mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
An apparatus comprising a pyroelectric layer (102, 202), a two dimensional conductive channel (114, 214) and a floating gate (104, 204), the apparatus configured such that the pyroelectric layer (102, 202) is capacitively configured with respect to each of the two dimensional conductive channel (114, 214) and the floating gate (104, 204) so that the two dimensional conductive channel (114, 214) and the floating gate (104, 204) can each act as respective capacitive plates for each respective, electrically connected, first (102a, 202a) and second (102b, 202b) portions of the pyroelectric layer (102, 202), the respective first (102a, 202a) and second (102b, 202b) portions of the pyroelectric layer (102, 202) themselves configured to act as corresponding capacitive plates; the floating gate (104, 204) comprising electrically connected first (104a, 204a) and second (104b, 204b) portions, the first portion (104a, 204a) of the floating gate (104, 204) being in thermal proximity to the first portion (102a, 202a) of the pyroelectric layer (102, 202), the second portion (104b, 204b) of the floating gate (104, 204) configured to overlie and gate flow of electrical charge through the two dimensional conductive channel (114, 214) by charge in the second portion (104b, 204b) of the floating gate (104, 204), wherein a dielectric layer (112, 212) is located between the two dimensional conductive channel (114, 214) and the second portion (104b, 204b) of the floating gate (104, 204), and wherein at least the first portion (104a, 204a) of the floating gate (104, 204) is functionalised to detect one or more proximal specific species, the detection of which gives rise to heat flow to or from the thermally proximal pyroelectric layer (102, 202) to allow the pyroelectric layer (102, 202) to generate an electrical signal dependent upon one or more of the presence and amount of the specific detected species.
A computer implemented method of receiving data, the method comprising operating a node (12, 14, 16) to perform the steps of: receiving a data message at the node; locating and reading a data identifier within the data message; locating and reading dynamic metadata associated with the read data identifier, within the data message wherein the dynamic metadata includes a position in the data message of data content associated with the read data identifier; using the dynamic metadata to determine the position in the data message of the data content associated with the read data identifier; retrieving the data content from the determined position in the data message; and retrieving static metadata (204, 206) corresponding to the data identifier from a memory associated with the node, thereby to interpret the retrieved data content, wherein the data message contains multiple data identifiers, each with associated dynamic metadata and associated data content, and the method further comprises only performing the locating, reading and retrieving steps in relation to a subset of the plurality of data identifiers, such that data content associated with one or more data identifiers that are not part of the subset is not processed, wherein the node determines locally the subset of the plurality of data identifiers, or the node synchronises with a server to determine the subset of the plurality of data identifiers. receiving a data message at the node; locating and reading a data identifier within the data message; locating and reading dynamic metadata associated with the read data identifier, within the data message wherein the dynamic metadata includes a position in the data message of data content associated with the read data identifier; using the dynamic metadata to determine the position in the data message of the data content associated with the read data identifier; retrieving the data content from the determined position in the data message; and retrieving static metadata (204, 206) corresponding to the data identifier from a memory associated with the node, thereby to interpret the retrieved data content, wherein the data message contains multiple data identifiers, each with associated dynamic metadata and associated data content, and the method further comprises only performing the locating, reading and retrieving steps in relation to a subset of the plurality of data identifiers, such that data content associated with one or more data identifiers that are not part of the subset is not processed,
A cosmetic component spraying device that has a mixture having a cosmetic component and a matrix, and an air blower that blows air to the cosmetic component, characterised in that the cosmetic component spraying device comprises a laser irradiation unit that irradiates the mixture with a laser light; and a capturing electrode having a same polarity as a polarity of the cosmetic component. a laser irradiation unit that irradiates the mixture with a laser light; and a capturing electrode having a same polarity as a polarity of the cosmetic component.
A multiaxial vibroacoustic interface for a multiaxial electrohydraulic vibration system for acoustic characterisation, the multiaxial vibroacoustic interface comprising: - a multiperforated protective plate configured to receive a plurality of rigid studs to fix a test sample; - an insulating foam configured to be installed on a mobile assembly platform of the multiaxial electrohydraulic vibration system; characterized in that multiaxial vibroacoustic interface further comprises: - an insulation block comprising a cover of flexible fabric filled with acoustically absorbent material, where the insulation block is placed between the multiperforated protective plate and the insulating foam, and these elements are fixed together, and to the assembly plate of the vibration system, with the studs and the perimeter of the multiperforated protective plate. - a multiperforated protective plate configured to receive a plurality of rigid studs to fix a test sample; - an insulating foam configured to be installed on a mobile assembly platform of the multiaxial electrohydraulic vibration system; - an insulation block comprising a cover of flexible fabric filled with acoustically absorbent material, where the insulation block is placed between the multiperforated protective plate and the insulating foam, and these elements are fixed together, and to the assembly plate of the vibration system, with the studs and the perimeter of the multiperforated protective plate.
Operating device with an input element with haptic feedback and with a rigid printed circuit board, wherein the printed circuit board has a stationary first printed circuit board region and a second printed circuit board region adjacent to the first printed circuit board region and deflectable relative to the first printed circuit board region, wherein the first printed circuit board region comprises a first electrode of a capacitor and the second printed circuit board region comprises a second electrode of the capacitor, and wherein the input element is operatively connected to the second printed circuit board region such that an actuation of the input element deflects the second printed circuit board region relative to the first printed circuit board region so as to vary the distance of the first electrode from the second electrode.
A medium transport device comprising: a transport unit configured to transport a medium; an image capture unit disposed below the medium that is transported by the transport unit and configured to capture an image of a first side of the medium that is transported by the transport unit, the image capture unit including an optical member, a light-transmitting member, and a support member, wherein the light-transmitting member is disposed below the first side of the medium and above the optical member in an up-down direction and is configured to transmit light for image capture by the image capture unit, wherein the light-transmitting member is fixed to the support member, wherein the support member is configured to support the first side of the medium above an upper surface of the light-transmitting member in the up-down direction, and wherein a focal position of the optical member is positioned above an upper surface of the light-transmitting member in the up-down direction, characterised in that the medium transport device further comprises: a control unit configured to detect a transport amount of the medium that is transported by the transport unit on the basis of the image captured by the image capture unit and to control the transport unit on the basis of the transport amount of the medium. a transport unit configured to transport a medium; an image capture unit disposed below the medium that is transported by the transport unit and configured to capture an image of a first side of the medium that is transported by the transport unit, the image capture unit including an optical member, a light-transmitting member, and a support member, wherein the light-transmitting member is disposed below the first side of the medium and above the optical member in an up-down direction and is configured to transmit light for image capture by the image capture unit, wherein the light-transmitting member is fixed to the support member, wherein the support member is configured to support the first side of the medium above an upper surface of the light-transmitting member in the up-down direction, and wherein a focal position of the optical member is positioned above an upper surface of the light-transmitting member in the up-down direction, characterised in that the medium transport device further comprises: a control unit configured to detect a transport amount of the medium that is transported by the transport unit on the basis of the image captured by the image capture unit and to control the transport unit on the basis of the transport amount of the medium.
Compacting apparatus for compacting receptacles, having - a compacting unit which has at least one first advancing device for transporting at least one receptacle in an insertion direction, wherein the compacting unit is configured to compact the at least one receptacle while it is being transported in the insertion direction, and - a post-compacting unit arranged downstream of the compacting unit in the insertion direction, said post-compacting unit having at least one second advancing device for transporting the at least one receptacle through the post-compacting unit, wherein the post-compacting unit is configured to compact the at least one receptacle further, wherein the positions of the at least one first advancing device of the compacting unit and of the at least one second advancing device of the post-compacting unit are changeable with respect to one another in the insertion direction, characterized in that the compacting unit has a first housing on which the at least one first advancing device is arranged, and the post-compacting unit has a second housing on which the at least one second advancing device is arranged, wherein the positions of the first housing and the second housing are changeable with respect to one another in the insertion direction a spring-elastic pretensioning device and in that pretensions the first housing and the second housing against changing position with respect to one another in the insertion direction. - a compacting unit which has at least one first advancing device for transporting at least one receptacle in an insertion direction, wherein the compacting unit is configured to compact the at least one receptacle while it is being transported in the insertion direction, and - a post-compacting unit arranged downstream of the compacting unit in the insertion direction, said post-compacting unit having at least one second advancing device for transporting the at least one receptacle through the post-compacting unit, wherein the post-compacting unit is configured to compact the at least one receptacle further,
Method for calibrating a computer-based vision system on-board a vehicle, comprising a set of cameras having extrinsic parameters and intrinsic parameters, the method comprising the reconstruction of a 3D mapping of 3D landmarks of an environment from digital images of the environment captured by the computer-based vision system during a movement of the vehicle along a trajectory, each digital image corresponding to a pose of the computer-based vision system, the 3D mapping comprising 3D landmark 3D coordinates and parameters of each pose, the reconstruction step comprising steps of reconstruction of the 3D mapping of image sequences and optimization of said 3D mappings by implementing bundle adjustment algorithms, the calibration method comprising the optimization of at least one 3D mapping corresponding to a first image sequence by considering at least one extrinsic parameter and/or at least one intrinsic parameter and/or at least one pose parameter and/or at least one 3D landmark 3D coordinate to be constant, and the optimization of at least one 3D mapping corresponding to a second image sequence longer than the first image sequence and comprising the first image sequence, considering said at least one extrinsic parameter and/or said at least one intrinsic parameter and/or said at least one pose parameter and/or said at least one 3D landmark 3D coordinate to be variable so as to estimate it.
Electronic control module, in particular for a transmission controller, having a sensor element and a flexible electrical circuit board which establishes an electrical connection between a control unit part and the sensor element, and having a holding part for the sensor element, wherein the flexible electrical circuit board has a sensor section which is provided with the sensor element and is electrically connected to the sensor element, wherein the sensor section provided with the sensor element of the flexible electrical circuit board, is arranged at least partially on the holding part, characterized in that the sensor section provided with the sensor element of the flexible electrical circuit board, is fitted onto the holding part with intermediate positioning of a small plate which is attached to the sensor section, and the small plate is secured to the holding part by means of at least one welded connection (11, 12).
A stack of fluidics layers of a microfluidic cartridge for sequencing nucleic acid molecules, the stack of fluidics layers comprising: (a) a sequencing chamber layer comprising a sequencing chamber area configured for carrying out clustering and sequencing reactions; (b) a sequencing chamber bottom layer disposed under the sequencing chamber layer, the sequencing chamber bottom layer has an opening configured to hold an image sensor with the image sensor having an active area disposed under the sequencing chamber area, wherein the sequencing chamber area spans all of the active area of the image sensor; (c) a flexible printed circuit board layer under the sequencing chamber bottom layer; and (d) a fluidics channels layer disposed under the flexible printed circuit board layer, wherein the fluidics channels layer comprises fluidics channels that are configured to deliver reactants to the sequencing chamber area, wherein the fluidics channels do not overlap with the active area of the image sensor. (a) a sequencing chamber layer comprising a sequencing chamber area configured for carrying out clustering and sequencing reactions; (b) a sequencing chamber bottom layer disposed under the sequencing chamber layer, the sequencing chamber bottom layer has an opening configured to hold an image sensor with the image sensor having an active area disposed under the sequencing chamber area, wherein the sequencing chamber area spans all of the active area of the image sensor; (c) a flexible printed circuit board layer under the sequencing chamber bottom layer; and (d) a fluidics channels layer disposed under the flexible printed circuit board layer, wherein the fluidics channels layer comprises fluidics channels that are configured to deliver reactants to the sequencing chamber area, wherein the fluidics channels do not overlap with the active area of the image sensor.
Method for generating a microscope image of a sample, wherein a) the sample is illuminated via a microscope objective by way of a TIRF method without structuring and sample light is detected for the purpose of generating an image of at least one sample region, and b) the sample is illuminated in a structured fashion with a strip-shaped modulation and, in different displacement positions of the strip-shaped modulation, sample light is detected in each case for the purpose of generating an image of at least one sample region, wherein the sample images generated according to a) and b) are computed with one another, preferably multiplied together, and the result is stored for the purpose of generating a new sample image. a) the sample is illuminated via a microscope objective by way of a TIRF method without structuring and sample light is detected for the purpose of generating an image of at least one sample region, and b) the sample is illuminated in a structured fashion with a strip-shaped modulation and, in different displacement positions of the strip-shaped modulation, sample light is detected in each case for the purpose of generating an image of at least one sample region, wherein the sample images generated according to a) and b) are computed with one another, preferably multiplied together, and the result is stored for the purpose of generating a new sample image.
Device for transmitting messages by a first network to a plurality of user sets, characterized in that it comprises: - at least one means for creating user set group identifiers, and a database in which the group identifiers created by the creation means are recorded, - at least one administration means, able to produce at least one message of a first type comprising an information and at least one group identifier associated with the message among the group identifiers created by the creation means, - at least one sending means (F, B) for forwarding by the first network said at least one message produced to first user sets, each first user set comprising a means of automatic reception of messages of the network, a means of selection by the user of at least one membership group among the user group identifiers created by the creation means, and a means for filtering the messages received by the reception means so as to: - present to the user only the information of the messages of the first type among those which are present on the reception means and whose group identifier is equal to one of the membership groups present on the selection means, and - not present to the user the information of the messages of the first type, which are present on the reception means and which have a different associated group identifier from the membership groups present on the selection means, links being provided between the user sets and the database, so that each selection means is able to interrogate the database and obtain the group identifiers which are recorded therein, with a view to selecting said at least one membership group. - at least one means for creating user set group identifiers, and a database in which the group identifiers created by the creation means are recorded, - at least one administration means, able to produce at least one message of a first type comprising an information and at least one group identifier associated with the message among the group identifiers created by the creation means, - at least one sending means (F, B) for forwarding by the first network said at least one message produced to first user sets, - present to the user only the information of the messages of the first type among those which are present on the reception means and whose group identifier is equal to one of the membership groups present on the selection means, and - not present to the user the information of the messages of the first type, which are present on the reception means and which have a different associated group identifier from the membership groups present on the selection means,
A lighting control device configured to control a lighting device in a continuous mode, a wait-for-trigger mode, and a flash mode, the lighting control device comprising: means for receiving a trigger; means for switching operation of the lighting device from the wait-for-trigger mode to the flash mode upon receipt of said trigger, wherein said lighting device comprises at least one light emitting diode; means for controlling the current or voltage supplied to the at least one light emitting diode: in said continuous mode, at a nominal operating current or voltage; in said wait-for-trigger mode, at a higher level than the nominal operating current or voltage and throttling the transmission of power to the at least one light emitting diode; and in said flash mode, at a higher level than the nominal operating current or voltage and reducing or removing said throttling such that the at least one light emitting diode is at a higher brightness than in said continuous mode and said wait-for-trigger mode. means for receiving a trigger; means for switching operation of the lighting device from the wait-for-trigger mode to the flash mode upon receipt of said trigger, wherein said lighting device comprises at least one light emitting diode; means for controlling the current or voltage supplied to the at least one light emitting diode: in said continuous mode, at a nominal operating current or voltage; in said wait-for-trigger mode, at a higher level than the nominal operating current or voltage and throttling the transmission of power to the at least one light emitting diode; and in said flash mode, at a higher level than the nominal operating current or voltage and reducing or removing said throttling such that the at least one light emitting diode is at a higher brightness than in said continuous mode and said wait-for-trigger mode. in said continuous mode, at a nominal operating current or voltage; in said wait-for-trigger mode, at a higher level than the nominal operating current or voltage and throttling the transmission of power to the at least one light emitting diode; and in said flash mode, at a higher level than the nominal operating current or voltage and reducing or removing said throttling such that the at least one light emitting diode is at a higher brightness than in said continuous mode and said wait-for-trigger mode.