein the first and second antagonistic images are a luminance image and a negative luminance image; deriving aggregated minimum ratio matrices using a Division of Gaussians method; and performing a weighted sum of the minimum ratio matrices as the luminance conspicuity map; deriving a color conspicuity map by deriving first and second antagonistic images from the input image, wherein the first and second antagonistic images are a pair of RG and BY color opponency images and calculating a sum of the first and second antagonistic images as the color conspicuity map; and deriving an edge conspicuity map by convolving the luminance image with gradient operators to obtain first and second edge images (D 1, D 2) according to: D 1 = 1 − α Y O ∗ d x + αY O ∗ d y, D 2 = 1 − β Y O ∗ d xy + βY O ∗ d yx where α and β are tuning parameters derived by using intrinsic image measures from coefficient of variance of edge orientation images, and calculating a weighted sum of the first and second edge images using a further tuning parameter derived by using intrinsic image measures from coefficient of variance of edge orientation images as the edge conspicuity map; obtaining a salience map as a weighted average of the luminance, color and edge conspicuity maps using weights dependent on peak values of the conspicuity maps.
A spinal fusion system, comprising: a bone fixation screw; and a spinal fusion cage having: a front, a back, a right side, a left side, a top, and a bottom; and a fixation screwhole centrally located within the spinal fusion cage; characterized in that said fixation screwhole has an hourglass shape with a waist where the fixation screwhole has a minimum diameter; said bone fixation screw is positionable in said hourglass-shaped fixation screwhole along a trajectory that is variable, relative to said spinal fusion cage, side-to-side through a first arc and front-to-back through a second arc; and the size of the hourglass-shaped fixation screwhole is calculated to have the minimum possible size yet still be sufficiently large to accommodate the bone fixation screw. a bone fixation screw; and a spinal fusion cage having: a front, a back, a right side, a left side, a top, and a bottom; and a fixation screwhole centrally located within the spinal fusion cage; a front, a back, a right side, a left side, a top, and a bottom; and a fixation screwhole centrally located within the spinal fusion cage;
An electronic vaping device comprising: a power supply component including, a primary coil; and a power source in electrical communication with and configured to supply an electric current to the primary coil; and a cartomizer, the cartomizer including, an outer housing extending in a longitudinal direction; an air inlet; a vapor outlet; an air passage communicating with the air inlet and the vapor outlet; a reservoir; a heater circuit, the heater circuit including a secondary coil and an electrically resistive heater in electrical communication with the secondary coil; and a wick extending across the air passage, in communication with the reservoir, and configured to draw pre-vapor formulation from the reservoir towards the electrically resistive heater; wherein the primary coil is configured to induce voltage in the secondary coil to apply to the electrically resistive heater, and the primary coil is configured to nest within the secondary coil, the primary coil and the secondary coil being on a common axis. a power supply component including, a primary coil; and a power source in electrical communication with and configured to supply an electric current to the primary coil; and a cartomizer, the cartomizer including, an outer housing extending in a longitudinal direction; an air inlet; a vapor outlet; an air passage communicating with the air inlet and the vapor outlet; a reservoir; a heater circuit, the heater circuit including a secondary coil and an electrically resistive heater in electrical communication with the secondary coil; and a wick extending across the air passage, in communication with the reservoir, and configured to draw pre-vapor formulation from the reservoir towards the electrically resistive heater; wherein the primary coil is configured to induce voltage in the secondary coil to apply to the electrically resistive heater, and the primary coil is configured to nest within the secondary coil, the primary coil and the secondary coil being on a common axis.
A pretreatment liquid for use in ink jet pigment textile printing, comprising: at least one of a resin dispersion and a cross-linker; a lubricant, which is a wax selected from plant and animal waxes, petroleum waxes, synthetic waxes, natural and synthetic wax emulsions and compound waxes; and water. at least one of a resin dispersion and a cross-linker; a lubricant, which is a wax selected from plant and animal waxes, petroleum waxes, synthetic waxes, natural and synthetic wax emulsions and compound waxes; and water.
A method for distributed recording of content in a client system having a home network connecting a content broker and a plurality of set-top boxes (STBs) (140; 150) with digital video recording capability, the method comprising: in a requesting STB, receiving a command from a user to begin recording a content item; sending a query from the requesting STB to the content broker to determine whether the content item is being recorded by any other STB of the plurality of STBs (140; 150); receiving a response from the content broker; if the response indicates that none of the plurality of STBs (140; 150) is then currently recording the content item, recording the content item in the requesting STB; if the response identifies a recording STB that is then currently recording the requested content, updating an internal content list in the requesting STB to identify the recording STB; when recording is terminated in the recording STB, receiving a notification of the termination from the content broker to the requesting STB; and if the requesting STB determines that a duration of the recording in the recording STB is less than a requested recording duration, recording a remaining duration of the content item in a local storage of the requesting STB. in a requesting STB, receiving a command from a user to begin recording a content item; sending a query from the requesting STB to the content broker to determine whether the content item is being recorded by any other STB of the plurality of STBs (140; 150); receiving a response from the content broker; if the response indicates that none of the plurality of STBs (140; 150) is then currently recording the content item, recording the content item in the requesting STB; if the response identifies a recording STB that is then currently recording the requested content, updating an internal content list in the requesting STB to identify the recording STB; when recording is terminated in the recording STB, receiving a notification of the termination from the content broker to the requesting STB; and if the requesting STB determines that a duration of the recording in the recording STB is less than a requested recording duration, recording a remaining duration of the content item in a local storage of the requesting STB.
Control box arrangement with a control box and a mounting plate, wherein the mounting plate comprises a front side and a rear side and an opening in which the control box is inserted from the front side, wherein the control box comprises at least one locking bar, characterized in that the control box arrangement comprises a mounting element, wherein the locking bar is connected to the control box via a connecting element and can be swivelled between a resting position and a mounting position by means of the mounting element, the locking bar rests on the rear side when in the mounting position, when the mounting element is inserted in the control box, the locking bar is displaced from the resting position to the mounting position, when the mounting element is removed from the control box, the locking bar is displaced from the mounting position to the resting position.
A method performed by a base station (110, 304, 404) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving (310, 410), from a user equipment, UE, (100, 302, 402), a radio resource control, RRC, setup request message including a service request; transmitting (315, 415), to a mobility management entity, MME, (120, 306, 406) the service request; receiving (320, 420), from the MME, an Initial UE context setup message including information on a bearer for the UE, the information on the bearer including a quality of service class identifier, QCI, for the bearer; determining an inactivity timer for the bearer based on the QCI for the bearer received from the MME, wherein an initial value of the inactivity timer for the bearer is set to a larger value than a default value, in case that the QCI for the bearer is a predetermined value; and transmitting (330, 425), to the UE, an RRC setup message in response to the RRC setup request message, wherein the initial value of the inactivity timer for the bearer is set to the default value, in case that the QCI for the bearer is not the predetermined value, and wherein the larger initial value of the inactivity timer is determined based on a signaling with the MME. receiving (310, 410), from a user equipment, UE, (100, 302, 402), a radio resource control, RRC, setup request message including a service request; transmitting (315, 415), to a mobility management entity, MME, (120, 306, 406) the service request; receiving (320, 420), from the MME, an Initial UE context setup message including information on a bearer for the UE, the information on the bearer including a quality of service class identifier, QCI, for the bearer; determining an inactivity timer for the bearer based on the QCI for the bearer received from the MME, wherein an initial value of the inactivity timer for the bearer is set to a larger value than a default value, in case that the QCI for the bearer is a predetermined value; and transmitting (330, 425), to the UE, an RRC setup message in response to the RRC setup request message, wherein the initial value of the inactivity timer for the bearer is set to the default value, in case that the QCI for the bearer is not the predetermined value, and wherein the larger initial value of the inactivity timer is determined based on a signaling with the MME.
A resin composition for an acoustic matching layer, comprising a resin, a hollow filler, and a thixotropy imparting agent, wherein the resin composition has a viscosity measured using a B-type viscometer with rotor No. 4 at a rotation speed of 0.3 rpm at 25°C of 1130 to 4000 Pa·s, and has a thixotropy index expressed by the ratio (V1/V2) between a viscosity measured using a B-type viscometer with rotor No. 4 at a rotation speed of 0.3 rpm and a viscosity measured using a B-type viscometer with rotor No. 4 at a rotation speed of 1.5 rpm, at 50°C, of 3.0 to 5.0.
Gritting apparatus for a rail vehicle, for the provision of a grit in a wheel/rail gap, comprising a grit container, a first grit line, a distributor element, two second grit lines and two grit outlets, - in the case of which gritting apparatus the grit container is arranged in the region of drive wheels of the rail vehicle, - in the case of which gritting apparatus the grit container is connected via the first grit line to an opening of the distributor element, - in the case of which gritting apparatus the distributor element is formed as a Y-shaped distributor, - in the case of which gritting apparatus the first grit line is coupled to the distributor element in such a way that the first grit line is divided by way of the distributor element into two different second grit lines, - in the case of which gritting apparatus each of the second grit lines opens in each case in a grit outlet, with the result that grit is transported from the grit container to the grit outlets, and each grit outlet provides grit for in each case one drive wheel or for assisting the two travelling directions of a drive wheel, characterized - in that two grit accelerators are connected downstream of the distributor element, which two grit accelerators are integrated into the second grit lines, in order to optimize the grit flow, - every second grit line comprising in each case one grit accelerator. - in the case of which gritting apparatus the grit container is arranged in the region of drive wheels of the rail vehicle, - in the case of which gritting apparatus the grit container is connected via the first grit line to an opening of the distributor element, - in the case of which gritting apparatus the distributor element is formed as a Y-shaped distributor, - in the case of which gritting apparatus the first grit line is coupled to the distributor element in such a way that the first grit line is divided by way of the distributor element into two different second grit lines, - in the case of which gritting apparatus each of the second grit lines opens in each case in a grit outlet, with the result that grit is transported from the grit container to the grit outlets, and each grit outlet provides grit for in each case one drive wheel or for assisting the two travelling directions of a drive wheel, characterized - in that two grit accelerators are connected downstream of the distributor element, which two grit accelerators are integrated into the second grit lines, in order to optimize the grit flow, - every second grit line comprising in each case one grit accelerator.
Device for the treatment of exhaust gases, which device has at least one first honeycomb body through which the exhaust gas can flow and one second honeycomb body through which the exhaust gas can flow, wherein the first honeycomb body and the second honeycomb body are arranged in series in an exhaust line, wherein a first cross-sectional area of the first honeycomb body is smaller than a second cross-sectional area of the second honeycomb body, and the first honeycomb body is arranged eccentrically in the exhaust line and here • a gap having an angle-dependent gap width is formed between the first honeycomb body and an exhaust line, and the first honeycomb body can be connected to a power source in an electrically insulated manner through the exhaust line by means of at least one electrical conductor, characterized in that the at least one electrical conductor extends through the gap, and • the first honeycomb body is secured in an exhaust line and connected to the exhaust line in an electrically conductive manner by means of a welded joint or a soldered joint.