mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
A wireless device configured to retransmit information in a multiple input multiple output, MIMO, communication system, the device comprising: a wireless transmitter configured to transmit information bits encoded into one or more codewords; a processor in data communication with the transmitter; a non-transitory computer-readable medium in data communication with the processor and comprising a plurality of instructions which are configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the wireless device to: transmit a first set of information bits to a receiver in a first transmission; receive a request from the receiver to retransmit a subset of the first set of information bits; and retransmit the subset of information bits in a second transmission; characterised in that : the first transmission and second transmission have a same number of transmission layers, wherein, for each transmission, each transmission layer is mapped onto resources on each of a plurality of transmit antenna ports by precoding. a wireless transmitter configured to transmit information bits encoded into one or more codewords; a processor in data communication with the transmitter; a non-transitory computer-readable medium in data communication with the processor and comprising a plurality of instructions which are configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the wireless device to: transmit a first set of information bits to a receiver in a first transmission; receive a request from the receiver to retransmit a subset of the first set of information bits; and retransmit the subset of information bits in a second transmission; characterised in that : the first transmission and second transmission have a same number of transmission layers, wherein, for each transmission, each transmission layer is mapped onto resources on each of a plurality of transmit antenna ports by precoding. transmit a first set of information bits to a receiver in a first transmission; receive a request from the receiver to retransmit a subset of the first set of information bits; and retransmit the subset of information bits in a second transmission; characterised in that : the first transmission and second transmission have a same number of transmission layers, wherein, for each transmission, each transmission layer is mapped onto resources on each of a plurality of transmit antenna ports by precoding.
A vinylidene fluoride polymer comprising a first structural unit derived from vinylidene fluoride and a second structural unit derived from a monomer other than vinylidene fluoride, the monomer to be the second structural unit being a compound represented by Formula , and the content of the second structural unit being from 0.05 to 20 mol% when the total of structural units derived from all the monomers constituting the vinylidene fluoride polymer is 100 mol%, where R 1 is a hydrogen atom or has a (meth)acrylate group, R 2 has a (meth)acrylate group, and R OH , COOH is a carbon skeleton of a hydrocarbon having from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, wherein one or more hydrogen atoms bonded to the carbon atoms are substituted with at least one of a hydroxyl group and a carboxyl group. the monomer to be the second structural unit being a compound represented by Formula , and the content of the second structural unit being from 0.05 to 20 mol% when the total of structural units derived from all the monomers constituting the vinylidene fluoride polymer is 100 mol%, where R 1 is a hydrogen atom or has a (meth)acrylate group, R 2 has a (meth)acrylate group, and R OH , COOH is a carbon skeleton of a hydrocarbon having from 1 to 7 carbon atoms, wherein one or more hydrogen atoms bonded to the carbon atoms are substituted with at least one of a hydroxyl group and a carboxyl group.
System for edging ophthalmic lenses , comprising: - a first database table including first data relating to referenced eyewear frames, and - a processing unit suitable to calculate an edging setpoint as a function of at least one of said first data, said edging setpoint being a file that includes the parameters needed by a machine to center and/or block and/or edge an ophthalmic lens and that is suitable to be used by the machine enabling the edging of the ophthalmic lens along a final outline, wherein the system further comprises a second database table including second data relating to corrections to apply to said first data, wherein the processing unit is suitable to calculate said edging setpoint as a function of at least one of said first data, corrected by at least one of said second data, and wherein said second data comprises a corrective parameter to be applied to said first data, characterized in that the value of said corrective parameter depends on the location of said machine . - a first database table including first data relating to referenced eyewear frames, and - a processing unit suitable to calculate an edging setpoint as a function of at least one of said first data, said edging setpoint being a file that includes the parameters needed by a machine to center and/or block and/or edge an ophthalmic lens and that is suitable to be used by the machine enabling the edging of the ophthalmic lens along a final outline, wherein the system further comprises a second database table including second data relating to corrections to apply to said first data, wherein the processing unit is suitable to calculate said edging setpoint as a function of at least one of said first data, corrected by at least one of said second data, and wherein said second data comprises a corrective parameter to be applied to said first data, characterized in that the value of said corrective parameter depends on the location of said machine . wherein the system further comprises a second database table including second data relating to corrections to apply to said first data, wherein the processing unit is suitable to calculate said edging setpoint as a function of at least one of said first data, corrected by at least one of said second data, and wherein said second data comprises a corrective parameter to be applied to said first data, characterized in that the value of said corrective parameter depends on the location of said machine .
A body fluid leakage detection aqueous composition, the composition comprising a gelling agent, increasing the viscosity of the composition, wherein the gelling agent is cross-linked α-glucan microspheres, and buffering species, the composition thereby being buffered, wherein the composition further comprises a pH-indicator, and wherein the pH of the composition is at least 0.1 pH units lower, or higher, than a p K a of the pH-indicator.
A razor comprising: a hair-cutting fiber having a hair-cutting section arranged for cutting through hairs on skin of a user by moving the hair-cutting section through the hairs; a support to which opposite end portions of the hair-cutting section are attached; and a skin engaging surface ; wherein the hair-cutting section is attached to the support in such a position relative to the skin engaging surface that the hair-cutting section is exposed to the skin for cutting through the hairs when the skin engaging surface is in contact with the skin and moved over the skin; characterized in that : the hair-cutting section has a fiber diameter smaller than or equal to 7 μm; and the hair-cutting section is made from a fiber material having a tensile strength larger than or equal to 5 GPa. a hair-cutting fiber having a hair-cutting section arranged for cutting through hairs on skin of a user by moving the hair-cutting section through the hairs; a support to which opposite end portions of the hair-cutting section are attached; and a skin engaging surface ; wherein the hair-cutting section is attached to the support in such a position relative to the skin engaging surface that the hair-cutting section is exposed to the skin for cutting through the hairs when the skin engaging surface is in contact with the skin and moved over the skin; characterized in that : the hair-cutting section has a fiber diameter smaller than or equal to 7 μm; and the hair-cutting section is made from a fiber material having a tensile strength larger than or equal to 5 GPa. the hair-cutting section has a fiber diameter smaller than or equal to 7 μm; and the hair-cutting section is made from a fiber material having a tensile strength larger than or equal to 5 GPa.
A method for a first leaf node in a network comprising N leaf nodes, N being an integer greater than 1, each leaf node of the N leaf nodes comprising one or more Virtual Tunnel End Points, VTEPs, and instantiating a plurality of Virtual Routing and Forwarding elements, VRFs, each VRF comprising a corresponding core Bridge Domain, BD, assigned thereto, to program a Media Access Control, MAC, address table, the method comprising steps of: obtaining information indicating one or more VTEP Affinity Groups, VAGs, each VAG of the one or more VAGs comprising an identification of one VTEP of the one or more VTEPs per leaf node; obtaining information indicating assignment of each VRF of the plurality of VRFs to one of the one or more VAGs; assigning each VAG of the one or more VAGs to a unique Filtering Identifier, FID, thereby generating one or more FIDs; programming the MAC address table using FIDs instead of BDs, wherein the step of programming comprises populating the MAC address table with a plurality of entries, where each entry of the plurality of entries comprises a unique combination of a FID and a MAC address of a leaf node. obtaining information indicating one or more VTEP Affinity Groups, VAGs, each VAG of the one or more VAGs comprising an identification of one VTEP of the one or more VTEPs per leaf node; obtaining information indicating assignment of each VRF of the plurality of VRFs to one of the one or more VAGs; assigning each VAG of the one or more VAGs to a unique Filtering Identifier, FID, thereby generating one or more FIDs; programming the MAC address table using FIDs instead of BDs, wherein the step of programming comprises populating the MAC address table with a plurality of entries, where each entry of the plurality of entries comprises a unique combination of a FID and a MAC address of a leaf node.
An optical gas sensor comprising: an outer housing having an outer housing gas inlet (I1) and an outer housing gas outlet (O1) for receiving a flow of gas; and an inner housing disposed within the outer housing such that a gas flow passage is defined through the gas sensor between the inner housing and the outer housing to allow gas to enter the outer housing gas inlet (I1) and exit the outer housing gas outlet (O1), the inner housing comprising a sensing element ; and wherein the inner housing is provided with an inner housing gas inlet (I2) and an inner housing gas outlet (O2) each in fluid communication with the gas flow passage; wherein the inner housing gas inlet (I2) and inner housing gas outlet (O2) are positioned relative to the gas flow passage such that when gas flows through the gas flow passage there is a pressure gradient across the inner housing gas inlet (I2) and the inner housing gas outlet (O2) which causes gas to pass through the inner housing , wherein the inner housing and outer housing are relatively rotationally moveable to change the relative positions of the inner housing gas inlet (I2) and the inner housing gas outlet (O2) to the outer housing gas inlet (I1) and the outer housing gas outlet (O1), thereby adjusting the angular position of the inner housing , depending on the angle between outer housing gas inlet (I1) and the inner housing gas inlet (I2), to control the gas flow inside the inner housing . an outer housing having an outer housing gas inlet (I1) and an outer housing gas outlet (O1) for receiving a flow of gas; and an inner housing disposed within the outer housing such that a gas flow passage is defined through the gas sensor between the inner housing and the outer housing to allow gas to enter the outer housing gas inlet (I1) and exit the outer housing gas outlet (O1), the inner housing comprising a sensing element ; and wherein the inner housing is provided with an inner housing gas inlet (I2) and an inner housing gas outlet (O2) each in fluid communication with the gas flow passage; wherein the inner housing gas inlet (I2) and inner housing gas outlet (O2) are positioned relative to the gas flow passage such that when gas flows through the gas flow passage there is a pressure gradient across the inner housing gas inlet (I2) and the inner housing gas outlet (O2) which causes gas to pass through the inner housing , wherein the inner housing and outer housing are relatively rotationally moveable to change the relative positions of the inner housing gas inlet (I2) and the inner housing gas outlet (O2) to the outer housing gas inlet (I1) and the outer housing gas outlet (O1), thereby adjusting the angular position of the inner housing , depending on the angle between outer housing gas inlet (I1) and the inner housing gas inlet (I2), to control the gas flow inside the inner housing .
A method obtaining frustules from benthic pennate diatoms comprising the steps of: - culturing benthic pennate diatoms in an industrial biofilm process, wherein in said industrial biofilm process said benthic pennate diatoms are growing on at least one surface in a water-comprising compartment and wherein said benthic pennate diatoms form a biofilm on said at least one surface, and wherein the size of the industrial biofilm process provides the diatoms in an exponential growth phase; - harvesting said benthic pennate diatoms from said at least one surface; - extracting frustules from the harvested benthic pennate diatoms by separating said frustules from organic biomass comprised in said benthic pennate diatoms. - culturing benthic pennate diatoms in an industrial biofilm process, wherein in said industrial biofilm process said benthic pennate diatoms are growing on at least one surface in a water-comprising compartment and wherein said benthic pennate diatoms form a biofilm on said at least one surface, and wherein the size of the industrial biofilm process provides the diatoms in an exponential growth phase; - harvesting said benthic pennate diatoms from said at least one surface; - extracting frustules from the harvested benthic pennate diatoms by separating said frustules from organic biomass comprised in said benthic pennate diatoms.
A method for transmitting a signal by a Device-to-Device, D2D, User Equipment, UE, in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: mapping a block of complex-valued symbols to Physical Resource Blocks, PRBs based on a frequency hopping pattern related to uplink frequency hopping; and generating and transmitting a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access, SC-FDMA, signal after the mapping, wherein when the block of complex-valued symbols is for a D2D communication signal, the frequency hopping pattern is determined based on a subframe index re-indexed by the UE within a pre-configured D2D resource pool for transmission of the D2D communication signal. mapping a block of complex-valued symbols to Physical Resource Blocks, PRBs based on a frequency hopping pattern related to uplink frequency hopping; and generating and transmitting a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access, SC-FDMA, signal after the mapping, wherein when the block of complex-valued symbols is for a D2D communication signal, the frequency hopping pattern is determined based on a subframe index re-indexed by the UE within a pre-configured D2D resource pool for transmission of the D2D communication signal.
A method of forming a three-dimensional component by additive layer manufacturing, said method comprising: scanning a fusing energy beam having a fusing beam focus spot across a layer of powdered material in a series of fusing scan lines to fuse the powder material to form a layer of fused material whilst scanning a heating energy beam having a heating beam focus spot in a series of heating scan lines across the material fused by the fusing energy beam, wherein the centre of the fusing beam focus spot and the centre of the heating beam focus spot are off-set from one another and spaced by up to an amount equal to the sum of the radius (y) of the heating beam focus spot and two times the radius (x) of the fusing beam focus spot; the method characterised in that when the vector extending between fusing beam focus spot and the heating beam focus spots is perpendicular (90 degrees) or 45 degrees to the fusing scan line in first fusing/heating scan lines, the method comprises a first step of varying the angle of the vector extending between the centres of the fusing beam focus spot and heating beam focus spot by +90 degrees between first and second scan lines and a second step of varying the angle of the vector extending between the centres of the fusing beam focus spot and heating beam focus spot by -135 degrees between second and third scan lines. scanning a fusing energy beam having a fusing beam focus spot across a layer of powdered material in a series of fusing scan lines to fuse the powder material to form a layer of fused material whilst scanning a heating energy beam having a heating beam focus spot in a series of heating scan lines across the material fused by the fusing energy beam, wherein the centre of the fusing beam focus spot and the centre of the heating beam focus spot are off-set from one another and spaced by up to an amount equal to the sum of the radius (y) of the heating beam focus spot and two times the radius (x) of the fusing beam focus spot; the method characterised in that when the vector extending between fusing beam focus spot and the heating beam focus spots is perpendicular (90 degrees) or 45 degrees to the fusing scan line in first fusing/heating scan lines, the method comprises a first step of varying the angle of the vector extending between the centres of the fusing beam focus spot and heating beam focus spot by +90 degrees between first and second scan lines and a second step of varying the angle of the vector extending between the centres of the fusing beam focus spot and heating beam focus spot by -135 degrees between second and third scan lines.
Process for the manufacture of a powder of a reinforced alloy for which the grains forming the particles of the powder comprise a metal matrix in the volume of which crystalline oxide particles are dispersed, the process comprising the following successive stages: i) having available a mixture of powders to be ground comprising: - a parent metal powder comprising a master alloy intended to form the metal matrix, the master alloy being chosen from an iron-based alloy, a nickel-based alloy or an aluminium-based alloy; - an additional powder comprising at least one intermediate compound intended to incorporate, in the metal matrix, atoms intended to form the dispersed oxide particles; the intermediate compound intended to form the dispersed oxide particles being chosen from YFe 3 , Y 2 O 3 , Fe 2 O 3 , Fe 2 Ti, FeCrWTi, TiH 2 , TiO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , HfO 2 , SiO 2 , ZrO 2 , ThO 2 , MgO or their mixtures; ii) grinding the mixture of powders in a gaseous grinding medium according to a mechanical synthesis process in order to manufacture a precursor powder comprising a metal matrix incorporating said atoms; iii) subjecting the precursor powder to a thermal plasma generated by a plasma torch comprising a plasma gas, in order to obtain the reinforced alloy powder; the process being characterized in that , in stage iii), the precursor powder is injected into the plasma torch at a flow rate of between 10 grams/minute and 30 grams/minute, the power of the plasma torch is of between 20 kW and 40 kW and the pressure in the reaction chamber of the plasma torch is of between 25 kPa and 100 kPa. i) having available a mixture of powders to be ground comprising: - a parent metal powder comprising a master alloy intended to form the metal matrix, the master alloy being chosen from an iron-based alloy, a nickel-based alloy or an aluminium-based alloy; - an additional powder comprising at least one intermediate compound intended to incorporate, in the metal matrix, atoms intended to form the dispersed oxide particles; the intermediate compound intended to form the dispersed oxide particles being chosen from YFe 3 , Y 2 O 3 , Fe 2 O 3 , Fe 2 Ti, FeCrWTi, TiH 2 , TiO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , HfO 2 , SiO 2 , ZrO 2 , ThO 2 , MgO or their mixtures; - a parent metal powder comprising a master alloy intended to form the metal matrix, the master alloy being chosen from an iron-based alloy, a nickel-based alloy or an aluminium-based alloy; - an additional powder comprising at least one intermediate compound intended to incorporate, in the metal matrix, atoms intended to form the dispersed oxide particles; the intermediate compound intended to form the dispersed oxide particles being chosen from YFe 3 , Y 2 O 3 , Fe 2 O 3 , Fe 2 Ti, FeCrWTi, TiH 2 , TiO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , HfO 2 , SiO 2 , ZrO 2 , ThO 2 , MgO or their mixtures; ii) grinding the mixture of powders in a gaseous grinding medium according to a mechanical synthesis process in order to manufacture a precursor powder comprising a metal matrix incorporating said atoms; iii) subjecting the precursor powder to a thermal plasma generated by a plasma torch comprising a plasma gas, in order to obtain the reinforced alloy powder;
A system for preparing a cellular biological sample for analysis, wherein the cellular biological sample is mounted on a substrate , comprising: a. an introducer assembly including two or more inlets (116 or 118) configured to receive at least one fluid used to prepare the cellular biological sample for analysis and indicia that specify the order in the at least one fluid is introduced into the two or more fluid inlets of the introducer assembly; b. a conveyor assembly configured to move the at least one fluid across at least a portion of the substrate , wherein the conveyor assembly includes (i) a treatment portion where the at least one fluid comes into contact with at least a portion of the cellular biological sample, ; (ii) a capillary passage fluidically coupled to the one or more inlets and the treatment potion ; and (iii) a fluid collector assembly in fluidic communication with the treatment portion , the fluid collector assembly including an absorbent pad that receives fluid from the sample treatment portion and provides a motive force to move fluids from the one or more inlets (116 or 118) of the introducer assembly through the sample treatment portion ; and, a substrate mating assembly configured to hold the substrate against at least a portion of the conveyor assembly . a. an introducer assembly including two or more inlets (116 or 118) configured to receive at least one fluid used to prepare the cellular biological sample for analysis and indicia that specify the order in the at least one fluid is introduced into the two or more fluid inlets of the introducer assembly; b. a conveyor assembly configured to move the at least one fluid across at least a portion of the substrate , wherein the conveyor assembly includes (i) a treatment portion where the at least one fluid comes into contact with at least a portion of the cellular biological sample, ; (ii) a capillary passage fluidically coupled to the one or more inlets and the treatment potion ; and (iii) a fluid collector assembly in fluidic communication with the treatment portion , the fluid collector assembly including an absorbent pad that receives fluid from the sample treatment portion and provides a motive force to move fluids from the one or more inlets (116 or 118) of the introducer assembly through the sample treatment portion ; and,