mhurhangee/patent-ind-claim-en huggingface dataset:
An image processing device comprising: a data input adapted for receiving volumetric image data organized in voxels, said volumetric image data comprising a plurality of registered volumetric images of an imaged object; a noise modeler adapted for generating a noise model indicative of a spatial distribution of noise in each of the plurality of registered volumetric images; a feature detector adapted for detecting a plurality of image features taking said volumetric image data into account; and a marker generator adapted for generating a plurality of references indicating feature positions of a subset of the plurality of detected image features, in which said subset corresponds to the detected image features that are classified as difficult to discern on a reference volumetric image in the plurality of registered volumetric images based on a classification and/or a visibility criterium, wherein the classification and/or the visibility criterium takes said noise model into account, wherein said data input is adapted for receiving said volumetric image data in the form of the plurality of registered volumetric images obtained and/or derived from a single spectral computed tomography acquisition sequence, and wherein the reference volumetric image is representative of a conventional computed tomography image as obtained by or derived from the spectral computed tomography acquisition sequence. a data input adapted for receiving volumetric image data organized in voxels, said volumetric image data comprising a plurality of registered volumetric images of an imaged object; a noise modeler adapted for generating a noise model indicative of a spatial distribution of noise in each of the plurality of registered volumetric images; a feature detector adapted for detecting a plurality of image features taking said volumetric image data into account; and a marker generator adapted for generating a plurality of references indicating feature positions of a subset of the plurality of detected image features, in which said subset corresponds to the detected image features that are classified as difficult to discern on a reference volumetric image in the plurality of registered volumetric images based on a classification and/or a visibility criterium, wherein the classification and/or the visibility criterium takes said noise model into account, wherein said data input is adapted for receiving said volumetric image data in the form of the plurality of registered volumetric images obtained and/or derived from a single spectral computed tomography acquisition sequence, and wherein the reference volumetric image is representative of a conventional computed tomography image as obtained by or derived from the spectral computed tomography acquisition sequence.
A heating device for an electronic cigarette, wherein the heating device comprises a substrate and a control board and a heat generating unit arranged on the substrate , wherein the control board is provided with an avoidance hole and at least two inserting holes , the heat generating unit is correspondingly provided with at least two conductive pins , one end of the heat generating unit is inserted into the avoidance hole , so that the heat generating unit is pre-mounted on the control board ; and the at least two conductive pins are inserted into the at least two inserting holes , respectively, so that the control board and the heat generating unit establish an electrical connection, characterised in that the inner wall of the inserting hole is further provided with a conductive member , one end of the conductive member protrudes from the inserting hole and is exposed to a surface of the control board to form a conductive pad for facilitating the wiring of the control board .
Method for high-resolution 3D localization microscopy of a sample containing fluorescence emitters, in which - the fluorescence emitters in the sample are excited to emit fluorescence radiation and the sample is imaged with a spatial resolution in wide field , - the excitation is brought about such that at least some fluorescence emitters are isolated with respect to the spatial resolution, and, - in a localization analysis (S3), a three-dimensional location designation, comprising a z-coordinate in the depth direction of the imaging and, orthogonally thereto, an x-coordinate and a y-coordinate, is determined for each isolated fluorescence emitter with an accuracy that goes beyond the spatial resolution, characterized in that - a localization uncertainty table is provided, which states an uncertainty of the location designation, specifically at least with respect to the z-coordinate thereof, as a function of the z-coordinate and a number of photons which were collected during the imaging in wide field , and - a location designation uncertainty for the location designation determined in the localization analysis is ascertained for each localized fluorescence emitter with access to the localization uncertainty table . - the fluorescence emitters in the sample are excited to emit fluorescence radiation and the sample is imaged with a spatial resolution in wide field , - the excitation is brought about such that at least some fluorescence emitters are isolated with respect to the spatial resolution, and, - in a localization analysis (S3), a three-dimensional location designation, comprising a z-coordinate in the depth direction of the imaging and, orthogonally thereto, an x-coordinate and a y-coordinate, is determined for each isolated fluorescence emitter with an accuracy that goes beyond the spatial resolution, - a localization uncertainty table is provided, which states an uncertainty of the location designation, specifically at least with respect to the z-coordinate thereof, as a function of the z-coordinate and a number of photons which were collected during the imaging in wide field , and - a location designation uncertainty for the location designation determined in the localization analysis is ascertained for each localized fluorescence emitter with access to the localization uncertainty table .
A method for training a video encoder/decoder system, the method comprising: a) generating at least two sets of video encoding parameters wherein the at least two sets of video encoding parameters are valid; b) masking a set of the at least two sets of encoding parameters with invalid values to generate an invalid set of video encoding parameters; c) providing the at least two sets of video encoding parameters to one or more neural networks; d) training the one or more neural networks to predict valid values corresponding to values of the invalid set using an iterative training algorithm; e) determining which encoding parameters need to be encoded based on analysis of a prediction error of the one or more neural networks; f) dropping the encoding parameters from the encoded data which are determined to be accurately predicted by the one or more neural networks; g) encoding a new video stream without the dropped encoding parameters. a) generating at least two sets of video encoding parameters wherein the at least two sets of video encoding parameters are valid; b) masking a set of the at least two sets of encoding parameters with invalid values to generate an invalid set of video encoding parameters; c) providing the at least two sets of video encoding parameters to one or more neural networks; d) training the one or more neural networks to predict valid values corresponding to values of the invalid set using an iterative training algorithm; e) determining which encoding parameters need to be encoded based on analysis of a prediction error of the one or more neural networks; f) dropping the encoding parameters from the encoded data which are determined to be accurately predicted by the one or more neural networks; g) encoding a new video stream without the dropped encoding parameters.
A compound of the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R z1 is selected from -H, -Cl, -Br, -I, -OH, -NH 2 , -CH 3 , -CH 2 OH, and -C≡CH; R z2 is -H; X 1 is selected from N and C-R x1 , wherein R x1 is -H; X 2 is selected from N and C-R x2 , wherein R x2 is -H; Y 1 is selected from N and C-R y1 , wherein R y1 is selected from -H, -F, -Cl, and -CN; Y 2 is selected from N and C-R y2 , wherein R y2 is selected from -H, -F, -Cl, -CN, -OH, and -OCH 3 ; and Y 3 is selected from N and C-R y3 , wherein R y3 is selected from -F, -Cl, -NH 2 , -NHCH 3 , - CN, OH, and -OCH 3 ;, for use in the treatment or prevention of a neurodegenerative disease or disorder associated with axonal degeneration. or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R z1 is selected from -H, -Cl, -Br, -I, -OH, -NH 2 , -CH 3 , -CH 2 OH, and -C≡CH; R z2 is -H; X 1 is selected from N and C-R x1 , wherein R x1 is -H; X 2 is selected from N and C-R x2 , wherein R x2 is -H; Y 1 is selected from N and C-R y1 , wherein R y1 is selected from -H, -F, -Cl, and -CN; Y 2 is selected from N and C-R y2 , wherein R y2 is selected from -H, -F, -Cl, -CN, -OH, and -OCH 3 ; and Y 3 is selected from N and C-R y3 , wherein R y3 is selected from -F, -Cl, -NH 2 , -NHCH 3 , - CN, OH, and -OCH 3 ;, for use in the treatment or prevention of a neurodegenerative disease or disorder associated with axonal degeneration.
A method for identifying fat content in a region of interest, the method comprising: directing an energy signal toward the region of interest, wherein the region of interest has an object of interest, a reference with known properties, and a boundary area with one or more boundary locations between the object of interest and the reference; receiving a plurality of thermoacoustic bipolar signals from the one or more boundary locations, wherein the thermoacoustic bipolar signals are induced by the energy signal; and calculating a fat concentration that is a function of a difference between two peaks of the thermoacoustic bipolar signal at each respective boundary location and a distance or distances between each respective boundary location.
Strain wave gear system comprising, in combination: an input; a ring gear ; a wave generator of a non-circular shape and connected to and rotatable with the input; an output ; a flexspline connected to and rotatable with the output , with the flexspline in gearing engagement with the ring gear and located intermediate the ring gear and the wave generator , a first bearing and a second bearing , characterized in that the input includes a radially extending disc having first and second axially spaced faces; and in that the strain wave gear system further comprises first and second radially extending and axially spaced races connected to the output ; with the first bearing located intermediate the first face and the first race and the second bearing located intermediate the second face and the second race.
A method of operating a motorized tensioning device in an article of footwear, comprising: receiving from a remote device a user set tension of a tensioning member used to fasten the article of footwear; receiving information related to the tension of the tensioning member from a tension sensor; characterized by operating the motorized tensioning device in a normal operating mode and an active operating mode depending on a user selection; powering down the motorized tensioning device after the user set tension has been achieved in the normal operating mode; continuously sensing a current tension of the tensioning member and adjusting the motorized tensioning device to maintain the target tension in the active operating mode; determining if the current tension is less than the user set tension; automatically controlling the motorized tensioning device to increase the tension of the tensioning member to achieve the user set tension when the current tension is less than the user set tension; and controlling the motorized tensioning device to release tension of the tensioning member when the current tension is greater than the user set tension. receiving from a remote device a user set tension of a tensioning member used to fasten the article of footwear; receiving information related to the tension of the tensioning member from a tension sensor; characterized by operating the motorized tensioning device in a normal operating mode and an active operating mode depending on a user selection; powering down the motorized tensioning device after the user set tension has been achieved in the normal operating mode; continuously sensing a current tension of the tensioning member and adjusting the motorized tensioning device to maintain the target tension in the active operating mode; determining if the current tension is less than the user set tension; automatically controlling the motorized tensioning device to increase the tension of the tensioning member to achieve the user set tension when the current tension is less than the user set tension; and controlling the motorized tensioning device to release tension of the tensioning member when the current tension is greater than the user set tension.
A method for the temporary separation of charged substances in a liquid by means of electrosorption and/or electrofiltration comprising the following steps a. Providing a polymer membrane with a flat and porous coating of metal at least on a first side of the polymer membrane; b. Providing a counter electrode; c. Applying a voltage between the metal coating of the polymer membrane and the counter electrode; d. Contacting the polymer membrane and the counter electrode with the liquid, the contacting being such that the liquid creates a bond between the polymer membrane and the counter electrode, wherein the polymer membrane with a flat and porous coating of metal and the counter electrode are placed in a housing and the liquid to be filtered is passed through the housing, wherein the liquid is pressed from a syringe past the polymer membrane with a flat and porous coating of metal or through the polymer membrane with a flat and porous coating of metal, wherein the charged substances are temporarily adsorbed and/or retained by the steps a to d by binding to the polymer membrane and after steps a to d, reversing the polarity and/or reducing the voltage and rinsing the membrane with a further liquid, in particular passing the further liquid through the membrane, in particular in the reverse flow direction to the separation, to release the separated substances into the further liquid. a. Providing a polymer membrane with a flat and porous coating of metal at least on a first side of the polymer membrane; b. Providing a counter electrode; c. Applying a voltage between the metal coating of the polymer membrane and the counter electrode; d. Contacting the polymer membrane and the counter electrode with the liquid, the contacting being such that the liquid creates a bond between the polymer membrane and the counter electrode, wherein the polymer membrane with a flat and porous coating of metal and the counter electrode are placed in a housing and the liquid to be filtered is passed through the housing, wherein the liquid is pressed from a syringe past the polymer membrane with a flat and porous coating of metal or through the polymer membrane with a flat and porous coating of metal, wherein the charged substances are temporarily adsorbed and/or retained by the steps a to d by binding to the polymer membrane and after steps a to d, reversing the polarity and/or reducing the voltage and rinsing the membrane with a further liquid, in particular passing the further liquid through the membrane, in particular in the reverse flow direction to the separation, to release the separated substances into the further liquid.
Process for manufacturing an electrically conductive member for an electronic component according to claim 11, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: - providing a structure comprising at least one blind hole having a bottom and at least one internal lateral flank connected to said bottom via a base of said lateral flank; - forming the member , this forming step comprising a step of growing an electrically conductive material in order to form at least one portion of the member in the blind hole , said growth being faster at the base of the lateral flank of the blind hole than on the rest of said lateral flank , said member when formed comprising a cavity arranged at that end of said member which is located opposite the bottom of the blind hole , said cavity being entirely or partially bordered by a rim. - providing a structure comprising at least one blind hole having a bottom and at least one internal lateral flank connected to said bottom via a base of said lateral flank; - forming the member , this forming step comprising a step of growing an electrically conductive material in order to form at least one portion of the member in the blind hole , said growth being faster at the base of the lateral flank of the blind hole than on the rest of said lateral flank , said member when formed comprising a cavity arranged at that end of said member which is located opposite the bottom of the blind hole , said cavity being entirely or partially bordered by a rim.
Method of electronically assisted facial identification comprising: displaying, on at least one display, at least two facial images near one other; electronically maintaining, by a processor and storage, a predefined list of facial components to be examined when the two facial images on the at least one display are analyzed by a human facial examiner to determine whether the facial images are of different persons or of a same person; and automatically guiding the human facial examiner through the facial identification process in response to the electronically maintained list of facial components, wherein the automatic guiding includes providing one or more of instructions, guidelines and anatomical definitions to the human facial examiner and keeping track of which facial components have been examined. displaying, on at least one display, at least two facial images near one other; electronically maintaining, by a processor and storage, a predefined list of facial components to be examined when the two facial images on the at least one display are analyzed by a human facial examiner to determine whether the facial images are of different persons or of a same person; and automatically guiding the human facial examiner through the facial identification process in response to the electronically maintained list of facial components, wherein the automatic guiding includes providing one or more of instructions, guidelines and anatomical definitions to the human facial examiner and keeping track of which facial components have been examined.
System comprising a control unit for a trailer coupling which is or may be fitted to a motor vehicle and has a coupling element , mounted on a coupling arm , for attaching a trailer, and a mobile operator unit , separate from the motor vehicle and the control unit , wherein the control unit has control means for controlling at least one function of the trailer coupling and/or evaluation means for evaluating at least one sensor signal of a sensor assigned to the trailer coupling , wherein the control unit has an operator unit interface for wireless communication with a control unit interface of the mobile operator unit , and wherein the operator unit is designed to send at least one control signal for activating the control means of the control unit and/or to output at least one sensor signal of the sensor , characterised in that the operator unit interface and the control unit interface have encryption means and decryption means for encrypted communication with one another, that the operator unit and/or the control unit have at least one reading means to read in a code for the encryption means and decryption means for the encrypted communication, and that the one or more reading means has or have a wireless interface, namely a radio interface, for wireless input of the code via an RFID tag, and/or an optical interface for input of the code with the aid of an optical code, in particular a bar code or QR code.
Method for the closed-loop and open-loop control of lateral guidance of a vehicle by means of a lane-keeping assistant , wherein the method comprises the following steps of: reading in a detection signal representing hands-free or non-hands-free driving of the vehicle, wherein a predefined open-loop control profile which is activated by the driver and represents a progression of a steering torque for steering assistance on the basis of a lateral position of the vehicle in a lane is also read in, wherein the steering torque is equal to zero or at least tends towards zero within a predefined distance (304; 306) from a centre of the lane; and providing a closed-loop control signal for the closed-loop control of the lateral guidance if the detection signal represents hands-free driving, wherein, during closed-loop control by means of a closed sequence of action, deviations of an actual value of a distance between a vehicle and a centre or a boundary of a lane with respect to a target value of a distance are continuously controlled towards zero in a closed-loop manner by means of interventions in the steering, and providing an open-loop control signal for the open-loop control of the lateral guidance if the detection signal represents non-hands-free driving, in order to output a warning to the driver in the form of a haptic signal depending on the detected distance to the boundary or centre of the lane, wherein the open-loop control signal is provided using the open-loop control profile in order to control the lateral guidance of the vehicle in an open-loop manner according to the open-loop control profile . reading in a detection signal representing hands-free or non-hands-free driving of the vehicle, wherein a predefined open-loop control profile which is activated by the driver and represents a progression of a steering torque for steering assistance on the basis of a lateral position of the vehicle in a lane is also read in, wherein the steering torque is equal to zero or at least tends towards zero within a predefined distance (304; 306) from a centre of the lane; and providing a closed-loop control signal for the closed-loop control of the lateral guidance if the detection signal represents hands-free driving, wherein, during closed-loop control by means of a closed sequence of action, deviations of an actual value of a distance between a vehicle and a centre or a boundary of a lane with respect to a target value of a distance are continuously controlled towards zero in a closed-loop manner by means of interventions in the steering, and providing an open-loop control signal for the open-loop control of the lateral guidance if the detection signal represents non-hands-free driving, in order to output a warning to the driver in the form of a haptic signal depending on the detected distance to the boundary or centre of the lane, wherein the open-loop control signal is provided using the open-loop control profile in order to control the lateral guidance of the vehicle in an open-loop manner according to the open-loop control profile .
A tablet composition for oral administration comprising Voriconazole or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and colloidal silicon dioxide in an amount of from 2% to 10% (w/w) incorporated in the internal phase of the composition in which, the excipients are intimately mixed with the active pharmaceutical ingredient and wherein the particle size of Voriconazole is D90<100μm measured by laser light diffraction.