mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method for processing a video signal, the method employing a camera, a microprocessor with an associated look-up table, and a monitor, wherein the resolution of the video signal output is chosen to match that of the monitor, the method adapted for use by a user with low vision, the method comprising the following steps: viewing an object with the camera, the camera generating a video signal, the video signal comprising a series of video frames, with each frame comprising an array of pixels; delivering the video signal to the microprocessor; processing the video signal via the microprocessor without buffering a whole frame, the processing being carried out on a pixel by pixel basis and in accordance with instructions from the look-up table, the look-up table specifying portions of the array to be shaded and the degree of shading to be applied, with the degree of shading being such that the underlying image is not masked, wherein the shaded portions of the array function to highlight the non-shaded portions of the array and thereby facilitate viewing by the low-vision user; delivering the processed video signal to the monitor for viewing by the low-vision user. viewing an object with the camera, the camera generating a video signal, the video signal comprising a series of video frames, with each frame comprising an array of pixels; delivering the video signal to the microprocessor; processing the video signal via the microprocessor without buffering a whole frame, the processing being carried out on a pixel by pixel basis and in accordance with instructions from the look-up table, the look-up table specifying portions of the array to be shaded and the degree of shading to be applied, with the degree of shading being such that the underlying image is not masked, wherein the shaded portions of the array function to highlight the non-shaded portions of the array and thereby facilitate viewing by the low-vision user; delivering the processed video signal to the monitor for viewing by the low-vision user.
A method for producing fluorinated organic compounds comprising: (a) reacting in a liquid phase in the presence of HF as a fluorinating agent and at least a first catalyst either 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene (CCl 2 =CClCH 2 Cl; HCC-1230xa) or 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane (CCl 3 CClHCClH 2; HCC-240db) to produce at least one compound of Formula: CF 3 CClFC 3 Formula wherein said first catalyst is selected from the group consisting of Lewis acid catalyst, metal halide catalyst, transition metal oxides, Group IVb metal halides, Group Vb metal halides, fluorinated chrome halide, fluorinated chrome oxide and combinations of two or more of these; and (b) reacting said compound of Formula in a gas phase in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of carbon and/or metal-based catalyst to produce a compound of Formula: CF 3 CF=CHZ where each Z is H. (a) reacting in a liquid phase in the presence of HF as a fluorinating agent and at least a first catalyst either 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene (CCl 2 =CClCH 2 Cl; HCC-1230xa) or 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane (CCl 3 CClHCClH 2; HCC-240db) to produce at least one compound of Formula: CF 3 CClFC 3 Formula wherein said first catalyst is selected from the group consisting of Lewis acid catalyst, metal halide catalyst, transition metal oxides, Group IVb metal halides, Group Vb metal halides, fluorinated chrome halide, fluorinated chrome oxide and combinations of two or more of these; and (b) reacting said compound of Formula in a gas phase in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of carbon and/or metal-based catalyst to produce a compound of Formula: CF 3 CF=CHZ where each Z is H.
An arrangement of a layered heater and a heating target, the heating target having a longitudinal direction extending between a first end and a second end, at least one of the first end and the second end being disposed proximate at least one heat sink, or the heating target having a radial direction extending between a center and a periphery, at least one of the center and the periphery being disposed proximate at least one heat sink, comprising at least one resistive layer with a plurality of resistive traces (54, 56, 58, 60), the resistive layer being characterized by an electric circuit defining a parallel circuit in that the resistive traces are arranged electrically in parallel, the parallel circuit comprising the plurality of resistive traces (54, 56, 58, 60), which are oriented perpendicular to a primary heating direction of the heating target, the primary heating direction being a direction in which a heating target power gradient occurs and being the longitudinal direction or the radial direction, respectively, of the heating target, the plurality of resistive traces (54, 56, 68, 60) comprising a positive temperature coefficient material and being responsive to local heat demand of the heating target such that the resistive layer generates more heat proximate the at least one of the first end and the second end and less heat between the first end and the second end or proximate the at least one of the center and the periphery and less heat between the center and the periphery, respectively.
A surgical instrument guide for use with a robotic surgical system, the surgical instrument guide comprising a rigid hollow tubular structure having a first open end and a second open end, said structure defining an axis along which movement of a surgical instrument fitted with a tool support, sliding through the structure is restricted, wherein the tubular structure has an interior surface shaped and sized to accommodate the tool support sliding through the guide such that movement of the tool support is constrained in all directions except along the axis defined by the guide, wherein the tubular structure comprises a first longitudinal notch along its length, wherein the first longitudinal notch is sized in relation to a peg to (i) permit a navigation marker attached to the tool support via the peg to be viewable by a navigation camera along an entire range of movement of the tool support through the guide, (ii) constrain movement of the marker in a fixed orientation along the axis defined by the guide, and (iii) permit the tool support to slide along the axis defined by the guide while the guide is held in a fixed position by the robotic surgical system, and wherein the tubular structure comprises a second longitudinal notch along its length, wherein the second longitudinal notch is sized in relation to the peg to (i) permit the navigation marker attached to the tool support via the peg to be viewable by a navigation camera along an entire range of movement of the tool support through the guide, (ii) constrain movement of the marker in a fixed orientation along the axis defined by the guide, and (iii) permit the tool support to slide along the axis defined by the guide while the guide is held in a fixed position by the robotic surgical system, wherein the first and second longitudinal notches (1022a,1022b) are able to act independently of one another.
A method for detecting a potential item of interest in a target sample, the method comprising: a) providing a source of photons with an energy spectrum that overlaps a nuclear resonance in the item of interest; b) illuminating the target sample with photons from the source; c) providing at least one reference scatterer, the reference scatterer comprising at least one nuclear species of interest; d) allowing photons transmitted through the target sample to scatter from the at least one reference scatterer; e) providing at least one photon detector to measure an intensity of photons scattered from the at least one reference scatterer in at least one energy channel; and f) identifying an item of interest detection event if the intensity of photons detected in at least one of the at least one energy channels of interest meets a predetermined item of interest detection criterion; characterized in that the photons from the source are generated by Compton scattering of photons by electrons. a) providing a source of photons with an energy spectrum that overlaps a nuclear resonance in the item of interest; b) illuminating the target sample with photons from the source; c) providing at least one reference scatterer, the reference scatterer comprising at least one nuclear species of interest; d) allowing photons transmitted through the target sample to scatter from the at least one reference scatterer; e) providing at least one photon detector to measure an intensity of photons scattered from the at least one reference scatterer in at least one energy channel; and f) identifying an item of interest detection event if the intensity of photons detected in at least one of the at least one energy channels of interest meets a predetermined item of interest detection criterion;
A method for controlling a cellular radio access network, the method comprising: receiving (S3, S5, 902), at a cell identifier manager configured to manage cell identifiers in a cellular radio access network and to allocate the cell identifiers to a plurality of base stations, information related to configuration of a base station for operation in the cellular radio access network; establishing a communication connection between the cell identifier manager and the base station being configured; allocating (S6, 906, 910), by the cell identifier manager, a cell identifier to the base station; transmitting the allocated cell identifier to the base station over the established communication connection; and storing, in the cell identifier manager, cell identifiers available to the cell identifier manager for allocation, allocating, by the cell identifier manager, cell identifiers from the stored cell identifiers to base stations of a plurality of cellular radio access networks operated by different network operators, wherein the cell identifier manager is configured to manage cell identifiers of the plurality of cellular radio access networks operated by the different network operators. receiving (S3, S5, 902), at a cell identifier manager configured to manage cell identifiers in a cellular radio access network and to allocate the cell identifiers to a plurality of base stations, information related to configuration of a base station for operation in the cellular radio access network; establishing a communication connection between the cell identifier manager and the base station being configured; allocating (S6, 906, 910), by the cell identifier manager, a cell identifier to the base station; transmitting the allocated cell identifier to the base station over the established communication connection; and storing, in the cell identifier manager, cell identifiers available to the cell identifier manager for allocation, allocating, by the cell identifier manager, cell identifiers from the stored cell identifiers to base stations of a plurality of cellular radio access networks operated by different network operators, wherein the cell identifier manager is configured to manage cell identifiers of the plurality of cellular radio access networks operated by the different network operators.
A pressure regulating valve comprising: a valve housing receiving a spool, said spool having a regulating chamber selectively communicating a main supply port to a main return port, and said spool being biased in one direction by a spring force and there being a second force biasing said spool in an opposed direction, with said second force being provided by a fluid pressure within a hydraulic system associated with said pressure regulating valve, communication between said main supply port and said main return port being regulated by a position of said spool as the second force changes; and characterized by damper chambers provided on opposed sides of said spool, and serving to dampen a speed of movement of said spool, and a damper supply line for supplying fluid into said damper chambers through check valves, said damper supply line serving to assist in purging air outwardly of said damper chambers. a valve housing receiving a spool, said spool having a regulating chamber selectively communicating a main supply port to a main return port, and said spool being biased in one direction by a spring force and there being a second force biasing said spool in an opposed direction, with said second force being provided by a fluid pressure within a hydraulic system associated with said pressure regulating valve, communication between said main supply port and said main return port being regulated by a position of said spool as the second force changes; and characterized by damper chambers provided on opposed sides of said spool, and serving to dampen a speed of movement of said spool, and a damper supply line for supplying fluid into said damper chambers through check valves, said damper supply line serving to assist in purging air outwardly of said damper chambers.
A composition comprising: (a) 10 to 40 percent by weight of ultrafine particulate poly(phenylene ether), wherein the mean particle size of the poly(phenylene ether) is 9 microns or less measured in accordance with the description, and wherein the poly(phenylene ether) is poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene ether) having a number average molecular weight range of 16,000 to 25,000 atomic mass units; (b) 60 to 90 percent by weight of an epoxy resin; wherein the weight percents are based on the total weight of the composition. (a) 10 to 40 percent by weight of ultrafine particulate poly(phenylene ether), wherein the mean particle size of the poly(phenylene ether) is 9 microns or less measured in accordance with the description, and wherein the poly(phenylene ether) is poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene ether) having a number average molecular weight range of 16,000 to 25,000 atomic mass units; (b) 60 to 90 percent by weight of an epoxy resin; wherein the weight percents are based on the total weight of the composition.
A swing bolt lock comprising a swing bolt mounted in a housing adapted to be mounted to a door having a spindle hole defined therethrough, the swing bolt being pivotable between a locking and an unlocking position, a blocker movably mounted in said housing towards and away from the swing bolt for selectively blocking or allowing rotation of the swing bolt during normal operation, and a relocking mechanism for automatically locking the swing bolt in a secure locked state when the lock is subject to a physical attack, characterized by the relocking mechanism comprising a first member connected in force transmission relationship to the housing such that externally-applied forces against the housing through the spindle hole of the door are transmitted to the first member, and a second member having an abutting surface for engagement with the swing bolt, the abutting surface of the second member physically blocking the swing bolt from moving to the unlocking position when the first member is moved from an initial default position to an operational position under the externally-applied forces, wherein prior to a physical attack, the second member is held in a non-operational retracted position by the first member, and wherein said first member releases said second member when displaced to its operational position under the externally-applied forces and wherein the first member comprises a breakaway member mounted to an inner face of the housing, the breakaway member having a free distal end portion which extends in front of the second member when the breakaway member assumes its initial default position before the physical attack.
A bolus for administration to a ruminant animal, wherein said bolus comprises: a core, wherein the core includes a methane inhibitor to be administrated to the ruminant animal mixed with a carrier; and a housing which covers at least a portion of the core; wherein, the bolus is configured to release the methane inhibitor through the housing over a predetermined period of time, wherein the methane inhibitor is a haloform, wherein the haloform is selected from the list of bromoform, chloroform, iodoform, and combinations thereof. a core, wherein the core includes a methane inhibitor to be administrated to the ruminant animal mixed with a carrier; and a housing which covers at least a portion of the core; wherein, the bolus is configured to release the methane inhibitor through the housing over a predetermined period of time, wherein the methane inhibitor is a haloform, wherein the haloform is selected from the list of bromoform, chloroform, iodoform, and combinations thereof.
A method for detecting antibodies against the TpN17 antigen of Treponema pallidum in an isolated sample wherein a peptide sequence of Vibrio cholerae lipoprotein 15 ( Vc Lp15) is used as a reagent for reduction of interference and for minimizing false positive results wherein said Vc Lp15 sequence comprises amino acid residues 26-163 of SEQ ID NOs. 1 or 2 and wherein said Vc Lp15 sequence can be truncated by 1 to 5 amino acids at its N-terminal or C-terminal end or at both ends and wherein said Vc Lp15 sequence can be modified by conservative amino acid substitutions so that the three-dimensional structure of the Vibrio cholerae lipoprotein 15 ( Vc Lp15) remains unchanged.
A nanocomposite comprising: - a polyolefin composition comprising at least one polyolefin; and - at least 0.001% by weight of nanoparticles, relative to the total weight of the nanocomposite, wherein the nanoparticles are selected from carbon nanoparticles, silicon nanoparticles, or SiC nanoparticles; wherein the polyolefin composition has a multimodal molecular weight distribution, preferably a bimodal molecular weight distribution. - a polyolefin composition comprising at least one polyolefin; and - at least 0.001% by weight of nanoparticles, relative to the total weight of the nanocomposite, wherein the nanoparticles are selected from carbon nanoparticles, silicon nanoparticles, or SiC nanoparticles;
A method for predicting the risk of a subject for developing diabetes mellitus type II or for identifying a subject having an enhanced risk for developing diabetes mellitus type' II, comprising the following steps: a. providing a sample which has been taken from said subject, b. determining the level of copeptin in said sample, c. using said level of copeptin for the prediction of the probability of the subject to develop diabetes mellitus type II or for inferring from it a risk for developing diabetes mellitus type II and comparison with the median of the level of copeptin in an ensemble of pre-determined samples in a population of apparently healthy subjects. a. providing a sample which has been taken from said subject, b. determining the level of copeptin in said sample, c. using said level of copeptin for the prediction of the probability of the subject to develop diabetes mellitus type II or for inferring from it a risk for developing diabetes mellitus type II and comparison with the median of the level of copeptin in an ensemble of pre-determined samples in a population of apparently healthy subjects.
A method for joining substrates together, comprising the steps of providing one or both of the substrates on the bonding surface with a gas-permeable layer, and joining a pair of substrates each having a bonding surface with a bond layer precursor coating interposed between the substrate bonding surfaces, and heating the precursor coating to form a bond layer, wherein said bond layer precursor coating is a silicon base material of the type that cures through formation of Si-O-Si bonds by condensation of silanol groups and evolves gas upon heat curing, and said gas-permeable layer is formed by applying a coating composition comprising a silicon base material and heating the coating so as to be gas permeable, or is a porous film formed by CVD method and having a dielectric constant k of up to 3.
A kit, comprising: - a dry powder of cross-linked haemoglobin micro-particles suitable as blood-substitute, wherein the micro-particles are comprised of a porous or spongy polymer network structure, which is formed at least by cross-linked haemoglobin, wherein the micro-particles have a size of at least 500 nm; and - a physiological solution; wherein the micro-particles are obtainable by - providing a first solution comprising at least an anion, - providing a second solution comprising at least a cation, - mixing the first solution with the second solution in presence of at least haemoglobin for forming porous templates, wherein the porous templates are formed by precipitation of a salt comprising the anion and the cation and wherein the haemoglobin is at least partially incorporated in the porous templates, - at least partially cross-linking the haemoglobin in the porous templates, and - dissolving the porous templates to form the micro-particles comprised at least of the cross-linked haemoglobin. - a dry powder of cross-linked haemoglobin micro-particles suitable as blood-substitute, wherein the micro-particles are comprised of a porous or spongy polymer network structure, which is formed at least by cross-linked haemoglobin, wherein the micro-particles have a size of at least 500 nm; and - a physiological solution; wherein the micro-particles are obtainable by - providing a first solution comprising at least an anion, - providing a second solution comprising at least a cation, - mixing the first solution with the second solution in presence of at least haemoglobin for forming porous templates, wherein the porous templates are formed by precipitation of a salt comprising the anion and the cation and wherein the haemoglobin is at least partially incorporated in the porous templates, - at least partially cross-linking the haemoglobin in the porous templates, and - dissolving the porous templates to form the micro-particles comprised at least of the cross-linked haemoglobin.