mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
A portable electrooculography (EOG) signal capture system comprising • A sensor array adapted for being located at one of a left or right ears of a user and/or for fully or partially being implanted in the head at left or right ears of a user, the sensor array comprising a number Ns of electric potential sensors, respectively, for sensing respective electric potentials from the user's head, where Ns is larger than or equal to two, and • electronic circuitry coupled to the sensor array and configured to provide at least two different combined signals (S BF1 , S BF2 ), each being representative of a weighted combination of said electric potentials, or of signals derived therefrom, and wherein a difference between said at least two different combined signals (ΔP BF = S BF1 - S BF2 ) represents an electrooculography signal (ΔP EOG ) from one or both eyes of said user; CHARACTERIZED IN THAT said combined signals (S BF1 , S BF2 ) are determined from said electric potentials from the user's head by applying beamformer weights representative of first and second beam patterns (BP1, BP2), respectively, which implement beam patterns that do not attenuate signals from respective first and second target directions of an eye ball of the user. • A sensor array adapted for being located at one of a left or right ears of a user and/or for fully or partially being implanted in the head at left or right ears of a user, the sensor array comprising a number Ns of electric potential sensors, respectively, for sensing respective electric potentials from the user's head, where Ns is larger than or equal to two, and • electronic circuitry coupled to the sensor array and configured to provide at least two different combined signals (S BF1 , S BF2 ), each being representative of a weighted combination of said electric potentials, or of signals derived therefrom, and wherein a difference between said at least two different combined signals (ΔP BF = S BF1 - S BF2 ) represents an electrooculography signal (ΔP EOG ) from one or both eyes of said user; CHARACTERIZED IN THAT said combined signals (S BF1 , S BF2 ) are determined from said electric potentials from the user's head by applying beamformer weights representative of first and second beam patterns (BP1, BP2), respectively, which implement beam patterns that do not attenuate signals from respective first and second target directions of an eye ball of the user.
A bottom-up stereolithography apparatus (SLA) comprising a support surface and a vat assembly for forming a vat , the vat having a transparent bottom film , the vat being configured to be placed on the support surface to receive and hold a resin curable by electromagnetic radiation transmitted to the vat through the transparent bottom film thereof; the vat assembly comprising a circumferential first frame part having a first lower surface defining a bottom level of the vat assembly , and a circumferential first inner side surface extending from the first lower surface to an upper level elevated from the bottom level in a thickness direction of the circumferential first frame part and defining a recess within the circumferential first frame part ; wherein the apparatus comprises an air channel and an evacuating arrangement configured to suck air from the recess of the circumferential first frame part via the air channel ; whereby a receptacle , at least partially formed of a transparent film material and comprising a bowl may be placed in the vat assembly with the bowl in the recess so that, with the thereby formed vat being placed on the support surface with the first lower surface of the circumferential first frame part against the support surface , air can be evacuated from the recess via the air channel to stretch the bowl against the support surface and the circumferential first inner side surface , the part of the receptacle , which then lies against the support surface , forming the transparent bottom film of the vat .
An ankle brace for a prosthetic device comprising a prosthetic foot and a below-knee part , said ankle brace being provided to bridge a free space between the prosthetic foot and the below-knee part and having a main body which is made from a flexible material and which comprises a cavity for receiving the prosthetic device , whereas the at least one reinforcement element is arranged on the main body in order to increase the inherent stability of the ankle brace , characterized in that the reinforcement element is designed as a frame surrounding the main body .
An artery heat pipe including a first face of which a first end zone is for being heated and a second end zone is for being cooled, a second face opposite to the first face, a vapour channel (CV) and a liquid channel (CL) extending between the first end zone and the second end zone, wherein the heat pipe also includes a stack of plates comprising: - two end plates , - n perforated plates , n ≥ 1, each perforated plate comprising a first window including a first post on the side of the first face , a second window including a second post on the side of the second face and a third post common to the first and second windows, the n first windows partly delimiting the vapour channel (CV) and the n second windows partly delimiting the liquid channel (CL), - n+1 grooved plates , each grooved plate including first grooves , the perforated plate being interposed between two grooved plates , the first grooves being oriented relative to the perforated plate , so that the first grooves extend between the first window and the second window , the first grooves passing through the thickness of the grooved plates , the artery heat pipe being characterised in that - the first window includes second grooves made in a lower edge of the third post , the second grooves being disposed so as to connect a first groove of a grooved plate and a first groove of another grooved plate . - two end plates , - n perforated plates , n ≥ 1, each perforated plate comprising a first window including a first post on the side of the first face , a second window including a second post on the side of the second face and a third post common to the first and second windows, the n first windows partly delimiting the vapour channel (CV) and the n second windows partly delimiting the liquid channel (CL), - n+1 grooved plates , each grooved plate including first grooves , the perforated plate being interposed between two grooved plates , the first grooves being oriented relative to the perforated plate , so that the first grooves extend between the first window and the second window , the first grooves passing through the thickness of the grooved plates , the artery heat pipe being characterised in that - the first window includes second grooves made in a lower edge of the third post , the second grooves being disposed so as to connect a first groove of a grooved plate and a first groove of another grooved plate .
Autonomous cooking apparatus for food comprising a base body , a lid defining with said base body a cooking chamber , a container , disposed in the base body and suitable to contain the food to be cooked, a mixing device , comprising at least a mixing blade suitable to cooperate with a cooking plane of said container , to mix said food, said mixing device being connected to a drive member configured to make it rotate with respect to said container around a central axis of rotation (X), a heating device configured to heat air in said cooking chamber to a desired temperature and a ventilation device configured to make the air circulate, characterized in that said mixing device is provided with means to receive the hot air along said central axis of rotation (X) comprising an entrance aperture , and with exit means of the hot air comprising exit apertures associated with at least part of said mixing blade , wherein said autonomous apparatus comprises a conveying device disposed between said ventilation device and said means to receive the hot air .
A method to synthesize a voice in a target style, comprising: receiving as input at least one waveform, each corresponding to an utterance in the target style; extracting features of the at least one waveform to create at least one embedding vector; using a voice identification system on an embedding vector of the at least one embedding vector, producing a known embedding vector corresponding to a voice identified by the voice identification system as being a closest correspondence to the embedding vector; designating the known embedding vector as an initial embedding vector for a speech synthesizer; adapting the speech synthesizer based on the initial embedding vector; and synthesizing a voice in the target style with the adapted speech synthesizer. receiving as input at least one waveform, each corresponding to an utterance in the target style; extracting features of the at least one waveform to create at least one embedding vector; using a voice identification system on an embedding vector of the at least one embedding vector, producing a known embedding vector corresponding to a voice identified by the voice identification system as being a closest correspondence to the embedding vector; designating the known embedding vector as an initial embedding vector for a speech synthesizer; adapting the speech synthesizer based on the initial embedding vector; and synthesizing a voice in the target style with the adapted speech synthesizer.
A method for determining whether a subject is or will become less responsive to therapy with a first- or second-generation androgen receptor (AR) antagonist, comprising: (a) testing a sample containing a nucleic acid molecule encoding an AR polypeptide from the subject to determine whether the encoded AR polypeptide is modified at an amino acid position corresponding to amino acid position 876 of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; and (b) characterizing the subject as resistant or will become resistant to therapy with a first- or second-generation AR antagonist if the subject has the modification. (a) testing a sample containing a nucleic acid molecule encoding an AR polypeptide from the subject to determine whether the encoded AR polypeptide is modified at an amino acid position corresponding to amino acid position 876 of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; and (b) characterizing the subject as resistant or will become resistant to therapy with a first- or second-generation AR antagonist if the subject has the modification.
An inkjet head comprising a plurality of driving circuits , and ejecting ink in accordance with driving operation of the plurality of driving circuits based on a predetermined setting, wherein the plurality of driving circuits include a first driving circuit , and a second driving circuit electrically connected with the output of the first driving circuit , the first driving circuit includes a first storage unit that is configured to store the predetermined setting, and a first setting output unit that is configured to output at least a part of the predetermined setting as reading data, and the second driving circuit includes a second storage unit that is configured to store the predetermined setting, a second setting input unit to which output of the first setting output unit is input, a second comparison unit that is configured to compare reading data input from the second setting input unit, and data included in the predetermined setting stored in the second storage unit and corresponding to a part associated with the reading data, and a second result output unit that is configured to output a comparison result of the second comparison unit. the plurality of driving circuits include a first driving circuit , and a second driving circuit electrically connected with the output of the first driving circuit , the first driving circuit includes a first storage unit that is configured to store the predetermined setting, and a first setting output unit that is configured to output at least a part of the predetermined setting as reading data, and a first storage unit that is configured to store the predetermined setting, and a first setting output unit that is configured to output at least a part of the predetermined setting as reading data, and the second driving circuit includes a second storage unit that is configured to store the predetermined setting, a second setting input unit to which output of the first setting output unit is input, a second comparison unit that is configured to compare reading data input from the second setting input unit, and data included in the predetermined setting stored in the second storage unit and corresponding to a part associated with the reading data, and a second result output unit that is configured to output a comparison result of the second comparison unit. a second storage unit that is configured to store the predetermined setting, a second setting input unit to which output of the first setting output unit is input, a second comparison unit that is configured to compare reading data input from the second setting input unit, and data included in the predetermined setting stored in the second storage unit and corresponding to a part associated with the reading data, and a second result output unit that is configured to output a comparison result of the second comparison unit.
A multilayer structure comprising: a first layer comprising, based on the total weight of the first layer: from 90 wt.% to 99.5 wt.% of an ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer having a density of from 0.945 g/cc to 0.970 g/cc, and from 0.5 wt.% to 10 wt.% of a compatibilizer, the compatibilizer comprising an anhydride and/or carboxylic acid functionalized ethylene/alpha-olefin elastomer having a density of from 0.850 g/cc to 0.910 g/cc as measured according to ASTM Method No. D792-91 and a melt viscosity of greater than 200 Pa*s (200,000 cP) when measured according to ASTM D3236 at 177°C; and a barrier layer comprising a polyamide, an ethylene vinyl alcohol, or combinations thereof. a first layer comprising, based on the total weight of the first layer: from 90 wt.% to 99.5 wt.% of an ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer having a density of from 0.945 g/cc to 0.970 g/cc, and from 0.5 wt.% to 10 wt.% of a compatibilizer, the compatibilizer comprising an anhydride and/or carboxylic acid functionalized ethylene/alpha-olefin elastomer having a density of from 0.850 g/cc to 0.910 g/cc as measured according to ASTM Method No. D792-91 and a melt viscosity of greater than 200 Pa*s (200,000 cP) when measured according to ASTM D3236 at 177°C; and from 90 wt.% to 99.5 wt.% of an ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer having a density of from 0.945 g/cc to 0.970 g/cc, and from 0.5 wt.% to 10 wt.% of a compatibilizer, the compatibilizer comprising an anhydride and/or carboxylic acid functionalized ethylene/alpha-olefin elastomer having a density of from 0.850 g/cc to 0.910 g/cc as measured according to ASTM Method No. D792-91 and a melt viscosity of greater than 200 Pa*s (200,000 cP) when measured according to ASTM D3236 at 177°C; and a barrier layer comprising a polyamide, an ethylene vinyl alcohol, or combinations thereof.
A head-mounted virtual reality (VR) viewer comprising: a housing to removably incorporate a portable user device having a touchscreen associated with a display panel ; and a set of two or more conductive contacts (121-124, 401, 402) positioned in the housing so as to trigger corresponding touch events at the touchscreen of the portable user device when the portable user device is incorporated at the housing, wherein the housing comprises a device retention compartment in which the portable user device is to be positioned, the device retention compartment including a display aperture through which the display panel of the portable user device can be viewed by a user, and characterized in that the set of conductive contacts (121 -124, 401, 402) are disposed at a periphery of the display aperture on at least two edges of the display aperture . a housing to removably incorporate a portable user device having a touchscreen associated with a display panel ; and a set of two or more conductive contacts (121-124, 401, 402) positioned in the housing so as to trigger corresponding touch events at the touchscreen of the portable user device when the portable user device is incorporated at the housing, wherein the housing comprises a device retention compartment in which the portable user device is to be positioned, the device retention compartment including a display aperture through which the display panel of the portable user device can be viewed by a user, and characterized in that the set of conductive contacts (121 -124, 401, 402) are disposed at a periphery of the display aperture on at least two edges of the display aperture .
Formwork for a prefabricated staircase having a lower formwork part , two lateral and substantially vertical formwork walls , each with an upper edge , and at least one upper counter-formwork wall which is normal to the formwork walls and is arranged at least partially between the formwork walls , characterized in that the counter-formwork wall is pivotably mounted on the formwork walls via joints with pivot axes .
Personal respiratory protection device for use by a wearer, comprising: a respirator body having a periphery , a filter media, forming at least part of the respirator body , and a gasket , the gasket being located at the periphery and extending along at least a portion of its length, wherein the gasket is formed of a flexible elastomeric material and is contoured, the contour comprising a ridge that projects away from the periphery , and a flexion point , disposed on the ridge , about which the gasket is adapted to flex, wherein the gasket comprises a sheet-like material, wherein the contour is substantially V-shaped with the apex corresponding to the ridge , wherein the ridge is formed from a local transversal increase in thickness of elastomeric material of the gasket, wherein the ridge is provided with an indent , and the indent forms the flexion point , wherein the indent is adapted to accommodate the nose of a wearer and wherein the flexion point is formed from a local reduction in circumferential thickness of elastomeric material of the ridge. a respirator body having a periphery , a filter media, forming at least part of the respirator body , and a gasket , the gasket being located at the periphery and extending along at least a portion of its length, wherein the gasket is formed of a flexible elastomeric material and is contoured, the contour comprising a ridge that projects away from the periphery , and a flexion point , disposed on the ridge , about which the gasket is adapted to flex, wherein the gasket comprises a sheet-like material, wherein the contour is substantially V-shaped with the apex corresponding to the ridge , wherein the ridge is formed from a local transversal increase in thickness of elastomeric material of the gasket, wherein the ridge is provided with an indent , and the indent forms the flexion point , wherein the indent is adapted to accommodate the nose of a wearer and wherein the flexion point is formed from a local reduction in circumferential thickness of elastomeric material of the ridge.
Flexible wing extending longitudinally on an axis (X) and comprising an air foil and a plurality of rigging lines linked to the air foil , said air foil comprising a top wall and a bottom wall , defining an internal volume (I) having an internal pressure (Pi), at least one active air inlet oriented towards the front on said axis (X) and at least one active inflation device in which is mounted a fan configured to inject air from the outside (E), having an outside pressure (Pe), in the internal volume (I) of the air foil via the active air inlet , the wing being characterized in that the air foil comprises at least one passive air inlet , configured to allow a circulation of air from the outside (E) into the internal volume (I) of the air foil and at least one anti-return device configured, on the one hand, to allow a circulation of air from the outside (E) to the internal volume (I) of the air foil via said passive air inlet when the internal pressure (Pi) is lower than the outside pressure (Pe) in front of the passive air inlet , and, on the other hand, to prohibit a circulation of air from the internal volume (I) of the air foil to the outside (E) via said passive air inlet when the internal pressure (Pi) is higher than the outside pressure (Pe) in front of the passive air inlet .
An energy harvesting apparatus (1, 1a-1f), comprising: a flexible energy harvesting module having a flat plate shape; a connector which is mechanically and electrically connectable to an external connector ; a rigid member (30, 30a-30d, 30f) having a flat plate shape; and an electric wiring constituting a part of a front surface of the rigid member , wherein an edge of a back surface of the energy harvesting module is disposed on the front surface of the rigid member , and the connector is disposed on the front surface of the rigid member at a position spaced apart from the energy harvesting module and is electrically connected to the energy harvesting module via the electric wiring , wherein the electric wiring is a flexible wiring board , wherein at least a part of the flexible wiring board is transparent, at least a part of the rigid member (30, 30a-30d, 30f) is transparent, and the flexible wiring board and the rigid member (30, 30a-30d, 30f) are bonded to each other with a transparent bonding material interposed therebetween. a flexible energy harvesting module having a flat plate shape; a connector which is mechanically and electrically connectable to an external connector ; a rigid member (30, 30a-30d, 30f) having a flat plate shape; and an electric wiring constituting a part of a front surface of the rigid member , wherein an edge of a back surface of the energy harvesting module is disposed on the front surface of the rigid member , and the connector is disposed on the front surface of the rigid member at a position spaced apart from the energy harvesting module and is electrically connected to the energy harvesting module via the electric wiring , wherein the electric wiring is a flexible wiring board , wherein at least a part of the flexible wiring board is transparent, at least a part of the rigid member (30, 30a-30d, 30f) is transparent, and the flexible wiring board and the rigid member (30, 30a-30d, 30f) are bonded to each other with a transparent bonding material interposed therebetween.
An MD2-antagonist for use in a method of treating HMGB1 -mediated inflammation in a subject, wherein the MD2-antagonist is a tetrameric peptide having the amino acid sequence FSSE, and wherein the HMGB1 is the HMGB1 disulfide isoform.
A chimeric promoter which, when induced by a pathogenic infection or a treatment with a pathogenic elicitor, is suitable for bringing about an expression of an operatively linked nucleic acid molecule in a plant cell and which comprises a minimal promoter and at least one cis-regulatory element, characterized in that the cis-regulatory element comprises a nucleic acid molecule, wherein the nucleic acid molecule is selected from the group consisting of: a) SEQ ID NO: 20, SEQ ID NO: 21, or SEQ ID NO: 23, or b) a nucleotide sequence which is complementary to a nucleotide sequence from a). a) SEQ ID NO: 20, SEQ ID NO: 21, or SEQ ID NO: 23, or b) a nucleotide sequence which is complementary to a nucleotide sequence from a).