Abstract: A plurality of electronic documents comprising one or more document pages are received. First position markers, second position markers and page identifiers are inserted to the pages. The plurality of electronic documents are printed, thereby generating a printed corpus comprising a plurality of printed documents. The plurality of printed documents are scanned, thereby generating a scanned corpus comprising a plurality of scanned images. Scanning frame positions of the first and the second position markers are detected and the detected scanning frame positions and the page positions are used to define affine transformations between the plurality of scanned images and the corresponding document pages. The affine transformations are applied to the plurality of scanned images to align the plurality of scanned images with the corresponding document pages of the plurality of electronic documents.

Abstract: An electrical connection contact (5) for a ceramic component (2) is specified. The connection contact (5) comprises a first material (M1) and a second material (M2) arranged thereon, wherein the first material (M1) has a high electrical conductivity and the second material (M2) has a low coefficient of thermal expansion.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for digitizing a document, wherein the document has assigned a classification scheme may be provided. A digital image and an identifier of the classification scheme may be received, the image representing a portion of the document. A segmentation of the image may be determined into one or more image segments; for each of the image segments, content information may be captured from the image segment and a category may be assigned to the image segment, the category being selected from the classification scheme. One or more digitization segments may be selected from the segmentation. A graph model of the document may be populated, wherein each of the digitization segments is represented by a segment node of the graph model.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating ground-truth for natural language querying may include providing a knowledge graph as data model, receiving a natural language query from a user and translating the natural language query into a formal data query. The method can also include visualizing the formal data query to the user and receiving a feedback response from the user. The feedback response can include a verified and/or edited formal data query. The method can also include storing the natural language query and the corresponding feedback response as ground-truth pair. Corresponding system and a related computer program product may be provided.

Abstract: A method of collecting training data of a document component may be provided. The documents have a structure and are coded in the typesetting language TeX. The method comprise receiving a TeX source file, compiling it into a PDF file and a related sync file, analyzing the PDF file, thereby determining a non-text-only document component. The method comprises also determining first coordinates of the non-text-only document component and a corresponding page number, determining a typesetting command relating to a non-text-only document component and determining second coordinates of a bounding box and a corresponding page number from the sync file, determining text elements in the non-text-only document component of the PDF file for which the first coordinates and the second coordinates overlap, and combining the determined text elements and linking them to a type of a non-text document component determined in the non-text-only document component in the TeX source file.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention disclose a computer-implemented method for the automatic generation of a hypothesis from a graph. The method includes receiving an initial graph, wherein the initial graph includes a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges between the plurality of nodes. A predefined property of the initial graph is computed, and one or more of the plurality of edges of the initial graph are amended, thereby creating an amended graph that includes a plurality of original edges and one or more amended edges. The predefined property of the amended graph is computed, and the predefined property of the initial graph is compared with the predefined property of the amended graph. The one or more amended edges are marked as hypothesis if a predefined measure of difference between the predefined property of the initial graph and the predefined property of the amended graph exceeds a predefined threshold.

Abstract: A plurality of electronic documents comprising one or more document pages are received. First position markers, second position markers and page identifiers are inserted to the pages. The plurality of electronic documents are printed, thereby generating a printed corpus comprising a plurality of printed documents. The plurality of printed documents are scanned, thereby generating a scanned corpus comprising a plurality of scanned images. Scanning frame positions of the first and the second position markers are detected and the detected scanning frame positions and the page positions are used to define affine transformations between the plurality of scanned images and the corresponding document pages. The affine transformations are applied to the plurality of scanned images to align the plurality of scanned images with the corresponding document pages of the plurality of electronic documents.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for digitizing a document, wherein the document has assigned a classification scheme may be provided. A digital image and an identifier of the classification scheme may be received, the image representing a portion of the document. A segmentation of the image may be determined into one or more image segments; for each of the image segments, content information may be captured from the image segment and a category may be assigned to the image segment, the category being selected from the classification scheme. One or more digitization segments may be selected from the segmentation. A graph model of the document may be populated, wherein each of the digitization segments is represented by a segment node of the graph model.

Abstract: A method of collecting training data of a document component may be provided. The documents have a structure and are coded in the typesetting language TeX. The method comprise receiving a TeX source file, compiling it into a PDF file and a related sync file, analyzing the PDF file, thereby determining a non-text-only document component. The method comprises also determining first coordinates of the non-text-only document component and a corresponding page number, determining a typesetting command relating to a non-text-only document component and determining second coordinates of a bounding box and a corresponding page number from the sync file, determining text elements in the non-text-only document component of the PDF file for which the first coordinates and the second coordinates overlap, and combining the determined text elements and linking them to a type of a non-text document component determined in the non-text-only document component in the TeX source file.

Abstract: A device and a method for improving combustion are disclosed. In an embodiment the device includes a combustion chamber including at least one combustion chamber inlet for feeding in fuel or air or the fuel/air mixture, a reactor chamber connected upstream of the combustion chamber, the reactor chamber comprising a plasma generator, wherein the plasma generator is a piezoelectric transformer configured to operate with a low voltage and a control apparatus for the plasma generator, wherein the device is configured in such a way that even before a start of an actual combustion process at least one gaseous component in the reactor chamber is enriched with radicals and ions by the plasma generator.

Abstract: An electrical connection contact (5) for a ceramic component (2) is specified. The connection contact (5) comprises a first material (M1) and a second material (M2) arranged thereon, wherein the first material (M1) has a high electrical conductivity and the second material (M2) has a low coefficient of thermal expansion.

Abstract: An electrical connection contact (5) for a ceramic component (2) is specified. The connection contact (5) comprises a first material (M1) and a second material (M2) arranged thereon, wherein the first material (M1) has a high electrical conductivity and the second material (M2) has a low coefficient of thermal expansion.

Abstract: A method for producing a multilayer component (21) is specified, which involves providing a body having dielectric layers (3) arranged one above another and first and second electrically conductive layers (4, 84, 5, 85) arranged therebetween. The first conductive layers (4, 84) are connected to a first auxiliary electrode (6) and the second conductive layers (5, 85) are connected to a second auxiliary electrode (7). The body (1, 81) is introduced into a medium and a voltage is applied between the first and second auxiliary electrodes (6, 7) for producing a material removal. Furthermore, a multilayer component is specified, which has depressions (20) formed by an electrochemically controlled material removal.

Abstract: An electronic component is disclosed. In an embodiment, the electronic component includes a plurality of functional layers arranged one on top of the other forming a stack, first inner electrodes, and second inner electrodes, each of the first and second inner electrodes arranged between two adjacent functional layers. The electronic component further includes a first outer contact electrically connected to the first inner electrodes and a second outer contact electrically connected to the second inner electrodes, wherein the functional layers are selected such that the first and second outer contacts are electrically conductively connected to one another via the functional layers both in a basic state and in a hot state of the electronic component, wherein a temperature of the hot state is higher than a temperature of the basic state, and wherein the electronic component is an NTC component.

Abstract: An electrical connection contact (5) for a ceramic component (2) is specified. The connection contact (5) comprises a first material (M1) and a second material (M2) arranged thereon, wherein the first material (M1) has a high electrical conductivity and the second material (M2) has a low coefficient of thermal expansion.

Abstract: A method of producing a ceramic component includes a) providing a main body having internal electrodes, outer edges of which are located on at least one first outer surface of the main body, b) contacting the first outer surface of the main body with a composition including an electrophoretically mobile insulating material and electrophoretically depositing the insulating material on outer edges of the internal electrodes on the first outer surface of the main body, and c) producing an insulating layer from the insulating material on the outer edges of the internal electrodes.

Abstract: A piezoelectric actuator of a multilayer design includes outer electrodes that are fastened by means of a bonding layer applied by thermal spraying. For example, the outer electrodes are formed as a woven wire fabric. Furthermore, a method for fastening an outer electrode in a piezoelectric actuator is specified.

Abstract: A device and a method for improving combustion are disclosed. In an embodiment the device includes a combustion chamber including at least one combustion chamber inlet for feeding in fuel or air or the fuel/air mixture, a reactor chamber connected upstream of the combustion chamber, the reactor chamber comprising a plasma generator, wherein the plasma generator is a piezoelectric transformer configured to operate with a low voltage and a control apparatus for the plasma generator, wherein the device is configured in such a way that even before a start of an actual combustion process at least one gaseous component in the reactor chamber is enriched with radicals and ions by the plasma generator.

Abstract: An electronic component is disclosed. In an embodiment, the electronic component includes a plurality of functional layers arranged one on top of the other forming a stack, first inner electrodes, and second inner electrodes, each of the first and second inner electrodes arranged between two adjacent functional layers. The electronic component further includes a first outer contact electrically connected to the first inner electrodes and a second outer contact electrically connected to the second inner electrodes, wherein the functional layers are selected such that the first and second outer contacts are electrically conductively connected to one another via the functional layers both in a basic state and in a hot state of the electronic component, wherein a temperature of the hot state is higher than a temperature of the basic state, and wherein the electronic component is an NTC component.

Abstract: The invention relates to an actuator (1) having stacked piezoelements (16), first and second inner electrodes (5, 3) disposed alternatingly between the piezoelements (16), a first outer electrode (4) which is electrically conductively connected to the first inner electrode (5), a second outer electrode (2) which is electrically conductively connected to the second inner electrode (3), characterized in that the actuator (1) comprises a plurality of actuator segments (81, 82, 83, 84, 85) and that the second outer electrode (2) comprises separate electrode segments (21, 22, 23, 24, 25) each of which are electrically conductively connected to the second inner electrodes (3) in one of the actuator segments (81, 82, 83, 84, 85).