mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A multi-layered polymeric article, such as an individualizing identification document or a security element, including a plurality of polymeric layers joined without adhesive, wherein at least one of said layers comprising colored identifying individualizing images inscribed therein, said article characterized in that the images are inscribed in the form of semi-transparent pixel matrixes consisting of thin-film pixel elements with sub-pixel structures (3, 4) consisting of areas with metallized diffraction gratings, the reflectivity of which on predetermined light wavelengths is changed when the article is individualized by laser engraving of diffraction gratings with precise pointing of the laser beam to the areas of their location; at least two polymeric layers are joined together by fusion; wherein the pixel matrixes are formed on surfaces between the fused layers, one of which being transparent, and consist of pixels of a size of 30 to 200 μm spaced apart by a distance of 30 to 500 μm, so that the formed images have a predetermined transparency of 50 to 99%, and the area of the metallized diffraction gratings does not exceed 50% of the area of the layer in which they are disposed.
An outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, comprising: an air passage defined inside a casing; an outdoor heat exchanger installed in the air passage; an outdoor unit fan configured to introduce air into the outdoor heat exchanger; and an air passage blocking object configured to block a flow of part of the air in the air passage, wherein the outdoor heat exchanger includes a heat transfer tube configured to allow refrigerant to pass therein, and a fin connected to the heat transfer tube, wherein the heat transfer tube includes a hairpin portion, which is a portion of the heat transfer tube bent and folded back and to which no fin is connected, and wherein the air passage blocking object is configured to cover the hairpin portion, characterized in that the heat transfer tube is a flat tube with an elongate sectional shape, and is arranged so that a longitudinal axis of the elongate sectional shape is horizontally oriented; wherein the heat transfer tube is inserted into a cutout portion formed in the fin, wherein the cutout portion is opened at one end of the fin in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the fin, and extends from the one end toward an other end of the fin, and wherein, in the outdoor heat exchanger, the other end of the fin is arranged so as to be oriented toward the air passage blocking object side. an air passage defined inside a casing; an outdoor heat exchanger installed in the air passage; an outdoor unit fan configured to introduce air into the outdoor heat exchanger; and an air passage blocking object configured to block a flow of part of the air in the air passage, wherein the outdoor heat exchanger includes a heat transfer tube configured to allow refrigerant to pass therein, and a fin connected to the heat transfer tube, a heat transfer tube configured to allow refrigerant to pass therein, and a fin connected to the heat transfer tube, wherein the heat transfer tube includes a hairpin portion, which is a portion of the heat transfer tube bent and folded back and to which no fin is connected, and wherein the air passage blocking object is configured to cover the hairpin portion, characterized in that the heat transfer tube is a flat tube with an elongate sectional shape, and is arranged so that a longitudinal axis of the elongate sectional shape is horizontally oriented; wherein the heat transfer tube is inserted into a cutout portion formed in the fin, wherein the cutout portion is opened at one end of the fin in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the fin, and extends from the one end toward an other end of the fin, and wherein, in the outdoor heat exchanger, the other end of the fin is arranged so as to be oriented toward the air passage blocking object side.
A method of training a deep neural network based image recognition model for estimating a class of a landmark comprised in an input image and estimating a location of a reference point of the landmark, comprising: calculating a temporary output from a training image using the image recognition model, the temporary output comprising temporary class information and temporary reference point information of a landmark comprised in the training image, wherein the temporary class information includes a probability that the landmark in a training image belongs to a particular class, and wherein the temporary reference point information comprises estimated reference point coordinates of the landmark; calculating a class loss for the landmark based on the temporary class information and ground truth class information of the landmark; calculating a class-based weight based on the temporary class information, the class-based weight indicating a quantified value of a probability estimated for the ground truth class of the landmark; calculating a class-dependent localization loss based on the class-based weight, the temporary reference point information, and ground truth reference point information of the landmark; and training the image recognition model using a total loss comprising the class loss and the class-dependent localization loss. calculating a temporary output from a training image using the image recognition model, the temporary output comprising temporary class information and temporary reference point information of a landmark comprised in the training image, wherein the temporary class information includes a probability that the landmark in a training image belongs to a particular class, and wherein the temporary reference point information comprises estimated reference point coordinates of the landmark; calculating a class loss for the landmark based on the temporary class information and ground truth class information of the landmark; calculating a class-based weight based on the temporary class information, the class-based weight indicating a quantified value of a probability estimated for the ground truth class of the landmark; calculating a class-dependent localization loss based on the class-based weight, the temporary reference point information, and ground truth reference point information of the landmark; and training the image recognition model using a total loss comprising the class loss and the class-dependent localization loss.
A hose reel for coiling a hose, the hose reel comprising: a frame; and a reel assembly rotatably connected to the frame about an axis of rotation, the reel assembly including a drum assembly having a drum surface configured to receive and support the hose as the drum assembly is rotated about the axis of rotation to coil the hose around the drum surface, the drum assembly including a hose fitting defining a fluid outlet, the hose fitting configured to be connected to one end of the hose to fluidly connect the hose to the fluid outlet, the drum assembly defining a recess in the drum surface in which the fluid outlet of the hose fitting is disposed such that at least a portion of the fluid outlet is disposed between the axis of rotation and the drum surface; wherein the recess is configured to guide the hose from the fluid outlet to the drum surface such that the hose extends from the recess in a direction that is generally perpendicular to the axis of rotation; characterized in that the recess includes a first recess section configured to guide the hose to the drum surface such that the hose extends from the first recess section in a first direction that is generally perpendicular to the axis of rotation to coil the hose in a clockwise direction around the drum surface and a second recess section configured to guide the hose to the drum surface such that the hose extends from the second recess section in a second direction that is generally perpendicular to the axis of the rotation to coil the hose in a counter-clockwise direction around the drum surface. a frame; and a reel assembly rotatably connected to the frame about an axis of rotation, the reel assembly including a drum assembly having a drum surface configured to receive and support the hose as the drum assembly is rotated about the axis of rotation to coil the hose around the drum surface, the drum assembly including a hose fitting defining a fluid outlet, the hose fitting configured to be connected to one end of the hose to fluidly connect the hose to the fluid outlet, the drum assembly defining a recess in the drum surface in which the fluid outlet of the hose fitting is disposed such that at least a portion of the fluid outlet is disposed between the axis of rotation and the drum surface; wherein the recess is configured to guide the hose from the fluid outlet to the drum surface such that the hose extends from the recess in a direction that is generally perpendicular to the axis of rotation; characterized in that the recess includes a first recess section configured to guide the hose to the drum surface such that the hose extends from the first recess section in a first direction that is generally perpendicular to the axis of rotation to coil the hose in a clockwise direction around the drum surface and a second recess section configured to guide the hose to the drum surface such that the hose extends from the second recess section in a second direction that is generally perpendicular to the axis of the rotation to coil the hose in a counter-clockwise direction around the drum surface.
A system for monitoring and quantitatively measuring displacement of reflective surfaces (12, 14) in a Fabry-Perot sensor, the system comprising: a source providing laser light, said laser light source being tunable over a range of frequencies and being tunable at a fast scan rate over a subset of said range of frequencies; a Fabry-Perot sensor (S P, S T; S PD) spanning a gap, said Fabry-Perot sensor being adapted for receiving and modulating the laser light as the light is fast scanned over the subset range of frequencies and said gap having an unknown variable length defined by two reflective surfaces; detector means (D 1, D 2) for generating a detector signal from a normalized intensity ratio of the modulated laser light; and signal conditioner means for identifying at least two frequency minima in the normalized intensity ratio and generating an output indicative of displacement between the two reflective surfaces, said signal conditioner means receiving the detector signal and generating the output therefrom. a source providing laser light, said laser light source being tunable over a range of frequencies and being tunable at a fast scan rate over a subset of said range of frequencies; a Fabry-Perot sensor (S P, S T; S PD) spanning a gap, said Fabry-Perot sensor being adapted for receiving and modulating the laser light as the light is fast scanned over the subset range of frequencies and said gap having an unknown variable length defined by two reflective surfaces; detector means (D 1, D 2) for generating a detector signal from a normalized intensity ratio of the modulated laser light; and signal conditioner means for identifying at least two frequency minima in the normalized intensity ratio and generating an output indicative of displacement between the two reflective surfaces, said signal conditioner means receiving the detector signal and generating the output therefrom.
A method of reducing power consumption in a wireless communication transmitter power amplifier, comprising: providing a phase-modulated radio frequency periodic signal to a plurality of power amplifier cells; receiving digital amplitude modulation data; thermometer coding a first plurality of the modulation data bits; selectively activating one or more equally weighted power amplifier cells based on the thermometer coded modulation data bits; binary coding a second plurality of the modulation data bits; selectively activating one or more binary weighted power amplifier cells based on the binary coded modulation data bits; receiving an output power requirement indication; if the output power requirement exceeds a predetermined threshold, enabling the phase-modulated radio frequency periodic signal to all of the power amplifier cells; and if the output power requirement is less than the threshold, selectively gating the phase-modulated radio frequency periodic signal upstream of one or more final buffers associated with inactive power amplifier cells, to eliminate switching current in the buffers. providing a phase-modulated radio frequency periodic signal to a plurality of power amplifier cells; receiving digital amplitude modulation data; thermometer coding a first plurality of the modulation data bits; selectively activating one or more equally weighted power amplifier cells based on the thermometer coded modulation data bits; binary coding a second plurality of the modulation data bits; selectively activating one or more binary weighted power amplifier cells based on the binary coded modulation data bits; receiving an output power requirement indication; if the output power requirement exceeds a predetermined threshold, enabling the phase-modulated radio frequency periodic signal to all of the power amplifier cells; and if the output power requirement is less than the threshold, selectively gating the phase-modulated radio frequency periodic signal upstream of one or more final buffers associated with inactive power amplifier cells, to eliminate switching current in the buffers.
A method of forming a matched capacitor pair, comprising the steps of: forming a plurality of fin structures in a semiconductor substrate, each fin structure having a first side surface and a second side surface, the first side surface and the second side surface opposing each other relative to the respective fin structure; forming a plurality of trenches between the fin structures of the plurality of fin structures in the semiconductor substrate; forming a plurality of isolation layers within the plurality of trenches; forming a plurality of first insulator structures adjacent to the first side surfaces of the fin structures and a plurality of second insulator structures adjacent to the second side surfaces of the fin structures; forming a first plurality of conductor structures adjacent to the first insulator structures and second insulator structures; forming a second plurality of conductor structures adjacent to the first insulator structures and second insulator structures; forming a first bridge structure connecting the conductor structures of the first plurality of conductor structures; and forming a second bridge structure connecting the conductor structures of the second plurality of conductor structures; wherein the conductor structures of the first and second plurality of conductor structures (851, 853) are disposed between the fin structures such that an alternating array of the conductor structures (851, 853) and the fin structures is formed, wherein the first and second conductor structures (851, 853) are alternately arranged with respect to each other. forming a plurality of fin structures in a semiconductor substrate, each fin structure having a first side surface and a second side surface, the first side surface and the second side surface opposing each other relative to the respective fin structure; forming a plurality of trenches between the fin structures of the plurality of fin structures in the semiconductor substrate; forming a plurality of isolation layers within the plurality of trenches; forming a plurality of first insulator structures adjacent to the first side surfaces of the fin structures and a plurality of second insulator structures adjacent to the second side surfaces of the fin structures; forming a first plurality of conductor structures adjacent to the first insulator structures and second insulator structures; forming a second plurality of conductor structures adjacent to the first insulator structures and second insulator structures; forming a first bridge structure connecting the conductor structures of the first plurality of conductor structures; and forming a second bridge structure connecting the conductor structures of the second plurality of conductor structures; wherein the conductor structures of the first and second plurality of conductor structures (851, 853) are disposed between the fin structures such that an alternating array of the conductor structures (851, 853) and the fin structures is formed, wherein the first and second conductor structures (851, 853) are alternately arranged with respect to each other.
A medical injection device (1, 100) comprising: - a variable volume reservoir (4, 104) containing a liquid drug and comprising an outlet and a movable wall (8, 108), - an injection mechanism operable to inject a dose of the liquid drug and comprising an actuation member (7, 107) adapted to cause a displacement of the movable wall (8, 108), a drive member (10, 110) adapted to cause a movement of the actuation member (7, 107), and bias means (11, 111) for causing a directional bias of the drive member (10, 110), - a removable cap (15, 115), and - a cap receiving portion (9, 109) adapted to interface with the cap (15, 115) when the cap (15, 115) is mounted on the injection device (1, 100) so as to cover the outlet, characterised in that the cap receiving portion (9, 109) provides for an operative coupling between the cap (15, 115) and the injection mechanism, the operative coupling comprising the cap (15, 115) abutting or engaging a part (10, 112) associated with the injection mechanism, and wherein the drive member (10, 110) is adapted to move towards the movable wall (8, 108) from a first position to a second position in response to a relative motion between the cap (15, 115) and the cap receiving portion (9, 109), wherein the relative motion between the cap (15, 115) and the cap receiving portion (9, 109) comprises a dismounting of the cap (15, 115) from the cap receiving portion (9, 109). - a variable volume reservoir (4, 104) containing a liquid drug and comprising an outlet and a movable wall (8, 108), - an injection mechanism operable to inject a dose of the liquid drug and comprising an actuation member (7, 107) adapted to cause a displacement of the movable wall (8, 108), a drive member (10, 110) adapted to cause a movement of the actuation member (7, 107), and bias means (11, 111) for causing a directional bias of the drive member (10, 110), - a removable cap (15, 115), and - a cap receiving portion (9, 109) adapted to interface with the cap (15, 115) when the cap (15, 115) is mounted on the injection device (1, 100) so as to cover the outlet,
A method for determining a beginning node and an end node in a forwarding adjacency label switched path, FA LSP, applied to a multilayer network using a higher-layer signaling triggering model to establish the FA LSP, characterized in that the method comprises: a path computation element, when a computed service path comprises FA LSPs of one or more layers, encapsulating path information and role information of the beginning node and the end node of the FA LSP of each layer into a Secondary Explicit Route Object, SERO, respectively, to return together with service path information through inquiry response message to a beginning node in a first layer initiating the inquiry; a node in the service path receiving the inquiry response message or a path message sent from an upstream node, determining whether the node is the beginning node in the FA LSP of a certain layer according to the path information of the FA LSP included in the SERO, if yes, learning that the FA LSP is an FA LSP of next layer, and determining an end node in the FA LSP of the next layer according to the path information of the FA LSP of the next layer (3.1); wherein, the SERO is a SERO having a new type value, C-Type, wherein, each node subobject in the SERO is the node in the FA LSP. a path computation element, when a computed service path comprises FA LSPs of one or more layers, encapsulating path information and role information of the beginning node and the end node of the FA LSP of each layer into a Secondary Explicit Route Object, SERO, respectively, to return together with service path information through inquiry response message to a beginning node in a first layer initiating the inquiry; a node in the service path receiving the inquiry response message or a path message sent from an upstream node, determining whether the node is the beginning node in the FA LSP of a certain layer according to the path information of the FA LSP included in the SERO, if yes, learning that the FA LSP is an FA LSP of next layer, and determining an end node in the FA LSP of the next layer according to the path information of the FA LSP of the next layer (3.1); wherein, the SERO is a SERO having a new type value, C-Type, wherein, each node subobject in the SERO is the node in the FA LSP.
A device for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium comprising at least one sensor element and a unit made at least partly of a material with anisotropic thermal conductivity, wherein the unit is secured to a surface of the sensor element by means of a force-fit connection, and wherein the unit is a thin film, said film consisting at least partly of the material with anisotropic thermal conductivity and wherein the film serves for the force-fit connection of the sensor element, and also ensures an even distribution of the heat, in particular ensures a thermal equilibrium. wherein the unit is secured to a surface of the sensor element by means of a force-fit connection, and wherein the unit is a thin film, said film consisting at least partly of the material with anisotropic thermal conductivity and wherein the film serves for the force-fit connection of the sensor element, and also ensures an even distribution of the heat, in particular ensures a thermal equilibrium.
Apparatus for dividing up tubular cases which are filled with a pasty material, in particular a sausage casing filled with sausagemeat, comprising - two circulating transport elements (8, 8') arranged on mutually opposite sides of the case, wherein the transport elements (8, 8') respectively include one or more dividing elements (10, 10'), and - at least one drive device for the transport elements (8, 8'), wherein the dividing elements are so arranged at the transport elements (8, 8') and the transport elements (8, 8') are so guided along the case that only one pair of dividing elements can be simultaneously brought into engagement with the case, characterised in that the transport elements (8, 8') have two direction-changing elements (20, 20') wherein the axes of rotation of the two direction-changing elements (20, 20') for the respective transport element (8, 8') extend in a common plane, and wherein the plane is oriented inclinedly at an angle relative to the conveyor direction of the tubular cases, such that the transport elements (8, 8') are respectively associated with only one of their direction-changing regions (18, 18') with the case to be transported. - two circulating transport elements (8, 8') arranged on mutually opposite sides of the case, wherein the transport elements (8, 8') respectively include one or more dividing elements (10, 10'), and - at least one drive device for the transport elements (8, 8'),