mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
A graphics pipeline apparatus, comprising: a vertex shader; a visibility shader communicatively coupled to an output of the vertex shader to construct a hierarchical visibility structure; a tile renderer communicatively coupled to an output of the vertex shader and to the visibility shader to perform a tile-based immediate mode render on the output of the vertex shader based on the hierarchical visibility structure, each tile comprising a group of pixels to be rendered; and a rasterizer communicatively coupled to an output of the tile renderer to rasterize the output of the tile renderer based on the hierarchical visibility structure; wherein the hierarchical visibility structure comprises a hierarchical depth structure, and wherein the visibility shader is configured to build the hierarchical depth structure and to determine whether a group of pixels is visible in view of a triangle by examining the corners of the group of pixels with respect to the triangle and, if the corners are occluded by the triangle, determining that all other pixels in the group of pixels are also occluded, wherein the group of pixels in sub-divided into smaller groups if the group of pixels is not occluded, and each of the smaller groups is subjected to the examining, determining, and sub-dividing until the groups are divided into individual pixels. a vertex shader; a visibility shader communicatively coupled to an output of the vertex shader to construct a hierarchical visibility structure; a tile renderer communicatively coupled to an output of the vertex shader and to the visibility shader to perform a tile-based immediate mode render on the output of the vertex shader based on the hierarchical visibility structure, each tile comprising a group of pixels to be rendered; and a rasterizer communicatively coupled to an output of the tile renderer to rasterize the output of the tile renderer based on the hierarchical visibility structure; wherein the hierarchical visibility structure comprises a hierarchical depth structure, and wherein the visibility shader is configured to build the hierarchical depth structure and to determine whether a group of pixels is visible in view of a triangle by examining the corners of the group of pixels with respect to the triangle and, if the corners are occluded by the triangle, determining that all other pixels in the group of pixels are also occluded, wherein the group of pixels in sub-divided into smaller groups if the group of pixels is not occluded, and each of the smaller groups is subjected to the examining, determining, and sub-dividing until the groups are divided into individual pixels.
An acyclic fleximer nucleoside analogue selected from the following compounds: (a) (b) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (c) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. (a) (b) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (c) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
A controller of a vehicle, operable to control charging of a tractive energy storage means of the vehicle for powering one or more electric propulsion motors in dependence on a location of the vehicle and a time of day, characterised in that : the controller is configured to determine whether the vehicle is connected to a recharging station and if the controller determines that the vehicle is connected to a recharging station the controller is configured to: determine the location of the vehicle; determine whether the location of the vehicle corresponds to one or more prescribed locations; and if the location of the vehicle is determined to correspond to one or more prescribed locations the controller is operable to perform charging during one or more prescribed periods of the day. determine the location of the vehicle; determine whether the location of the vehicle corresponds to one or more prescribed locations; and if the location of the vehicle is determined to correspond to one or more prescribed locations the controller is operable to perform charging during one or more prescribed periods of the day.
An intraocular lens, IOL, having an IOL axis (L) comprising: at least two planar haptics for holding a lens , the lens being configured to be disposed behind an iris in an eye of a patient so that the IOL axis (L) is aligned with a visual axis (C) of the patient; an elastically deformable plate-shaped leg portion having a posterior surface and an anterior surface and outwardly extending from the lens in a radial direction about the IOL axis (L); characterised by a projecting portion projecting from the anterior surface at a distal end of the leg portion substantially parallel to the IOL axis (L), the projecting portion being configured to be fitted into the tissues in the eye of the patient; a plurality of projections located around the IOL axis (L) and projecting from the posterior surface of the leg portion substantially parallel to the IOL axis (L), each of the plurality of projections being configured to project into a space between a plurality of ciliary zonules connecting a crystalline lens and a ciliary body in the eye, wherein the plurality of the projections further comprises ciliary-zonule-contacting surfaces, wherein each of the plurality of the projections is configured to be interposed and held between the plurality of ciliary zonules via the ciliary-zonule-contacting surfaces, whereby force which is transmitted from the ciliary body through the plurality of ciliary zonules to the crystalline lens is transmitted through the projections to the leg portion . at least two planar haptics for holding a lens , the lens being configured to be disposed behind an iris in an eye of a patient so that the IOL axis (L) is aligned with a visual axis (C) of the patient; an elastically deformable plate-shaped leg portion having a posterior surface and an anterior surface and outwardly extending from the lens in a radial direction about the IOL axis (L); characterised by a projecting portion projecting from the anterior surface at a distal end of the leg portion substantially parallel to the IOL axis (L), the projecting portion being configured to be fitted into the tissues in the eye of the patient; a plurality of projections located around the IOL axis (L) and projecting from the posterior surface of the leg portion substantially parallel to the IOL axis (L), each of the plurality of projections being configured to project into a space between a plurality of ciliary zonules connecting a crystalline lens and a ciliary body in the eye, wherein the plurality of the projections further comprises ciliary-zonule-contacting surfaces, wherein each of the plurality of the projections is configured to be interposed and held between the plurality of ciliary zonules via the ciliary-zonule-contacting surfaces, whereby force which is transmitted from the ciliary body through the plurality of ciliary zonules to the crystalline lens is transmitted through the projections to the leg portion .
An apparatus for introducing vaporized hydrogen peroxide at a concentration smaller than or equal to 10 PPM into an isolated chamber, and in particular into a chamber of an isolator, for example a pharmaceutical isolator, the apparatus comprising: a vaporized hydrogen peroxide generator , which operates through photocatalysis and comprises at least one plate having a coating of photocatalytic material activatable by UV radiation, in order to transform the humidity of the air present in the isolated chamber into vaporized hydrogen peroxide, and at least one UV radiation source arranged so as to irradiate UV radiation on said coating, thus activating the photocatalysis; and a forced ventilation system , which is suitable to introduce the vaporized hydrogen peroxide into the isolated chamber and comprises a pneumatic circuit suitable to establish a closed-path communication between the isolated chamber and the vaporized hydrogen peroxide generator and a fan positioned in the pneumatic circuit to circulate the air between the isolated chamber and the vaporized hydrogen peroxide generator ; the apparatus being characterized in that said plate is a metal plate and in that it comprises a spectroscopy gas analyser , which is suitable to communicate with the isolated chamber so as to measure the concentration of the vaporized hydrogen peroxide in the isolated chamber , and control means , which are configured to control the vaporized hydrogen peroxide generator as a function of measured values (CMeas) of the vaporized hydrogen peroxide concentration and of at least one reference value (CRef) of the vaporized hydrogen peroxide concentration and to control the power of said UV radiation source so as to adjust the intensity of the UV radiation and, hence, the quantity of vaporized hydrogen peroxide generated and introduced into the isolated chamber .
A system for converting triacylglycerides-containing oils into crude oil precursors and/or distillate hydrocarbon fuels, the system comprising: at least one mixing device for mixing a triacylglycerides-containing oil feed with water and diatomic hydrogen to form an oil-water-diatomic hydrogen feed mixture ; a hydrothermolysis reactor for reacting the feed mixture at a temperature in the range of 250°C to 560°C and a pressure greater than 7.5 MPa (75 bar) to produce a reaction effluent ; a hydrotreater (29; 82) for hydrotreating the reaction effluent ; and a separator (30; 60) for separating water and diatomic hydrogen from hydrocarbons in the hydrotreated effluent (34; 84), wherein the system has no phase separator(s) between the hydrotreater (29; 82) and the hydrothermolysis reactor , and wherein the hydrothermolysis reactor comprises one or more tubular conduits within a furnace configured to maintain a temperature of the hydrothermolysis reactor effluent proximate an outlet of the hydrothermolysis reactor at a temperature in the range from 400°C to 560°C. at least one mixing device for mixing a triacylglycerides-containing oil feed with water and diatomic hydrogen to form an oil-water-diatomic hydrogen feed mixture ; a hydrothermolysis reactor for reacting the feed mixture at a temperature in the range of 250°C to 560°C and a pressure greater than 7.5 MPa (75 bar) to produce a reaction effluent ; a hydrotreater (29; 82) for hydrotreating the reaction effluent ; and a separator (30; 60) for separating water and diatomic hydrogen from hydrocarbons in the hydrotreated effluent (34; 84), wherein the system has no phase separator(s) between the hydrotreater (29; 82) and the hydrothermolysis reactor , and wherein the hydrothermolysis reactor comprises one or more tubular conduits within a furnace configured to maintain a temperature of the hydrothermolysis reactor effluent proximate an outlet of the hydrothermolysis reactor at a temperature in the range from 400°C to 560°C.
A variable pitch propeller with (a) a hub , (b) at least one propeller blade mounted on the hub and (c) a solid bearing element between propeller blade and hub , characterised by (d) a contact element which (i) is a seal that seals the hub against the propeller blade and (ii) electrically connects the hub and the propeller blade . (a) a hub , (b) at least one propeller blade mounted on the hub and (c) a solid bearing element between propeller blade and hub , characterised by (d) a contact element which (i) is a seal that seals the hub against the propeller blade and (ii) electrically connects the hub and the propeller blade . (i) is a seal that seals the hub against the propeller blade and (ii) electrically connects the hub and the propeller blade .
A method performed by a first terminal for use in a communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, to a second terminal via radio resource control, RRC, signaling, configuration information on a pattern of a sidelink channel state information reference signal, CSI-RS, wherein the configuration information on the pattern of the sidelink CSI-RS comprises a symbol position for the sidelink CSI-RS and a frequency domain position for the sidelink CSI-RS, transmitting, to the second terminal, sidelink control information, SCI, including an information field associated with a triggering of a sidelink channel state information, CSI, report; transmitting, to the second terminal, the sidelink CSI-RS in case that the sidelink CSI report is triggered by the information field; and receiving, from the second terminal, the sidelink CSI report via a medium access control, MAC, control element, CE, wherein a priority of the MAC CE for the sidelink CSI report is fixed. transmitting, to a second terminal via radio resource control, RRC, signaling, configuration information on a pattern of a sidelink channel state information reference signal, CSI-RS, wherein the configuration information on the pattern of the sidelink CSI-RS comprises a symbol position for the sidelink CSI-RS and a frequency domain position for the sidelink CSI-RS, transmitting, to the second terminal, sidelink control information, SCI, including an information field associated with a triggering of a sidelink channel state information, CSI, report; transmitting, to the second terminal, the sidelink CSI-RS in case that the sidelink CSI report is triggered by the information field; and receiving, from the second terminal, the sidelink CSI report via a medium access control, MAC, control element, CE, wherein a priority of the MAC CE for the sidelink CSI report is fixed.
A video decoding control method, applied to an electronic device , wherein the method comprises: detecting, in response to detecting a plurality of application programs running in a split-screen mode, one or more application programs in a video playback state among the plurality of application programs to be one or more to-be-configured application programs; wherein the video played by the one or more application programs in a video playback state is soft decoded by a central processing unit (CPU) of the electronic device; acquiring a load ratio of the central processing unit (CPU) of the electronic device; determining whether the load ratio of the CPU is not less than a target threshold; and in response to the load ratio of the CPU not less than the target threshold being determined, providing a configuration to decode the video played by the one or more to-be-configured application programs in a manner of hard decoding; characterized in that the acquiring the load ratio of the CPU of the electronic device, comprises: acquiring an actual load ratio of the CPU of the electronic device; estimating an added load ratio of the CPU based on a historic load of the CPU caused by non-video playing applications and starting time of the non-video playing applications; and obtaining the load ratio of the CPU, based on the actual load ratio of the CPU and the added load ratio of the CPU. detecting, in response to detecting a plurality of application programs running in a split-screen mode, one or more application programs in a video playback state among the plurality of application programs to be one or more to-be-configured application programs; wherein the video played by the one or more application programs in a video playback state is soft decoded by a central processing unit (CPU) of the electronic device; acquiring a load ratio of the central processing unit (CPU) of the electronic device; determining whether the load ratio of the CPU is not less than a target threshold; and in response to the load ratio of the CPU not less than the target threshold being determined, providing a configuration to decode the video played by the one or more to-be-configured application programs in a manner of hard decoding; characterized in that the acquiring the load ratio of the CPU of the electronic device, comprises: acquiring an actual load ratio of the CPU of the electronic device; estimating an added load ratio of the CPU based on a historic load of the CPU caused by non-video playing applications and starting time of the non-video playing applications; and obtaining the load ratio of the CPU, based on the actual load ratio of the CPU and the added load ratio of the CPU. acquiring an actual load ratio of the CPU of the electronic device; estimating an added load ratio of the CPU based on a historic load of the CPU caused by non-video playing applications and starting time of the non-video playing applications; and obtaining the load ratio of the CPU, based on the actual load ratio of the CPU and the added load ratio of the CPU.
A thermal printer comprising: a feed unit that feeds a print medium ; a thermal head having a plurality of heating elements for printing print data on a print area of the print medium fed by the feed unit ; an inspection unit that inspects whether or not there is an electric disconnection in the heating elements; characterized in that the thermal printer comprises a control unit configured to control an operation of the inspection unit, wherein the control unit is configured to cause the inspection unit to perform the inspection when a predetermined number of labels are printed, and the control unit is configured to change the predetermined number of labels depending on contents of the print data, and the control unit is configured to reduce the predetermined number of labels when the print data contains an optical identification code, compared to when the print data does not contain the optical identification code. a feed unit that feeds a print medium ; a thermal head having a plurality of heating elements for printing print data on a print area of the print medium fed by the feed unit ; an inspection unit that inspects whether or not there is an electric disconnection in the heating elements; characterized in that the thermal printer comprises a control unit configured to control an operation of the inspection unit, wherein the control unit is configured to cause the inspection unit to perform the inspection when a predetermined number of labels are printed, and the control unit is configured to change the predetermined number of labels depending on contents of the print data, and the control unit is configured to reduce the predetermined number of labels when the print data contains an optical identification code, compared to when the print data does not contain the optical identification code.
Tightening element for tool-free tightening of a corner connector for parts , in particular furniture panels, comprising a lever arm and a pin , the axis (A) of which runs perpendicular to the direction of the lever, wherein the pin has an open recess into which a head of the corner connector can be inserted and the inside of which has a tightening contour which is designed to engage behind and tighten the head of the corner connector when the pin is rotated about its axis (A), characterized in that the recess is open in the axial direction of the pin , that the pin has, perpendicular to its axis (A), a laterally open slot extending on one or both sides from the recess , into which a bolt shaft of the corner connector can be inserted, and that the slot has on its side facing the lever arm and on its side facing away from the lever arm in each case an elongated locking cam , wherein the two locking cams run parallel to one another in a direction perpendicular to the pin axis (A), and wherein one, first locking cam is closer to the axis (A) of the pin than the other, second locking cam , and the second locking cam is arranged closer to the outside of the pin than the first locking cam . that the recess is open in the axial direction of the pin , that the pin has, perpendicular to its axis (A), a laterally open slot extending on one or both sides from the recess , into which a bolt shaft of the corner connector can be inserted, and that the slot has on its side facing the lever arm and on its side facing away from the lever arm in each case an elongated locking cam , wherein the two locking cams run parallel to one another in a direction perpendicular to the pin axis (A), and wherein one, first locking cam is closer to the axis (A) of the pin than the other, second locking cam , and the second locking cam is arranged closer to the outside of the pin than the first locking cam .
A protector comprising: a protector main body that is adapted to house a protection target part (We1) of a protection target wire (We); and a protrusion housing body that is connected to the protector main body and adapted to house a protrusion (Pr) from a wall face (Bd1) of a peripheral component (Bd) disposed in a surrounding of the protector main body , wherein the protrusion housing body includes: a first wall body , in a cylindrical shape, that is adapted to surround the protrusion (Pr) which may be inserted from a first opening at one end; and a second wall body that closes a second opening at another end of the first wall body , in order to be able to prevent the protrusion (Pr) from contacting the second wall body , the first wall body is formed in a cylindrical body that is longer in a cylinder axis direction than a maximum protrusion amount of the protrusion (Pr) from the wall face (Bd1) of the peripheral component (Bd), and the second wall body is adapted to be interposed between an external wire (Weh) different from the protection target wire and a tip of the protrusion (Pr) disposed opposing to the external wire (Weh), characterized in that the second wall body is formed to have lower rigidity than the first wall body to be bent by a load received from the external wire (Weh). a protector main body that is adapted to house a protection target part (We1) of a protection target wire (We); and a protrusion housing body that is connected to the protector main body and adapted to house a protrusion (Pr) from a wall face (Bd1) of a peripheral component (Bd) disposed in a surrounding of the protector main body , wherein the protrusion housing body includes: a first wall body , in a cylindrical shape, that is adapted to surround the protrusion (Pr) which may be inserted from a first opening at one end; and a second wall body that closes a second opening at another end of the first wall body , in order to be able to prevent the protrusion (Pr) from contacting the second wall body , the first wall body is formed in a cylindrical body that is longer in a cylinder axis direction than a maximum protrusion amount of the protrusion (Pr) from the wall face (Bd1) of the peripheral component (Bd), and the second wall body is adapted to be interposed between an external wire (Weh) different from the protection target wire and a tip of the protrusion (Pr) disposed opposing to the external wire (Weh),
Molding process using a mold , comprising the phases of: - loading milled paper or pulp of paper and/or wood into the mold ; - adding water or water vapor by means of an injection device to the milled paper or to the pulp of paper and/or wood into the mold ; - rotating the mold on itself with respect to at least two axes so as to have the milled paper or the pulp of paper and/or wood arranged on the mold walls; - while the mold rotates and/or after the rotation of the mold, the milled paper or the pulp of paper and/or wood is dehydrated by means of a lattice acting as drainage filter so as to obtain a dry article which is hollow internally and has a shape homologous to that of the mold; wherein before dehydrating the milled paper or the pulp of paper and/or wood, the same milled paper or the pulp of paper and/or wood contained in the mold is heated by means of a system of thermistors . - loading milled paper or pulp of paper and/or wood into the mold ; - adding water or water vapor by means of an injection device to the milled paper or to the pulp of paper and/or wood into the mold ; - rotating the mold on itself with respect to at least two axes so as to have the milled paper or the pulp of paper and/or wood arranged on the mold walls; - while the mold rotates and/or after the rotation of the mold, the milled paper or the pulp of paper and/or wood is dehydrated by means of a lattice acting as drainage filter so as to obtain a dry article which is hollow internally and has a shape homologous to that of the mold;