mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
A method of generating a reconstructed projection image of an object , comprising: receiving , using at least one processing unit , measurement data representative of an interaction of x-rays with at least a portion of an object; receiving , using the at least one processing unit, a first volumetric dataset having a plurality of voxels with first voxel dimensions ; selecting , using the at least one processing unit, a portion of the measurement data corresponding to data obtained from x-rays that are substantially parallel to a view direction of a projection image of the portion of the object; computing , using the at least one processing unit, a reconstructed second volumetric dataset having a plurality of voxels with second voxel dimensions using the first volumetric dataset and the selected portion of the measurement data; and generating , using a graphic unit, the projection image of the portion of the object along the view direction from the reconstructed second volumetric dataset. receiving , using at least one processing unit , measurement data representative of an interaction of x-rays with at least a portion of an object; receiving , using the at least one processing unit, a first volumetric dataset having a plurality of voxels with first voxel dimensions ; selecting , using the at least one processing unit, a portion of the measurement data corresponding to data obtained from x-rays that are substantially parallel to a view direction of a projection image of the portion of the object; computing , using the at least one processing unit, a reconstructed second volumetric dataset having a plurality of voxels with second voxel dimensions using the first volumetric dataset and the selected portion of the measurement data; and generating , using a graphic unit, the projection image of the portion of the object along the view direction from the reconstructed second volumetric dataset.
A method for activating an inner surface of a substrate tube for the manufacturing of an optical fiber preform by means of plasma etching with an fluorine-containing etching gas, said plasma etching comprising the steps of: * supplying a supply flow of gas to a central cavity of a substrate tube, wherein the supply flow comprises a main gas flow and a fluorine-containing etching gas flow; * inducing a plasma by means of electromagnetic radiation in at least a part of the substrate tube to create a plasma zone in the central cavity of the substrate tube; * moving the plasma zone back and forth in longitudinal direction over the length of the substrate tube between a reversal point located near the supply side and a reversal point located near the discharge side of said substrate tube; wherein each forth and each back movement is called a stroke; * wherein the flow of the fluorine-containing etching gas is provided when the plasma zone is present between the reversal point near the supply side and a pre-determined axial position located between the reversal point near the supply side and the reversal point near the discharge side. * supplying a supply flow of gas to a central cavity of a substrate tube, wherein the supply flow comprises a main gas flow and a fluorine-containing etching gas flow; * inducing a plasma by means of electromagnetic radiation in at least a part of the substrate tube to create a plasma zone in the central cavity of the substrate tube; * moving the plasma zone back and forth in longitudinal direction over the length of the substrate tube between a reversal point located near the supply side and a reversal point located near the discharge side of said substrate tube; wherein each forth and each back movement is called a stroke; * wherein the flow of the fluorine-containing etching gas is provided when the plasma zone is present between the reversal point near the supply side and a pre-determined axial position located between the reversal point near the supply side and the reversal point near the discharge side.
A method for rectifying an image photographed by a fish-eye lens, comprising steps of: acquiring a fish-eye lens mapping parameter and a lens field angle; acquiring a fitted mapping curve according to the lens mapping parameter; acquiring centre coordinate and radius of a fish-eye circle in a fish-eye image; creating a blank image used for rectifying the image according to the lens field angle; based on the lens field angle, the fitted mapping curve, the centre coordinate and the radius of the fish-eye circle, and a width and height of the blank image, mapping a point on the blank image used for rectifying the image to a corresponding point in the fish-eye image; and based on a color sample of the corresponding point in the fish-eye image, drawing same onto the corresponding point in the blank image used for rectifying the image, and drawing the rectified image; characterized in that , in the step of acquiring a fitted mapping curve according to lens mapping parameters, the fitted mapping curve is as Formula 1: r Re al = F θ = 1.0 × 10 − 9 θ 4 − 6.0 × 10 − 7 θ 3 + 8.5 × 10 − 6 θ 2 + 0.0183 θ + 0.0007 , wherein θ is an incident angle, r Real is a distance to a center of a film from where the light at the incident angle θ is mapped on the film after refracted through a lens. acquiring a fish-eye lens mapping parameter and a lens field angle; acquiring a fitted mapping curve according to the lens mapping parameter; acquiring centre coordinate and radius of a fish-eye circle in a fish-eye image; creating a blank image used for rectifying the image according to the lens field angle; based on the lens field angle, the fitted mapping curve, the centre coordinate and the radius of the fish-eye circle, and a width and height of the blank image, mapping a point on the blank image used for rectifying the image to a corresponding point in the fish-eye image; and based on a color sample of the corresponding point in the fish-eye image, drawing same onto the corresponding point in the blank image used for rectifying the image, and drawing the rectified image; characterized in that , in the step of acquiring a fitted mapping curve according to lens mapping parameters, the fitted mapping curve is as Formula 1: r Re al = F θ = 1.0 × 10 − 9 θ 4 − 6.0 × 10 − 7 θ 3 + 8.5 × 10 − 6 θ 2 + 0.0183 θ + 0.0007 , wherein θ is an incident angle, r Real is a distance to a center of a film from where the light at the incident angle θ is mapped on the film after refracted through a lens.
A method for wireless switching, the method comprising: receiving, by a transceiver of a shipping container , a first activation signal from an activation device ; responsive to receiving the first activation signal, transmitting, by the transceiver , network credentialing data to the activation device , the network credentialing data including a container identifier of the shipping container ; receiving, by a first controller of a first device of the shipping container , a second activation signal from the activation device , the second activation signal comprising an activation request and the network credentialing data; responsive to receiving the second activation signal, transitioning the first device from a low power state to a high power state; broadcasting, by the first device , a wireless network, wherein the first device comprises an access point for the wireless network; receiving, from the activation device , a request to join the wireless network; and granting, by the first device , access to the wireless network for the activation device. receiving, by a transceiver of a shipping container , a first activation signal from an activation device ; responsive to receiving the first activation signal, transmitting, by the transceiver , network credentialing data to the activation device , the network credentialing data including a container identifier of the shipping container ; receiving, by a first controller of a first device of the shipping container , a second activation signal from the activation device , the second activation signal comprising an activation request and the network credentialing data; responsive to receiving the second activation signal, transitioning the first device from a low power state to a high power state; broadcasting, by the first device , a wireless network, wherein the first device comprises an access point for the wireless network; receiving, from the activation device , a request to join the wireless network; and granting, by the first device , access to the wireless network for the activation device.
A method for assigning a serving grant of a High Speed Uplink Packet Access, HSUPA, network, comprising: step one: a HSUPA scheduler assigning a serving grant to user equipment according to a service requirement of the user equipment; and step two: the user equipment maintaining the serving grant until the service requirement of the user equipment changes, and then returning to step one; wherein, step two further comprises: the user equipment using the serving grant only if there is a service needed to be processed. step one: a HSUPA scheduler assigning a serving grant to user equipment according to a service requirement of the user equipment; and step two: the user equipment maintaining the serving grant until the service requirement of the user equipment changes, and then returning to step one; wherein, step two further comprises: the user equipment using the serving grant only if there is a service needed to be processed.
A method for optimizing fuel for an internal combustion engine, the method comprising: contacting a fuel with a metal-organic framework (MOF); selectively separating one or more constituents of the fuel to define a first fuel stream and a second fuel stream via the MOF; wherein separating comprises separating aliphatic C 7 -C 20 n-paraffins from one or more of cyclo-paraffins, branched paraffins, and olefins, or separating dibranched paraffins from mono-branched and n-paraffins; combusting the first fuel stream in the internal combustion engine to generate power and heated exhaust; directing the heated exhaust and at least a portion of the second fuel stream to a reformer; generating hydrogen gas in the reformer; injecting the hydrogen gas into the internal combustion engine; wherein all steps are performed on board a vehicle. contacting a fuel with a metal-organic framework (MOF); selectively separating one or more constituents of the fuel to define a first fuel stream and a second fuel stream via the MOF; wherein separating comprises separating aliphatic C 7 -C 20 n-paraffins from one or more of cyclo-paraffins, branched paraffins, and olefins, or separating dibranched paraffins from mono-branched and n-paraffins; combusting the first fuel stream in the internal combustion engine to generate power and heated exhaust; directing the heated exhaust and at least a portion of the second fuel stream to a reformer; generating hydrogen gas in the reformer; injecting the hydrogen gas into the internal combustion engine;
A composite textile product, comprising: a polyamide textile layer; and a polyamide film bonded to the polyamide textile layer, wherein the polyamide film has an average pore size ranging from 10μm to 150μm. a polyamide textile layer; and a polyamide film bonded to the polyamide textile layer, wherein the polyamide film has an average pore size ranging from 10μm to 150μm.
Supply circuit for supplying an LED circuit, in which at least one LED (LED1, LED2) is arranged, from a primary DC voltage (UB), the supply circuit having a preconverter (KV) and an intermediate circuit capacitor (Cz), the pre-converter (KV) being designed to be arranged between the primary DC voltage (UB) and the LED circuit and, depending on the magnitude of the primary DC voltage, to convert it to an intermediate circuit voltage (Uz) with a fixed value desired for the LED circuit, characterised in that the pre-converter is designed as a capacitive pre-converter (KV) which has a series switch (S), a microcontroller (μC) and a voltage divider (R7, R8), the series switch (S) being designed to lie between the primary DC voltage (UB) and the intermediate circuit capacitor (Cz) during operation, wherein the microcontroller (μC) has a PWM output and is adapted to control the series switch from the PWM output and includes a look-up table (LUT) with a relation between the value of the supplied voltage value and the duty cycle of a signal at the PWM output to convert the primary DC voltage to the intermediate circuit voltage (Uz) with the fixed value desired for the LED circuit, and wherein the voltage divider (R7, R8) is adapted to be connected in operation to the primary DC voltage and to supply a voltage value proportional to the primary DC voltage to an input of the microcontroller.
A coating composition comprising: a thermoplastic dispersion; and an epoxy-functional stabilizer comprising at least one epoxy end group and a segment derived from: (i) a polyhydric phenol having one or more aryl or heteroaryl groups in which each aryl or heteroaryl group includes a hydroxyl group attached to the ring and a substituent group attached to the ring at an ortho or meta position relative to the hydroxyl group; or (ii) a polyhydric phenol having two or more aryl or heteroaryl groups joined by a polar linking group or by a linking group having a molecular weight of at least 125 Daltons; or (iii) a polyhydric phenol having the features of both (i) and (ii); and wherein the coating composition is substantially free of diphenols having estrogenic activity greater than or equal to that of bisphenol S. a thermoplastic dispersion; and an epoxy-functional stabilizer comprising at least one epoxy end group and a segment derived from: (i) a polyhydric phenol having one or more aryl or heteroaryl groups in which each aryl or heteroaryl group includes a hydroxyl group attached to the ring and a substituent group attached to the ring at an ortho or meta position relative to the hydroxyl group; or (ii) a polyhydric phenol having two or more aryl or heteroaryl groups joined by a polar linking group or by a linking group having a molecular weight of at least 125 Daltons; or (iii) a polyhydric phenol having the features of both (i) and (ii); and wherein the coating composition is substantially free of diphenols having estrogenic activity greater than or equal to that of bisphenol S. (i) a polyhydric phenol having one or more aryl or heteroaryl groups in which each aryl or heteroaryl group includes a hydroxyl group attached to the ring and a substituent group attached to the ring at an ortho or meta position relative to the hydroxyl group; or (ii) a polyhydric phenol having two or more aryl or heteroaryl groups joined by a polar linking group or by a linking group having a molecular weight of at least 125 Daltons; or (iii) a polyhydric phenol having the features of both (i) and (ii); and wherein the coating composition is substantially free of diphenols having estrogenic activity greater than or equal to that of bisphenol S.
An apparatus for drilling a borehole into the earth using a drill string comprising a series of drill pipes configured to drill the borehole , the apparatus characterized by : one or more controllable light sources disposed on the drill string and configured to display an optical signal conveying information received from a downhole tool ; a high-speed camera configured to capture a series of images of the one or more controllable light sources at a speed high enough to image the optical signal while the drill string is rotating in operation drilling the borehole ; and a processor configured to receive and process the series of images to provide the information received from the downhole tool . one or more controllable light sources disposed on the drill string and configured to display an optical signal conveying information received from a downhole tool ; a high-speed camera configured to capture a series of images of the one or more controllable light sources at a speed high enough to image the optical signal while the drill string is rotating in operation drilling the borehole ; and a processor configured to receive and process the series of images to provide the information received from the downhole tool .
Use of a coating comprising between 50 and 90 wt% of alumina (Al 2 O 3 ) and an oxide selected from the group consisting of titanium oxide (TiO 2 ), chromium oxide (Cr 2 O 3 ), and a mixture of these, as a self-lubricating coating of a rotor or thrust disc for the use at high-temperature, more than 300°C, of a rotor in a foil bearing.
Guide device for a bandsaw blade or saw blade of a sawing machine, comprising at least one holder having at least one slide block and/or at least one roller for at least intermittent sliding and/or rolling contact with the bandsaw blade or the saw blade, wherein the at least one slide block and/or the at least one roller is mounted on the holder so as to be movable relative to the holder , and wherein the at least one slide block and/or the at least one roller is movable relative to the holder by means of at least one piezo actuator , characterised in that the guide device also comprises at least one sensor for detecting vibratory movements of the bandsaw blade or saw blade, wherein the at least one piezo actuator or a further piezo actuator is also in the form of a sensor for detecting vibratory movements of the bandsaw blade or saw blade, and the guide device also comprises a control unit for effecting open-loop and/or closed-loop control of the movements of the at least one piezo actuator, wherein the control unit is configured so that on the basis of the signals of the at least one sensor it generates counter-vibratory movements of the at least one piezo actuator in order to counteract or dampen vibratory movements of the bandsaw blade or saw blade occurring during sawing.
A composition comprising a pro-inflammatory cytokine inhibitor, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) and a Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug (NSAID) for use in treating a tendon injury in a performance animal being a horse.
A method comprising: determining, by a wireless device during a channel occupancy time, COT, duration, a channel access procedure type, among channel access procedure types, used for a sidelink transmission, wherein the determining the channel access procedure is based on a physical layer priority of sidelink data in the sidelink transmission; determining, by the wireless device during the COT duration, a length of a cyclic prefix extension, CPE, among a plurality of CPEs, based on: a gap between performing sidelink transmissions; and the channel access procedure type used for the sidelink transmission; and transmitting, by the wireless device during the COT duration, the CPE of the sidelink transmission and the sidelink transmission. determining, by a wireless device during a channel occupancy time, COT, duration, a channel access procedure type, among channel access procedure types, used for a sidelink transmission, wherein the determining the channel access procedure is based on a physical layer priority of sidelink data in the sidelink transmission; determining, by the wireless device during the COT duration, a length of a cyclic prefix extension, CPE, among a plurality of CPEs, based on: a gap between performing sidelink transmissions; and the channel access procedure type used for the sidelink transmission; and a gap between performing sidelink transmissions; and the channel access procedure type used for the sidelink transmission; and transmitting, by the wireless device during the COT duration, the CPE of the sidelink transmission and the sidelink transmission.
A voice synthesis apparatus (10; 100) comprising: a voice input section configured to receive a voice signal of an utterance; a pitch analysis section configured to analyze a pitch of a first segment of the utterance; an acquisition section (110; 113) configured to acquire a reply to the utterance, wherein the reply is acquired as a phoneme train that is a voice sequence defining pitches and generation timing of individual phonemes, or as a voice waveform data having pitches; and a voice generation section (112; 114) configured to generate a voice of the reply acquired by said acquisition section, said voice generation section being configured to shift the pitches of the entire voice sequence in a voice synthesis section , or of the entire voice waveform data of the reply in a post-processing section , by a same amount so that a second segment of the reply has a pitch associated with the pitch of the first segment analyzed by said pitch analysis section . a voice input section configured to receive a voice signal of an utterance; a pitch analysis section configured to analyze a pitch of a first segment of the utterance; an acquisition section (110; 113) configured to acquire a reply to the utterance, wherein the reply is acquired as a phoneme train that is a voice sequence defining pitches and generation timing of individual phonemes, or as a voice waveform data having pitches; and a voice generation section (112; 114) configured to generate a voice of the reply acquired by said acquisition section, said voice generation section being configured to shift the pitches of the entire voice sequence in a voice synthesis section , or of the entire voice waveform data of the reply in a post-processing section , by a same amount so that a second segment of the reply has a pitch associated with the pitch of the first segment analyzed by said pitch analysis section .
An optical device for angle measurement, comprising: - a substrate of semiconductor material with a main surface , - a photodetector arranged in the substrate at the main surface , - a further photodetector arranged in the substrate at the main surface , - a filter arranged above the main surface above the photodetector , and - a further filter arranged above the main surface above the further photodetector , characterized in that - the filter is a colour filter comprising filter layers , wherein the spectral transmission of the colour filter layers does not change essentially with the angle of incidence of light, - the further filter includes an interference filter and a further colour filter , - the further colour filter is essentially similar to the coulour filter and acts as high-pass filter for longer wavelengths, wherein an overall transmission of the further colour filter is small in the region of the visible light and high for higher wavelengths, - the spectral transmission of the interference filter shifts to smaller wavelengths for higher angles of incidence of light, and - the photodetector is used as reference channel sensor and the further photodetector is used as an angle meter channel sensor, wherein the ratio of the signals of the two channels is used to determine the angle of incidence of light quantitatively. - a substrate of semiconductor material with a main surface , - a photodetector arranged in the substrate at the main surface , - a further photodetector arranged in the substrate at the main surface , - a filter arranged above the main surface above the photodetector , and - a further filter arranged above the main surface above the further photodetector , - the filter is a colour filter comprising filter layers , wherein the spectral transmission of the colour filter layers does not change essentially with the angle of incidence of light, - the further filter includes an interference filter and a further colour filter , - the further colour filter is essentially similar to the coulour filter and acts as high-pass filter for longer wavelengths, wherein an overall transmission of the further colour filter is small in the region of the visible light and high for higher wavelengths, - the spectral transmission of the interference filter shifts to smaller wavelengths for higher angles of incidence of light, and - the photodetector is used as reference channel sensor and the further photodetector is used as an angle meter channel sensor, wherein the ratio of the signals of the two channels is used to determine the angle of incidence of light quantitatively.