mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An apparatus comprising: a windscreen in a first surface, a gradient microphone housed in a capsule having first and second outlets through which the gradient microphone receives sound, the outlets being coupled to openings in a second surface, the first surface and the second surface being displaced a non-zero distance from each other, wherein the first surface, the second surface and at least one wall between the first surface and the second surface enclose a volume; a pressure microphone mounted between the first and second surfaces; and circuitry coupled to the gradient microphone and the pressure microphone and operable to combine output signals of the gradient microphone and of the pressure microphone and provide a combined microphone signal. a windscreen in a first surface, a gradient microphone housed in a capsule having first and second outlets through which the gradient microphone receives sound, the outlets being coupled to openings in a second surface, the first surface and the second surface being displaced a non-zero distance from each other, wherein the first surface, the second surface and at least one wall between the first surface and the second surface enclose a volume; a pressure microphone mounted between the first and second surfaces; and circuitry coupled to the gradient microphone and the pressure microphone and operable to combine output signals of the gradient microphone and of the pressure microphone and provide a combined microphone signal.
A method for operating a self-propelling and self-steering floor-cleaning device, wherein at least one map of at least one room (52, 54, 56) to be cleaned is stored in a storage unit of the floor-cleaning device, as is a user-predeterminable cleaning plan having one or more cleaning tasks, wherein at least one cleaning task is associated with a particular room (52, 54, 56) that is identifiable from the at least one map, and the floor-cleaning device is placed in a room (52, 54, 56), characterized in that the method comprises: - when the cleaning plan is executed, examining, by means of a control unit of the floor-cleaning device, at least one sensor signal of the sensor unit of the floor-cleaning device for features indicative of the room (52, 54, 56) in which the floor-cleaning device is located; - checking whether the features are present in the map stored in the at least one storage unit; - determining, before or during the performance of the cleaning task, whether the room (52, 54, 56) in which the floor-cleaning device is placed is the particular room (52, 54, 56); and, if the result of this determination is negative: - not carrying out, interrupting or ending the performance of the cleaning task associated with the particular room (52, 54, 56). - when the cleaning plan is executed, examining, by means of a control unit of the floor-cleaning device, at least one sensor signal of the sensor unit of the floor-cleaning device for features indicative of the room (52, 54, 56) in which the floor-cleaning device is located; - checking whether the features are present in the map stored in the at least one storage unit; - determining, before or during the performance of the cleaning task, whether the room (52, 54, 56) in which the floor-cleaning device is placed is the particular room (52, 54, 56); and, if the result of this determination is negative: - not carrying out, interrupting or ending the performance of the cleaning task associated with the particular room (52, 54, 56).
A cyclopropyl unsaturated quinoline compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate or solvate thereof for use as a leukotriene receptor antagonist, for use in treating and/or preventing and/or delaying and/or providing adjuvant therapy for asthma and/or allergic rhinitis and asthma syndromes, having a structural formula as follows:
A method implemented by computer for sharing resources between connected objects (202 1 -202 3) forming a local network, said method implementing a management unit connected to said connected objects (202 1 -202 3) within said local network and controlling the sharing of resources using a list of shared resource(s) (LRP1, LRP2) that are shared by each of said connected objects (202 1 -202 3) within said local network, said method comprising at least one iteration of the following steps for at least one of said connected objects (202 i), said steps being implemented by said management unit - monitoring the connection status, to said management unit, of each connected object (202 i) to determine whether said connected object (202 i) is reachable or not, and - in the event of a change in the connection status of each connected object (202 i), updating (106, 110, 114) said list (LRP1, LRP2) when said list (LRP1, LRP2) mentions a shared resource related to said connected object. - monitoring the connection status, to said management unit, of each connected object (202 i) to determine whether said connected object (202 i) is reachable or not, and - in the event of a change in the connection status of each connected object (202 i), updating (106, 110, 114) said list (LRP1, LRP2) when said list (LRP1, LRP2) mentions a shared resource related to said connected object.
A positioning method, applied to a terminal in wireless network, comprising: acquiring, by the terminal, positioning information of the terminal; wherein the positioning information comprises a sub-frame or sub-frame set index, and time advance amount information of positioning signal received by the terminal from each of cooperative transmission nodes for terminal positioning; wherein the sub-frame or sub-frame set index comprises: index information of a sub-frame or sub-frame set for which a strongest positioning signal is detected by the terminal from a plurality of sub-frames or sub-frame sets on which the positioning signal is transmitted from each of the cooperative transmission nodes in respective transmission modes; and at least one of following transmission parameters is different in different transmission modes: a transmission port, a beam direction and a precoding mode, and each of the transmission port and the precoding mode corresponds to the beam direction; and sending, by the terminal, the acquired positioning information to a transmission node. acquiring, by the terminal, positioning information of the terminal; wherein the positioning information comprises a sub-frame or sub-frame set index, and time advance amount information of positioning signal received by the terminal from each of cooperative transmission nodes for terminal positioning; wherein the sub-frame or sub-frame set index comprises: index information of a sub-frame or sub-frame set for which a strongest positioning signal is detected by the terminal from a plurality of sub-frames or sub-frame sets on which the positioning signal is transmitted from each of the cooperative transmission nodes in respective transmission modes; and at least one of following transmission parameters is different in different transmission modes: a transmission port, a beam direction and a precoding mode, and each of the transmission port and the precoding mode corresponds to the beam direction; and sending, by the terminal, the acquired positioning information to a transmission node.
A substantially circular closure seal for closing a container which has a secondary sealing means and therebeneath a primary seal having a circular surface of a radius for adhesively fixing on the upper edge of a container opening, wherein the primary seal and the secondary sealing means are releasably connected together by a separating layer, wherein the secondary sealing means is matched to the shape of the primary seal, wherein the primary seal has at least one tab extending in the radial direction, characterised in that the primary seal has a plurality of tabs which are arranged along the closure seal periphery at equal angular spacings and which project beyond the edge of the circular surface and which are in the shape of a ring portion extending around the centre point of the closure seal immediately outside the circular surface and the radial projection of which beyond the circular surface in the radial direction is between 1 mm and 5 mm, preferably between 2 and 4 mm.
A neutron scintillator comprising a eutectic body composed of laminar lithium fluoride crystals and laminar calcium fluoride crystals alternately arranged in layers, wherein thickness of the lithium fluoride crystal layers in the eutectic body is 0.1 to 5 μm.
An apparatus for orienting a tubular heat-shrinkable sleeve relative to a container that is being transported along a transport direction around which the heat-shrinkable sleeve has been arranged, wherein the sleeve has not yet been finally shrunk, characterized in that the apparatus comprises: a conveyor having a movable belt for transporting the container in the transport direction; a sleeve orientation unit, comprising: a support surface arranged at a distance from the container, the support surface being moveable in a direction parallel to the transport direction; a holding unit configured to hold the sleeve against the support surface; a determining unit for determining the angular position difference between the container and the sleeve, preferably relative to an axis perpendicular to said conveyor belt; wherein the sleeve orientation unit is configured to rotate the sleeve relative to the container in dependence of said angular position difference between the container and the sleeve by moving the support surface while the sleeve is held against the support surface. a conveyor having a movable belt for transporting the container in the transport direction; a sleeve orientation unit, comprising: a support surface arranged at a distance from the container, the support surface being moveable in a direction parallel to the transport direction; a holding unit configured to hold the sleeve against the support surface; a determining unit for determining the angular position difference between the container and the sleeve, preferably relative to an axis perpendicular to said conveyor belt; a support surface arranged at a distance from the container, the support surface being moveable in a direction parallel to the transport direction; a holding unit configured to hold the sleeve against the support surface; a determining unit for determining the angular position difference between the container and the sleeve, preferably relative to an axis perpendicular to said conveyor belt; wherein the sleeve orientation unit is configured to rotate the sleeve relative to the container in dependence of said angular position difference between the container and the sleeve by moving the support surface while the sleeve is held against the support surface.
A method for a wireless device to perform measurements in a mobile communication network, the method comprising: receiving configuration information for periodic downlink pilot measurements to be performed by the wireless device, the configuration information including an upper limit on a number of neighbor cells (115, 120, 125) for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported, wherein the limit is a first upper limit on a first number of neighbor cells, among all absolute priority layers having higher priority than an absolute priority layer of a serving cell of the wireless device, for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported, and wherein the configuration information further includes: a second upper limit on a second number of neighbor cells, among all absolute priority layers having lower priority than the absolute priority layer of the serving cell of the wireless device, for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported; and a third upper limit on a third number of neighbor cells, among all absolute priority layers having priority equal to the absolute priority layer of the serving cell of the wireless device, for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported; and the method further comprising: performing the periodic downlink pilot measurements in accordance with the configuration information. a second upper limit on a second number of neighbor cells, among all absolute priority layers having lower priority than the absolute priority layer of the serving cell of the wireless device, for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported; and a third upper limit on a third number of neighbor cells, among all absolute priority layers having priority equal to the absolute priority layer of the serving cell of the wireless device, for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported; and the method further comprising: performing the periodic downlink pilot measurements in accordance with the configuration information.
A disposable blood collection cuvette for optical analysis of non-red blood cells, the cuvette comprising: a mixing chamber having an inlet for accepting a sample of whole blood, the mixing chamber further comprising a dried reagent capable of dissolving on contact with the whole blood sample and containing a probe composition that comprises a plurality of analyte-specific probes, each capable of binding specifically to a different cellular analyte of a non-red blood cell, wherein each probe is characterized by (a) a binding compound specific for a cellular analyte under binding conditions, and (b) attached to the binding compound an optical label, wherein the optical label of each different probe has a different excitation band excitable by a different light source and the optical labels of all probes emit optical signals within the same wavelength range detectable by a single detector; and a sample chamber fluidly connected to the mixing chamber so that a sample in the mixing chamber is transferred to the sample chamber by capillary action, the sample chamber having an optically transmissive wall and a dimension perpendicular thereto, wherein the dimensions of the sample chamber perpendicular to said optically transmissive wall is in the range from 10 to 120 μm. a mixing chamber having an inlet for accepting a sample of whole blood, the mixing chamber further comprising a dried reagent capable of dissolving on contact with the whole blood sample and containing a probe composition that comprises a plurality of analyte-specific probes, each capable of binding specifically to a different cellular analyte of a non-red blood cell, wherein each probe is characterized by (a) a binding compound specific for a cellular analyte under binding conditions, and (b) attached to the binding compound an optical label, wherein the optical label of each different probe has a different excitation band excitable by a different light source and the optical labels of all probes emit optical signals within the same wavelength range detectable by a single detector; and a sample chamber fluidly connected to the mixing chamber so that a sample in the mixing chamber is transferred to the sample chamber by capillary action, the sample chamber having an optically transmissive wall and a dimension perpendicular thereto, wherein the dimensions of the sample chamber perpendicular to said optically transmissive wall is in the range from 10 to 120 μm.
An electric bicycle having an electrically operated drive motor, having a battery for the energy supply of the drive motor, the battery being secured in a battery compartment of the electric bicycle by an electrically unlockable battery lock and being removable from the battery compartment after unlocking the battery lock, and having a control unit for the battery lock, characterized in that the control unit blocks an unlocking of the battery lock as long as the electric bicycle is in motion.
A system (100; 200; 600; 700) of electrical interconnection between an intrinsically extensible conductor and a not intrinsically extensible one, or between two extensible conductors, comprising: - an interconnection board consisting of a rigid or flexible non-extensible planar substrate, on one functionalized face of which is present at least one conductive track, each in electrical contact, at one end thereof, with at least one conductor external to the system which may be rigid, elastic or in its turn extensible; - an elastic and extensible substrate (120; 601; 701) on a functionalized face of which is present at least one extensible conductive structure (121; 602, 602'; 702); - at least one deposit of an adhesive, elastic and electrically insulating material, interposed between said interconnection board and elastic and extensible substrate, which adheres to said functionalized faces at least in part of their zones free from said at least one conductive track and said at least one extensible conductive structure, establishing the adhesion between said board and substrate while allowing the relative motion thereof and ensuring the contact between said at least one conductive track and said at least one extensible conductive structure, optionally through at least one deposit of an adhesive, elastic and electrically conductive material. - an interconnection board consisting of a rigid or flexible non-extensible planar substrate, on one functionalized face of which is present at least one conductive track, each in electrical contact, at one end thereof, with at least one conductor external to the system which may be rigid, elastic or in its turn extensible; - an elastic and extensible substrate (120; 601; 701) on a functionalized face of which is present at least one extensible conductive structure (121; 602, 602'; 702); - at least one deposit of an adhesive, elastic and electrically insulating material, interposed between said interconnection board and elastic and extensible substrate, which adheres to said functionalized faces at least in part of their zones free from said at least one conductive track and said at least one extensible conductive structure, establishing the adhesion between said board and substrate while allowing the relative motion thereof and ensuring the contact between said at least one conductive track and said at least one extensible conductive structure, optionally through at least one deposit of an adhesive, elastic and electrically conductive material.
An optical subassembly comprising - a carrier substrate; - a photonic integrated circuit, PIC, comprising a first optical waveguide having a first longitudinal central axis, said PIC being arranged on the carrier substrate; - an external optical system comprising a second optical waveguide having a second longitudinal central axis; - a component for supporting the external optical system on the carrier substrate and maintaining alignment of the first longitudinal central axis of the first optical waveguide and the second longitudinal central axis of the second optical waveguide with respect to each other; - a first layer of adhesive material being arranged between said component and the carrier substrate configured to mount said component directly on the carrier substrate; and - a second layer of adhesive material being arranged between said component and the second optical wave guide configured to mount the second optical wave guide directly to the component, said first and second layers of adhesive material having respective first and second thicknesses, the sum of said first and second thicknesses being less than 10μm. - a carrier substrate; - a photonic integrated circuit, PIC, comprising a first optical waveguide having a first longitudinal central axis, said PIC being arranged on the carrier substrate; - an external optical system comprising a second optical waveguide having a second longitudinal central axis; - a component for supporting the external optical system on the carrier substrate and maintaining alignment of the first longitudinal central axis of the first optical waveguide and the second longitudinal central axis of the second optical waveguide with respect to each other; - a first layer of adhesive material being arranged between said component and the carrier substrate configured to mount said component directly on the carrier substrate; and - a second layer of adhesive material being arranged between said component and the second optical wave guide configured to mount the second optical wave guide directly to the component, said first and second layers of adhesive material having respective first and second thicknesses, the sum of said first and second thicknesses being less than 10μm.
A turbine shroud segment adapted for use in a gas turbine engine, the turbine shroud segment comprising a carrier segment comprising metallic materials, a blade track segment comprising ceramic matrix composite materials, the blade track segment formed to include a runner shaped to extend partway around a central axis and an attachment portion that extends radially outward from the runner, a seal, a mounting system which includes a brace formed to include a bracket that engages the attachment portion of the blade track segment and at least one shaft that extends from the bracket through the carrier to couple the blade track segment to the carrier segment, and characterized in that the seal is arranged radially between the carrier segment and the blade track segment, and in that the mounting system is configured to couple the blade track segment to the carrier segment and to move the blade track segment relative to the carrier segment so that the seal engages both the carrier segment and the blade track segment.
A dispenser for dispensing paper or non-woven sheet product for wiping, wherein the level of sheet product contained in the dispenser decreases as the sheet product is dispensed, the dispenser comprising a level sensor for determining the level of the sheet product contained in the dispenser, wherein the level sensor is arranged to direct a beam toward a surface associated with the sheet product, characterised in that the level sensor is an ultrasonic level sensor and the beam is ultrasonic, and characterised in that a distance that the beam travels to the surface changes progressively as the level of the sheet product in the dispenser changes from a full condition to an empty condition.
Suction nozzle (30; 30'; 30"), in particular for a cleaning appliance for hard surfaces comprising a suction device, which suction nozzle (30; 30'; 30") has a suction opening (40; 40'; 40") to which a suction channel connects that is connectable to the suction device with its end remote from the suction opening (40; 40'; 40"), wherein the suction nozzle (30; 30'; 30") has at least one flexible wiping lip (42, 44; 42', 44'; 42", 44") that extends along the suction opening (40; 40'; 40") and has a wiping edge, facing away from the suction opening (40; 40'; 40") and extending in the direction thereof, and two side edges (60, 62; 60', 62'; 60", 62"), facing away from one another and running transversely to the wiping edge, characterized in that the suction nozzle (30; 30'; 30") comprises a spacer device (50; 50'; 50") with at least one spacer element (52; 52'; 52") which projects laterally over at least one of the two side edges (60, 62; 60', 62'; 60", 62") in a spacing position, in that the spacer device (50; 50'; 50") comprises an adjusting device (74; 74'; 74") for arranging the at least one spacer element (52; 52'; 52") in a first spacing position and in at least one second spacing position, in that the adjusting device (74; 74') is configured for continuously moving the at least one spacer element (52; 52'), in that the adjusting device (74; 74') comprises at least one drive device (76; 76') for moving the at least one spacer element (52; 52') from a first spacing position into at least one second spacing position and/or vice versa, and in that the at least one drive device (76; 76') is configured in the form of a linear drive (78; 78').