baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent EP-0848232-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NOMURA TAKASHI
IPC: G06T17/05
Filed: 1997-12-12
Abstract: A map database apparatus according to the present
invention manages roads by expressing the roads as link
strings. Each of the link strings is constituted by
connecting a plurality of links, each of the links has
nodes at a front end and a rear end respectively, the map
database apparatus has node information concerning the
nodes, and the node information includes guide data to
be used for route guidance. And, the guide data have
directional characteristics corresponding to an order in
which the links are connected.
Patent EP-0969889-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CUSTOM FOCUS LIMITED
IPC: A61J1/00
Filed: 1997-12-17
Abstract: A system for the administration of a powdered medicament by inhalation comprises a container (21) containing a unit dose of medicament in powder form, and a device (10) having a chamber (16) adapted to receive the container (21). The device (10) has air inlets (19, 20) by which air may be drawn into the chamber (16) and a mouthpiece (14) by which air and entrained medicament may be drawn out of the chamber (16). The chamber (16) is substantially circular or annular in form and, in use, the container (21) follows an orbital path within the chamber (16), medicament being dispensed from the container (21) through at least one opening in the container (21). Also described are novel forms of packaging for powdered medicaments which are particularly suitable for use in the system.
Patent EP-0856719-A2 (EP)
Title: Method and apparatus for searching a route
Inventor: FUSHIMI MAKOTO
IPC: G01C21/34
Filed: 1998-01-27
Abstract: In areas where composite intersection traffic regulation exits, nodes and links
for use in the conventional network are separated into a plurality of nodes and
links, respectively. For example, one node is separated into N1a to N1c, and one
link is separated into L1a to L1c. Then, the whole road network is represented by
separating the network into a road network (L1a, L2a, L3a, L4a, L5a, N1a, N2a) in
view of entering links (L1a, L3a) which the composite intersection traffic regulation
does not affect, and road networks α (L1b, L2b, L3b, L4b, N1b, N2b) and β (L1c,
L2c, L3c, L5c, N1c, N2c) in view of entering links (L4b, L5c) which the composite
intersection traffic regulation affects, and one-way traffic regulations are set on
suitable links to allow representation of the composite intersection transfer
regulation. Use of such map data enables selection compliant with the composite
intersection traffic regulation without specific processing at the time of search
processing.
Patent EP-0868046-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KOSHIBA NORIHISA
IPC: H04W88/14
Filed: 1998-03-25
Abstract: There is provided a data exchange system for line-exchanging data
transmitted from a plurality of control circuits, in accordance with exchange
information, characterized by a plurality of memories (2-1 to 2-n) each of which
stores data transmitted from an associated control circuit (1-1 to 1-n), a
designator (4) for providing each of the memories (2-1 to 2-n) a designation about
an area in an associated memory (2-1 to 2-n) in which the data is to be written,
and a reader (5) for reading out data written in the designated area in the
associated memory (2-1 to 2-n). The data exchange system makes it possible not
to include a line exchange circuit which was absolutely required for a conventional
data exchange system, and which was a major factor for keeping the system in a
large size. Thus, the invention provides a data exchange system smaller in a size
than conventional ones.
Patent EP-0868071-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TAKEUCHI SHIGEKI
IPC: H04N1/04
Filed: 1998-03-26
Abstract: An image scanner arrangement (11) having a scanner (14), a
document feeder scanning portion (12) and a flat scanning bed
(31). A single white plate (43a) is provided between the
document feeder scanning portion and flat bed. Before scanning,
the scanner (14) scans the white plate to provide image data for
testing. If this image data contains white pixels not less than
90%, a controller (82) determines that a lamp (37a) of a light
source (37) of the scanner illuminates appropriately. After
confirming that the light source (37) is in a good condition, the
scanning starts. The single white plate (37a) is utilized
regardless of scanning being performed with the document feeder
scanning portion or the flat scanning bed.
Patent EP-0888960-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KAWAGUCHI KENJI
IPC: B60L15/20
Filed: 1998-06-10
Abstract: An electric power supply control apparatus (4 1  - 4 5 ) for controlling electric
power supplied to an electric motor (2) and a lamp (3) in a motor assisted
vehicle comprises: an input torque detecting means (10) for detecting a
torque generated by strength of the driver; the lamp (3); the electric motor
(2) capable of generating assist power in accordance with a value detected
by the input torque detecting means (10); and a battery (1) for supplying
electric power to the lamp (3) and the electric motor (2). In the control
apparatus (4 1  - 4 5 ) electric power supplied by the battery (1) to the electric
motor (2) and the lamp (3) is controlled so that is it possible to prevent
electric power from being discharged excessively from the battery (1) to the
electric motor (2) and the lamp (3) of the motor assisted vehicle, which is
currently powered only by strength of the driver, can be turned on even in
the absence of assistance provided by the electric motor (2). To this end,
the electric power is controlled as follows: when the voltage of the battery
(1) drops below a first predetermined level, supplying of electric power to
the electric motor (2) is halted, and when the voltage of the battery (1)
drops below a second predetermined level which is lower than the first
predetermined level, supplying of electric power to the lamp (3) is halted.
Patent EP-0890847-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HANKE KLAUS-DIETER DIPL-ING TH
IPC: G01R33/02
Filed: 1998-07-04
Abstract: The device is used with a magnetic field sensor (Mx,My,Mz) and contains a regulating unit, for determining the field strength in a compensation process. Switches and control facilities are provided, which are cyclically connected to the regulating unit, to determine the spatial components of the Earth's magnetic field for each spatial direction of a monoaxial magnetic field sensor. A control unit, which is connected to the regulating unit, picks up a sequence of successive measurement values, for each spatial direction in a specified pulse. The control unit forms and stores its average value across the regulating unit, for a following measurement value evaluation.
Patent EP-0891904-A2 (EP)
Inventor: UMENO TAKAJI
IPC: B60T8/172
Filed: 1998-07-16
Abstract: In a wheel condition estimating apparatus for estimating a
wheel condition in a wheel resonance system including a frictional
characteristic between a tire and a road surface, a transfer
characteristic of the wheel resonance system from the vibration
input to the output response is expressed by a transfer function
including, as an unknown component of a wheel condition, a physical
quantity relating to ease of a slipping between the tire and the
road surface, an output response with respect to the vibration input
to the wheel resonance system is detected and the unknown component
which substantially satisfies the detected output response is
estimated on the basis of the transfer function.
Patent EP-0902043-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MOEHWALD HELMUT DR
IPC: C07D517/04
Filed: 1998-09-07
Abstract: Polyselenophenes are prepared from novel selenophene derivatives in the presence of palladium catalysts. A polyselenophene (I) contains structural units of formula (1) and/or (2). In the formulae, X, Y = H, 1-22C alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, 1-22C acyl, thioacyl , thioacyloxy, acyloxy, 5-8C cycloalkyl, 6-18C aryl, 5-8C heterocyclic, optionally substituted with 1-22C alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, 1-22C acyl, thioacyl, NO2 or NHR<1>; R<1> = H, 1-22C alkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, 1-22C acyl, thioacyl X and Y together with the atoms to which they are bonded form a ring system containing C, N, O, S and/or P whereby the C , N or P atoms are substituted with Z; Z = X, Y or -A-, -A=A-, -A=A-A=A- or -(H)A-A=A-; A = C, optionally substituted by X or Y; Sub = H, Br, Cl, I, CF3SO3 or trialkyltin; R<2> = CHR<1>2 or CH2R<1>.
Patent EP-0909881-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HIERETH ALEXANDER
IPC: F01L1/053
Filed: 1998-09-10
Abstract: Seen in the longitudinal axis direction (12) of a camshaft (2) having inlet valve opening cams (4a, 4b) and exhaust control cams (6), an inlet opening cam is positioned on either side of the exhaust cam. Two inlet closing cams (5a, 5b) are provided on a second camshaft (3) parallel to the first. Exhaust cams are in the plane of movement of the exhaust transmission levers (10), which forms a symmetry plane for the valve gear. Inlet (9) and exhaust transmission levers are on a common shaft (27) and inlet levers are U-shaped.
Patent EP-0920061-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MAEJIMA YUKIHIKO
IPC: H01L21/8242
Filed: 1998-11-25
Abstract: In an integrated circuit memory capacitor, an underlying
hydrogen barrier layer (2,15), either electrically nonconductive or conductive, is formed
on a substrate (1). Then, the lower electrode layer (3) and the ferroelectric/dielectric layer (4)
are formed and selectively etched. A nonconductive hydrogen barrier layer (5) is
formed on the dielectric layer and selectively etched. After a heat treatment in
oxygen, the upper electrode layer (6) and a conductive hydrogen barrier layer (7) are
successively deposited and selectively etched. The nonconductive hydrogen
barrier layer (5) covers the capacitor except for a part of the upper electrode (6), and the
conductive hydrogen barrier layer (7) covers a portion where there is no nonconductive
hydrogen barrier layer (5). Thus, the underlying barrier layer (2,15), the nonconductive
barrier layer (5) and the conductive barrier layer (7) together completely cover the memory
capacitor. The dielectric layer (4) comprises a ferroelectric or high-dielectric constant
metal oxide. The nonconductive hydrogen barrier layer (5) is typically SiN. The
conductive hydrogen barrier layer (2,7,15) is typically a metal nitride, such as TiN or AlN.
Patent EP-0920990-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NAGAOKA YOSHINOBU
IPC: B32B27/30
Filed: 1998-12-04
Abstract: Disclosed is a composite olefin resin laminated sheet
comprising a surface layer and an intermediate layer, wherein the
surface layer comprises an olefin resin composite material having
a melt flow rate of not higher than 20 g/10 min and a density of
1.00 to 1.90 g/cm 3 , and the intermediate layer comprising (1) a
composite olefin resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight
of an olefin resin composite material having a melt flow rate of
not higher than 20 g/10 min and a density of 1.00 to 1.90 g/cm 3  and
0.01 to 10 parts by weight of polytetrafluoroethylene or (2) an
olefin resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of an olefin
resin having a melt flow rate of 0.3 to 20 g/10 min and a density
of not less than 0.890 g/cm 3  and 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of
polytetrafluoroethylene.
Patent EP-0924457-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ELSNER BIRGIT
IPC: F22B31/04
Filed: 1998-12-11
Abstract: Connected ahead of the large boiler unit (1) is at least one additional combustion device (3) with a grate firing capacity (8) for burning biomaterial or refuse. At least one connecting channel (4) connects the combustion chamber (7) of the additional combustion device with the large boiler unit. At least one heat exchanger (9,10) is arranged in the additional combustion device and is connected in the water/steam circuit (15) of the large boiler unit. The heat exchanger is formed as an evaporator and is arranged in the large boiler water/steam circuit parallel to the evaporator of the boiler.
Patent EP-0902455-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HOVE ULRICH
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 1998-09-02
Abstract: A rotor assembly is located within a vacuum tube and an anode disc (104) is mounted on the end of a sleeve (105) within the rotor. The support for the rotor is provided by bearings (110,111) on a center spindle (109). The bearing contact surfaces are in the form of ball-shaped sections (112,113) that engage cone-shaped sections (114,115).
Patent EP-0858792-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TSUJI TOMOKO
IPC: A61F13/511
Filed: 1998-01-29
Abstract: A liquid-permeable topsheet used in a disposable body
fluids absorbent garment has planar portions substantially
extending in a horizontal plane, a plurality of ribs rising
from the planar portions and extending in parallel one to
another, each presenting a cross-section in an inverted V-shape,
and liquid-passages extending downward from the planar
portions and thereby eliminate any apprecation that eruption
and/or stuffiness might be caused by contact of the tosheet
with the skin of a wearer.
Patent EP-0883079-A2 (EP)
Inventor: OGUCHI WATARU
IPC: G06K13/08
Filed: 1998-03-30
Abstract: A push rod 4 is held on an outside surface of one
side of frame 3 guiding draw and insert of the IC card 1
so that the push rod 4 can reciprocally move, and this
push rod 4 is always pressed to the drawn direction of the
IC card 1 by a coil spring 10. A transfer pin 12 is
rotatably supported by a hole 4c of the push rod 4, and
this transfer pin 12 is pressed toward the outside surface
of the frame 3 by a flat spring 13. A heart-shaped cam
groove 14 having a plurality of cam surfaces A to E is
engraved, and an operating section 12a formed at an end of
the transfer pin 12 is engaged with this cam groove 14.
In addition, a drive plate 15 is held on the outside
surface of the frame 3 so that the drive plate 15 can
reciprocate along the draw and insert directions of the IC
card 1, and a receiving section 15a of this drive plate 15
is inserted into the long groove 3c continuing to the cam
surface D of the cam groove 14.
Patent EP-0888959-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MATSUI HISASHI
IPC: B62K25/30
Filed: 1998-05-11
Abstract: A suspension assembly (14) for a bicycle frame (12)
which elastically supports a rear frame member (18),
which in turn rotatably supports the rear wheel (19).
Preferably, the frame (12) is a two-piece construction
with the suspension assembly (14) interconnecting the
rear frame (18) to the main frame (16). The suspension
assembly (14) is positioned around the bottom bracket
(23) such that the rear frame member (18) pivots about
the axis of the bicycle crank axle (23a) of the bottom
bracket (23). This arrangement allows the rear wheel
(19) and rear frame member (18) to move relative to the
main frame (16), without any adverse affects to the
drive train assembly (22). In the preferred
embodiments, drive train assembly (22) can be either a
chain drive or a shaft drive. The suspension assembly
(14) includes an inner suspension member (82) with the
crank axle (23a) mounted therein and an outer
suspension member (80) surrounding the inner suspension
member (82) with a shock absorbing element interposed
therebetween. In the preferred embodiment, the shock
absorbing element includes a plurality of biasing
members (86).
Patent EP-0897257-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NOORDEGRAAF JAN
IPC: H05K9/00
Filed: 1998-06-15
Abstract: A transparent electromagnetic shielding composite
which comprises
   (i) a transparent insulating layer from 0.1
to 75 micrometres in thickness of a
polymeric p-xylylene comprising repeating
units of the formula
 
where each R is independently selected
from the group consisting of a hydrogen
atom, a chlorine atom, a fluorine atom, a
carboxyl group and a lower C 1 -C 6  alkyl
group; and   (ii) a transparent coating on the polymeric p-xylylene
layer of indium tin oxide from
10 Angstroms to 50 micrometres in
thickness.    
     The shielding composites of the present invention
have improved properties and can be used for the
electromagnetic shielding of printed circuit boards.
Patent EP-0889661-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BRODERICK SEAN
IPC: H04W48/18
Filed: 1998-07-01
Abstract: A procedure for Programmable System Determination (PSD) which utilises
the over-the-air programming protocol and procedures which support the
Over-The-Air Service Provisioning (OTASP) feature in accordance with
established industry standards (TIA/EIA/lS-683). A re-scan timer and digital
acquisition timer of a mobile station are programmable by the network carrier
as Number Assignment Modules (NAMs) within the mobile station. OTASP
Data Messages permit the NAM values to be programmed without requiring
intervention by a third party. In the OTASP procedure, programming occurs
while the mobile station and base station are in the Conversation Substate
using designated OTASP Data Messages. Certain OTASP Data Messages
are specified according to the standard as providing a pre-determined
procedure, while others are set aside for manufacturer-specific information.
The OTASP Data Messages include fields for identifying the parameters to be
changed: either the re-scan or the digital acquisition timer, along with the
value to which the timers are to be changed.
Patent EP-0926670-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HAMADA TOSHIYA
IPC: H04N21/426
Filed: 1998-10-19
Abstract: When the user enters a command to eject an optical
disc from an optical-disc apparatus by operating an input
unit (14), a CPU (21) records information such as an operating mode
and a location accessed immediately prior to ejection of
the disc (1) into a RAM (23) unit as resume-function related
information. The resume-function related information is
then supplied to the optical disc (1) to be recorded thereon by
way of a write-in channel buffer (11), a switch (5), an ECC circuit (4),
an RF & demodulation/modulation circuit (3) and an optical
head (2). Accordingly it is possible to make an access to a
location on an optical disc (1) accessed immediately prior to
ejection of the disc from an optical-disc apparatus when
the disc is reinserted into the optical-disc apparatus.
Patent EP-0925799-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PY DANIEL
IPC: A61F9/00
Filed: 1998-12-15
Abstract: A medicament-dispensing system includes a
cartridge for housing and actuating an accordion-like vial-dispenser
for dispensing a calibrated amount of medicament
by means of a single actuation motion which sequentially
loads the vial-dispenser and dispenses the loaded
medicament. The vial-dispenser has a front bellows portion,
a rear bellows portion, an internal piston mechanism, a
medicament storage chamber and a dosage cavity. The
cartridge has a trigger mechanism which acts in concert with
a notched lever and a wedge-shaped arm internally located in
the cartridge to sequentially load the dosage cavity with
medicament and discharge it. Depression of the trigger
mechanism simultaneously extends, by means of the notched
lever, the front bellows portion and compresses the rear
bellows portion to load the dosage cavity with medicament.
Once the notched lever has extended the front bellows
portion a predetermined distance, the notched lever is
disengaged from the front bellows portion by the wedge-shaped
arm extending from the rear wall of the housing,
thereby releasing the front and rear bellows portions, along
with the internal piston mechanism, to return to original
position and force the medicament from the dosage cavity via
a nozzle of the vial-dispenser.
Patent EP-0923768-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FIORDELISI LUIGI
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 1998-03-23
Abstract: A system including a computerized shopping cart that includes a closed mechanical cart (1) which interconnects/disconnects to units for the insertion/storage of products upon manual command managed by a shopping computer aimed at managing shopping problems and controlling all electronic functions, i.e. automatic system for optically scanning (7) bar codes (UPC/EAN standard), one for checking (8) the correctness of the customer's operations, one emitting the intelligent multimedia commercial message, one for the wireless exchange of data with the outside, for use in supermarkets. The system provides shopping info (8) (list of products on sale, location, price, other), or of the product being purchased (price, whether it is on sale, partial groceries bill), or already purchased (list of purchased items) or to be purchased (remaining shopping list), guided by appropriate interactive messages (acoustic, visual.
Patent EP-1012900-A2 (EP)
Inventor: JANHONEN RISTO
IPC: H04W8/00
Filed: 1998-08-31
Abstract: The invention relates to a subscriber positioning system in a cellular telephone system. On a geographic information system GIS is built a software using data retrievable from the telephone system and digital maps of the geographic information system. Cell coverage areas of the radio network are displayed graphically on the map. Subscriber information including the location of the subscriber is inputted to the subscriber positioning, which on the basis of the location determines a home cell for the subscriber, and whether more cells have to be assigned as home cells. Subscriber data can be transmitted to various databases like home location register HLR, the billing system etc. When amendments, such as insertion of new cells or changes in the cell identifications, are made in the network planning system and in the network managing system, the new data are inputted to the subscriber positioning system, which checks if there is a need to change the home cells of the subscribers.
Patent EP-0937793-A2 (EP)
Title: Bicomponent fiber
Inventor: HASTIE ALLAN J
IPC: D01F8/06
Filed: 1999-01-28
Abstract: A bicomponent staple or filament is disclosed having a core of PET and a sheath of
polyethylene wherein the core PET component contains from 0.5 wt % to 10 wt % of a
functionalized polyethylene polymer specified herein. In particular, the sheath component
is either not functionalized or functionalized with up to 10% by weight ethylene copolymer.
The improved bicomponent fiber is processible on carding machines with reduced
shedding of the outer portion of the fiber.
Patent EP-0940855-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BITO YASUNORI
IPC: H01L29/08
Filed: 1999-03-05
Abstract: An FET (Field Effect Transistor) has an epitaxial wafer including
an Al 0.2 Ga 0.8 As gate contact layer. A GaAs gate buried layer doped with
Si, Al 0.2 Ga 0.8 As wide-recess stopper layer doped with Si, an undoped GaAs
layer and a GaAs cap layer doped with Si are sequentially formed on the
gate contact layer by epitaxial growth. An electron accumulation layer
is formed on the undoped GaAs layer and reduces a potential barrier.
This allows electrons to pass through the potential barrier of the AlGaAs
layer with higher probability. Because the GaAs layer is not doped with
an impurity, electrons are scattered little and achieve higher mobility.
It is therefore possible to reduce contact resistance from the cap layer
to a channel layer. In addition, sheet resistance sparingly increases
because the gate contact layer is not exposed to the outside. An ON
resistance as low as 1.4 Ω·mm is achievable which is lower than the
conventional ON resistance by 0.2 Ω·mm.
Patent EP-0945249-A2 (EP)
Inventor: VITALI ANTONIO
IPC: B30B9/04
Filed: 1999-03-22
Abstract: The invention relates to a horizontal press
for squeezing essences, comprising a plurality of
squeezing chambers, each of which comprises a jar and
a counter-jar, on each jar being applied two filter
supporting plates, each filter supporting plate being
made of a high strength stainless steel material, the
filter supporting plates being caused to contact one
another during the squeezing operation.