mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
A method implemented by a visible light communication, VLC, device , comprising: a) determining, by a processor of the VLC device, a normalized transmission rate for transmitting data using a signal block having a plurality of different combinations of n time slots in the signal block and w time slots with a pulse to be transmitted during the signal block, wherein the normalized transmission rate is an amount of data that is transmitted by a single pulse during the signal block having the n time slots; b) determining , by the processor, the n time slots for the signal block based on a dimming value and the normalized transmission rate, the signal block specifying a predetermined duration of time and the signal block being divided equally into n time slots, with the dimming value specifying a light intensity of light to be emitted by a light source ; c) determining , by the processor, the w pulses to be transmitted during one or more of the n time slots of the signal block based on the dimming value, the normalized transmission rate and a pulse pattern indicating a position of the w pulses transmitted during the one or more of the n time slots; and d) determining , by the processor, a codeword based on n and w , the codeword corresponding to the pulse pattern. a) determining, by a processor of the VLC device, a normalized transmission rate for transmitting data using a signal block having a plurality of different combinations of n time slots in the signal block and w time slots with a pulse to be transmitted during the signal block, wherein the normalized transmission rate is an amount of data that is transmitted by a single pulse during the signal block having the n time slots; b) determining , by the processor, the n time slots for the signal block based on a dimming value and the normalized transmission rate, the signal block specifying a predetermined duration of time and the signal block being divided equally into n time slots, with the dimming value specifying a light intensity of light to be emitted by a light source ; c) determining , by the processor, the w pulses to be transmitted during one or more of the n time slots of the signal block based on the dimming value, the normalized transmission rate and a pulse pattern indicating a position of the w pulses transmitted during the one or more of the n time slots; and d) determining , by the processor, a codeword based on n and w , the codeword corresponding to the pulse pattern.
Shock-valve comprising a housing having an inlet connected to a chamber and an outlet, a valve seat section having a valve seat and being arranged in the housing , a valve element cooperating with the valve seat , and biasing means acting on the valve element in a direction towards the valve seat , wherein a channel arrangement extends from the chamber to the valve seat , wherein the valve seat section is formed in a valve seat element arranged between the inlet and the outlet, characterized in that the channel arrangement forms an odd number of flow paths larger than two, wherein the channel arrangement comprises a number of bores in the valve seat element , wherein the flow paths extend through the bores , wherein the shock-valve is configured such that fluid from the chamber can propagate through the bores into a cavity , wherein a pressure of the fluid in the cavity acts on the valve element and when a force onto the valve element exceeds a force produced by the biasing means , the valve element is moved away from the valve seat of the valve seat element , wherein the shock-valve opens until the pressure has been released to an acceptable magnitude, wherein the biasing means move the valve element back to contact the valve seat thereafter.
A compound having one of the following structures: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
A device for delivering a fluid drug formulation to the eye of a patient, comprising: a hollow microneedle having a tip end and a bore through which the fluid drug formulation can be communicated through the microneedle ; a device body for holding the microneedle , the device body having an end serving as a base from which the microneedle extends; and an actuator for controlled infusion of the fluid drug formulation through the microneedle , wherein the microneedle has an effective length of 500 microns to 2000 microns; wherein the device is configured to (i) insert the tip end of the microneedle into an insertion site in the sclera and through the sclera into the suprachoroidal space of the eye , and (ii) to infuse the fluid drug formulation into the suprachoroidal space and away from the insertion site; characterized in that the base has a convex shape configured to minimize contact with a surface of the eye . a hollow microneedle having a tip end and a bore through which the fluid drug formulation can be communicated through the microneedle ; a device body for holding the microneedle , the device body having an end serving as a base from which the microneedle extends; and an actuator for controlled infusion of the fluid drug formulation through the microneedle , wherein the microneedle has an effective length of 500 microns to 2000 microns; wherein the device is configured to (i) insert the tip end of the microneedle into an insertion site in the sclera and through the sclera into the suprachoroidal space of the eye , and (ii) to infuse the fluid drug formulation into the suprachoroidal space and away from the insertion site; characterized in that the base has a convex shape configured to minimize contact with a surface of the eye .
Optical assembly for a lighting and/or signal apparatus of a vehicle, comprising a heat dissipating module , a light emitting module and a reflecting module , the light emitting module having a light source and being arranged on the heat dissipating module , with at least a part of light emitted by the light source reaching a reflecting surface of the reflecting module , wherein a connecting plate is disposed on a side of the reflecting module which is opposite to the reflecting surface, characterized in that the connecting plate has a slot which is open at one end, the heat dissipating module correspondingly has a cylindrical pivot , the pivot being configured to, during the assembly process of the optical assembly, be inserted into the slot and to allow the rotation of the heat dissipating module , around an axis perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical assembly, relative to the reflecting module such that the light source of the light emitting module faces the reflecting surface of the reflecting module , the pivot being configured to be subsequently guided in the slot towards its open end, at the same time as the positions of the heat dissipating module and of the reflecting module are being adjusted, and once adjusted, the reflecting module is configured to be positionally fixed and connected to the heat dissipating module .
A multiple day wear composition for keratin surfaces comprising at least one volatile solvent, at least one crosslinked organosiloxane film former, and from 5 to 12% by weight of montmorillonite minerals comprising a mixture of bentonite and hectorite wherein the ratio of bentonite to hectorite montmorillonite mineral ranges from 2 to 4 parts of bentonite to 1 part of hectorite; wherein the composition is anhydrous and free of animal, vegetable or mineral waxes; wherein the bentonite is selected from the group consisting of hydrogenated tallowalkonium bentonite, Quaternium-18 bentonite, Benzalkonium bentonite, Quaternium-90 bentonite, Stearalkonium bentonite, and mixtures thereof; and wherein the hectorite is selected from the group consisting of Dihydrogenated tallow benzylmonium hectorite, Disteardimonium hectorite, Quaternium-18 hectorite, Stearalkonium hectorite, and mixtures thereof.
A neural network image processing apparatus arranged to acquire one or more images from an image sensor , the apparatus being configured to: identify at least one region of interest containing a face region in at least one of said one or more images; determine at plurality of facial landmarks in a face region within one of said at least one region of interest; use said plurality of said facial landmarks to transform said face region within said region of interest into a face region having a given pose; use transformed landmarks within said transformed face region to identify a pair of eye regions within said transformed face region; feed each identified eye region of said pair of eye regions to a respective first and second convolutional neural network , each network configured to produce a respective feature vector comprising a plurality of numerical values; feed each feature vector to respective eyelid opening level neural networks to obtain respective measures of eyelid opening for each eye region; and feed the feature vectors either as a concatenated vector or as separate input maps to a gaze angle neural network to generate gaze yaw and pitch values with the eyelid opening values, wherein said first and second convolutional neural network , first and second eyelid opening and gaze angle neural networks are jointly trained based on a common training set. identify at least one region of interest containing a face region in at least one of said one or more images; determine at plurality of facial landmarks in a face region within one of said at least one region of interest; use said plurality of said facial landmarks to transform said face region within said region of interest into a face region having a given pose; use transformed landmarks within said transformed face region to identify a pair of eye regions within said transformed face region; feed each identified eye region of said pair of eye regions to a respective first and second convolutional neural network , each network configured to produce a respective feature vector comprising a plurality of numerical values; feed each feature vector to respective eyelid opening level neural networks to obtain respective measures of eyelid opening for each eye region; and feed the feature vectors either as a concatenated vector or as separate input maps to a gaze angle neural network to generate gaze yaw and pitch values with the eyelid opening values, wherein said first and second convolutional neural network , first and second eyelid opening and gaze angle neural networks are jointly trained based on a common training set.
Expansible anchor for anchoring in a fixing substrate, wherein the expansible anchor comprises an anchor shank made of metal which extends along a longitudinal axis (L) and which comprises a front and a rear end , wherein at the front end there is formed an expander region having an expander element for expansion of an expansion sleeve , wherein the expansible anchor comprises the expansion sleeve which engages at least partly around the anchor shank in a circumferential direction and is pushable onto the expander element , the expansion sleeve having slots which run in the direction of the longitudinal axis (L) of the anchor shank and divides the expansion sleeve into expansion segments , and wherein an expansion segment has a recess which is not connected to the slots and wherein at least one slot has a local enlargement in a circumferential direction, characterised in that the recess and the local enlargement are arranged in a front portion of the expansion sleeve in such a way that in an expanded state of the expansible anchor they are arranged in the expander region of the anchor shank , so that in a drilled hole a front edge of the recess on the expansion segment outer side , which is oriented in the direction of the front end of the expansion sleeve , is pressed in the direction of a wall of the drilled hole, with the result that the front edge forms an interlocking and/or frictional connection with the wall of the drilled hole.
Method for producing moulded hollow bodies from an elastomer material, wherein the method comprises at least the following operative steps, specifically: a) pushing a prefabricated blank onto a mandrel , wherein the mandrel has at least one region with a wall which is configured to be air-permeable, and the mandrel has at least one air chamber which is operatively connected to the at least one region with the air-permeable wall ; b) incorporating the mandrel having the blank pushed thereon into an autoclave known per se; c) impinging the autoclave with pressure and temperature, wherein air which is enclosed between the blank and the mandrel is pressed through the regions with the air-permeable wall into the respective air chamber , while fully vulcanizing the blanks in the process; d) depressurizing the autoclave, and cooling; e) retrieving the mandrel having the completely vulcanized and moulded hollow body ; f 2 ) stripping the hollow body from the mandrel , characterized in that the at least one region with the air-permeable wall is configured as a segment made from a porous sintering material. a) pushing a prefabricated blank onto a mandrel , wherein the mandrel has at least one region with a wall which is configured to be air-permeable, and the mandrel has at least one air chamber which is operatively connected to the at least one region with the air-permeable wall ; b) incorporating the mandrel having the blank pushed thereon into an autoclave known per se; c) impinging the autoclave with pressure and temperature, wherein air which is enclosed between the blank and the mandrel is pressed through the regions with the air-permeable wall into the respective air chamber , while fully vulcanizing the blanks in the process; d) depressurizing the autoclave, and cooling; e) retrieving the mandrel having the completely vulcanized and moulded hollow body ; f 2 ) stripping the hollow body from the mandrel , characterized in that the at least one region with the air-permeable wall is configured as a segment made from a porous sintering material.
A polar transmitter provided for transmitting a phase/frequency modulated and amplitude modulated transmit signal , the polar transmitter comprising: a phase locked loop , PLL, for generating a phase/frequency modulated precursor of the transmit signal using a controllable oscillator , the PLL comprising at its input a phase error detection unit for detecting a phase error of a feedback signal which is fed back from the output of the PLL to the phase error detection unit , and a digital amplitude modulator , DAM, arranged within the PLL for amplitude modulation of the precursor by means of an amplitude modulation signal before being output by the PLL , resulting in the transmit signal , the feedback signal being the transmit signal or being derived therefrom, characterized in that the phase error detection unit is further provided for sub-sampling at a reference rate of the feedback signal , thereby obtaining both phase error information and amplitude information from the feedback signal , in that the phase error detection unit comprises an analog-to-digital convertor , ADC, for generating a phase error code proportional to the phase error and the amplitude sub-sampled feedback signal, and in that the PLL is arranged for rescaling the phase error code by means of the amplitude modulation signal . a phase locked loop , PLL, for generating a phase/frequency modulated precursor of the transmit signal using a controllable oscillator , the PLL comprising at its input a phase error detection unit for detecting a phase error of a feedback signal which is fed back from the output of the PLL to the phase error detection unit , and a digital amplitude modulator , DAM, arranged within the PLL for amplitude modulation of the precursor by means of an amplitude modulation signal before being output by the PLL , resulting in the transmit signal , the feedback signal being the transmit signal or being derived therefrom, characterized in that the phase error detection unit is further provided for sub-sampling at a reference rate of the feedback signal , thereby obtaining both phase error information and amplitude information from the feedback signal , in that the phase error detection unit comprises an analog-to-digital convertor , ADC, for generating a phase error code proportional to the phase error and the amplitude sub-sampled feedback signal, and in that the PLL is arranged for rescaling the phase error code by means of the amplitude modulation signal .
A method of deriving a motion vector predictor (MVP) for a motion vector (MV) of a current block in Inter mode, the method comprising: receiving motion vectors (MVs) associated with reference blocks of the current block, wherein the reference blocks comprise two left neighboring reference blocks (A 0 , A 1 ) of the current block and three top neighboring reference blocks (B 0 , B 1 , B 2 ) of the current block; deriving a left spatial MVP by determining a first available spatial MV corresponding to said two left neighboring reference blocks (A 0 , A 1 ), wherein the left spatial MVP is derived based on said two left neighboring reference blocks (A 0 , A 1 ) and a search order for the left spatial MVP is from bottom to top; deriving a top spatial MVP by determining a first available spatial MV corresponding to said three top neighboring reference blocks (B 0 , B 1 , B 2 ), wherein the top spatial MVP is derived based on said three top neighboring reference blocks (B 0 , B 1 , B 2 ) and a search order for the top spatial MVP is from right to left; performing a redundancy check process to obtain non-redundant MVPs only after the left spatial MVP, the top spatial MVP and a temporal MVP are derived such that no redundancy check process to obtain non-redundant MVPs is invoked for Inter mode during the derivation of the top spatial MVP; and providing at least one of the non-redundant MVPs for the current block. receiving motion vectors (MVs) associated with reference blocks of the current block, wherein the reference blocks comprise two left neighboring reference blocks (A 0 , A 1 ) of the current block and three top neighboring reference blocks (B 0 , B 1 , B 2 ) of the current block; deriving a left spatial MVP by determining a first available spatial MV corresponding to said two left neighboring reference blocks (A 0 , A 1 ), wherein the left spatial MVP is derived based on said two left neighboring reference blocks (A 0 , A 1 ) and a search order for the left spatial MVP is from bottom to top; deriving a top spatial MVP by determining a first available spatial MV corresponding to said three top neighboring reference blocks (B 0 , B 1 , B 2 ), wherein the top spatial MVP is derived based on said three top neighboring reference blocks (B 0 , B 1 , B 2 ) and a search order for the top spatial MVP is from right to left; performing a redundancy check process to obtain non-redundant MVPs only after the left spatial MVP, the top spatial MVP and a temporal MVP are derived such that no redundancy check process to obtain non-redundant MVPs is invoked for Inter mode during the derivation of the top spatial MVP; and providing at least one of the non-redundant MVPs for the current block.
Use of a coating which comprises a polysilazane-based polymer, to reduce or prevent the oxidation of the piston in an internal combustion engine.
A packaging for an object that is to be sterilised, said packaging comprising an outer sleeve , which surrounds an interior space (I) for receiving the object , characterised in that the packaging comprises a container , which is arranged in the interior space (I) and which surrounds an absorber in a gas-tight manner, such that a gas (G) present in the interior (I) cannot pass to the absorber , wherein the container is designed to be opened whilst the outer sleeve is closed, such that a gas (G) disposed in the interior (I) can pass to the absorber and can be absorbed thereby.
A motion assistance apparatus , comprising: a force transmitting frame configured to support a distal part of a user, wherein said distal part is a thigh of the user; a slider configured to slide relative to the force transmitting frame in a direction corresponding to a length direction of the thigh of the user and slide relative to the force transmitting frame in a direction corresponding to a width direction of the thigh of the user to thereby perform a 2-degree of freedom (DOF) motion in two intersecting directions; and a driving frame connected to the slider , and configured to rotate relative to a proximal support that is configured to support a proximal part of the user, wherein said proximal part is any one or any combination of a waist and a pelvis of the user, characterized in that the slider is configured to slide in a sliding space of the force transmitting frame , wherein said sliding space is formed as a space between a front cover and a rear cover ; and the slider is moveable along the sliding space in the directions corresponding to the length and the width directions of the thigh of the user to thereby perform the 2-degree of freedom (DOF) motion in the two intersecting directions in the sliding space . a force transmitting frame configured to support a distal part of a user, wherein said distal part is a thigh of the user; a slider configured to slide relative to the force transmitting frame in a direction corresponding to a length direction of the thigh of the user and slide relative to the force transmitting frame in a direction corresponding to a width direction of the thigh of the user to thereby perform a 2-degree of freedom (DOF) motion in two intersecting directions; and a driving frame connected to the slider , and configured to rotate relative to a proximal support that is configured to support a proximal part of the user, wherein said proximal part is any one or any combination of a waist and a pelvis of the user, characterized in that the slider is configured to slide in a sliding space of the force transmitting frame , wherein said sliding space is formed as a space between a front cover and a rear cover ; and the slider is moveable along the sliding space in the directions corresponding to the length and the width directions of the thigh of the user to thereby perform the 2-degree of freedom (DOF) motion in the two intersecting directions in the sliding space .