mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal panel, comprising the followings steps: bonding a first substrate with a second substrate so as to form a mother substrate; forming an array pattern on a first substrate side of the mother substrate, the first substrate side being away from the second substrate; separating the first substrate and the second substrate of the mother substrate; characterised by bonding the separated first substrate and the second substrate so that the array pattern is located between the first and second substrates. bonding a first substrate with a second substrate so as to form a mother substrate; forming an array pattern on a first substrate side of the mother substrate, the first substrate side being away from the second substrate; separating the first substrate and the second substrate of the mother substrate; characterised by bonding the separated first substrate and the second substrate so that the array pattern is located between the first and second substrates.
A method, in a wireless device, for monitoring radio link quality for a link between the wireless device and a wireless transmitter in a wireless system, in which the wireless transmitter is required to apply listen-before-talk and is configured to transmit a discovery signal at spaced, periodic, intervals and is further configured to intermittently transmit subframes carrying user data, such that the wireless device is unable to predict which subframes will carry user data before attempting to detect the subframes, the method comprising: collecting, for each of the spaced, periodic, intervals, one or more discovery-signal signal quality metrics corresponding to the discovery signal by determining the discovery-signal signal quality metrics based on obtained samples of the discovery signal; collecting, for each detected subframe carrying user data, one or more detected-subframe signal quality metrics corresponding to the detected subframe by determining the detected-subframe signal quality metrics based on obtained samples of the subframes carrying user data; and generating, for each of a plurality of evaluation intervals, an in-synch or out-of-synch indication, based on a combination of the discovery-signal signal quality metrics corresponding to the evaluation interval and the detected-subframe signal quality metrics corresponding to the evaluation interval. collecting, for each of the spaced, periodic, intervals, one or more discovery-signal signal quality metrics corresponding to the discovery signal by determining the discovery-signal signal quality metrics based on obtained samples of the discovery signal; collecting, for each detected subframe carrying user data, one or more detected-subframe signal quality metrics corresponding to the detected subframe by determining the detected-subframe signal quality metrics based on obtained samples of the subframes carrying user data; and generating, for each of a plurality of evaluation intervals, an in-synch or out-of-synch indication, based on a combination of the discovery-signal signal quality metrics corresponding to the evaluation interval and the detected-subframe signal quality metrics corresponding to the evaluation interval.
A resistor network having an input terminal and an output terminal comprising: one or more switched resistor branches (311, 312), wherein each switched resistor branch comprises: a first resistor connected in series with a first switch, wherein a first end of the first resistor is connected to the input terminal of the resistor network, a second end of the first resistor is connected to a first end of the first switch forming a middle node, and a second end of the first switch is connected to the output terminal of the resistor network; and a second resistor connected in series with a second switch, between the middle node and a third terminal; and the resistor network further comprising: a third resistor connected between the input and output terminals of the resistor network. one or more switched resistor branches (311, 312), wherein each switched resistor branch comprises: a first resistor connected in series with a first switch, wherein a first end of the first resistor is connected to the input terminal of the resistor network, a second end of the first resistor is connected to a first end of the first switch forming a middle node, and a second end of the first switch is connected to the output terminal of the resistor network; and a second resistor connected in series with a second switch, between the middle node and a third terminal; and the resistor network further comprising: a third resistor connected between the input and output terminals of the resistor network. a first resistor connected in series with a first switch, wherein a first end of the first resistor is connected to the input terminal of the resistor network, a second end of the first resistor is connected to a first end of the first switch forming a middle node, and a second end of the first switch is connected to the output terminal of the resistor network; and a second resistor connected in series with a second switch, between the middle node and a third terminal; and the resistor network further comprising: a third resistor connected between the input and output terminals of the resistor network. a third resistor connected between the input and output terminals of the resistor network.
A robotic lawnmower system, comprising a charging station and a robotic lawnmower, said system being characterized by said robotic lawnmower comprising at least one charging connector arranged on an upper side of the robotic lawnmower and said charging station comprising at least one mating charging connector and a supporting structure arranged to carry said mating charging connectors and to extend over said robotic lawnmower as the robotic lawnmower enters the charging station for establishing energy transfer contact between the charging connectors of the robotic lawnmower and the charging connectors of the charging station from above, wherein said supporting structure is arranged to allow the robotic lawnmower to exit the charging station by driving through the charging station, wherein the charging connector of the charging station is arranged on a lever arrangement, said charging connector being a collector shoe gear for establishing contact with the charging connectors of the robotic lawnmower from above the charging connectors of the robotic lawnmower, wherein the collector shoe gear is arranged with an angled portion on a face of the charging connector facing the robotic lawnmower as the robotic lawnmower enters the charging station and wherein the collector shoe gear is arranged with a partition to provide at least two contact points.
A method of data storage in a non-volatile memory, wherein the non-volatile memory is divided into: a first region in which each page comprises fields adapted to contain data and a field adapted to contain metadata; a second region in which each page comprises fields adapted to contain data and a field adapted to contain metadata; a third region adapted to contain indicators of the progress of an operation in the first and second regions, the metadata fields of the first and second regions being respectively adapted to contain, during an operation of data update in a page of the first region, the indexes of a page in the second region and of said page of the first region. a first region in which each page comprises fields adapted to contain data and a field adapted to contain metadata; a second region in which each page comprises fields adapted to contain data and a field adapted to contain metadata; a third region adapted to contain indicators of the progress of an operation in the first and second regions, the metadata fields of the first and second regions being respectively adapted to contain, during an operation of data update in a page of the first region, the indexes of a page in the second region and of said page of the first region.
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a storage unit to store a pathological image captured as a virtual slide obtained by imaging an elongated specimen obtained by a needle biopsy, and guide information comprising points at intervals along the center line of a shape of the specimen in the pathological image, the points connected by line segments to form the center line; a display control unit to display at least a part of the stored pathological image, as an observation image, on a screen, a center point of the observation image comprising a view point; an input unit to receive an instruction for changing a range on the pathological image of the observation image displayed on the screen, from a user, the instruction giving a view point candidate for a next range for the observation image; and a control unit to calculate the next range on the pathological image of the observation image based on the instruction and the stored guide information, by setting as a next view point a point on a line segment which is closest to the view point candidate, such that the display control unit can display the observation image centered on the next view point. a storage unit to store a pathological image captured as a virtual slide obtained by imaging an elongated specimen obtained by a needle biopsy, and guide information comprising points at intervals along the center line of a shape of the specimen in the pathological image, the points connected by line segments to form the center line; a display control unit to display at least a part of the stored pathological image, as an observation image, on a screen, a center point of the observation image comprising a view point; an input unit to receive an instruction for changing a range on the pathological image of the observation image displayed on the screen, from a user, the instruction giving a view point candidate for a next range for the observation image; and a control unit to calculate the next range on the pathological image of the observation image based on the instruction and the stored guide information, by setting as a next view point a point on a line segment which is closest to the view point candidate, such that the display control unit can display the observation image centered on the next view point.
Method for producing a value document, comprising a) providing a value document substrate; b) printing the value document substrate with magnetically orientatable effect pigments which are dispersed in a UV-curable varnish; c) the step c1) of exposing the varnish containing the magnetically orientatable effect pigments to a dynamic, specifically a continuously rotating, magnetic field, so that the effect pigments in the varnish arrange themselves parallel to the value document substrate and more particularly edge to edge; the step c2) of irradiating the varnish containing the effect pigments with UV radiation; d) the step of embossing the cured or at least partially cured UV varnish which has the effect pigments arranged parallel to the value document substrate and more particularly edge to edge, so that in the varnish an embossed relief structure is formed which conveys an optically variable image to the viewer and has effect pigments which conform to the relief. a) providing a value document substrate; b) printing the value document substrate with magnetically orientatable effect pigments which are dispersed in a UV-curable varnish; c) the step c1) of exposing the varnish containing the magnetically orientatable effect pigments to a dynamic, specifically a continuously rotating, magnetic field, so that the effect pigments in the varnish arrange themselves parallel to the value document substrate and more particularly edge to edge; the step c2) of irradiating the varnish containing the effect pigments with UV radiation; d) the step of embossing the cured or at least partially cured UV varnish which has the effect pigments arranged parallel to the value document substrate and more particularly edge to edge, so that in the varnish an embossed relief structure is formed which conveys an optically variable image to the viewer and has effect pigments which conform to the relief.
An engine controller (42; 42A; 42B) configured to perform fuel cut-off, which temporarily stops fuel injection, calculate an in-cylinder air amount, which is an amount of air used for combustion in a cylinder, and control an engine based on the in-cylinder air amount, the engine controller (42; 42A; 42B) comprising: a residual air amount calculation unit configured to calculate a residual air amount that is an amount of air in the cylinder remaining from a previous cycle during the fuel cut-off, characterized in that the residual air amount calculation unit is configured to calculate the residual air amount so that the residual air amount increases as a number of cycles of intake-exhaust actions in the cylinder increases during the fuel cut-off, wherein the residual air amount calculation unit is configured to set the residual air amount when fuel cut-off starts to "0" and renew the residual air amount in each cycle of the engine during a period from when the fuel cut-off starts to when the fuel injection restarts using an equation of X i = A × B + X i − 1 / B + A where "X[i-1]" represents a residual air amount before renewal, "X[i]" represents a residual air amount after renewal, "B" represents an in-cylinder intake air amount that is the amount of fresh air drawn into a cylinder from an intake air passage during an intake stroke, and "A" represents a maximum residual air amount that is the amount of air when gas remaining in the cylinder from a previous cycle is all air. a residual air amount calculation unit configured to calculate a residual air amount that is an amount of air in the cylinder remaining from a previous cycle during the fuel cut-off, characterized in that the residual air amount calculation unit is configured to calculate the residual air amount so that the residual air amount increases as a number of cycles of intake-exhaust actions in the cylinder increases during the fuel cut-off, wherein the residual air amount calculation unit is configured to set the residual air amount when fuel cut-off starts to "0" and renew the residual air amount in each cycle of the engine during a period from when the fuel cut-off starts to when the fuel injection restarts using an equation of X i = A × B + X i − 1 / B + A where "X[i-1]" represents a residual air amount before renewal, "X[i]" represents a residual air amount after renewal, "B" represents an in-cylinder intake air amount that is the amount of fresh air drawn into a cylinder from an intake air passage during an intake stroke, and "A" represents a maximum residual air amount that is the amount of air when gas remaining in the cylinder from a previous cycle is all air.
A hydrous silica for rubber reinforcing filler satisfying the following BET specific surface areas and a) to c): the BET-specific surface area ranges from 230 to 350 m 2 /g; a): the pore volume of 1.9-100 nm pore radius measured by the mercury press-in method (V HP-Hg) ranges from 1.40 to 2.00 cm 3 /g; b): the total pore volume in the range of 1.6 to 100 nm pore radius by nitrogen adsorption/desorption method (V N2) ranges from 1.60 to 2.20 cm 3 /g; and c): the pore volume ratio of (a) and (b) V HP-Hg /V N2 ranges from 0.70 to 0.95. a): the pore volume of 1.9-100 nm pore radius measured by the mercury press-in method (V HP-Hg) ranges from 1.40 to 2.00 cm 3 /g; b): the total pore volume in the range of 1.6 to 100 nm pore radius by nitrogen adsorption/desorption method (V N2) ranges from 1.60 to 2.20 cm 3 /g; and c): the pore volume ratio of (a) and (b) V HP-Hg /V N2 ranges from 0.70 to 0.95.
A power converter comprising: a rectifier configured to rectify an input alternate current from an AC power source; a power factor corrector configured to perform a power factor correction operation on an input voltage output from the rectifier; a power converter connected to an output of the power factor corrector, and configured to generate output AC power (SU, SV, SW); and a controller configured to control the power factor correction operation by the power factor corrector,- characterized in that the controller is configured to (i) turn on the power factor corrector and cause the power factor corrector to perform the power factor correction operation if a parameter value, which is calculated by the controller from an input current (Im) flowing into the power factor corrector, or which is a value for input power into or output power from the power factor corrector, is greater than or equal to a first threshold, and (ii) turn off the power factor corrector and cause the power factor corrector to stop the power factor correction operation if the parameter value is smaller than or equal to a second threshold below the first threshold; and through a predetermined time period (Tg) from a moment when the power factor corrector is switched either from on to off, or from off to on, the controller is configured to maintain a state of the switched power factor corrector regardless of the parameter value. a rectifier configured to rectify an input alternate current from an AC power source; a power factor corrector configured to perform a power factor correction operation on an input voltage output from the rectifier; a power converter connected to an output of the power factor corrector, and configured to generate output AC power (SU, SV, SW); and a controller configured to control the power factor correction operation by the power factor corrector,- characterized in that the controller is configured to (i) turn on the power factor corrector and cause the power factor corrector to perform the power factor correction operation if a parameter value, which is calculated by the controller from an input current (Im) flowing into the power factor corrector, or which is a value for input power into or output power from the power factor corrector, is greater than or equal to a first threshold, and (ii) turn off the power factor corrector and cause the power factor corrector to stop the power factor correction operation if the parameter value is smaller than or equal to a second threshold below the first threshold; and through a predetermined time period (Tg) from a moment when the power factor corrector is switched either from on to off, or from off to on, the controller is configured to maintain a state of the switched power factor corrector regardless of the parameter value.
Method of making a swimming pool comprising steps of: i) providing one or more pool walls (2, 4) demarcating a pool compartment; ii) providing a coating material for said pool wall (2, 4) or said plurality of walls, said material consisting of an ethylene-vinyl-acetate copolymer; iii) applying at least one adhesion promoter layer (8, 8') on at least part of the abutment surfaces (12, 14) of the pool wall (2, 4) and of the coating material; iv) superposing at least one adhesive layer on at least one of the adhesion promoter layers (8, 8') of step iii); v) cross-linking the adhesive layer between the coating material and the pool wall (2, 4) in mutual contact, so as to obtain said pool. i) providing one or more pool walls (2, 4) demarcating a pool compartment; ii) providing a coating material for said pool wall (2, 4) or said plurality of walls, said material consisting of an ethylene-vinyl-acetate copolymer; iii) applying at least one adhesion promoter layer (8, 8') on at least part of the abutment surfaces (12, 14) of the pool wall (2, 4) and of the coating material; iv) superposing at least one adhesive layer on at least one of the adhesion promoter layers (8, 8') of step iii); v) cross-linking the adhesive layer between the coating material and the pool wall (2, 4) in mutual contact, so as to obtain said pool.
A process for converting platinum group metal, PGM, collector alloy, comprising the steps of: (a) introducing a converter feed into a pot of a converter holding a molten alloy pool, preferably comprising nickel, wherein the converter feed comprises: (i) 100 parts by weight of a collector alloy comprising no less than 0.5 wt% PGM, no less than 40 wt% iron, and no less than 0.5 wt% nickel, and preferably no more than 3 wt% sulfur and no more than 3 wt% copper, based on the total weight of the collector alloy; and (ii) if an added flux material comprises 10 wt% or more of silica and 10 wt% or more of calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, or a combination of calcium oxide and magnesium oxide, by weight of the added flux material, less than 20 parts by weight of the added flux material; (b) injecting oxygen-containing gas into the alloy pool to convert iron and one or more other oxidizable elements from the collector alloy to the corresponding oxides and enrich PGM in the alloy pool, wherein the introduction of the converter feed and the injection of the oxygen containing gas are at least partially concurrent; (c) allowing a slag comprising the iron oxide to collect in a low-density layer above the alloy pool; (d) tapping the low-density layer to recover the slag from the converter; and (e) tapping the alloy pool to recover the PGM-enriched alloy. (a) introducing a converter feed into a pot of a converter holding a molten alloy pool, preferably comprising nickel, wherein the converter feed comprises: (i) 100 parts by weight of a collector alloy comprising no less than 0.5 wt% PGM, no less than 40 wt% iron, and no less than 0.5 wt% nickel, and preferably no more than 3 wt% sulfur and no more than 3 wt% copper, based on the total weight of the collector alloy; and (ii) if an added flux material comprises 10 wt% or more of silica and 10 wt% or more of calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, or a combination of calcium oxide and magnesium oxide, by weight of the added flux material, less than 20 parts by weight of the added flux material; (i) 100 parts by weight of a collector alloy comprising no less than 0.5 wt% PGM, no less than 40 wt% iron, and no less than 0.5 wt% nickel, and preferably no more than 3 wt% sulfur and no more than 3 wt% copper, based on the total weight of the collector alloy; and (ii) if an added flux material comprises 10 wt% or more of silica and 10 wt% or more of calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, or a combination of calcium oxide and magnesium oxide, by weight of the added flux material, less than 20 parts by weight of the added flux material; (b) injecting oxygen-containing gas into the alloy pool to convert iron and one or more other oxidizable elements from the collector alloy to the corresponding oxides and enrich PGM in the alloy pool, wherein the introduction of the converter feed and the injection of the oxygen containing gas are at least partially concurrent; (c) allowing a slag comprising the iron oxide to collect in a low-density layer above the alloy pool; (d) tapping the low-density layer to recover the slag from the converter; and (e) tapping the alloy pool to recover the PGM-enriched alloy.