mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Method of determining a nutritional state of a plant with respect to one or more nutrients, the method comprising the steps of - recording a time series of a chlorophyll a fluorescence induction signal of a tissue sample of the plant using a fluorometer device to obtain a signal data time series, wherein the signal data time series at least comprises signal data within the rising portion of the chlorophyll a fluorescence induction signal, and - determining the nutritional state from an empirical model applied to the signal data time series, characterised in that the empirical model is based on pre-recorded reference data time series pre-processed to enhance non-linear components thereof by suppressing lower order components thereof and relates nutritional states to changes in non-linear components of the time-dependent progression of the similarly pre-processed signal data time series. - recording a time series of a chlorophyll a fluorescence induction signal of a tissue sample of the plant using a fluorometer device to obtain a signal data time series, wherein the signal data time series at least comprises signal data within the rising portion of the chlorophyll a fluorescence induction signal, and - determining the nutritional state from an empirical model applied to the signal data time series, characterised in that the empirical model is based on pre-recorded reference data time series pre-processed to enhance non-linear components thereof by suppressing lower order components thereof and relates nutritional states to changes in non-linear components of the time-dependent progression of the similarly pre-processed signal data time series.
An antenna array employing continuous transverse stubs as radiating elements, comprising: a first conductive plate structure including a first set of continuous transverse stub radiators arranged on a first surface, and a second set of continuous transverse stub radiators arranged on the first surface, wherein a geometry of the first set of continuous transverse stub radiators is different from a geometry of the second set of continuous transverse stub radiators; a second conductive plate structure disposed in a spaced relationship relative to the first conductive plate structure, the second conductive plate structure having a surface parallel to the first surface; and a relative rotation apparatus operative to impart relative rotational movement between the first conductive plate structure and the second conductive plate structure. a first conductive plate structure including a first set of continuous transverse stub radiators arranged on a first surface, and a second set of continuous transverse stub radiators arranged on the first surface, wherein a geometry of the first set of continuous transverse stub radiators is different from a geometry of the second set of continuous transverse stub radiators; a second conductive plate structure disposed in a spaced relationship relative to the first conductive plate structure, the second conductive plate structure having a surface parallel to the first surface; and a relative rotation apparatus operative to impart relative rotational movement between the first conductive plate structure and the second conductive plate structure.
A method for producing a composite biscuit product, the method comprising: forming a filling comprising a yoghurt powder and from 10 to 30wt% of dry starch, based on the total weight of the filling, wherein the filling has a water activity of from 0.05 to 0.25 as measured with an Aqualab CX-2 or series 3, or a Novasina at 25±0.1°C, and contains live lactic cultures, comprising bacteria suitable for producing fermented food product yielding lactic acid, having a cell count of at least 10 7 cfu/g; contacting the filling with one or more biscuit parts to form a composite biscuit product, wherein the dry starch has a water content of less than 8wt%. forming a filling comprising a yoghurt powder and from 10 to 30wt% of dry starch, based on the total weight of the filling, wherein the filling has a water activity of from 0.05 to 0.25 as measured with an Aqualab CX-2 or series 3, or a Novasina at 25±0.1°C, and contains live lactic cultures, comprising bacteria suitable for producing fermented food product yielding lactic acid, having a cell count of at least 10 7 cfu/g; contacting the filling with one or more biscuit parts to form a composite biscuit product, wherein the dry starch has a water content of less than 8wt%.
An ultrasound transducer (700, 800), comprising: a transducer element (602, 802) comprising a piezoelectric material configured and arranged to convert electrical energy to ultrasound energy, the transducer element (602, 802) further comprising a first non-transducing pad (608, 806') defined in the transducer element (602, 802) and adjacent the piezoelectric material (604, 804); a first metal layer (710, 810) disposed on a first surface of the transducer element (602, 802) and on the first non-transducing pad (608, 806'), wherein the non-transducing pad (608, 806') is configured and arranged to provide protection from heat to the piezoelectric material (604, 804) as a wire is attached to the first metal layer (710,810) above or below the non-transducing pad (608, 806') using a heat-based bonding technique; and a second metal layer (712, 808) disposed on a second surface of the transducer element (602, 802) and on the first non-transducing pad (608, 806'), characterised in that the piezoelectric material of the transducer element (602, 802) and the first non-transducing pad are disposed between the first metal layer and the second metal layer. a transducer element (602, 802) comprising a piezoelectric material configured and arranged to convert electrical energy to ultrasound energy, the transducer element (602, 802) further comprising a first non-transducing pad (608, 806') defined in the transducer element (602, 802) and adjacent the piezoelectric material (604, 804); a first metal layer (710, 810) disposed on a first surface of the transducer element (602, 802) and on the first non-transducing pad (608, 806'), wherein the non-transducing pad (608, 806') is configured and arranged to provide protection from heat to the piezoelectric material (604, 804) as a wire is attached to the first metal layer (710,810) above or below the non-transducing pad (608, 806') using a heat-based bonding technique; and a second metal layer (712, 808) disposed on a second surface of the transducer element (602, 802) and on the first non-transducing pad (608, 806'), characterised in that the piezoelectric material of the transducer element (602, 802) and the first non-transducing pad are disposed between the first metal layer and the second metal layer.
A coated outer air seal segment, comprising: a metallic substrate; a bondcoat atop the substrate; a ceramic barrier coat atop the bondcoat; and an abradable coating atop the ceramic barrier coat, wherein: the bondcoat has a combined content of one or more of molybdenum, chromium, and vanadium of at least 50 percent by weight. a metallic substrate; a bondcoat atop the substrate; a ceramic barrier coat atop the bondcoat; and an abradable coating atop the ceramic barrier coat, wherein: the bondcoat has a combined content of one or more of molybdenum, chromium, and vanadium of at least 50 percent by weight.
An apparatus for optical inspection of parisons intended to be blow moulded to form containers, wherein the parisons are made of plastic material and have a side wall, a closing bottom and a mouth end, the mouth end having on its outside surface a screw thread and an identification code in relief, the parisons being cylindrical in shape and extending along an axis defined by this shape, wherein the apparatus comprises: - a conveyor equipped with a plurality of receiving elements configured to transport corresponding parisons along a predetermined path, wherein, in an inspection station located along the predetermined path, each parison is positioned with its axis aligned with a longitudinal reference axis; - a camera having a viewing axis coinciding with the longitudinal reference axis and located in a stationary position relative to the conveyor, above the mouth end of each of the parisons located in the inspection station, in order to see the interior of the parison; - an illuminator mounted in a stationary position relative to the conveyor positioned around the viewing axis of the camera and configured to irradiate the outside surface of the mouth end of the parison positioned in the inspection station, wherein the camera has a wide-angle lens and is configured to capture an image of an inside surface of the mouth end of the parison positioned in the inspection station, said image being representative of the screw thread and of the identification code of the parison, shown in transparency, wherein the conveyor has, at least at the receiving elements, a covering layer made of an opaque, light-coloured material and positioned in such a way that when each parison is in the inspection station, a zone of the conveyor bordering on the parison and directed towards the camera is provided with the covering layer so as to cover all the parts of the apparatus having surfaces which fall within the field of vision of the camera. - a conveyor equipped with a plurality of receiving elements configured to transport corresponding parisons along a predetermined path, wherein, in an inspection station located along the predetermined path, each parison is positioned with its axis aligned with a longitudinal reference axis; - a camera having a viewing axis coinciding with the longitudinal reference axis and located in a stationary position relative to the conveyor, above the mouth end of each of the parisons located in the inspection station, in order to see the interior of the parison; - an illuminator mounted in a stationary position relative to the conveyor positioned around the viewing axis of the camera and configured to irradiate the outside surface of the mouth end of the parison positioned in the inspection station,
A lighting device characterised in that it comprises: - an array of spatially distributed optoelectronic sources, each source being adapted to emit a respective incident optical beam; - a first reflector having an optical axis and having a first concave reflective surface and facing the array of sources to intercept said incident optical beams and produce corresponding reflected optical beams; - a second reflector having a second reflective surface interposed along said optical axis between the array of optoelectronic sources and the first reflector, and adapted to intercept and deflect the reflected optical beams producing corresponding deflected optical beams, the first reflector being shaped so as to concentrate the reflected optical beams onto the second reflective surface; wherein the second reflective surface is shaped so as to produce deflected optical beams, which, on the whole, form an output beam having a main emission axis that is transversal to said optical axis. - an array of spatially distributed optoelectronic sources, each source being adapted to emit a respective incident optical beam; - a first reflector having an optical axis and having a first concave reflective surface and facing the array of sources to intercept said incident optical beams and produce corresponding reflected optical beams; - a second reflector having a second reflective surface interposed along said optical axis between the array of optoelectronic sources and the first reflector, and adapted to intercept and deflect the reflected optical beams producing corresponding deflected optical beams, the first reflector being shaped so as to concentrate the reflected optical beams onto the second reflective surface;
A method for storing data comprising: receiving user data from a user at a group of computational storage devices (144A-144n) that are interconnected through a network fabric; sending, by a first storage device of the storage devices (144A-144n), a first write acknowledgment to the user to indicate that the first storage device received the user data; performing, cooperatively by the storage devices (144A-144n), erasure coding the user data into redundancy blocks (RB1-RB6) at the group of storage devices (144A-144n); storing the redundancy blocks (RB1-RB6) on at least two of the storage devices (144A-144n), wherein the user partitions the user data between the storage devices (144A-144n) based on computations to be performed by the storage devices (144A-144n) on the user data, and wherein the redundancy blocks (RB 1-RB6) are grouped by the storage devices (144A-144n); and sending, by the first storage device, a second write acknowledgment to the user indicating that the user data has been stored and erasure coded. receiving user data from a user at a group of computational storage devices (144A-144n) that are interconnected through a network fabric; sending, by a first storage device of the storage devices (144A-144n), a first write acknowledgment to the user to indicate that the first storage device received the user data; performing, cooperatively by the storage devices (144A-144n), erasure coding the user data into redundancy blocks (RB1-RB6) at the group of storage devices (144A-144n); storing the redundancy blocks (RB1-RB6) on at least two of the storage devices (144A-144n), wherein the user partitions the user data between the storage devices (144A-144n) based on computations to be performed by the storage devices (144A-144n) on the user data, and wherein the redundancy blocks (RB 1-RB6) are grouped by the storage devices (144A-144n); and sending, by the first storage device, a second write acknowledgment to the user indicating that the user data has been stored and erasure coded.
Optical signal generator comprising - an optical emitter configured to generate a beam of optical radiation, - a first and second beam deflecting element, - a modulator being located between the beam deflecting elements, - a phase shifter located between the beam deflecting elements, - a control unit configured to control the phase-shift of the phase shifter, - wherein the first and second beam deflecting elements, the phase shifter and the modulator are located in the same plane, - wherein the beam generated by the optical emitter is angled relative to said plane, - wherein said first beam deflecting element is configured to deflect the emitter's beam into the plane towards the modulator, said modulator being configured to modulate the emitter's radiation and outputting a modulated radiation, (R') - wherein said second beam deflecting element is configured to deflect the modulated radiation off the plane towards an output port of the signal generator, - wherein the modulator is configured to modulate the emitter's radiation in response to an electrical data signal that is applied to the modulator and comprises a data stream, - wherein the control unit is configured to generate a control signal in order to control the phase-shift of the phase shifter and in order to avoid or reduce an impact of reflected radiation on the emitter's emission characteristic, - wherein the signal generator comprises a memory where a target value is stored and - wherein a control unit is configured to control the phase-shift of the phase shifter according to the stored target value. - an optical emitter configured to generate a beam of optical radiation, - a first and second beam deflecting element, - a modulator being located between the beam deflecting elements, - a phase shifter located between the beam deflecting elements, - a control unit configured to control the phase-shift of the phase shifter, - wherein the first and second beam deflecting elements, the phase shifter and the modulator are located in the same plane, - wherein the beam generated by the optical emitter is angled relative to said plane, - wherein said first beam deflecting element is configured to deflect the emitter's beam into the plane towards the modulator, said modulator being configured to modulate the emitter's radiation and outputting a modulated radiation, (R') - wherein said second beam deflecting element is configured to deflect the modulated radiation off the plane towards an output port of the signal generator, - wherein the modulator is configured to modulate the emitter's radiation in response to an electrical data signal that is applied to the modulator and comprises a data stream, - wherein the control unit is configured to generate a control signal in order to control the phase-shift of the phase shifter and in order to avoid or reduce an impact of reflected radiation on the emitter's emission characteristic, - wherein the signal generator comprises a memory where a target value is stored and - wherein a control unit is configured to control the phase-shift of the phase shifter according to the stored target value.
A fluorescent X-ray analysis apparatus, comprising: a collecting portion configured to drop a liquid droplet onto a substrate having an object to be measured on a surface thereof and move the dropped liquid droplet on the surface of the substrate to collect the object to be measured into the liquid droplet; a drying portion configured to dry the liquid droplet so that the object to be measured is held onto the surface of the substrate; an analysis portion configured to irradiate the object to be measured with an X-ray and perform quantitative analysis of an element contained in the object to be measured based on a fluorescent X-ray output from the object to be measured, characterized by; a beam sensor configured to emit a laser to the liquid droplet, the laser being emitted with a traveling direction being parallel to the surface of the substrate and having a band shape such that an amount of the liquid droplet is detectable, wherein the apparatus is configured to separate the liquid droplet from the collecting portion before the liquid droplet is dried and after the object to be measured is collected; and a calculating portion configured to calculate a correction coefficient for correcting the amount of the liquid droplet or a quantitative analysis value of the object to be measured based on a detection result of the beam sensor. a collecting portion configured to drop a liquid droplet onto a substrate having an object to be measured on a surface thereof and move the dropped liquid droplet on the surface of the substrate to collect the object to be measured into the liquid droplet; a drying portion configured to dry the liquid droplet so that the object to be measured is held onto the surface of the substrate; an analysis portion configured to irradiate the object to be measured with an X-ray and perform quantitative analysis of an element contained in the object to be measured based on a fluorescent X-ray output from the object to be measured, characterized by; a beam sensor configured to emit a laser to the liquid droplet, the laser being emitted with a traveling direction being parallel to the surface of the substrate and having a band shape such that an amount of the liquid droplet is detectable, wherein the apparatus is configured to separate the liquid droplet from the collecting portion before the liquid droplet is dried and after the object to be measured is collected; and a calculating portion configured to calculate a correction coefficient for correcting the amount of the liquid droplet or a quantitative analysis value of the object to be measured based on a detection result of the beam sensor.
A method performed in a key device for authenticating a user for access to a physical space, the method comprising the steps of: detecting the presence of a lock device; determining, based on data received from the lock device in the step of detecting the presence of a lock device, whether new authorisation data is mandated from the access control server for determination whether the key device is authorised to open the lock device; sending a request for authorisation data to an access control server, the request comprising an identifier of the key device; receiving authorisation data from the access control server; determining whether the key device is authorised to open the lock device; and sending an unlock signal to the lock device when the key device is allowed to open the lock device; wherein the steps of sending a request and receiving authorisation data are only performed when new authorisation data is mandated from the access control server to determine whether the key device is authorised to open the lock device. detecting the presence of a lock device; determining, based on data received from the lock device in the step of detecting the presence of a lock device, whether new authorisation data is mandated from the access control server for determination whether the key device is authorised to open the lock device; sending a request for authorisation data to an access control server, the request comprising an identifier of the key device; receiving authorisation data from the access control server; determining whether the key device is authorised to open the lock device; and sending an unlock signal to the lock device when the key device is allowed to open the lock device; wherein the steps of sending a request and receiving authorisation data are only performed when new authorisation data is mandated from the access control server to determine whether the key device is authorised to open the lock device.
A method for acquiring at least two digital images by means of a digital camera, wherein the digital images are to be stitched into a combined image, said method comprising: capturing a first digital image, wherein a first scenery is imaged; determining a relation between the first scenery and a second scenery being viewed by the digital camera, while said second scenery being viewed by the digital camera is changed; analysing the relation between the first scenery and the second scenery being viewed by the digital camera in order to identify an appropriate view to be captured by the digital camera in a second digital image for facilitating stitching of the first and second digital images; indicating to a user that the camera is directed towards an appropriate view for capturing a second digital image, wherein said indicating comprises emitting a signal that is tactile for a user, wherein said indicating comprises communicating information to the user that an image will be automatically captured in advance of the actual capture of the image; and capturing a second digital image when the camera is directed towards an appropriate view, said capturing being automatically performed by the digital camera. capturing a first digital image, wherein a first scenery is imaged; determining a relation between the first scenery and a second scenery being viewed by the digital camera, while said second scenery being viewed by the digital camera is changed; analysing the relation between the first scenery and the second scenery being viewed by the digital camera in order to identify an appropriate view to be captured by the digital camera in a second digital image for facilitating stitching of the first and second digital images; indicating to a user that the camera is directed towards an appropriate view for capturing a second digital image, wherein said indicating comprises emitting a signal that is tactile for a user, wherein said indicating comprises communicating information to the user that an image will be automatically captured in advance of the actual capture of the image; and capturing a second digital image when the camera is directed towards an appropriate view, said capturing being automatically performed by the digital camera.