mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An image processing apparatus comprising: image data accepting means (2, 10) for accepting image data; image data storing means for storing the image data accepted by said image data accepting means (2, 10); image data retaining means for retaining the image data stored by the image data storing means; processing means (6, 8) for processing the image data accepted by said image data accepting means (2, 10); invalidating means (9, 15b) for invalidating image data; means for switching said invalidating means (9, 15b) into the operational condition or the non-operational condition; security means (9a, 9b, 9c; 15b) for performing a security operation for the image data accepted by the image data accepting means (2, 10); and means for switching said security means (9a, 9b, 9c; 15b) into the operational condition or the non-operational condition, characterized by comprising means for limiting retaining of the image data by said image data retaining means when said invalidating means (9, 15b) is switched into the operational condition by said means for switching said invalidating means (9, 15b), wherein said processing means (6, 8) processes the image data stored by said image data storing means, when said means for switching said security means (9a, 9b, 9c; 15b) switches said security means (9a, 9b, 9c; 15b) into the operational condition, the image data accepted by image data accepting means (2, 10) is encrypted and then stored in said image data storing means, when said means for switching said security means (9a, 9b, 9c; 15b) switches said security means (9a, 9b, 9c; 15b) into the operational condition, the image data stored by the image data storing means is decoded and then processed by said processing means (6, 8), and when image data to be processed by said processing means (6, 8) is retained by said image data retaining means, the image data to be processed is transferred to said image data storing means. image data accepting means (2, 10) for accepting image data; image data storing means for storing the image data accepted by said image data accepting means (2, 10); image data retaining means for retaining the image data stored by the image data storing means; processing means (6, 8) for processing the image data accepted by said image data accepting means (2, 10); invalidating means (9, 15b) for invalidating image data; means for switching said invalidating means (9, 15b) into the operational condition or the non-operational condition; security means (9a, 9b, 9c; 15b) for performing a security operation for the image data accepted by the image data accepting means (2, 10); and means for switching said security means (9a, 9b, 9c; 15b) into the operational condition or the non-operational condition, characterized by comprising
A vibration isolation system having a suspended platform, a base and an exoskeleton, the exoskeleton comprising; a first scissors mechanism comprising first and second main links of unequal length, where the first and second main links are pivotably coupled to each other at an intermediate point, a second scissors mechanism comprising third and fourth main links of unequal length, where the third and fourth main links are pivotably coupled to each other at an intermediate point, wherein the first main link is pivotably connected to the suspended platform and is also pivotably connected to a first secondary link, wherein the first secondary link is also pivotably connected to the base, wherein the second main link is pivotably connected to the base and is also pivotably connected to a second secondary link, wherein the second secondary link is also pivotably connected to the suspended platform, wherein the first and second scissors mechanisms support the suspended platform relative to the base over an intended range of travel, characterised by the first and second main links pass through parallel as the vibration isolation system is displaced over the intended range of travel and the third and fourth main links pass through parallel as the vibration isolation system is displaced over the intended range of travel. a first scissors mechanism comprising first and second main links of unequal length, where the first and second main links are pivotably coupled to each other at an intermediate point, a second scissors mechanism comprising third and fourth main links of unequal length, where the third and fourth main links are pivotably coupled to each other at an intermediate point, wherein the first main link is pivotably connected to the suspended platform and is also pivotably connected to a first secondary link, wherein the first secondary link is also pivotably connected to the base, wherein the second main link is pivotably connected to the base and is also pivotably connected to a second secondary link, wherein the second secondary link is also pivotably connected to the suspended platform, wherein the first and second scissors mechanisms support the suspended platform relative to the base over an intended range of travel, characterised by the first and second main links pass through parallel as the vibration isolation system is displaced over the intended range of travel and the third and fourth main links pass through parallel as the vibration isolation system is displaced over the intended range of travel.
A cylinder block comprising: a bore wall having at least one cylinder bore; an outer wall located outside an outer periphery of the bore wall; and a water jacket defined between the outer periphery of the bore wall and an inner periphery of the outer wall, wherein the cylinder block is an open-deck cylinder block in which a top end of the water jacket is opened, wherein the outer periphery of the bore wall and the inner periphery of the outer wall have respective top edges at the top end of the water jacket, wherein at least one of the outer periphery of the bore wall and the inner periphery of the outer wall has at least one recess (12a, 13a) at the corresponding top edge, wherein the cylinder block includes at least one reinforcing member that is fitted in the at least one recess (12a, 13a) and covers part of the water jacket that extends from the at least one recess (12a, 13a), characterized in that a cooling fin is mounted to the at least one reinforcing member to be located in the water jacket, the cooling fin having a higher thermal conductivity than the at least one reinforcing member. a bore wall having at least one cylinder bore; an outer wall located outside an outer periphery of the bore wall; and a water jacket defined between the outer periphery of the bore wall and an inner periphery of the outer wall, wherein the cylinder block is an open-deck cylinder block in which a top end of the water jacket is opened, wherein the outer periphery of the bore wall and the inner periphery of the outer wall have respective top edges at the top end of the water jacket, wherein at least one of the outer periphery of the bore wall and the inner periphery of the outer wall has at least one recess (12a, 13a) at the corresponding top edge, wherein the cylinder block includes at least one reinforcing member that is fitted in the at least one recess (12a, 13a) and covers part of the water jacket that extends from the at least one recess (12a, 13a), characterized in that a cooling fin is mounted to the at least one reinforcing member to be located in the water jacket, the cooling fin having a higher thermal conductivity than the at least one reinforcing member.
A valve to be applied to a sprayer for watering purposes, of the type comprising: - a hollow cylindrical seat which is formed within the body of the sprayer, into which hollow cylindrical seat there are flowing a feeding mouth of a water-supply pipe, and an outlet mouth of an outlet conduit, which brings water to the outlet nozzles of the sprayer; - a shutter, arranged coaxially within the cylindrical seat, which shutter can be rotated on command from an open position, wherein it is allowed passage of water from the feeding mouth to the outlet mouth, to a close position, wherein the passage of water from the feeding mouth to the outlet mouth, and vice versa is inhibited; wherein said shutter comprises a central body having a diameter smaller than the internal diameter of the cylindrical seat, wherefrom an overhang is protruding, which is coupled to a sealing ring; said sealing ring, is disposed against the outlet mouth, thereby sealingly closing the latter, when the valve is in the close position thereof; characterized and in that there is provided an enlargement which is obtained at least in part on the inner surface of the cylindrical seat, which enlargement is conformed and arranged such that, when the valve rotates from the close position to the open position thereof, said sealing ring fits within the enlargement without the outer surface thereof interfering with the inner surface of the enlargement. - a hollow cylindrical seat which is formed within the body of the sprayer, into which hollow cylindrical seat there are flowing a feeding mouth of a water-supply pipe, and an outlet mouth of an outlet conduit, which brings water to the outlet nozzles of the sprayer; - a shutter, arranged coaxially within the cylindrical seat, which shutter can be rotated on command from an open position, wherein it is allowed passage of water from the feeding mouth to the outlet mouth, to a close position, wherein the passage of water from the feeding mouth to the outlet mouth, and vice versa is inhibited; wherein said shutter comprises a central body having a diameter smaller than the internal diameter of the cylindrical seat, wherefrom an overhang is protruding, which is coupled to a sealing ring; said sealing ring, is disposed against the outlet mouth, thereby sealingly closing the latter, when the valve is in the close position thereof; characterized and in that there is provided an enlargement which is obtained at least in part on the inner surface of the cylindrical seat, which enlargement is conformed and arranged such that, when the valve rotates from the close position to the open position thereof, said sealing ring fits within the enlargement without the outer surface thereof interfering with the inner surface of the enlargement.
A method for testing the operation of an optical fiber cable in a communication network using an optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) instrument, the method comprising the steps of: the OTDR instrument receiving a range of identifiers of fibers to be tested, wherein the fibers to be tested include a first fiber, a second fiber and one or more further fibers; sorting, by the OTDR instrument, the received identifiers and selecting, by the OTDR instrument, from the range of identifiers an identifier that identifies the first fiber; displaying, by the OTDR instrument, the selected identifier that identifies the first fiber to be tested, wherein the selected identifier is included in the range of identifiers, and wherein a user attempts to connect the OTDR instrument to the first fiber; determining, by the OTDR instrument, whether the first fiber is connected to the OTDR instrument; performing, by the OTDR instrument, a test of the first fiber that is identified by the selected identifier using the OTDR instrument, in response to determining that the first fiber is connected to the OTDR instrument; selecting, by the OTDR instrument, from the range of identifiers a second identifier that identifies, as a next fiber to be tested, the second fiber in order to perform a test on the second fiber that is identified by the selected second identifier; and repeating, by the OTDR instrument, the displaying, determining and performing for the second fiber and the one or more further fibers of the fibers to be tested. the OTDR instrument receiving a range of identifiers of fibers to be tested, wherein the fibers to be tested include a first fiber, a second fiber and one or more further fibers; sorting, by the OTDR instrument, the received identifiers and selecting, by the OTDR instrument, from the range of identifiers an identifier that identifies the first fiber; displaying, by the OTDR instrument, the selected identifier that identifies the first fiber to be tested, wherein the selected identifier is included in the range of identifiers, and wherein a user attempts to connect the OTDR instrument to the first fiber; determining, by the OTDR instrument, whether the first fiber is connected to the OTDR instrument; performing, by the OTDR instrument, a test of the first fiber that is identified by the selected identifier using the OTDR instrument, in response to determining that the first fiber is connected to the OTDR instrument; selecting, by the OTDR instrument, from the range of identifiers a second identifier that identifies, as a next fiber to be tested, the second fiber in order to perform a test on the second fiber that is identified by the selected second identifier; and repeating, by the OTDR instrument, the displaying, determining and performing for the second fiber and the one or more further fibers of the fibers to be tested.
A silicic acid (hetero) polycondensate from at least a first silane with a residue bonded by a carbon atom to silicon and carrying an organically polymerizable C=C double bond, and from at least a second silane with a residue bonded by a carbon atom to silicon and carrying a sulfonate group or sulfate group of the formula - d -SO 3 M with d = 0 or 1 and with M = hydrogen or a monovalent metal cation or the corresponding portion of a multi-valent metal cation, wherein, when the organic polymerizable C=C double bond is contained in a (meth)acrylic group, this group is a (meth)acrylic ester, (meth)acrylic amide or (meth)acrylic thioester, with the exception of polycondensates in which the C=C double bonds are formed exclusively by methacrylic esters which are attached in the form of a methylene acrylic ester group to the groups that are bonded by a carbon to silicon.
A device comprising: a plurality of processors (108, 110; 208, 210) each coupled to receive data corresponding to a plurality of pixels of a frame of video; and an interlink module (112; 212) coupled to receive processed data from the plurality of processors, the interlink module, in a balancing mode, dividing the frame into a plurality of frame portions by dividing pixels of the frame using at least one balance point, the interlink module dynamically determining a position for the balance point that reduces a difference between a workload of the plurality of processors during processing of the data of at least one subsequent frame, the interlink module further configurable to perform mixing of frame data, wherein a first of the plurality of processors operates in a pass-through mode on a condition that the interlink module disables all but the first one of the plurality of processors, wherein each of said plurality of processors in the balancing mode render a divided portion of the frame using the at least one balance point and wherein the interlink module dynamically adjusts the balance point in each frame processed using rendering information of a second frame, wherein the second frame precedes the frame. a plurality of processors (108, 110; 208, 210) each coupled to receive data corresponding to a plurality of pixels of a frame of video; and an interlink module (112; 212) coupled to receive processed data from the plurality of processors, the interlink module, in a balancing mode, dividing the frame into a plurality of frame portions by dividing pixels of the frame using at least one balance point, the interlink module dynamically determining a position for the balance point that reduces a difference between a workload of the plurality of processors during processing of the data of at least one subsequent frame, the interlink module further configurable to perform mixing of frame data, wherein a first of the plurality of processors operates in a pass-through mode on a condition that the interlink module disables all but the first one of the plurality of processors, wherein each of said plurality of processors in the balancing mode render a divided portion of the frame using the at least one balance point and wherein the interlink module dynamically adjusts the balance point in each frame processed using rendering information of a second frame, wherein the second frame precedes the frame.
A kit for preparing a plurality of double-stranded (ds) sequencing adapters, comprising: (i) a plurality of single-stranded (ss) oligonucleotides, wherein each oligonucleotide comprises from the 5' to 3' direction a 1 st sequence and a 2 nd sequence; (a) the 1 st sequence is a semi-random sequence consisting of (Xmer)n, wherein Xmer is 3-mer, 4-mer, 5-mer, or 6-mer, and n is an integer from 2 to 8, and (b) the 2 nd sequence is (i) at least 10 nucleotides in length, (ii) fully or substantially complementary to a target sequence, and (iii) the same among the plurality of oligonucleotides, wherein the semi-random sequences of the plurality of single-stranded (ss) oligonucleotides are synthesized from a mixture of Xmers with defined sequences, and (ii) a 2 nd ss oligonucleotide that comprises the target sequence ("Sequence B"), wherein optionally, the 2 nd ss oligonucleotide further comprises another sequence ("Sequence D") located 5' to Sequence B; the kit further comprising (iii) a DNA polymerase. (i) a plurality of single-stranded (ss) oligonucleotides, wherein each oligonucleotide comprises from the 5' to 3' direction a 1 st sequence and a 2 nd sequence; (a) the 1 st sequence is a semi-random sequence consisting of (Xmer)n, wherein Xmer is 3-mer, 4-mer, 5-mer, or 6-mer, and n is an integer from 2 to 8, and (b) the 2 nd sequence is (i) at least 10 nucleotides in length, (ii) fully or substantially complementary to a target sequence, and (iii) the same among the plurality of oligonucleotides, wherein the semi-random sequences of the plurality of single-stranded (ss) oligonucleotides are synthesized from a mixture of Xmers with defined sequences, and (a) the 1 st sequence is a semi-random sequence consisting of (Xmer)n, wherein Xmer is 3-mer, 4-mer, 5-mer, or 6-mer, and n is an integer from 2 to 8, and (b) the 2 nd sequence is (i) at least 10 nucleotides in length, (ii) fully or substantially complementary to a target sequence, and (iii) the same among the plurality of oligonucleotides, wherein the semi-random sequences of the plurality of single-stranded (ss) oligonucleotides are synthesized from a mixture of Xmers with defined sequences, and (i) at least 10 nucleotides in length, (ii) fully or substantially complementary to a target sequence, and (iii) the same among the plurality of oligonucleotides, (ii) a 2 nd ss oligonucleotide that comprises the target sequence ("Sequence B"), wherein optionally, the 2 nd ss oligonucleotide further comprises another sequence ("Sequence D") located 5' to Sequence B; the kit further comprising (iii) a DNA polymerase.
A dental tool comprising; a proximal coupling end; a distal treatment end opposite the proximal coupling end; and a transponder including a transponder antenna, the transponder attached to or integrated with the proximal coupling end of the dental tool, wherein the transponder is constructed such that the proximal coupling end of the dental tool is insertable into a tool receiving shaft of a dental handpiece, wherein when the dental tool is coupled with the dental handpiece, the transponder antenna and a reader antenna of the dental handpiece, are oriented orthogonally to an axis of rotation of the dental tool, such that contactless data exchange between the transponder antenna and the reader antenna takes place at all rotational angles of the dental tool, characterized in that wherein the transponder antenna comprises a first substrate with antenna turns (10,11) on both sides of the first substrate which define a planar multi-layer geometry, or alternatively wherein transponder antenna comprises antenna turns (10,35; 10,11) on a plurality of substrates bonded to each other which define a planar multi-layer geometry. a proximal coupling end; a distal treatment end opposite the proximal coupling end; and a transponder including a transponder antenna, the transponder attached to or integrated with the proximal coupling end of the dental tool, wherein the transponder is constructed such that the proximal coupling end of the dental tool is insertable into a tool receiving shaft of a dental handpiece, wherein when the dental tool is coupled with the dental handpiece, the transponder antenna and a reader antenna of the dental handpiece, are oriented orthogonally to an axis of rotation of the dental tool, such that contactless data exchange between the transponder antenna and the reader antenna takes place at all rotational angles of the dental tool, characterized in that wherein the transponder antenna comprises a first substrate with antenna turns (10,11) on both sides of the first substrate which define a planar multi-layer geometry, or alternatively wherein transponder antenna comprises antenna turns (10,35; 10,11) on a plurality of substrates bonded to each other which define a planar multi-layer geometry.
Vehicle comprising a fixation device (1; 2; 3) adapted to fix a load carrier foot on said vehicle, said fixation device (1; 2; 3) comprising one or more threadless engagement members (11; 21; 31) integrally formed with a vehicle body of said vehicle, each threadless engagement member (11; 21; 31)forming a threadless engaging element of a form fit coupling adapted to provide a form fit and releasable mating engagement with a mating member (4; 5; 6; 7) of said form fit coupling characterized in that said one or more threadless engagement members (11; 21; 31) are formed by sheet metal clinching.