mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An apparatus, comprising: an enclosure; an input port (120, 130) in a first face of the enclosure, wherein the input port is configured to receive a computer-readable optical storage medium, wherein the input port is configured to define a chamber having an upper side and a lower side; an array of sensors configured to read the computer-readable medium, wherein the array of sensors is arranged in at least one of the upper side or the lower side, wherein the array of sensors is configured to read the computer-readable storage medium while the computer-readable storage medium is at least one of entering or exiting the chamber; a multiplexer configured to multiplex outputs of the array of sensors and supply a multiplexed stream to an output of the apparatus; and. a shifting mechanism configured to offset the array of sensors relative to the computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium is configured to exit and enter the chamber in a first direction and the shifting mechanism is configured to offset the array in a second direction approximately orthogonal to the first direction. an enclosure; an input port (120, 130) in a first face of the enclosure, wherein the input port is configured to receive a computer-readable optical storage medium, wherein the input port is configured to define a chamber having an upper side and a lower side; an array of sensors configured to read the computer-readable medium, wherein the array of sensors is arranged in at least one of the upper side or the lower side, wherein the array of sensors is configured to read the computer-readable storage medium while the computer-readable storage medium is at least one of entering or exiting the chamber; a multiplexer configured to multiplex outputs of the array of sensors and supply a multiplexed stream to an output of the apparatus; and. a shifting mechanism configured to offset the array of sensors relative to the computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium is configured to exit and enter the chamber in a first direction and the shifting mechanism is configured to offset the array in a second direction approximately orthogonal to the first direction.
A flexible antibody-like molecule having a nonpeptide hinge part comprising: two groups having a nonpeptide hinge part represented by a general formula: XY-Asp-Lys-Thr-His-Thr (SEQ ID No. 1)- wherein X represents an amino acid or a peptide composed of 2 to 50 amino acid residues, and Y is a polyethyleneglycol group with a polymerization degree of 12 to 36; and an antibody Fc fragment in a dimer form bound to the groups having a nonpeptide hinge part. two groups having a nonpeptide hinge part represented by a general formula: XY-Asp-Lys-Thr-His-Thr (SEQ ID No. 1)- wherein X represents an amino acid or a peptide composed of 2 to 50 amino acid residues, and Y is a polyethyleneglycol group with a polymerization degree of 12 to 36; and an antibody Fc fragment in a dimer form bound to the groups having a nonpeptide hinge part.
A device for measuring the level of a fluid in a tank using low frequency acoustic pulses, said device comprising: - a transducer means for transmitting and receiving acoustic pulses, and - a waveguide connected to said transducer and arranged to extend into the fluid, said acoustic pulses have a wavelength that is longer than the double diameter of the waveguide, to ensure plane wave propagation, said waveguide having a reference part arranged to be located above the fluid surface and extending between the transducer and a reference element, said reference element being arranged to partially reflect an acoustic pulse from the transducer in order to allow determination of the current speed of sound, characterized in that said waveguide reference part is helical or has the form of a flat spiral. - a transducer means for transmitting and receiving acoustic pulses, and - a waveguide connected to said transducer and arranged to extend into the fluid, said acoustic pulses have a wavelength that is longer than the double diameter of the waveguide, to ensure plane wave propagation, said waveguide having a reference part arranged to be located above the fluid surface and extending between the transducer and a reference element, said reference element being arranged to partially reflect an acoustic pulse from the transducer in order to allow determination of the current speed of sound, characterized in that said waveguide reference part is helical or has the form of a flat spiral. said acoustic pulses have a wavelength that is longer than the double diameter of the waveguide, to ensure plane wave propagation, said waveguide having a reference part arranged to be located above the fluid surface and extending between the transducer and a reference element, said reference element being arranged to partially reflect an acoustic pulse from the transducer in order to allow determination of the current speed of sound, characterized in that said waveguide reference part is helical or has the form of a flat spiral.
A sliding track with a top layer of Au and/or Ag for being electrically contacted by at least one brush to provide at least one sliding contact (50,51) between the top layer 31 and the brush, characterized in that nano-particles having a higher resistance against abrasion and/or a lower frictional coefficient than Au and/or Ag are embedded in the top layer and wherein said nano-particles are selected from a group consisting of Diamond, SiC, WC, PTFE, CNT, Corundum, Al 2 O 3, sintered ceramic metals, B 4 C, TaC, Be 2 C, TiN, TaN, BN, Si 3 N 4, AIN, Ruby, Zircon, TiB 2, MoSi 2, TiC-WC, TiC-TaC-WC, TiC-TiN, Co 3 W 3 C, Ni 3 W 3 C, W-Co, W-Os, W-Re, W-Ir, Mo-Be, Al 2 O 3 - Cr, Al 2 O 3 - Mo-Cr, Al 2 O 3 - Ni, UO 2 - Mo, ZrO 2 - Mo and/or Titancarbide, TiC / Titannitride, TiN - Ni. characterized in that nano-particles having a higher resistance against abrasion and/or a lower frictional coefficient than Au and/or Ag are embedded in the top layer and wherein said nano-particles are selected from a group consisting of Diamond, SiC, WC, PTFE, CNT, Corundum, Al 2 O 3, sintered ceramic metals, B 4 C, TaC, Be 2 C, TiN, TaN, BN, Si 3 N 4, AIN, Ruby, Zircon, TiB 2, MoSi 2, TiC-WC, TiC-TaC-WC, TiC-TiN, Co 3 W 3 C, Ni 3 W 3 C, W-Co, W-Os, W-Re, W-Ir, Mo-Be, Al 2 O 3 - Cr, Al 2 O 3 - Mo-Cr, Al 2 O 3 - Ni, UO 2 - Mo, ZrO 2 - Mo and/or Titancarbide, TiC / Titannitride, TiN - Ni.
A method of preparing an anode active material, the method comprising the steps of: (i) forming a composite by dispersing a catalytic metal on silicon oxide particles (SiOx, where x satisfies 0<x<2) and performing a heat treatment in the presence of a carbon source to grow fiber-type carbon; (i-1) immersing the composite in an acid solution and then drying the composite, to remove the catalytic metal on silicon oxide particles (SiOx, where x satisfies 0<x<2); and (ii) forming a carbon coating layer by coating the composite with carbon and performing a heat treatment, wherein the anode active material comprises the fiber-type carbon in an amount of 0.1 parts by weight to 5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the silicon oxide particles, a coating amount of carbon in the carbon coating layer is in a range of 5 parts by weight to 20 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the anode active material, and the catalytic metal is used for growth of the fiber-type carbon. (i) forming a composite by dispersing a catalytic metal on silicon oxide particles (SiOx, where x satisfies 0<x<2) and performing a heat treatment in the presence of a carbon source to grow fiber-type carbon; (i-1) immersing the composite in an acid solution and then drying the composite, to remove the catalytic metal on silicon oxide particles (SiOx, where x satisfies 0<x<2); and (ii) forming a carbon coating layer by coating the composite with carbon and performing a heat treatment,
A tread block arrangement suitable for a tire or for a tread band for a tire, the tread block arrangement comprising: - a tread block comprising at least a first sipe delimited by a first sipe wall, a second sipe wall and a bottom of the sipe, wherein the first sipe wall and the second sipe wall are arranged parallel to each other and define a width (w) of the sipe, further wherein at least the first sipe wall has at least one indentation to increase an empty volume of the sipe at the location of the indentation, wherein the first sipe wall has an inclined section to form said at least one indentation, wherein a distance (w) between the first sipe wall and the second sipe wall increases towards the bottom of the sipe at the location of the inclined section, characterized in that - in the longitudinal direction of the inclined section the height of the inclination differs so that at one end of the inclined section the inclination starts at or near a top of the tread block and the inclination starts more and more deep in the sipe towards the other end of the inclined section. - a tread block comprising at least a first sipe delimited by a first sipe wall, a second sipe wall and a bottom of the sipe, wherein the first sipe wall and the second sipe wall are arranged parallel to each other and define a width (w) of the sipe, further wherein at least the first sipe wall has at least one indentation to increase an empty volume of the sipe at the location of the indentation, wherein the first sipe wall has an inclined section to form said at least one indentation, wherein a distance (w) between the first sipe wall and the second sipe wall increases towards the bottom of the sipe at the location of the inclined section, characterized in that wherein the first sipe wall has an inclined section to form said at least one indentation, wherein a distance (w) between the first sipe wall and the second sipe wall increases towards the bottom of the sipe at the location of the inclined section, characterized in that - in the longitudinal direction of the inclined section the height of the inclination differs so that at one end of the inclined section the inclination starts at or near a top of the tread block and the inclination starts more and more deep in the sipe towards the other end of the inclined section.
An iris identification method comprising iris code registration and iris identification, the iris code registration comprising the steps of acquiring iris images by capturing images using a camera or retrieving stored image files, generating iris codes from the acquired iris images, and storing the generated iris codes in a database, while the iris identification comprising the steps of acquiring an iris image in a manner identical to that of the iris code registration, generating an iris code from the acquired iris image, and identifying the generated iris code by comparing the generated iris code with the iris codes stored in the database, wherein: the iris code generation step is performed in such a way as to determine inner and outer boundaries of an iris region with a pupil and a sclera respectively by approximating the inner and outer boundaries with circular or ellipsoid curves based on actual shapes of the inner and outer boundaries, divide a part or all of a region between the inner and outer boundaries into one or more unit sectors, and generate an iris code corresponding to the respective sectors, and the iris code identification step is performed by measuring distances of the generated code to the existing codes stored in the database and determine whether each of the distances falls within a threshold value; wherein the iris code generation step comprises the steps of converting the iris region into a rectangular region using mapping that maps a part or all of the iris region including the unit sectors to a plane rectangular region, the rectangular region thus being divided into one or more corresponding unit sectors in the converted space, performing frequency transform on the respective unit sectors, and generating the code using frequency transform results; and characterized in that the iris code generation step is performed in such a way that division into sub-regions of relatively large size is performed near a location corresponding to the inner boundary of the iris and division into sub-regions of relatively small size is performed near a location corresponding to the outer boundary of the iris when the rectangular region is divided into the unit sectors after the iris region has been transformed into the rectangular region. the iris code generation step is performed in such a way as to determine inner and outer boundaries of an iris region with a pupil and a sclera respectively by approximating the inner and outer boundaries with circular or ellipsoid curves based on actual shapes of the inner and outer boundaries, divide a part or all of a region between the inner and outer boundaries into one or more unit sectors, and generate an iris code corresponding to the respective sectors, and the iris code identification step is performed by measuring distances of the generated code to the existing codes stored in the database and determine whether each of the distances falls within a threshold value;
Method of making solid milk comprising: a compression step for compressing powdered milk to obtain a solid form of compressed powdered milk; a humidifying step for humidifying the compressed powdered milk obtained by the compression step; and a drying step for drying the compressed powdered milk humidified by the humidifying step; a compression force in the compression step comprising 50KPa-30MPa, wherein the compression step obtains the solid form of the compressed powdered milk by using a compression molding machine to compress the powdered milk, wherein the compression speed of the compression molding machine is 0.5 mm/s-40 mm/s. a compression step for compressing powdered milk to obtain a solid form of compressed powdered milk; a humidifying step for humidifying the compressed powdered milk obtained by the compression step; and a drying step for drying the compressed powdered milk humidified by the humidifying step;
A method for removing a radiation polymerized cosmetic coating from nails wherein first a polymerizable nail coating composition comprising a (meth)acrylic oligomer, (meth)acrylic polymer or (meth)acrylic monomer, or a mixture of a (meth)acrylic oligomer and/or (meth)acrylic polymer and a (meth)acrylic monomer, wherein the oligomer or monomer has an acidic or basic ionizable group, has been applied to a nail and radiation cured, the method further comprising applying a solvent system comprising a hydroxyl-containing solvent selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol, and water and a non-hydroxyl-containing solvent selected from the group consisting of acetone and ethyl acetate to the polymerized cosmetic coating.
Process for the treatment of landfill leachate wastewater comprising the following steps: - treating the landfill leachate wastewater from the landfill and mixing them with active charcoal at room temperature, preferably passing the landfill leachate wastewater onto a fixed bed of activated charcoal: - filtering the mixture to obtain an eluate; - carrying out a photo-ozonolysis treatment on the eluate of the preceding step consisting in ozonolysis and simultaneous irradiation with UV light, said process being characterized in that the photo-ozonolysis is carried out in saturation conditions with ozone. - treating the landfill leachate wastewater from the landfill and mixing them with active charcoal at room temperature, preferably passing the landfill leachate wastewater onto a fixed bed of activated charcoal: - filtering the mixture to obtain an eluate; - carrying out a photo-ozonolysis treatment on the eluate of the preceding step consisting in ozonolysis and simultaneous irradiation with UV light, said process being characterized in that the photo-ozonolysis is carried out in saturation conditions with ozone. - filtering the mixture to obtain an eluate; - carrying out a photo-ozonolysis treatment on the eluate of the preceding step consisting in ozonolysis and simultaneous irradiation with UV light, said process being characterized in that the photo-ozonolysis is carried out in saturation conditions with ozone.
A method for identifying a cell, the method comprising: - providing a cell; - stimulating the cell with a stimulant thereby modifying a cell membrane impedance of the cell; thereafter - monitoring the cell membrane impedance; - identifying the cell based on the monitored cell membrane impedance, wherein monitoring the cell membrane impedance further comprises measuring a crossover frequency (Fc) of the cell by: - applying at least one electrical field characterized by at least one non-zero frequency which creates a dielectrophoretic force on the cell, - measuring the dielectrophoretic force on the cell, and - determining a cross-over frequency of the cell, wherein the cross-over frequency is the frequency at which cell experiences zero DEP force, characterized in that the method further comprises removing the stimulant after stimulating the cell with the stimulant and before monitoring the cell membrane impedance. - providing a cell; - stimulating the cell with a stimulant thereby modifying a cell membrane impedance of the cell; thereafter - monitoring the cell membrane impedance; - identifying the cell based on the monitored cell membrane impedance, - applying at least one electrical field characterized by at least one non-zero frequency which creates a dielectrophoretic force on the cell, - measuring the dielectrophoretic force on the cell, and - determining a cross-over frequency of the cell, wherein the cross-over frequency is the frequency at which cell experiences zero DEP force,
A device for providing information relating to stations each broadcasting an audio programme on a very high frequency band and at least one station identifier by means of a Radio Data System service, characterized in that it includes storage means arranged to store a correspondence table between station identifiers and station names, and processing means arranged to determine in said correspondence table either a stored station name in correspondence to a station identifier received by said device so as to provide this determined station name, or a stored station identifier in correspondence to a station name received by said device so as to provide this determined station identifier.
A method for authorising external devices which can be optionally connected to a data bus of a motor vehicle, in which method at least one first code can be input by an operator into an external device which can be connected to the data bus and is sent by the external device via the data bus to an authorisation device of the motor vehicle, the authorisation device compares the first code to a second code and, if the first code corresponds to the second code, the device connected to the data bus is authorised to couple to the data bus, characterised in that the second code is determined from an operating variable stored in the motor vehicle on the vehicle side in a time-variable manner, independently of the external device, and in that the second code or a substitute code, suitable for the determination thereof, is output to the driver of the motor vehicle by an output unit inside the motor vehicle.
An electromechanical actuator to operate a component (16, 19, 27) in an internal combustion engine comprising an actuator body having a substantially cylindrical housing, which extends perpendicularly to a wall of the actuator body and houses, on the inside, an electric motor; the electromechanical actuator is entirely made of a first material and comprises the substantially cylindrical housing and an L-shaped chamber, which houses the gear drive and is closed by a removable lid; the material making up the electromechanical actuator is a metal material, in particular aluminium or steel, preferably stainless steel, or copper and housing the actuator body houses an actuator device, which controls the movement of the component (16, 19, 27) so as to move it between a maximum opening position and a maximum closing position, and vice versa; the actuator device comprises the electric motor and the gear drive that transmits the motion from the electric motor to the component (16, 19, 27); the electromechanical actuator is characterized in that it comprises a conditioning circuit defined in the actuator body and comprising a pipe for the passage of a conditioning fluid, which is made of a second thermally conductive material; wherein the actuator body comprises a seat, which is manufactured so as to receive the pipe is open on the upper side and the surface that defines the seat has a shape that is complementary to an outer surface of the pipe; and wherein there is provided a layer of a structural and thermally conductive resin with a substantially uniform thickness, which is interposed between the seat and the pipe and is applied on the entire available surface of the seat, so as to allow the pipe to be fixed in the seat such that the pipe is rigidly constrained to the seat exclusively by means of the structural and thermally conductive resin; and wherein the second material is chosen among: steel, preferably stainless steel, or aluminium or copper.
A marker placement device, comprising: a marker placement decision section for deciding, for every predetermined pitch from a starting edge of a side to an end edge of the side, a placement position of a marker for detecting a position within a rectangular image region, the placement position being along the side of the image region within an image; and a marker adding section for adding the marker to the image according to the placement position decided, and wherein the marker placement decision section is configured to decide, when a gap shorter than the pitch remains between the end edge and the decided placement position closest to the end edge of the side, a first marker placement position closest to the starting edge, and to decide a subsequent marker placement position at the predetermined pitch after providing, on a starting edge side of the side, an offset shorter than the gap. a marker placement decision section for deciding, for every predetermined pitch from a starting edge of a side to an end edge of the side, a placement position of a marker for detecting a position within a rectangular image region, the placement position being along the side of the image region within an image; and a marker adding section for adding the marker to the image according to the placement position decided, and wherein the marker placement decision section is configured to decide, when a gap shorter than the pitch remains between the end edge and the decided placement position closest to the end edge of the side, a first marker placement position closest to the starting edge, and to decide a subsequent marker placement position at the predetermined pitch after providing, on a starting edge side of the side, an offset shorter than the gap.