mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
Image compression method comprising the following steps applied to at least one image (I): • Decorrelating the image (I) by applying thereto a mathematical transform so as to obtain a set of coefficients, • Decomposing the image (I) into blocks and, for each block of the image (I), • Quantizing said coefficients using a dead-zone uniform scalar quantizer having a semi-dead zone of size T and a quantization step Δ, • Coding the quantized coefficients, • Determine the size T of the semi-dead zone of the scalar quantizer by minimizing the difference between an estimated quantization distortion D(T), dependent at least on said size T, and a target quantization distortion D c without constraint on the flow obtained after compression, the method being characterized in that the estimated quantization distortion D(T) corresponds to a mean error made while quantizing said coefficients using the dead-zone uniform scalar quantizer, the estimated quantization distortion being determined as the sum of a first term representative of the quantization distortion engendered by the zeroing of the coefficients the modulus of which is less than the size T of the semi-dead zone and a second term representative of the quantization distortion engendered by the quantization, with the quantization step Δ, of the coefficients having a modulus greater than or equal to the size T of the semi-dead zone, said second term being determined by the following calculation: α 2 M T T 2 12 , where α is a preset parameter of the quantizer and M(T) is the number of coefficients the modulus of which is greater than or equal to the size T of the semi-dead zone of the scalar quantizer. • Decorrelating the image (I) by applying thereto a mathematical transform so as to obtain a set of coefficients, • Decomposing the image (I) into blocks and, for each block of the image (I), • Quantizing said coefficients using a dead-zone uniform scalar quantizer having a semi-dead zone of size T and a quantization step Δ, • Coding the quantized coefficients, • Determine the size T of the semi-dead zone of the scalar quantizer by minimizing the difference between an estimated quantization distortion D(T), dependent at least on said size T, and a target quantization distortion D c without constraint on the flow obtained after compression,
An imaging device comprising: an imaging element that includes a plurality of pixel output units that receives incident light that is incident without passing through neither an imaging lens nor a pinhole and each outputs one detection signal indicating an output pixel value modulated by an incident angle of the incident light; and a coefficient setting unit that sets, from a detection signal acquired in the pixel output units of the imaging element , a white balance coefficient that is used for correcting a white balance of a restored image restored from the detection signal. an imaging element that includes a plurality of pixel output units that receives incident light that is incident without passing through neither an imaging lens nor a pinhole and each outputs one detection signal indicating an output pixel value modulated by an incident angle of the incident light; and a coefficient setting unit that sets, from a detection signal acquired in the pixel output units of the imaging element , a white balance coefficient that is used for correcting a white balance of a restored image restored from the detection signal.
A method of fabricating a multiple time programmable, MTP, device, comprising: forming a plurality of fins of a first conducting type on a substrate , each fin having a first wall, a second wall, and a surface connecting the first wall and the second wall, the first wall and the second wall adjoining the substrate ; for each fin: forming a floating gate dielectric to partially surround the fin , the floating gate dielectric having a first dielectric surface directly on the first wall of the fin , a second dielectric surface directly on the surface of the fin , and a third dielectric surface directly on the second wall of the fin ; forming a floating gate directly on the first dielectric surface, the second dielectric surface, and the third dielectric surface of the floating gate dielectric ; forming a dielectric spacer layer directly on the floating gate only over the first dielectric surface and the third dielectric surface, around the fin , but not over the second dielectric surface; forming a coupling film directly on the floating gate over the second dielectric surface; forming a coupling gate directly on the coupling film over the first dielectric surface, the second dielectric surface and the third dielectric surface; characterized in that said substrate is of a second conductivity type and by forming said coupling film directly on said dielectric spacer layer over the first dielectric surface and the third dielectric surface so that said dielectric spacer layer is arranged to provide a capacitive coupling between said floating gate and said coupling gate . forming a floating gate dielectric to partially surround the fin , the floating gate dielectric having a first dielectric surface directly on the first wall of the fin , a second dielectric surface directly on the surface of the fin , and a third dielectric surface directly on the second wall of the fin ; forming a floating gate directly on the first dielectric surface, the second dielectric surface, and the third dielectric surface of the floating gate dielectric ; forming a dielectric spacer layer directly on the floating gate only over the first dielectric surface and the third dielectric surface, around the fin , but not over the second dielectric surface; forming a coupling film directly on the floating gate over the second dielectric surface; forming a coupling gate directly on the coupling film over the first dielectric surface, the second dielectric surface and the third dielectric surface;
A control device for a hybrid vehicle , the hybrid vehicle including an engine , a motor (MG), and a clutch (K0) provided in a power transmission path between the engine and the motor (MG), the control device comprising: a collision detector configured to detect a collision of the hybrid vehicle ; and a controller configured to perform fuel cut of the engine in a case where the engine is in a driven state when the collision detector detects the collision, characterized in that , after the collision, the controller is further configured to engage the clutch (K0) when a rate of change of a rotation speed (Ne) of the engine is not positive; and the controller is further configured to disengage the clutch (K0) when the rate of change of the rotation speed (Ne) of the engine is positive and subsequently to engage the clutch (K0) when the rate of change of the rotation speed (Ne) of the engine is negative after the collision and when the rotation speed (Ne) of the engine is lower than a rotation speed (Nmg) of the motor (MG). a collision detector configured to detect a collision of the hybrid vehicle ; and a controller configured to perform fuel cut of the engine in a case where the engine is in a driven state when the collision detector detects the collision, characterized in that , after the collision, the controller is further configured to engage the clutch (K0) when a rate of change of a rotation speed (Ne) of the engine is not positive; and the controller is further configured to disengage the clutch (K0) when the rate of change of the rotation speed (Ne) of the engine is positive and subsequently to engage the clutch (K0) when the rate of change of the rotation speed (Ne) of the engine is negative after the collision and when the rotation speed (Ne) of the engine is lower than a rotation speed (Nmg) of the motor (MG).
An error detection method comprising comparing at least two identical electronic devices (100A, 100B; 100C, 100D) comprising at least one chain (103A, 103B; 103C, 103D) of test data (A1 to AM, B1 to BM), each test data (Z1 to AM, B1 to m) being stored dans un test point (101A, 101B; 101C, 1011D), test points being arranged in the device from the moment of conception and the stored test data being a data giving an indication about the state of the one or the several components to which the test point is attached, the method comprising the steps of: (a) the test data in the last position in said chain of the two devices (100A, 100B; 100C, 100D) are compared; (b) the other test data (103A, 103B; 103C, 103D) are shifted forward by one position in their data chain; (c) the test data of step (a) are written in the first position in their initial chain (103A, 103B; 103C, 103D), steps (a), (b), and (c) are repeated until all the test data (A1 to AM, B1 to BM) have recovered their initial location. (a) the test data in the last position in said chain of the two devices (100A, 100B; 100C, 100D) are compared; (b) the other test data (103A, 103B; 103C, 103D) are shifted forward by one position in their data chain; (c) the test data of step (a) are written in the first position in their initial chain (103A, 103B; 103C, 103D), steps (a), (b), and (c) are repeated until all the test data (A1 to AM, B1 to BM) have recovered their initial location.
An intra-cavity optical parametric oscilator including: a laser gain medium configured to generate a pump wave; a non-linear material configured to generate down converted coherent radiation in response to the pump wave, the down converted coherent radiation comprising a signal wave and an idler wave; two coupled optical cavities, these being a pump-wave cavity configured to resonate the pump wave and a down converted wave cavityconfigured to resonate the signal wave and/or the idler wave, wherein the non-linear material and the laser gain medium are located in the pump-wave cavity and the non-linear material is also located in the down converted wave cavity, and optical means configured to provide a non-linear loss for suppressing relaxation oscillations, characterised in that : the optical means configured to provide the non-linear loss are configured to provide an instantaneous non-linear loss, and are: located in the down converted wave cavity and configured to generate a second harmonic of the down converted coherent radiation, or located in a shared part of both cavities and configured to generate radiation by sum frequency mixing of intra-cavity radiation at the pump wave frequency and intra-cavity radiation at the resonant down converted coherent radiation frequency. a non-linear material configured to generate down converted coherent radiation in response to the pump wave, the down converted coherent radiation comprising a signal wave and an idler wave; two coupled optical cavities, these being a pump-wave cavity configured to resonate the pump wave and a down converted wave cavityconfigured to resonate the signal wave and/or the idler wave, wherein the non-linear material and the laser gain medium are located in the pump-wave cavity and the non-linear material is also located in the down converted wave cavity, and optical means configured to provide a non-linear loss for suppressing relaxation oscillations, characterised in that : the optical means configured to provide the non-linear loss are configured to provide an instantaneous non-linear loss, and are: located in the down converted wave cavity and configured to generate a second harmonic of the down converted coherent radiation, or located in a shared part of both cavities and configured to generate radiation by sum frequency mixing of intra-cavity radiation at the pump wave frequency and intra-cavity radiation at the resonant down converted coherent radiation frequency. located in the down converted wave cavity and configured to generate a second harmonic of the down converted coherent radiation, or located in a shared part of both cavities and configured to generate radiation by sum frequency mixing of intra-cavity radiation at the pump wave frequency and intra-cavity radiation at the resonant down converted coherent radiation frequency.
A system for implementing a 3-D printing method of construction elements comprising hydraulic binder and aggregates, said system comprising: - a mixing device adapted to mix a dry mortar composition comprising hydraulic binders and aggregates with water, to form a wet mortar, - an outlet which is a nozzle, - a pumping device adapted to pump and convey said wet mortar towards said outlet , - at least one sensor adapted to measure on-line at least two physical properties of said wet mortar on its way from said mixing device to said outlet, said physical properties including viscosity and at least one of flow and density, - a first controller configured to adjust the ratio between the water and the dry mortar depending on the value of at least one of said at least two physical properties, and - a computer-controlled printer having a head comprising said outlet , which is adapted to deposit a layer of mortar on a previous layer of mortar . - a mixing device adapted to mix a dry mortar composition comprising hydraulic binders and aggregates with water, to form a wet mortar, - an outlet which is a nozzle, - a pumping device adapted to pump and convey said wet mortar towards said outlet , - at least one sensor adapted to measure on-line at least two physical properties of said wet mortar on its way from said mixing device to said outlet, said physical properties including viscosity and at least one of flow and density, - a first controller configured to adjust the ratio between the water and the dry mortar depending on the value of at least one of said at least two physical properties, and - a computer-controlled printer having a head comprising said outlet , which is adapted to deposit a layer of mortar on a previous layer of mortar .
An apparatus for inter prediction of a sample value of a current full-integer pixel of a plurality of pixels of a current block of a current frame of a video signal, wherein the apparatus comprises a processing unit configured to: determine a motion vector of the current full-integer pixel on the basis of a non-translational motion compensation model; determine for the current full-integer pixel a corresponding sub-integer pixel in a reference frame on the basis of the motion vector of the current full-integer pixel; generate on the basis of a predefined set of filter support pixels in the current frame a set of corresponding filter support pixels in the reference frame, wherein the predefined set of filter support pixels in the current frame comprises one or more neighboring sub-integer pixels of the current full-integer pixel, by determining a respective motion vector of each of the sub-integer pixels of the filter support pixels in the current frame by determining a mean vector of the motion vector of the current full-integer pixel and one or more motion vectors of neighboring full-integer pixels of the current full-integer pixel; determine respective sample values of the corresponding sub-integer pixel of the current full-integer pixel and of the corresponding filter support pixels in the reference frame; and determine the inter predicted sample value of the current pixel in the current frame by applying a spatial high-pass filter to the sample value of the corresponding sub-integer pixel of the current full-integer pixel in the reference frame and to the sample values of the corresponding filter support pixels in the reference frame. determine a motion vector of the current full-integer pixel on the basis of a non-translational motion compensation model; determine for the current full-integer pixel a corresponding sub-integer pixel in a reference frame on the basis of the motion vector of the current full-integer pixel; generate on the basis of a predefined set of filter support pixels in the current frame a set of corresponding filter support pixels in the reference frame, wherein the predefined set of filter support pixels in the current frame comprises one or more neighboring sub-integer pixels of the current full-integer pixel, by determining a respective motion vector of each of the sub-integer pixels of the filter support pixels in the current frame by determining a mean vector of the motion vector of the current full-integer pixel and one or more motion vectors of neighboring full-integer pixels of the current full-integer pixel; determine respective sample values of the corresponding sub-integer pixel of the current full-integer pixel and of the corresponding filter support pixels in the reference frame; and determine the inter predicted sample value of the current pixel in the current frame by applying a spatial high-pass filter to the sample value of the corresponding sub-integer pixel of the current full-integer pixel in the reference frame and to the sample values of the corresponding filter support pixels in the reference frame.
A wire rod for springs with improved toughness and corrosion fatigue properties, the wire rod comprising: by weight percent, carbon (C): 0.4 to 0.7%, silicon (Si): 1.2 to 2.3%, manganese (Mn): 0.2 to 0.8%, chromium (Cr): 0.2 to 0.8%, optionally one or more elements selected from vanadium (V): 0.01 to 0.2%, niobium (Nb): 0.01 to 0.1%, titanium (Ti): 0.01 to 0.15%, and molybdenum (Mo): 0.01 to 0.4%, optionally one or more elements selected from copper (Cu): 0.01 to 0.4% and nickel (Ni): 0.01 to 0.6% and a balance of iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities, wherein a grain size is 13.2 μm or less; a Charpy impact energy is 38 J/cm 2 or more; a colony size of pearlite is 1.7 - 5.6 μm; and a microstructure of the wire rod comprises, by area fraction, 5 to 37% of ferrite; and the remainder is pearlite, with bainite or martensite not being present in the microstructure. a grain size is 13.2 μm or less; a Charpy impact energy is 38 J/cm 2 or more; a colony size of pearlite is 1.7 - 5.6 μm; and a microstructure of the wire rod comprises, by area fraction, 5 to 37% of ferrite; and the remainder is pearlite, with bainite or martensite not being present in the microstructure.
A cigarette comprising: a tobacco rod ; and a filter rod connected to a downstream end portion of the tobacco rod ; wherein a portion of the filter rod comprises a cooling portion , and the cooling portion comprises sucrose as a cooling material (630, 710, ), wherein the cooling material (630, 710, ) has a bead form or a sheet form. a tobacco rod ; and a filter rod connected to a downstream end portion of the tobacco rod ; wherein a portion of the filter rod comprises a cooling portion , and the cooling portion comprises sucrose as a cooling material (630, 710, ), wherein the cooling material (630, 710, ) has a bead form or a sheet form.
A method for generating an elliptic curve point in a cryptographic system, comprising: determining a plurality of prime field candidates having a field size and a number base; for each of the plurality of prime field candidates, determining an exponential complexity in the number base of the respective prime field candidate, wherein the exponential complexity of a number in the number base is the lowest complexity of any exponential expression in the number base that evaluates to that number, and wherein the complexity of an expression in the number base is a number of symbols it takes to write the expression in the number base; selecting, among the prime field candidates, a prime field having the field size based on the exponential complexity of the field size in the number base; using, by a hardware processor, the selected prime field to generate an elliptic curve point; and using, by the hardware processor, the elliptic curve point in an Elliptic Curve Cryptography, ECC, operation. determining a plurality of prime field candidates having a field size and a number base; for each of the plurality of prime field candidates, determining an exponential complexity in the number base of the respective prime field candidate, wherein the exponential complexity of a number in the number base is the lowest complexity of any exponential expression in the number base that evaluates to that number, and wherein the complexity of an expression in the number base is a number of symbols it takes to write the expression in the number base; selecting, among the prime field candidates, a prime field having the field size based on the exponential complexity of the field size in the number base; using, by a hardware processor, the selected prime field to generate an elliptic curve point; and using, by the hardware processor, the elliptic curve point in an Elliptic Curve Cryptography, ECC, operation.
Hoisting device for a transparent comprising - at least two poles between which the transparent can be stretched, and - at least two holding means for holding the transparent on the poles , characterised in that the hoisting device comprises at least four holding means and is configured such that in the position of use, in which the transparent is attached to the hoisting device, two of the holding means respectively extend around one of the poles , wherein the two ends of the transparent facing the poles are secured to the holding means , the holding means each comprising a rope and at least one part surrounding the rope and rotatable relative to the rope . - at least two poles between which the transparent can be stretched, and - at least two holding means for holding the transparent on the poles ,
A device for purifying an ambient air (U) in a vehicle, having - a filter for filtering the ambient air (U), - an air-guiding duct , by means of which the ambient air (U) is guided from an air inlet to the filter , - a trunk , which is arranged above at least a part of the air-guiding duct , characterized in that the filter is arranged beneath the trunk and in that a holding device is provided in such a way that the filter can be brought by a linear displacement from an installation position, in which the filter is located in the air-guiding duct , into a dismantling position, in which the filter is located outside of the air-guiding duct . - a filter for filtering the ambient air (U), - an air-guiding duct , by means of which the ambient air (U) is guided from an air inlet to the filter , - a trunk , which is arranged above at least a part of the air-guiding duct ,