mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
An electrochromic film comprising an electrochromic layer; and a passivation layer that can be colored and bleached in use by an electrochemical reaction and is located on one side of the electrochromic layer and having a coloration level different from that of the electrochromic layer, wherein the coloration level is a minimum magnitude (absolute value) of a voltage which is applied in use to a layer capable of electrochromism to cause color-change, wherein the electrochromic layer comprises a reducing electrochromic material, wherein the passivation layer comprises a metal oxynitride; and the metal oxynitride simultaneously comprises two or more metals selected from Ti, Nb, Mo, Ta and W. wherein the coloration level is a minimum magnitude (absolute value) of a voltage which is applied in use to a layer capable of electrochromism to cause color-change, wherein the electrochromic layer comprises a reducing electrochromic material, wherein the passivation layer comprises a metal oxynitride; and the metal oxynitride simultaneously comprises two or more metals selected from Ti, Nb, Mo, Ta and W.
An applicator for applying an on-skin sensor assembly to skin of a host, the applicator comprising: an applicator housing operatively coupled to a disposable housing , the disposable housing being configured to receive an electronics unit , the electronics unit being configured to generate analyte information based on a signal from a sensor ; an insertion assembly comprising an insertion member, the insertion member being configured to insert the sensor into the skin of the host; a resistance member releasably coupled to the insertion assembly, wherein the resistance member comprises an elastomer or a seal ; a first drive assembly containing a first amount of stored energy, the first drive assembly being configured to drive the insertion member in a distal direction to an inserted position; and a second drive assembly containing a second amount of stored energy, the second drive assembly being configured to drive the insertion member in a proximal direction, wherein the second amount of stored energy is sufficient to decouple the resistance member from the insertion assembly. an applicator housing operatively coupled to a disposable housing , the disposable housing being configured to receive an electronics unit , the electronics unit being configured to generate analyte information based on a signal from a sensor ; an insertion assembly comprising an insertion member, the insertion member being configured to insert the sensor into the skin of the host; a resistance member releasably coupled to the insertion assembly, wherein the resistance member comprises an elastomer or a seal ; a first drive assembly containing a first amount of stored energy, the first drive assembly being configured to drive the insertion member in a distal direction to an inserted position; and a second drive assembly containing a second amount of stored energy, the second drive assembly being configured to drive the insertion member in a proximal direction, wherein the second amount of stored energy is sufficient to decouple the resistance member from the insertion assembly.
Augmented reality method in real time, comprising steps of: - acquiring a plurality of images by an image acquisition device that at least partially cover a space , the space having at least two landmarks , the image acquisition device being associated with a two-dimensional reference frame, referred to as the reference frame of the image, the image acquisition device being comprised in a portable electronic device also comprising a screen ; - detecting at least two landmarks of the space in at least one image, the space being associated with a three-dimensional reference frame, referred to as the reference frame of the space; - determining a three-dimensional position and orientation of the space in relation to the image acquisition device thanks to the landmarks detected; - receiving the instantaneous position, within the reference frame of the space, of a mobile element moving in the space; - calculating the position of the mobile element in the reference frame of the image from transformation parameters between the reference frame of the space and the reference space of the image, said transformation parameters being calculated from the three-dimensional position and orientation of the space in relation to the image acquisition device; - displaying in real time at least one acquired image on the screen ; - superimposing on the image displayed on the screen in real time at least one overlay at a predetermined distance in relation to the position of the mobile element in the reference frame of the image. - acquiring a plurality of images by an image acquisition device that at least partially cover a space , the space having at least two landmarks , the image acquisition device being associated with a two-dimensional reference frame, referred to as the reference frame of the image, the image acquisition device being comprised in a portable electronic device also comprising a screen ; - detecting at least two landmarks of the space in at least one image, the space being associated with a three-dimensional reference frame, referred to as the reference frame of the space; - determining a three-dimensional position and orientation of the space in relation to the image acquisition device thanks to the landmarks detected; - receiving the instantaneous position, within the reference frame of the space, of a mobile element moving in the space; - calculating the position of the mobile element in the reference frame of the image from transformation parameters between the reference frame of the space and the reference space of the image, said transformation parameters being calculated from the three-dimensional position and orientation of the space in relation to the image acquisition device; - displaying in real time at least one acquired image on the screen ; - superimposing on the image displayed on the screen in real time at least one overlay at a predetermined distance in relation to the position of the mobile element in the reference frame of the image.
Method for determining the torque setpoint (C sp ) of a motor vehicle engine, comprising steps during which: - a value of the depression (B1) of an accelerator pedal of the vehicle by a driver of the vehicle is determined; - a value of the speed (N) of the engine is determined; and - said torque setpoint (C sp ) is determined from a set of parameters comprising at least said value of depression (B1) of the pedal and said value of speed (N), characterized in that said torque setpoint (C sp ) is determined as being equal to the sum: - of a first value of engine torque (C mot ), determined as a function of the value of the depression (B1) of the accelerator pedal by the driver and of the speed (N) of the engine, said first value being able to accelerate the vehicle at a predetermined value of reference acceleration (a ref ) when the mass of the vehicle is equal to a predetermined reference mass (m ref ) and when the vehicle is travelling on a road having a zero slope (α); and - of all or some of a value of differential torque (TQ diff ), determined as a function of the real current mass (m) of the vehicle and of the real current slope (α) of the road on which the vehicle is travelling, said differential torque (TQ diff ) being determined such that, when the engine torque is equal to the sum of the first value of torque (C mot ) and of all of the differential torque (TQ diff ) , the vehicle is accelerated at the value of reference acceleration (a ref ), without said value of depression of the pedal (B1) being modified. - a value of the depression (B1) of an accelerator pedal of the vehicle by a driver of the vehicle is determined; - a value of the speed (N) of the engine is determined; and - said torque setpoint (C sp ) is determined from a set of parameters comprising at least said value of depression (B1) of the pedal and said value of speed (N), characterized in that - of a first value of engine torque (C mot ), determined as a function of the value of the depression (B1) of the accelerator pedal by the driver and of the speed (N) of the engine, said first value being able to accelerate the vehicle at a predetermined value of reference acceleration (a ref ) when the mass of the vehicle is equal to a predetermined reference mass (m ref ) and when the vehicle is travelling on a road having a zero slope (α); and - of all or some of a value of differential torque (TQ diff ), determined as a function of the real current mass (m) of the vehicle and of the real current slope (α) of the road on which the vehicle is travelling, said differential torque (TQ diff ) being determined such that, when the engine torque is equal to the sum of the first value of torque (C mot ) and of all of the differential torque (TQ diff ) , the vehicle is accelerated at the value of reference acceleration (a ref ), without said value of depression of the pedal (B1) being modified.
A branching air supply device for a refrigerator , the branching air supply device comprising: a housing provided with an air inlet and a plurality of air outlets , the housing comprises a base and a distributor cover ; and the distributor cover is provided with a cover plate and a circumferential wall extending from the edge of the cover plate towards the base, the cover plate is provided with the air inlet , the circumferential wall is provided with the plurality of air outlets, and the end, far away from the cover plate, of the circumferential wall is mounted on the base; a regulating component configured to completely shield, partially shield or completely expose each air outlet in a controllable manner to adjust respective air discharging areas of the plurality of air outlets; an air feeding device arranged in the housing and configured to prompt the air flow to flow into the housing from the air inlet and to flow out of the housing via one or more air outlets of the plurality of the air outlets; and an air distributing device arranged in the housing and configured to guide air flowing out of the air feeding device and to enable the air flowing out of the air feeding device to flow to each air outlet with a predetermined ratio, characterized in that the air distributing device comprises a plurality of flow guiding plates , each of which extends from the inner surface of the cover plate towards the base; and each flow guiding plate is configured to enable air flowing out of the air feeding device to flow to two adjacent air outlets from the two sides of the flow guiding plate . a housing provided with an air inlet and a plurality of air outlets , the housing comprises a base and a distributor cover ; and the distributor cover is provided with a cover plate and a circumferential wall extending from the edge of the cover plate towards the base, the cover plate is provided with the air inlet , the circumferential wall is provided with the plurality of air outlets, and the end, far away from the cover plate, of the circumferential wall is mounted on the base; a regulating component configured to completely shield, partially shield or completely expose each air outlet in a controllable manner to adjust respective air discharging areas of the plurality of air outlets; an air feeding device arranged in the housing and configured to prompt the air flow to flow into the housing from the air inlet and to flow out of the housing via one or more air outlets of the plurality of the air outlets; and an air distributing device arranged in the housing and configured to guide air flowing out of the air feeding device and to enable the air flowing out of the air feeding device to flow to each air outlet with a predetermined ratio, characterized in that the air distributing device comprises a plurality of flow guiding plates , each of which extends from the inner surface of the cover plate towards the base; and each flow guiding plate is configured to enable air flowing out of the air feeding device to flow to two adjacent air outlets from the two sides of the flow guiding plate .
A system comprising: a first buffer configured to store first media packets therein received from a first media stream comprising error correction packets; a second buffer configured to store second media packets therein received from a second media stream comprising error correction packets, the first media stream and the second media stream including redundant content that is transmitted separately; and a combiner configured to store media packets from each of the first and second buffers, the combiner is configured to discard a given duplicate media packet read from one of the first or second buffers that has been identified as being identical to another of the media packets read from the other of the buffers based on analysis of a predetermined identifier in each of the media packets read from the first and second buffers, such that the combiner is configured to provide an output stream of packets that includes only one of the identical media packets read from the first and second buffers and the error correction packets from both of the first and second media streams. a first buffer configured to store first media packets therein received from a first media stream comprising error correction packets; a second buffer configured to store second media packets therein received from a second media stream comprising error correction packets, the first media stream and the second media stream including redundant content that is transmitted separately; and a combiner configured to store media packets from each of the first and second buffers, the combiner is configured to discard a given duplicate media packet read from one of the first or second buffers that has been identified as being identical to another of the media packets read from the other of the buffers based on analysis of a predetermined identifier in each of the media packets read from the first and second buffers, such that the combiner is configured to provide an output stream of packets that includes only one of the identical media packets read from the first and second buffers and the error correction packets from both of the first and second media streams.
An electronic cigarette, comprising: 1) a mouthpiece ; 2) a first seal ring ; 3) a glass tube ; 4) a hollow rod ; 5) a permanent seat ; 6) a first piece of cotton ; 7)a ceramic atomization core in a cylindrical shape; 8) a second piece of cotton ; 9)an annular sleeve ; 10) two second seal rings ; 11) a base seat ; 12) an insulation ring ; and 13) a joint comprising an anode and cathode; wherein: the mouthpiece is disposed on the glass tube ; the first seal ring is disposed in the mouthpiece to seal a gap between the mouthpiece and the glass tube ; the hollow rod is disposed in the glass tube , and the two second seal rings are disposed on one end of the hollow rod away from the first seal ring to seal a gap between the glass tube and the hollow rod ; the ceramic atomization core is fixed on the permanent seat ; the permanent seat is disposed in the hollow rod ; the insulation ring is disposed in the base seat ; the joint is disposed in the insulation ring ; the base seat , the insulation ring , and the joint are disposed in the one end of the hollow rod away from the mouthpiece; the annular sleeve sleeves the one end of the hollow rod away from the mouthpiece; the glass tube is fixed on the hollow rod , and two ends of the glass tube are sealed by the first seal ring and the two second seal rings , respectively; and the mouthpiece is in threaded connection to the hollow rod ; characterised in that: the first piece of cotton and the second piece of cotton are disposed on two bases of the ceramic atomization core in the cylindrical shape, respectively. 1) a mouthpiece ; 2) a first seal ring ; 3) a glass tube ; 4) a hollow rod ; 5) a permanent seat ; 6) a first piece of cotton ; 7)a ceramic atomization core in a cylindrical shape; 8) a second piece of cotton ; 9)an annular sleeve ; 10) two second seal rings ; 11) a base seat ; 12) an insulation ring ; and 13) a joint comprising an anode and cathode; the mouthpiece is disposed on the glass tube ; the first seal ring is disposed in the mouthpiece to seal a gap between the mouthpiece and the glass tube ; the hollow rod is disposed in the glass tube , and the two second seal rings are disposed on one end of the hollow rod away from the first seal ring to seal a gap between the glass tube and the hollow rod ; the ceramic atomization core is fixed on the permanent seat ; the permanent seat is disposed in the hollow rod ; the insulation ring is disposed in the base seat ; the joint is disposed in the insulation ring ; the base seat , the insulation ring , and the joint are disposed in the one end of the hollow rod away from the mouthpiece; the annular sleeve sleeves the one end of the hollow rod away from the mouthpiece; the glass tube is fixed on the hollow rod , and two ends of the glass tube are sealed by the first seal ring and the two second seal rings , respectively; and the mouthpiece is in threaded connection to the hollow rod ;
A block copolymer comprising i) A first block wherein at least 65 mol-% of the repeating units of the first block are repeating units of the formula (I) -[CH 2 -CH 2 -O]- (I), ii) A second block wherein at least 90 mol-% of the repeating units of the second block are repeating units of at least one of formulae (II) or (III), wherein the groups R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 independent of each occurrence are selected from hydrocarbyl groups having 1 to 40 carbon atoms, which are optionally substituted by ether or hydroxyl groups, and wherein the groups R 1 and R 2 are optionally linked to each other such that a nitrogen heterocyclic structure is present, iii) A third block which is different from the first block and the second block and which is more hydrophobic than the first block. i) A first block wherein at least 65 mol-% of the repeating units of the first block are repeating units of the formula (I) -[CH 2 -CH 2 -O]- (I), ii) A second block wherein at least 90 mol-% of the repeating units of the second block are repeating units of at least one of formulae (II) or (III), wherein the groups R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 independent of each occurrence are selected from hydrocarbyl groups having 1 to 40 carbon atoms, which are optionally substituted by ether or hydroxyl groups, and wherein the groups R 1 and R 2 are optionally linked to each other such that a nitrogen heterocyclic structure is present, iii) A third block which is different from the first block and the second block and which is more hydrophobic than the first block.
A computer implemented method, comprising: sensing , using a metric sensor , a value of a cloud service interaction variable that varies based on location; sensing, using a position sensor , a geographic location corresponding to the value of the cloud service interaction variable and generating a location signal indicative of the sensed geographic location; generating a set of location coordinates indicative of the sensed geographic location, based on the location signal; identifying a pre-defined geographic grid section, having a predefined area, that includes the set of location coordinates; identifying a pre-defined reference location corresponding to the identified predefined geographic grid section, as an abstract client location; and sending the abstract client location and the corresponding value of the cloud service interaction variable to a remote computing system of a cloud-based service, wherein the cloud service interaction variable is a latency encountered from the client location to a location of a networking entry point to the cloud-based service, or the cloud service interaction variable is a throughput of a file download at a client device at the client location from the networking entry point to the cloud-based service. sensing , using a metric sensor , a value of a cloud service interaction variable that varies based on location; sensing, using a position sensor , a geographic location corresponding to the value of the cloud service interaction variable and generating a location signal indicative of the sensed geographic location; generating a set of location coordinates indicative of the sensed geographic location, based on the location signal; identifying a pre-defined geographic grid section, having a predefined area, that includes the set of location coordinates; identifying a pre-defined reference location corresponding to the identified predefined geographic grid section, as an abstract client location; and sending the abstract client location and the corresponding value of the cloud service interaction variable to a remote computing system of a cloud-based service,
A method of preventing or reducing degradation of a segment of a single-stranded RNA template that is amplified in an amplification reaction, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing the single-stranded RNA template; b) hybridizing the segment of the single-stranded RNA template with one or more oligonucleotides whose sequences are completely or partially complementary to the segment of the single-stranded RNA template that is amplified, wherein the one or more oligonucleotides hybridize to more than 48% of the segment of the single-stranded RNA template that is amplified; and c) reverse transcribing and amplifying the segment of the single-stranded RNA template under reaction conditions whereby the one or more oligonucleotides do not interfere with reverse transcription and amplification and whereby each one oligonucleotide from the one or more oligonucleotides is characterized by being between 11 nucleotides and 50 nucleotides in length and having a melting temperature that is at least 5°C lower than an extension temperature used during amplification, and wherein the sequence of each one oligonucleotide from the one or more oligonucleotides does not overlap with the sequence of another oligonucleotide from the one or more oligonucleotides; and the one or more oligonucleotides are present at a concentration that is at least fifty-fold lower than concentrations of primers and probes used during reverse transcription and amplification. a) providing the single-stranded RNA template; b) hybridizing the segment of the single-stranded RNA template with one or more oligonucleotides whose sequences are completely or partially complementary to the segment of the single-stranded RNA template that is amplified, wherein the one or more oligonucleotides hybridize to more than 48% of the segment of the single-stranded RNA template that is amplified; and c) reverse transcribing and amplifying the segment of the single-stranded RNA template under reaction conditions whereby the one or more oligonucleotides do not interfere with reverse transcription and amplification and whereby each one oligonucleotide from the one or more oligonucleotides is characterized by being between 11 nucleotides and 50 nucleotides in length and having a melting temperature that is at least 5°C lower than an extension temperature used during amplification, and wherein the sequence of each one oligonucleotide from the one or more oligonucleotides does not overlap with the sequence of another oligonucleotide from the one or more oligonucleotides; and the one or more oligonucleotides are present at a concentration that is at least fifty-fold lower than concentrations of primers and probes used during reverse transcription and amplification.