mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
An infrared-light reflective plate reflecting an infrared-light of a wavelength equal to or longer than 700 nm comprising a substrate , and, on at least one of the surfaces of the substrate , at least four light-reflective layers, X1, X2, X3 and X4 , formed of a fixed cholesteric liquid crystal phase, and disposed in this order from the substrate , wherein the reflection center wavelengths of the light-reflective layers X1 and X2 are the same and are λ 1 , and the two layers reflect circularly-polarized light in opposite directions; the reflection center wavelengths of the light-reflective layers X3 and X4 are the same and are λ 2 , and the two layers reflect circularly-polarized light in opposite directions; λ 1 < λ 2 is satisfied, the light reflective layer X1 and the light reflective layer X3 reflect circularly-polarized light in a same direction; and an orientation order of the light reflective layer X1 is higher than an orientation order of the light reflective layer X3 .
A method in a network virtualization scenario, comprising determining, by a virtual network function manager (VNFM, 10) managing a virtualized network function, constraints related to said virtualized network function, transmitting, by said virtual network function manager, information indicative of said constraints to a network function virtualization orchestrator (NFVO, 20) managing resource capacity in said network virtualization scenario, and deciding, by said network function virtualization orchestrator, resources or resource capacity to be allocated for said virtualized network function, based on said information indicative of said constraints, characterized by passing, by the network function virtualization orchestrator, a result of the deciding to the virtual network function manager, wherein the result of the deciding indicates a virtual infrastructure manager if resources fulfilling said constraints are available, invoking, by the virtual network function manager, a resource creation request to the virtual infrastructure manager indicated in the result of the deciding if resources fulfilling said constraints are available, wherein said constraints comprise at least one of a desired virtualized infrastructure manager managing a set of said resources in said network virtualization scenario, a host physically providing a portion of said resources in said network virtualization scenario, a resource location, and placement constraints constraining a placement of said resource to be allocated. determining, by a virtual network function manager (VNFM, 10) managing a virtualized network function, constraints related to said virtualized network function, transmitting, by said virtual network function manager, information indicative of said constraints to a network function virtualization orchestrator (NFVO, 20) managing resource capacity in said network virtualization scenario, and deciding, by said network function virtualization orchestrator, resources or resource capacity to be allocated for said virtualized network function, based on said information indicative of said constraints, characterized by passing, by the network function virtualization orchestrator, a result of the deciding to the virtual network function manager, wherein the result of the deciding indicates a virtual infrastructure manager if resources fulfilling said constraints are available, invoking, by the virtual network function manager, a resource creation request to the virtual infrastructure manager indicated in the result of the deciding if resources fulfilling said constraints are available, wherein said constraints comprise at least one of a desired virtualized infrastructure manager managing a set of said resources in said network virtualization scenario, a host physically providing a portion of said resources in said network virtualization scenario, a resource location, and placement constraints constraining a placement of said resource to be allocated.
A surveillance apparatus comprising: a housing with a front surface (F), wherein a camera device is arranged to operate through an opening of the front surface (F) having a protective window ; a spherical ring element comprising the protective window ; an outer ring element arranged at an outer side of the housing ; characterized in that the apparatus comprises: an inner ring element arranged at an inner side of the housing ; wherein the spherical ring element is arranged between the inner ring element and the outer ring element , and the inner and outer ring element are configured to allow pivotal movement of the spherical ring element ; the outer ring element comprising a circular groove arranged on inner circumference of the outer ring element and a plurality of nozzles operationally connected to the circular groove and directed circumferentially towards an outer surface of the protective window for cleaning the protective window with a liquid fluid or for cleaning or drying the protective window with air fluid; and an outlet arranged on the front surface of the housing to guide the liquid fluid or air fluid to the circular groove of the outer ring element. a housing with a front surface (F), wherein a camera device is arranged to operate through an opening of the front surface (F) having a protective window ; a spherical ring element comprising the protective window ; an outer ring element arranged at an outer side of the housing ; an inner ring element arranged at an inner side of the housing ; wherein the spherical ring element is arranged between the inner ring element and the outer ring element , and the inner and outer ring element are configured to allow pivotal movement of the spherical ring element ; the outer ring element comprising a circular groove arranged on inner circumference of the outer ring element and a plurality of nozzles operationally connected to the circular groove and directed circumferentially towards an outer surface of the protective window for cleaning the protective window with a liquid fluid or for cleaning or drying the protective window with air fluid; and an outlet arranged on the front surface of the housing to guide the liquid fluid or air fluid to the circular groove of the outer ring element.
A fluid damper shock absorber, comprising: a damper tube including an interior surface ; a damper piston including a piston surface that engages the interior surface; a piston shaft coupled with the damper piston and including a shaft surface that engages a fourth surface ; comprising at least a first zone having a surface treatment having a first coefficient of friction along the first zone and an adjacent zone having a different surface treatment having a second coefficient of friction along the adjacent zone on at least one of the interior surface and the shaft surface that create a corresponding plurality of coefficients of friction with at least one of the piston surface and the fourth surface respectively, providing different zones within the shock absorber so that, in use, frictional forces vary between surfaces engaging with the different zones, characterized in that at least one of the first and second surface treatments provides two different coefficients of friction depending on the direction of movement of the damper piston. a damper tube including an interior surface ; a damper piston including a piston surface that engages the interior surface; a piston shaft coupled with the damper piston and including a shaft surface that engages a fourth surface ; comprising at least a first zone having a surface treatment having a first coefficient of friction along the first zone and an adjacent zone having a different surface treatment having a second coefficient of friction along the adjacent zone on at least one of the interior surface and the shaft surface that create a corresponding plurality of coefficients of friction with at least one of the piston surface and the fourth surface respectively, providing different zones within the shock absorber so that, in use, frictional forces vary between surfaces engaging with the different zones, characterized in that at least one of the first and second surface treatments provides two different coefficients of friction depending on the direction of movement of the damper piston.
An auto-loading firearm having a system for switching the firearm between a live fire mode and a training mode, the firearm comprising: a trigger movable between a home position and a depressed position; a sear mechanism movable to release a hammer or striker to discharge the firearm; a transfer mechanism extending between the trigger and the sear mechanism, the transfer mechanism having: a first transfer portion connected to the trigger, and a second transfer portion for moving the sear to discharge the firearm, the first and second transfer portions releasably attachable to one another having a connected position wherein movement of the first transfer portion results in movement of the second transfer portion, and having a disconnected position characterized by : in said disconnected position the first and second transfer portions are movable with respect to one another and movement of the trigger does not result in movement of the sear mechanism, discharge of the firearm thereby prevented; a selector switch movable between a live fire position and a training mode position, wherein the transfer portions move to the connected position in response to movement of the selector switch to the live fire position, and wherein the transfer portions move to the disconnected position in response to movement of the selector switch to the training mode position; and a selectively engageable trigger resetting mechanism for automatically returning the trigger from its depressed position to its home position when the first and second transfer portions are in the separated position. a trigger movable between a home position and a depressed position; a sear mechanism movable to release a hammer or striker to discharge the firearm; a transfer mechanism extending between the trigger and the sear mechanism, the transfer mechanism having: a first transfer portion connected to the trigger, and a second transfer portion for moving the sear to discharge the firearm, a first transfer portion connected to the trigger, and a second transfer portion for moving the sear to discharge the firearm, the first and second transfer portions releasably attachable to one another having a connected position wherein movement of the first transfer portion results in movement of the second transfer portion, and having a disconnected position characterized by : in said disconnected position the first and second transfer portions are movable with respect to one another and movement of the trigger does not result in movement of the sear mechanism, discharge of the firearm thereby prevented; a selector switch movable between a live fire position and a training mode position, wherein the transfer portions move to the connected position in response to movement of the selector switch to the live fire position, and wherein the transfer portions move to the disconnected position in response to movement of the selector switch to the training mode position; and a selectively engageable trigger resetting mechanism for automatically returning the trigger from its depressed position to its home position when the first and second transfer portions are in the separated position.
A voiceprint recognition method, comprising: extracting a first spectral feature from speaker audio; inputting the speaker audio to a memory deep neural network, DNN, and extracting a bottleneck feature from a bottleneck layer of the memory DNN, the memory DNN including at least one temporal recurrent layer and the bottleneck layer, an output of the at least one temporal recurrent layer being connected to the bottleneck layer, and the number of dimensions of the bottleneck layer being less than the number of dimensions of any other hidden layer in the memory DNN; forming an acoustic feature of the speaker audio based on the first spectral feature and the bottleneck feature; extracting an identity authentication vector corresponding to the speaker audio based on the acoustic feature; and performing speaker recognition by using a classification model and based on the identity authentication vector, wherein the at least one temporal recurrent layer comprises a hidden layer based on a long-short term memory, LSTM, model, or a hidden layer based on an LSTMP model, the LSTMP model being an LSTM model with a recurrent projection layer. extracting a first spectral feature from speaker audio; inputting the speaker audio to a memory deep neural network, DNN, and extracting a bottleneck feature from a bottleneck layer of the memory DNN, the memory DNN including at least one temporal recurrent layer and the bottleneck layer, an output of the at least one temporal recurrent layer being connected to the bottleneck layer, and the number of dimensions of the bottleneck layer being less than the number of dimensions of any other hidden layer in the memory DNN; forming an acoustic feature of the speaker audio based on the first spectral feature and the bottleneck feature; extracting an identity authentication vector corresponding to the speaker audio based on the acoustic feature; and performing speaker recognition by using a classification model and based on the identity authentication vector, wherein the at least one temporal recurrent layer comprises a hidden layer based on a long-short term memory, LSTM, model, or a hidden layer based on an LSTMP model, the LSTMP model being an LSTM model with a recurrent projection layer.
A laminated material for clothing comprising at least three layers of flexible elastic material, a) a first, outer layer comprising a material with a plush surface having a multitude of mini-loops for forming a hook and loop connection with a material, which does not form part of the material of the invention, having a surface having a multitude of mini-hooks, b) an intermediate layer, and c) a third, inner layer of a material, which c1) is omnidirectionally stretchable, c2) has moisture wicking properties, c3) is non-allergenic and c4) has no undesirable skin effects and c5) wherein the strength of the material is such that articles can be attached to the outer surface of a garment made from the material without dragging the garment out of shape, d) wherein at least one of the layers is perforated, characterized in that e) the material of the inner layer has antimicrobial properties and f) the outer layer has a thickness between 1 and 5 mm, the intermediate layer has a thickness between 0.5 and 5 mm and the inner layer has a thickness of less than 2 mm. a) a first, outer layer comprising a material with a plush surface having a multitude of mini-loops for forming a hook and loop connection with a material, which does not form part of the material of the invention, having a surface having a multitude of mini-hooks, b) an intermediate layer, and c) a third, inner layer of a material, which c1) is omnidirectionally stretchable, c2) has moisture wicking properties, c3) is non-allergenic and c4) has no undesirable skin effects and c5) wherein the strength of the material is such that articles can be attached to the outer surface of a garment made from the material without dragging the garment out of shape, c1) is omnidirectionally stretchable, c2) has moisture wicking properties, c3) is non-allergenic and c4) has no undesirable skin effects and c5) wherein the strength of the material is such that articles can be attached to the outer surface of a garment made from the material without dragging the garment out of shape, d) wherein at least one of the layers is perforated, characterized in that e) the material of the inner layer has antimicrobial properties and f) the outer layer has a thickness between 1 and 5 mm, the intermediate layer has a thickness between 0.5 and 5 mm and the inner layer has a thickness of less than 2 mm.
A composition for use in the therapeutic inhibition of yeast growth, the composition including: a. a therapeutically effective amount of lactoferrin; and b. a therapeutically effective amount of either: i. at least one active honey; or ii. at least one bioactive fraction of active honey wherein the monosaccharides of the honey have been removed; or iii. at least one honey analogue containing monosaccharides, water and either or both of dihydroxyacetone and MGO methylglyoxal and having at least one further characteristic being: a pH of 3.0 to 5.0; hydrogen peroxide; phenolics characteristic of active honeys; bee defensins, catalase enzyme; a water activity less than 0.7; or iv. combinations of the honey, the honey fraction and the honey analogue, wherein said active honey is a honey with an antimicrobial activity in the absence of hydrogen peroxide, and wherein the honey or honeys used or from which the honey fraction is derived include those derived from plants of the Leptospermum species. a. a therapeutically effective amount of lactoferrin; and b. a therapeutically effective amount of either: i. at least one active honey; or ii. at least one bioactive fraction of active honey wherein the monosaccharides of the honey have been removed; or iii. at least one honey analogue containing monosaccharides, water and either or both of dihydroxyacetone and MGO methylglyoxal and having at least one further characteristic being: a pH of 3.0 to 5.0; hydrogen peroxide; phenolics characteristic of active honeys; bee defensins, catalase enzyme; a water activity less than 0.7; or iv. combinations of the honey, the honey fraction and the honey analogue, wherein said active honey is a honey with an antimicrobial activity in the absence of hydrogen peroxide, and wherein the honey or honeys used or from which the honey fraction is derived include those derived from plants of the Leptospermum species. i. at least one active honey; or ii. at least one bioactive fraction of active honey wherein the monosaccharides of the honey have been removed; or iii. at least one honey analogue containing monosaccharides, water and either or both of dihydroxyacetone and MGO methylglyoxal and having at least one further characteristic being: a pH of 3.0 to 5.0; hydrogen peroxide; phenolics characteristic of active honeys; bee defensins, catalase enzyme; a water activity less than 0.7; or iv. combinations of the honey, the honey fraction and the honey analogue,
A method of masking or marking an object in an image stream, comprising: - identifying pixel information that, as a result of a processing (S202, 220) of a first input image stream capturing at least part of a scene to generate an output image stream , will not be included in the output image stream, wherein the pixel information is provided by one or more pixels of the first input image stream, and wherein the pixel information is about a particular peripheral part of a depiction of said at least part of the scene in the first input image stream; - in response to said identifying, using said not-to-be-included pixel information for detection (S203, 230) and/or tracking of an object in the particular peripheral part of the depiction of the at least part of the scene in the first input image stream, and - as part of generating the output image stream and based on said detection and/or tracking of the object, at least temporarily masking or marking (S205, 250) the object in the output image stream after deciding (S204) that the object is at least partially within the output image stream. - identifying pixel information that, as a result of a processing (S202, 220) of a first input image stream capturing at least part of a scene to generate an output image stream , will not be included in the output image stream, wherein the pixel information is provided by one or more pixels of the first input image stream, and wherein the pixel information is about a particular peripheral part of a depiction of said at least part of the scene in the first input image stream; - in response to said identifying, using said not-to-be-included pixel information for detection (S203, 230) and/or tracking of an object in the particular peripheral part of the depiction of the at least part of the scene in the first input image stream, and - as part of generating the output image stream and based on said detection and/or tracking of the object, at least temporarily masking or marking (S205, 250) the object in the output image stream after deciding (S204) that the object is at least partially within the output image stream.
A method for reducing a footprint of an automated diagnostic analyzer, the method comprising: providing a base ; rotatably coupling a first carousel to the base , the first carousel having a first diameter ; positioning a second carousel vertically spaced over the first carousel such that at least a portion of the second carousel is disposed over the first carousel , the second carousel rotatably coupled to the base ; and positioning a rotatable pipetting mechanism to access the first carousel for aspiration of a fluid from a container on the first carousel and to access the second carousel for dispersion of the fluid into a vessel on the second carousel , the pipetting mechanism rotatable about an axis of rotation that is disposed within a circumference of the first carousel . providing a base ; rotatably coupling a first carousel to the base , the first carousel having a first diameter ; positioning a second carousel vertically spaced over the first carousel such that at least a portion of the second carousel is disposed over the first carousel , the second carousel rotatably coupled to the base ; and positioning a rotatable pipetting mechanism to access the first carousel for aspiration of a fluid from a container on the first carousel and to access the second carousel for dispersion of the fluid into a vessel on the second carousel , the pipetting mechanism rotatable about an axis of rotation that is disposed within a circumference of the first carousel .
A method performed by a wireless communication device configured for use in a wireless communication system , the method comprising: receiving a command that commands the wireless communication device to perform a link switch from a source link to a target link responsive to fulfillment of a condition, wherein the command includes relative reconfiguration information that indicates a target link configuration relative to a source link configuration; storing information from which the target link configuration indicated by the command is determinable irrespective of any change to the source link configuration occurring after receipt of the command ; and responsive to fulfillment of the condition, performing a link switch from the source link to the target link using the target link configuration as determined from the stored information , characterized in that the information from which the target link configuration indicated by the command is determinable comprises the relative reconfiguration information and the source link configuration as of when the command is received. receiving a command that commands the wireless communication device to perform a link switch from a source link to a target link responsive to fulfillment of a condition, wherein the command includes relative reconfiguration information that indicates a target link configuration relative to a source link configuration; storing information from which the target link configuration indicated by the command is determinable irrespective of any change to the source link configuration occurring after receipt of the command ; and responsive to fulfillment of the condition, performing a link switch from the source link to the target link using the target link configuration as determined from the stored information , characterized in that the information from which the target link configuration indicated by the command is determinable comprises the relative reconfiguration information and the source link configuration as of when the command is received.