mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
A system comprising: a first interface to access a first data sample having "n" bits ordered from a most significant bit to a least significant bit and to access a second data sample having "n" bits ordered from a most significant bit to a least significant bit, wherein the second data sample is the next data sample after the first data sample in an ordered sequence of data samples; first logic to determine the highest-order bit, if any, that is different between the first data sample and the second data sample; second logic to determine a tap point that is a specific bit of the "n" bits, wherein the tap point is one of a number of permitted starting points for an overlay of "m" bits, wherein the tap point corresponds to a bit whose order is at least as high as the highest-order bit that is different between the first and second data samples, wherein the permitted starting points are positioned such that all "n" bits fall within at least one overlay; third logic to access a portion of the second data sample comprising "m" contiguous bits, wherein the portion starts at the tap point and includes bits towards the least significant bit, wherein the portion is an overlay for the second data sample, wherein the third logic is operable to form a compressed word for the second data sample that comprises the portion of the second data sample in association with a code that indicates the tap point; and a second interface to output the compressed word for the second data sample. a first interface to access a first data sample having "n" bits ordered from a most significant bit to a least significant bit and to access a second data sample having "n" bits ordered from a most significant bit to a least significant bit, wherein the second data sample is the next data sample after the first data sample in an ordered sequence of data samples; first logic to determine the highest-order bit, if any, that is different between the first data sample and the second data sample; second logic to determine a tap point that is a specific bit of the "n" bits, wherein the tap point is one of a number of permitted starting points for an overlay of "m" bits, wherein the tap point corresponds to a bit whose order is at least as high as the highest-order bit that is different between the first and second data samples, wherein the permitted starting points are positioned such that all "n" bits fall within at least one overlay; third logic to access a portion of the second data sample comprising "m" contiguous bits, wherein the portion starts at the tap point and includes bits towards the least significant bit, wherein the portion is an overlay for the second data sample, wherein the third logic is operable to form a compressed word for the second data sample that comprises the portion of the second data sample in association with a code that indicates the tap point; and a second interface to output the compressed word for the second data sample.
A driving assistance apparatus in a vehicle comprising: an assistance apparatus configured to provide assistance by displaying first and second driving assistance information, said first driving assistance information being a recommendation to cancel an acceleration operation on the basis of a recommended speed of the vehicle, said recommended speed being at which said second driving assistance information, being a recommendation to perform a braking operation at a prescribed location, is output, the prescribed location being at a predetermined distance from a temporary stop, a stop due to a red signal or a curve; and an assistance control apparatus configured to control the assistance apparatus to change the method of displaying said first driving assistance information between a time period from a first assistance timing to a second assistance timing which is subsequent to the first assistance timing and a time period from the second assistance timing onwards, said first and second assistance timing being computed using a current speed, road information, the recommended speed and a predetermined rate of deceleration of the vehicle in a state where an acceleration operation and a braking operation are cancelled..
A method performed by a data processing apparatus, the method comprising: obtaining (i) audio data representing a voice command spoken by a speaker and (ii) contextual data from a client device of the speaker, the contextual data comprising data representing contextual signals that can authenticate the speaker without requiring the speaker to provide explicit authentication information; obtaining, based on the audio data representing the voice command, a speaker identification result indicating that the voice command was spoken by the speaker; selecting a voice action based at least on a transcription of the audio data; selecting a service provider corresponding to the selected voice action from among a plurality of different service providers; identifying one or more input data types that the selected service provider uses to perform authentication for the selected voice action; obtaining, from the contextual data and without requiring the speaker to provide explicit authentication information, one or more values that correspond to the identified one or more input data types; and providing, to the service provider, (i) a request to perform the selected voice action (ii) the speaker identification result and (iii) the one or more values that correspond to the identified one or more input data types. obtaining (i) audio data representing a voice command spoken by a speaker and (ii) contextual data from a client device of the speaker, the contextual data comprising data representing contextual signals that can authenticate the speaker without requiring the speaker to provide explicit authentication information; obtaining, based on the audio data representing the voice command, a speaker identification result indicating that the voice command was spoken by the speaker; selecting a voice action based at least on a transcription of the audio data; selecting a service provider corresponding to the selected voice action from among a plurality of different service providers; identifying one or more input data types that the selected service provider uses to perform authentication for the selected voice action; obtaining, from the contextual data and without requiring the speaker to provide explicit authentication information, one or more values that correspond to the identified one or more input data types; and providing, to the service provider, (i) a request to perform the selected voice action (ii) the speaker identification result and (iii) the one or more values that correspond to the identified one or more input data types.
An image capturing unit comprising: a substrate ; a frame mounted on the substrate and having an opening and a reference chart (KC) section; a sensor section , including a two-dimensional image sensor , mounted on the substrate for imaging the reference chart (KC) section and, through the opening, a subject (CP) located outside the frame; and an illumination light source that illuminates the subject (CP) and the reference chart (KC) section, wherein the illumination light source is mounted on the substrate on a center line (Lo) between the opening and the reference chart section (KC); and at least a part of the sensor section is located on the center line (Lo) so that the imaging condition of the two-dimensional image sensor is line symmetric. a substrate ; a frame mounted on the substrate and having an opening and a reference chart (KC) section; a sensor section , including a two-dimensional image sensor , mounted on the substrate for imaging the reference chart (KC) section and, through the opening, a subject (CP) located outside the frame; and an illumination light source that illuminates the subject (CP) and the reference chart (KC) section, wherein the illumination light source is mounted on the substrate on a center line (Lo) between the opening and the reference chart section (KC); and at least a part of the sensor section is located on the center line (Lo) so that the imaging condition of the two-dimensional image sensor is line symmetric.
A method of wireless communication for a station, comprising: determining a first set of cyclic shift delay, CSD, values for transmitting a first set of information on a plurality of antennas, wherein the first set of information is a legacy preamble , wherein the CSD values of the first set differ between antennas, wherein said determining comprises: determining an antenna CSD value for each antenna of the plurality of antennas, receiving a user CSD offset via a trigger message from an access point, and modifying the antenna CSD value for each antenna of the plurality of antennas based on the user CSD offset; determining a second set of CSD values for transmitting a second set of information on the plurality of antennas, wherein the second set of information is a non-legacy preamble and data symbols , wherein the CSD values of the second set differ between streams; and transmitting the first set of information based on the first set of CSD values and the second set of information based on the second set of CSD values. determining a first set of cyclic shift delay, CSD, values for transmitting a first set of information on a plurality of antennas, wherein the first set of information is a legacy preamble , wherein the CSD values of the first set differ between antennas, wherein said determining comprises: determining an antenna CSD value for each antenna of the plurality of antennas, receiving a user CSD offset via a trigger message from an access point, and modifying the antenna CSD value for each antenna of the plurality of antennas based on the user CSD offset; determining a second set of CSD values for transmitting a second set of information on the plurality of antennas, wherein the second set of information is a non-legacy preamble and data symbols , wherein the CSD values of the second set differ between streams; and transmitting the first set of information based on the first set of CSD values and the second set of information based on the second set of CSD values.
A method for preparing an amino-functional polydiorganosiloxane comprising: 1) mixing and heating, at a temperature of 50°C to 160°C, starting materials comprising A) a silanol functional polydiorganosiloxane, B) an aminoalkyl-functional alkoxysilane, where amounts of starting materials A) and B) are such that a molar excess of silanol groups with respect to alkoxy groups is present, and C) 0 to 0.5%, based on combined weights of all starting materials, of an endblocker having triorganosilyl groups; and thereafter 2) providing starting material D) 0.01% to 5%, based on weight of starting material B), of a solid (at conditions of 20°C to 25°C and 101 kPa) precatalyst selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic acid, an acid anhydride, and a combination of both the carboxylic acid and the acid anhydride under conditions permitting the precatalyst to react with one or more other starting materials or by-products to form a catalyst; thereby forming a reaction mixture; and 3) mixing and heating the reaction mixture under conditions to form the reaction product; and 4) removing all or a portion of residual acid by a technique comprising cooling the reaction product, thereby reducing amount of the residual acid to 0 to < 500 ppm, based on the weight of the amino-functional polydiorganosiloxane. 1) mixing and heating, at a temperature of 50°C to 160°C, starting materials comprising A) a silanol functional polydiorganosiloxane, B) an aminoalkyl-functional alkoxysilane, where amounts of starting materials A) and B) are such that a molar excess of silanol groups with respect to alkoxy groups is present, and C) 0 to 0.5%, based on combined weights of all starting materials, of an endblocker having triorganosilyl groups; and thereafter A) a silanol functional polydiorganosiloxane, B) an aminoalkyl-functional alkoxysilane, 2) providing starting material D) 0.01% to 5%, based on weight of starting material B), of a solid (at conditions of 20°C to 25°C and 101 kPa) precatalyst selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic acid, an acid anhydride, and a combination of both the carboxylic acid and the acid anhydride under conditions permitting the precatalyst to react with one or more other starting materials or by-products to form a catalyst; thereby forming a reaction mixture; and 3) mixing and heating the reaction mixture under conditions to form the reaction product; and 4) removing all or a portion of residual acid by a technique comprising cooling the reaction product, thereby reducing amount of the residual acid to 0 to < 500 ppm, based on the weight of the amino-functional polydiorganosiloxane.
Composition comprising hexyl 5-ALA ester (HAL) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in a neoadjuvant therapy for muscular invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) or non-muscular invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with a high risk of progression in a bladder cancer patient who is scheduled for a cystectomy, the therapy comprises instilling said composition into the bladder of said patient and exposing the inside of said bladder to white light and blue light from a cystoscope, wherein the time between said neoadjuvant therapy and the cystectomy is zero to 6 weeks.
A switched-capacitor balancing and characterization system for balancing and characterization of a plurality of stacked battery cells , the switched-capacitor balancing and characterizing system comprising: - at least one capacitor connectable to the plurality of stacked battery cells, wherein the at least one capacitor is adapted to move charge to and from the plurality of stacked battery cells; - a plurality of switches configured to connect and disconnect the at least one capacitor to the plurality of stacked battery cells; and - a processing unit configured to control the plurality of switches by applying true random or pseudo-random control signals to the plurality of switches, wherein the processing unit is configured to control the plurality of switches such that switching period lengths of the control signals have a random component thereby simultaneously performing active balancing of the plurality of stacked battery cells and providing characterization voltage and/or current at terminals of the plurality of stacked battery cells. - at least one capacitor connectable to the plurality of stacked battery cells, wherein the at least one capacitor is adapted to move charge to and from the plurality of stacked battery cells; - a plurality of switches configured to connect and disconnect the at least one capacitor to the plurality of stacked battery cells; and - a processing unit configured to control the plurality of switches by applying true random or pseudo-random control signals to the plurality of switches, wherein the processing unit is configured to control the plurality of switches such that switching period lengths of the control signals have a random component thereby simultaneously performing active balancing of the plurality of stacked battery cells and providing characterization voltage and/or current at terminals of the plurality of stacked battery cells.
Apparatus (20; 40) comprising: an inverter comprising: a controllable energy source configured to output an electric quantity ; and a control unit configured to control the controllable energy source such that the controllable energy source outputs the electric quantity such that, before a first slope (22; 22a-b; 36a-b) describing a change between a first level (L 1 -L 3 ) and a second level (L 1 -L 3 ) in a progression of the electric quantity , an impulse (24; 24a-b; 38a-b) comprising a second (26; 26a-b; 42a-b) and a third slope (28; 28a-b; 44a-b) of the progression is output; wherein the apparatus further includes a filter ; wherein the control unit is configured to control the controllable energy source such that the impulse (24; 24a-b; 38a-b) comprises a temporal distance to the first slope (22; 22a-b; 36a-b) and such that a filter response of the filter to the impulse (24; 24a-b; 38a-b) at least partially compensates oscillations of the filter which are based on the first slope (22; 22a-b; 36a-b); wherein the control unit is configured to determine the threshold frequency of the filter and to set the temporal distance between the impulse (24; 24a-b; 38a-b) and the first slope (22; 22a-b; 36a-b) and/or a temporal duration of the impulse (24; 24a-b; 38a-b) based on the determined threshold frequency. an inverter comprising: a controllable energy source configured to output an electric quantity ; and a control unit configured to control the controllable energy source such that the controllable energy source outputs the electric quantity such that, before a first slope (22; 22a-b; 36a-b) describing a change between a first level (L 1 -L 3 ) and a second level (L 1 -L 3 ) in a progression of the electric quantity , an impulse (24; 24a-b; 38a-b) comprising a second (26; 26a-b; 42a-b) and a third slope (28; 28a-b; 44a-b) of the progression is output; a controllable energy source configured to output an electric quantity ; and a control unit configured to control the controllable energy source such that the controllable energy source outputs the electric quantity such that, before a first slope (22; 22a-b; 36a-b) describing a change between a first level (L 1 -L 3 ) and a second level (L 1 -L 3 ) in a progression of the electric quantity , an impulse (24; 24a-b; 38a-b) comprising a second (26; 26a-b; 42a-b) and a third slope (28; 28a-b; 44a-b) of the progression is output; wherein the apparatus further includes a filter ; wherein the control unit is configured to control the controllable energy source such that the impulse (24; 24a-b; 38a-b) comprises a temporal distance to the first slope (22; 22a-b; 36a-b) and such that a filter response of the filter to the impulse (24; 24a-b; 38a-b) at least partially compensates oscillations of the filter which are based on the first slope (22; 22a-b; 36a-b); wherein the control unit is configured to determine the threshold frequency of the filter and to set the temporal distance between the impulse (24; 24a-b; 38a-b) and the first slope (22; 22a-b; 36a-b) and/or a temporal duration of the impulse (24; 24a-b; 38a-b) based on the determined threshold frequency.
A method of extracting nucleic acids from a polymer that is malleable within a living organism comprising a) contacting the polymer with i) an organic solvent and ii) buffered solution, and b) separating the organic solvent and a buffer solution, wherein nucleic acid extracted from the polymer are contained within the buffer solution; wherein the polymer is at least partially dissolved by the organic solvent, wherein the organic solvent is selected from the group consisting of chloroform, xylene and toluene, wherein the source of the nucleic acids is microorganism, and wherein the polymer is an elastomer selected from polyvinyl acetate, polybutylene, polyisobutylene, isobutylene-isoprene copolymer (butyl elastomer), styrene-butadiene copolymers, polyvinyl acetate, polyisoprene, polyethylene, vinyl acetate-vinyl laurate copolymer, silicone, jelutong, chicle, sorva, massaranduba balata and combinations thereof. a) contacting the polymer with i) an organic solvent and ii) buffered solution, and b) separating the organic solvent and a buffer solution, wherein nucleic acid extracted from the polymer are contained within the buffer solution; wherein the polymer is at least partially dissolved by the organic solvent, wherein the organic solvent is selected from the group consisting of chloroform, xylene and toluene, wherein the source of the nucleic acids is microorganism, and wherein the polymer is an elastomer selected from polyvinyl acetate, polybutylene, polyisobutylene, isobutylene-isoprene copolymer (butyl elastomer), styrene-butadiene copolymers, polyvinyl acetate, polyisoprene, polyethylene, vinyl acetate-vinyl laurate copolymer, silicone, jelutong, chicle, sorva, massaranduba balata and combinations thereof. wherein the organic solvent is selected from the group consisting of chloroform, xylene and toluene, wherein the source of the nucleic acids is microorganism, and wherein the polymer is an elastomer selected from polyvinyl acetate, polybutylene, polyisobutylene, isobutylene-isoprene copolymer (butyl elastomer), styrene-butadiene copolymers, polyvinyl acetate, polyisoprene, polyethylene, vinyl acetate-vinyl laurate copolymer, silicone, jelutong, chicle, sorva, massaranduba balata and combinations thereof.
A preparation method of graphene, the preparation method comprising: forming dispersion including a carbon-based material including unoxidized graphite, and a dispersant; and continuously passing the dispersion through a high pressure homogenizer including an inlet, an outlet, and a micro-channel for connection between the inlet and the outlet, having a diameter in a micrometer scale, wherein the carbon-based material is exfoliated, as the material is passed through the micro-channel under application of a shear force, thereby forming a graphene flake having a thickness of 0.3 to 50 nm, wherein the dispersant includes a mixture of plural kinds of polyaromatic hydrocarbon oxides, containing the polyaromatic hydrocarbon oxides having a molecular weight of 300 to 1000 in a content of 70 to 95% by weight, wherein the dispersant has an oxygen content of 12 to 50% by weight, based on a total element content, when the plural kinds of polyaromatic hydrocarbon oxides contained in the dispersant are subjected to elemental analysis and wherein the polyaromatic hydrocarbon oxides contained in the dispersant have a structure where one or more oxygen-containing functional groups are bonded to an aromatic hydrocarbon containing 5 to 30 benzene rings. forming dispersion including a carbon-based material including unoxidized graphite, and a dispersant; and continuously passing the dispersion through a high pressure homogenizer including an inlet, an outlet, and a micro-channel for connection between the inlet and the outlet, having a diameter in a micrometer scale, wherein the carbon-based material is exfoliated, as the material is passed through the micro-channel under application of a shear force, thereby forming a graphene flake having a thickness of 0.3 to 50 nm, wherein the dispersant includes a mixture of plural kinds of polyaromatic hydrocarbon oxides, containing the polyaromatic hydrocarbon oxides having a molecular weight of 300 to 1000 in a content of 70 to 95% by weight, wherein the dispersant has an oxygen content of 12 to 50% by weight, based on a total element content, when the plural kinds of polyaromatic hydrocarbon oxides contained in the dispersant are subjected to elemental analysis and wherein the polyaromatic hydrocarbon oxides contained in the dispersant have a structure where one or more oxygen-containing functional groups are bonded to an aromatic hydrocarbon containing 5 to 30 benzene rings.
An article having at least one surface having switchable adhesion, wherein this surface comprises at least one shape memory alloy coated at least partly with at least one Elastomer, characterized in that the at least one shape memory alloy is capable of forming a surface structure changing the surface area available for dry-adhesion, wherein the surface structure is formed by elevations and/or depressions, wherein the reversible surface structure is a microstructure, which has at least one dimension of below 500 μm parallel to the surface of the article, and the height of the surface structure formed is more than 0.5 μm, and the coating of at least one Elastomer at its thickest place is preferably less than 15 μm in thickness, and the shape memory alloy is a nickel-titanium shape memory alloy.