mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
A method of controlling a modular multilevel converter comprising a number of series-connected submodules (2 1,..., 2 n) in at least one first branch (3 a_u, 3 b_u, 3 c_u) and at least one second branch (3 a_l, 3 b_l, 3 c_l), the method being performed in a control device and comprising: - detecting a fault condition, and - applying, in response to the detecting, a pulse blocking procedure for protecting the modular multilevel converter, wherein the pulse blocking procedure comprises issuing pulse blocking signals to the submodules (2 1,..., 2 n) in a sequential manner. - detecting a fault condition, and - applying, in response to the detecting, a pulse blocking procedure for protecting the modular multilevel converter, wherein the pulse blocking procedure comprises issuing pulse blocking signals to the submodules (2 1,..., 2 n) in a sequential manner.
A method of generating a synthetic aperture sonar, SAS, signal, comprising: providing a sonar array having a receiver array, comprising a plurality of receiver elements arranged along a first axis, and including a first end and a second end, a first transmitter element disposed proximate the first end of the receiver array, and a second transmitter element disposed proximate the second end of the receiver array, wherein the first transmitter element, the second transmitter element and the plurality of receiver elements each have a first width; generating, using the second transmitter element, a first acoustic signal when the sonar array is at a first position; moving the sonar array to a second position along the first axis in a direction from the first end to the second end of the receiver array, wherein the second position is at a distance of about one-half the first width from the first position; and generating, using the first transmitter element, a second acoustic signal when the sonar array is at the second position; wherein the second acoustic signal is orthogonal to the first acoustic signal; and wherein the sonar array is disposed on at least one of an underwater vehicle or a surface vehicle for imaging an underwater terrain. providing a sonar array having a receiver array, comprising a plurality of receiver elements arranged along a first axis, and including a first end and a second end, a first transmitter element disposed proximate the first end of the receiver array, and a second transmitter element disposed proximate the second end of the receiver array, wherein the first transmitter element, the second transmitter element and the plurality of receiver elements each have a first width; a receiver array, comprising a plurality of receiver elements arranged along a first axis, and including a first end and a second end, a first transmitter element disposed proximate the first end of the receiver array, and a second transmitter element disposed proximate the second end of the receiver array, wherein the first transmitter element, the second transmitter element and the plurality of receiver elements each have a first width; generating, using the second transmitter element, a first acoustic signal when the sonar array is at a first position; moving the sonar array to a second position along the first axis in a direction from the first end to the second end of the receiver array, wherein the second position is at a distance of about one-half the first width from the first position; and generating, using the first transmitter element, a second acoustic signal when the sonar array is at the second position; wherein the second acoustic signal is orthogonal to the first acoustic signal; and wherein the sonar array is disposed on at least one of an underwater vehicle or a surface vehicle for imaging an underwater terrain.
An engine comprising: an intake manifold that supplies air into a cylinder; a gas injector that injects gaseous fuel to air supplied from the intake manifold and mixes the gaseous fuel with the air; a fuel injection valve that injects liquid fuel to the cylinder, a cylinder internal pressure sensor that detects an internal pressure of the cylinder; a load detector that detects an engine load; and a control device that receives a detection result of the cylinder internal pressure sensor and a detection result of the load detector, wherein the engine is configured to be driven while being switched between a premixed combustion mode in which the gaseous fuel injected from the gas injector and mixed with air is caused to flow into a combustion chamber of the cylinder and a diffusion combustion mode in which combustion occurs by injection of the liquid fuel by the fuel injection valve into the combustion chamber, if the load detected by the load detector is zero and an internal pressure of the cylinder obtained from the detection result of the cylinder internal pressure sensor is greater than or equal to a threshold, the control device determines that an abnormality occurs in detection by the load detector, and if it is determined that an abnormality occurs in detection by the load detector during driving in the premixed combustion mode, the control device switches from the premixed combustion mode to the diffusion combustion mode. an intake manifold that supplies air into a cylinder; a gas injector that injects gaseous fuel to air supplied from the intake manifold and mixes the gaseous fuel with the air; a fuel injection valve that injects liquid fuel to the cylinder, a cylinder internal pressure sensor that detects an internal pressure of the cylinder; a load detector that detects an engine load; and a control device that receives a detection result of the cylinder internal pressure sensor and a detection result of the load detector, wherein the engine is configured to be driven while being switched between a premixed combustion mode in which the gaseous fuel injected from the gas injector and mixed with air is caused to flow into a combustion chamber of the cylinder and a diffusion combustion mode in which combustion occurs by injection of the liquid fuel by the fuel injection valve into the combustion chamber, if the load detected by the load detector is zero and an internal pressure of the cylinder obtained from the detection result of the cylinder internal pressure sensor is greater than or equal to a threshold, the control device determines that an abnormality occurs in detection by the load detector, and if it is determined that an abnormality occurs in detection by the load detector during driving in the premixed combustion mode, the control device switches from the premixed combustion mode to the diffusion combustion mode.
A computer implemented method of processing a depth image, the method comprising: receiving a high-resolution color image and a low-resolution depth image that corresponds to the high-resolution color image; determining a hole pixel (103,111) that is an upsampling target pixel in the low-resolution depth image by using the high-resolution color image; determining a depth distribution with respect to the hole pixel based on depth values and weights of neighboring pixels of the determined hole pixel; generating a feature vector based on the depth distribution of the low-resolution depth image, the depth distribution being defined by a histogram of depth values; selecting a filter to upsample the low-resolution depth image by classifying the generated feature vector according to a previously learnt classifier; upsampling the low-resolution depth image by using the selected filter; and outputting the upsampled high-resolution depth image. receiving a high-resolution color image and a low-resolution depth image that corresponds to the high-resolution color image; determining a hole pixel (103,111) that is an upsampling target pixel in the low-resolution depth image by using the high-resolution color image; determining a depth distribution with respect to the hole pixel based on depth values and weights of neighboring pixels of the determined hole pixel; generating a feature vector based on the depth distribution of the low-resolution depth image, the depth distribution being defined by a histogram of depth values; selecting a filter to upsample the low-resolution depth image by classifying the generated feature vector according to a previously learnt classifier; upsampling the low-resolution depth image by using the selected filter; and outputting the upsampled high-resolution depth image.
A device (10, 110) for cutting hair comprising: a housing (11, 111), a cutting unit (18, 118) arranged at one end of said housing and comprising a cutting element (19, 119), an electrode (27, 127), and a voltage source (28, 128) connected to the electrode, wherein the voltage source is configured to provide the electrode with an electrostatic charge so that the electrode is configured to attract charges naturally present in hair cut by the cutting unit without actively charging the cut hair and to consequently draw and/or hold the cut hair away from the cutting element, and characterized in that the device comprises a sensor (131, 133) to detect a condition relating to the use of the device, and wherein the voltage source (28, 128) is configured to be activated or deactivated depending on said detected condition. a housing (11, 111), a cutting unit (18, 118) arranged at one end of said housing and comprising a cutting element (19, 119), an electrode (27, 127), and a voltage source (28, 128) connected to the electrode, wherein the voltage source is configured to provide the electrode with an electrostatic charge so that the electrode is configured to attract charges naturally present in hair cut by the cutting unit without actively charging the cut hair and to consequently draw and/or hold the cut hair away from the cutting element, and characterized in that the device comprises a sensor (131, 133) to detect a condition relating to the use of the device, and wherein the voltage source (28, 128) is configured to be activated or deactivated depending on said detected condition.
A method for estimating a remaining capacity of a secondary battery, comprising the steps of: measuring data sets of a current flowing through a secondary battery and a terminal voltage of the secondary battery corresponding to the current, and obtaining a plurality of the data sets; calculating an electromotive force (Veq) of the secondary battery based on the obtained plurality of data sets; determining a correction amount (α) with respect to a current accumulation coefficient (k) in accordance with the calculated electromotive force; the current accumulation coefficient being used when accumulating a current during-a predetermined period of time; calculating the current accumulation coefficient (k) from the correction amount (α) and a charging efficiency n; and multiplying the calculated current accumulation coefficient (k) by the measured current, and estimating a remaining capacity of the secondary battery by current accumulation during the predetermined period of time. measuring data sets of a current flowing through a secondary battery and a terminal voltage of the secondary battery corresponding to the current, and obtaining a plurality of the data sets; calculating an electromotive force (Veq) of the secondary battery based on the obtained plurality of data sets; determining a correction amount (α) with respect to a current accumulation coefficient (k) in accordance with the calculated electromotive force; the current accumulation coefficient being used when accumulating a current during-a predetermined period of time; calculating the current accumulation coefficient (k) from the correction amount (α) and a charging efficiency n; and multiplying the calculated current accumulation coefficient (k) by the measured current, and estimating a remaining capacity of the secondary battery by current accumulation during the predetermined period of time.
Bearing component comprising steel and at least one flash butt weld joint, characterized in that said steel comprises, by weight, max 20 ppm S and max 15 ppm O and in that said steel includes sulphide inclusions and less than 5% of the sulphide inclusions contain encapsulated or embedded oxide inclusions, and in that said steel comprises an element selected from the group: Ca, Mg, Te, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb or Lu, and in that said steel comprises, by weight, 10-30 ppm of said element.
A sensor arrangement comprising: a sensor configured to be arranged in a high-voltage, HV, environment and to measure a property of said environment; a detector configured to receive signals from the sensor; and a resonator array comprising an array of LC circuits arranged galvanically isolated from each other along a transfer path between the sensor and the detector and configured to wirelessly transfer power to the sensor from an electrical power source and to wirelessly transfer the sensor signals from the sensor to the detector, and wherein the sensor is integrated with the resonator array. a sensor configured to be arranged in a high-voltage, HV, environment and to measure a property of said environment; a detector configured to receive signals from the sensor; and a resonator array comprising an array of LC circuits arranged galvanically isolated from each other along a transfer path between the sensor and the detector and configured to wirelessly transfer power to the sensor from an electrical power source and to wirelessly transfer the sensor signals from the sensor to the detector, and wherein the sensor is integrated with the resonator array.
An oral Lyme disease vaccine based on TROSPA or TROSPA-Salp15 tick proteins, characterized in that it comprises a recombinant TROSPA protein defined by SEQ. ID NO: 3 or a recombinant TROSPA-Salp15 protein defined by SEQ. ID NO: 4.
A prefabricated wall with integrated formwork including: - a first skin extending in a first plane; - a second skin extending in a second plane parallel to the first plane and positioned spaced apart from the first skin so as to define an internal volume of the wall; - connecting means for connecting the first and the second skin of the wall; - at least one connecting means (6; 6') for connecting the wall to a handling machine, such connecting means (6; 6') including at least, on the one hand, a first portion (61; 61') extending inside the wall as well as inside the first skin of this wall, on the other hand, a second portion (62; 62') extending in the extension of the first portion (61; 61') of this connecting means (6; 6'), inside the wall as well as outside the first skin of this wall and, on the other hand, a third portion (63; 63') extending in the extension of the second portion (62; 62') of this connecting means (6; 6') as well as outside the wall; - wherein it includes at least one anchoring means, on the one hand, which an upper portion of the wall includes, on the other hand, which is positioned in the inner volume of the wall, yet on the other hand, which is configured to anchor at least part of the second portion (62; 62') of the one or several connecting means (6; 6'), inside the wall, outside the two skins (2; 3) of the wall as well as between these two skins (2; 3) of this wall and, also on the other hand, which is formed of a solid concrete block inside which at least said part of the second portion (62; 62') of the one or several connecting means (6; 6') is embedded. - a first skin extending in a first plane; - a second skin extending in a second plane parallel to the first plane and positioned spaced apart from the first skin so as to define an internal volume of the wall; - connecting means for connecting the first and the second skin of the wall; - at least one connecting means (6; 6') for connecting the wall to a handling machine, such connecting means (6; 6') including at least, on the one hand, a first portion (61; 61') extending inside the wall as well as inside the first skin of this wall, on the other hand, a second portion (62; 62') extending in the extension of the first portion (61; 61') of this connecting means (6; 6'), inside the wall as well as outside the first skin of this wall and, on the other hand, a third portion (63; 63') extending in the extension of the second portion (62; 62') of this connecting means (6; 6') as well as outside the wall; - wherein it includes at least one anchoring means, on the one hand, which an upper portion of the wall includes, on the other hand, which is positioned in the inner volume of the wall, yet on the other hand, which is configured to anchor at least part of the second portion (62; 62') of the one or several connecting means (6; 6'), inside the wall, outside the two skins (2; 3) of the wall as well as between these two skins (2; 3) of this wall and, also on the other hand, which is formed of a solid concrete block inside which at least said part of the second portion (62; 62') of the one or several connecting means (6; 6') is embedded.
Plastic cap of the type comprising a base, intended to be attached to a packaging body, comprising - a nozzle through which a product contained in the packaging is intended to be ejected outside the packaging, and - a drip-proof valve intended to connect this nozzle with the inside of the packaging body containing the product, the drip-proof valve comprising flaps that are elastically deformable between - a so-called closed configuration, intended to hold the product contained in the packaging, in which the flaps are substantially contiguous to each other and - a so-called open configuration, in which the flaps are separated from each other, intended to allow the product contained in the packaging to be ejected to the outside, the drip-proof valve being made in one piece with the base, the flaps each being connected to the nozzle by a region of thinner material forming an elastic hinge of the flap, each flap being elastically movable about its elastic hinge between closed and open positions corresponding respectively to the open and closed configurations of the valve, characterised in that each flap has a generally triangular shape, the elastic hinge of the flap forming a first side of the triangle, the second and third sides of the triangle being formed by free edges of the flap which are substantially contiguous to free edges of adjacent flaps when the valve is in the closed configuration and in that at least one free edge of each flap is provided with a projection forming vane intended to favour, by contact with the product ejected to the outside of the packaging, the movement of the flap from its closed position to its open position, - a nozzle through which a product contained in the packaging is intended to be ejected outside the packaging, and - a drip-proof valve intended to connect this nozzle with the inside of the packaging body containing the product, - a so-called closed configuration, intended to hold the product contained in the packaging, in which the flaps are substantially contiguous to each other and - a so-called open configuration, in which the flaps are separated from each other, intended to allow the product contained in the packaging to be ejected to the outside,
A method for online firmware upgrade of a node in a process control system (100,100'), wherein the node comprises components, where each component is a separate executable running in a separate operating system process as provided by a real time operating system of the node, the method being performed by a node manager of the node to be upgraded, the method comprising: creating a new component for each of the at least one of the components to be upgraded such that each new component is implementing a part of the firmware upgrade corresponding to its component to be upgraded, and where each new component is a separate executable running in a separate operating system process; synchronizing runtime data in each new component with runtime data of its corresponding component to be upgraded; and replacing the at least one component to be upgraded with its new component and thereby upgrading the node. creating a new component for each of the at least one of the components to be upgraded such that each new component is implementing a part of the firmware upgrade corresponding to its component to be upgraded, and where each new component is a separate executable running in a separate operating system process; synchronizing runtime data in each new component with runtime data of its corresponding component to be upgraded; and replacing the at least one component to be upgraded with its new component and thereby upgrading the node.
A method of decoding video data, the method comprising: receiving a bitstream that includes a sequence of bits that forms a representation of a coded picture of the video data; determining a partitioning of the coded picture of the video data into a plurality of blocks using three different partition structures, wherein the partitioning is selected from among three different partition structures for at least one depth of a tree structure that represents how a particular block of the coded picture of the video data is partitioned, and wherein the three different partition structures include a triple-tree partition structure, a quad-tree partition structure and a binary-tree partition structure; determining the partitioning of at least one block of the coded picture of the video data using a triple-tree partition type of the triple-tree partition structure, wherein the triple-tree partition structure divides the at least one block into three sub-blocks without dividing the at least one block through the center line of the at least one block, wherein at least one of the three sub-blocks is a non-leaf node of the tree structure; and reconstructing the plurality of blocks of the coded picture of the video data receiving a bitstream that includes a sequence of bits that forms a representation of a coded picture of the video data; determining a partitioning of the coded picture of the video data into a plurality of blocks using three different partition structures, wherein the partitioning is selected from among three different partition structures for at least one depth of a tree structure that represents how a particular block of the coded picture of the video data is partitioned, and wherein the three different partition structures include a triple-tree partition structure, a quad-tree partition structure and a binary-tree partition structure; determining the partitioning of at least one block of the coded picture of the video data using a triple-tree partition type of the triple-tree partition structure, wherein the triple-tree partition structure divides the at least one block into three sub-blocks without dividing the at least one block through the center line of the at least one block, wherein at least one of the three sub-blocks is a non-leaf node of the tree structure; and reconstructing the plurality of blocks of the coded picture of the video data
A method for manufacturing a stacked thin film, comprising: forming a photoelectric conversion layer on a first transparent electrode, disposed on a substrate, by sputtering using a target mainly composed of copper, characterised in that: said formation of the photoelectric conversion layer is carried out in an atmosphere at an oxygen partial pressure in a range of 0.01 [Pa] or more and 4.8 [Pa] or less, and the oxygen partial pressure is 0.5 × d [Pa] or more and 1.5 × d [Pa] or less when a deposition rate is d [μm/min], in formation of the photoelectric conversion layer, and a sputtering temperature is 300°C or more and 600°C or less, the sputtering temperature being the temperature of the substrate, in formation of the photoelectric conversion layer. said formation of the photoelectric conversion layer is carried out in an atmosphere at an oxygen partial pressure in a range of 0.01 [Pa] or more and 4.8 [Pa] or less, and the oxygen partial pressure is 0.5 × d [Pa] or more and 1.5 × d [Pa] or less when a deposition rate is d [μm/min], in formation of the photoelectric conversion layer, and a sputtering temperature is 300°C or more and 600°C or less, the sputtering temperature being the temperature of the substrate, in formation of the photoelectric conversion layer.