mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
A method for transmitting encoded media data on the basis of a layer model, comprising the following steps: a) dividing the media data into a base layer, which contains at least the data required for decoding, and at least one additional enhancement layer, which contains the data required for decoding quality features of the source medium; b) transmitting the base layer and the at least one enhancement layer via at least two network accesses; c) for transmitting the base layer, selecting a first network access that has sufficient network quality and/or stability for transmitting the base layer; and d) for transmitting the at least one enhancement layer, selecting at least one second network access from among the network accesses, based on the bandwidth of the first network access and the network quality and network stability of the network accesses. a) dividing the media data into a base layer, which contains at least the data required for decoding, and at least one additional enhancement layer, which contains the data required for decoding quality features of the source medium; b) transmitting the base layer and the at least one enhancement layer via at least two network accesses; c) for transmitting the base layer, selecting a first network access that has sufficient network quality and/or stability for transmitting the base layer; and d) for transmitting the at least one enhancement layer, selecting at least one second network access from among the network accesses, based on the bandwidth of the first network access and the network quality and network stability of the network accesses.
A method of encoding multi-layer High Efficiency Video Coding, HEVC, video data, the method comprising: generating a first video coding layer (VCL) network abstraction layer (NAL) unit for a first picture of an access unit, the first VCL NAL unit comprising a first slice type; generating a second VCL NAL unit for a second picture of the access unit, the second VCL NAL unit comprising a second slice type; and generating an access unit delimiter (AUD) NAL unit for the access unit, characterised in that generating the AUD NAL unit is based on the first and second slice types, wherein a picture type syntax element of the AUD NAL unit indicates a picture type for all pictures in the access unit, wherein the picture type has an associated set of slice types comprising the first slice type and the second slice type. generating a first video coding layer (VCL) network abstraction layer (NAL) unit for a first picture of an access unit, the first VCL NAL unit comprising a first slice type; generating a second VCL NAL unit for a second picture of the access unit, the second VCL NAL unit comprising a second slice type; and generating an access unit delimiter (AUD) NAL unit for the access unit, characterised in that generating the AUD NAL unit is based on the first and second slice types, wherein a picture type syntax element of the AUD NAL unit indicates a picture type for all pictures in the access unit, wherein the picture type has an associated set of slice types comprising the first slice type and the second slice type.
Kit for reconstructing a pipe connection, • with an articulated foldable sealing plate that can be placed against the inside of the wall of the pipeline , • and with a renovation socket intended to protrude from the sealing plate through a connection opening in the wall beyond the wall of the pipeline and to enable the connection of a secondary pipe, characterised by a push bar passing through the sealing plate and that is intended to be placed opposite to the inside of the wall of the pipeline and in this way to abut the sealing plate to the inside of the wall of the pipeline to transmit compressive force, where the push bar is optionally movable transversely to the surface of the sealing plate or can be fixed relative to the sealing plate . • with an articulated foldable sealing plate that can be placed against the inside of the wall of the pipeline , • and with a renovation socket intended to protrude from the sealing plate through a connection opening in the wall beyond the wall of the pipeline and to enable the connection of a secondary pipe, characterised by a push bar passing through the sealing plate and that is intended to be placed opposite to the inside of the wall of the pipeline and in this way to abut the sealing plate to the inside of the wall of the pipeline to transmit compressive force, where the push bar is optionally movable transversely to the surface of the sealing plate or can be fixed relative to the sealing plate .
A system, comprising: one or more computing nodes, each of which comprises at least one processor and a memory, wherein the one or more computing nodes are configured to collectively implement a distributed data store that stores data blocks on one or more storage devices; wherein one of the one or more computing nodes is configured to: receive a read request targeting one of the data blocks; identify one or more update records stored on the computing node that specifies a modification to be made to the targeted data block; apply the one or more update records to a previously stored version of the targeted data block to generate a current version of the targeted data block; and return the current version of the targeted data block in response to the read request. one or more computing nodes, each of which comprises at least one processor and a memory, wherein the one or more computing nodes are configured to collectively implement a distributed data store that stores data blocks on one or more storage devices; wherein one of the one or more computing nodes is configured to: receive a read request targeting one of the data blocks; identify one or more update records stored on the computing node that specifies a modification to be made to the targeted data block; apply the one or more update records to a previously stored version of the targeted data block to generate a current version of the targeted data block; and return the current version of the targeted data block in response to the read request. receive a read request targeting one of the data blocks; identify one or more update records stored on the computing node that specifies a modification to be made to the targeted data block; apply the one or more update records to a previously stored version of the targeted data block to generate a current version of the targeted data block; and return the current version of the targeted data block in response to the read request.
A conductive protrusion assembly for an evaporator of an ice-making machine, the conductive protrusion assembly comprising: a conductive cup defining a chamber (C), the conductive cup is supported by a support plate of the evaporator ; characterized by further comprising: a conductive lid fixed within the chamber (C), dividing the chamber into a cooling section (A) and an insulating section (B), wherein the insulating section (B) of the conductive cup is packed with an insulation material, wherein the conductive lid is defined with an inlet port and an outlet port to circulate a cooling fluid through the cooling section (A); and the insulating section (B) is defined with a flow passage to allow flow of a defrost fluid. a conductive lid fixed within the chamber (C), dividing the chamber into a cooling section (A) and an insulating section (B), wherein the insulating section (B) of the conductive cup is packed with an insulation material, wherein the conductive lid is defined with an inlet port and an outlet port to circulate a cooling fluid through the cooling section (A); and the insulating section (B) is defined with a flow passage to allow flow of a defrost fluid.
A method of operating a base station , comprising: receiving data to be transmitted to one or more User Equipment, UE, ; scheduling transmission of at least one block of data to a UE of the one or more UE in a first scheduler; transmitting the at least one block of data to the UE on at least a first component carrier, CC; and receiving a negative acknowledgement, NAK, from the UE indicating one or more errors in at least one received data block; the method further comprising the step of: re-transmitting the at least one block of data to the UE on a Re-transmission Extension Carrier, REC, wherein the REC is a CC separate from any CC on which a block of data was transmitted to the UE , wherein the REC has a capacity smaller than the capacity of the at least one CC on which the block of data was transmitted to the UE in that the bandwidth of the REC is configured to be much lower than that of the at least one CC, and the method characterised wherein the REC is a carrier in an unlicensed spectrum. receiving data to be transmitted to one or more User Equipment, UE, ; scheduling transmission of at least one block of data to a UE of the one or more UE in a first scheduler; transmitting the at least one block of data to the UE on at least a first component carrier, CC; and receiving a negative acknowledgement, NAK, from the UE indicating one or more errors in at least one received data block; the method further comprising the step of: re-transmitting the at least one block of data to the UE on a Re-transmission Extension Carrier, REC, wherein the REC is a CC separate from any CC on which a block of data was transmitted to the UE , wherein the REC has a capacity smaller than the capacity of the at least one CC on which the block of data was transmitted to the UE in that the bandwidth of the REC is configured to be much lower than that of the at least one CC, and the method characterised wherein the REC is a carrier in an unlicensed spectrum.
Method for handling errors in a central control device, the control device comprising a distributed computer system , where to said distributed computer system sensors are connected, wherein the distributed computer system is split into a first fault containment unit FCU1 and a second fault containment unit FCU2 , wherein the FCU1 and the FCU2, or one or more components of the FCU1 and one or more components of the FCU2, have access to a global synchronized time, and wherein the FCU1 and the FCU2 each consist of a first subsystem SS1 and a second subsystem SS2 , the first subsystems SS1 performing the processing of the sensor data and the second subsystems SS2 monitoring the function of the respective first subsystem SS1 , and wherein one part of the sensors is at least connected to the FCU1 and the other part of the sensors is at least connected to the FCU2 , and wherein the FCU1 and the FCU2 are connected to a redundantly realized communication system having one or more actuators, characterized in that the FCU1 and the FCU2 are power-supplied by respective independent power supplies of their own, and wherein the FCU1 and the FCU2 exchange data exclusively via electrically isolated lines, so as to exclude propagation of a hardware fault from one fault containment unit to the other fault containment unit, wherein the second subsystems SS2 periodically execute a challenge-response protocol to check the function of the first subsystem SS1 , wherein the respective second subsystem of one fault contact unit periodically sends an I-am-alive message to the respective other fault contact unit , wherein the time of the timely arrival of the periodic I-am-alive message is monitored by the other fault containment unit with a time-out, and wherein the times of transmission of the I-am-alive message and of the time-out monitoring of the I-am-alive message are synchronized over the global time in the receiving fault containment unit.
A method of determining spatial division of an environment, the method comprising: determining a movement footprint of a user walking along a wall in the environment at least in part based on a communication between a first communication device and a second communication device, the first communication device being carried by the user, and the second communication device being placed in the environment; generating a representation of the spatial division of the environment based on the determined movement footprint; determining an estimated size associated with at least one reference object in the environment according to the representation of the spatial division; obtaining a reference size associated with the at least one reference object; and adjusting the representation of the spatial division based on a comparison of the estimated size and the reference size.
An implantable neurostimulator , comprising: a shell having a first transverse line extending between first opposing ends of the shell, and a second transverse line extending between second opposing ends of the shell, wherein the first transverse line is shorter than the second transverse line; at least one upper connector assembly and at least one lower connector assembly housed in the shell , each configured for receiving a neurostimulation lead, wherein the at least one upper connector assembly is longitudinally aligned along the first transverse line, and the at least one lower connector assembly is longitudinally aligned along the second transverse line; and at least one upper strain relief member longitudinally aligned along the first transverse line and extending between an end of the at least one upper connector assembly and one of the first opposing ends of the shell , and at least one lower strain relief member longitudinally aligned along the second transverse line and extending between an end of the at least one lower connector assembly and one of the second opposing ends of the shell , characterized in that the at least one upper strain relief member has a shorter length than the at least one lower strain relief member. a shell having a first transverse line extending between first opposing ends of the shell, and a second transverse line extending between second opposing ends of the shell, wherein the first transverse line is shorter than the second transverse line; at least one upper connector assembly and at least one lower connector assembly housed in the shell , each configured for receiving a neurostimulation lead, wherein the at least one upper connector assembly is longitudinally aligned along the first transverse line, and the at least one lower connector assembly is longitudinally aligned along the second transverse line; and at least one upper strain relief member longitudinally aligned along the first transverse line and extending between an end of the at least one upper connector assembly and one of the first opposing ends of the shell , and at least one lower strain relief member longitudinally aligned along the second transverse line and extending between an end of the at least one lower connector assembly and one of the second opposing ends of the shell , characterized in that the at least one upper strain relief member has a shorter length than the at least one lower strain relief member.
A method for producing hydrogen from a geothermal reservoir, the geothermal reservoir containing water, the method comprising the steps of: allowing at least one of gasification or water-gas shift reactions to occur to the water within the geothermal reservoir to form a gas stream comprising hydrogen; providing a well from surface to the geothermal reservoir; locating in the well at least one hydrogen permeable membrane composed of an alloy of palladium; allowing the gas stream to engage the at least one hydrogen-permeable membrane, such that the at least one hydrogen-permeable membrane permits passage of only the hydrogen in the gas stream to the surface; characterized in that the step of producing the hydrogen to the surface comprises transporting the hydrogen in a working fluid circulated in the well; and wherein the working fluid is heated during passage through the well adjacent the geothermal reservoir to form a heated working fluid, further comprising the step of using the heated working fluid as a heat source or power source when produced to the surface. allowing at least one of gasification or water-gas shift reactions to occur to the water within the geothermal reservoir to form a gas stream comprising hydrogen; providing a well from surface to the geothermal reservoir; locating in the well at least one hydrogen permeable membrane composed of an alloy of palladium; allowing the gas stream to engage the at least one hydrogen-permeable membrane, such that the at least one hydrogen-permeable membrane permits passage of only the hydrogen in the gas stream to the surface; characterized in that the step of producing the hydrogen to the surface comprises transporting the hydrogen in a working fluid circulated in the well; and wherein the working fluid is heated during passage through the well adjacent the geothermal reservoir to form a heated working fluid, further comprising the step of using the heated working fluid as a heat source or power source when produced to the surface.
A seamless stainless steel pipe for oil country tubular goods having a yield stress of higher than 654 MPa, the steel pipe having a chemical composition containing Cr and Ni and a microstructure including, in terms of volume fraction, 50% or more of a tempered martensite phase, wherein the chemical composition satisfies the relational expression below, wherein the steel pipe has an outer surface layer, which is a region within 100 μm in the wall thickness direction from the outer surface of the pipe, wherein the outer surface layer has a surface layer microstructure that includes a phase which looks white when subjected to etching with a Vilella etching solution and which includes mainly a martensite phase, which has a thickness in the wall thickness direction from the outer surface of the pipe of 10 μm or more and 100 μm or less, and which disperses in the outer surface of the pipe in an amount of 50% or more in terms of area fraction: Cr / Ni ≤ 5.3 where Cr and Ni respectively denote the contents (mass%) of the corresponding chemical elements, the steel pipe having a chemical composition containing, by mass%, C: 0.005% or more and 0.05% or less, Si: 0.05% or more and 1.50% or less, Mn: 0.2% or more and 1.8% or less, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Cr: 11% or more and 18% or less, Ni: 2.0% or more and 8.0% or less, Mo: 0.6% or more and 3.5% or less, O: 0.006% or less, optionally one or both selected from among V: 0.02% or more and 0.2% or less and N: 0.01% or more and 0.15% or less, optionally one or more selected from among group A through group D below: group A: Al: 0.002% or more and 0.050% or less, group B: Cu: 3.5% or less, group C: one, or more selected from among Nb: 0.2% or less, Ti: 0.3% or less, Zr: 0.2% or less, and B: 0.01% or less, and group D: Ca: 0.01% or less and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the inevitable impurities may include N: less than 0.01%. group A: Al: 0.002% or more and 0.050% or less, group B: Cu: 3.5% or less, group C: one, or more selected from among Nb: 0.2% or less, Ti: 0.3% or less, Zr: 0.2% or less, and B: 0.01% or less, and group D: Ca: 0.01% or less
Method of processing a toothed workpiece ; the method comprising: a step 1) of producing a chamfer on the toothed workpiece by hob peeling, wherein a tool that rotates about a tool axis (WZA) slides with a toothed first processing section in a contact zone (KZ) on the workpiece that rotates about a workpiece axis (WSA), wherein the workpiece axis (WSA) defines an x direction and the perpendicular of the contact zone (KZ) to the workpiece axis (WSA) defines a z direction, and the x direction, a y direction and the z direction form a right-angled coordinate system, and wherein the tool axis (WZA) is pivoted by an azimuth angle φ1≠0° against the x direction and the tool axis (WZA) is further pivoted about a polar angle Θ1<90° against the z direction, characterized in that the tool is selected as a combination tool which further comprises a second processing section in addition to the toothed first processing section , wherein the second processing section extends at a file cutting angle α>0° against the first processing section with respect to a cutting plane (SE) containing the tool axis (WZA), that the method further comprises: a step 2) of filing an end face of the toothed workpiece , which borders the chamfer produced in step 1), wherein the rotating tool slides with the second processing section in a file contact zone (FZ) on the workpiece that rotates about the workpiece axis (WSA), and that the steps 1) and 2) are performed in the same clamping of the workpiece . a step 1) of producing a chamfer on the toothed workpiece by hob peeling, wherein a tool that rotates about a tool axis (WZA) slides with a toothed first processing section in a contact zone (KZ) on the workpiece that rotates about a workpiece axis (WSA), wherein the workpiece axis (WSA) defines an x direction and the perpendicular of the contact zone (KZ) to the workpiece axis (WSA) defines a z direction, and the x direction, a y direction and the z direction form a right-angled coordinate system, and wherein the tool axis (WZA) is pivoted by an azimuth angle φ1≠0° against the x direction and the tool axis (WZA) is further pivoted about a polar angle Θ1<90° against the z direction,
A method comprising: partitioning a depth map image into a plurality of blocks; partitioning a texture image into a plurality of blocks, wherein the size and position of a block of the plurality of blocks of the texture image corresponds to the size and position of a block of the plurality of blocks of the depth image; determining a depth property value for each of the plurality of blocks of the depth map image; determining a texture property value for each of the plurality of blocks of the texture image; and for each of the plurality of blocks, using the depth property value of the block of the depth map image and the texture property value of the corresponding block of the texture image to select a set of filter parameters from a look up table and filtering the block of the depth map image with a filter based on the selected set of filter parameters, wherein the texture property value is a value returned from a function of pixel texture values of the block of the texture image and the depth property value is a value returned from a function of pixel depth values of the block of the depth map image, and wherein the function of pixel depth values of the block of the depth map image comprises an output from a face detection algorithm for the pixel depth values of the block of the depth map image, wherein the output from the face detection algorithm is indicative of whether a face has been detected within the block and of the percentage fraction which the detected face occupies in the block. partitioning a depth map image into a plurality of blocks; partitioning a texture image into a plurality of blocks, wherein the size and position of a block of the plurality of blocks of the texture image corresponds to the size and position of a block of the plurality of blocks of the depth image; determining a depth property value for each of the plurality of blocks of the depth map image; determining a texture property value for each of the plurality of blocks of the texture image; and for each of the plurality of blocks, using the depth property value of the block of the depth map image and the texture property value of the corresponding block of the texture image to select a set of filter parameters from a look up table and filtering the block of the depth map image with a filter based on the selected set of filter parameters, wherein the texture property value is a value returned from a function of pixel texture values of the block of the texture image and the depth property value is a value returned from a function of pixel depth values of the block of the depth map image, and wherein the function of pixel depth values of the block of the depth map image comprises an output from a face detection algorithm for the pixel depth values of the block of the depth map image, wherein the output from the face detection algorithm is indicative of whether a face has been detected within the block and of the percentage fraction which the detected face occupies in the block.