baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent EP-0899832-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ASO TATSUAKI
IPC: H01R13/24
Filed: 1998-08-28
Abstract: A contact element 2 comprises a wiring section 2A, a fixing
section 2B, a spring section 2C, a contact section 2D, and a
guided section 2E. The contact element is held by the
fixing section 2B in a receiving slot 5 of a contact
support 3. The contact section 2D is bent so as to project
from a window 5A of the contact support 3. The spring
section is bent to provide a flexible portion between the
fixing and contact sections. The guided section 2E extends
obliquely with respect to the plugging direction of the
connector for sliding contact with a guiding section 5A1 of
the window 5A. The contact and fixing sections 2D and 2B
are spaced in the direction perpendicular to the plugging
direction.
Patent EP-0902047-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HARAGUCHI KENJI
IPC: C08J9/14
Filed: 1998-09-08
Abstract: To provide an expandable rubber-modified styrene resin
composition that is enabled to obtain a molded foam having a
high expansion ratio, an excellent impact resistance and
pliability and satisfactory appearance. The expandable
rubber-modified styrene resin composition comprises 85 to 99 %
by weight of a rubber-modified styrene resin containing a rubber
particle of a diene polymer dispersed in a continuous phase
of a styrene resin and 1 to 15 % by weight of a volatile blowing
agent whose boiling point is 80°C or lower, wherein:
   the weight-average molecular weight of said continuous
phase of styrene resin is 150,000 to 300,000;   the graft ratio of the styrene resin to the diene polymer
is 70 to 135 %; and,   the swelling index of the gel fraction of said diene polymer
in toluene at 25°C is 12 to 25.
Patent EP-0915368-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ARATAME KAZUHISHA
IPC: G03B15/05
Filed: 1998-10-28
Abstract: A single use camera with a built-in electronic flash includes
a main body; a photographic film loaded in the main body
previously; an electronic flash unit having an electronic
flash light emitting section and an electronic flash circuit;
and a photographing unit having a photographic lens and a
shutter, wherein the following condition is satisfied, 
   6 ≤ A ≤ 10 
wherein A represents an exposure value, which is determined by
an aperture value, a shutter speed and a sensitivity of a film
loaded in the single use camera, when photographed in a
condition in which the electronic flash unit is used.
Patent EP-0919930-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CHAPMAN MICHAEL
IPC: G06F9/312
Filed: 1998-11-12
Abstract: The method involves comparing read-out data and modified data before an overwriting process. The read-out data which differ from the modified data are overwritten. The read-out data are directly stored in a temporary memory (22) in order to carry out the comparison. The data are modified outside a module (2) which contains a memory (21) and a overwriting module (23). The overwriting module compares the read-out data and modifies them. The memory and the overwriting module form part of a central unit (1), e.g. microprocessor, of a peripheral device, e.g. a timer, external memory media.
Patent EP-0980956-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TAKAHASHI EIZO
IPC: E06C7/08
Filed: 1998-12-30
Abstract: A foothold (1) provided with reflectors (12,13) capable of preventing reflectors
having different colors from being erroneously attached to the foothold, of
securing unity of the positions of the footholds in respect of right and left
colors thereof without fixing the foothold again to the body, of sufficiently
serving as a channel mark, and of being used for a long period of time since
given colors are provided at given positions even if the foothold is fixed to the
body while the front and back thereof are turned upside down. The foothold
provided with reflectors comprise a tread (5) and side portions (6) continued and
positioned at both sides of the tread, wherein the foothold further comprises a
set of reflector members composed of upper and lower reflectors each having
an elbow shape as viewed from the tops thereof and different colors, a convex
portion being formed on the back surface of one reflector having one color
while a concave portion being formed on the back surface of another reflector
having another color, a concave portion and a convex portion being formed on
the foothold corresponding to the convex portion and the concave portion of
each reflector, respective reflectors being retained by the foothold so as to
cover the upper and lower surfaces and the front and rear surfaces of the
tread and the side portions with respective reflector members at both corners
formed between the tread and side portions, and the color of the upper
reflector at one corner being the same as that of the lower reflector at the
other corner.
Patent EP-0855669-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MASAKI TOMOAKI
IPC: G06K15/00
Filed: 1992-08-28
Abstract: A power is supplied to a CPU without regard to
an on/off-state of a power switch. In the off-state,
the CPU renders a control signal indicating that an
apparatus does not accept data, to an active state
or a high impedance state to inform to a host. When
data is received, the state is switched to the on-state
for recording operation. The received data is
stored in a memory, and when the state is switched to
the on-state, the data is read from the memory for
recording operation. 
     In this manner, drop of record data due to
data transmission from the host in the off-state of
the power switch is prevented.
Patent EP-0893355-A2 (EP)
Inventor: UEDA MICHIO
IPC: B65D8/02
Filed: 1998-07-21
Abstract: A closure (12) of thermoplastic resin is joined by
heat sealing at a peripheral edge portion thereof to a
flange (23) along an opening edge of a cup-shaped
container body (11) made of a paper-base laminate having a
thermoplastic resin layer over a surface thereof. The
closure (12) is provided with a spout (31) and a cap (32)
removably attached to the spout (31).
Patent EP-0913997-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HORLANDER KARL FRANCIS
IPC: H04N5/44
Filed: 1997-01-31
Abstract: A method for operating a video recording apparatus in one of a digital recording mode and an
analog recording mode. The method involves recording a digital video bit stream in the digital
recording mode and switching to the analog recording mode for recording the corresponding
analog video signal in response to a fault condition. For example, the fault conditions may
occur in response to improper copyright information , an analog recording media being loaded
into the video recording apparatus or the digital video bit stream being absent while the video
recording apparatus operates in the digital recording mode. The fault condition may be
indicated to a user and switching to a different mode, such as the analog recording mode, may
occur in response to receiving a user initiated command responsive to the indicated fault
condition.
Patent EP-0903898-A2 (EP)
Inventor: AHN WON-ICK
IPC: H04L25/02
Filed: 1998-08-07
Abstract: An equalizer for an orthogonal frequency division
multiplexing (OFDM) receiver and an equalizing method are
provided. An estimator (106) according to the present
invention extracts scattered pilots from a plurality of
received carriers in units of four symbols, and estimates
each channel characteristic value in the position of the
extracted scattered pilots. An adder (114) obtains a
channel characteristic values in the position of scattered
pilots of a period of three sub channels by adding the
channel characteristic value with respect to each
respective sub channels in units of four symbols. An
interpolator (116) interpolates the sub channel
characteristics of data between the scattered pilots using
the channel characteristic values in the position of the
scattered pilots of the period of three sub channels, and
provides the characteristic values of all the sub
channels. A compensator (118) which can be formed of a
one tap filter compensates for channel distortion of the
plurality of received carriers using the characteristics
of all the sub channels. According to the present
invention, it is possible reduce the amount of calculation
and to realize simple hardware, since the four symbols are
equalized by the channel characteristic of one symbol
using the channel characteristic value in the position of
the scattered pilot having the period of three sub
channels, thus it is not necessary to trace the position
of the pilot in every symbol.
Patent EP-0919872-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LUNDY DANIEL E
IPC: G03F7/004
Filed: 1998-11-05
Abstract: In a negative acting photoimageable composition
comprising an acid functional binder polymer having a
weight average molecular weight between 5000 and 40,000,
optional additional higher molecular weight binder
polymer, photopolymerizable α,β-ethylenically unsaturated
compounds, and photoinitiator. At least a portion of the
photopolymerizable compounds are isocyanate trimers having
tri-α,β-ethylenically unsaturated functionality.
Patent EP-0917066-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PURCELL BRIAN T
IPC: G06F13/36
Filed: 1998-11-06
Abstract: A system for concurrent data transfer in a bus to bus input output processor
including a first data path for moving data between a primary bus and a first
memory, a second data path for moving data between a secondary bus and the
second memory and a third data path for moving data between the primary bus, the
first memory, the secondary bus, the second memory and an embedded processor.
A controller controls the concurrent movement of data within the input output
processor and further can convert a plurality of address lines used in the third data
path for use as data lines. To effectuate the concurrent transfer of data across the
various data paths, the controller isolates the embedded processor from the third
data path and assigns a first destination device and a first data path to the first
memory. The controller further assigns a second destination device and a second
data path to the second memory. Data is then simultaneously transferred between
a cache and the embedded processor, between the first memory and the first
destination device across the first data path and between the second memory and
the second destination device across the second data path. Data is also transferred
across the primary bus to or from the input output device and across the secondary
bus to or from the input output device.
Patent EP-0926471-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KEECH RAY
IPC: G01F1/60
Filed: 1998-12-02
Abstract: An electromagnetic flowmeter signals a measure of flow rate by controlling the current in a
sensing loop. Power for the flowmeter is derived from the current in the sensing loop. To
ensure that sufficient power is available at low flow rates to obtain an adequate signal to noise
ratio, the current characteristic is inverted as compared to the conventional sense, so that
maximum current signifies, and is available to provide power, at minimum flow rates.
Patent EP-0927488-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BLANCHARD SIMON
IPC: G11B27/32
Filed: 1998-03-05
Abstract: An apparatus for detecting scene changes (as distinct from shot cuts or edit points) in audio/video signals is disclosed, together with video recording and logging apparatus employing such detection. The means for detecting scene changes comprises a filtering arrangement (20) which receives and filters the audio soundtrack accompanying the video signal to periodically determine a background audio signal level. By comparison (24) of current and previously determined (22) background levels, a scene change (SC) is flagged when the current background audio level differs from a previous background level by more than a predetermined amount. A table of scene change locations may then be built up and stored with the video and audio data.
Patent EP-0904502-A2 (EP)
Inventor: YOUNG ALASTAIR JOHN
IPC: F16F15/30
Filed: 1998-03-27
Abstract: A twin mass flywheel which has an input flywheel mass (11) arranged to be coupled to an engine, an output flywheel mass (12) arranged to be coupled to a drive-line, a main rolling bearing (14) for mounting the flywheel masses for relative rotation and having inner (14B) and outer (14A) race members with rolling bearing elements therebetween, and a torsional vibration damping means (17) acting between the masses to oppose relative rotation. At least one of the bearing races is located axially relative to one of the flywheel masses by an annular retaining member (25, 29) which is secured to said one flywheel mass and engages a circumferential groove (26, 30) in the bearing race. Other bearing retaining arrangements are disclosed including the use of tapering races.
Patent EP-1049783-A2 (EP)
Inventor: JARMAN CARL DUDLEY
IPC: A23L3/375
Filed: 1998-12-23
Abstract: Anti-freeze protein comprising at least 40% of the amino acids serine, threonine and asparigine and having at least 80% of sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 as well as modified forms thereof.
Patent EP-0948150-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FUJITA MASAYUKI
IPC: H01L31/0232
Filed: 1999-03-24
Abstract: A light monitoring apparatus includes a
first light wave guide section (21A, 32), a
second light wave guide section (22A, 33), a
light reflecting section (25) and a light
receiving element (27). The first light wave
guide section has a first end portion, and the
second light wave guide section has a second end
portion which is evanescent-coupled to the first
end portion of the first light wave guide section.
The light reflecting section is provided to
transmit a part of a light signal transmitted
through each of the first and second light wave
guide sections and to reflect the other part of
the light signal. The light receiving element
receives the part of the light signal transmitted
through the light reflecting section to produce a
level indication signal indicative of a signal
level of the part of the light signal transmitted
through the light reflecting section.
Patent EP-0980726-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BREUER MANFRED
IPC: B21D51/26
Filed: 1999-08-17
Abstract: The container has body (1) and intermediate ring (3) of esp. aluminum or tinplate, and an edge flange and lid (4) of esp. aluminum foil. A common blank for intermediate ring and container body is punched out, and deep-drawn. The size of the overall impression is a result of ring width and body height. A cut is made in the vertical section of the wall between ring and body. The edge flange of the container body, the inner edge of the ring, and/or a rolled part are formed from the step. The deep-drawn container is then widened.
Patent EP-0985416-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FIEGERT-SEIBT EDDA DR
IPC: H05B6/80
Filed: 1999-08-24
Abstract: Modified extracts of biological material are prepared by extraction under application of microwaves to release the contents, while simultaneously modifying the contents by irradiation from an artificial source. Preparation of modified extracts of biological material, utilizing microwave treatment, involves: (a) comminuting fresh or dried biological material; (b) treating with polar and/or apolar solvent; and (c) carrying out extraction in an open or closed container, with continuous or stepwise application of microwaves to release the contents, while simultaneously modifying the contents by continuous irradiation from an artificial source. The process is preferably carried out under active or inert gas. The temperature of the extraction mixture is controlled to keep thermally unstable contents below their decomposition point throughout the process. Independent claims are also included for: (i) extracts prepared using the process; and (ii) apparatus for carrying out the process, comprising: a microwave plant, in which the material to be extracted can be placed under a suitable gas; a pressure resistant, closable extraction vessel; a radiation source, inside or outside the extraction vessel; and at least one thermometric sensor, linked to the controller of the internal temperature of the microwave plant.
Patent EP-0993019-A2 (EP)
Inventor: DOTAN NOAM
IPC: H01J37/22
Filed: 1999-09-23
Abstract: A method for reducing aliasing effects in scanning beam microscopy,
comprises generating a plurality of successive images of the same object,
wherein each image is shifted in the vertical direction with respect to the
preceding one by a sub-pixel distance and then averaging all the images
together.
Patent EP-1002655-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MINCKLER KEVIN M
IPC: B41J29/393
Filed: 1999-11-16
Abstract: Apparatus and method for monitoring print quality of an image (20)
produced by a digital printing mechanism (216) in real-time. Print quality is
measured by: generating a background reflectance signal representative of the
reflectance of a substrate (22); scanning the image (20) to generate a post-print
reflectance signal; comparing said reflectance signal with said post-print
reflectance signal; and, if said post-print reflectance signal is greater than a
predetermined fraction of said reflectance signal, generating an output signal
indicative of poor quality. In one embodiment, the output signal is also
generated if the post-print reflectance signal is less than a predetermined
minimum value. In another embodiment, the print mechanism is comprised in a
postage metering system (200) and the output signal inhibits further printing. In
another embodiment, the background reflectance signal is compared with the
post-print reflectance signal to classify the post-print reflectance signal as being
satisfactory, unsatisfactory, or doubtful; and if the post-print reflectance signal
is doubtful, printing a test pattern and waiting for an operator response; and
then if the operator response indicates said test pattern is acceptable, accepting
the indicia; and if the operator response indicates the test pattern is
unacceptable, rejecting the indicia. If the operator response indicates the test
pattern is acceptable, the comparison is adjusted to classify a greater portion of
post-print reflectance signals as satisfactory; and if the operator response
indicates the test pattern is unacceptable, the comparison is adjusted to classify
a greater portion of post-print reflectance signals as unsatisfactory.
Patent EP-1008810-A2 (EP)
Title: Haushaltgerät mit zweidimensional bewegbarem Bedienelement
Inventor: PROF PICHERT HORST
IPC: D06F34/30
Filed: 1999-11-23
Abstract: Zum Einstellen eines Betriebszustandes eines Gargerätes (10), einer Waschmaschine, eines Wäschetrockners, einer Geschirrspülmaschine, eines Kühl- und/oder Gefriergerätes, einer Küchenmaschine oder einer Kaffeemaschine aus einer vorgegebenen Menge von voneinander verschiedenen, auswählbaren Betriebszuständen werden a) wenigstens ein Bedienelement (2,21 bis 24) innerhalb eines vorgegebenen Raumbereichs mit wenigstens zwei Bewegungsfreiheitsgraden bewegt, a) den auswählbaren Betriebszuständen Einstellpositionen (Eij, E1 bis E4) des wenigstens einen Bedienelements innerhalb des vorgegebenen Raumbereichs zugeordnet, wobei das Bedienelement zwischen wenigstens zwei der Einstellpositionen nur unter Ausnutzung beider Bewegungsfreiheitsgrade bewegt werden kann, und b) ein Betriebszustand eingestellt, wenn das wenigstens eine Bedienelement in die zugehörige Einstellposition gebracht wurde. Vorteil: Reduzierung der Zahl der Bedienelemente <IMAGE>
Patent EP-1013803-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TODO YUJI
IPC: D02J3/00
Filed: 1999-12-21
Abstract: The present invention provides a hairiness suppressing device for an
automatic winder that can perfectly balloon a spun yarn using a whirling current
in a yarn passage. In a hairiness suppressing device 1 comprising a yarn
inserting opening 9 that extends and opens in an axial direction of a yarn
passage 8 in which a whirling current acts on a spun yarn, a cover member 29 is
provided that can open and close the yarn inserting opening 9. When a swiveling
body 26 is swivellably moved to open the cover member 29, the yarn can be
introduced into the yarn passage 8 through the yarn inserting opening 9. When
the swiveling body 26 is swivellably moved to close the cover member 29, the
whirling current in the yarn passage 8 is prevented from leaking from a side of
the yarn passage 8.
Patent EP-1016775-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BRONICKI LUCIEN Y
IPC: F01K23/10
Filed: 1999-12-23
Abstract: A heat recovery method and system that extracts heat from the exhaust
of a gas turbine unit in a waste heat, heat exchanger and transfers the heat to
an intermediate fluid, which can be pressurized water. The intermediate fluid in-turn
transfers the heat to an organic working fluid resulting in the vaporization
thereof. The vaporized organic working fluid drives a series of turbines which in
turn drive a generator that generates electricity.
Patent EP-0961193-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LACZKO SR FRANK L
IPC: G06F12/1027
Filed: 1999-05-28
Abstract: A secure computing system (100) stores a program, preferably
the real time operating system (210), that is encrypted with a
private key. A boot ROM (135) on the same integrated circuit as
the data processor and inaccessible from outside includes an
initialization program and a public key corresponding to the
private key. On initialization the boot ROM decrypts at least a
verification portion of the program. On verification normal
operation is enabled. On non-verification, the system could be
disabled, or that application program could be disabled. A
diagnostic program is stored at predetermined non-relocatable
physical address in memory. The program is made non-relocatable
using a special table look-aside buffer (137) having a fixed
virtual address register (611) and a corresponding fixed physical
address register (641). The secure computing system prevents
unauthorized use of compressed video data stored in a first-in-first-out
memory buffer by encrypting the compressed video data
stream using at least a part of the chip identity number as an
encryption key (703). The data is recalled from memory (705) and
decrypted (706) as needed for video decompression. The
debugger/emulator tool commonly employed in program development is
protected by a private encryption key used to encrypt at least
verification token for the program. Upon each initialization of
the debugger/ emulator, the secure computer system decrypts the
verification token employing public decryption key (805) to
indicate whether the program is secure or non-secure.
Patent EP-0965924-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HAHN FRIEDRICH
IPC: G06F13/38
Filed: 1999-06-10
Abstract: The arrangement has a control unit (1) or master and at least one controlled unit or slave (2) for transferring address, instruction and/or data messages from master to at least one slave and for returning receipt acknowledgments from the slave to the master for each message. The control unit signals error-free message transfer using the acknowledgment signal. The arrangement has at least one slave which suppresses the acknowledgment for at least one message depending only on the selectable parameters of the slave's operating state, even for error-free message transfer. In this case the control unit still signals error-free transfer. The control unit has an evaluation stage in which the absence of an acknowledgment signal for the message is received and processed as an information signal re the selectable parameters of the slave's operating state. Independent claims are also included for a method of transferring address, instruction and data messages and an electronic communications device.
Patent EP-1016908-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ROBERTSON JEFFREY CHARLES
IPC: G11B23/037
Filed: 1999-12-21
Abstract: A spool comprised of a pair of complementary spool members.
Each spool member includes a cylindrical portion and a flange having an inwardly
facing surface and an outwardly facing surface. The spool member is made of a
plastic material and is formed by an injection molding process such that the
inwardly facing surface of each spool member is formed against a unitary mold
component of an injection mold whereby the inwardly facing surface is
substantially free of imperfections and blemishes.