mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
An image archiving method for use with a writing target, comprising the steps of: receiving (s102) a series of captured images of the writing target; detecting difference (s104) between first and second candidate received images separated by a predetermined period of time, where additive differences are indicative of writing and subtractive differences are indicative of erasure; estimating a change rate as an amount of difference between the first and second images within the predetermined period of time; upon detecting (s106) subtractive difference denoting a change starting point, wherein a change starting point is based on the change rate exceeding a noise floor threshold, temporarily retaining (s108) a last candidate image captured prior to the detection, and detecting (s110) whether a subtractive difference relative to the retained image subsequently exceeds a subtraction threshold amount; and if so, then storing (s112) the retained image. receiving (s102) a series of captured images of the writing target; detecting difference (s104) between first and second candidate received images separated by a predetermined period of time, where additive differences are indicative of writing and subtractive differences are indicative of erasure; estimating a change rate as an amount of difference between the first and second images within the predetermined period of time; upon detecting (s106) subtractive difference denoting a change starting point, wherein a change starting point is based on the change rate exceeding a noise floor threshold, temporarily retaining (s108) a last candidate image captured prior to the detection, and detecting (s110) whether a subtractive difference relative to the retained image subsequently exceeds a subtraction threshold amount; and if so, then storing (s112) the retained image.
Method for regenerating a fuel cell system (10b; 10c; 10d), wherein the fuel cell system (10b; 10c; 10d; 10g) has at least one functional unit (12b; 12g) capable of regeneration, wherein the functional unit (12b; 12g), in an installed state, is at least partially regenerated by means of at least one regeneration agent , characterized in that a fuel cell exhaust gas (52b; 52c; 52d) and a regeneration exhaust gas (18b; 18c; 18d) are combined via a fluid valve of the fuel cell system designed as a 3-way valve or via a first fluid valve designed as a 2-way valve and a second fluid valve of the fuel cell system designed as a 2-way valve or via precisely one fluid valve of the fuel cell system designed as a 2-way valve and are discharged by means of a discharge line (46b, 48b; 46c, 48c; 46d, 48d).
A positioning method performed by a network-side device of a system comprising the network-side device, a terminal and a plurality of positioning nodes managed by the network-side device, the method comprising: sending auxiliary data information to the terminal, wherein the auxiliary data information comprises the positioning node index number of each positioning node, the reference signal information of each positioning node, and the correspondence between the positioning node index number and the reference signal information, the positioning node index number is configured to distinguish different positioning nodes belonging to a same cell, and the positioning node index number is located in a predetermined field in the auxiliary data information, wherein the predetermined field is any one of the following: a cell global identity CGI field, an enhanced cell global identity eCGI field, and an index number field; receiving from the terminal for each positioning node index number a reference signal time difference, RSTD, measurement value; and determining a location of the terminal based on the received RSTD measurement values and based on a predetermined algorithm. sending auxiliary data information to the terminal, wherein the auxiliary data information comprises the positioning node index number of each positioning node, the reference signal information of each positioning node, and the correspondence between the positioning node index number and the reference signal information, the positioning node index number is configured to distinguish different positioning nodes belonging to a same cell, and the positioning node index number is located in a predetermined field in the auxiliary data information, wherein the predetermined field is any one of the following: a cell global identity CGI field, an enhanced cell global identity eCGI field, and an index number field; receiving from the terminal for each positioning node index number a reference signal time difference, RSTD, measurement value; and determining a location of the terminal based on the received RSTD measurement values and based on a predetermined algorithm.
A method forming a beta-spodumene glass ceramic sheet comprising: forming, via fusion draw, a laminate glass sheet having cladding layers formed from a photosensitive composition and a core layer formed from a non-photosensitive glass composition; exposing the laminate glass sheet to UV light, sufficient to cause nucleation within the photosensitive composition, thereby growing a secondary crystal phase within that cladding layer which results in compressively stressing the cladding layer, and thereby strengthening the glass sheet into a compressively strengthened laminated glass structure. forming, via fusion draw, a laminate glass sheet having cladding layers formed from a photosensitive composition and a core layer formed from a non-photosensitive glass composition; exposing the laminate glass sheet to UV light, sufficient to cause nucleation within the photosensitive composition, thereby growing a secondary crystal phase within that cladding layer which results in compressively stressing the cladding layer, and thereby strengthening the glass sheet into a compressively strengthened laminated glass structure.
A method of measuring a nuclear magnetic resonance, the method comprising: an initial step in which nuclear spins of particular atoms which distinctively exist in a particle of interest are manipulated, so that an initial magnetization is caused in nearby hydrogen atoms which exist near the particular atoms in the particle of interest , the particle of interest being a crystal of an active pharmaceutical ingredient included in a medical drug; and an observing step in which, after the initial magnetization of the nearby hydrogen atoms is spread to peripheral hydrogen atoms which exist at a periphery of the nearby hydrogen atoms in the particle of interest , a magnetization which is spread in the particle of interest is directly or indirectly observed. an initial step in which nuclear spins of particular atoms which distinctively exist in a particle of interest are manipulated, so that an initial magnetization is caused in nearby hydrogen atoms which exist near the particular atoms in the particle of interest , the particle of interest being a crystal of an active pharmaceutical ingredient included in a medical drug; and an observing step in which, after the initial magnetization of the nearby hydrogen atoms is spread to peripheral hydrogen atoms which exist at a periphery of the nearby hydrogen atoms in the particle of interest , a magnetization which is spread in the particle of interest is directly or indirectly observed.
Platform assembly for an offshore structure, having a carrying structure , at least one preferably horizontal platform on the carrying structure , wherein the carrying structure is provided with at least one preferably at least substantially vertical carrying element, in particular a supporting element or a support , for supporting the platform on an offshore structure, and having connecting elements for fastening the carrying structure to the offshore structure, wherein at least one connecting element as part of a plug-in connection for connecting to a corresponding counterpart on the offshore structure is formed on the carrying structure .
A force damper arranged to progressively arrest a first force imparted by an object moving in a first direction , the force damper comprising: a housing enclosure comprising a first housing end and a second housing end , the first housing end including a first connection point , and the second housing end including an opening ; a driving member disposed within the housing enclosure and comprising a first shaft end , a second shaft end , and a shaft therebetween, the first shaft end comprising a stop and the second shaft end comprising a second connection point ; charaterized by: a compressible member disposed within the housing enclosure between the stop and the opening , the compressible member exhibiting partial plastic deformation when the first force is arrested and imparts a second force on the stop toward first housing end ; and wherein, the driving member shaft includes an elongatable portion disposed between the first shaft end and the second shaft end , which is elongatable in the first direction upon application of sufficient force in the first direction to deform the elongatable portion; wherein, the elongatable portion comprises one or more of a zig-zag region, a sinusoidal region, or a helical region; and, wherein the elongatable portion is plastically deformable. a housing enclosure comprising a first housing end and a second housing end , the first housing end including a first connection point , and the second housing end including an opening ; a driving member disposed within the housing enclosure and comprising a first shaft end , a second shaft end , and a shaft therebetween, the first shaft end comprising a stop and the second shaft end comprising a second connection point ; charaterized by: a compressible member disposed within the housing enclosure between the stop and the opening , the compressible member exhibiting partial plastic deformation when the first force is arrested and imparts a second force on the stop toward first housing end ; and wherein, the driving member shaft includes an elongatable portion disposed between the first shaft end and the second shaft end , which is elongatable in the first direction upon application of sufficient force in the first direction to deform the elongatable portion; wherein, the elongatable portion comprises one or more of a zig-zag region, a sinusoidal region, or a helical region; and, wherein the elongatable portion is plastically deformable. a compressible member disposed within the housing enclosure between the stop and the opening , the compressible member exhibiting partial plastic deformation when the first force is arrested and imparts a second force on the stop toward first housing end ; and wherein, the driving member shaft includes an elongatable portion disposed between the first shaft end and the second shaft end , which is elongatable in the first direction upon application of sufficient force in the first direction to deform the elongatable portion; wherein, the elongatable portion comprises one or more of a zig-zag region, a sinusoidal region, or a helical region; and, wherein the elongatable portion is plastically deformable.
An extended-drain field effect transistor, FET, , comprising: a gate electrode disposed over a channel region of a semiconductor body with a gate dielectric disposed there between; a source contact metal coupled with a source region of the semiconductor body disposed on a first side of the channel region ; a drain contact metal coupled with a drain region of the semiconductor body disposed on a second side of the channel region ; a field plate electrode and a field plate dielectric disposed between the field plate electrode and an extended-drain region between the channel region and drain region , and disposed in closer proximity to the gate electrode than to the drain contact metal , a dummy gate electrode electrically isolated from the gate electrode and having the same lateral length as the gate electrode to within 10 %, the dummy gate electrode disposed over the extended-drain region , and between the gate electrode and the drain contact, wherein the field plate electrode is disposed between and in direct contact with both the gate electrode and the dummy gate electrode ; characterized in that the field plate electrode is disposed over the extended-drain region between the channel region and drain region , and that the field plate dielectric has a greater equivalent oxide thickness than the gate dielectric . a gate electrode disposed over a channel region of a semiconductor body with a gate dielectric disposed there between; a source contact metal coupled with a source region of the semiconductor body disposed on a first side of the channel region ; a drain contact metal coupled with a drain region of the semiconductor body disposed on a second side of the channel region ; a field plate electrode and a field plate dielectric disposed between the field plate electrode and an extended-drain region between the channel region and drain region , and disposed in closer proximity to the gate electrode than to the drain contact metal , a dummy gate electrode electrically isolated from the gate electrode and having the same lateral length as the gate electrode to within 10 %, the dummy gate electrode disposed over the extended-drain region , and between the gate electrode and the drain contact, wherein the field plate electrode is disposed between and in direct contact with both the gate electrode and the dummy gate electrode ; characterized in that the field plate electrode is disposed over the extended-drain region between the channel region and drain region , and that the field plate dielectric has a greater equivalent oxide thickness than the gate dielectric .
A method amplifying the polymorphic region of the Penta E STR locus comprising: a. contacting a first primer to a sample to be analyzed; b. contacting a second primer to the sample; c. subjecting the nucleic acid sample, the first and the second primers to an amplification reaction, and thereby forming an amplification product, wherein the first primer, the second primer or both the first and second primers are labeled with a fluorophore, d. wherein the first primer and the second primer is within 1,000 base pairs of the closest Penta E repeat and possesses the sequence selected from the list consisting of: SEQ ID NO: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, CCAGGTGTG, or ACAGGTGTG, wherein the first and second primers do not share the same sequence. a. contacting a first primer to a sample to be analyzed; b. contacting a second primer to the sample; c. subjecting the nucleic acid sample, the first and the second primers to an amplification reaction, and thereby forming an amplification product, wherein the first primer, the second primer or both the first and second primers are labeled with a fluorophore, d. wherein the first primer and the second primer is within 1,000 base pairs of the closest Penta E repeat and possesses the sequence selected from the list consisting of: SEQ ID NO: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, CCAGGTGTG, or ACAGGTGTG, wherein the first and second primers do not share the same sequence.
A method of generating a signal, S out , being phase-shifted at a predetermined phase-shift division factor relative to a reference signal, S ref , the method comprising: selecting a modulation amplitude that equals modulation amplitude of said reference signal, S ref , multiplied by the predetermined phase-shift division factor; modulating a control signal, S, at said selected modulation amplitude, wherein a cosine of a difference θ in between a modulation phase of the reference signal, S ref , and a modulation phase of the control signal, S, in absolute value, is at least 0.5; and linearly combining the reference signal, S ref , and said control signal, S, to form the phase-shifted signal, S out , thereby ensuring that a ratio between a change in a phase difference, θ out , of said phase-shifted signal, S out , relative to said reference signal S ref , and a corresponding change in said θ in is said predetermined phase-shift division factor. selecting a modulation amplitude that equals modulation amplitude of said reference signal, S ref , multiplied by the predetermined phase-shift division factor; modulating a control signal, S, at said selected modulation amplitude, wherein a cosine of a difference θ in between a modulation phase of the reference signal, S ref , and a modulation phase of the control signal, S, in absolute value, is at least 0.5; and linearly combining the reference signal, S ref , and said control signal, S, to form the phase-shifted signal, S out , thereby ensuring that a ratio between a change in a phase difference, θ out , of said phase-shifted signal, S out , relative to said reference signal S ref , and a corresponding change in said θ in is said predetermined phase-shift division factor.
A terminal comprising: a receiving section configured to receive information regarding an allocation type of an uplink shared channel; and a control section configured to control a start symbol and a number of consecutive symbols of the uplink shared channel, wherein, when the receiving section receives a first allocation type as the information regarding the allocation type of the uplink shared channel, the control section determines an index of the start symbol of the uplink shared channel as 0, and determines the number of consecutive symbols of the uplink shared channel based on higher layer signaling and downlink control information, when the receiving section receives a second allocation type as the information regarding the allocation type of the uplink shared channel, the control section determines the start symbol and the number of consecutive symbols of the uplink shared channel based on higher layer signaling and downlink control information, when the receiving section receives the first allocation type as the information regarding the allocation type of the uplink shared channel, the control section controls not to support transmission of the uplink shared channel using one symbol, and when the control section receives the second allocation type as the information regarding the allocation type of the uplink shared channel, the control section controls to support transmission of the uplink shared channel using one symbol. a receiving section configured to receive information regarding an allocation type of an uplink shared channel; and a control section configured to control a start symbol and a number of consecutive symbols of the uplink shared channel, wherein, when the receiving section receives a first allocation type as the information regarding the allocation type of the uplink shared channel, the control section determines an index of the start symbol of the uplink shared channel as 0, and determines the number of consecutive symbols of the uplink shared channel based on higher layer signaling and downlink control information, when the receiving section receives a second allocation type as the information regarding the allocation type of the uplink shared channel, the control section determines the start symbol and the number of consecutive symbols of the uplink shared channel based on higher layer signaling and downlink control information, when the receiving section receives the first allocation type as the information regarding the allocation type of the uplink shared channel, the control section controls not to support transmission of the uplink shared channel using one symbol, and when the control section receives the second allocation type as the information regarding the allocation type of the uplink shared channel, the control section controls to support transmission of the uplink shared channel using one symbol.
An aircraft cabin comprising a passenger seating arrangement installed in the aircraft cabin, the passenger seating arrangement comprising a column of seat units (C1) adjacent an aisle , and the column of seat units (C1) and the aisle both extending in a longitudinal direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin, the column (C1) comprising a multiplicity of seat units, the seat units being arranged consecutively along the longitudinal direction, and wherein each consecutive seat unit alternates between: an inwardly-facing seat unit angled at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin and facing inwardly towards the aisle; an outwardly-facing seat unit angled at the same acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin but facing outwardly away from the aisle; and each seat unit is configurable between a seating configuration and a flat-bed configuration, and each seat unit comprises a foot-receiving end , the foot-receiving end defined by a fixed structure, and characterised in that , the foot-receiving end of each inwardly-facing seat unit houses a retractable armrest which is configurable between (i) a stowed position in which the armrest is substantially within the footprint of the foot-receiving end and (ii) a deployed position in which the armrest extends to one side away from the foot-receiving end, towards an adjacent outwardly-facing seat unit, such that the armrest provides an armrest surface for use by a passenger in the adjacent outwardly-facing seat unit, wherein the armrest is configured to move between the stowed and deployed positions within a single plane, and wherein each seat unit comprises a seat pan and the armrest is configured to move between the stowed and deployed positions within a plane which is above the seat pan of the adjacent seat unit. an inwardly-facing seat unit angled at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin and facing inwardly towards the aisle; an outwardly-facing seat unit angled at the same acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft cabin but facing outwardly away from the aisle; and each seat unit is configurable between a seating configuration and a flat-bed configuration, and each seat unit comprises a foot-receiving end , the foot-receiving end defined by a fixed structure, and characterised in that , the foot-receiving end of each inwardly-facing seat unit houses a retractable armrest which is configurable between (i) a stowed position in which the armrest is substantially within the footprint of the foot-receiving end and (ii) a deployed position in which the armrest extends to one side away from the foot-receiving end, towards an adjacent outwardly-facing seat unit, such that the armrest provides an armrest surface for use by a passenger in the adjacent outwardly-facing seat unit, wherein the armrest is configured to move between the stowed and deployed positions within a single plane, and wherein each seat unit comprises a seat pan and the armrest is configured to move between the stowed and deployed positions within a plane which is above the seat pan of the adjacent seat unit.