mhurhangee/ep-ind-claims huggingface dataset:
Method for calibrating at least one apparatus for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material which can be consolidated by means of an energy beam that can be generated via an irradiation element of an irradiation device of the apparatus, wherein a determination unit is provided for determining at least one parameter of radiation inside a process chamber, wherein a calibration beam source is arranged or generated inside the process chamber of the apparatus, in particular in a build plane or a region above the build plane, wherein at least one parameter, in particular the intensity, of radiation emitted by the calibration beam source is determined via the determination unit and in that the irradiation device and/or the determination unit are calibrated dependent on the at least one determined parameter, characterized in that the calibration beam source is arranged on at least one receiving unit with defined dimensions that can be arranged in the build plane of the apparatus, wherein the receiving unit comprises multiple receiving sections in which the calibration beam source can be arranged, wherein one or at least two, preferably different, calibration beam sources are used to emit radiation with different intensities and/or different wavelengths and/or spot sizes.
A communication method, comprising using a terminal device for performing a process of: sending a random access preamble to a network device; receiving a random access response from the network device, the random access response is a message 2 and corresponds to the random access preamble; wherein an offset k2 is indicated in the message 2; and sending a message 3 to the network device; wherein: a sending time of the message 3 is determined based on a receiving time n of the message 2, a predefined delay k1 related to a subcarrier spacing of the message 3, and the offset k2; wherein a time slot in which the sending time of the message 3 is located meets: floor((n ∗ S2) / S3) + (k1 + k2), and wherein: S2 is a time unit determined based on a subcarrier spacing of the message 2; S3 is a time unit determined based on the subcarrier spacing of the message 3; and the offset k2 is related to the subcarrier spacing of the message 3. sending a random access preamble to a network device; receiving a random access response from the network device, the random access response is a message 2 and corresponds to the random access preamble; wherein an offset k2 is indicated in the message 2; and sending a message 3 to the network device; wherein: a sending time of the message 3 is determined based on a receiving time n of the message 2, a predefined delay k1 related to a subcarrier spacing of the message 3, and the offset k2; wherein a time slot in which the sending time of the message 3 is located meets: floor((n ∗ S2) / S3) + (k1 + k2), and wherein: S2 is a time unit determined based on a subcarrier spacing of the message 2; S3 is a time unit determined based on the subcarrier spacing of the message 3; and the offset k2 is related to the subcarrier spacing of the message 3. S2 is a time unit determined based on a subcarrier spacing of the message 2; S3 is a time unit determined based on the subcarrier spacing of the message 3; and the offset k2 is related to the subcarrier spacing of the message 3.
A method of controlling an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising: gathering (402; 506), by a collision avoidance device, obstacle information associated with an obstacle around a current navigation path of the autonomous vehicle and vehicle information associated with the autonomous vehicle; determining (404; 508), by the collision avoidance device, a relative velocity and a collision distance between the obstacle and the autonomous vehicle, and an obstacle state of the obstacle based on an analysis of the obstacle information and the vehicle information; computing (406; 510), by the collision avoidance device, a collision factor based on the relative velocity and the obstacle state, wherein the collision factor is a metric that quantifies the likelihood and/or severity of a collision between the autonomous vehicle and the obstacle; and controlling the autonomous vehicle, by the collision avoidance device, by: stopping the autonomous vehicle, before exhausting the collision distance, when the collision factor is above a collision threshold and at least one alternate navigation path is not available, or modifying the current navigation path of the autonomous vehicle, when the collision factor is above the collision threshold and the at least one alternate navigation path is available. gathering (402; 506), by a collision avoidance device, obstacle information associated with an obstacle around a current navigation path of the autonomous vehicle and vehicle information associated with the autonomous vehicle; determining (404; 508), by the collision avoidance device, a relative velocity and a collision distance between the obstacle and the autonomous vehicle, and an obstacle state of the obstacle based on an analysis of the obstacle information and the vehicle information; computing (406; 510), by the collision avoidance device, a collision factor based on the relative velocity and the obstacle state, wherein the collision factor is a metric that quantifies the likelihood and/or severity of a collision between the autonomous vehicle and the obstacle; and controlling the autonomous vehicle, by the collision avoidance device, by: stopping the autonomous vehicle, before exhausting the collision distance, when the collision factor is above a collision threshold and at least one alternate navigation path is not available, or modifying the current navigation path of the autonomous vehicle, when the collision factor is above the collision threshold and the at least one alternate navigation path is available. stopping the autonomous vehicle, before exhausting the collision distance, when the collision factor is above a collision threshold and at least one alternate navigation path is not available, or modifying the current navigation path of the autonomous vehicle, when the collision factor is above the collision threshold and the at least one alternate navigation path is available.
Tool holder with a main part, a deformable receiving portion (3; 16, 17; 22; 25) for clamping a tool and at least two blocking elements that are formed to prevent axial slippage of the tool from the receiving portion by engaging with the corresponding counter elements on the tool, wherein the blocking elements are set apart at equal angles in the peripheral direction within the receiving portion, characterized in that the blocking elements are helically running in the peripheral direction and are formed integrally with the receiving portion (3; 16; 17; 22; 25).
A solar cell, comprising: a semiconductor substrate; an emitter layer formed at the semiconductor substrate, wherein the emitter layer comprises a first portion of a first resistance and a second portion of a second resistance higher than the first resistance, wherein the first portion comprises a first dopant and a second dopant having the same conductive type and the second portion comprises the second dopant; a passivation layer formed on the emitter layer, wherein the passivation layer comprises the first dopant; and an electrode electrically connected to the first portion through the passivation layer, wherein the first dopant and the second dopant are different from each other, and wherein a concentration of the first dopant at the first portion is higher than a concentration of the second dopant. a semiconductor substrate; an emitter layer formed at the semiconductor substrate, wherein the emitter layer comprises a first portion of a first resistance and a second portion of a second resistance higher than the first resistance, wherein the first portion comprises a first dopant and a second dopant having the same conductive type and the second portion comprises the second dopant; a passivation layer formed on the emitter layer, wherein the passivation layer comprises the first dopant; and an electrode electrically connected to the first portion through the passivation layer, wherein the first dopant and the second dopant are different from each other, and wherein a concentration of the first dopant at the first portion is higher than a concentration of the second dopant.
A sensation induction device comprising: a plurality of actuators; and a plurality of speakers, wherein the sensation induction device includes a plurality of sets in which at least one actuator among the plurality of actuators and at least one speaker among the plurality of speakers are mutually associated, and an output from the actuator and an output from the speaker are controlled to be interlocked for each set of mutually associated actuator and speaker, characterized in that an amplitude of at least one of the outputs from the mutually associated actuator and speaker is restricted in a frequency band in which the outputs from the actuator and speaker overlap, wherein an output ratio between the sound output and the vibration output is set in advance and the sound output and the vibration output are restricted by attenuating them according to the output ratio. a plurality of actuators; and a plurality of speakers, wherein the sensation induction device includes a plurality of sets in which at least one actuator among the plurality of actuators and at least one speaker among the plurality of speakers are mutually associated, and an output from the actuator and an output from the speaker are controlled to be interlocked for each set of mutually associated actuator and speaker, characterized in that an amplitude of at least one of the outputs from the mutually associated actuator and speaker is restricted in a frequency band in which the outputs from the actuator and speaker overlap, wherein an output ratio between the sound output and the vibration output is set in advance and the sound output and the vibration output are restricted by attenuating them according to the output ratio.
A method for additive manufacturing of a part, the method comprising: supplying an unmelted fiber reinforced composite filament including at least one axial fiber strand extending within a matrix material of the filament; feeding the fiber reinforced composite filament at a feed rate; heating the fiber reinforced composite filament in a transverse pressure zone to a temperature greater than a melting temperature of the matrix material to melt the matrix material interstitially within the filament; applying an ironing force to the melted matrix material and the at least one axial fiber strand of the fiber reinforced composite filament with an ironing lip as the fiber reinforced composite filament is deposited in bonded ranks to the part; and translating the ironing lip adjacent to the part at a printing rate that maintains a neutral to positive tension in the fiber reinforced composite filament between the ironing lip and the part, the neutral to positive tension being a tension less than that necessary to separate a bonded rank from the part. supplying an unmelted fiber reinforced composite filament including at least one axial fiber strand extending within a matrix material of the filament; feeding the fiber reinforced composite filament at a feed rate; heating the fiber reinforced composite filament in a transverse pressure zone to a temperature greater than a melting temperature of the matrix material to melt the matrix material interstitially within the filament; applying an ironing force to the melted matrix material and the at least one axial fiber strand of the fiber reinforced composite filament with an ironing lip as the fiber reinforced composite filament is deposited in bonded ranks to the part; and translating the ironing lip adjacent to the part at a printing rate that maintains a neutral to positive tension in the fiber reinforced composite filament between the ironing lip and the part, the neutral to positive tension being a tension less than that necessary to separate a bonded rank from the part.
A textile sleeve (10; 110; 210) for routing and protecting elongate members, comprising: an elongate, knitted wall (14; 114; 214; 314) having a circumferentially continuous, tubular outer periphery extending along a central axis between opposite open ends (20, 22), said wall includes shrinkable yarn and non-shrinkable yarn, said shrinkable yarn providing the wall with an ability to be radially constricted from a first, diametrically enlarged state to a second, diametrically shrunken state, characterised in that said shrinkable yarn and said non-shrinkable yarn are knit in alternating groups of courses with one another. an elongate, knitted wall (14; 114; 214; 314) having a circumferentially continuous, tubular outer periphery extending along a central axis between opposite open ends (20, 22), said wall includes shrinkable yarn and non-shrinkable yarn, said shrinkable yarn providing the wall with an ability to be radially constricted from a first, diametrically enlarged state to a second, diametrically shrunken state, characterised in that said shrinkable yarn and said non-shrinkable yarn are knit in alternating groups of courses with one another.
Method to monitor network performance in a computer comprising at least one physical server ( 10, 70, 80) having a hardware, HW, machine attached via a hypervisor to a set of virtual machines ( 15, 16, 17), wherein the HW machine comprises a HW network interface card, NIC, and a HW clock, and a virtual machine from the set of virtual machines comprises a virtual machine NIC, the method comprising by the following steps: - measuring network performance parameters for selected packet flows ( 21, 22, 23) in transition between the HW machine and the virtual machines (15, 16, 17), the network performance parameters comprising delay, the measuring comprising: i. when a packet of said packet flows arrives at the HW NIC, creating a first time stamp of the packet using the HW clock; ii. putting the packet in a queue of the virtual machine NIC; iii. reading the packet from the virtual machine NIC by the virtual machine; iv. when reading the packet creating a second time stamp of the packet using the HW clock; - analyzing the measured performance parameters, the analyzing comprises determining the performance parameter as a difference between the second time stamp and the first time stamp; - identifying a source of network degradation, wherein, the identifying comprises determining whether the hypervisor adds to a network performance degradation by performing a trend analysis on the determined difference. - measuring network performance parameters for selected packet flows ( 21, 22, 23) in transition between the HW machine and the virtual machines (15, 16, 17), the network performance parameters comprising delay, the measuring comprising: i. when a packet of said packet flows arrives at the HW NIC, creating a first time stamp of the packet using the HW clock; ii. putting the packet in a queue of the virtual machine NIC; iii. reading the packet from the virtual machine NIC by the virtual machine; iv. when reading the packet creating a second time stamp of the packet using the HW clock; i. when a packet of said packet flows arrives at the HW NIC, creating a first time stamp of the packet using the HW clock; ii. putting the packet in a queue of the virtual machine NIC; iii. reading the packet from the virtual machine NIC by the virtual machine; iv. when reading the packet creating a second time stamp of the packet using the HW clock; - analyzing the measured performance parameters, the analyzing comprises determining the performance parameter as a difference between the second time stamp and the first time stamp; - identifying a source of network degradation, wherein, the identifying comprises determining whether the hypervisor adds to a network performance degradation by performing a trend analysis on the determined difference.
A composition comprising an association of extract of at least a plant belonging to the genus Cynara in an amount between 1 mg and 5000 mg and extract of at least a plant belonging to the genus Fraxinus in an amount between 1 mg and 1000 mg in admixture with one or more suitable acceptable carriers wherein the extract of at least a plant belonging to the genus Cynara is an aqueous extract of leaves of Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus and altilis containing a concentration by weight of luteolin between 2 and 4% w/w and a concentration by weight of chlorogenic acid between 10 and 12% w/w, and wherein the extract of at least a plant belonging to the genus Fraxinus is of Fraxinus excelsior, and obtainable by hot water extraction of leaves with a ratio Extract/Drug of 1/3-4 and titrated in total hydroxycinnamic derivatives, expressed as chlorogenic acid ≥ 2% w/w, spectrophotometric method (Ph.Eur).
A compliant tri-axial force sensor comprising: a first electrode layer having an array of column electrodes in a first orientation; a second electrode layer having an array of column electrodes in a second orientation, which is orthogonal to the first orientation; a force-dependent active layer which is configured to change at least one property when subjected to a force and which is provided between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; at least one three dimensional bump arranged to transmit externally applied force through the active layer; wherein at least one spacer is provided which is arranged to maintain a separation between two or more layers in the sensor until an external force is applied; and wherein the at least one three dimensional bump has a footprint which either: extends at least partially over at least two column electrodes in the first electrode layer and at least partially over at least two column electrodes in the second electrode layer such that forces applied to the bump are transmittable through the active layer in at least four discrete regions; or is contained within a space between two column electrodes in the first electrode layer and between two column electrodes in the second electrode layer. a first electrode layer having an array of column electrodes in a first orientation; a second electrode layer having an array of column electrodes in a second orientation, which is orthogonal to the first orientation; a force-dependent active layer which is configured to change at least one property when subjected to a force and which is provided between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; at least one three dimensional bump arranged to transmit externally applied force through the active layer; wherein at least one spacer is provided which is arranged to maintain a separation between two or more layers in the sensor until an external force is applied; and wherein the at least one three dimensional bump has a footprint which either: extends at least partially over at least two column electrodes in the first electrode layer and at least partially over at least two column electrodes in the second electrode layer such that forces applied to the bump are transmittable through the active layer in at least four discrete regions; or is contained within a space between two column electrodes in the first electrode layer and between two column electrodes in the second electrode layer. extends at least partially over at least two column electrodes in the first electrode layer and at least partially over at least two column electrodes in the second electrode layer such that forces applied to the bump are transmittable through the active layer in at least four discrete regions; or is contained within a space between two column electrodes in the first electrode layer and between two column electrodes in the second electrode layer.
Electromagnetically actuable inlet valve for a high-pressure pump, in particular of a fuel injection system, having a valve member which is able to be moved between an open position and a closed position, and having an electromagnetic actuator by way of which the valve member is able to be moved, wherein the electromagnetic actuator has a magnet armature which acts at least indirectly on the valve member, has a magnet coil which surrounds the magnet armature, and has a magnet core against which the magnet armature comes to bear at least indirectly when the magnet coil is electrically energized, wherein the magnet armature is guided in a displaceable manner in a carrier element, wherein the carrier element and the magnet core are connected to one another via a sleeve-shaped component (90; 94), wherein a disc-shaped intermediate element is arranged between the magnet armature and that end of the magnet core facing said magnet armature and is connected to the sleeve-shaped component (90; 94), characterized in that the intermediate element is welded to the inner shell of the sleeve-shaped component (90; 94) or is formed in one piece with the sleeve-shaped component (90; 94), or in that the intermediate element has on its radially outer boundary region a collar which extends in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the magnet armature and which forms the sleeve-shaped component.
An image forming apparatus including a controller and an image forming unit, the controller having a plurality of startup modes including a first startup mode and a second startup mode as startup modes for the controller, the second startup mode being configured in such a way that a startup time period of the controller in the second startup mode is shorter than a startup time period of the controller in the first startup mode, the apparatus comprising: setting means for setting either one startup mode from the plurality of startup modes in accordance with an instruction from a user; first control means for starting up the controller in the startup mode that is set by the setting means, when the image forming apparatus is to be started up; and characterized by: second control means for, when the image forming apparatus is to be started up, starting up the image forming unit by performing first predetermined initialization processes which include predetermined initialization operations on a device of the image forming unit in the case where the first startup mode for the controller is set by the setting means, and when the image forming apparatus is to be started up, starting up the image forming unit by performing second predetermined initialization processes which do not include some or all predetermined initialization operations on the device of the image forming unit in accordance with the startup time period for the controller and which take shorter time to initialize the image forming unit than the first predetermined initialization processes, in the case where the second startup mode for the controller is set by the setting means. setting means for setting either one startup mode from the plurality of startup modes in accordance with an instruction from a user; first control means for starting up the controller in the startup mode that is set by the setting means, when the image forming apparatus is to be started up; and characterized by: second control means for, when the image forming apparatus is to be started up, starting up the image forming unit by performing first predetermined initialization processes which include predetermined initialization operations on a device of the image forming unit in the case where the first startup mode for the controller is set by the setting means, and when the image forming apparatus is to be started up, starting up the image forming unit by performing second predetermined initialization processes which do not include some or all predetermined initialization operations on the device of the image forming unit in accordance with the startup time period for the controller and which take shorter time to initialize the image forming unit than the first predetermined initialization processes, in the case where the second startup mode for the controller is set by the setting means.