mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
A downhole tool comprising: a substantially cylindrical body having a central bore and being configured to connect into a tool string ; a piston sleeve located in the bore, the piston sleeve being moveable by the action of fluid pressure in the bore between a first position providing a first flow area through the bore and a second position providing a second flow area through the bore; a magnet to hold the piston sleeve against the cylindrical body in the first position; a spring to bias the piston sleeve towards the first position; the second flow area is greater than the first flow area; wherein: the first flow area is greater than zero; a pull strength of the magnet and the first flow area are selected to determine a cracking pressure for the downhole tool, the downhole tool moving from the first position to the second position when the cracking pressure is exceeded; and the pull strength of the magnet is greater than the force of the spring. a substantially cylindrical body having a central bore and being configured to connect into a tool string ; a piston sleeve located in the bore, the piston sleeve being moveable by the action of fluid pressure in the bore between a first position providing a first flow area through the bore and a second position providing a second flow area through the bore; a magnet to hold the piston sleeve against the cylindrical body in the first position; a spring to bias the piston sleeve towards the first position; the second flow area is greater than the first flow area; wherein: the first flow area is greater than zero; a pull strength of the magnet and the first flow area are selected to determine a cracking pressure for the downhole tool, the downhole tool moving from the first position to the second position when the cracking pressure is exceeded; and the pull strength of the magnet is greater than the force of the spring. the first flow area is greater than zero; a pull strength of the magnet and the first flow area are selected to determine a cracking pressure for the downhole tool, the downhole tool moving from the first position to the second position when the cracking pressure is exceeded; and the pull strength of the magnet is greater than the force of the spring.
A method performed by a network node in a wireless communication network , the method comprising: acquiring radio access capability information of a wireless device , wherein the radio access capability information of the wireless device indicates radio access capabilities of the wireless device ; determining if the wireless communication network received the radio access capability information of the wireless device before access stratum security was activated for the wireless device ; and if the wireless communication network received the radio access capability information of the wireless device before access stratum security was activated for the wireless device according to said determining, re-acquiring the radio access capability information of the wireless device after access stratum security is activated for the wireless device . acquiring radio access capability information of a wireless device , wherein the radio access capability information of the wireless device indicates radio access capabilities of the wireless device ; determining if the wireless communication network received the radio access capability information of the wireless device before access stratum security was activated for the wireless device ; and if the wireless communication network received the radio access capability information of the wireless device before access stratum security was activated for the wireless device according to said determining, re-acquiring the radio access capability information of the wireless device after access stratum security is activated for the wireless device .
An aerosol-cooling element for an aerosol-generating article , the aerosol-cooling element comprising: an interior structure formed by crimping and folding a sheet material to form a cylindrical rod, the cylindrical rod having a circumference C1 in the absence of any external compressive forces; and a wrapper material secured around the interior structure to form a rod with a circumference C2; wherein the wrapper material comprises a first portion welded to a second portion of the wrapper material ; wherein the interior structure is under compression by the wrapper material when the wrapper material is secured around the interior structure ; wherein C1/C2 is in a range from 1.2 to 6; and wherein C1 is determined on a test bench by passing a test sheet identical to that used on a production line through a funnel structure of the same dimensions as that used on the production line so as to gather the test sheet into the form of a test cylindrical rod, leaving the gathered test sheet to settle for at least 2 minutes into an uncompressed gathered state, and measuring the circumference C1 by passing a measuring tape around the test cylindrical rod, taking care not to compress the test cylindrical rod with the measuring tape while measuring C1. an interior structure formed by crimping and folding a sheet material to form a cylindrical rod, the cylindrical rod having a circumference C1 in the absence of any external compressive forces; and a wrapper material secured around the interior structure to form a rod with a circumference C2; wherein the wrapper material comprises a first portion welded to a second portion of the wrapper material ; wherein the interior structure is under compression by the wrapper material when the wrapper material is secured around the interior structure ; wherein C1/C2 is in a range from 1.2 to 6; and wherein C1 is determined on a test bench by passing a test sheet identical to that used on a production line through a funnel structure of the same dimensions as that used on the production line so as to gather the test sheet into the form of a test cylindrical rod, leaving the gathered test sheet to settle for at least 2 minutes into an uncompressed gathered state, and measuring the circumference C1 by passing a measuring tape around the test cylindrical rod, taking care not to compress the test cylindrical rod with the measuring tape while measuring C1.
Computer program, comprising instructions which, when executed on at least one processor of a media device cause the media device to perform scrubbing in a video stream of a video item selected at the media device by: pre-buffering, by means of a pre-buffering logic of the media device , a first snippet in each segment of a plurality of segments of the selected video item; playing, by means of a playback logic of the media device , the video stream of a first segment of the selected video item in a first playback speed; receiving a user input indicative of a request for scrubbing from a first location within the selected video item corresponding to the first segment to a second location within the selected video item corresponding to a second segment; and in response to receiving said request: scrubbing to the second segment of the selected video item while the playback logic of the media device continues to play the video stream of the first segment at the first playback speed, and upon completion of the scrubbing to the second segment of the selected video item, stop playing the video stream of the first segment and immediately start playing a first snippet of the second segment. pre-buffering, by means of a pre-buffering logic of the media device , a first snippet in each segment of a plurality of segments of the selected video item; playing, by means of a playback logic of the media device , the video stream of a first segment of the selected video item in a first playback speed; receiving a user input indicative of a request for scrubbing from a first location within the selected video item corresponding to the first segment to a second location within the selected video item corresponding to a second segment; and in response to receiving said request: scrubbing to the second segment of the selected video item while the playback logic of the media device continues to play the video stream of the first segment at the first playback speed, and upon completion of the scrubbing to the second segment of the selected video item, stop playing the video stream of the first segment and immediately start playing a first snippet of the second segment. scrubbing to the second segment of the selected video item while the playback logic of the media device continues to play the video stream of the first segment at the first playback speed, and upon completion of the scrubbing to the second segment of the selected video item, stop playing the video stream of the first segment and immediately start playing a first snippet of the second segment.
A protective clutch comprising a core having a round cross-section with grooves on the outer surface and which core comprises means for fastening a first shaft, the protective clutch further comprising a shell having a round cross-section, which shell comprises means for fastening a second shaft, into which shell is provided a cavity to receive the core at least partially inside the shell , wherein to the outer surface of the shell are arranged openings , which extend into said cavity of the shell , wherein each opening is arranged to receive a sleeve having a round cross-section, wherein the sleeves in the openings are arranged to settle into the grooves of the core arranged into the cavity of the shell , wherein one or more elastic spring element(s) are arranged around the shell of the protective clutch to hold the sleeves against the core arranged into the cavity of the shell , and the expanding of the elastic spring element is limited by the casing , said one or more spring element(s) being arranged into a space defined by the casing and the shell , the protective clutch being characterized in that said elastic spring element comprises elastically compressible polymer forming a ring , to the inner surface of which are arranged grooves to receive the sleeves protruding from the outer surface of the shell as well as one or more groove(s) to receive the shoulders of the shell , wherein casing settles against the outer surface of the ring .
A rheostat comprising at least one electrical inlet and one electrical outlet , wherein the rheostat comprises at least a first resistance tube and a second resistance tube serially connected with each other and along each of which a cursor moves, the electrical inlet being connected to the first resistance tube and the electrical outlet being connected to at least one of the cursors , with a first switch element and a second switch element arranged between each of the cursors , respectively of the first resistance tube and of the second resistance tube and the electrical outlet , the rheostat comprising an inter-tube connection node arranged between a proximal end of the second resistance tube and a distal end of the first resistance tube , wherein the rheostat is configured to allow a contact of the cursors at the inter-tube connection node and a change of state of the first switch element and of the second switch element when the cursors are located at the inter-tube connection node .
Method of cooling a process stream with an auxiliary stream, wherein the exchange of heat between the process stream and the auxiliary stream is effected in a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger connected downstream thereof, characterized in that a) the process stream is divided into two or more substreams , b) the flow rates of the substreams are regulatable by means of one valve (a, b, c) each, c) only a first substream is cooled down with the auxiliary stream in the first and second heat exchangers (E1, E2), and d) the other substream(s) is/are mixed into the cooled first substream and the process stream thus formed is cooled again in the second heat exchanger (E2), and, in the case of division into more than two substreams , the process stream is cooled again in the second heat exchanger (E2) after each substream has been mixed in, e) wherein the flow rates of the substreams are regulated such that the temperatures of the process streams to be cooled in the second heat exchanger (E2), on entry into the second heat exchanger (E2), differ from one another by not more than 10 K, and f) wherein at least one of the valves (a, b, c) that regulates the flow rates of the substreams is fully opened. a) the process stream is divided into two or more substreams , b) the flow rates of the substreams are regulatable by means of one valve (a, b, c) each, c) only a first substream is cooled down with the auxiliary stream in the first and second heat exchangers (E1, E2), and d) the other substream(s) is/are mixed into the cooled first substream and the process stream thus formed is cooled again in the second heat exchanger (E2), and, in the case of division into more than two substreams , the process stream is cooled again in the second heat exchanger (E2) after each substream has been mixed in, e) wherein the flow rates of the substreams are regulated such that the temperatures of the process streams to be cooled in the second heat exchanger (E2), on entry into the second heat exchanger (E2), differ from one another by not more than 10 K, and f) wherein at least one of the valves (a, b, c) that regulates the flow rates of the substreams is fully opened.
A method of scheduling uplink transmissions for a set of user equipments to a radio base station in a radio network , wherein the scheduling involves overbooking the uplink transmissions up to a level above an available load on an air interface between the set of user equipments and the radio base station , the method comprising steps of: determining a probability based on a number of user equipments, n, in the set of user equipments, a number of grants, k, and a grant utilization probability, P, for each of the n user equipments , wherein the probability is a probability that the k number of grants are used, and wherein the probability is given by a binomial distribution: b k | n , P = n ! k ! n − k ! P k 1 − P n − k ; determining a maximum allowable probability of overload, (1-P crit ), for a specified number of user equipments , n; and assigning, to each of the specified number of user equipments , n, a load, L eq , wherein the load, L eq , is given by L eq = L avail n crit , L eq wherein L avail is a load that is to be distributed amongst the specified number of user equipments , n, and wherein n crit is defined as a minimum value of k for which the inequality f b ( k | n , P ) ≥ P crit holds, wherein fb (k I n, P) is the corresponding cumulative distribution of the binomial distribution. determining a probability based on a number of user equipments, n, in the set of user equipments, a number of grants, k, and a grant utilization probability, P, for each of the n user equipments , wherein the probability is a probability that the k number of grants are used, and wherein the probability is given by a binomial distribution: b k | n , P = n ! k ! n − k ! P k 1 − P n − k ; determining a maximum allowable probability of overload, (1-P crit ), for a specified number of user equipments , n; and assigning, to each of the specified number of user equipments , n, a load, L eq , wherein the load, L eq , is given by L eq = L avail n crit , L eq wherein L avail is a load that is to be distributed amongst the specified number of user equipments , n, and wherein n crit is defined as a minimum value of k for which the inequality f b ( k | n , P ) ≥ P crit holds, wherein fb (k I n, P) is the corresponding cumulative distribution of the binomial distribution.
A computer-implemented method for processing an image, the method comprising acquiring a value to be processed, wherein the value to be processed is associated with an image to be processed; and processing the value to be processed by using a quality scoring model to generate a score of the image to be processed in a target scoring domain, wherein the score of the image to be processed in the target scoring domain is related to an image quality of the image to be processed, wherein the value to be processed is a score of the image to be processed in an original scoring domain; and characterized in that processing the value to be processed by using the quality scoring model to generate the score of the image to be processed in the target scoring domain comprises: inputting the score of the image to be processed in the original scoring domain into the quality scoring model to obtain the score of the image to be processed in the target scoring domain, wherein the quality scoring model is a monotonic neural network, and a number of hidden units in the monotonic neural network is smaller than a preset threshold, the original scoring domain is different from the target scoring domain. acquiring a value to be processed, wherein the value to be processed is associated with an image to be processed; and processing the value to be processed by using a quality scoring model to generate a score of the image to be processed in a target scoring domain, wherein the score of the image to be processed in the target scoring domain is related to an image quality of the image to be processed, wherein the value to be processed is a score of the image to be processed in an original scoring domain; and characterized in that processing the value to be processed by using the quality scoring model to generate the score of the image to be processed in the target scoring domain comprises: inputting the score of the image to be processed in the original scoring domain into the quality scoring model to obtain the score of the image to be processed in the target scoring domain, wherein the quality scoring model is a monotonic neural network, and a number of hidden units in the monotonic neural network is smaller than a preset threshold, the original scoring domain is different from the target scoring domain.
Dishwasher, in particular household dishwasher , having a control facility for controlling a wash cycle for cleaning items to be washed by means of at least one wash programme (SP) stored in the control facility , having a washing container for receiving the items to be washed, having a water tank for storing water (W), in particular fresh water (FW), and having a wash liquor pump which can be controlled by the control facility for pumping off wastewater (AW) out of the washing container by way of a drainage pipe which is guided through the water tank , characterised in that the wash programme (SP) is embodied such that the wastewater (AW) is pumped off at least once by means of a pump-off sequence (APS), which comprises at least one partial pump-off sequence (TAS1, TAS2, TAS3), each of which has a pump-off step (AP1, AP2, AP3) for pumping off a partial volume (TV1, TV2, TV3) of the wastewater (AW) and a subsequent pump-off pause step (APP1, APP2, APP3) for transmitting thermal energy from the partial volume (TV1, TV2, TV3) of the wastewater (AW) to the stored water (W).
An apparatus (300; 400) comprising: an array of avalanche photodiodes (APDs) , each of the APDs comprising an absorption region , an electrode and a first amplification region ; wherein the absorption region is configured to generate charge carriers from a photon absorbed by the absorption region; wherein the electrode comprises silver nanoparticles and is electrically connected to the absorption region; wherein the first amplification region comprises a junction with an electric field in the junction; wherein the electric field is at a value sufficient to cause an avalanche of charge carriers entering the first amplification region, but not sufficient to make the avalanche self-sustaining; wherein the junctions of the APDs are discrete; wherein the silver nanoparticles comprise silver nanowires. an array of avalanche photodiodes (APDs) , each of the APDs comprising an absorption region , an electrode and a first amplification region ; wherein the absorption region is configured to generate charge carriers from a photon absorbed by the absorption region; wherein the electrode comprises silver nanoparticles and is electrically connected to the absorption region; wherein the first amplification region comprises a junction with an electric field in the junction; wherein the electric field is at a value sufficient to cause an avalanche of charge carriers entering the first amplification region, but not sufficient to make the avalanche self-sustaining; wherein the junctions of the APDs are discrete; wherein the silver nanoparticles comprise silver nanowires.
A modified substrate for binding of a target molecule thereon, the substrate including: - a surface that is hydrophobic wherein the substrate is composed of a metal, a metal or metalloid composite, a synthetic polymer, a plastic, or carbon, and - a chromium complex including a chromium ion, the chromium ion having: (i) one or more co-ordination sites occupied by a hydrophobic ligand for binding the metal complex to the hydrophobic surface wherein the hydrophobic ligand is of the form R-X, where X is a carboxylic acid and R is independently selected from alkyl, heteroalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, alkylcycloalkyl, heteroalkylcycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl and heteroaralkyl groups which groups are optionally substituted, and (ii) one or more co-ordination sites available for binding to a target molecule, wherein the hydrophobic ligand binds to the hydrophobic surface by non-covalent and non-coordinative interactions such that the co-ordination sites available for binding to a target molecule are directed away from the hydrophobic surface, optionally wherein the modified substrate includes a target molecule bound thereto. - a surface that is hydrophobic wherein the substrate is composed of a metal, a metal or metalloid composite, a synthetic polymer, a plastic, or carbon, and - a chromium complex including a chromium ion, the chromium ion having: (i) one or more co-ordination sites occupied by a hydrophobic ligand for binding the metal complex to the hydrophobic surface wherein the hydrophobic ligand is of the form R-X, where X is a carboxylic acid and R is independently selected from alkyl, heteroalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, alkylcycloalkyl, heteroalkylcycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl and heteroaralkyl groups which groups are optionally substituted, and (ii) one or more co-ordination sites available for binding to a target molecule, (i) one or more co-ordination sites occupied by a hydrophobic ligand for binding the metal complex to the hydrophobic surface wherein the hydrophobic ligand is of the form R-X, where X is a carboxylic acid and R is independently selected from alkyl, heteroalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, alkylcycloalkyl, heteroalkylcycloalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl and heteroaralkyl groups which groups are optionally substituted, and (ii) one or more co-ordination sites available for binding to a target molecule,