mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
A method for sign detection in a three-dimensional point cloud and a two-dimensional image, the method further comprising: receiving (S101) point cloud data associated with a geographic region; classifying at least one point neighborhood in the point cloud data as linear, planar, or volumetric; selecting at least one point neighborhood classified as planar as a sign position candidate; receiving (S103) image data associated with the geographic region; analyzing regions within the image data to identify at least one sign ; and providing (S115) a location for the sign detection; characterised in that the method further comprises calculating a sighting frustum from the image data, the sighting frustum representing possible points in 3D space which could be associated with the at least one sign, wherein the sighting frustum is calculated based on a location of an image sensor that collected the image data associated with the geographic region; and performing a comparison (S105) of the sighting frustum to the sign position candidate having at least one point neighborhood classified as planar; wherein the location for the sign detection is provided in response to the comparison. receiving (S101) point cloud data associated with a geographic region; classifying at least one point neighborhood in the point cloud data as linear, planar, or volumetric; selecting at least one point neighborhood classified as planar as a sign position candidate; receiving (S103) image data associated with the geographic region; analyzing regions within the image data to identify at least one sign ; and providing (S115) a location for the sign detection; characterised in that the method further comprises calculating a sighting frustum from the image data, the sighting frustum representing possible points in 3D space which could be associated with the at least one sign, wherein the sighting frustum is calculated based on a location of an image sensor that collected the image data associated with the geographic region; and performing a comparison (S105) of the sighting frustum to the sign position candidate having at least one point neighborhood classified as planar; wherein the location for the sign detection is provided in response to the comparison.
A method of computed tomography comprising: illuminating an object with a cone of illumination , wherein the object is between a source of the cone of illumination and a two-dimensional photo-detector array ; shielding the photodetector array from the cone of illumination with a collimator shield that includes a slit defined therethrough; moving the slit of the collimator shield across the photodetector array in a direction perpendicular to the slit to expose the photodetector array to the cone of illumination through the slit as the slit scans across the photodetector array to acquire a two-dimensional image of the object ; rotating the object about a rotational axis to a new rotational position; and repeating movement of the slit to expose the photodetector and rotating the object about the rotational axis until the object has been imaged from multiple rotational positions to form a three-dimensional model of the object , wherein rotating the object includes rotating the object with the rotational axis aligned with the direction perpendicular to the slit. illuminating an object with a cone of illumination , wherein the object is between a source of the cone of illumination and a two-dimensional photo-detector array ; shielding the photodetector array from the cone of illumination with a collimator shield that includes a slit defined therethrough; moving the slit of the collimator shield across the photodetector array in a direction perpendicular to the slit to expose the photodetector array to the cone of illumination through the slit as the slit scans across the photodetector array to acquire a two-dimensional image of the object ; rotating the object about a rotational axis to a new rotational position; and repeating movement of the slit to expose the photodetector and rotating the object about the rotational axis until the object has been imaged from multiple rotational positions to form a three-dimensional model of the object , wherein rotating the object includes rotating the object with the rotational axis aligned with the direction perpendicular to the slit.
A synthetic leather comprising at least a base (i), an adhesive layer (ii), and a skin layer (iii), wherein the urethane resin composition forming the adhesive layer (ii) includes a urethane resin (A) and water (B), the urethane resin (A) being produced using an aromatic polyisocyanate (a1) as a raw material and the aromatic polyisocyanate (a1) includes toluene diisocyanate; and wherein the urethane resin composition forming the skin layer (iii) includes a urethane resin (X), a nonionic emulsifier (Y), and water (Z), the urethane resin (X) being produced using an aromatic polyisocyanate (x1) as a raw material and the aromatic polyisocyanate (x1) is diphenylmethane diisocyanate. wherein the urethane resin composition forming the adhesive layer (ii) includes a urethane resin (A) and water (B), the urethane resin (A) being produced using an aromatic polyisocyanate (a1) as a raw material and the aromatic polyisocyanate (a1) includes toluene diisocyanate; and wherein the urethane resin composition forming the skin layer (iii) includes a urethane resin (X), a nonionic emulsifier (Y), and water (Z), the urethane resin (X) being produced using an aromatic polyisocyanate (x1) as a raw material and the aromatic polyisocyanate (x1) is diphenylmethane diisocyanate.
A detectable conjugate of androstenedione comprising an androstenedione compound conjugated to a chemiluminescent acridinium moiety, said conjugate having the structure of formula (I): A——L——Ψ (I) wherein A is androstenedione or a derivative thereof; L is a linker; and Ψ is a chemiluminescent acridinium label, wherein said androstenedione compound (A) is covalently bonded to L through any one of carbons 3, 6, 7, 17, or 19 of said androstenedione ring system, wherein the androstenedione derivatives are 4-androsten-3,17-dione; 4-androsten-3,17-dione 3-O-carboxymethyloxime; 4-androsten-3,17-dione 17-O-carboxymethyloxime and 19-hydroxy-4-androsten-3,17-dione. wherein A is androstenedione or a derivative thereof; L is a linker; and Ψ is a chemiluminescent acridinium label,
A mobile terminal including a quality measurement means for measuring quality of a downlink communication path, and a transmitting means for transmitting a result of the measurement made by the quality measurement means to a base station , characterized in that in a case in which a timing at which to transmit the result of the measurement made by the quality measurement means to the base station coincides with a timing at which to transmit a positive response signal or a negative response signal to the base station , the transmitting means is adapted to transmit either the positive response signal or the negative response signal without transmitting the result of the measurement made by the quality measurement means.
A superconductor structure comprising: a substrate ; and a spring structure disposed on the substrate, the spring structure comprising: an anchor portion disposed on the substrate; an elastic material having an intrinsic stress profile that biases a region of the elastic material being disposed on the anchor portion ; a superconductor film in electrical contact with a portion of the elastic material: and characterized in that the elastic material comprises at least one stress-engineered film in which there is a stress gradient configured so that the film has a higher compressive stress near the substrate than near the surface of the film away from the substrate, and wherein the region of the elastic material is configured to curl away from the substrate. a substrate ; and a spring structure disposed on the substrate, the spring structure comprising: an anchor portion disposed on the substrate; an elastic material having an intrinsic stress profile that biases a region of the elastic material being disposed on the anchor portion ; a superconductor film in electrical contact with a portion of the elastic material: and characterized in that the elastic material comprises at least one stress-engineered film in which there is a stress gradient configured so that the film has a higher compressive stress near the substrate than near the surface of the film away from the substrate, and wherein the region of the elastic material is configured to curl away from the substrate. an anchor portion disposed on the substrate; an elastic material having an intrinsic stress profile that biases a region of the elastic material being disposed on the anchor portion ; a superconductor film in electrical contact with a portion of the elastic material: and characterized in that the elastic material comprises at least one stress-engineered film in which there is a stress gradient configured so that the film has a higher compressive stress near the substrate than near the surface of the film away from the substrate, and wherein the region of the elastic material is configured to curl away from the substrate.
An antenna device comprising: a cover member (B) that is arranged to cover a front region of an outside of the antenna device (U), the cover member (B) reflecting and passing through an electromagnetic wave transmitted and received by the antenna device (U); a circuit board ; an antenna that is disposed in the circuit board , configured to transmit the electromagnetic wave toward the front region, and to receive the electromagnetic wave from the front region; a housing that has an opening in a front surface through which the electromagnetic wave passes and houses the circuit board such that transmission and reception of the electromagnetic wave are performed via the opening ; and a bracket configured to retain the housing and to fix the housing to the cover member (B) in a front direction of the opening , wherein the bracket has a sheet-shaped or plate-shaped adjuster that is disposed so as to cover a region in the front direction of the opening and to closely contact with an inner surface of the cover member (B) and configured to adjust pass characteristics of the electromagnetic wave in the cover member (B), wherein a thickness and a relative dielectric constant of the adjuster are set such that a traveling distance of the electromagnetic wave that passes from a surface of the adjuster on the opening side to an outer surface of the cover member (B) effectively becomes λο/2 × n, where n represents an arbitrary positive integer and λo represents a free-space wavelength of the electromagnetic wave, and wherein the bracket is integrally molded with resin. a cover member (B) that is arranged to cover a front region of an outside of the antenna device (U), the cover member (B) reflecting and passing through an electromagnetic wave transmitted and received by the antenna device (U); a circuit board ; an antenna that is disposed in the circuit board , configured to transmit the electromagnetic wave toward the front region, and to receive the electromagnetic wave from the front region; a housing that has an opening in a front surface through which the electromagnetic wave passes and houses the circuit board such that transmission and reception of the electromagnetic wave are performed via the opening ; and a bracket configured to retain the housing and to fix the housing to the cover member (B) in a front direction of the opening , wherein the bracket has a sheet-shaped or plate-shaped adjuster that is disposed so as to cover a region in the front direction of the opening and to closely contact with an inner surface of the cover member (B) and configured to adjust pass characteristics of the electromagnetic wave in the cover member (B), wherein a thickness and a relative dielectric constant of the adjuster are set such that a traveling distance of the electromagnetic wave that passes from a surface of the adjuster on the opening side to an outer surface of the cover member (B) effectively becomes λο/2 × n, where n represents an arbitrary positive integer and λo represents a free-space wavelength of the electromagnetic wave, and wherein the bracket is integrally molded with resin.
Method for predictive reception of physical layer downlink repetitions in NarrowBand Internet-of-things UE, the method comprising the following steps: - estimating an expected number of repeated sub-frames required for a successful reception of a current encoded and in sub-frames rate-matched downlink transmission from a base station to a user equipment by applying a redundancy estimation function, whereas the redundancy estimation function uses a downlink control information -DCI-Format N1, which is transmitted in Narrowband Physical Downlink Control Channel-NPDCCH from the base station to the user equipment, - using the estimated expected number of repeated sub-frames as input of a repetition reception control function, whereas the repetition reception control function schedules and postpones the repetition reception and a decoding attempt of the downlink transmission to a point in time where an expected success probability is reached according to the redundancy estimation function, wherein a feedback-loop between the redundancy estimation function and the repetition reception control function is used for refining and adapting the predictive reception of physical layer downlink repetitions in NB-IoT, characterized in that the redundancy estimation function is realized in an open-loop fashion and whereas in open-loop fashion the UE uses the received sub-frames from the base station and narrow-band reference symbols, NRS, for estimation of a signal to interference and noise ratio, SINR, whereas the estimated SINR and a target code rate from the DCI is used to determine the required number of repeated sub-frames. - estimating an expected number of repeated sub-frames required for a successful reception of a current encoded and in sub-frames rate-matched downlink transmission from a base station to a user equipment by applying a redundancy estimation function, whereas the redundancy estimation function uses a downlink control information -DCI-Format N1, which is transmitted in Narrowband Physical Downlink Control Channel-NPDCCH from the base station to the user equipment, - using the estimated expected number of repeated sub-frames as input of a repetition reception control function, whereas the repetition reception control function schedules and postpones the repetition reception and a decoding attempt of the downlink transmission to a point in time where an expected success probability is reached according to the redundancy estimation function,
An orientable connector for connection devices of vehicle hydraulic systems comprising an input and/or output section and a connection end , wherein said connector comprises a head provided with orientation means arranged between the input and/or output section and the connection end and configured to establish hydraulic communication between both ; wherein the head comprises: • a flat support face from which the connection end extends perpendicularly; and • a flat orientation face , opposite the flat support face , on which the orientation means are located; said connector characterised in that the orientations means comprise a protruding element , wherein said protruding element adopts the following constructive configurations: - a prismatic configuration with a triangular, square, pentagonal, or hexagonal contour; or - an elliptical configuration; or - a configuration mixed between a square prism and a cylinder, having two flat side walls arranged between two curved side walls . • a flat support face from which the connection end extends perpendicularly; and • a flat orientation face , opposite the flat support face , on which the orientation means are located; - a prismatic configuration with a triangular, square, pentagonal, or hexagonal contour; or - an elliptical configuration; or - a configuration mixed between a square prism and a cylinder, having two flat side walls arranged between two curved side walls .
A photovoltaic device comprising: a substrate layer ; an n-type layer disposed over the substrate layer , the n-type layer comprising a first transparent conductive oxide layer , and optionally, a window layer ; a p-type absorber layer disposed on the n-type layer, wherein the absorber layer consists essentially of CdSe x Te (1-x) , wherein x is from about 1 at. % to about 40 at. %; and a transparent tunnel junction disposed on the absorber layer, the tunnel junction comprising a transparent interface layer doped to be p+type, wherein the interface layer comprises Cd y Zn (1-y) Te, doped with copper, wherein y is from 0 to about 60 at. %, and a transparent contact layer doped to be n+type, wherein the interface layer is disposed between the absorber layer and the transparent contact layer, and wherein the transparent contact layer comprises a second transparent conductive oxide. a substrate layer ; an n-type layer disposed over the substrate layer , the n-type layer comprising a first transparent conductive oxide layer , and optionally, a window layer ; a p-type absorber layer disposed on the n-type layer, wherein the absorber layer consists essentially of CdSe x Te (1-x) , wherein x is from about 1 at. % to about 40 at. %; and a transparent tunnel junction disposed on the absorber layer, the tunnel junction comprising a transparent interface layer doped to be p+type, wherein the interface layer comprises Cd y Zn (1-y) Te, doped with copper, wherein y is from 0 to about 60 at. %, and a transparent contact layer doped to be n+type, wherein the interface layer is disposed between the absorber layer and the transparent contact layer, and wherein the transparent contact layer comprises a second transparent conductive oxide.
A gas turbine engine component comprising a wall having first and second opposing surfaces and defining a cooling hole , the cooling hole extending through the wall from an inlet located at the first wall surface to an outlet located at the second wall surface and having: a metering section ; and a diffusing section extending from the metering section to the outlet , the diffusing section comprising: a first lobe diverging longitudinally and laterally from the metering section and comprising a first trailing edge ; a second lobe diverging longitudinally and laterally from the metering section and comprising a second trailing edge ; and a transition region having a portion that extends between the first and second lobes , the transition region comprising a downstream end adjacent the outlet characterized in that the downstream end is at least axially coextensive with the first and with the second trailing edges of the first and second lobes . a metering section ; and a diffusing section extending from the metering section to the outlet , the diffusing section comprising: a first lobe diverging longitudinally and laterally from the metering section and comprising a first trailing edge ; a second lobe diverging longitudinally and laterally from the metering section and comprising a second trailing edge ; and a transition region having a portion that extends between the first and second lobes , the transition region comprising a downstream end adjacent the outlet characterized in that the downstream end is at least axially coextensive with the first and with the second trailing edges of the first and second lobes . a first lobe diverging longitudinally and laterally from the metering section and comprising a first trailing edge ; a second lobe diverging longitudinally and laterally from the metering section and comprising a second trailing edge ; and a transition region having a portion that extends between the first and second lobes , the transition region comprising a downstream end adjacent the outlet characterized in that the downstream end is at least axially coextensive with the first and with the second trailing edges of the first and second lobes . the downstream end is at least axially coextensive with the first and with the second trailing edges of the first and second lobes .
Modular furniture system for a variety of purposes comprising at least one furniture base module consisting of a backrest element , a seat base module , two upholstery elements and a plurality of foot elements , wherein the seat base module consists of at least two seat base elements , wherein the seat base elements are preferably substantially identically designed, and are capable of being joined to one another to form a seat base module by means of at least one connecting means , preferably of complementary function, preferably without tools, that the backrest element and the seat base module are capable of being connected and fastened by the foot elements without the use of tools, characterized in that the furniture base module is capable of being packed ready for assembly in a shipping carton with low dimensions up to 120 cm x 60 cm x 60 cm, and with a reduced weight of less than 30 kg, wherein a combined length and girth of up to 360 cm can be maintained.
In vitro method for diagnosing subjects infected with Mycobacterium species which comprises: a) Measuring the concentration of the protein ABCA13 in a biological sample consisting of serum or plasma obtained from the subject, and b) Wherein if an increase of the concentration of the protein ABCA13 is identified in the step a) with respect to the concentration of the protein ABCA13 measured in uninfected control subjects, it is an indication that the subject is infected with Mycobacterium species. a) Measuring the concentration of the protein ABCA13 in a biological sample consisting of serum or plasma obtained from the subject, and b) Wherein if an increase of the concentration of the protein ABCA13 is identified in the step a) with respect to the concentration of the protein ABCA13 measured in uninfected control subjects, it is an indication that the subject is infected with Mycobacterium species.
An image formation apparatus comprising: a transferrer configured to form a toner image on an image formation surface of paper; a fixer configured to fix the toner image on the paper; a paper conveyor configured to convey the paper between an upstream side of the transferrer and a downstream side of the fixer in a paper conveyance direction; and a paper pre-heater configured to heat, on the upstream side of the transferrer in the paper conveyance direction, the image formation surface of the paper, and heat the image formation surface of the paper at time of warm-up of the fixer , wherein, at the time of the warm-up, the paper conveyor is configured to convey the paper at a conveyance speed lower than a conveyance speed at a time of image formation in which the toner image is formed on the image formation surface of the paper. a transferrer configured to form a toner image on an image formation surface of paper; a fixer configured to fix the toner image on the paper; a paper conveyor configured to convey the paper between an upstream side of the transferrer and a downstream side of the fixer in a paper conveyance direction; and a paper pre-heater configured to heat, on the upstream side of the transferrer in the paper conveyance direction, the image formation surface of the paper, and heat the image formation surface of the paper at time of warm-up of the fixer , wherein, at the time of the warm-up, the paper conveyor is configured to convey the paper at a conveyance speed lower than a conveyance speed at a time of image formation in which the toner image is formed on the image formation surface of the paper. heat, on the upstream side of the transferrer in the paper conveyance direction, the image formation surface of the paper, and heat the image formation surface of the paper at time of warm-up of the fixer , wherein, at the time of the warm-up, the paper conveyor is configured to convey the paper at a conveyance speed lower than a conveyance speed at a time of image formation in which the toner image is formed on the image formation surface of the paper.